[Yummy, Yummy? Yummy!]
[Episode 11]
Taste it again!
Impossible.
- That's right.
- How could pork be cooked to taste like this?
I've tried for days, and I just can't do it.
Good-for-nothings!
You can't even copy it.
What are you doing? Is your nose itchy?!
Owner! The owner is here!
[Yunlai's Ledger]
[Lu Yun, owner of Yunlai Tavern]
After a fierce battle,
we failed to crush the Shen family
and suffered losses, too.
They made a comeback,
and you still don't have new strategies.
I...
Shut down Shen's Restaurant
in seven days or leave Yunlai!
Understood.
[Shen's Restaurant]
Fengxia.
Wait, wait.
There are some things
that haven't been made clear.
I think it's necessary to clarify them.
As the Best Chef in Juxian,
I was busy with my career
and neglected your feelings.
That was my fault.
But you must always remember that
I'm a good man who never forgets
when I'm successful.
I recall when we first arrived here,
you pawned your gold ring to make ends meet.
It's okay. I bought you a new ring.
Why not try it on? Hold out your hand.
Hurry.
Hold out your hand.
What a big ring. Look at you.
This is the middle finger.
It's the middle finger.
That's right.
How odd. It's the size we bought
when we got married.
Enough, stop putting it on.
It hurts.
You didn't expect this, did you?
I've been working a lot all these years.
My fingers are coarser than in the past.
No way. It must be the jeweler
who made a mistake.
I'll see him tomorrow and get it resized.
But that's a minor issue. Don't worry about it.
The crux is I can now make
a lot of money on my own.
From now on, just follow me and live a good life.
Mind your temper.
Enough. Best Chef in Juxian, get back to work.
What's wrong now?
What's with your attitude again?
I was poor and couldn't buy gifts for you.
I can understand you were mad at me.
I've money now and can buy gifts for you
but you're still mad at me.
Listen. The Master Chef Competition is nearing.
If I win first place,
I'll be the Best Chef in Yong'an.
I'll be a big shot.
Yes. You've changed.
You used to help me with the chores
and handled the ingredients.
All you do now is brag
and call yourself the best chef.
Aren't you ashamed?
I didn't help you?
I was too busy. I was developing my career.
Besides, hasn't my social status
and influence improved now?
This restaurant relies entirely on me.
Without me, this restaurant...
What status do you have in society?
- Don't I have it?
- Social influence?
How can you say this restaurant relies on you?
Shen Jianshe, I suspect this
to be your true nature,
or is it because you never had
a stage to brag upon in the past?
It's because I never had a stage.
If I had one, I would be famous now.
I'll make you famous right now.
- Famous?
- Why did you kick me?
Hurry up and cook!
- This never ends.
- It's always like this.
Why did he collapse?
- Is he okay?
- Younger Brother!
- What's wrong with you?
- Younger Brother!
- What's going on?
- Are you all right?
- Are you all right?
- Customer, what's wrong?
Let me help you up.
- Quick, get up.
- Slowly.
Take it slow.
Younger Brother.
- Is it a stomachache?
- Are you all right?
Don't scare me, Younger Brother.
- Are you all right?
- Younger Brother!
- Are you all right?
- Are you all right?
What's wrong with you?
Older Brother, call for a carriage now!
A'Yuan, take him to the clinic.
All right.
- Get up.
- Come on.
A'Ji, I think it's food poisoning.
Your food is unsanitary.
I'm going to report you!
[Princess Royal Fuhui's Mansion]
Vice Magistrate, this way, please.
After the Qixi Poetry Gathering,
various influential people sent requests
to visit the Princess Royal.
She didn't even look at them.
She only accepted yours.
But I keep feeling that something's not right.
We want to find out something from her.
Perhaps, she also wants to know
something from us.
Let's just wait and see.
I thought you'd make me wait for a while
before talking about this topic.
You're wise. Would I need
to beat around the bush?
The post at Jingzho Prefecture changed hands
The longest tenure was two years.
Naturally, I want to seek advice from you.
It's not just a recent thing.
Who doesn't want power?
But regarding the case
of selling official positions 17 years ago,
Magistrate Cui Ning didn't gain a single benefit.
He even lost his entire family's lives.
This case is ironclad,
but the real beneficiary walked away unscathed.
He may still be hiding in the imperial court.
Judging from your words, you seem to think
that there's more to that case.
It's just a speculation.
I'm too lazy to bother to ask about this
but, Anran, you don't need to worry.
