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♪Memories hold you back
from fulfilling your dreams♪

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♪Only by moving forward
can you find reunion♪

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♪Endings only mark new routes♪

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♪It's all part of the scenery♪

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♪To the horizon's call♪

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♪Your journey hasn't started♪

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♪Towards mountains,
chase the stars bright♪

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♪Let time embrace you
and wash away the past♪

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♪Put every twist behind you♪

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♪Drift leisurely through time♪

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♪Make headway against the wind♪

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♪Let mountains bow to your pace♪

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♪Rush towards a life without regret♪

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♪Let your nature burst free♪

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=The First Jasmine=

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=Episode 19=

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Have you heard the news?

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Yes.

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I heard Prince Ding was investigating
the Yuan Fang case.

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When the trail pointed
to the Eastern Palace,

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Mo Jingli set himself on fire.

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What do you think?

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Eight years ago,
the Eastern Palace pressed you hard,

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attempting to get you killed.

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If not for your immense fortune,
there would be no peace today.

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You showed benevolence,

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leaving their child alive
and titling him as a prince.

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Yet Mo Jingli harbored an ill ambition.

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He failed to appreciate your grace,

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even plotted secretly
and committed such a rebellious act.

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Such a source of disaster
must be eradicated completely.

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Lest it'll endanger the nation.

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Both of your share similar opinions.

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What do you think?

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You shall be the one to decide.

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Then investigate.

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Marquis Muyang, order
the Imperial Court of Judicial Review

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to guard all city gates
and key roads between wards.

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Execute any suspicious person.

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Everything related to
Mo Jingli and Eastern Palace,

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be it a letter, document, or witness,

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shall be captured.

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The Left and Right Gate Guards
strictly guard all palace entrances.

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No entry or exit is allowed
without my order.

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Yes.

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Back then, I told her not to keep
anyone of the Eastern Palace alive,

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but she insisted on
showing her benevolence.

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Can benevolence conquer the nation?

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Benevolence can rule the nation.

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Marquis Muyang,
if you don't change your mindset,

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you will betray her one day.

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Perhaps the only one
who truly understands her thoughts

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in this world is me.

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Do you think that fire
in the Eastern Palace

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started on its own?

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The matter is done.

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Are all traces thoroughly erased?

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It's merely an accident.
Your Majesty, Rest assured.

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However, this case will be handled
by Imperial Court of Judicial Review.

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If you wish to eradicate them,

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the post of Chief Minister
of Imperial Court of Judicial Review...

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Naturally, you'll be
the one to take on this post.

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After eliminating the Eastern Palace,

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it's only a matter of time
for you to reign the nation.

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Even though she's now
the Empress Dowager,

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whether she approves
of my methods or not,

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only I can deliver the result she wants.

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Every step on the road to power
is tainted by blood.

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(Imperial Court of Judicial Review)

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Guards, heed my command!

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Everyone implicated in Mo Jingli
and the Eastern Palace

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shall be captured.

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Better to detain everyone
than to let any go.

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Execute anyone who resist.

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- Yes!
- Yes!

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Don't move!

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Be careful!

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What's going on?

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That serious?

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This way! Hurry!

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Go away.

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How dare you trespass in here?

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Let go of me!
Which office do you belong to?

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We act by the imperial decree.

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Move!

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Hurry!

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You go that way.

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Get up!

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What's wrong?

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Move!

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Let me go!

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Move!

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(Prince Li's Mansion)

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Listen carefully.

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From now on, this is under the rule
of Imperial Court of Judicial Review!

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Go!

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Yes!

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Spread out.

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Your Highness, many guards
from Imperial Court of Judicial Review

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surrounded the entire mansion.

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What right do you have to arrest me?

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Move!

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Let me go!

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Move!

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Don't touch me!

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- Move!
- I'm innocent!

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Move!

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Hurry!

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I'm innocent!

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Anyone caught whispering
will also be detained.

