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Is something on your mind?

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Nothing.

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Why do I smell something burning?

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My dishes!

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Did something happen?

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Qian is asking you
to become her husband.

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What?

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Is she coming here
to steal everything good?

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Borrow. She's here to borrow.

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To chase away the customer
who is disturbing her.

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Borrowing won't do.

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Zhao, why are you pulling me away?

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If a woman wants to borrow you away,

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will you agree to it?

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If the woman is gentle, I don't mind.

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I dare you to talk more.

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What benefits did she give you?

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You sold me
for just a few taels of silver?

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I'd never sell you
for a few taels of silver.

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Indeed.

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A few taels of silver are too cheap.

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30 taels.

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- What?
- 30 taels?

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Changyu is actually being kind-hearted.

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Yan Zheng, why don't you help her out?

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Think of it as gathering good karma.

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No.

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Why are you objecting?

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If I can sell you
for three to five taels,

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I'll agree to it immediately.

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You...

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Changning,

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let's go. We'll leave them here.

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Am I less valuable than a pig?

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How much money
do you think you're worth?

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Why didn't you
ask for help from someone else?

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For example, that Commandant Li.

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He's not in Lin'an.

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Even if he's here,
I won't ask him for help.

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Why should I ask an outsider for help

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instead of my own husband?

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Just help Qian.

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Just one day.

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If her Yixiang Restaurant goes bankrupt,

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it's bad for our business, too.

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That rice merchant called Qi

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is as sticky
as a piece of medicated plaster.

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Once he sticks on,
you can't even remove it.

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He doesn't harm people
but he gives people the creeps.

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A rice merchant called Qi?

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(Did he have any
close contact with other people?)

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(Seems like a rice merchant
from the capital called Qi.)

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Just one day?

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Just one day.

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=Pursuit of Jade=

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(Adapted from Tuanzi Laixi's novel,
"Pursuit of Jade")

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=Episode 13=

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(Guests From All Lands)

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This way.

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Yan Zheng.

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With that appearance,
you can pass off as a marquis,

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let alone a mere manager.

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Not bad. Please come here.

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I'll depend on you today.

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Don't worry.

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Changyu told me

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that you are her best friend in Lin'an.

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If she wants to help you,

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I'll do my best.

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This way.

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(Heaven-Rank Room)

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Young Master Qi.

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Madam Yu,
have you recovered from your illness?

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Young Master Qi,
this is my husband, Yan Zheng.

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Recently, he has been working outside.

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He only came back to Lin'an today.

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I purposely brought him here

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to thank you for taking care
of our small shop's business.

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Young Master Qi,

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nice to meet you.

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You are Madam Yu's husband?

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Of course.

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Yan Zheng, have
a chat with Young Master Qi.

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I'll go and prepare
some liquor and dishes.

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Young Master Qi,

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please take a seat.

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Listen to our master's signal
of throwing his cup.

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Then, we'll kidnap that person.

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Young Master Qi,
I heard you came from the capital.

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I wonder why you came
to this small Lin'an town

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to run a grain business.

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Young Master Yan,
you are also not a local.

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Why do you run a restaurant in Lin'an?

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Please forgive my wife

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for not taking good care of you.

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If there's any business discussion
in the future,

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just contact me.

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Young Master Yan, I wonder how large
a business deal you can do?

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For example,

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10 million kg of grain.

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Forgive me.

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Yixiang Restaurant is too popular.

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There will sometimes be
some jealous competitors

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who are trying
to cause trouble in secret.

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No wonder Madam Yu

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refused my request
to reserve the whole restaurant.

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Turns out the deal wasn't big enough.

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Sure.

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We'll discuss it again another day.

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Where is he?

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- He left.
- He left?

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He left so easily?

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Yan Zheng,

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my 30 taels of silver is well spent.

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What's wrong, Master?

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You'll never imagine this.

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I just met a dead person

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and that woman
actually called him her husband.

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Master, are you talking about...

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Marquis Wu'an, Xie Zheng.

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Xie Zheng?

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Isn't he dead?

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If Marquis Wu'an is still alive,

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it'll be inconvenient
for Lord Changxin's plan to proceed.

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My father

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wanted to create panic
and chase away the refugees

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by using bandits
to steal the army rations

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before reaping the rewards.

