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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 17=

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Are you two here
to see our shop's celadon?

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Could you please rest
in the private room next door?

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I'll have my men see to it

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and bring out all the finest celadon
from our shop.

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Aren't your rules very strict?

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I heard newcomers here must spend
ten thousand coins to see the best.

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It's my first time here.

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And you'll let me in?

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Rules are rigid,
but people are flexible.

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You two visiting is a great honor

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for our shop.

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Rules don't matter now.

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This way, please.

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I think this steward recognized me.

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Why do you say that?

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If he didn't know
I was the owner of Shende Shop,

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why would he be so attentive to me?

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He took me to the private room
and is about to show me the best.

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He probably wants to intimidate me
with his shop's treasure.

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Rest assured.

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The goods are ready. Please take a look.

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If these aren't to your liking,
there are more batches in the back.

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No need.

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Anything you like?

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We can have them all wrapped up.

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No need to hesitate to spend.

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This shop is mine.

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What?

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The shop owner
you mentioned just now is me.

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His Highness is indeed
the owner of our Jinbao Shop.

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I've served Prince Ding's household
for a long time.

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We do have some wealth.

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Why didn't you tell me before?

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Feng Zhiyao managed it before.
I didn't pay much attention.

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If you're interested, I'll hand it
all over to you.

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I'm interested.
I'm very much interested.

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Congratulations!

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In the future,
I'll rely on you for guidance.

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I think you're very different today.

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(Marquis Muyang's Mansion)

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Marquis Muyang.

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Gongshu Yang
found about my former guard.

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What happened exactly?

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Before reaching Huaixi,

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he first conducted an undercover visit.

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Then he had the major families
anonymously accuse each other,

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causing widespread panic.

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Everyone thought their secrets
had been exposed.

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After some pushing and shoving,
they pushed Guard Qiu out.

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But Marquis, rest assured.

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A man no family wants
is bound to die soon.

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Gongshu Yang won't get anything.

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Marquis, I...

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I was meant to become Adjutant Commander
of Zhechong Prefecture today.

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Why hasn't there been any news?

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There's been a slight hiccup
with that matter.

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I forgot to tell you.

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That post was taken by someone else.

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It's better not to go.

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Adjutant Commander of Zhechong
is always about fighting and killing.

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It's not really a good job.

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If you seek office,

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I'll find you a post elsewhere.

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Thank you, Marquis.

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It's been days in the capital.
Are you settling in?

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I'm fine.

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If you have any difficulties,
feel free to come to me.

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Guard Qin.

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Young Lord.

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Do you have time
to go to Xiangqi Pavilion for a drink?

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I still have official duties,
so I cannot drink.

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Farewell.

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What are you so happy about?

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Nothing.

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Don't you have official duties?
Go attend to them.

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I wasn't appointed to the post.
It was your doing?

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You seemed busy.

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So I eased your burden.

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Childish.

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Qin Zheng is nothing
like your cowardly father.

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The edict concerns her life
and everything she has.

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Getting her to talk is harder
than climbing to heaven.

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Of course we can't ask directly.

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You have a way?

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Dowager Consort Qin was close
to someone when she was in the palace.

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Zhou Xiankun, the official
from the Bureau of Astronomy?

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That's right.

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As far as I know, Zhou Xiankun

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had exceptional talent
and extraordinary insight,

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versed in five elements and stars.

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After the Empress Dowager,
he was who she respected most.

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So, you plan to start with him?

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Yes.

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But he passed away years ago.

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He's dead, but his disciples
are still around.

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They might know something.

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Be careful.

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Be careful.

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Take everything away.

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Leave nothing behind.

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Be careful.

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Alright.

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Be careful.

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Your Highness.

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What's going on?

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Your Highness doesn't know?

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My master said he won't come back.

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He wants it all sent back.

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Your Highness, if I may say so,

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only here a few days,
yet he has quite a lot of stuff.

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And he left without any notice,

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not even saying goodbye to you.

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(Longevity Shop)

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I told you our master isn't well.

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Please don't disturb him.

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What's wrong with him?

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Heat in his heart,
fire in his meridians.

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He can't eat or sleep.

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Anyway, he's unwell
and won't see outsiders.

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The 'outsiders' your master speaks of

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can't be just me, can it?

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Your Highness knows best in your heart.

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Our master simply
doesn't want to see you.

