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♪The white sail came too late♪

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♪Where did he go?♪

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♪Snow veils the mountains♪

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♪Love endures beyond life and death♪

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♪A black chess piece♪

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♪Whose game did he stumble into?♪

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♪All his life, there's no escape♪

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

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♪Will anyone still love with an unchanging heart?♪

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♪I will remember♪

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♪Those days long past♪

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♪As the wind drifts with the white sail♪

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♪Ten thousand years ago♪

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♪Did you once walk this shore?♪

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

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♪I am lost yet willing♪

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♪Still I love you with a steadfast heart♪

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♪Until all things fade away♪

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♪The stars will remember us♪

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[Love & Crown]

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

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[Episode 16]

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Minjia.

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Cangcang?

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What brings you here?

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Nothing much is happening in camp,

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so I came out to stretch my legs.

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Perfect timing.

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I was just about to brush the horses.

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Come on.

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I'll help you.

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I bet

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you still have feelings for him.

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If you truly didn't care,

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you wouldn't sound so bitter.

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You say you've moved on,

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but you still hold grudges.

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If you ask me,

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your anger

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comes from love.

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Mr. Bai,

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you're here too?

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What a coincidence.

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Are you both here to help me brush the horses?

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Then come on,

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let's do it together.

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Stop hiding.

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The more you hide, the more it shows you still care about him.

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Her Highness sent me over

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to grab two more brushes.

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Understood.

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I've long heard General Kumor

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is the most respected general in Xijiang.

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Now, I know the tales are true.

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Of course.

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Our general is the finest under heaven!

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Ever since he joined the army,

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he's gone on rounds every night,

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rain or shine,

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never missing a single day.

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General Kumor

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is the pride of Xijiang!

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Here you are.

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Thanks.

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Cangcang,

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why are you still here?

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Didn't Preceptor Du take you away?

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Preceptor Du?

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She never meant

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to take me with her.

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And wasn't that what you ordered?

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She had no intention of taking you?

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Cangcang,

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in your eyes,

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am I really that kind of man?

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In my eyes,

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you only come to me when you want something.

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That's who you are.

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Who knows this time

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what you're really after.

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I'll find a way to get you out of here.

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No need.

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I have my own reasons for staying.

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Don't trouble yourself.

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The court is swamped with affairs.

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Your Majesty should return soon.

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Let's go.

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Yes, General.

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- The horses ran off! - Go after them!

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So there was a mechanism.

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Cangcang?

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As expected.

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It's me.

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What are you doing here?

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If I'm not mistaken,

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we're here for the same thing.

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There are mechanisms here.

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I'll handle it.

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[Military Deployment Map]

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With war about to break out,

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we must tighten our defenses.

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If you see anyone suspicious,

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report it at once.

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Yes, General!

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Take the map and go.

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- I'll go out and draw him away. - No need!

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All units on alert!

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Take some men and come with me!

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Yes, General!

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That signal arrow just now

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must've been fired

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from the snowy peak a few li away.

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It must be the signal for a sneak attack.

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Ling Jueding just took a spin outside the city

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without making any real move at all.

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The enemy is clearly trying to throw us off.

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What are they really up to?

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The Military Deployment Map!

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♪Sleepless wind and frost♪

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♪Stir awake♪

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♪The last faint glow♪

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♪You ask me♪

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♪If I've lived out♪

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♪The dreams of childhood♪

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♪Who has passed this way♪

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♪Burned bright in youth...♪

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If the map is gone,

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Kumor will surely lock down the whole camp.

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Then it won't be so easy

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to get the map out.

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♪When our story...♪

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[Military Deployment Map]

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♪May tomorrow's homeland♪

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♪Be awash in morning light♪

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[Patrols, Crossbowmen]

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♪When our story♪

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♪Is sung again in spring...♪

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I'll find a way to get the map out.

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So you really stayed for this.

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Do you know how dangerous this is?

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Leave the map to me.

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I'll get it out.

