Once upon a time, there was a planet far away in outer space.
The environment there was almost the same as Earth's.
So, of course, there were aliens living on it.
After a long process of evolution, those aliens
established their own civilization.
One day, their scientists predicted that their galaxy was going to collapse.
To escape, they immigrated to other planets in the universe by spaceship.
And one group of them came to Earth.
They called themselves the Fox Clan.
Ancient men on Earth were shocked when they saw them.
An ancient book reads that a huge ship-like object flew above the western sea.
The people in it wore crowns, had white feathers all over their bodies,
and flew high in the sky with no wings.
That is the first impression the Fox Clan made on humans.
To adapt to the environment on Earth, the Fox Clan never stopped evolving.
Finally, they began to look like humans and gradually fit in with them.
Since ancient times, the conflict between humans and the Fox Clan never ended.
There was a government proofreading official named Dai Fu,
who was especially interested in the love between foxes and humans. He believed love could overcome everything.
After Dai Fu died, his son collected all of the stories he had written.
He called it "Guang Yi Ji" and had it published. (The Great Book of Marvels)
It was quite popular among its readers.
After storytellers added more details, the stories spread even further.
But humans began to fear foxes,
instead of just being curious.
They had to hide their identity in this world.
[The Love Knot: His Excellency's First Love]
[Episode 15] [This story is purely fictional.]
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You should drink some flower water.
Sorry. I won't ever make you eat the human food I make.
But you can make me some more flower water to drink.
I think the flower water you make is pretty tasty.
Really?
Really!
Do you know there's something we humans call chrysanthemum tea?
There is also chamomile tea, hibiscus tea, and many others.
When my father and mother came home tired, I would brew some for them to drink.
No wonder!
It's just that you can't eat human food.
The dishes I make are actually ten thousand times better than this flower water.
Do you know that my family only eats the dishes I make?
Also, my siblings grew even taller than you, after eating my dishes.
Is that right? Then, I must eat your dishes whenever I get better.
You don't know? I thought you knew.
Hasn't Lord Qingmu said that you'll be healed and back to normal soon?
What do you mean?
I overheard Lord Qingmu talking to someone who said it.
What else did they say?
They said something about breaking a curse.
Father has told me there is a medicine that can heal my eyes.
But it can only be used once when I become an adult.
It seems like there is quite a lot of hearsay in the Fox Clan.
I also heard another one; the Fox Flower.
- The Fox Flower? - Yes. - What does it look like?
I don't know what it looks like, either. It comes from our Fox Planet,
but they say that it has twelve petals.
Also, if someone is marked with the Fox Flower,
they will never live past the flowering age.
When is that?
That is when one has 24 years.
Thank goodness, I don't have it.
Anyway, I just want you to heal quickly. That way I can make you delicious meals.
Okay.
[Resignation Letter]
I was too stubborn back then.
I didn't understand or agree with the concept of paparazzi magazines.
I lost my direction in this process.
I have something to tell you.
You can say it from there.
May I come in?
The rainy season starts next week.
We can choose an auspicious day
and announce that Left High Priest is officially marrying Tushan Qianhua.
Of course, we are only doing this to lure out Princess Zhaoyan.
We?
And then?
And then we divorce?
And then you'll have nothing left to do here. You'll turn around and leave, leaving me here alone?
Afterward, everyone, including my brothers and sisters, will come to see my misfortune. Everyone.
Everyone is watching.
"Are you happy now? Satisfied now?"
Through all these years, I have done so many things for you. Do you not
appreciate even just a bit of it?
You've never considered my feelings.
Step aside! Step aside!
Before 6 o'clock...
everything has to be delivered to the printer. And Wang Dawei's poster...
Reduce the gamut range. Where's Xiaoyu?
Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu.
My succulent plant... Remember to water it for me.
Also, the case regarding Fang Jingxue--
Editor, I need to work on the 10th Anniversary edition. I really don't have time for Fang Jingxue's case.
- Boss, I came here to give you my— - It's too late.
- I'll call the ambulance. - I'll come with you to the hospital.
- Boss, just a bit longer! - Quick! Go call the doctor!
Nurse!
Boss, before I said that this job was not suitable for me,
but I've thought about it. I'll work harder. Can you give me one more chance?
Honey, I am here. This day is finally here. Rest assured, I will record everything.
Go, go, go! Quick, quick!
Don't worry, dear! I'll be responsible for the child.
I'm here! Don't be nervous. Relax.
Deep breaths!
- Deep breath! You can do it! - Use strength! Use strength!
- Be strong! Be strong! - Go out!
You can do it, honey!
You got kicked out, too?
Yes, by someone.
- I'm Fang Jianguo. - Zhang Cheng.
Hello, hello.
I'm Sister Qingtan's former coworker. My name is Guan Pipi.
