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How did you end up in such a sorry state?

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Fate toys with us all.

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Who could have foreseen this?

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But duty bound me.

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I did all that I could.

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As Military Administrator,

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you were charged with overseeing the army.

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Yet the rebel Sui Yuanhuai

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has slipped away time and again.

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You cannot evade responsibility.

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This was indeed my failure in duty.

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I have already reported it
in a memorial to His Majesty

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and asked to be punished.

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You served under General He for years.

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You must know Li Bai's poem
<i>South of the City Walls</i>.

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<i>The soldiers lie scattered in the weeds</i>
<i>While the generals bear empty titles</i>

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For the sake of so-called legitimacy,

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countless lives have been sacrificed.

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What cruelty.

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You call it a failure in duty.

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Do you know how many soldiers' sacrifices
have come to nothing?

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How many civilians are trapped in misery?

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I carry the shame deeply.

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As the eldest grandson of the Lis,

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I alone shall bear

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the infamy for generations.

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A senseless fabricated war.

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Fallen soldiers into restless ghosts.

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Can you shoulder that weight?

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Lord Li,

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let me remind you of something.

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Do not forget why you entered
official service.

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What did Marquis Wu'an say?

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Xie Zheng…

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He likely knows everything now.

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SESAME FLATBREAD

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What sins did the Liu family commit
to suffer this?

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Their whole household was slaughtered.

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WANTED, PUBLIC NOTICE

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The bandits are ruthless.

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What is one Liu household?

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The entire town of Lin'an was wiped out.

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No wonder Marquis Wu'an
went after Qingfeng Stronghold.

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He is truly ridding the people of evil.

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That is right.

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Look at this young woman.
Pretty as a flower.

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Yet she calls herself a bandit?
Leader of Qingfeng Stronghold?

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-Five stuffed flatbreads.
-All right.

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-Bah.
-Here you go.

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Watch out where you are going.

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Sui Yuanqing…

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You heartless bastard.

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Where the hell did you disappear to?

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The authorities are hunting me.

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The outlaws are hunting me.

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Even the deaths of 13 in the Liu household
have been pinned on me.

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Now I am being chased

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like a stray dog.

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And you…

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Not even a trace of you.

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<i>Is that not the official from Lin'an?</i>

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<i>What is he doing here?</i>

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SOVEREIGN AND EFFICACIOUS

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Have some hot tea
to ward off the cold, Your Highness.

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We are not far from the capital now.

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Once we arrive there, you will be safe.

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Qi Min!

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Get out here!

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<i>Again?</i>

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His nose is sharper than a hunting dog.
He truly is impossible to shake.

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I will kill you, you wretched bastard,

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then go join Father
and Mother in the afterlife.

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You stole my brother's name
and lived under it for over a decade.

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Surely you have nothing left to say.

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Yuanqing.

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Do not call me that.

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Yuanqing.

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If you resent me,

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then please accept my apology.

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Believe it or not,

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I never meant to harm you.

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Never meant to harm me?

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Then what about my mother?

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What wrong did she ever do to you?

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Answer me. Answer me!

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Is this what you mean…

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by never meaning to harm me?

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Yuanqing.

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I warned you long ago

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not to be so arrogant.

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Now I will finish the saying for you.

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Those who act so meet a violent end.

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I was a fool.

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I always treated you as my own brother.

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I could not even bring myself to kill you.

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Your family owes me a debt!

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The entire household of Prince Changxin
deserves to die!

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Why is it you grew strong and capable,

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while I became this half man, half ghost?

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Why could you train in martial arts,

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ride horses, shoot arrows,

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while I was left with sickness,
forced to swallow medicine day after day?

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The pain in my heart
and the wounds on my body

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were all caused by Prince Changxin
and Wei Yan.

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My father. My mother.

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I must avenge them.

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Every one of you
will meet a miserable end!

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You speak as if you are righteous.

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Yet my mother never treated you poorly.

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It was the Crown Princess
who killed my brother.

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My mother raised you
for more than ten years.

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You stole my brother's place.

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How could you bring yourself to kill her?

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Because my heart died long ago.

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Of course I could do it.

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We must go, Your Highness.
This place is not safe.

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Sui Yuanqing,

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have you forgotten

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what I once taught you?

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Those who show mercy

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have no place in a land of killing.

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And do not even dream

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of ruling this world.

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Your Highness.
I came as quickly as I could.

