My Assassin Girlfriend
Episode 23
When customers come in,
we need to greet them,
let them feel
that they are God!
What’s God?
Which officer is that?
God…
God is someone who’s very prestigious!
I see!
Gods are all officers!
Exactly! That’s correct!
Xiaozhu!
Xiaoli!
Don’t you want to go check?
I won’t!
I’m not a dog!
Why would I go out as soon as he calls me?
Don’t pretend to be so calm!
You really don’t want to go check?
Just go!
She ignores me.
Then shout out louder!
Come on! Just go!
Come on! I know you want to!
Xiaozhu! I love you!
I love you!
I’ll support you by selling spicy hotpot!
Come on!
Please don’t leave me!
Don’t make a scene! Come in!
Xiaozhu.
Mr. Cai.
Tian Xiaoli finally figured it out!
But can’t believe it’s because of Cai Wenguang!
Tian Xiaoli always goes by the rules,
yet Cai Wenguang is quite creative.
Tian Xiaoli can use a little creativity right now.
By the way,
I deducted Tian Xiaoli’s salary
and invested it in the hotel.
I need to figure out a way to make it up to him.
And I need to prepare Xiaozhu’s dowry.
The more the better,
in case they are too tight on money.
Tian Xiaoli said
that he’ll support Xiaozhu by selling spicy hotpot.
I know you are the emperor,
but they can take care of themselves,
you don’t have to worry too much.
That’s right.
I should worry about myself.
The liquor is cold, I’ll go heat it up.
I can wait.
I have something to say to you.
Yan.
You said that you want to start your own business.
And now the hotel has been up and running.
You said that you want to help Xiaozhu.
And now Xiaoli and Xiaozhu
have got back together.
I don’t quite understand.
Since there’s nothing bothering you now,
why don’t you want to go back to the palace with me?
You and I
have gone through a long path together.
It’s the first time I’ve found
that I don’t understand you.
The liquor is cold,
I’ll go heat it up.
Tian Xiaoli.
Sir, don’t go.
When will you pay me back for the liquor?
Stop! Stop messing around! Just go back!
Don’t follow anymore! Go back!
So boring!
Let’s go! Let’s go!
I’ve helped you big time!
Stop yelling!
How can he pay you back?
He can at most
serve you spicy hotpot for the rest of your life!
Don’t!
Bai Zhu.
Will you be happy
to eat that spicy hotpot for a lifetime?
I will.
I will be very happy.
As long as you are happy!
Please go back.
Come on. Go back.
Go.
Be careful! Take it easy.
Go back.
I can go myself!
Go away! Go away!
Let go! I can get on myself!
I can do it.
I’m leaving.
Let’s go!
Cai Wenguang, thank you!
This silly boy! He drank too much!
Xiaoli! Xiaoli!
Xiaoli!
Xiaoli, wake up!
Wake up and have some water.
Are you thirsty?
Xiaoli,
don’t fall asleep here.
It’s a long day for all of you.
Please go back and sleep.
Okay.
I guess you didn’t see it’s coming.
Xiaozhu,
Xiaozhu, don’t go.
It’s late.
I’ll let somebody to take you back to your mansion.
Don’t go!
I won’t go back!
There’s no you in my mansion!
Why would I go back there?
So finally you are not too busy
to meet people, are you?
I’m busy…
I’m busy for you.
I know I don’t deserve you.
You are a princess now,
and I feel like I don’t deserve you even more!
And that Cai Wenguang
is the prince of Song State!
If I don’t work hard,
how am I supposed to marry you?
You are silly! Big silly!
I know I’m silly.
You don’t know! You know nothing!
I don’t care about
those things at all!
You don’t care, but other people do!
Others would say
marrying me is not fair to you.
Tian Xiaoli, let me ask you.
You care about me
or others’ opinions?
Of course, I care about you!
Then why do you care about others’ opinions?
Xiaozhu, I’m sorry.
It’s all my fault!
It’s alright! It’s all in the past now.
