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ADAPTED FROM MO SHUBAI'S NOVEL,
THE GRAND PRINCESS ON JJWXC.NET

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THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION

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Your Highness!

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Your Highness!

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The Prince Consort is back!

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What did you say?

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What did you just say?

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Did you say Pei Wenxuan is back?

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Really?

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The Prince Consort…

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He is back in the capital.

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Quickly. Ask someone to find out more
and keep me posted.

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Also,

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send people to guard the imperial hall.

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When there's news
that the Qin Family has been pardoned,

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have the Inspectorate Office
clear the royal path

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to ensure the decree bearer can arrive
at the execution site unimpeded.

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-Yes.
-Go now.

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I'll go right away.

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Mr. Su.

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Pei Wenxuan…

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is back.

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I heard that.

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What you just said…

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Please forget

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about what I said, Your Highness.

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Don't take it to heart.

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Mr. Xie.

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Why are you here?

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But I haven't received an imperial order
from His Majesty.

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My master said he'd take responsibility.

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Execute them first.

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EXECUTE

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BEIBANG INN

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It's time.

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Execute!

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Now!

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The time and imperial decree
hasn't yet arrived.

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How could you execute them beforehand?

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How dare you!

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You are now in the capital,
the imperial city.

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How dare you openly rescue criminals

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disregarding the law?

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Arrest them!

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Halt the execution!

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His Majesty has ordered
to halt the execution.

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Here's the evidence I've obtained.

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Your Majesty, please take a look at it.

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Your Majesty, what you see here

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are the records I transcribed
of the provisions and funds in transit

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from the county offices
along the way that I visited.

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I'm listening.

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In addition to these records,

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I've also asked
the local soldiers and people

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to record their testimonies of the war.

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Half the soldiers

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had suffered from starvation and illness
before the war started.

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They couldn't fight without enough to eat.

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But under this circumstance,

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the Qin Family was still able
to safely evacuate the people in advance

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without causing too many casualties.

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In my opinion,

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the Qin Family should not be punished.

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Instead, they should be rewarded.

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Your Majesty.

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Don't ever disappoint the soldiers
at the border.

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Pei Wenxuan.

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Do you have any idea what your words mean?

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I implore Your Majesty

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to investigate the embezzlement
by the towns in Huangping County.

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It's a false accusation, Your Majesty.

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He's making a false accusation.

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Pei Wenxuan.

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Do you know how many officials

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in the Great Xia

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will be wronged, humiliated,
and implicated

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if you make such a casual remark?

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If it's a false accusation,
it'll be found out.

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I implore Your Majesty

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to investigate the Ministries
of Justice, Revenue, War,

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and the Censorate

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to clear the Qin Family's name

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and uphold justice for the soldiers.

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Pei Wenxuan, what are you implying?

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The Ministries of Justice, War, Revenue,
and the Censorate?

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Are you saying
that the entire imperial court

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is working together
to frame the Qin Family?

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Is it worth it for a mere Qin Family?

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Besides, as an investigating censor,

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you deceived His Majesty
and left without permission.

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When you're back,
you fabricate a bunch of evidence.

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Do you think His Majesty
can be fooled by you?

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You checked the accounts.

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What kind of authority do you have

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as an investigating censor

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that allows you to check
so many existing accounts?

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Why would they give you those accounts?

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How did you exactly get those accounts?

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Your Majesty,
I implore you to look into this.

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Your Majesty,
I implore you to look into this.

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Your Majesty,
I implore you to look into this.

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Your Majesty,
I implore you to look into this.

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Your Majesty, the soldiers at the border

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are not only guarding the border,

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but also the land

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and the people of the Great Xia.

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Pei Wenxuan, you've had a long journey.

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This case is of great importance

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and involves a lot of people.

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Let me think about it.

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You must be tired.

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-Leave and get some rest.
-Your Majesty.

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What? Did I not make myself clear?

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-Yes, Your Majesty.
-Wait.

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Now, Pingyue is grounded at Beiyan Pagoda.

