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.
Foxes noticed that humans were getting less and less friendly.
They had to hide their identity in this world.
[The Love Knot: His Excellency's First Love]
[Episode 16] [This story is purely fictional.]
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What are you writing?
I'm writing my name.
Is that the character "Xi"?
Yes.
This character...
looks like the simplified character for "to carry."
Which character?
Here. I'll write it for you.
The character "to carry."
Is it ugly? [T/N: to carry = "xié dài"]
It looks a bit like it.
I'll teach you how to write my name.
Do you know what this character means?
I don't know.
In the ancient times, this word represented
the expectation of untying a knot.
Another meaning is that it represents wisdom.
You're so amazing. You're good at memorizing textbooks.
You're also good at calligraphy.
I also have to start working hard.
Looking at English?
I know some English.
You also understand English?
That's right.
I lived for so long. I had enough time to learn.
Wow. So amazing.
English is so hard.
If there are ten words, I don't even know eight of them.
Do you want to look at one of my many dictionaries from upstairs? I'll go get them.
No need. No need! You write and I'll go get them.
Will you be able to find them?
I can definitely find them.
What is this?
Did you find them?
Your hair has grown out a lot.
Is that so?
There is a full moon tonight.
You should be fully healed.
Then, can I go home right now?
Do you want me to take you home?
Right now?
Do you really want to go back?
I...
If you don't want to go, it's all right.
You can live at my place for as long as you'd like.
Let's take a walk.
Are you teasing me, now?
Can I ask you a question?
Of course.
Have you ever given this Pearl of Charm to anyone else?
Why are you suddenly asking that?
No reason.
Just a thought. You've lived so long in this world.
In the past, did you like anyone else?
I didn't.
You're the sole owner of this Pearl of Charm.
Those flowers, over there.
It's all right, but I don't know. Oh, Master is here.
Left High Priest, we have finalized the catering.
It would take twenty more minutes for this flower arch to be ready. Everything else is ready.
Tell me if there is anything else you would like to fix.
What?
Oh, all right.
Let's go.
Left High Priest.
Uncle, why show me such deference?
I'm the one troubling you with this.
This is just a small matter. Leave it to me.
But...
Say, once this wedding ends,
I'm worried.
Uncle, don't worry.
Just proceed as instructed.
What?
What do you mean, "what?"
Let's eat.
I'm not eating.
I'm used to eating here. You said this shop was the tastiest.
Miss Xin, long time, no see.
Long time, no see.
Two sandwiches, like always.
All right.
Xiaoju! Xiaoju!
- Don't come in. - Let me tell you.
- Xiaoju. - What?
- Come. Come, come. Come over here. - Ouch!
I calculated it.
I'm telling you, I calculated it! I calculated it.
- The rate of energy's vibration-- - You're doing all this useless stuff again.
How is this useless?
According to quantum mechanics, the world is made of energy.
My algorithm can explain everything in this world,
including things humans have yet to understand.
Okay, I'm begging. Go educate humanity and stop getting in the way of my business.
How am I affecting your business? I even wanted you to be the first one to know about this great news.
- I don't want to hear this. - Hey, don't touch it!
- Go home and talk. The shop is really busy. - Don't touch it!
- Go back home and talk, all right? - Don't touch it.
It isn't right here.
There isn't a continuing figure.
This Schrodinger equation you wrote can be solved by any "e" bigger than zero.
Any "e" is the proper value of this equation.
The corresponding eigenstate should be...
- Sit. - Take a look. - Two lunatics.
Like this.
Add that and add that.
- Right? - Why didn't I think about that?
Do you want a drink?
It's probably unlucky for the groom and bride to see each other before the wedding.
I didn't expect you to be so clear about these boring customs.
Of course, I know about it. I've already had a wedding.
Sorry. I brought bad memories to mind.
It's okay. It's just ironic.
Both of those weddings were because of him but he wasn't even there.
But at those two weddings, I was there.
You were there last time?
Forget it. Let these sad memories go away.
The guests are almost all here.
The wedding is going to start around dusk.
Did Princess Zhaoyan come?
Will it scare you if she doesn't come?
What will I be afraid of?
When the ceremony is over, you will be married to me for real.
I'm joking. Look at how nervous you are.
I believe that she'll definitely come.
That certain?
Don't worry.
I saw Bozhong behaving strangely.
He's probably preparing for something.
