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Meiniang,
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am I a good Emperor?
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I want the truth.
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The Tang Code you revised during
the Yonghui era
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was the best law I have ever seen.
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You wiped out the rebel army up north,
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brought down the aristocratic clans,
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provided a stable society
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and gave poor scholars
a chance of fair competition.
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You extended the kingdom
far beyond its territorial limits.
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You're undoubtedly an excellent Emperor.
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I'm afraid people would
attribute everything to my Father,
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and say that I profited from his effort.
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When Yang Guang took over
the throne from Yang Jian,
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he inherited a much more
prosperous kingdom.
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Look what happened to it.
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But who can
inherit my glorious kingdom?
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The children have their own fate.
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Perhaps it's because
we have been too strict
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and our hands have reached too far,
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so even at their age,
they still won't amount to anything.
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Or maybe we haven't done enough.
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Meiniang, promise me
you will guard this kingdom for me.
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Your Majesty, all my life,
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don't you think I have been cursed
and condemned enough?
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I know it's unfair.
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To have a wife like you, I ask
for nothing more.
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If there comes a day
when we can be buried together,
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our lives would have been complete.
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Your Majesty!
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What do you call yourself these days?
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Ruyi? Meiniang or Wu Zhao?
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Your Majesty!
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Whatever name you go by,
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I hope you'll always remember,
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I'm still the same old Zhinu.
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I will always love you.
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Tonight's fireworks are for us.
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I was never interested in the kingdom,
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but I have been the Emperor all my life.
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At first, I was doing it to protect you.
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Then it was the way to own you.
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But all I ever wanted was to watch
the fireworks with you.
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Zhinu...
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Your Majesty!
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Zhinu...
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I have been headstrong all my life,
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and you have suffered for that.
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It was my fault.
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Zhinu...
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If there was a next life,
will you be my husband again?
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(Who can shake the world like I do?)
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(I charm the earth even when in tears)
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(You promised in your past life...)
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I'm good for nothing.
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Someone like me
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is perhaps destined to be
a free spirited prince.
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How about doing it for me?
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I won't let anyone hurt you!
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Zhinu!
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Go! Mount the horse! Don't mind me, go!
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For you, I'm willing to risk everything,
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even my life and my kingdom,
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as long as you're happy.
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Meiniang...
Catch mel!
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Now that I'm the Emperor,
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I'm so pitiful I don't even have
the right or position to love you.
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Zhinu, don't say it...
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No! Meiniang, listen to me!
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Since we met in Yeting,
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you have been the love of my life...
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To this day, that has never changed.
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This time, no one can make you leave!
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I won't let you leave again! Don't worry!
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I don't want you to leave me.
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That's why I want to be more
than your Empress and bosom friend.
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I want to give you counsel,
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and fight alongside you.
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Then you would never want to leave me.
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(I'm grateful to have had you
for that heart wrenching feeling)
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(Who is the dream of my life?
Who brought the most beautiful goodbye?)
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(We can start all over again
when I find you in the next life!)
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(Let me bear all the jealousy and pain...)
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Mother!
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Great Emperor Tianhuang's posthumous edict.
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Since I ascended the throne,
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I have been in ill health
which finally brought about my departure.
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Crown Prince Xian will succeed me as
the Emperor in front of my coffin.
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The Heavenly Empress and I are inseparable.
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I hereby will that, she be buried with me.
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Aye!
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Heavenly Empress, please obey the edict
and prepare to be buried.
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Xian'er!
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Mother?
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Your Father's body is still warm
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and you already wish to bury your Mother!
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What a fine son you are!
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Heavenly Empress!
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Today, someone will be buried
with the late Emperor.
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But it's definitely not me.
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Heavenly Empress, please forgive me
for being late!
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I have the late Emperors instructions
to deliver his posthumous edict.
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Read it!
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Aye!
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The last edict of Great Emperor Tianhuang...
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The size of the kingdom and the
responsibility to its subjects
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must be carried on.
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The Crown Prince may become my successor
in front of my coffin.
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He is to observe the Han traditions
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and must not be wasteful in
building the mausoleum.
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The Heavenly Empress will be the Empress
Dowager.
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After the Crown Prince takes the throne,
she will continue her regency
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and make decisions on
all state and military affairs.
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Aye!
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I will carry out the late Emperor's wishes.
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It was his ideal!
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He made me do it!
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You...
I was ill advised.
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Please forgive me, Mother...
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You... Mother...
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What should be done with these traitors?
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Wei Xuanzhen will be removed from office
and thrown in jail.
