Melody Of Golden Age 1 English Subtitles Chinese Romance
Although born as an illegitimate daughter, Yan Xing (Deng En Xi) was groomed from an early age by the Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Justice to crack the most challenging criminal cases. Her world is turned upside down when her sister flees from an imperial marriage arrangement with Shen Du (Ding Yu Xi) of the Home Guard Bureau, leaving Yan Xing with no choice but to step in to protect her family's honor.
Trapped in a marriage neither desired, Yan Xing and Shen Du strike a deal to part ways after three months. While they put on a convincing facade of a happy couple for the public, behind closed doors, they can hardly stand each other. Yet, as they team up to uncover the truth and exonerate the innocent, their shared commitment to justice begins to blur the lines between animosity and affection. Could their reluctant alliance evolve into a genuine partnership? Directed by Wang Wei and adapted from Feng Huang Xi's novel "The Singing Of Chang An's Copper Sparrow," this 2024 Chinese historical romance drama is a tale of unexpected bonds and enduring justice.
Although born as an illegitimate daughter, Yan Xing (Deng En Xi) was groomed from an early age by the Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Justice to crack the most challenging criminal cases. Her world is turned upside down when her sister flees from an imperial marriage arrangement with Shen Du (Ding Yu Xi) of the Home Guard Bureau, leaving Yan Xing with no choice but to step in to protect her family's honor.
Trapped in a marriage neither desired, Yan Xing and Shen Du strike a deal to part ways after three months. While they put on a convincing facade of a happy couple for the public, behind closed doors, they can hardly stand each other. Yet, as they team up to uncover the truth and exonerate the innocent, their shared commitment to justice begins to blur the lines between animosity and affection. Could their reluctant alliance evolve into a genuine partnership? Directed by Wang Wei and adapted from Feng Huang Xi's novel "The Singing Of Chang An's Copper Sparrow," this 2024 Chinese historical romance drama is a tale of unexpected bonds and enduring justice.
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00:00Episode 10
00:05I'm sorry. I failed to capture Shen Du in Yingzhou.
00:09Yingzhou's Huohe Gate is gone?
00:13Yes.
00:30Useless.
00:33Unforgivable.
00:52You're badly injured.
00:54It seems you need to rest for a while.
00:57Have you taken care of Yingzhou's half-spirits?
01:01They've been poisoned.
01:03No survivors.
01:04Good.
01:05What about the things Mo Qianzhi left for Shen Du?
01:10That's what Shen Du is looking for.
01:12Mo Qianzhi has been watching Yingzhou for so long.
01:16He must have a lot of people in the imperial court.
01:27Shiji?
01:35How come?
01:37Shen Du must have dropped the bag at that time.
01:40You were fooled by Shen Du.
01:41I...
01:50Shen Du.
01:52I'd like to see how you're going to solve the problem.
02:22I didn't expect Prime Minister Zhang to use the Gannan Road
02:38to collude with Xicheng to gain power.
02:41Prince Ying even bought the soldiers' hearts
02:44under the pretext of funding.
02:46You've secretly grasped the weakness of the two forces in the court
02:50but haven't reported it.
02:52You don't trust the imperial court.
02:54Chen Huo'e must have known it.
02:56So he wanted to borrow my hand to find this book.
02:59How are you going to deal with it?
03:01I think...
03:02Chief.
03:03Chief, bad news.
03:07Why are you in a panic?
03:09The half-spirits we caught
03:10died before we could ask anything.
03:17Chief.
03:18These people died of poisoning.
03:20When they were caught,
03:21I searched them carefully.
03:22I even checked their teeth.
03:24It's impossible for them to be poisoned again.
03:43This eye...
03:46How come?
03:47The officers found it.
03:52Jin Ling is right.
03:54Before these people were caught,
03:56they must have been poisoned.
03:58Can the coroner find out the poison?
04:00Yes, but it will take some time.
