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This is poison.

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I had someone test it.

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It won't take effect until tomorrow.

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It will be painless.

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To die tomorrow?

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What's the use

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of keeping me alive

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until tomorrow?

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Xiao Wuyi has agreed to cooperate with me.

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But now,

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there's still one thing missing—

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a pledge of allegiance.

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So you want to use my life

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to announce Xiao Wuyi's betrayal.

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Lejun!

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Have you lost your mind?

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This is a deadly poison!

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Wasn't it you who told me to drink it?

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But

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I could have found a way

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to keep you alive.

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Didn't it ever occur to you

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to beg me just once?

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But I no longer wish to live.

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Mulian Yu.

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What are you still pretending for?

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Did you bring poison here today

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just to hear me beg for mercy?

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Three years.

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You've been by my side for 3 years.

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Three years of marriage between us—

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all my indulgence toward you,

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all the affection I showed you—

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did none of it earn
even a shred of your genuine affection?

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No.

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Our homelands are enemies.

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All my blood relatives

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were killed by you Northern Qin people.

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Our families have been sworn enemies
for generations.

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How could there be any genuine affection
between us?

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If one day you win

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and lead your army to attack Jiankang,

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can you please

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spare my brother's life?

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He's the only family

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I have left in this world.

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Ridiculous.

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Absolutely ridiculous.

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If Heaven favors me

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and that day truly comes.

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I'll kill him with my own hands.

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That way, you two can be reunited sooner,

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and it won't have been in vain
that you submitted yourself to the enemy,

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exhausting your wits

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and plotting your entire life
for his sake.

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Mulian Yu!

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I'm sorry.

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Sorry that

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I've schemed against you once again.

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If there is a next life,

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may we meet again
with different identities.

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[Key to the Phoenix Heart]

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[Episode 27]

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Xiao Wuyi!

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If you truly have faith in him,

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please allow him

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to stand before you as a true rival.

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Lejun.

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Lejun!

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♪ The past is dust,
we're passing through ♪
Lejun!

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♪ No regrets for what we've lost and won ♪
Lejun.
Mao.
I came too late.
You finally came to pick me up.
♪ The shape of time begins to fade ♪
Lejun.

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I... I want to go home.
♪ Half by choice, half washed away ♪
Lejun... Lejun...

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♪ If fate is fragile,
what is right or wrong? ♪
Go...

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♪ We only live for what we can't let go ♪

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♪ Love and hate fade
like the shifting sand ♪

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♪ What's right or wrong is better
left unsaid ♪
Lejun!

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♪ Every soul is bound by cause and fate ♪
Xiao Wuyi!
♪ The past is gone, so let it slip away ♪
Mao, I'm so tired.
♪ The heart's a cage,
but peace will break the chains ♪
The Eagle King has treated me very well.
♪ No need to speak,
just leave it all to fate ♪
He knew all along that I was a spy,
yet he still sincerely wanted to give me
a peaceful life for the years I had left.

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But I could never give him
my genuine affection.

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With the deep-seated hatred
between our Prince Qi's household and him,

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I could neither love him nor hate him.

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Once our two nations go to war,

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it's bound to be a fight
where one side must die.

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Today, I'm returning those 3 stolen years

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to Jiayu all at once.

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With my death,

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Xiao Wuyi should be able to gain

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the trust of Northern Qin.

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Perhaps this can finally atone

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for the sins I committed at Lingfeng Fort.

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Please allow me to use this life of mine

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to finally usher in the beginning of

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your imperial legacy, Mao.

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Mao.

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Forgive me.

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I want to rest now.

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Retreat!

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What if I don't want
to be the wife of the infamous Demon Xiao,

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but the wife of a hero?

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I want you to live a long life,

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to live in peace,

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to leave behind an honorable name,

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and to be remembered by all.

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You are making things difficult for me.

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That's right.

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I insist on doing so.