Easy!
Xiaozhu!
I, Tian Xiaoli,
will be with you forever!
I’ll work hard to make you happiness!
Will you…Will you marry me?
If you want to test my determination again,
I can wait!
No! I can’t wait!
I want to marry you now!
Xiaozhu, I swear
that I’ll give you a happy life!
If I break my word, I’ll be struck by lightning!
Stand still!
Is this your drunk talk?
Of course not!
These are the words I wanted to tell you long time ago.
In the future,
drinking will be banned in our family.
It’s already horrible enough when I’m drunk.
Yet Xiaoli is even worse than I!
You said “family!”
It’s all because Xiaoli can’t keep secret!
But it works fine.
Save me the time to tell everybody.
You brother has already begun
to prepare dowry for you.
Looks like it’s time for me
to find a new manager.
Yan, please go back to the palace with me!
My brother is so busy,
but he still comes here every day.
If you go back with me,
then you guys don’t have to separate anymore!
Stop it!
Don’t use your brother as an excuse!
You just want me to be back and be your company!
The Lvyu Mansion is huge.
How nice it would be if you live together with me
just like before.
Lvyu Mansion is your bedchamber.
You have every right to go back.
But I’m not an official anymore.
It’s not proper for me to go back.
Just go back yourself.
If you miss me, you can visit me anytime you want.
This is always your home.
Your Majesty, here’s something…
I know.
You are my buddy.
Bai Zhu is my sister.
Your wedding is a great matter of Xumi.
I’ve asked the Ministry of Rites to pick an auspicious day for you,
and your wedding will be held at the highest standard of our state!
Don’t worry about it!
By the way,
I invested three years of your salary
in Xumi Hotel.
Anything to say?
I don’t dare.
But this is not
what I’m here for.
So is it about the progress of disaster relief?
Your Majesty,
everything’s going well with disaster relief.
The money and food have been in place,
and the refugees have got back to work.
So is it about the remnant Bai He’s clique making trouble again?
The remnants of Bai He’s clique have all been dealt with.
They were either been searched or exiled according to the law.
No one was missed.
Xiaoli, you haven’t been Lord Protector for long,
but you get things done quite efficiently.
I wasn’t wrong about you!
I’ll reward you big time!
Thank you, Your Majesty!
But I…
You what?
I want to quit my position.
Please rise and talk.
Why do you want to quit?
I’m afraid that I’m not capable of my position.
I can’t focus on the country matters and my family at the same time.
We have a lot of talents in Xumi.
I’m sure there’ll be someone
who’s more worthy of being Lord Protector than me.
But Xiaozhu…
Xiaozhu has only me.
I understand your dilemma.
Our country has just gone through a setback and everything needs to start from scratch.
As the Lord Protector, you have to spend most of your time at work.
But at the moment, I’ve just got the country back on track.
I hope you can put the country first for now.
How about this?
After you finish your current task,
I’ll grant you and Xiaozhu a honeymoon.
Yes, Your Majesty!
I’m leaving.
Miss Bai, take care!
Yan.
We’ll miss you!
Don’t forget me
even if you find a new manager.
Don’t worry!
Whenever you want to come back,
we’ll be happy to see you!
Yan.
Almost missed you!
I’ll go get your stuff.
Okay!
He smells like alcohol!
Cai Wenguang, you ride a horse when you are not sober.
In my times,
this is called “driving under the influence!”
You can be detained for this!
I rushed here to see you off.
I won’t do it again.
Then be more careful in the future.
Yan, I’m leaving.
Wenguang, thank you!
You are welcome, Xiaoli!
Just please tell me when you play cards.
I will.
Let’s go!
Yan!
Bye!
Take care!
Bye!
A gentleman always puts others’ needs first.
I want to thank you on behalf of Xiaozhu and Xiaoli!
“Human heart is more dangerous than a whirlpool,
you may be drowned in it though it seems calm and cool.”
They left.
Let’s go.
Nothing’s changed.
