"Master Zhang, please." "Please go that way." "After you." "It's flown over the wall!" "Please stop, let it go." "No, I must catch the butterfly." "What are you doing?" "It's all your fault." "Where's this bookworm from?" "Let's go back, my lady." "The old madam will be mad if she spots us." "What a breathtaking beauty!" "Master Zhang." "Master Zhang, this place is off limits." "Why?" "Late Prime Minster Cui's family lives inside." "Why?" "This Buddhist temple is..." "Master." "I'll tell you over there." "Certainly." "Please..." "Master." "The late Prime Minister Cui commissioned to rebuild this temple, and built this residence for his retirement home one day..." "Unfortunately he died in office." "So his wife brought the whole family... with his coffin back to their home in Bo Ling." "Unfortunately the rebel general Sun Feihu ...is leading an uprising." "It's not safe to travel." "That's why they're staying here temporarily." "The late Prime Minister's daughter." "Master." "May I ask the name of Lady Cui?" "Also, who was that young girl, the butterfly catcher?" "The young lady's called Cui Yingying." "Yingying." "And that's her maid, Hong Niang." "Yingying." "She lives up to her name." "Let's go, Master Zhang." "If the old madam finds out, we'll be in trouble." "Even the old abbot will be in trouble." "Let's go." "Let's go, Master Zhang." "Who lives here then?" "This guest room?" "This used to be a guest room for the worshippers." "Since the Cui family have moved here, ...this has been empty." "Can I take a look please?" "Certainly." "Please come in." "Master, I'd like to stay here for a while." "But we no longer use this as a guest room." "Please help me." "I am in no position to decide." "You must ask the old abbot." "Mater Zhang, what can I do for you?" "I've been passing the temple, and am here to worship." "Please accept my donation." "That's indeed a very kind gesture on your part" "Please frankly let us know what we can do in return." "On my way to the capital to appear for lmperial Exams," "I planned to visit my good friend General White Horse" "Because the inns are crowded," "I couldn't focus on my studies." "I passed by a guest room in the western chamber." "It's very serene." "I'd like to stay there..." "That..." "Master Zhang" "The Cui family is living next to the West Chamber," "I'm afraid it could be a tad inconvenient." "Don't worry, abbot." "There's a big wall between the two chambers." "And I'll be spending my time studying inside," "I won't be walking around." "There shouldn't be any inconvenience." "Amitabha Buddha" "Please, abbot." "Master Zhang, you're very sincere." "But I must remind you, ...not to move about too much." "If the old madam finds out, ...then I'll have to stand accountable." "Got it." "Amitabha Buddha" "Thank you, abbot." "The gate locks her up from me." "The wall seems to be as high as the sky." "Heaven won't grant me my wishes." "Each day passes by like a year." "Where's the butterfly gone?" "And I see no sight of the butterfly catcher." "I have checked around the garden." "I do not want to see the obnoxious young man." "He smiles and his stares are like arrows." "Seems like he's been possessed when he sees my lady." "Hello, Miss Hong Niang." "Could you be a fairy since you can read my mind." "Could you do me a favour?" "I will thank you first." "There's no need for such gesture." "We have nothing to do with each other." "We've never met before." "Why should I help you?" "My name's Zhang Junrui." "And I'm twenty three years old." "Born around midnight on January 17th, still single." "Still single." "Could you be my matchmaker?" "I know nothing about fortune telling." "Nor I'm a match maker." "I don't care when's your birthday." "I couldn't care less that you're single." "I have errands to run." "Just leave me alone." "Hong Niang, can I ask you something?" "Go on." "I'd like to ask whether your lady" "Hong Niang." "Hong Niang." "You are unbelievable." "You have no right to pry." "The old madam is very strict." "My lady is graceful and well-mannered." "I'll report should you behave badly." "I hope you'll behave now." "Master" "Abbot" "Hong Niang" "Any instructions from old madam?" "Well, the madam said that Sun Feihu the bandit ...robs around with his rebel enemy." "Our madam is keen on returning home." "She sent me to inquire of you... when will the rites for our late master be done?" "Please report to the old madam that ...everything is ready." "Day after tomorrow is an auspicious