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♪ A dying memory glimmers low ♪

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♪ You appear, but I can't hold you so ♪

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On the day of the competition,
♪ Time itself comes to a sudden halt ♪
I took a liking to you.
My desire to marry you
comes from my heart.

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♪ So desolate ♪
It was never an act.
It's no coincidence.
♪ I traded obsession for this loss ♪
I came here specifically to find you.

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♪ If I could lay my heart bare and cross ♪
With such a beauty
throwing herself into my arms,
how could I possibly refuse?

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♪ I fear no doom of endless karmic pain ♪

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♪ Only that you drift far from my side ♪

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♪ Apart from you,
the world is an endless night ♪

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♪ Even if my beating heart
wears thin and fades ♪

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♪ I'd choose this fate
till death's final line ♪

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♪ I only hope the mortal lands ♪

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♪ Can grant our wishes ♪

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♪ Through endless night,
let heaven and earth fall apart ♪

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♪ I just want to see you one more time ♪

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I've brought your two guards

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back to you.

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Aren't you worried I'll run away?

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Yesterday,

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in front of the two armies,

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you killed Li Lejun in front of everyone,

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proving your determination.

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With this pledge of loyalty,

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what more could I possibly worry about?

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What?

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You want to kill me?

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Xiao Wuyi.

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You've actually chosen to side with
the Northern Qin bandits.

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Are you still worthy of the title of
Crown Prince Wenxi?

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How can you face the brothers
of the Beifu Army?

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I, Xiao Wuyi, have never feared
what others say.

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If I hadn't done this,

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would you

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and those people of Southern Ye
trapped in that sheep pen

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still have a chance to survive?

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Li Mao slaughtered my entire family

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and seized control of the Beifu Army
from me.

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Now, driven by greed for glory,
he's rushing headlong into danger,

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poised to send our Beifu soldiers

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straight under the blades and axes
of the Northern Qin Army.

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When that happens, forget about
the Northern Expedition—

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even the entire Northern Border will fall.

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Soon enough, you'll find out

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who's right and who's wrong.

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My deal with the Eagle King

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is nothing more than a way to reclaim

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what originally belonged to me.

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Whether to stay... Or to leave,

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it's up to you.

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My parents were both killed
by the people of Northern Qin.

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I swear I'll never ally myself with
these bandits in this lifetime.

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Xiao Wuyi,

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you're not worthy of the title
of Crown Prince Wenxi.

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Please forgive us, Your Highness.

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Whether they live or die,

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Young Lord Xiao, it's your call.

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They're just 2 stray dogs.

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Let them get lost.

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Don't look back.

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The more isolated His Highness is,

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the more the Eagle King will trust him.

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Lejun wanted to completely sever

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the bond between you and Xiao Wuyi.

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Just like how it was back then

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with my mother's death.

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No matter how many reasons I came up with,

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or how many excuses I made for Lejun

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in my heart,

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the friendship between us

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still came to an abrupt end.

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Because

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that was my dearest mother.

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She always hoped

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I could become a true emperor,

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free from anyone's constraints.

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She was worried I'd become too dependent
on Xiao Wuyi,

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and that

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I'd let my guard down because of you.

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Through this deadly gambit,

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she fulfilled the plan
Wuyi and I had devised,

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yet she also severed all ties

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between us once and for all.

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"Five days from now,
when the north wind rises,

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meet at Dingfeng Slope."

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This was found on the sole of
Li Lejun's shoe.

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It seems the day for the decisive battle

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has finally come.

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The new caltrop fireball is ready.

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It's completely different from
the previous version.

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I'll take you to see it.

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I'll go make the record.

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Okay.

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This is called "stone fat,"

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also known as "weishui."

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Stone fat oil deposits
are different from lard or tallow.

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They form alongside mineral deposits.

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They are flammable but inedible,

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and even water cannot extinguish them.

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They can stretch for thousands of miles

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and burn without end.

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Even water can't extinguish them?

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Then with this substance,

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we'll surely be invincible.

