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~ Moonrise by Lu Hu & Huang Yali ~

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♫ The moonlight shines brightly

on the strings of the zither that night ♫

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♫ You and I are teetering on the edge of loneliness ♫

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♫ Softly reciting the bygone days we cannot return to ♫

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♫ Also floating in the air is a kite with a string that has snapped ♫

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♫ The yearning stirs my heartstrings that night ♫

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♫ Love and hate whimper quietly and unrestrainedly ♫

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♫ To meet or not to meet, both are similarly on the edge of pain ♫

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♫ That umbrella that shielded me from the rain

was badly damaged ♫

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♫ At moonrise, I meet with you ♫

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♫ At moonset, I could not see you anymore ♫

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♫ At moonrise, I endlessly yearn for you ♫

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♫ At moonset... at moonset... ♫

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♫ A millennium passes by rapidly... ♫

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The Legend of Hao Lan

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Episode 22

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Consort, Lady-in-waiting Li requests to see you.

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Can't you see Consort is busy? Request is declined.

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I already told her this, but Lady-in-waiting Li said...

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What did she say?

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She has a secret matter to report, and it can save your life.

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But, she has to tell it to Consort in person.

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Look. There really is someone who is here to save you and is not afraid of dying.

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Haolan has nothing to do with this matter. Do not give her a hard time.

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Lady-in-waiting Li, you visit me so late at night. What is your purpose?

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Haolan knows that Physician Yin has made a mistake.

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I'm here specially to atone for her crime.

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I've heard that Lady-in-waiting Li is skilled in playing the zither.

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The night is long. I was just feeling bored.

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Why don't... you play a tune for me?

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Consort, I am here for Physician Yin's matter.

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Please raise your elegant hand(be magnanimous) and let her go this time.

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To show my sincerity...

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I brought you another important piece of news.

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Don't want to hear it. Regardless of what news it may be, I don't want to hear it.

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My good friend is in danger, so I really don't have the mood to play a tune on the zither.

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She defied me on several occasions.

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She asked for it.

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If I use this important secret to exchange for Xiaochun's life.

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Secret? What kind of secret would you have?

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Four pieces of canvas cloths with writings in Bird-Worm Seal script.

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The secret that's as big as the sky(ginomous) translated from there.

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I would like to hear the details.

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The writing on the first cloth says...

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Willow trees are overlooking the water.

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Lotus seeds are embedded in center of the lake.

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The road taken during the spring time,

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With rain and smoke till now.

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The second cloth also has a poem written on it.

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A late setting-sun, a slow-ticking clock,

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fine wines with a good meal in the cold eastern wind.

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The solitary shadow of the lunar lantern as time passes.

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From the east toward the west.

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Waking up from a drunken stupor in a rushed dream.

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There's no road to return home.

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What kind of nonsense poem is this?

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Long and short, and without any rhythm.

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Can't sing it or recite it.

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We also thought of that.

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But, why did Consort send these strange poems out?

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What is more strange is the third cloth wasn't written with any poem on it.

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But, eight odd tones instead.

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When the translation was done up to the fourth cloth, the outcome was a long string of numbers.

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What nonsense.

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Legend has it that during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a School of Diplomacy.

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It invented the Fan Qie method.

[A traditional system that expresses the phonetic value of a character using two other characters.]

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It was slowly lost and unheard of through the generations.

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I guess it takes the sounds of the first fifteen characters written on the first cloth.

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Order it from one to fifteen.

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The second cloth has thirty-six characters.

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Taking the rhymes from character number one to thirty-six.

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Next, line up the tones on the third cloth.

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Li Haolan, you should shut up now!

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Sounds, rhymes, and tones are all complete.

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Adding on the numbers on the fourth cloth.

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Follow the Han people's habit of ordering and you can deco–

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Say it again.

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The writings on the cloths are showing the list of Han State spies in the Zhao State!

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I am guessing that the King of Han only informed you of the meticulous list of spies.

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You then used the kite to contact the person outside the palace.

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Consort, if I display these four cloths in front of His Majesty...

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You should know what that means.

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Really didn't expect...

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That the Zhao State also has able people.

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Requesting Consort to please let Xiaochun go.

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What about these four cloths?

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As long as Consort releases her, the secret will go back to your hands.

