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♪The white sail came too late♪

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♪Where did he go?♪

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♪Snow veils the mountains♪

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♪Love endures beyond life and death♪

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♪A black chess piece♪

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♪Whose game did he stumble into?

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♪All his life, there's no escape♪

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♪In ten thousand years, what will still remain?♪

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♪Will anyone still love with an unchanging heart?♪

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♪I will remember♪

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♪Those days long past♪

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♪As the wind drifts with the white sail♪

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♪Ten thousand years ago♪

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♪Did you once walk this shore?♪

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♪Why can't our bond be severed in this life?♪

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♪I am lost yet willing♪

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♪Still I love you with a steadfast heart♪

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♪Until all things fade away♪

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♪The stars will remember us♪

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[Love & Crown]

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[Adapted from the novel "My Queen" by Xie Lounan]

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[Episode 14]

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The realm's foundation

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lies with a worthy heir.

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The peace of the four corners

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rests on his rightful line.

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I rule all under heaven,

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bearing the enduring mandate of the divinities,

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and the weight of all my people.

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Yet I am laid low by illness

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and my health has not returned.

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Remnant rebels still lurk,

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the Central Plains are racked by war,

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and the great affairs of war and state

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demand careful counsel and decision.

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Thus I appoint Prince of Yuzhang, Xiao Qianqing,

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granting him power over rewards and punishments,

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and entrusting him with all military and state affairs.

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By this decree, he shall act as Regent.

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We'll do all we can to assist Your Highness.

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I second that.

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His Majesty has spoken.

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I will serve as Regent for now.

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Ministers,

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do you have any matters to report?

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Your Highness,

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some time ago,

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the Empress fell ill

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and went to the imperial retreat to recover.

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But now,

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His Majesty is unwell as well.

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Ever since Her Majesty was enthroned,

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misfortunes have plagued the palace.

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I worry that when their birth dates were matched,

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something may have gone wrong.

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You mean

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their birth charts don't match?

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Utter nonsense!

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His Majesty only fell ill

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from all these recent disasters and troubles.

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It has nothing to do with the Empress.

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Minister Xing is deliberately finding fault with Her Majesty.

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Such behavior is disrespectful!

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Please judge fairly, Your Highness.

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In matters this serious,

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it's not my place to decide.

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Grand Tutor Ling, why don't you ask His Majesty

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and look in on the Empress as well?

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Enough.

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This kind of talk

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ends here.

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I ask you all not to gossip idly about the Emperor and Empress.

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Let us focus our minds on state affairs.

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Kumor's siege of Jiangzhou

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has yet to be broken.

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Grand Tutor Ling,

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what do you think?

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I agree.

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Your Highness is absolutely right.

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The crisis in Jiangzhou concerns the very foundation of our state.

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As for the second batch of grain for Jiangzhou,

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I urge Your Highness to send it out as soon as possible.

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- Yes. - Indeed.

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How is the disaster situation in Xuzhou?

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I have received word

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that the locust plague in Xuzhou is growing ever worse,

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and the relief grain is but a drop in the bucket.

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The supplies we sent earlier are nearly gone.

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Both Jiangzhou and Xuzhou

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are crying out for grain.

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What are we to do?

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They are all subjects of Great Qi.

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I am truly troubled by this.

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Eunuch Feng,

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my head aches terribly.

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Let us adjourn court for today.

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We will discuss this another day.

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Yes, of course.

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We respectfully see Your Highness out.

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[Ling Manor]

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[Brush and Ink]

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It's one thing

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for Prince of Yuzhang to throw his weight around,

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but what was he playing at

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in court today?

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He wouldn't even release the grain for Jiangzhou,

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yet he deliberately steered things to the locust plague in Xuzhou.

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The grain in the state granary

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was clearly raised by the Grand Tutor himself

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from the grain merchants!

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Exactly.

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The military situation in Jiangzhou is urgent.

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The border war concerns the very foundation of the realm.

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The locust plague in Xuzhou is an internal trouble at best.

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What matters most now

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is to secure supplies for the border troops.

