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[A Dream Within A Dream]

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[Episode 15]

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I'm Song Yimeng.

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Greetings, Your Majesty.

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Kneel.

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It's late,

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and I'm tired.

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So I won't beat around the bush.

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You're already engaged,

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yet you're tangled up with a prince,

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even pitting Rui and Heng
against each other.

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Tell me.

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What exactly are you
and your family plotting?

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Your Majesty,

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please don't misunderstand.

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My father raised me to steer clear

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of political factions.

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My engagement to Chu Guihong

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was arranged years ago.

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The rumors about the Seventh Prince and me

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are completely baseless.

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[Exceptional Love]

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You're a woman,

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and women should have womanly virtues.

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Since you're engaged,

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you should

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stay at home,

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do some embroidery,

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and read a book or two.

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You dressed to the nines

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for the fancy banquet in the capital.

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You just wanted
to attract attention, didn't you?

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Not everything that goes wrong

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is a woman's fault.

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What a sharp tongue!

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Today, two princes drew swords
against each other

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all because of you.

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Everyone saw it,

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and you're still trying to deny it.

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Are you trying to start

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a war between the two princes?

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Take her away

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and give her 20 strokes.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty!

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Hold on!

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Your Highness,

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what are you doing

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barging into the Imperial Study?

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Your Majesty,

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everything that happened

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was entirely my fault.

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I knew

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she was already engaged,

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but I still pursued her.

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I was the one
who had those books made

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and circulated.

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I also begged Mother

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to issue a marriage decree

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for us.

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I didn't set you up.

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The marriage decree came from Mother.

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What's that got to do with me?

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None of this
has anything to do with Miss Song.

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Your Majesty,

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please punish me instead.

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Very well.

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In these 28 years,

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my seventh son

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has never

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made a single mistake—

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flawless in every way,

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not once

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giving anyone anything to use against him.

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Yet now here you are,
kneeling and admitting guilt

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all for the sake of a woman.

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Fine.

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Then tell me.

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Aside from the Song family behind her,

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what makes her so special?

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Your Majesty,
you loved the late Empress

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not because of the Chu family behind her.

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How dare you speak out of turn

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about the Emperor?

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Listen,

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her engagement was arranged long ago.

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It cannot be changed!

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Be it ruler or subject,

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in this world,

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everyone must follow the rules.

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I wouldn't dare to break the rules.

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You wouldn't dare?

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You drew your sword against Rui

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at the musical banquet.

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How was that following the rules?

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It was because

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he insulted the Gao family

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and my mother.

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The law of Great Jing makes it clear:

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those who turn on their own kin

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must be imprisoned and executed.

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But today,

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I won't kill you.

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The hand you used

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to dislocate Rui's arm—

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cut it off.

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What?

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You want to

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defy my order?

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This is treason!

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Your Majesty,

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everything that happened today

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was my fault.

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His Highness had nothing to do with it.

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Besides,

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the Eighteenth Prince
also wounded the Seventh Prince.

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What's this?

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You're a prince,

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and now you're scared

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and need a woman to plead for you?

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Your Majesty,

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as you wish.

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Your Highness.

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[Exceptional Love]

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Your Highness!

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No, Your Highness!

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I was just joking.

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Why take it so seriously?

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Or do you want the whole world

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to call me a cruel tyrant
who maimed his own son?

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I…

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I wouldn't dare.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty,

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the Noble Consort fainted in her chambers.

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She's delirious

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and keeps calling for

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the Seventh Prince and Miss Song.

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Your Majesty,

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I'll answer for this another day

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and accept
whatever punishment you see fit.

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But now,

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my mother has suddenly collapsed.

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Please, Your Majesty,

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let me go to her.

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Get lost.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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I shall take my leave.

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Your Highness,

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please go and see her.

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Mother!

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Your Highness.

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Mother!

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What's this?

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Her Ladyship said

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Your Highness and Miss Song
should go to bed.

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Open the door!

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My Lady,

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how did it go?

