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The Story of Ming Lan
Episode 29
You're finally here!
We heard you were coming, and our entire family's been full of glee!
The Old Madam ate an extra half-bowl of rice yesterday!
That means she really missed me!
Let me tell you, if it hadn't been for Hong'er's mother's illness dragging over a month to recover,
I would have come a long time ago!
Old Madam's been waiting for us for half the day already. Let's go.
Hurry now. Hurry and let me take a look at her!
Try this cup of tea now.
Great tea.
Say, we've been busy for half the day already.
Why don't we see your little granddaughter?
Is she not home?
Sick.
What's the illness?
Why didn't you tell me sooner,
so I could go take a look?
Nothing too serious, just some headache and light fever.
Your Hong'er can deal with it.
You sly old thing!
Miss, the sister from Old Madam's room sent a message.
It says that the Young Master of the He House is waiting for you at Shouan Hall, and he won't leave.
Didn't I tell you what to tell them,
tell them I'm sick and asleep.
I already did, and he left.
But not long after, he came back again.
He said he instructed the kitchen to make fish stew for you to try.
What an interesting man! What scene are we in now already?
The fish market must have closed long ago. What fish for stew?
He said he brought the fish from Youyang. Your favorite, Miss.
This really is fresh fish from Youyang's river? How is it available in Bianjing?
I saw back in Youyang that you love to drink fish soup.
When I found out I would accompany Grandmother to the capital to visit you, I went to Youyang to fish a few.
And I put them in a big crock to put in the carriage, and I added some fresh water every day.
When we arrived, two were still alive. I heard you were sick.
So I hurried and made fish soup to bring to you, so you can warm your stomach.
Why go to such trouble?
Humans eat all sorts of crops, so how can we not get sick?
A temporary chill or fever needn't cause worry.
You've overly weary, and harmed your psychic constitution.
You need good restoration. After you're well,
the flowers will be blooming everywhere, and you can leave the house to pray to the gods.
Ride through the great scenery out in the open plain, and your heart and soul will naturally be nourished.
You need to drink this soup while it's hot. I went through such trouble to fish them.
It was so cold by the river at night.
If you don't drink it all, you owe me for my suffering a chill.
Actually, I didn't suffer any chill.
These fish, actually I bought them from the fishermen by the river.
I didn't go through much trouble.
There you go. Smile a bit.
Clear your mind and you will release toxins, for a long life.
How are you making tea right now?
What's going on? You need to let me know so I can be at ease!
Aunt does not need to be at ease. I need to be at ease.
You need to be at ease. You need to be at ease.
Then you can just go to your home to make tea.
You come to my place to make tea for whom?
I can't be at ease at home.
I can only be at ease making tea with you.
The first cup spilled to the ground, to honor my mother.
Second cup, may Auntie enjoy.
Third cup, I enjoy.
We're done praying to God. Time to go home.
Go home?
Then? Your mother's matter?
You said you tested your father and we can't tell him, but I should be at ease?
Now you come drink tea and leave. How can I be at ease?
Can't be that you made this trip just to make tea and drink, and then go home?
Yes. I came to the monastery, and now I'm going home.
Why do you bother walking, Big Madam?
We can have the cart driver bring the carriage in all the way to the mountain gate and you will be spared some travel.
What do you know?
Using your own feet, climbing up step by step.
That shows more sincerity!
Sheng House's Sixth Miss!
Greetings, Big Madam Wu of the Liang House!
Great, we are so fated!
I always run into you. I think that the gods and spirits watch over it!
What a joy.
How is your health lately, Big Madam?
Great.
Look. The weather's getting warmer.
By Jinming Pond, the grass is green and the flowers have bloomed.
And you play such great jiju so you must come and help!
My health isn't well lately. I fear I can't play jiju.
I don't want to ruin your great record, so I won't go.
What's wrong? Not feeling well?
I have great wild ginseng and when I turn around, I'll have it delivered to your room so you can restore your vitality.
No need for the trouble.
It's just, it's just a cold. Thank you for your concern, Big Madam.
A cold will be gone in few days.
I'll wait until you're recovered and hold the jiju match. We're not in a rush over a few days.
You're hiding words that you're not telling me.
This isn't the conduct of our great child.
I went once in previous year because I played jiju for Sister Yanran.
Afterward, I caused quite a stir out of it and I've reflected upon it quietly.
