That means, Mr Pong is courting Miss Tung Ching
If Miss Tung Ching accepts him
Then you don't have to worry about her crush on Master
You too think they can be together
Actually Mr Pong and Miss Tung Ching both have a crush on someone they shouldn't love
They share the same ordeal
It is quite natural that they will end up together
Master Milord, you are back
Yes Let me get you a cup of tea
No, thanks, I have asked Pong Min to help me with the writing
I come back to take my things only
But Mr Pong has a date with senior sister
He may come back late
Pong Hin has a date with Tung Ching?
I went to the hot spring with her today
Then Mr Pong came with a jar of wine
But Senior sister promised to have lunch with me
So she sent him away
But they made a date for a drink this evening
But Pong Hin promised me in the first place
I don't think he will stand me up
It is all right I can wait for him in his house
I will be home late You don't have to stay up late for me
Young Master you are finally home
Your Shifu has been waiting for you for a long time
I got it
I am sorry
I was too engrossed in drinking with Tung Ching
I have forgotten about our date
It is all right You two seem to get along well
Tung Chin is quite nice We had fun together
That's why I have forgotten about helping you with the writing
I am sorry
So your relationship is making a great progress
We share the same interest in medicine So we have a good rapport
Let us not waste more time Let us go to the writing, all right?
All right
When can I save enough money for the house?
If I can't buy a house Har has to go back with Sister Yat
It is a bargain It is spacious and the location is good
Not to say good fengshui
The asking price is 800 taels only What a lucky number
Let me talk it over with my wife first
Is it necessary?
It is not necessary, I will take it
You?
Yes, though I don't have enough money yet
But I will have the money soon
Don't worry, just reserve it for me
Persian tonic pills?
Who knows what is inside
Who knows what will happen after taking it
It may cost you your life
Brother Kwo Chun Ping?
Why just stand here?
Just a few days, you look great today
The acnes of a few days ago are all gone
Your bad breath is gone
You look completely different
Brother Kwo Chun The pill really works for a man
You can marry ten wives and you can handle them all
Really that good?
Anyway, you feel energized after taking it
It is good for the body And you make money just taking it
What is better than that?
You should try it too All right
Phew... Hey, what are you doing?
No big deal What no big deal?
You tossed him up so high
It was dangerous, you know?
I stretched his legs for him only
We were having fun, right?
Fun indeed
What happened to you? You have not shaved? All stubbles
Indeed, I shaved this morning
How come they grow so quickly? It is odd
You weren't like that before
Are you ill? Or something you have eaten?
Don't be silly, I am full of energy I can kill a tiger
It must be the tonics I took
What tonics?
Not only women need to tonify deficiency
Men need to do the same
You make me some heat removing dish to harmonize it if you have time
Playing with baby is one thing
But don't go overboard and scare him
I don't know why Whenever I hold him I am so happy
I see him as my own son
Why don't you let him be my godson?
What? You want to be his godfather?
Yes
That makes you and me a couple? Shool
What are you thinking about?
I just want to be his godfather
Don't make it so complicated
Unless... you want me to be your man
You rascal? What did you say?
Shoo!
You give baby to me, really!
Just kidding Let us go back...
All right, I shut up...
Here is some money I made from digging minerals
It is my gift for baby
You made so much from digging minerals?
I know where to find premium stuff
It is for baby, you can't say no
You will have money for your house very soon
I thought you just said it in passing You really mean it?
You really mean to give me money for the house?
Not for you, it is for baby
If you move back to your native village
I can't play with baby again
You have to leave him a big room
Baby, you want to move to a big house?
Godfather loves you very much...
Mrs Li, I have bought some persimmons
Really?
I too have brought some buns I made
They are freshly made
Guess what is the stuffing inside
As for food, nothing can trip me
Let me try it
Yummy, what is it?
You said nothing could trip you
You still can't tell what it is?
Mrs Li, let me try again
Well? What is it?
Let me try one more, then I can tell you
I am so full
You had so many and you still can't tell?
They are just delicious, I think...
Oops... it is itchy...
Oops... my belly...
What? How are you?
Is he ill? Who is ill?
Pong Hin has eaten my crab meat buns
Then he has bellyache, and he feels itchy
They are crab meat buns? Yes
I have just eaten persimmons What?