04:02Report it immediately after you find it out.
04:04Yes, Chief.
04:07It's time to go back to Xiang'an.
04:17Let's go.
04:38What are you looking at?
04:41Along the way,
04:43we passed by many places.
04:46It's a record of me
04:48chatting with the local people.
04:50Did you find anything different?
04:52From the memories of these people,
04:54I did find something strange.
04:56The year before the Shen Residence case,
04:59the Great Warehouse suffered a flood.
05:01Many people
05:02had a very difficult time
05:03due to a shortage of food.
05:05But in Gannan Road,
05:07in the memory of the people,
05:09there were also some areas
05:10affected by the flood.
05:12Logically,
05:13there should be a shortage of food.
05:15But the local food prices
05:16didn't go up,
05:17but they went down a lot.
05:19Where did the food
05:20that appeared out of nowhere come from?
05:24You mean...
05:26There is indeed a possibility.
05:29Someone secretly
05:31took the coffin from the Great Warehouse.
05:45There's an assassin!
06:15Oh!
06:46Ah!
06:51Ah!
06:52Ah!
07:05Liu Niang.
07:15Let's go.
07:21No need to practice.
07:22Let's attack.
07:45Let's go.
07:54Minister Shen,
07:55you are indeed a good son.
07:57You came to the palace
07:58as soon as you entered the imperial city.
08:00No wonder my mother
08:01values you so much.
08:04Your Highness, you are too kind.
08:06I am just doing my best
08:08to live up to
08:09the trust of the Great Empress Dowager.
08:10If you really have such thoughts,
08:12it's not in vain
08:14that my mother
08:15thinks highly of you.
08:17I hope you will rise to the top.
08:20What do you mean?
08:26Forget it.
08:27It's late now.
08:33Jia'an must be tired, too.
08:38Shen Du,
08:39come to my house later
08:41to rest.
08:57Your Highness,
08:58have some tea.
09:05Your Highness,
09:06they are here.
09:12Greetings to the Great Empress Dowager.
09:14Greetings to the Great Empress Dowager.
09:17Rise.
09:23Minister Shen,
09:24I have already read
09:26the memorial
09:27you sent.
09:29Mo Qianzhi is dead
09:31and the rebel army has been defeated.
09:33Half of the Ghosts
09:35have been annihilated.
09:37Yingzhou did a good job.
09:40Have you encountered
09:41any difficulties
09:42in handling the case?
09:46Thanks to the Great Empress Dowager's blessing,
09:48everything went well.
09:52What should I give to you?
09:56Shen Du
09:57is the head of the cabinet
09:58and the head of all levels of officials.
10:00He is already a first-rank official.
10:02Then the officials
10:03will have no chance of promotion.
10:10Look at your mouth.
10:13I pampered you
10:15and I am the one who said it.
10:16Fortunately,
10:17you are not an outsider.
10:19Otherwise,
10:20people will think
10:22I want to hit you
10:24with your mouth.
10:26Please forgive me, Your Highness.
10:27I know I was wrong.
10:29Minister Shen,
10:30what do you want?
10:32What reward do you want?
10:34Just tell me
10:36and I will agree.
10:41This is my duty.
10:43You don't need to reward me.
10:45If it wasn't for Madam,
10:47this trip to Yingzhou
10:48wouldn't have gone so well.
10:50If you want to reward me,
10:52I will give you a reward.
10:59So you want to
11:00reward your own wife.
11:03It seems that
11:04your relationship
11:05has improved
11:07after this trip to Yingzhou.
11:09Improved relationship?
11:11I have done a good deed.
11:16Your Highness is wise.
11:18Rise.
11:21Minister Shen,
11:22you are a meritorious official.
11:24You should be grateful.
11:27Okay.
11:28I will reward you
11:30for this trip to Yingzhou.
11:33Minister Yang,
11:35you have contributed to Yingzhou.
11:37You are promoted to be the chief officer
11:40of the Ministry of Justice.
