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This letter

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was written by Consort Qi
to Wei Yan, begging for help.

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Because of a private matter,

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Wei Yan returned to the capital,

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leaving the Jinzhou soldiers alone.

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In the end, this led to the great catastrophe.

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…I KNOW YOU’RE TRAPPED IN JINZHOU…
THE CONSPIRATORS’ PLAN IS DEEP…

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MY FATHER AND BROTHER ARE CORNERED,
AND ME, CONFINED IN THE PALACE. ASK FOR HELP…

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It's the thief shouting "thief".

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WeiYan,

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you are the real traitor
behind the disaster in Jinzhou!

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It's Qi Rongyin's letter.

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After 17 years,

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probably forgot.

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Let me read it to you.

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"For my Yan.

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<i>- As you read, imagine me..."</i>
- Silence!

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Wei Changyu, if you want to fight, then fight.

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Don't contaminate honor
of a woman who is gone.

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The chancellor still cares about someone.

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17 years ago,

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my mother hid this letter

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in the box of sweets he gave her.

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All these years,

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must have done a lot of bad things
to feel so guilty

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and don't dare touch the box.

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Let me ask you, Chancellor:
in these 17 years,

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Have you already repented to my father?

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Have you felt sorry

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of the thousands of fallen soldiers?

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Have you ever mourned the loss of your sister,
Who took his own life?

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A fake letter

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and counterfeit insignia,

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Do you think it's enough to defame me?

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By this letter, Chancellor,

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How many did you silence?

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If Consort Qi knew of his wickedness,

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- from the underworld…
- Quiet!

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Don't mention her!

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Confirm the authenticity of these badges

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It's not difficult.

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They are a national treasure.

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And the Ministry of War has records.

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The files were burned,

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but whoever made the records at the time,

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the Great Tutor Tao is still alive.

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The chancellor just needs to ask him.

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Great Tutor Dao has arrived.

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I bow before Your Majesty.

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Get up.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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The Great Tutor Tao is a
of the few witnesses at the time.

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For the honor of the royal family,

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I ask you to examine these badges

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and determine whether they are genuine.

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I obey the decree.

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Report.

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At the time, I personally supervised
the elaboration of military insignia.

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These marks confirm it.

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They are genuine.

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Chancellor Wei,

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What do you have to say for yourself now?

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You will be empress soon.

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WeiYan,

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your ambition has no limit,
deceiving the emperor and Heaven.

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You deserve death.

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- Imperial Guards!
- Here!

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- Arrest him!
- Yes sir!

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Wei Yan, you…

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You brat Qi,

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Do you dare?

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Yigui, don't repeat your mistakes!

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Report!

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Your Majesty, disaster!

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The rebel Sui Yuanhuai

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and his army are attacking
the Gate of Dayin!

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What?

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How did they get in?

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This day has finally arrived.

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He really knows how to choose the right day.

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We need

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settle the accounts.

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But before that,

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let me put an end to this rebellion.

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Let's go.

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ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL <i>ZHU YU</i>
BY TUAN ZI LAI XI ON JJWXC.NET

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All of you.

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Kill for me!

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DAYIN GATE

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Welcome, true palace master.

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Welcome, true palace master.

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Welcome, true palace master.

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Welcome, true palace master.

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Welcome, true palace master.

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Seventeen years.

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I finally recovered
what is rightfully mine.

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Your Highness's return to the throne

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It is the will of Heaven manifested.

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The mandate from Heaven is yours.

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The mandate from Heaven is yours.

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Qianqian,

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how about this?

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The promise I made to you,

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I complied.

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You are crazy.

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Did you really think
that I wanted to be your empress?

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Go dreaming.

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You will agree with me.

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Little Brother Sheng,

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is sitting in this place
for more than a decade.

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Has it been comfortable?

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Imperial Brother,

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I…

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I've been waiting for it for a long time.

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Take the Imperial Seal.

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It's all yours.