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Given how things stand,

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we might as well go straight to His Majesty

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and lodge a complaint against Prince of Yuzhang!

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- Yes! - Exactly!

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Enough.

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As for the grain,

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I know what to do.

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It's getting late.

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Sirs,

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you may all retire.

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My Lord.

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You will depart for Xuzhou at once.

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Tell the Governor of Xuzhou

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that I've backed him every step of the way to where he is now,

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and it's about time

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he repaid the favor.

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Yes, My Lord.

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I don't care what the disaster in Xuzhou is really like.

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The report that comes back to the Capital

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must say...

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the locust plague has passed.

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Send this to the Governor of Xuzhou as well.

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At once, My Lord.

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A child playing at power?

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Xiao Qianqing,

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since you insist on hearing about Xuzhou's disaster,

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I'll make sure you get an answer

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that you'll be pleased with.

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When you presided over court as Regent today,

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did Ling Xuefeng give you a hard time?

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He wouldn't dare.

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I'm not as mild-tempered as my brother.

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If that old man ever tries to push me,

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I'll...

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I'll drive him mad.

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I never expected Xiao Huan

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to make a move like this.

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Making you Regent

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might be to pit you against Ling Xuefeng.

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Don't let yourself

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be used as someone else's blade.

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He...

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really is seriously ill?

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When I saw him last night,

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he looked in terrible shape,

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like he might not make it.

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His retreat is sealed up tight.

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I can't get any of my people in at all.

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I truly don't know what game he's playing.

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Now he's dumped this mess on you.

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Is he hoping you'll stumble

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so he can send you back to Southern Chu?

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Then we'll see if he really has that ability.

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My brother

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has always been deeply scheming.

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Every step he takes,

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he's already planned three moves ahead.

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It even exhausts me just watching him.

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But this time, I won't let him lead me by the nose.

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All right, Mother,

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let's not talk about him.

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How has Ying been lately?

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Get out!

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I told you I'm not eating!

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Stop bothering me!

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Li Hongqing!

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You're here.

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Your Highness.

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What took you so long?

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Come with me.

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Look what I've prepared for you.

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I studied all kinds of venomous snakes myself

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to make this jar of powder that wards off every snake.

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Here, take it.

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Impressive, right?

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So Guard Wang Xiong

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almost lost his life

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because of this "research" of yours?

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He really was bitten by a venomous snake.

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How long will you keep making trouble like this?

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Being a princess doesn't mean you can do whatever you want

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and ignore other people's lives!

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I didn't.

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Have you forgotten?

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You ordered people

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to lock him in with those snakes.

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He nearly died!

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But...

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he told me

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he grew up in the south

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and wasn't afraid of snakes.

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And besides,

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I even gave him protection.

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I never meant to harm him.

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I didn't...

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I never wanted to hurt him.

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I never wanted to hurt him.

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It's you,

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all of you...

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You're the ones trying to hurt me,

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every last one of you!

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Only when you stand firm at court

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will Ying and I really have support.

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If we can get rid of Ling Xuefeng while you're still Regent,

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even better.

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We have to seize this chance.

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The more serious the disaster becomes,

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the more it works in our favor.

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However,

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we have to know where to draw the line.

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Your Majesty,

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Eunuch Feng is waiting outside,

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urging His Highness to review today's memorials.

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Understood.

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Mother,

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I'll take my leave.

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[Xuanguang Gate]

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Greetings, Your Highness.

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Your Highness,

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it's getting late.

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Should we move to Wuying Hall now?

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What's the rush?

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These memorials will never run out.

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Let's just

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wait a little longer.

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Your Highness,

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how about this?

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If there's anything you need done,

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I can handle it for you.

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Oh?

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I'm going to visit my sister.

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Can you do that in my place as well?

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I wouldn't dare.

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But...

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Just give me a moment.

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Once I've checked on my sister,

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I'll dutifully go through the memorials.

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All right?

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Why not find someone to haul me back?

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Your Highness.

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Listen, Your Highness...

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Qianqing!

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These are all new poisons I cooked up in secret.

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When you have time,

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try them out on Xiao Huan!