Excuse me...
What is it? What happens to him?
Crab and persimmon can't mix
That's why he feels itchy and he has bellyache
Then what should we do?
Don't worry
Drink the decoction of wild basil magnolia bark, licorice, and ginger
And it will be fine
It is too troublesome
Go into the kitchen, press the juice out of a fresh lotus root
Drink it with some hot wine and that's it
Emperor Hau of Song dynasty suffered from dysentery with blood after eating crab
He too was cured by the lotus root juice
But wild basil is the orthodox treatment
What orthodox? Lotus root juice easier to prepare
What did you say I should drink?
Lotus root juice Wild basil decoction
Oh, no...
I said wild basil, why argue with me?
Please
You wanted to argue with me only
What's wrong with lotus root juice
I have not argued with you
Stop it... wild basil and lotus root juice
What? Two together? Can they mix?
Don't worry, they are both wild, no problem
Lotus root juice first, come on
Good, and this too
Just take it, you will be fine
All right, let me help you go inside and have some rest
All right Be careful
Senior sister is so meticulous
They really make a perfect pair
Really?
Tung Chung, if a man is serious in buying you a house, what will you think?
Then it is a big deal
That means he has special feelings for you
Who is he? I said if
Come on, are we sisters or not? Who is he?
Let me help you think it out
Then you don't have to feel so uneasy
It is that silly Li Kwo Chun
He has been giving money to baby
And he said he would buy us a house
He has fallen in love with you?
Of course not, he likes Har
He is worried that I would take Har back to my native village
He can't bear to part with him
But you have been good to him lately
You helped him with his hand and cooked for him
He is not in love with you
It is you who are in love with him?
Shool Nothing of that sort
I have to take care of my parents-in-law
If others overhear it They may think I want to marry again
You are a widow, he a widower
If you like each other What's wrong with it?
Don't talk about me
What about you? Mo Yung said you have been happy with Mr Pong
You told me to consider him
So I think we can be good friends first Nothing wrong with that
But... you can forget Shi Chun?
It is your turn to be inquisitive?
Then I will go on with my questioning
All right, I shut up
Have some sweet soup
His Majesty is impatient with the golden elixir
What about the progress?
Your Excellency, the golden elixir is done
Really? Yes
But I heard that some testers had signs of poisoning
Yes... but I have readjusted the dosage
And I have added in some stimulants
Those testers have found themselves full of energy
Even ecstatic
It is about time we presented it to His Majesty
Good, well done
You have them ready
Let me present them to His Majesty
Yes, may I be excused
Dad, now you can be relieved
If His Majesty feels ecstatic after taking the golden elixir
Then the actual power of running the country will fall to me
But dad, if His Majesty asks you about the ingredients of the golden elixir
How will you answer him?
I can ask Shiu to prepare me a fake ingredient list
And say it has been tested on many volunteers
It is absolutely safe
Dad, it is the wrong answer Why?
You should say you have tried it yourself To show your loyalty
This is your golden elixir?
Your Majesty, Shiu and I have tested the golden elixir again and again
With Your Majesty's good fortune Heaven has granted us the success
But I heard that an explosion has taken place
Will it have an adverse effect on the elixir?
Your Majesty, there indeed was a minor explosion
But it really was a celestial expression
And it only enhanced the elixir's efficacy
Your Majesty don't have to worry about it
Celestial expression?
It must be the effect of my ablution and prayer
Her Highness the Empress
Your Highness
Your Majesty Your Majesty
Please get up Thank you, Your Majesty
What makes you come here?
I know that Grand Counselor is ready to present Your Majesty with the golden elixir
So I come here to have a look
The golden elixir is a tonic pill We are not sure of its action yet
Your Majesty are most noble and responsible for the people
How can you take those pills rashly?
Your Majesty please reconsider
Your Highness don't have to worry about it
I have tried out the golden elixir
If they were dubious, I wouldn't dare to present them to His Majesty
Your Excellency, you have tried them?
Yes, I can guarantee that the golden elixir
Reinforces health and has the rejuvenating efficacy
In time, Your Highness will see me looking younger and younger
Then Your Highness will know it works
Then Your Excellency, you should take it in front of His Majesty
But the golden elixirs are for His Majesty's consumption
I dare not take it myself
But Imperial doctors will try the medicine prescribed for His Majesty
It is the custom of the court
Unless Your Excellency have qualms about the elixir
If so, allow me to take one
How do you feel?