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Still thinking about Prince Li?

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The Prince Li's mansion
has been inspected inside and out.

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The fire spread fast.

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Multiple crucial points were ignited.

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There were many incendiary materials.

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It shouldn't be a whim
but a premeditated plan.

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He probably knew

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his schemes were about to be exposed,

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so he did it deliberately.

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The Eastern Palace got overturned.

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As the only descendant
of the late Crown Prince,

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he's destined to die.

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He even survived
such desperate circumstances.

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Now, the case remains unresolved.

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It is far from a hopeless dead end.

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How could he set himself on fire?

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That's just not him.

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Li, if something's on your mind,

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you can tell me.

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I'm alright.

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Do your legs hurt
from all the moving around lately?

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No.

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I had Qingyu prepare
salt packs for warm compress.

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Qingyu, are they ready?

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Bring them here.

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Your legs just healed.
You mustn't catch a cold.

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I added mugwort leaves
to the salt packs,

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perfect for warm compress.

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Don't think that just because you

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can stand and walk now,

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then you're fully healed
and have no restrictions.

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Even now, you shouldn't
stand for too long,

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run fast, or fight anyone.

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Yao.

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Consider it for me
and for Prince Ding's Mansion.

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Sister-in-law, Wuyou, and I,

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we all count on you.

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Does that feel better?

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Much better.

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You must be exhausted.

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Don't worry about me anymore.

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Get some rest today, okay?

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(Jingzhao Prefecture)

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Halt!

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Your Highness!

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You are finally back.
Something terrible has happened!

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What?

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Prince Ding, are you here
to get involved in it?

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Such poor timing.

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I act by the Empress Dowager's decree.

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Anyone connected to Mo Jingli

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or any guilty officials
from the Eastern Palace,

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shall receive a thorough investigation.

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I've told you many times.

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I have no connection
to the Eastern Palace!

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Shut it! How dare you deny?

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Your Fourth Uncle

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was a worker bought
by the Eastern Palace back then.

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Coming and going daily,
who knows who he interacted with

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or what business he handled for them.

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And you

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just happened to be present
at the ambush scene in Penglai Alley.

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Now that Mo Jingli committed suicide
out of fear of punishment,

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so the lead is cut.

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I have every reason to suspect you

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to be deeply involved in this case.

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As the Military Secretary,

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I went to Penglai Alley on duty!

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What a Military Secretary!

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Don't fret.

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At the Imperial Court
of Judicial Review,

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I will hear your excuses carefully.

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Prince Ding, any objection

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to my words?

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Or, any objection

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to Her Majesty's decree?

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Her Majesty sent you
to investigate the case,

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not to randomly slander
and frame decent men.

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Decent men?

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Whether he's a decent man,
it's not up to you.

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We'll know after my investigation.

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Mo Jingli

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seemed so decent before.

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He was so respectful
to the Empress Dowager

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and the Emperor,

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not a single fault found.

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Now his schemes are exposed,

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only then did I realize
that he had long harmed ill intentions,

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playing the fool all along.

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Her Majesty is benevolent.

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But I know well

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that to eliminate evil thoroughly,
we must eradicate it at its root.

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Some things left alive
will eventually become disasters.

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After I finish my investigation,

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I'll give you an explanation.

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Take him away.

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Yes!

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Deputy Prefect Zheng,

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come with me.

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Yes!

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Shut the door.

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You...

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What?

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Do you really think I fear you?

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Have you forgotten that?

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I once fought in fierce battlefields

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and killed more men than you knew.

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You fear Marquis Muyang, but not me?

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You're using illegal punishment.

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How dare you treat me this way?

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I'll impeach you to the Empress Dowager.

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Talk law with me?

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Give me the law book.

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Open your eyes and read it carefully.

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Any one of these laws could convict you.

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You useless parasite!

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Abusing the power
of Jingzhao Prefecture,

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you've done many dirty schemes
all these years.