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Ying,

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you need to behave.

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Promise me,

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don't hurt people with poison anymore,

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all right?

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Why?

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Do you all think

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I'll end up killing someone?

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I never meant to hurt anyone.

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Except Xiao Huan,

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I've never wanted to hurt anyone else.

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You have to believe me.

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I do.

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Of course I believe you.

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You're so kind.

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How could you possibly want to hurt anyone?

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Guard Wang was poisoned by that snake.

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It clearly wasn't my fault,

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yet Li Hongqing is still angry.

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He blames me,

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and I'm not happy about it.

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Then,

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let's drag Li Hongqing over here

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and teach him a lesson.

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Better not.

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I won't lower myself to his level.

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You like him?

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Then if we drag Li Hongqing over

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and make him my brother-in-law,

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that wouldn't be so bad.

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I don't like him at all.

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How about this?

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I'll bring him here

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and make him apologize to you.

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What do you think?

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Really?

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When have I ever lied to you?

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If you could stay this simple and happy

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and keep living in your own little world,

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it might be a blessing in its own way.

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Without facing people's tangled schemes,

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you wouldn't be hurt even more.

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Your Highness,

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time's up.

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You need to go back and review the memorials.

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Ying,

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time's almost up.

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I have to go.

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I'll come see you next time.

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Qianqing.

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Could you give me some silver?

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What do you need silver for?

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I need it.

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For something very important!

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Your Majesty,

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did you sleep well?

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I prepared this especially for you.

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Have a taste.

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I stole your grain,

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yet now you are letting bygones be bygones

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and treating me like an honored guest?

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That's a separate matter.

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You robbed my grain,

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and I almost used you as an offering to rally my troops.

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The supplies are already on their way.

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You won't so much as shake me.

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Your Majesty,

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please.

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Then I won't stand on ceremony.

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Please enjoy, Your Majesty.

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I told you, I'm not the Empress.

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You're not the Empress?

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Then who are you?

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My surname is Lin,

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L-i-n.

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I'm Lin Cangcang.

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Then how do you explain...

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this Phoenix Seal?

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I stole it.

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You stole it?

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The Phoenix Seal belongs to the Empress.

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It's kept safe deep in the palace.

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How did you steal it?

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With my skills,

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stealing it was child's play.

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What's so strange about that?

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But, of all the things you could steal,

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why steal the Phoenix Seal?

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Well,

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that's a long story.

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No rush.

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I've got

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plenty of time.

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Have you heard of the Lingbi Sect?

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Heard of it.

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It's pretty famous.

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They say the Lingbi Sect leader's token

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ended up in the Emperor's hands.

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That's actually what I went in to steal.

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But somehow,

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I ended up with this thing instead.

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Then why did you join the army?

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Pure coincidence.

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I left the palace in armor,

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ran into the reinforcements heading west,

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and they brought me out of the city.

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You really took the long way around.

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And you just slipped into the reinforcements like that?

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Is it impossible?

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Sure, it's possible.

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But from the Capital to Jiangzhou is a long road.

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Why didn't you run off on the way?

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Why would I run?

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There's food in the army,

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and the marching isn't hard.

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Besides,

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once I got here, I even earned merit.

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So why not wait till I get my pay?

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Sure,

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keep spinning your story.

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You really think I would believe

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that pack of nonsense?

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Suit yourself,

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believe it or don't.

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Kuminjia,

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for a dignified princess to use such dirty tricks to catch me

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is hardly an honorable win.

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You robbed my grain first.

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If we're talking dirty tricks,

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I can't hold a candle to you.

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And now you're trying to goad me?

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I'm not falling for it.

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Fine by me,

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saves me the trouble.

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I've lived rough as a wandering thief.

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Being kept here with good food

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isn't such a bad deal.

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Your Majesty, you really do know how to joke.

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I told you, I'm not the Empress.

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What,

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does the great commander of Xijiang

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really have to use the Empress to threaten Great Qi?

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You've been besieging Jiangzhou City

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for over a month already

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and still haven't taken it.

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No wonder you're turning to shady tricks.

