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[Perfect Couple]

Episode Twenty-Five

Present.

- See Miss Qian Qian home.
- Yes!

- Come home soon.
- I will.

I'll get going now

This way, Miss Qian Qian.

- Guards!
- Present!

- Get me a horse.
- Yes!

Come on.

We're leaving now. Take care of yourself.

Go on and leave now.
You've said that so many times.

It's fine. It is still early.

You can chat for a while.

After we've left

tell Yuan Bao about everything.

Even if he gets angry at you
and blames you

you must bear with it.

After all, we lied to him
in the first place.

Don't worry, I will yield to him.

All right, it's getting late.

You'd better leave now.

Take care.

You dare to leave?

Mother? What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?

If I don't show up
I'm going to lose my son!

Look at you, do you still
regard me as your mother?

How can you abandon your mother to
leave with this shady unruly girl?

Mother, you are not to say
that about Xue Er.

She is not some shady unruly girl.

Miss Xue Er, I respect you
as our manor's guest.

But you? You came to my home
to steal my son!

I'm already being polite by
calling you a unruly girl.

If you provoke me any further
I'll call you by even worse names!

Mother!

I'm not abandoning you.

I just want to move out.

Stop finding excuses.

You've been looking around for a house

and packing up your
belongings for days.

Do you think that I haven't noticed?

Do you think that I'm dead?

Auntie Gu, Chang Feng just wants to
open his own pharmacy.

Young Mistress, I am lecturing my son.

Don't blame me for cutting
your sentence short.

Chang Feng is my son.

He wasn't sold to Jin Manor.

I am teaching my un-filial son
a lesson now.

Young Mistress should stay out of it.

Miss Xue Er, do you have
anything else to say?

Let me make myself clear.

Gu Chang Feng is my son.

No one is allowed to steal him
away from me.

Mother!

You're bewitched. Fine, you can leave.

All right, just go ahead and run me over.

Mother!

What is this about?

Young Master... Chang Feng is seduced
by that vixen.

He is going to abandon me
and leave home with her.

Young Master grew up with Chang Feng
and has always been close to him.

I wouldn't dare to speculate if
you knew about this matter.

But I will say this again.
Yes, you can leave

if you run me over right now!

Why are you leaving?

I want to open a pharmacy
with Xue Er outside the manor.

I'm the one who wants to leave.

Chang Feng, you don't have to
come with me.

You've been planning this with them
in the manor for the past few days?

You, get inside.

- But...
- But what?

You dare to abandon the mother
who gave birth to you and raised you.

Even if I have to break your legs
I won't let you leave with her.

And you, get inside as well.

I have something to say to you.

But... You can't do this to them.

Xiao Xuan, you'd better go inside
with Yuan Bao.

- I...
- Remember what I told you.

Go on.

Chang Feng, it's not worth doing
this for her.

Young Master has already spoken.

What are you still doing there?

Miss Xue Er, you might be staying
at Jin Manor temporarily

so you are free to go
wherever you want.

I only have one thing to say to you.

If you have the guts to
steal my son from me

do you have the guts to go inside with me

and get this matter all sorted out?

Why didn't you help them?

You instigated Gu Chang Feng
leaving Jin Manor.

You instigated Gu Chang Feng leaving
Jin Manor for your best friend, Xue Er

and abandon his mother.

What are you up to?

You're all being unreasonable.

Gu Chang Feng is just moving out.

He is still going to be in the Capital.
It's not like you won't see him anymore.

How is that considered
abandoning his mother?

Answer me. When Xi Er died

why did you pack up to leave Jin Manor?

I... Why are you suddenly
asking me about this?

This isn't sudden.

You've never answered me.

Answer me. When Xi Er died

why did you pack up to leave Jin Manor?

You still can't answer me now?

Do you still suspect me?

If I still suspected you I wouldn't
have cleared your name for you!

You still owe me an answer.

You were very close to Xi Er.

You had no reason to leave Jin Manor
after she died.

Unless... you're hiding something

or you have a secret.

Answer me.

I've told you that I keep
no secrets from you.

You know how I feel about you.

Why won't you answer me?

Do you think that I can't be trusted?

Or can you not be bothered to trust me?