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The others are dismissed.
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Aye!
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Arrest him!
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Wu Meiniang!
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I'll haunt you even as a ghost!
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I'll never leave you alone!
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Mother, thank you for sparing me!
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Mother, thank you for sparing me!
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Mother, thank you for sparing me...
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Get out!
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Thank you, Mother...
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Zhinu, to the very end,
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I was scheming and taking precautions.
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Someone like me
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is not really worthy of your love!
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You knew, didn't you?
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Why didn't you tell me?
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Why didn't you say something?
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You should have said something.
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Why is it till the very end,
you still wouldn't reprimand me?
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How silly of you!
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Zhinu, I know at the final moment
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what was bothering you.
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Even if I'm condemned for life!
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Even if there'll be bloodshed,
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I will do this for you.
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I will guard your kingdom.
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I promise! It's the only thing
I can do for you.
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Zhinu...
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Zhinu...
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(Whose features make the world
gasp in admiration?)
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(As time goes by)
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(I have grown used to
getting drunk in a party,)
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(giving up dullness for splendour)
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(My tears are scattered)
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(All I have left is my kingdom)
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(I don't know where I stand each night)
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(I don't get to choose my destiny...)
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(Emperor Gaozong died in Luoyang in 683.)
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(Wu Zetian became the Empress Dowager
and remained as regent)
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(for Emperors Zhongzong and Ruizong.)
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(For whom did I look beautiful then?)
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(For whom do I sigh today?)
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(I don't want to waste
what you have given me)
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(I will go all the way, all for love!)
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(For whom has love become magnificent?)
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(For whom has my life become precious?)
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(In between the joy and sorrow
of parting and reunion)
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(love thoroughly, hurt thoroughly!)
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(For whom did I look beautiful then?)
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(For whom do I sigh today?)
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(I don't want to waste
what you have given me)
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(I will go all the way, all for love!)
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(Love is not fleeting)
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(For whom has my life become precious?)
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(In between the joy and sorrow
of parting and reunion)
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(love thoroughly,
even in complete loneliness...)
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Greetings, Heavenly Empress!
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At ease!
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Thank you, Heavenly Empress!
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Heavenly Empress!
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Zhang Jianzhi, so Di Renjie recommended you?
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That's right!
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I didn't come to see you
to ask for a position,
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but also to dissuade you.
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Dissuade me?
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All these years, your presence in the Court
as the regent
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has given you complete control of the state.
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Why must you
take the risk of moving one step further?
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It's uncalled for.
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There has been no female Emperor in history,
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if you declare yourself the Emperor,
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people will oppose you
for the rest of your life.
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Just think, you're near 70,
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where do you get the time and energy
to deal with so much?
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Men are hypocrites. With a female regent,
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you're content with naming anyone
as the puppet Emperor.
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You'll look the other way
and accept it.
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But now,
if I'm determined to remove this veil,
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what can the lot of you do to me?
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So what if you declare yourself the Emperor?
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Imagine if you pass on the throne
to a member of the Wu clan,
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who would want to worship his aunt
in the Imperial ancestral temple?
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Heavenly Empress,
if you pass it back to the Li clan
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then what's the difference between Tang
and the Wu dynasty?
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It'll be all for nothing. Why bother?
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Why bother indeed!
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Perhaps I'm not as shrewd and calculating
as people think I am behind my back.
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Once I also wasn't sure
what I was really after.
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Was it love or desire?
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Or maybe I'm just a stupid woman
slaving all my life
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for nothing but an illusion.
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Forget it! I don't want to torture myself!
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Let them do as they please.
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Curse me, resent me or even hate me.
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I'm willing to take the criticism.
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If there's one thing I still insist,
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it's that I don't want to see,
their reason for opposing me
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is simply the fact that I am a woman.
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You're everything Di Renjie say you are,
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honest and outspoken
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but a bit too blunt.
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Please forgive me.
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In that case, if I wish to go further,
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you are not willing to help me?
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Not true. I will go
as far as you want to go.
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I'm just curious what lies ahead
in the final destination.
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Please rest assured,
I'll do my best to assist you.
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Effective immediately, you're a Censor
and Minister of the Secretariat.
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With the Mandate of Heaven, the Zhou
Dynasty under the Wu clan shall commence.
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The state will henceforth be blessed.
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We hereby seek blessings from
Heaven and Earth...
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(...Giving up dullness for splendour)
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(My tears are scattered)
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(All I have left is my kingdom)
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(I don't know where I stand each night)
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(I don't get to choose my destiny)
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(Something borrowed must be returned)
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(Flowers in bloom will wither)
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(My dream started with your glance)
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(For whom did I look beautiful then?)
