= Love Like The Galaxy=
=Episode 27=
Let me sleep some more.
Good.
Draw harder.
Yes, that's it.
Good.
Why is Song standing upside down on a rock?
Father, look.
Mr. Cheng.
Second Brother needs to ride a horse when he goes to war.
If his lower body isn't stable,
he'll be in danger of falling from his horse
when he's fighting on it.
This is the best method I used in the military
to train the lower body.
If you ask me,
we'll need to add another rock tomorrow.
What do you think?
Another rock?
Don't bend your arm.
Zisheng, you're right.
They must do proper training.
Yes.
Third Brother,
you're used to using the bow.
If you have no strength in your arms, you won't hit the target.
If your hands are steady, you'll hit accurately.
If you want to hit the target all the time,
you need to train more.
Honestly, I don't want to hit the target all the time.
When I performed divination today,
I knew today won't be a good day.
Third Brother,
Confucius said, be an upright person instead of being superstitious.
Rather than performing divination,
how about
you talk to me.
Wait.
What exactly are you doing?
Only when the family are healthy
can everything prosper.
From today on,
your family will train with me.
Ridiculous.
Shaoshang.
I'm a young lady.
I don't need to charge the enemy lines.
Besides, young ladies don't train.
I'm not like those with pedantic ideas.
I think
men and women should have equal treatment in the world.
Besides,
there are
training methods catering to young ladies too.
Young ladies have...
Second Brother,
can you hold on?
You're like General Cheng.
You're a good man of the Cheng Family.
Block it.
Spread it.
Good. Do it again.
Spread it!
Yangyang.
Lianfang.
Niaoniao.
If you drop the earthenware,
you have to train an additional quarter of an hour tomorrow.
Do I need to train this too?
I heard you almost died
from illness last year.
That's because you didn't train enough.
Rest assured.
Of course,
I'll train you meticulously.
No need.
I'll never train these.
Niaoniao,
I find it difficult
to cope with your future husband.
He...
He has split my target board with his arrows.
I've never split it after using it for 20 years.
Niaoniao,
it'll be the first time
for me to disobey.
Yangyang,
my hands are
still trembling.
I don't know how to get out of this.
Everyone marries to get a hold of a person.
But mine is taking my life.
No.
Your marriage
is taking our lives.
You should just give me a quick death.
I can't hold it anymore.
All of you have done well.
I've asked Lianfang to prepare cold plum drinks.
She'll bring it over later.
Have some to clear away summer heat.
It's here.
Is this the cold plum drink
you said?
I told you to prepare cold plum drinks.
Why is it hot?
I told Lianfang to make it hot.
Consuming cold drinks is harmful to health.
After training,
it's best to drink something hot.
All of you should drink it
while it's still hot.
I can't live like this.
Keep it down.
The black armored guards are outside.
Are you trying to get yourself killed?
It's all Niaoniao's fault
for being pretty for no reason
that attracts Ling Buyi.
Niaoniao,
it's harder to talk to your future husband than Yao.
The marriage is confirmed now.
It's useless to say anything now.
I can't even break off the betrothal.
I won't allow that!
You're not allowed to break off the betrothal.
A bunch of fools.
It's rare to find
such a handsome man to marry.
How can you try and stop this wedding?
Mother,
keep your voice down.
The black armored guards are just outside.
Did you get ahead of yourself
that you can't tell what's good and what's bad?
You can break off the betrothal
only
when you walk over my dead body.
We're not breaking off the betrothal.
You've already moved the betrothal gifts into your room.
There's no way we can break it off now.
Mother, you can rest assured.
Old Madam,
you must not make a scene.
His Majesty granted this marriage.
If the words about breaking off the betrothal get out from here,
His Majesty will blame Master.
When that happens, not only we'll lose everything,
but we'll also lose our lives.
In any case,
I'm going to have Ling Zisheng as my grandson-in-law.
If you dare break it off,
I'll annoy you to death.
Mother, don't worry.
Your future grandson-in-law won't go anywhere.
Mother, you should retire now.
Let's retire.
Thank you for your hard work.
When Ling Buyi comes to our house again,
you three should entertain him.
I have too many things
to take care of these days. I'm a little exhausted.
I can't handle this.
I just can't.
Niaoniao,
I've thought about this carefully.
When Ling Buyi comes again,
you should entertain him yourself.
If the elders are around all the time,
it'll be hard for you to say something intimate.
All right, then.
It's decided, then.
That's it.
-Father, you're wise. -How wise of you, Father.
Yangyang,
are you going to abandon me?
Niaoniao,
I think
you're more suitable for practicing the sword.
I'm not really suitable for it.
Come.
Drink some more.
You rarely came out in the past.
Why do you have more freedom
when you're getting married?
In the past,
my family would watch me study.
Now, Ling Buyi comes and visits every day.