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I beg you, Imperial Brother, do not kill me.

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Please don't kill me.

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An incompetent like you
as Emperor of Dayin,

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justifies

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the torment I suffered
all these years?

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I…

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Take him.

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Wait for the trial.

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Yes.

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Don't kill me.

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Don't kill me.

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Don't kill me.

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Don't kill me.

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<i>Is he really going to be emperor?</i>

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Report!
Unusual activity at Xuan Gate.

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There are reinforcements coming.

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Curse. It's a trap.

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Li Xing conspired with the rebel
Sui Yuanhuai, plotting treason.

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These traitors to the State

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will be arrested and brought to justice.

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Wei, you scoundrel,

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don't think
that with this insignificant force,

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may detain
the Five Armies of His Highness.

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Not enough?

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This insignificant force?

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Furthermore, we still don't know who

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the Marquis of Wu'an will join forces.

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Marquis of Wu'an,
since you came to join in the fun,

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Why don't you cooperate with me?

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I already stopped that puppet emperor.

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Join me.

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After all, I am a descendant
of Crown Prince Chengde.

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Qimin,

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conspired in secret with Jue do Norte,

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wanting to use this chance
to overthrow Dayin.

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Did you think I wouldn't notice?

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Claims to be Prince Chengde's heir,

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but forget that the old Oriental Palace
died fighting against the North.

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I, Xie Zheng,

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How could I serve you?

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What?

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dared to conspire
in secret with Jue do Norte

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handing over the lands of Dayin
to barbarians?

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An arrow fired never returns.

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Great Tutor Li,
now it's too late for regrets.

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You…

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What did Chancellor Wei do
It was much worse than what I did.

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Jinzhou fell, its people were massacred,

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and 12 prefectures of Liaodong
were given to the barbarians.

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All because of Wei Yan's wish

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to take control
from the territory of Dayin.

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I'm just finishing

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what he started.

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Your…

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Chancellor Wei,

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17 years ago,

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you bathed the palace in blood.

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I thought no one knew

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of your desecration of the harem?

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You scoundrel, pretending to be royalty

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and still here spreading lies
and inventing things.

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Who is lying?

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You know better than anyone,
Wei Yan, isn't it?

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Arrest him!

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Every traitor present today,

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kill everyone without mercy!

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Chancellor Wei, look.

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Your wife and son are here.

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I guarantee that if any
of his men dare to move,

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their heads will roll.

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I never expected the chancellor
was so cold.

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So leave your wife and child

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go down to hell first.

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Kill them!

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Kill!

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Don't kill me.

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Don't kill me.

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Don't kill me.

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Don't kill me.

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How about I make them generals? Please?

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Speak again and I'll finish you off.

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It's time to end this.

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Chancellor.

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This is between uncle and nephew.

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Nobody interferes. Back.

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Your swordsmanship has improved a lot.

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I will use my father's swordsmanship

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for justice for my parents
and Changyu's hair,

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by the old Oriental Palace,
for every soldier

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who died in Jinzhou.

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Excellent.

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So come.

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<i>Give up.</i>

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<i>What is not yours</i>

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you never will.

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<i>To begin with, this kingdom has always been mine.</i>

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It was always mine.

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Do you like this?

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He likes?

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It's so difficult...

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I don't want this anymore.

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Being emperor is very difficult.

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I don't want to be emperor.

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I don't want that.

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You've lost your mind!

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I didn't lose my mind.

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I chose to live because of you.

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For me?

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Excellent.

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If I die, your madness stops.

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I won't allow you to die.

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Qi Min. Let Qian go.

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Changyu,

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don't worry about me.

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I can't escape.

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Release her!

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Or I'll kill you!

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Changyu,

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release.

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What's between us
It shouldn't involve you.

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I wanted the throne

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and wanted you.

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But in the end,

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I was left with nothing.

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Release her!

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You're going to kill her!

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He won't give up.

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He never learned to let go.

