01x28 - Summon Shaoshang

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[Love Like the Galaxy 2]

[Love Like the Galaxy 2: Episode 1]

[Previously]

His Majesty arrives.

Zisheng, you are...

I plead for Your Majesty to act on behalf of my elders to ask Fourth Miss Cheng

for marriage.

My daughter has lacked upbringing and discipline since childhood.

Her unruly behavior is unacceptable.

This is a great marriage, but Shaoshang herself...

cannot match up to it.

Shaoshang may not be what everyone considers an obedient and amicable lady,

but in my eyes,

she is innocent and resolute. She dares to love and hate.

She is the only person under the heavens who can walk alongside me.

In my life,

I will marry no one else but her.

We are honest stay-at-home ladies

who have proper comportment. Unlike some people who use foxy flirtations and pretentious affections.

Today,

I finally personally witnessed what power looks like.

Shaoshang,

do you dislike power?

That's your power and influence.

I've been stubborn and undisciplined. Even more so, I won't listen to you.

Are you still willing to marry me?

Of course. You, Cheng Shaoshang, are the best lady in the capital city.

The best in the world.

The best indeed.

Father and Mother,

I decided.

I will marry him.

Young Lord.

Let him live, Young Lord!

What is going on?

Young Lord, I've found the military physician from years ago.

In the army, he saw the horses that were ridden by the soldiers sent to scout the miasma.

If the people were k*lled by the miasma, the horses shouldn't have survived.

He got suspicious and investigated secretly. He found that those soldiers

all died from blade wounds.

In fear, he left the army to return home, disguised his identity, and changed his name.

I originally wanted to bring him to see you, Young Lord.

Against all hope, they still found out.

Speak! Who sent you?

Who are you people?

Be careful, Han Wu!

Scum!

Han Wu.

Han Wu!

Young Lord, I've disposed of the assassins' corpses.

It's just that there are no clues at all from our search into the assassins' backgrounds.

Those assassins k*lled Han Wu

using the method of besieging and capturing, from the military.

And these poisonous needles, every one of them is hollow inside and contains venom.

They aren't made by ordinary craftsmen.

They should be from the military, too.

They are from the military?

However, there are many troops stationed everywhere, and also many accompanying officers. Where do we start our search?

Han Wu already found out that

none of the dispatched group of soldiers returned from scouting the miasma.

But their horses all returned to the camp.

With so much doubt, why didn't Young Marquis Yue report it?

Not only didn't he investigate the true cause of the soldiers' deaths,

he actually rushed to send a message to Old Prince Qian'an

and persuaded him to suspend the rescue mission.

Also...

we've confirmed that...

those soldiers...

did not die of the miasma.

Young Lord, do you think Young Marquis Yue deliberately k*lled them to shut them up?

But those were his own people.

To prove there was a miasma,

he deceived others and k*lled them to shut people up.

He delayed the rescue mission

and it led to the lone city's fall.

Han Wu's death

means he already knows someone is investigating this matter.

Going forward,

we can't investigate in the open and can only do it secretly.

We have to be doubly cautious.

Young Lord, His Majesty ordered Imperial Physician Sun to check your injury. Do you want him to come in?

I won't see him.

His Majesty said if you aren't treated, Imperial Physician Sun will lose his head.

His Majesty has said this for many years, but whose head has been cut off?

I won't see him. I definitely won't see him.

Why are you up?

Your Majesty is practicing martial arts in the room, so I won't disturb you.

I'll go to the side hall to sleep.

Come, come, come.

Sit.

I am just worried about Zisheng.

See? His leg got injured but he didn't tell me.

When I think of it, I can't eat or sleep comfortably.

Whenever Zisheng gets injured, he's always taken care of himself.

If you are so worried and can't sleep because of it,

Your Majesty can quit sleeping, just cultivate to become an immortal.

It's different this time.

He not only hid his injury, but he's also deceived me.