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Think you can hide them?

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Believe me or not,

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even if I kill you today,

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no one would dare speak for you.

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Were you present
during Qiu Xian's interrogation?

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You told Marquis Muyang
about everything?

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I know your every move.

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I spared you

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just to see what you're up to.

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But now,

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you're useless.

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness.

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As colleagues, we share life and death.

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If Wang Suwu dies,

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you won't live either.

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Your Highness!

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Your Highness, spare me!

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I won't do it again.

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Take him away!

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Your Highness, spare me!

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No! Your Highness, I won't do it again.

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Your Highness!

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(Jingzhao Prefecture)

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Your Highness.

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Marquis Muyang captured Wang Suwu
to make an example of him.

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We can't just sit back.

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We need to rescue Wang Suwu.

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And we need to get rid

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of Zheng Zuoshi,

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that traitor.

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Rest assured.

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We have planted agents in
the Imperial Court of Judicial Review.

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I've already sent word,

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ordering them
to keep an eye on Wang Suwu.

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Report any trouble immediately.

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One more thing.

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You go investigate
the Prince Li's Mansion again,

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including nearby places like Jvde Tower,

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Dehua Ward, Banruo Temple,
Taiping Ward, and other areas.

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Check if there's any hidden passage
or canal connecting to the mansion.

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But we already found
Prince Li's remains in the ruins, right?

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The remains' features
were too damaged to recognize.

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Not solid proof.

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We must find him,

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alive or dead.

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The Prince Li case is now handled
by Imperial Court of Judicial Review.

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It's hard for us to interfere.

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness, urgent news
from Prince Li's Mansion.

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Princess Li committed suicide.

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Princess Li was already heartbroken
over Prince Li's death.

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Out of grief, she tried to kill herself.

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Fortunately, a servant
found her and saved her.

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Marquis Muyang, you want
to take her for interrogation now.

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Do you aim to kill her?

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How is Princess Li?

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Marquis Muyang,

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luckily, she was found in time.

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Her life is not in immediate danger.

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She only needs proper rest.

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Her Majesty's decree

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only said to seal the mansion
and arrest remnants.

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Did it mention imprisoning Princess Li?

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Prince Li plotted treason.

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How can his family escape implication?

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I don't escape implication.

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I want to join him in death.

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Marquis Muyang, I know
you're ordered to investigate officials

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to investigate the case.

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But so far,

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I think you haven't secured

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one confession or a letter as evidence.

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What now? You want to drive
a princess consort to her death?

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It's the Empress Dowager herself
who bestowed this marriage.

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Your Highness, what do you mean?

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You cannot take her.

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If I leave her and trouble occurs...

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If trouble occurs,

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I will personally enter the palace
and apologize to the Empress Dowager.

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Fine.

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Let's go.

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Did you see his remains yesterday?

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The night when the edict
of marriage was issued,

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I was too happy to sleep.

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I ran into the courtyard
to count the stars

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and told myself,

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the number of stars I counted

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would be the number of years
I'd be with Prince Li.

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I counted over a hundred.

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I was so happy
that I could grow old with him.

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But we married only half a year ago.

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Only about a hundred days.

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So every single star

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could only count for one day.

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If I'd known it,

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I would've counted until dawn.

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You once asked me.

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Before my marriage,
I hadn't met Your Highness much.

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What do I like about him?

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But love doesn't have to bloom
from meeting someone in person, right?

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I read his poems.

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I heard the music he composed.

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Within his words and music,

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I already came to know him.

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And I know so much about him.

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Because of all these small things,

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he came to occupy a place in my heart.

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Isn't that okay?

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Can't one just love someone one-sided?

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Is one-sided love deemed worthless?

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I'd do anything for him.

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I truly

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used all my strength to love him.

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Actually, I should have hated you.

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You're arrogant and domineering.

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Your mother is greedy and shortsighted.