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<i>You are selfish,</i>

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<i>brutal</i>

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<i>and temperamental.</i>

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<i>It's all just an act.</i>

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<i>You're just hiding your own fear.</i>

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You are pitiful.

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<i>My love is worth so little</i>

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<i>that you despise him?</i>

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<i>That's not love.</i>

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It's possessiveness! It's control!

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<i>I don't want anything.</i>

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<i>Just to be free of you forever.</i>

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For you…

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I'm willing to learn.

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Xuan.

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Xuan!

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This arrow

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It's a way of giving back
for saving my mother.

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You…

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It's not my father, you bastard!

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Xuan!

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XIE, MARQUIS OF WU'AN

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Jizhou and Xie armies arrived.

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The Forbidden Palace is safe.

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Soldiers who followed Qi and Wei
in your rebellion, listen.

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Whoever lays down their arms and surrenders

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will be spared.

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Those who resist

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will be accused of treason,

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and the entire clan will be exterminated.

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Chancellor,

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00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,000
his army fell.

277
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,480
Still trying to fight?

278
00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:50,400
Jiuheng,

279
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,080
You didn't disappoint me.

280
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:58,480
Chancellor.

281
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:01,840
Let's step back.

282
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,360
Let's escort him.

283
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:09,240
No.

284
00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:13,200
Defeat…

285
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,160
is defeat.

286
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,880
17 years ago,
when I stepped on this path of no return,

287
00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:21,840
this day, this end,

288
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,320
were already written.

289
00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:34,680
Take him.

290
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,000
Come on, Chancellor.

291
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:12,840
He finished.

292
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,800
It's all over...

293
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:21,560
like that.

294
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:25,840
He finished.

295
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,600
Our future will be better.

296
00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,160
If there is life after death,

297
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:39,880
may I find you.

298
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,320
THREE DAYS LATER

299
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,760
Marquis, Lady Wei has arrived.

300
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,640
Milady, please.

301
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:49,280
Aunt.

302
00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:52,520
Zheng.

303
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,040
Aunt.

304
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,200
What does this mean? Get up, quickly.

305
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:01,640
Zheng.

306
00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:04,200
I beg you…

307
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,520
spare the chancellor's life.

308
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:12,640
Please sit down.

309
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,160
Aunt.

310
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,640
He didn't care
with you or your child.

311
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,640
Why beg for him?

312
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,440
And the law of the land cannot be defied.

313
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,120
The Chancellor is not beyond redemption.

314
00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:35,640
Without him,

315
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,040
Xuan and I would have died a long time ago.

316
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:42,800
Like this?

317
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,360
Xuan's father

318
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,680
he was one of the chancellor's men.

319
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,600
His father and I got engaged in secret,

320
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,960
but he died on the battlefield.

321
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,560
My family wanted to take me back
and drown in a pig cage.

322
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,880
The chancellor saved me.

323
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,040
He said

324
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,400
that Xuan's father
He was a former subordinate of his.

325
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:14,080
He never planned to get married,

326
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,920
but the family kept pushing.

327
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,600
I was desperate, pregnant,

328
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,560
with nowhere to go.

329
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,800
He said it was
a good solution for both of us.

330
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,720
The Chancellor’s kindness to us…

331
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,400
It's as heavy as a mountain.

332
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,080
Zheng,

333
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,040
I ask, for Xuan's sake,
for the arrow he took for you,

334
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,640
please spare the chancellor's life.

335
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:49,840
Aunt,

336
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,280
he never married

337
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,600
because of Consort Qi?

338
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,000
The Chancellor's heart is deep.

339
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:02,640
I don't know.

340
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:26,320
Zheng,

341
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,600
if the law cannot be broken,

342
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,680
I beg you, for the sake of the bond
between uncle and nephew,

343
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,080
don't decapitate him.

344
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,520
General Adornada de Flores arrived.

345
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,120
ABANDONING THE SPLENDOR

346
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,160
Changyu!

347
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:03,400
How are you?