11:42You will be promoted to the sixth rank.
11:45Thank you, Your Highness.
11:48Minister Yan,
11:50do you have
11:52any special reward you want?
11:56Your Highness,
11:58I don't have
11:59any special reward I want.
12:01You have to think carefully.
12:03This is a rare opportunity.
12:05Everything I said is true.
12:07I don't want any reward.
12:09I just want peace in the world.
12:15Okay.
12:16Minister Yang,
12:18as a woman,
12:19you care about the world.
12:21Our Cang
12:23really needs
12:24an official like you.
12:27I heard that when you were in Yingzhou,
12:30you had a disaster
12:31and almost died.
12:33Summon the imperial doctor to treat you.
12:36Yes.
12:51What's wrong?
12:53You just got the reward.
12:55Why are you so gloomy?
12:59It's about Chief Officer Yan.
13:02I just had a taste of it.
13:04The trip to Yingzhou is a big deal.
13:06The Empress Dowager doesn't like it.
13:08But she doesn't want to reward you.
13:10Zhang Baohuan
13:11must have understood
13:12the Empress Dowager's mind
13:13and had a fight with Xu Naisi.
13:15She said that
13:16there was nothing to be done
13:17because she didn't want you to be rewarded.
13:19If you hadn't
13:20taken this matter seriously,
13:21it might not have happened.
13:24What are you going to do
13:25with the book
13:26Mr. Mo left you?
13:27The book has a lot of implications.
13:30But I'll find a chance to give it to you in the future.
13:33Even a fox can't beat you.
13:35You went to the palace
13:36to see the Empress Dowager last night,
13:38but you didn't mention the book.
13:39It's just a lie.
13:41It seems that some people are afraid.
13:43I'm afraid they
13:44won't be able to sleep well tonight.
13:49The one who knows me
13:51is also the wife.
13:53So
13:54I saw a reward lying down.
13:58What?
13:59Prince Ying said that you are loyal to me.
14:02But you don't have to be loyal to me
14:03in the middle of the night
14:04and don't go home, do you?
14:08There is a place
14:10I have to let you know.
14:27Let's go.
15:28Oh
15:31Oh
15:36Oh
15:39Oh
15:44Oh
15:53Oh
15:54Oh
15:57This is...
15:59This is what I want you to know.
16:07When the Shen family was in trouble,
16:11my mother was seriously ill.
16:13She knew that she would die soon,
16:16so she asked me to write a confession letter.
16:18I can't write it.
16:19I can't write it either.
16:21My father
16:22would rather die to prove his innocence.
16:24I would rather die with my father
16:26to prove my innocence.
16:27But if even you die,
16:30this injustice
16:31will really end.
16:33The Shen family
16:35has so many dead people
16:37and your father.
16:40Their grievances
16:42and the truth they have always wanted
16:44will really be known by no one.
16:47She also persuaded me
16:49to wait for the right time
16:51so that I could have a chance
16:53to prove the Shen family's innocence.
16:56From that day on,
16:58I have to live
17:02with hatred in my life.
17:15I have too many grievances
17:16from the Shen family.
17:20Looking for the truth
17:25has become my only reason to live.
17:39Maybe the world has forgotten
17:42or no one cares about it.
17:45But I still remember
17:47every moment
17:49of the Shen family
17:55and all the innocent people
17:57who died for the Shen family.
18:01Not only you,
18:05but also me.
18:07I remember
18:09you.
18:15I have never forgotten Uncle Shen.
18:18When the Shen family was in trouble,
18:20people said
18:22Uncle Shen betrayed the country and colluded with the enemy.
18:26I don't believe it.
18:31He is the most righteous
18:33and most selfless person I have ever seen.
18:35He would never do anything
18:36to harm the country or the people.
18:39So from that time on,
18:43I made up my mind
18:45to be a female officer
18:47and go to the Ministry of Justice.