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That's why he had me stop you here.

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But honestly,

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you two are blood relatives.

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Say it at your residence
if you have private words.

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Why make it hard for me here?

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Don't worry.
I won't make it hard for you.

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Then Your Highness should go quickly.
I won't see you out.

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Ding.

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What are you doing? Let me go!

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Uncle Wenshen.

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I know you don't want to see me.

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But today, I have a reason
I must see you.

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If you won't open the door,
I'll just wait here until you do.

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(Sacred Tablet
of the Late Mother, Zhu Cenying)

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You moved all your things away.

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Not planning to return
to Prince Ding's Mansion?

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Prince Ding's Mansion's
threshold is too high.

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I dare not aspire to it.

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Are you blaming me?

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Wending was stripped
of his official post

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because he knowingly broke the law
and brought it upon himself.

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I don't blame you.

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Wenhua went mad

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because he wronged your mom
and got what he deserved.

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I don't blame you.

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Because of your mom's matter,

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you hate our entire Ye family

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and have thrown the Ye family
into chaos.

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I still don't blame you.

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But what about my mom?

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What did she do wrong?

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Perhaps you should
never have left the mountain.

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You want me to stay on Lishan.

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You're probably thinking,

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why couldn't I just die clean
like my mom did?

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I didn't say that.

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But that's exactly what you think.

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But it's understandable.

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After all,

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people always like to see things
from their own perspective.

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Even in the face of the law, it's hard
not to be blinded by family ties.

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But Uncle Wenshen,
I am also your family.

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You tacitly permitted them to do evil

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and turned a blind eye to their sins

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but can't tolerate
my act of self-preservation?

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I'd like to ask you:
what exactly did I do wrong?

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I also want to know
what exactly you did that night.

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If you have nothing to say,
please go ahead.

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I need to continue chanting sutras
for my mom.

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Uncle Wenshen, have some tea.

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You should know
about General Xiuwen's matter back then.

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(To whom did you give the edict
summoning Heiyun Cavalry to the capital?)

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Dowager Consort Qin.

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I never intended to harm Grandmother.

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She came at me with a blade.

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She wanted to get rid of me.

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Just like she killed my mom,
she wanted to kill me too.

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Was I supposed to just sit
and let her take my life?

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You probably don't know.

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The tree that struck
and injured Grandmother

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was planted by my mom back then.

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She killed my mom,

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and now she died under that tree.

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You could say it's karma.

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Uncle Wenshen, at this Longevity Shop,

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what you talk about every day
is just good and evil being repaid.

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You chant every day,
yet you still can't see through it?

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Good and evil are repaid indeed.

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Li, you are very smart.

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You don't seem like your father's child.

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I'll take that as a compliment from you.

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These past days,
I've been tossing and turning.

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I've been thinking about you.

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About me?

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About everything you've done
since you came down the mountain.

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You admonished Ms. Wang,
reclaimed your dowry,

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and ran Shende Shop so successfully.

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You married Prince Ding

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and won his favor.

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Now, at the Ye residence,

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you cleared your mother's name
and avenged her.

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These are things I know.

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What about the things I don't know?

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Someone like you,

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so meticulous and cold-hearted,

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can turn anyone
into a pawn in your hand.

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You came to me today

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definitely not just
to tell me this, right?

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I heard Jinbao Shop
is no longer mine to run.

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And you've given that estate
in the western city to your wife too.

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Did you know

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how much monthly turnover
a shop on West Market generates?

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That's a gold mine of a business.

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Not to mention supporting commoners.

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Even supporting a hundred mansion guards
would be more than enough.

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You gave such a vital lifeline

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to someone else so casually?

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She is my wife, not someone else.

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'She is my wife, not someone else'?

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But you told me initially

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that too many in court and out
are watching you,

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and Ms. Wen can't run things,

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so you'd only feel at ease
if it was handed over to me.

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Now, just to make a beauty smile,
you gave it away so generously.

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Now you don't mind
others eyeing you warily?

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Times have changed.

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I've even taken on a post
in Jingzhao Prefecture.

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Why would I fear them
being wary of me over a few shops?

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You're done for.
Mo Xiuyao, you're done for.

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How are you different from
a doomed ruler with a wicked favorite?

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Giving all your wealth
and power to a beauty.

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This is the sign of a fallen country.

