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They fought south of the city,
and died north of the wall.
[Yongzhou]
Left out in the wild, unburied,
for the crows to peck and gnaw.

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Tell the crows for me: eat well,
feast your fill.

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Left in the wild, surely unburied—
how could rotten flesh escape your beak?

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Well, Xiao Wuyi...

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After all these years of war,

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you still haven't earned
a good reputation.

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[Yang Yi's Mansion, Armory Director]

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[Li Mao, Prince of Qi, styled Yizhi]

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This family

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seems to have been gone for a long time.

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Da.

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Everyone is gone.

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How am I supposed to look into this?

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[Da, guard to the Prince of Qi]

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I need to tell Wuyi about all this.

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[Key to the Phoenix Heart]

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[Episode 3]

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Yizhi!

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Wuyi.

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Wuyi.

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What are you doing here?

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I was waiting for you.

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Xiao Wuyi!

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How did you know
I was coming back to the capital today?

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In your letter, you said
you were coming back by water.

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Counting the days, it had to be today,

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so I came here to wait for you.

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I heard the battle at Jiuzhang Plain
was especially brutal.

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How are you?

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Let me have a look at you.

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I'm fine.

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You've been traveling day and night
this whole way.

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You must be starving.

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I brought your favorite taro pastries.

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Hurry and try some.

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You really know me.

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I've been sick of dry rations
this entire journey.

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I've been saving my appetite
for getting back to Jiankang.

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Watch your manners.

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Look at you,
eating like a starving ghost.

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How are you supposed to be
the elegant Prince Qi from the rumors?

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That's a bad habit
from back when we were on the run.

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If you eat too slowly,

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your food gets snatched and you starve.

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I still haven't managed to shake it.

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Yizhi,

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thank you for helping
with the matter in Yongzhou.

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Wuyi,

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is something wrong?

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I waited here for you today

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because I want you
to stay out of the capital for now.

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Something is about to happen
in the capital.

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Don't tell me it's Prince Changsha again.

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No.

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It's me.

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What did you do?

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I'm taking a secondary consort.

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Again?

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Isn't that a good thing?

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I'll be your best man.

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This marriage was arranged
by the Empress Dowager.

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The whole city is bound to be watching.

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And Prince Changsha has been planning
for this for a long time.

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There's no way he'll willingly
let me marry this lady.

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When the time comes,

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chaos is bound to break out
in the capital,

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and bloodshed will be inevitable.

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It will be safest for you to return

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only after everything has settled.

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Now I'm curious.

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Just which family's daughter

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has both you and Prince Changsha
fighting to marry her?

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The daughter of Grand Tutor Xie—

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Xie Jiayu.

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Prince Qi is back!

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It's been more than half a year.
You finally made it back.

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Master has really missed you.

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Come on, let's go drink now
that you're back.

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Alright, alright.

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Master.

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You should all head back first.

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Head back first.

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Master, I heard—

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I already know.

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I remember you once told me

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that during the unrest in Qizhou,

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you ran into danger
on your way back to the capital.

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It was Young Master Xiao
who saved you and escorted you

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and the Princess of Pingning County
safely back to the capital.

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You've known each other since then?

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Yes.

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Have you been in contact recently?

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It is a friendship of gentlemen.

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So in your eyes,

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Young Master Xiao is actually a gentleman?

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When we were young,
he once told me

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that, for the sake
of protecting the realm,

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he wanted

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to become the greatest general
under heaven.

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But after returning to the capital,

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he killed court officials
and intimidated the entire court.

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Do you still think

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he's the same young man
you once knew?

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"How shall it be said
that you have no clothes?

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I will share my long robes with you."

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It is his name,

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and also his aspiration.

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Yes.

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Perhaps when Xiao Sheng chose the name
"Wuyi"—"No Clothes" — for himself,

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he truly meant those words.

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But power...

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Power changes people.

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Perhaps he is no longer

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the person you once knew.

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I'll go see him myself.

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I'll tell him that I like Yao Yao,

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and ask him to call off the marriage.

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The Empress Dowager herself
arranged this marriage.

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How could it possibly be withdrawn?

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Then I'll go beg the Empress Dowager.

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Jiankang Palace is not somewhere
you can simply barge into.

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I know.

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Master,

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before I returned this time,

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I prepared a betrothal gift for Yao Yao.

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Please help me pass it on to her.

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I've already made up my mind.

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No matter how difficult it is,

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even if it means
going into Jiankang Palace,

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I'm willing to try.

