This is some good wine
Who are you?
Is Deng Ai working here?
We only have a small officer Ai Ai here
Who is looking for me?
Master Deng
Master Zhong
I have read your articles about the farming last night
Your opinions really shock me
This is a good great policy for the people and the country
I come here today
to listen to your detail opinion on your policy
It's no use
Please listen to me
You are holding great talents here
You shouldn't be buried by that small examiner
Please follow me and show my father the article
My father will definitely recommend you to the court
Who are you really?
If you don't have official business don't disturb our jobs
If I tell you who I am I will be bullying you
So it's better you don't know
Bullying us?
I will beat you today
Don't stand here get out
You want to fight?
Deng Ai
Who is Deng Ai?
I am
You are recommended by the imperial inspector
I'm here to take you to the county office
What happened?
How would I know?
The imperial Inspector Si Ma Yi
You know him?
This guy is really awesome
He knows everything?
Zhong Da
You haven't gone back?
I happen to have something to discuss with you
What happened to you face?
Here?
I fell off at my house
How about that?
I fell again
I think it's because you have no domination at your house
Your two wives fight each other?
It's my wife hitting me
It's a long story
She held a sword and swear to kill me
This is outrageous
Zhong Da
I can give you some advises
Your skills bro
work only to your kind wife
For my wife Zhang Chun Hua
There is only one way to deal with woman
You make her moved and let her understand your feeling
It's impossible to reason with her wit her hand holding a sword
That's even easier
She used a weapon and you use your emotions
You must feel something before you can make her moved
You need to cry when necessary
You are good at talking
No one can argue with you on the court
How come you are not able to convince your wife?
You invite me to your house after the work today
I will talk to her in person. What do you say?
Report to inspector
County Ru Nan's resumes have arrived
Just put there
Send these viewed documents to the counties
Roger
Zhong Da
The recommended candidates from royal families
are more than eight hundred people in total
I let you confirm these resumes
Most of the candidates can't even read
What should I do with it?
You can take these resumes
but let the examiner select the candidates according to our standard: family background, moral status and talents
Only select the one that fits
If we do this strictly by our standard
I'm afraid there are only a few left
What should we say to these royal families?
A great wall will be corrupted by a small crack
If we loose the standard the people under us will be in chaos
Within years this new policy will be useless
What should we say to emperor then?
You are right
If we can really carry out this new policy
It will be worthy if we are exhausted by it
Alright let's drop this topic. It's not in a hurry
The most urgent business is your family issue Zhong Da
Invite me to your house
Let me talk to your wife - No no
I...
I will hide here for a few more days
I will live here for a few days
Zhong Da I can't stand to see you like this
Please believe me
I will reason with her
She must listen to the traditional principle of a woman right?
Believe me. I will return to you after I conquering her. Seriously?
Of course
Thank you
Let's go
Master
Since you leave
Madam hasn't eaten anything for one day
Old master and third master all tried to talk to her
Two young master tried too
I talked all day and it won't work
Can this Chang Wen really convince her?
He said he will use emotions and reasons to convince her
How about the status of western rooms?
I send whatever they want to those two guests
They are served pretty well. - Have they came here?
They came here twice
They were driven away by the mattress
Please stay madam
Please stay
Are the traditional principles of woman wrong?
Are these principles wrong?
No good results?
I was totally convinced by her
My wife hasn't eaten anything yet
You need to persuade her to eat
She hasn't eaten anything for a day?
Does it look like she hasn't eaten anything?
She didn't eat anything indeed. - Bro Chang Wen
You can't quit this now
You need to be persistent and return her after you conquering her
I can't turn her back
I had never seen this before. She bit me before I can say a word
I will leave now
Master
You don't go in?
Send the meal to her everyday and help me monitor the western rooms
Yes
Is my face okay?
No it's okay
Fortunately I ran away fast
The traditional principles are right
Yes they are
Yes
You got lucky
She didn't have anything on her hand
Look at this
She smash me
You married a woman like this...
Zi Ye
Brother Ai
Why are you so happy?
The word your write
Inspector recommends me
I can join the selections for courtiers - Really?
Terrific
Release my daughter
Let go of my daughter you little bastard
You get back here
Madam
I heard from the butler
You haven't eaten anything for days
I was weak and sick as a child
My mom always made some local dishes for me
I made some and want you to have a try
I hope you can take good care of your health
Thank you for your kindness
I don't need them
I know you have a good relationship with the inspector
However
Aren't you afraid you might hurt the inspector by doing so?