Even if there's any trouble,
I'll be on your side.
With someone protecting you,
you've nothing to fear.
Thank you for your favor.
[Xianshanqiong Pavilion]
Favor?
The word you just used is quite apt.
Newcomers who are favored
in the imperial court...
- Your Highness.
- ...are indeed more endearing than those old-timers.
Anran, I feel we've a good rapport.
From now on, you should visit me more often.
Your Highness...
Anran, you can also
bring friends along with you.
Your Highness.
Your Highness.
Your Highness, someone from Jingzhao Prefecture
needs to see the Vice Magistrate urgently.
What's the matter?
Your Highness.
Vice Magistrate,
someone was poisoned at Shen's Restaurant.
It's crowded there.
You've harmed my younger brother.
I'm going to shut down this place today.
- Don't come near here.
- We'll investigate.
Listen to me.
Before we get to the bottom of this,
don't be reckless.
Think twice.
My younger brother's lying in bed.
His life's hanging by a thread.
I can't be reckless?
Brothers, smash this place!
- Smash it!
- Don't come near us!
Move aside! Stop them!
Stop them, stop them.
- Stop them!
- Back off!
Listen. Don't be reckless.
The case is not yet concluded.
If anyone dares to move,
they'll be regarded as lynching!
Did you hear that?
Whoever causes trouble will go to jail.
- Jingzhao Prefecture, seek justice for us.
- The prefecture's people are here.
Great.
Shen's Restaurant caused people to be poisoned.
Shouldn't they be imprisoned?!
Yes, imprison them!
Do you have any evidence?
You don't have any evidence.
- You're talking nonsense. Bullshit!
- I heard about this.
The Shen family is related
to Vice Magistrate Lin, right?
No wonder this unscrupulous shop can remain open.
You've never been imprisoned.
Turns out that Vice Magistrate Lin
has been protecting them.
- That's right.
- He has been protecting them.
The truth is not out yet. Why arrest us?
You don't want to uncover the truth
and keep shouting to shut us down.
There must be someone behind you.
- Yes.
- Yes, someone's instigating you.
My younger brother was food poisoned here
and you're slandering me?
- He's lying.
- I'll fight you!
Grandpa!
Grandpa!
Are you all right, Old Shen?
You all saw it.
They want to k*ll me!
- Are you all right?
- Get out of the way.
They want to k*ll me!
I don't want to live, either!
- Let me check.
- My flesh has been bitten to shreds by him.
They've harmed many people,
and they now want to k*ll me
in front of everyone.
Look at this. It's serious.
- This is really bad.
- Look at how badly you've bitten him.
- Look at the bites.
- Grandpa's flesh is gone.
Is it for real?
What are you waiting for? Smash this place now!
How dare you!
Stop them. Stop them!
Keep shouting in pain! Continue!
- It hurts!
- Stop!
They even want to k*ll me!
The Vice Magistrate's here.
Hurry, the ancestor's here.
He'll definitely be on our side.
He's finally here.
Get up.
Everything's fine.
Do you think you can twist the truth
because you've a relative in the imperial court?!
Everyone saw it.
They're bullying us with power.
Stop talking nonsense.
Who can seek justice for my younger brother?
- My younger brother!
- Stop shouting.
You must trust the Jingzhao Prefecture.
- That's right.
- Vice Magistrate Lin has always been upright.
- He won't shield them.
- Exactly.
Since they're relatives,
he should recuse himself from this case.
- Vice Magistrate, recuse yourself from this case.
- Vice Magistrate.
- You must recuse yourself from this case.
- Yes, you must.
You can't participate.
My younger brother...
Seal the restaurant for investigation.
What?
Vice Magistrate, how can you seal our restaurant?
- Vice Magistrate.
- Don't.
Vice Magistrate.
- Why seal our restaurant?
- Vice Magistrate.
You...
Vice Magistrate!
[Sealed by the Jingzhao Prefecture,
Bear with it.
I say, that old villain.
Why did he have to bite here?
It's where you usually pinch me.
It's a sacred ground. It's a protected area.
Why did he bite it?
Why are you still so flippant?
At a time like this, you're still making jokes.
- It's done.
- It's done?
- Put it down.
- All right.
No wonder the ancestor agreed
to break off the betrothal that readily.
He was afraid we'd implicate him
and wanted to get rid of us quickly.
Let me say something unpleasant.
At his age in this era,
he's definitely a super old bachelor.