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Go and pick her up.

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You can go home together.

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Yes, Your Majesty.

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Your Highness,
working with the noble families

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to help the Crown Prince ascend the throne

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is the best path for you.

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If the Inspectorate Office
is to be established,

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you still need to have
a sense of proportion.

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Power struggles involve strife.

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Please be careful, Your Highness.

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I don't want to be your enemy,
Your Highness.

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I just hope you can lead a good life.

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I've lost…

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this one.

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Your Highness, you must have
a lot of things to attend to.

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I'll take my leave now.

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Su Rongqing.

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Are you also…

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Nothing.

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Take care.

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You didn't attend
today's morning audience,

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but you've come
to Beiyan Pagoda for a stroll.

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It seems like you're in a good mood.

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I came to see Her Highness for something.

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It seems to be something urgent.

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Mr. Pei.

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You are afraid of me meeting
Her Highness, aren't you?

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It's broad daylight.

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What nonsense are you talking about?

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Why would I be afraid
of you meeting Her Highness?

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You asked me

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to be your groomsman to fetch her
on your wedding day.

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You intended to curry favor
with Her Highness.

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But then you found out

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that she liked me.

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Right?

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So what?

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I'm the one

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who's with Her Highness now.

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Pei Wenxuan.

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How can you feel at ease
when you say things like that?

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Don't forget.

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If it weren't for His Majesty's fear
of the imperial relatives,

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you wouldn't have been able
to get close to Her Highness in your life.

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Not to mention

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to be with Her Highness.

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Let me remind you of something too.

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If you miss it, you miss it.

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Since I'm with Her Highness now,

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I won't give her up to anyone else.

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No matter whether
it's in the past or the future,

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you won't get another chance.

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Aren't you curious

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about what I told Her Highness?

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I told Her Highness…

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that I'd like to marry her.

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Unfortunately, you're back.

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Pei Wenxuan.

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I don't know why you are so confident.

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You think that you can totally own
Her Highness from now on?

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But the way to protect Her Highness

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is not to ask her to go against everyone

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in the imperial court with you

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or to make her take on the burden
of supervising all the officials.

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If you ever put Her Highness
in this kind of danger in the future,

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then remember this.

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You will never get to stand
by Her Highness again.

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Pei Wenxuan.

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You won't always be so lucky.

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Su Rongqing, listen here.

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You are no one to judge

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how I treat Her Highness.

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Besides,

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I don't care what you've said
to Her Highness

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because I know
that she won't say yes to you.

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Whether Her Highness agrees or not

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is something you should find out
for yourself.

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I'll still say the same thing.

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Don't let Her Highness down.

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Conduct yourself well.

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Your Highness!

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The Prince Consort…

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He is at the foot of the pagoda.

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Your Highness!

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Your Highness, slowly.

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Be careful.

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You're back.

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Pei Wenxuan.

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Rongrong.

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I'm here to take you home.

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Well…

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We haven't seen each other in a while,
so I've forgotten myself.

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-If I've offended you in any way--
-Does it hurt?

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Your injuries.

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Yes, it does.

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It hurts everywhere.

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Mr. Tian, you'd better confess.

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The Prince Consort is already back.

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The evidence he obtained is enough
to put a lot of people at risk.

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Why not keep yourself safe first?

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Trying to trick me into talking about it?

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You're too young for that.

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If you insist,

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I'll write a memorial

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about you

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and submit it to the Censorate.

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Mr. Tian.

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Think about it carefully.

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Wait.

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Recently, Tian Zhong and the others
have disappeared one after another.

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The situation is not encouraging.

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I'm afraid they've got something on them.

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All these people

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have been reported
by the Censorate, right?

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What are you going

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to do about them, Mr. Shangguan?

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They've been warned to be careful
with their words and actions,

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but they just won't listen.

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I'm afraid they can't stand the torture

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and will speak out of turn.

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We need to get rid of the misfits
in the noble families

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with Pingyue's help.

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Is he all right?

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Don't worry, Your Highness.