18:49I just hope that one day
18:51I can find the truth by myself.
19:09Everyone calls me Bai Wuchang.
19:13So I have decided that
19:15I am a lonely ghost
19:19walking alone in the human world.
19:27I really didn't expect
19:34that someone would be like me.
20:09I didn't expect that
20:13I would be a lonely ghost
20:15in the human world.
20:23This heart
20:25has been living
20:27with so many people's expectations.
20:29From now on,
20:33you won't be alone anymore.
20:39I will try my best
20:41to help you find the truth
20:43and clear your name.
20:59I will try my best
21:01to help you find the truth
21:03and clear your name.
21:29I will try my best
21:31to help you find the truth
21:33and clear your name.
21:39Go and get the horse.
21:41Dage, Ling, Madam,
21:43you are finally back.
21:47We have made you worried.
21:49Dage, Ling, Madam,
21:51you are finally back.
21:57Madam, don't worry.
22:01I am not worried.
22:09The ancestors of the Shen family
22:11are in heaven.
22:13Dage, Ling,
22:15you are wrong now.
22:17You are wrong now.
22:19You are wrong now.
22:33It's getting late.
22:39You should go to bed early.
22:43Okay.
22:47Okay.
22:55Where are you going?
22:59To bed.
23:17I have something more important
23:19to do for you.
23:23Shen Dong,
23:25I...
23:37You said
23:39I won't be alone anymore.
23:41I won't be alone anymore.
23:43I won't be alone anymore.
23:45Qinglan,
23:47you can't escape from me in the future.
23:53I will keep my word.
23:55I will keep my word.
23:57I will keep my word.
24:15I will keep my word.
24:17I will keep my word.
24:19I will keep my word.
24:21I will keep my word.
24:23I will keep my word.
24:25I will keep my word.
24:27I will keep my word.
24:29I will keep my word.
24:31I will keep my word.
24:33I will keep my word.
24:35I will keep my word.
24:37I will keep my word.
24:39I will keep my word.
24:41I will keep my word.
24:43I will keep my word.
24:45I will keep my word.
24:47I will keep my word.
24:49I will keep my word.
24:51I will keep my word.
24:53I will keep my word.
24:55I will keep my word.
24:57I will keep my word.
24:59I will keep my word.
25:01I will keep my word.
25:03I will keep my word.
25:05I will keep my word.
25:07I will keep my word.
25:09I will keep my word.
25:11I will keep my word.
25:13I will keep my word.
25:15I will keep my word.
25:17I will keep my word.
25:23Your Highness,
25:25Firely As IF
25:27Firely As IF
25:29and 10,000 taels of gold.
25:31To show her merit, I will give her a generous reward.
25:37Thank you, Your Majesty.
25:51Your Majesty, there is one more decree.
26:00The Grand Empress Dowager has decreed that
26:03Shen Du, the leader of the Inner Council,
26:06should pacify the rebellion and unite all the states.
26:09He should be meritorious and be a good example to all.
26:12His daughter, Jia'an, should be gentle and considerate.
26:16Wan Yi should be righteous.
26:18Xing Duan should be elegant.
26:20Li Jiao should be courteous.
26:22Jin Ji and Fang Nian should be well-educated.
26:24The two should be a perfect match.
26:26I hereby decree the marriage.
26:29I hope that Jin Ji and the state will be of one heart and one mind.
26:47Da Ge Ling, this is the Grand Empress Dowager's decree.
26:50It's not someone else's decision to decide.
26:53You should at least receive the decree first.
27:24Minister Zhang, as you can see,
27:26I have no intention of marrying Princess Jia'an.
27:29My wife does not want me to marry anyone else.
27:33I hope that the Grand Empress Dowager will understand.
27:40Do you know why the Grand Empress Dowager
27:42asked me to read this decree?
27:44This kind of award should be done by the Astronomy Bureau.
27:47Why should it be me?