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My Lady,

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they didn't let go

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of each other's hands the whole way.

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Heng.

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I've done

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all I can for you.

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The rest

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is up to you.

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Master.

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Where is she?

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The palace attendants said

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Her Ladyship summoned Miss Song

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midway.

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Then send someone

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to inquire
at Noble Consort Gao's place.

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I did.

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The maids there said

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Miss Song had already left the palace

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and gone home.

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Master,

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that's impossible.

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If she had really gone home,

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Zhixia would've sent word.

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She…

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she…

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she must still be in the palace.

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Something must've happened.

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Don't panic.

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No one enters the palace
at night unless summoned.

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Let's wait a bit longer.

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Just as I thought.

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Don't waste your energy.

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This is Her Ladyship's plan.

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What do you mean?

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A classic costume-drama scene.

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The male and female leads

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end up stuck in a room,

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forced to bond.

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Since Her Ladyship came up with this idea,

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there's no way

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we're getting out of here tonight.

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How do you know that?

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Of course I know.

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It's a classic scene.

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I've played it out

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more times than I can count.

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You know what?

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We might as well just go with it.

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Wait.

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You're a young lady…

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alone in a room with a man.

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Shouldn't you behave with propriety?

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I…

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It's too tight.

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What's wrong with
making myself more comfortable?

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Why are you so nervous?

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I...

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You didn't seem this nervous

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when you spread the rumors.

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Now you're afraid
I'll take advantage of you?

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Why would I be afraid?

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What do I even have
for you to take advantage of?

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Then explain this—

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what was that marriage decree
from Her Ladyship all about?

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And just now, in front of the Emperor,

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you took all the blame for me.

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What was that supposed to mean?

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Also,

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I really want to know—

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if His Majesty
hadn't stopped you just now,

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would you really have cut off your hand?

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I was just gambling,

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like I've been doing

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all my life.

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Gambling that if I obey and behave,

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I'll be let off one more time.

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Well then.

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Looks like

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the fake couple in "Exceptional Love"

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has made its way to the Emperor.

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I gotta say, you're pretty bold,

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daring to touch the Emperor's sore spot.

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I've already told you,

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this whole thing wasn't my doing.

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You think I'm dumb enough

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to risk being accused of treason

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just to…

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to play a fake couple with you?

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Are you out of your mind?

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That does sound absurd.

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Fair point.

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So you saved me

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just because of...

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Don't think I don't know

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why you helped me.

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You're overthinking it.

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I helped you

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only because of

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the rules you mentioned.

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The rule that when the female lead

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is in danger, the male lead must save her.

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Miss Song, you're really clever.

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Brilliant, even.

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You…

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What are you doing?

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What do you think I'm doing?

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Going to sleep.

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It's already 10 PM.

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You want me to stay up all night?

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Does a workaholic
like you even need sleep?

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Even the King of Hell

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has to sleep.

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But this place is so big.

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Why do you have to

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sleep on the bed?

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Well, if not here,

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am I s-supposed to

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sleep on the floor?

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But if you sleep here,

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where am I supposed to sleep?

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Wherever you want.

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Didn't you just tell me

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to go with

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the flow?

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You…

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[Seventh Prince's Mansion]

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Guard the mansion.

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I'll go bring His Highness back!

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[Seventh Prince's Mansion]

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General Chu.

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Guard the mansion.

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I'll go bring Yimeng back.

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[Qianyu Mansion]

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You all head back first.

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[Guangde Gate]

295
00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:34,180
I'll go bring Yimeng back.

296
00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:42,080
[Xumian Hall]

297
00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,550
Why is it getting
colder and colder in here?

298
00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:27,940
Let…

299
00:16:27,940 --> 00:16:28,810
Let go of me!

300
00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:29,700
Let go of me!

301
00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:30,660
Get off me!

302
00:16:35,780 --> 00:16:36,570
Forget it.

303
00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:37,940
I'd rather freeze to death

304
00:16:37,940 --> 00:16:39,060
than deal with him.