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Do you still want this?

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What's this?

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What? Didn't you ask me
to keep investigating your wife?

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I found something.

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Seeing how lovey-dovey you are now,
it's probably all for nothing.

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You won't even take a look?

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If she wants to tell me,
she'll come to me on her own.

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Mo Xiuyao.

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Is something wrong
with my eyes or my brain?

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You stood up!

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Once healed, I can stand.

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It hurts? You can feel pain now?

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So you have sensation.

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Let me help you walk a bit.

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Come on, slowly.

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One, two.

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Walk a few steps.

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Good legs! You've finally stood up.

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The heavens
have truly opened their eyes!

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Tonight, I'll host a banquet
at Qingfeng Mingyue Tower.

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Let's drink till we drop!

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Keep your voice down.

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Don't make it known
that my legs are healed yet.

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I'm the first to know?

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Your wife sure has skills.

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She actually healed your legs.

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No wonder. No wonder you gave her
all your family fortune.

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This has transcended love.

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This is practically a debt of rebirth.

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I admit I was narrow-minded.

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Not just those few shops.

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Even if you gave her
my Qingfeng Mingyue Tower,

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I'd be willing to.

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Did you come today
to discuss any serious business?

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Is there still no news from Huaixi?

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In such a mood now, talking about Huaixi

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isn't appropriate.

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I toast to you with tea instead of wine.

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Can we talk business now?

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Huaixi.

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Once Gongshu Yang arrived in Huaixi,

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he's turned that place upside down.

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The various clans
were biting at each other.

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In the end, they pushed forward
a guard named Qiu as the scapegoat.

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He was once the Zhou family's guard

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and Marquis Muyang's confidant.

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Now he's become a discarded pawn
no one wants.

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Will they

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let such a man live and talk?

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The Zhou family
does have a firm grip on Huaixi.

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They won't let Gongshu Yang dig.

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Exactly.

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They've tried every trick,
soft and hard, overt and covert.

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Gongshu Yang still needs
to put in some effort.

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But I think

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he'll have solid evidence on the Huaixi
weaponry case sooner or later.

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After all, behind him

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stand the young emperor
and the Empress Dowager.

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No one dares to really touch him.

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Also, Gongshu Yang
is an upright official.

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He won't stop
until he achieves his goal.

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Yao,

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although our goal
is to bring down Marquis Muyang,

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more importantly,
we need to find evidence

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to overturn the case
for you, your family,

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and the entire Heiyun Cavalry.

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What? You want to...

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overturn Prince Ding's case?

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You want to do something
that even top-rank officials dare not?

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Are you crazy?

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But why?

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Just for Mo Xiuyao?

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That's how you think of me?

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Does it have to be for a man?

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Can't it be for the 30,000 soldiers
who haven't been exonerated?

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For the peace and safety
of the common people,

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for the majestic authority
of our country,

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and for justice and righteousness?

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Alright, I am doing it for my mom.

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(Hearing my maternal grandfather
had left the mountain)

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(and prepared to join forces
with court officials to clear his name,)

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(General Xiuwen listened to my mother)

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(and revealed the edict's location.)

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(But after my mom obtained the edict,)

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(it was snatched away
by my father and Uncle Wending.)

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Mo Xiuwen died because of that.

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The entire Prince Ding's household
was implicated.

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And those 30,000 Heiyun Cavalry
who were wronged.

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These are all debts my mom

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and Lishan Academy owe.

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I must repay them.

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Now I understand.

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Your descent down the mountain
has two purposes.

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One is revenge,
and the other is repayment.

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You keep your accounts straight.

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Then why did you come to me?

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If Father is right,

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that edict should now
be in Dowager Consort Qin's hands.

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Dowager Consort Qin and your master,

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Master Xiankun, had a deep bond.

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I want to know if you know
about Dowager Consort Qin

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and what I should do

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to make Dowager Consort Qin
give something so critical to me.

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My master

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served as an observatory officer
in the Bureau of Astronomy.

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When Dowager Consort Qin
was selected as a consort,

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my master went as the marriage envoy
to Nanyi to escort her.

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It was then that the two of them met.

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The renowned dragon painting
of Master Xiankun in Nanyi

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happened during
that marriage procession?

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Nanyi had suffered a severe drought
for over three years then.

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Riverbeds cracked,
and the land was parched.