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Why should I believe you?

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Consort, you do not have any other choice.

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All right.

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Release her.

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Yes.

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- Mother.

- Yi'er.

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I am coming to catch you.

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Hurry up, mother. Faster.

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Be careful Yi'er, slow down.

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Why are you running so fast?

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Mother.

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Mother, where are you? Come out quickly!

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Mother!

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Mother.

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You are back!

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- Are you all right?

- I'm fine.

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Why are you so foolish? Fighting with Prince Yu because of me.

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I don't care, as long as you can come back. I am willing to do anything.

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That Han Qionghua... I almost lost you because of her.

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Fortunately, you and Haolan risked your lives to fight for me.

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Otherwise, I would have turned into a mermaid.

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All right. Let's not talk about this matter anymore.

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Just now, did you have a nightmare again?

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You know it.

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I dreamt about her again.

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Also my younger sister who passed on early.

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Yi, Consort Yun died from a difficult birth.

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That was the Will of Heaven and it was so many years ago.

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Why can't you let it go?

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I can't.

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I can't do it.

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I can't forget for my entire life.

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Every time I remember it.

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It's like peeling off an old scar.

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It will make me bleed again. I dreamed of my mother.

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She was calling out to me. She said her entire body was in pain.

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Very much in pain.

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She was calling out for me and asking me to save her!

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Don't say it anymore.

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Xiaochun, what is the matter with you?

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I just came back. I am quite tired.

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Let's not talk about these unhappy matters.

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Your return is more important than anything else.

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Xiaochun, promise me.

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You will never leave me behind. Okay?

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Silly. I will never leave you.

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You were too hasty.

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Yin Xiaochun is my good friend.

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I will not be idle while she's in a dire situation.

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If I encounter such a matter again,

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I will make the same choice.

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Han Qionghua is not as simple as you think.

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You much promise me, when you encounter issues in the future,

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you will discuss with me first.

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I will solve it for you.

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- Solve it for me?

- Yes.

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Is it because I have beneficial value to you?

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Yes.

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The only positive trait you have is honesty.

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The most scary part is honesty, too.

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You...

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Are you not angry with me anymore?

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A drop of gratitude will be repaid with a gushing brook (a little kindness in a time of danger will be repaid profusedly).

[The Wisdom of Ancient Aphorisms: Family Precepts by Master Zhu]

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You also saved my life.

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When I got angry with you before,

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it was just momentary temperament.

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Now that I think of it.

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Even if you don't love me, is that your fault?

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- Haolan.

- Don't worry.

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I will follow our previous agreement

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and help you to take Royal Descendant out of the Zhao State.

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The night is deep, time to go back.

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It's right here. Search.

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Prince.

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What is happening?

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Search carefully inside and outside. If anyone were to resist, execute!

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Yes.

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[ Red Sun Palace ]

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What did you capture?

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Royal Father, I captured six spies from the Han State.

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They are currently being interrogated.

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How could there be so many spies?

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Royal Father, I dare not speak any untruths.

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Although they are currently risking their lives and refusing to admit it,

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I believe It is only a matter of time to get them to reveal the information.

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Prince, are you certain that the ones you captured are spies from the Han State?

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Great General, my information is definitely reliable.

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There should not be any problem.

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Unfortunately, they are only merchants from the Yan State who are traveling interstate

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trading mulberry, thistle and horses between the Yan State and the Zhao State.

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Now, you have caused the news to spread quickly all over Handan City.

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The King of Yan was angry upon hearing the news and

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had dispatched an envoy to form an alliance with the Qin State.

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- Form an alliance?

- How is that possible?

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Form an alliance?

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It's not possible. That is impossible.

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Royal Father, originally, they are spies from the Han State trying to steal our military information.

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How could they become merchants from the Yan State?

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They are all merchants from the Yan State.

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One of them is also the brother-in-law of the Prime Minister of Yan State.

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Your Majesty, Qin State is situated on the west side while Yan State is on the northeast side.

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With them forming an alliance,

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should they converge and attack us from both sides,

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the result will be disastrous!

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Would the Yan State dare to attack my Zhao State?

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Your Majesty, I believe that the Yan State at this time is not strong enough.

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It's not strong enough to be a threat to our Zhao State.

