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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 32]

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Do you know

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what you're about to face?

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It's Du Tingxin.

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She's a real mad dog!

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Amitabha.

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Du Tingxin's men are here.

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Thank you.

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Cangcang,

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about Princess Ying and the Empress Dowager,

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even I don't fully know

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how they really died.

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I understand.

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Thank you, Father.

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I remember,

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when you were little,

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you'd always pester me to braid your hair.

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But I was never any good at it.

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Later on,

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you stopped caring

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about those girlish things.

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I don't know if that's just your nature,

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or if

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I didn't do well enough.

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Father,

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what's wrong?

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Hurry!

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Come on, hurry!

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Quick!

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[Fayun Temple]

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[Sansheng Hall]

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Preceptor Du.

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It's been a long time.

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Grand Tutor Ling,

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so you really are still alive.

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Did you think

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that getting the Empress out of the palace

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would keep her safe?

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Right now,

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she's quite safe.

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As expected of you.

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This plum wine was brewed last autumn.

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Spring

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is when it tastes best.

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I'm afraid

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I don't deserve your wine.

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Now that Xiao Huan is dead,

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I can keep the Empress alive.

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What do you want?

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I only ask you to write a letter,

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ordering General Ling Jueding to hand over his command.

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To threaten a father with his son's and daughter's lives like this...

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you're asking for a bit too much.

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The mighty Grand Tutor Ling,

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now trapped in this shabby temple.

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You should be grateful.

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You should be glad

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you still have a chance to bargain with me.

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It seems

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I still underestimated you.

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The day you sent me that blood-written letter,

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you should have known

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this moment would come.

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You've already driven Xiao Huan to his death.

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What more do you want?

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Have you forgotten

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I'm of the Xiao bloodline too?

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Grand Tutor,

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have you decided?

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It's a deal,

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but I need to see some sincerity.

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Please drink this cup of poisoned wine,

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so I can feel at ease.

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Good!

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It's always easy doing business

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with a smart man.

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So, Grand Tutor,

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shall we start

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drafting the letter now?

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You still don't understand me at all.

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My life is mine to command.

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So the advantage

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isn't yours alone.

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I've served

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in office for decades,

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and I've never bowed to threats.

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These prayer beads bear poison.

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I prepared it for myself long ago.

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To use it now

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is as good a time as any.

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Why don't you take a guess

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and place a bet:

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will your poison take effect first,

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or will mine?

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Fine.

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So you really are set on dying.

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My fate

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was always bound to end like this.

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If I can't seize the Eastern Palace,

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then wherever I am,

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I'll end in total defeat.

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This is the end I chose for myself.

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It's just a pity,

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Preceptor Du,

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that I won't live to see...

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how you end.

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You've gotten the end you asked for,

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so may you rest in peace.

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I will be sure to reunite you

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with your daughter soon.

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Do you really think

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you'll get what you want?

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Do you think

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the people you want dead

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will die that easily?

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Zhong Lin...

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Cangcang.

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You're awake.

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Where are we?

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Father...

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Where's my father?

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Where's my father?

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- Stop the carriage! - Cangcang...

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Stop the carriage, now!

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[Sansheng Hall]

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Father!

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Cangcang!

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Father!

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I have to go back and save him!

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Cangcang!

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- I have to go back for him! - Cangcang...

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♪Sky so vast♪

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♪The fading dusk sinks into the river♪

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♪The wild geese cry long♪

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♪Tonight my homeland feels as distant as a foreign shore♪

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♪Snow so white♪

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♪Bare branches haunt the empty lanes...♪

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Father.

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Cangcang...

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♪Pale moonlight...♪

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Cangcang...

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Father!

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Father!

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Cangcang...

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- Regarding roasted pear, - Don't leave me!

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- only Golden Leaf pears from Shuiquan Village - Don't leave me!

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are the very best.

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They're full of juice.

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And with your favorite pear blossom honey on top,

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you used

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to love it so much!

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I love your roasted pears most.

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All I wish for you

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is peace and joy.

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May the deities and Buddha

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protect you for me.

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Father!