day." "Would the old madam, the young mistress and... young master attend the ceremony in the main hall?" "Yes." "Thank you, abbot." "Abbot." "What can I do for you?" "My parents are dead." "I haven't been able to be a filial son." "Would it be possible... to perform a ritual on my behalf for them ...at the ceremony?" "Then perhaps I can be a filial son." "Don't be sad, you're a filial son." "I'll help you with it ...during the ceremony." "Thank you, abbot." "In order for the ceremony to go smoothly, ...please pretend to be my relative ...in front of the old madam." "Yes." "Thank you, abbot." "Today... tomorrow..." "Day after tomorrow." "Day after tomorrow." "Master Zhang, what are you counting?" "Counting the days..." "Still..." "I cannot see" "See whom?" "See Miss Yingying." "You want to see her?" "Very much so." "Come" "With the firstjoss stick I pray for my father" "I wish that he may quickly ascend into heaven" "I wish for the disappearance of bandits, so that we can safely transport the coffin back home." "With the second joss stick I pray for my mother" "I wish her good health," "Happiness and longevity." "Wishing her longevity." "With the third joss stick..." "With the third joss stick..." "With the third joss stick..." "I wish my lady to find a good match." "A Top Scholar as a husband." "A loving couple forever." "Bow deep after the offerings." "A girl is often shy in her speech." "I'm already eighteen years old," "But I still haven't found my match" "Moonlit night, flowered misty quiet spring" "I wonder when will my beloved appear!" "I think it must be that fool ...you saw yesterday." "I paid a visit to the abbot today." "He dashed out from his chamber." "Bowing and greeting me." "My name's Zhang Junrui, he said." "I'm twenty three years old." "Born around midnight on January 17th," "Still single." "He wants me to be a matchmaker." "I think he's either crazy or silly." "What else did he say?" "Then he got worse." "What did he say?" "He dared to ask me," "Does your lady come out often?" "Then I told him off." "How?" "I told him that I'll report to the old madam, ...and then we'll take him to court." "Did you really tell the old madam?" "Did you?" "No, I was just bluffing." "Don't bother the old madam with these trivial matters." "I heard his verse, he's very talented." "Really?" "Hong Niang, I think I'll compose one too." "What do you think?" "Good idea!" "Come on" "How solitary and lonely I feel in my boudoir!" "...and my springtime is passing in vain" "He who recites the poem, should sympathize with the one who heaves a sigh!" "Your reply please?" ""He who recites the poem, should sympathize with the one who heaves a sigh!"" "Bravo!" "So?" "No reply?" "Didn't I tell you?" "What?" "Look!" "He didn't reply." "But he's over here instead, come on" "Leave him, let's go!" "The wall is a barrier." "She vanishes in the moonlight." "He's missed his chance." "When will he see her again?" "Master Zhang." "Abbot." "Don't forget what I've told you." "I won't." "Old madam." "Thank you, abbot." "Please, madam." "Please light the joss sticks." "Who is he?" "A relative of mine." "He plans to take the lmperial Examination, and is staying here temporarily for his studies." "He wanted to give an offering to his late parents." "...and asked me to perform a ritual here." "I've promised him." "I hope you won't mind." "It's natural to be filial." "Of course I won't mind." "Thank you, old madam." "Master Zhang" "Come here to thank the old Lady Cui." "Zhang Junrui pays his respects to Lady Cui." "There's no need to be so formal." "Thank you, old madam." "Please light the joss sticks." "Would Miss Yingying bow please?" "Abbot." "Take a look outside." "Surround the temple" "Oh, no!" "Master." "The bandit Sun Feihu is here with his rebels." "Our temple is under siege." "Look." "Oh, no!" "Do not panic!" "Listen up, monks!" "I'm general Sun Feihu of Heqiao." "I know that the daughter of the late Prime Minister ...Cui Yingying is living here." "I'm here to pick her up ...to become my wife." "Abbot, we have a problem." "What is it?" "Tell me." "Sun Feihu and his three thousand rebels troop ...have surrounded us." "He's here to claim Miss Yingying ...to be his wife." "What should we do, mother?" "He asked us to send Miss Yingying outside, ...or he'll charge in" "He'd kill whoever is in his way." "Guard all the doors." "Yes, abbot." "Old madam." "So you've heard?" "Yes, what should we do?" "Please think of something." "Trouble comes out of the