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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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♫ The moonlight shines brightly

on the strings of the zither that night ♫

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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 Haolan

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Episode 21

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What is going on?

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Your Majesty, according to my examination,

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there appeared to be a poisonous substance in the fish soup served at the banquet today.

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Most people would not recognize its pre-processed state.

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After processing, it becomes gamboge.

[A deep yellow pigment used in medicine as a laxative]

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A small amount of gamboge can be medicinal.

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However, more would cause stomach aches and vomiting.

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Even more can cause death.

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The opponent used this type of medicine to bypass the silver needle test. [To test for sulfide - in ancient times, Arsenic containing sulfide was the most commonly used poison]

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Who would dare do this?

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Your Majesty, I am responsible for this banquet.

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It is my fault that the fish soup was poisoned.

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Your Majesty, punish me as you wish.

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Li Haolan!

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The banquet is a complex affair.

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How can we place the blame on just one person?

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Which Lady-in-waiting is responsible for the food?

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Your Majesty, Your Highness, this white fish was an offering.

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One principality offered a chef. It must be him!

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Bring the chef here!

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, the chef has disappeared.

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It's probably because there were lots of people coming and going during the banquet today.

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So, he must have disguised himself and escaped.

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A person could escape so easily?

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One day, if I were to be beheaded, you all also wouldn't know who killed me. Right?

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Useless! Leave!

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Yes, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, isn't it obvious who the culprit is?

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Who is it? I have no idea.

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If Your Majesty and Prince Yu died, whoever will benefit the most must be the culprit.

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Royal Father, this is a false accusation!

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Why would I do something so despicable?

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Consort, you have no evidence at all.

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You can't make such a false accusation!

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I ate the fish soup, too.

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I checked all the fish soup served to the guests.

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Only Prince Jiao's portion contained no poison.

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Your Majesty, you clearly heard it. Right?

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Your son is the one who is using this banquet to get rid of his own father and younger brother.

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I am not in-charge of the banquet and I haven't gone near the kitchen.

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How could I poison the food?

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Even if I did cast the poison,

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I wouldn't have made it so obvious and set about my own demise.

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Who's to say this is not Younger Brother Yu's devious plan to frame his own brother?

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Also, about that Heart Clearing Pill.

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Isn't it entirely too coincidental that you have it ready?

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You're making wild guesses.

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Physician Yin is the culprit?

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If Physician Yin wants to poison someone, it'll be way too easy.

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Prince, as the weather gets hotter, food spoilage often happens.

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The Physician Hall always prepares a hundred Heart Clearing Pills, just in case.

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This is the rule every year.

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Are you trying to say that Prince Yu and I collaborated?

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Who doesn't know about it in this palace?

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Physician Yin comes and goes as she pleases.

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She is not controlled by anyone.

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Prince, you are saying this just because you are trying to get off scot-free!

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To say that he has no opportunity to cast the poison...

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From the highly-ranked officials to the lowly servants,

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who wouldn't praise the Prince as being virtuous and a gentleman?

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Such unfathomable scheming and swaying of other's mind,

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how could there be no one willing to do the task for him?

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Consort, don't worry.

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I will definitely find the perpetrator.

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Your Majesty, if it wasn't for the compassion of Heaven, I wouldn't have had a chance to make a complaint.

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My pitiful Yu'er, the innocent Consort Mei and Princess Qiong Hua,

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they're all still sick in bed.

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He...

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Wants everyone in the entire palace to die.

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It's all because of his ambition.

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Royal Father.

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My fish soup was switched by Li Haolan.

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If there's any manipulation, it must be connected to her.

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Nonsense! This banquet was planned by Haolan from start to finish.

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If she had cast the poison, she would be setting up her own demise too.

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Why would she cast poison?

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Lady-in-waiting Li is from the Rising Sun Palace.

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In order to defend himself, the prince is even implicating Her Highness in this matter.

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He really wasted the Queen's efforts in raising him.

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If Lady-in-waiting Li wanted to harm you,

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one bowl of poisonous soup would be simple and easy.

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Does she need to go through all this trouble?

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What a joke.

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Men, take the prince away to be detained!

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- Yes.