348
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:04,440
What about injuries?

349
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:05,800
I am fine.

350
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,280
Come here.

351
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:09,680
Mother.

352
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:12,360
Dowager Empress.

353
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,120
Mother.

354
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,520
Wei Yan was captured.

355
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,120
My brother was lost in madness.

356
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:26,680
The world has already changed.

357
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,800
What purpose does it serve now

358
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,440
your silence?

359
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,160
The world has indeed changed.

360
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,640
Changed

361
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,120
17 years ago.

362
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,160
<i>That was when Imperial Consort Qi</i>
<i>entered the palace,</i>

363
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,920
<i>a woman of extreme discretion,</i>

364
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,640
<i>never seeking the emperor's favor.</i>

365
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:51,440
QIYI, THE DECEASED EMPEROR

366
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,160
<i>Not until they discovered the pregnancy.</i>

367
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,720
<i>The Imperial Doctor concluded</i>
<i>may the month of conception</i>

368
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,560
<i>did not match the records</i>
<i>from the Palace Service.</i>

369
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:07,040
Consort Qi even had an affair
with Wei Yan?

370
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,600
Qi Rongyin was three months pregnant.

371
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:11,680
Counting backwards,

372
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,040
must have gotten pregnant
near the Mid-Autumn Festival.

373
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,600
At the palace banquet that year,

374
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,440
Wei Yan got drunk,

375
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,360
<i>lost control,</i>
<i>and raped a palace servant.</i>

376
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,000
<i>By chance,</i>
<i>the late emperor and ministers</i>

377
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,280
<i>they saw it while admiring the moon.</i>

378
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,560
<i>A mere servant.</i>

379
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,800
<i>The late emperor could not</i>
<i>do nothing right away.</i>

380
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,200
<i>Then he gave the servant to Wei Yan.</i>

381
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,240
<i>The royal house shows no mercy.</i>

382
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,760
After discovering the pregnancy
from Consort Qi,

383
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,360
They questioned her every night.

384
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:53,920
Until that night,

385
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,600
<i>when Qingyuan Palace</i>
<i>suddenly caught fire.</i>

386
00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:57,920
Minister Wei!

387
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,760
<i>- The guards on patrol…</i>
- Get lost!

388
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,120
<i>…they ran to put out the fire…</i>

389
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:02,040
QINGYUAN PALACE

390
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,400
<i>…and discovered that Wei Yan,</i>

391
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,280
<i>no summons,</i>

392
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,720
<i>had entered the Forbidden Palace.</i>

393
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:08,920
Get out!

394
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,600
<i>Zhao Xun once testified</i>

395
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,440
that the fire was work
of Crown Princess Chengde.

396
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:16,760
Could there be more to it?

397
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,600
Have you ever seen someone throw water on a fire

398
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,280
<i>and the flames get even higher?</i>

399
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,120
<i>I have.</i>

400
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,120
<i>That fire smelled like tung oil.</i>

401
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:30,920
<i>The palace was surrounded.</i>

402
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,840
<i>The roar of slaughter filled the sky,</i>

403
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,200
<i>just like the other day.</i>

404
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,480
Afterwards, the Imperial Physician
who examined her committed suicide.

405
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:40,680
In the suicide note,

406
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,320
wrote that Consort Qi
never been pregnant.

407
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,000
<i>So</i>

408
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,240
the arsonist was
Crown Princess Chengde.

409
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,080
And who burned consort Qi alive

410
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:50,960
was the late emperor.

411
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,800
Thank you, Dowager Empress,

412
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,080
for telling this story.

413
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,320
Jiuheng, came to say goodbye to your uncle
in your last round?

414
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,800
I came to finish

415
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,159
the game of Go, Chancellor.

416
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,480
That boy's father, General Xie,
died horribly in Jinzhou.

417
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,400
The truth is that, at the time,

418
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,840
he wouldn't let it go.

419
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,040
It was a planned plan
by the late emperor.