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(For whom do I sigh today?)
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(I don't want to waste
what you have given me)
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(I will go all the way, all for love!)
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(For whom has love become magnificent?)
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(For whom has my life become precious?)
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(In between the joy and sorrow
of parting and reunion)
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(love thoroughly, hurt thoroughly!)
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(Whose features make the world
gasp in admiration?)
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(There's no turning back)
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(When things I own begin to fade)
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(I remember they used to be
brilliant like fireworks)
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(My tears are scattered)
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00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:48,534
(All I have left in my hands
in my kingdom...)
257
00:27:48,901 --> 00:27:54,573
Long live Your Majesty!
258
00:27:56,141 --> 00:28:01,046
Long live Your Majesty!
259
00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:05,817
Where are my enemies?
260
00:28:06,218 --> 00:28:07,519
Dead!
261
00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:10,923
And my friends?
262
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,425
Dead as well.
263
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:22,234
What about my husband and children?
264
00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:28,941
Your Majesty, except for the Prince of
Luling and the Prince of Xiang,
265
00:28:29,541 --> 00:28:32,578
the others are dead too.
266
00:28:34,646 --> 00:28:37,316
(15 years later)
267
00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:42,020
Your Highness, operation Shenlong
has been planned for years.
268
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,256
This is the opportune time.
269
00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:48,260
If we can move into Jixian Hall
before the Imperial Guards catch on,
270
00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:50,362
we can restore Tang.
271
00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,698
Don't hesitate, Your Highness!
272
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,304
A subject must be loyal, and a son filial,
273
00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:03,075
you're forcing me to become
a traitor and unfilial son.
274
00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:06,478
You're the Crown Prince of Tang,
275
00:29:06,812 --> 00:29:08,347
the son of Emperor Gaozong.
276
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,550
Restoring Tang is the most loyal
and filial thing to do.
277
00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:15,921
We need you to justify the operation.
278
00:29:15,988 --> 00:29:19,858
Please go to Jixian Hall now!
279
00:29:19,891 --> 00:29:23,161
Please go now...
280
00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:36,842
You killed Zhang Yizhi?
281
00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:40,846
Yes, I acted on your order
and cut off this traitor's head!
282
00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:43,882
When did I give the order?
283
00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:48,253
You're killing me!
284
00:29:48,487 --> 00:29:51,523
The arrow is on the bow.
There's no turning back.
285
00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:55,294
The lives of the courtiers inside this hall
and the soldiers outside
286
00:29:55,394 --> 00:29:57,863
are all in your hands.
287
00:29:58,196 --> 00:30:01,300
You must go to Jixian Hall!
288
00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:05,637
Please go now...
289
00:30:05,704 --> 00:30:07,105
Please get up!
290
00:30:07,973 --> 00:30:10,542
You only wish to restore Tang, right?
291
00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:15,414
I'm already the Crown Prince, right?
292
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:17,049
Let's just wait.
293
00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,017
Wait for me to take the throne. Then...
294
00:30:19,051 --> 00:30:22,454
I have been waiting for 15 years.
295
00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:29,828
During these 15 years, she killed 34
members of the Li clan,
296
00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:34,466
36 courtiers
297
00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:38,337
and even people from her own clan,
298
00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:40,639
she killed 24 of them.
299
00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:45,544
You can wait, Your Highness.
300
00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:49,348
Wait 20 more years for the throne.
301
00:30:49,781 --> 00:30:54,353
But who knows? After 20 years,
302
00:30:55,454 --> 00:31:00,792
will you get the Imperial Seal
or 3 feet of silk to hang yourself?
303
00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:05,497
We can't wait any longer!
304
00:31:05,897 --> 00:31:10,669
Tonight is the best time in 15 years.
305
00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,804
If you missed it,
306
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:16,508
there wouldn't be any hope of restoring Tang
307
00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:21,980
and you'd plunge your future
into the unknown.
308
00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:23,348
That's enough!
309
00:31:26,418 --> 00:31:29,054
You don't think I know all that?
310
00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:31,623
I was the Emperor when I was 27.
311
00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:33,925
Now I'm 45
312
00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:35,460
and I'm still a Crown Prince.
313
00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:37,929
A 45-year-old Crown Prince
314
00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,899
is the biggest joke in the world.
315
00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:48,106
I was exiled to Junzhou and
Fangzhou for 14 years.
316
00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:51,743
My life has not been happy.