Or do you not care about me at all?

Answer me.

You know what I'm like.

If you won't tell me

I won't eat or rest well.

I...

Back then... I...

I wasn't sure about your feelings for me.

I was afraid that you'd be mad
at me if I told you.

All right, tell me now.

I promise not to be angry at you.

Because... Because you were
too ill-tempered then.

You were so dominant and
looked down on others.

So I couldn't stand you anymore.

How can you put up with me now?

I have no choice. Where the needle goes
the thread follows.

I slowly got used to it.

All right.

It's good that you got used to it.

Just stay here

stay here in Jin Manor and
be my Young Mistress.

You had the guts to run away from home
but no guts to talk to your mother?

- Get down on your knees!
- Mother!

I never said I was abandoning you.

I just wanted to open
a pharmacy outside the manor.

Why didn't you tell me in advance?

You packed up in secret

while I watched you for days.

You had no intention in telling me
about this matter at all!

I raised you for 20 years.

And you just leave as you wish?

You didn't even ask me
for my permission?

Auntie, this is all because of me.

Please stop making things
difficult for Chang Feng.

You think that I didn't want to tell you?

If I had told you, would you have agreed?

I don't want to always depend on
Madam Jin and the Manor.

- I want to be independent!
- Don't you even dare think about it!

I've served Madam Jin for
20 years.

We are forever indebted to her kindness.

She raised you as if
you were her own son.

You have no conscience!

You want to leave Jin Manor?

You want to be independent?

Don't you dare even think about it!

What's wrong with being independent?

I'm not a slave to the Jin family.
I share an equal status as them.

Why can't I move out?

I can still repay Madam Jin's kindness
and be filial to you even if I move out.

Anyway, let me tell you

that I will be wherever
the Jin family is.

And you will be wherever I am!

Any old vixen isn't allowed
to seduce you away!

Auntie, I have acted inappropriately.

Please stop blaming Chang Feng.
Just blame it all on me.

Allow me to be brazen and
express my feelings here.

Chang Feng is the best person
in my life.

I'm honored to be loved by him

and would never let him down lightly.

If you don't despise me

I'm willing to be Chang Feng's wife.

I despise you!

Mother!

Get up!

Mother, I will marry Xue Er
regardless to what you say.

Or I will choose to stay single forever!

You won't accept me today but
I am willing to wait until you do.

I will stay true to my words.

I will keep waiting.

I won't keep you from lecturing your son.

I will take my leave now.

Xue Er, where are you going?

Get back here!

Get down on your knees!

You want to be independent?

Marry her?

Listen up! Don't you dare think about
doing either!

- Greetings, Mother.
- Greetings, Mother.

Why are you home so soon?

You'd better not tell me
you've come home

because you find it too hard
at the Bureau.

How could that be?

Mother, I've already got the hang of
the work at the Bureau of Weaponry.

The rest is just paperwork.

There's no point wasting my time there.

So I wanted to come home
to keep you company.

Sure, come here and take a seat.

Join me for lunch.

Mother is going to have her meal.

As daughter-in-law, don't you
have to stand up and serve her?

There are just three of us in the family.

Doesn't that feel too withdrawn?

There aren't any outsiders around.

Ceremonial manners can be overlooked.

Sit down, Xiao Xuan.

You're being filial by
having meals with me.

This is so tasty.

I didn't know that Choy sum
could be so tasty.

You don't speak while
eating or sleeping.

This is the same manners that we all
abide by everywhere in the nation.

Why are you the exception?

This Choy Sum dish might seem
to be vegetarian

but there are actually three chickens
used in the making of that dish.

It's made with the broth of chicken and
the best dried ham

that has been braised for six hours.

That's why it is so tasty.

Have more of it if you find it tasty.

This...

This quail egg is so hard to pick up.

I can't seem to pick it up
with my chopsticks.

Don't eat anything since
you don't know how to eat well.

Look at the way you eat.

There's no class in your mannerisms.

It seems as if you were some
boorish scamp wandering about.

A young mistress of Jin family like you

would be the laughing stock if
you were to socialize with any guests.

My mother is the model of perfect
etiquette among all noble women.

There are many who envy her.