The inspector is busy with his works these two days
I'm fortunately to help him on the political stuff
Can't you tolerate me a bit for this?
If you stay
Wouldn't you hurt him more?
I have married him for more than twenty years
I have been with him these years
We faced many dangers
Being his wife
is not only keeping this family
but also to help him when he is in difficulties
I know I can't make decisions for him
I also know
I can't prevent you from staying in our house
But at least
I can make decisions for myself
You want to make decisions for yourself
and sacrifice your husband's career?
Or even sacrifice his life?
I didn't ask anyone to sacrifice anything
I know what I am doing
You can reassure
I'm not threatening anyone
Thank you
I'm tired
Dad
Why do you come here?
You haven't came back home for days
I can only find you here
Dad, you really want to hide here forever?
I will go back when your mom is not that mad
I think it's not a good plan for you to hide here
It won't solve anything
Then please tell me all your three great plans
The best plan
is you two give whatever that woman wants
and make her really happy
So that she can be our people on herself
How to turn her to become one of our people willingly?
This will rely on your skills
Man and woman stuff
And you are so good at it
If you can turn her she can say some good things in front of the emperor
Tell me the medium plan
The medium plan
is let her stay separately with our mom
Don't let them meet
You will suffer in this case. You need to go two places
and you need to make both of them happy
The worst plan?
The worst plan
is what you are like here
Hide away from the mess
You will regret it
Why would I regret it?
Our mom hasn't eaten anything for four days
Why are you here bubbling then?
I... What three kinds of plans
You want to starve your mom to death?
Isn't this what you want?
What is my plan?
Your plan is the best plan that couldn't be tell by others
Mom please eat a bit
How can you stand this if you don't eat?
I don't want to eat
Mom, dad is back
Chun Hua, how is it?
Mom don't be angry anymore
We shouldn't blame all these to Dad
This is between your dad and me and has nothing to do with you two
Shier
Take your brother out
Talk to her
It all depends on you now
You suffered - I will do this with or without your warning
This is my own family
I will protect my own families
We are smart people, our whole family
There are differences between smartness and stubbornness
Being smart is to make yourself live better
If you get sick in order to get her out
It will be stubbornness
You just pretend in front of others
Let's eat a bit
If the trend forces us
will you keep her using your wisdom?
I'm not acting for you
I have thought it over. If she really stays
I will not live well the rest of my life
I might just starve to death
My love
I have struggled for years
All I do is to protect our families
Without your presence
I will not live either
In my eyes
The edict from the emperor
can't compete with you
Sometimes I think
If you are still that scholar in white
and we never came here
We will not get involved with all these
I'm still that scholar in white
We have been together for twenty years
We have been through all together
We stand side by side
We can get through everything
Madam, inspector
Either hurting you or your wife
I can't bear to do any of it
I will tell the emperor I don't want to stay in your house anymore
I'm no good here
I'm wasting my time here
I will bear the consequence for all these
I hope madam can eat some and keep good health
I will leave now
This is wisdom
Wait here
I will send her out
I really envy your wife
She can have a husband like you
If I'm at her position
I will risk my life to protect you
She is like a tiger when seeing another woman
Sorry to let you suffer
You just hurry up to come up with an idea
to deal with the emperor and the generals in the royal family
The new policy is carrying out and the forces in the court are moving around
Your whole life's reputation and success depends on this
If you piss off the emperor now
It's not in your advantage
You foresee a lot Miss
Thank you for your warnings
You play this well
Don't think too much
My wife and I
are not Zhou Yu and Huang Gai
What's more we don't have warship to burn(This is a story from the Three Kingdoms. Two people won a war by acting against each other)
You don't need to say anything. I just want to be the eastern wind to help you
Take care
Eastern wind
You are just a good looking Jiang Gan（A male persuader in the Three Kingdoms）
Shut the door
She really left? - Yes
This is wisdom
No it's because of your persistence
She really left?
Can Cao Pi let you get out of this?
The emperor's personality
He won't quit this easily
What does he want then? Does he really want to destroy our family?
What he wants to rule the whole country
He doesn't care our family's stability
But
We just get through this first
He used to say
If I don't let this woman come into our house
He will
What will he do?
He will let me divorce with you
What did you say?
What do you want
Divorce with me then
I had two sons already
I need nothing else
But if you really do so
You can't let that woman come into our family
I...
Will never let that woman come into our family
Even I really divorce with you
I will still live with you
We will be together forever. What can he do?