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For Yao Yao,

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I'd do anything.

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[Grand Tutor's Mansion]

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Mao brought this for you.

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It's black iridescent ore.

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In her last letter, Yao Yao mentioned

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that Yongzhou produces
a rare kind of black iridescent ore

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that can forge the toughest black iron.

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Since I'm already there,

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I'll look for some on her behalf.

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It'll make an auspicious gift
when I ask for her hand in marriage.

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I only mentioned it once,

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and Mao went out of his way
to find it for me.

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Yao Yao,

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Mao has entered the palace.

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He wants to ask the Empress Dowager

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to revoke the imperial marriage decree.

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I knew it.

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Mao would never give up.

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You want me to revoke
the imperial marriage decree?

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I humbly ask
that Your Majesty grant us your blessing.

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Young men are naturally drawn to beauty.

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I understand that.

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But

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the decree has already been issued.

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I beg Your Majesty for mercy.

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In this life, I ask for nothing else

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but Lady Xie alone.

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You ask for nothing else?

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Your Majesty once promised

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that if I could find a miraculous doctor
for His Majesty,

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you would grant me another fiefdom.

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After enduring countless hardships,

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I finally succeeded.

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But now, I can forgo

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the land, the title, and the wealth.

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I ask only that Your Majesty take pity
on my sincere feelings.

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You can give up

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your land,

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your title,

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and your wealth?

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It seems

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I've played the part
of a gentle and virtuous woman

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for so long that some fools
have actually started to believe it.

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My son sits upon the throne,

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yet even he struggles just to survive,

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living like a puppet.

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And what are you?

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What is your sincerity worth?

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How dare you come here
and bargain with me?

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Everything you have now

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was bestowed upon you
by His Majesty and me.

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If I decide not to give it,

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then you shall have nothing.

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He Tian!

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Your servant awaits.

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Prince Qi trespassed
into the inner palace

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and spoke insolently
to the Empress Dowager.

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Punish him with the rod!

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Da.

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It's nothing. What happened?

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Lejun?

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Fainted?

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Lejun.

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Princess.

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As soon as Lejun passed out,

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her maids came straight to
the Grand Tutor's residence to fetch me.

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What happened to her?

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Don't tell me her old illness
has flared up again?

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She'll be fine.

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She's fine?

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What,

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Your Highness doesn't believe me?

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I wouldn't dare.

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Your Highness
is highly skilled in medicine,

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and it was you
who cured Lejun's chronic illness before.

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However,

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if she is truly fine,

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then why did she suddenly faint?

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She merely ate some wild fruit
by mistake.

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She'll recover naturally in a few days.

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However...

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something about this is strange.

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To fall unconscious

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from eating that fruit,

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one would have to eat
at least an entire basketful.

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The fruit is sour and bitter—

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difficult to swallow.

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Why would Lejun eat so much of it?

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Go check
whether the medicine is ready yet.

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Yes.

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I'll go check on the medicine as well.

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Yao Yao.

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Mao.

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My mother wouldn't let me
leave the residence,

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and I wanted to see you.

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Lejun said she had a way—

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I didn't expect this to be what she meant.

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Are you alright?

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Mao, you're finally back.

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I thought

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I was really going to
end up marrying someone else.

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The Empress Dowager

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still refuses to withdraw the decree.

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Then I won't marry him either.

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You're going to defy the imperial decree?

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Mao,

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I dare to defy the decree.

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Do you dare?

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Why wouldn't I dare?

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Father always says
I know nothing about court politics.

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Maybe he's right.

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But I do know

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he has no intention
of siding with Prince Jingan.

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And besides, the Empress Dowager
only ordered me to marry Xiao Wuyi.

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She never said I had to spend my life
in loving harmony with him.

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So as long as I complete the ceremony
on the wedding night

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and run away afterward,

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it won't count

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as defying the decree.

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I plan to go to Northern Qin,

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change my name,

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and start over.

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Alright.

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Yao Yao,

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there's no way they can reach
into Northern Qin to arrest anyone.

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It's just that

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the road ahead will
be fraught with danger—

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you must think this through carefully.

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To be honest,

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I am a little afraid.

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The world outside

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is full of killing,

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deceit, and betrayal.

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But I can't let fear condemn me

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to spending the rest of my life

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trapped in Jingan Mansion.

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Yao Yao,

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no matter how disastrous this may become,

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if you want to go through with it,

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I'll be with you every step of the way.