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What if the Qin State were to launch an attack

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and the Yan State collaborate and support from the rear?

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Since the alliance between the Zhao State and the Yan State broke up,

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the King of Yan has been preparing vigorously for war.

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However, due to the disparity in the strength of their military to ours,

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and the lack of an excuse to send his troops,

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he had to restrain his emotions and hold back until now.

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This time we are suffering from external and internal issues.

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Prince, you really gave a trump card to the King of Yan.

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Headache.

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Headache.

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You may all leave.

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Respectfully seeing Your Majesty off.

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Han Qionghua!

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Prince... Consort, I couldn't block him.

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You may leave now.

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Han Qionghua, all of this was a maze you've intentionally set up. Right?

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I don't know what the Prince is saying.

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Don't pretend anymore!

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I should have thought of this early on.

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You deliberately let me pick up the kite.

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You wanted to sabotage me!

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Prince, you are hurting me.

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You are an evil woman.

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You schemed to enter the Palace of Zhao,

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and provoked conflict between the Yan State and the Zhao State.

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What are you trying to do?

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That is very simple.

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Delivering a pillow to the King of Yan who is taking a nap.

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Now you admit to it.

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But I really do not understand.

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What benefit is there for you to provoke conflict between the Yan State and the Zhao State?

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Could it be that the Han State would be able to benefit from the conflict?

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All right, you wait and see.

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I will report everything to Royal Father.

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I am willing to take responsibility for all charges.

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As for you, don't think you'll be able to run away.

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Go ahead, Prince.

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However, I'm afraid you, Prince, will not be able to bear the charge.

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The Zhao State and the Yan State have had a grudge a long time ago.

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I only gave it a little push.

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Prince, you needn't be so angry.

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Instead of worrying about a war that may happen in an indefinite time,

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isn't it better to think about how to take over the throne?

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What do you mean?

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After this matter, Prince's position is very precarious.

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If you want to tattle, go for it.

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Your Majesty's adoration of me is well-known.

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I'm afraid that before you can even pull me into the water,

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you are already condemned beyond reprieve.

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Han Qionghua, you're certainly meticulous and scheming.

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Thank you for your praise, Your Highness.

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I'm going to admire the flowers later.

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Take care, Your Highness.

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Consort, they're dumbfounded this time.

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But if the Zhao people couldn't solve the mystery of the kite,

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then they wouldn't have taken your bait. Right?

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If that were the case, I would have to give them a hint.

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Why not write everything clearly then?

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Wasn't it troublesome to create those four cloths?

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It was fun.

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Fun?

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Only those whom I look up to would I be willing to play with them.

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If I don't, I can't even be bothered to look at them.

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What should we do next?

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Let's just wait and see.

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I want to stir up the sky and the earth (create complete confusion).

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Try this. I specially made it for you.

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I took a close look.

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Your makeup today seems to be a bit different.

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No wonder you keep turning around. Are you fishing for a compliment from me?

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Royal Descendant of Qin.

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Are you really not going to explain?

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Explain what?

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I didn't provoke or bother you, why are you so angry with me?

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You really don't know the Bird-Worm Seal Script?

[A calligraphic style based on seal script but with characters styled as birds and insects]

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I don't know.

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You were born in the state of Qin.

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You've read widely and are knowledgeable.

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How could this mere Bird-Worm Seal Script be that difficult for you?

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I was anxious last night and didn't had time to think. When I went back, I started to think.

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You must have discovered the secret. Why didn't you talk about it?

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I didn't say anything because this matter is highly questionable.

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What's so questionable?

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Han Qionghua thinks in great detail.

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When sending secret messages, how can that be caught so easily by Prince Jiao?

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Those four kites have to be intact for the task to succeed.

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Yet the spy put all four together at the same location.

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You are suspicious.

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It almost looks like a deliberate act for them to be found.

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Li Haolan!

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Li Haolan!

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Prince, what is the meaning of this behavior?

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Li Haolan, did you collude with Han Qionghua to deliberately pass false information to me?

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Prince, I don't understand what you are saying.

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You and Yin Xiaochun, you two deliberately set up a scheme to entrap me.

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I can't help being suspicious about you having been bribed by Han Qionghua at an earlier time!

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Physician Yin and I are people of Zhao. How could we have been bribed by her?