I’ll start my left-behind-child life again!
Who says nothing’s changed.
Brother!
I’ve prepared your dowry.
Your Majesty.
Seems like there are quite a lot dowry.
The value nearly surpasses me!
No way!
Xiaozhu is invaluable!
Hear that?
Xiaoli said that I’m invaluable!
Having me is enough for him.
I think you should save the dowry
for Yan!
Yan doesn’t like it.
Seems like I can only save it for myself now.
You said Yan doesn’t like it.
Then do you know what she likes?
What?
Men are all the same!
Brother, you go to Xumi Hotel every day,
but do you know why she doesn’t want to come back to the palace with you?
She’s quit her position.
She has no reason anymore to come back!
Xiaoli has proposed to me for three times.
When can you figure it out?
Let me ask you.
When are you going to propose to her?
Why are you here so late?
His Majesty has been waiting.
Greetings to Your Majesty!
Xumi Hotel is very busy,
I am kept at work.
Please forgive me that I’m late, Your Majesty!
It’s alright.
I invite you here today
because I want you to do me a favor.
Your Majesty, I’m just
a manager of Xumi Hotel.
What can I do for you?
About this matter, you and you,
you both need to help me!
You called me over in a rush to spend a festival with you.
What festival?
Today is the 100th day anniversary since we time traveled here!
I think you are wrong…
Well, it’s the one week anniversary since the opening of Xumi Hotel!
Don’t mind what day it is!
It’s an anniversary whatsoever!
How about this,
let’s consider it a day
we meet again.
Alright, I see.
It must because Xiaoli has no time to accompany you.
How did you know?
Otherwise, you wouldn’t ask me to eat with you.
I was scared.
Did I say anything wrong?
No! You were right!
There’s only one truth,
that I miss you too much, Yan!
Come on, dig in!
Xiaozhu, how long shall we eat still?
We still have 10 dishes coming.
You can go back after eating.
It’ll be dark outside after eating them all!
These are cooked according to my new recipe.
18 Imperial-dish Michelin Meal.
I’m going to introduce them to Xumi Hotel.
Your meal makes me sleepy.
How about this?
Let me go back
and cook noodles for myself.
No, you can’t leave.
Why?
Nothing! Nothing!
Yan, I’ve prepared for a long time,
so that you can stay a little longer!
Please don’t leave so soon!
Okay!
Then I’ll finish this one.
And no more!
There’ll be another one after this one.
Bring us the dish!
Thank you, sir.
A bunch of lazy guys.
Closed the hotel while I’m gone!
Anybody here?
I think
you don’t need to thank a
narcissistic, arrogant
and self-righteous male chauvinist.
It’s hard to forget the Guqin melody that flew in the breeze and moonlight.
But now, the raindrops fall on the plantains and you are gone.
I admire that you can come and go freely,
leaving me thinking of you all the time in the palace.
No one knows that the wind blew into the little tower last night.
I can’t help but think about you very much.
The wind blows the snow again.
Thousands of words aren’t enough to express my love.
The time flies, I’m afraid that the destiny won’t bring us together.
My heart for you will never change even in a thousand years.
I’d love to be close to you even just for a moment.
Turns out everything is just an illusion. I only am waiting for you to show up.
I admire that you can come and go freely...
This is the place
where you played Guqin for me the very first time.
I’m playing Guqin while waiting for you.
I want to tell you that
I, Bai Yinqi,
have always loved you.
Yu Yan, I swear
that I will be with you forever,
and will never part with you.
If you are willing
to be my wife and spend the rest of your life with me,
please give me your hand.
The time flies, I’m afraid that the destiny won’t bring us together.
My heart for you will never change even in a thousand years,
I’d love to be close to you even just for a moment.
Turns out everything is just an illusion. I only am waiting for you to show up.
Tian.
What’s with the bright light?
I only know that it’s called electricity generation.
This thing is very powerful.
It can light up the whole city!
Even the wonderland is not as pretty.