305
00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,060
In a sweet romance script like this,

306
00:16:41,060 --> 00:16:42,570
you've got to tread carefully.

307
00:16:42,570 --> 00:16:43,660
One wrong move,

308
00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,980
and you'll fall right into a cliché plot.

309
00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,810
None of this
has anything to do with Miss Song.

310
00:17:00,810 --> 00:17:02,070
Please, Your Majesty,

311
00:17:02,090 --> 00:17:03,160
punish me instead.

312
00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,300
Fine.

313
00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,200
Then tell me,

314
00:17:06,430 --> 00:17:08,450
apart from the Song family behind her,

315
00:17:08,450 --> 00:17:10,200
what makes her so special?

316
00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:14,220
Your Majesty,
you loved the late Empress

317
00:17:14,220 --> 00:17:16,480
not because of the Chu family behind her.

318
00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:35,480
You…

319
00:17:36,370 --> 00:17:37,700
You can't sleep either?

320
00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,900
Not with all that noise you're making.

321
00:17:43,700 --> 00:17:44,480
I…

322
00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:48,700
What do you want?

323
00:17:56,380 --> 00:17:57,500
Apply the ointment.

324
00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:01,280
For you?

325
00:18:01,420 --> 00:18:02,720
The wound is on your back.

326
00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,190
Isn't that a bit improper?

327
00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,620
I took care of my wound
as soon as I left Waning River Crescent.

328
00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:08,380
It's for you.

329
00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:16,750
So you do have a conscience after all.

330
00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,940
Song Yimeng,

331
00:18:25,030 --> 00:18:26,700
do you have to be so frivolous?

332
00:18:30,340 --> 00:18:31,340
What's wrong?

333
00:18:31,370 --> 00:18:32,250
Your Highness,

334
00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:34,960
didn't you just say

335
00:18:35,420 --> 00:18:37,240
you weren't afraid
I'd take advantage of you?

336
00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,310
Now you're afraid?

337
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,180
Weird.

338
00:18:55,740 --> 00:18:57,190
Where did you

339
00:18:57,380 --> 00:18:58,440
get this ointment?

340
00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,170
I bought it on the street.

341
00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,280
Your Highness,

342
00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,130
you went to
Waning River Crescent to buy it?

343
00:19:09,380 --> 00:19:10,450
So what?

344
00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:19,100
By the way,

345
00:19:19,620 --> 00:19:21,000
let me ask you something.

346
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,870
Isn't the annual musical banquet

347
00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:23,900
usually held

348
00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,020
in the bamboo grove outside the city?

349
00:19:26,340 --> 00:19:29,140
Why was it held
at Waning River Crescent this year?

350
00:19:33,290 --> 00:19:34,830
Are you planning something

351
00:19:34,970 --> 00:19:36,900
against Waning River Crescent?

352
00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,990
I'm a prince.

353
00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:44,630
Why would I be bothered
by a bunch of nobodies?

354
00:19:45,580 --> 00:19:46,580
But you—

355
00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:50,740
you've gotten so close
to that martial-world guy—

356
00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:51,970
Li Shiliu.

357
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:56,910
Don't tell me

358
00:19:57,660 --> 00:19:59,280
you've got a thing for him.

359
00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:00,580
I...

360
00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:06,450
Are you kidding me?

361
00:20:06,470 --> 00:20:07,960
He's from the martial world.

362
00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,020
I'd never fall for someone like that.

363
00:20:12,580 --> 00:20:13,770
Why are you blushing?

364
00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:15,220
I…

365
00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:17,430
I'm not blushing at all.

366
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,240
You're mistaken.

367
00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,100
Look at you—

368
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:20,930
you're stammering.

369
00:20:20,930 --> 00:20:22,000
All flustered.

370
00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,010
It's obvious that you like him.

371
00:20:28,370 --> 00:20:29,250
I know.

372
00:20:29,590 --> 00:20:31,540
You're just trying to trick me into

373
00:20:31,620 --> 00:20:33,520
telling you who I like, aren't you?