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But right now,

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not only is Marquis Wu'an still alive,

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but he also knows that
we bought 10 million kg of grain.

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He is obviously well-prepared.

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The final winner
hasn't been decided yet.

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This show
is getting more and more interesting.

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Back then,
you purposely leaked some news

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for Marquis Wu'an to investigate

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the Jinzhou tragedy 16 years ago

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because you knew Chancellor Wei
wouldn't let him overturn the case.

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You wanted to use Chancellor Wei

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to get rid of Xie Zheng.

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But he is still alive now.

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Should we tell Wei Yan

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his whereabouts

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and use Wei Yan to kill him again?

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No.

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We sowed discord between them

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just to remove Wei Yan's support.

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Marquis Wu'an has never been our enemy.

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Now that the uncle and the nephew
are destined to oppose each other,

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and Marquis Wu'an
ended up in the countryside,

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we can use this opportunity
to win him over.

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Take my East Palace Seal

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and lure him with my identity
as a former Crown Prince.

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Yes.

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About Madam Yu...

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Her?

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Just find someone
to keep a close eye on her.

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(Yixiang Restaurant)
Guests, please come inside.

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Please come inside.

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Guest, please come inside.

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Get me another jar of liquor.

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Sure.

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Young Lady Fan.

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Changyu.

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Come here.

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Take a look.

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This restaurant is so busy

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thanks to you.

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How is it my credit?

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Since your husband
came to Yixiang restaurant,

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that man called Qi
has never disturbed me again.

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I'm fully focused
on running the business.

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Isn't it all thanks to you

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for making this restaurant so busy?

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Come with me.

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I wonder what dishes Chef Li are making
on Chinese New Year's Eve.

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What do you plan to eat at night?

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Chinese Cabbage with Tofu

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and Stir-fried Pork.

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Go.

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Greetings, Mother.
Greetings, Lady Fan.

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Sit.

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What is Changning doing at home?

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I miss her.

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Why don't you come to my house

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and play with her
after Chinese New Year's Eve?

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Mother, can I go?

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Sure.

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Just once.

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Changning said

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she wanted to show me
the family heirloom at her house.

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Family heirloom?

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I think she's talking about the cleaver.

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I don't think that's necessary.

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That's amazing.

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It's a cleaver?

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I still have
something to say to Lady Fan.

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Go and study first.

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Let's go.

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Qian,

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aren't you too strict towards Bao'er?

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Not at all.

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I just want my son to be the best.

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Changyu,

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tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve.

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I'm sure all of you will be busy.

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I wish you all the best in the new year.

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I'm not a child.

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Why are you giving me red packets?

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Girls like us

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are forever young.

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Come. Let's go drink some liquor.

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Drinking liquor in the afternoon?

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Women drink according to their mood.

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When we drink doesn't matter.

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When are we going to drink if not now?

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(Celebration in Abundance)

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Qian,

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the last time I had so much fun

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was the day I married Yan Zheng.

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Changyu,

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you've been married for a while now.

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Are you satisfied

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with your husband?

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Does he only look good on the outside?

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What do you mean by "good"?

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Yan Zheng is the best.

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The best of all.

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Is he that amazing?

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I'll find someone

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and beat up Madam Kang.

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She said both of you
didn't consummate your marriage.

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You're talking about
consummating our marriage?

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What else?

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Madam Kang and her foul mouth.

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It's fine. I can afford
to compensate the people I beat up.

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Don't worry.

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Qian.

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Actually, she was

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not totally wrong.

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How so?

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One day,

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Madam Zhao
locked both of us up in the room.

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Next,

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both of us had a fight.

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Are you two for real?

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Actually, I know very well

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that he will

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leave sooner or later.

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I've asked him directly
and indirectly many times.

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His answers are still the same.

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That husband of yours

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doesn't seem
like an ordinary person indeed.

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It's fine.

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If he insists on leaving,

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get a child from him before he leaves.

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Think about it.

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If your son is as handsome as he is,

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it'll also be a blessing.

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That won't do.

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Doesn't doing that feel like a jerk?

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If you can't sacrifice a child,
you can't trap a wolf.

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That's not right.

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If you can't feed the wolf,
you won't get a child.

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Don't worry.

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Leave this to me.

