Yin Ji served as imperial preceptor for three years, “throwing the entire court into chaos.”
Then a decree ordering the emperor to take a consort reached the Xie family. She went to divine the “Noble Consort’s” fortune. The aloof person before her looked at the completely unfamiliar imperial preceptor and laughed like a madwoman. “Chu Jiangnan, you’re back!”
(Young Xie Wantang): What’s your name?
(Young Chu Jiangnan): My name is Chu Jiangnan. Jiangnan, from “Spring breeze greens the southern bank of the Yangtze.”
(Young Xie Wantang): Father said Jiangnan is a place name.
(Young Chu Jiangnan): It’s a very beautiful place.
(Young Xie Wantang): Sister Chu, when will you take me south to Jiangnan? I want to see the place in your name.
(Young Chu Jiangnan): When my father returns victorious, I’ll take you to see Jiangnan’s misty rain, then climb to the summit of Mount Tai and watch the clouds and mists of Mount Song.
(Xie Wantang, holding back tears): All right…
(Xie Wantang leans against Chu Jiangnan, realizing she has stopped moving) Sister Chu…
Sister Chu!
Chu Jiangnan!
Liar!
Liar…
I love you…
(Upon waking from the dream, Xie Wantang finds a nameless grave marker in her arms…)
(Xie Wantang closes her eyes forever. A letter slips from her arms. It is the last one Chu Jiangnan wrote): I owe you a journey to Jiangnan in this life. In the next, I will repay you, my beloved.
The note reads: If there is another life, I’ll take you to Jiangnan to watch the rain.
Theme: In this life, she owes her a rainstorm in Jiangnan.
