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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 23=

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What is this?

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Her Highness discovered this item
while organizing His Highness's belongings.

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(To Mo Jingli at Lishan Academy)

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(Prince Ding's Mansion)

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- Your Highness.
- Where's the Princess Consort?

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She's in her chambers, Your Highness.

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Okay.

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Your Highness,
I noticed a strange matter.

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What is it?

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Now, the first thing you do upon returning
to the mansion is go find Her Highness.

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Is this strange?

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Your Highness, the person
over there seems to be Lady Su.

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Been away so long, I forgot that
Dachu nights are damp and cold.

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So I caught a cold carelessly.

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I remember when I visited
the mansion as a child,

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there was a twin-trunked tree here.

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Why is there only one trunk
remaining now?

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No idea. Perhaps it withered and died.

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After all,

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nothing lasts forever.

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Last night, I happened upon Ms. Wen.

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Coming here rashly
was really not my intention.

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Actually, given my current status,
I really shouldn't meet you again.

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I saw Princess Consort yesterday.
She is indeed elegant and steady.

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I heard she hails from Lishan Mountain.
Must be extraordinary.

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You have suffered a lot over the years,
having a tough time.

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Now, seeing you're doing well

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and having a happy marriage
with Princess Consort,

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I feel very relieved.

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You serve Princess Lingyun.

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Can you be absent all night like this?

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Thank you for your concern.

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Ms. Wen has already sent word
to the posthouse,

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saying I happened to run into
old acquaintances and took some days off.

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I... I've been out too long.
Ms. Wen must be looking for me.

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Your Highness, I shall take my leave.

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(To Mo Jingli at Lishan Academy)

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Li, how was your day?

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I checked on the shop. All is well.

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Your Highnesses, it is time to dine.

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Let's go eat.

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(Prison)

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Now you're at this state,
yet you still plan to hold on?

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This is nothing but a frame-up!

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The Cangbei rebels want to sow discord
between the Dachu court and its ministers!

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It's okay. You will talk one day.

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Prince Ding! This is a frame-up!

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I demand to see Marquis Muyang!

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(Marquis Muyang's Mansion)

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That day, it all started suddenly.

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We had to deploy our agents
within the palace to surround him.

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But I never expected
Prince Ding's legs had healed.

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It's my fault.

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Enough!

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The die is cast.
What's the point of saying all this?

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I am not blaming you.

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Mo Xiuyao is extremely cunning.

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Even I was deceived by him,
let alone you.

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But the current situation is perilous.

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Zhang Hengyuan is not tough.

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He won't hold out long
under Mo Xiuyao's interrogation.

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If he talks, we are all doomed.

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What do you expect me to do?

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Infiltrate the Jingzhao Prefecture prison
and silence him.

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It is heavily guarded. I'm afraid...

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It's the only way.

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Rest assured.

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I've already
arranged everything for you.

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Once it is done,
you'll depart immediately

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to Yunchuan to lie low.

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I have already arranged a new identity,

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manors, lands, and assets for you.

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Once everything's passed,

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I shall bring you back as my adopted son
to the capital openly and honorably.

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Adopted son?

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Yes.

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All these years,
though I never voiced it,

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I've been thinking of you in my mind.

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You are my own son,
connected by bloodline.

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How could I bear
to see you live far away alone,

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without returning to your clan?

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I swear,

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when you return from Yunchuan,

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you won't do those
dangerous tasks again.

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But given the current situation,

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I can trust no one but you.

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Rest assured, Marquis Muyang.

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I will kill Zhang Hengyuan.

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Do you still address me
as Marquis Muyang?

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Be cautious.
I'm waiting for your return.

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Yes.

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Zhao Ting.

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Marquis Muyang.

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Follow him.

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If any mistake occurs, spare no one.

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Yes.

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Father.

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What truly happened
at the palace that day?

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Does it have anything to do with us?

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Did Zhang Hengyuan get arrested
because of his corruption?

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And you were left behind.

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Did the Emperor and Empress Dowager
give you a hard time?