If the situation gets intense
I will divorce with you
Divorce with me then
Let's eat
OK let's eat
Hou Ji
I'm coming master
You call for me? - The madam needs to eat
Madam wants to eat now
I will prepare the dishes now. - Wait
She hasn't eaten anything for days
Make some soup first
Alright don't worry
This is great
Bastard
Xuaner got this list from the Central Selection Department
I was shocked too after seeing it
Although we knew that Si Ma Yi is fight against us
I never expect him to be this bold
He cancel more than 800 people from our recommendation list
Only a few are left
The university got more than 80 students enrolled by the selection department
That's right
You see it too
The highest rank is the son of Zhong Yao: Zhong Hui
Si Ma Yi obviously is using this system
to create his own forces and parties
He is too rampant
Zi Dan
Should we talk to the emperor about this?
In front of the emperor
You can never compete with Si Ma Yi
Alright then
If this comes to this far
We don't need to come out
There are eight hundred people didn't get selected
Let them find Si Ma Yi and let him explain to them one by one
These people can tear his department apart
But if this goes too big...
Let this grow big
If this event grows big
we just sit tight and watch
Meets the emperor
Do you often contact with that sister?
We will talk about family occasionally
We never talk about politics and the issues in the palace
Family issue?
Have you heard about her family issues recently?
I have
Your sister is pretty dominant in the family
The wife I gave to the courtier
can be driven off by her
Your majesty
My sister's temper and personality is a bit aggressive
But she and her husband have been through everything for last twenty years
What she wants is only a lover who would never leave her and love her only
Please have mercy
Wants to have a man who loves her only?
and never leave her?
Zhuo Wen heard Si Ma Xiang Ru got a second wife
She made a poetry to break up with
Si Ma Xiang Ru realized something and be with her until they died
The difficulties and hardship behind this story are hidden
The beautiful story is told to fool the people
You really believe that? - I of course do
Hoping loving someone and be together forever
When you jumped into my arms
Have you ever thought
you might be a beautiful story in history?
I felt
even I die with you
become a sad story in history
I am still glad
Then I will let you become the beautiful story in history
You are a honorable concubine now
You are qualified to order the wives of the courtiers
You go back and persuade your sister
Let her accept Bai Ling Yun in Si Ma Yi's house. - Please don't your majesty
My sister gave all her life to my brother in law. She can't withstand this
Your majesty, it's 20 years
Don't you believe the loyalties of my brother in law?
People will change
Just like I never question your loyalties before
What you meant is...
You are questioning my loyalties?
I just announce the edict to constrain the royal families
My favorite concubine
speaks for outsiders
My most valuable courtier's family is dominated by a woman
At this time
You ask me whether I trust you?
You think you are talking about family issue here?
It's an imperial edict
You are going to refuse it?
You and my sister
are all important people to me
I can't hurt my sister
Please just punish me
Stand up
I indulge you too much
You are all arrogant
If I really punish you
Can you withstand it?
What is the feeling of disobeying the edict and beatings?
Shi Chun
Yes
Your majesty
Concubine Guo
Disobeying my order. Put her into the cold palace and let she rethink for her deeds
Send the edict to the Si Ma's house
Order Zhang Chun Hua accept Bai Ling Yun
If she refuses the edict
Don't kill her
Let Si Ma Yi divorce her
Let Si Ma Yi divorce with her
to show his domination in the family
You just punish me
You need to accept the consequences disobeying my order
I don't waste my time here
Your majesty
You know the emperor's temper. You shouldn't make him angry
Please save my sister
This will push her too hard
You need to take care of yourself
I will do my best
Don't you know this now since you are so smart?
He is afraid that Si Ma Yi will become a big family himself
Therefore he sends the edict today
What about today?