- Ah. - Hello, I'm her lover.
I'm the baby's father.
No, no! It was after we divorced
that I found out she was pregnant.
She met me after that.
Remember to transfer the alimony on time.
Thank you.
- It's out! - It's out! It's out!
I didn't realize that she would give birth this soon.
This is like a continuation of our own lives.
At first I wanted more than one,
but looking at how hard it was for her, I really don't have the heart.
- It's going to be much harder to raise the baby. - Right. Make sure to give us the alimony today.
You already said that. I know.
Pipi, thank you for helping today.
Don't say it like that, Sister Qingtan.
- Regarding work— - Sister Qingtan.
I know I shouldn't have come to find you so recklessly today.
I quit willfully back then.
My suddenly asking for another chance makes it hard on you, I know.
What are you saying? I'm really happy that you can come back.
Really?
Look, I just gave birth to my child.
I won't be able to go back to work for a while.
Right now, the magazine company is low on staff.
Why don't you go and continue Xiaoyu's work on the Fang Jingxue project?
I will work really hard! Thank you, Sister Qingtan.
I should be the one thanking you.
I also want to take this opportunity to get some rest.
It will give me some time to recover and enjoy my honeymoon.
Recover? Come to my house. This is my baby, too. I have everything prepared for you.
You have to go on a honeymoon with the person you love the most and that's me.
Sister Qingtan, I admire you more and more.
Right, you should really put in more effort.
If you really want to be a reporter, your current skills won't suffice.
Maybe you can put all your energy together and get a higher degree.
You should aim for the best; journalism at Hua University.
Can I really do it, Sister Qingtan?
You can!
In the future, our baby should study journalism, too.
My baby will study for a master's and PhD together.
It's still very dangerous for you.
Why are you here?
It's dark out. I need to protect you.
- Did you wait long? - Not really.
What about you? Did it go smoothly?
It definitely went smoothly.
Sister Qingtan agreed to let me go back to work.
Why does it look like you're not happy?
I'm not unhappy. It's just that Sister Qingtan told me that my skills aren't good enough.
She wants me to get a higher degree.
Is it hard to get one?
Of course, it's hard!
Before, I couldn't even get into a university.
It's okay. You can do whatever you set your mind to do.
- What if I give up? - Why do you want to give up?
You don't know. Hua University only accepts 30 journalism majors a year.
They won't accept me for sure.
Do you remember the first time we had dinner together?
You told me your dream job was to become an environmental news reporter.
Back then, your eyes were full of confidence and hope. How come that has disappeared now?
Maybe back then, I was being unrealistic.
I tend to think things will be easy.
Actually, no matter if it's love or work,
it doesn't go according to plan.
Of course, nothing can be done just by thinking about it.
You need to really work for it. But think on the bright side,
you're not just day-dreaming. You're actually trying to go for it.
Then... do you really think I can do it?
Just try it! How will you know if you'll succeed or not if you don't try?
You're right!
Right, since you have to go back to work,
I won't be able to see you during the daytime.
You can't see me anyway. You can't see during daylight. You forgot?
Okay, then since I can't see you during daylight,
stay a little longer with me at night. Come home with me.
Tianxin, why don't you leave that razor?
When we come back, we can still use it.
How about not taking the fan, either?
Jialin, I have something that I want to tell you.
I've thought about it for a long time.
In the past, I looked down a bit on Pipi.
I always felt that sacrificing your own life plans for someone else
was just foolish.
But once I came to America, I realized
that what Pipi could do, I might not be able to do.
I actually
don't just want to be Tao Jialin's girlfriend.
I want to be Tianxin.
You mean that being my girlfriend
will make you forget how to be yourself? Is that what you mean?
Jialin, are you willing to be just Tianxin's boyfriend?
Are you all right, Lord?
Lord, do you want to take a rest?
No, no. It's you who should rest.
You should rest. Rest for a few minutes.
Alcohol.
Brother Song.
Lady Qianhua.
Do you have to be like this?
Be like what? I didn't do anything.
Open the alcohol for Lady Qianhua! Open the alcohol.
Rest first. I have something to tell you.
Zhao Song, stop fighting. You drank too much, Zhao Song.
Zhao Song. Zhao Song, don't be like this. All right?
Can you listen to what I say?
All right. Do whatever you want to do. Just give me a minute.
I already gave you so many centuries.
Are you all right? Are you okay?
Here. Get up first.
Attention, everyone! Everyone pay attention!
Good news!
I want to let everyone know that soon I will marry
my fiancée, Tushan's Qianhua.
- Zhao Song. - So,
everyone here, you have to attend my wedding! You have to come!
- Zhao Song. - All right!
You have to come.
- Come down first. Come down first. - All right!
Will that do?
Let go!