I wouldn't dare expect you
to become like her.

But when you can at least
be one third of what she is...

that's when you get to eat at the table.

What do I eat before I learn
the proper etiquette?

You're not allowed to eat anything.

Xiao Xuan, don't be blame me for
siding with my son.

Indeed, you are the young mistress
of Jin Manor.

Your every word and action will
influence the reputation of Jin Manor.

I did turn a blind eye to your manners
as you are still very young.

That is my negligence.

I think that Yuan Bao is right.

Why don't you start working on
your etiquette from today?

Behavior, speech, appearance,
needle-work, and cooking.

You shouldn't let anyone laugh
at any of your weaknesses.

Why have you woken me up
so early in the morning?

From now on, you must wake up and be
finished grooming before seven o'clock.

Fifteen minutes past seven
you will be tutored in

how to be the Young Mistress
of Jin Manor.

What a nutcase.

From now on, I will teach you
how to speak properly

how to smile and how to interact
with other people.

There is to be a discipline in the way
a respectable lady stands.

As the phrase
'gracefully poised' indicates

there is a rule in every gesture
and mannerism.

Jin Yuan Bao, do you really think
that I am not up to par?

To be the Young Mistress of Jin Manor

you are indeed not up to par.

Auntie, please.

When you're standing upright
the distance between your chin

and your collarbone should be
half an inch apart.

You mustn't lift your chin too high

to avoid looking too domineering.

But Jin Yuan Bao always had
his chin high up in the air.

Young Mistress, we are talking
about you right now.

Where should you look when
you're talking to someone?

It is the eyes, of course!

That will show my sincerity.

Wrong.

Young Mistress, you're the Young
Mistress of Jin Manor.

The people that you meet are
all of great importance and status.

If you stare into their eyes

do you think you're watching
a cock fight or a dog fight?

You must look at their chins.

But isn't that just chins all the
time for the entire day?

Your eyes are opened too wide.

Is that wrong as well?

Of course.

You can't open your eyes too wide.

But you can't have them
squinted into a line either.

Young Mistress, you must be
well-poised when standing.

You can't slouch and keep your chest in.

That will make you look wretched.

Young Mistress, you always have the
air of picking a fight about you.

Are you trying to destroy the
reputation Madam built up?

This won't be too difficult.
Since I was little, I have known

when standing up, it is chin up
and stomach in.

Keep it in!

You can't push your chest
and bottom out at will.

That will make you look
like an indecent woman.

- I...
- You're Young Mistress Jin.

You're not some girl in a brothel.

I didn't do it on purpose.

This is what my figure is like
so I can't help it...

Keep it in!

You must always remember in 'behaviour,
speech, appearance, needle-work and cookery'

appearance does not come first.

Yuan Bao, she hit me.

So what if she did?

I think that Auntie Gu isn't
hitting hard enough.

It seems that Young Mistress has yet
to master the standing pose.

I...

Are you still my husband?

I am training you
because I am your husband.

Do you see how much I love you?

Cousin-in-law?

Cousin Yuan Bao, I'm here to see
cousin-in-law learn etiquette.

You must feel bad for her that
she has to learn it like this.

What's there to feel bad about?

Look at your cousin-in-law.

Her speech and mannerisms
are all so vulgar.

She should be taught a lesson.

I've put up with it till now.

That's already quite a feat.

Who are you talking about?

I'm talking about you.

Cousin-in-law, this is your fault.

My cousin is doing this
for your own good.

He's worried that you might be laughed
at when he takes you out socializing.

Jin Yuan Bao, have I done something wrong?

You didn't do anything wrong.

Give this a thought.
You want to be Young Mistress

and the Young Mistress gets to
lead a good life.

If you want to lead a good life you have
to pay the price. Do you understand?

Young Mistress. Next, I'll teach you

how to speak properly

and how to smile.

That smile is wrong.

Young Mistress is born talented.

But there's room for improvement in
terms of speech and mannerisms.

Do you know the reason for that?

I know. It's because all of you
prefer blockheads.

Young Mistress, there is no need
to speak out of spite.

Give this a thought. No matter
how good a personality you have

and how kind a heart you have

you need the right manners
to match, am I right?