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♪The wind resounds clear and bright♪

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♪Steel armor clashes in the setting sun♪

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♪War drums pound♪

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♪Echoing over ruined walls and borderlands♪

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♪The night grows cold♪

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♪A lonely Qiang flute breaks the heart...♪

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Everything Grand Tutor Ling did today

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was to keep you safe.

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♪Only rusty spears left buried on the field...♪

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Let's go.

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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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Father...

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♪And knows it once belonged to yesterday♪

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♪Shot at the moonlight?♪

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♪Singing to the boundless sky♪

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♪As tears fall in countless lines♪

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[Wuying Hall]

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♪In the distance♪

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♪A lone lamp glows♪

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♪That light♪

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♪Was never mine to claim♪

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[Wuying Hall]

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♪Until you passed through my life♪

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♪And lit up all my stars♪

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♪Now I must return this love♪

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♪Gently to the night sky♪

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♪Raindrops fall with the wind♪

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♪Caressing the mountains' scars♪

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♪Like someone both strange and dear♪

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♪Whispering love and hate♪

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♪Raindrops drift along the wind♪

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♪You fall into my desolate heart♪

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♪Silently, they pierce through♪

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♪The wounds time has left behind♪

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Madam,

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we found many bloodstains along the Qining River bank,

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along with shredded pieces of His Majesty's robes.

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I'm afraid His Majesty is dead.

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There's no going back now...

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[Dragon–Phoenix Blessings]

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Word from the palace says

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His Majesty truly is dead.

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Impossible.

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I believe in him.

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If he's alive,

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he would've come for you long ago.

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He knows all about Fenglai Pavilion's shadow guards.

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It's been so long and he still hasn't shown up.

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These past few days I've kept thinking.

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From the very start,

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he told me to leave with the Imperial Seal.

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It means he'd sensed

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the upheaval in the palace.

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That's exactly why

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I can't let him down.

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Not only must I guard the seal,

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but I also have to do everything I can for him.

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What are you going to do?

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It's time

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to gather up my father's forces

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in the palace and the Capital.

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All right.

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Then I'll hurry back to the palace

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and get Xiao Qianqing to help us.

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You must be careful in everything.

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Don't you dare act on impulse.

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Those people

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are probably scouring the city for you.

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You should be careful too.

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A realm can't go a day without a ruler.

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[Pure and Spotless]

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With His Majesty's life hanging by a thread,

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we petition Your Highness,

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for the sake of the countless people of Great Qi,

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to take the reins!

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We all support Your Highness ascending the throne!

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I understand

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where your hearts lie.

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You may withdraw for now.

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Your Highness...

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Dismissed!

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Understood.

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Are you really going to become a traitor and usurper?

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Do you truly want that throne?

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So even you see me that way?

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Xiao Qianqing,

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you must not ignore

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right and wrong.

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If you really sit on that throne,

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how will the world see you?

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You'll be the usurper who killed the Emperor for the crown!

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Are you really going to usurp the throne?

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Have you thought at all

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about Xiao Huan?

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Or about Cangcang?

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He is dead.

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But rest assured,

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I won't harm Ling Cangcang.

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If we can find her,

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I won't have her buried with him.

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I'll name her Empress of the Late Emperor,

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and move her to a separate residence

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to live in honor.

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Then I should thank you, shouldn't I?

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Zhong Lin,

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if you stay by my side,

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the two of us

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won't be any different from before.

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So...

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you plan to lock me in one courtyard

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after another?

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I just hope

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we don't stand on opposite sides.

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Not stand on opposite sides?

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You're the one who's been walking away, not me!

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To be this emperor,

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you'd really be a coward who lies to himself?

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What is it you really care about?

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What is it I really care about?

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What is it...

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I really care about?

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My imperial brother

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died right in front of me, beyond all saving.

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Now there's nothing left

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for me to care about!

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I only have...

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I was wrong...

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You've made it painfully clear...

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that I misjudged you.

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I remember you once told me

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that ever since you were little,

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you've always feared the sound of bells.

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You're afraid

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of that heart-ripping pain.

