1 00:01:32,070 --> 00:01:34,950 [How dare you!?] 2 00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:37,979 [Episode 6] 3 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:45,950 How dare you! 4 00:01:47,350 --> 00:01:48,150 Your Majesty! 5 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:48,950 Your Majesty! 6 00:01:49,350 --> 00:01:51,479 Your Majesty, I'm only doing this for Great Xia! 7 00:01:51,479 --> 00:01:52,710 Even if it may displease you, 8 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:53,870 I must speak up! 9 00:01:54,789 --> 00:01:55,830 Th—That's right! 10 00:01:56,229 --> 00:01:57,759 I am willing to die to make my point! 11 00:01:57,759 --> 00:01:58,840 Me too! 12 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:06,590 I wasn't talking about you. 13 00:02:07,070 --> 00:02:07,530 Come on. 14 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,259 My beloved ministers, 15 00:02:09,750 --> 00:02:10,479 please rise. 16 00:02:11,190 --> 00:02:12,430 Get up. 17 00:02:12,590 --> 00:02:13,520 -Hurry. -Get up. 18 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:14,120 Up, up, up. 19 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:17,760 Thank you, Your Majesty. 20 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,710 Recently, several of the Empress Dowager’s faction 21 00:02:20,710 --> 00:02:22,800 have submitted memorials impeaching your father. 22 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,460 I pretended to have a headache to brush them off. 23 00:02:26,030 --> 00:02:29,360 It seems the Empress Dowager means to make an example of him. 24 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:30,620 Should we respond? 25 00:02:31,750 --> 00:02:32,740 We could. 26 00:02:33,310 --> 00:02:33,960 Just... 27 00:02:34,590 --> 00:02:35,250 demote him. 28 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:38,680 That heartless? 29 00:02:39,190 --> 00:02:40,320 It’s not heartless. 30 00:02:40,470 --> 00:02:41,670 It's for his own good. 31 00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:43,030 How so? 32 00:02:43,590 --> 00:02:45,150 On the surface, they’re impeaching him. 33 00:02:45,150 --> 00:02:45,840 In truth, 34 00:02:46,310 --> 00:02:48,240 the Empress Dowager is warning me. 35 00:02:48,870 --> 00:02:51,150 After all, the incident of Noble Consort Wei losing the sarira agate 36 00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:52,550 escalated because of me. 37 00:02:52,910 --> 00:02:54,590 If she doesn’t vent her anger, 38 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,050 this nominal father of mine 39 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:58,800 may suffer far worse. 40 00:03:01,710 --> 00:03:03,520 Then we can't just demote your father. 41 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,240 I should probably give you the cold shoulder for a while too. 42 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:07,770 We have to make it look real. 43 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,320 CEO Dan, you’re meticulous. 44 00:03:14,710 --> 00:03:15,750 Minister Yu! 45 00:03:16,590 --> 00:03:17,990 How dare you! 46 00:03:18,590 --> 00:03:19,390 Your Majesty, 47 00:03:19,710 --> 00:03:20,079 I am 48 00:03:20,590 --> 00:03:22,390 wrongly accused, Your Majesty! 49 00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:23,829 Your Majesty! 50 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,120 It’s true I enjoy playing cards 51 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,280 and often gather with a few friends. 52 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:29,960 But... 53 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,230 accusing me of taking bribes 54 00:03:32,470 --> 00:03:33,750 is simply false! 55 00:03:34,310 --> 00:03:37,310 I’m just better at cards than most, 56 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,820 so winning a bit more is normal. 57 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:40,770 However, 58 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:41,960 the game I play 59 00:03:42,030 --> 00:03:43,690 is 10 coins a round, 60 00:03:43,870 --> 00:03:46,130 with a daily cap of half a string of coins! 61 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,079 How... 62 00:03:47,710 --> 00:03:48,510 How could that 63 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,500 possibly count as taking bribes, Your Majesty? 64 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,190 How dare you keep making excuses! 65 00:03:53,190 --> 00:03:55,750 If only one person impeached you, you could claim injustice. 66 00:03:55,750 --> 00:03:57,680 But now 3 court ministers are impeaching you together, 67 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,120 with evidence to back it up! 68 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,710 How can you argue your way out of this? 69 00:04:00,710 --> 00:04:01,170 Guards! 70 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:03,240 Take off his official hat! 71 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:03,560 Yes! 72 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,680 It’s already fallen off. 73 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,640 Then demote him and dock his pay! 74 00:04:10,910 --> 00:04:11,370 Get out! 75 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:13,080 Your Majesty! 76 00:04:13,630 --> 00:04:14,430 Your Majesty! 77 00:04:14,630 --> 00:04:14,910 I... 78 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,480 I am innocent, Your Majesty! 79 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,480 Your Majesty, I am innocent! 80 00:04:21,630 --> 00:04:22,430 Your Majesty, 81 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:24,370 for my sake, 82 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,200 please spare my father! 83 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:27,790 You dare plead for him? 84 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,220 If I spare Minister Yu, 85 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,060 how will the court officials view me? 86 00:04:33,470 --> 00:04:36,370 And how do I answer to the people? 87 00:04:43,390 --> 00:04:44,120 My father... 88 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:46,770 My father only gambles for fun. 89 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,900 He never took bribes! 90 00:04:49,310 --> 00:04:50,510 Stop making excuses! 91 00:04:50,510 --> 00:04:51,640 Between officials, 92 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,560 there is no such thing as gambling for fun! 93 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,290 Well then... 94 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:55,610 have some aorta. 95 00:04:57,950 --> 00:04:58,300 Here. 96 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,060 Have some vegetables. 97 00:05:00,070 --> 00:05:01,470 You’ve got mouth ulcers. 98 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:03,670 Your Majesty, 99 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,320 are you really unwilling to show me even a bit of leniency? 100 00:05:07,950 --> 00:05:09,500 I’ve already shown plenty. 101 00:05:09,950 --> 00:05:11,480 Otherwise, how would that old man 102 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:12,670 still be alive? 103 00:05:12,870 --> 00:05:13,920 Kneeling won’t help! 104 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,450 Go back to your Zhaoyang Palace immediately! 105 00:05:16,630 --> 00:05:17,640 I'm not full yet. 106 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:18,860 Say two more lines. 