《A Dream of Splendor》E1
Episode 1
Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo City.Rumors about the Queen began to spread in the city.In the Imperial City Department, Commander Gu Qianfan tortured the captured suspects to extract confessions, and finally learned that the rumor was related to Wei Ying, the magistrate of Renhe County, and there was even a night banquet picture as evidence.Gu Qianfan learned that the night banquet was in Qiantang and wanted to go to Qiantang.The envoy Lei Jing told him to bring the painting back and kill people to silence him.
In Qiantang, Zhao's Tea Shop, Zhao Pan'er's fiancé Ouyang Xu came to Beijing to take the exam. The two made a private commitment for life. Zhao Pan'er waited for Ouyang Xu to marry her in high school.Worried that her former lowly status would affect Ouyang Xu, Zhao Pan'er had already made preparations to clear her background.
At this time, Gu Qianfan came to Qiantang for painting work, and followed his subordinates into Zhao Pan'er's teahouse. Seeing that Zhao Pan'er was graceful and different from ordinary women, he became interested.A group of private salt dealers came to the tea shop to cause trouble, but Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang cooperated to teach them a lesson.One of them wanted to attack Zhao Pan'er, but at the critical moment, Gu Qianfan took action and rescued Zhao Pan'er.
The government officials took the private salt dealer away, suspecting that Gu Qianfan was an accomplice.Gu Qianfan’s identity as Imperial City Secretary was exposed.Zhao Pan'er, who was originally very grateful to him, suddenly changed her expression and poured the tea in her hand.Gu Qianfan realized that something was wrong, and no matter how Zhao Pan'er made excuses, he just wanted to drink the tea she made.So Zhao Paner wanted to teach Gu Qianfan a lesson by using food to restrain each other.But Gu Qianfan saw it at a glance.
Gu Qianfan saw through Zhao Paner's intentions and directly told her that she had been a lowly person.Zhao Paner had no choice but to tell her origins and her deep hatred with the Imperial City Division.After hearing this, Gu Qianfan felt pity and did not pursue further.
After Gu Qianfan left, Zhao Paner was disgusted by the fact that she had been a geisha in the past.At this time, Sun Sanniang's son Fu Zifang threw Cuju to wake her up.Sun Sanniang went to chase Fu Zifang.Not long after, Song Yinzhang came with Zhou She and proposed to marry Zhou She.Zhao Pan'er saw at a glance that Zhou She seemed to be a gentleman, but in fact he was a drunkard, a womanizer, and a gambler, and he firmly disagreed with their being together.
Zhou She was seen through and got up and left in anger.Song Yinzhang caught up with him to comfort him, and then went to find Zhao Pan'er.Zhao Pan'er would definitely not let Song Yinzhang marry Zhou She, but Song Yinzhang wanted to marry Zhou She and get rid of his humble status.Seeing that there was no hope of persuasion, Zhao Pan'er could only suppress Song Yinzhang's property, saying that he would not return the money to her until Zhou She married Song Yinzhang Mingzheng.
Song Yinzhang didn't listen to Zhao Pan'er's words and immediately eloped with Zhou She.Zhao Pan'er originally wanted to chase her back, but couldn't catch her, so he had to go to the general judge Yang Zhiyuan to help Song Yinzhang get out of his humble status.
At night, when Zhao Pan'er entered Yang Zhiyuan's house, Gu Qianfan rushed to ask for a picture of the night banquet. Mrs. Yang came and scolded Gu Qianfan, but Yang Zhiyuan asked people to take her away.Yang Zhiyuan gave the night banquet picture to Gu Qianfan, but it was immediately discovered to be a fake.