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There is no vital injury.

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He only needs to recuperate.

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That's good.

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Please still prescribe a few remedies
to help nurse his health.

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Yes.

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Thank you.

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Your Highness.

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The Qins have been settled.

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You can go to see them at any time.

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I'll go over there and take a look.

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-Take care of your young master.
-Yes.

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General Qin.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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Get up. You're still wounded.

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No need for these formalities.

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Your Highness.

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You've saved my entire family.

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You have shown us great kindness.

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-Get up and we can talk.
-I…

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-Slowly.
-Okay.

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Come on. Say thank you to Her Highness.

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Thank you for saving our lives.

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We'll return the favor in the future.

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You asked to be expelled
in exchange for time

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to clear my family's name.

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You have shown us great kindness.

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In the future, I, Qin Yun,
am willing to repay you with my life.

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Please get up.

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Please get up now.

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Her Highness has always disliked
such formalities.

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00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:31,120
I just hope you can stay alive

271
00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,240
to do the right thing

272
00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,360
and help the country.

273
00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:36,200
That would be enough.

274
00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:37,960
Please make yourselves at home.

275
00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,200
-Take care, Your Highness.
-See Her Highness out.

276
00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,360
I thought you walked me out

277
00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,320
to thank me again.

278
00:19:54,879 --> 00:19:56,240
The word "thank you"

279
00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:57,879
never means anything.

280
00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,879
What I can repay you

281
00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,120
is the military power in the Northwest.

282
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,280
That's what you want the most.

283
00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:09,919
Right, Your Highness?

284
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:13,879
You're pretty confident

285
00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:15,639
in your abilities.

286
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,919
It's not me who has confidence in myself.

287
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,360
It's you who have confidence in me.

288
00:20:22,639 --> 00:20:25,120
Otherwise, you wouldn't
have forced the Crown Prince

289
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,399
to go to Jiulu Mountain to see me.

290
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:31,879
That's true.

291
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:35,520
Your Highness, please.

292
00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,200
You must have a lot of work ahead of you.

293
00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:38,840
Don't get delayed.

294
00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:46,040
His Majesty has arranged
for Qin's Mansion to be returned to you.

295
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,879
So you can either stay in my mansion

296
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,800
or go back to your mansion today.

297
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,120
Such an honest man of character.

298
00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,800
Xun Chuan and I got these testimonies

299
00:21:03,879 --> 00:21:06,120
to help you overturn the case
for the Qin Family.

300
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,080
Okay.

301
00:21:10,679 --> 00:21:12,120
If things go on like this,

302
00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:14,679
my uncle will want to come to me soon.

303
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,240
But I'll get to the bottom
of the military provisions and funds case.

304
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:19,760
You must find a way to persuade him

305
00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,399
to take this opportunity
to rectify the Shangguan Family.

306
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:23,879
Of course,

307
00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:27,080
it's awkward for Uncle Xu
to do it himself.

308
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,879
When the time comes,
you can take the initiative

309
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,399
to suggest an internal investigation.

310
00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:33,200
This way,

311
00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,639
I'll be able to have a say
in the Shangguan Family.

312
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,000
I can even talk to my father
about letting me

313
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:39,320
represent the Shangguan Family

314
00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:40,840
to negotiate with you.

315
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,600
How confident are you?

316
00:21:43,679 --> 00:21:46,720
It depends on how far you will push him.

317
00:21:48,879 --> 00:21:49,760
I see.

318
00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,679
I'll take these back and read them.

319
00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,919
-I'll get going now.
-You're going back already?

320
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,399
Why not stay for several rounds?

321
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,040
I don't want to play with you.

322
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,639
Pei Wenxuan just came back today.
I have to go back early.

323
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,800
Your Highness, I'll stay here
to discuss the details with Ms. Shangguan.

324
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,960
I'm glad you guys
are working so well together.

325
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:12,760
-Be careful.
-I'm leaving.

326
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,320
What's on your mind?

