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Who's there?

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Counselor Gongsun.

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It's the middle of the night.

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What are you looking for? Let me help.

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It's a military secret.

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What military secret?

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I just told you it's a military secret.
Why are you still asking?

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Move along.

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Yes, sir.

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Let's go over there.

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♪ The world is vast ♪

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♪ The storm is rising ♪

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♪ Day and night ♪

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♪ We strive to save the world ♪

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♪ All people ♪

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♪ Are part of the past ♪

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♪ What's the date today? ♪

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♪ How lamentable ♪

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Counselor.

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Come in.

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Counselor, it's already past 1 a.m.

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You're still injured. Please rest early.

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I'll review the secrets a bit longer.

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You may leave.

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Yes, sir.

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Good.

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Excellent.

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There's a rule left by our ancestors:

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when forging a deadly weapon,

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it must draw blood when first sharpened.

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Only after tempering
can it leave the furnace.

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This is to subdue the weapon's spirit,

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so it won't harm its master.

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His Lordship never believes in
such superstition.

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What kind of blood?

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Human blood is best.

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Someone!

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Stoke the fire!

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Your Lordship, please treat
these two blades well.

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It's she

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who can bring these two blades
to greatness.

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[Pursuit of Jade]

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[Episode 28]

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Hyah!

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Hyah!

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Little Young Master, we won't be able to
hide for much longer.

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If it comes down to a fight to the death,

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I will lure them away.

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You just run for your life.

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Don't worry about me.

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Mr. Xun, don't panic.

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Check out these ruts
on this official road—

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they clearly show that a sizable force
just passed through ahead.

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You mean we can ask for help?

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But what if it was the Sui Army
that just passed?

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Wouldn't that be
walking right into their trap?

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I once read through
the bamboo scrolls in my fat...

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In that man's room.

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They contain the specifications
of the carriages and horses

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of the armies from the three prefectures,
Chong, Yan, and Ji.

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These ruts belong to the Xie Army.

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Little Young Master, what's your age?

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I mean, how old are you?

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Six.

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Still so young,

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yet you have a photographic memory.

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It shows that your talent
is a gift from heaven.

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So you're the chosen one.

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Teacher once taught me

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to choose the lesser of two evils.

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Mr. Xun, we can take a gamble.

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Aren't you afraid?

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If we lose the bet,

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we'll die without a burial place.

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Mr. Xun, remember:

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we're not running away—

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we're going to fetch reinforcements
to save my mother.

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Yes! Understood.

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What time is it?

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It's already noon, rise and shine!

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Sister, you slept for a really long time.

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This fish is really delicious.

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I couldn't sleep last night
and caught it by the river.

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You've got it all over your face.

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Is it good?

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It's really good.
Brother-in-Law grilled it.

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How do you know
it was he who grilled it?

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Before you found me, Sister,

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Brother-in-Law would grill fish for me.

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It tasted just like this.

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Then eat more.

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Sister, I miss Bao'er

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and Fairy Sister.

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I miss them too.

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What a wonderful smell.

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Master!

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You're here.

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Elder, you look like a sage
from a painting—

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like one of the stone statues
in Confucius' temple.

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I look like Confucius?

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I'm really flattered.

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You two sisters—the older one's
a bit simple and straightforward,

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while the younger one sure knows
how to sweet-talk.

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Come here, you little sweet talker.

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Let this old man take a good look at you.

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This girl is truly blessed with
great fortune.

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With an older sister like you
protecting her all these years,

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she's bound to have great fortune
later in life.

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Mr. Zhao said the same thing.

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He said her round face
is a sign of good luck.

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Old Zhao?

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How can his physiognomy skills
possibly compare to mine?

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Well, I don't know how to compare.

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I just hope you're both right,

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and she stays healthy.

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Alright.

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Come on, let me feel your skull.

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This girl's fate

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holds too much wealth and honor.

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Her body can't quite bear it,

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so she's naturally somewhat frail.

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But with you there to steady her,

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that too is Heaven's will.

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You don't understand?

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Before she comes of age,

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you must keep her by your side.

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I certainly will.

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Good.

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Changyu, I have a few things I'd like to
speak with you about from the heart.

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Here, Changning.

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Go play with Brother Jiu.

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Okay.

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Be careful.

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Last night,

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I heard you killed Shi Hu
with just 3 hammer strikes.

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I was truly shocked.

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He was a fierce general, you know,
the bravest among the Three Armies.

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It was 2 strikes, actually.

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Two strikes?

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I also just found out

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that you're some Minister or Grand Tutor.