107 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,390 Any more and it's just filler dialogue. 108 00:05:20,390 --> 00:05:21,360 Just pad it a bit. 109 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,500 You’re heartless, cold, 110 00:05:27,710 --> 00:05:29,310 and completely unreasonable! 111 00:05:29,310 --> 00:05:31,040 How dare you call me heartless, 112 00:05:31,190 --> 00:05:31,900 cold, 113 00:05:32,430 --> 00:05:33,490 and unreasonable? 114 00:05:34,430 --> 00:05:35,560 Then answer me this. 115 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:36,970 How am I heartless, 116 00:05:37,190 --> 00:05:37,720 cold, 117 00:05:38,310 --> 00:05:39,680 and unreasonable? 118 00:05:40,390 --> 00:05:42,270 Your Majesty, please calm your anger! 119 00:05:42,270 --> 00:05:45,190 I will never do it again! 120 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,000 If there's a next time, 121 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,330 I’ll wipe out your entire clan! 122 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:54,800 I honestly can't keep up with your performance. 123 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:55,860 Let's call it a day. 124 00:05:58,070 --> 00:05:58,670 No, no, no! 125 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,300 It's worth half my lifetime’s wages. 126 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,460 No matter how expensive it is, 127 00:06:03,750 --> 00:06:05,080 can you take it with you? 128 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:10,950 [Bilan Pavilion] 129 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:09,420 Have you heard? 130 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,210 His Majesty flew into a rage 131 00:06:11,390 --> 00:06:13,560 and kicked Consort Yu straight out of his bedchamber, 132 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,600 all the way to the palace gate. 133 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,510 She has completely lost face. 134 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,160 Does His Majesty really have that kind of strength? 135 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,160 Of course he does. 136 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,090 I also heard that Consort Yu 137 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,430 stayed at the palace gate and refused to leave, 138 00:06:28,430 --> 00:06:30,720 begging nonstop for her gambler father. 139 00:06:31,270 --> 00:06:32,870 In a fit of anger, His Majesty 140 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,570 almost had her executed. 141 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,140 Sisters, where did you hear all this? 142 00:06:39,430 --> 00:06:40,140 Is it true? 143 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:41,770 Oh, my silly little sister. 144 00:06:41,830 --> 00:06:43,000 I don't know about other things, 145 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,590 but no one gathers gossips 146 00:06:44,750 --> 00:06:47,480 better than Concubine He and Concubine Chu. 147 00:06:49,630 --> 00:06:50,950 Your Majesty! 148 00:06:52,070 --> 00:06:53,120 Your Majesty! 149 00:06:53,430 --> 00:06:55,310 Why are you so heartless? 150 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:57,000 That is my father 151 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,310 who gave birth to me, raised me, and taught me everything! 152 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,460 This time, Consort Yu 153 00:07:02,750 --> 00:07:04,000 is done for. 154 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:06,240 She's doomed. 155 00:07:06,430 --> 00:07:07,720 Then... 156 00:07:08,030 --> 00:07:09,360 what are we waiting for? 157 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,560 Sisters, 158 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,260 since ancient times they’ve always said that beauty brings ruin to nations. 159 00:07:14,260 --> 00:07:17,190 It refers to people like Noble Consort Wei and Noble Consort Yu. 160 00:07:17,190 --> 00:07:18,480 Some rely on family background, 161 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:19,640 others on beauty. 162 00:07:19,830 --> 00:07:22,430 But they only bewitched His Majesty for a moment. 163 00:07:22,430 --> 00:07:24,360 And what kind of man is His Majesty? 164 00:07:24,430 --> 00:07:28,220 He cares for the realm and holds all the people in his heart. 165 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,360 How could he be so easily bewitched? 166 00:07:30,830 --> 00:07:32,070 As consorts, we must not imitate 167 00:07:32,070 --> 00:07:34,800 those demonic consorts who bewitch their ruler. 168 00:07:34,950 --> 00:07:38,240 Instead, we should keep Great Xia in our hearts and share His Majesty’s burdens. 169 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,370 Am I right, Sisters? 170 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:42,180 Where is everyone? 171 00:07:42,270 --> 00:07:44,270 They all went to share His Majesty’s burdens. 172 00:07:44,270 --> 00:07:45,390 Wait for me! 173 00:07:45,250 --> 00:07:48,290 [Bilan Pavilion] 174 00:07:46,510 --> 00:07:47,430 Wait for me! 175 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:48,460 I'm coming too! 176 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:51,760 With the likes of you, 177 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:54,720 how can you compete with her? 178 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:05,600 Your Majesty. 179 00:08:08,070 --> 00:08:09,470 Consort Shu just came by. 180 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,160 Fearing she might disturb your rest, 181 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,890 I had her tell me about what happened to Consort Yu 182 00:08:14,230 --> 00:08:15,230 and sent her away. 183 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:17,800 His Majesty dealt with 184 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,240 Minister Yu so swiftly? 185 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:20,830 I really 186 00:08:21,270 --> 00:08:22,680 didn’t expect it. 187 00:08:23,390 --> 00:08:25,390 What is there to be surprised about? 188 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,510 A caged canary— 189 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,560 once released, 190 00:08:32,030 --> 00:08:33,690 can it really fly up to the sky? 191 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:35,520 You're right. 192 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:37,120 Consort Yu indeed 193 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,870 made a huge scene because of it. 194 00:08:38,870 --> 00:08:41,260 His Majesty scolded her harshly 195 00:08:41,510 --> 00:08:43,110 and kicked her out in the end. 196 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,120 She’s too inexperienced. 197 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,790 So short-sighted. 198 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:52,410 She doesn’t understand 199 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,870 how quickly a ruler’s heart can change. 200 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:55,930 Yes, indeed. 201 00:09:00,910 --> 00:09:02,630 This Consort Shu, 202 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,480 however, has real insight. 203 00:09:06,390 --> 00:09:09,720 Have her come to pay her respects to me within the next few days. 204 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:10,080 Yes. 205 00:09:12,910 --> 00:09:13,710 Your Majesty, 206 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,900 Lord Mu has been waiting outside for a long time. 207 00:09:17,150 --> 00:09:18,120 Let him in now. 208 00:09:22,030 --> 00:09:23,910 Greetings, Your Majesty. 