While you're out having a meal
or a drink with someone

how would an outsider judge you?

Isn't it by your speech and mannerisms?

Here, hold this chopstick in your mouth.

Now smile.

What is a false smile? It's exactly
the one you just had on your face.

Here, let's continue.

Continue.

Last time Madam went with Empress
Dowager to meet the secret envoy

she kept her smile like that
for four hours.

Smile.

Look how well you're smiling.

It's so hypocritical.

Just like a dog.

What now? You're not smiling anymore?

You can't keep pretending?

What you are doing now?

This is what I learned
when I was eight years old.

You have to learn it from scratch
after you're married?

Cousin Yuan Bao, you shouldn't have.

She's been so undisciplined all her life.

Can't you just let her carry on
being sloppy?

Why bother dressing up a monkey in a hat?

You're not to be influenced
by anyone's comments.

Should anyone comment on
your speech or actions

are you to lose your temper
like you are now?

Exactly.

I'm helping you with keeping
your temper in.

Don't hold a grudge against me for that.

All right, Auntie Gu.

That's about it.

It's time to teach her how to
serve tea to her husband.

Young Mistress, I have just told you

that every step you take must not
be more than a half meter wide.

How wide is that step you just took?

Young Mistress, the step has to be small

but it must also be smooth.

Look at how much your hairpin

and the hem of your skirt are moving
along with your step.

That won't do.

Where is my tea?

Are you trying to make me
die of thirst?

Serve the tea right away.

Young Master has already read
three pages of his book.

How long do you intend
to keep him waiting?

Please have some tea, my husband.

I've been waiting for such a long time.

Then you serve me tea
with such a sullen look.

You even spilled tea on me.

You were the one who spat it all over me!

If I say so, then it is so.

The way you walk is ugly and
the way you serve tea is pretentious.

The look on your face is that
of a scorned woman.

How dare you talk back to me?

Jiang Xiao Xuan, are you too
comfortable at Jin Manor?

Go and get me another cup of tea!

I...

How would you dare to
talk back to your husband?

Hurry up, now.

Yes.

Madam Jin is kindhearted.

Since Young Mistress has married
into the family

you've not been told to
abide by the family rules

or served your mother-in-law any meals yet?

Surely when you accompany Madam
to any banquets in the future

you wouldn't sit at the same table

with Madam and just start helping
yourself to food?

Therefore, you will have to be trained on

how to stand still without budging.

Auntie is right.

Serving parents-in-law should also be
in the Jiang family's house rules?

But since your family is too lenient
to have taught you that

we will do the honors then.

Auntie, get her to stand still.

Yes.

Auntie Gu, if you pity my cousin-in-law
now then you'll get her into trouble.

In a huge household like ours

a crystal agate bowl would
weigh at least five kilograms.

Hold on to it.

Here you go.

You just bowed your head down.

That isn't presentable.

When I learned from Auntie Gu

I had to walk with bowls of water
to and fro for many times.

Give it a try, cousin-in-law.

Have you had enough?

This older cousin-in-law isn't
loving to her younger cousin-in-law.

How should she be punished?

You're disgruntled about being
disciplined and have no patience.

You raised your voice at your younger
cousin-in-law in public.

How is that the right behavior of
a young mistress of a huge manor?

What young mistress? I don't
even get to have a meal!

Big deal! I'll just give up
being a young mistress!

You can't give it up.

You were carried on a bridal chair through
a huge parade when I married you.

The emperor and Crown Prince
bestowed a jade book to you.

Can you just quit if you want to?

What do you take the Jin family for?

You think that you can come
and leave at will?

Jin Yuan Bao!

What is the matter with you?

Nothing's wrong with me.

I've matured now that I'm married and
have taken over the Bureau of Weaponry.

I'm now officially the master
of Jin Manor.

Since I'm now the Master of the Manor
I should act like one.

Since you've married me, you have to
do the same as well. Understand?

The weather is just right so
don't bother to get changed.

Get a few more bowls of water
and start all over again.

I...

Hurry up! Go and fetch more water.

- Yes!
- Yes!

Pour me some tea.

What? Have you already forgotten
what you have just been taught?

I need snacks to go with my tea.

Pour me some tea.

Wait a minute.