blue." "The temple is now under siege." "The rebels will not negotiate." "I fear that they will ransack this place." "I fear that they will burn the temple down." "Then where can we take shelter?" "Abbot." "They are trying to force their way in." "What should we do?" "What can we do?" "Keep on guard." "Don't let them charge in." "Go on, hurry." "Old madam." "Abbot." "It's urgent, there's no use to cry." "We better ask everyone... for a plan to back off the rebels." "An award might help." "The abbot is right." "But what can we do?" "Mother, I do have a suggestion." "Tell me then." "If anyone can back off the rebels," "I'd be willing to marry him." "Yingying, get up." "Yes, though it might not be the best match, but it's still better than be a bandit's wife." "My poor child!" "Mother." "Abbot, please spread the word." "Whoever can back off the rebels," "I'll marry my daughter to him." "Yes, madam." "Listen up." "Whoever can back off the rebels, and save this temple from being ruined;" "Lady Cui... will marry Miss Yingying to be his wife." "Master" "Master Zhang is here." "I've a plan." "You..." "What is your plan?" "We're all in this together." "I'll do whatever I can to help." "The old madam just said that, whoever can back off the rebels, can have Miss Yingying's hand in marriage." "Lady Cui will keep her promise." "Please tell us." "It isn't that hard to back off the rebels." "But I'll need your help." "Me?" "How could I?" "You don't need to kill." "Just tell them that... the young lady is still in mourning." "That might be bad luck for their troops." "Tell them to retreat for now." "3 days later when the lady is done with the rituals." "Then she can get married." "And what shall we do after three days?" "Don't worry, madam." "I have a sworn brother Du Que, also known as the General White Horse" "He's a good friend of mine." "He's the chief commander of 100,000 troops at Puguan ...which is around 70 miles from here." "I will send him a letter ...and he'll come here to help." "Please write the letter soon." "I already did." "Abbot, please deal with the bandits ...and try to send this letter out." "Right away." "Don't worry, madam." "Just relax with the family inside." "Thank you, young man." "Yingying, come here." "Thank Master Zhang." "You're welcome, Miss Yingying." "Come" "Come on, let's go back to our room." "Thank you, Buddha." "The letter turned the bandits away." "All monks and civilians rejoiced." "With Lady Cui's order," "Hong Niang's gone to invite Master Zhang." "She walks along swiftly" "Passing by halls and through the garden." "The bandits were fierce the day before." "Today is the scholar's day." "A bandit can never win such a pretty lady's heart." "He's not as blessed as I am." "Checking on the book of destiny." "Yingying and Zhang Junrui are supposed to be a pair." "Yingying and Zhang Junrui." "Here you are, Hong Niang." "Did your lady send you?" "Not my lady, the old madam sent me." "This is the old madam's invitation?" "We have prepared a feast." "And special wine too." "We haven't invited anyone else ...except you, Master Zhang." "Hong Niang." "You have a heart of gold." "You've done so much for me." "Thank you again." "There's no need to be so formal." "As long as you remember me." "On your wedding night, don't forget about the matchmaker." "Old madam." "Old madam, Master Zhang is here." "Please" "Zhang Junrui pays his respects to Lady Cui." "You're too kind, let me bow to you." "I don't deserve this." "Please have a seat." "Thank you, old madam." "Hong Niang, escort the young lady here." "Yes, madam." "Happily she hurries upstairs." "Going to call on Miss Yingying." "Lovers in marital harmony." "A blissful marriage." "Vowed for my marriage inside the temple the day before" "Today will be my engagement day." "Although this is predestined." "But I'm still shy and afraid." "Don't be shy, or afraid." "This is predestined." "You two belong to each other." "You will now sing a happy song together." "A happy song together." "Master Zhang, Yingying is here." "Come here, Yingying." "Greet Master Zhang." "Master Zhang." "Please come to the table, Master Zhang." "Please, Miss Yingying." "Please, Master Zhang." "Thank you, Hong Niang." "To you, Master Zhang." "To you, old madam." "To you, mother." "We owe it to you, Master Zhang." "This small meal is to thank you." "I hope we've been good hosts." "It's the old madam's luck to defeat the bandits." "Well said." "Yingying, stand up for a toast." "Yingying, drink