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[Love Like the Galaxy]
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[Love Like the Galaxy 2: Episode 25]
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[Huo]
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Like the melons growing larger and flourishing,
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there will be more and more descendants.
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General! General!
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General!
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Go ahead and do what you were just ordered.
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[Five Years Later]
Yes, Palace Chief Cheng.
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Align the lights better.
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Yes.
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It's the new year again.
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You still don't want to go home yet?
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Empress, you probably don't know this,
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but it's quite a lively scene in my home now.
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Sister Qiqi, Aunt Qing, Older Cousin... they all have children now.
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If I go back, there's probably not a place for me to sit.
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I'll just stay in Changqiu Palace to accompany you.
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Isn't this good?
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Empress, today is the first of the new year. You should still make a wish just like in prior years.
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I'll make a wish then,
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for you to meet a good husband,
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and I can see you marry and have children
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during my lifetime.
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Isn't it all right if I never marry?
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I voluntarily requested to live quietly inside Changqiu Palace.
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It's been five years already.
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You've also stayed with me for five years.
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Haven't you thought it through?
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I have.
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I just can't forgive.
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We met by fate but aren't destined to be together. We already bid farewell.
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It's not possible anymore.
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What a pity, what a pity.
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I was going to plead to His Majesty to summon Zisheng back.
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After all, it's been five years. In the northwest,
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it's really hard for him.
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It's time for him to return.
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It's just marrying someone and bearing children.
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It can be with anyone.
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Why does it have to be with him?
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But I want you to marry the one you love,
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not just anyone.
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To someone whose heart has died,
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there's no difference.
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Then I wish that, after I'm dead,
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for the rest of your life, forever and ever,
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someone will always stay by your side.
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Empress, don't say unlucky words.
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- Hang this up.
- Yes.
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Empress, I'll stay by your side
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and take care of you forever. Isn't this good?
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Silly child.
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No matter how you want to live the rest of your life,
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I will always support you.
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Whichever road you want to take will always be the best.
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It's just that, perhaps I'm greedy,
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I'm always hoping that you will live better
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and more fully.
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I will also feel more at ease.
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And now, even Little Fifth has married.
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The one who I worry about the most
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is you.
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Look.
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This snow is coming down strong.
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Empress! Empress!
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Empress! Empress!
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Empress!
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Waive the formalities.
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How is Empress Xuan's health today?
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I heard it's not good.
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Imperial Physician Sun said
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that it could be as fast as a month.
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If lucky,
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she can last to the spring.
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It has not been easy for Shen'an in her life.
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Originally, A'Heng and I wanted to visit her.
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But she didn't want to see us.
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Shaoshang,
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stay with her more on our behalf then.
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Empress Yue has sent over food every month.
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She has also dispatched imperial physicians to treat the empress.
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The empress appreciates it.
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She also asks Your Majesty
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to move her to another palace and return Changqiu Palace to Empress Yue.
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The empress also said, by rule, she should be
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going to Prince Donghai's fiefdom
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and call herself Empress Dowager Donghai.
(Typically a title given to the widow of an emperor)
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It's already been five years.
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Older Sister still hasn't forgotten this matter.
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Reply to her when you get back, just say that I said it.
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It's bothersome to move around.
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When I've settled somewhere,
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I don't like moving.
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I'm used to living in Yongle Palace. I'm too lazy to move.
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Also, there's no need to change the title.
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She is Empress Xuan forever.
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I've never enjoyed those empty titles.
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If this matter is mentioned again,
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it's deliberately making me unhappy.
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Understand?
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On behalf of Empress Xuan,
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thank you, Empress Yue.
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It's been five years.
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You never step outside the palace, so we can only meet and talk here.
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I thought Lady Shaoshang planned to live to an old age in Changqiu Palace.
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It's clearly you who always waits here.
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I just couldn't stand seeing it, that's why I came by to chat with you.
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What's the difference?
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Men and women in the mortal world, it's either you wait for me or I wait for you.
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There are always those who don't come despite the wait, and also those who do come after the wait.
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I just don't know whether Lady Shaoshang is someone who will come
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or not come.
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Thank you for being by my side all these years.
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Living in this quietude,
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you are the only person I meet sometimes.
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Aren't maidservants in Changqiu Palace also people?
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Isn't Nanny Zhai a person, too?
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Shaoshang.
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Empress Xuan hopes that you will settle down in marriage.
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What do you plan to do?
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Empress Xuan's health is getting worse.
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She will want you to get married before she dies.