- Royal Father, listen to my explanation! Royal Father!

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Royal Father, listen to my explanation. Royal Father!

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Royal Father, I'm being falsely accused! Royal Father!

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Princess.

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What did you do at today's banquet?

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I don't understand your question.

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You accepted Elder Brother's friendly gesture and led him on to be hopeful.

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The only goal was to lead him onto the hook (to take the bait).

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Princess was sick in bed from a mild cold.

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You missed the banquet today.

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You're probably not clear on the events of the banquet and are just wildly guessing.

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I guess... You deliberately knocked down the fish soup in order to change it.

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That's to lead everyone to suspect that Elder Brother was the one who added the poison.

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Princess, whoever will be the future king of Zhao,

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has nothing to do with an insignificant Lady-in-waiting like me.

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Why would I take such a big risk to help Prince Yu?

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Whether it is or not, you know it very well in your heart.

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The night wind is strong.

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Princess, do take care not to let your cold worsen.

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Please go back and take your rest earlier.

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I'm taking my leave.

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[ Physician Hall ]

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What's going on?

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I should be asking you instead.

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The dosage I added is only enough to cause pain in the abdomen.

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At worst, it'll cause diarrhea once or twice.

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It definitely will not cause anyone's death.

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But Chengxiu clearly overdosed on the gamboge.

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After you received the drug, who else did you see?

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I didn't. After getting the drug from you that day, I immediately went back to the Rising Sun Palace.

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It's impossible for anyone to have manipulated it during that interval.

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Unless...

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Haolan, you definitely know whoever it was who manipulated it. Right?

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I...

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Someone died today and you are still not telling the truth?

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Lü Buwei.

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Was it Lü Buwei?

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Haolan!

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You are here.

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Lü Buwei, what did you do?

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I should be asking you this instead.

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Yes, I changed your plan.

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Why?

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Prince Jiao is very careful about his daily habits.

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Only at such a public event will his caution be decreased.

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Hence you chose to take action during that time.

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But, all of you didn't know that he is highly cautious,

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and that he has been taking low doses of poison since young.

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If we were unsuccessful in this attempt, all our effort would be in vain.

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Hence, you changed your mind.

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You placed gamboge in everyone's fish soup.

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Correct, I deliberately knocked over his bowl of fish soup.

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It was for the purpose of reverse psychology.

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To turn the victim into the perpetrator.

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That was a brazen trap.

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What happens if Zhao King did not believe it?

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In the fight for the throne since olden times, besides using poison,

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instances of openly chopping off one's father's or brother's heads were numerous.

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The previous King Huiwen, in the fight for the throne, also allowed his own biological father

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didn't he also allowed his own biological father

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to die of starvation while being imprisoned during the rebellion?

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Hearing it, it sounds stupid and ruthless.

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But the lure of the throne is too immense.

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Anything can happen.

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Zhao King had undergone throne fights previously.

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What else is there that he will not believe in?

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But the gamboge dosages we administered were minimal.

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That could not have caused anyone's death.

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Lü Buwei, tell me.

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What exactly did you do?

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Me?

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I only pushed the boat along the current (took advantage of the situation).

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I got Situ Yue to increase the dosage. That's all.

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Lü Buwei, you killed someone!

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Chengxiu wasn't your obstacle at all.

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That daughter of the Cheng family killed a maid.

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She's cruel and vicious. That incident shook the entire Handan City.

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So I chose her to be the first scapegoat.

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This isn't your real reason for killing someone.

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Lü Buwei, in order to achieve your goal, you are really capable of doing anything.

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If it wasn't because you and I developed animosity,

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how would Prince Jiao have the opportunity to exploit our weakness?

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If you didn't hate Prince Jiao,

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how could you have come up with a plan to lure him into your trap?

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If you didn't set up the gamboge scheme, how could I have added the extra move?

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You gradually delivered all the opportunities to me.

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Who ought to be blamed?

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Haolan.

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There are no battles that do not cost lives.

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Sacrifices are unavoidable.

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With this loss of life, everyone will realize how abominable Prince Jiao is.

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Even if there's no evidence,

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His Majesty will not spare him, too.

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Even if you resent me, blame and hate me.