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(Xigu Lane)

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Manager of Lin'an Rice Shop,
Zhao Xun, is here to visit.

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It's cold.

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Aren't you going
to invite me inside, Marquis?

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Marquis.

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Marquis?

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(To Always Have Food)

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How did you recognize me?

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I used to run my business
in Jizhou and Yanzhou.

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I was fortunate enough
to see you before.

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So?

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Why do you visit me today?

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The Xie family is loyal.

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Everyone in the country knows that.

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However, Heaven is unfair.

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They are always
being harmed by despicable people.

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I feel pity for you, Marquis.

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I don't know what you mean.

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The reason why you were
pursued by Chancellor Wei

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is that you were investigating

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the Jinzhou case 16 years ago.

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Who are you?

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16 years ago,

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in that East Palace fire,

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I was a fortunate survivor.

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The treacherous Wei Yan
is holding all the power

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and helping the puppet emperor.

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We are a group of people

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who want to set things right.

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So,

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do you have proof?

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Back then,
Crown Prince Chengde and your father

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died together in Jinzhou.

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After that, the emperor
abdicated the throne

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and the East Palace caught on fire.

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Everything points to Wei Yan's doing.

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Your father and the Crown Prince
died together on the battlefield

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and their bodies were hung on the gates
for three days by the Beijue people.

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Don't you want to avenge them, Marquis?

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The moment you started
reinvestigating the Jinzhou case,

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you were being assassinated

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and drifted here, Marquis.

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Does that not count as a form of proof?

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Not enough.

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We also found out

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that Wei Yan sent his assassins

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all over the capital and 17 prefectures

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to kill more than ten people.

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They were all retired retainers

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who used to work for Wei Yan.

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What is here in the Fan residence

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that is worth deploying
the Wei family's Mystic Iron Assassins?

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It's the chancellor.

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He asked me to find a letter.

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(So, Fan Er used to work for Wei Yan.)

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(That was why he was assassinated.)

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Marquis,

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Wei Yan is powerful.

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He intends
to take over the whole country.

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If you want to defeat him,

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don't you need any assistance, Marquis?

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How can I trust you?

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How can you trust me?

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Pay me a deposit.

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What deposit?

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10 million kg of grain.

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What do you think?

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It seems like he indeed knows

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that I've been gathering grains
from Jizhou and Chongzhou.

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We bought from all kinds of places.

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The grains passed through more than
a hundred grain merchants' hands.

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How did he find out the exact amount?

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I do want to ask you about this.

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Forgive me. I've neglected my duties.

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However, it's a good thing
that he's willing to make an offer.

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This is a business after all.

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We can only begin the discussion
with an initial offer.

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10 million kg.

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Master,

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we have acquired most of

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Chongzhou and Jizhou's grain.

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I'm not asking you to pay him
all in one go.

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Father has never cared about me.

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The position of Crown Prince
also belongs to Sui Yuanqing.

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However, if we can
get Marquis Wu'an to help us,

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we will have a higher chance of winning.

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If Marquis Wu'an

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doesn't believe in your identity

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and betrays us
after getting the grains,

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what should we do?

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Betray us?

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Where else can he go?

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Do you think
he will serve Wei Yan again?

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As long as he is sincere in helping me,

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I can even grant him

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all four prefectures of Northwest
as his fief,

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let alone 10 million kg of grain.

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Understood.

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I'll get to it right now.

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Wei Yan.

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You will soon

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be bitten by that ingrate

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you raised yourself.

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Chancellor.

22:38.143 --> 22:40.943
While investigating Grand Tutor Li
and the rebel faction in secret,

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I found out

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that Marquis Wu'an's reinvestigation
of the Jinzhou matter 16 years ago

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was instigated
by Lord Changxin's faction.

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If Xie Zheng didn't exist in this world,

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Lord Changxin would lose
its greatest threat on the battlefield.

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The Sui family

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is ruining my plan.

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There's one more thing.

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Li Huai'an has been summoned
by Grand Tutor Li back to the capital

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for some reason.

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The Princess Royal
has returned to the capital.

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That old man wants the marriage
to happen as soon as possible,

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so he was in a rush
to summon his eldest grandson back.

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Ignore him.

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Send a letter to He Jingyuan immediately

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and ask him
to guard Lucheng with his life.

