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Episode 28
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Do you really like this book, mother?
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I do.
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It makes me think of
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the days before I entered the palace.
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The annotations in this book
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are they written by this Sir Su you speak so often of?
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Yes.
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Reading these annotations,
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he should be an open-minded and
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liberal man.
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How come you describe this Sir Su as
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a manipulative man
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who is talented at plotting?
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Sir Su has many faces.
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Sometimes he seems so wily that I feel wary,
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and sometimes, I feel that he sees much farther than
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ordinary people.
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Why did mother ask about him?
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You're ambitious,
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you want to clear the names of your eldest brother and the Lin family,
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and you want to help the Empire and unify the courts.
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I'm proud of you.
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But,
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I have no power
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and cannot help you much.
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Of course I hope
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that you have someone loyal and competent by your side
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to help you succeed.
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I understand mother's intentions.
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This Sir Su
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seems perfect to me.
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He refused the shortcut that the Crown Prince and Prince Yu offered
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and chose to help you wholeheartedly.
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This is he utmost sincerity.
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You have always been kind to others.
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I usually don't have to remind you,
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but I have a feeling that
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a talented individual like Sir Su
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is hard to come by.
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You must treat him
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better than the way you treat others.
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No matter what the result is,
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never forget that
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he chose to assist you from the beginning.
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Mother has already told me this.
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What?
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Not long after you first read this book,
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you asked about the annotator.
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You also strongly encouraged me
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to treat Sir Su well.
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and to trust him.
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Why did mother repeat these suggestions?
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Were you afraid that I had forgotten, or do you think that Sir Su
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is really very important?
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When people
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get older, they get more forgetful.
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Look at me. What I've already said
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I said once again.
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I'm really getting old. Getting old...
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I said something wrong. Mother, please forgive me.
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Okay, okay.
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You're grown up now.
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Of course I'm glad you're responsible and ambitious now.
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I don't concern myself with what happens out there.
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You just need to protect yourself.
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As long as you're safe, I'm happy.
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I understand.
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Madame,
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What is it?
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Madame, Wuying Hall has sent word that
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his Majesty is on his way to our Palace.
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Madame, please prepare to receive his Majesty.
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Alright.
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Come with me.
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I prepared two boxes of snacks.
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One for you, one for Sir Su.
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Just think of it as a present from me to thank him for assisting you.
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Thank you, mother.
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I'll take my leave now, and I'll come see you again another day.
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Let's go, your highness.
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What do you mean you didn't get the book back?
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Does Jingyan not want to return it to me?
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No, no.
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That is... Prince Jing said...
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that book... was given to C-Consort Jing.
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Xiao Shu,
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d-don't be worried. Don't worry.
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Consort Jing is just a little bored in the palace.
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She just wants to kill some time by reading.
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Didn't you say that those two words were written really small?
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I don't think Consort Jing will notice.
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She won't be able to see them.
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I'm done.
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Hopefully.
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Your highness.
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Tianzi Battalion has finished reorganizing their ranks.
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Should I send them straight to the Ministry of Defense?
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Yes.
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Your Highness has been investigating this book for many days.
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Is there anything special about it?
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It's because I can't find anything strange
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that I've studied it for this long.
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Are there problems with Sir Su's annotations?
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I've read these annotations over and over.
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I've even copied them out,
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split them, rearranged them,
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but I still can't find anything.
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Isn't it a good thing that there's nothing wrong with it?
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Perhaps.
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But if it's just an ordinary book,
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why would Sir Su, who is always calm and collected, be so concerned with it?
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Why would Meng Zhi, who has never really enjoyed reading, come ask me for it?
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Especially Mother's reaction...
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She's been in the palace for more than twenty years.
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What is in this book
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that can cause her to become so emotional
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and bring up a stranger over and over?
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Your Highness,
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- Consort Jing has sent two more boxes of snacks. - Okay, leave it in my room.