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If we were to start over, I will still do it this way.

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I am grateful for your past favors,

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so I allowed myself to be used by you.

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But I have a bottom line, too.

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For power and position, fame and fortune,

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you can be ruthless, even risking your life, to keep climbing up.

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I won't blame you.

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Everyone has the right to change their lives.

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But, you shouldn't kill innocent people willfully!

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Yes, perhaps those whom you've killed were not innocent.

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But your reason for killing is not justifiable at all!

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Lü Buwei, this is the last time.

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I plea that you do not take innocent lives again in the future.

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Or else, you and I will go our separate ways and walk our own paths.

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You didn't come back for six months.

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Now that you are back, are you busy being a thief?

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Xiaochun, why are you back at this time?

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Didn't you go out to make a house call?

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What were you doing just now?

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Just looking around.

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Are you wounded?

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I'm not. I'm really not.

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Don't move.

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I wrote more than ten letters to you and you didn't even reply once.

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Aren't you being too cruel?

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Back then, who was the one who left a letter and just left?

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Did you say farewell to me at that time?

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Be gentle.

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I was afraid that you would be unhappy.

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Therefore, you executed first and reported it later?

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Do you see any changes in me after the past six months?

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What changes?

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Did I become more carefree, dashing and handsome?

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Why are you playing chess alone here?

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Why are you here?

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I'm here to consult you regarding something.

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Regarding the incident at the banquet that day,

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you probably knew about it beforehand, right?

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You should ask Prince Jiao instead.

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Physician Yin. Physician Yin!

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Physician Yin, I already told you many times to stay far away from Li Haolan.

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She won't be of any good to you.

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If you have evidence, just arrest us.

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If you don't, then get lost from here.

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I don't have time to listen to your nonsense.

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I'm doing this for your own good.

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If I wanted to kill you, I could have done it that day.

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Isn't it because your skills are not as good as others?

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Yin Xiaochun!

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General Gao, bullying a woman is not a brave act. Right?

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- Prince Yi?

- It has been a long time since I was in the palace.

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It's quite a feat for General to still be able to recognize me.

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You are the vagabond prince known throughout the six states.

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Who wouldn't be able to recognize you?

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You!

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It looks like Physician YIn and Prince Yi have close relations.

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- Forgive my rudeness.

- General took care of Xiaochun.

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I'm very grateful.

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I will invite you for drinks another day.

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Let's go.

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Have you thought it over?

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I already did quite some time ago.

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Let's continue.

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What do you think of my two elder brothers' archery skills?

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Their skills are astonishing.

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They were just being showy.

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That Gao Haoyang from a while ago and whom you despised is the real highly-skilled archer.

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Next time when you see him, you must avoid him.

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You can't eat (my chess pieces) anymore.

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If you do, I will lose.

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Fine, I will cede to you.

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That's your move?

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I'm going to eat them all.

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- Prince Yi, you're eating my pieces again!

- Your chess skills are too lousy.

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- What's wrong?

- I'm a woman.

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Shouldn't you go easy on me?

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I... It hurts... I was wrong, wrong. I will cede to you, cede to you.

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I will cede to you, cede to you.

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There's no sincerity.

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I'm not playing anymore.

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Greetings, Mother.

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What's wrong?

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Older Brother was detained by Royal Father.

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Why are you still so calm?

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Does Ya'er know why I am the Queen among so many beauties in the inner palace?

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That's because I know how to manage people.

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Have a seat.

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I don't really understand.

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I don't have a son.

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Therefore, I can only find a successor among the princes of your Royal Father.

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But this person needs to be loyal to me.

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How can you make him loyal?

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Give him authority and let him seek power.

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What will you be able to obtain from doing that?

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Everything he possesses was given by me.

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The greedier he is, the more usable he will be to me.

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Where the benefit is, loyalty lies.

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If he is without any ambitions, I shall be in danger.

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Then why did Mother abandon him now?

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This person is too greedy.

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He caused your Royal Father to be on his guard against him.

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Hence, my position is in danger because of him.

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My only option is to sacrifice him.

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I'm a bit confused.

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He has himself to blame for being too impatient.

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Your Royal Father is still living well.

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Yet he was anxious to become the heir to the throne.

