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I have questions for you.
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You must tell me the truth.
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Ming Chongyan was intercepted by
His Majesty as he was leaving.
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He's been taken to Ganlu Hall.
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His Majesty made it clear
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whoever told you will be beheaded.
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Let's go! Aye!
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I'll level with you,
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the Empress has been trying out
your medication herself.
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The drug was too strong,
so she has inevitably suffered.
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But she forbade me to tell you.
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Your Majesty!
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You'll be pardoned if I die
under your needles.
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Do it, or I'll exile your clan
beyond the borders.
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If your mind is made up,
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I'll do my best.
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Stop!
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Greetings, Your Highness!
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You may go!
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Do you know the risks involved?
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Yes!
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I only have a 20-30% chance.
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I'm likely to go into a coma
for a few months or I may never wake up.
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You're not afraid?
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Very!
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Then why did you...
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Because I'm tired of being sick.
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I don't want to be weak anymore.
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I don't want splitting headaches
from reviewing a dozen memorials.
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I don't want you to work so hard
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and get blamed for
meddling with state affairs.
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I don't care!
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For you, I don't feel wronged.
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But I'm tired of this.
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I really am, Meiniang!
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I already have a great Father,
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a great Mother and several
brilliant older brothers.
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I don't need a great Empress.
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Since the day we met,
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you've been taking care of me, but I want...
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to look after you.
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I worked so hard to become the Emperor,
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I brought you back to the Palace
and became your husband,
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I thought Heaven would take pity on me
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and give me a chance to look after you.
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But this detestable illness...
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I don't want to be an invalid Emperor.
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Do you understand, Meiniang?
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I do...but I don't know
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when you started to feel sorry for yourself
because of this illness
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and even blame others for it.
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This is the thinking of a coward.
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You're not a coward, you're my man.
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My man is definitely not a coward.
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Whether or not you're a sagacious ruler,
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I really don't care.
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You're my husband.
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I stopped you because
I don't want to lose you.
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I don't want to lose you either.
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You're torturing yourself
testing my medication for me.
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You thought I didn't know?
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I know... know all about it.
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I can stand the pain from fengji,
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but I can't stand seeing you
suffer because of me.
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To see you like this,
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I'd rather I never get cured.
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In a few days,
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the peony in Luoyang will be in full bloom.
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You've been wanting to go see them,
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but I've stopped you these past few years
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because I was afraid the long journey
would wear you out.
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But now I have come to my senses.
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Rather than worry about the unknown future,
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I should spend time with you
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and appreciate the beautiful flowers.
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Let me go with you, alright?
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Good!
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(...Let me bear all the jealousy and pain)
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According to our spies in Ganlu Hall,
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Father and Empress Wu had a heated argument.
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Though we don't have the details,
I can imagine.
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This is perhaps a good time.
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Father's tolerance and favour
have reached their limits.
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It's time to take action, Your Highness!
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Empress Wu has been trying to usurp power.
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Father has been with her for so long,
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he must have lost interest in her.
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She tries to meddle with Father's life
in every aspect,
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Father must bear a grudge against her.
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She has deliberately concealed
Father's illness
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and kept the courtiers in the dark.
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Now she's trying to stop Father's treatment.
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This woman's ambition is clear to all.
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I will lead the other courtiers
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to remonstrate and bring her down.
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Empress Wu blatantly stopped
Father's treatment
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in order to control Father.
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Tang is in great danger.
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We cannot just sit and wait for our end.
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Spread the word
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and we'll use this as the reason
to depose her.
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The upcoming banquet at Que Building for
the 9 emissaries from the Western Regions...
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Is everything ready?
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Everything is set, Milady.
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Good! What about Ming Chongyan?
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He said it would be fine.
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You really think this will work?
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I don't understand.
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How can this stop black cats
from appearing in the Palace.
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My interest is not in the black cats.
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Or the people who let them out.
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I'm targeting against Consort Xiao's curse
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about coming back for revenge as a cat,
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and the rumours about me
being scared of cats.
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Seeing is believing.
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After the banquet at Que Building,
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we'll see if anyone in the Palace
still wants to talk about black cats.
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Milady, rumours have started in Chang'an
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about you concealing
His Majesty's illness for years
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so as to usurp power.
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Li Yifu is looking into
who's behind these rumours.
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Tell him not to bother.
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You know who did this?
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What is Zhong'er up to these days?
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Still secretly worshiping
the deposed Empress Wang?