327
00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:23,439
I'm thinking…

328
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,879
Do you think Her Highness
likes Su Rongqing more

329
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,000
or the Prince Consort more?

330
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,280
Is that what you should
be thinking right now?

331
00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:31,000
You're such a serious person.

332
00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,560
It's so annoying to think
about serious things all the time.

333
00:22:33,639 --> 00:22:36,040
It's so much fun gossiping
about Her Highness.

334
00:22:37,679 --> 00:22:39,240
Finish your work

335
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,000
before you run into Su Ronghua again.

336
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,960
You're so serious. Boring.

337
00:23:11,879 --> 00:23:12,800
You scared me.

338
00:23:12,879 --> 00:23:14,679
You scared me too, Mr. Tong.

339
00:23:16,439 --> 00:23:17,480
Jinglan.

340
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,280
It has been a long time since Her Highness

341
00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,040
and my young master have seen each other.

342
00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:22,240
Yes.

343
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,280
Then why are they still busy
with their own things?

344
00:23:25,919 --> 00:23:27,159
Haven't you noticed

345
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:28,800
that they've been acting strange?

346
00:23:28,879 --> 00:23:30,000
They're strange indeed.

347
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:32,919
It can't go on like this.

348
00:23:37,679 --> 00:23:38,919
I have an idea.

349
00:23:42,399 --> 00:23:43,360
Sir.

350
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:44,919
Sir.

351
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,760
-You've got to talk to her.
-About what?

352
00:23:50,919 --> 00:23:52,600
Don't you know what you have to do?

353
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,360
-This is really serious.
-Get to the point.

354
00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,040
Her Highness refuses to sleep.

355
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,360
She was grounded in Beiyan Pagoda
for a long time.

356
00:24:02,439 --> 00:24:03,840
It's a humid place.

357
00:24:03,919 --> 00:24:05,679
She's already in poor health.

358
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,399
She's still preoccupied
with state affairs.

359
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:08,800
If you don't persuade her, then…

360
00:24:08,879 --> 00:24:10,919
I got it. You can go and get some rest.

361
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:11,879
Okay.

362
00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:18,080
Don't… Don't get too worried.

363
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,080
What are you doing?

364
00:24:26,159 --> 00:24:27,080
Go to bed.

365
00:24:27,159 --> 00:24:28,879
-Go to bed?
-Come on.

366
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,320
-What's wrong?
-Be careful.

367
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,480
Nothing. Just go to bed.

368
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:33,679
It's late now.

369
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,360
Well, why did you come over
all of a sudden to ask me to sleep?

370
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,280
I'm worried about your health.

371
00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,760
It's late yet you're still
reading the memorials.

372
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,080
But you are still up too.

373
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,840
So I'm here to keep you company.

374
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:46,760
Come on.

375
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:47,760
You're mad?

376
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:50,159
I'm not mad.
I'm worried about your health.

377
00:25:31,199 --> 00:25:32,080
Let's stop.

378
00:25:32,679 --> 00:25:35,240
You're getting so aggressive.
It's like you're trying to devour me.

379
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,280
Did I hurt you?

380
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:40,439
Not really.

381
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,080
Well,

382
00:25:43,159 --> 00:25:45,159
you're really heartbroken, aren't you?

383
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:50,399
Today,

384
00:25:51,159 --> 00:25:52,720
I've lived for myself once.

385
00:25:57,399 --> 00:25:58,280
Rongqing.

386
00:25:59,439 --> 00:26:00,439
I hope

387
00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,480
you live for yourself
for the rest of your life.

388
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,159
<span style="style.default_1">Since Her Highness won't give up
on the Inspectorate Office,</span>

389
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,679
I can only use Consort Rou's power

390
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,360
to balance Her Highness's power,

391
00:26:10,439 --> 00:26:12,080
<span style="style.default_1">so that she won't become
everyone's target.</span>

392
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,199
I told Her Highness…

393
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,520
that I'd like to marry her.

394
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,840
Are you unhappy

395
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,360
because you think
that I don't care about you?