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Anyway, you're very impressive.

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If Jin Yuanbao and the others knew

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they once repaired a dam
with a big shot like you,

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they'd be bragging about it forever.

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Are those little brats all doing well?

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They're still alive.

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Alive. That's good.
As long as they're alive.

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Changyu,

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back to business.

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I'll be frank—

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someone asked me

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to adopt you as my goddaughter.

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Goddaughter?

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But I'm already your apprentice.

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That's different.

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Xie Zheng sent you, didn't he?

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Grand Tutor, I appreciate your kindness.

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But I don't want to rely on anyone

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to raise my status.

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I may just be a butcher from Lin'an,

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but I can support myself
with my own hands,

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and I can support my sister too.

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I don't think my status

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is anything to be ashamed of.

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But if he dislikes it,

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then so be it.

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Anyway, the one I like is Yan Zheng.

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I don't want to aim above my station with
the Marquis of Wu'an.

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This isn't a novel.

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Not every sparrow turns into a phoenix.

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Good. Well said—

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rely on yourself;

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the strong grow stronger
through their own efforts.

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But I have to speak up

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for that bratty apprentice of mine.

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He has never looked down on your status.

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He just wants there to be

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one more person to protect you.

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Although I'm not much,

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I've still got some reputation.

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If someone tries to harm you,

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I will protect you.

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Who would harm me?

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Just because there isn't now
doesn't mean there never will be.

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What if there is in the future?

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If someone really wants to harm me,

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can relying on a man protect me?

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Or can your reputation protect me, Master?

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Even if you can protect me for a while,

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can you protect me for a lifetime?

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You...

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Y-You little girl.

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You see things even more clearly
than I do.

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A jade pendant found by chance

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must eventually be returned.

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When I saw him majestically
become the Marquis of Wu'an,

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I understood.

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I understood why he hid his identity,

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and why he wouldn't stay in Lin'an.

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You may not lack a father,

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but I lack a daughter.

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Otherwise, I'll die alone.

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I want to adopt you as my goddaughter.

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Our fates have brought us together.

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If you accept me as your godfather,

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I'll treat you as my own

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and protect you for a lifetime,
keeping you safe and happy.

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Think it over carefully.

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I will not force you.

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On the day of the dam lot-drawing,

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you were already protecting me
with your life.

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I've also said I'm willing to
take care of you for the rest of your life.

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But if you insist on making it official—

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Godfather,

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please accept my bow.

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Please, get up.

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Come on, get up.

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So... So you've accepted me
as your godfather?

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Wonderful. This is wonderful.

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I've lived half my life in loneliness.

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I never expected I'd be blessed

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with such a wonderful daughter in the end.

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Daughter.

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I...

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I should be giving you a gift
to mark this occasion.

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B-But I've got no worldly possessions.

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How about this? I'll give you
a courtesy name.

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You were born in the Year of Yin,

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so your zodiac sign is Tiger.

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Your name is Changyu,

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which implies uprightness and grace

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but suppresses your sharp spirit.

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[Shanjun]

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I'll give you a courtesy name.

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Shanjun.

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Meaning a gentleman of the mountains?

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You can interpret it that way,

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but it also carries another meaning—

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a fierce tiger of the mountains.

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A tigress of the mountains...

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I like this!

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It sounds much better than
Lord Li's "Threshold."

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Look at you.

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Why do you always focus on
the unpleasant parts?

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Shanjun.

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[Xie]

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[Marquis of Wu'an]

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Although we won this battle,

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the casualties were heavy.

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The battle of Lucheng
will likely be even harder.

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The Yanzhou Army is about to depart

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for Lucheng.

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Are you going with
that bratty apprentice of mine?

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No.

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I know he's the Marquis of Wu'an,

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so I needn't worry about
his safety anymore.

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I want to leave.

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He has his duties,

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and I have my work.

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I want to help
the displaced people of Lin'an

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return home safely.

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I want families reunited,

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working their jobs,

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eating their meals,

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and living their lives well.

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With your merits,

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you could be appointed Commandant,

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a sixth-rank official.

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That would make you
the first female Commandant of Great Yin.

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Are you willing to give up

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such glory?

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Godfather.

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00:19:24,850 --> 00:19:27,180
I don't like the feeling of killing
at all.

275
00:19:27,550 --> 00:19:28,200
Right,

276
00:19:30,070 --> 00:19:32,930
the rebels who disrupt our Great Yin
deserve to die.

