you may be lazy in love and pretend to be elegant
you may still be like a child
but only you can understand my grinning
and melt my heart into soft cotton candy
you may laugh like a fool sometimes
you may change your mind constantly
only I can restrain your cheekiness
and understand your silly talks
bright moonlight in front of the window
cuddling up to your shoulder
I raise my head to the bright moon
missing you I lower my head
bright moonlight
heart skipping a beat
this is a good time for perfect happiness
a heavenly couple
an earthly pair
he Cowherd and the Weaving Maid never forget each other
your heart is more beautiful than paradise
your shoulder is broader than the galaxy
entering the future holding you tight
won't let you go no matter what
you are my happy time
Episode 1
In honor of who is that plate?
It's for General Jin and the Jiang family.
They must be in favor.
General Jin's son...
...is marrying Jiang's daughter.
A really appropriate match.
It's a marriage granted by the Empress Dowager. People are jealous.
Right.
May I ask, brothers...
...who that General Jin exactly is?
Sure, it's the Great General Jin Datong.
And how many sons does he have?
He has one son, called Jin Yuanbao [Gold Ingot].
The stupidest name I ever heard.
I'll remember when I meet him.
Jin Yuanbao!
Dirty beggar, keep your eyes open!
Hey, you stepped on my foot first!
You must repay for my dirty shoes, are you blind?
Sorry.
Maybe, you want my shoes?
You!
That's easy, who would want your rotten shoes?
I can see you can't repay me.
Why don't you kneel down and kowtow for me?
Then I'll by-pass you.
And how can such a beautiful girl...
...talk so cheap? ~You!
What?
The county's magistrate is my distant uncle's bro-in-law's friend.
Uncle's bro-in-law's friend?~If you bow for me...
...I'll by-pass you.
Stop! ~My wallet!
The Empress' Edict!
Prime Minister Jiang Xiushen's daughterJiang Xiaoxuan...
...gentle and obedient, elegant and refined...
...dignified and wise...
...able to act and be soft...
...is especially granted to marry...
...former Imperial Great General...
...Jin Datong's son Jin Yuanbao!
May the Emperor's kindness be kept in your hearts.
End of Edict.
Thank you, Empress Dowager.
Madam.
Out of the way!
Grab him! My wallet!
Miss...
Why are you screaming?
Out of the way!
Stop!
Come get me!
Stop!
That was a marvelous plan, Lord.
That Flying Panther indeed escaped from here.
Lord...
Should we take him in? ~No hurry.
Let's see who is behind...
...this Flying Panther.
We just let him run?
Let him run and follow him.
Get up!
Who was that?
Trying to kill us, huh?
Dirty thief, keep running if you can.
Bad luck you met me.
Come to the office with me!
Out of the way!
Madam, what You said.
You are the Empress Dowager's own niece.
Blue blooded-nobility. I can't accept your gratitude.
Madam... ~What's up, Bro?
You want me to watch cousin's marriage?
I won't!
This is the Empress' gift, you can't just walk away from it.
...say a few nice words about us.
It might be my eyes but, where is the Lord?
Let him come out and thank the Empress Dowager!
My son.
Aunt, Yuanbao is not in the mansion.
Afu.
Madam.
Go find the young master. ~Yes.
Please, Eunuch.
That Flying Panther cannot escape. We will just follow him.
Trouble seeking beggar!
Going anywhere?
I... ~Run!
Why aren't you running?
Run! ~Little brother...
He may be an infamous thief...
...you can't take him to the government office...
...without proper evidence.
What if you accuse him wrongly?
Exactly! Why are you accusing me?
I saw you steal a girl's wallet.
Steal a wallet? Where's the girl, then?
Gone.
Little brother, walking the Jianghu...
...is all about fate. Since there's no witness...
...you better let him go.
Right, what he says makes sense!
Excuse me, I'm going. ~I said you couldn't!
Try to run again!
Why not let him go. If he's a bad guy...
...you can still get him.
And who are you? Where do you come from?