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In that case, how did the spies from the Han State become merchants of the Yan State?

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Why did the Yan State form an alliance with the Qin State again?

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I'm not a noble man if I don't kill you today!

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Move aside!

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With your intelligence, Prince, how could you not know that Haolan is innocent?

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What you are doing now is clearly venting your anger.

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Since this is the case, why not just kill me, a Qin, first?

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Do you think I don't dare to kill you?

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If you really kill us,

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you would truly have fallen into the plot of the Princess of Han State.

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What do you mean?

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Han Qionghua purposefully entrapped you with the kites and made us decode the secret message on the kites painstakingly.

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Furthermore, she deliberately used the secret message in exchange for Yin Xiaochun.

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One, it was to convince you of the validity of the secret message

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and deliberating causing conflict between the Yan State and the Zhao State.

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Second, it was to provoke conflict between us and causing us to completely sever our alliance.

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Prince, do you think the loss we suffered this time is not big enough

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and even want to kill Haolan, too?

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Royal Descendant of Qin, your hand...

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I'm fine.

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I'm sorry. I was too rash just now.

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Prince was momentarily righteously angry.

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I won't be bold and blame you.

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I still have many matters to deal with.

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I will make my apology to you two another day.

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I'm taking my leave.

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Let me bandage this.

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I'm fine. Don't panic.

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Royal Descendant of Qin, earlier, did you still have more to say?

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Yan State received the news very quickly.

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Do you think this is possible?

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Are you saying that, from the beginning,

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the Yan State and the Han State were putting up a show?

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Could it be that the Yan State is already siding with the Qin State?

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Royal Descendant of Qin.

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Don't worry about my position.

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Han Qionghua knows that Prince Yu is hasty in trying to prove himself.

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She also knew for sure that you and Xiaochun have a close sisterly bond.

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The cloths will finally end up in her hands.

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As for Prince Yu, since he had lost the evidence,

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the only option left would be catching and questioning the person.

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Now that Prince Yu made such a big mistake,

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definitely, someone else is ready to make a move.

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Perhaps, creating disorder within the Zhao State is indeed the third goal of the princess of Han State.

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Create internal disorder?

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A kite scheme that caused everyone to be terribly busy.

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External and internal problems are now amassed.

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This princess of Han State's scheme is unpredictable and unfathomable.

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What are you doing here?

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Of course, I'm here to see my beloved pigeon.

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Great, after you've seen enough,

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please take your beloved pigeon and scram.

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What is the matter with you? Did you get hurt?

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I dislike the smell of blood.

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Dislike the smell of blood?

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Then why do you still become a physician?

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I enjoy it.

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Unfortunately, I am unable to cure the "illness" of persistent pesters.

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Don't be in a rush to chase me out.

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I have an urgent matter to tell you this time.

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No one thinks all their daily tasks are chicken feathers and garlic peels (trivial matters).

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The fight among the princes are getting more intense.

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I advise you to protect yourself and not meddle with them.

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Brothers had fought fiercely and bruised badly over a piece of farmland.

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Let alone this huge kingdom of Zhao.

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However, you shouldn't worry. Unlike Prince Jiao, Yi stays aloof and keeps away from worldly strife.

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Since you have the time to care about me,

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why not think of a way to save him from the pit?

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I think it's probably too difficult.

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The pit that he fell into must be at least thirty zhangs (about 30 feet deep). Right?

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Do you really believe that Prince Jiao is completely done for?

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Isn't it?

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In that case, you should wipe your eyes and wait (wait and see).

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Your Highness, Ah Zhao deserves to die.

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Your Highness, the physician instructed.

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The art of caring for one's body is to have a clear and calm mind.

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Anger will harm the body.

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Your Highness, please don't get angry.

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The moment I see these idiots in the palace,

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I get angry.

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Your Highness' writing is impressive, elegant and uninhibited.

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Such a display of talent that is unmatched by any ordinary person.

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This little maidservant is new to the palace. She lacks experience.

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She was momentarily stupefied.

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Your Highness, please forgive her. I will carefully train her

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and will not allow her to make any more mistakes.

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Did you hear it?

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If it wasn't for Haolan's plea for leniency, you would have been spanked today.

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Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Lady-in-waiting Li.

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You may leave now.