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No way!

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It's already really dangerous for you here.

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We can't risk you getting hurt!

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So you are worried about me?

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I don't care about you.

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I just know

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an empire can't go a day without its emperor.

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Cangcang,

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if one day,

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I'm no longer here,

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will you still hate me like this?

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Don't jinx it.

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Scoundrels live long.

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You are not dying.

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What if I really did?

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If...

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If you really died,

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I wouldn't even visit your grave.

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So you'd better stay alive for me.

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Let go of me.

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I promised

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to deliver this map to Ling Jueding.

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Once I get Kumor's Military Deployment Map,

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I'll find a way

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to leave it

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in the woods three li outside the enemy camp.

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There's a cluster of three stones.

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You can send men there to check every day.

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I will not fail Your Majesty's trust.

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Once I have the map, I'll send out the troops at once

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and wipe out Kumor's rebel forces in one strike.

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No.

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That's not the outcome I want.

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Kumor's revolt this time

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is entirely because of the snow disaster in Xijiang.

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The people there can hardly survive

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and had no choice but to rebel.

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Which shows

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Kumor is also a lord speaking up for his people.

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So,

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what you must do

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is work with the Xiaoxing Guards

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to end this war

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with the least possible bloodshed.

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I understand,

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Your Majesty!

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So you two had this planned all along.

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That's right.

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So that signal arrow just now

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was also part of your secret coordination?

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You could call it that,

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and a bit of luck too.

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Just how many things are you still keeping from me?

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Ever since I got here,

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you've barely even looked at me.

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I didn't get the chance to say anything!

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With your brains, Mr. Bai,

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if you really wanted to tell me,

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you'd have a hundred ways.

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I'm afraid from the very start,

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you never meant to tell me at all.

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Good thing our ideas still line up.

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Guess we're a bit on the same wavelength.

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Who's on the same wavelength with you?

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Cangcang!

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Your Highness.

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I've already turned in for the night!

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My brother just said

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Ling Jueding wants to launch a sneak attack

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and told me to check on you.

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Get out.

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Kuminjia just left.

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If I walk out now,

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won't that prove we were faking it?

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If you ask me,

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I should stay here a little longer.

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Only then will people believe

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our little act was real.

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I'm only playing along like this

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because of the situation.

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Don't read anything into it.

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Don't get the wrong idea.

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What are you trying to say?

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I'm saying

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since there's no going back for us,

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let's stop clinging to each other.

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♪Sky so vast...♪

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I'll help you get the map out.

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Stay away from me after this.

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♪The wild geese cry long...♪

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If you want to stay here, then stay.

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I'm leaving.

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It's cold outside.

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This is your tent.

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I should be the one to go.

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♪Half the city in rain half in ruin♪

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♪Only the dying sun sinks to the western frontier♪

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♪The azure battle flag♪

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♪Burning through the war flames for you♪

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♪Honouring the fallen of our land♪

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♪Looking back across the ends of the earth♪

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♪Countless loyal spirits drift with no place to return♪

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♪The ancient chronicles stand vast and cold♪

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♪Etching only a half lost chapter♪

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♪Buried beneath the drifting sand♪

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♪Each word strikes with solemn weight♪

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♪Let love and hate both fade away♪

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♪The dragon patterned sword breaks♪

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♪Still faintly warm with blood♪

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I'm saying

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since there's no going back for us,

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let's stop clinging to each other.

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Mr. Bai,

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why the long face?

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Where's Cangcang?

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Didn't you two get back together?

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Get back together?

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If only it were that easy.

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You were fine just yesterday.

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How come she doesn't like you again today?

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It's my fault.

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Cangcang once said

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she wanted to visit Xijiang

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for the most beautiful grasslands

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and the most beautiful snow mountains.

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She wanted to ride across them with me.

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But I promised her

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and never kept that promise.

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When we brought it up last night,

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she got mad at me.

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Then just go.

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What's so hard about that?