That quiet gourd is getting smart?

Tell me about it. What has he lied about?

He said he got injured when he fell from riding a horse.

Who'd believe that?

Ever since he was six years old, Zisheng gets on horseback like he's flying and has never fallen.

Falling from a horse?

I heard that he went to see Miss Cheng before he fell and got injured.

Who knows... He was probably afraid that I would reprimand Miss Cheng so he deceived me on purpose.

It was probably like this on Tugao Mountain.

I asked Miss Cheng one question, to protect her,

Zisheng would retort me with ten answers.

Now, Zisheng has Miss Cheng on his mind,

he doesn't have me.

Your Majesty, who hasn't been young before?

In the past, weren't you like that towards me?

That's different.

The two of us were in love with each other. But did you know?

This Miss Cheng is a block of wood! Slow-witted!

Think about it. Zisheng injured his leg.

Shouldn't she pay him a visit? But she didn't.

Of course, I reckon Zisheng

is even hiding his injury from Miss Cheng.

I still remember that back then, even if you were bitten on your neck by a mosquito,

you would devise every possible means and method to let me know.

If Miss Cheng doesn't know about Zisheng's leg injury,

then wasn't Zisheng's leg injured for no good reason?

That's right. That's right! That's right!

She doesn't know, then I will let her know.

Tomorrow, I must summon Miss Cheng to the palace, along with Zisheng. I must let Miss Cheng

feel bad for Zisheng in front of me.

Your Majesty, then now, can you feel bad for me?

Yes.

Greetings, Third Princess.

Miss Cheng, we meet again. I heard Eleventh Young Master went to your house to deliver betrothal gifts.

You must have depended on this face to seduce Eleventh Young Master.

If I dare ask Third Princess, what do you mean by "seduce"?

Whatever I say is as it stands.

I asked for a response, yet you have the cheek to talk back to me?

Servants, slap her.

Stop!

Miss Luo, we've troubled you. I have something to ask Third Princess.

Please take your leave.

What did she say about you?

I heard she was flirtatious and cunning.

Yesterday, she even caused you to hurt your leg. She's not worthy of you!

Zisheng, I have actually regretted all this while. You treated me well in the past,

but when I was younger, I didn't know what a good husband looked like.

Do you still remember? During my childhood when I suffered from heart palpitations at midnight,

it was you who knocked on the palace doors at night to ask Imperial Father to send the palace physician for me.

Therefore, today, you humiliate my wife

to repay me? Those disgraceful words that insult other people's family status and ancestry,

I hope Third Princess will not speak them anymore. His Majesty bestowed great kindness in raising me.

Day and night, he is busy with national affairs, but his daughter does not know any shame in her accumulation of wealth.

With complete disregard for her father's honor.

No need to bring up the trivial affairs of childhood.

Now, I am utterly disgusted with you.

You don't need to continue speaking. I am not that shameless.

I just hope you won't regret this in the future.

I am twenty-one years old.

Since childhood, I am not sure how many times His Majesty urged me to marry early.

But not until recently, did I meet Shaoshang.

And have the intention to marry.

In my life, other than her,

there will be no one else.

General Ling, your leg is still injured.

Walking this fast, are you unafraid of adding another injury?

Yesterday, you were making cold and sarcastic comments. Why are you suddenly concerned about me today?

Who's concerned about you? After all, we are a betrothed couple.

I am worried that His Majesty will take his anger out on me for not taking good care of you.

Listen!

I know you disdain me for constantly restricting you. For constantly suppressing you.

But even so,

there is no way I will let you go.

You are just like a deity everyone enshrines and worships.

Who receives everyone's reverence and worship. Now that a deity is to marry me,

and even eat with and live with me,

can't you allow me some time to hesitate?

This is how you are. Wise enough to refuse advice, clever enough to use words to cover up faults.

I understand what you said. Mother always compliments me the same way.