209 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:24,960 Mr. Mu, 210 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,000 how did you come up with that idea? 211 00:09:28,910 --> 00:09:30,630 Mr. Mu 212 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:32,630 is remarkably sharp. 213 00:09:34,030 --> 00:09:35,360 How did he know 214 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,780 that Minister Yu loves to play cards? 215 00:09:38,150 --> 00:09:41,000 This is truly killing two birds with one stone. 216 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:44,120 The plan 217 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,480 seems perfectly logical. 218 00:09:46,790 --> 00:09:49,200 It pleased me greatly. 219 00:09:50,790 --> 00:09:52,190 Thank you, Your Majesty. 220 00:09:52,510 --> 00:09:54,910 I only offered a small strategy. 221 00:09:55,870 --> 00:09:58,510 It was all thanks to Consort Shu’s brother. 222 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:01,360 The few words he spoke in court 223 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,630 proved crucial. 224 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:06,270 Not only did every word hit the mark, 225 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,520 but they also blocked any possibility of His Majesty showing mercy. 226 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,270 Good. 227 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,030 Useful people like him 228 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,600 must be heavily rewarded. 229 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,480 Thank you, Your Majesty. 230 00:10:21,910 --> 00:10:22,440 I 231 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,260 will take my leave now. 232 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:32,880 Your Majesty, 233 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,240 I'll go prepare the rewards now. 234 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,390 Rewards? 235 00:10:42,550 --> 00:10:44,790 To be able to serve me 236 00:10:45,150 --> 00:10:47,790 is the greatest reward of all. 237 00:10:49,790 --> 00:10:51,200 You are too honest. 238 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:54,390 Look. 239 00:10:55,150 --> 00:10:56,960 These 3 little birds 240 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,670 are becoming brighter and brighter. 241 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,330 How did the Minister of Revenue 242 00:11:05,390 --> 00:11:06,390 die? 243 00:11:09,790 --> 00:11:10,720 And who arrested 244 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:12,360 Grand Tutor Wei? 245 00:11:14,630 --> 00:11:16,230 As for General Luo's son, 246 00:11:17,550 --> 00:11:19,810 if he didn’t want him to enter the palace, 247 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:23,320 could he really not stop him? 248 00:11:27,630 --> 00:11:29,690 The knife was handed to him by others, 249 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,080 but whether he takes it or not 250 00:11:35,270 --> 00:11:37,720 ultimately depends on His Majesty’s will. 251 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,480 His Highness, you mean... 252 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,390 Our Emperor 253 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,480 has always been unpredictable. 254 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:51,720 Still, I must remind you all 255 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,670 not to be fooled by his mad-king facade. 256 00:11:59,150 --> 00:12:00,080 Especially now, 257 00:12:02,150 --> 00:12:03,480 in this palace, 258 00:12:05,670 --> 00:12:07,750 he is no longer alone. 259 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,530 Ever since the fire at the library, 260 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:28,270 His Highness has not entered the palace again. 261 00:12:28,270 --> 00:12:29,910 I went to inquire at his residence. 262 00:12:29,910 --> 00:12:31,150 They only said 263 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,030 His Highness has been busy with official duties. 264 00:12:33,030 --> 00:12:34,750 I then asked whether His Highness 265 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:37,010 had seen the letter in the brocade pouch, 266 00:12:37,270 --> 00:12:38,530 and they gave no reply. 267 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,690 Your Highness, with Consort Yu’s father demoted 268 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:48,000 and she herself 269 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,930 fallen out of His Majesty's favor, 270 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,240 all other consorts 271 00:12:51,300 --> 00:12:54,000 are doing everything they can to vie for His Majesty’s attention. 272 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,200 Let them fight for it. 273 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:57,390 I don't care. 274 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,200 Yu Wanyin was right. 275 00:13:03,170 --> 00:13:03,910 Here, 276 00:13:05,090 --> 00:13:07,150 a man can lift you to the heavens today 277 00:13:08,630 --> 00:13:10,430 and cast you into hell tomorrow. 278 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,840 Their love and hate are but a fleeting whim. 279 00:13:14,790 --> 00:13:15,650 Your Highness. 280 00:13:19,790 --> 00:13:22,390 Your Highness, Eunuch An is here with a decree. 281 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:35,790 Concubine Xie. 282 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,720 His Majesty decrees that Concubine Xie is to attend him tonight. 283 00:13:41,540 --> 00:13:43,470 Congratulations, Your Highness. 284 00:13:43,670 --> 00:13:44,360 What? 285 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:46,910 He wants me to attend him tonight? 286 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:47,440 What? 287 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,270 Let her attend me? 288 00:13:49,670 --> 00:13:50,030 Yes. 289 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,210 You want me to find another woman... 290 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:55,800 to serve me in bed? 291 00:13:57,510 --> 00:13:58,270 Keep it down. 292 00:13:58,480 --> 00:13:59,670 What's going on inside? 293 00:13:59,670 --> 00:14:02,080 His Majesty and Noble Consort Yu seem to have a quarrel. 294 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:02,900 A quarrel? 295 00:14:06,270 --> 00:14:09,730 Why does it feel like I'm forcing a good boy into prostitution? 296 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,120 It's not like she'll actually serve you in bed. 297 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,000 I just figured out 298 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,260 how to get the list of scholars out of her. 299 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:18,480 Mr. Bei. 300 00:14:20,270 --> 00:14:20,750 Mr. Bei. 301 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,240 You've roamed the world for so long 302 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,040 and lived among the common folk. 303 00:14:25,150 --> 00:14:26,350 Do you know of any drug 304 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,440 that can make someone hallucinate? 