Can't Buy Me Love (公主嫁到)

Subtitles By TVB USA

Episode 1

After years of warfare

Emperor Taizong defeated the neighboring tribes

unified the country

and won the praise of the people.

Cheung On Street is bustling and prosperous.

Besides football, acrobatics and archery

the finger guessing game is a favorite pastime of the people

especially the one about the Princesses

exposing their willfulness and arrogance.

Marry the Princess? Bite your tongue!

Be a Prince? No thank you!

Third-rank status is hard to swallow!

Being married to a princess is a fate worse than death.

Among the Emperor's five daughters.

Princess Chiu Yeung is the most conceited and overbearing

which is why she remains single.

When will she get married?

Seven-star fruits, meaning a perfect pairing.

Seven-star cup for the cowherd and the fairy.

Blooming flowers bring good luck.

A pair of phoenix sewn on the robe

Brings a happy marriage.

With these lucky items

Chiu Yeung will find the ideal husband on Double Seventh Day.

These so-called lucky things

I have heard them all.

If saying them will bring me a husband

I won't have to pray for insight on this day.

Every word you say is a gem.

Greetings, milady.

But your sharp tongue will scare people off

including Mr. Right.

I believe in fate.

Only a virtuous girl is attractive.

So I arranged for you to meet the Grand Tutor in the study.

I'm afraid I'll have to decline.

To pray for a happy marriage

I have decided to spend three days at the temple during the Double Seventh Festival.

It's time, Princess.

Delaying me is like ruining my marriage.

Let's go.

You preach of non-interference.

So I won't trouble you with finding me a husband.

I'll manage on my own.

Everything is ready, go change.

We haven't been out in over a decade.

The eunuchs say Double Seventh is a lively festival.

Princess... Master, look!

Quiet down! You'll blow our cover!

We only have three days.

Tam Shun Kee's kites are the best?

Yes, buy one get one free.

I bet they have shoddy craftsmanship.

Granny Ho's candied haws are the best.

That's so childish! Not interested!

Madam Ching's windmills...

Take a spin, fortune will come...

That's stupid! Superstition.

You scared me!

Hairpins? They're ugly...

We're not allowed to go out so normally the eunuchs buy them for me.

Now I can choose my own.

Since you can't choose your husband

I'll let you choose a hairpin.

Thanks! I'll be right back.

Oh Princess, turn around, don't come to my house...

The mother hen...

- What are you singing? - The Princesses.

Married to a Princess is a fate worse than death.

The Tang Princesses are spoiled, arrogant and overbearing.

The Princes have no freedom at all.

They bow and scrape to stay alive

like a...

Eunuch!

What?

You're saying they're better off dead?

Quite right!

If you wish to get out of a bind you must do more charity work.

That's a lie, rascal.

Me? A rascal?

Why am I a rascal?

I learned from a master fortune teller.

You're a master fortune teller? Then I'm a fairy.

Fairy? Fine, show me what you got.

Your fortune lies between your brows. If it's clear and shiny it means you're wise.

Wrinkles mean you'll disgrace your ancestors.

Your eyes tell everything.

If they're not delicate, you'll squander your family fortune.

The brows stand for your siblings. Sparse brows mean they won't live long.

Unbalanced temples means you have more than one mother.

You'll die away from home.

- You look like a woman, you'll be injured. - Your bulging eyes mean you'll get sick.

You have a bucket head, mousy eyes

hook nose, uneven brows, fan-shaped ears, teapot mouth, long and short arms

chicken beast, dog stomach and bucket waist.

How dare you!

What are you doing?

Serving justice.

You pale-faced rogue.

Let go...

Rascal!

You started it.

I'll have you dismembered!

Rascal!

Bastard!

Master...

Dor Luk!

- I'll have the Magistrate punish you - I'll report you to the authorities.

- Go ahead! - I'll go now.

- Go on! - I will.

Don't blow our cover.

Don't pick a fight, the shop is opening.

- I'll spare your pathetic life. - I'll spare your pathetic life! Get lost!

Don't let me see you again.

I'll beat you up.

I'll beat you up twice.

I'll kick your butt.

Stop it, Dor Luk.

It's time, freshen up and pick up Dor Shau.

What happened?

I just went to the toilet. You're supposed to watch the stand.

That pale-faced rogue...

If I didn't have to pick up Dor Shau...

She'll never leave Cheung On Street alive.

Behave yourself!

You shouldn't tell people's fortune on the street.

He's so handsome.

He's so agile.

Green dragon on the left.

White tiger on the right.

Dor Shau?

Thank you...

Dor Shau.

What are you doing here?

We should be asking you that.

You're supposed to wait at the pier.

The boat came in early, I went for a walk.

Then why are you performing on the street? Do you need money?

No!

My benefactor.

Thank you, you're too kind.

Granny, you can't sell yourself to bury your husband.

Here, take this money.

Thank you.

The spirit of the Kams...

lend a helping hand.

If we don't go home, Mom Loi Hei will kill us.

Let's go...

Master Fook! Master Luk! Master Shau.

- Mom Loi Hei. - Mom Loi Hei.

Mother.

Dor Fook! Dor Luk!

Dor Shau, are you tired after your long trip?

No, Mother.

It's Kam's Gold's grand opening after the expansion.

When you're out of luck, gold is like iron

but when you're in luck, iron is like gold.

I pray that Heaven will bless us with enough business.

Good!

Madam Loi Hei...

Minister Law of the Directorate and Prince Weng are here.

Let us go see them.

Greetings, Prince Weng, Minister Law.

Madam Loi Hei.

Kam's Gold looks so much better after the expansion.

Nothing compared to the Directorate

but this is good enough for a civilian shop.

Kam's Gold is famous for it's craftsmanship

and Madam Loi Hei is famous for her keen eye.

I paid 1,000 taels earlier for a specimen

I'd like you to take a look.

Master Yin Chi's gold seven-tier bell pagoda?

I thought there was only one.

It's sitting in our house.

This is a fake, someone conned Minister Law.

Well? Is it worth it?

If she tells the truth, she'll embarrass him.

If she lies, people will say she's a fool.

She's damned either way.

The pagoda has six sides and seven tiers.

The coins underneath each tier

stand for luck and guard against evil.

The richly crafted eight-treasure gourds on top

stand for prolific and good fortune.

The eaves of the pagoda have wind chimes.

Each chime is a sound from Heaven.

That's why it is a rare treasure.

But this one is gilt gold, not real gold.

It's a genuine counterfeit.

Why do you say that? How can you tell?

With your eyes and ears.

Tell me.

First, use your eyes.

Real gold is soft.

If it's real gold

the gold thread that holds the chimes to the eaves will sway in the wind.

Gilt gold is actually copper.

Because copper is harder