Your Majesty, after taking it
I feel vigor going down to my pubic region
I feel revitalized
Good, then I am relieved
Your Majesty... You are over suspicious
His Excellency has tried it and he is fine
What should I worry about?
Dad, what is it? What has happened?
I don't know why, I just feel uneasy after taking the golden elixir
Your Excellency, you don't have to worry
The elixir has been tested on commoners
I have readjusted the dosage before presenting to His Majesty
There shouldn't be any problems
Dad, I said you should tell His Majesty you have tried it, how come...
It was the Empress, she stirred up trouble and forced me to take it
How come she knew we would present the golden elixir today?
And came to stop His Majesty taking it?
Hau told me, she summons Li Shi Chun frequently
It must be Li Shi Chun's doing
Li time and again shows himself my enemy It is too much
I will get rid of this eyesore
Still not asleep? Still working on the Materia Medica?
Yes
Why not find someone to help you?
You have not asked Tung Ching to help you lately
She has been busy
You can ask Pong Hin
They have been in each other's company lately
I don't want to get in the way
It is a good turn...
Where are my drafts?
I remember it now, they must be left behind with Tung Ching
Bro, if it is not convenient for you to go
Let me get them for you
All right, they are...
All right, whatever you left there I will get them all back
Don't think about others Just focus on your work
Tung Ching, lotus seed and lily bulb sweet soup
What? It reminds you of someone?
Shi Chin has not come to ask me to help him with the book
We aren't as close as before
May be he needs to keep Mo Yung company
Actually it is a good development
He will not get in the way between you and Mr Pong
Whatever, they are very important to him
I mean to tidy them up and take back to him
Mo Yung will be happier this way
Miss Tung Ching, you here?
Yes, please come in
Why is he here at this hour?
Miss Tung Ching Brother Li
Sister Yat you here too? I am wanted?
Shi Chun wants to get his reference materials and drafts back
Why doesn't he come himself?
He... is busy with his book
He used to come here to write his book
Now he is too busy with his book to come here?
Those materials Tung Ching is still tidying them up
Yes, I am still working on them
I will take them back when I am done
All right
Since I am here, let me see baby
He is asleep, don't you wake him up
Shi Chun I am wanted?
I take the draft back to you
Thank you, I gotta go
Back to work on the book
You have not asked me to help you
You mean to ask Pong Hin?
Not anymore, it will get in your way
Get in our way? You mean Pong Hin and I?
He will be off soon You should look for him
Stop there, you have been avoiding me
Because you think I am with Pong Hin?
If you two can get along, it is good
You really think so? Me and Pong Hin?
Don't you know I do it for you?
I understand, why wait for something that will never happen?
Why not pick Pong Hin instead?
If it really is the case I am happy for you
What are you talking about?
Let me ask you
If I really am with Pong Hin You will give us your blessing?
Yes, I will give you my blessing
Milord, why are you two starring at each other?
I came to look for Pong Hin And I bumped into Shi Chun
Excuse me
Senior sister looks odd today What were you talking about?
Nothing, she gave me my draft only
Let us go back home
You go back first I have some shopping to do
All right
Tung Ching, what happened?
You took the stuff back to Shi Chun Did you not? How come...
Don't mention him again
He has angered you?
He is blind and he is heartless
I staged a play with Pong Hin
And he thinks it is true
It is not real between you and Mr Pong?
He should know his position in my heart
That it is not replaceable
What did he say to you?
I asked him, if I really were with Pong Hin Would he give me the blessing
And he said yes!
Now he finds me getting in the way?
So can't wait to push me to another man?
Then he can be at ease with his wife?
I don't think he is such a heartless man
You think about it
He knows he can't give you happiness
You asked him that way
What else could he say?
He couldn't be so selfish as to say He didn't want to see you with other men
Tung Ching, have you really thought about letting go?
Just let go of your love for him Don't grab on it
You did so much because you didn't want to affect his relationship with his wife
Now that he has misunderstood you
Why don't you just let him
If you can't let go of him Then leave him to let go of you
Leave him to let go of me?