It looks like... you two are the same type of people.

You can mock and ridicule me, but no matter what,

I will not take it to heart.

Shaoshang, I am set on you.

Then in the future, you will be the only one for me. If you wish to cancel the marriage,

then you can request His Majesty. This marriage,

I, Ling Buyi, will never cancel it.

Even if His Majesty were to heavily punish me, I will not cancel it.

Who said I wanted to cancel the marriage?

I also won't cancel the marriage.

I thought it through.

Since childhood, I never received love.

So, I don't know how to love someone.

That's why I questioned your intentions.

But when I thought about the past, you were truly kind to me.

If I were to still blindly reject you, then I would be somewhat heartless.

How is your injury? Why are you so careless?

When I was hurt at the hut,

you at least showed your concern by asking if it hurt.

Are you more scared that His Majesty will blame you

compared to me?

You are not as frightening as His Majesty.

Cheng Shaoshang,

I know that you will always question our unequal status,

and be worried if I will oppress you.

Today, I want to tell you.

I, Ling Buyi, regard you as my wife.

All of what's mine,

belongs to you.

In the future,

I will only use my authority to protect you.

I will never...

oppress you.

I will let you believe me.

Whether or not I believe you...

it will depend on how you act in the future.

In the future, you can eat whenever you want to.

Today, your formal greetings are considered acceptable. Tell me.

In the future, how will you be Zisheng's wife?

We must get married first.

That's it?

Replying to Your Majesty. I am slow-witted and didn't understand your question. Please pardon me

for speaking nonsense.

Let me ask you. Your etiquette is coarse. You are not well-versed in your studies.

But what about Zisheng? He's the pillar of the nation.

I regard him like my own son.

Do you think you are worthy of him?

You– Why are you here?

Imperial Physician Sun just said your leg injury worsened.

Why are you not comfortably resting? What did you come here for?

- Hurry and get up. Hurry and get up.
- I am here

to listen to what Your Majesty would like to ask my bride-to-be.

Then that's fine. Don't kneel with your leg injury. Sit and speak.

You sit too. You all sit. All right?

Slow down. Slow down.

Sit.

Speak then.

Your Majesty is wise. When I was still an infant,

my father and mother left the capital to fight in the w*r. There was only the talkative grandmother

and the unkind Second Aunt-in-law at home.

All these years, the number of words that I learned

did not exceed 100. The books that I read...

I never read any books. Now that Father and Mother have returned,

they thought I was too vulgar, that's why they taught me some words and scriptures.

General Ling is a military commander. So I think,

General Ling must not like women who are overly educated.

In the entire city, I am the only uneducated one.

I think I must be a good match.

Nonsense!

Zisheng has studied a lot and is well learned.

How can he not be a good match for those highly-educated ladies?

Oh, yes! Your Majesty is right. That's what I also think.

If this were in the past, and I knew General Ling would look at me favorably,

I would have studied day and night without rest whether in winter or summer.

But I don't have the chance now.

Your Majesty, although Shaoshang is young,

she is very humble and self-aware, and conducts herself appropriately.

I like her the way she is.

Confucius said, "When one learns something, hold the knowledge. When one doesn't know something, one admits the lack of knowledge.

That is true wisdom." It's rare that you already understand this principle at such a young age.

You don't talk. Miss Cheng,

this marriage is already confirmed.

From now on, you should think more about how to improve your deficiency

instead of belittling yourself here.

If you're really as unacceptable as you say,

what does that make Zisheng who is marrying you?

Zisheng has established his own manor now. His every word and every move

is regarded with attention. As his wife-to-be, you will

manage in and outside the household, you must be even more cautious and thorough.

If there is any mistake, it's Zisheng who loses face.

Therefore, you should come to the empress' palace to receive instructions.

You must work doubly hard and diligently.

Do not shirk your own responsibility by using humility as an excuse.

As for the details, just listen to the empress.