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That is where
the final battle will take place.

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- Pull it.
- Tanghulu!

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(Chinese New Year's Eve)

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Happy Chinese New Year.

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Eat, everyone.

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Coming.

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Madam Wang, Happy Chinese New Year.

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- Happy Chinese New Year.
- Look at mine.

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Allow me to greet you.

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Third Uncle, Happy Chinese New Year.

24:02.423 --> 24:03.663
Happy Chinese New Year.

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Happy Chinese New Year.

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(Chunfeng Tofu Shop)

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Go.

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Horizontal stroke.

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Horizontal stroke. Vertical stroke.

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Vertical stroke.

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Horizontal stroke. Turning stroke.
Left and right falling stroke.

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Changyu, Yan Zheng
is teaching me how to write.

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Good girl.

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Do you know
how to write Chinese New Year Couplets?

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In the past, my mother
was always the one who wrote them.

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Yan Zheng,
do you know how to write them?

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Bring the paper to me.

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All right.

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You ground too much ink.

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In that case, write a few more.

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Write some for Madam Zhao

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and put some on the frame
of the doors of this house

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for a good omen.

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Sure.

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♪Quietly locked my heart♪

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♪And hid you in my very soul♪

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♪The moonlight is as quiet as me♪

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♪Spreading glow♪

25:36.903 --> 25:40.183
♪Reflecting the mottled shadows
in my heart♪

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♪The flame that seemed like love♪

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♪Remained so little♪

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♪Let me hide in your embrace♪

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♪I pray our love♪

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♪Will stay tight and never part♪

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♪I'm willing to spend my whole life♪

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♪Waiting faithfully♪

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Did I touch you?

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It's fine. There's just too much ink.

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♪I pray love won't be like♪

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♪Grains of sand falling into the sea♪

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You write so well.

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What a pity.

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It's fine.

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I can just stick them
in front of Changning and my room.

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(Ice thaws, springs awaken)
Ice something.

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Springs something.

26:35.663 --> 26:39.943
(Snow vanishes, grass sprouts)
Snow something. Grass something.

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Ice thaws, springs awaken.

26:42.463 --> 26:44.063
Snow vanishes, grass sprouts.

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When my mother
used to write Chinese New Year Couplets,

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she also didn't like

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writing the same auspicious phrases.

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Do you like them?

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Can you draw?

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Just a little.

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That's good enough.

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If you sell calligraphy and painting,

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you'll surely make a lot of money.

27:43.023 --> 27:45.023
I don't draw paintings
that don't suit my mood.

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I want to write, too.

27:52.103 --> 27:53.743
You can write the horizontal scroll.

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Changning, write a horizontal scroll.

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What should you write?

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What should I write?

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This one will do.

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(Get Rich)

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What do you think
of this horizontal scroll?

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Just like

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a dog's tail attached to a saber's fur.

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It means very good, right?

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It means very good, right?

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Just right.

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Because I wrote too well.

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I'm great.

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Oh, the falcon.

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Good falcon.

29:06.903 --> 29:08.743
Let's celebrate
the Chinese New Year together.

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Putting the falcon's claw marks on it.

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Our whole family will be together.

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Look.

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(Get Rich)

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Zhao.

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Lower.

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Good.

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Stop moving. That's good enough.

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- All right.
- Let's take a look at Changyu's place.

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Good.

29:39.423 --> 29:40.263
Dear,

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what do you think?

29:42.183 --> 29:43.423
The calligraphy is so nice.

29:43.423 --> 29:44.823
I've never seen such good handwriting.

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Did he write these?

29:46.023 --> 29:46.903
I guess.

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Can an illiterate person
like you know this?

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I might be illiterate,

29:50.423 --> 29:52.503
but I know
that the handwriting is valuable.

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Look how neat and orderly

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the words are.

29:55.103 --> 29:56.743
They are obviously valuable.

29:57.663 --> 29:59.383
Mister Zhao. Madam Zhao.

29:59.663 --> 30:01.583
This Chinese New Year Couplet
is well written.

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Who wrote this?

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These were written by Changyu's husband.

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Changyu's husband.

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Changyu.

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Your husband
writes good Chinese New Year Couplets.

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Compared to that juren, Song Yan,

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it's way better.

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Otherwise, why would we say

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that Changyu has good taste?

