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[Love like the Galaxy]
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[Love Like the Galaxy 2: Episode 24]
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Child,
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I want you to personally tell me.
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What's your name?
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My name is...
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Huo...
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Wu...
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Shang.
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Huo Wushang.
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Huo Wushang.
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Brother Huo,
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I'm sorry that
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I'm late.
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Child...
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You have suffered. You have suffered.
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Your Majesty,
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I know my crime can't be pardoned...
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but I took revenge alone.
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My crime...
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has nothing to do with my beloved one.
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You did this alone.
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What about me then?
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What about those who care about you?
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I only seek death.
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I only request that...
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I can reunite with my parents.
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Your Majesty, General Huo is right.
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Your Majesty should issue the decree immediately to execute him without any doubts according to state law.
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Shut up, you damn creature.
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If you keep talking, I will execute you first.
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As the Vice Censor, I report to Heaven and Earth,
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admonish the monarch and the officials, and supervise national affairs as ruled by the law.
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Your Majesty, even if you execute me,
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I will still petition Your Majesty to punish General Huo.
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Bastard!
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- Your Majesty.
- Acting recklessly.
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Your Majesty, calm down.
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Calm down, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty, do you think you are still a weak youngster?
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We are not in the countryside. This is the Imperial Court.
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How could you use violence in Chongde Hall?
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Angry. I'm furious.
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This bunch of Imperial Censors, it's not the first time
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they use the excuse of supervising national affairs to seek revenge.
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They even said it's just, honorable, and righteous.
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Your Majesty,
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you are the monarch of a country. Pay attention to the etiquette of the Imperial Court
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when advising the officials.
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What Consort Yue said makes sense.
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Although I'm a woman, I read the Book of Rites, too.
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I've heard, "I shall not live with my father's murderer under the same sky."
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It's not unforgivable for General Huo to avenge his father.
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It is actually pardonable.
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Your Majesty, our dynasty has always paid attention to filial piety.
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If you execute General Huo, it will let down
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all the hearts of filial children in the country.
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A'Heng is right.
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The enemy who killed the father can't live under the same sky.
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A'Zheng killing that beast is enforcing justice on behalf of Heaven.
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Consort Yue, this is the Great Hall.
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Is it appropriate for a woman to interfere with national affairs?
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You...
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When I followed His Majesty in battles,
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Lord Zuo had yet to join the Imperial Court as an official.
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You can't refute what I say, so you criticize me as a woman.
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As a man, you are really impressive.
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In any case, I still refuse to comply.
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I will cleanse the court for—
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I meant to maintain respect for the Censorate,
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but you have to hold up your nose and get arrogant?
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Now that Ling Yi is dead,
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Ling Buyi can frame him at will.
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He says Ling Yi colluded with the enemy. Is there any other evidence?
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There is!
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Your Majesty, Ling Yi's wife, Madam Chunyu, had a statue of Goddess Nüwa made from their earthen kiln at home.
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She gave this statue to Princess Consort Ruyang.
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Inside, I found the letters between Deputy General Peng Kun and Ling Yi.
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There was also evidence of their secret plot to cooperate with Emperor Li to block the reinforcements
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and occupy the lone city.
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[Brother Kun... from Ling Yi]
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Look. Take a good look.
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Your Majesty, Ling Yi colluded with Peng Kun to betray our country
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resulting in the fall and massacre of the lone city. This crime is unpardonable.
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I implore Your Majesty to mete out severe punishments to uphold the law.
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Your Majesty, even if Ling Yi deserved to die,
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however, General Huo stole the Tiger Tally from Eastern Palace and privately deployed the army
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and shook up the six main camps. This is also a high crime for which he should also be punished.
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The one who should also be punished is you, Lord Zuo.
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Guards,
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remove his official robe and drag him away!
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Third Prince, what are you...
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Reporting to Imperial Father, when I went to rescue Zisheng the day before yesterday,
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I noticed General Zuo attempting to cut the rope to kill Zisheng.
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I thought that incident was strange,
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so I harshly questioned him. He confessed to everything.
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It turns out that the Zuo family has been bribed by Emperor Li's remnants
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and they were determined to kill Zisheng.
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They thought, as long as our imperial court loses Ling Buyi, a god of war,
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then they could rise in rebellion to regain the empire.