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My master saw corpses
of the starved everywhere,

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and the people suffered.

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His heart ached for them.

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So on the day of the ceremony,
he wielded his brush and painted.

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It is said my master's brush
flowed like a dragon.

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Soon, a giant dragon appeared
on the paper, vivid and lifelike.

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With the final dotting of the eyes,

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that giant dragon tore through
the paper and vanished.

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In that moment,

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thunder roared across the sky,
and dark clouds swirled.

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Then the rain fell.

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That miraculous? Really?

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My master certainly had true abilities.

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Dowager Consort Qin
also firmly believed it.

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And then what?

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From Nanyi to the capital,
they spent several months together.

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Under my master's influence,
Dowager Consort Qin

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also became obsessed with divination.

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Their conversations always revolved
around the Dao of heaven and fate.

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Once in the palace,

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whenever Dowager Consort Qin
was undecided, she'd consult my master.

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But the good times didn't last.

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The late emperor died,
and the Eastern Palace was on fire.

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My master was implicated
in the Eastern Palace case

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and got beheaded.

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Master, Consort Qin...
Consort Qin has come to see you.

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How did you get involved
with people from the Eastern Palace?

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I've managed to see those accusations.

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The Eastern Palace people
just randomly implicated others.

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But don't worry, the Empress
will figure something out.

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Alright, I'll rest assured.

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You are truly a fool.

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It's a pity

26:19.423 --> 26:21.303
time passes quickly
and can't be relived,

26:22.983 --> 26:24.263
and the world turns.

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This is what I should bear.

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Don't go to the Empress anymore.

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It's useless.

26:33.423 --> 26:35.423
Master, you mustn't give up.

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Empress...

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Wenshen, you go on ahead.

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Master...

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I'm fine.

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Let us say a few more words.

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You said the Empress and I
have linked fates and fortunes.

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If I go beg her again, she will help.

27:07.663 --> 27:08.543
It's useless.

27:10.223 --> 27:11.903
Linked fortunes
with the Empress Dowager?

27:12.943 --> 27:14.903
My master divined

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that the Empress Dowager's natal star
lights Dowager Consort's Ziwei Palace

27:19.583 --> 27:20.863
as her fated noble one.

27:21.583 --> 27:23.183
Pity the Empress Dowager

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couldn't clear my master's name
in the end.

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I don't know why
Dowager Consort Qin did that

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or why she didn't produce
the testamentary edict.

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But now,

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it won't be easy
to get her to hand it over.

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It will naturally take some measures.

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Have you figured out what to do?

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I have to rely on Master Xiankun.

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On my master?

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Let's wait for an opportune moment.
Heaven will help us.

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(Marquis Muyang's Mansion)

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Can't hold on
after just this short time?

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Didn't Guard Qin
usually train you people?

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Higher.

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Just ahead.

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Guard Qin.

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Young Lord.

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Long time no see.

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Have you been busy?

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Young Lord,

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Marquis Muyang instructed me
to run an errand. I just got back.

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Well done.

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You're deeply valued by my father.
The capable should do more.

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Unlike me, who's just a hedonist.

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Idle all day, I can only drink
and make merry here.

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It's quite boring.

29:16.903 --> 29:18.063
Please don't say that.

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You came just in time today.

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I have fresh mutton here.

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Guard Qin, why not sit down
and drink with me? How about it?

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I have urgent matters to attend to,

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so I won't disturb your enjoyment.

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I take my leave.

29:42.423 --> 29:44.143
You are very disapproving, Guard Qin.

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That's not good.

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Pork is fatty, mutton is savory,

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and beef is quite chewy.

29:54.383 --> 29:56.303
Each has its merits and drawbacks,
hard to rank.

29:57.423 --> 29:59.503
But they say men
are the paragon of all beings,

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and human flesh
combines the best of all things.

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Roasted, it is supremely delicious.

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The meat isn't even cooked yet.

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Guard Qin, how can you leave now?

30:22.023 --> 30:23.783
Young Lord!

30:24.903 --> 30:26.943
I've been looking for you.

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Registrar Tan has returned,

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bringing a letter from your mother

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and all sorts of delicacies
from Lingnan.

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All the good food and wine
you could ask for.

30:36.183 --> 30:39.663
Young Lord, come with me
and take a look quickly.

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Also, Marquis Muyang has returned.