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Your Majesty,

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provoking me like that

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won't work at all.

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I'm just stating the facts.

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You stay calm even in danger,

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truly impressive.

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Ling Jueding just sent word:

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in five days,

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Great Qi's envoys will come to make peace with me.

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Who you really are

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will be clear soon enough.

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All right then.

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You really are quite something.

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What a pity.

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A pity about what?

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Pity you're a woman.

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Otherwise,

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I might have taken pity on your looks,

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begged my brother to spare your life,

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and kept you for my own amusement.

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You should come to Great Qi instead.

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Great Qi is vast and rich.

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If there's one thing we never lack,

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it's fine men everywhere.

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You'd love it there.

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Quit trying to fool me.

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Just sit tight and behave!

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Everyone,

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let's rest up while we can

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and be ready to move at any time.

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Yes, Sir!

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Greetings, Madam.

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May I ask why you summoned me,

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Madam?

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General Lu Qi,

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at the Qingyu Guard's marching speed,

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how long until we reach Jiangzhou?

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Madam,

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this time our escort is under a hundred riders,

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mostly light cavalry.

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If we push day and night,

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we can be in Jiangzhou in three days.

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Then please pass the order:

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rest tomorrow

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and depart the day after tomorrow at midmorning.

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Madam,

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why is that?

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The enemy's momentum hits hardest the first time,

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weaker the second,

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gone the third.

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The more we rush,

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the more we play right into Kumor's hands.

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Let him wait.

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Wear down his edge.

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He'll calm down and make peace with Great Qi.

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But...

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I've heard one of our men

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has been taken hostage by Kumor.

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That man

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is vital to us.

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Precisely because of that,

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this is what we must do.

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Trust me, General Lu.

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His Majesty personally chose the Qingyu Guard

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to escort you.

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We'll naturally follow your lead.

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Ling Cangcang,

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don't blame me for being ruthless.

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Everything I do is for Great Qi.

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Since Kumor is betting that you're the Empress of Great Qi,

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if I arrive a few days late,

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he still won't dare lay a finger on you.

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness,

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it's time for you

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to review the memorials now.

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Aren't I reading them right now?

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Why in such a hurry?

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Still, Your Highness,

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you're holding that memorial upside down.

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What are you laughing at, Your Highness?

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At how unlikeable my imperial brother's face is.

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The ministers are all hoping he'll die soon.

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Your Highness,

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you can't say such treasonous things

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so carelessly.

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Look at this one:

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the prefect specially memorializes the throne,

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saying it's been warm with little rain,

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so this year's lychees will be a bumper crop

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and delicious, too.

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And this one:

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"I am asking after Your Majesty's health."

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All these pointless memorials

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are enough to work my poor brother to death.

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Your Highness,

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that's their way of showing loyalty.

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Being emperor

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really isn't a job for any normal person.

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I see that now.

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My imperial brother dumped the burden on me

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just to make me do all the hard labor for him.

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Your Highness,

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please watch your tongue!

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All right,

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drop the act.

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When my brother comes back,

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your old bones will be worn out from kneeling.

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[Local locust control is already showing results.]

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[No grain shortages or unrest are reported.]

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[The Locust plague is expected to be resolved soon.]

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Your Highness,

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why are you laughing again?

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The Governor of Xuzhou reports

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that the authorities acted in time,

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the locust plague is no longer a real threat,

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and the people are not short of grain.

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Looks like our Grand Tutor Ling

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is quite efficient.

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All right.

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I'm tired.

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I'm going to the hot spring retreat to relax.

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Tell Li Hongqing:

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If you want me to keep reviewing memorials,

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he'll have to come invite me himself.

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Your Highness,

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oh...

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Your Highness...

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Carry on with your patrol.

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Commander Li!

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Commander Li!

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Please wait, Commander Li.

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What can I do for you, Eunuch Feng?

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Commander Li,

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I'd like to ask you a favor.

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- I'm not going to the cold palace again. - No...

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Commander Li,

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this time,

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it's not to see Princess Ying.

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This time we need you to fetch Prince of Yuzhang.