396
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,199
When you weren't around,

397
00:26:50,879 --> 00:26:52,240
they all thought you were dead.

398
00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:56,280
But I knew…

399
00:26:57,679 --> 00:26:58,760
you were not.

400
00:27:01,679 --> 00:27:03,439
I'm grateful for your faith in me.

401
00:27:05,439 --> 00:27:07,919
You have always been confident in me.

402
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,000
It's not just because
I was confident in you.

403
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,040
It's also because I was afraid.

404
00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:30,280
I was afraid

405
00:27:31,919 --> 00:27:33,159
I wouldn't know

406
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,439
what to do if you died.

407
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,840
So whether I was confident in you or not,

408
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,520
I had to believe you were alive.

409
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:56,800
What are you looking at me for?

410
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,760
It's embarrassing
to say this kind of thing,

411
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:01,600
so I don't like to say it.

412
00:28:01,679 --> 00:28:03,159
What's so embarrassing about it?

413
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:05,879
I just want to look at you.

414
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,439
What's there to see?

415
00:28:12,159 --> 00:28:13,120
Sleep now.

416
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:18,679
Your Highness.

417
00:28:20,639 --> 00:28:22,439
On my way to get the evidence,

418
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,679
I was thinking about looking at you
like this every day.

419
00:28:26,159 --> 00:28:27,879
No way, you…

420
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,040
Your Highness.

421
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,280
I know you have me in your heart,

422
00:28:34,439 --> 00:28:35,919
and that makes me happy.

423
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:44,040
What are you doing?

424
00:28:50,199 --> 00:28:52,159
I would like to give you
the joy of the world.

425
00:28:54,919 --> 00:28:56,159
So I can repay your favor.

426
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:09,439
Here.

427
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:12,399
Stay still.

428
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,560
-Don't move.
-What are you doing?

429
00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:35,360
-No.
-Be good.

430
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:37,800
I don't need it.

431
00:29:37,879 --> 00:29:38,840
I don't need it.

432
00:29:38,919 --> 00:29:39,959
No, I can't have this.

433
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:41,199
-Don't move.
-I don't need it.

434
00:29:42,679 --> 00:29:44,199
What do you think?

435
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:12,720
No.

436
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:17,919
I…

437
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:25,080
I've heard

438
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,240
that Mr. Su has asked
for your hand in marriage.

439
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:38,520
Don't worry.

440
00:30:40,399 --> 00:30:41,560
I'm just reminding you.

441
00:30:43,199 --> 00:30:45,199
Don't be fooled by Mr. Su's good looks.

442
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,120
I can give you

443
00:30:49,879 --> 00:30:51,240
everything you want.

444
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:54,760
Whenever you want

445
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,480
to be served,

446
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:00,600
I'll be at your service

447
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:03,679
at any time.

448
00:31:15,439 --> 00:31:16,639
I got it.

449
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:19,879
I got it.

450
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:46,280
Please forgive me, sir,

451
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:47,800
for having failed to do my job.

452
00:31:51,919 --> 00:31:53,800
Don't let anyone know

453
00:31:54,879 --> 00:31:56,360
that you have once left the capital.

454
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,240
Otherwise, even I can't keep you safe.

455
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,080
Sir.

456
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:09,360
Yes.

457
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,199
How dare they

458
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,719
to try to advance the execution!

459
00:32:15,159 --> 00:32:16,760
They're forcing me to make a move.

460
00:32:18,399 --> 00:32:20,600
Pei Wenxuan is a sharpened sword now.

461
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,120
I shall try him on you.

462
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,520
What are you standing here for?

463
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,919
I'm afraid these people
will mess with you.

464
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,480
They won't dare to when I'm here.

465
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:51,080
I'll be back to my place

466
00:32:51,159 --> 00:32:52,320
when we get inside.

467
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,360
You underestimate me.

468
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,600
They can't beat me up

469
00:32:57,679 --> 00:32:59,240
in public.

470
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:00,480
As long as they don't hit me,

471
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:02,000
we'll see who'll win.

472
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,120
Yes, you're right.