420
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,360
So why did you take over?
to blame all these years?

421
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:12,880
What did you gain from this?

422
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,240
This game of Go,

423
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,320
Are you familiar with him, Chancellor?

424
00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:59,440
Have you already decided?

425
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:00,760
If not,

426
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,720
Will you allow me to rest more?

427
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,200
Yan, you are cheating!

428
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,480
Promised to use
only 30% of your power to amuse me.

429
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:11,200
This is clearly

430
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:13,360
a full-scale siege and suppression!

431
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,040
I actually only used 30%.

432
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,000
So say it openly.

433
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,480
I'm not a good player, nor a match for you.

434
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:22,760
I give up.

435
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,040
Great, I'll withdraw a move.

436
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,240
Let me think about it

437
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:33,120
on how to lose gracefully
using only 30%.

438
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:37,960
Losing at Go is not difficult.

439
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,600
Let me help you, brother.

440
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:40,640
Little sister, stop.

441
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,480
Brother, you idiot.

442
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,400
Careful. If you keep winning,
It will scare my sister-in-law.

443
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,640
Wan said they were playing Go here.

444
00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:53,440
I thought I'd join in on the fun.

445
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:54,920
No formalities needed.

446
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,720
Sit down.

447
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,800
When a piece falls
in an isolated and unsupported position,

448
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,200
must find it quickly
a way to bring her back to life.

449
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,080
In this game of Go, as in life,

450
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,120
you have to give and receive.

451
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,800
<i>"In this game of Go, as in life,</i>

452
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:28,560
<i>you have to give and receive."</i>

453
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:31,880
Great Tutor,

454
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:33,960
those were his words.

455
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,480
At this point,

456
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,880
No more riddles with me.

457
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,760
I never believed

458
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,720
that you orchestrated the Jinzhou tragedy.

459
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,240
But why did you run back?
to the capital at the time?

460
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:52,040
What really happened?

461
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,680
Remember the New Year's banquet
18 years ago,

462
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,000
the osmanthus wine festival
in the Eastern Palace?

463
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:02,920
Great Tutor,

464
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,840
you were there too.

465
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:07,680
That night,

466
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,760
young and reckless,

467
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,000
I planted the seeds of disaster
with my words.

468
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,880
QISHUN'S FIFTEENTH YEAR

469
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:22,760
Today, New Year's Eve,

470
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,600
I invited everyone

471
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,120
to taste osmanthus wine
produced here at the Oriental Palace.

472
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,800
Good wine in the cold of winter,
roast venison…

473
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:31,840
QI YUAN, CROWN PRINCE CHENGDE

474
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:33,400
Could you have more pleasure?

475
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,640
LI XING, CHANCELLOR OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY
TAO YI, MINISTER OF WORKS

476
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:35,600
Thank you.

477
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:37,360
The fragrance of this wine

478
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:38,560
it fills the air.

479
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:39,320
WEI YAN, CENTRAL COMMANDER
XIE LINSHAN, PROTECTOR GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM

480
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:40,240
Excellent wine.

481
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:41,600
Come on, Your Highness the Crown Prince,

482
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:42,520
allow another toast.

483
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,040
General Xie,

484
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,400
tonight, you are allowed

485
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:47,920
to drink freely?

486
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,680
I suggest you take it easy.

487
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,600
Leave a little
for the rest of us to savor.

488
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,920
The commander speaks the truth.

489
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,200
Linshan can drink like a fish.

490
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,160
If you don't hold back,

491
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:03,720
there is nothing left for us.

492
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,600
- You…
- Great Tutor.

493
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,600
It's just osmanthus wine.

494
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,080
As long as you like it,

495
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:10,520
There's something for everyone.

496
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:11,720
Excellent.

497
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,160
- Drink!
- We have wine!

498
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:15,640
- Let's go.
- Drink.

499
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:21,120
Good wine, good food,
loyal ministers, a wise ruler,

500
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:22,560
friends to share.