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I once promised Wuyi

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that I'd create the caltrop fireball
before the Northern Expedition.

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Though he's not here today
and cannot see it,

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I haven't failed in my mission.

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I have to go now.

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But don't worry.

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Cui Shao'an is overseeing
the production of the caltrop fireball.

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Are you going to find Wuyi?

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This battle could result in
a great victory

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for the Beifu Army,

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for Ye, and for you.

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But for Xiao Wuyi,

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defeat is certain.

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He had already resolved to die,

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and now, the two-month deadline
is nearly up,

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and the miraculous doctor's medicine
won't last much longer.

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I won't let him die.

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I'm going to find him.

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I'll definitely bring him back alive.

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The loyalty to stand through
life and death together—

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that's the Xie Jiayu I know.

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Go on.

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You're not stopping me?

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I tried.

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But I couldn't.

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Take care.

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You take care too.

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Do you really have to go to
the Northern Border?

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I built the Beifu Army all by myself,

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and they once answered only to my command.

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Three years have passed since the reforms.
The military system may have changed,

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but the loyalty of the soldiers has not.

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Yizhi.

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The tragedy of the An and Lu families
must never happen again.

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The army's loyalty should not
lie with one man,

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but with the people.

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No matter who becomes the commander of

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the Beifu Army,

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and even without me, Xiao Wuyi,

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the Beifu Army must know

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that they are fighting for Ye.

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So you don't plan to come back?

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Will we ever see each other again?

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I hope that, in the final days of my life,

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I can pave the way for
the Northern Expedition.

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Was this your plan
from the very beginning?

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What about Xie Jiayu then?

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Tell Xiao Wuyi that,

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as he wished,

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the next time we meet,
it will be as emperor and subject.

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Got it, Mao.

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Goodbye, Yaoyao.

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Your Highness Prince Qi,

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I hereby take my leave.

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Goodbye,

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Xie Jiayu.

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♪ A dying memory glimmers low ♪

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♪ You appear, but I can't hold you so ♪

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♪ Time itself comes to a sudden halt ♪
Bring all the military reports
and memorials here.

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♪ So desolate ♪

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♪ I traded obsession for this loss ♪

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♪ If I could lay my heart bare and cross ♪

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♪ Would you once more have pity on me ♪

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I won't get married.
♪ If the heavens should change
and fate tear me apart ♪
I just want to stay by your side, Mao.

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♪ Yet still cannot undo one beat
of my heart's art ♪
I have the best older brother
in the entire world.

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♪ Through endless night,
let heaven and earth fall apart ♪

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♪ I'd bid farewell to every worldly part ♪

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♪ Just to gaze upon you one last time ♪

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We've just received a battle report.

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Last night, scouts detected a sudden fire

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breaking out at the Beifu Army Camp.

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Li Mao's army immediately broke camp

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and marched westward,
bypassing the Jing River.

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He's going to Dingfeng Slope.

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Dingfeng Slope?

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Li Mao must be heading there,

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because Dingfeng Slope holds a secret
that has never been revealed to outsiders.

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What secret?

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To the south of Dingfeng Slope

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are 2 iron mines marked by
the Phoenix Heart Tokens.

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If he holds Dingfeng Slope

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and establishes
a Directorate of Military Equipment there,

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using it as a base

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to train troops, forge weapons,

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store grain, and raise livestock,

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not only will the capture of the Capital
be just a matter of time,

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but he'll also no longer have to rely on
the aristocratic clans for supplies.

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Your Highness.

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There's a woman outside

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claiming to be Xiao Wuyi's consort.

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Let me go.

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I just told you,

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I am Xiao Wuyi's consort.

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If you don't believe me,

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just call him out and ask him yourself.

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Xiao Wuyi, I'm here!

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Xiao Wuyi...

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Look at him.

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Just let me go.

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You... Tell him to let me go.

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Xiao Wuyi.

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What are you doing here?

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I'm here to share life and death with you.