Insisting on letting him go, you seem like a gang leader.
Like him, reaping without sowing.
A jade pendant here, a wallet there.
And now, you laid eyes...
A pass?
Criminal police!
You just let him go!
No! Brother, no!
Can't we talk?
A gentleman uses his mouth...~Still assuming I'm a gang leader?
What so great about the criminal police?
Maybe he paid you to protect him.
How do I know?
Hey, easy!
You are Flying Panther.
Here!
Xuande tribute.
Paper this precious is rarely seen.
It was sprinkled with Western perfume.
It's from the House of Tenderness.
How can a little thief like you have the money...
...to go to such an extravagant place?
You!
Who are you? ~Sixteen women...
Foreign accent.
Is this an order for women you sell?
What are you saying?
I don't understand. ~You don't?
Selling women on the emperor's ground...
...without reporting to me?
Who exactly are you?
Give it to me, Miss!
You've tried to run away several times now.
Did you make it?
Do you think this cage can stop me?
Sooner or later I'll run.
You won't, Miss.
If you run, us servants' lives will be ruined!
I have to marry a stranger, my life is ruined!
Master Liu...
...you look so tired.
Look at you.
Black between the eyebrows.
No light in your eyes.
Weak breath.
Shall I make you some medicine?
Okay.
You want to take my medicine?
Wait till I'm totally sick and tired of this world.
Then I will want your medicine to escape the sea of misery.
Okay, then.
If that day comes just let me know.
Don't you want to know who he is?
You must feel disgrace about falling into his hands.
The capital's top investigator, Detective Jin Yuanbao!
Jin Yuanbao!?
Wrong! It's Superdetective Jin Yuanbao.
The famous Jin Yuanbao!
What are you doing?~I admire you!
Away with your dirty hands!
Pleased to meet you.
My dream is to be like you, grab bad guys and uphold justice!
Master, accept my worship and let me be your disciple!
Master!~Let go of me!
Master, please accept me!
Master, I really worship you!
Master!
Master!~Let go!
Master, accept me!~Ma Zhong, quick!
Master!
What are you doing? Are you nuts?
What are you looking at? Away!
Let's go.
Wang Qiang! Ma Zhong!
Take Flying Panter to the office so I can interrogate him.
Come on!
Go on!~Where's my wallet?
It's here!
Give it to me!
Little brat!
You better learn how to behave properly.
Want it? Go get it.
You!
Go on!
Young Master!
Young Master.
You are here!~So what?
What do you need me for?
Come with me, the whole mansion is disturbed.
They're all busy doing nothing.
Why rush?~But this is really something.
The Emperor Dowager's golden plate was delivered.
Madam is really anxious because you are not there.
If you don't return we don't know what she might do.
That plate is not made of paper pulp.
As if my mother isn't used to disturbance.
I have a case. Tell my mother I'll come after that.
Where are you going?
To the House of Tenderness.
Yeah, right.
Because you acted so heroically.
Out of your own pocket again.
Young Master, come with me. ~Miss Jiang already reached the capital.
Young Master!
House of Tenderness?
The Jin-Jiang marriage is granted by the Empress.
Others would wish they were so lucky.
Miss, you are trying to run all the time...
...but maybe when you see that Lord Jin...
...you might never want to miss him again.
But this is not what I want.
I want something with real feelings.I already love someone else.
Master Liu, the Jiang bride has arrived.
Welcome them.~Yes.
Are you a master too?
Look, no time left to talk now.
We're there.
Housekeeper of the Jin Mansion, Liu Wenjia...
...was ordered by Madam Jin to welcome Miss Jiang.
Please rise, Master Liu.
I'm tired from traveling.
Take me straight to the guest house.
Good. We've prepared the capital's biggest guesthouse for you.
Thank you, Master Liu.
Let's get on with it.
Miss Jiang, feeling unwell is a symptom...
...of an underlying cause...
...such as not being acclimatized.
Or maybe a cold or weakness.
I am Gu Zhangfeng, doctor of the Jin's.