305 00:14:28,910 --> 00:14:30,200 You want to drug Dan? 306 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:32,040 No, no. 307 00:14:32,470 --> 00:14:34,000 How could I do that to CEO... 308 00:14:35,530 --> 00:14:37,470 I am using it for a proper purpose. 309 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,000 I need someone to tell the truth. 310 00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:40,790 Simple. 311 00:14:41,270 --> 00:14:42,490 Get him drunk. 312 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:43,670 Right. 313 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,600 Drink makes people talk. 314 00:14:49,510 --> 00:14:51,080 But what if she remembers everything 315 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,550 the next morning? 316 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,390 That’s even easier. 317 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:56,570 Make her drink more. 318 00:14:59,630 --> 00:15:02,550 You know I speed-read the book, 319 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,480 so I don't remember the scholars' names at all. 320 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,720 But Xie Yong'er does. 321 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,550 She went through the entire 322 00:15:07,550 --> 00:15:10,840 "A thousand trees blossoms at night in the East" carefully. 323 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,240 When those talented and virtuous scholars 324 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,200 died unjustly, 325 00:15:13,670 --> 00:15:15,150 it was truly heartbreaking. 326 00:15:15,150 --> 00:15:17,270 It must have made a deep impression on her. 327 00:15:17,270 --> 00:15:19,400 And when the next imperial exam comes, 328 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,120 the list of candidates Prince Duan is going to poach will come from her. 329 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,360 Stop grunting. 330 00:15:24,630 --> 00:15:25,390 Why don’t you... 331 00:15:25,390 --> 00:15:26,520 think it over again? 332 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,320 Besides, I’ve already acted without consulting you 333 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,920 and had Eunuch An notify her. 334 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:36,600 You... 335 00:15:37,390 --> 00:15:38,720 So, for the greater good, 336 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,050 make a small sacrifice. 337 00:15:46,910 --> 00:15:47,910 Where’s the wine? 338 00:15:50,630 --> 00:15:52,390 Mr. Bei prepared 2 jars of the strongest stuff. 339 00:15:52,390 --> 00:15:54,200 You’d better make sure it works. 340 00:15:55,150 --> 00:15:55,790 I'll try my best. 341 00:15:55,790 --> 00:15:56,360 Try? 342 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:58,340 I guarantee it. 343 00:15:58,720 --> 00:15:59,150 A 100% 344 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:00,220 guarantee. 345 00:16:07,210 --> 00:16:08,410 Why is he angry? 346 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:11,670 Eunuch An, eat more. 347 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:12,330 Delicious. 348 00:16:12,790 --> 00:16:13,270 Try this. 349 00:16:13,170 --> 00:16:21,270 [Zhaoyang Hall] 350 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:14,170 It's not bad. 351 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:15,730 Try mine. 352 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:16,360 Good, right? 353 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:17,020 Delicious. 354 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:17,700 Not bad. 355 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:21,400 Your Majesty. 356 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:23,610 Go back to my palace! 357 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:25,510 Depart! 358 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:27,410 Stop eating! Hurry! 359 00:16:27,410 --> 00:16:30,310 [Zhaoyang Hall] 360 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:31,320 Hurry up! 361 00:16:33,510 --> 00:16:35,000 This Xiahou Dan... 362 00:16:35,870 --> 00:16:37,400 When did he become so weird? 363 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,700 Was it at Banyue House? 364 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:43,440 Or even earlier? 365 00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:47,240 ♪ A letter, a line of words ♪ 366 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:48,760 ♪ Picking up the pen again and again ♪ 367 00:16:49,110 --> 00:16:51,270 ♪ A cup of tea, a glass of wine ♪ 368 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,000 Is this the legendary Suspension Bridge Effect? 369 00:16:51,630 --> 00:16:53,010 ♪ Drinking alone, hard to get drunk ♪ 370 00:16:53,100 --> 00:16:55,400 ♪ Words unspoken ♪ 371 00:16:53,270 --> 00:16:54,030 If one of us 372 00:16:54,030 --> 00:16:55,630 has to be a love-struck fool, 373 00:16:56,150 --> 00:16:57,670 it shouldn’t be Xiahou Dan. 374 00:16:57,020 --> 00:16:59,400 ♪ Shyness unhidden ♪ 375 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,050 Am I just flattering myself and overthinking it? 376 00:17:01,140 --> 00:17:03,230 ♪ Walking down a street together ♪ 377 00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:04,710 ♪ Shoulder to shoulder ♪ 378 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,079 ♪ Raising my head, lowering my eyes ♪ 379 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:08,970 ♪ Blushing slightly ♪ 380 00:17:09,099 --> 00:17:11,510 ♪ A face flushed red at first sight ♪ 381 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:16,540 ♪ A smile like a flower in my heart ♪ 382 00:17:16,990 --> 00:17:20,490 ♪ Whose longing lingers day and night? ♪ 383 00:17:20,349 --> 00:17:21,510 Yu Wanyin, oh Yu Wanyin. 384 00:17:21,060 --> 00:17:24,060 ♪ Piling up stories and countless thoughts ♪ 385 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:22,750 Sober up. 386 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,520 Don't be a love-struck fool. 387 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,450 ♪ Walking through once, taking a glance ♪ 388 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:26,650 He cares about you 389 00:17:26,650 --> 00:17:28,250 ♪ All lingering and wandering ♪ 390 00:17:28,069 --> 00:17:29,880 because this is a survival game, 391 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:30,200 ♪ How many rains, how many winds? ♪ 392 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,700 ♪ Looking back, it's all like smoke ♪ 393 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:32,730 and you’ve read the script, 394 00:17:33,110 --> 00:17:34,480 which makes you more valuable than the others. 395 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:36,280 ♪ Watching the hazy world ♪ 396 00:17:37,070 --> 00:17:38,510 He’s only forced to form a closer bond with you 397 00:17:37,070 --> 00:17:39,480 ♪ Who still guards that yearning? ♪ 398 00:17:39,550 --> 00:17:40,610 ♪ Still unchanged ♪ 399 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,960 to survive dangerous situations. 400 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,020 ♪ Even if months and years pass in a blink ♪ 401 00:17:44,620 --> 00:17:46,070 ♪ One thought for a lifetime ♪ 402 00:17:46,180 --> 00:17:50,720 ♪ Waiting for someone to appear ♪ 403 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:54,240 Your Majesty. 404 00:17:54,510 --> 00:17:55,310 Your Majesty! 405 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,160 Your Majesty! 