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But among the many marriage prospects,
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there are few that can be trusted by Empress Xuan for her to rest assured.
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Why don't you choose me?
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Our family statuses are compatible. You're looking for a husband, I'm looking for a wife.
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How about...
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the two of us getting together and putting on a show?
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Empress Xuan will be able to set her mind at ease then.
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If you're in a hurry to find a wife,
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Lord Ji has recommended several ladies to you.
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Why didn't you agree to any of them?
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Yuan Shanjian,
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I know how you feel.
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But I cannot give you what you want.
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Shaoshang,
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do you know why all these past years,
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all your marriage engagements didn't work out?
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Because you're short-sighted. Look.
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My parents allowed me to do whatever I want. You wanted freedom.
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In the capital, who else has more freedom than me?
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You and I are clearly the most compatible. How do you know that you can't give me what I want?
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What do you want then?
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You and I have both been naturally callous ever since we were born.
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We can become friends in need or we can become allies.
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In addition, since our interests are aligned, we can trust each other
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and we'll never bring each other down.
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I'll treasure myself better than a particular someone.
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I'll never let myself be in a dangerous position.
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Hence,
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I suit you better compared to him.
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I've summoned Zisheng back to the capital.
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He'll be here soon.
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People can never untie their own heart's knot.
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Because they are trapped by the heart's knot,
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eventually they are mired in even more painful dilemmas.
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The past will ultimately pass.
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People should cherish the present and the future.
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If you want to live smoothly for the rest of your life,
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you must break through
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the knot that's trapping you.
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If, at this moment now,
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I'm still thinking of him,
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would you still be willing to marry me?
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I'm willing.
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I'm willing to wait for you to slowly forget him.
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I'll keep waiting...
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until the day you turn your head to look at me.
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Empress,
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I'd like to leave the palace for a little while.
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What are you doing?
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To get engaged with Yuan Shanjian.
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Your Majesty, sit down first.
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No matter how much your stretch your neck, Zisheng
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still can't grow a pair of wings to fly back.
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There couldn't have been an accident on the way, right?
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I shouldn't have sent Third Prince to welcome him back.
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Didn't he just send a messenger back to the capital 15 minutes ago?
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From the city gate, it will still take a while to reach the palace on horseback.
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Do you really think Zisheng will grow wings to fly back?
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Your Majesty! Your Majesty! He's here! He's here!
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- General Huo is back!
- He's back?
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- Hurry! Hurry and go!
- Yes.
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He's back. He's back.
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Zisheng?
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So similar, truly similar.
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Zisheng looks more and more
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like how Brother Huo used to look.
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This guilty subject, Huo Buyi,
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greets Your Majesty.
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Zisheng, get up quickly.
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Let me take a good look at you.
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It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back.
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Five years.
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You are quite generous.
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The most capable ones stayed in the capital.
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Shaoshang hasn't left the palace for five years. Do you need to protect her?
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But for yourself, you kept
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a useless one by your side.
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Old injuries aren't healed, new injuries occurred. Don't you want to stay alive?
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You... talk.
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How did your young lord get injured?
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Five years ago, Emperor Li's remnants attempted to assassinate General Wan,
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so Young Lord personally went to save him.
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Unexpectedly, those assassins were willing to die and fought with weird moves.
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We were few in numbers, that's why Young Lord got injured.
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Why did you go to save him? Didn't I order
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Yuan Shanjian's father to lead troops there?
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I don't know that much, and Young Lord didn't explain.
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Within two years, Young Lord took another risk.
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This time, he went to suppress bandits in Mid-Shu. General Cheng Song was ambushed.
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- So, Young Lord secretly—
- A'Fei.
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Enough.
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No wonder. I was wondering...
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When Cheng Song returned victoriously last time,
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why didn't I see him come to get his reward?
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Turns out someone was a secret hero.
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I just didn't want to see fellow military brothers get trapped.
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Rushing to rescue is within my duty.
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All these that you did,
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does Shaoshang know?
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You aren't expecting
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Shaoshang to forgive you over this matter
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and reconcile with you, are you?
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I made a mistake,
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so I don't expect Shaoshang to forgive me.
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She never liked for me to control her life.
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If she knew I did these, she would detest me even more.
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I did these out of my own selfishness.
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But that's all I'll do.
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You truly don't have other intentions?
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No.
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That's good then.
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Right now, I've let Third Prince
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supervise the order over land ownership and taxation.
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Now that you're back, you can assist him to carry out this order.
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This matter involves the country's foundation and has long-term impacts.