to your elder brother." "You two will treat each other as siblings from now on." "Yingying, drink to your elder brother." "Did you hear me?" "Hong Niang, come here." "Fill up Master Zhang's glass." "I can't hold my drink..." "Goodbye." "Master Zhang." "Hong Niang." "Old madam, I'd like to say something." "Please, I'm listening." "When the temple was under siege," "You said that whoever can back off the rebels ...can take Miss Yingying as his wife." "Old madam, was that the case?" "Yes." "And who stood up and helped?" "We owe our lives to you, Master Zhang." "It's too bad that my late husband..." "Madam, I wrote a letter to send for General White Horse's help" "I didn't do it for this meal." "Hong Niang invited me earlier for a visit." "I thought that you'd honour your promise." "And betroth Miss Yingying to me." "I understand." "Yet my late husband has promised Yingying ...to my nephew Zheng Heng when he was alive." "I've received news that my nephew will soon be here" "What can I tell him when he comes here?" "May I ask, if General White Horse didn't come in time ...for the rescue and Miss Yingying was kidnapped;" "What would you tell your nephew then?" "That..." "My boy, I'm willing to thank you with gold and silk." "Please find yourself another match." "Though I'm only a poor scholar, but I'm not here for the gold and silk." "Hong Niang." "Master Zhang is drunk, accompany him to his chamber." "Yes, madam." "Master Zhang." "Master Zhang." "Hong Niang." "You shouldn't have had so much to drink." "The old madam promised me the other day." "Buddha was my witness." "And now we've become brother and sister." "Of course I'm mad!" "A promise is a promise." "She breaks her promise." "The old madam shouldn't be like this." "No wonder you're angry." "She's the wife of a minister." "How could she break her word?" "If Miss Yingying is engaged to someone else, ...she shouldn't promise her to me." "My lady loves you very much." "She's just as heart-broken." "That wasn't her will to be engaged." "You're her only love." "I'm not, we're strangers." "We've been torn apart." "I can only be lonely all my life." "Please don't be too angry." "When there's a will, there's a way." "Although the old madam breaks her promise." "But you still have your lute." "Of what use would a lute be?" "Master, my lady loves to play the lute too." "She does?" "Yes." "Hong Niang, if you could help us..." "I'll never forget what you've done for me." "Hong Niang, Hong Niang." "What's the use of not forgetting me?" "As long as you won't forget about Lady Yingying." "Of course I won't!" "I'll tell you then, when tonight..." "Miss Yingying goes to burn incense in the garden ...you should play a tune." "Speak your mind through the music." "Miss, please take off your makeup, I'll ready the bed" "Such a beauty I can never get my mind off" "Mad I will be without seeing her once a day." "The male phoenix freely flies courting the female" "Alas, my beauty is not on my side of the wall." "I hope my lute can express the words of my heart" "Only when I win her love, can my heart be consoled" "When will we be together again?" "I will perish if I don't win her." "It is a song of love." "So bittersweet." "It is a song of lament." "Tearful and sad." "A poor man is away from home, ...alone and pitiful." "When I escorted him back to West Chamber," "...he said that he'll return home soon." "That might be good for him." "Hong Niang, I want to..." "What would you like to do?" "I want to..." "I want to see him off." "Master Zhang." "Zhang" "Master Zhang." "Morning, Hong Niang." "Morning?" "It's late." "I couldn't sleep last night." "After I've written a few verses," "I fell asleep on the chair." "Hong Niang." "What did your lady say?" "She heard the tune last night." "And?" "What's the rush?" "I won't tell you." "I'm not in a rush." "Please tell me, Hong Niang." "Hong Niang." "No, I won't." "Fine, I'll tell you." "She heard the tune last night." "And she couldn't sleep either." "She kept sighing." "Really?" "She wants me to tell you that... she doesn't want you to go." "Stay here for a few more days." "But I'm not going anywhere!" "I lied to her, you fool!" "So that she'll be anxious." "Then Miss Yingying loves me." "I could still use this note." "Hong Niang." "Could you take my note ...to her, please?" "That won't work." "Why not?" "You don't know my lady's temper." "If she reads this note, ...she'll scold me." "Hong Niang." "Fine, just give that to me first." "I'll see what I can