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Xiao Wuyi.

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I had to set the Beifu Army Camp

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on fire just to escape.

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And this is how you greet me?

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All those days I spent crying for you
were for nothing then.

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Xie Jiayu, long time no see.

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It seems you are truly devoted

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to Young Lord Xiao.

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Let her in.

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Yes!

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The food is ready. Please enjoy.

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Xiao Wuyi...

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Don't you know

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that once you enter this place,

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leaving will be nearly impossible?

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How many times do I have to tell you?

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I'm here to share life and death
with you.

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Understood?

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But

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if you're bothered by the fact
that Li Mao forced me to marry him,

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then I'll leave right now.

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What nonsense are you talking about?

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Then why haven't you smiled at me
even once?

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I've already resolved to die.

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My reputation out there is in tatters.

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Why should I drag you down

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to suffer alongside me?

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Didn't we promise each other long ago that

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whether you achieve glory and fame

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or are reviled by the masses,

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I will always be by your side?

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I, Xie Jiayu, stand by my word.

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Xiao Wuyi.

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As husband and wife,
our fates are bound together.

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All I want is for you to live.

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Your Highness.

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Xiao Wuyi and Xie Jiayu

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have been doing nothing but

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eating and drinking all day.

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What do you make of this, Imperial Envoy

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Do you think Young Lord Xiao's consort

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really just came here

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to share life and death with Xiao Wuyi?

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I've heard a saying among common folk,

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"Husband and wife are like
birds of a feather.

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But when disaster strikes,
they fly their separate ways."

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Your Highness surely
doesn't really believe

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there's anyone in this world
who'd die for love, do you?

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I certainly don't believe it.

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But that Xie Jiayu is truly different.

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Back in Jiankang,

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Xiao Wuyi was deeply in love with her,

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yet she was childhood sweethearts
with Li Mao.

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Between Xiao Wuyi and Li Mao,

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Li Lejun's death was merely
the last straw.

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The one who truly drove those two apart

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was Xie Jiayu.

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Since Xiao Wuyi and Xie Jiayu

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share such a deep bond,

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doesn't that mean we've got

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even more leverage against Xiao Wuyi now?

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His Majesty means...

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This is a rare opportunity.

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Very well. As His Majesty commands,

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even if the mines at Dingfeng Slope

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turn out to be a colossal trap,

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we shall still brave it.

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Beat the drums and muster the troops!

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Understood!

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Your Highness, please don't go
any further.

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Got it.

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You all head back first.

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What?

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Are Heir's words
no longer enough to command you?

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His Highness said

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that Heir's an important guest here,

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yet you keep watching us every day.

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Do you intend to eavesdrop
on our private affairs as well?

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Step back.

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The Eagle King probably thought

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you came here to gather information.

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Who would have thought

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you really came to join me in death?

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So, are you saying

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I shouldn't have come?

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I didn't mean that.

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Tell me the truth—

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were you happy to see me?

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I was.

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I was so happy.

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Then do you know how upset I was

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when I saw your letter?

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Xiao Wuyi, if you ever do
something like this again,

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I will absolutely not forgive you.

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Or

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you can just go live with Li Mao.

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No, that's not right either. Li Mao said

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the next time you met,

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as you wished,

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it'd be as emperor and subject.

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The coroner has done the autopsy.

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Before Lejun died,

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she had already taken poison.

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You never meant to shoot that arrow.

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Even if Li Lejun had taken poison

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and was destined to die,

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Lejun was still his sister.

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In the end, what that arrow

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shot through was the youthful friendship

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between Xiao Wuyi and Li Mao.

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Then on the battlefield,

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you two...

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No matter how my relationship with Yizhi

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changes,

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when it comes to Southern Ye

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and the affairs of the court,

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we'll always share the same aspirations.

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This is something he'll never change.

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Now that so many people have sacrificed,

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no matter how hard the road ahead is,

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we must persevere and keep moving forward.

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Did Lejun

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leave any final words?