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The General ordered

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that we're not allowed to leave the camp.

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We're in a truce right now.

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What's the big deal?

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You've got me anyway.

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I'll go with you both!

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Cangcang still holds it against me.

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She won't agree.

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Mr. Bai,

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you really don't understand women at all.

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Cangcang,

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Mr. Bai and I are going hunting.

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Do you want to come?

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You're going out hunting?

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Yeah.

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Just the two of us.

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This is actually the perfect chance to get the map out.

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Cangcang,

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don't you want to come with us?

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You ride and shoot so well.

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You're no less skilled than us grassland folk.

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Well?

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My hands are itching for a match anyway.

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Dare to have a contest?

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Contest in what?

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Hunting, of course.

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Whoever wins,

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Mr. Bai has to wait on them tonight.

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How about it?

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Fine.

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Very well.

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Then tonight,

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just let him wait on you.

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Do you actually like him or not?

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Last night, I saw you two...

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sharing the same bed.

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So do you really not care,

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or are you jealous?

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Who says I'm jealous?

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What she means is,

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alive or dead,

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I'm hers all the same.

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She'd never get jealous.

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Hey...

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When did I ever say that?

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You want her to see right through us?

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All right,

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I'm just teasing you.

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I don't need him waiting on me anyway.

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Let's go!

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With all these soldiers tailing us,

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I have to shake them off

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to get the map out.

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Your Highness,

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are we really just hunting like this?

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Why?

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Do you really want that contest?

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Of course.

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I need to prove myself to Cangcang.

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You really are persistent.

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Cangcang,

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what do you think?

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If we really do compete,

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he might not even be a match for us.

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All right.

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In that case,

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let's have ourselves a contest.

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Mr. Bai,

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if you win,

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I'll be the witness to you two.

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But if your skills fall short,

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then from now on,

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stop clinging to our heroine Cangcang.

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Deal.

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What are the rules?

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Couldn't be simpler.

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Within an hour,

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whoever brings back more game

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wins.

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What about the hunting range?

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Go wherever you like.

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But if you're not back in an hour,

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your catch won't count no matter how big it is.

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All right.

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Then let's begin!

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Start the clock!

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Cangcang's so nervous about the result.

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Looks like she's really not into you.

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You're doomed.

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Your Highness,

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we only just started.

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Don't write me off so quickly.

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What if I win?

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All right.

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I'll be waiting to see.

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Lin Cangcang,

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if you lose,

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I'm going to set you up with Mr. Bai.

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It's a bit early

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to be calling it now.

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Kumor,

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what are you doing here?

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I had some free time today.

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I heard you were out hunting here,

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so I came to take a look.

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Where's Mr. Bai?

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He...

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I just saw him chasing after a young deer.

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Guess he's really desperate to win.

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The match isn't over yet, right?

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Your Highness,

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you've got five kills,

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and Miss Lin has five as well.

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Didn't expect you to be this good.

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Now it all depends on Mr. Bai.

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He still isn't back.

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If Kumor discovers our plan...

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Mr. Bai,

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how did you do?

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With an hour out there,

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I'm sure you brought in quite a haul.

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Here,

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take a look.

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With this much game,

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Kumor won't suspect

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he had time to do anything else.

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Your riding and archery are impressive.

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You have my respect.

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Your Highness,

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how exactly are you planning to help me?

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No matter how she helps,

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I'm not into you.

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I'll go talk to her for you.

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I didn't expect you

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to be a real hunter.

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You flatter me.

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I had to give it my all

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just to please Cangcang.

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Ever heard the saying,

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"Forced love never turns out sweet"?

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Cangcang gave up on you long ago.

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And have you ever heard,

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"Sincerity can move

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even stone"?

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You really are stubborn.

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You're just as stubborn as I am.

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Mr. Bai,

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what do you mean by that?

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You refuse to pull your troops back.

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Isn't that stubbornness too?

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You're just a wandering swordsman,

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yet you dare lecture me on war?