317
00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:54,513
You think I'm scared of her?
318
00:31:54,646 --> 00:32:00,619
Of course I am! I'm scared to death!
319
00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:02,954
Have you forgotten,
320
00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:07,492
you have Emperors Gaozu and Taizong's
blood running in you.
321
00:32:08,393 --> 00:32:11,663
Their courage and glory of
founding a kingdom
322
00:32:11,696 --> 00:32:15,634
isn't good enough to help you
face that old woman?
323
00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:18,330
Is this a coup? Who is here?
324
00:33:19,231 --> 00:33:22,400
Your Majesty, it's your son.
325
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,604
You should not be on your knees.
326
00:33:35,046 --> 00:33:39,251
Didn't you come here to ask me to abdicate?
327
00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:42,287
I wouldn't dare!
328
00:33:45,423 --> 00:33:48,059
You wouldn't?
329
00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:50,295
You're getting old
330
00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:55,166
and you have become bolder.
331
00:33:57,836 --> 00:33:59,571
Don't back off!
332
00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:02,707
You can't back off!
333
00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:04,409
Raise your head!
334
00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:07,779
I hate this cowardly look on your face!
335
00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:09,948
I'll take my leave...
336
00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:11,816
Your Highness!
Let go!
337
00:34:13,685 --> 00:34:15,453
Stop His Highness!
338
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:17,055
Don't bother!
339
00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:25,997
Tang is finished...completely finished.
340
00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:40,312
Drop your weapons!
341
00:34:41,479 --> 00:34:43,315
Do it!
342
00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:53,992
I should be punished by death.
343
00:34:54,492 --> 00:35:00,098
I just beg you to spare His Highness
344
00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:04,336
and let the Li bloodline continue.
345
00:35:13,511 --> 00:35:16,348
Li Xian is worthless.
346
00:35:16,915 --> 00:35:21,286
But you chose to follow him, Zhang Jianzhi.
347
00:35:22,687 --> 00:35:25,156
It must have been tough for you.
348
00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:31,296
Whether it's Zhou or Tang,
349
00:35:31,396 --> 00:35:33,365
as long as the people enjoy
peace and prosperity,
350
00:35:33,398 --> 00:35:36,668
and they can live a stable life,
351
00:35:36,935 --> 00:35:40,739
what's the difference?
352
00:35:41,306 --> 00:35:47,746
You can't possibly think
this foolish son of mine
353
00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:51,783
will be a better Emperor than I am!
354
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,922
If you ask me...
355
00:35:58,056 --> 00:36:03,495
the Crown Prince was the Emperor
for 44 days back then.
356
00:36:04,229 --> 00:36:09,467
Judging from his behaviour, he's no doubt
fatuous and self-indulgent.
357
00:36:12,237 --> 00:36:14,272
Years have gone by,
358
00:36:14,539 --> 00:36:17,075
he has made no improvement.
359
00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:20,078
Then why must you oppose me?
360
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:26,718
Choosing a fool over a sage
at the expense of the people's welfare?
361
00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:32,757
Or is it because you can't accept
a woman as the Emperor?
362
00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:38,930
What I cannot part with
is my loyalty to the Tang Dynasty.
363
00:36:39,964 --> 00:36:42,767
Think about it:
364
00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:48,106
the late Emperor entrusted you
with the Crown Prince.
365
00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:50,208
Now that he's a grown man,
366
00:36:50,275 --> 00:36:52,744
you should pass him the throne.
367
00:36:53,678 --> 00:36:58,149
That's the Mandate of Heaven
and the will of the people.
368
00:36:58,183 --> 00:37:00,485
Zhang Jianzhi may stay,
369
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:05,623
everyone else may go.
370
00:37:05,924 --> 00:37:10,361
Let's pretend nothing happened tonight.
371
00:37:10,462 --> 00:37:14,132
Your Majesty, they committed treason!
372
00:37:17,469 --> 00:37:20,238
Nothing happened in Jixian Hall,
373
00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:24,442
how can treason have been committed?
374
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:26,311
You may go!
375
00:37:26,578 --> 00:37:28,046
Aye!
376
00:37:28,346 --> 00:37:29,948
Sheath your swords!
377
00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:34,352
You should go too!
378
00:37:35,954 --> 00:37:37,555
Go!
379
00:37:42,894 --> 00:37:44,095
Go!
380
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:51,302
Thank you for sparing my life!
381
00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:03,281
Get up, Zhang Jianzhi!
382
00:38:07,085 --> 00:38:08,887
Thank you, Your Majesty!