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Though what happened to me
doesn't relate to you two,

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I should have hated you.

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Do you understand?

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But I don't hate you.

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Because you're so naive.

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I can't resent a fool.

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But even a fool like you,

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is too good for that Mo Jingli.

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Loving someone is a wonderful thing.

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But you can't just devote yourself in it
without knowing anything.

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Mo Jingli is the son
of the late Crown Prince.

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He's the descendant
of the Eastern Palace.

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That means, he might

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set a raging fire at any moment,

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burning himself
and everything around him to ashes.

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Ye Ying, you said you love him.

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But when he set that fire,
did he think of you?

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When we were young,
we both studied the Zhuangzi.

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There was a saying in it,

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"Those with deep cravings
have shallow understanding."

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Remember it?

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I need to ask you one thing.

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Go ahead.

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That night,
when His Highness sent me away,

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he said something strange to me.

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What did he say?

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He said,

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"I'm sorry I failed you."

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"So be obedient and go."

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"If fate permits,"

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"we may meet again someday."

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Ye Li, you're smart.

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Figure this out for me.

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Does what he said indicate
that he might still be alive?

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Mo Xiuyao said

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he and Marquis Muyang reached
Prince Li's mansion at the same time.

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(Prince Li's Mansion)
Then guards sealed off the mansion.

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The fire spread fast.

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There were many incendiary materials.

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So Mo Jingli couldn't escape from fire.

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Li, how is Princess Li?

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She's fine now.

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I thought you two are at odds.

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Indeed.

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But she is still my sister.

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After all,

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neither she nor her mother
has ever done anything truly heinous.

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Then let's go back.

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Let's go.

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Okay.

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(Marquis Muyang's Mansion)

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Father!

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What are you doing?

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Take a look. Something wonderful.

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This thing's called

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- coconut.
- Coconut.

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Father, you know this?

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I used to drink this
frequently in Lingnan.

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Father, listen to me.

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This coconut isn't like
the ones from Lingnan.

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It came across the ocean
from South Seas.

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There are few even in the capital.

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Here, try it.

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No. It's too sweet for me.

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They say this relieves
summer heat, not sweet at all.

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Come on, try it.

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You drink it.

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Just try it. Try it.

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Fine, just a little.

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Okay.

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How is it? Delicious?

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Look at this top.

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Put it on the head.
Does it look like a black gauze cap?

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(Lakeview Garden)

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Marquis Muyang.

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Alright.

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I heard you've been
looking for manors recently.

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Found any?

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Haven't found the right one just yet.

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Then don't look for it.

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Plenty of empty rooms in here.

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Just pick one.

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This room is quite nice.

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You can live in this room.
Just settle down.

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So you can

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chat and talk with me.

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Thanks, Marquis Muyang.

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Here. Let me show you something good.

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This is

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called Coconut.

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Tianyang brought it back.

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I've tried it before.

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Too sweet for my taste.

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I thought you young folks might like it.

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So I brought it to you.

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I've already opened it for you.

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Try it.

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Young Lord gave this to you.

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I think it's improper.

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It's just food.

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Don't mind that much.

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Here, take it.

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Take it.

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Thank you.

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Try it.

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Come on.

27:50.623 --> 27:51.663
I almost forgot.

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Tianyang said to use this bamboo straw

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to suck out the juice inside.

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Take it.

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Try it.

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Go on.

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Yes.

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How's it?

28:11.423 --> 28:12.103
It's sweet.

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I knew you young folks would like it.

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Tianyang said this thing
looks like a black gauze cap.

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To me, it looks more like a flowerpot.

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Perfect for planting flowers.

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What do you think?

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Drink it.

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Look, it's all over you.

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Drink it.

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Yes.

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(Someone like Mo Jingli,)

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(vindictive, valuing life above all,)

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(before reaching his dead end,)

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(he wouldn't kill himself.)

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(He probably escaped using the fire.)