No matter what, before Princess Zhaoyan appears,
we have to keep up the act.
By the way,
the officiating elder is an uncle who watched me grow up.
If there's anything wrong with the Pearl of Charm, he will cover it up for us.
If Princess Zhaoyan doesn't appear before the vows,
I'll find an excuse to cancel the wedding.
I will not bring shame to you and the Tushan Family again.
Thank you. Thanks for being so considerate.
I admit it.
When I put the Pearl of Charm on you, I was only thinking of myself.
But now,
I want a real wedding
and a
bride that loves me.
When you're done with your things,
I will bother you from time to time, just like in the old days.
Perhaps, one day
you'll be willing to marry me.
Then, you can wait.
Zhao Song.
It's nothing. See you in a while.
What's wrong now?
Therefore, the proper value of this Hamilton operator,
which is the energy, can value the other.
Yes. Right. This world is made of energy.
We can also prove...
How are you? Are you a bit better?
If the "e" is greater than the "0"...
Will I be able to get better when he's like that?
But zero is...
What are you laughing at?
I understand now.
You have daddy issues.
Daddy issues, my ass.
- Look. Look at them two. - Move aside.
- They're the same, like twins. - A equals X and X equals A.
Right, right.
I did think of this before.
I've never heard you mention your dad before. [Ep. 6, 15:30, Xiaoju's Dad.]
I'm not close to him. Why mention him?
You're not close to your dad? Are you kidding?
Since I was young, he never cared about me.
Everyday, he would disappear over some issue, or go make calculations in the park.
My mom couldn't take it anymore so they divorced and married someone else. She left me in his care.
Calculating problems at the park? Calculate what problems?
Those math problems.
He's actually a genius.
Although he can be crazy at times,
many people respected him back in the day.
He's like this now,
probably, as a means of escape.
Escape? Escape what?
In his world,
problems, like math, come with a practical solution.
Ever since my mom remarried,
he became like this.
Perhaps, in his mind,
there is no solution for his emotions.
But it's all right.
My dad and I chose different paths.
There are some problems that don't need an answer.
Some issues don't need to be understood
as long as you are true to yourself.
Since I graduated high school, I worked and earned money to support him.
Isn't he living quite happily, right now?
Why are you looking at me like that? Don't tell me you're going to sponsor me.
Gross.
Of course not.
I was just thinking, with your personality,
nobody would want to live with you when you're old.
It's very possible you will die alone.
But don't worry, Kuanyong and I have money.
We will save a room for you in our future house.
All right? When that time comes, we'll welcome you anytime.
Don't worry.
Even when I'm an a old woman, I won't go live with you two old men.
It's impossible for that situation to happen. Xiaoju, really. I'll guarantee.
Why? Because we're foxes. We won't get old.
Did you forget it? When you become an old woman,
I'll still be like this.
I won't change a bit.
How is it? Are you angry just hearing it?
- Right? - Right, right.
Brother Song.
The mute... The mute one is talking.
He even brought someone, insisting that she meet Miss Qianhua. I couldn't stop him.
Who is it?
Something like... Princess Zhaoyan.
- Where? - Over there.
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Tushan Qianhua is indeed as beautiful as the legend says.
Princess Zhaoyan, thank you so much for your compliment.
It's an honor that you should appear at our wedding.
- But— - Not only am I going to appear at your wedding,
I will also witness your marriage.
Qianhua!
Congratulations, Left High Priest.
I didn't know you were here, Princess Zhaoyan. My apologies for not greeting you.
You didn't know that I would come?
I thought you guys were waiting for me.
Left High Priest, I have words to tell the new bride.
If you don't mind, please, go out.
I will put the Pearl of Charm on you again when we're out there.
I'll take it off for now and prepare.
Hello? Xiaoju.
Is Kuanyong with you?
Give me his phone number.
Hello? Kuanyong. This is Guan Pipi.
I want to ask you for Sumei's phone number.
Nothing.
It's just girl talk.
Last time, she said we should eat together.
Hello? Is this Sumei?
Hi, this is Guan Pipi.
Sorry for making you come all the way here.
I want to ask you about some things.
No problem. Say it.
Do you know who Huiyan is?
Aren't you Huiyan?
Huiyan is you. You are Huiyan.
You are confusing me.
Hold on. Let me show you.
Look at this picture.
Who is this?
Aren't you cosplaying in this? You just changed your clothes.
Isn't this you in the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty?