374
00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:34,660
Let me be clear.

375
00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,380
There is no way I'll marry you.

376
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,580
No matter how many
betrothal gifts your mother sends,

377
00:20:38,580 --> 00:20:40,040
no matter what tricks you pull,

378
00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:40,900
it's never happening.

379
00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:41,720
Got it?

380
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,140
I told you already.

381
00:20:43,420 --> 00:20:44,480
That was all my mother's doing.

382
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:45,810
I knew nothing about it.

383
00:20:45,860 --> 00:20:46,620
Don't tell me you think

384
00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:48,420
I arranged for us to be stuck here

385
00:20:48,420 --> 00:20:49,700
together tonight.

386
00:20:50,910 --> 00:20:52,450
Well, who knows?

387
00:20:55,550 --> 00:20:56,380
I knew it.

388
00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:57,620
You're impossible

389
00:20:57,620 --> 00:20:58,590
to reason with.

390
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:00,620
Excuse me?

391
00:21:00,620 --> 00:21:01,660
What do you mean?

392
00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:02,620
Me? Unreasonable?

393
00:21:02,620 --> 00:21:03,620
Make it clear.

394
00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,140
I'm saying you're unreasonable.

395
00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:07,940
I've helped you again and again,

396
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,960
never once asking for anything in return.

397
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:10,760
At the musical banquet,

398
00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,040
I stepped in to help you,

399
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,000
and what did I get?

400
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,520
You teamed up with Chu Guihong

401
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,780
and turned against me.

402
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,040
I didn't plan to hold it against you.

403
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,240
What more do you want?

404
00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:21,860
I...

405
00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:22,760
You what?

406
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:23,420
Say it!

407
00:21:23,420 --> 00:21:24,620
What more do you want?

408
00:21:27,380 --> 00:21:29,380
Now you're the one feeling wronged?

409
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:31,200
What?

410
00:21:31,980 --> 00:21:33,220
Can't I feel wronged?

411
00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:35,050
Of course I feel wronged.

412
00:21:35,370 --> 00:21:37,620
That ridiculous musical banquet.

413
00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:38,200
I said

414
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,040
I wasn't going; I said it over and over,

415
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,650
but my father forced me to go.

416
00:21:42,830 --> 00:21:44,160
Fine, I went.

417
00:21:44,530 --> 00:21:46,100
But what did you do there?

418
00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:48,030
You talked nonsense

419
00:21:48,050 --> 00:21:49,410
in front of everyone.

420
00:21:49,450 --> 00:21:50,520
Did you consider my feelings?

421
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:51,450
Did you?

422
00:21:52,810 --> 00:21:53,980
And your father!

423
00:21:54,260 --> 00:21:57,450
You were the one arguing
and fighting with the Eighteenth Prince.

424
00:21:57,450 --> 00:21:59,340
Why was I the one
who had to kneel all night?

425
00:21:59,340 --> 00:21:59,900
You know what?

426
00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:01,040
My knees are red now.

427
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,200
Red and swollen,

428
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,260
hurting like hell.

429
00:22:03,450 --> 00:22:04,660
It's not just my knees.

430
00:22:04,660 --> 00:22:05,900
My whole body aches.

431
00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:07,340
I'm also cold and hungry.

432
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,610
What did I do to deserve this?

433
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,790
The more I think about it,
the angrier I get.

434
00:22:17,450 --> 00:22:18,240
Fine.

435
00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:20,380
It's all my fault.

436
00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:21,700
I'm sorry.

437
00:22:28,030 --> 00:22:29,830
Is that how you apologize?

438
00:22:29,900 --> 00:22:31,360
You're not sincere at all.

439
00:22:31,420 --> 00:22:32,810
Come on, don't push your…

440
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:42,100
Sorry.

441
00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:45,700
I shouldn't have dragged you into this.

442
00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:48,100
I shouldn't have pulled you into politics.

443
00:22:48,140 --> 00:22:49,060
I shouldn't have

444
00:22:49,130 --> 00:22:50,930
let you face others' criticism.