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Prince of Yuzhang?

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Yes.

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Prince of Yuzhang

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is off soaking in hot springs,

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with a pile of memorials

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still waiting for his review.

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Then get someone to drag him back.

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Why come to me?

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Commander Li,

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who is Prince of Yuzhang?

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He's not someone just anyone can summon.

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He already said

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that if we want him back at the palace,

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Commander Li

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must go in person.

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Please, do a good deed today

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and save this old servant.

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Those siblings really are troublesome.

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Tell me about it.

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Commander Li, thank you for this!

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Who...

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who's there?

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You're here.

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In the middle of the night,

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you called me here just to watch you bathe?

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Naturally, I have serious business.

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Right now, for me,

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only Cangcang's whereabouts count as serious business.

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If it's not about her,

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we're done talking.

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Zhong Lin,

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you're breaking our deal.

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Your Highness, that's not fair!

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I've been pretending to be Song Lanxi for so long.

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I've done plenty for you!

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Now, on the surface, Cangcang is said to be at the retreat,

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but in truth,

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no one knows where she is!

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There has to be more to it.

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Miss Zhong,

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help me one more time,

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and I promise...

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Your promises are worthless.

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Your Highness.

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Down...

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Get down!

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Down!

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Quick!

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Your Highness,

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I was sent by Eunuch Feng

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to bring you back to the palace.

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What's the rush?

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Wait outside.

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Once I've had my fill of soaking,

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I'll go out on my own.

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Then I'll stand right here

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until you do, Your Highness.

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Insolent!

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How am I supposed to get out

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with you standing there?

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Just... turn around.

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Commander Li,

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are you really going to stand there and watch?

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I'm leaving.

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Wait!

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Miss...

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Miss Zhong...

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Vice Sect Leader Zhong...

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Sect Leader Zhong!

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I'm begging you.

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Please go to Xuzhou in my place.

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Not going!

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The locust plague in Xuzhou

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is getting worse by the day.

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Grand Tutor Ling and the Governor of Xuzhou

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have joined hands to hide the truth there.

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They are forcing me to send grain to Jiangzhou.

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What does that have to do with me?

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I came to the Capital to look for Cangcang.

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Now she's vanished without a trace.

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Why would I run off to Xuzhou?

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What's happening in Xuzhou

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affects Ling Cangcang's safety.

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What do you mean?

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Fine, I'll be honest with you.

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Ling Cangcang is in Jiangzhou,

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and Xiao Huan has already gone after her.

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So Ling Cangcang's safety

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isn't yours to worry about.

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But the disaster in Xuzhou

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is tied to Jiangzhou's crisis.

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Only by easing Xuzhou's troubles

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can we save Jiangzhou.

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What kind of nonsense is that?

34:16.103 --> 34:17.783
Are you telling bedtime stories to kids now?

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I...

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what do I gain by lying to you?

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Who knows.

34:23.063 --> 34:24.463
Miss Zhong...

34:24.903 --> 34:25.743
Zhong Lin!

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You really don't care about the people of Xuzhou?

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Why did you found the Fenglai Pavilion?

34:32.743 --> 34:33.663
All that talk about justice

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and punishing evil,

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just empty talk?

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Say it.

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What do you want me to do?

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Go to Xuzhou

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and get a written confession from the Governor there.

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It's a deal.

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Wait!

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Now what?

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Put this on.

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Do it quickly.

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My life and everything I have

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are in your hands now.

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Your Highness,

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will you return to the palace with me now?

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No rush.

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Lately,

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I've had an annoying matter,

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and I'm in no mood at all.

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When I'm in a mood like this,

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I simply can't review memorials.

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I wonder

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if you can help ease my mind.

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Please speak.

35:56.703 --> 35:58.303
I went to see Ying.

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She was heartbroken.

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After asking around,

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I learned

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that it had something to do with you.

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What would you have me do?

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Ying may not be in her right mind

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and sometimes seems unhinged,

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but deep down

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she's kinder and more innocent

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than anyone else in the harem.

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So whatever happens,

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I will always believe her without question.