They're busy hiding from him.
No one is willing to keep an eye on me.
It was hard to sneak out to take a breather.
Isn't this great?
No one is keeping an eye on you when you're getting married.
Then I want to get married too.
When my mother used to keep an eye on me every day,
I felt so agitated.
Now when she doesn't care about me anymore,
I feel so empty inside
and insecure.
You're just
a little anxious before you get married.
Ally of my 12 older sisters experienced
the same thing.
Worrying about losing and gaining.
You'll be fine after you get used to it in the future.
Don't tell me you want your mother to accompany you
after you marry Ling Buyi.
My mother no longer keeps an eye on me now.
But it's Ling Buyi's turn now.
I used to think
Mother's method was scary enough.
But compared to Ling Buyi's method,
her method is not worth mentioning at all.
Why are you gritting your teeth when you talk about him?
Practice horsemanship and archery.
It's unimaginable.
He wants everyone in Cheng's Residence
to practice horsemanship and archery.
Then you should train more.
Just look at your sickly appearance.
It's caused by lack of sleep
and poor health.
I don't understand.
Can't a person just lie down?
Why do we need to practice horsemanship and archery?
Yao never tried to control me.
He won't do anything I don't like
or control what I should eat or drink.
He's not like Ling Buyi.
Ling Buyi doesn't let me eat after noon.
He doesn't let me eat cold food.
He doesn't let me eat after I ate a lot.
He should just let me starve to death.
Come.
Let's drink some more.
They can let him control them.
But I don't want to be controlled.
He likes to tell stories
to threaten me and scare me.
He said
if I don't marry him,
he'll kill my entire family.
He thought I didn't know his underlying meaning.
But I did.
Ling Buyi is
extremely hateful.
Yao is better.
He'd drink with me.
I can drink with you too.
Come, drink up.
Cheers!
Why are you staring at me?
I'm staring at you because you're strange.
Ling Buyi has done so many things for you.
When you like him, you just can't help but like him.
If you don't like him, nothing can make you like him.
Then
do you like him?
Do I like him?
How does it feel to like someone?
Just close your eyes.
You'll see him when you think of him.
Then he'll be the person you like.
Close your eyes.
Do I like him
or not?
Do I like...
Qiqi,
I saw Ling Buyi.
It feels like he's sitting here.
Ling Buyi.
Qiqi,
if I see Ling Buyi,
that means...
Ling Buyi is gone again.
Help!
General Ling,
I respect you because you're an upright person.
How could you take advantage of her?
General Ling,
why are you not behaving properly?
All you see is him
taking advantage of Niaoniao.
Niaoniao is the one who doesn't behave properly.
See that?
I didn't only bring Shaoshang home.
Lady Wan is also
in the carriage.
What? Qiqi is also drunk?
Well, both of them are embarrassing.
How about this?
You can let me carry Niaoniao.
After she's sober...
I'm afraid I can't.
You and Shaoshang may be betrothed.
But you're still not married.
I ask that you let her go
and let her father carry her
to her room.
Madam Cheng,
it's not that I refused to let her go.
Madam Cheng, look.
Madam Cheng,
let me send
Shaoshang to her room first.
Then
thank you for
sending Niaoniao back to her room.
Lianfang,
go along and help out.
Yes, Madam.
Thank you for understanding.
I shall get going now.
Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!
I can't blame others
when my own daughter is immature.
I'm tired.
General,
don't forget to help Song
to send Qiqi back to Wan's Residence.
Why hasn't this brat
come out of the carriage yet?
Don't tell me
he's being caught too.
You madwoman.
If you don't let me go,
I'll tie you up and send you back to Mr. Wan.
I'll let Old Madam Wan punish you.
Do you think I'm scared of my father and grandmother?
I'm not scared of anybody.
Are they fighting now?
Wan Qiqi,
you'll have to pay if I can't have children.
Let me go!
Stop making a fuss.
Or else I'll have to subdue you.
You want to subdue me?
Do you think
I live in the barracks for nothing?
Someone! Someone!
Stop shouting!
Young ladies nowadays are
so fierce and tough.
Only my wife is gentle, kind,
and virtuous.
It's hard to find such a wife.
Listen.
Prepare some medicinal ointment.
Yes, Master.
Ling Buyi!
Hyah!
Some hangover soup too.
Yes, Master.
Someone!
Stop causing trouble! I'll get you down from the carriage,
and send you home after you have some hangover soup.
I still want to drink.
You had enough!
Did you say
Ling Buyi carried me home?
Young Lady,
please don't drink liquor anymore.
General Ling coaxed you all night yesterday.
Let's go.
I'm done for.
Come on, let's go.
Here's hangover soup.
Drink it first.
Do you blame me
for stopping you from drinking liquor?
Is that why you drank to your heart's content?