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Your Majesty,
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I'm innocent. I don't know anyone from the so-called Emperor Li's remnants.
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You don't know? How can you not know?
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There were 10,000 guans of coins hidden in the Zuo manor from the Tian Family's Restaurant.
(One guan is equivalent to a string of 1,000 coins)
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Lord Zuo, your salary doesn't amount to that much, does it?
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Imperial Father,
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Tian Shuo was originally Emperor Li's servant and was totally devoted to him.
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He hid his identity after Emperor Li died in defeat.
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On the surface, he is a widely-traveled merchant, but in reality, he has been waiting for the right opportunity.
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All these years, under the cover of Tian Family's Restaurant,
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he has made contact with many officials in the court.
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Both Prince Yong and Young Marquis Yue had secret dealings with him.
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I suspect that they were instigated by Tian Shuo
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to commit wrongs that harm the country and the people.
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Tian Shuo only said that he had grudges against Huo Buyi and wanted him dead.
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But I didn't know Tian Shuo was Emperor Li's servant.
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I'm innocent, Your Majesty.
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You're still making excuses?
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Your Majesty,
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we implore Your Majesty to convict Censor Zuo.
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We implore Your Majesty to convict Censor Zuo.
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- Guards.
- Present.
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Drag him out.
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Interrogate him harshly, dead or alive.
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Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty, I'm innocent!
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Your Majesty, I'm innocent!
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Your Majesty...
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Your Majesty, may I ask? Where is Tian Shuo now?
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Imperial Father, I knew that they had many eyes and ears (spies), so I haven't had the chance to report.
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But I've ordered the confiscation of Tian Family's Restaurant. Unfortunately, I was a step behind.
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By the time I rushed there,
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it was all empty inside the Tian Family's Restaurant.
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However, I've already found evidence of Tian Shuo's plot to rebel throughout the years.
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It's too bad that he has escaped.
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Ling Yi colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country.
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You killed him. He deserved what he got.
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But you tampered with the crown prince's Tiger Tally and mobilized the camps,
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causing the officials to impeach the heir to the throne. His reputation is ruined.
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What exactly... was your intent?
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Imperial Father, Zisheng had no other choice.
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He used Imperial Brother's Tiger Tally in a hurry.
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In a hurry?
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Do you think I'm an idiot? I already asked Crown Prince.
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His Tiger Tally was a fake.
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Last time, when General Wan went to suppress the bandits, the crown prince's Tiger Tally was stolen by Young Marquis Yue.
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Zisheng knew but did not report. He hid the Tiger Tally after he retrieved it, leading to today's trouble.
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You... have you two already...?
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That's right.
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I believe...
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Imperial Brother should not be the crown prince in the first place.
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He cannot take on the responsibility of this country.
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An unfilial son speaking gibberish!
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He cannot take on the responsibility of the country, but you can?
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Regardless of how bad your imperial brother is, at least he is more benevolent than you.
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It doesn't matter if the monarch is benevolent or harsh,
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he only needs to do things based on reasoning. Imperial Brother did not reward and punish when he should.
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Thus, the matter of Lou Ben and Tongniu County arose.
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Imperial Father, do you think such benevolence is a good thing?
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Shut up! You evil creature!
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Your character is narrow-minded.
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What right do you have to criticize your benevolent imperial brother?
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Zisheng,
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do you also think that Crown Prince must be deposed?
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Your Majesty,
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I've only been by Crown Prince's side for a short few months.
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I can already lead everything in the Eastern Palace.
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The advisers, tax reports, and secret reports.
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I also have control of all official sealing of decrees.
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When Crown Prince is enthroned in the future,
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if I wanted to,
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I could immediately rule the country
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and monopolize power.
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Your Majesty, do you want to see this happen?
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Since you say it like this, why do you want to give up
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the opportunity to rule the country and monopolize power?
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I'm loyal.
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I'd never thought of replacing him.
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But I‘m willing to take on the reputation
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of being ungrateful, for the country's stability.
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I believe Crown Prince...
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cannot take on this big responsibility.
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Well said.
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Shen'an.
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Everything that Zisheng said is well-reasoned.
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Your Majesty inappropriately established the heir to the throne.
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Crown Prince is mediocre and incompetent.