I think the troubles came from my showing off,
so now I've cultivated my temperament to be more calm.
I shouldn't play jiju anymore, just stay at home and write.
Those idle talkers and gossips?
You should treat them like cat pee and dog farts in the wind!
Why are you holding them to your bosom to smell them instead?
Sister Rulan and Molan.
They are not that interested in jiju, so it's not convenient for me to go either.
It might stir some talk that you hold me in high regard, Countess.
I do hold you in high regard!
So? Let whoever wants to talk idly, talk!
Big Madam, I think we should forget it.
I understand. You're all alone in the courtyard and it's not easy. Fine then.
I wanted you to play jiju with me, but I will not put you in any difficulty.
I'll send an invitation to your home tomorrow to invite all the sisters.
[ Weirui Balcony ]
I wonder if that Countess is fond of our daughter.
Why is she sending an invitation here each time there's an event?
A jiju match, and such a formal invitation!
It does look to be so.
Lately, the Countess comes to the manor often and we didn't see her so diligent in making this trip.
I say,
she came a few days ago and it seemed like casual talk,
but in reality she wanted to reveal to us about Qi House and Prince Yong's matter.
A huge ruckus and in the end, she's scolding me.
Telling me not to put my hopes up with Qi House,
the best option is to be in-laws with her instead.
The invitation says to have all three Misses come.
I just don't know which Miss she's fond of.
Who else? Of course it's my Rulan!
Allow me to say a word without courting your anger.
From what I have seen these days,
the Countess seems closer to Sixth Miss.
Close is just being close.
That Ming girl is just decent at jiju and that pleases her.
But when it comes to marriage talk, that's another layer.
It's like you raise a cat or dog.
You are so pleased with it, but it's not like you're going to marry that cat or dog to your own son.
Mother. I don't want to go attend that jiju match.
So much dust at the place and it's suffocating.
Each time I go, I'm covered with mud all over.
I'm definitely not going.
Silly child. What did Mother tell you?
Sixth Young Master Liang is interested in you and that's a God-given chance.
But Big Madam is there.
She won't approve of Sixth Young Master Liang and I being close.
As long as you're more daring and do things more furtively...
Last time at the Gu House, you and Young Master Liang made poetry too.
That Liang boy thinks I look like a heavenly fairy.
Just that Big Madam Wu . . .
If you keep stewing over those things, you can't stand out.
Back then I, your mother, made up my mind firmly too.
I saw clearly that your father is gentle-hearted and easily-manipulated.
That's how I fought for what we have today.
And you were born as the daughter of an official's house.
So you ought to step out the door as a Sheng, and walk tall!
The Countess doesn't want a concubine-born daughter,
but does this mean the Young Master of the Count Yongchang Manor doesn't want a concubine's daughter either?
You are right, Mother. I will go.
Now you're enlightened!
The rest, you don't need Mother to tell you in detail, right?
Come.
Miss. Miss.
Miss.
Miss, are you alright?
I'm fine. I'm fine.
Careful.
Try it. Try it.
Hurry and come rest. How are you muddy all over?
I tripped.
I don't think it'll be easy today.
No worry. Sometimes people miss a grip and horses miss their step. It's common occurrence.
Don't be down by it.
Come, come.
We've got fruits from Lingnan today.
I am shallow in talent. I am not worthy of your kindness.
Whoever plays jiju as well as you do is who I will be kind to!
I think you're the only one!
Playing jiju well sure gets you benefits.
Today we get to eat such great cherries, thanks to you, Sixth Sister.
No, no. It's all thanks to you, Fifth Sister.
Big Madam allowed us to leave the manor all thanks to you.
You are the sensible one. Not like some others.
Sixth Miss. You play jiju well.
Your discernment is good too. Help me look.
Can my foolish Sixth Son win this match?
Sixth Young Master is an outstanding talent. He plays heroically.
Winning or not isn't what's urgent anymore.
I knew he'd lose this match.
But when you say it,
it's sure turned to such a sweet note.
Big Madam is right. Our Sixth Sister,
she's prudent all her life. Not like someone else.
She doesn't know her actual weight and she wants to overreach. (T/N her value, heavy = valuable)
She doesn't know a principle.
A light-boned person, even if she climbs up,
a breeze of wind will blow her down, and she'll be covered in mud!