473
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,280
Can I just stand here

474
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,679
to shield you from the wind then?

475
00:33:17,679 --> 00:33:18,560
Your Highness.

476
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:20,360
Mr. Pei.

477
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,840
Mr. Pei, aren't you standing
in the wrong spot?

478
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,040
Shouldn't you be over there?

479
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,199
Mr. Su.

480
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,280
As the Prince Consort,

481
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,760
what's wrong with me
standing next to Her Highness?

482
00:33:40,639 --> 00:33:42,879
Enter the hall!

483
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,240
Pingyue.

484
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,639
How's the case I asked you
to investigate going?

485
00:33:48,719 --> 00:33:49,600
Father.

486
00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:51,600
The Qin Family's case
is basically ready to close.

487
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,000
The case originated
from the Ministry of War.

488
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:58,760
They failed to keep the Military Record,

489
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,560
resulting in missing pages in the record.

490
00:34:00,639 --> 00:34:02,080
An official noticed

491
00:34:02,159 --> 00:34:04,280
that the battle in Huangping County
was unusual

492
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:05,639
and blurted it out.

493
00:34:06,199 --> 00:34:09,040
Then, a kind man went to Mr. Wen Ping

494
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,560
and reported the Qin Family.

495
00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:13,480
So Mr. Wen worked with Mr. Cui Shuyun
of the Ministry of Justice

496
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:14,920
to investigate the case.

497
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,600
But they neglected their duties
in the course of the investigation,

498
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:19,880
resulting in a wrongful conviction.

499
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,440
Now that the Qin Family's name
has been cleared,

500
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:23,920
I hope that you can severely punish

501
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,960
Wang Xi,
the Director of the Ministry of War,

502
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:27,839
Wen Ping of the Censorate,

503
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:29,799
Cui Shuyun of the Ministry of Justice,

504
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,759
and the others involved in the case.

505
00:34:31,839 --> 00:34:34,400
In addition to the Qin's case,
I've sorted out the embezzlement

506
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,759
of military provisions and funds
related to this case.

507
00:34:36,839 --> 00:34:39,279
I've also provided a list
of the names of those involved.

508
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,560
I implore you to allow me to conduct
a thorough investigation, Father.

509
00:34:43,279 --> 00:34:44,360
Well done.

510
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:48,040
Look.

511
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,960
When I first wanted to establish
the Inspectorate Office,

512
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,120
you stopped me.

513
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:55,759
You said Pingyue was too young
to do anything.

514
00:34:56,279 --> 00:34:59,160
So how's the case going?

515
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,759
I think it's going very well.

516
00:35:03,759 --> 00:35:05,160
It has been investigated clearly

517
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:06,839
and there's not a single mistake.

518
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,279
If it weren't for Pingyue,

519
00:35:09,279 --> 00:35:11,240
I wouldn't know that your officials

520
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,240
were so capable.

521
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,880
Your Majesty, I think

522
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,120
it's fortunate
that by the grace of Heaven,

523
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,480
Her Highness is able
to supervise the officials

524
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,120
with great success.

525
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,440
The Shangguan Family has begun
an internal investigation,

526
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:35,560
and we'll get rid of all those involved

527
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,440
soon.

528
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:38,520
These evil actions

529
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,400
are not what the Shangguan Family wants,

530
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,799
even if it's just one man's corruption.

531
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,960
I guess Ya convinced him.

532
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,400
In that case,

533
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,400
the establishment
of the Inspectorate Office is necessary.

534
00:35:58,560 --> 00:35:59,560
Then,

535
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:01,839
do you have any objections

536
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,480
to the establishment
of the Inspectorate Office?

537
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,600
I have no objection.

538
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,920
Good. It's decided then.

539
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,880
From today on, Pingyue is officially
in charge of the Inspectorate Office.

540
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,640
All affairs of the Inspectorate Office

541
00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:17,160
can be reported directly to me,

542
00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:19,080
skipping the two Chancellors
and Six Ministries.

543
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,040
Pingyue.