All right, that's it. There's nothing else to talk about, is there?

Just say what you want to say.

His Majesty is busy with ten thousand matters daily. It's rare that he has time today.

Your Majesty, I would like to file a complaint about someone. May I?

You are really audacious.

You've only seen me three times, and you dare to file a complaint?

Do you know that it's a big matter to give advice and complain to the emperor? If you aren't careful, it could be a high crime.

I don't understand the court affairs that Your Majesty refers to.

What I want to complain about is something between young people.

Although it's a young people's matter,

many major problems in the world started from matters among young people.

General Ling has always said Your Majesty is tolerant and kind, and he views you as his own father.

So I've worked up the courage today to also view Your Majesty as my elder.

I don't know if this is adhering to etiquette or not.

If it doesn't adhere to etiquette, I won't speak then.

It does.

It does.

It does.

Speak.

The person I'm complaining about today is the daughter of General of Chariots and Cavalry Wang Chun, Wang Ling.

I'm complaining about her impudent words and deeds.

She slandered me at the Lou family's wedding.

For the authority to mint coins, I will find an opportunity to speak.

Then, what about the matter that Lord Peng promised me?

Has it been taken care of?
[Lady Wenxiu]

Lady Wenxiu, please rest assured. The property holdings
[Envoy from Shouchun]

of Young Prince are in the Shouchun territory.

The master of my household will definitely safeguard him.

But it's not a trivial matter to request authority for territorial minting rights.

Lady Wenxiu must be cautious and measured in working.

Just a light carelessness, it will be a huge matter involving life and death.

It's merely the authority to mint coins. Although Prince Qian'an's manor isn't as imposing as it once was,

our past kindness to the empress still exists.

Lady Xuan sought shelter with my family during exile. If my father

hadn't given her to the current emperor as a wife,

how could she have reigned as the empress now?

My father even lost his life for the Wen family's empire.

Such a meager favor, I'll still ask for it.

Very good.

This is the letter that Young Prince

asked me to bring to your ladyship.

My master knows that this matter is difficult for Lady Wenxiu.

However, Young Prince has lived a hard life and hasn't even had new clothes for many years.

He lives a poor life. To make ends meet,

he doesn't eat nor goes out after noontime.

It's really helpless for Young Prince, that's why he has reluctantly made this overstepping request.

Now that the imperial court is under the Wen family,

all the people surnamed Wen are noble in the country.

If Old Prince Qian'an hadn't died early,

Young Prince wouldn't be barely surviving in Shouchun.

The empire...

should belong to the Wen family of Qian'an.

On the contrary, we sister and brother have to live with such difficulty.

Mother, Father asked me to look for you to say...

Mother?

Mother, you have a guest?

Have you forgotten my rules?

You didn't knock when you came in. Leave.

Wait!

You must be Young Lady.

You are indeed a young lady as beautiful as a flower..

It's a small greeting gift. Young Lady,

I hope you won't dislike it.

Young Lady has reached marriageable age?
[In ancient China, 15 was the marriageable age]

As I recall, Master's wife passed away a year ago.

Ling'er is still young.

General and I still want to keep her at home a little longer.

Besides, Lord Peng's age is about the same as my husband's.

How can he marry across the generation level?

What's wrong with being older?

He is considerate and knows how to cherish someone.

Isn't Lord Peng's asthma still quite severe?

With his body, why does he keep thinking about marrying a new wife?

Lady Wenxiu, don't forget.

For whom did my master end up with a disabling illness?

Years ago, if my master hadn't disregarded the miasma

and carried back Old Prince Qian'an, why would he end up with a disabling illness?

All these years, it's also why he doesn't have any children.

This benevolence...

everyone else can forget,

but you, Lady Wenxiu, must not forget.

I won't forget it.

I will search for a new wife for Lord Peng in the capital city.

It just can't be Ling'er.

Young Prince is stranded in Shouchun.