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You must not treat it lightly.
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I shall obey.
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Today, it's the first time in five years that Shaoshang
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has left the palace. She's going with Yuan Shanjian
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to meet his parents.
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They'll get engaged soon.
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From now on, the two of you
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will go your separate ways.
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Vice Minister Yuan conducts himself calmly and appropriately.
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Miss Cheng...
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If Miss Cheng marries him,
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she will have support for the rest of her life.
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What about you?
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What do you plan to do going forward?
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Even Cui You, who was totally devoted to your aunt,
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has said,
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he would rather leave the wife's position empty and take a concubine.
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Seeing that you are alone and pitiful,
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I really can't bear it.
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Imperial Father, don't worry for Zisheng.
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I heard that, in the military camp in the northwest, when Zisheng was injured,
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Miss Luo was taking care of him daily.
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It's been said that Miss Luo is very different in speaking and temperament from before.
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She's been telling people that now she's back in the capital, she will pick a day to marry Zisheng.
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Your Highness the Crown Prince,
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I have nothing to do with Miss Luo, so it's impossible to marry her.
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- A'Fei.
- Present.
- Once we return to the manor, immediately send a dowry to Miss Luo
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to assist her in finding a husband.
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You would really terminate your relationship so cleanly and quickly.
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Young Lord, are you really not going to see Fourth Miss Cheng?
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Once I've renovated the Huo tombs and ancestral hall,
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I will respectfully tell the ancestors that I won't marry nor sire children.
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For the rest of my life,
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I have no other wish.
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Young Lord, clearly you haven't thought it through.
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Your hand.
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It's just an injury from a freeze. Nothing to it.
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The stirrup is adjusted.
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Be careful when you ride again, Miss Cheng.
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Thank you, General Huo.
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I'm not the old Cheng Shaoshang.
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Even if there are no stirrups now,
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I can still ride the horse.
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Thank you, General Huo, for taking care of my bride.
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But it should stop here.
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Huo Buyi, even when you don't talk, I can still tell what you're thinking.
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From the day I heard you were returning, I knew you wouldn't let go.
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I know that, in her heart, I can't compare to you.
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But I understand Shaoshang's temperament. Even if she still misses you,
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she won't necessarily choose you.
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Ever since Little Fifth married far away, Prince Donghai moved to his own fiefdom,
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it hasn't been this lively in Changqiu Palace for a long time.
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That's right.
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Sister Jitong, now that you've returned to the capital, you should stay longer
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so you can talk with Empress more.
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Older Sister, try the rice wine that I brewed. Also, these dishes
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were made especially to complement the wine. Empress really likes them.
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Look at how busy Miss Cheng is. There's no need to be so hospitable to me.
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I am one of Changqiu Palace's people.
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Miss Cheng, you have really organized Changqiu Palace to be so orderly over the years.
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The dishes look good and the wine is lovely.
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I can see that you've learned a lot in Changqiu Palace during the five years that I was gone.
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Sister Jitong has left for such a long time, I'm afraid you've forgotten some things.
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Five years ago, before you married to the northwest, I had already handled Empress's birthday banquet.
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I didn't start learning after Older Sister left.
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That's right. Younger Sister, your fate is good.
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Unlike me, who suffers a bad fate.
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When my deceased husband was seriously ill, I served him day and night.
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I still couldn't avoid the gossip saying I was waiting to remarry.
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Just for that talk, after my husband died, I insisted on
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serving my father-in-law and mother-in-law in the Jia family for several years.
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It was so hard to persist.
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The Jia family's son died early.
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Your Luo family was helped by the Jia family for many years.
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It's your duty to serve the in-laws anyway.
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How is that hard?
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Sister Jitong, people should look ahead.
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In the future, I'm sure Older Sister will have endless good luck.
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You're right.
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People always have to look ahead.
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Zisheng also told me the same words.
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Even though he is strict with everyone, he has been very tolerant of me.
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He only allows me to enter and leave his tent to serve wine
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and meals. You also know that when he gets busy, he won't eat or drink.
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My heart really ached for him.
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Later on, he didn't allow me to enter his tent anymore.
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I think he just didn't want me to be too tired from working too hard.
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Since you are so close with Zisheng,
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I assume you two are already engaged?
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He hasn't proposed to me yet, but I think it'll happen soon enough.
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This time, when he received the summons from His Majesty, saying that Empress Xuan was sick,
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he immediately accepted the decree to return to the capital.
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He left in a hurry and didn't even get me to go along.