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Nowadays, when servants of the Rising Sun Palace make a mistake,

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they count on you to plea for leniency, to escape punishment.

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However, you are nice and never reject their requests.

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It shows that you are really softhearted

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and let others manipulate you easily.

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I only dare to plea for leniency because I know Your Highness is kind.

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You are truly foolish.

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People's hearts are unpredictable; the ways of the world are difficult and dangerous.

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You have a good heart, but may not have a good end.

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Sister Haolan, Ah Zhao is entering.

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Sister Haolan.

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What are you doing?

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Why are you wearing Sister Haolan's clothes?

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I didn't. You've misjudged.

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- I am just–

- What were you doing?

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- Ah Zhao.

- That's Sister Haolan's clothes.

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What is it?

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- She stole your clothes to wear.

- I didn't.

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Sister Haolan is so good to me.

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Why would I do that?

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I don't know how to repay your kindness.

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I saw these clothes were in disarray and wanted to tidy them up. That's all.

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You are quibbling.

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- I didn't.

- Ah Yue, that's enough.

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I asked Ah Zhao to come and get my stuff.

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- Sister Haolan...

- Ah Zhao.

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I jotted down the Queen's habits.

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You take it and give it to others.

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Once memorized, there will be no mistakes.

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Thanks, Sister Haolan.

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Sister Haolan, why do you help people like her?

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That booklet is for everyone to see.

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Not just for her.

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I am in charge of the Rising Sun Palace.

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I will also get punished if they make a mistake.

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Someone like her who's constantly trying to climb up.

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You need to be particularly careful.

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All right, I will listen to everything you say.

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Elder Brother, I am here to see you.

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Elder Brother.

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Ya'er! Ya'er! Ya'er, please get me out quickly. Ya'er, get me out!

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I am innocent.

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Elder Brother.

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I've already bribed the guards by the door.

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That will not be transmitted to Royal Father's ears.

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Many thanks.

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Who were you showcasing that scared look a while ago?

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Royal Father enjoys other people's fear.

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Only fear can bring about respect.

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My obedience and fear are what he wants to see.

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If I were calm and at ease,

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that sword that's hanging in the air will chop down my head tomorrow.

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Then, you will continue to pretend this insanity?

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Aren't you here already, Ya'er?

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Once Ya'er is here, so will my opportunity.

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Win or lose will depend on this set of game.

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[ Rising Sun Palace ]

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Your Highness, Princess Ya requests to see you.

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It's so late, what is she doing here?

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Your Highness, do you need me to...

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- There's no need. Let her come in.

- Yes.

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Mother, Elder Brother is ill.

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Please be kind enough to go visit him.

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- Change of outfit.

- Yes.

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Mother, Elder Brother is feverish and coughs badly.

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Also, he just coughed out some blood.

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Royal Father is so angry right now.

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I don't even dare to invite the physician.

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Men.

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Please get the Prince up and bring him to the courtyard.

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Then pour over two barrels of cold water.

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Mother, what are you doing?

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You are indeed able to cause yourself harm.

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In that case, why not make it more authentic?

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This act by the two of you

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had been played to perfection by Royal Father twenty years ago.

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In order to deceive him, you really must be seriously ill.

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All right, since the two of you worked so hard,

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Haolan, go in person and invite His Majesty to here.

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Yes.

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Are you satisfied?

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How did he become so sick?

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Royal Father, Elder Brother is a righteous gentleman.

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He was wrongfully accused.

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That caused him to suffer from pent up anxiety resulting in this illness.

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The eyes of the public are watching. He cannot escape implication.

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Royal Father, this is truly a huge misunderstanding.

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I've already dispatched someone to investigate this matter.

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He just returned yesterday.

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He went to Huai'an City where the whitefish came from.

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He also found the lake that produced the whitefish.

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He found that, during these two years, at the upstream of the lake,

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there's a new private academy.

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What private academy?

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That's correct, there are many students there.

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They recite poems and paint.

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Over a period of time, the ink and material they used contaminated the lake water.

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There are messy weeds in the lake, and also a strange smell.

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Even the local fishermen do not go there to fish anymore.

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Royal Father, gamboge is an ingredient for the paints.

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How to prove it?

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I brought the local lake water.

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We can ask a physician to examine it.