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Third Prince has big ambitions. You have a blood feud.
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And I'm a mother who spoiled her child.
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But let me ask you.
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What does this matter have to do with Shaoshang?
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Why did you want to drag her into this?
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Are you also doing it for the sake of the country?
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Just now you said everything logically.
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Abandoning love for the benefit of the people.
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Then I ask you again.
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That day you went to Marquis Chengyang’s manor alone,
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did you already decide to abandon Shaoshang?
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Yes.
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What you said are true words?
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You really won't...
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regret this?
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I will not regret it.
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Zisheng.
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Shaoshang.
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Shaoshang.
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I already told you...
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all my feelings clearly.
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I dare not ask for your forgiveness.
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But I believe you. I believe you'll understand me.
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I understand.
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I understand that you don't want to implicate the Cheng family.
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You don't want to implicate me.
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I also understand that you couldn't give up the opportunity for revenge.
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I understand all of it.
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But have you ever...
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really understood me?
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Your Majesty. Empress.
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I was born lowly. I have little ability and insight
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and stubborn temperament.
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I can't be a good match for General Huo.
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Your Majesty. Empress. Please make the decision for me...
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to cancel this marriage.
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Shaoshang.
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Listen to me.
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Listen to me this time.
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I haven't had good luck since young.
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I never believed that there would be someone who would treat me genuinely.
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Until I met you.
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You made me like you. I liked you.
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You made me rely on you.
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I relied on you.
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You made me believe you.
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I believed you.
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But what about you?
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I said before.
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If you dare to abandon me,
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I will never forgive you in this life.
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Since you are that heartless,
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I also will do what I said.
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I ask General Huo
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to remember the old affection
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and let me go.
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Shaoshang, are you going home?
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What did Ling Buyi say to you?
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He used the Tiger Tally to deploy the troops.
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This will involve Crown Prince and even Empress.
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I'm afraid His Majesty will depose Crown Prince and Empress because of this.
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You don't want to take a look?
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You worry too much.
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If the empress were to be truly deposed,
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it's because Empress doesn't want to continue living in Changqiu Palace herself.
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The Crown Prince and Empress positions
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have been like two swords
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hanging overhead for decades.
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She's also tired.
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What?
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I'm also tired. I don't want to stay in this palace either.
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Shaoshang.
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Shen'an, what are you doing?
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Crown Prince is cowardly and incompetent. He cannot be the crown prince.
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And all these
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are because I, his mother, did not educate him well.
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I ask Your Majesty
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to depose Crown Prince, and also
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depose me together.
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Shen'an,
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must you force me?
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All my life, I followed the flow that others pushed me towards.
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I clearly know that some things should not go certain ways.
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But I still let it be.
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I knew that Your Majesty was married then.
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But my uncle wanted me to marry you.
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I still married you.
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Later, you wanted to make me the empress.
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Even though I knew by being an empress I would face many adversities,
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I still accepted to be the empress.
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So you regret it now?
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Not just me,
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doesn't Your Majesty ever regret it?
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The crown prince's temperament is more similar to my father's.
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He should be like him.
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Building a house with a garden in the mountains,
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writing books, and being known for his ideals.
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But he became the crown prince.
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It is like sitting on top of sharp swords.
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Every day, he couldn't rest well or eat in peace.
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If he really doesn't want to be the crown prince,
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I can make other arrangements.
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But. Shen'an, why bother requesting yourself to be deposed as the empress?
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Yue Heng is not an empress now.
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It is hard for people to accept Third Prince as the crown prince.
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So, I earnestly request Your Majesty to
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depose me for the sake of the country.
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After Yue Heng becomes the empress, Third Prince can reasonably
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move into the Eastern Palace.
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Shen'an, I won't agree to this.
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I am an incapable mother.
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I didn't teach my children well.
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If Your Majesty needs to depose someone, you need to charge someone with a crime.
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Instead of the crown prince being charged,
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let me, as his mother, do this last thing for him.
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As long as I am deposed, the crown prince
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won't be picked on by the court officials.
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He can be deposed as a prince smoothly.
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I earnestly ask Your Majesty to grant me this request.
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But compared to the crown prince, Shen'an, as the empress, you have even fewer faults.
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How can I depose you?