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According to our spy in the Eastern Palace,
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this has been the case.
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The Crown Prince is so confident
he's been covering up well
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when all along, it's out of sympathy for him
that you've been more than forgiving
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I'm afraid stormy days
are to be expected in the Court.
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I don't blame him for holding a grudge,
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but I won't tolerate anyone
with wild ambitions.
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Keep the Eastern Palace under close watch.
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I need to know the Crown Prince's
each and every move.
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Aye!
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The Empress is guilty of usurping power?
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What does this mean?
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Your Majesty, the Empress is so ambitious
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that she attacks those who oppose her
in both the Court and the Harem,
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completely defying what is proper.
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Such behaviour is unacceptable.
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Please depose her...
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Please depose her...
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If you expect me to depose the Empress,
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you need something more substantial
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to prove she is guilty as charged.
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Since she became the Empress,
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despite the fact that Your Majesty
is in your prime,
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other concubines have produced
no other heirs all these years.
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That means she's a tyrant in the Harem.
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Empress Wu has also lied to everyone
about your health.
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She smuggled Ming Chongyan into the Palace,
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under the pretence of treating you.
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Yet your condition has actually worsened.
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She should be executed for her crime.
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Besides, as the head of the Harem,
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she meddles with state affairs.
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Everything she has done can prove
she's usurping power.
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All the courtiers have long been
indignant about her.
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That's why we're submitting a joint
petition to ask you to depose her
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and bring in other Imperial wives
to carry on the royal bloodline.
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Please bring in other imperial wives...
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How dare you pressurise me!
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We wouldn't dare!
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For the sake of Tang,
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please make up your mind soon.
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It was my decision
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to conceal my health.
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The Empress has nothing to do with it.
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Youshao, you must have been
misled by rumours.
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Don't bring up the issue
of deposing the Empress again.
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You may go!
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Your Majesty, deposing the Empress
will impact Tang's existence.
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Please stop covering up for her.
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I told you to go!
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If you don't grant us our wish,
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we'll be too ashamed to face
the late Emperor and the Tang subjects.
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We'd like to resign and never get involved
in state affairs again.
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We will resign...
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Good...you all get paid
to give the Empress a hard time.
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If you ask me, the Court can do
without the lot of you.
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Shangguan Yi, on account of
your contribution to Tang,
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I'll allow you to retire.
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But the others must be punished!
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Attendants!
Remove their robes and take them away!
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Your Majesty!
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Pity on Tang!
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Tang will fall into the hands of this woman!
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I refuse to accept such an insult...
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Minister...
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Pillars of the State? You're garbage!
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You're only good at bullying a woman!
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You tried hard to conceal your fengji,
but to no avail.
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I don't care about that anymore.
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I just think it's unfair to you.
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After all, you used the Congshan District
commission
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to revoke Cheng Zhijie's authority.
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I know you did it for me.
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Your Majesty, though I never ask you
about what you say and do,
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I have a pretty good idea.
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Cheng Zhijie is crucial to the aristocrats
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and has rendered meritorious service
to Tang.
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He's also an important figure in the Court.
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If it's you who revoked his command,
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resentment and controversies would have been
raised amongst the other old courtiers.
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Rather than giving them an excuse,
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I didn't mind doing the dirty work.
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Let me bear the blame alone.
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Meiniang, I know how to deal with them,
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but it's not fair to you.
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Tell me what you plan to do
with the courtiers who want to depose me.
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I want to execute Shangguan Yi,
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and make slaves out of his clan.
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Those who signed the joint petition
should all be exiled.
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Your Majesty!
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But I know
you'll ask me not to make myself unpopular.
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If I killed or demoted all those
who want me to depose you,
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there'd be no one left in the Tang Court.
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That's why I plan to kick Shangguan Yi
and his lot upstairs.
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Send them to the Hongwen Pavilion
to work on the Imperial history,
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so they'll have no time to meddle
with state affairs.
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That's brilliant, Your Majesty!
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Meiniang, I promised you
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I'll protect you
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regardless of where and when.
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I believe in the years to come,
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genuine loyalty or faked ambition
will someday be revealed.
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You're right, as long as I keep my cool,
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someone else will be panic-stricken,
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especially those minions in hiding,
who blow my illness out of proportion.
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Your Majesty, in 3 days,
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at the Que Building banquet
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to entertain the emissaries
from the Western Regions,
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would you like to host it?
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Or put the Crown Prince in charge?
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These 9 small vassal states
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are only beginning to show respect.