He will naturally miss his family.

If he can frequently see his own niece,

his heart will feel more relieved.

My master and Young Prince

are brothers of different surnames,

there is still a gap no matter how close they are.

If they can align in marriage, they would become blood relatives that cannot be cut apart.

Wouldn't he serve Young Prince?

What happened between you and Miss Wang is nothing but a trivial dispute.

Why bring this up in front of His Majesty and Empress?

It's disturbing their peace and quiet.

His Majesty and Empress see Zisheng as their own son,

which makes them elders in our family. This type of family affair,

of course we should tell our parents.

Go ahead.

That day, Miss Wang and a few other young women

criticized me of being foxy and pretentious,

and flirtatious in public.

So that's what this is about.

It turns out to be words of jealousy.

Pardon me for asking, Your Highness. If I really were foxy and pretentious,

then what does that make the General Ling who was seduced by me?

And what does that make His Majesty, who bestowed our marriage?

If I didn't tell anyone about this,

then wouldn't General Ling be stuck with the reputation

of being easily captivated and seduced by a woman's beauty?

Your Highness, there was nothing but a mere verbal dispute between Miss Wang and me,

but I'm sure you know

that even a few words can cause havoc and chaos to the state.

Your Majesty's family affairs are the state's affairs.

State affairs are in trouble if family affairs are not in order.

Whether to the family or to the state, I had to report this no matter what.

I didn't want to keep holding onto Miss Wang's fault,

but Miss Wang

is quite persistent when it comes to Zisheng.

If I continue to put up with this, she'll keep pestering me.

If she does something even worse,

it won't be a trivial matter anymore.

By reporting this now, I'm preventing it from becoming something even worse.

Shaoshang is right.

Ever since Zisheng and Shaoshang got betrothed,

A'Ling has been resentful, both in public and behind doors,

saying that Shaoshang is not good enough for Zisheng.

I heard about all this before.

Isn't that right?

I heard a bit about that, too.

Among the women in the capital who have been infatuated with Eleventh Young Master,

Wang Ling is quite well known.

All of you are right.

Who should we blame?

However,

A'Ling really should be taught and guided more

to prevent bigger trouble in the future.

I'll let Cao Cheng go to General of Chariots and Cavalry's manor.

Shaoshang.

I've discussed with His Majesty. Now that you are marrying Zisheng,

you can't know nothing about the palace rules.

Why don't you live in the Changqiu Palace in the following days?

I can slowly teach and guide you

about the etiquette and rules in the palace.

But...

But what?

Empress will personally teach and guide you.

Aren't you glad?

Your Majesty. Empress.

Marquis Quling and his wife fought in the w*r over 10 years without returning home.

Since childhood, Shaoshang has spent more time away from, than being with, her parents.

Once she marries me, it will be even more difficult for her to be filial to her parents.

Shaoshang can't bear to leave her parents and family.

I also can't bear for her to suffer this sorrow of separation.

I suggest, why not let Shaoshang stay at home.

I'll deliver her to Changqiu Palace every day to learn the rules.

Personal delivery?

Zisheng doesn't think it's hard work.

Then, it's not unacceptable.

Let's follow His Majesty's intent.

Before seven o'clock every morning, Zisheng will deliver Shaoshang to the Changqiu Palace.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, she will leave the palace to go home. Take one day off every 10 days.

How about it?

Yes.

I'm not marrying!

Shouchun is far, far away from the capital,

with barren land and troublesome people. It's not a place for humans.

Your maternal uncle can live there.

Why can't you?
[Wang Chun]

Cheng Shaosheng is marrying Ling Buyi,

but I have to marry that wild and barren territory.

Why?

She already looks down at me. By comparison,

wouldn't she mock me even more?

She is just a military family's daughter.

Is she worth your attention so much?

If you marry Lord Peng Kun,

who will dare to ridicule you in the whole country?