This is the plum liquor mixed with precious medicinal herbs
I ordered the imperial physician to make up.
It's mellow
and you won't get drunk easily.
If you crave liquor after this,
you can drink this.
I'm not trying to stop you from doing things you like.
I just don't want you
to harm your health.
I don't like this liquor.
Rather than plum liquor,
I prefer Qianlizui.
If you don't like the taste,
I can tell Physician Sun to change it.
Or do you think it's not the liquor that you don't like,
but me?
You're resisting to marry me in your heart.
So you'll loathe anything
that's related to me.
Even if you like it,
you'll force yourself to reject it.
Am I right?
Shaoshang,
I've been trying to change now.
Why do you still want to reject me?
You and I are not on the same road, to begin with.
You're powerful and influential.
While I have nothing.
You're not without anything.
I'm not without any shortcomings either.
Shaoshang,
you have your family.
Everyone treats you sincerely.
I never had these.
You and I don't walk on the same road.
So what if I have a family?
This is my home,
not yours.
They're my family, not yours.
Yes.
It's your home.
Your family is
also yours.
I've been training in the military since young.
So I'm used to military orders.
Most of my actions are from orders and implementations.
Shaoshang,
I never meant to force you or control you.
I'm just not used
to discussing things with others.
All these years,
I never really have a family
nor do I know how to get along with family.
That's why I'm eager to learn how to blend in.
You said I don't know you
so I used my power to force you.
I just want you and your family to know
that I'm also an ordinary person.
I, Ling Zisheng also want
to have a normal life with you.
But you only bring oppression to my life.
I don't need plum liquor
or you to take care of me
and my family like this.
You said you're normal like other people.
But you're not a normal person.
We were never equal from the beginning.
When you asked His Majesty to grant this marriage,
you didn't discuss it with me.
You never asked
if I have feelings for you.
You act according to your will. How is that being respectful?
General Ling,
I'm going to be suffocated
by your love.
Tell me, then.
Do you have feelings for me?
This has nothing to do with feelings. You just can't...
So you never liked me.
If liking you
means I have to submit to you all the time,
let you restrain me, let you interfere in my life,
let your men monitor me every day,
let you arrange
whatever I do and eat,
and let you drag me out to train at dawn every day
that the whole family couldn't live in peace because of you,
I'm sorry to say this.
Ling Buyi,
I can't bear these kinds of feelings from you.
Besides,
I'll never like this kind of life.
What kind of life do you like then?
A life without you.
Do you mean it?
More than it does.
Please leave my home.
Get out of my life and leave me.
We shall sever our ties
and take care of our own lives.
All right.
I'll go.
I'll give you your freedom.
Young Lady,
you've been sitting all morning.
Why don't
you have some breakfast?
I'm not hungry.
How can you not be hungry?
You vomited everything you ate last night.
Your stomach must be empty now.
I even threw up yesterday?
You did.
General Ling helped you clean up all night.
Young Lady,
I was worried sick about you last night.
Last night,
you cried and laughed.
You were hitting and kicking. You even bit anyone you caught.
Other than General Ling,
I'm afraid no one can stand that.
I was worried
General Ling might kill you out of anger.
But I didn't expect he'd accompany you all night.
He didn't sleep all night?
How can he sleep?
You were making so much scene.
But
you did sleep well
on top of General Ling.
Young Lady, where are you going?
I want to see Mother.
Whose shoes are these?
General Ling said
he's worried your feet might get cold.
So he especially went hunting for a python
to make these snake leather shoes.
He said it's neither stuffy nor cold.
It's suitable to be worn in four seasons.
Niaoniao,
are you willing to listen to my opinion?
Ling Buyi did nothing wrong in this matter.
I've seen how you interact with each other.
Both of you
had a good time talking and laughing.
We're not blind.
Even if it's not a romantic feeling,
there must be some feelings of admiration.
You made him have feelings for you
and he asked me for your hand in marriage.
I already accepted it.
The betrothal is completed.
What wrong did Ling Buyi do?
I never said he did anything wrong.
I just feel this is not the life
I've imagined.
I want...
In this world,
everyone wants to live the way they want.
But how many can actually do that?
Let me say this generally.
I'm afraid there are times
when His Majesty feels helpless too.
Niaoniao,
do you think
you can live the way you want
even if you don't marry Ling Buyi?
I can feel he won't make things difficult for me.
You're so sure he won't make things difficult for you.
Why do you think so?
Isn't it because you know Ling Buyi likes you?
That's why you're proud and spoiled?
Since you accepted this betrothal,
now you're hesitating.
This isn't the conduct of a noble character.
Niaoniao.
Your mother and I
don't greed for fame and wealth.
In the beginning,
we only wanted to live a peaceful country life,
and keep our family well-fed.
For these 20 years,
we fought in bloody battles.