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Why not come after I'm dead instead?

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It was your Li clan who sent word to me,

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saying everything had been arranged.

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Yet what awaited me along the way?

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Xie Zheng's personal guards

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and that madman Sui Yuanqing.

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This was indeed my failing.

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Punish me as you see fit.

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I know you do not like me.

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Protecting me, saving me…

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You only do it
because your grandfather commands it.

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But now that you have boarded this ship,

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there is no turning back.

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Only by seeing me safely into the capital

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will your Li clan
have even the slightest chance.

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All those years of planning
won't be wasted.

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Otherwise,
I will drag us all down together.

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Your Li clan will be wiped out,

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and Wei Yan will sit in power
for decades to come.

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The people will suffer endlessly.

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I have heard you care deeply
for common folks.

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Surely you don't wish
for war and bloodshed to rise again.

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I will

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do everything in my power.

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One more thing.

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I do not care how you do it.

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Kill Yu Bao'er,

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and bring Yu Qianqian to me
without a single scratch.

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Your Highness.

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I heard Yu Bao'er is your only bloodline.

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I do not acknowledge him.

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That bloodline would only be my ruin.

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One worthless life

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against the fate of the Li clan.

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You know well enough which matters more.

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SOVEREIGN AND EFFICACIOUS

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If you fail to find the person I want,

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then the alliance between me and the Lis

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ends here.

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He repaid kindness with blood.
Brother against brother.

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Now he hunts his own son.

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How can a man with no loyalty or honor

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rule as emperor?

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If he ever takes the throne,

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he will be no wise ruler.

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Grandfather,

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you truly were wrong.

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So you are not dead yet.

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Kill me.

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Take your revenge.

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Fine.

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Sui Yuanqing.

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Before you die…

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I want to ask you something.

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Did you ever feel
the slightest love for me?

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In my life,

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I have deceived countless people.

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Now that I am close to dying…

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I suppose

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I should spin some comforting lies

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so you would risk your life for me.

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But strangely enough…

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right now, I do not want to lie to you.

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Not even a little.

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I never felt the slightest love for you.

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With the kind of man you are,

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that is probably for the best.

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Without you around…

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my days ahead…

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will be freer than ever.

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If you manage to survive,

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take this

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and go find Fan Changyu.

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What is it?

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You were with me once.

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So I will leave you a way to survive.

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Qi Min wants the whole world to suffer.

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I, Sui Yuanqing,

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only want him to suffer alone.

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Why would she believe me?

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This is the proper token from me…

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to prove your loyalty.

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Sui Yuanqing!

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THREE DAYS LATER

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Your Majesty,
I have a memorial to present.

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Chancellor Wei's lax discipline
has bred near defiance.

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Such an offense
should be punished severely.

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Grand Tutor Li understands my mind.
Speak freely.

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Your Majesty,

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Marquis Wu'an is Chancellor Wei's nephew,
brought up under his wing.

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He dared cut off the ear

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of the imperial envoy, Eunuch Li,
before the assembled army.

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Such arrogance and tyranny
is nothing short of treason.

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By the law, he should be executed
to serve as a warning to others.

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Grand Tutor Li speaks frankly.

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Chancellor Wei, what say you?

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In my view,

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Eunuch Li kept insisting

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that Marquis Wu'an intended to rebel.

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So I believe

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the marquis simply acted
in anger and lost control.

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After all, not everyone in this world
can be as gentle and composed

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as Grand Tutor Li's grandson,
Military Administrator Li Huai'an.

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Even when Your Majesty
suddenly changed your decision

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and betrothed the Grand Princess
to another man,

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he accepted it with admirable composure.

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Chancellor Wei makes a fair point.

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Military men

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do tend to act a little roughly.

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Chancellor Wei,

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half of He Jingyuan's command has fallen
into the hands of a mere village woman.

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Captain Fan Changyu cannot even read
military maps or strategy manuals.

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Yet through your private maneuvering,

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she is now
a supervising commander of Jizhou.

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The command office
is now in utter disarray.

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May I ask, where is the army's discipline?

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Where is the law of the realm?

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Such a thing has truly happened?

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Your Majesty,

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both Marquis Wu'an and Captain Fan
have rendered great service.

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Merit and fault must be judged separately.

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What does Your Majesty think?

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Report!

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Your Majesty!

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An 800-li express dispatch
has arrived from Jizhou.

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-Bring it.
-Yes.