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Or send someone to the lake to examine it.

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Royal Father, if the lake water is contaminated,

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the whitefish naturally cannot be consumed.

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Maybe the Huai'an City officials do not understand this.

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So they offered the whitefish to the court unknowingly.

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Hence, it caused such an unexpected incident.

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You really must seek justice for Elder Brother.

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Royal Father. Royal Father!

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I didn't cast any poison.

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I'll let Heavens be my witness.

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Jiao'er, I blamed you wrongly. Come.

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My life is given by Royal Father.

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This small punishment is nothing.

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I will not complain even if you asked me to die.

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I know. I know.

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This is the work of evildoers that caused us to be at odds!

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- Get up.

- That caused us to be at odds.

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My heart pains.

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My heart pains.

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- Go get the physician!

- Yes.

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Xiaochun, what do you think about the condition of Prince Jiao's illness?

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At first, he created a ruse of injuring himself in order to gain our confidence.

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Unexpectedly, he really fell seriously ill later.

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If I hadn't come in the nick of time, he would have lost his life for sure.

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The princes are all busy fighting with each other for power.

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They completely do not care about the warfare going on at the frontline.

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Now, we don't even know the progress of the repair of the Gubi Wall

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along the Danzhu Mountain Range carried out by the old general.

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You are busy helping Qin Royal Descendant plan his escape all this while.

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Why are you still thinking about the warfare at the front line?

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The power of the Qin army is an irresistible force.

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It will not stop because of Qin Royal Descendant.

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If Qin Royal Descendant continues to remain in the Zhao State,

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his life will be in grief danger.

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Whether it's entrusted by Lü Buwei,

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or because of loyalty as a friend,

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I really want to help him.

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Then, between the states of Qin and Zhao, who do you hope to win?

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This is my home and country.

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What do you think?

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I thought that after you started liking Lü Buwei,

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you've become a citizen of the Wei State.

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We are two different people.

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Not only do we not have a relationship now, even if...

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Even if I really marry him, I am still a citizen of the Zhao State.

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Well said.

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How can a mere man be compared to the country?

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Don't worry. When the Baili Great Wall is built,

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the narrow Gu Pass will be the only way in.

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Even though the Qin army is a magnificent army with thousands of men and horses,

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they can only sigh in despair when they look at the Pass.

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I hope it is so.

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What is it? Why is Your Majesty not happy today?

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I'm still worried about Jiao'er.

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I heard that Li Haolan is the best dancer in the palace.

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Why don't we ask her to perform for Your Majesty?

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It may help Your Majesty feel happier.

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Let Haolan present a dance?

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What is it? Can't Your Majesty bear it?

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Why couldn't I? I really love to watch Li Haolan dance.

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Come, announce for Li Haolan to present a dance.

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Yes.

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Haolan pays her respect to Your Majesty and the Consort.

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Haolan, your dance is graceful and elegant.

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I like...

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Consort and I like it very much.

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Furthermore, Consort has never seen it before.

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Consort... Just perform a dance for Consort.

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What is it? Is Miss Haolan unwilling to?

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Haolan doesn't dare to disobey His Majesty's order.

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Are you planning to dance just like that?

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May I know if Consort has any other request?

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On my way here from the Han State,

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I met a touring dance troupe.

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They burst with enthusiasm in their dance. I want to watch that again.

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I want to watch that again.

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May I know what kind of dance did they perform?

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There's really nothing new about the dance.

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It's their outer appearance which was very interesting.

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I've even brought back a set of dance costume as a keepsake.

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As it so happens, it'll be my gift to you today.

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Lü Zhu.

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Yes.

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This dance costume is made of several layers of light muslin.

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It has beautiful colors.

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After dancing each small segment, the dancer has to remove a layer of muslin.

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Haolan, please put this dance costume on

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and put on a good dance performance.

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Your Majesty,

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I can guarantee you that this dance performance will be incredibly wonderful.

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Haolan, then you can dance two small segments less.

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Your Majesty, please forgive me.

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I don't know how to perform such a dance.

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Promoting excellence in female musicians is just for the purpose of providing entertainment.

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The only value of its existence is for His Majesty's mirth.

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What is it?

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Just having to change a dance costume is making you not know how to dance anymore?