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You like the sound of running water.

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I made this for you myself.

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Its chime is clear as water,

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soft as rain.

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When you wear it,

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you won't be afraid anymore.

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So you're really giving up on Xiao Huan and Cangcang?

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Minister of Rites Liu Mingzhuo is advanced in years.

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[Wuying Hall]
He petitions to resign.

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Approved.

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Vice Minister of Revenue Liu Cheng requests to retire.

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Approved.

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Director Chen Ling of Personnel claims illness

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and voluntarily resigns.

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Approved.

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Your Highness,

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since you are Regent,

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you should handle all affairs personally.

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How can the memorials

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be left to the Imperial Preceptor?

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I never wanted to be Regent in the first place.

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Li Chengtian,

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if you can't stand me,

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you can impeach me all you like.

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You...

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Preceptor Du,

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you ought to avoid suspicion.

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Otherwise,

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if this spreads,

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everyone will think

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you are the one truly acting as Regent.

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I'm only sharing the burdens of the realm.

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Mr. Li,

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are you suspicious of me,

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or are you

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actually coveting the Regent's power?

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What do you mean by that?

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I thought you still remembered His Majesty's kindness,

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and would at least show some restraint.

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But...

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Mr. Li, you truly wronged me.

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My heart is set only on Great Qi.

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Your Highness,

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in my view,

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Mr. Li is already advanced in age,

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yet still toiling in court day after day.

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It is far too hard on him.

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Mr. Li, why not follow the others,

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resign and return to your family?

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Wouldn't that be wonderful?

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Approved.

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Approved.

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No ambition,

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unfit for great responsibility!

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Who are you putting on this act for?

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What are you talking about?

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I don't understand a word.

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I hear

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you're still searching the Qining River for Xiao Huan.

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Do you think

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he's really dead?

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Whether he's alive or dead,

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there's no turning back for us now.

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[Changhe Gate]

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Sir.

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Sir,

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how did the Prince of Yuzhang handle

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those resignation memorials?

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He approved them all.

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What is he trying to do?

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He's going to ruin the realm.

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- What are we to do? - Go back and tell the Old Madam

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to gather all the family

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and leave the Capital at once.

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Sir, what about you?

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There's one last thing I must do.

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Once it's done,

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I'll catch up with you.

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Understood.

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With His Majesty's fate uncertain,

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the court has fallen into chaos.

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The Prince of Yuzhang serves as Regent,

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yet ignores state affairs.

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[Changhe Gate]
The Imperial Preceptor beside him

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harbors wolfish ambition.

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Now in this court,

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those above

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cannot reach the imperial ear,

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and those below

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cannot aid the common folk.

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Villains hold sway,

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a disgrace to Great Qi!

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If this goes on,

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the officials' hearts will scatter,

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and Heaven itself

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will show ill omen!

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Why don't we

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just throw Li Chengtian into the prison?

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Let's see how tough this old bone really is.

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If I do that now,

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I'd only grant him the name of a loyal minister.

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By now, every courtier who can be threatened or bought

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is already under my command.

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Those who still refuse to yield

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also serve my purposes

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thanks to Lingbi Sect's Heartbane.

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Only a few stubborn old bones are left.

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They are a deadly hidden threat.

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Why not ask the Saintess to use the Heartbane on him as well?

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That pack of vermin is foul and stubborn,

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utterly unafraid of death!

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Even if I poison him,

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he'll most likely kill himself to prove his loyalty.

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As for Li Chengtian,

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if he must die,

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I'll see that his death serves my ends.

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[Merciful Salvation]

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On guard!

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- Mr. Li! - Mr. Li!

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- Mr. Li! - Mr. Li!

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Mr. Li!

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Mr. Li!

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[One with Heaven and Earth]

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We respectfully greet the Saintess!

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Reporting to the Saintess,

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several of our branches have been destroyed recently.

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They say...

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They say...

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Say what?

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They say the Ghost King has appeared,

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and heaven and earth are as one.

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And the Ghost King even beat us to it,

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completing the Nanrong Palace mission

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and killing Li Chengtian.