I'm his fiancée. I'll do it.
She's my fiancée. Let her do it.
Of course, my fiancée has to do it.
My financée.
How is it, fiancée? Where are we going to host our wedding?
You're drunk. Let's talk when you're sober.
I'm not drunk. If there are any issues, let's talk about it right now!
I have something to talk about privately with Brother Song.
Say it.
I went too far with this.
If you're not willing, then just pretend like I didn't say anything.
- You're back? - I'm back.
You've finally come back.
- Thanks. - By the way, how is Sister Qingtan?
She's quite well. She already gave birth.
By the way, she told me to come back and help you investigate the Fang Jingxue case.
That's great. Do you know how busy I am lately?
Tell me, what happened exactly?
Thanks.
You're welcome. I don't know a thing about her.
Fang Jingxue is an actress who typically sticks to indie films or art films.
But ever since she acted in the horror movie, "Possessed," she hasn't appeared in public.
Some people say she's depressed because she invested too much effort in the movie.
Others say that she got married and had a child.
My favorite rumor is...
that she's really possessed because the movie set was haunted.
That can't be true, can it?
Maybe everyone is just overthinking it.
She won Best Actress recently and didn't even show up to get her award.
It's possible that she just doesn't like publicity.
I don't know. Anyway, this is all the information I have on her.
Thanks.
Pipi, thank you for the coffee.
Nothing happened recently, right? We were quite worried about you.
That's right, Pipi. You weren't heartbroken, right?
Didn't you say you were busy?
It's all right. I'm fine.
What are you searching for?
Didn't we just say that we're researching the Fang Jingxue case?
Did I ask you?
That's right. I'm researching the Fang Jingxue case.
Sister Qingtan isn't here. If you have any problems, you can look for me.
All right. Thanks.
I'll look at this information first.
Sure, go ahead. Look.
What? Do you know her? Have you ever seen her?
I've seen her movie before.
Which movie?
- "Possessed." - Is it good?
- It's all right. - "Possessed" hasn't been released, yet.
All right. Get busy.
[RALPH]
I remember taking two pictures back then.
Pipi? Why did you come through the back door?
I feel like someone is following me.
Following you?
There's no one.
Can it be that you're still not cured? Or you took the wrong medicine and are hallucinating?
No. It's for real.
There really is someone.
What is this? Private documents?
It's a file from the magazine.
You went back to work at the magazine office?
This time I decided to focus on work.
- By the way, I'll let you see something. - Okay.
Do you still remember her?
I don't remember.
- I remember you asked for her autograph at the party— - I don't know her.
Welcome. Do you want to something to drink?
Espresso. Thanks.
Pipi, what a coincidence. You're also here?
Sister Xuan, why are you...
I just finished an interview nearby and stopped in to have a drink.
What's going on? No leads?
How about I help you? I know the PR person in Fang Jingxue's company well.
No need.
What? You're not willing?
That's not it.
If it's not like that, I'll help you by calling.
Miss Wang, I thought we had a deal.
You would try your best to keep Mike's incident off the radar.
If you do, you will definitely benefit from it.
I'm not interested in rumors about those young people.
Oh. Then, you're looking for...
Are you close to Fang Jingxue?
Why are you suddenly asking about her?
Recently, there's no news about her. Have you seen her at your company?
You all know about this news. She is indeed heartbroken.
No one at the company could contact her for about six months.
- Sorry. Sorry, sorry! - What are you doing? What's going on?
Our boss, Mr. Huang, has gone crazy looking for her.
Where's her manager? Doesn't she have a manager?
She's had about ten managers in three years. Nobody dares to take her on anymore.
Is she in love? Does she have a partner?
Stop messing around. With that arrogant personality of hers, who would she like?
Actually, there was an incident when she was filming recently.
Incident?
What incident?
She vomited a couple times.
Then... is she pregnant?
If that's the case, then are all the online rumors true?
I'll say it to you like this. The news that is on the internet,
most of it is true.
Looks like she went overseas to have a baby. No wonder there's no news about her here.
But she's in this country.
How do you know?
That movie was filmed a year ago, it seems.
Even if she went overseas to give birth, she should already be back.
Thanks.
No problem.
It's been so long since I've gone to school.
Does it feel nice to go to class again?
This won't do. This won't do.
I haven't studied in a long time. I don't think I can catch up. I should leave.
Don't get scared. Be confident in yourself. Have confidence, all right?
You can do it. Come on.
Come. Come, come.
- Quick. Look! - I haven't seen him before. Who is he?
You actually don't need to keep me company. I can do it alone.
That won't do. I still don't know who's following you, so I'm not at ease.
Maybe I'm overthinking it. There's probably no one following me.
I'll keep you company.
Do you want to drink water?
I'll drink it later.
Students, time for class.