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What about Lejun?

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What will happen to her?

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Of course she's coming with us.

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Don't worry—

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she likes you

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far more than she likes me,
her own brother.

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Besides,

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back when we were fleeing
for our lives,

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we already promised
that we'd face life and death together.

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Wait here a moment.

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What's this?

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This...

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can be our token of promise.

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I didn't expect things would still be

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so lively and carefree at Wuyi's place
with the wedding so close at hand.

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Is this for your cousin?

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Don't touch it.

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Mao, coming by this late at night...

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you must have something important to say.

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I assume you've already guessed it.

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Lady Xie is the woman I love.

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Is that all?

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She loves me too.

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A gifted man and a beautiful woman—

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you are indeed well matched.

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I hope you will call off this engagement.

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And if I refuse?

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You pressured the Empress Dowager
into issuing the marriage decree

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for no reason other than
to disrupt Prince Changsha's plans.

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But Xie Jiayu is a person.

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She has feelings

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and a life of her own.

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She shouldn't have to

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become an innocent sacrifice
to your schemes.

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Mao,

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there are no innocent people
in this world.

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The other day, Master asked me

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whether, in my eyes,

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Xiao Wuyi was still a gentleman.

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Of course I'm not.

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Nor do I want to be.

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In an age of chaos,

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gentlemen either fade into obscurity

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or die with their ambitions
buried in the dust.

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I will be

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the one who holds the blade.

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Xiao Wuyi...

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are you still the same young man

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who once saved me from danger?

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This alliance cannot be called off.

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The wedding must proceed as scheduled.

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Fine.

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On the wedding day,

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Xie Jiayu and I will leave together.

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Where could you possibly go?

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To the ends of the earth.

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Anywhere.

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Then you shouldn't
have told me.

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I'm telling you
because I still consider you a friend.

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If you want to stop me,

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then just do it.

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You're just as naïve as she is.

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Mao actually managed to bring this back.

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With this,

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we won't get lost when we run away
on the wedding day.

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Mother...

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you already

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knew all along, didn't you?

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Mother,

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thank you.

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Mother...

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What are you bowing for out of nowhere?

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I know

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that the last time

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I had Lejun eat those wild berries
to get you to come,

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you had already noticed

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I was hiding among the maids.

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You just chose not to expose me.

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Later, you even went along with it

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and took me to Prince Qi's residence.

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And these past few days,
there's no way you wouldn't

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have noticed everything I've been
secretly preparing in the residence.

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You simply turned a blind eye

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because you intended to let me leave.

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Mother,

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I have failed you.

16:26.663 --> 16:29.103
I've always upset you ever
since I was young,

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and now I'm forcing you
to make such a difficult choice.

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You're wrong.

16:42.543 --> 16:43.743
The daughter I want

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is not some puppet
who only knows how to obey me,

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but a young woman

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who truly knows what she wants

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and what she ought to do.

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You've been through quite a bit by now.

16:56.263 --> 16:59.303
You should understand that the world
outside and the Grand Tutor's residence

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are two entirely different worlds.

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Now that you know
how cruel the outside world can be,

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you still intend to leave?

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I do.

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Then go.

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But remember this:

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make absolutely sure
you're fully prepared.

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Mother, don't worry.

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Lejun and Mao will both be with me.

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Mao said

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he'll take care of everything.

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No.

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What I mean is

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that you yourself
must also be fully prepared.

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Remember this:

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no matter when,

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the one you can truly rely on

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is never your parents,

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your husband,

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or your children.

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It is yourself.

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Over here, over here! Hurry up.

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Make sure you wipe it properly.

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Alright!

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Xiao Wuyi did indeed
risk returning to the capital.

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There are at most 100 household guards
inside Jingan Mansion,

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and everything outside the city
remains normal as well.

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The Beifu Army
is still stationed at the border.

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As for the border garrison—
he wouldn't dare make any rash move.

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A bride-stealing?

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It's nothing more than an attempt

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to stop me from securing the support
of the noble clans.

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The Beifu Army suffered heavy losses
at Jiuzhang Plain.

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We must not wait for the border forces
to regroup before we act.

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[Prince Qi's Mansion]

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Father.

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Mother.

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♪ A dying memory glimmers low ♪
Father.

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♪ You appear, but I can't hold you so ♪
I prepared a gift for you.

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♪ Time itself comes to a sudden halt ♪

19:44.903 --> 19:48.103
♪ So desolate ♪
It's for massaging your shoulders.