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If you ever have the chance,

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please deliver this message to Jiayu
for me:

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I have never done anything

27:15.063 --> 27:16.823
in my life that I regret.

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Be it resentment or hatred,

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I've accepted it all willingly.

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As I reach the end of my journey,

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my only regret is

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that I won't be able to

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view the beautiful landscapes
of Ye with her.

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Why are you sighing?

27:40.063 --> 27:40.863
Nothing.

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I just hope when we return to Jiankang,

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we'll still make it in time for
the Thousand Lantern Festival.

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The journey of life is like
sailing on a boat.

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The passengers come and go,

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and some people

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are destined to accompany you
only for a part of the journey.

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When their time comes, they will leave.

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We must learn to let go.

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That may be true,

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but I don't want to hear

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any words of ill omen.

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Not today,

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not tomorrow.

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Xiao Wuyi, hold out your hand.

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What is this?

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This is a life-saving pill

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I begged the miraculous doctor to make.

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Keep it safe.

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Why are there so many people?

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Your Highness.

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What's this supposed to mean?

29:05.943 --> 29:07.143
Throughout history,

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whenever generals went off to war,

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their family members were often
held as hostages.

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Li Lejun took this poison as well.

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As long as we win,

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Young Lord Xiao, your consort
and the people of Southern Ye

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will surely be safe and sound.

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Your Highness, this place is surrounded by
mountains on all sides,

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with only a small road
leading out to the northeast.

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If the Beifu Army are to block this road,

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we'll be trapped here with no escape.

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Although this map is authentic,

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I fear Young Lord Xiao
may have ulterior motives.

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Pass my order:

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Act as usual.

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Lure the enemy in!

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Roger that!

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It seems Your Highness
has never trusted me.

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Was my acting really that bad?

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Your acting was excellent,
Young Lord Xiao.

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It's just a pity I don't care for plays.

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If you told me you were
plotting a rebellion, I'd believe it.

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But that you'd defect to Northern Qin?

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No matter how well your acting was,

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I'd never believe it.

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My men have all arrived.

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Today is the day

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that Beifu meets its end!

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They are all still alive?

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Even if the Xiao family were to die,

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they'd only die on the battlefield.

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How could they possibly die because of
your schemes and treachery?

30:59.583 --> 31:02.703
So it was all fake
from the very beginning?

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Warriors of Beifu!

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Charge!

31:11.223 --> 31:14.983
Kill!

31:22.143 --> 31:23.303
Wuyi, catch this!

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Move, move. Faster.

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Faster!

31:34.503 --> 31:34.943
Move.

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Hurry up!

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Hurry!

31:41.343 --> 31:42.103
Move faster!

31:42.503 --> 31:43.023
Come on!

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Faster!

31:46.223 --> 31:47.703
What are you dawdling for?

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Promise me

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Xiao Wuyi.

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You liar!

31:54.063 --> 31:54.863
Move, move.

31:58.023 --> 31:58.743
Faster!

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Move faster!

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Move.

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Grandma!

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What are you doing?

32:07.303 --> 32:07.903
Hurry up.

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What are you doing?

32:10.423 --> 32:11.103
Stop hitting him!

32:11.103 --> 32:11.703
Get up!

32:19.903 --> 32:20.623
My kid...

32:20.623 --> 32:22.503
What are you looking at? Get to work!

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Killing is for the sake of saving lives.

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Xie Jiayu.

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You're not left with nothing.

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The Northern Qin people see us Ye people
as nothing more than pigs and sheep

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to be slaughtered.
Rather than waiting here to die

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and be slaughtered,

32:43.543 --> 32:45.063
why not take up your weapons

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and fight them?

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They are no different from us.

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They are also made of flesh and blood.

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They too will die and feel fear.

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Don't you

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want to go home?

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We all will die sooner or later.

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At worst, we die together!

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No one is born a coward.