It's enough for us
that we managed to accomplish some achievements
without the death and destruction of my family.
Worse come to worst, I can just retire.
We can go back to the countryside and start farming.
Since ancient times,
it feels like being born again when a woman gets married.
One wrong step will follow you for the rest of your life.
Wealth and power are nothing compared
to your lifelong happiness.
Niaoniao.
If you're not willing to be with Ling Buyi,
your father and I
will protect you
and break off this betrothal
even if we have to retire from our positions.
Now,
I want you to be honest with me.
Do you really not like Ling Buyi?
Do you really not want to be with him?
No one is perfect in this world.
Even if your beloved husband
may not necessarily be complete to your liking.
Even your father and I
had to work it out
before we become the perfect couple.
In this lifetime,
it's hard to be able
to marry someone you like.
I hope you'll make your decision
after thinking about this carefully.
No matter what you decide,
your mother and I
will support you.
(You're so sure he won't make things difficult for you.)
(Why do you think so?)
(Isn't it because you know Ling Buyi likes you?)
(That's why you're proud and spoiled?)
(Since you accepted this betrothal,)
(now you're hesitating.)
(This isn't the conduct of a noble character.)
(General Ling said)
(he's worried your feet might get cold.)
(So he especially went hunting for a python)
(to make these snake leather shoes.)
(He said it's neither stuffy nor cold.)
(It's suitable to be worn in four seasons.)
I'm someone who likes
to follow my own will.
However, if I do get married to you,
I'll have to live by your rules in the future.
By then,
I'm no longer who I was.
(You said I don't know you)
(so I used my power to force you.)
(I just want you and your family to know)
(that I'm also an ordinary person.)
I, Ling Zisheng also want
to have a normal life with you.
But you only bring oppression to my life.
(I'm going to be suffocated)
(by your love.)
(I've been training in the military since young.)
(So I'm used to military orders.)
(Most of my actions are from orders and implementations.)
(Shaoshang,)
I never meant to force you or control you.
I'm just not used
to discussing things with others.
I especially assigned a team of guards
to set up a barrier at the entrance
in order to ensure your safety.
After training,
it's best to drink something hot.
How about
I tell you one interesting story?
(All these years,)
(I never really have a family)
(nor do I know how to get along with family.)
That's why I'm eager to learn how to blend in.
I've been trying to change now.
Why do you still want to reject me?
(Ling Buyi)
(has done so many things for you.)
(When you like him, you just can't help but like him.)
(If you don't like him, nothing can make you like him.)
Then
do you like him?
(No one is perfect in this world.)
(Even if your beloved husband)
(may not necessarily be complete to your liking.)
Kill!
(Even your father and I)
(had to work it out)
(before we become the perfect couple.)
(In this lifetime,)
(it's hard to be able)
(to marry someone you like.)
(Now,)
(I want you to be honest with me.)
(Do you really not like Ling Buyi?)
(Do you really not want to be with him?)
I'm someone who has been admiring you for a long time.
Yet, you show me no interest at all.
I'm Zisheng.
It's too late.
You'll suffer from indigestion
if you eat too much before sleeping.
(Lady Cheng, you eavesdropped on a military discussion.)
(When you go to the Ministry of Justice,)
(you can only be a wanted criminal)
not an interrogator.
I didn't eavesdrop on any military discussion.
General Ling, you can't make a false accusation.
Ling Buyi!
Ling Buyi.
Help!
If there's anything else you want
to talk about my betrothal,
you may ask now.
Stop causing problems for my future wife.
Don't move! Hold on tight!
(Is it painful?)
Do your hands hurt?
I'm glad to hear that.
General Ling, I can do...
Allow me.
General Ling has a point there.
If heaven is fair,
it won't separate two lovers.
(His Majesty always says)
(my life is lifeless)
(just like a wandering soul.)
(But when I'm with you,)
(my life becomes lively.)
(Shaoshang might not be)
(an obedient lady in everyone's eyes.)
But to me,
she's the whole capital
and the whole world's
best
young lady.
(She's pure and decisive.)
(She dares to love and hate.)
She's the one who can walk alongside me in this world.
I'll marry no one else in my life
but her.
Father! Mother!
Father. Mother. I've already decided.
I'll marry him.
The beacon-fire has knocked over the white snow
I caress the scars gently from the past
Your back to the light, your eyes contain the galaxy
I hum as the sun and the moon mutter back
The light between your brows
Was put out and rekindled by the secular world
The sky, the mountain, and the ocean, whom do I part them for?
As I wake up from the blue sea, stone steles stand like a mountain range
Under the lantern, criticisms were thrown, the narrow door could not contain my feelings
The joys and woes of this mortal life, we speak as we dream of the future
Both of us will be
In the sea of stars, burning bright with our sincerity
Our sincerity