27:49Why?
27:52You don't understand.
27:55Does Da Ge Ling not understand?
28:04Please make it clear to me.
28:06Don't hide it from me.
28:12For the sake of Han Shiyuan,
28:14I will not marry you.
28:17For the sake of Han Shiyuan,
28:19I will reveal it to you
28:21so that you won't blame me
28:23when you find out.
28:25Think about it.
28:27Princess Jia'an is Prince Ying's favorite daughter.
28:32And Prince Ying is the Grand Empress Dowager's favorite princess.
28:36Prince Ying's personality is similar to that of the Grand Empress Dowager.
28:40That's why he has received the most love.
28:42He has even surpassed Prince Xian.
28:46In such a situation,
28:48why did he grant Princess Jia'an
28:50to Da Ge Ling as his concubine?
28:54Da Ge Ling has great power and great achievements.
28:57He also has the nobility and glory of a person
28:59that is superior to ten thousand others.
29:01He can be looked up to.
29:03But Da Ge Ling has no one to rely on
29:05when it comes to her courage and wisdom.
29:07What's more,
29:09she married you,
29:11a lowly concubine.
29:13Even if Princess Jia'an wants to marry him,
29:15she should be able to choose
29:17among the royal families.
29:19Why does it have to be Shen Du?
29:21Your father said
29:23that the Shen family
29:25only has Shen Du.
29:27Those who are related to the Shen family
29:29are only Mo Qingzhi and that steward.
29:32Mo Qingzhi is dead.
29:35Then Shen Du is the most
29:37unreliable person
29:39in the imperial court.
29:41He oversees all the officials.
29:43If anything goes wrong,
29:45it's very easy for him to die.
29:54So,
29:58if you can't bear to lose your child,
30:02Shen Du is your choice.
30:13Zhang Shui,
30:16I can accept
30:18whatever the Empress Dowager says.
30:29But you don't have to grant her the marriage.
30:36Shen Meng has already married.
30:39She won't marry again in this life.
30:44Zhang Shui,
30:48I will return to the palace with you
30:50to cancel the marriage.
30:55Shen Du!
30:57Ge Ling!
30:59Shen Du!
31:13Shen Du!
31:15Shen Du!
31:17Shen Du!
31:19Shen Du!
31:21Do you want to disobey the imperial decree?
31:24Empress Dowager,
31:26I have a deep relationship with my wife.
31:28Besides, I am in charge of the cabinet
31:30and supervise the officials.
31:32It's not a good job.
31:34I don't want Princess Jia'an to suffer.
31:36If it wasn't for me,
31:38how could you betray Princess Jia'an?
31:40Princess Jia'an has a noble status.
31:42I know I don't deserve it.
31:44I don't dare to covet it.
31:46Please take back the imperial decree.
31:48You!
31:50How dare you!
31:58I have been an official for years.
32:02I have never thought about anything for myself.
32:06Only today,
32:08I beg you to take back the imperial decree.
32:10Otherwise,
32:12I will kill myself.
32:18Shen Ge Ling is loyal.
32:20You must think twice
32:22before you act.
32:26I know
32:28Empress Dowager is trying hard to pave the way for me.
32:30I work hard
32:32to share Empress Dowager's burden.
32:34If I have to marry Princess Jia'an
32:36to protect her,
32:38Empress Dowager
32:40will never trust me.
32:44Empress Dowager,
32:46what happened to you?
32:48Ming Tang is in trouble.
32:50What?
33:04I have sent people to investigate.
33:06But they didn't find anything.
33:08This time,
33:10they were too greedy.
33:12They found a flaw.
33:14When they went back to investigate,
33:16they found something.
33:18Someone
33:20split Yin and Yang accounts.
33:22Yin and Yang accounts?
33:24What is Yin and what is Yang?
33:26Yin and Yang
33:28is a book on the surface.
33:30It is used to record accounts.
33:32There is another book
33:34that is used to record accounts.