I know all about medicine.
The climate here is really different from that in Nanjing.
Maybe I can make you some medicine?
Are you nuts?
If you mess her up you can't make it up.
How could I mess her up? I only cure!
I know Shennong's 'Materia Medica' by heart.
The pile of books I read is higher than you are.
You have to talk so much?
Take Miss Jiang to the guesthouse! ~Yes!
Wang Qiang and Ma Zhong!~Yes!
Wait for the sound of my cup...
...to come inside and arrest the suspect.
Yes!
The others, hide out here.
Yes!
HOUSE OF TENDERNESS
Lord Jin, you have high standards.
Of so many girls...
...you can't just pick anyone.
Us Jins may have a lot of money...
...I'm not gonna spend it on an ordinary girl.
Are all your girls present here?
Well, there is one...
Let her come out then.
She really has many rules.
Rules?
More than this?
I'll go settle it.
Come, sit down, my Lord.
Chuchu!
My good daughter.
We have an important guest, come see him.
I won't.
Chuchu...
Normally, you can come see them...
...as it pleases you.
But this Young Lord Jin is really something.
We can't offend him.
Come take a little look.
I need no silver.
You might need no silver...
...but you might need this.
I'd like to see...
...how charming this urban lord is.
Show me the way, mama.
Young Lord, this is Miss Chuchu.
Chuchu...
Come, sit.
Sit down.
Properly entertain him.
I won't disturb you.
Have a good time.
Did I keep you waiting?
Sorry for that.
It's okay.
Fate is fate, no matter how late.
How do you am your fate?
So I was told by your exotic perfume.
You're the one I was looking for.
As I have been waiting for you.
With me here now...
...you can't get away.
Jin Yuanbao isn't a good guy indeed!
Drinking and hugging women all day.
Wait untill I get you. I'll teach you.
Even a brush on my face can't hide my heroism.
Apparently...
Much more domineering.
Whip.
Candle.
Red rope.
What is this?
What 'ladies'?
This is... what 'money'?
This is my room, Young Lord.
No hurry.
I'd like to call for some food and drinks.
With me, you'll have enough to eat.
Where is Yuanbao?
Didn't he know about today?
How can he still be out this late?
Madam, he was investigating a case.
He'd come after that.
What is more important than gift from the Empress?
Where did Yuanbao go?
Tell me!
The House of Tenderness.~What?
Be gentle, loving couple.
Lord, hot nights are short.
Why don't we...~Not so fast.
Good tea...
...to drink good tea in one gulp.
And you, Chuchu, are my good tea for tonight.
I want to cautiously taste all of it.
Disgusting!
The Lord will sure taste the difference.
Of course.
Miss Chuchu's fragrance...
...goes straight to the soul, lingering for days.
Are you from the West as well?
Of course.
Those feeble woman of Central China...
...how could they handle such a hot fragrance?
It must be hard to get into your room.
I think it must be only...
...insiders who get into your room.
The Lord just keeps asking.
Am I not satisfying you? I won't force you then.
I'll ask mommy for another girl for you.
Don't get me wrong.
From the moment I saw you...
...all other women on earth...
...are just muck to me.
Naughty boy.
Not so fast.
Night is still young.
Why doesn't Miss Chuchu...
...do a little dance to get me going?
Dance?
I'd like to see if Chuchu's waist...
...is really as delicate as tender leaves in March...
...and if your charming eyes...
...are really as deep as the waters in spring.
Disgusting.
Alright.
Are you, except being a courtesan...
...also interested in other businesses?
Like selling jewelry...
...and wallets and all?
I'm only interested...
...in eating you.
Miss hasn't answered my question yet. Are you, or not?
You guess.
What are you afraid of?
That an officer will come and arrest you?
He won't want to arrest me.
At our mansion we have...
...this celebration.
Guests are all noblemen.
Too bad our female servants are so ugly.
It would be great if we had girls as pretty as you.
Do you know where I could find such girls?
Men are so bad.
Always looking for fresh fruit.
Fresh fruit is all around.