544
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,319
You can handpick the internal staff
for the Inspectorate Office.

545
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,200
Mingsheng Military Drill Ground
in the north of the city

546
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,680
will be the office of the Inspectorate.

547
00:36:29,759 --> 00:36:30,920
The Ministry of Revenue

548
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,759
should make a budget for the establishment
of the Inspectorate Office

549
00:36:34,279 --> 00:36:35,440
and submit it to Pingyue.

550
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:36,880
Yes, Your Majesty.

551
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,880
Not less than 30,000 taels per year.

552
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,120
Your Majesty.

553
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,040
Isn't that too much?

554
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,640
There are many places
where money is needed.

555
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,319
Her Highness needs so much…

556
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,240
You can't even spare 30,000 taels?

557
00:36:52,799 --> 00:36:55,799
Every year, the Ministry of Revenue
collects tens of millions of taels of tax.

558
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,040
Now you can't even spare 30,000 taels?

559
00:36:58,680 --> 00:36:59,839
How do you do your job?

560
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:04,880
Pingyue.

561
00:37:06,319 --> 00:37:09,720
I've established
the Inspectorate Office for you.

562
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,799
You have to share my burdens
in the future.

563
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,359
Yes, Father.

564
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:18,160
Well…

565
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,640
The Qin Family's case and
the military provisions and funds case…

566
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:24,359
These two cases

567
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,319
are both assigned
to the Inspectorate Office.

568
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,480
Now that the Inspectorate Office
has been established,

569
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,120
I'll find an assistant for you.

570
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,319
Assistant?

571
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,480
With so much power in your hands,

572
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,600
you'll need someone to assist you.

573
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,960
I'll choose the Su Family's eldest son,
Su Ronghua.

574
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,600
Su Ronghua was Prince Su's mentor

575
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:47,880
and he is from a noble family.

576
00:37:48,359 --> 00:37:49,960
He'll definitely keep a close eye on her.

577
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,960
<span style="style.default_1">Having someone from the Su Family
as an assistant</span>

578
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,880
is a way to appease the noble families.

579
00:37:54,759 --> 00:37:55,680
It's decided then.

580
00:37:55,759 --> 00:37:57,520
Have the Central Secretariat
prepare a decree.

581
00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,279
Pingyue, pick a date

582
00:37:59,359 --> 00:38:01,960
to establish the Inspectorate Office
as soon as possible.

583
00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:04,000
Yes, Father.

584
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,440
<span style="style.default_1">I'm afraid Father has developed
a distrust of us.</span>

585
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,480
MINGYUE PALACE

586
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:15,799
Sir.

587
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,759
If the ruler is not upright,
what should the ministers do?

588
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,880
The ministers should admonish him
with their lives.

589
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,640
And if the ruler doesn't accept it,
what then?

590
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:30,799
The front falls.

591
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:32,240
What if it still won't work?

592
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:34,120
If that's the case,

593
00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:36,880
choose another wise ruler.

594
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,720
All right, that's all for today.

595
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,279
Mr. Su, thank you for the lesson today.

596
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:47,880
Your Highness.

597
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,480
Come on, bow to Mr. Su.

598
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,000
Your Highness.

599
00:38:57,359 --> 00:38:59,759
I accept this honor on one condition.

600
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,640
I wonder what you can offer me.

601
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:08,160
What do you want?

602
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:11,920
But Your Highness

603
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:15,520
and Prince Su may not agree
to my condition.

604
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:20,520
Just tell us.

605
00:39:22,839 --> 00:39:24,040
From now on…

606
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,759
you will do whatever I say.

607
00:39:42,359 --> 00:39:44,040
-Greetings, Your Highness.
-Greetings, Your Highness.

608
00:39:45,359 --> 00:39:46,680
It's in my mansion.

609
00:39:46,759 --> 00:39:48,279
Uncle, you don't need to be so formal.

610
00:39:49,799 --> 00:39:50,839
Please sit down.

611
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,400
Thank you, Your Highness.

