Can't Buy Me Love

1. E1. Episode 1

   Aug 23, 2010 · 45m

   On the day of the Qixi Festival, Princess CHIU YEUNG and her number one handmaiden SZETO NGAN-PING disguise themselves as boys and sneak out of the Palace to join the celebratory events in Changan, where they get into a conflict with a fortune-teller. KAM DOR-FOOK of Kam’s Gold finds his brother DOR-LUK at the fortune-telling store, and is shocked to see that he has been sprayed with red paint all over his body by YEUNG. FOOK tries to calm LUK down and urges him to go and pick up their little brother DOR-SHAU, who is returning home after years of harsh kung-fu training in the Shaolin Monastery. Prince WENG and Minister LAW TO-YUEN of the Arts & Culture Directorate come to attend the expansion celebration party held by Kam’s Gold, during which YUEN tries to test HEI, the leader of Kam’s Gold, on her knowledge of gold grading. FOOK learns from his wife YUEN SIU-YUK that HEI has had some hiccups with the purchase of the gold mine……

2. E2. Episode 2

   Aug 24, 2010 · 45m

   YEUNG gets into a fight with LUK who is already full of wounds. As the fight goes on, PING discovers Lady WAI coming along. FOOK calls for an urgent meeting with the gold store staff, during which he urges them to take leave without pay. Filled with anger and dismay, the staff want their wages back at once and ask to work on temporary assignments instead. As YEUNG is complaining to Lady SUEN about LUK, Lady WAI turns up suddenly to arrest PING. Dowager TSUI has prepared a banquet for all the princesses and their husbands inside the Palace, in the midst of which Lady WAI summons PING to the dining hall. PING reveals to the royal family that the encounter between YEUNG and LUK which they mentioned earlier is just a pack of lies……

3. E3. Episode 3

   Aug 25, 2010 · 45m

   The KAMs ask LUK when YEUNG is going to greet Granny KAM and the rest of the family at their mansion. As LUK is still at a loss for what to say, PING turns up suddenly, which marks the beginning of the nightmare for the whole family. LUK accompanies YEUNG back to the Palace for a visit, during which all the princesses’ husbands offer to put up a great acrobatic show for the newlyweds. Towards the end of the show, LUK is asked to take part in a game of darts as the bull’s eye. HEI and Granny KAM invite YEUNG to dinner at KAM’s Mansion on the night of the Mid-autumn Festival. Recalling how she enjoyed the Festival with her grandmother during her childhood, YEUNG accepts the invitation. During the dinner, YEUNG points out that SHAU is never inclined to be a general. Having got so annoyed with their stupidity, YEUNG even goes on to reveal YUK’s adulterous affair to the family……

4. E4. Episode 4

   Aug 26, 2010 · 45m

   SHAU and his brothers manage to save NG SZ-TAK from the hands of the kidnappers. SHAU is so sympathetic to the homeless TAK that he decides to hire her as a maid. A representative from the Military Command comes to KAM’s Mansion inviting SHAU to be a military trainer. The following day, YEUNG shows up suddenly saying that she has declined the offer for SHAU. The KAMs have a terrible quarrel with YEUNG over this. To settle the dispute, HEI suggests SHAU fight a duel with PING, who used to be a kung-fu student from the Emei Sect. SHAU is defeated in the end with his right arm injured. PING experiences terrible pain all over her body. YEUNG arranges for the royal physician to see PING but no improvement is noted. Consumed with anger, LUK goes back to his bedroom and takes out a box of paper dragonflies. By reading the proverbs written on the paper dragonflies, his anger gradually subsides……

5. E5. Episode 5

   Aug 27, 2010 · 45m

   YUK keeps tossing and turning all night and finally decides to reveal the truth to FOOK. As HEI is still unsure of what to do, LUK claims that he has already come up with a way to save both YUK and TAK. Having learnt more about the symptoms PING is experiencing, TAK is confident that she can cure the number one handmaiden completely. YEUNG is so grateful to TAK for healing PING. Knowing that TAK was brought up in Tin Ping Village as she was, YEUNG feels a strong sense of intimacy and gets to like her more. TAK asks YEUNG if she can arrange for the royal physician to see SHAU who is still suffering from an arm injury. But to everyone’s surprise, SHAU refuses any kind of treatment. HEI asks FOOK to look for a gift for YEUNG as a token of thanks. Knowing that FOOK is going to give YEUNG an expensive vase, YUK tries to break it on purpose……

6. E6. Episode 6

   Aug 30, 2010 · 45m

   Without any fear or regret, Granny KAM even urges YEUNG to punish her. HEI is so disappointed with her sons that she refuses to be the family leader any more and decides to spend the rest of her life repenting before the spirit tablets of all the ancestors. Knowing that a new gold store, Ting Fung Gold, will be distributing gold grains for free to celebrate its grand opening, LUK and FOOK decide to go for a look and see what is going on. The Emperor has given YEUNG two bottles of great wine, with which YEUNG would like to prepare a grape feast for her sisters. During the feast, the four princesses take every opportunity to make fun of YEUNG. As SHAU is still thinking about how to patch up his relationship with HEI, TAK comes along with a bowl of herbal tea. TAK asks SHAU to pass the herbal tea to HEI for her, hoping that he will get the chance and have a nice talk with his mother……

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