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Whenever Consort Jing sends snacks,
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she sends double what she used to.
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Deliver this book
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to Commander General Meng's place.
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Your Highness!
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Your Highness!
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What's wrong? Why are you so frazzled?
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Your Highness, someone's here to deliver an imperial decree. Please go receive it.
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Why are you like this? It's not like Prince Jing's household has never had someone deliver an imperial decree.
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No, the one delivering is... Eunuch Gao.
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Eunuch Gao?
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Your Highness,
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if Eunuch Gao came in person to deliver a decree, it must be...
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Seventh Prince Xiao Jingyan
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is kind, filial, and honorable.
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For your bravery and successes
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you shall be awarded the status of Noble Prince of the Third Rank,
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and a five-pearl crown.
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I thank the Emperor.
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Thank you, Eunuch Gao.
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Your Highness,
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being awarded the status of a Noble Prince of Third Rank is a great honor
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After Your Highness accepts the decree,
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you need to send a written expression of thanks to the Secretariat office.
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The Ministry of Rites has prepared the new robes befitting of Your Highness's new rank.
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Tomorrow, Your Highness
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should wear the new robes,
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to the ceremony to accept the golden seal from His Majesty.
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Then, you need to perform the rites at the royal ancestral temple,
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and see the Empress at Zhengyang Palace.
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Only after that, can you go to Zhiluo Palace.
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Please remember these rites and
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perform them correctly.
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Thank you for the advice, Eunuch Gao.
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Announcing the Noble Prince Jing to enter the Hall to receive the gold seal of office..
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Your son, greets my Lord Father.
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Grant the seal.
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I thank you Father for this imperial favor.
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A new stage has begun.
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Am I right?
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You said to conform with Father's wishes,
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and to not suppress Prince Jing deliberately.
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Now what? He is now
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a Noble Prince with the 5 royal pearls crown.
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2 more royal pearls and he will be same rank as me.
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Then I shall congratulate you.
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Prince Jing is now 5 royal pearls prince and you are congratulating me?
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Prince Jing is now awarded as 5 royal pearls prince.
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That means Crown Prince is about to be abolished.
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You wish will come true soon.
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Shouldn't I congratulate you?
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The Emperor is always trying to balance power the imperial court.
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When Crown Prince was first instated,
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the Emperor supported you in a similar manner.
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To make sure the Imperial Court has two parties to keep the balance.
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Now Prince Jing has the support.
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It means the Crown Prince will be gone soon.
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The Emperor wants to create a new balance, isn't that right?
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I know what you mean.
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And I know what father is thinking.
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I will not accept that after all these years of hard work,
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I got nothing from it!
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You do have something.
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You have defeated the Crown Prince.
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He's now in confined Eastern Palace and impossible for him to comeback.
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To abolish him,
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only a simple reason and an edict is required.
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But I have spent 10 years to defeat the Crown Prince.
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Do I need another 10 years to defeat Prince Jing?
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After I am awarded
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your status in the internal court will be different.
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The Empress,
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Don't you worry about me.
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I have been here for more than 20 years.
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I know how to protect myself.
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Staying quiet doesn't mean that I can be trampled on.
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The Empress will understand.
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Mother is intelligent.
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I never doubt it.
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I remember you said that before
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when the Eastern Palace was being locked down
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Commander General Meng received a favour from Gao-gonggong.
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And you suggested to get him to side with you.
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That's right.
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But Mr Su didn't agree.
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He said Gao Zhan always plays it safe,
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so it'll be risky to get him to side with me.
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Moreover, if the circumstances become clearer in future,
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with Gao-gonggong's intelligence
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even if he isn't on our side, he'll be on our side.
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There is another layer of meaning to Sir Su's words.
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Do you know it?
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What do you mean?
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While there are a drawbacks to recruiting Gao gonggong
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but the benefits
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cannot be compared to other people.
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The reason he is not interested in that plan,
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the main reason,
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is because he takes in consideration of you.
