Ep: 01
Monday, November 18, 2002 19:00:00
This is a 2-hour episode.
Emperor Zhengkang makes Qianqian the Empress. On the day she is supposed to enter the palace, assasins stab the palace maid who is sitting in her sedan chair. Qianqian has no desire to be the empress. She wants to marry an ordinary man with no concubines.
Qiu Yu, who controls the imperial troops, hopes his daughter Meng Meng will become the Empress. He had arranged the assasination. When he learns she is alive, he resolves to get rid of her at all costs. Qianqian decides to open a school in Yangzhou. When no one wants to attend classes, Qianqian forces the men in the inns, brothels and gambling dens to enroll. Her mothers are not exempt.
Zhengkang decides to stay in Baihua Lou to protect Qianqian.
Ep: 03
Tuesday, November 19, 2002 19:00:00
Mengmeng registers herself in Qianqian's school and makes things difficult. The Empress Dowager tries to locate Gui'er, the baby Qiaoyu supposedly had with the Emperor. Qiaoyu escapes and is forced by Qiu Yu to cooperate with him. Shucai unwittingly tells Qianqian about Gui'er, she is furious. Zhenzhu and her son, Qi, turn up at the yamen to look for Shucai, claiming to be his family. Upset, Caiqing and Qianqian move to Baihua Lou.
Ep: 04
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 19:00:00
Qiaoyu reveals her child has 6 red moles on his bottom. Zhenzhu is a con artist and Qi is not her real son. She had saved him from slave traders. Zhengkang is surprised when Qi behaves like him when he eats. He receives news that Qiaoyu has been kidnapped. In spite of himself, Zhengkang becomes attached to Qi. Zhenzhu refuses to be bribed as she has fallen for Shucai.
Ep: 05
Thursday, November 21, 2002 19:00:00
Qiu Yu finds out Qi has 7 red moles on his bottom. He gets his men to kidnap Zhenzhu and Qi. Qi escapes with Yun Zhongyue's help, and runs into Zhengkang and Qianqian. When Zhengkang is attacked again, he tries harder to persuade Qianqian to return to the palace. She refuses. Qiu Yu urges Qiaoyu to help him eliminate Qianqian, so that Mengmeng can become the Empress.
Ep: 06
Friday, November 22, 2002 19:00:00
A riot breaks out at the school and the teacher is chased away. Mengmeng beats everybody up and forces them to study. Impressed, Qianqian hires her as the disciplinary mistress. The students complain to the yamen. Qiaoyu escapes and runs into Baguan. Qianqian barges in during a meeting between Qiaoyu and Zhengkang. However, she is moved by Qiaoyu's love for her son and promises to help her find him.
Ep: 07
Monday, November 25, 2002 19:00:00
This is a 2-hour episode.
The assasins kidnap Qiaoyu. Jinhua is fatally wounded. Before she dies, she marries Zhongyu, who loses his mind and vows to stay by her grave forever. Qiaoyu is saved by Abbess Saoye. Realising who the assasins are, Mengmeng confronts her father. Frustrated at being harassed by Zhenzhu, Shucai comes up with a plan to get rid of her. He asks Zhengkang to accept his resignation. Shucai moves to the village to lead a simple life with CAiqing. To their dismay, Zhenzhu and Qi turn up and become their neighbours. Qianqian realises Zhenzhu has really fallen for Shucai.
Ep: 09
Tuesday, November 26, 2002 19:00:00
Qi continues to sow discord between Shucai and Caiqing. At Baihua Lou, Qi stirs up trouble and even causes Qianqian to be mistaken about Zhengkang and Mengmeng. Zhenzhu recovers and continues her efforts to break Shucai and Caiqing up. When Caiqing overhears her criticising their relationship, she decides to give up on Shucai. It is Qianqian who foils Zhenzhu's plan.
Ep: 10
Wednesday, November 27, 2002 19:00:00
Qianqian exposes Zhenzhu's true colours. Upset, Shucai chases Zhenzhu away and makes plans to return to his hometown with Caiqing. Qianqian is still not on talking terms with Zhengkang. Knowing she is lonely after Shucai and Caiqing's departure, he decides to close down the school so that she can return to the palace with him. Furious, Qianqian packs up and leaves. Qianqian finds Qiaoyu and tries to stop her from being ordained.
Ep: 11
Thursday, November 28, 2002 19:00:00
Unwilling to give him up, Zhenzhu and Qi trail Shucai and CAiqing. With no money for food and lodging, Zhenzhu steals a widow's cloth, hoping to sell it. She sees a man peeping at the widow. Liu Daniu walks by and gets into a fight with the Peeping Tom, who runs away after pushing Daniu into water and killing him. Unexpectedly, Zhongyu appears and the widow presumes he is the Peeping Tom-cum-murderer.
Ep: 12
Friday, November 29, 2002 19:00:00
While having a meal, Zhengkang and Qianqian get into trouble with the magistrate of Yuncheng. However, Song Dahe's daughter Chunhua, turns up. As the magistrate lusts after her, he lets Zhengkang and QIanqian off. Qianqian, who is dressed as a man, is unhappy when Zhengkang and CHunhua exchange smiles. She meets Chunhua's sister Qiuyue who falls for 'him' and reminds 'him' to turn up for a ceremony the next day, during which she and Chunhua will pick their prospective husbands.
Ep: 13
Monday, December 2, 2002 19:00:00
This is a 2-hour episode.