277
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,530
But when I see them on the battlefield,

278
00:19:35,620 --> 00:19:36,640
wailing in terror

279
00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:37,900
and begging for mercy,

280
00:19:38,750 --> 00:19:40,790
I think of Mr. Zhao who was taken away,

281
00:19:40,790 --> 00:19:42,590
as well as Mr. Jin and the others,

282
00:19:42,790 --> 00:19:45,720
and also Granny Kang's youngest son
who died in battle.

283
00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,980
I think of the innocent people of Lin'an.

284
00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,240
None of them wanted to fight,

285
00:19:51,830 --> 00:19:53,090
but because of the war,

286
00:19:54,550 --> 00:19:56,280
they were sent to their deaths.

287
00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,480
I don't want to see

288
00:20:00,070 --> 00:20:01,870
this kind of suffering anymore.

289
00:20:05,350 --> 00:20:08,590
[Xie]

290
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,570
You're leaving?

291
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:13,860
You know how foul-tempered
your husband is.

292
00:20:14,030 --> 00:20:15,310
If you tell him,

293
00:20:15,460 --> 00:20:18,310
he'll do everything to stop you,
even if it means tying you to him.

294
00:20:18,310 --> 00:20:19,150
I know.

295
00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:20,740
That's exactly why

296
00:20:21,310 --> 00:20:22,710
I'm asking for your help.

297
00:20:23,790 --> 00:20:25,320
There's too much between us

298
00:20:25,790 --> 00:20:27,250
that cannot be sorted out.

299
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,550
But right now, I've got something
more important to do.

300
00:20:30,550 --> 00:20:32,070
What's so important?

301
00:20:32,970 --> 00:20:34,770
I need to go find a friend of mine.

302
00:20:35,430 --> 00:20:37,050
I can only rest easy

303
00:20:37,310 --> 00:20:38,770
if she and her son are safe.

304
00:20:41,110 --> 00:20:42,750
If it were any other woman,

305
00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:44,690
I would certainly stop her.

306
00:20:44,860 --> 00:20:46,210
But you're Fan Changyu.

307
00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,510
You're the one who killed Shi Hu
with 2 hammer strikes.

308
00:20:49,510 --> 00:20:50,730
In all of Great Yin,

309
00:20:50,790 --> 00:20:52,270
aside from the Marquis of Wu'an,

310
00:20:52,270 --> 00:20:54,470
I doubt there's a third person like you.

311
00:20:55,790 --> 00:20:58,120
Is there anything else
I can help you with?

312
00:20:59,070 --> 00:21:00,200
Actually, there is.

313
00:21:00,550 --> 00:21:01,960
Please help me send Changning

314
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,890
and Mr. Zhao from the Wu River barracks

315
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,600
back together

316
00:21:06,630 --> 00:21:08,330
to Mrs. Zhao in Jizhou.

317
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,840
You're not actually a royal physician,

318
00:21:15,110 --> 00:21:16,750
and your name isn't Qi Beholden,

319
00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:17,310
right?

320
00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:20,370
Yan Zheng is the Marquis of Wu'an.

321
00:21:21,030 --> 00:21:22,200
You know him well,

322
00:21:23,550 --> 00:21:25,450
so you must be of high status too.

323
00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,710
You'll find out one day.

324
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:31,960
But for now,

325
00:21:32,730 --> 00:21:35,390
you and I are just comrades
who fought together.

326
00:21:38,550 --> 00:21:40,010
Take care on your journey.

327
00:21:41,030 --> 00:21:41,790
Remember—

328
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:44,340
stay safe.

329
00:21:54,270 --> 00:21:55,270
You take care too.

330
00:22:00,790 --> 00:22:02,070
On the road to Lucheng,

331
00:22:02,290 --> 00:22:04,490
Lord Changxin has likely set an ambush.

332
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,060
Since we can't face them head-on,

333
00:22:09,310 --> 00:22:11,770
we might as well
circle around from the back.

334
00:22:12,510 --> 00:22:13,590
If we do that,

335
00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,020
the journey will be twice as long.

336
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:19,240
We must set off

337
00:22:19,250 --> 00:22:20,100
before dawn.

338
00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:22,430
Alright. I'll give the order.

339
00:22:22,450 --> 00:22:24,160
We'll leave at the fifth watch.

340
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:25,710
My Lord! Her Ladyship...

341
00:22:25,830 --> 00:22:26,750
Her Ladyship is missing.

342
00:22:26,750 --> 00:22:28,610
This letter was found in her tent.

343
00:22:30,130 --> 00:22:32,060
[To Marquis of Wu'an]

344
00:22:35,850 --> 00:22:37,550
[Got things to do. Don't look for me.
Changyu]

345
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,000
Xie Jiu, saddle my horse!