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Maneuvering around in the court and forming alliances.

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He caused widespread talk and complaints.

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Your Royal Father was only using this incident to give him a wake-up call. That's all.

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So the other party even grasped Royal Father's state of mind.

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This way, even though there are many suspicious points,

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Royal Father will still use this incident for his own purposes.

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But without him, I'm afraid that Consort Yun and Prince Yu will become more smug.

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Frankly, regardless of who the future ruler of Zhao State is,

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I will always be the Empress Dowager.

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So, what's there for me to be anxious about?

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Ya'er, remember this.

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Use him to obtain his loyalty.

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Abandon him to appease public outrage.

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Kill him...

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to win people over.

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Look, it's beautiful.

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It's so high. You are great at this.

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Consort, look. The kite is flying very high.

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It's you.

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Paying my respect to Stepmother.

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I wonder what I said wrong.

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Am I that old?

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Slow down. Careful.

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Over here, Consort.

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The kite! Consort, the string broke.

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You both, go and retrieve it now.

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Consort, spare my life.

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It's such a small matter and you can't even do it well.

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What's the point of retaining you?

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Consort, spare my life! Consort, spare my life!

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Who's there? Arrest him!

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I... I'm just retrieving a kite.

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Retrieving a kite?

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If you are just retrieving a kite, why are you so flustered?

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Take him back and interrogate him.

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Speak.

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I...

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I was merely retrieving a kite.

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You came to Handan a month ago and lived in a run-down temple.

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I already ordered my men to search your place.

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These four kites were found at the place where you're living.

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Are you going to tell me that every time a kite from the palace breaks off,

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you were there coincidentally to retrieve it?

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The kites from the palace have exquisite workmanship.

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I merely wanted to steal them in exchange for money.

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Did you come to Handan from thousands of miles away

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just to retrieve kites?!

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I'll tell you the facts.

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These four kites are related to Princess Qionghua.

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She won't be able to extricate herself from this.

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In the meantime, your fate depends on your decision.

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What are you talking about?

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I don't understand.

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Continue to beat him.

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Prince, he committed suicide.

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He refused to talk even till death.

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There must be a secret that can't be revealed.

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[ Beneficence Spirit Palace ]

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Consort Han, today, I arrested a man who was waiting for a kite outside the palace.

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I didn't get hold of only a man, but also four beautiful kites.

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Everyone, leave.

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Are you interrogating me just because I lost a kite?

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This person waited outside the palace every day.

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Maybe the two of you have some illicit affairs.

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This is not called an illicit affair.

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It's called... Passionate love between a man and a woman.

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You are very bold!

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You dare to have an illicit affair with another man!

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We were already lovers when we were in the Han State.

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Now, he's here for me.

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We use kites to convey our love.

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What's wrong with that?

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Han Qionghua!

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You are shameless!

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Passionate love between a man and a woman is deemed proper and justified by heaven and earth.

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Instead, what you said is making me unhappy.

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But my secret has been discovered by you.

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Perhaps, I should think carefully about how to bribe you, Prince.

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I will definitely report today's event in full detail to Royal Father.

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Do you really mean that?

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Don't keep me at arm's length.

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I took notice of you during the night of the banquet.

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You are so full of charisma.

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You were looking at me, too.

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Wasn't that so?

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Look, old-fashioned Prince.

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This is passionate love between a man and a woman.

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How presumptuous!

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You are a slutty and wanton woman!

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Prince, dear Prince.

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Look at yourself now.

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You look like a young woman who was just seduced.

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Regarding what happened today, I will definitely—

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Tell His Majesty?

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If you already have evidence, why do you have to work so hard for my confession?

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You already knew?

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Then why did you...

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Life here is boring.

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I was just teasing you.

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[ Protect Peace Palace ]

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Butterfly kite.

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It's just an ordinary kite.

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This is the kite Qionghua used to send love messages.

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It's definitely not an ordinary kite.

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- Send love messages?

- That's right.

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It's a pity that her lover committed suicide.

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Otherwise, I could have reported this to Royal Father and get her convicted.

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So that means you have already interrogated her?

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It's a pity that I couldn't get anything out of her.