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Look,
♪ I traded obsession for this loss ♪
Just like this.

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♪ If I could lay my heart bare and cross ♪

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♪ Would you once more have pity on me ♪

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♪ If the heavens should change
and fate tear me apart ♪
I understand

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♪ Yet still cannot undo one beat
of my heart's art ♪
this is your way
of showing filial devotion.

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♪ I've traveled so far—
the day I find you again ♪

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♪ I fear you might have forgotten me ♪
My dear Yao Yao...

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you look so beautiful today.

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Father,

20:30.143 --> 20:32.463
if I am no longer by your side
in the future,

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you must take good care of yourself.

20:35.983 --> 20:37.423
Silly child,

20:41.223 --> 20:42.263
why are you crying?

20:43.543 --> 20:44.823
I am not crying either.

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We'll see each other again someday,

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won't we?

20:52.743 --> 20:54.223
It's my fault

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for letting you be burdened
by the Xie family.

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If you hadn't been my daughter,

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your life

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would have been far freer.

21:10.463 --> 21:12.183
Please don't say that, Father.

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Being born your daughter

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has made me very happy.

21:30.143 --> 21:30.783
Mother.

21:37.103 --> 21:39.503
The auspicious hour has arrived.

21:56.183 --> 21:57.223
Young Master Xiao,

21:57.663 --> 21:58.863
it's been a long time.

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When have I ever met you?

22:03.703 --> 22:04.223
Fine.

22:04.783 --> 22:06.703
It doesn't matter
if you don't remember me.

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After tonight,

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I'll make sure you remember me deeply,

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for the rest of your life.

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I look forward to it.

22:14.303 --> 22:15.383
Alright, alright.

22:15.743 --> 22:18.463
Don't say things like that in public.

22:19.663 --> 22:20.663
Off you go now—

22:21.463 --> 22:23.263
don't miss the auspicious hour.

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Xiao Wuyi,

22:50.703 --> 22:53.343
a daughter of the Xie family
is not so easily won.

22:53.503 --> 22:54.943
You—get down here.

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It's not straight.

23:29.383 --> 23:30.943
Xiao Wuyi, let go of me!

23:31.103 --> 23:31.783
Xiao Wuyi,

23:35.023 --> 23:36.143
let go!

23:38.783 --> 23:39.983
Lord Li, Madam Li.

23:40.183 --> 23:42.423
-Congratulations.
-Congratulations.

23:45.103 --> 23:45.783
Mr. Zhang, please come in.

23:45.783 --> 23:47.183
Xiao Wuyi, let go of me!

23:47.623 --> 23:48.703
You jerk! You villain!

23:48.703 --> 23:49.583
Put me down!

23:51.503 --> 23:53.383
Xiao Wuyi, let go of me!

23:55.223 --> 23:56.223
Xiao Wuyi, you...

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Yan Yue.

23:57.063 --> 23:58.263
-Yes.
-Take her to the bridal chamber.

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Don't give her any food

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or water.

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Xiao Wuyi, just you wait.

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Tonight, I'll make you regret this
for the rest of your life.

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Is this meant to be a show of force
against the Xie family?

24:06.983 --> 24:07.983
More than that.

24:08.063 --> 24:10.983
The one being humiliated
is Grand Tutor Xie himself.

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Take good care
of my secondary consort.

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I don't want to hear a single sound
from her tonight.

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Yes.

24:19.263 --> 24:22.743
Your Highness, the wedding rites
haven't been completed yet.

24:23.503 --> 24:24.743
Since you're all here,

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drink with me tonight until we're
completely drunk and no one leaves sober.

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None of you are leaving.

24:29.303 --> 24:29.783
Wuyi,

24:30.143 --> 24:31.623
tonight is the wedding
bestowed by the Empress Dowager.

24:31.623 --> 24:32.583
-Let's go.
-Don't—

24:32.583 --> 24:33.783
Come on, let's drink!

24:39.623 --> 24:40.303
Your Highness,

24:40.303 --> 24:42.023
most of the court officials invited to
the wedding banquet have already arrived.

24:42.023 --> 24:45.023
The remaining senior ministers
are also on their way.

24:45.223 --> 24:46.743
Proceed according to plan.

24:47.583 --> 24:51.143
My life and death, my honor and disgrace—
all depend on tonight.

24:51.383 --> 24:51.983
Yes.

24:55.063 --> 24:55.583
My Lady,

24:55.583 --> 24:57.063
Xiao Wuyi is going too far.