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He's waiting for you in the main hall.

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Blockhead.

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Let's go now.

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Young Lord,
Lingnan is thousands of li away.

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How did Registrar Tan
bring those things back?

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Later, ask him properly for me.

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Alright.

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Watching fish?

31:50.463 --> 31:51.463
Carefree and easy.

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Let's go back.

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On my way here,
I didn't see many servants.

32:10.623 --> 32:11.703
Where did everyone go?

32:12.303 --> 32:14.183
Today I sent them all
to Qiongying Residence.

32:24.903 --> 32:27.503
From now on, among the servants,
only Jin, Ding,

32:27.783 --> 32:30.063
and your Qingyu, Tao, and Xing

32:30.223 --> 32:31.263
can enter the inner court.

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No one else can enter.

32:34.383 --> 32:35.183
Why?

32:37.343 --> 32:40.783
The fact that my legs are healed
must stay hidden for now.

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No wonder you won't let me remove
those iron rings in your room,

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and you've kept the wheelchair.

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So you're playing the pig
to outwit the tiger.

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Tomorrow I must have Qingyu
buy a pigskin at the market

32:59.583 --> 33:01.583
to drape over you,
a tiger pretending to be sick.

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You are absolutely right.

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Where did you go today?

33:15.623 --> 33:16.543
Longevity Shop.

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Did you make up with Uncle Wenshen?

33:21.143 --> 33:22.143
Not really.

33:22.823 --> 33:25.703
No matter what,
Grandmother died because of me.

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As her son,
he must have some resentment.

33:30.703 --> 33:32.143
But Uncle Wenshen is a good man,

33:32.743 --> 33:35.063
clear-minded and reasonable.

33:35.903 --> 33:37.303
He should be able to understand me.

33:38.823 --> 33:40.183
You did nothing wrong.

33:40.823 --> 33:42.303
Don't feel guilty toward him.

33:44.023 --> 33:45.703
I don't feel guilty at all.

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I was confident and left him speechless.

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I won't let myself
be taken advantage of.

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You don't need to console me.

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By the way, you said
only Qingyu, Tao, and Xing

34:08.303 --> 34:10.863
can enter this courtyard from now on.

34:11.423 --> 34:12.743
Why not Qingshuang?

34:16.023 --> 34:16.823
Qingshuang?

34:17.263 --> 34:18.063
Yes.

34:19.583 --> 34:22.663
Qingshuang endured so many years
of hardship with me on Lishan Mountain.

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Now we've left the mountain together

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and entered this mansion together.

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She is the person closest to me.

34:28.703 --> 34:31.703
Qingyu and the others
can freely enter Tuisi Pavilion.

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Why can't Qingshuang?

34:37.303 --> 34:38.303
Don't worry.

34:38.503 --> 34:41.303
She won't spill that you're pretending
to be a cripple.

34:45.543 --> 34:46.903
Right, Qingshuang?

34:56.143 --> 34:56.903
Let's eat.

35:01.583 --> 35:02.383
Let's eat.

35:13.183 --> 35:15.903
Your Highness,
haven't you already asked once?

35:15.903 --> 35:18.143
There's no maid named Qingshuang
in the mansion at all.

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Qingshuang is the maid
my wife has kept since childhood.

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She went up Lishan Mountain with her,

35:24.303 --> 35:25.703
left with her upon the edict,

35:25.783 --> 35:27.303
and accompanied her into the mansion.

35:27.903 --> 35:29.143
Did you check thoroughly?

35:29.583 --> 35:30.703
Then it's even more wrong.

35:31.023 --> 35:34.703
The Empress Dowager's edict allowed
only Her Highness to leave to marry.

35:35.063 --> 35:37.943
The mountain guards
acted according to the edict.

35:38.383 --> 35:41.743
No one else but Her Highness
could have left the mountain.

36:13.663 --> 36:14.823
First moon, twelfth day,

36:14.823 --> 36:16.183
(Lishan Academy)
Ye Li left Lishan Mountain alone

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with the edict.

36:19.543 --> 36:21.503
(Lishan Mountain
is 100 li from the capital.)

36:21.823 --> 36:24.583
(Ye Li was penniless
and found it hard to move.)

36:25.063 --> 36:27.463
- (Probably, the mountain guards helped)
- Farewell.