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Alright, stop asking questions.

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You sent Qin Cang to silence
someone. I can do that too.

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Want me to...

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Enough nonsense!

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Don't get your hands dirty
with bloodshed.

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Why?

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No why. I said no, so it's no.

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You just said to spare no one.

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Do you mean to kill Qin Cang as well?

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Father.

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He is your son.

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Remember, you are my only son.

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(Jingzhao Prefecture)

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Fire! Hurry! Fire!

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Fire!

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Attention! Fire!

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Hurry! Go put out the fire!

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You lot, go fetch water!

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Fire! Hurry!

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Qin Cang, you're here to rescue me
on Marquis Muyang's orders, right?

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Come on, open the cell now! Let me out!

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Come on!

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Wait, you're not here to rescue me.

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Marquis Muyang sent you to silence me.

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I didn't say anything.

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Marquis Muyang, why?

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Who's there?

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Help! Murder!

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He is over there! Capture him!

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Who's there?

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Marquis Muyang sent me to help you.

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How did it go?

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You killed Zhang Hengyuan?

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Qin Cang!

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He's here to kill you. Run!

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Qin Cang.

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Qin Cang!

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Qin Cang!

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They couldn't have gone far.
They must be nearby.

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Spread out and search.

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That way.

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Check inside.

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(Marquis Muyang's Mansion)

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Marquis Muyang, Zhang Hengyuan is dead.

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Qin Cang was exposed,
so I've dealt with...

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You summoned me early this morning.

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You must've anticipated
that Marquis Muyang

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would be coming today
to seek your forgiveness again.

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Over these years, every time
he messes up, he puts on the same show.

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I am weary.

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The one who died in Jingzhao Prefecture
last night was truly his own son?

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Even tigers don't eat their own young.

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Marquis Muyang is beyond redemption.

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What benefits could he obtain
from doing this?

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I taught you before.
Attack the enemy, but watch yourself.

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Marquis Muyang never grasps it.

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Look at you. You're the same.

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Well, you've never let me win once.

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Marquis Muyang.
Let me announce it first.

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Marquis Muyang!

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It is just as you anticipated.

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All of you, withdraw.

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Marquis Muyang,
let me announce it first.

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Marquis Muyang...

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Your Majesty, I'm here
to seek your forgiveness.

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Marquis Muyang, why seek my forgiveness?

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What happened at Jingzhao Prefecture
last night was my doing.

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You're so eager to silence Zhang Hengyuan,
even asking your own son to do this.

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It seems the secrets Zhang Hengyuan knew

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were potent enough
to shake your foundations.

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Is his collusion with Cangbei
related to you?

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Absolutely not.

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Everything I have done is for you.

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Marquis Muyang, mind your words.

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Zhang Hengyuan and Lu Changfu
followed me for many years.

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You know well how many
tasks they handled for me.

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If I weren't afraid that Zhang Hengyuan
might blab nonsense in prison,

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bringing up the past deeds
that would damage your reputation,

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I would never have resorted
to such an extreme measure.

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Over these years, for you and the nation,
I've made countless enemies

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and few to trust.

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Now, villains are taking them out.

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Until last night, even my own son

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could not escape.

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In that case, Marquis Muyang,
accept our condolences.

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Let bygones be bygones.

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Bygones?

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Can they be?

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You may have forgotten that

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Qin Cang's original surname was Zhou.

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He was called Zhou Lang.

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His birth mother was the daughter
of an Eastern Palace attendant.

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I was afraid it would worry you,

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so I hid his true origins
for many years.

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Because I've always seen you
as the real sovereign.

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I want to serve you with everything I have.
So I married the Kang woman.

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Shut up!

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What's the point of
your telling me all this now?

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If you truly care for that child,

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why did you send him
to do those shady things for you?

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And why did you send
assassins to silence him?

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Eight years have passed. Prince Ding
has grown more composed,

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yet you grow increasingly arrogant,
blinded by desires and ambitions.

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How foolish!

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I am foolish?

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I have spared no effort
and devoted my all.