We did him a favor by granting him a betrothal.
Doesn't he know it?
- And yet...
- Enough.
I told you many times
to stop mentioning the betrothal. Let it go.
Why keep mentioning it?
Dear, let me say something.
If I'm wrong, you can criticize me.
I think what Gongcai said is right.
Isn't it?
This matter hasn't been clarified
and he sealed our restaurant immediately.
As an ancestor, for the sake of his career,
he ignored his descendants and stayed away.
Is this appropriate?
Is the ancestor really ignoring us?
Without clarifying anything,
he pasted a big seal notice on the door.
No matter what, he's a messenger of justice.
Enough. We can't just count on his help.
Hasn't he already helped us a lot?
We're still living in his house.
He can't seal our restaurant, too.
Didn't we agree to be independent in Yong'an?
We can't just rely on him.
I think A'Ji is right.
We relied on a mountain and ancestor.
The ancestor can leave us.
We can't always rely on luck.
We must rely on ourselves to overcome this.
You're right.
We must rely on ourselves.
I also realized something.
The first man to report us
and the man who said that we're
related to the ancestor is the same man.
He's also the villain who bit me.
I can't help but feel
that he deliberately caused trouble.
He must have been sent by Yunlai.
They stand to gain the most.
Unable to copy our pork dishes or defeat us,
they resorted to underhanded tactics.
Everyone, we must take the initiative
to defend our restaurant in this battle.
[Yang's Pancakes]
My older brother has been vomiting all night.
Physician, you must save him.
What's going on?
How could a Shen family member be poisoned, too?
A physician even went in there.
- It seems serious.
- Lady Yuan, what happened to Young Master Shen?
Don't mention it. We're not like Yunlai Tavern.
We eat the same meals
that we serve to our customers.
- That's why Young Master Shen was poisoned.
- Poisoned?
Did he really get food poisoning
from your restaurant?
He was really poisoned. It was terrifying.
He vomited after eating,
had diarrhea, and fainted.
- Let's do it here.
- All right.
- Hold on tightly to me.
- All right.
- Don't let me fall.
- All right.
Quick, someone's coming.
Don't grab me! Let me go!
- Don't do this!
- Let me die!
- Don't be impulsive!
- What's wrong?
If our food is problematic,
how could I let my son eat it?
My son is dying from poisoning soon!
The poisoner must be someone else!
Don't do this!
We must live to clear our name.
We're innocent!
We're innocent!
Please seek justice for me!
[Save My Child]
I've really been falsely accused!
[Falsely Accused]
People, our food was poisoned by others.
My son is also clinging to his life.
[Falsely Accused]
He's on the brink of death.
People, you saw us being falsely accused.
Have you seen one worse than this?
I've been really falsely accused!
People, seek justice for me.
[Save My Child]
I've really been falsely accused!
[Falsely Accused]
[Shen's Restaurant]
My older brother is weak from poisoning.
He can't catch a cold.
How can he see you now?
Lady Shen.
[Sealed by the Jingzhao Prefecture]
Everyone is saying
Young Master Shen has been poisoned, too.
Let us go in and take a look.
We'll uncover the truth and clear your name soon.
Please do us a favor.
My father was just poisoned to death!
We barely brought him back to life.
If you let him catch a cold, he'll surely die.
Who died? Shen Yangyang, I'm your father!
Lady Shen, let us take a quick look inside.
I'll find the one who poisoned him. Just one look.
- We'll be quick.
- We'll uncover the truth ourselves.
We don't need you to come here.
You're making things hard for me.
Leave this to me.
- Vice Magistrate.
- Leave us.
- Aunt.
- It's fine.
Brother Shen was not poisoned, right?
Without clarifying anything, you sealed our shop
and you're now here to probe?
Even if you want to uphold justice at the cost
of your family, isn't it a bit too rushed?
Vice Magistrate, you're a bad person.
I don't want to talk to you anymore.
Vice Magistrate, please leave.
It's not like that, Shaoguang.
To resolve the case and make the culprit
let their guard down, I need to seal it first.
I found some clues during this period of time.
What were the symptoms of the poisoned diners?
Mostly vomiting and dizziness.
Some even said they saw the villains twitching.
It looks like mushroom poisoning.
I asked the merchants in West Market
who sold you the mushrooms.
They confessed that Yunlai Tavern's steward
approached them several times.
Everyone in the West Market
does business by the rules.
There shouldn't be any problem.
It's probably that steward from Yunlai.