36:27.463 --> 36:28.743
- (and raised money for her)
- I'll come back to see you again.

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(so she could ride in an ox cart.)

36:30.663 --> 36:33.223
(After days of bumpy travel,
she finally reached the capital.)

36:34.583 --> 36:36.623
- (At Changxing Gate,)
- Young lady,

36:36.623 --> 36:39.063
- (Ye Li seemed to ask for directions.)
- where are we going now?

36:39.583 --> 36:40.863
- (Then she reached the tea stall west)
- I need to get to

36:40.863 --> 36:42.383
- (of the mansion gate)
- Prince Ding's Mansion.

36:42.703 --> 36:43.743
- (to rest.)
- What would you like?

36:43.743 --> 36:45.143
- (She asked for some honey cakes.)
- Thank you.

36:45.703 --> 36:49.183
(Then she asked about the mansion
and how you've been.)

36:49.663 --> 36:51.303
(The stall owner can testify.)

36:52.143 --> 36:52.903
You eat too.

36:52.903 --> 36:56.143
(Only when the sun set did Ye Li leave)

36:56.263 --> 36:57.423
(and go to the Ye Mansion.)

36:58.543 --> 37:00.143
(The road was long and difficult.)

37:01.303 --> 37:02.463
(Ye Li, a frail woman,)

37:02.703 --> 37:05.583
(reached the capital alone
after many hardships.)

37:06.583 --> 37:09.343
(If you have a heart,
you should cherish her.)

37:09.983 --> 37:11.303
Descended Lishan Mountain alone.

37:13.223 --> 37:14.663
Arrived in the capital alone.

37:24.863 --> 37:26.343
Here, this is delicious.

37:28.903 --> 37:31.903
You don't like this taste?
Then I'll eat it.

37:46.383 --> 37:47.503
Want some candy?

37:47.663 --> 37:48.543
I'm not eating.

37:50.263 --> 37:52.343
Then wait for me a bit.
Let's go for a walk.

37:53.903 --> 37:56.543
(When you see tiny whirlpools
on the water surface,)

37:57.183 --> 38:00.263
(the deep undercurrent has already
turned thousands of circles.)

38:01.383 --> 38:02.423
(Thinking carefully,)

38:03.863 --> 38:05.183
(she's been this way for ages.)

38:10.583 --> 38:12.463
(She always talks to herself.)

38:12.823 --> 38:14.543
Qingshuang, you feed it.

38:14.863 --> 38:17.783
(At first I thought
it was just a habit of hers.)

38:19.023 --> 38:21.783
(After all, she has so many
unusual thoughts and behaviors.)

38:22.703 --> 38:25.743
(Talking to herself
really isn't a big deal.)

38:25.823 --> 38:26.663
Eat this.

38:27.703 --> 38:29.743
I won't eat this. I'll eat that.

38:31.063 --> 38:32.383
These shrimp are so fresh.

38:32.583 --> 38:34.463
My lady, you should eat more.

38:34.463 --> 38:35.703
That way you'll stay healthy.

38:35.903 --> 38:36.863
You too.

38:37.383 --> 38:38.943
After you finish, I'll sing for you.

38:39.823 --> 38:40.943
(But now it seems)

38:41.543 --> 38:44.903
(those words of hers
weren't for herself.)

38:46.583 --> 38:50.143
(In her eyes, there is someone
who has always been by her side.)

38:50.463 --> 38:51.263
What's this?

38:51.263 --> 38:52.783
(She would eat with her,)

38:53.503 --> 38:54.903
(read with her,)

38:55.703 --> 38:59.143
(and keep her company through
the dull moments of ordinary days.)

38:59.383 --> 39:00.663
I use it to test medicine.

39:03.463 --> 39:05.303
I'll try it on you later.

39:06.263 --> 39:07.223
It works great.

39:08.423 --> 39:12.183
(From dawn to dusk,
she has never been alone.)

39:24.823 --> 39:25.783
Qingshuang, look.

39:28.143 --> 39:29.063
Let me teach you.

39:31.903 --> 39:34.703
In your opinion,
why is my wife like that?

39:37.623 --> 39:38.503
Your Highness,

39:39.143 --> 39:41.383
Her Highness is probably too lonely.

39:42.263 --> 39:43.703
Isn't that a kind of illness?

39:44.783 --> 39:46.183
You could call it an illness,

39:46.543 --> 39:49.303
but the root is in the heart,
not the body.