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Can you write one for me, too?

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- Yes. Please write one for us.
- All of us.

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Madam,

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sorry.

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We don't have any more couplet papers.

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Couplet papers?

30:37.103 --> 30:39.383
We have many red papers
left behind from previous years.

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Our house, too.

30:41.703 --> 30:43.143
- Me too.
- My house has some, too.

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Sure.

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Bring your papers here.

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Sure.

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Let's go and get some red papers.

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Sure. Thank you.

30:50.063 --> 30:51.343
See you later.

30:51.743 --> 30:52.583
Let's go.

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If you don't want to do it,

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you don't have to agree to it.

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You don't need to do it for me.

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I'm willing to do it.

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Just now, you said

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you wouldn't draw
if it doesn't suit your mood.

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Does it suit your mood now?

31:18.663 --> 31:19.503
Grind the ink.

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Changyu.

31:21.903 --> 31:22.903
Lady Zhuang.

31:22.903 --> 31:24.663
Here's our own rice candy.

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It's a snack for Changning.

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- This...
- Take it.

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Changyu, I heard your husband
is writing couplets for other people.

31:31.663 --> 31:34.303
I haven't written this year's couplets,

31:34.303 --> 31:36.503
so I came here shamelessly.

31:37.103 --> 31:38.863
I didn't bring any gifts.

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Here's some fresh tofu for you.

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Madams,

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please take a seat.

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Sure.

31:48.983 --> 31:50.623
- Thank you.
- I brought these red papers.

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Sure. Thank you.

32:13.463 --> 32:16.223
Harmony at home
brings peace on all sides.

32:16.423 --> 32:18.023
- He writes really well.
- All right.

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It's done.

32:21.223 --> 32:23.423
Lanterns light each door
to celebrate a prosperous year.

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Spring rides the ox's back
across the greening fields.

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It means
there will be a bountiful harvest

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next spring

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and everyone in the family
will be happy and healthy.

32:39.903 --> 32:41.343
The wind and rain darken the sky.

32:41.343 --> 32:42.583
The rooster crows without cease.

32:43.103 --> 32:44.623
Now that I have met the noble one,

32:44.623 --> 32:45.903
how could I not rejoice?

32:46.903 --> 32:47.983
(This poem means)

32:47.983 --> 32:50.663
(rain pouring down in torrents
when the sky is dim)

32:50.983 --> 32:52.583
(and the roosters crow in a panic.)

32:53.663 --> 32:56.143
(In this chaotic moment,)

32:57.423 --> 32:58.423
(I turned around)

32:59.703 --> 33:00.983
(and saw her immediately.)

33:02.183 --> 33:04.583
Just like the clouds
in the sky are cleared,

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and a ray of light shines on me.

33:09.183 --> 33:10.263
It's full of warmth

33:11.383 --> 33:12.823
and brings joy to me.

33:13.783 --> 33:15.703
(When I heard him
recite the poem back then,)

33:16.263 --> 33:17.903
(I only thought it felt nice)

33:18.183 --> 33:19.863
(but I didn't know why.)

33:21.423 --> 33:22.663
(Just now,)

33:23.943 --> 33:25.903
(when he turned around
and looked at me,)

33:28.183 --> 33:29.343
(at that moment,)

33:29.823 --> 33:31.423
(the whole yard was silent.)

33:33.063 --> 33:36.663
(It felt like the snow
fell more slowly.)

33:38.223 --> 33:39.863
(Even the breeze)

33:40.103 --> 33:42.503
(feels soft and no longer hurts.)

33:43.783 --> 33:45.423
(Just like the sun in the winter.)

33:45.783 --> 33:51.263
(Shining straight on me.)

33:52.223 --> 33:54.023
(Turns out, when a person is happy,)

33:54.503 --> 33:56.143
(the heart will make sounds.)

33:56.983 --> 33:59.263
(Just like the crackles
made by firewood)

33:59.783 --> 34:01.743
(when I sit by the stove,)

34:02.463 --> 34:05.463
(so light and warm.)

34:12.823 --> 34:13.783
Your hand hurts, right?

34:14.943 --> 34:15.783
I'm fine.

34:16.303 --> 34:17.183
How stubborn.

34:37.503 --> 34:39.103
Are you here to ask for couplets, too?