Lord Peng is the savior of our entire Qian'an royal clan.

Even if you don't want to, you have to marry!

I don't want to.

Father! Father!

If I marry and go to Shouchun, it would be almost impossible to see Father again.

Father, how can you be so heartless?

Dear, we had only this one daughter after we got married.

How can she marry Peng Kun and go to suffer in Shouchun?

My maternal clan and Prince Qian'an's ancestral heritage are all in Shouchun.

Given my younger brother's current capability,

it won't take much time for our comeback.

At that time, all the women in the country will envy our daughter.

She gets to marry and go to Shouchun. What's the big deal about this mere capital city?

If Uncle was really capable, he wouldn't have been cocooned in Shouchun

and restrained by Peng Kun all these years.

Impudent!

Our Qian'an royal clan

is only temporarily stranded like a captured tiger.

Back then, if it wasn't for our Qian'an royal clan, the current emperor

couldn't have raised a one-million-strong army

to defeat Emperor Li's remnants.

Even the empress,

she only relied on our family's shelter to have survived till now.

My clan's sons and grandchildren sacrificed for this country.

Your uncle is the only one left.

The entire country owes our Wen family.

You Wang family members aren't qualified to dislike us!

Mother.

But...

we are a family.

If it weren't because

our Qian'an royal clan got down-and-out after my father's death,

how could I have

become family with you all?

Eunuch Cao has arrived with an imperial oral edict!

Madam Wang, please kneel down to receive His Majesty's oral edict.

As a descendant of the Qian'an royal clan,

how can I kneel down to a eunuch?

Madam Wang, you...

you are being disrespectful to His Majesty.

Let go.

His Majesty said, the Wang family's daughter, Wang Ling,

being sheltered by ancestral heritage, has behaved arrogantly.

She shamed the Lou family's wedding and slandered the Cheng family's daughter.

General of Chariots and Cavalry, Wang Chun,

has neglected discipline and tutelage, causing her to be deficient in etiquette, propriety,

virtues, and accountability.

Being mindful of her clan, I reprimand the father and daughter to self reflect

to set a cautionary example.

Madam Wang, thank the imperial grace.

Why are you acting this way?

Ling'er did wrong, just discipline and teach her.

Why hit her in front of everyone?

What have I always taught you?

The blood of our Qian'an royal clan flows inside you.

Whoever bullies you or humiliates you, go ahead and hit them back.

During normal days, you can be domineering,

you can be arrogant, you can be haughty,

but you can't be embarrassing like you were today!

His Majesty would actually embarrass me

over a military family's daughter. That Xuan woman didn't even stop him.

Back then, if I weren't of the same ancestry as His Majesty,

I would have become the empress. It wouldn't have been Xuan Shen'an's turn!

Go. I'll take you to the palace and find her to reason it out.

Enter the palace?

But His Majesty has reprimanded me to stay home and self-reflect.

You are defying the imperial edict.

I'm not afraid of the emperor!

I'm afraid!

Our entire Wang family is afraid.

Each and everyone of you is afraid.

Except me, I don't accept it!



♪ The flames of w*r strike against the frost and snow ♪

♪ It lightly covers the lingering illness of the past ♪

♪ Your back is against the light,
the galaxy reflected in your eyes ♪

♪ I hum a tune, the sun and the moon respond ♪

♪ The brilliance that penetrates the eyes ♪

♪ was extinguished by dust and lit again ♪

♪ The edges of earth, Kunlun, and netherworld
feel remorse for someone ♪

♪ The ocean is waking, the forest of steles
are like a mountain range ♪

♪ There are veiled criticisms in the corridor, a narrow door cannot easily close off one’s intentions ♪

♪ The challenges of one’s life become advice for the future ♪

♪ You and I will be in the same galaxy ♪

♪ We’ll use our absolute sincerity to
bring radiance to the ordinary ♪

♪ Bring radiance to the ordinary ♪