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They're coming from afar,
I must receive them.
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I can't believe the memorial we drafted
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was so easily dismissed by His Majesty...
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No, Empress Wu did it.
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She seized the opportunity to send
Minister Shangguan to the Hongwen Pavilion.
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She expects us to just help
the Prince of Dai!
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We can't just stand by and watch this woman
run Tang to the ground!
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Exactly! All these years,
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while His Majesty's fengji has weakened him,
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his loss became her gain.
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The Empress is gaining influence and power.
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We were useless in stopping her...
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Your Highness...
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No! You mustn't...
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Youshao, you're my mentor,
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without your help,
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Empress Wu would have killed me already.
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But I can't wait any longer.
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The current Tang
needs a young and healthy Emperor.
257
00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:43,462
You mean...
258
00:22:43,529 --> 00:22:46,432
If I remain loyal to Father alone,
259
00:22:46,532 --> 00:22:49,301
that's blind devotion.
260
00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:50,502
Youshao...
261
00:22:50,569 --> 00:22:51,804
Your Highness?
262
00:22:53,672 --> 00:22:56,242
You must be loyal to Tang.
263
00:22:56,308 --> 00:23:01,247
Only when I become the Emperor
can we topple Empress Wu
264
00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:04,783
and save Tang.
265
00:23:06,318 --> 00:23:10,222
Your Highness, you plan to...
266
00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:22,401
The banquet at Que Building
for the emissaries
267
00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:25,704
may be an opportunity...
268
00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:39,685
Milady!
269
00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:56,802
(Eastern Palace plotting to assassinate
His Majesty at Que Building banquet...)
270
00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:57,529
Your Majesty, you have just recovered.
271
00:24:57,629 --> 00:24:59,064
Don't drink so much.
272
00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:03,335
It's alright. I'm happy tonight.
273
00:25:19,084 --> 00:25:24,189
Milady, all the food and drinks
have been carefully tested.
274
00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:25,491
What about the cat?
275
00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:26,258
Don't worry, Milady!
276
00:25:26,325 --> 00:25:31,063
Sorcerer Ming hired an animal trainer
who has been rehearsing for tonight.
277
00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:35,834
You only need to go along with it
and everything will run without a hitch.
278
00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:37,169
Excellent!
279
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:44,710
The new Emperor looks weak.
280
00:25:44,743 --> 00:25:48,313
He's nothing like the Tian Kehan.
281
00:25:50,082 --> 00:25:53,952
But Empress Wu seems to be
a character.
282
00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:57,856
I heard she defeated Empress Wang
and Consort Xiao
283
00:25:57,890 --> 00:25:59,892
before she became the Empress.
284
00:26:02,428 --> 00:26:08,133
It was the deposed Consort Xiao
who cursed her before she died
285
00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:12,438
saying she would return for revenge,
reincarnated into a cat.
286
00:26:13,172 --> 00:26:16,241
That's why the Empress is fearful of cats.
287
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:18,911
Gentlemen...
288
00:26:19,178 --> 00:26:20,679
What's that noise?
289
00:26:31,457 --> 00:26:34,760
Meowing of a cat in here?
290
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,599
What's wrong?
291
00:26:40,699 --> 00:26:44,269
Why are you so quiet?
292
00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:49,875
This silence is new to the Que Building.
293
00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:53,779
Your Highness, it's a cat's meowing!
294
00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:57,516
So I heard. We have cats everywhere.
295
00:26:57,583 --> 00:26:59,284
There's no need to be alarmed.
296
00:27:16,335 --> 00:27:22,341
Greetings, Mother!
297
00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:25,878
Your Majesty!
298
00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:30,315
Come!
299
00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:46,999
This is my pet cat...
300
00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:49,535
pardon me, gentlemen.
301
00:27:49,568 --> 00:27:57,109
Here...a toast to you all
as a token of my apology.
302
00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:08,153
She's putting on this act
strictly for our benefit.
303
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:12,090
The parrot is a "ying wu",
which is her last name.
304
00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,793
If the parrot stands for Empress Wu,
305
00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:17,162
who does the cat stand for?
306
00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:26,305
Meiniang, this is a brilliant move!
307
00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,373
I believe after tonight,
308
00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:33,278
the gossip about the black cats
will vanish like smoke.
309
00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:36,448
A trick like this is not worth mentioning.
310
00:28:36,481 --> 00:28:38,717
I learnt from you.