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Excellent.

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Marquis Wu'an joined forces
with Captain Fan

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and has slain the rebel Sui Yuanhuai.

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Prince Changxin and his two sons are dead.

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The Sui line is extinguished.
The Chongzhou rebel army is no more.

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Excellent!

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A general and his commander working
in harmony to defeat the enemy leader.

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This is a great fortune for me

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and a blessing for Dayin.

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The world is like a chessboard.
Every move brings a new game.

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Since Marquis Wu'an and Captain Fan
have won such remarkable victories,

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then I shall reward them.
And I shall reward them generously.

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Your Majesty is wise.

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Your Majesty is wise.

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JIZHOU YAMEN

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PEACE AND PROSPERITY ALONG THE BORDERS

268
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:29,520
My lord,

269
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,360
the Grand Princess leaves
for the capital tomorrow.

270
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,680
Captain Fan has arranged
a farewell banquet.

271
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:35,880
Will you attend?

272
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:54,160
Also,

273
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,120
at dawn, Marquis Wu'an's men
will escort the Grand Princess.

274
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,160
I am too ashamed to face them.

275
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:28,720
-Come on!
-Come on!

276
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,680
Pour it up!

277
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,320
HALL OF LETTERS

278
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,280
-Thirty-two!
-Twenty-two!

279
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,600
Cheers.

280
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,040
Drink up.

281
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,760
Everyone's already drunk
out of their minds.

282
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,760
Where is Military Administrator Li?

283
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,560
He caught a chill.

284
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:07,920
He will not make it tonight.

285
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:11,520
Everyone,

286
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,440
I cannot hold my drink.
After this cup, I will take my leave.

287
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,200
Safe travels, Your Highness.

288
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:43,840
Sit.

289
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,480
Her Highness returns
to the capital tomorrow.

290
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,600
If anyone has something to say,

291
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,440
tonight is the night.

292
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:58,880
-I will go!
-Sit down.

293
00:27:58,960 --> 00:27:59,800
All right.

294
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:04,560
Go on then.

295
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:07,960
Where is he going?

296
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,000
Is he actually… He really went?

297
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,520
Your Highness! Your Highness, please wait.

298
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,760
-Your Highness.
-Her Highness does not wish to see you.

299
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,560
-I only wish to ask a few questions.
-Move aside.

300
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,920
I doubt Your Highness would return
with doubts left unresolved.

301
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:32,280
Leave us, Jianjia.

302
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:40,800
Allow me.

303
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:48,600
Your Highness.

304
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,200
Why have you suddenly decided
to return to the capital?

305
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,840
I have spent more than five months
in the northwest.

306
00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,400
I am weary in both body and mind.

307
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,040
I've come to my senses.

308
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,080
I won't cling to what's futile.

309
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,360
Surely you must feel
greatly relieved, Headmaster.

310
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:14,800
Since you have reached such clarity,

311
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,480
I ought to offer my congratulations.

312
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:19,520
But there are words

313
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,760
I have kept in my heart for a long time.
I have long wished to share them.

314
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:26,640
Yet the rules of my clan are strict.

315
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:27,640
I dared not overstep.

316
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,840
So a few days ago,

317
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,360
I returned to Hejian

318
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,720
and knelt in the ancestral hall
for three days.

319
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,560
Only after receiving
the clan elder's pardon

320
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,000
did I dare come here

321
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,840
to speak my heart before Your Highness.

322
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:51,280
Go on.

323
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,000
Changyu.

324
00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,480
-I…
-Easy there.

325
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,760
I need to drink a few cups with you alone.

326
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,120
Do you still have wine?

327
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,120
Let me… Let me speak honestly.

328
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,880
I, Jin Yuanbao, have never
respected anyone, but I respect you.

329
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,720
Before I met you,

330
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,600
I never believed

331
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,760
a woman with such thin arms and legs

332
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,560
could fight on a battlefield.

333
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,320
-With a build like yours?
-Never heard of it.

334
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:26,240
But Changyu can.

335
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,560
That is why I respect you.

336
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,320
-All of us respect you.
-Come on.

337
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,120
Come.

338
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:40,120
Let's all toast to Captain Fan. Come on.

339
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,400
-Come.
-Folks.

340
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,760
-Pour the wine.
-Fill the cups!

341
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,680
My wife cannot hold her drink.
I will drink for her.

342
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,480
Wife? What wife?