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That's right. To get Gao Zhan side with me
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it'll definitely involve you.
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That's not something I want to do.
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I am pleased that you are able to understand,
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Sir Su's intentions.
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You are wrong, Your Highness.
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The Crown Prince and Prince Jing are not the same.
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The Crown Prince is the prince of Eastern Palace, the successor to the throne.
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While Prince Jing although awarded 5 royal pearls prince
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he has only just come into favor.
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Now the position of the Crown Prince will be vacant soon
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This is a clear victory for you.
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If you don't come forward
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if something happened to Emperor in future
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Crown Prince will be enthroned.
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If you had to fight at that time,
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then your actions will be considered treason.
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I hope you are right.
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Goodbye.
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I think Prince Yu won't believe in you this time.
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If he suspect something now, then
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he wouldn't be the one that had fought against the Eastern Palace for many years.
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It is expected that he'll find out eventually.
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That means we need to get ourselves ready.
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Who knows what crazy things Prince Yu would do when the going gets tough.
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I still have you and Li Gang.
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With your words
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I feel a huge burden on my shoulders.
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That's why you all need to treat Fei Liu better.
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You know how much burden he has taken from you all.
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Right.
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Why hasn't Tong Lu come yet?
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Slow down.
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Be careful.
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Be careful.
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Slow down.
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Let me see.
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Let me get a doctor.
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No need. Need to spend more money to get doctor.
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I just twisted my ankle.
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I will feel better if soak in the well water.
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Just that I can't help aunt to deliver the dessert.
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Don't you worry about that.
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It's better I get a doctor to look at you so that you can recover quicker.
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Don't worry about money. My shopkeeper
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just raised my pay.
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You shouldn't spend your money so carelessly.
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Save the money
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for your future wedding.
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I...
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I am well now.
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You better go home first.
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Ok.
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You better deliver the goods,
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Qi Hong, continue with what you have to say. I'd like to hear,
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what tripe can come out of those people.
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Yes, I also heard that after Prince Jing has been being awarded
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beside what people outside say, in here, the others also comment that it wasn't noticeable before,
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but now, when you compare Prince Jing and Prince Yu
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there's not much difference.
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No difference!? Are they blind?
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What does Xiao Jingya have, to be compared with Prince Yu.
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Mother, don't get upset first. Let's hear what she has to tell.
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The rumor said that the reason why Prince Jing is unknown is
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not because he is mediocre but it because of the lack of graces from his Majesty.
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If anyone had check, they'd realized that Prince Jing has made many contributions during his long service in the military.
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All of the Princes, including Prince Yu, all added up wouldn't be able to compare.
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Xiao Jingyan has always been a brute. Who'd compete with him on military achievements.
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But some say, that for the past year that he as been in the Capital,
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his Majesty gave him a lot of tasks.
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So his political achievements are many as well. As for his birth status...
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Prior to the New Year, because of the matter of New Year rituals and Noble Consort Yue restoring her status,
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Your highness initiated a Court debate which made clear that
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the Crown Prince is not a child of the Empress
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hence there is no difference between Prince Yu and him; both are sons of concubines.
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Both Princes have the same birth rights. Those with ulterior motives have brought it up again, saying that
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according to that reasoning then all Princes are born from concubines hence have the same birth right.
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Also... also...
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What did they say?!
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They said that Consort Jing is constantly gaining favor from the Emperor, hence
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she might have higher status in future.
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Although Your Highness is raised by the Empress
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your birth mother, before she passed away...
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her rank was Concubine.
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Moreover, his Majesty rarely mentions her.
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Therefore her status is very lowly.
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He's merely 5 royal pearls Prince. What can he do!
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Consort Jing is a nobody. She's been cooped up in the Inner Palace for so many years.
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When has his Majesty ever paid attention to her! I don't believe
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she can fight for favor
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as much as Noble Consort Yue was able to back then!
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It's just those villains currying favor from those in power.