406 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:58,620 Hurry! 407 00:17:59,200 --> 00:17:59,600 Hurry! 408 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:00,840 Hurry! 409 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:05,030 Why are you... 410 00:18:04,990 --> 00:18:08,520 ♪ Whose longing lingers day and night? ♪ 411 00:18:07,550 --> 00:18:09,030 I can summon her to serve me, 412 00:18:09,030 --> 00:18:10,840 but you must stay by my side the whole time. 413 00:18:09,060 --> 00:18:12,060 ♪ Piling up stories and countless thoughts ♪ 414 00:18:11,110 --> 00:18:12,600 You’re not allowed to leave. 415 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,450 ♪ Walking through once, taking a glance ♪ 416 00:18:12,790 --> 00:18:13,590 Do you hear me? 417 00:18:14,670 --> 00:18:16,350 ♪ All lingering and wandering ♪ 418 00:18:16,650 --> 00:18:18,320 ♪ How many rains, how many winds? ♪ 419 00:18:18,610 --> 00:18:20,770 ♪ Looking back, it's all like smoke ♪ 420 00:18:21,150 --> 00:18:24,330 ♪ Watching the hazy world ♪ 421 00:18:22,750 --> 00:18:23,880 Why are you smiling? 422 00:18:25,130 --> 00:18:27,540 ♪ Who still guards that yearning? ♪ 423 00:18:25,550 --> 00:18:26,230 Don't worry, 424 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:26,690 CEO Dan. 425 00:18:27,660 --> 00:18:28,710 ♪ Still unchanged ♪ 426 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,450 We're in the same boat. 427 00:18:29,170 --> 00:18:32,080 ♪ Even if months and years pass in a blink ♪ 428 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,210 I'll help you to the end. 429 00:18:32,630 --> 00:18:34,080 ♪ One thought for a lifetime ♪ 430 00:18:34,140 --> 00:18:41,490 ♪ Waiting for someone to appear ♪ 431 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:58,240 Am I really 432 00:18:59,110 --> 00:19:00,510 going to serve him in bed? 433 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,510 With a man I don’t love at all? 434 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:08,310 And the one I do love 435 00:19:08,310 --> 00:19:11,770 stays distant, drifting in and out of reach with no word at all. 436 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,410 Why is it that even with the script, 437 00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:17,640 I still can’t control my own life? 438 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,700 Then does everything I’ve been fighting for 439 00:19:21,830 --> 00:19:23,160 truly mean anything? 440 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:26,640 Your Highness, 441 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:27,650 please go in. 442 00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:29,480 His Majesty is waiting inside. 443 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,420 Greetings, Your Majesty. 444 00:19:55,590 --> 00:19:56,120 Drink up. 445 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,720 So direct? 446 00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:00,350 No finesse at all? 447 00:20:21,070 --> 00:20:21,930 Keep drinking. 448 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:37,740 Drink from the bottle. 449 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:03,640 What’s 1 plus 3? 450 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:07,400 4. 451 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:08,990 What about 46 plus 31? 452 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:09,680 77. 453 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,640 426 plus 674? 454 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:12,160 1,100. 455 00:21:12,350 --> 00:21:13,510 How did she calculate that? 456 00:21:13,510 --> 00:21:14,030 So fast. 457 00:21:14,590 --> 00:21:16,390 You can really hold your liquor. 458 00:21:18,030 --> 00:21:19,690 You flatter me, Your Majesty. 459 00:21:21,310 --> 00:21:22,840 Eunuch An, bring more wine! 460 00:21:28,270 --> 00:21:29,470 I will drink with you. 461 00:21:30,210 --> 00:21:31,860 Drink while you can. 462 00:21:32,350 --> 00:21:33,950 Don't let life wear you away. 463 00:21:34,350 --> 00:21:34,860 My dear, 464 00:21:35,310 --> 00:21:35,970 bottoms up. 465 00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:38,220 Good days pass, bad days pass. 466 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,400 All I ask is to stay in a good mood. 467 00:21:41,310 --> 00:21:42,550 Your Majesty, cheers. 468 00:21:42,550 --> 00:21:44,550 With a kindred spirit, a thousand cups aren’t enough. 469 00:21:44,550 --> 00:21:45,960 Tonight, don’t even think about 470 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,020 dodging the drink. 471 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,510 You don’t get drunk like this very often. 472 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,830 Who cares what’s right or wrong? 473 00:21:51,830 --> 00:21:53,830 If you don’t drink and I don’t drink, 474 00:21:54,110 --> 00:21:55,640 what’s the palace wine for? 475 00:21:55,750 --> 00:21:58,150 If you don’t get drunk and I don’t get drunk, 476 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,400 the tyrant’s bed... 477 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:02,740 I can't sleep in it. 478 00:22:04,270 --> 00:22:04,840 What? 479 00:22:05,790 --> 00:22:07,650 I didn't ask you to serve me in bed. 480 00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:14,920 My dear? 481 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:15,900 My dear? 482 00:22:16,550 --> 00:22:17,780 What is 1 plus 3? 483 00:22:18,110 --> 00:22:19,000 Are you crazy? 484 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:21,730 Stop talking nonsense. 485 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:22,540 Just drink! 486 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,730 Come out. She’s cursing me now. 487 00:22:33,270 --> 00:22:35,000 Looks like she’s drunk enough. 488 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,110 Ma Chunchun. 489 00:22:47,790 --> 00:22:48,850 Who is Ma Chunchun? 490 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,450 It's her real name in the novel. 491 00:22:51,590 --> 00:22:52,440 Who is it? 492 00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:54,770 You messed with my storyline, 493 00:22:55,110 --> 00:22:56,570 and you're asking who I am? 494 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,110 You know my name. 495 00:23:00,310 --> 00:23:01,680 You know my name? 496 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:03,880 So you must be Seven-Tailed Fox, 497 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,790 the author of 498 00:23:07,590 --> 00:23:10,320 "A thousand trees blossoms at night in the East." 499 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:13,960 That's right. 500 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,740 I never thought you'd enter my book 501 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,440 and stir up trouble. 502 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,500 How are my parents? 503 00:23:23,790 --> 00:23:24,590 They are fine. 504 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,550 I never thought you'd transmigrate into my book 505 00:23:29,550 --> 00:23:30,480 and stir up trouble. 506 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,140 What place did my idol come in? 507 00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:35,790 The platform cancelled the voting. 508 00:23:37,110 --> 00:23:37,750 What place? 509 00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:39,810 Tell her something she wants to hear. 510 00:23:40,310 --> 00:23:41,040 First place. 