343
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,320
She is the head of your household.

344
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,880
Everyone in Lin'an knows that.

345
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,840
You are the Fan family's
live-in son-in-law.

346
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,880
Once you marry in, you listen
to the head of the house. Right?

347
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:00,800
That is right.

348
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,480
You walk around these days all dignified.

349
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,320
Yes, yes, Marquis Wu'an.

350
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,360
But you bowed at the wedding altar.
You cannot deny that.

351
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:10,760
You cannot deny it.

352
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,200
What nonsense about live-in husbands?
I can drink this myself.

353
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,200
I'm getting old.
I can't recall what we were saying.

354
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,440
Not much of a drinker.
I could barely hold my cup steady.

355
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,200
My wife and I will take our leave.

356
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,000
-Everyone keep drinking.
-Changyu.

357
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,000
Well…

358
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:43,600
A hundred years ago,

359
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:44,640
CALMING WAVES PAVILION

360
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,280
the Gongsun clan stood
at the height of its glory.

361
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,440
For generations, the empresses
came from our family.

362
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,720
But great height draws danger.

363
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:56,920
Our fall was a tragic one.

364
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,160
During the reign of the founding emperor,

365
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,080
a dragon robe was found
inside the Eastern Palace.

366
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,920
Crown Prince Shaoyang was reduced
to a commoner.

367
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,240
Two empresses of the Gongsun family

368
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:12,560
hanged themselves in the palace.

369
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,000
The entire Gongsun clan

370
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:16,800
had their property confiscated
and were exiled.

371
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,760
Even the plaque above the Imperial Library
at Luyuan Academy

372
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,440
was nearly taken down.

373
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,320
I know of that case.

374
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:28,560
It was determined later

375
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:30,640
that the Gongsun case

376
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,200
was a wrongful accusation,
a frame-up by a prince.

377
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,440
In this world, there is no such thing
as a flawless frame-up.

378
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,080
In truth, the emperor on the throne
simply could no longer

379
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,040
tolerate the Gongsun clan.

380
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:48,720
A surviving branch of our clan

381
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,720
has lingered on at Luyuan Academy
for a hundred years.

382
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,520
The first rule in our clan law was this.

383
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,400
No Gongsun may enter official service.

384
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,240
The truth is,

385
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,960
the day Your Highness arrived
at Luyuan Academy,

386
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,760
I already knew you were a woman.

387
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,080
When we first played the Go chess game
at the Imperial Library,

388
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,080
I realized something else.

389
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,640
The one who broke my position
in the Rain Pavilion was you.

390
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:24,840
But when I learned

391
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,240
that the woman I had admired for so long

392
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:32,360
was the Grand Princess,

393
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,680
I felt no joy.

394
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,600
Only the feeling that fate was mocking me.

395
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,880
Then why tell me

396
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,000
all of this now?

397
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,440
I wish to ask for Your Highness's hand.

398
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:03,200
I have

399
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:06,840
admired you for a long time.

400
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,080
Tonight, I dare ask Your Highness this.

401
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,360
If one day

402
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:14,520
I help Jiuheng

403
00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:16,880
bring down Wei Yan and the Li clan,

404
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,120
is Your Highness

405
00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:23,080
willing to live with me in Hejian,

406
00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:24,840
free from the cares of the world?

407
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,080
Your Highness need not worry.

408
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,159
My family has means.
We would live comfortably.

409
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:37,400
Your Highness would not suffer.

410
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,199
-Though Hejian may not compare to--
-And if I say no?

411
00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:56,120
Then…

412
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:01,800
I have spoken out of turn.

413
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:04,640
Please forgive my presumption.

414
00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:20,560
You blockhead.

415
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:24,400
I will take

416
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,880
the 10,000 volumes
in your family's library

417
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:29,640
as my bride price.

418
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,560
Do you agree?

419
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:38,720
Are you hesitating?

420
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,200
Yes. Yes, I agree. I agree to everything.

421
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,320
The Gongsun family has 12 library halls.

422
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:52,520
May I ask, Your Highness,

423
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,400
which one you want?

424
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,960
All of them.

425
00:35:58,480 --> 00:35:59,480
Good.

426
00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:02,080
Very good.

427
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,280
Let go of me.

428
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,600
Where are you taking me?

429
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,760
You've had too much to drink.
Let's get you to bed.

430
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,320
I am not drunk, Marquis.