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How could a new Ghost King appear?

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Does he have the Moon-Eclipse on him?

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Yes.

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All those slain by him

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bear ghost markings.

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Only one who holds the Moon-Eclipse

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can do this.

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The Ghost King's return

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is the glory of Lingbi Sect!

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[Seven days earlier]

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Now the Saintess is using Du Tingxin's hand

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to endanger the whole court,

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even all of Great Qi.

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I've thought it through carefully.

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I stand in the light,

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and the Saintess hides in the dark.

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If we are to save everyone's lives,

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we must stage my death.

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Your Majesty,

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your body is already spent.

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You can't take much more.

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How can you possibly stand against them?

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The Moon-Eclipse is the Ghost King's token

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because it is both medicine and poison.

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It can heal wounds and save lives,

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and even strengthen one's inner power.

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But once it's used, there is no turning back.

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It'll consume your essence and shorten your life.

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When the poison seeps into your bones,

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it will destroy you.

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He is inside.

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Your Majesty has suffered.

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I'm fine.

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You truly have not betrayed my trust.

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I've followed Your Majesty for so many years.

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I never believed you would harm Princess Ying,

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nor that you would seek your own death.

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So your leap from Phoenix Terrace

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must have been your plan to escape.

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As soon as Eunuch Feng sent word,

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I immediately activated the Xiaoxing secret guards

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and learned you were here.

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Commander Li,

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head to the meeting spot outside the Capital now,

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activate the Xiaoxing secret guards,

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locate His Majesty,

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and await his command.

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Take care.

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How are things at court?

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Everything is just as you predicted.

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Although everyone believes

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you couldn't have survived in the Qining River,

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the upright elder ministers

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still invoked the ancestral rules

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to block the Prince of Yuzhang from taking the throne.

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Even the Imperial Preceptor can do nothing about it.

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So,

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they're focusing all their efforts

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on searching for my body.

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Good.

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Next,

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I'll use my identity as the Ghost King to lure the Saintess out.

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Your Majesty...

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Becoming the Ghost King with the Moon-Eclipse

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is a choice I made long ago.

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You've given too much for Great Qi.

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I am answerable to the world,

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and to every subject of Great Qi.

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It's only Cangcang I've failed.

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How is Cangcang?

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The Empress is safe and sound.

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I never imagined

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that meeting Cangcang,

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killing Li Lu,

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and obtaining the Moon-Eclipse

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were all fated from the start.

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Whatever you plan to do,

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I'll surely advance and retreat with you.

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Cangcang,

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her roots run deep in the palace.

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If I move against her,

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it'll surely trigger a mad backlash.

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Only by getting you safely away

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can I stake everything on one last move.

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I'm sorry.

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Bai!

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Are you there?

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Don't worry.

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I believe in you.

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I'll wait for you to come back.

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Thanks for looking after me, sir.

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I'll repay your kindness someday.

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Let's go.

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Are those wearing ghost masks from Lingbi Sect?

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They are.

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I hear Lingbi Sect is no small thing these days.

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They're recruiting men,

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growing stronger and stronger.

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But hasn't Lingbi Sect

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been suppressed by the court for over a year?

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And they still dare to swagger around like this?

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Word is the Lingbi Saintess

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has returned from the far south,

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and even latched onto the court.

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Truly chaotic times.

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The court itself is a mess.

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The Emperor and Empress are both ill.

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A prince is acting as Regent.

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Could she be the Lingbi Saintess?

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Hush.

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Come on, have some tea.

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My father planted spies in the palace.

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How many are left?

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I don't know the exact number.

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Grand Tutor Ling laid many hidden pieces,

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and even I don't know them all.

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Then how am I supposed to find them?

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Me?

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Right.

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The key lies with you.

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What do you mean?

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Before Grand Tutor Ling was killed at Fayun Temple,

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he secretly summoned us.

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If anything happened to him,

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Fayun Temple would sound the bell as a warning,

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and we were all to follow your lead.

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All right.

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How do we meet them?

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Three days after the mourning period,

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at Guisi Mausoleum.

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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♪