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Everything I've done is for you,

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and Dachu, isn't it?

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The wise mend their deficiencies.

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The foolish offer others
their weaknesses.

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Time has changed.

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Marquis Muyang, you should
learn to move with the times.

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Your Majesty dwells high above,
holding up the heavens.

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Naturally, your hands remain spotless.

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But what about my hands?

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My hands are stained with filth,
marked with blood,

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and burdened
by all those deeds from the past.

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And now, you expect a mere
"let bygones be bygones"

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to wipe it all away?

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Marquis Muyang, never forget that

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every step you took
was a calculated move.

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You reached out your hand
not out of loyalty,

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but because you saw the 'price tag'
and thought it was worth it.

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Now, there's no need for you
to play a loyal man before me.

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(Linjiao Courtyard)

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You are such a busy soul,
always rejecting invitations.

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What brought you here
into my quiet courtyard today?

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An old friend returned from Lingnan
and brought me this box of Tuoluo cakes.

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I heard you hail from Lingnan.

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I thought you might crave this taste.

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So I brought them to you,
hoping to bring you some pleasure.

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How thoughtful.

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Indeed, it stirs my homesickness.

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You seem troubled today.

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What do you think of Marquis Muyang?

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Since you ask,
I will speak frankly then.

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Marquis Muyang possesses
only an arrogant demeanor,

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yet lacks true talent.

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Stubbornness leads to betrayal.

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Narrow-mindedness
brings one to a dead end.

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He is nothing but rotting bones
in a tomb, bound for a swift end.

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"Rotting bones in a tomb."

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The most intricate webs of deceit

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are entirely transparent
to your eyes, clear as water.

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No wonder the Empress Dowager
favors you so.

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Turns out I'm the idiot here,
still clinging to the ghost of the past.

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Surely that is not the case,
Your Highness.

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I am merely an outsider.

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I said that only by observing
the game as an outsider.

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Forgive any offense, Your Highness.

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The Su family isn't
completely wiped out.

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Her eldest brother, Su Huaizhong,
now trades silk in Huaizhou,

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specializing in fine silk
from Song and Bo prefectures.

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They say this year, he's taken
orders from a Persian caravan.

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And her younger sister, Su Zuichan,
married a ninth-rank clerk

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from Jingzhao Prefecture's
Bureau of Revenue,

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who manages household registries
and land disputes in the west of the capital.

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And her mom's dowry nanny, Ms. Wu,

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is now a chef at Xiangyun Tower.

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The Golden Thread Pastry
you praised last time is made by her.

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Got it. Thank you, Senior Wei.

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What are you doing?

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Working.

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You're rubbing that table raw.

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Planning to stay forever, are you?

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I'm not in your way.

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As an assassin, you work here.

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Where's your ambition?

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None of your business.

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Is Princess Ding here?

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There.

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Your Highness, something's
happened to Yusheng.

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Princess Ding isn't back?

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Not yet, Your Highness.

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Any message?

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N-No.

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(To Mo Jingli at Lishan Academy)

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Thank you, Your Highness.
I didn't expect you to come.

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You're someone my senior favors.

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If you're in trouble,
I won't stand idly by.

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You are so kind.

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No wonder you'd care
for someone like me.

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He's my patron, and I'm his confidant.

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Everyone here knows one rule.

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In a place like this,
never take anything to heart.

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Especially those impossible
and unreachable things.

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Do you agree, Young Master?

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You seem fine. I'll take my leave.

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Take care.

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If he comes to you again,
send word to me at Shende Shop.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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What she said wasn't right.

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What do you mean?

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If you make up your mind,
you must go do it.

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How can you know if it's possible
without giving it a try?

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness, we've finally found you.

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Why are you here?

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You haven't returned this late.
His Highness is so worried.

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Everyone available
has been out to look for you.

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Please come back with me.

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Everyone, leave.

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- Yes.
- Yes.

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Say it.

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What?

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Where did you go?

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I... went to fight.

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Where? Why?

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A brothel.

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You? A brothel?