It is pretty,
but my legs are so sore!
How many people will be needed
to light up the whole city?
I’m not sure!
I’ll ask His Majesty next time.
Yu!
Yu Yan!
Xiaozhu’s left.
And now you are going to leave too.
Will we be able to
run the hotel well?
That’s right.
I may not be able to
come here very often,
but I believe that you can handle it well!
Also, I think there’s still one person you can count on!
Who?
Ms. Yu, are you looking for me?
Mr. Cai!
Cai Wenguang?
He becomes like this!
-Is he dependable? - Is he?
He becomes like this?!
Although he’s little gammy today,
he’s quite amazing!
Of course I am!
Why is he amazing?
Alright, you can go back to work.
But we don’t want to leave you.
That’s right.
Then you’ve got to visit us often.
Right, don’t forget us!
Don’t forget us!
I promise I won’t forget you!
And it’s not like we don’t have chance to meet again.
Go back to work.
Then we are leaving.
Yu, bye!
Bye!
Yu Yan, you didn’t say anything bad about me, did you?
Why did they look at me so differently?
I told them
that you’ll be in charge of the hotel from now on!
No, no!
I worked here because I just wanted to do a favor for Bai Zhu.
When you find a new manager,
I’ll embark on my trip again.
Then are you okay with leaving the ladies here without leaders
after I went back to the palace?
I’m not an ungrateful person.
I will do you this favor!
But as for you…
Are you really sure
that you want to go back to the palace?
Why do you ask?
Since you are my friend,
I think it’s necessary to
give you a warning about the palace!
I think the etiquette of different countries
is quite similar to each other.
Take our Song State for example,
we have 72 rites,
and each of them has different etiquette.
Just kneeling alone has 21 types.
We also have over 600 rules and policies,
including more than 10,000 stipulations,
which cover every aspect of your life
from the moment you open your eyes in the morning
to the moment you fall asleep at night!
Have you ever seen a puppet?
Even a puppet is more freedom than you!
For example, when you walk,
you need to keep a constant speed.
Walking too fast means that you are inelegant,
yet too slow shows that you are clumsy.
The clothes you are wearing right now is quite simple.
But when you are in the palace,
you have to wear several layers.
Plus the headwear, it’ll be as heavy as twenty pounds at least!
Of course, I’m being a little extreme,
but those are the things you have to face.
You have to learn the rules such as
when to pick up your chopsticks while eating,
what kind of dish you can eat,
how many fingers need to stick out to make orchid fingers.
The spoon can’t touch the bowl.
You can’t make noise when you eat soup.
You need to learn the 30 kinds of embroideries,
and the different etiquette when you meet different people.
If it’s not because there are too many rules and too many complicated people in the palace,
I wouldn’t stay outside of the palace all the time
and work here with a bunch of girls!
Ms. Yu,
you need to think carefully about
marring an emperor in the palace!
Don’t think I can’t handle it.
Although there are many rules in the palace,
we also have a lot of social etiquette to follow
in the modern times.
If you say so,
I’ll back off.
Seems like
it’s time to tell you the truth!
His Majesty arrives!
May you long live, Your Majesty!
Please rise!
Thank you, Your Majesty!
I have something to tell you all.
I want to appoint empress.
Your Majesty, appointing empress is a great matter,
which shall be done following the royal system.
The empress should be generated from concubine selection
and appointed by Your Majesty in person.
It’s unnecessary to go through all the procedures.
I’ve already had someone in my heart.
I’ll skip the selection
and appoint her directly.
I don’t think it’s proper.
If it’s not a political marriage with another country involved,
according to the royal system,
the noble concubine and the concubines of different ranks
shall be appointed
at the same time of appointing the empress.
In addition, it’ll be against the rules
without concubine selection.
Your Majesty, please think twice!
I’ve made my decision. Don’t say anything anymore.
Your Majesty!
I think it’s a great matter.
We should report to the Empress Dowager
before making a decision.
Then report to the Empress Dowager.