511 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:41,930 First place. 512 00:23:44,030 --> 00:23:45,200 Impossible. 513 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,480 That platform is the worst. 514 00:23:49,550 --> 00:23:50,720 As a 2D character, 515 00:23:51,070 --> 00:23:53,870 isn't her character setting a bit too fleshed out? 516 00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:58,440 My poor idol. 517 00:23:59,750 --> 00:24:00,480 My sweetheart! 518 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:01,550 Alright, Ma Chunchun. 519 00:24:01,550 --> 00:24:03,070 Let's get down to business. 520 00:24:03,070 --> 00:24:04,130 I didn’t expect you 521 00:24:04,510 --> 00:24:06,070 to stir up so much trouble, 522 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:08,610 completely deceive Prince Duan, 523 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,260 and mess up 524 00:24:10,350 --> 00:24:11,750 the original storyline. 525 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:13,350 How do you plan to take responsibility? 526 00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:15,510 If I follow your storyline, 527 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:16,680 I’d just end up 528 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,480 dying early as cannon fodder. 529 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:20,880 But you shouldn't have 530 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,640 leaked the names of those failed scholars 531 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:23,640 to Prince Duan. 532 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,680 That way they’d lose the chance to be strengthened. 533 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:26,210 Exactly. 534 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:28,340 Strengthened? 535 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:37,640 You call that strengthened? 536 00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:39,530 In the original story, 537 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,930 after Li Yunxi and Yang Duojie 538 00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:44,640 exposed that rogue for cheating, 539 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:46,640 they were beaten to death 540 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,270 in sacks once they left the exam hall! 541 00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:49,960 Li Yunxi. 542 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:51,030 And Er Lan. 543 00:24:52,110 --> 00:24:53,970 Er Lan disguised herself as a man. 544 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,640 When she was discovered, she was assaulted 545 00:24:57,150 --> 00:24:59,080 and then kicked out of the capital. 546 00:24:59,240 --> 00:24:59,840 In the end, 547 00:25:00,590 --> 00:25:03,050 she killed herself in anger and resentment. 548 00:25:03,790 --> 00:25:04,720 Killed herself? 549 00:25:04,830 --> 00:25:06,110 And Wang Zhao, 550 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:07,160 Du Shan, 551 00:25:07,510 --> 00:25:08,790 Cen Jintian— 552 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,430 you created them all. 553 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,080 Why did you kill them off with your own hands? 554 00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:20,550 That's right. 555 00:25:20,590 --> 00:25:21,190 It's them. 556 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,320 If we find these talents, 557 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:26,240 Yan millet yields will reach 1,800 per mu, 558 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,740 with no fear of drought or inflation. 559 00:25:27,740 --> 00:25:29,040 [Li Yunxi][Yang Duojie][Expose] 560 00:25:28,110 --> 00:25:29,550 But these ambitious scholars 561 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:30,470 [Wang Zhao][Du Shan][Cen Jintian] 562 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:31,110 must hate the tyrant to the bone. 563 00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:31,590 [Erlan][Disguised as a man] 564 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,450 That is why Prince Duan was able to poach them. 565 00:25:36,350 --> 00:25:40,010 If I want to convince them to work for me before the imperial exams, 566 00:25:41,030 --> 00:25:42,630 I need to come up with an idea. 567 00:25:43,590 --> 00:25:44,720 You damned author! 568 00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:46,040 I'm here! 569 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,830 You've made me suffer so much. 570 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,480 Alright, alright. 571 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:54,280 It's okay now. 572 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,240 Keep your voice down. 573 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,790 There are people worse off than you. 574 00:25:57,790 --> 00:25:59,740 I don't care about anyone else's misery. 575 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:02,200 [Li Yunxi, Yang Duojie, Wang Zhao, Du Shan, Cen Jintian, Er Lan] 576 00:26:00,270 --> 00:26:01,310 I worked so hard, 577 00:26:02,510 --> 00:26:05,440 but why doesn’t Prince Duan trust me? 578 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,300 I was the one who gave him the idea. 579 00:26:08,790 --> 00:26:11,190 I told him to poison Deputy Commander Zhao, 580 00:26:12,030 --> 00:26:13,960 but in the end, he didn’t believe me 581 00:26:14,350 --> 00:26:16,480 and poisoned the guy's horse instead! 582 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:19,370 What did you say? 583 00:26:19,550 --> 00:26:20,070 Yes, 584 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:21,040 I admit it. 585 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,740 His idea worked better than mine. 586 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,720 But I was following your storyline. 587 00:26:27,110 --> 00:26:28,720 Why did he change the script? 588 00:26:29,590 --> 00:26:30,390 That's right. 589 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:32,510 In the original story, Prince Duan 590 00:26:32,510 --> 00:26:34,370 did follow Xie Yong'er’s advice, 591 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:35,640 using an aphrodisiac 592 00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:38,680 to get Deputy Commander Zhao to harass the Imperial Guard Commander’s concubine, 593 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:40,590 causing the two of them to become enemies. 594 00:26:40,590 --> 00:26:42,310 In the end, for self-preservation, Deputy Commander Zhao 595 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:44,170 allied himself with Prince Duan. 596 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:45,400 But... 597 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,360 why, in Xu Yao's records, 598 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,530 is was a different plan? 599 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:52,640 Invite Deputy Zhao to drink, 600 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:53,640 poison his horse, 601 00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:56,110 and let the crazed horse trample the late Emperor’s ceremonial carriage set. 602 00:26:56,110 --> 00:26:59,440 That set was a gift bestowed on Prince Duan by the late Emperor. 