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But I got aced by her instead.

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Not only is Princess Qionghua the top beauty of the Han State, she's also very intelligent.

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she's also very intelligent.

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It's only natural that you're unable to gain any advantage over her.

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What do you mean by, "Princess of Han State"?

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Does she even behave minutely like one?

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In my opinion, she's only just—

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Just what?

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How could you even laugh about it?

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Haolan, why aren't you saying anything?

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Is there anything special about this kite?

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Haolan!

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Wait.

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What characters are these?

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I have never seen them before.

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I have never seen these characters before too.

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Are you thinking of me?

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Your Majesty, at this hour, shouldn't you be in the imperial court?

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A day of not seeing my beloved consort feels like three years.

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Your Majesty, I don't want to.

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I'm warning you.

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Don't be willful because of my adoration for you.

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Your Majesty, seeing that you're in a happy mood today, did something good happen?

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Of course, there's something good. A good matter.

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There is a small victory at the front line.

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The Qin stopped its troops from advancing to bide time.

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Just like you, they are afraid of me.

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I really loathe you men.

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All day long, all you men think about is attacking and defending, and it's never-ending.

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There will be peace if there are no men in this world.

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That's nonsense.

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The Qin's attack on Zhao is unjust.

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I am in the right.

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War is war.

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What is the point of differentiating between righteous and evil?

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A fight is a fight.

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Why use the people as an excuse?

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In my opinion, none of it is anything good.

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Why are we talking about war?

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Follow this prescription to refine it into a pill and bring it here once it's done.

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Consort, I cannot make this kind of medicine.

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It's just some cardamom and cloves.

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Could it be that the majestic Zhao Palace doesn't even have these items?

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Consort, you forgot to mention one of the herbs. Right?

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It's musk?

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What is wrong with that?

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May I boldly ask if what you're making is the Ice Musk Pill?

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You are truly a famed physician.

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You know what it is just by looking at the prescription.

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Taking the Ice Musk Pill long term will indeed preserve youth.

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But the poisonous effects of the musk in this pill will also prevent pregnancy.

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Consort, how can you use it?

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I thought you hate me deeply?

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What does whatever medicine I'm using have anything to do with you?

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Consort, I'm a physician.

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Physicians only treat illnesses, regardless of who the patient is.

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What a joke.

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Whatever medicine the Consort uses, who are you to teach her?

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If you offend the Consort again,

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it wouldn't be as simple as being imprisoned in the Punishment Hall anymore.

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Taking this pill to remain in His Majesty's favor is like drinking poison to quench thirst.

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I will give you one word of advice.

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If you treat His Majesty like a fool, you will not have a good end.

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You really can't make it?

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I can't.

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Then... You'll just have to die.

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[ Red Sun Gate ]

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Younger Brother Yi, you are back.

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Older Brother.

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Why are you perspiring so much?

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Is there anything urgent?

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I have something urgent that I have to see Royal Father about.

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Younger Brother Yi. Younger Brother Yi!

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- Greetings, Royal Father.

- Greetings, Royal Father.

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You are both here.

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That's rare. Come, let's eat together.

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Royal Father, I have something urgent to report.

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What urgent matters would you have? Let's eat first.

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Royal Father.

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Younger Brother Yi, whatever the urgent matter is, let's talk later.

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My Beloved Consort.

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Beloved Consort, I had to coax and plead with you several times to have you over to dine with me.

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Look at your temper. Come here.

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Since Your Majesty is not willing to see me,

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- I'll just go back.

- Don't...!

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I was only joking and you got angry for real?

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Such willfulness.

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I waited for you for half a shichen (a full hour).

[One shichen is one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day in ancient times]

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Come...

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This is...

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Yi'er. He's always frolicking outside and just returned to the palace recently.

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Yi'er, greet the Consort.

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Prince Yi has such an elegant air, indeed.

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He has some of Your Majesty's graceful demeanor.

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He's just a disappointing child.

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Are you just going to stand there?

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Didn't you say that you have something to report to me?

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- Royal Father.

- Royal Father.

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Royal Father, I have already completed everything according to your wishes.

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The replenishment of provisions can be transported to the front lines immediately.

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Why are you talking about military matters again?