24:57.503 --> 24:59.743
He actually had you carried
all the way back to the mansion—

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and on top of that…

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on your wedding night,

25:02.063 --> 25:04.463
he's drinking and making merry
with dancing girls.

25:04.463 --> 25:05.543
It doesn't matter.

25:05.703 --> 25:09.343
In any case, the one who will be
utterly humiliated tonight is him.

25:16.303 --> 25:16.983
One at the door,

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and two outside the window.

25:19.543 --> 25:21.863
Even the numbers line up exactly
with the map.

25:21.863 --> 25:23.143
Heaven is helping me!

25:24.303 --> 25:25.303
Are you all ready?

25:26.263 --> 25:27.983
A top-grade sleeping draught.

25:32.223 --> 25:33.223
Is anyone outside?

25:33.223 --> 25:34.423
My Lady is in trouble—

25:34.463 --> 25:35.343
someone help!

25:36.303 --> 25:37.623
Hurry! Come in, come in!

25:40.823 --> 25:41.503
Let's go.

25:55.543 --> 25:57.223
How come there isn't a single soul

25:57.223 --> 25:58.943
in this entire Jingan Mansion?

26:00.623 --> 26:01.503
Ugh… it stinks.

26:06.143 --> 26:06.783
No, no—

26:06.943 --> 26:07.903
this is the outhouse.

26:07.903 --> 26:09.263
The main gate is to the east...

26:09.263 --> 26:10.223
The kitchen's over there.

26:10.223 --> 26:10.943
Hurry, move!

26:16.143 --> 26:17.103
Don't block the entrance—

26:17.103 --> 26:18.263
we're serving food!

26:18.703 --> 26:20.583
Douzi, take the slop out!

26:20.983 --> 26:21.503
Alright!

26:23.823 --> 26:24.383
Let's go.

26:28.583 --> 26:30.143
What are you all doing here?

26:32.503 --> 26:33.023
Let's go.

26:40.023 --> 26:40.623
How was it?

26:40.943 --> 26:42.263
Did we seem real enough?

26:43.543 --> 26:44.823
He was pretending too?

26:44.943 --> 26:48.263
He wasn't.  You still need someone real
in the mix, don't you?

26:51.783 --> 26:53.943
Your Highness, they've already left.

26:55.383 --> 26:56.103
Which route?

26:56.783 --> 26:59.023
As expected,
the bride chose the back kitchen path.

26:59.023 --> 27:01.703
She just took several wrong turns
along the way.

27:01.943 --> 27:03.743
This is the hairpin she dropped.

27:07.143 --> 27:09.263
Even with a map, she can't find her way.

27:09.463 --> 27:10.383
She is so stupid.

27:12.543 --> 27:13.383
It's bad—

27:13.503 --> 27:14.783
the bride has escaped!

27:18.543 --> 27:19.503
What did you say?

27:37.983 --> 27:40.143
In my mansion,
from the guards to the gardeners,

27:40.143 --> 27:41.943
groundskeepers, and stablehands—

27:41.943 --> 27:44.023
every one of them knows martial arts.

27:44.223 --> 27:45.503
The moment she steps out
of the courtyard gate,

27:45.503 --> 27:46.703
she will be detected.

27:46.743 --> 27:47.943
If you plan to escape,

27:49.503 --> 27:50.783
you would need my help.

27:53.623 --> 27:55.423
This is the map of Jingan Mansion.

27:55.423 --> 27:57.183
Xie Jiayu will need it
if she tries to escape the wedding.

27:57.183 --> 27:59.623
But this wedding
must proceed as scheduled.

27:59.863 --> 28:02.303
because this is the day
I have chosen for Prince Changsha

28:02.303 --> 28:03.703
to force the abdication.

28:03.943 --> 28:05.943
All guards of Jingan Mansion,
heed my order.

28:05.943 --> 28:06.423
-Yes!
-Yes!

28:06.423 --> 28:08.223
Search the entire city for Xie Jiayu!

28:08.223 --> 28:09.343
Yes, Your Highness.

28:10.703 --> 28:12.503
-Split up and search.
-Make way.

28:12.783 --> 28:13.463
-Move!
-Make way!

28:13.463 --> 28:14.423
What's going on?

28:14.543 --> 28:15.703
Lady Xie has fled the wedding.

28:15.703 --> 28:18.943
Xiao Wuyi has ordered his guards
to search the entire city.