I will prepare the edict now
Brother Ai, after meeting those courtiers
Don't be nervous
Take time to finish your sentence then you will not be stammer
You can imagine them as me
then you will be able to talk
They shorter and less prettier than you
I will go now Zi Ye
Go ahead
Let's go to the selection department to retake the examine
We need Si Ma Yi give us a reason
Si Ma Yi needs to give us an answer
Miss Bai
I will announce the edict. Please wait here
Master Shi
Don't be too harsh on the inspector
Don't worry
You know Inspector is a smart person
Please wait for me here for a moment
Meets the internal supervisor
Inspector
Where are you heading? - The selection department
The emperor has an edict. Take the edict first
Please come in
Hou Ji
Prepare the desk - No need
This is just an oral edict
The emperor will not announce a formal edict for this
Inspector Si Ma
If we write this on an actual edict
You will not laughed by others
The emperor will be eased
I have recited this for the whole morning
Please invite your wife here
This edict is for her as well
Hou Ji. - No need to invite me
I'm here already
I expect you to come here today
Don't go
Since it's an edict for both of us
I will take it
Madam you are very understanding
No need to be like this
Don't persuade me
Since you got an edict
Speak it out loud
OK
Inspector Si Ma Yi and his wife Zhang Chun Hua accept the edict
The emperor says a woman's obeying to traditions comes first in poetry
It's a woman's duty to honor the traditions
If a woman doesn't serve the husband right just like a courtier not serving the King right
Therefore the principles and morality will be corrupted
Inspector's wife Masters Zhang
Bad tempers and being mean to her wife
She even dominate this family. The edict is here
to let Si Ma Yi punishing his wife
Masters Zhang should comfort the concubine of her husband
If inspector's wife doesn't listen to the edict and continues her deeds
then you should two divorce
Look at what I have recited
My throat is hurting
Bring me some water inspector
Hou Ji
Wait for me I will prepare the water
If you recite this so hard
Why don't you just send the direct will of the emperor
If I don't accept that woman
I'm immoral
Let my husband divorce me
Isn't that so?
I heard that you have a bad temper
I don't believe it until I saw it
The emperor just wants to give you two some faces
Isn't this clear enough?
Don't mess around anymore. Treat that woman well
Just like Zhuang Jiang treating Dai Gui well from Chen
You are the formal wife and have a good relationship with your husband
You will not lose his love
Why do you want to bring bad reputation on yourself?
The edict mentioned
There are duties and obligations between wife and husband
What are these duties and obligations?
It's our duty to help each other
It's our obligation to be in one heart
Since we have one heart
I will do whatever he wants
We are equal and no one is better than the other
What I want is his love
not just indulging me and just treating me well
If a marriage is just to give whatever the other wants
and bear the shame and sorrows
Smiling to accept a concubine
I'd rather not
You...
Let the selection department explain this to us
Let Si Ma Yi come out
Your policy is for the country or for the big families?
Let Si Ma Yi speak for himself
What should we do?
Madam
which wife dare to stop their husband from accepting concubines and reject the edict?
How do you become a wife of him?
Our good relationship is within our family
What does it have to do with the emperor?
Giving orders to the courtiers' bed
How does he get to his position?
You shouldn't talk like this madam
You might lose your life because of it
I'm not afraid of dying - Stop talking
Here comes the water
Drink some water
Inspector you say the word
Si Ma Yi
will accept the edict
This is correct
You know what to do
Let Miss Bai come into the house
I will follow the edict and since my wife doesn't want Miss Bai come into our family
I will
divorce with my wife
This...
The emperor is satisfied if he divorce with me
You know better than me about the emperor. You know what he wants
How do I reply to the emperor?
Please say whatever it is
I accept the edict
Thank you
You...
You are all stupid
How do we come to this place?
Don't worry
He will not divorce with her
Our mom is still the main person in our family even they are divorced
Didn't you see that our mom is happy?
Our parents are really awesome - Enough
Good divorce
He divorces me
Is the emperor satisfied?
You are stupid. - Did Zhong Da accept the edict?
Uncle is here. So is Shu Da
Did Zhong Da accept the edict?
Accept it - Come with me then hurry up
Hurry up
The selection department is surrounded by hundreds of people
Is that so?
They claimed that our selection for Zhong Hui is we trying to please the courtiers and families
They want to argue with us
Finally you came Master Chen
He did accept the edict but he rather divorce with his wife
than accepting Miss Bai
Talk to him
Zhong Da and sister in law
Is that real?
We can't fake anything in front of the edict
How can you do that?
How come everyone wants to get involved with our family business?
You are wrong on this
Zhong Da devoted his life to this country
His family issue is not just family issue anymore
It's a national issue
Please think for your husband
The traditional principles...
I will not talk to you about that
It's woman's job to help husband and teach the children
What is helping the husband? You help Zhong Da
Just like Zhong Da helping the emperor
A woman comes into house to serve Zhong Da
It's just like giving you another deputy commander
She is an assistant . You can chat with her if you are boring
This is a good thing. - Why would I chat with her?
I have been his wife for years. Did I starve him?
Did he get frozen? I need an assistant to serve him?
Zhong Da
Have I been bad to you for these few years?
You have been good to me for these twenty years
If I live without you
we are not a real family then
Right. Yes
Therefore, Minister Chen and Supervisor Shi
For my wife
I can't allow Miss Bai come into our family
Please tell emperor what I said here
Supervisor Shi
The emperor foresees this
The emperor said if we two can't persuade you