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Please do not be angered your Majesty, your Highness.
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Good.
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Good.
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Since it's now Prince Jing competing with me,
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then we will compete.
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It's not that easy to handle the matters in the Court.
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Based on his limited experience, to step on him
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I won't need much effort compare to the Crown Prince.
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Xiao Jingyan, let's wait and see.
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Everyone's arrived, please enter.
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- You may leave. - Yes.
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Your Majesty, I think we should move to the warm room at Wenhui Palace tomorrow.
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You arrange it, but I feel like this year's winter is not as cold.
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Even at night, my hands and feet are warm.
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Who would have thought that Consort Jing's
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herbal baths for Your Majesty is so magical.
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- Gao Zhan - Yes
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After the morning assembly, summon Prince Yu, the Chief Secretariat and the Minister of State Revenue.
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Yes.
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And Prince Jing.
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At Your Majesty's command.
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We are retired from here now.
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There are so many things to take care of every day.
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Without noticing, the sky's already dark. Your Highness must be tired.
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You guys must also be tired.
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Before, we never had so many things to attend to.
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But everyone's in high spirits. They don't feel tired, in fact, they are more energized than before.
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Zhan Ying.
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You are the first one here to know that I have the intention to win over the throne.
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You must of thought I was crazy then,
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you just never said it aloud, right?
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It was impossible back then.
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I don't know how to say it either. But since Your Highness has decided to do something,
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I will follow your lead no matter what.
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I know. That's why I only told you.
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To be honest, back then,
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I was at a loss, and had no confidence.
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I even went to Sir Su for his advice.
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I ask him, how should I make known my intention
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to take the throne, such that it won't scare people off?
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How did Sir Su respond?
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He said, there's no need to say anything purposefully.
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When the time is right, they will figure it out naturally.
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But I think our brothers, they are now...
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Right now, maybe it's as Sir Su said, the time is right.
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I haven't say anything but they all understood.
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Even if I stop right now
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they will push me forward.
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Hearing what you said, I agree too.
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Back then, the brothers would only whine
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about the pay being cut and the winter clothes are not warm enough.
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But now they always discuss
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how to improve the military transport system, how to carry out new horse administration policies...
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It's really different from before.
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But they...
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I know.
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Even if I never gain power in the Court,
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these brothers in arms, they'll never leave me.
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I'm glad that your understand your Highness.
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Your Highness, the Minister of State Revenue, Minister Shen asks to see you.
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Shen Zhui?
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It's so late already, why is he here?
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Minister Shen, is there any urgent matter to visit me so late?
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End of Autumn, the local governments have submitted their autumn harvest report.
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All has been come in yesterday and has been submitted to the cabinet.
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This is an extract. Please take a look.
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These five states had a drought in Spring and Summer and suffered a locust plague in Autumn.
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Based upon the states population and disaster situation
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I have calculated roughly how much money the State Revenue ministry needs to budget for disaster relief,
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and have submitted it to his Majesty today.
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Seems that you have already made arrangements for disaster relief.
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Then why have you come to see me?
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Whenever there is such matters in the past,
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his Majesty will ask either Prince Yu or the Crown Prince to take charge.
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Once they got the job
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they will butcher it up like meat.
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But those are people in the 5 states, peoples' lives.
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According to the way they and the local officials did things in the past,
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it'd be lucky if even 30% of the money makes it to the hands of the victims.
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Soon there'll be starving people roaming every where,
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and we'll run into the risk of riots.
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Are you sure it's that serious?
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Your Highness please have a look. This is a description of the situation in Lie state,
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where the Crown Prince handled the disaster relief after a snow storm in the 20th year of Kaiwen.
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This is from the 3rd year of Chengping, it's a report from a Governor,
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it details the situation in 8 states in Qinnan where Prince Yu handled the relief mission.
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The person who wrote it died,
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before this report even reached the Secretarial office.