At that time, I don't know if she would be facing people with a purple nose and green eyes, (T/N broken nose)
or if she will just lie in the mud forever!
This girl.
That is a good jiju match.
Fifth Sister is right.
There are just some funny people in the world.
Clumsy and dumb, with no talent at all.
She sees the high branch right in front her but no matter how she riles up all her energy, she just can't climb up.
I, Molan, need to go change.
I'll be back soon.
Sixth Young Master, we just finished the jiju and you're headed to the poetry meeting already? That's too diligent!
Monkey, what do you know?
The late Emperor wrote a poem to urge us to study!
"A golden house lies within books. A beautiful jade lies within books." (T/N Emperor Zhenzong of Song)
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Where are you going, Fourth Sister?
I . . .
Didn't they prepare a tent for us to change?
I am going to go change.
The changing tent isn't here.
You've used it before though.
How come you're lost now?
What's it to you?
It's not my business actually.
But Momo Kong taught us then that the sisters are one.
If you commit a mistake, this younger sister of yours will be implicated for no reason too.
So I came to remind you, Fourth Sister, that there are a bunch of men ahead. The Young Masters are making poetry.
You should turn around and halt your steps before the cliff.
You're trying to scare me?
You won't let me go, and I insist on going!
Miss. The Sixth Miss also saw you. If you don't turn around,
I fear she will go tattle before the Master.
It's not like I'm scared of her!
Also, I wasn't going anyway.
But she irks me, and I must go in now.
So that will be enough to tell Father too.
You! You dared to hit me with mud?
Sister. Sister.
Sister, your skirt's dirty.
You'll go embarrass yourself if you go, so you should just go to the tent and change instead.
How dare you hit me like that!
I will tell Father and have him reprimand you harshly!
That was just a slip of hand. If you dare,
go and tell Father about it.
Miss. How about we change into a peach blossom skirt?
Miss. No one paid any attention to us.
Good, Xiaotao! You did well.
- I'll make fish soup for you when we go back. - Two bowls.
I can make ten bowls even!
Sixth Son. Sixth Son!
Come into my carriage and we'll go together.
Mother, let me ride the horse. It's stifling in the carriage.
Get in here!
Mother. If there's something to discuss, we'll discuss it at home.
When we get home? As soon as we're home,
you'll be holed up in your room with that slut Chunke, clinging and kissing.
What mindset will you have to hear me talk?
Hurry. Get in here!
Come, sit.
Today, Sixth Miss Sheng left early
and you two didn't get a couple words in together.
No matter though, I'll put on a flower assembly in a few days.
I'll send invitations again.
But I'm telling you this now.
At that time, if you delay and avoid her again with some excuse,
don't bother coming to me in the future if your father scolds you.
I don't know why you're so hung up on that concubine-born girl of Sheng House.
She's like a block of wood. Other than jiju, she knows nothing.
"Concubine-born"?
And your Chunke? She's a concubine-born from your concubine-born older brother's wife!
I haven't seen you ever disliking that.
You dote on her like she's flesh on your palm.
Now you're picky about a concubine-born in an official's house like Sheng's?
Seriously.
Mother. Last time at the jiju match,
I saw that Duke Qi House's Young Lord was interested in her.
You should look into it.
Maybe that Qi House already reserved her as their concubine.
Don't just look and waste that energy.
That's just all gossip.
Sheng House is an honest scholarly family.
They won't let their children go and be concubines in a lofty house.
That will court the big laughter of all scholars.
I think it's because that Minglan girl,
she's too good and it's caused jealousy from the shameful lot.
That's how the gossip came about.
Then what if it's true though?
If it were true,
then that Qi House Young Lord,
he's got better taste than you.
Mother. It's not something good to talk about no matter what.
Our Count Yongchang Manor has to worry about our reputation.
If you really cared about reputation,
you'd kick that little seductress out.
And I won't not force you to marry that Miss Sheng!
Han'er, I'm already making concessions here.
Just be obedient and marry a proper wife.
In the future, whoever you want in your room,
I won't make a noise. Alright?
Be good.
Mother. If I must marry a Sheng girl,
I find the Fourth Miss better than Sixth Miss actually.
Shut up!
Don't even think of it.
That's another flippant seductress.
She'll entertain anything to please you.
If you marry someone like her, forget about any future exam and official rank!