do." "So that she'll read your poem." "Hong Niang, I owe you" "Please accept a bow from me." "Why are you sad, my lady?" "Let me help you with your hair." "Please cheer up, my lady." "I've brought you some flowers for your makeup." "Your dessert is ready, my lady." "I'm going to get it for you, it won't take long." "Playing the lute, my yearning adds to despair" "I pour out my heart." "Springtime ought to be joyous" "Please don't forsake this love of mine" "Let not this precious time be wasted" "My lady." "Hong Niang." "My lady." "Come over." "Come here." "Where does this come from?" "That..." "I'm the daughter of the late Prime Minister." "Who's got the nerve... to tease me with this kind of note?" "I have no idea." "No idea?" "I'm going to tell my mother." "She'll break your leg." "My lady, you sent me to tell..." "Master Zhang to stay for a few more days." "And he asked me to bring that back to you." "I'm illiterate," "I have no idea what he wrote." "I must report to the old madam." "Who are you reporting?" "Master Zhang of course!" "How dare he?" "Some nerve he's got to write this sort of thing ...to tease you, my lady." "Hong Niang." "It's fine, I'll spare him this time." "No." "Even if you will, I won't" "He's out of line." "If the old madam finds out, she'll definitely break my leg." "Hong Niang." "If that ever happens, I'll plead for leniency." "Okay." "Since you are backing Master Zhang up..." "I'll let him get away this time." "But I must tear this note." "Hong Niang." "You just returned from the West Chamber." "How is he?" "I'm asking you a question." "I'm about to lose my temper" "He's thin... out of spirits." "The poor soul!" "Is he sick?" "He's lovesick." "Hong Niang, that's nonsense." "But you sent me to check on him." "I sent you because... he's like an elder brother to me." "An elder brother?" "It's only because the old madam broke her promise." "Do you think he wants to be your older brother?" "Let me tell you, he doesn't." "Say, agreed my family has wronged him;" "Even then he shouldn't be so bold... as to send a note to tease me." "I thought you forgave him." "What are you doing?" "I'm going to teach him a lesson." "My lady." "Hong Niang." "So?" "Have you no shame?" "The old madam could have broken my legs." "The old madam knows?" "My lady forgave me, she didn't tell the old madam." "Tell me why did you lie that it's a poem?" "It is a poem, I didn't lie." "What did she say?" "Are you sure?" "I must hit you." "I didn't lie to you." "Put your hand out!" "I must hit you." "Go ahead." "Read this... you still deny?" "Someone awaiting at Western Chamber till moonrise" "The door will be half open to let the wind in." "The flower shadows move to and fro;" "I wonder if my lover is coming" "Door is ajar in the moonlight." "The shadow moves and she approaches." "She steps on the peony shoots in a hurry." "Her hairpin gets caught in the branches." "The path is slippery." "The edge of her skirt is soaked in dew." "Yingying is restless." "Hong Niang is going to tease her." "Hold this, my lady." "I will check around." "What are you doing?" "Checking whether the door is locked." "I don't want anyone to sneak in." "It's locked, don't worry." "Hong Niang, I'm cold." "I'll get your cape." "Wait for me." "Miss Yingying." "Master Zhang..." "You..." "I've read your poem, and is here as requested." "Hong Niang will be here soon." "I don't want her to find out." "She knows I'm coming here" "Then you must leave." "Go on." "But you asked me to be here." "Just go." "My lady." "Hong Niang." "What is it?" "There's a thief." "Thief!" "Hurry." "Hurry, Hong Niang." "It's impossible to have a thief in the garden." "There is." "Really?" "Yes." "Where?" "I'll catch him." "He's gone, don't bother." "About this thief" "How does he look like?" "Hong Niang." "Let's go back inside." "Aren't you going to burn the incense?" "No." "Come out, you fool." "Hong Niang, your lady asked for me." "Why has she changed her mind?" "I am not quite sure." "The poem she wrote." "Could you have misinterpreted it?" "Couldn't have." "Why are you teasing me, Miss Yingying?" "Master Zhang, just head home." "Old and new sorrows are mingling." "He's been feeling unwell." "Because of his love for her, he has fallen sick." "My lady." "My lady." "My lady." "My lady." "What is the matter?" "Monk Facong told me that..." "Master Zhang has fallen ill." "Look at you!" "As if you don't care about his sickness!" "Hasn't the doctor been here?" "What's the use?" "They said