346
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:43,750
Yes.

347
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:53,350
Fan Changyu!

348
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,240
The Marquis of Wu'an is here.

349
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,140
We'll hold him off for you.

350
00:23:02,790 --> 00:23:03,400
No need.

351
00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,880
I failed to explain things to him clearly.

352
00:23:07,350 --> 00:23:08,280
You go ahead.

353
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,930
We'll wait for you up ahead.

354
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:22,680
Fan Changyu.

355
00:23:23,350 --> 00:23:25,070
Why would you rather
leave a letter and run away

356
00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,400
than stay with me?

357
00:23:30,030 --> 00:23:31,510
Why won't you like me?

358
00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:34,950
What exactly did I, Xie Zheng, do wrong?

359
00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:44,790
How could I not like you?

360
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,160
If I didn't like you,

361
00:23:49,070 --> 00:23:50,670
would I have come to find you?

362
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,880
Would I have worried about you
getting hurt

363
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,880
and gone to the battlefield for you?

364
00:23:58,710 --> 00:23:59,840
The one you like

365
00:24:01,290 --> 00:24:02,310
is Yan Zheng.

366
00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:05,510
I've thought it through.

367
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,550
No matter whether
you're Yan Zheng or Xie Zheng,

368
00:24:07,550 --> 00:24:08,590
I like you.

369
00:24:10,310 --> 00:24:11,240
Are you just

370
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:13,750
trying to cheer me up?

371
00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:16,810
I'm not trying to cheer you up.
Every word I said is true.

372
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:19,440
When you were Yan Zheng,

373
00:24:19,790 --> 00:24:22,790
all we worried about every day
was daily necessities.

374
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,300
You'd copy books and write essays
to make money,

375
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,430
and I'd butcher pigs and sell meat.

376
00:24:30,050 --> 00:24:32,110
Whatever difficulties we encountered,

377
00:24:32,110 --> 00:24:35,240
we managed to get through them
by supporting each other.

378
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,860
But now, you're Marquis of Wu'an,
Xie Zheng.

379
00:24:40,250 --> 00:24:42,250
There's nothing I can do to help you.

380
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:44,720
And I don't know

381
00:24:46,030 --> 00:24:47,380
what you're busy with

382
00:24:47,590 --> 00:24:49,250
or what you're worried about.

383
00:24:50,030 --> 00:24:51,640
My mother once told me

384
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,370
that between husband and wife,

385
00:24:53,750 --> 00:24:55,270
they must be understanding

386
00:24:55,270 --> 00:24:57,620
and support each other to make it last.

387
00:24:59,270 --> 00:25:00,530
Those unhappy couples

388
00:25:01,090 --> 00:25:02,830
all finish their lives

389
00:25:02,830 --> 00:25:05,070
without learning how to be understanding.

390
00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:06,400
Their feelings and such

391
00:25:07,030 --> 00:25:08,490
have long since worn away.

392
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,640
I don't want that.

393
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:15,960
Changyu.

394
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,590
Status is just an illusion.

395
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,160
How we feel for each other
is what matters most.

396
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,220
Of course I know your feelings for me.

397
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:29,640
Actually, that day,

398
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,420
I intended to make a clean break with you.

399
00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:37,630
But hearing you talk about
our time in Lin'an

400
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,550
and say you wanted to go back there
with me

401
00:25:39,550 --> 00:25:40,880
and rebuild our home...

402
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:46,070
I'm not made of stone, you know?

403
00:25:47,790 --> 00:25:48,890
I can be touched,

404
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:51,610
and I can feel reluctant to let go.

405
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,860
Right now, there is something

406
00:25:58,310 --> 00:25:59,400
I must do—

407
00:26:00,510 --> 00:26:01,840
I must go save Qianqian.

408
00:26:05,550 --> 00:26:06,480
But you know

409
00:26:07,350 --> 00:26:09,680
those who took Yu Qianqian aren't simple.

410
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,110
You may not be able

411
00:26:12,030 --> 00:26:13,160
to save her on your own.

412
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,590
I have to try to find out.

413
00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:20,170
How about this?

414
00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:23,720
I'll take revenge for Lin'an for you.

415
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,550
I'll help you find the people
who're missing,

416
00:26:26,550 --> 00:26:29,110
and I'll save Yu Qianqian for you.

417
00:26:29,750 --> 00:26:31,750
Don't take the risk yourself, okay?

418
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:35,960
I like you,

419
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,340
but I can't rely on you
for the rest of my life.