28:19.823 --> 28:20.983
This Lady Xie

28:21.263 --> 28:22.863
is always full of surprises.

28:23.463 --> 28:25.863
Your Highness, Jingan Mansion
is now lightly guarded.

28:25.863 --> 28:27.583
Should we strike immediately?

28:29.303 --> 28:30.903
A heaven-sent opportunity.

28:31.943 --> 28:33.743
Issue the order
inside and outside the capital—

28:33.743 --> 28:35.223
begin the uprising at once.

28:35.223 --> 28:35.623
Yes.

28:37.343 --> 28:37.943
Attack!

28:42.383 --> 28:43.543
Take Mother and leave, quickly!

28:43.543 --> 28:45.023
Yao, be careful!

28:45.023 --> 28:45.703
Who are you?

28:45.783 --> 28:48.543
How dare you
act so recklessly in Jingan Mansion!

28:57.863 --> 28:58.463
Yuanji!

29:10.863 --> 29:11.503
Today,

29:12.623 --> 29:14.543
I shall cleanse
His Majesty's side of traitors

29:14.543 --> 29:15.743
and seize the rebels.

29:16.103 --> 29:17.983
Among all the ministers
in this courtyard,

29:17.983 --> 29:19.383
which one is a rebel?

29:19.543 --> 29:20.223
Xiao Wuyi.

29:21.303 --> 29:23.863
He brought troops back to the capital
without imperial decree,

29:23.863 --> 29:25.383
slaughtered court officials,

29:25.383 --> 29:26.223
and harbors treasonous ambitions.

29:26.223 --> 29:27.703
His crimes deserve death.

29:28.463 --> 29:29.143
Tonight,

29:30.263 --> 29:32.663
who among you
dare stand as his accomplice?

29:36.503 --> 29:37.263
It seems

29:37.903 --> 29:40.503
the only rebel here is Xiao Wuyi himself.

29:44.503 --> 29:46.103
Your Highness, we've just received word—

29:46.103 --> 29:48.143
the palace gates have been breached.

29:48.943 --> 29:50.223
Surround Jingan Mansion.

29:50.223 --> 29:51.263
With Xiao Wuyi's family

29:51.263 --> 29:52.463
and these court officials

29:52.463 --> 29:53.183
here,

29:53.463 --> 29:54.903
he won't be able to escape.

29:55.223 --> 29:56.783
The rest of you follow me
into the palace

29:56.783 --> 29:58.383
to meet the Empress Dowager.

29:58.743 --> 29:59.223
Yes.

30:04.463 --> 30:05.223
Hurry! Move!

30:11.223 --> 30:12.343
Search thoroughly—

30:12.463 --> 30:13.943
leave no alley unchecked.

30:13.983 --> 30:15.023
Yes.

30:15.663 --> 30:16.103
Search!

30:22.463 --> 30:23.343
Your Highness,

30:25.743 --> 30:28.423
Xie Jiayu's trail has been found
at Wuling Gate.

30:29.623 --> 30:30.743
Guard the city gate.

30:31.463 --> 30:32.383
I want her dead,

30:33.023 --> 30:33.983
not alive.

30:34.543 --> 30:35.543
Yes.

30:56.623 --> 30:57.903
Oh, Xiao Wuyi...

30:58.183 --> 30:59.463
You're certainly ruthless—

30:59.463 --> 31:01.663
but your eyesight isn't all that great.

31:02.703 --> 31:04.983
My Lady, it's just
that you're blessed by the True Deity.

31:04.983 --> 31:06.743
Even the heavens can't stand by

31:07.263 --> 31:08.823
and have chosen to help you.

31:10.583 --> 31:11.583
Let's go quickly,

31:11.703 --> 31:13.223
or Mao will be getting anxious.

31:13.223 --> 31:13.743
Let's go.

31:23.703 --> 31:24.383
Master?

31:24.863 --> 31:26.303
His Majesty is gravely ill

31:27.023 --> 31:31.103
and has summoned Prince Qi to enter
the palace at once and attend upon him.

31:32.143 --> 31:33.463
I can't go to the palace.

31:33.623 --> 31:34.823
I need to find Yao Yao.

31:36.103 --> 31:38.303
Guards, escort Prince Qi to the palace.

31:42.463 --> 31:42.943
Lejun!

31:42.943 --> 31:43.463
Brother!

31:48.903 --> 31:49.703
Your Highness.

31:49.703 --> 31:50.943
Are all our men assembled?