431
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,120
That word again. Marquis.

432
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,240
Can you stop calling me that?

433
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:37,800
Call me anything,

434
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,200
except that.

435
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,240
Yan Zheng.

436
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:04,800
Your name is Yan Zheng.

437
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,120
<i>From now on,</i>

438
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:15,520
can I call you Yan Zheng?

439
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,200
Your hand…

440
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,040
Does it hurt?

441
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,040
Changyu.

442
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:58,520
Kiss me.

443
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,320
If you miss me, write me a letter.

444
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:03,400
I may not understand it fully, but still.

445
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:09,560
I should be going.

446
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,040
Safe travels.

447
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:34,480
I am leaving.

448
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,240
If you hate to part so much,

449
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:04,480
why did you not see her off yourself?

450
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,960
If I had gone,
I might not have let her leave.

451
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,120
A promise is a promise.
Since I gave you my word, it stands.

452
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:19,040
Since when did it become my fault
for ruining your chances?

453
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:22,360
We have made an agreement.

454
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,040
Once everything is settled,
we will return to Hejian

455
00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:27,880
and find a quiet place
to spend the rest of our lives.

456
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,120
But the storm in the capital

457
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:31,520
can no longer be ignored.

458
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,080
Then it is time to return to the capital

459
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:36,880
and finish

460
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:38,520
what must be done.

461
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:48,280
THE CAPITAL

462
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,400
Not bad, not bad.

463
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:00,680
Have another drink.

464
00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:02,320
-I want that one.
-Here.

465
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:03,680
-Drink up.
-All right.

466
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,360
-Do not fuss.
-One more cup.

467
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:11,280
Mr. Li Huaiqin.

468
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,880
I was wondering why I had not seen Yueli
these past few days.

469
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,240
Turns out someone has been holed up
at Jingque House and refuses to leave.

470
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,600
Wei Xuan,

471
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,000
are you not supposed to be serving
in the northwest?

472
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:36,440
LI HUAIQIN, LI XING'S YOUNGEST GRANDSON

473
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,880
I heard Marquis Wu'an has returned.

474
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,160
What is this? Stepping aside
to make way for him?

475
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,320
Get out.

476
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,160
Seems the stray can never compare
to the real son of the house.

477
00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,600
From the looks of it, Marquis Wu'an

478
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,640
must be Chancellor Wei's
true flesh and blood.

479
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,000
Everyone leave.

480
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:10,400
Yes.

481
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,080
Say that again.

482
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,360
Why play dumb?

483
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,080
The entire capital is talking about it.

484
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,360
They say the Chancellor
and his wife are at odds.

485
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,920
And that you are not even his son.

486
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:43,920
Wei Xuan, you dare?

487
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:47,920
You are just a bastard.

488
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,520
All day, you throw your weight around
on Chancellor Wei's name.

489
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,320
And your mother? She's nothing.

490
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,720
Everyone knows Chancellor Wei's true love
was Lady Qi from the palace.

491
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:00,640
Li Huaiqin,

492
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:02,600
you're spewing utter nonsense.

493
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,720
If this were the battlefield,
I would have taken your head already.

494
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,080
I will give you one chance.

495
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,720
Shout three times,
"Li is inferior to Wei,"

496
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,400
and I will spare you today.

497
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:14,680
Bah!

498
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,560
Who do you think you are, Wei Xuan?

499
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:17,960
Li inferior to Wei?

500
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:19,200
Wei is inferior to Xie!

501
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:23,760
Wei Xuan!

502
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,680
END CREDIT SCENE

503
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:11,880
Changyu and the Marquis…

504
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,840
-They… They…
-What is it?

505
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:15,200
Come look for yourself.

506
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:16,360
Look, look!

507
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:21,200
-The Marquis…
-What Marquis?

508
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:22,920
I was just about to curse him out.

509
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,240
One moment, he pretends to be
a meek Fan family live-in son-in-law.

510
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,600
Next moment, he is putting on airs
as Marquis Wu'an.

511
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,160
Now he'll marry the princess
and become imperial consort.

512
00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:32,480
Let me tell you.

513
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:34,760
If he dares betray our Changyu,

514
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,440
I will… I will…

515
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:40,120
What can you even do?

516
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:42,920
I will stay mad at him forever!

517
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:22,360
NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED
IN THE MAKING OF THIS EPISODE

518
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:23,400
Subtitle translation by: Jiaxin Wang