Don't be nervous, all right?
Time for class. Time for class!
The three basic principles of dialectics:
unity of opposites, quantitative and qualitative changes, and negation of the negation.
Don't just look at the handsome guy in the back.
Your teacher isn't bad, either.
First, we'll talk about the unity of opposites.
Everything has its opposite, but can also be tied to other things.
Quick. Take notes.
This student.
Student! I'm talking about you.
Where's your book?
- My book, I— - Teacher, he forgot to bring his book today, so we're sharing my book.
I'm asking him. Where is your book?
I memorized it by heart.
You memorized it by heart?
All the knowledge you're about to share...
You remember everything I just taught, right?
Okay, fine. I talked about the unity of opposites.
You can tell us about quantitative and qualitative changes.
Quantitative and qualitative changes:
"The development of everything is a process of the qualitative change shifting from the quantitative.
The quantitative change can influence the qualitative change to a certain level which leads to better development.
And the new measurements of change will occur with the basics of the new qualitative changes.
Quantitive change is the foundation and necessary preparation for a qualitative change.
Qualitative change is the ultimate result of a quantitive change.
The shifting interchange between them shows the state of everything and its development."
How was that? Did I say the exact same thing that was written in the book?
Let's talk.
I thought a lot about the wedding. I shouldn't use helping Helan as an excuse,
and view your wedding as a joke.
I was too selfish. Regarding Helan's issue, I'll think of a solution myself.
Just pretend like I've never spoken of a wedding.
There is a question I've wanted to ask you to your face.
Why does Helan Jingting only eat flower petals?
How would I know? But what does that have to do with you?
Is it wrong for me to take an interest in Fox Clan's Right High Priest?
Can you talk to me seriously?
How could I not be serious? I've waited for this chance for so many centuries.
Why is it flipped around right now?
I told you before. I'm at fault in this matter.
Why are you pulling Ah Xi into it?
Helan Jingting only eats flower petals. He doesn't eat anything else.
In all of the Fox Clan, this is unique.
I was wondering if it had anything to do with his human genes.
Why the sudden interest in his genes?
Isn't that what draws your interest?
Why other motives do you have?
Motives? Whatever I do, I'll have motives for doing it.
As for the wedding preparations, we'll do it according to the Northern tradition.
I've already given the orders.
I also invited some of the elders. Tomorrow morning,
they will perform an engagement ceremony for us.
You're really willing to proceed?
I'm willing.
All right. Thank you.
Hey.
I could never understand
why you sacrificed so much for Helan Jingting.
Now, I understand it.
It looks like I, Zhao Song, can do just as much for you.
Unbelievable.
Qianhua.
Lord Helan, it's me.
I haven't had any news about you for a while.
Is it going well for you up there?
We're getting very close to the answers we want.
Something happened to Miss Guan recently. I'm worried that this time she
won't have a lot of time.
All right. I understand.
How are you? Is Zhao Song making things hard for you?
I... Zhao Song and I...
are about to get married.
You are getting married?
Did Zhao Song use this quest to threaten you?
No, no, no. This happened suddenly
but I was the one who spoke of it.
Qianhua...
I'm sorry.
Lord Helan, don't misunderstand.
No matter what, we will find a solution to save Miss Guan soon.
- Qianhua-- - Lord Helan,
this is a decision I made on my own.
Someone once sang in a song that
"loving you is my own problem."
Really? Is it really just my own problem?
Didn't I cherish one last hope
that one day you would see me and
understand me and tell me the words that I want to hear the most?
I did. That is why my heart hurts so much when I see him,
that man who is suffering just like me. Because only I know...
how much pain he is in.
A marriage in the Fox Clan brings two people together through all difficulties.
The fifteenth day of this month is an auspicious day.
At 3:30 p.m., the stars will appear. It is good for the North.
It will be a very fortunate moment for a wedding in the Fox Clan.
Congratulations to you both.
- Uncle Yuan. - See you at the wedding.
- Uncle Jian. - Congratulations.
- I'll see you out. - No need to see us out.
Uncles, I'll see you out. I'm causing you so much trouble.
Go on back.
Take care.
We should follow the Northern elders' wishes in terms of traditions.
But rest assured, we get to choose how the ceremony is done.
What is this?
According to the tradition, I am to give you a gift upon our engagement.
I made the lip color using ancient techniques.
I still remember the first time I met you.
It was in this same hall.
At that time,
I had no chance to get close to you.
You probably don't remember.
I remember.
Princess Zhaoyan,
Tushan Qianhua and Left High Priest's wedding is set for this week.
But just like you expected,
their marriage isn't that simple.
It's all right.
I will simplify it all.
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♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫
♫ A thousand year fate Spreading through time ♫
♫ Day and night It's you that loves my face ♫
♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫
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