It's gone cold. Get a hot pot of tea.

You're so difficult to wait on.

What? I'm your husband.

I want you to serve me
a cup of hot tea.

Is that so difficult?

Forget it.

You've made me lose my appetite for it.

Fetch some water to wash my feet.

I want to wash my feet.

Seriously...

A respectable lady from
a prestigious family like you

can't talk or walk properly

but you're quite good at massaging.

My mother is very tired
from her chores every day.

When she gets home, I always soak
her feet and give her a massage.

Your mother is the Mistress
of Jiang Manor.

What chores does she have to do?

I meant... my wet nurse.

You treat your wet nurse a lot
better than your own mother.

Whether it is my mother or my wet nurse

I'll be nice to whoever treats me well.

Use a bit more strength.

This feels great.

Fetch me a few more
buckets of water later.

Add more essential oils to it.

Since you're so good at massaging

and you're even more skilled
than some old ladies here in the manor

we'd better not let that skill
go to waste.

Harder, that's right.

What are you doing, Jin Yuan Bao?

What have I done today that warrants
being treated so weirdly by you?

Even if you're mad at me for
helping Chang Feng move out

you could have said that to me!

You don't have to put on the airs
of a husband and Young Master!

What are you trying to do?

I want you to get a cloth
to dry the floor right now

because I don't like to see water
stains on the floor.

Listen up! I'm putting up with you
not because I'm scared of you.

- It's because...
- Because of what?

You'd better hurry up.

I don't want to see the floor wet
when I go to bed.

What are you doing?

I'm tired so I'm going to bed.

Who said you can sleep on the bed?

Sleep outside.

Sleep outside?

I just mopped the floor outside
and it's still wet.

Just dry it again if it's still
wet then you can sleep there.

I...

Wake up.

What time is it now?

Did you sleep well?

No, it was so cold.

I'm so hungry...

If you're hungry, wash up and
get dressed right away.

We'll have breakfast.

Breakfast?

You're not angry at me anymore?

Hurry up if you want breakfast.

It's so tasty.

This is so tasty.

I'm starving.

Tasty?

it's just ordinary pork filling

with dried shrimps and bamboo shoots.

I was just saying that the cook
has been a bit lazy these days.

Yet you find it tasty?

I think that this is already very good.

Jiang manor is in Nanjing.

The food in Huaiyang region is famous.

I also heard that Jiang Manor spends
a lot on food.

You find such common food tasty?

I find it really tasty.

Let me ask you a question.

What do you think of this compared
to breakfast in Jiang Manor?

Breakfast is also tasty in Jiang Manor

but there's always something amiss.

What are you doing, Jin Yuan Bao?

What have I done wrong now?

You haven't done anything wrong.

Since breakfast is so great at Jiang Manor

why don't you teach the cooks
here at Jin Manor

how to make the best breakfast?

Let go of me!

What are you doing?

What are you doing, Jin Yuan Bao? Why have
you gone insane so early in the morning?

I won't be kind to you if
you keep this up!

What's the matter?

I'm taking you to the kitchen so why
are you yelling so loudly?

I won't go there. Don't you dare
think you can torture me today.

You must! You've married me so you
have to do my bidding.

I'm married to you, not sold to you!

You're sold to me
if you're married to me.

What are you doing?

What are you doing? Let me go!

What are you doing, Jin Yuan Bao?

- Give me the necklace back!
- You're not fit to wear this.

Jin Yuan Bao, have you gone crazy?

As for the guests who are to appear
at Yuan Bao's inauguration

we won't trouble Empress Dowager.

But there are a few families
that we have to invite.

Although I have already sent
sent messages out to them

you will still have to bring the
official invitations over to them.

Yes, Madam.

That's not necessary. I'm not holding
an inauguration ceremony.

What nonsense is this?

This is a huge event. How can we
call it off just because you say so?

What is it? Just a few days
of shouldering the responsibility

and you're already running out
of patience?

I'll still be in charge of the
Bureau of Weaponry.

But I just don't want any
inauguration ceremony.

Young Master, Young Mistress has spent
such a long time preparing for it.

What is the reason for calling it off?

What could she possibly have arranged
with her shallow knowledge?