603 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,000 Destroying an imperial gift is a far graver crime 604 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,240 than harassing a commander’s concubine, 605 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,310 enough to frighten Deputy Commander Zhao out of his wits. 606 00:27:05,310 --> 00:27:05,910 Could it be 607 00:27:06,590 --> 00:27:09,240 that Prince Duan has deviated from the original script 608 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:10,970 and developed a will of his own? 609 00:27:11,110 --> 00:27:13,000 And that wasn't the first time. 610 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:14,800 If he 611 00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:16,550 never trusts me, 612 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,580 then won’t I 613 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,070 be useless to him? 614 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,880 How am I supposed to change my fate then? 615 00:27:32,310 --> 00:27:33,240 -Wanyin. -Something is wrong. 616 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:34,440 I've thought of a way. 617 00:27:34,590 --> 00:27:35,350 Keep an eye on her. 618 00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:36,280 I need to go back. 619 00:27:39,270 --> 00:27:40,930 Without what happened today, 620 00:27:41,270 --> 00:27:42,270 I might never have noticed 621 00:27:42,270 --> 00:27:43,530 these subtle changes. 622 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,240 Even if I had, 623 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,720 I would’ve brushed them off as faulty memory. 624 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,580 If I hadn’t obtained Xu Yao’s book 625 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:50,510 and had continued following the plot 626 00:27:50,510 --> 00:27:52,270 of Transmigrated: The Devil's Beloved Consort, 627 00:27:52,270 --> 00:27:54,470 directing Xiahou Dan to do rash things, 628 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,980 we would have kept missing these details 629 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,680 and eventually fallen into utter ruin. 630 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:14,690 [Kill the imperial censor's secret guards in the backyard] 631 00:28:14,690 --> 00:28:14,890 [to eliminate future threats.] 632 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:15,750 Why? 633 00:28:16,810 --> 00:28:19,440 Why can Prince Duan always predict my predictions? 634 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,240 Could it be... 635 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,370 -that when I think I’m at the very top, -Greetings, 636 00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:25,130 [Ways to win over Deputy Commander Zhao] 637 00:28:22,550 --> 00:28:24,010 -Consort Yu. -Prince Duan 638 00:28:24,270 --> 00:28:25,810 has already standing one level higher, seeing the whole board? 639 00:28:25,810 --> 00:28:28,700 It can freely travel between different worlds. 640 00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:30,070 That's much better. 641 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,200 So his feigned ignorance before... 642 00:28:32,790 --> 00:28:34,120 was just a smokescreen. 643 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:35,960 Can he see 644 00:28:36,270 --> 00:28:38,000 what happened tonight as well? 645 00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:40,640 We’re the real mice, toyed by Prince Duan. 646 00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:43,360 Could it be that in his eyes, 647 00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:46,030 I am a real 2D character? 648 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:08,510 You said you'd stay with me the whole time, 649 00:29:08,510 --> 00:29:10,240 but you left Xie Yong'er with me 650 00:29:10,350 --> 00:29:11,950 and came here to drink alone. 651 00:29:12,070 --> 00:29:12,550 Wanyin, 652 00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:14,480 you're unreliable. 653 00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:18,270 CEO Dan. 654 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:21,410 We're done for. 655 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,540 Why do you say that? 656 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,110 Offer the Emperor the beauty from the Qiang State. 657 00:29:28,810 --> 00:29:29,730 [Spread false information at the border,] 658 00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:30,260 [getting spies from other countries to remove Li.] 659 00:29:30,260 --> 00:29:30,780 [The secret letter has been sent out. Awaiting updates.] 660 00:29:31,030 --> 00:29:33,960 remove Li on charges of espionage. 661 00:29:34,550 --> 00:29:35,680 What does that mean? 662 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,450 This is from the original book. 663 00:29:38,270 --> 00:29:39,000 But look at 664 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,510 what Xu Yao wrote. 665 00:29:41,810 --> 00:29:43,260 [Spread false information at the border,] 666 00:29:42,030 --> 00:29:44,200 Spread false information at the border, 667 00:29:43,290 --> 00:29:44,800 [[getting spies from other countries to remove Li.]] 668 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,310 [The secret letter has been sent out. Awaiting updates.] 669 00:29:44,830 --> 00:29:47,560 getting spies from other countries to remove Li. 670 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,530 It’s still about getting rid of Mr. Li, 671 00:29:50,750 --> 00:29:52,510 but Xiahou Bo’s method 672 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:53,890 has changed. 673 00:29:55,510 --> 00:29:57,370 On the 15th night of the 1st month, 674 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,370 by the golden willows by the river, 675 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,400 bribe the son of Grand Tutor Wei, 676 00:30:03,270 --> 00:30:04,550 using a beauty 677 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,750 to get the ledger. 678 00:30:07,510 --> 00:30:09,240 On the 12th night of the 1st month, 679 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,000 report Grand Tutor Wei’s son to the Court of Revision 680 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,400 for obtaining the ledger through bribery. 681 00:30:15,310 --> 00:30:18,160 Kill the imperial censor's secret guards in the backyard 682 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,820 to eliminate future threats. 683 00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:22,880 Kill the imperial censor's secret guards in the backyard 684 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,240 to eliminate future threats. 685 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,030 Without what happened today, 686 00:30:28,350 --> 00:30:29,270 I might 687 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,110 never have noticed 688 00:30:32,110 --> 00:30:33,790 these subtle changes. 689 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,400 Even if I had, 690 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,170 I would’ve brushed them off as faulty memory. 691 00:30:45,750 --> 00:30:46,240 CEO Dan, 692 00:30:47,510 --> 00:30:49,110 Prince Duan is a real person. 693 00:30:50,750 --> 00:30:52,590 And we, like Xie Yong'er, 694 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,760 are just a few lines of words. 