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Aren't you afraid I'll start doubting who you really are?

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All I'm saying is,

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you're not a man who kills for pleasure.

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Whether it's your soldiers

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or the common folk,

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you value

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every life.

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But if you insist on not withdrawing,

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once you go to war with Great Qi,

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many lives will be lost.

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Since the status verification system was put in place,

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generations of hard work from Xijiang folks

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vanished overnight!

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Then came a year of disaster,

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with corpses of the starved all over the land.

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You think I want to fight?

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If my people could just live in peace,

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who would choose to live by the blade?

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War

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is never the best choice.

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For me, the best choice is letting my people

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live better lives.

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But war will

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only make more innocent people die.

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Have you ever considered

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ending this peacefully?

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The weak are meat for the strong.

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Only the fittest survive.

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Even if I were willing,

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would that rotten emperor agree?

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You won't know unless you try.

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Bai Chifan,

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you're undermining the troops' morale!

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I wouldn't dare.

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I just feel

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if you truly put your people first,

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then it's worth taking the long view.

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During this time,

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you must not use your inner force!

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If the poison reaches your heart,

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even I may be powerless to save you.

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I've already lost so much time.

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There's barely any left to hunt.

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But if I come back empty-handed,

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it will surely arouse suspicion.

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It's only late autumn in the Central Plains,

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but it's already winter out here.

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Today's bitter cold

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means a blizzard is coming.

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Cangcang has to leave this place as soon as possible.

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Eat up!

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Fill it up!

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Guys! The meat's here!

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Hurry up!

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Drink up!

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Have a drink!

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Another one!

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Down it!

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Drain it!

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Here!

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Pour it!

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Mr. Bai!

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Get over here!

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Deputy General Zhang got us the best cuts of meat!

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Have a drink!

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Smells amazing!

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Coming!

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Fill it up!

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Fill my cup!

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Come on, have another piece!

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Cheers!

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Cheers!

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Minjia,

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sit here.

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Okay.

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Come for more when you're done!

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This is mutton boiled in ice water.

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It's how we grassland folk eat it.

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Come and try.

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How come there's suddenly so much mutton?

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The General's supplies have arrived?

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Should be.

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No idea.

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Whatever, let's eat!

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General!

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Deputy General Zhang,

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I said

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no one was to harass the common folk!

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Why did you disobey my orders?

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Spare us, General!

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General,

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Deputy General Zhang really had no choice.

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Our supplies are almost gone.

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The soldiers have been living on plain rice porridge for days.

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If this keeps up,

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before we even reach the walls,

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our morale will be crushed!

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Deputy General Zhang has defied orders.

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Twenty lashes!

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Let that be a warning!

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Yes, General.

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Men, hear my order!

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The meat you're boiling right now

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was all seized from the villagers!

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Whatever you've eaten,

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you'll pay back in full!

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The rest

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goes back exactly as it is!

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Supplies are already on the way.

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Starting tomorrow,

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I'll send a small unit out

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to hunt every day.

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I give you my word:

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I won't let any of you starve!

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But from this day on,

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if anyone dares bother the people again,

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I will not let it slide!

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Yes, General!

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You want my poison?

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Ying,

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is there any way

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to make some poison or powder

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that will infect the locusts

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but leave the flowers unharmed?

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And the poison has to spread fast.

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Spread to the Emperor?

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No,

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spread to other bugs.

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So you want a poison or powder

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that kills the insects

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but not the flowers...

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is that it?

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Exactly!

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You're really clever.

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No.

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I don't have anything like that.

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It's fine.

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I was just asking.

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But I can try to mix something.

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But Qianqing,

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you have to promise me one thing.

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Let's hear it first.

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Relax.

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This time,

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I'm not after the Emperor's life.

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Your Highness.

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His Highness asked me to help you

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with an experiment that will benefit the realm.

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Let's begin.

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At this time of year,

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how are there still fireflies?

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All these bugs

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are dusted with my glowing powder.