311
00:28:49,995 --> 00:28:53,765
When everyone thinks she's scared of cats,
312
00:28:54,266 --> 00:28:57,269
she shows people how she can command them.
313
00:28:57,336 --> 00:29:01,273
This woman has a tough streak.
314
00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:12,618
Pardon me!
315
00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:14,219
How dare you!
316
00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:16,255
I'm sorry to bother you, Your Majesty!
317
00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:18,090
Please forgive me!
318
00:29:18,624 --> 00:29:19,891
It's alright!
319
00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:20,459
Thank you, Your Majesty!
320
00:29:20,525 --> 00:29:21,260
You may go!
321
00:29:21,326 --> 00:29:23,495
Thank you, Your Highness!
322
00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:40,979
Father!
323
00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:45,050
While the emissaries are
here to pay tribute to Tang,
324
00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:46,885
I'd like to propose a toast
325
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:50,188
to your health and the stability
of the Tang kingdom.
326
00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:52,357
Good!
327
00:30:00,932 --> 00:30:01,833
Wait!
328
00:30:05,203 --> 00:30:07,439
Your Majesty...
329
00:30:07,506 --> 00:30:08,940
What is it, Meiniang?
330
00:30:15,013 --> 00:30:18,317
What the Crown Prince said
331
00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:21,086
shows his filial piety.
332
00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:25,223
You have just recovered,
333
00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:27,492
you should not indulge in drinking.
334
00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:32,631
How about...
335
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:46,244
Your Highness, I'll trouble you
to drink this wine for His Majesty.
336
00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:53,151
Father!
337
00:30:53,819 --> 00:30:55,821
What do you think, Your Majesty?
338
00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:58,990
Good idea! Zhong'er...
339
00:30:59,091 --> 00:31:02,828
I'm awarding this wine to you.
340
00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:06,398
You're the heir to the throne.
341
00:31:06,431 --> 00:31:10,235
I hope you'll do a better job as the Emperor
342
00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:13,071
and won't let me down!
343
00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:17,309
Here...
344
00:31:23,915 --> 00:31:28,320
People are watching, Your Highness!
345
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,022
If you drink this,
346
00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:35,494
it means you're loyal to your Father!
347
00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,511
Drink it!
348
00:32:05,657 --> 00:32:13,865
Thank you, Father...Mother!
349
00:33:43,722 --> 00:33:45,957
You have a nice chamber,
350
00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:48,960
but you choose to sleep in here.
351
00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:54,065
Looks like you're genuinely afraid of me.
352
00:34:01,172 --> 00:34:07,612
My birth mother and Empress Wang
are dead because of you.
353
00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:10,415
Who knows when I'll be next?
354
00:34:11,416 --> 00:34:17,322
You can hate me, but why...
go after your Father?
355
00:34:19,324 --> 00:34:20,458
Do you realise
356
00:34:20,525 --> 00:34:23,261
if I had not swapped the poisoned drink,
357
00:34:23,328 --> 00:34:27,866
you'd forever be guilty of patricide?
358
00:34:29,634 --> 00:34:33,071
You'd be condemned for life!
359
00:34:47,852 --> 00:34:52,657
You made me do it!
360
00:34:53,325 --> 00:34:55,660
I'm anxious to ascend the throne,
361
00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:59,965
because I want to settle
each and every score between us.
362
00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:03,301
I have always wanted to kill you,
363
00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:12,811
but what a shame I'm not as
shrewd and calculating as you are.
364
00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:15,914
I failed today. I failed!
365
00:35:16,381 --> 00:35:22,320
Perhaps it's my fate.
366
00:35:24,155 --> 00:35:30,195
Your mother trusted me with you
367
00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:32,764
and asked me to protect you.
368
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,467
I've kept my word.
369
00:35:36,201 --> 00:35:40,605
I've treated you like my own child.
370
00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:48,113
You think by hiding in here
I can't touch you?
371
00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:57,422
What's the point of telling me this?
372
00:35:57,489 --> 00:35:59,691
You think I'd believe you?
373
00:36:00,725 --> 00:36:04,462
You can believe what you want.
374
00:36:04,929 --> 00:36:08,733
I know you hate me,
375
00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:12,070
and have wanted to kill me.
376
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:16,374
I don't blame you for any of this.
377
00:36:16,474 --> 00:36:21,479
But I will not tolerate
any attempt on your Father's life.
378
00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:24,315
Do you realise,
379
00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:29,654
despite your lack of talent and
poor character,
380
00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:33,692
your Father has never considered
deposing you.