695 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:58,830 Press delete, 696 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:01,830 and we’re gone. 697 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:03,110 So you mean... 698 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,070 Xiahou Bo can predict our predictions, 699 00:31:07,070 --> 00:31:08,400 and he is the real person 700 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:10,690 standing at the highest level? 701 00:31:11,030 --> 00:31:12,310 Exactly! 702 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:15,750 So... 703 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:18,460 you want to give up? 704 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,580 Actually, I have another option. 705 00:31:21,270 --> 00:31:23,240 I can wave the white flag right now 706 00:31:24,110 --> 00:31:25,400 and defect to his side. 707 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:27,920 Do you think 708 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,240 he would take me in? 709 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:34,590 No. 710 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:37,960 He doesn't... 711 00:31:39,070 --> 00:31:40,030 need me at all. 712 00:31:41,270 --> 00:31:41,920 Maybe... 713 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,680 you could make him fall in love with you. 714 00:31:49,550 --> 00:31:50,350 And then... 715 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,550 take back 716 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,570 the female lead script that belongs to me? 717 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:01,590 Forget it. 718 00:32:03,550 --> 00:32:04,030 He... 719 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,320 already has Xie Yong'er. 720 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:07,790 Xie Yong'er can't compare to you. 721 00:32:07,340 --> 00:32:08,170 ♪ Tell me ♪ 722 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:09,790 Of course. 723 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,290 ♪ Why so many laments echo in the wind ♪ 724 00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:12,350 So... 725 00:32:14,020 --> 00:32:15,080 ♪ Walk past me ♪ 726 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,230 ♪ Like an aloof passerby ♪ 727 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,660 do you want to give it a try? 728 00:32:20,490 --> 00:32:23,090 ♪ Don't watch me as the rain falls ♪ 729 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,660 ♪ Love burns too hot as it passes ♪ 730 00:32:27,390 --> 00:32:33,140 ♪ Even a lifetime of war cannot be extinguished ♪ 731 00:32:29,510 --> 00:32:31,510 I don't think I'm willing to do that. 732 00:32:34,330 --> 00:32:35,270 ♪ Blame me ♪ 733 00:32:36,050 --> 00:32:39,460 ♪ For the frailty of fate ♪ 734 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:37,310 Why? 735 00:32:38,030 --> 00:32:39,440 He is too scary. 736 00:32:40,590 --> 00:32:42,200 He could easily play mind games 737 00:32:41,150 --> 00:32:42,130 ♪ Hide me ♪ 738 00:32:42,650 --> 00:32:46,700 ♪ With light snow or thick ink ♪ 739 00:32:43,270 --> 00:32:46,030 to make me fall hopelessly in love with him, 740 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:49,440 then willingly 741 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,380 ♪ We met in the crowd ♪ 742 00:32:50,590 --> 00:32:52,240 give everything for him, 743 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,890 ♪ There's no mistake in this life ♪ 744 00:32:53,030 --> 00:32:54,680 throw myself in front of him 745 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,760 ♪ I only regret being clumsy in words ♪ 746 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,070 to block a blade 747 00:32:57,780 --> 00:32:59,940 ♪ And shrinking from speaking it out ♪ 748 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,510 or an arrow, 749 00:33:00,340 --> 00:33:02,790 ♪ Even when destiny mocked me, hurt me ♪ 750 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,550 and finally die in his arms, 751 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,600 ♪ Destroyed me, or trapped me ♪ 752 00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:07,150 ♪ I never yielded ♪ 753 00:33:05,790 --> 00:33:07,400 without any regrets. 754 00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:08,900 ♪ But why ♪ 755 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,590 He’d casually shed a few tears, 756 00:33:09,190 --> 00:33:13,650 ♪ Can't I bear to see even a single tear in your eyes? ♪ 757 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,240 give me a grand burial, 758 00:33:14,090 --> 00:33:16,410 ♪ But we once fell in love, went wild ♪ 759 00:33:15,550 --> 00:33:17,310 and then immediately go find Xie Yong'er. 760 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:18,350 ♪ Split up, and lost each other ♪ 761 00:33:18,380 --> 00:33:20,700 ♪ They are all unforgettable memories to me ♪ 762 00:33:19,550 --> 00:33:20,400 This... 763 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:22,850 ♪ The first time I met you ♪ 764 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,440 This is how men achieve great things. 765 00:33:23,250 --> 00:33:31,070 ♪ It felt like something suddenly lit up my soul ♪ 766 00:33:29,070 --> 00:33:29,550 Well... 767 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,260 what about Xiahou Dan? 768 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,930 [Prince Duan's Mansion] 769 00:33:50,270 --> 00:33:51,130 Your Highness! 770 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:52,890 Your Highness! 771 00:33:53,830 --> 00:33:54,690 Your Highness! 772 00:33:54,850 --> 00:33:55,710 Your Highness! 773 00:33:56,590 --> 00:33:57,450 Your Highness. 774 00:33:59,550 --> 00:34:01,270 Noble Consort Yu's calligraphy works 775 00:34:01,270 --> 00:34:02,200 are truly hard to find. 776 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,340 [Lyrics of Butterfly Love] 777 00:34:02,790 --> 00:34:04,200 In the entire Yu Residence, 778 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,510 there isn't any. 779 00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:07,510 I spent 780 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,000 a lot of effort 781 00:34:09,550 --> 00:34:10,280 and finally 782 00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:11,920 found this scrap of writing 783 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,050 at her maternal grandfather’s place. 784 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:17,739 Noble Consort Yu's... 785 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:19,290 handwriting... 786 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:20,900 is quite graceful. 787 00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:22,000 Yes. 788 00:34:24,110 --> 00:34:25,110 Where's that one? 789 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,699 [Butterfly Love] 790 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:29,600 [Colorful black, haha] 791 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,320 What do you think? 792 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:35,960 These two pieces... 793 00:34:37,110 --> 00:34:38,960 This one is a poem. 794 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,030 While that one... 795 00:34:44,270 --> 00:34:49,920 [Colorful black, haha][Earth Element] 796 00:34:45,030 --> 00:34:46,000 Well... 797 00:34:47,630 --> 00:34:48,840 In my humble opinion, 798 00:34:50,110 --> 00:34:50,639 these... 799 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:51,730 these two pieces 800 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,800 don’t seem to be written by the same person. 801 00:35:02,150 --> 00:35:04,150 It's time to meet her.