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On the banks of the stream in late spring,

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the young ladies are calling out to their friends, singing and dancing away.

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This is to entertain themselves.

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This is a natural dance.

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During the ancestor worship ceremony, the shrine maidens dress up as gods and beasts, dancing elegantly.

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This is to give thanks to Heaven, and to celebrate a bountiful harvest.

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This is a natural dance.

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Haolan is ashamed to frequently use dance as a form of entertainment for other people.

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But dance originated from nature.

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It is definitely not created to lure, nor popularized for entertainment.

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Li Haolan, either you put on the costume quickly now and perform a dance,

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or you'll have to accept the punishment.

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Tell me what is your choice.

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Princess Qionghua,

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if you ask me to perform a dance wearing this kind of dance costume,

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not only is it an insult to me, but even more so, it is an act of disrespect to His Majesty.

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Look, Your Majesty.

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Haolan, do you really think that I can't bear to punish you?

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I will not perform such a dance no matter how Your Majesty punishes me.

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Your Majesty, Li Haolan is really proud and can't be disciplined.

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Why don't you pass her to me?

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Really! You ...

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You...

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You chose this outcome yourself!

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Go outside if there's nothing for you to do here.

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Haolan, this is really a manifestation of how fortunes rise and fall (times change).

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It was with great difficulty that Yin Xiaochun was sent out, only to have you here now.

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How have I offended you?

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Why do you want to force me in this manner, time and again?

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That's because from the very beginning,

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we are standing on opposite side of each other.

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I have never thought of being your enemy.

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But you're a citizen from the Zhao State, and are also not too stupid.

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I don't understand.

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Ugliness and stupidity are mercies from Heaven.

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Those people who are ugly and stupid will never know what victory is,

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but they can avoid ending up in a crushing defeat.

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Absurd.

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Absurd? If not for the fact that I'm quite beautiful,

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how would I become a gift of the Han State?

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If not for the fact that you possess extraordinary keen intuition, how would I have noticed you?

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Actually, we are all wrong.

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Consort, indeed, you are the spy from the Han State.

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A spy with devastating looks capable of causing a country's downfall.

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It's not too late to know it now.

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You have already successfully made use of us to achieve your objective.

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What else do you want?

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I just want to protect my own country.

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Don't you think that it's extremely despicable to use such methods?

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The Qin State fought to be the country with higher authority.

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The Han State turned around and presented that authority to the Zhao State.

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This caused the great battle between the two states.

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If the Qin State were to cease the battle now,

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the Han State will be in imminent grave danger.

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To a noble lady who values dignity,

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to perform a dance dressed seductively is perhaps humiliating.

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But if it were me, I would definitely perform the dance without hesitation.

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To choose to dance is to to acknowledge allegiance to you.

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I'm sorry, I will definitely not be subservient to a spy from the Han State.

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The facts prove that I am right.

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You can't win a war by just using dignified methods.

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Look, haven't you lost now?

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If you insist on using such methods to assess who wins or loses,

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there's nothing more I can say.

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Good. Attendant!

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I'm here.

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Take good care of her.

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Yes.

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Go and wash all the clothes.

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~ Immortalization by Gao Yu'er ~

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♫ Where have the surging clouds and the rising winds gone? ♫

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♫ Do not grieve over the separation

because of being forced to move and wander ♫

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♫ In this lifetime, we will keep on seeking because of love ♫

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♫ It’s difficult to reminisce about

the splendid times that slipped away ♫

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♫ In retrospection with a faint smile,

that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫

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♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫

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♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫

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♫ We have given our promises to each other in this lifetime ♫

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♫ In the complete decline of prosperity,

watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫

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♫ With affection, perhaps we could wait to be connected again ♫

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Like the zither and the harp that play in perfect harmony,

let’s grasp each other's hand to stay together ♫

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♫ Wishing for you and me to be immortalized with the wind... ♫

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♫ In retrospection with a faint smile,

that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫

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♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫

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♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫

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♫ We have given our promises to each other in this lifetime ♫

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♫ In the complete decline of prosperity,

watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫

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♫ With affection, perhaps we could wait to be connected again ♫

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♫ Like the zither and the harp that play in perfect harmony,

let’s grasp each other's hand to stay together ♫

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♫ Wishing for you and me to be immortalized with the wind... ♫