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Pretty, aren't they?

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They are.

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Do you like them?

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Let's stay here and watch,

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see how long it takes

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before they all...

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one by one...

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one by one...

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die out!

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The three days are up.

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Your Highness, please give the order at once

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to release grain to Jiangzhou.

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You truly live for the country.

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You worry day and night over Jiangzhou.

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Aren't you afraid you'll work yourself sick?

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Easing Great Qi's troubles

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is simply my duty.

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As a subject of the realm,

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I trust Your Highness feels the same.

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Of course.

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What did that memorial from Xuzhou

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say again?

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Ah yes, I remember.

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It claimed the Governor of Xuzhou

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had the disaster under control

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and all was well.

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Yet the reports I received say

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the Xuzhou officials

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neglected their duties

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and the disaster is long out of hand!

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If Your Highness has doubts,

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you can send people to investigate.

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But the army grain for Jiangzhou keeps being delayed.

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If you ignore the lives of the border troops,

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I'm afraid you cannot shrug off the blame.

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So what you mean is

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that we must settle the matter

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of Jiangzhou's grain today?

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We must.

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Very well!

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Bring ink and brush.

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Eunuch Feng,

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what's today's date?

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Your Highness,

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it is the ninth year of Yongxi...

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All right.

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I remember now.

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Zhong Lin,

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if you don't get back soon,

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I'll lose this whole game.

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Urgent dispatch from Xuzhou!

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[Memorial from the Governor of Xuzhou]

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[Locust plague has left the people starving and displaced.]

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Mr. Song, you must be weary from the road.

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Please, rise.

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Thank you.

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Your Highness,

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the locust plague in Xuzhou is severe.

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The prefecture office was slow to respond,

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leaving the people without grain and refugees on the move.

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Neighboring prefectures have already been affected.

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Soon,

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this tide of refugees

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may even reach the Capital.

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How dare he!

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- Indeed. - That's deceiving the throne!

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Just as I thought.

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The Governor of Xuzhou is bold indeed

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to lie in a report to the throne!

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Someone took the chance

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to collude with the Governor

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to seal the city off for a time.

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No one was allowed in or out,

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hoping to grind Xuzhou down

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into a dead city!

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I have fulfilled my duty

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and brought back the Governor's letter of confession.

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[Memorial from the Governor of Xuzhou]

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The proof is here.

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Grand Tutor Ling,

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do you have a plan to deal with this?

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That brat Xiao Qianqing went behind my back,

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and turned the tables on me in court.

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He only did this to force my hand

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into raising grain for him.

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My Lord,

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sacrificing the Governor of Xuzhou as a pawn

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won't really hurt our foundations.

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It's just that

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the army grain for Jiangzhou...

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It really can't be delayed any longer.

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And the grain merchants?

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None of them can raise grain on short notice?

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No, My Lord.

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Which one

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complained the loudest about his troubles?

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Mr. Wan of Wan's Rice Shop.

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He claims he's taken a huge loss.

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I see.

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Fine.

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You'll pay him a visit yourself

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and bring Mr. Wan...

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a little "comfort".

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Yes, My Lord.

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[Wan's Rice Shop]

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Your Highness,

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Grand Tutor Ling has secured grain this morning.

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Together with the surplus in the national granary,

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it's enough to cover Jiangzhou and Xuzhou's needs.

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Forcing him to show his hand...

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all my scheming was worth it.

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By the way,

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any news from Jiangzhou?

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♪Who walks lone through storm and snow♪

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♪Reading every warmth and chill♪

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♪Of the heart?♪

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♪Who stands proud against a thousand weights♪

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♪Grace only a mask he wears?♪

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♪My blade sweeps the heavens♪

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♪Blood once drenched♪

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♪My armor and charging steed♪

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♪I know what it means to let go♪

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♪When to step in, when to hold back♪

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♪A broken blade cuts through♪

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♪Years of winter and summer♪

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♪Enemy flags burn to ash like gauze♪

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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