420
00:26:41,130 --> 00:26:43,240
That way, I wouldn't be me.

421
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,000
Okay.

422
00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:52,390
I know

423
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:55,100
that once you've made a decision,

424
00:26:55,350 --> 00:26:57,880
you certainly won't
change your mind easily.

425
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:15,300
Your Highness.

426
00:27:17,140 --> 00:27:18,820
May I come in?

427
00:27:22,110 --> 00:27:22,830
Come on in.

428
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,740
Headmaster, what brings you here suddenly?

429
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:33,580
Your Highness,

430
00:27:34,380 --> 00:27:35,270
your shoes.

431
00:27:41,810 --> 00:27:42,870
You repaired them?

432
00:27:45,510 --> 00:27:48,070
A patrolling soldier found them
by chance last night,

433
00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:49,630
so I did a little repair.

434
00:27:50,350 --> 00:27:52,280
I hope Your Highness doesn't mind.

435
00:27:56,110 --> 00:27:58,790
Headmaster, please don't do
such trivial things in the future.

436
00:27:58,790 --> 00:28:00,050
I won't appreciate it.

437
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:14,540
I take my leave.

438
00:28:25,830 --> 00:28:28,890
Headmaster, stop using these little tricks
to fool me.

439
00:28:32,860 --> 00:28:34,520
You... What's wrong with you?

440
00:28:40,530 --> 00:28:41,660
It's almost dawn.

441
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,440
I must go,

442
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:45,670
or I won't catch up with them.

443
00:28:56,490 --> 00:28:57,460
Then tell me

444
00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,590
you like me.

445
00:29:06,130 --> 00:29:06,890
Say it.

446
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:12,890
♪ I pray that our love ♪

447
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,450
♪ Will never end ♪

448
00:29:16,030 --> 00:29:17,080
♪ It's worth my foolishly waiting ♪

449
00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:19,550
♪ For a lifetime ♪

450
00:29:20,130 --> 00:29:24,170
♪ Clear and quiet as me ♪

451
00:29:24,610 --> 00:29:28,250
♪ So what if we encounter difficulties? ♪

452
00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:29,990
♪ I pray that our love ♪

453
00:29:30,010 --> 00:29:32,530
♪ Will not be like sand
slipping into the sea ♪

454
00:29:33,770 --> 00:29:34,710
♪ I'd rather use this life ♪

455
00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:37,180
♪ To guard our love forever ♪

456
00:29:37,610 --> 00:29:41,810
♪ Clear and quiet as me ♪

457
00:29:38,460 --> 00:29:42,000
[Xie]

458
00:29:42,290 --> 00:29:52,970
♪ Why do we need
to seek cause and effect ♪

459
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,790
Find an elite squad and have them
protect Fan Changyu in secret.

460
00:29:52,790 --> 00:29:53,360
Yes.

461
00:29:56,590 --> 00:29:58,720
Headmaster, you're so badly injured.

462
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,690
Why didn't you tell me earlier?

463
00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:03,180
When I thought you were lying to me,

464
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:05,680
why didn't you tell me the truth?

465
00:30:06,510 --> 00:30:07,200
Before,

466
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:10,790
I did indeed lie to you.

467
00:30:11,950 --> 00:30:13,020
So today,

468
00:30:14,490 --> 00:30:16,810
I've got no right to defend myself.

469
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:24,240
I'll

470
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:27,960
just find another herb for treatment.

471
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,410
Please rest early, Your Highness.

472
00:30:31,310 --> 00:30:32,720
Whether you're fine or not

473
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,520
is up to me, the royal physician.

474
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:35,720
Turn around.

475
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:37,330
Turn around!

476
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,560
Headmaster, you carry such authority
in the academy,

477
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:49,550
and you're so brave and wise
on the battlefield.

478
00:30:49,550 --> 00:30:52,280
Why are you so careless
when it comes to yourself?

479
00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:59,070
What are you laughing at, Headmaster?

480
00:30:59,070 --> 00:31:00,330
You're still injured.

481
00:31:00,350 --> 00:31:02,080
Don't, don't... I'm ticklish.

482
00:31:02,350 --> 00:31:04,680
You're dying! Why are you still laughing?

483
00:31:06,110 --> 00:31:06,640
I...

484
00:31:09,540 --> 00:31:12,170
What I want to say is, my feelings for you

485
00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:15,250
are actually like my illness—

486
00:31:16,590 --> 00:31:18,790
though it may seem like I've deceived you,

487
00:31:18,790 --> 00:31:21,320
it was never my intention.