445
00:22:51,250 --> 00:22:53,010
I didn't handle it well.

446
00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:54,930
But from now on,

447
00:22:56,090 --> 00:22:57,950
I won't let anyone hurt you again.

448
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:06,280
Now,

449
00:23:07,340 --> 00:23:08,140
go sleep

450
00:23:08,590 --> 00:23:09,550
on the bed.

451
00:23:10,380 --> 00:23:11,300
I'll sleep here.

452
00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:14,630
But if you dare wake me up again,

453
00:23:16,710 --> 00:23:17,900
I'll kill you.

454
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:08,520
[Xumian Hall]

455
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:54,420
Fugui?

456
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:55,350
Your Highness!

457
00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:58,920
Why are you…

458
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:03,900
Your Highness,

459
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,340
I searched for you all night.

460
00:25:05,340 --> 00:25:06,480
I was worried sick.

461
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,240
I thought something
had happened to you.

462
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:08,760
Your Highness!

463
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:09,000
Wait,

464
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,670
what on earth are you wearing?

465
00:25:11,990 --> 00:25:13,710
I willingly ruined my image

466
00:25:13,730 --> 00:25:15,720
just to be reunited with you!

467
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:17,700
What did I do

468
00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:18,200
to be reunited

469
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,760
with a bearded maid like you?

470
00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:20,620
I can't believe this.

471
00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:21,730
Get up now.

472
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,580
Entering the palace
without permission is a crime.

473
00:25:23,580 --> 00:25:24,960
Dressing up as a maid
only makes it worse.

474
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:25,280
I...

475
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,420
Let's talk outside.

476
00:25:26,940 --> 00:25:27,450
Yimeng.

477
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:29,160
Yimeng.

478
00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:30,970
Yimeng.

479
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,290
C-Chu Guihong?

480
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:33,420
Go, go, go.

481
00:25:33,420 --> 00:25:34,100
Get in.

482
00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:34,860
Get in.

483
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,000
Chu Guihong.

484
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:39,720
Yimeng,

485
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:40,620
are you okay?

486
00:25:40,660 --> 00:25:41,480
Why are you…

487
00:25:46,660 --> 00:25:47,480
Nan Heng.

488
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:50,800
You spent the night alone with her.

489
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,880
Don't you think you need to explain it?

490
00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,940
Why should I explain anything to you?

491
00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:55,900
You…

492
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,000
Alright, alright,

493
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:58,340
enough.

494
00:25:58,340 --> 00:25:59,480
Stop fighting.

495
00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:02,600
You want to attract even more attention?

496
00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:03,700
Chu Guihong,

497
00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:04,620
you need to leave.

498
00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:06,100
If someone finds you here,
there'll be serious trouble.

499
00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:06,580
He...

500
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:07,480
Yimeng.

501
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:08,760
Yimeng.

502
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:10,700
Yimeng.

503
00:26:11,140 --> 00:26:11,900
My father?

504
00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:12,520
Yimeng.

505
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:13,340
Oh no.

506
00:26:13,340 --> 00:26:14,380
If my father sees us like this,

507
00:26:14,380 --> 00:26:16,180
he'll definitely get the wrong idea.

508
00:26:16,180 --> 00:26:16,860
Come on,

509
00:26:16,860 --> 00:26:17,660
you need to hide.

510
00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:18,180
Hide.

511
00:26:18,180 --> 00:26:19,040
Don't make this harder for me.

512
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,300
Stay hidden, alright?

513
00:26:24,620 --> 00:26:25,420
You…

514
00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:27,830
We all snuck in without permission,

515
00:26:27,830 --> 00:26:29,220
so no one rats anyone out.

516
00:26:30,420 --> 00:26:31,210
A palace maid,

517
00:26:31,220 --> 00:26:32,020
a guard…

518
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:33,280
Throw in a eunuch,

519
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:34,810
and we've got a full lineup.

520
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:40,870
Yimeng.