He found out which mushrooms were supplied to us
and secretly replaced them with the toxic ones.
That's also my guess.
But for now, we don't have any evidence.
Vice Magistrate, we made a mistake
by blaming you.
We thought you only cared about
your reputation and ignored us.
We're really sorry.
Come, hurry up.
On behalf of my family,
I apologize to the ancest... to Vice Magistrate
who has been doing good deeds for generations.
- Sorry.
- Sorry.
- Please don't.
- Vice Magistrate, we were wrong about you.
- We were wrong about you.
- It's not necessary.
I should have explained from the beginning.
- It was my oversight.
- No, no.
How could you have an oversight?
It's my mistake.
I was too impulsive
and even cursed you behind your back.
I really deserve to die.
Brother Shen, you even cursed me behind my back?
I...
Did I?
Everyone, please sit down.
What should we do next?
That's right.
Ancient people are superstitious.
Actually, we should...
No.
People from ancient times said
people in Yong'an are superstitious.
Isn't that so? I pretended to be ill.
Why don't I fake my death?
I can dress up as a ghost
to scare that steward and make him talk.
When did people from ancient times say
people in Yong'an were superstitious?
It might actually work.
Manager Feng is very fond of believing
in mysteries and fortune-telling, right?
There are indeed many shrines in Yunlai Tavern.
I also often see Manager Feng
casting moon blocks with the steward.
If they believe in ghosts and spirits,
it might be worth a try.
Aunt, you look very ghostly.
You really do.
It's done.
- Be extra careful.
- Don't worry.
A'Yuan and I've rehearsed
many times in Yunshui Manor.
I'm very familiar with it.
Be careful.
Go for it, Aunt.
Someone's coming.
Are you all right?
Thank you, Vice Magistrate.
There's really a lightness skill in this world.
Vice Magistrate, how did you fly up just now?
Can you take me for a spin?
Spin? We haven't finished our important matter.
Go for it, Aunt.
Be careful.
We haven't done the important matter.
Don't hurt yourself.
Wait.
Be careful.
[Yunlai]
Who is it?
Who's there?
Why did you poison me?
Why did you poison me?
It's you! You caused the death of Handsome Shen!
Who did it?
Tell us the truth, or we'll die together!
It wasn't me. It wasn't me!
Manager Feng ordered it.
I didn't want to k*ll anyone!
[Jingzhao Prefecture]
Silence.
[Cao Rong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Justice]
Steward Liu Mo poisoned people with mushrooms,
and broke the law.
Since you've turned yourself in,
three years of hard labor for you.
The main offender, Feng Li,
fled out of fear of punishment.
A wanted notice will be issued.
It's now proven that Shen's Restaurant was framed
and didn't intentionally serve toxic mushrooms.
The restaurant will be unsealed today.
Thank you, Vice Minister Cao.
Court is dismissed.
Vice Minister Cao from the Ministry of Justice
acted as the inspector to adjudicate
the case in the Jingzhao Prefecture.
He's known for his integrity and impartiality.
He'd never shield the Shen family.
I knew the Shen family was innocent.
Vice Magistrate, thank you for your help.
Why offer incense sticks to thank me?
It's a custom from our hometown.
You've done us such a great favor.
You deserve any thanks we can give.
Sorry about that. Just joking.
Master, please accept me as your disciple.
I want to learn the lightness skill from you.
What are you doing? Get up now.
This is from the dramas I watched with Grandma.
This is how I request the master to accept me.
Master, please accept me as your disciple.
If you refuse, I'll keep kneeling.
I won't get up.
I'll even roll on the ground.
- Yangyang.
- What drama?
Yangyang get up immediately.
How can you bow to the
Vice Magistrate to be your master?
If you take him as your master,
what about your seniority?
Isn't that right?
Agate Meat.
That's right.
If Vice Magistrate is Yangyang's master,
she's a generation younger.
I'm the father of his disciple.
You also should light incense sticks for me.
Enough, stop joking around,
or the food will get cold.
- Everyone, let's sit and eat.
- Vice Magistrate, take a seat.
- That's right. Let's eat.
- Come, quick.
Vice Magistrate Lin, would you like some rice?
- All right.
- Here.
- Have some meat.
- Vice Magistrate.
- Serve him a piece.
- Here's a lamb chop.
- I stewed it.
- Thank you.
Here, let me serve you a piece.
I want to learn the lightness skill.
Yangyang, eat first.
I'll teach you after the meal.
All right!