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(Record of Huai River Dredging)

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I've found all the things you wanted.

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I even dug out the items
at the bottom of the storage for you.

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Here's the Chronicle
of Yongzhou Prefecture.

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This is the Record
of Huai River Dredging.

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And this,
Capital Underground Waterways Map.

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And this one.

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I heard it's from
the reign of Emperor Taizu,

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(Dehua Ward Development Map)
the original survey map

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from the capital's reconstruction.

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This is a treasure.

29:28.343 --> 29:28.943
Look at you.

29:29.583 --> 29:31.863
You studied celestial phenomena
a while ago,

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and now underground waterways maps?

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What exactly are you up to?

29:38.063 --> 29:39.063
I have my reasons.

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Fine. I'll leave them to you.
I have work to do.

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The capital has a total of 108 wards.

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Wards and markets connect,
and streets crisscross.

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They excavated

30:05.183 --> 30:08.863
the Longshou, Qingming, and Yong'an

30:08.903 --> 30:11.623
canals as the backbone,
with branch canals forming a net,

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densely spread underneath

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(West Market, East Market, Dehua Ward)
West Market, East Market, Dehua Ward,

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(Renshou Ward, Chongren Ward)
Renshou Ward,

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(Xianzhu Ward)
and Chongren Ward.

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(Prince Li's Mansion
directly faces Dehua Ward.)

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(Mo Jingli only needs to dig
a secret passage from his mansion)

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(to the underground canal
beneath Dehua Ward,)

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(then leaves via that canal.)

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(To its west flows a small river.)

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(There must be an underground canal exit
nearby leading to the river.)

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(Perhaps he'll take that route.)

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(Dehua Ward)

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Dehua Ward.

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Why are you following me?

31:48.663 --> 31:50.103
You saved my life once before,

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then I almost got you killed.

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All in all, I owe you two lives.

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If I don't repay you, this unsettles me,

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and we can't be even.

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No need. Stop following me.

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Your Highness, the Imperial Court
of Judicial Review sent the person back.

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Your Highness.

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Don't move.

32:27.823 --> 32:28.663
Rest assured.

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I won't die that easily.

32:33.823 --> 32:34.823
Send him home.

32:35.183 --> 32:36.623
Find Physician Guan to treat him.

32:36.943 --> 32:37.783
- Yes!
- Yes!

32:45.623 --> 32:47.023
That traitor Zhou Jing!

32:50.143 --> 32:51.423
What about Prince Li's Mansion?

32:51.743 --> 32:53.023
Still impossible to investigate?

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It's quite tightly guarded.

32:55.263 --> 32:56.823
Our people got driven away

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by guards under the pretext
of protecting the scene.

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(Capital Underground Waterways Map)

33:13.743 --> 33:16.343
(That night,
when His Highness sent me away,)

33:17.023 --> 33:18.623
(he said something strange to me.)

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"If fate permits,"

33:21.583 --> 33:23.583
"we may meet again someday."

33:26.423 --> 33:29.423
Ye Li, you're smart.

33:30.583 --> 33:31.623
Figure this out for me.

33:32.823 --> 33:36.423
Does what he said indicate
that he might still be alive?

33:49.943 --> 33:52.423
Your Highness, a message from Prince Ding.

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He said due to
heavy official duties tonight,

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he won't return to the mansion.

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Understood.

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Yes.

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Come out.

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You've followed me this far,
aren't you going to lend a hand?

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Weren't you saying you owe me lives?

34:41.823 --> 34:43.823
You want me to kill all of them?

34:47.663 --> 34:48.423
Come with me.

34:57.623 --> 34:58.863
We enter from here.

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For height like this, no problem.

35:01.183 --> 35:02.983
I can enter without this.

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I need it.

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Neither do you.

36:00.223 --> 36:01.743
It's pitch-black in here.

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What are you looking for?

36:03.743 --> 36:04.503
Quiet!