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- This is from 7th year of Chengpin... - That's enough, Minister Shen.
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I know what you mean. What do you want me to do.
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Your Highness, I hope that no matter what, please fight for the right to take charge of the disaster relief.
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If it falls into Prince Yu's hands again,
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when the situation is out of control, he can easily deceive the Emperor by saying it's just rioting mobs.
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If that time comes, can your Highness
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really raise your arms against this 'rioting mob'?
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This is not about striving for power and position.
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This is about the people and the imperial court's responsibility.
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Your Highness, you are the only hope now.
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Please rise Minister Shen.
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I admire your thought.
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I promised you I will spare no effort to fight for this right at the imperial court tomorrow.
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Shen-qing, I have read your report. This year's disaster
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although its not as bad compare to the one in the 7th year of Chengping
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nonetheless
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arrangement for disaster relief needs to be done as soon as possible.
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Don't worry Father. The Empire has been at peace for many years and have not had any major expenses. The treasury is in surplus.
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Minister Shen also didn't have any objections on the amount budgeted.
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What we needed to do now is to assign officers to each state to deal with the disaster relief.
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I have experience with doing these tasks, so you need not worry father.
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Indeed, this is not the first time you are assisting me in this matter.
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I understand you have the experience. You will not be in a frenzy.
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Father,
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Jingyan, what do you think?
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Father, ever since I've been assigned with tasks under your orders, I have seen much improvements in myself.
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Disaster relief is a huge responsibility. Although the chief coordinator does not need to attend to everything personally
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at least the person will need to visit the disaster areas to better understand the situation.
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This time 5 states are affected and certain places are cold and poor.
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Prince Yu's precious body will not be able to tolerate such harsh conditions.
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But me, I have served in the military for a long time and have better tolerance.
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So I hope Father can allow
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me to handle the disaster relief this time.
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- You are right too. - Father!
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I understand Jingyan's good intentions but I can't accept it.
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How can I think of being tiered when helping the Emperor and doing work for the people.
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Not that I don't trust Jingyan. He doesn't have enough experience.
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Handling a disaster relief and comforting the people is not like going to war where you only need strength.
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There are victims across the 5 states all waiting for aid from the imperial court
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I afraid is not suitable for Jingyan to practice on.
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Even though I never handle any disaster relief before at least I know the procedures.
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Since Prince Yu has the experience, I believe you can teach me some.
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Even if we don't go deep, I'd like to ask Brother, once the aid has been allocated,
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to what point can it be considered that the disaster has been relieved?
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When the victims have enough food and money to get by, then the disaster is relieved.
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I my opinion, the person in charge should
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have a holistic view and co-ordinate all officers and resources.
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The final goal is to reduce the number of deaths, prevent riots,
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survive through the Winter and to not miss the Spring plow.
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If any of the points listed cannot be achieved, then the disaster cannot be considered as relieved.
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Jingyan's opinion does have much foresight.
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Looks like you have thought much about it.
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Prince Jing has been a quick study in matters of the Court.
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I am very much impressed.
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These points sound easy, but will be hard to achieve in reality.
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Jingyan, do you have the people required?
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Do you know how the processes work in the various states? Remember the new war horse policies you pushed?
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You were supposed to be experienced in that. But in the end? It still had so much trouble.
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The officials in the area are all different,
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it takes time to get to know them and know how to work with them.
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The Ministry of Defense was holding back the new war horse policies, hence we had issues.
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Anyway, the policies were eventually implemented.
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I'm sure this time, the Ministry of State Revenue,
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will organize all details necessary.
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Naturally, the ministry is bound by duty to do so.
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Pushing all fault to the Ministry of Defense?
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That's not your usual way of doing things isn't it Jingyan.
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Lets take a step back,
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say the issues with the war horse policy implementation was due to the Ministry of Defense holding things back.
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How can you be sure that there won't be someone holding you back this time?
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You are young and have no fame, it's natural that there'll be people who won't respect you.