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- You ruined my appetite.

- Who... Who told you to talk about matters of the war?

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When we are having a meal, we should talk about sentimental topics.

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So as to increase affections and improve appetites.

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Sentimental topics are mere sentimental nonsense.

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I have no interest in them at all.

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Th-Then... Let's just...

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Let's just not converse when we are eating or sleeping.

[The Analects of Confucius: Hometown Association]

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I will keep quiet. Will that do?

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You two should not talk either.

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We'll talk another time. Leave...

524

May I ask Consort why Physician Yin still hasn't returned after her visit to your Beneficence Spirit Palace?

525

Yin Xiaochun?

526

Did she come?

527

Reporting to Consort, I didn't see Physician Yin at all.

528

The medical assistant clearly said that Consort Han invited Xiaochun over.

529

Is there a second Han Qionghua in the palace?

530

How can you talk to my beloved consort that way?

531

You don't have any manners.

532

Royal Father, I only wanted to know Xiaochun's whereabouts.

533

It was not my intention to offend the Consort.

534

I am guessing that Consort Han is holding her privately and pretending not to know.

535

I don't want to know the whereabouts of Xiaochun.

536

- Both of you... Leave now.

- Royal Father.

537

Royal Father.

538

Younger Brother Yi was too anxious and spoke without thinking. Please forgive him.

539

Hurry, kneel down.

540

Xiaochun is a physician who treats and saves people.

541

She doesn't know anything.

542

If she has offended the Consort,

543

please consider that she saved your life once.

544

Please spare her!

545

You... Are you going to let me eat or not?

546

- Royal Father.

- Leave! Go...

547

Younger Brother Yi, you are causing havoc in the Red Sun Palace.

548

Do you really want to cause trouble to Physician Yin? Let's go.

549

Royal Father, I'm taking my leave.

550

Come here. I think you are crazy.

551

If you continue to create trouble, Royal Father will definitely kill Yin Xiaochun.

552

Yi, you've always been the most broad-minded one among us.

553

Why are you acting so irrationally this time?

554

I don't have anything.

555

Xiaochun is everything to me.

556

You are a prince of Zhao State. What do you mean you have nothing?

557

Yi, are you clearheaded?

558

How can you speak so ridiculously because of a woman?

559

Elder Brother, you are adored by your parents since young.

560

You are a well-respected and distinguished Prince.

561

But, I am different.

562

Since Mother's passing, in this enormous palace,

563

there's no one who cares if I am hungry or cold.

564

Xiaochun is only a year older than me, and she always looks out for me.

565

The two of us are like wild mice in the field growing up together and relying on each other.

566

Xiaochun is like my mother, my older sister and even more so, my lover.

567

Without Xiaochun, I wouldn't have been alive in this world long ago.

568

If you were me, wouldn't you be torn with anxiety and going crazy, too?

569

All right. You don't have to be anxious.

570

I will help you to think of a solution. Okay?

571

[ Physician Bureau ]

572

Enough, stop crying.

573

But... Physician Yin...

574

What's the use of crying?

575

Tonight, I am going to the Beneficence Spirit Palace.

576

I must save Xiaochun and get her out of there!

577

What about after that?

578

Are you going to be on the run forever?

579

Greetings, Prince.

580

Lady-in-waiting Li is Physician Yin's best friend.

581

The matter is urgent.

582

I don''t have the time to introduce myself properly.

583

Let's think of how to save Xiaochun instead.

584

- You can leave.

- Yes.

585

- Han Qionghua wouldn't admit that she has detained Xiaochun.

- I know.

586

Is there really no other solution now?

587

That's not true.

588

Perhaps, there's another solution.

589

Prince, you have traveled to far and varied places and are knowledgeable.

590

Have you seen this form of writing before?

591

What has this got to do with Xiaochun?

592

If you recognize this form of writing, Xiaochun may have a chance to live.

593

Indeed, I have seen this form of writing before.

594

- Really?

- Yes.

595

This is the Bird-Worm Seal Script. It's a mysterious and strange writing. [A calligraphic style based on seal script but with characters styled as birds and insects]

596

But I have never seen this.

597

I've seen this on a century-old sword before.