Vice Magistrate, have some of this.
It's very delicious.
Brother Shen, it's enough.
- This.
- Have some vegetables, Yangyang.
- I made this.
- Thank you.
Here.
Hurry up and eat.
Master, hurry up.
Master, I want to learn the lightness skill.
I want to fly up to that pavilion.
Come here.
Ancestor, let me down!
Ancestor, let me down!
Aunt, save me!
Ancestor, let me down!
Ancestor!
- Aunt.
- Yangyang, what did you just call me?
Ancestor?
It's an exclamation word from our hometown.
When someone's very scared or excited,
they shout "Ancestor".
You're really getting used to talking nonsense.
Didn't you want to learn the lightness skill?
Why are you scared now?
I forgot.
Like my father, I have a fear of heights.
Yangyang, try a few more times
and you won't be afraid.
Do you want to try again?
No, I don't want to.
I'm going to wash the dishes.
Just admit you're a coward.
Still want to wash the dishes?
She only knows how to wash herself at her age.
But how did it feel like
when you used the lightness skill?
Lady Shen?
You deliberately scared me.
How could I?
I thought you were curious
about the lightness skill.
I clearly wasn't.
All right, fine.
After all, I thought you abandoned us
for your career. It's my fault.
How could it be because of this?
What's the reason then?
[Dissolution of Betrothal Letter]
Forget it.
I was being petty.
Please don't take it to heart.
How could you be petty?
How could the dignified Vice Magistrate be petty?
So, Yong'an, which is under curfew,
is as beautiful as our hometown.
You always mention your hometown.
You still prefer that place compared to Yong'an.
Each place has its merits.
But in our place, everyone is equal.
Life is convenient.
And there's no curfew. There's more freedom.
Marriages and funerals are at our own will.
These things are indeed better.
You once said your old home wasn't in Qingyang.
You met my parents after you moved to Qingyang.
Your hometown is under which prefecture?
Why is it governed that way?
It's called "Future Village",
a very remote place.
You might not have heard of it.
Future Village?
A place that has yet to arrive?
You're good at making things up.
Zhuang Zi would consider you a kindred spirit.
You're really sophisticated at scolding people.
If I hadn't read a few books,
I wouldn't have understood.
But I'm not making it up.
It needs another 1,000 years or so
for you to see Future Village, where everyone's equal.
Equality can indeed only be achieved
when resources are abundant.
It's impossible now.
But if we expand and bring benefits
to the farmlands and markets,
let the people be contented with enough food,
the country is stable, safe,
and doors can remain unlocked,
we might slowly become
the Future Village as described by you.
I'm surprised you understand this.
The economic base determines the superstructure.
I've never heard of this.
The economic base determines the superstructure?
- It's really interesting.
- You understand this sentence?
You are truly ahead of your time.
I never imagined someone
in this era could understand this.
My family came to the capital when my father was
promoted as the magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture.
A few years later, he was charged with selling
official positions. Our clan was implicated.
Liu Chang and I barely escaped with our lives.
But my parents and everyone else...
Although our families are not officially related
by marriage, it must have also affected you.
Life in your hometown must have been tough.
That's why you didn't want to tell me
about the real situation back then,
and even made up the Future Village.
I can understand that.
It's all right.
It's all in the past.
We're now causing trouble for you instead.
You've gone through so much hardship.
I must worship you more in the future.
I was indeed not very sensible
in the past during festivals.
Worship?
Serve. It's to serve.
There's no need to talk
about serving among friends.
Didn't you say you don't make friends?
People can change.
Let's be friends now.
Let's do this.
In the Future Village, friends shake hands.
Shake hands?
So beautiful.
Although I still miss my hometown,
after experiencing those recent incidents,
I seem to like it here more and more.
There's no curfew during the Lantern Festival.
The city with lights will be even more beautiful.
When that time comes,
I'll take you to see it again.
Really?
Thank you, Vice Magistrate. You're so kind.
Timing and Subtitles brought to you
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Team @Viki.com[Shaoguang's Food Notes]
[Why not eat pork?]
[The people of Yong'an are stubborn.]
[Lamb is the best in the world.]
[Pork can never be on the table.]
[In the past, pork could only be steamed,]
[boiled, and roasted.]
[Even a small mistake in breeding,
slaughtering, and deodorizing can ruin the taste.]
[But I want the people of Yong'an
to easily enjoy the delicious meat.]
[So, pork is something I can start with.]
"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 ♫