31:50.943 --> 31:51.943
Tonight, we suddenly lost all contact

31:51.943 --> 31:52.983
with forces outside the capital.

31:52.983 --> 31:56.463
Several units have been sent out,
but none have reported back.

31:57.943 --> 31:59.463
Lost contact?

32:04.223 --> 32:05.503
We won't wait any longer!

32:05.503 --> 32:07.463
Victory or defeat, honor or disgrace—
it all comes down to tonight.

32:07.463 --> 32:09.943
Enter the palace now.
Kill the Emperor and Empress Dowager!

32:09.943 --> 32:10.543
Yes!

32:11.303 --> 32:19.183
-Kill!
-Kill!

32:32.183 --> 32:33.023
Your Highness,

32:33.103 --> 32:34.663
His Majesty is not in the main hall.

32:34.663 --> 32:35.383
Not there?

32:36.503 --> 32:38.103
That sickly man can't even get out of bed—

32:38.103 --> 32:39.423
where could he possibly go?

32:39.423 --> 32:39.943
Find him!

32:40.623 --> 32:40.983
Yes.

32:45.263 --> 32:48.223
[Xuanzheng Hall]

32:49.743 --> 32:50.383
Tell me—

32:50.903 --> 32:52.383
where have you hidden
that sickly emperor?

32:52.383 --> 32:54.183
My son is the true Son of Heaven.

32:54.743 --> 32:56.623
He is protected by the True Deity.

32:57.023 --> 32:58.463
You think you can find him so easily?

32:58.463 --> 32:59.863
Don't think I'm unaware.

33:00.703 --> 33:02.463
Had you not forged the imperial edict

33:02.463 --> 33:03.743
and poisoned the late emperor,

33:03.743 --> 33:06.103
your son would never have become emperor.

33:06.143 --> 33:07.463
But Heaven sees all.

33:07.903 --> 33:08.903
Ever since he ascended the throne,

33:08.903 --> 33:10.423
he's been bedridden with illness.

33:10.423 --> 33:11.663
This is his retribution.

33:11.663 --> 33:12.463
How insolent!

33:13.463 --> 33:14.503
Utter nonsense!

33:15.623 --> 33:17.343
My son is the true Son of Heaven!

33:19.903 --> 33:21.103
Then let's see tonight

33:21.103 --> 33:23.023
who truly holds Heaven's Mandate.

33:23.183 --> 33:23.903
Guards—

33:44.743 --> 33:46.983
Why didn't you attend my wedding tonight?

33:46.983 --> 33:48.983
Xiao Wuyi, didn't you go find Xie...

33:50.703 --> 33:51.743
It doesn't matter.

33:52.863 --> 33:55.703
Tonight, my 20,000 troops have
already taken control of the capital.

33:55.703 --> 33:58.143
Those who follow me will prosper;
those who oppose me will perish.

33:58.143 --> 33:58.983
Kill Xiao Wuyi!

34:03.543 --> 34:04.703
What are you afraid of?

34:04.703 --> 34:08.863
Whoever kills Xiao Wuyi shall be granted
a fief of ten thousand households!

34:16.903 --> 34:19.223
You mean those forces
outside the capital?

34:19.223 --> 34:20.823
I've already wiped them out.

34:22.223 --> 34:23.143
What do you mean?

34:25.743 --> 34:26.223
Kneel!

34:26.543 --> 34:27.343
-Spare us, Your Highness!
-Please spare us!

34:27.343 --> 34:28.223
Where are they?

34:28.383 --> 34:29.583
Where are the others?

34:41.343 --> 34:44.223
-Please spare us, Your Highness!
-Please spare us!

34:45.103 --> 34:46.023
No… I won't lose.

34:46.783 --> 34:48.063
I absolutely will not lose.

34:48.063 --> 34:49.663
I still have Jingan Mansion,

34:49.903 --> 34:51.103
all those ministers,

34:51.223 --> 34:53.223
and your entire family.  If you dare—

34:55.663 --> 34:56.983
His Highness has given the order—

34:56.983 --> 34:57.623
kill!

34:58.063 --> 34:58.583
Yes.

34:58.903 --> 35:00.183
Who dares take another step forward?

35:00.183 --> 35:01.783
I am the Princess of Jingan Mansion,

35:01.783 --> 35:03.503
the Empress Dowager's own niece.

35:03.503 --> 35:05.743
Let's see who dares
lay a hand on me today!