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She would never harm the innocent.

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Then I misjudged the Princess.

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Ying approaches feelings differently

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from most people.

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The purer she is,

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the more easily she's hurt by those she cares about.

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As her brother,

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I don't want to see her in pain.

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You started this.

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There's a way

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for you to make it up to her.

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Go find her

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and do whatever it takes to cheer her up.

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If you succeed, I might just force myself to finish the memorials.

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What do you say?

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It was my fault

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for misunderstanding the Princess.

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I should apologize.

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When will you go?

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I'll go right now.

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Li Hongqing!

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You're here.

38:34.703 --> 38:35.543
Your Highness, I'm sorry.

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I misunderstood you before.

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This is for you.

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Your Highness,

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what do you mean by this?

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Please give it to Guard Wang for me.

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He may have lied to me first,

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but he was poisoned because of me.

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So, I ought to make it up to him.

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This silver

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is from my brother.

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He didn't bring much that day.

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And this,

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also this...

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These are all my favorite things.

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On Guard Wang's behalf,

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thank you, Your Highness.

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Think nothing of it.

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Then can you stop being mad at me from now on?

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If you want me to do something

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or not do something,

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you can just tell me directly.

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I'll listen to you.

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You don't have to listen to anyone.

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Just follow your own heart.

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There are rights and wrongs

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I can't always tell apart.

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But I trust you.

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You'll know the difference.

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Your Highness,

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why do you trust me so much?

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You think I don't remember?

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Back when the Crown Prince's Hall caught fire,

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you saved me.

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You used this arm

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to shield me from a falling burning beam.

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I thought Your Highness had long forgotten.

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Of course I remember!

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Before that imperial physician took me away,

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I bit you hard on the arm,

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so I could find you again one day.

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Then

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when did you realize

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I was the guard who saved you?

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I'm not telling you.

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But since I've found you,

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I'll definitely treat you well.

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It's simply our duty as the Imperial Guard.

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Don't trouble yourself over it.

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I don't care.

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If I say I'll treat you well,

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then I'll treat you well.

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Since the disaster in Xuzhou is under control,

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I ask Your Highness

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to release the grain for Jiangzhou as soon as possible.

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Once the Ministry of Revenue finishes counting the grain

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and I've checked it,

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I'll naturally issue it.

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The war is pressing.

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We must not deliberately delay.

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I hope Your Highness will give the order today.

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Deliberately?

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That's quite the crime

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you're pinning on me.

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Why don't you go ask His Majesty himself

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how he plans to punish me?

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Your Highness...

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Then may I ask,

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how many more days do you expect

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this grain counting to take?

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Seven or eight days at least.

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Rest easy, Grand Tutor Ling.

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When Preceptor Du left the Capital,

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she took plenty of grain with her.

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That will ease Jiangzhou's immediate crisis.

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That only buys us time!

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I sincerely beg Your Highness

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to release the second batch as soon as possible.

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Jiangzhou is a key fortress,

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and the war allows no delay.

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Three days from now,

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I will await Your Highness's grain order.

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♪Who walks lone through storm and snow♪

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♪Reading every warmth and chill♪

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♪Of the heart?♪

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♪Who stands proud against a thousand weights♪

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♪Grace only a mask he wears?♪

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♪My blade sweeps the heavens♪

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♪Blood once drenched♪

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♪My armor and charging steed♪

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♪I know what it means to let go♪

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♪When to step in, when to hold back♪

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♪A broken blade cuts through♪

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♪Years of winter and summer♪

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♪Enemy flags burn to ash like gauze♪

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♪Yet my heart still bears the scars of rise and fall♪

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♪I'm willing to wield my sword with you and burn the waning moon♪

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♪I'm willing to brave all storms with you, boiling with passion♪

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♪I'm willing to break my wings and become the blade in your hand♪

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♪I'm willing to write with you this torn, enduring page of history♪

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♪I'm willing to travel thousands of miles, seeking your ambition♪

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♪I'm willing to give my life to keep you safe for a lifetime♪

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♪I'm willing to sing through every farewell and wait for you another thousand years♪