34:42.943 --> 34:44.023
In the past,

34:45.103 --> 34:48.223
the couplets were written by
my eldest grandson, Kang Dan'er.

34:48.703 --> 34:50.463
Later, he committed a crime.

34:50.463 --> 34:52.223
He was arrested
and turned into a laborer.

34:52.783 --> 34:53.703
After that,

34:54.463 --> 34:56.343
Song Yan helped me.

34:57.983 --> 35:00.863
Now, Kang Dan'er is 18 years old.

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He's a coward.

35:03.703 --> 35:04.663
I'm hoping

35:04.663 --> 35:06.503
that my youngest grandson, Hu,

35:06.503 --> 35:09.663
can be smarter than his brother.

35:11.783 --> 35:12.623
People are

35:13.383 --> 35:15.063
only living on hope

35:15.143 --> 35:17.303
every year.

35:23.863 --> 35:26.063
Perhaps the next year

35:26.223 --> 35:27.303
or the year after that

35:27.823 --> 35:28.703
will be better.

35:40.263 --> 35:41.103
Sit down.

35:47.023 --> 35:48.623
What do you want to write?

35:51.783 --> 35:53.983
I hope there's no more war,

35:54.463 --> 35:55.903
so the Kang family

35:56.263 --> 35:57.303
can have descendants.

35:59.783 --> 36:01.263
I hope my grandsons

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can grow up safely

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without parents.

36:16.503 --> 36:17.343
All right.

36:52.783 --> 36:54.063
Greetings, Mother.

36:55.503 --> 36:57.143
Why do you

36:57.143 --> 36:58.303
summon me here?

37:01.783 --> 37:04.463
It's Chinese New Year's Eve,
where family members gather together,

37:04.863 --> 37:06.663
yet I still need a reason

37:06.943 --> 37:08.583
to summon you just to meet you.

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That's not what I mean.

37:18.303 --> 37:21.503
Mother, may peace endure
and health always accompany you

37:21.583 --> 37:24.143
in the new year.

37:29.103 --> 37:31.823
You and Marquis Wu'an had a
marriage agreement before you were born.

37:32.303 --> 37:34.263
When Marquis Wu'an was still alive,

37:34.623 --> 37:36.863
he was young, mighty,
and had gained many achievements.

37:37.263 --> 37:39.583
He was supposed
to be a good husband for you,

37:40.543 --> 37:42.823
but you said you only
treated him like a sibling

37:42.943 --> 37:44.743
and wouldn't take him
as your Prince Consort.

37:46.223 --> 37:48.263
However, your soul got attracted

37:48.663 --> 37:49.983
to a stupid game of chess now.

37:51.943 --> 37:53.263
Mother, what do you mean?

37:53.863 --> 37:55.583
Since you returned to the palace,

37:55.703 --> 37:58.743
you've been acting sick and
delaying your meeting with Li Huai'an.

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I've asked someone to arrange

38:00.903 --> 38:04.263
for both of you to
attend the Lantern Festival.

38:05.303 --> 38:06.303
Mother!

38:07.023 --> 38:09.503
The members of the Gongsun family
cannot join the imperial court.

38:11.383 --> 38:12.823
These are imperial regulations

38:12.823 --> 38:14.023
and must not be defied.

38:14.183 --> 38:15.383
As the Princess Royal,

38:15.543 --> 38:17.063
you can't put the country at risk

38:17.303 --> 38:19.663
because of a game of chess.

38:23.303 --> 38:25.183
I am not a pawn of yours.

38:25.583 --> 38:28.183
I'm not going to be controlled
as a piece in the palace's game.

38:28.503 --> 38:30.583
You only care about the family's glory

38:30.583 --> 38:31.703
and imperial regulations

38:31.703 --> 38:34.383
but have you really cared
about my joy and sorrow?

38:35.543 --> 38:36.663
Anyway,

38:36.783 --> 38:39.503
you can no longer meet anyone
from the Gongsun family in the future.

38:40.863 --> 38:42.463
Just give up while you can.

38:46.943 --> 38:48.383
If there's nothing else,

38:49.023 --> 38:50.303
I'll be leaving, Mother.

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Shu!

38:55.303 --> 38:56.863
Where are you going, Your Highness?