488
00:31:23,030 --> 00:31:24,090
Do you understand?

489
00:31:28,750 --> 00:31:29,790
I'll speak plainly.

490
00:31:29,790 --> 00:31:30,720
-I…
-Counselor!

491
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:35,570
His Lordship has returned to camp.

492
00:31:37,430 --> 00:31:38,400
Even if the sky falls,

493
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:39,890
I must finish saying this.

494
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,000
Finish it when you come back.

495
00:31:42,590 --> 00:31:44,250
I'll wait for you to come back.

496
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,460
General Shiyi, please tell His Lordship

497
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,030
that Counselor has internal injuries

498
00:31:57,030 --> 00:31:58,430
and shouldn't overwork.

499
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,830
If Counselor's condition worsens
when he returns,

500
00:32:02,830 --> 00:32:04,400
I'll hold His Lordship accountable.

501
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:05,000
Yes.

502
00:32:06,350 --> 00:32:06,920
Then...

503
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:08,440
I'll go now.

504
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:23,460
Did you bring her back?

505
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:24,270
She left.

506
00:32:24,830 --> 00:32:26,230
She has her own thoughts,

507
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:27,640
and I respect her wishes.

508
00:32:29,270 --> 00:32:30,590
This Mrs. Fan is actually able

509
00:32:30,590 --> 00:32:33,070
to make the Marquis of Wu'an
so melancholy—

510
00:32:33,770 --> 00:32:35,430
she must be quite a character.

511
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,330
Her Highness is returning to the Capital.

512
00:32:40,350 --> 00:32:42,750
I'll leave her protection to you.

513
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,200
Her Highness has promised Mrs. Fan

514
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,960
to send Changning back to Lin'an.

515
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,510
After that, whether she chooses to
stay in the Capital

516
00:32:49,510 --> 00:32:50,880
or remain in the military camp,

517
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:52,540
I'll also respect her wishes.

518
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,800
That's not what you said before.

519
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,480
Back when Li Huai'an was investigating me
in Lin'an,

520
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,480
he soon returned to the Capital
to court Her Highness.

521
00:33:01,590 --> 00:33:03,320
That was your doing, wasn't it?

522
00:33:06,030 --> 00:33:06,750
Sort of.

523
00:33:08,610 --> 00:33:09,670
But not entirely.

524
00:33:12,270 --> 00:33:14,130
When emotions surge in the heart,

525
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,600
how can one control them?

526
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,200
Better to stop them before they sprout,

527
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,600
to avoid falling into the swamp of love.

528
00:33:23,270 --> 00:33:25,000
Informing Consort Dowager An

529
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,440
about Her Highness being at the academy

530
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:27,880
was indeed my doing.

531
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,840
As for Her Highness courting Li Huai'an...

532
00:33:32,470 --> 00:33:34,270
It was indeed unexpected.

533
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,810
Given Consort Dowager An's temperament,

534
00:33:38,070 --> 00:33:39,670
she definitely won't agree.

535
00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:42,790
This is the last time Her Highness

536
00:33:42,790 --> 00:33:45,850
personally makes medicinal food
for you, Mr. Gongsun.

537
00:33:47,070 --> 00:33:48,070
You go ahead first.

538
00:33:48,070 --> 00:33:50,400
My horse is fast.
I'll catch up right away.

539
00:33:55,030 --> 00:33:55,960
Let's get going.

540
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,660
All troops, listen up!

541
00:34:01,770 --> 00:34:03,090
To Lucheng!

542
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:04,440
Yes!

543
00:34:17,710 --> 00:34:23,230
[Villa in the west suburb of Lucheng]

544
00:34:33,690 --> 00:34:36,260
[Lord Changxin, Sui Tuo]

545
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:38,440
Father.

546
00:34:53,070 --> 00:34:55,150
I never should have believed
your nonsense.

547
00:34:55,150 --> 00:34:57,230
So much for your infallible strategy.

548
00:34:57,230 --> 00:34:59,360
We are suffering defeat after defeat.

549
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,510
Not only did we lose General Shi Hu,

550
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:04,840
but Yuanqing almost lost his life too!

551
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:11,670
What?

552
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:13,610
Feeling indignant?

553
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,160
Did I wrongly accuse you?

554
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,880
When you were young,

555
00:35:24,670 --> 00:35:26,290
you used to be cheerful.

556
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:27,800
But a fire turned you into

557
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:28,880
what you are now!

558
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,250
Let me make this clear to you today:

559
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,320
even if something happens to Yuanqing,

560
00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:40,000
the throne

561
00:35:40,590 --> 00:35:41,920
will still not be yours!