Let me tell you, if you dare to exchange brows with her again, (T/N interested glances)
and ruin this marriage prospect with Sheng House,
I will squeeze out all those in your room!
Believe it or not!
You're making me so angry.
These fabrics are too coarse.
Only this cicada-wing fabric is passable.
But the color is a bit much.
To wear it as clothing might seem too tactless.
These are the most trendy fabrics in the capital right now.
Every time we get the delivery, they're gone in less than half a day.
What's great about trendy? Everyone's wearing it,
and I won't stand out.
Go back and pick out some elegantly-colored nice fabrics.
Don't worry about the cost. We can afford it.
Yes.
You are just so restless.
What's the big deal about an outfit!
One got soiled, and you can just make eight or ten more.
Is it worth mentioning?
But that Sixth Girl. She's got quite the mind.
Mother. Why do you always tout other's glory and deflate our own?
The future is long. We've got eight or ten elegant meetings. (T/N poetry and music appreciation parties)
If I want to meet Sixth Young Master, I'll have lots of chances. I can vouch he'll go along.
But I think we need to watch out for this Sixth Girl.
Maybe she's found out something?
Sixth Girl is so dumb and foolish. She wanted to reach high,
but that Princess Pingning played her in circles,
and caused quite a bit of laughter. She can't compare to me.
Mother, if you keep saying that about me,
this Sixth Young Master? You go meet him yourself then.
How long were you just out that your wings have hardened like this now? (T/N become stubbornly disobedient)
- Mistress. - What is it?
I just passed by Weiruixuan earlier and I heard shattering of bowls and plates, as if someone's throwing a fit.
I went closer and listened through the walls. It's Big Madam shouting and cursing.
She said that Big Madam Wu of the Count Yongchang Manor sent an invitation only inviting Sixth Miss.
What?
- Did you hear it carefully? - I heard it loud and clear.
That invitation is about a refined Fragrance Testing and Flower Arrangement gathering and all our misses were initially invited.
Big Madam was afraid that Fifth Miss would embarrass herself, so she said that she's sick with cold.
The messenger then said that it's fine to only have Sixth Miss go.
What!
- Miss! - Why can't I go?
If she can't do flower arrangements, I can. I don't have a cold either.
I want to go.
No wonder she would pull Minglan to chat with her every time she comes here.
So all this time, she's her target!
She's only pulling my Rulan with them to be a cover.
If this gets out, don't know how shameful it will be for me!
What is this Big Madam Wu planning?
Could it be that Young Master Liang has some disability?
You think I've never seen that Sixth Son Liang?
He has such decent appearance, handsome, and talented.
He's also the son of a count.
Even if he doesn't inherit the count title in the future, he still has abundant wealth and an official position based on merit.
For such a good marriage prospect, how could I let that lowly girl take advantage of it?
How can I not be mad?
You're quite idle.
How could you still be in the mood to leisurely read books?
Even if I get so agitated, that Big Madam
won't still want me to be her daughter-in-law.
Can you not be so disappointing?
Marrying off into the count manor is already being capable?
Mother, have you forgotten my older sister?
She indeed married into a respectable family.
After being married off, she didn't have a day of peaceful life.
Even after bearing a son, her mother-in-law and sister-in-law
still continued to bully her.
The Yuan Family has three sons. The Liang Family has six sons.
The more people, the more complicated it is. Everything is entangled.
Maybe it would be worse than the Yuan Family.
I don't want to get married into a family like that.
Fine, if you don't want this marriage.
But Minglan had it easy for her.
Big Madam, don't be angry. After coming back from visiting our relatives in Youyang,
Old Madam has already transferred Sixth Miss under your house.
If this marriage ends up with Sixth Miss,
it's also still under our house.
I think those people at Linqi Pavilion will really die from anger.
That bitch should stop daydreaming!
Mother, what should we do?
It seems that Minglan will be married off into the count's house now.
Their ba zi haven't been compared yet.
The Liang Family hasn't officially come to our house to propose marriage too, so how could this be a final matter? Why are you panicking?
How could I not panic? Big Madam Wu has already set her eyes on Minglan.
It's fine for Big Madam Wu to choose Minglan.
What's important is that Young Master Liang has you in his heart.
There then is a chance to turn things around.
Although I've met that Young Master Liang a few times and exchanged a few words with him,
I don't know what his true feelings are.
After all, exchanging of affection through gazes and discussing marriage are two different things.