38:58.503 --> 38:59.703
I'm going to hang myself.

38:59.943 --> 39:01.143
Do you want to accompany me?

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(Though people
value tender words and deep feeling,)

39:17.823 --> 39:21.543
(the bird longs only
for the freedom of flight.)

39:28.663 --> 39:30.743
- Happy Chinese New Year.
- Happy Chinese New Year.

39:36.623 --> 39:37.783
Let's eat.

39:39.023 --> 39:40.103
(Blessing)
Let's eat.

39:40.103 --> 39:41.183
It smells nice.

39:41.183 --> 39:42.063
Smells nice.

39:42.063 --> 39:43.383
Thank you.

39:43.983 --> 39:44.983
Here you go.

39:45.663 --> 39:46.543
So delicious.

39:46.543 --> 39:47.383
Delicious.

39:48.143 --> 39:49.583
- Eat it. Quick.
- So delicious.

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Here it comes.

40:03.743 --> 40:04.703
Let's drink again.

40:04.703 --> 40:05.543
Let me fill my cup.

40:05.783 --> 40:06.623
Fill my cup.

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I'll also drink a little.

40:09.143 --> 40:11.223
- No, you are still injured.
- Drink a little.

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This liquor is fine.

40:13.743 --> 40:14.623
Drink tea instead.

40:14.783 --> 40:15.863
The physician said

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you can't drink alcohol
before you are fully recovered.

40:18.143 --> 40:19.263
I also want to drink.

40:20.023 --> 40:21.663
You also can't drink alcohol, Changning.

40:21.663 --> 40:23.743
Here. Drink tea with Yan Zheng.

40:28.823 --> 40:29.703
Come on.

40:42.023 --> 40:42.863
Yan Zheng.

40:44.783 --> 40:45.863
Why don't we...

40:48.583 --> 40:49.823
There are fireworks!

40:54.383 --> 40:55.703
Let's go watch the fireworks.

40:55.703 --> 40:58.103
- Let's go watch the fireworks.
- Let's go watch the fireworks.

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Changning, slow down.

41:03.463 --> 41:04.303
What did you say?

41:04.303 --> 41:05.143
I didn't hear you.

41:11.943 --> 41:13.783
I said I still wanted to drink.

41:17.023 --> 41:18.183
Come on. Let's go upstairs.

41:18.183 --> 41:19.023
Let's watch upstairs.

41:20.943 --> 41:21.783
Good liquor.

41:22.263 --> 41:23.223
Don't drink too much.

41:23.823 --> 41:25.143
I'm very sober.

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I won't get drunk drinking this.

41:29.263 --> 41:30.583
Let me pour you a cup of tea.

41:31.743 --> 41:32.903
Have some tea to sober up.

41:41.023 --> 41:42.383
Are you looking down on me?

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My father can drink a jar of baijiu.

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I can drink half a jar at least.

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This liquor won't make people drunk.

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Here. Drink.

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You are really drunk.

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I'm completely fine.

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Happy Chinese New Year.

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Happy Chinese New Year.

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If you can't feed the wolf,

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you won't get a child.

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What child?

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♪Hooves in a war-torn land♪

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♪Who remains in wind and snow?♪

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♪How many lives♪

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♪Hang by a single thread♪

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♪Smoke rises from our homeland♪

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♪Who can stand apart from the world?♪

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♪The sun sets, I say nothing♪

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♪Autumn colors fall♪

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♪Who steps lightly
on maple leaves and leaves♪

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♪Rain on parasol trees♪

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♪Swallows carry mud beneath the eaves♪

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♪The warmth of life
in this ancient town♪

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♪Who was I meant to meet♪

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♪We vowed to stand
through life and death♪

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♪May our oath be fulfilled♪

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♪I hold our fate with care♪

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♪I will not let go♪

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♪Yet war drums and pounding hooves♪

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♪Shatter the ending♪

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♪In this mortal world we come and go♪

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♪You turn away, brows drawn♪

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♪You leave with your sword♪

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♪Taking every secret with you♪

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♪I hold our fate with care♪

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♪I will not let go♪

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♪Yet we always meet♪

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♪On battlefields in flames♪

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♪In tangled destiny,
the memories you gave♪

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♪Are gentle as jade♪

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♪After countless battles♪

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♪May we return to where we first met♪