That's for later, because tonight...
...you are mine.
You"ve been here so long, you must know many girls.
Why don't you introduce them to me?
Where can I find such girls?
Looking at the pan while eating from the bowl spoils the fun.
Let's not talk about others today,
just talk about you and me.
Young master, did you come alone tonight?
Of course, there's only me.
Don't tell me, you have hidden some other guest.
Of course not.
You are the only one I am serving tonight.
But it's getting too late tonight.
You should go back to rest, Young Lord.
Sounds like an order to leave.
Miss, you seem to have a lot on your mind and secrets.
Don't go. Don't let him go.
Who are you?
Dirty ladies!
Didn't you say that you only love me in your whole life?
Didn't you say that you will serve only me?
Who exactly are you?
And you, who exactly are you?
What garlic or onion dares to touch my Chuchu!
I am telling you, if you want to touch my lover,
first see whether or not my fist agree!
Concealed weapons.
Right, start crawling, you piece of good-looking shit!
Chuchu, bad choice! How can you like...
...this sissy?
Wang Qiang, Ma Zhong!
What a gigolo!
Go!
Wang Qiang! Ma Zhong!
Here, you!
Any more tricks? I can take them all!
Which faction are you from? Why do you have to take off my clothes?
I am not from anything. I just want to take off your clothes.
Soldiers are here!
Let go.
Let go!
You let go!
Help!
Wang Qiang, Ma Zhong, Help!
Go ahead, yell all you want. There's no one coming to rescue you.
Help!
Little Pimp! You could be anybody!
I'm gonna strip it all off...
...to see if you're a Zhang or a Li!
Come down!
How about it? Are you still going to run?
Go ahead, run.
Go find someone to help you.
How come they are still not here?
Come here.
Lord.
Don't chase anymore.
You won't be able to catch up with him.
With your skills, you can't beat him.
Then, do we just let him go like this?
Yes!
Pen and paper!
Yes.
How is it?
It's good.
Didn't come after you.
Did you see it?
Don't remind me. I was this close.
I was just about to take off his pants
to see if there is a birthmark or not.
You look, my long hair has
become this short.
What a waste to give it away for your beard.
Forget it. We can just find another method.
Finding Aunt Yu's son won't be that easy.
How about returning to Mount Emei and then think of something.
I am not going back.
My mother took me from the forest and raised me for 20 years.
Is there anything harder than this?
I just don't believe that I won't be able to check whether or not Jin Yuanbao has a birthmark.
And see if he is my mother's biological son or not.
If I can't verify, I will never go back.
But you already tried to check it a few times.
What if you get caught?
Getting hit is a small matter.
You can get beheaded if it didn't go well.
Are you afraid? Go back, then!
Afraid?
I, Fat Tiger, don't even know the word 'afraid'.
Tell me, what's next?
Come up with ideas to sneak into Jin manor.
Flying Leopard has met Chuchu.
This Xuande paper is the same...
...as Flying Leopard's.
This Western perfume is what Chuchu is wearing.
It seems Flying Leopard is a secret messenger for Chuchu.
But, from Chuchu's reaction...
...it seems like she did not know him.
He let Chuchu go just like that...
...but tried hard to strip off my clothes.
Maybe he thought you were charming.
Shut up.
He was obviously after me...
...but I don't know what he wants.
Wang Qiang and Ma Zhong, go to the office...
...to get a search notice for Chuchu and that guy.
This matter is becoming more and more interesting.
So far so good for today.
It's just if I return home more late,
my mother will be angry.
Back home!~Yes!
Young master, you have finally returned.
Madam is awaiting you in the main hall.
Awaiting?
Are you saying that as my cousin or as our housekeeper?
I wouldn't dare.
Then why are you here?
The wedding clothes are ready.
Madam wants you to try them on. If something's wrong...
...the tailor can fix that tonight.
You are all more nervous for that wedding than I am.
Show me then.
These are the capital's best fabrics.
It's especially made for you, by the Royal Family's...
...Master Tailors.