39:50.783 --> 39:53.303
I've practiced medicine
for years and have heard

39:53.663 --> 39:55.223
when someone suffers a sudden shock,

39:55.223 --> 39:57.703
like losing a close
family member or friend,

39:57.783 --> 40:00.503
they may find it unbearable
and hallucinate,

40:01.303 --> 40:03.263
seeing them vividly before their eyes

40:03.543 --> 40:05.463
and believing them still alive
and never gone.

40:06.303 --> 40:07.943
Then isn't Her Highness mad?

40:11.143 --> 40:12.743
It can't just be called madness.

40:14.063 --> 40:15.263
As Your Highness said,

40:15.543 --> 40:16.943
she went up the mountain young

40:17.383 --> 40:19.303
and was like sisters
with her personal maid.

40:19.903 --> 40:21.543
Then she suddenly left the mountain

40:21.703 --> 40:23.743
and traveled all the way
to the capital alone,

40:23.983 --> 40:26.703
with no one close
in her maternal family to confide in.

40:26.783 --> 40:27.863
She must be heartbroken.

40:28.823 --> 40:31.583
Her Highness is still young
and couldn't cope for a while.

40:32.063 --> 40:34.943
It's within reason that she conjured
an image of someone close.

40:35.623 --> 40:38.383
In this situation,
apart from the delusion,

40:38.903 --> 40:42.503
her words, actions, and dealings
are no different from ordinary people.

40:42.783 --> 40:46.583
Simply put, she's just
deeply heartbroken,

40:46.783 --> 40:49.503
seeking a bit of solace for herself.

40:50.863 --> 40:52.143
How should it be treated?

40:52.463 --> 40:54.063
Any quick-acting method?

40:54.703 --> 40:55.943
No good cure comes from haste.

40:56.303 --> 40:58.983
Moreover, this is a hidden scar,
not curable by medicine.

40:59.143 --> 41:00.463
It should be addressed gradually.

41:00.943 --> 41:03.543
For now, ensure she rests well,

41:03.663 --> 41:06.063
watch her diet,
and keep her mind at ease.

41:06.863 --> 41:09.663
Most importantly, give her heart
something to hold onto,

41:09.663 --> 41:10.903
so she no longer feels lonely.

41:11.383 --> 41:13.103
Family members should
keep her more company.

41:13.583 --> 41:16.463
Over time, she may gradually recover.

41:23.943 --> 41:25.343
More company.

41:32.183 --> 41:35.903
(Lishan Academy)

41:37.583 --> 41:40.903
♪Will be romantic in your eyes♪

41:44.903 --> 41:47.063
You're here. What did you bring?

41:49.223 --> 41:51.143
I had ginseng soup made
for you this morning.

41:55.183 --> 41:56.063
What are you writing?

41:56.943 --> 41:58.663
A letter. A family letter.

42:04.263 --> 42:05.223
To Lishan Mountain?

42:05.823 --> 42:06.623
Yes.

42:10.183 --> 42:11.983
What? No peeking.

42:12.423 --> 42:13.343
Drink the soup first.

42:13.343 --> 42:14.463
Go over there first.

42:15.743 --> 42:16.703
You have to rewrite it.

42:18.303 --> 42:19.423
Let me do it.

42:23.063 --> 42:24.303
Luckily, the inside isn't wet.

42:25.543 --> 42:28.623
Just sit tight and don't make trouble.

42:30.583 --> 42:31.583
Drink the soup first.

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♪From all the world,
we share a cup of tea♪

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♪Small as the fragrance of a flower♪

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♪To share it with you♪

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(Preview)

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What's wrong?

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You've been acting strange.

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Was it that night?

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Send her away.

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Last midnight, a sudden fire
broke out at Prince Li's Mansion.

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The fire spread too fast to be put out.

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Prince Li has died.

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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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♪Both joy and grief
make the trip worthwhile♪

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♪Trying to catch up
to your own lost shadow♪

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♪Within the wilds, echoes thrive♪

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♪Clear mind leads to a clear path♪

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♪Be grateful to your losses♪

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♪Make your steps weightless♪

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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,
drift leisurely through time♪

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♪Make headway against the wind,
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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♪Unbound by form♪

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♪Let your nature burst free♪

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♪Unbound by form♪