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It's just when they become accustomed to
bowing their heads,

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courage and determination

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must be shown to them by someone—

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with their life and blood.

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You came just in time.

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Let's get this over with quickly

33:45.063 --> 33:46.023
and go save Xiao Wuyi.

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He's about to take the Eagle King
down with him.

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Father.

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Xiao Wuyi, you've lost.

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Today, Dingfeng Slope

34:30.223 --> 34:32.303
will be the graveyard
for both you and the Beifu Army!

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Who wins and who loses,

34:34.183 --> 34:35.543
who lives and who dies—

34:36.463 --> 34:37.983
it still remains to be seen.

34:46.103 --> 34:47.903
His Majesty's army has arrived!

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Defend!

35:19.783 --> 35:20.303
Retreat!

35:27.463 --> 35:28.063
Attack!

35:28.343 --> 35:28.983
Attack!

35:29.143 --> 35:30.023
Attack!

35:30.023 --> 35:31.903
Attack!

35:43.583 --> 35:44.303
Eagle King.

35:44.783 --> 35:46.063
How could you run away?

35:46.583 --> 35:48.303
This battle has just begun.

35:49.543 --> 35:51.023
So you threw yourself into this

35:51.023 --> 35:51.983
not for me,

35:52.463 --> 35:53.063
but for...

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Think about it. Prince Qi wouldn't let me
take all the military credit.

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Then would your young emperor

35:56.823 --> 35:58.823
spare a powerful minister like you?

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Now that we've both suffered heavy losses,

36:01.103 --> 36:02.663
he wants to reap the spoils.

36:02.903 --> 36:04.023
But little does he know

36:04.023 --> 36:06.023
that he's the real prey in this game.

36:35.623 --> 36:36.303
Load!

36:39.023 --> 36:39.623
Prime!

36:44.303 --> 36:45.023
Fire!

37:08.503 --> 37:11.543
So this is the true main force
of the Beifu Army.

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The Beifu Army

37:12.623 --> 37:15.063
has burned and cut off
all the escape routes from Dingfeng Slope!

37:15.063 --> 37:18.383
Xiao Wuyi saw that I was at odds with
His Majesty,

37:19.423 --> 37:20.663
so he deliberately put himself
into this fray,

37:20.663 --> 37:22.463
all to lure His Majesty into taking action
so he could wipe out the main force

37:22.463 --> 37:25.183
of our Northern Qin Army
here at Dingfeng Slope.

37:26.183 --> 37:27.303
He and his father

37:27.823 --> 37:29.623
never intended to return alive.

37:32.743 --> 37:34.063
Even if I die today,

37:34.863 --> 37:36.663
I'll personally finish you off!

37:49.103 --> 37:49.623
Yao!

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Father!

38:43.383 --> 38:44.023
Father...

38:56.303 --> 38:56.943
Father...

39:14.223 --> 39:16.823
Father!

39:34.903 --> 39:36.303
-Father!
-Yao, let's go!

39:36.983 --> 39:37.783
I won't leave.

39:55.383 --> 39:56.303
Don't look back.

39:56.543 --> 39:57.103
Go!

39:57.143 --> 39:57.823
Father!

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Wuyi, I can agree to your plan,

40:10.343 --> 40:11.823
but you need to agree to one condition:

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you must stay alive.

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Those with ambition cling to life;

40:15.143 --> 40:17.143
those who die for their cause seek death.

40:17.143 --> 40:19.503
Xiao Wuyi, cling to life for me
from now on,

40:20.183 --> 40:20.823
will you?

40:21.743 --> 40:23.023
I'm sorry, Yaoyao.

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Fire!

41:08.903 --> 41:09.503
Xiao Wuyi!

41:09.863 --> 41:10.583
You lunatic!

41:11.023 --> 41:12.223
As Crown Prince Wenxi,

41:12.223 --> 41:13.983
do you really have no regard
for your own life?

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Someone like you

41:15.543 --> 41:17.743
will never understand
what I've been fighting for in this life.