612
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:03,400
Your Highness.

613
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,759
There are so many things
in the Shangguan Family

614
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,279
that I can't handle them all.

615
00:40:09,839 --> 00:40:11,359
Now that a mistake has been made,

616
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:16,240
I'm here to ask you

617
00:40:16,319 --> 00:40:19,759
to close the Qin Family's cases.

618
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,920
Now, the Qin Family
is involved in two cases,

619
00:40:29,759 --> 00:40:31,240
the military provisions and funds case

620
00:40:31,839 --> 00:40:32,920
and the case of framing.

621
00:40:34,359 --> 00:40:37,680
How much do you know
about these two cases?

622
00:40:43,759 --> 00:40:45,080
Your Highness.

623
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,640
My father didn't know anything about them.

624
00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:48,960
To be honest,

625
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,440
the Qin Family's case was already
a case with solid evidence

626
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,440
when it came to my father's attention.

627
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,359
Despite his selfish motives,

628
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,960
he's not a man who can't distinguish
between right and wrong.

629
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,120
What's going on then?

630
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,279
His Majesty takes sides with Mr. Xiao
in the fight for military power.

631
00:41:03,359 --> 00:41:05,600
My father was afraid
His Majesty would believe slanders,

632
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,400
so he sent someone
to investigate the Qins.

633
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,279
My father's intention was
to rectify any mistakes

634
00:41:10,359 --> 00:41:12,160
and let them go if there were none.

635
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:14,640
And then what happened?

636
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:16,160
But the word then became

637
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,279
finding out the Qin Family's fault.

638
00:41:18,839 --> 00:41:20,560
The Ministry of War found nothing.

639
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,240
So they tore up the Military Record

640
00:41:23,319 --> 00:41:24,640
and submitted it to the Censorate.

641
00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:25,759
The Censorate

642
00:41:25,839 --> 00:41:28,240
saw that Yang Quan was a traitor.

643
00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:31,400
The Qin Family was working under him
at that time.

644
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,839
In the battle, our soldiers and enemies
were in equal numbers,

645
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,160
yet we lost the war.

646
00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:38,279
It was very strange.

647
00:41:38,359 --> 00:41:39,359
Hence,

648
00:41:40,279 --> 00:41:43,200
the Censorate made evidence out of nothing

649
00:41:43,279 --> 00:41:44,920
and made Luo Juan a witness.

650
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,080
Even if Justice had Luo Juan's testimony,

651
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,080
it would not have been enough
to convict the Qins.

652
00:41:51,759 --> 00:41:54,799
But the Ministry of Justice thought
my father wanted to investigate the Qins,

653
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,600
and the Qins seemed to have deserved it,

654
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,960
so the Ministry of Justice added
another piece of evidence.

655
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,319
The taels of gold and forged letters
were planted in Qin's Mansion

656
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,279
to form complete evidence and clues

657
00:42:05,359 --> 00:42:07,160
together with Luo Juan's testimony.

658
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:12,480
And, uncle, you felt

659
00:42:13,279 --> 00:42:14,920
that Father had gone too far this time,

660
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,600
so you wanted to give him a warning

661
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,520
and decided to go ahead
with this big case.

662
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:23,560
When I started looking into it,

663
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:25,920
they started panicking,

664
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,160
trying desperately
to cover up their guilt.

665
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:29,680
And you thought

666
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:33,839
I was being used and deceived, right?

667
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:36,600
Now that things have come to this,

668
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,359
I don't want to argue any further.

669
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:43,920
I just hope that you can stop here

670
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,520
and discontinue the stalemate.

671
00:42:48,759 --> 00:42:51,359
I understand your determination.

672
00:42:52,359 --> 00:42:53,720
But the Shangguan Family

673
00:42:54,759 --> 00:42:57,480
is the foundation of you
and the Crown Prince.

674
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,600
You must be clear about this.

675
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,680
How can you call people
who can't be kept in check

676
00:43:02,759 --> 00:43:04,200
and want to cause you trouble

677
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,040
your foundation?