501
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,200
This is the greatest pleasure in life.

502
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:26,200
Qilin,

503
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:30,000
this may be the last time
that we will hold the vigil together.

504
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,200
I will leave the capital soon…

505
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,120
HE JINGYUAN
GENERAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR

506
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:34,160
…going to Jinzhou.

507
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:35,360
Jingyuan.

508
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:36,280
WEI QILIN
COMMANDER HUAIHUA

509
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:37,560
The northwest is impoverished.

510
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,440
Jinzhou, Chongzhou and Jizhou
are especially poor.

511
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:43,080
You must take good care of yourself.

512
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,680
A real man must leave his mark,

513
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,960
instead of bowing

514
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,800
and lowering themselves in the capital,
flattering the powerful.

515
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:55,000
What a shame.

516
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,600
I won't be here
when my nephew is born.

517
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:58,880
It will be your niece!

518
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:00,560
Do you prefer a girl?

519
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:06,400
Jingyuan, you have read more books than me.
Help me choose a name for her.

520
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,640
Why don't you leave your lord
choose a name?

521
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:12,480
The commander is very important.

522
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,320
I'm afraid it will overwhelm the child.

523
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:16,240
Dear Chancellor,

524
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,360
our boy Jiuheng is very smart.

525
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,680
When can he come in?
at your Imperial Academy

526
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,040
and dedicate yourself to studies?

527
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:27,400
Xie Zheng is still a child.

528
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:28,760
You are his uncle.

529
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,760
His father isn't worried yet.

530
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,360
Who said I'm not?

531
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:34,280
You don't know.

532
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,280
This kid is a terror now.

533
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:37,760
Mischief all day.

534
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,240
It is serious. I want to send him to the Academy now.

535
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,080
May you educate him correctly.

536
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,160
Changyu.

537
00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:48,440
Changyu?

538
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:49,360
Yes.

539
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,080
Wei Changyu.

540
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,840
"May we enjoy the light of grace,

541
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,720
like spring grass
on the jade steps."

542
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,080
How about that?

543
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:58,000
That's a good name.

544
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,840
When the time is right,
I will take her to greet you.

545
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,160
Good wine.

546
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:09,960
- Good wine.
- Next year, when I leave for Jinzhou,

547
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,080
if the general is willing,

548
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:13,960
I want to accompany you.

549
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:17,960
Together, we will face the crisis.

550
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,640
Your Highness's safety

551
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:25,720
is crucial for stability
of the court and the nation.

552
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,720
It cannot be taken lightly.

553
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:29,280
Indeed.

554
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,280
"A prince does not sit
under an overhanging eaves."

555
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:34,320
Your Highness, reconsider.

556
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,120
You may not know.

557
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,800
This summer,
floods devastated the south.

558
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:44,240
I went to help,
but the Jia family stopped me at every step.

559
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,720
The victims suffered terribly.

560
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,560
My father was furious.

561
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:50,720
But he didn't punish

562
00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:53,640
the 16th Prince nor the Jia family.

563
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:55,760
Instead he blamed me

564
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,400
due to the ineffectiveness of aid.

565
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:01,240
All these years,

566
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,680
my father has been hard on me,

567
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,360
but tolerant of the Jia family

568
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,880
and with the 16th Prince.

569
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:13,760
My heart is lost.

570
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:16,520
Maybe,

571
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,760
just leaving the court

572
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,080
and leaving my mark on the border

573
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,200
I can

574
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,320
find my way.

575
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,160
Family matters.

576
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,080
I made you...

577
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:47,360
everyone laugh.

578
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,720
Your Highness is benevolent and virtuous,

579
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:53,240
wise and courageous.

580
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,120
It is the only choice for succession.

581
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,040
I don't understand.

582
00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,960
Why is the emperor so partial?

583
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,640
If the emperor lacks virtue…

584
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,560
Let him abdicate then.

585
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,240
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586
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:05,200
Subtitles: Danielle Negredo