562
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,240
I have never coveted the throne,

563
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,970
nor do I wish to compete with Yuanqing.

564
00:35:49,330 --> 00:35:50,890
If I'm lying,

565
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:52,320
may heaven strike me down.

566
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,200
Yuanhuai.

567
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,080
Between us brothers,
is an oath really necessary?

568
00:35:57,260 --> 00:35:58,920
Why curse yourself like that?

569
00:35:59,280 --> 00:35:59,880
Here.

570
00:36:00,630 --> 00:36:01,510
Yuanqing.

571
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,170
We are at war.

572
00:36:03,590 --> 00:36:04,590
Mind your status.

573
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,630
Father, the enemy's at our doorstep.

574
00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:07,880
Please stop putting on airs.

575
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,540
It's just the three of us here.

576
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,440
If outsiders knew

577
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,000
that we were fighting amongst ourselves,

578
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,550
they would surely take advantage of
the chaos.

579
00:36:15,550 --> 00:36:18,010
Even the wise are not always free
from error.

580
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,610
Yuanhuai already did his best
against Xie Zheng.

581
00:36:22,550 --> 00:36:25,010
If Yuanhuai hadn't sent Shi Yue
to save me,

582
00:36:25,380 --> 00:36:27,230
Xie Zheng would have tied me up
on the battlefield

583
00:36:27,230 --> 00:36:28,160
to threaten you.

584
00:36:31,060 --> 00:36:32,860
Children are nothing but debts.

585
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,230
Yuanhuai.

586
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,400
Go and reorganize the logistics.

587
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:45,340
The Chongzhou Army

588
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,510
cannot afford a third defeat.

589
00:36:51,190 --> 00:36:52,520
As you command, Father.

590
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,560
Ever since he was burned
in that fire 17 years ago,

591
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,140
he has become as stubborn as a mule,

592
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,880
perverse and paranoid,

593
00:37:15,670 --> 00:37:18,030
as if possessed by a demon.

594
00:37:18,050 --> 00:37:20,180
Father, please don't blame Yuanhuai.

595
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,640
Anyone who suffered such a great ordeal

596
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,250
would inevitably change in temperament.

597
00:37:25,590 --> 00:37:27,280
Yuanhuai has always been kind to us.

598
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,610
He harbors absolutely no ill intentions.

599
00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:32,690
I hope you will see the truth, Father.

600
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:43,840
Sui Tuo.

601
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:47,410
I indeed do not want your throne.

602
00:37:48,510 --> 00:37:49,550
What I want

603
00:37:52,590 --> 00:37:54,450
is the lives of you father and son.

604
00:38:14,510 --> 00:38:15,110
Charge!

605
00:38:30,210 --> 00:38:30,890
Bao'er.

606
00:38:31,870 --> 00:38:32,870
Quick, run!

607
00:38:33,190 --> 00:38:34,080
Go!

608
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,110
Take this.

609
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,320
Blow it whenever you are in danger,

610
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,380
and someone will come to protect you.

611
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:03,670
Bao'er!

612
00:39:30,540 --> 00:39:31,140
Retreat!

613
00:39:35,730 --> 00:39:36,920
We're from Jizhou.

614
00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:39,340
We're not... We're not the Chongzhou Army.

615
00:39:47,550 --> 00:39:48,280
Bao'er?

616
00:39:54,230 --> 00:39:55,950
Uncle Yan!

617
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:57,960
Are you all right?

618
00:40:03,230 --> 00:40:06,330
Uncle Yan, I'm so scared.

619
00:40:06,710 --> 00:40:09,270
Bad guys took my mother away.

620
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:10,130
It's okay.

621
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:11,880
Everything will be okay.

622
00:40:17,950 --> 00:40:18,500
[Sui]

623
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:21,900
[Villa in the west suburb of Lucheng]

624
00:40:39,820 --> 00:40:40,610
Miss me?

625
00:40:49,470 --> 00:40:50,560
Why are you staring?

626
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:51,290
Come sit.

627
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:04,280
I personally made

628
00:41:04,700 --> 00:41:08,010
my specialty,
snowy-clear soup with steamed bread.

629
00:41:12,510 --> 00:41:13,280
Have a taste.

630
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:20,840
This soup...

631
00:41:21,460 --> 00:41:23,190
You didn't poison it, did you?

632
00:41:27,390 --> 00:41:28,310
Are you scared?