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I thought, perhaps
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he will propose to me in the capital.
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Looks like Empress got sick at the wrong time and delayed your auspicious moment.
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- No, no, that's not what I meant.
- Of course, I know that's not what you meant.
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When Empress was still in the position of Empress back then, she protected the Luo family plenty of times.
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With such great benevolence, why would you complain about Empress
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delaying your auspicious moment?
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If that were true, wouldn't that be inhumane?
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I know that Miss Cheng doesn't like me being with Zisheng.
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But we are fond of each other, and we couldn't help it.
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Besides, the two of you aren't engaged anymore.
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If he marries me now, it's proper. After all, when a man is away to fight in battles,
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without a wife by his side to take care of him, how can he take care of himself well?
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You wouldn't want him to live badly for the rest of his life, would you?
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For me, it's difficult too. On the one side, it's you. On the other side, it's him.
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Miss Luo, it's not easy to leave when the palace gate is locked up.
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You've just returned to the capital, so you should go home first to take a look.
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Don't waste your time by staying too long in Changqiu Palace.
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Empress, I used to live in Changqiu Palace to serve you.
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I haven't returned for many years. Can't I stay even a little longer?
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Miss Luo, you should go home to take a look.
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Just now, Miss Luo's family sent a message here.
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They said that General Huo sent two carts of dowry to the Luo family, along with a large copper mirror.
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He also especially reminded the elders in the Luo family
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to find a good family as Miss Luo's in-laws.
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For such an important event, how can Miss Luo not be present?
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Copper mirror?
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A mirror.
(Meaning to take a good look at herself and know her worth)
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It looks like General Huo and Sister Jitong
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are truly fond of each other. He's gifting you a dowry and a copper mirror.
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Who else in the city will dare say that you aren't fond of each other?
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Young Lord, I heard that Miss Luo
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was kicked out of her home by her parents and brothers last night.
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The Luo family worked under the Xuan family for many years.
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They originally wanted to prosper by relying on the Eastern Palace.
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Who would have expected that the crown prince would be deposed, and Empress Xuan would voluntarily request confinement?
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They were thinking that they could use their daughter to climb up to Young Lord's high status.
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This time, Young Lord gifted her dowry and ordered her to find a husband.
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I'm afraid Miss Luo won't have anywhere to go now.
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Young Lord, this...
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General Huo, my father told me that
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General sent a copper mirror and some boxes of dowry to me.
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I'm told that it'll help me find a husband in the northwest.
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I'm flustered. What mistakes have I made?
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Please retract your order, General.
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I thought you were smart.
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But smart people need to know to stop when it's enough.
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In the northwest, I accompanied General.
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General, have you forgotten it all?
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Accompany?
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I once accompanied another woman.
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We shared meals, laughed, and bantered together,
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and we were intimate with each other. That's what accompanying means.
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In the northwest, I kicked you out of my camp.
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You lived outside the camp and sneaked in to launder my clothes.
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We never even saw each other. When I returned to the capital,
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you followed the troops and rushed back.
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I never even talked with you.
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Let me ask you. When did we accompany each other?
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Yes, General Huo isn't interested in me.
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But given time, I think you will change.
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See? You didn't even let me enter your tent three years ago.
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And now, you look at me with a nicer expression.
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Why wouldn't you admit it?
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Enough. Don't fool yourself anymore.
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Right now, everyone in the capital knows that I'm about to marry General Huo.
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If they find out that you won't marry me,
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how can I face anyone?
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Considering how I've admired you since I was young, please accept me.
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It's fine to be a concubine.
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I advise you to forget this wish.
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If you return right now, I can add two more carts of dowry.
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If you continue to entangle endlessly,
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I will order people to send you back to the northwest immediately.
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General Huo!
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General, you need not force me too much.
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I just like you. How is this wrong?
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Then, Seventh Young Master Jia,
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what mistake did he make?
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You killed him, didn't you?
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I didn't do anything. Don't be slandering nonsense!
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In the northwest, everyone said that
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Seventh Young Master Jia married the best wife in the world.
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But I know the truth. Although Seventh Young Master Jia's weakness
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was congenital from the womb,
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it wasn't serious enough to kill him at only 20-some years of age.
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You murdered him.
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As to what method was used,
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need I say more?
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Is it because of Cheng Shaoshang?
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You still can't forget her, that's why you refuse me?
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It's no business of yours.
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How can you treat me this way?
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All these years,
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don't you feel anything for me?
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That's right,
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even if Cheng Shaoshang didn't exist.
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