381
00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:40,832
But you planned to kill him?
382
00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:45,837
Your own Father?
383
00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:51,109
Ask yourself ...
384
00:36:51,176 --> 00:36:53,778
How could you have that heart for it?
385
00:36:57,082 --> 00:37:04,289
Even if Father had no intention
to depose me, what about you?
386
00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:06,091
Will you let me off?
387
00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:10,562
It's useless to argue.
388
00:37:11,129 --> 00:37:15,900
Right now, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu
are in Taiji Hall
389
00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:19,704
to expose Shangguan Yi's evildoing.
390
00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:25,677
But His Majesty would never find out
391
00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:28,680
who's the mastermind behind
the conspiracy at Que Building.
392
00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:36,321
But you must leave Taiji Palace.
393
00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:39,524
I will not let you near His Majesty.
394
00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:45,330
Only those with talents and competence
deserve the Crown Prince title anyway.
395
00:37:45,396 --> 00:37:49,067
You're out for the mistakes you've made.
396
00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:58,409
Tomorrow, go to His Majesty and tell him
you're giving up the Crown Prince title.
397
00:37:58,843 --> 00:38:04,682
I can guarantee your safety.
398
00:38:16,461 --> 00:38:19,564
As for my promise for your Mother,
399
00:38:19,664 --> 00:38:22,467
I'm afraid I must go back on it.
400
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:28,573
If you still won't listen to reason
401
00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:31,576
and continue with your evildoing.
402
00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:38,116
I'll personally give you a cup of wine.
403
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:04,542
Xu Jingzong...
Li Yifu at your service!
404
00:39:04,642 --> 00:39:07,846
We came to ask you to punish us.
405
00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,083
Punish you?
406
00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:17,121
What have you done?
407
00:39:19,324 --> 00:39:23,361
I have a memorial for you.
408
00:39:41,579 --> 00:39:43,514
Before the banquet at Que Building started,
409
00:39:43,548 --> 00:39:47,185
I got word someone was planning to
assassinate the Empress.
410
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:50,054
It happened so quickly I had no time
to report it to you.
411
00:39:50,121 --> 00:39:51,289
I took it upon myself
412
00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:53,558
to swap all the food and drinks
at the banquet
413
00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:55,927
and changed the guards on duty.
414
00:39:55,994 --> 00:39:57,328
I beg your forgiveness.
415
00:40:01,299 --> 00:40:05,637
There's enough evidence in your memorial.
416
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:12,043
I know those Guanlong aristocrats
have been displeased with the Empress.
417
00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:16,547
But Shangguan Yi, Han Yuan and Lai Ji
418
00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:20,485
have spent half their lives in the Court.
419
00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:23,288
They have always been careful.
420
00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:27,125
Did someone put them to it?
421
00:40:27,225 --> 00:40:32,230
Perhaps the Eastern Palace was involved?
422
00:40:32,363 --> 00:40:35,967
Should I look into it?
423
00:40:36,467 --> 00:40:44,375
Eastern Palace? You mean Zhong'er?
424
00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:55,286
Impossible! Though he's scared of Meiniang,
425
00:40:55,353 --> 00:40:59,090
he's incapable of something so ruthless.
426
00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:01,392
Don't talk nonsense!
427
00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:12,770
Your Majesty, a memorial from
the Eastern Palace.
428
00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:44,335
Perhaps you're right.
429
00:41:47,472 --> 00:41:53,911
Zhong'er wrote in the memorial
he wanted to give up the Crown Prince title.
430
00:41:56,547 --> 00:42:01,285
Have Shangguan Yi executed.
431
00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:04,822
Han Yuan, Lai Ji and the rest
of the clique
432
00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:07,458
will be exiled and their assets confiscated.
433
00:42:10,628 --> 00:42:13,631
You have worked hard tonight.
434
00:42:14,999 --> 00:42:16,534
You're excused.
435
00:42:17,035 --> 00:42:20,071
Aye!
436
00:42:21,139 --> 00:42:22,707
Zhu Gong-Gong!
437
00:42:22,807 --> 00:42:24,442
Yes, Your Majesty?
438
00:42:25,676 --> 00:42:28,246
Send this memorial to Dugu Ji
439
00:42:28,312 --> 00:42:32,550
and ask him to look into
the Que Building case.
440
00:42:32,617 --> 00:42:35,253
I must know the truth.
441
00:42:35,420 --> 00:42:36,821
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