633
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:55,840
Even if it were poisoned,

634
00:41:56,690 --> 00:41:58,300
as long as it's from you,

635
00:41:59,150 --> 00:42:00,400
I would drink it.

636
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:03,280
Very well.

637
00:42:04,310 --> 00:42:06,370
Then I'll really poison it next time.

638
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,440
I would drink it gladly.

639
00:42:35,290 --> 00:42:36,900
Just for a moment, I felt that

640
00:42:37,690 --> 00:42:39,750
spending the rest of my life like this

641
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:41,630
would actually be

642
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,000
quite nice.

643
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,590
If our army hadn't taken a detour,

644
00:43:00,590 --> 00:43:02,250
we wouldn't have run into you.

645
00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:10,460
Heaven truly blesses the worthy.

646
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:14,710
Untie him.

647
00:43:22,410 --> 00:43:23,450
Mr. Zhao.

648
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,800
You were hard to find.

649
00:43:26,350 --> 00:43:27,980
I owe Your Lordship my life.

650
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,120
If you ever need me, Your Lordship,

651
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,190
I'll do anything for you.

652
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,680
When you came to find me
in Lin'an last year,

653
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,090
you said the same thing.

654
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:40,630
Please calm down, Your Lordship.

655
00:43:40,630 --> 00:43:42,510
I had no choice.

656
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,850
The 200,000 piculs of grain

657
00:43:45,070 --> 00:43:46,320
was indeed a trap.

658
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,760
But luckily, Your Lordship foiled it,

659
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:50,880
so the villains didn't succeed.

660
00:43:51,630 --> 00:43:53,150
You told me back then

661
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,190
that you were from the Eastern Palace.

662
00:43:55,190 --> 00:43:56,630
Was that true or false?

663
00:43:58,510 --> 00:44:00,480
My mother, Lan,

664
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:04,320
was once Crown Princess Chengde's
most trusted maid.

665
00:44:04,590 --> 00:44:07,440
Later, upon reaching a certain age,
she was fortunate enough to leave the palace.

666
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,570
On the surface, she married my father,

667
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,360
but in secret, she helped
Crown Princess Chengde

668
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:14,490
manage her assets outside the palace.

669
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:16,110
Master,

670
00:44:16,370 --> 00:44:18,660
I noticed it's a bit dark in here.

671
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,960
Shall I light two more lamps for you?

672
00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:24,880
The fire in the Eastern Palace

673
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:26,800
was set by the Crown Princess herself,

674
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,190
to give Imperial Eldest Grandson
a chance at survival.

675
00:44:33,890 --> 00:44:35,420
Then who was behind the plot

676
00:44:35,550 --> 00:44:37,150
against the Eastern Palace?

677
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:39,550
I have no idea.

678
00:44:40,190 --> 00:44:41,840
My mother only received
the Crown Princess's letter

679
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,820
after the fire.

680
00:44:44,190 --> 00:44:47,520
But the letter didn't mention anything
about the murderer.

681
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:48,920
Please spare me, Eldest Young Master!

682
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,950
I truly didn't know you were here,
Eldest Young Master.

683
00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:54,400
Is the Imperial Eldest Grandson
still alive?

684
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:55,070
Yes.

685
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:57,590
He's now

686
00:44:58,230 --> 00:44:59,830
Lord Changxin's eldest son.

687
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:02,360
Sui Yuanhuai?

688
00:45:06,630 --> 00:45:09,100
[Post-Credits Scene]

689
00:45:24,550 --> 00:45:25,950
You've got more than just

690
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,290
cuts and sword wounds on your body.

691
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:35,390
What's wrong?

692
00:45:38,090 --> 00:45:39,300
It must hurt a lot.

693
00:45:41,890 --> 00:45:42,630
It's okay.

694
00:45:44,290 --> 00:45:46,020
You're just a young lady.

695
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,150
With wounds like this,

696
00:45:48,930 --> 00:45:50,130
how could it not hurt?

697
00:45:58,630 --> 00:46:00,880
You... You're hurt here too.

698
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:02,130
It's all red.

699
00:46:03,630 --> 00:46:06,090
I probably bumped it
on the battlefield too.

700
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:10,960
Doesn't seem like it.

701
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:14,550
All your other bruises are dark,

702
00:46:15,190 --> 00:46:16,750
but this one

703
00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,710
looks quite fresh.

704
00:46:19,710 --> 00:46:20,690
It's weird.

705
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,540
I've never read about
anything like this in medical books.

706
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:27,000
Fresh...

707
00:46:40,750 --> 00:46:43,040
I must have gotten it

708
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:44,590
when I fell and hit a stone.