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I went back as soon as I finished there.

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Ye Li.

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I really don't understand you.

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You're always going somewhere
I can't place,

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doing something
I can't quite figure out.

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Do you even know who you are?

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Do you know that a woman walking alone
at night could be dangerous?

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Do you know how it feels waiting for you
at the mansion without any news?

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You fought in a brothel?

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With whom?

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What if you encountered desperadoes?
What if an accident happened?

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I didn't encounter desperadoes.

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Ye Li!

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I thought after all this time together,
you'd understand me.

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I thought you felt the same about me.

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But you...

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Have you ever taken
our marriage seriously?

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Perhaps we don't know
each other well enough.

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We do.

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What?

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We know each other.

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I know you've never given up
on yourself all these years.

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I know you cannot bear
the injustice forced upon

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Prince Ding's Mansion
and Heiyun Cavalry.

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I know you seek to reopen the case
and destroy Marquis Muyang.

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And I know

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you understand me.

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You know

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I'm not a woman who's willing
to be trapped in the mansion.

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You know I came down
the mountain for some reason.

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You know I'm related to the deaths
of Lv Cheng and Lu Changfu.

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And you know

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I have liked you

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for a long time.

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I won't do it again.

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I'm sorry for making you worry.

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♪Love blooms at every spring and sunset♪

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(I'm heading to Shende Shop)

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Fun, right?

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Yes.

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Are you feeling hot?

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Yes.

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(The intense heat from that day
was exactly the same as right now.)

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(The stone blocks along the street
seemed to be melting under the sun.)

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(The cicadas drone louder and faster,)

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(so piercing as if they might
split the very heavens.)

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It's so hot.

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My lady, it is really hot.

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Everything's prepared?

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(After Mo Xiuyao saved me,
I returned to the capital with Mom.)

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(For somehow, after we parted,
I often dreamt of him.)

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(Qingshuang said I had fallen for him.)

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(I didn't fully understand,
so I wanted to see him once again.)

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(I heard he went to serve Duke Hua.)

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(It so happened that Duke Hua returned
to the capital for his mother's birthday.)

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(As a personal guard,
he would travel along.)

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(I wanted to see him,
but didn't dare tell Mom.)

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(So I hired an escort carriage secretly
and took a rough ride out of the city.)

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(Duke Hua's forces were stationed at
Changding Camp, west of the capital.)

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(Changding isn't too far
from the capital.)

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- (Riding there)
- How about it?

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- (would only take about two hours.)
- The road was blocked.

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(But luck wasn't on my side.)

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- (A recent storm had washed away the roads,)
- Let's go.

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(blocking all carriages.)

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(So I had to take a small path.)

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(The heat was dizzying.)

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(The fruit drink in my small gourd)

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- (was running dry.)
- Drink it, My Lady.

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(My throat was still
parched and burning.)

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(My legs felt like lead,
making it hard to take another step.)

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- (Yet a fire burned in my chest,)
- Let's go.

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- (pushing me to move forward.)
- Go.

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(I had a question.
I had to ask him in person.)

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(Maybe my information was wrong.)

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(When I arrived, they'd already left.)

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(I didn't get to see him.)

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(Looking back,)

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(the small road from the capital to Changding
takes a mere four to six hours.)

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(Yet in my memory of that summer,
that road stretched on forever.)

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(The cicadas' chattering was deafening.)

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Can I ask you a question?

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Go ahead.

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The day we first met,
there were so many people there.

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Why did you just pull me
onto your saddle?

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Did you like me back then?

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You were about this tall.

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Your face got wet with snot and tears.

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What did I like about you?

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No snot!

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Your Highnesses,
what are you doing here?

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Waiting for you to open the shop.

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Please, come in.

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(Preview)

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We did have an engagement.

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But we were just kids back then.
Barely even knew each other.

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Things changed later, and we lost touch.

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If one day, I am in your way,
would you kill me then?

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Yao, let's make a bet.

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I bet the sun vanishes tomorrow,
right at the Wu hour.

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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♪