Moreover, even if he indeed likes me,
he still might not want to marry me.
Who was tough-mouthed earlier saying that Young Master Liang will surely listen to her?
Now, you're panicking?
Mother, stop lecturing me.
Even if he likes me, he wouldn't dare disobey his mother.
Silly child. Didn't your father also have a main wife first,
and despite Old Madam's opposition, he still made an exception to take me in?
He even gave us farmlands and shops,
making us have enough food and clothing right now.
So I'm telling you it's not important if the parents approve.
What's important is how to grab hold of the man's heart.
With it, you'll always be victorious.
How did Big Madam reply to that messenger from the House of Liang?
At first, Big Madam was so angry, but then it dissipated afterwards.
She then told the messenger that if Fifth Miss won't be going, then all the Sheng misses won't go anymore.
She's doing it deliberately.
Mother, if I'm unable to see Sixth Young Master Liang,
even if I have tricks, I won't be able to employ them.
You're getting agitated with just a little trouble. What great things can you achieve?
So you can achieve it? You tell me then, what should we do now?
I fear that we must beg your father for this matter.
You go.
Get up. Get up. I have something to talk with you about.
No wonder you slept here in my room tonight.
One who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions.
Look at what you're saying.
I just want to ask something.
I heard that Countess Yongchang
has invited our daughters to her manor for some cultured gathering.
Why did you refuse it?
Rulan has a cold, wasn't feeling well, and can't go.
You and Old Madam have always lectured me
that I must be fair to all of them.
If not all three of them can go, it's better that they all not go.
That then would be fair.
I know that deep inside, you're scheming to find Rulan a good in-law.
But the marriage of Molan and Minglan are also pressing.
Concubine Lin, being a concubine, can't openly go out and socialize.
Of course, she must rely on you.
Minglan had Old Madam planning for her.
I don't have a say in it.
That Molan has great natural beauty
and character. Why worry that she won't find a good marriage?
And you even said that you'll be fair earlier.
You keep making excuses. That's not being biased?
Fine. I'll go.
But the Countess has sent word that she only wants Minglan to go.
What about Molan?
That Big Madam Wu didn't even give any attention to my Rulan, and just wants Minglan. You want me to still let Molan go there?
Aren't I intentionally inciting conflict with her?
Who told her to have such bad luck and not earn the affection of the Countess?
Husband, don't blame me for being biased this time!
Fourth Sister!
Is it you, Fourth Sister?
I... was about to go greet Grandmother.
I just happen to pass by here.
I thought that because you heard that I'm going out,
you especially came here to send me off.
In terms of fragrances, flower arrangement, and poetry, I'm inferior to you, Fourth Sister.
It's just that you didn't want to attend the cultured gathering of Countess,
or else if you went, you surely will bring honor to our Sheng family.
I initially thought that you are a well-behaved thing with a sense of propriety.
Never thought that you're also two-faced.
I treated you nicely, and you just had to rub that into me.
Who do you plan to seduce such that you've dolled yourself up so attractively?
Sister, your words are too unpleasant.
I'm attending an assembly of cultured people.
If I'm able to earn the praises of any lad,
that is because he appreciated my talent.
How can you say that it's seduction?
You clearly know that Sixth Young Master is there and you still dressed up so attractively.
"Sixth Young Master"? Which one?
Sixth Young Master of which house?
Is it the Zhang's, the Wang's, the Xie's, or the Li's?
Which Sixth Young Master are you talking about, Sister?
Miss, it's getting late. Let's go now.
If we're late, Big Madam will glare and scold you.
Fourth Sister, take care. I'll get going now.
Damn that girl! Trying to step on me just to climb up onto a higher branch!
Dream on!
[ Streets of Dongjing ]
[ Shun's Lamb Shop ]
It's dark, but they're not back yet.
She usually isn't like this when she goes out.
Minglan must be excessively fawning on that Big Madam Wu.
Flattering the Sixth Young Master Liang and refusing to leave.
She might even have said a lot of bad things about me. However, I'm unable to leave this house.
I'm unable to use all the tricks that I have.
How can I be at ease and just sit down!
Quickly clean that up!
Why don't you use your brain?
With Big Madam there, how could she watch Minglan
climb up a big tree like that of the Countess?
Big Madam won't help her, but she won't help me too.
No matter how you think about it, I'm on the losing end here!