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How to take control of local officials, how to remove resistance and
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how to balance people's relations, these are all things you still need to learn.
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Since minister Liu says you are a quick study,
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so I believe in a year or less you'd be able to learn it all.
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But the situation with the disaster is urgent, there's no time for you to learn.
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All those things you've mentioned, how to take control of local officials, how to remove resistance and how to how to balance people's relations,
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not only will I not learn it this time, but I would never learnt.
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The Court has the court laws, and disaster relief has it's procedures.
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If you only had your own selfish concerns,
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that should not be the culture to encourage on the Court.
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What do you mean by this? Father is the Emperor, the Court is orderly, and yet you say that the court has a bad culture?
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Jingyan, you are only a Noble Prince, are you so eager to do Father's job for him?
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- Brother Yu, why must you deliberately misinterpret my words so, - Enough
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Why have you started arguing for no reason.
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Can the two of you say something worth listening to?
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Father, I did not wish to anger you,
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but Jingyans' words are full of barbs. He's always been like this when infront of you Father.
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I thought he'd improved in the last 2 years,
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You old thing,
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my sons are not close to my heart and yet you still laugh as if you've seen a good joke.
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The Princes are not inattentive, your highness
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they are really after your heart.
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In my opinion, Prince Jing's attitude is very good.
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He just says what he's thinking and won't hide anything. Even if what he says is incorrect,
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your Majesty you can correct and teach him otherwise right.
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Well you're the most unconcerned.
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Your Majesty your are fortunate yet you don't know. My sons are much more boisterous
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but look at me, am I not always happy?
504
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,620
Whatever, whatever.
505
00:38:23,620 --> 00:38:30,080
What's with the two of you, it's not even a big matter. Must the two of you fight like this.
506
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:34,400
Since you both want to help me, the matter of the disaster relief
507
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,660
Father! Disaster relief is an urgent matter,
508
00:38:37,660 --> 00:38:41,570
since Father you have yet to decide, then the aid from the Ministry will not be released,
509
00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:45,560
I thought of the hardships of the victims and am much saddened. So I've decided,
510
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:49,720
to reduce the expenditures in my household send 30,000 taels of silver to the victims first.
511
00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:53,730
Once Father has decided, the rest of the aid can then be released from the Ministry.
512
00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:02,600
Jinghuan are you going to contribute from your own stores?
513
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,340
Everything I have is given by you Father,
514
00:39:05,340 --> 00:39:09,120
there is not such thing as my personal stores, they were all rewarded by Father.
515
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:13,990
Everyone under the heavens is Father's children, how can they not all receive your benevolence.
516
00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:17,440
I have decided on it. I will prepare all the rewards you've grant me,
517
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,180
and use it to cover any short falls.
518
00:39:20,180 --> 00:39:24,400
We cannot allow the shortage of aid to disgrace your good name Father.
519
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:28,770
Father,
520
00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:35,100
To have such thought, it's very good Jinghuan.
521
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:41,800
The several times you've handled such matters before I've never had to worry about anything.
522
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,420
While there were rioting mobs wanting more than they deserve,
523
00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:48,980
they were all successfully suppressed.
524
00:39:48,980 --> 00:39:53,140
The disaster relief this time round is very urgent, I will still send you.
525
00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:54,400
Your Majesty!
526
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,560
I accept your order Father.
527
00:39:57,340 --> 00:40:03,590
Disaster relief is a responsibility of the Court. There is no reason for Prince Yu to cover such expenses personally.
528
00:40:03,590 --> 00:40:08,060
Shen-qing, the amount budgeted in your report,
529
00:40:08,060 --> 00:40:13,110
take out 30,000 tales, and release the rest in batches and hand it over to Prince Yu.
530
00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:16,300
Do not delay the disaster relief effort.
531
00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:20,650
That's enough for today. I am tired, you are dismissed.
532
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,310
I will take my leave.
533
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:44,200
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