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You can say that I hold grudges like Empresses Lu and Huo.
(Empresses who were well-known for being jealous and cruel)
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Nonsense.
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I have never seen anyone as magnanimous as you.
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I didn't speak nonsense.
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All these years,
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every time I saw you laughing and joking with Yue Heng,
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I felt like insects were biting my heart.
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I was jealous and holding grudges all the time.
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I've had enough.
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Every day I am an empress, I suffer through it one more day.
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Unlike plants, I have feelings.
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I also want to have a beloved husband who will cherish me.
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Seeing that Your Majesty and Yue Heng are in conjugal harmony.
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I can only be dignified and generous.
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But, Shen'an,
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towards you, I...
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If Your Majesty still has any feelings for our relationship,
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please don't tie me to the position of the empress
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and torture me.
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I wish to be just Xuan Shen'an for once,
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instead of Empress Xuan.
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Please grant me my request, Your Majesty.
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Have me be confined in Changqiu Palace.
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Niao Niao doesn't look right.
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For the past few days, the entire Ling clan has been arrested.
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Ling Yi's three brothers were executed.
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The empress asked to be deposed.
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The crown prince was deposed to become Prince Donghai.
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She can still read a book calmly?
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Isn't that really strange?
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It looks fine to me. She neither cries nor makes any trouble.
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What is good about that?
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That Huo Buyi asked to be demoted to guard the northwest border for seven years.
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Is he trying to atone for his mistakes?
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- Huo Buyi?
- Him exactly.
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He said he will live for Ling Buyi.
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So he is still using the name Buyi.
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Father. Brothers.
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Huo Buyi is leaving the capital today for the northwest.
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He sent Liang Qiuqi to give you a message.
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He said he wants to see you.
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Why do you mention Huo Buyi?
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How old are you two now?
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You have to learn to be more mature. Think it through before opening your mouth to talk.
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Look at Niao Niao. She's so mature now.
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Niao Niao, are you fine?
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Older Brother, I'll have to trouble you to see General Huo off on my behalf.
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From now on, the mountains are high and rivers are long.
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We will probably never see each other again.
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Older Brother, see him off on my behalf
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and cut off all our previous ties.
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Niao Niao, where are you going?
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Let me take you.
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I'm just taking a walk around.
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Don't worry.
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Madam, Young Miss has completely transformed now.
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She's a totally different person than the one we saw when we first came home.
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She has really grown up now.
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In the past, I always hoped that she'd become more and more mature.
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But now, she's so composed.
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It's like she changed into a different person.
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When I think back now, her overbearing and
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exuberant ways
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actually put my mind at ease.
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Qing Cong,
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was I wrong from the beginning?
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Children grow up after all.
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As a mother, who is not sending them off afar?
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After all, we cannot accompany them for the rest of their lives.
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They have to walk their own paths by themselves sooner or later.
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[Luoyang]
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Young Lord, should we leave now?
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Young Lord, we have waited for six hours.
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I don't think Miss Cheng is coming.
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[Marquis Quling's Manor]
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Stop right there.
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Niao Niao, where are you going?
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I'm going to Changqiu Palace to see the empress.
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Since Empress Xuan was deposed, she personally asked to confine herself in Changqiu Palace.
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Now Changqiu Palace's servants can only enter and not exit, as if it's the cold palace.
(Where a wife or concubine is confined after a fall from favor)
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Why would you go there?
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The more it is like this,
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the more I should be by empress's side.
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In the past, when Father and Mother received military orders and rushed to the lone city,
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didn't you also leave me at home in the same manner?
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From time immemorial, there's only loyalty or filial piety, but not both.
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Today, Niao Niao...
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understands.
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Mother, please let me go to Changqiu Palace to uphold my loyalty.
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Take your leave first.
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Yes.
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Shaogong. Shaoshang has–
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Old General Huo's loyalty and bravery were venerable. It was a rare sight to behold. Our Cheng family all admired him.
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That day, regarding the matter of saving you, thanks to His Majesty's benevolence and mercy,
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he granted us no punishment. So you have no need to keep that on your mind.
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But each matter stands on its own.
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You two are not fated. General Huo, please stop insisting on it.
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Shaoshang...
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Has she left any other messages?
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You said that someone must be by the empress's side.