Human effort is the decisive factor.
Bemoaning your fate, acting atrociously and venting your anger would then be useful?
Sit down.
Look at what you've become.
You're not acting like a noble lady at all.
You're about to go to Shouan Hall to greet Old Madam.
If you're like this, aren't you just inviting them to laugh at you?
Mistress, Big Madam and Sixth Miss are back. They're calling for Fourth Miss
to go to Shouan Hall with them and greet Old Madam.
Look at that. This is clearly calling me to go there to be slapped in the face while in front of everyone!
Tell them that I'm sick. I'm not going.
Silly girl. You must go.
If you don't go, that's exactly extending your face out to be hit by them.
Not only are you going, you are going in an open and magnanimous manner.
No matter how Big Madam and Minglan praise the wealth of the Count Yongchang Manor,
you must pretend to not care. They want to see you go wild
and angry, so you must show them how calm and unaffected you are.
So what if I'm calm and unaffected! Won't I still be just watching as Minglan
gets married into the House of Liang?
No matter how bad the situation is, you must maintain your appearance.
If your external layer collapses, then everyone will really know that you've broken down.
Today, all the important people were in the Count Yongchang Manor!
I've never seen such a huge event.
Duke Ying of the State, Duke Yue of the State,
all families with young daughters had come.
You couldn't even count them anymore.
I didn't even know some of them. It was so bustling as if it were a New Year's celebration.
Big Madam Wu even called her Sixth Son out.
He kept greeting everyone as "Auntie" this and that!
Sixth Little Sister, the color of your mutton-fat jade
seems to be better than that one I wore during my birthday.
Looks like that Big Madam Wu can really afford to give gifts.
She gave you two at once.
Fifth Sister, you like it? I'll give one to you.
Big Madam Wu even gave me a lot of valuable gifts.
I don't have that much luck to enjoy such valuable gifts.
With you sharing the blessing with me, I feel more at ease.
It's still you who knows how to talk and is more sensible.
This is what a good sister should be.
Fourth Sister, the Countess also gave me a beaded hairpin.
There are five pearls which are this big. I'll send someone to deliver it to your room later.
No need. I do have a box full
of hairpins like that.
Sixth LIttle Sister
should just keep and wear all that rare jewelry.
Fourth Sister, you said it right.
I indeed haven't seen much in this world.
I just saw some sons and daughters of counts and marquis houses.
I shouldn't forget my own status. I indeed need a beating.
Looks like I must socialize more with Big Madam and Fifth Sister,
so I will learn the rules of noble and rich aristocratic families. Broaden my knowledge.
Why are you speaking so cleverly today?
Big Madam Wu said that I only know to play polo, but am quite a mess in other things.
She asked me to learn how to converse with her.
Grandmother, please forgive me. I don't feel well.
I'll be going back to my room now.
Come back here! Sit down.
You don't intend to marry into the Count's manor,
so why bother putting on such an act?
Do you just want to anger Molan and Concubine Lin?
It was Big Madam Wu who graciously invited me to attend that scholar assembly.
It wasn't my desire to go.
Yet, the two of them successively came to make things difficult for me.
Since she's already hitting me in the face, I can't just let her hit me, right?
You don't usually act like this.
Did Molan bully you?
No. These are just matters between us children.
Grandmother, there's no need for you to be bothered by it. Just sit well
- and let me serve you forever. - Nonsense.
Don't say such things.
Getting bitten by a snake once and you're afraid of the well's rope for a decade.
After slipping and falling badly, you don't want to go out of the house anymore?
How can there be such a thing?
Hongwen is a considerate child.
Today, he sent some of your favorite fruits.
He said that he personally made those medicinal foods which are good for the health.
Look, isn't this a very good thing?
I won't force you.
Think about it well. Once you've figured it out,
that's better than anything else.
Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki
T/N In the following song, "Don't You Know, Don't You Know?", Lines 5 to the end are the poem by Li Qingzhao, a famous female poet of the Song Dynasty, the poem is titled "Spring Ends".
♫ One morning, a flower opened and approached a willow tree, beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord ♫
♫ Even if drinking in water in the morning, red clouds have half a day of sunshine, the wind and rain do not affect them completely ♫
♫ In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin, from on high, your cold tears of distress flow ♫
♫ Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me, not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫
♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect♫
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
♫ Don't you know, don't you know, there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