The meeting is over.
May you live long, Your Majesty!
By the time when Bai Yinqi has a whole harem,
you’ll be lucky if he can visit you
once a month.
With your temper,
you won’t stand it at all!
No.
Bai Yinqi won’t marry other women.
I grew up in the palace,
you can trust my words.
I trust Bai Yinqi.
He won’t marry other girls.
All in all,
being emperor is already very tough,
but what’s tougher than that
is being an empress!
Then what should I do?
I can’t just leave.
I’ll just wait and see.
Brother, about this,
I really can’t help you.
Yu Yan will return to the palace today.
She has no access to talk to other people.
I hope you two can keep this thing from her.
I will figure out a way
to deal with the concubine selection.
Brother, the truth will come to light sooner or later.
We can only do our best.
Yan, have some water.
Where is Xiaozhu?
She doesn’t even go pick me up today.
Xiaozhu goes to
Lord Protector’s Mansion quite often these days.
She’s not in the palace during the day,
and doesn’t come back at night.
Doesn’t come back at night?
Then you should really keep an eye on her.
A grown woman is hard to be kept!
Now I’m back, but she is gone!
Yan, here’s something I want to tell you.
I…
I know.
About learning the etiquette, right?
Don’t worry.
When I first entered Mount Isle Hotel,
the training for new employees wasn’t easy too.
But I still did it well.
I don’t have problem to deal with it.
Anyway, no matter what happens,
you’ve got to discuss it with me first.
You too.
Don’t hide anything from me.
Keep an elegant posture when kneeling.
Your forehead and your hands should be put against the ground.
This is how you greet?
Yes.
How do you usually greet?
I’m Yu Juanzhi!
Greeting this way is not allowed in the palace.
Tone is very important when speaking.
It should be soft and gentle.
Repeat after me. Greetings to Your Majesty.
Gre… It gives me goose bumps!
Is there another way?
There’s no other way. Please do it again.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
Your motions are a little awkward,
and your tone is a bit hard.
Please try again.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
Please do it again.
Miss, don’t be mad! Miss, please punish us!
What are you doing, please get up!
Come on!
You all get up.
I’ll do it.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
Please do it again.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
Please do it again.
Greetings to Your Majesty.
Please do it again.
Yan.
Yu Yan.
I’ve been looking for you outside.
Why are you hiding here?
I just want to hide in the Imperial Library
and I’ll never leave here again.
Is it about learning the etiquette?
I so fear of a line right now,
“Please do it again.”
Now I finally understand
why Xiaozhu goes to
Lord Protector’s Mansion all the time.
I know you had a hard time.
I have some good news for you.
I received a letter from Wenqi.
She told me that she’ll arrive in a few days.
You can be her company,
so you don’t have to
worry about those complicated rules for a while.
That’s wonderful!
Thank god!
Then why are we still staying here?
Let’s go!
I feel like me again!
That’s a quick change!
Ms. Yu, please do it again.
Lady Official, I’m really hungry.
There are so many dishes.
Will you let me eat something first?
Or they’ll get cold!
You will lead the harem in the future.
And you need to set an example to the other concubines.
Please practice hard.
Please do it again.
Other concubines?
Miss,
the concubine selection will take place the beginning of next month.
All the girls of proper age from the noble families
shall attend the event.
Miss, please don’t be mad.
Good timing!
Wenqi will be here soon!
Let’s go welcome her together!
Let me ask you. Can you explain the concubine selection to me?
I don’t know
where you heard about it.
But I’m working on it right now.
So how long will you hide it from me?
I won’t appoint other concubines.
I’m just doing this to make the officials satisfied.
Alright, then come to find me in the hotel
when you’ve made them satisfied.
Yu Yan!
Your Majesty,
Cai Wenqi, Princess of Song State
has arrived.
I got it.
Yan, don’t be angry!
It’s all my fault.
I should’ve told you earlier.
You knew?
My brother said he’ll figure out a way
and he asked me to hide it from you.