35:10.303 --> 35:11.223
Did you think I didn't know

35:11.223 --> 35:13.423
you would move against Jingan Mansion?

35:13.503 --> 35:16.423
How dare a useless drunkard from
pleasure-filled Jiankang City like you

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play war games with me?

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[Xiao Ju, Prince Jing'an]

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Father.

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Are you alright?

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I'm fine.

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Your Highness.

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My Lady.

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Lady Rui, have you not been in the mansion
these past few days?

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Due to urgent military matters,

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Wuyi asked her to guide me
outside the capital.

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Yao.

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It's alright.

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All of you, listen well!

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Prince Changsha
has attempted a palace coup.

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The Beifu Army has marched thousands
of miles to suppress the rebellion.

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At this very moment,

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my son Xiao Wuyi has already captured
Prince Changsha alive within the palace.

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Surrender immediately!

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or you will all be slain without mercy.

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The Beifu Army is back…

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Is this truly suppressing a rebellion…
or starting one?

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I can't accept this!

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I'm unwilling to keep being trampled

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under the feet of that useless emperor.

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Do you regret it?

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Regret?

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I have never felt so alive and satisfied.

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Xiao Wuyi, do you think killing me

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will avenge the Beifu Army
who died in vain?

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Don't think you're any different from me—

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don't you also want
to kill that useless emperor

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and take his place in this Xianyang Hall?

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Aunt…

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Your Majesty…

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Xiao Wuyi will kill you both
sooner or later.

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Perhaps even tonight.

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How foolish and self-deceived.

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You don't even know who is the piece

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and who is the player on this board.

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I originally believed Prince Changsha

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had secretly colluded
with Wonderful Master,

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bribing the Armory Director
in my army

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to purchase a batch
of defective repeating crossbows.

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But it turned out Wonderful Master

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didn't even know you.

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The real mastermind behind the purchase

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is the Empress Dowager.

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The one who most wants to see me
and Prince Changsha destroy each other…

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is also the Empress Dowager.

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Young Master Xiao,
you are indeed perceptive.

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The official in charge
of military supplies, Treasurer Wei,

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is an ally of Prince Changsha.

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As long as you handed him
the design plans,

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he would complete the rest
of the scheme with Prince Changsha,

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and eliminate both me and the Beifu Army.

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Just like tonight—

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Your Majesty neither mobilized troops
nor prepared defenses,

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betting that even though
I knew this palace entry was a trap,

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I would still refuse
to let Prince Changsha succeed.

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So tonight,

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Your Majesty's target

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is not only Prince Changsha…

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but me as well.

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What a perfect invitation into a trap.

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I always thought

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you were nothing
more than a useless old woman.

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I didn't expect this.

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Fine—

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I lose this round

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without complaint.

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Since you already knew
tonight was a trap,

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why did you still come?

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Because I did not want

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Jiankang to run red with blood tonight.

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But

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I must demand justice
for the 30,000 fallen soldiers

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of the Beifu Army.

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Brave indeed.

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I can spare your life.

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If you are willing
to surrender your military command,

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I will grant you immunity.

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And if I refuse?

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Empress Dowager,

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I submitted the roster
of our fallen soldiers

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half a month ago.

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I wonder if you have read it?

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Not yet.

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Shi Yuchun,

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46 years old—

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stabbed over 100 times,
yet died without kneeling.

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Xie Han, a veteran of the Beifu Army.

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He spent his entire life at war,

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and could have laid down his armor
and returned home—

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but his homeland had
already fallen to Northern Qin.

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He said he has nowhere else to go

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and wishes to spend the rest
of his life in the army.

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This time,

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he truly did die—

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his body trampled
into a pulp beneath enemy hooves.

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Zhang Ji, my most trusted deputy.

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He personally set fire
to the vine-armored grain depot

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and perished together
with the enemy.

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Does Your Majesty know any of this?

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Do you, sitting here
in Jiankang, even care?

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That is why I will not
surrender my command—

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because apart from me,

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no one else cares about their lives.

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Xiao Wuyi,

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the Beifu Army entered the capital
without an imperial decree.

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Are you trying to rebel?

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But you will end up returning to Jiankang
without the Emperor's decree.

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What about mobilizing troops?

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Prince Changsha seeks rebellion—

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what about you?

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Your Majesty,

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all I want is peace across the realm.

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Is Your Majesty willing to grant that?

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Have you ever heard the war drums

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of the Beifu Army?

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One hundred thousand Beifu troops

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are just outside the city now.