Am I to spend money on making
myself a laughing stock?

We might as well call it off
since she's in charge of it.

Insolent!

Spending money to make you
into a laughing stock?

We will be demonstrating the power of our
latest cannon General of Invincible Might.

It will bring you great honor and glory.

Xiao Xuan has made such huge efforts
for your special day.

How can you dismiss it by saying
that she is shallow?

I've always hated putting on
a show for anyone

and deceiving others.

Anyway, this ceremony is unnecessary.

It doesn't matter who prepared
for it. I don't care.

Young Master, Auntie knows that
you aren't fond of such events.

But such a ceremony is only held once.

You had already agreed to it.

Now that is all arranged and
invitations are handed out

how can we cancel it now?

You could hide out in the bureau
and not be bothered about it.

But how do you expect Auntie to explain
this situation to our acquaintances?

Why don't we do this instead?

I know that you've never liked
overly elaborate red tape.

Why don't we simplify it?

We must hold the ceremony.

You must ignite General of Invincible
Might in person.

If we cancel the ceremony now
with such little notice

we would be mocked at
by thousands of people

and it will be hard for Auntie to
explain this to others.

We will heed your cousin's advice.

We may simplify the ceremony

but it must be held as planned.

You must still ignite General of
Invincible Might on that day.

Yuan Bao, this is a new stage
in your life.

It is of great significance to you.

Whether you are willing or not

I won't allow you to be willful.

Unless... Unless you intend to make
me bear the burden again.

All right then.

I am willing to attend the ceremony
for the sake of Mother.

Wen Zhao, what do you reckon
is wrong with Yuan Bao?

Don't worry, Auntie.

Since he's already agreed to it

he won't go back on his word easily.

That's not what I am worried about.

I know Yuan Bao's temperament very well.

Don't you think that he seems troubled
and anxious lately?

Now that you mention it

that does seem to be the case.

Has he argued with Xiao Xuan again?

I wonder what is troubling him.

He won't even tell me about it.

Auntie, we've all grown up now.

We can't make you worry
about every little thing.

I think that it is just the heavy
workload at the Bureau of Weaponry

that is making him a bit restless

or that he's squabbled a bit
with Young Mistress

and he's in a bad mood, that's all.

It wouldn't be anything serious.

I wonder when I can stop worrying
about this child.

Young Master will eventually
be mature one day.

Furthermore, no matter how immature he is

you still have me by your
side to share your burden.

Fortunately, your advice sounded
logical and reasonable to him.

Otherwise, I was afraid that we would
really have to cancel the ceremony.

Is everything all right now?

Now we just need to await the day
of the ceremony.

Young Mistress! What are you doing?

Are you looking for something?

Get the servants to do it for you!

Leave me alone!

I have to find it!

What is it that is worth risking
your health to find?

It's a necklace that
Jin Yuan Bao gave to me.

- I must find it...
- Just get him to buy another one.

Why are you doing this to yourself?

He would never get me another one.

He was the one who threw it away.

He said that I'm not fit to wear it.

Come up here to talk.

You're drenched. You'll get ill.

- Young Mistress!
- Let me be!

- Young Mistress!
- Let me be!

Silly girl, he's not worth it!

Young Mistress...

Young Mistress!

Young Mistress!

Anyone there?

Anyone there?

Jin Yuan Bao, she looked for the
necklace that you threw away

for God knows how many hours
under the scorching sun.

If I hadn't happened to pass by

she would have drowned in the pond!

Is that so? Thank you
for passing by the pond.

Jin Yuan Bao, stop acting weird.

If you don't care about her
and won't treat her nicely

there is someone in the manor
who would treat her well.

You'd better keep that in mind!

Necklace...

It's always better to be pretty.

You just need to act pretentiously
in the water

and you get someone to stand up for you.

Even a despicable villain like
Liu Wen Zhao

couldn't help speaking up for you.

Are you proud of yourself?

Are you smug about it?

You tried all that you could
to get close to me.

You lied to me but I'm
still so in love with you.

You don't care about that at all.

But for a necklace, a dead object

you jumped into the water and
fished for it for hours.

Jiang Xiao Xuan...

Who are you really?

I really can't tell.

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