Chunhua and Qiuyue are selecting their prospective husbands. Qianqian, who's disguised as a man, and Zhengde end up with the ribbon balls. Song Dahe insists they return to the stockade with him. The Songs do not believe Zhengde is the Emperor. When he and Qianqian refuse to go through the wedding, Dahe locks them up.
Qianqian decides to tell Qiuyue she is a woman. Dahe begins to lust after her. Realising Zhengde does not like her, Chunhua releases him and Baguan. Baguan drinks wine that Er-niang has spiked, and ends up marrying Qiuyue in his stupor. Qianqian sows discord between Dahe and Er-niang, then takes the opportunity to save Zhengde.
Ep: 15
Tuesday, December 3, 2002 19:00:00
Qianqian and Zhengde escape, but are soon caught by Magistrate Xia. Stunned when his adviser tells him Zhengde is the Emperor, Magistrate Xia devises a plan to save himself by auctioning Zhengde. Many princes, yearning to be rid of their Emperor, turn up at the auction bid for Zhengde. Er-niang, the only person with the antidote to Baguan's condition, leaves the stockade in anger.
Ep: 16
Wednesday, December 4, 2002 19:00:00
Zhengde is about to be sold for 500, 000 taels of gold when a masked person barges in with a pearl necklace and takes him away by force. The masked person cannot bear to kill Zhengde and gives him 3 days to fulfil his wish of finding Qianqian. Those looking for Zhengde meet Chunhua and Qiuyue and try to get fresh with them. Mengmeng saves the sisters and finally discovers who Zhengde and Qianqian are.
Ep: 17
Thursday, December 5, 2002 19:00:00
Mengmeng attempts to save Qianqian but is caught by Magistrate Xia. Er-niang tries to poison Qianqian; Xiaoyue comes to the latter's rescue. After locating Qianqian, Zhengde returns to the masked person, who turns out to be Yun Zhongyue (Xiaoyue). Taking care of Zhongyu and dealing with Zhenzhu at the same time leaves Caiqing exhausted. Niu-er suggests Zhongyu find a new wife.
Ep: 18
Friday, December 6, 2002 19:00:00
With Zhongyu still pining for Jinhua, Caiqing and Shucai's efforts to find him a new wife fail. Zhenzhu disguises herself as a deity and cons Zhongyu into believing she can help him communicate with Jinhua. She even gets someone to pose as Jinhua. Knowing Caiqing is a filial daughter, Zhenzhu puts her through torture, hoping she would leave Shucai willingly.
Ep: 19
Monday, December 9, 2002 19:00:00
The Jinhua impersonator puts Caiqing and the others through millitary-style torture. Zhenzhu is about to give up pursuit of Shucai when Qi suggests they cause him to fall out with Zhongyu instead, and thus ruin his relationship with Caiqing. Mengmeng exposes the Jinhua impersonator. Zhenzhu and Qi are forced to sign a letter of repentance. However, Zhongyu remains attracted to the impersonator. After Qianqian breaks up with Zhengde, vicious gossips tail her wherever she goes.
Ep: 21
Tuesday, December 10, 2002 15:01:00
As the yamen does not have a guillotine, Shucai is made to carry faeces instead. Caiqing throws up when helping him but forces herself to endure. Thinking Shucai has shown disrespect to the Emperor, Zhongyu orders him to be put to death, but later realises a massacre of Shucai's family would mean he and Caiqing would have to die too. Caiqing refuses to comply when Zhengzhu talks Zhongyu into forcing Caiqing to divorce Shucai. At the execution grounds, Caiqing reveals she is pregnant.
Ep: 22
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 19:00:00
Qianqian refuses to take Linong in. The old lady approaches Zhenzhu for help. Zhenzhu knows Linong is a con woman, but Qi agrees to let her stay in their house if she would become their unpaid maid. Linong promises to help Zhenzhu win Shucai's heart.
Ep: 23
Thursday, December 12, 2002 19:00:00
Baguan arrives in Dongfeng with an imperial decree, which announces that Qianqian is no longer the Empress. Devastated, she leaves without a word. Mengmeng suspects her father is responsible. She goes looking for Qianqian and is caught in an animal trap. Nevertheless, she finds Qianqian and reveals her real identity. They become friends.
Ep: 24
Friday, December 13, 2002 19:00:00
Zhongyu rushes off to get a physician when Caiqing is unwell. Linong turns up and claims Caiqing would feel better if she wears loose clothes. impressed, Zhongyu hires her as his housekeeper. Frustrated with her father, Mengmeng vows never to become the Empress.
Ep: 25
Sunday, December 22, 2002 14:30:00
Qianqian and the others go in search of Mengmeng. Shucai tells them he has to take leave from the abbot before setting off. When confronted, Leili denies kidnapping Mengmeng. Shucai finds Mengmeng's shoes in the temple. The abbot tells him about the intruder the night before. Qianqian bribes the little monks at Tianlong Temple to find out if Mengmeng and Buyao are in the temple. She receives a letter from Zhengkang and tears it up without reading it.
Ep: 27
Sunday, December 29, 2002 14:30:00
The abbot agrees to release Buyao if Qianqian defeats his discipes in 3 rounds of sparring. With help from the little monks, she manages to save Buyao. The abbot helps Zhongyue escape and tells Buyao to live with Qianqian. Shucai goes afer Zhenzhu when the latter leaves in a huff after she is wrongly accused of harming Caiqing. She forgives him when he looks after her when she falls sick. Qiu Yu meets Shucai and Zhenzhu. He pretends to be friendly, as he wants to to make use of them to find Mengmeng.
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