You still remember that you almost killed me last time, right?
I'm being serious. Stop joking around.
Take a look at this for me. Who is she exactly?
This one from the Song Dyansty is named Ning Wen.
This one from Ming Dynasty is named Xiang Ding.
They are the same as you. You are all Shen Huiyan.
But this is from a long time ago.
How long ago?
About 900 years ago.
Lord Qingmu is the highest leader of our Fox Clan.
Legend says that he fell in love with a human girl.
- They had a child named Helan? - Yes.
Foxes and humans can't marry each other.
So once Helan was born, he was very weak
and he couldn't see.
Lord Helan is Lord Qingmu's only child.
So as much as he loved him, he was strict with him.
Lord Qingmu had really strict expectations for Lord Helan.
He thinks that with his son's health and ability,
he won't be able to inherit his superior power.
Unhealthy baby foxes should be dumped in the wild when they are born.
They will be left to die.
That's so cruel.
This is very normal. It's very difficult for foxes to survive in the wild.
If they can't even hunt themselves, nobody will be able to help them.
But Lord Qingmu let Lord Helan stay.
Lord Helan looked like a human when he was born.
It was just that he couldn't see.
Lord Helan was a hard working child.
So he grew up really fast.
But ever since he was young, he could only eat petals.
Even though we don't know the reason, everyone assumes
it is because he is interracial.
In order to cure Lord Helan's eyes,
Lord Qingmu found a little girl to keep him company.
Is it Huiyan?
Can it be that you really can't see?
My father said that my eyes will be cured some day.
But I'll only be able to see under the moonlight.
So pretty.
- Once you put on the Pearl of Charm, you're telling everyone, - You're telling everyone,
we can be together forever.
Lord Qingmu invited a master.
That master said,
on Lord Helan's seventeenth birthday,
it happens to be the year of the goat.
If in that year,
he meets a human girl that is all "Yang,"
make her fall in love with him,
and then find a lucky day,
and eat the girl's liver,
then that would allow his eyes to see again.
Did he eat it?
On Lord Helan's seventeenth birthday,
it happened to be on a night when it was a full moon.
Father.
Father, where is Huiyan?
Starting from today,
forget Shen Huiyan.
Where is she?
You will not see her ever again.
Why? She promised to marry me.
She is only your medicine.
He was tricked by his father and drank that soup,
the soup that was made out of Huiyan's liver,
When he found out the truth, he split ways with his father.
He said that as long as he was alive,
he would get revenge for Huiyan.
Even after Lord Helan drank the soup,
he could only see at night.
Maybe because he has half-human blood.
But I'm still confused about something.
Why didn't Lord Qingmu
find that girl on Lord Helan's seventeenth birthday
but instead let them grow up together since they were young?
This is probably because
Lord Qingmu fell in love with a human
so she gave birth
to Lord Helan, who is an unhealthy child.
So he found a girl who was a human to keep him company.
Once they fall in love, she will be killed
to make Lord Helan remember forever to not fall in love with a human.
Lord Helan wandered for one thousand years.
He still didn't forgive his father.
Later, he fled to the South and made himself stronger.
He then declared war on his father.
This was what is known as the Zhenyong War which lasted three years.
Later, the Fox Clan was divided into two, the South and the North.
Lord Helan became the Right High Priest who is in charge of the South.
Lord Qingmu titled his disciple Zhao Song
as the Left High Priest who is in charge of the Fox Clan in the North
to resist Lord Helan.
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
I don't know why but I'm clearly listening to someone's story,
yet my heart keeps feeling like...
This... This is your story.
No.
This is Huiyan's story.
I'm Guan Pipi, not Huiyan.
Do we really care about someone's past?
I don't think so.
What we care about is the person who was able to share the past with him.
The person that makes you want to compare.
The person that makes your insecurities burst out.
She is like a shadow,
or maybe you are only her shadow.
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Lord, you woke up so early.
I couldn't sleep. I'm a bit worried.
Pipi?
- Qianhua. - Oh.
Recently, I called her a couple times. I feel like something is wrong.
Is it Pipi?
Qianhua.
What is there to worry about for Qianhua? There's no way she'll be at a disadvantage in the North with her personality.
Is it not going well?
Every time she says it's going well but she doesn't tell me any details.
Lord Qianhua has always been very careful. It was probably inconvenient for her to tell you the details.