598

This writing is also called the Bird Seal Script because the outward appearance looks extremely resplendent,

599

and it was widely popular at one time.

600

However, it gradually started to vanish.

601

Thus, not many people know about it.

602

Prince, will you be able to translate this?

603

I'm not very familiar with these words.

604

I will give it a try.

605

Is it a love poem?

606

It doesn't seem like it.

607

It's a poem on the first cloth.

608

As for how it is related to the remaining cloths, or if there's any connection,

609

I'm afraid I'll need some time to decipher it.

610

How long do you need?

611

I don't know.

612

Consort Han is detaining Xiaochun.

613

She is probably in a dire situation.

614

We need to hurry.

615

But... I am not confident.

616

Prince, Xiaochun is waiting for you.

617

You must keep calm.

618

Who told you to hit her?

619

Consort, this wench defied your order.

620

I merely wanted to teach her a lesson on your behalf.

621

I am very disappointed in you.

622

Consort, do you want to hit me yourself?

623

This is not right.

624

Why are there numbers at the end?

625

Two... five. Twenty-five? What does this mean?

626

I translated the words on the last three pieces of cloth.

627

But, what do the numbers at the end denote?

628

We are doomed... Doomed.

629

We are running out of time.

630

I got it.

631

Look.

632

[ Physician Bureau ]

633

This is...

634

- How is it?

- Older Brother?

635

- Greetings, Prince.

- No need for formalities. Did you decode the secret?

636

We just decoded the secret.

637

Let me take a look.

638

This is great.

639

I'm going to see Royal Father now.

640

- Older Brother!

- Prince!

641

- Older Brother, wait!

- Prince, wait!

642

Why?

643

We must use this to save Xiaochun!

644

Younger Brother Yi! A woman compared with the nation, don't you even know which is more important?

645

- Move aside.

- Older Brother.

646

I don't care about that.

647

- We discovered this, first!

- You are presumptuous!

648

Stop him quickly!

649

Older Brother.

650

[ Physician Bureau ]

651

Quick! Take the bamboo scroll!

652

Go and save Xiaochun!

653

Lü Buwei! Quick, stop her!

654

- Haolan...

- No need to say anything.

655

Xiaochun is my good friend.

656

I can't just be idle and not try to save her.

657

Negotiating with Qionghua is extremely dangerous.

658

You cannot go.

659

Those who block me shall die.

660

You are pointing a knife at me?

661

Yes.

662

You should know that if I don't want you to go,

663

then you won't be able to.

664

You!

665

Evidence is only an object.

666

Would you be willing to lose an important pawn for it?

667

Go.

668

Lü Buwei! Are you crazy?

669

You must not let her leave!

670

Prince, wait.

671

Lü Buwei, you have greatly disappointed me!

672

Prince, you already know the secret on the cloth.

673

Why do you still need to persistently chase after it?

674

What's the use if I know the secret?

675

The evidence is gone!

676

With the evidence, it's true that you are able to go and confront the Consort in front of His Majesty.

677

But Han Qionghua is very cunning and is much favored.

678

If you go ahead in haste, what if...

679

Prince, you just need to capture the Han spy and disrupt their plans.

680

That will be a huge merit.

681

As for Han Qionghua, it wouldn't be too late to take care of her later.

682

I almost forgot the main objective.

683

You are right. I will go capture the Han spy right now.

684

I will settle the score with you when I return!

685

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686

~ Immortalization by Gao Yu'er ~

687

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

688

♫ Do not grieve over the separation

because of being forced to move and wander ♫

689

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

690

♫ It’s difficult to reminisce about

the splendid times that slipped away ♫

691

♫ In retrospection with a faint smile,

that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫

692

♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫

693

♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫

694

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

695

♫ In the complete decline of prosperity,

watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫

696

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

697

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

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

698

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

699

♫ In retrospection with a faint smile,

that beautiful countenance caused the city's downfall ♫

700

♫ And a sweeping upheaval all across the vast nation ♫

701

♫ In a dimming dream of an illusionary bright moon ♫

702

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

703

♫ In the complete decline of prosperity,

watching the passing of thousands of sails ♫

704

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

705

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

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

706

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