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But all these years, Eldest Aunt's health has always been poor.
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Even more so, she needs someone by her side. If you insist on leaving,
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then I will take care of Eldest Aunt.
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And remain unmarried for the rest of my life.
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Mother always says I'm stubborn and unyielding.
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Sister Yang Yang, are you not also the same?
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Niao Niao,
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listen to me. You will certainly find a husband who will cherish you.
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Do not act out of anger and cause this to hold up the rest of your life.
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Shaoshang.
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Has she left any other messages?
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She said, "We won't meet again."
(Lit. to postpone meeting indefinitely)
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Who said a woman must find a husband in her lifetime?
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If I decide to seek one, then I will.
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If I don't, there's no harm done.
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Cousin,
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take care.
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Mother,
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take care.
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If she's been betrayed,
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she will never forgive.
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I knew long ago that she was that type of person.
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Set off.
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Now Changqiu Palace's servants can only enter and not exit, as if it's the cold palace.
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- Why would you go?
- The more it is like this,
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the more I should stay by Empress's side. From time immemorial, there's only loyalty or filial piety, but not both.
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Mother, please let me go to Changqiu Palace to uphold my loyalty.
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She's never coming back.
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She's planning on leaving herself in that cold palace forever.
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Hurry!
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Hurry and prepare a carriage! Hurry!
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[Sima Gate]
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♫ Far away, far away, the sky is wide and open ♫
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♫ Looking forward to the full moon and galaxy ♫
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♫ A single thought, a flick of the sleeve and flowers fall ♫
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♫ Talking and laughing in the storm ♫
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♫ Who's laughing that I'm like a lance and I am indifferent ♫
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Niao–
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♫ Who's sighing that I have the courage to leave ♫
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Niao Niao!
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Niao Niao!
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Don't leave, Niao Niao!
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Mother was wrong!
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Mother is sorry, Niao Niao!
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♫ I sigh that life is short and absurd matters never end ♫
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Mother.
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♫ Words of love fall like rain and leave red stains
on the sleeves ♫
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From now on, Yang Yang will be like my own biological daughter.
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I will never let her suffer even a sliver of injustices.
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Yang Yang is mature and sensible.
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So even if I were to pass down all my knowledge to her, I would be happily willing.
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How come you are just unteachable!
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♫ Who's laughing that I'm like a lance and I am indifferent ♫
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Hit her!
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♫ Who's sighing that I have the courage to leave ♫
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Your Majesty, this marriage proposal is exceptionally good.
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It's Shaoshang, herself, who is not worthy of it.
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♫ The rain is falling again ♫
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♫ I laugh at the original intention that has not changed
and it's still unpredictable ♫
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♫ I sigh that life is short and absurd matters never end ♫
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♫ I look forward to riding a horse alone with the sound
of the flute filling the sky. Let me explore the world ♫
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♫ Words of love fall like rain and leave red stains
on the sleeves ♫
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♫ I laugh that destiny is like a dream and the mirror is empty ♫
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♫ I sigh there's no reason to meet and part.
When will we meet by chance again? ♫
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♫ I look forward to thousands of miles of winds and clouds.
Our hatred and love like the galaxy will pass ♫
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♫ The road to heaven and earth is long and
the ripples enter my eyes ♫
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♫ The road to Heaven and Earth is long and
the ripples enter my eyes ♫
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♫ The flames of war strike against the frost and snow ♫
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♫ It lightly covers the lingering illness of the past ♫
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♫ Your back is against the light,
the galaxy reflected in your eyes ♫
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♫ I hum a tune, the sun and the moon respond ♫
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♫ The brilliance that penetrates the eyes ♫
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♫ was extinguished by dust and lit again ♫
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♫ The edges of earth, Kunlun, and netherworld
feel remorse for someone ♫
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♫ The ocean is waking, the forest of steles
are like a mountain range ♫
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♫ There are veiled criticisms in the corridor, a narrow door cannot easily close off one’s intentions ♫
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♫ The challenges of one’s life become advice for the future ♫
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♫ You and I will be in the same galaxy ♫
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♫ We’ll use our absolute sincerity to
bring radiance to the ordinary ♫
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♫ We’ll use our absolute sincerity to
bring radiance to the ordinary ♫