I'm worried that other than Zhao Song, many other powers will also cause her trouble.
Lord, shouldn't you be worried about Pipi?
I'm talking about Qianhua right now!
Then, all right. I'll call her.
I should have went myself. I shouldn't have bothered her.
Lord, if you went to the North with your identity,
I'm afraid there would be more problems.
Hello, Pipi.
Qianhua!
It's Qianhua. It's Qianhua. I'm kidding.
She's not answering. She's probably busy.
- This way please. - All right, thanks.
Congratulations.
- Congratulations. - Left High Priest.
It's about time. We can start the wedding.
Uncle, we can cancel the wedding.
Why?
The show is over. As a supporting character, I should wrap up my work, too.
Just do it like how we said before. Please.
- Everyone! - My son is getting married,
yet as a father, I didn't get invited.
Princess Zhaoyan, today's wedding isn't an actual wedding.
In order to see you, I asked Zhao Song to fake it.
We deceived you. I'm really sorry.
It's all right. No matter if it's a real wedding or a fake wedding,
I wouldn't let myself come here for no reason.
You want to help Helan Jingting save that girl who's a human, right?
- Right. - Then I'll be blunt.
I have a condition. You have to promise me. If you promise me
then I'll tell you how to save her.
Your condition is...
It's really simple. Marry Zhao Song.
I don't care if you guys really love each other or just acting. I don't care about all this.
I just care about the future of the Fox Clan.
I want everyone in the Fox Clan to know
that you're Left High Priest's wife.
Left High Priest.
Explain to me.
Answer me!
Hurry and disband the wedding.
Everyone, something just happened.
Today's wedding is canceled. Lord Qingmu
tells everyone go back first. Please, go back.
Hurry and let's go.
Where's Qianhua?
I don't know.
I was the one who personally arranged Ah Xi and Qianhua's wedding,
yet you dared to ruin the wedding arrangement.
Father, our wedding this time is fake.
You have never taken me seriously!
Our motive is to make Princess Zhaoyan appear.
- We're not really getting married. - Enough!
You've always liked Qianhua.
Don't think that I don't know what you plan to do.
Just because... Just because I'm not your biological son?
What did you say?
I said it's because I'm not your biological son so I don't get anything.
Did I not give you enough? What else do you want?
I can give you back all the things you gave me, but liking someone
is my freedom. This has nothing to do with you.
I don't care who you like,
but you can't like Qianhua.
Qianhua has to marry Ah Xi.
Ah Xi, Ah Xi. It's always Ah Xi.
Whatever Ah Xi wants you'll give it to him. Now,
what he doesn't want, you're still giving it to him.
Father, have you never thought about me?
What happened today, handle it well.
Let Qianhua hurry and go back and I won't pursue this matter any further.
Why?!
Why are you always favoring Helan, a bastard?
Can it be that you like humans that much?
Looking at your expression, you're not that surprised.
Actually, I've already guessed it when Bozhong approached me at the party.
How did you guess it?
Right High Priest Helan Jingting, as the successor, has been fighting against Lord Qingmu for many years.
It caused the North and the South to divide.
More importantly, he's always pushing to integrate with human society.
That is exactly the opposite of what you want.
In comparison, Zhao Song is on the same page with you.
You probably think that he's more suitable to be the successor.
If I marry Zhao Song, then the big families from the North will stand on his side.
That would put a lot of pressure on Lord Qingmu
and force him to change his successor.
You're really a smart child.
You only guessed half of it correctly.
I indeed considered the future of the Fox Clan,
but because of personal reasons,
I'm against Helan Jingting.
Why? Why are you against Helan Jingting?
From what I know of, you two are not connected at all. You haven't even met him.
We are blood related.
Helan Jingting
is my younger sister's child.
You're talking about Princess Xiyan?
Xiyan.
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♫ A relationship met by chance ♫
♫ Stumbling through separation and return ♫
♫ Everything on the mind hangs like a bright moon ♫
♫ Longing sleeps in the night sky ♫
♫ Perhaps as I hoped, it was just a fantasy ♫
♫ The past is flying by I can hear your heartbeat ♫
♫ Reincarnated love, it was just a daydream ♫
♫ Seeing each other again, time stops in place ♫
♫ A thousand love in a glance ♫
♫ A thousand year fate Spreading through time ♫
♫ Day and night It's you that loves my face ♫
♫ 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 ♫
♫ A thousand love in a glance ♫