Yes, if he really thinks you are with Pong Hin
When his love for you finally dies out
You have to let go of him, right?
Mo Yung
I am sorry, I didn't mean to scare you
It is all right
Let me help you
Your mind is not here
There is something bothering you?
Actually I mean to go to you
I have something to tell you
I know you have many questions
Why don't you be frank with me What are you thinking of?
I saw you and Milord looking at each other
Your expression were odd
What have you told him?
You have not asked Shi Chun?
I did, but he said nothing
I still remember the look on your face
You seemed to be agitated
I asked him a question
I asked him, if I were with Pong Hin Would he give me the blessing
What did he say? He said yes
Why were so you agitated?
Because I was disappointed
Disappointed? What did you expect him to say?
I don't know, I just know that I shouldn't harbor unrealistic hope
Actually, my crush on Shi Chun is my wishful thinking only
He always sees me as his senior sister
Am I a fool or what?
You don't have to be so honest with me
I am sorry, I have caused you uneasiness for so long
I don't want to affect your relationship
That's why I think I should let you know about it
I am sorry, I didn't mean to embarrass you
It is all right, I have figured it out now
I will not harbor any hopes about Shi Chun
Everyone thinks I should carry on with Pong Hin
May be I will really give it a try
Then I hope that you will find your true love
Thank you
I have to go back to my shop, see you
See you
Milord, senior sister has just come to me
She told me a lot of things
I don't know what she told you
But I don't want to lie to you anymore
Mo Yung, I am sorry...
Don't be silly, why say sorry to me? It was not your fault
Senior sister has told me
It has always been her crush only
She really said so?
She also said she has turned to Mr Pong
She will not harbor any hopes on you again
She doesn't want it to affect our relationship
Now I understand everything
I will not have thoughts again
Let me prepare dinner first
Tung Ching has gone to Mo Yung this afternoon
She is not back yet
Boss, have you seen Miss Tung Ching?
Yes, she came to drink alone She was so very quiet
She was here the whole night
Then she said she was going to the mountain before she left
I am really worried about her
Thank you, boss
Uncle, what are you doing here?
This necklace was a gift from Shi Chun
I want to bury it here
And bury the past along with it
I know you have seen Mrs Li
What have you talked about?
Uncle, it is going to rain, let us go
Leave me alone
I don't deserve your kindness Let lightning strike me
Please, let us take shelter from the rain first, come on...
Leave me alone...
See how careless you are
Come on, let me take you down first
Heaven has played a joke on you two
You two have each other in your heart
You both can't let go You both try to suppress it
Comparing with you My crush on Mrs Li is nothing
Mo Yung suspected that I loved Shi Chun
She suspected we had an affair
So I took the gamble and went to her
I told her that Shi Chun was not aware of my crush
It had always been my wishful thinking only
You took all the blame upon yourself?
I didn't want to ruin their relationship
If someone has to suffer in this affair
I would rather it is just me
It is hard on you, you assume all the pain
And leave the happiness to others
To be honest, if I were you I don't think I could do it
I did it just to make it easy for myself
I am already a big loser
If I didn't do it, I couldn't face myself
The more you say so The greater my admiration for you
You are the only one that can offer me consolation
Actually when I found out that Mo Yung was my shifu's wife
I too felt I was a total loser
But the days just go on and I just live on as usual
I believe I will find someone that will appreciate me
You too, don't give up
You are not bad at all You know how to encourage others
You have many good points too
You are bright, you are frank
You are kindhearted and considerate
Most importantly, it is fun when we are having a fight
As you say, it seems we can be together
Nothing is absolute
What? With you?
What? I am not that bad, am I?
Why carry a futile torch? You can consider me
Well? You really felt nothing for him at that moment?
What a response! Yes or no?
What do you think?
It is hard to say, may be you two finally turn real
I will tell you if you treat me better
When have I been bad to you?
I am ill, and you have made me nothing
Someone is doing it
Senior sister She is here
I heard that you have a cold
Sol made you ginger soup It will make you feel better
You are too kind
I won't get in the way of your talk
Let me go back to work
You have a cold too
I don't have enough sleep
And my resistance has weakened
Why you don't have enough sleep?