that he couldn't eat." "He's got one breath left." "Only Yingying can cure him." "She now sets another date." "This is the best remedy for him." "And thus bring a happy ending." "Hong Niang" "Hong Niang" "How's your Master Zhang?" "He's unconscious." "What should we do?" "I must take a look at him." "Master" "Master" "Master Zhang" "Miss Yingying is here." "Miss Yingying." "Miss Yingying." "It's me, Hong Niang." "Master" "Hong Niang." "Master." "I had no idea you were so ill." "And I have no idea your lady is so aloof." "I..." "I cannot forget her." "Master Zhang, I have a good prescription here." "Take a look." "No one can cure me." "Master Zhang." "My lady wrote the prescription." "Your..." "Your lady wrote this?" "Hong Niang." "This is great news!" "What great news?" "It's a matter of greatjoy!" "It's great news!" "Miss Yingying, this is a good prescription indeed." "Master, your shoes." "Master, your shoes." "Can't you see that I'm cured?" "Has he gone insane?" "This is great news!" "Maybe he's cured." "I'll ask him." "Such greatjoy!" "Master, what's in the prescription?" "What's so special about it?" "Read it out loud." "I will read it out for you." "Don't let the unimportant matters upset you ...and dampen your spirits." "You meant to protect me, and now you're suffering." "In defiance of custom I send you this sincere poem... hoping that it'd act as an intermediary" "Finally we will have our rendezvous." "I'll pay you a visit tonight." "Another poem!" "Rendezvous?" "You better be careful, master." "That poem the other day, ...was that similar?" "That was different; this means..." "It means..." "Fine, don't bother to explain." "She'll come here to see you, right?" "Hong Niang." "Are you going to ask a favour?" "Yes, I hope you can help me." "Embroidering in golden threads deep into the tranquil night." "The young lady is deeply in love." "Her kind-hearted maid is trying to help." "The young lady pretends to be calm." "And her maid couldn't help but to ask." "My lady." "Aren't you going to burn the incense?" "I don't want to go." "Why not?" "Prepare the bed." "Are you about to sleep?" "Yes." "What time will you get up?" "At dawn of course." "Go to sleep then." "What are you going to do with that man?" "Who?" "My lady, if you're about to change your mind," "I'm going to tell the old madam." "Tell her about the whole truth." "Hong Niang." "Who are you talking about?" "You shouldn't have wasted my efforts then" "And also make a fool of Master Zhang." "My lady, you're sad, and sorrowful happy and scared." "Master Zhang is lovesick, in anger, half crazy and half obsessed." "You've made an appointment with him." "Why are you going to disappoint him?" "Are you telling me to..." "Don't be shy, don't be scared." "I promise I'll keep this secret." "No one will know." "As long as I'm here, you don't have to worry about the barrier." "Hong Niang is the matchmaker." "He could hear their noises." "Walking and stopping through the garden." "Master Zhang expects them eagerly" "Master Zhang." "Master Zhang." "I'm honoured." "My lady, he's inviting you in." "My lady, please." "Hong Niang." "Miss." "It was a night of pleasure." "The peonies are in full bloom." "There's a silver lining to every cloud." "But the night is too short." "From now on, it'd be spring in West Chamber" "The paths are now less slippery." "The nights are too short." "One can't hold back the day." "Send for Hong Niang." "Someone has gone to call her" "Send for her again." "Yes, madam." "Where's the wretch?" "Find her." "Yes, madam." "Madam, Hong Niang's here." "Shut all the doors." "Leave us." "Yes, madam." "Mother." "Don't be afraid." "Just leave us." "Alright." "Kneel, you wretch." "Old madam." "Kneel." "Tell me, who asked you to take..." "Miss Yingying into the garden in the night?" "Miss Yingying burns incense every night." "Praying for your longevity." "Over in the western chamber?" "Never been there." "Who saw us?" "My son did." "Trying to cover up?" "I'll beat you to death." "Old madam." "Old madam." "Will you tell me, you little wretch?" "I will, madam." "I will tell you..." "You wretch" "Speak up." "Late one night Miss Yingying stopped doing embroidery." "We were chatting." "We talked about Master Zhang's illness." "That he's alone, far away from home." "Without letting you know, we paid him a visit in the West Chamber." "How could that be, what did Master Zhang say?" "Tell me." "He said that you didn't keep your promise." "You've turned away from