383
00:38:11,623 --> 00:38:14,259
They say you can interpret dreams.
384
00:38:14,692 --> 00:38:16,461
I've been having this strange dream.
385
00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:19,931
Can you explain it for me?
386
00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:25,637
Please tell me the details.
387
00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:31,643
I've been having the same dream lately.
388
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:35,580
I see a parrot (ying wu) with broken wings
389
00:38:36,114 --> 00:38:40,451
struggling on the ground trying to fly
390
00:38:41,052 --> 00:38:43,054
and is in pain.
391
00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:49,160
Wu is your last name.
392
00:38:50,395 --> 00:38:54,098
The pair of wings represent your sons.
393
00:38:55,166 --> 00:39:03,441
If you use them properly,
you can fly high...
394
00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:08,546
After all,
395
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,551
you still don't want the throne
passed on to the Wu clan.
396
00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:20,024
If you pass the throne to your son,
397
00:39:20,058 --> 00:39:22,126
generations from now,
398
00:39:22,427 --> 00:39:27,031
you'll be honoured and worshipped
in the Imperial ancestral temple.
399
00:39:27,332 --> 00:39:30,902
But if you pass it to your nephew...
400
00:39:31,569 --> 00:39:33,938
pardon my candor,
401
00:39:34,672 --> 00:39:42,513
if your son is unreliable,
your nephew is even more so.
402
00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:52,957
I think you already know that.
403
00:39:54,092 --> 00:40:00,865
You just prefer not to deal with it.
404
00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:05,036
You must also know
405
00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:10,975
I'm terrible at interpreting dreams.
406
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:21,019
Mengjiang, after all these years,
407
00:40:21,619 --> 00:40:26,257
you still have a sharp tongue.
408
00:40:28,326 --> 00:40:30,561
Please forgive me!
409
00:40:34,832 --> 00:40:40,738
Forget it! Back when I decided
to become the Emperor,
410
00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:48,579
you told me
you'd go as far as I wanted to go
411
00:40:49,147 --> 00:40:52,350
because you were curious what lay ahead
412
00:40:52,383 --> 00:40:56,321
in the final destination.
413
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:03,027
Well, you have seen it.
414
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:08,700
The descendants of the Li clan
will wear fancy clothes and have feasts,
415
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,202
ride gallant horses
416
00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,705
and own beautiful women.
417
00:41:14,439 --> 00:41:17,475
But they won't remember
418
00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:25,249
who gave them their wealth and rank.
419
00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:37,662
Never mind...I'm old and tired.
420
00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:53,077
The Great Zhou started with me
and will end with me.
421
00:41:59,050 --> 00:42:05,690
Watch your step, Your Majesty!
422
00:42:05,790 --> 00:42:10,395
The 15 years I spent as the Emperor,
423
00:42:10,962 --> 00:42:15,867
were the loneliest time of my life.
424
00:42:16,234 --> 00:42:18,836
Except for power, I had nothing.
425
00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:20,705
(Wu Zhao died in Shangyang Palace in
November, 705 at the age of 82)
426
00:42:20,805 --> 00:42:22,206
(honured with the title of
Empress Zetian Dasheng.)
427
00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:23,474
(In 706, Wu Zetian was buried with
Emperor Gaozong at the Qianling Mausoleum)
428
00:42:23,608 --> 00:42:24,709
(marked by a wordless stele.)
429
00:42:24,842 --> 00:42:26,878
(No one knew why she became the Emperor,
or why she left a wordless stele.)
430
00:42:28,012 --> 00:42:33,251
The man who danced with me that night,
was he the same man in the Hall just now?
431
00:42:33,351 --> 00:42:36,821
Someday, I will find my way to your heart.
432
00:42:36,921 --> 00:42:41,159
Xu Hui and Wu Ruyi
will become sworn sisters.
433
00:42:41,259 --> 00:42:45,263
I'm your sister, not your shadow.
434
00:42:45,363 --> 00:42:48,699
As of today, we're even.
435
00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:50,334
I did nothing wrong!
436
00:42:50,468 --> 00:42:51,769
Even if everyone objects
437
00:42:51,869 --> 00:42:53,771
and I become their enemy,
438
00:42:53,871 --> 00:42:56,441
I will do my best
to bring her back to the Palace.
439
00:42:56,507 --> 00:42:58,943
No matter who presides over the Palace,
440
00:42:59,077 --> 00:43:00,945
the Palace itself
441
00:43:01,112 --> 00:43:03,481
is its own master.
442
00:43:05,016 --> 00:43:10,388
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