36:26.223 --> 36:29.903
(The key to the hydraulic mechanism
lies in leveraging the power of water)

36:30.223 --> 36:31.623
(to maintain the balance.)

36:32.023 --> 36:33.263
Looking for a secret passage?

36:35.263 --> 36:36.423
That's my thing.

36:36.423 --> 36:39.183
For hidden mechanisms or passages,
the most crucial thing

36:40.223 --> 36:42.343
is to first find its...

36:43.383 --> 36:44.543
Go fetch a bucket of water.

36:45.663 --> 36:46.423
Water?

36:46.783 --> 36:48.183
Go, hurry.

37:06.343 --> 37:07.183
Pour it in

37:07.743 --> 37:09.343
slowly, at a steady pace.

37:57.383 --> 37:58.423
Where is this place?

37:59.143 --> 38:00.543
The capital's underground waterways.

38:00.783 --> 38:03.423
Based on the Water Control Records
from the Ministry of Works,

38:03.423 --> 38:05.263
these were built
during the previous dynasty,

38:05.983 --> 38:07.623
to drain the flooding in the capital,

38:08.343 --> 38:10.183
and to bring living water
into the palace.

38:11.183 --> 38:12.183
It cost quite a fortune

38:12.863 --> 38:14.143
and took decades to complete.

38:16.463 --> 38:17.303
This way.

38:24.383 --> 38:25.863
There are several passages here.

38:26.263 --> 38:27.263
Which one do we take?

38:28.343 --> 38:29.623
There must be place names here.

38:29.743 --> 38:30.663
Look for them.

38:39.143 --> 38:40.343
(Jvde Tower)
Jvde Tower?

38:54.463 --> 38:57.863
(Dehua Ward)

39:00.783 --> 39:02.263
Underground canal in the southwest

39:02.663 --> 39:03.663
(Prince Li's mansion)
starts from Prince Li's mansion

39:03.663 --> 39:05.543
(Jvde Tower, Wuwei Zhai)
via Jvde Tower, Wuwei Zhai,

39:05.543 --> 39:06.863
straight to the transport dock.

39:06.863 --> 39:07.543
(Transport Dock)

39:07.543 --> 39:09.663
The middle passage
is the main flood drainage canal,

39:10.183 --> 39:12.543
(Dehua Ward, Ziyun Ward)
via Dehua Ward, Ziyun Ward,

39:12.543 --> 39:14.023
connecting to the Yongding River.

39:17.023 --> 39:17.783
Ye Li.

39:19.663 --> 39:21.263
That way leads to the transport dock.

39:23.143 --> 39:25.743
The West Market water inlet
diverges from the river.

39:25.903 --> 39:27.783
It's highly populated and hard to hide.

39:27.943 --> 39:30.543
The passage to the imperial city
is heavily guarded.

39:30.903 --> 39:33.503
If he wanted
to leave the capital unnoticed,

39:33.903 --> 39:35.023
he'd only take this passage,

39:35.383 --> 39:37.663
the main flood drainage canal
leading to the outskirts.

39:39.263 --> 39:40.423
I know who you're looking for.

39:41.903 --> 39:43.143
You're looking for Mo Jingli.

39:44.543 --> 39:45.863
No need to hide it from me.

39:45.983 --> 39:47.263
I've figured it out.

39:47.663 --> 39:49.383
A fire broke out
at the Prince Li's Mansion,

39:49.383 --> 39:51.383
burning Prince Li
and several of his close aides.

39:51.863 --> 39:53.743
But now it seems he didn't die.

39:54.263 --> 39:56.823
Not bad. You could figure that out.

39:57.663 --> 39:58.663
It's nothing.

39:59.263 --> 40:00.943
For a top assassin,

40:01.023 --> 40:03.383
combing through subtle clues,

40:03.743 --> 40:05.263
and exposing the truth,

40:05.743 --> 40:07.743
is a basic requisite.