him." "After you annulled the betrothal." "He's been taken gravely ill." "My lady tried to console him." "That a man should think of his career." "Master Zhang said he cares not for wealth and status." "He would be contentjust to be her husband." "They kept chatting late into the night." "And Master Zhang was still talking." "And then?" "They sent me away" "Closed the door, blew out the candle, so I left." "Little wretch." "Old madam." "She is a girl" "What was she doing there?" "Madam" "They love each other." "So what?" "Why are you trying so hard to keep them apart?" "You should just let them be." "Come with me." "Where are you going, old madam?" "To report that rascal to the court." "Old madam." "It was not Master Zhang's fault." "I can't blame him?" "Should I blame my shameless..." "You can't blame Miss Yingying either." "Then you're responsible." "And definitely not me." "Then who's responsible?" "Tell me." "I think..." "Speak up." "Old madam, you're responsible." "How dare you?" "You think I'm responsible?" "Fine." "Tell me more." "If you take this to court... you'd be the one to be held responsible." "I am listening!" "It was a mistake to first consent to their marriage... and then break your promise." "Remember the day when the temple was under siege;" "Who saved us from the rebels?" "You happen to be our late Prime Minister's wife" "You ought to keep your word." "Also, you can't allow Master Zhang to stay there" "Being in such close proximity..." "No wonder he'd pursue my lady." "But you helped him in this." "If the court finds out, you'll be responsible." "So it's my fault." "Thirdly, for the one who has made a mistake." "That would be my lady." "It will only ruin our family's reputation, ...should the secret get out." "Old madam, although Master Zhang isn't a court official, but he's a talented scholar." "What's done is done." "Why don't you just give them your blessing?" "Guess I don't have a choice now." "Hong Niang, send for the young lady." "Yes, madam." "Hong Niang." "And I want to see that rascal too" "Yes, madam." "Hong Niang." "This has turned out well for you." "But I've suffered for your sake." "You've been wronged." "I'll make it up to you." "Just care for your Master Zhang." "Go inside." "Come with me." "I still have to send for your lover." "Old madam, the young lady's here." "Go on." "I'm scared." "Weep!" "Mother." "Mother." "My dear Yingying." "Mother." "Yingying." "Yingying." "Mother." "Come, let me take a look at you." "Mother, mother." "What has he done to you, Yingying?" "I won't let him get away with it." "Mother, please forgive him." "Mother." "Old madam, Master Zhang is here." "Good day, dear mother-in-law" "Shut up." "Who's your mother-in-law?" "Such nonsense." "Wretched scholar, you've studied all that in vain" "How could you have done such a thing?" "Please forgive me, mother-in-law." "I should have handed you over to the court for trial ...but I was afraid of defaming my family." "I won't let you get away with this." "Mother..." "Mother..." "Mother-in-law." "Old madam, please give them your blessings." "You're in no position to speak, back off!" "Fine." "Get up, both of you." "Thank you, mother-in-law." "Thank you, mother." "Pay attention, you two." "I'll give you my blessings... only on one condition." "Just name it." "A son-in-law can't merely be a scholar." "Leave for the capital tomorrow and appear in exams." "If you do well at the tests, come and get married." "Yes, madam." "If you fail, don't bother coming back." "I will definitely return." "Hong Niang." "Yes, madam." "Go and make preparations" "We'll see Master Zhang off at the pavilion tomorrow." "Yes, madam." "Yingying." "Come here." "Mother." "Time for me now to impart some teachings" "Come inside with me." "Go on." "Stop gazing." "Later you'll have a lot of chances" "Come here." "Hong Niang." "Tell me, did you hear the old woman?" "You must do well in your exam." "Do you think you can do it?" "With my grades," "I can do well or I might not" "Then will you do well or not?" "I hate that the old madam broke her promise." "For Miss Yingying," "I'll pass with flying colours." "Zhang Junrui has passed with flying colours." "He's now a well-known Top Scholar." "Leaving the capital in official attire." "The good news has arrived." "Master Zhang misses his love." "There they reunite again." "Bashfully Yingying greets her love." "The old madam must now keep her promise." "They both were then wed and... lived happily ever after in bliss."