Are these really the best fabrics?
Yes.
They were especially chosen.
Why not Yun brocade?
Yun brocade?
Yun brocade is woven with gold, silver and copper...
...interwoven with bird feathers.
It consists of 14,000 silk threads...
...in order to make all the...
...complicated flower patterns.
In the whole process of making it...
...every detail becomes a miracle of perfection.
Don't you think Yun brocade really suits my wedding dress?
Yes, but there won't be enough time to make it then.
Not enough time to make it?
Who are you?
You are the housekeeper of General Jin's mansion!
Aren't you afraid people will ridicule you?
Isn't this what you all hoped for?
This Jin-Jiang granted marriage?
It'll be our greatest celebration.
The Imperial Kindness bringing glory to our ancestors, right?
Yes.
No matter if I'm gonna marry or not...
...I only want everything to be top-notch!
Including people, okay?
We got it.
These are not bad, keep them for your own marriage.
'Perfect Couple'
Respect, Mother.
Rise.
Thanks, Mother.
Were you investigating a big case today?
I wouldn't dare.
I arrested a small thief.
I suspect that there is a bigger conspiracy behind him.
So...~Enough!
You can talk non-stop about cases.
Do you not know what is today?
I know.
Raise your head.
Look at this sign.
'Perfect Couple'
I've seen it.
Do you know who wrote this?
The Empress Dowager.
Today, everybody was gathered at our gate...
...to welcome this gift from the Empress.
And where were you?
Mother, I don't want to be...
...that 'Perfect Couple' as the Empress wrote it.
Why? Why can't you be that?
When she granted it, I already said so.
Me and that Miss Jiang are strangers to each other.
I cannot accept this kind of marriage.
Tomorrow's wedding ceremony...
...is just child's play.
We won't be a perfect couple.
I've gathered info.
Miss Jiang is gentle and virtuous.
She's beautiful and well-behaved.
What else can you ask for?
What I ask for...
...is real feelings.
Feelings?
Yes, Mother.
Mutual understanding, supporting each other.
As for appearance, age, background...
None of that matters.
You mean to call the marriage off?
Who drew these pictures?
Look what a bad job on the eyelids!
It doesn't look like me at all!
Right, is my nose that flat?
Fat Tiger, is it that flat?
Miss...
What a lousy painter!
They'll get recognized!~He should be whipped!
Throw him in the river!
Miss, stop it, they'll discover you.
We gotta go.
I am a real human being.
I don't want to be treated like a toy.
How impudent!
This is granted by the Empress Dowager!
Young Master, what Aunt is doing is for your own good.
Also, the crowd looks forward to this marriage.
It'll be great no matter what, won't it?
Cousin, shouldn't you get busy with something?
Why are you still here?
I got it, I'll go take a look.
Today, everyone watched how the sign arrived.
Miss Jiang is already in the capital.
Everybody is expecting this marriage to take place tomorrow.
Don't tell me you want me to publicly call this marriage off...
...because Young Lord Jin doesn't want it!
Mother, I'm not living for other people.
What the world wants, is the world's business.
I only want to live my own life.
Even if I agree with your wish...
...you can't expect the Empress to withdraw her order.
Then I will go to the Empress Dowager...
...walking on my knees...
...and ask her to withdraw her order...
I will ask for an imperial decree and refute the marriage.
You...
Come with me.
If we are fated to love each other,
why is it so painful?
What has covered your eyes,
that made you not value my efforts?
If love is about mutual protection,
why is it so bitter?
What has stopped me from going forward,
that left me not caring about your helplessness?
There will be hardships even if it's a predestined romance.
There is no point worrying about the rights or wrongs.
Stepping back because of love is not a sign of defeat.
I just want to pass the days and nights holding onto your hand.
If love is about mutual protection,
why is it so bitter?
What has stopped me from going forward,
that left me not caring about your helplessness?
There will be hardships even if it's a predestined romance.
There is no point worrying about the rights or wrongs.
Stepping back because of love is not a sign of defeat.