40:10.423 --> 40:11.423
Rest assured.

40:11.783 --> 40:13.263
I have my own rules.

40:13.943 --> 40:16.383
As an assassin, I stick
to the unbreakable rule,

40:16.503 --> 40:19.423
which is to keep secrets
for the employers.

40:21.263 --> 40:23.783
I'd swallow this secret,

40:23.943 --> 40:25.263
never spread a word about it.

40:26.983 --> 40:29.023
Do you belong
to some assassin organization?

40:29.543 --> 40:31.503
Or are you a lone swordsman?

40:33.863 --> 40:35.223
I can't tell you that.

40:35.863 --> 40:37.143
Your last attempt on my life

40:37.423 --> 40:39.863
was your first assassination mission,
wasn't it?

40:41.503 --> 40:42.383
How did you know?

40:46.503 --> 40:48.943
Seems we share quite the connection.

40:49.743 --> 40:51.463
Well, when this is over,

40:51.503 --> 40:53.503
if you need help, find me.

40:54.183 --> 40:55.663
Considering our connection,

40:56.263 --> 40:57.503
I can give you a discount.

41:12.623 --> 41:19.503
(Iron)

41:48.863 --> 41:49.503
Be careful.

41:56.223 --> 41:56.863
Lots of people.

42:00.823 --> 42:01.423
Go!

42:38.823 --> 42:41.583
(Preview)

42:42.663 --> 42:43.223
Your Highness.

42:43.983 --> 42:46.983
The person ahead seems
to be Princess Ding.

42:47.063 --> 42:49.943
Princess Ding interfered with
Imperial Court of Judicial Review affairs.

42:49.943 --> 42:53.183
We await the discerning judgement
of you both, Your Majesties.

42:53.343 --> 42:54.583
We fought with our lives

42:55.823 --> 42:57.863
to secure the situation we have today.

42:58.183 --> 42:59.663
You saw Master Zhu again?

42:59.783 --> 43:01.263
He must be living in the capital.

43:02.863 --> 43:05.343
But I've searched
every corner of the city,

43:06.183 --> 43:07.863
and found no trace of him.

43:15.623 --> 43:22.223
♪Memories hold you back
from fulfilling your dreams♪

43:25.783 --> 43:31.943
♪Only by moving forward
can you find reunion♪

43:34.143 --> 43:37.383
♪Endings only mark new routes♪

43:37.623 --> 43:43.623
♪It's all part of the scenery♪

43:43.943 --> 43:47.383
♪To the horizon's call♪

43:47.423 --> 43:53.983
♪Your journey hasn't started♪

43:55.063 --> 43:58.983
♪Towards mountains,
chase the stars bright♪

43:58.983 --> 44:04.663
♪Both joy and grief
make the trip worthwhile♪

44:05.183 --> 44:13.783
♪Trying to catch up
to your own lost shadow♪

44:14.703 --> 44:20.183
♪Within the wilds, echoes thrive♪

44:20.183 --> 44:25.703
♪Clear mind leads to a clear path♪

44:25.783 --> 44:29.823
♪Be grateful to your losses♪

44:30.103 --> 44:35.343
♪Make your steps weightless♪

44:35.943 --> 44:39.663
♪Towards mountains,
chase the stars bright♪

44:39.703 --> 44:45.343
♪Let time embrace you
and wash away the past♪

44:46.103 --> 44:54.103
♪Put every twist behind you,
drift leisurely through time♪

44:55.503 --> 45:00.743
♪Make headway against the wind,
let mountains bow to your pace♪

45:00.983 --> 45:06.903
♪Rush towards a life without regret♪

45:06.903 --> 45:11.023
♪Let your nature burst free♪

45:11.223 --> 45:15.983
♪Unbound by form♪

45:17.183 --> 45:21.463
♪Let your nature burst free♪

45:21.703 --> 45:27.103
♪Unbound by form♪