33:36Go on.
33:38This book on the surface
33:40records accounts
33:42of Longmen.
33:44The accountants are ingenious.
33:46From the account book,
33:48there is no flaw.
33:50Therefore,
33:52the Ministry of Revenue
33:54can't find anything wrong.
33:56The other book
33:58is used to record accounts.
34:00Therefore,
34:02the Ministry of Revenue
34:04can't find anything wrong.
34:06How much is it?
34:22How dare they!
34:24They can embezzle
34:26more than 20 million taels of silver.
34:28The officials involved
34:30are all involved.
34:32Except for Zhang Baohuan.
34:34Minister Zhang.
34:36Baohuan is not good at accounting.
34:38She is not so bold.
34:42However,
34:44Mingtang
34:46was handed over to her.
34:48She has the crime of
34:50not being able to supervise.
34:52Let her go.
34:54Go to the courtyard
34:56to rest.
34:58Yes.
35:00What about the others?
35:02These officials
35:04are all parties.
35:08All parties?
35:10Including
35:12the Zhou family?
35:14Please forgive me
35:16for speaking out of turn.
35:18Why did you drink?
35:26Why did you drink?
35:30I thought
35:32although the officials
35:34are all concerned,
35:36they are all happy.
35:38But I didn't expect
35:40that
35:44the poison
35:46would be so dangerous.
35:48Now
35:50the poison is spreading.
35:54It's hard to predict.
35:56The Empress Dowager
35:58is concerned about the country.
36:00But the officials
36:02are all concerned.
36:04Especially when
36:06the governor of Yingzhou, Mo Qianzhi,
36:08has not been appointed yet.
36:10I think
36:12they can't wait.
36:14It's time to teach them a lesson.
36:20Your Highness.
36:22The Imperial Guards
36:24don't fight with others.
36:26They do their best.
36:28He is a good candidate.
36:30But if he marries
36:32Princess Jia'an,
36:34I'm afraid
36:36there will be trouble in the future.
36:44If you want to help him,
36:46you have to see
36:48if he is smart enough.
36:56Don't make a fuss
36:58about Mingtang.
37:00Do it secretly.
37:02Yes.
37:04The Imperial Guards
37:06and the Imperial Household Department
37:08send my orders separately.
37:14Yes.
37:44Your Highness.
38:14You are really
38:16not afraid of anything.
38:18I thought
38:20it was inevitable to suffer.
38:22I didn't expect it to be more smooth than I thought.
38:26You mean
38:28the marriage cancellation
38:30is over?
38:32Not necessarily.
38:34The Empress Dowager
38:36hasn't been angry yet.
38:38But the marriage cancellation
38:40is strange.
38:42I'm afraid it has something to do with that book.
38:44It must be Prince Ying
38:46who is afraid that I will give him
38:48the Silver Boat Cavalry.
38:50So he asked the Empress Dowager
38:52to marry me.
38:54But it's a pity
38:56that the Empress Dowager
38:58has no time to think about it.
39:02Mingtang is in trouble.
39:08You knew it long ago.
39:12Yes.
39:14Shen Du.
39:18Did Xu
39:20report it
39:22by chance?
39:24People don't know
39:26that Mingtang has a deep meaning
39:28for the Empress Dowager.
39:30It is the place
39:32where the Empress Dowager and the late emperor fell in love.
39:34After Mingtang was broken,
39:36the Empress Dowager was very concerned about the reconstruction.
39:38Not only did she send
39:40Zhang Baohuan to fight,
39:42but she also ordered to repair the capital
39:44and seal the top.
39:46Seal the top?
39:48The capital is not on the line.
39:50It doesn't mean that the residence below
39:52can be protected.
39:54How much does it involve?
39:56I'm afraid it can
39:58shake the entire court.
40:02They have completely angered
40:04the Empress Dowager.
40:10The Empress Dowager has no time to think about it.