So you all knew about it
and you all kept it from me?
Don’t look at me.
I knew nothing.
But I guessed right.
Bai Yinqi is going to select concubines.
Shut up!
Stop it!
Did I say anything wrong?
Enough! Stop fighting!
Always fight when you meet. So annoying!
Let me think again.
I didn’t think it through this time.
What’s going on? Why do you need me so bad?
There’s a prestigious guest.
She ordered three dishes as soon as she came in
and gave us gold leaves.
Her words were so strange
and made the chef and us very confused.
So we need your help.
Wenqi!
Yan!
Brother!
It’s really you!
I was wondering who ordered the dishes,
wired, hard to cook
and swallow.
Royal father asked me to punish you.
Beat you as soon as I see.
When you were little and caused trouble,
it was me who took the blame for you all the time.
If you want to beat me, go ahead.
You can’t beat me to death anyway.
My brother is so spoiled by my royal father.
He made a lot of
trouble to you, didn’t he?
Only at the beginning.
But after the opening of Xumi Hotel,
he’s in charge of everything.
That’s enough.
He did me a great favor!
Enough! Since here’s no other people,
I’ll just be straight to you.
There are customers waiting outside,
you two can go to Yu Yan’s room
and continue your conversation.
I’ll ask someone to bring the dishes to your room.
Is it really my brother?
I think I’ve got a wrong person!
What do you think?
I’m a qualified manager, aren’t I?
Alright, you talk.
I’ll leave now.
Come on, let’s go.
Wenqi, just stay in the hotel today.
I’ve asked them
to clean the best room for you.
We haven’t seen each other for a long time.
I have so much to tell you.
See, I’ve prepared liquor.
This room
reminds me of the time
when you hid me in the closet.
You helped me and Yinqi escape from Song State,
we haven’t even got a chance to thank you.
I’ve met Yinqi in the palace.
Actually I know it’s not my place
to say anything about you and Yinqi.
But since you are my best friend,
may I please say something?
You are in love with an emperor.
This is your fate.
You’ve gone through a lot together.
Yinqi has also made effort for you.
Love may require loyalty,
but it requires sacrifice too.
I think you don’t want to give up either.
Maybe you need some time to accept him.
But you will accept eventually.
Yan, sacrifice is not compromise.
It’s the long-lasting love based on deep understanding
and the courage of facing the difficulties together.
When you stand beside Bai Yinqi,
he seems like he is capable of doing anything!
You need to trust him!
Come here! Have a seat!
After tonight,
I shall call you Your Majesty, right?
Yes.
If you make trouble again,
I’ll punish you!
But tonight we are still brother and sister,
not emperor and subject.
I want to ask you something.
Do you blame me?
I don’t blame anyone.
But I do admire you.
You left, I’m still there.
But if I leave,
what would our royal father and our country do?
You have always been able to look at the big picture since you were little.
You are more qualified than me to govern the country.
Here, on behalf of the people of Song State,
I propose a toast to you!
Cheers!
No matter how attached we are, every send-off ends in separation.
Everybody, please go back.
Be careful on the way!
If you miss me, come to Song State and visit me.
I will.
Princess, take care!
Take care!
Let me see you off.
Let’s go.
Yan.
Come back to the palace with me, okay?
Your Majesty, you are finally back!
Please review the memorials,
they’ve piled up!
I’ll have to go to Xiaozhu,
in case she gets worried.
Go ahead.
Ms. Yu, Your Majesty,
I’ll take my leave.
Yan, don’t think too much.
Announce.
Everybody, please
receive the Empress Dowager’s decree.
Empress Dowager’s oral decree is as follows:
The emperor has reached proper age to get married.
The concubine selection should be arranged shortly.
Only Empress will be selected from the selection.
No other concubines of different ranks will be generated.
Will follow Her Royal Highness’ decree!
Rise.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
There are so many girls to choose from, but I’ll only pick one
to be my wife for the rest of my life.
I won’t regret it!