Milord goes back to the academy early
He then goes to Pong Hin for the book after work
I have to wait very late for him to come back home to see him
Men are all so callous
They just don't understand women's feelings
But it hurts me to see him work so hard
He can feel your care for him
However busy he is right now
The work will be finished some day
He will come back to you
I think so too
Tung Ching, someone sent this over
Look
Who sent it?
The delivery man has said nothing
The box is so exquisite Only Pong Hin has the heart for it
What is it? Yearning plum?
Really? Yearning? It is so explicit
He asks you to meet him in the mountain
What for?
What else? He just wants to see you
Why that dandy picks such a place?
Uncle, are you surprised with the view?
You asked me here just for this surprise?
More, and the flowers too They have a special meaning
I was sick last night so I said those words
You don't really want me to consider you?
Of course not, you really are sick
I think we should remain friends and have fights
Right
I am sorry, I really have not that kind of feelings towards you
Right, not that kind of feelings
Since you say sorry then this bouquet as apology
Then thank you
You have not said why asked me to come here
When you came up here Didn't you find the walk difficult?
But after you have made it and got to the top
You found the view particularly captivating
I understand, three's not company when feelings is concerned
I will only give them my blessing in the back
Don't make it sound so lonely
I will be there with you
I remember you once said
Love doesn't mean possessing
So I have turned my love for Mrs Li into respect
I hope I can be like you
What are you doing?
This for you Why so good to me?
Just to make you happy
You put it on, quite pretty
I am not small, no such childish thing
I mean it, when I was small
I wanted to walk down the street with it with a friend
But I couldn't find a friend to do it
We are friends, you dare to walk down the street with me?
I am not that childish
Sometimes childish stuff makes you happy
It spices up life a bit
Come on, I have put it on, I dare you
Don't laugh, let us have a bet
I say you dare not walk down the street with me
What? I am your uncle I will lose out to you the dandy?
All right
I say walk down, not run
Can't we walk faster? Come on
If you run you lose
Hey... no cheating
You cheating... you are troublesome
Why not put this on as well
This one prettier...
Shi Chun Disciple, why such a look?
You come for me or Tung Ching?
Tung Ching is so happy right now She is with Pong Hin
She won't be back for a while
Yes, Pong Hin has sent her present
They were so happy together
No wonder she has forgotten to come back
She won't be back when we close
You are closing? I mean to have a big meal
We have not had a drink together for a long time
I have come up with a ten-tonic meal
Made with ten kinds of tonic medicines
Ten tonic meal? Bring them on
Black chicken stew with wine and astragalus root and codonopsis root
Mutton casserole with dried Logan and wolfberry
And beef shin with rou Cong rong
Venison stew with prepared rehmannia root eucommia bark and Indian mulberry root
These ten tonic medicines are each efficacious
Any more? You still want more?
Hey, disciple
I am not ill You don't have to feel my pulse
You are ill, and it is emotional
Sister Yat, take a bitter melon
And feed him the juice
All right, coming
Master, I am not ill
It is emotionally induced
Your mind tells you to let go
But your heart feels the lost
It is beyond medicine This doctor can't help you
Bitter melon juice
It is so bitter, and sour too
I thought your tongue was numbed by the ten tonic meal
I used a rotten bitter melon, why wasted it
Right, throwing up will make you feel better
He finally knows how it feels to be lovesick
Master, back to the academy? Yes
Let me join you
Master, uncle was ill
Tung Ching was ill?
Yes, she had a cold, but she is fine now
We went up the mountain a couple of days ago
We had great fun together
You two get along very well
More, we share the same mind
Isn't that Yim Sai Fan?
He seems to be acquainted with the boss of the Persian shop
This shop has been buying minerals lately
My brother sold them alunite
Elixir making needs minerals including alunite
Yim Sai Fan is here as well
So it is connected to the elixir making?
Master, I remember I saw something delivered into the palace in a Persian rug
Then an explosion took place at the slope at the back
Could it be minerals inside the rug?
Please feel free to browse around
Our stuffs all came from Persia They are exquisite
I am sorry, it is my boss's office You can't go in
What are you looking for?
I hear that you are buying minerals What are they for?
I am not sure, my boss said they were sent back to Persia
Has your boss mentioned any stuffs meant for the court?
Persian products like rug or essence
This shop is just a cover
They work for the Yim father and son
Their fox tail will show