521
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:42,240
Father.

522
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:42,800
Yimeng.

523
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:43,040
Father.

524
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,700
Why are you here too?

525
00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:45,340
And why

526
00:26:45,380 --> 00:26:46,960
are you dressed like this?

527
00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:50,480
I thought I just

528
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,420
heard the Seventh Prince's voice.

529
00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:54,200
Is he here too?

530
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:56,620
No,

531
00:26:56,620 --> 00:26:58,210
I'm the only one in this room.

532
00:27:03,380 --> 00:27:06,840
You didn't leave the palace all night.

533
00:27:06,870 --> 00:27:08,580
Did something happen?

534
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,350
Did someone plot against you,

535
00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:14,200
set you up,

536
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,340
and lock you in here?

537
00:27:16,380 --> 00:27:17,520
N-No.

538
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,470
It was Nan Heng?

539
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,860
That scheming snake.

540
00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:22,940
It has to be him!

541
00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:23,900
Stop.

542
00:27:28,250 --> 00:27:29,450
L-Let's not stay here.

543
00:27:29,450 --> 00:27:29,860
Come on,

544
00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:30,340
let's go home.

545
00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:32,600
His Majesty is here!

546
00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:33,860
Crap.

547
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,360
Why is His Majesty here?

548
00:27:35,620 --> 00:27:36,620
Seal off the whole place.

549
00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:37,720
No one is allowed near.

550
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:38,380
Yes.

551
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:39,900
We're done for.

552
00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:40,450
Yimeng.

553
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:41,280
Yimeng,

554
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:42,940
go chat with His Majesty for a bit.

555
00:27:42,940 --> 00:27:44,350
I need to hide.

556
00:27:45,380 --> 00:27:46,370
Father, no, no!

557
00:27:46,450 --> 00:27:47,510
Don't go in there!

558
00:27:47,580 --> 00:27:48,740
Don't go in there!

559
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:51,340
You…

560
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:52,000
You…

561
00:27:52,460 --> 00:27:53,350
Mr. Song,

562
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,190
you're welcome to join us.

563
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,350
It's so screwed up.

564
00:28:04,420 --> 00:28:05,240
Song Yimeng!

565
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:07,580
Your Majesty,

566
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:09,480
what a surprise.

567
00:28:09,500 --> 00:28:10,790
You're here too.

568
00:28:10,940 --> 00:28:11,960
How dare you

569
00:28:12,180 --> 00:28:14,230
not kneel at the sight of His Majesty?

570
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:15,100
Guards!

571
00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:15,900
Wait.

572
00:28:15,940 --> 00:28:16,590
Don't call the guards.

573
00:28:16,590 --> 00:28:17,340
Please don't.

574
00:28:17,340 --> 00:28:18,100
I'll kneel,

575
00:28:18,660 --> 00:28:19,450
I'll kneel.

576
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:21,760
Don't kneel!

577
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,000
Your Highness.

578
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:25,860
It's Her Ladyship.

579
00:28:25,860 --> 00:28:26,520
She...

580
00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:29,060
Greetings, My Lady.

581
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:31,900
What did you say?

582
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,100
I asked her not to kneel.

583
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,480
Song Yimeng is my daughter-in-law.

584
00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:41,160
I won't let anyone bully her.

585
00:28:41,490 --> 00:28:43,300
Daughter-in-law?

586
00:28:46,270 --> 00:28:47,340
Ridiculous!

587
00:28:48,290 --> 00:28:50,860
She's been engaged
to Chu Guihong since childhood.

588
00:28:50,860 --> 00:28:53,200
I personally approved that match

589
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,920
when Lord Qianyu was still alive.

590
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,250
Noble Consort,

591
00:28:56,470 --> 00:28:59,110
are you ignoring my promise?

592
00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:01,760
Back then,
my engagement to Prince Pingyang

593
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,700
was arranged by the late Emperor.

594
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:05,000
But once Your Majesty took the throne,

595
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,000
you threw all that aside
and brought me into the palace

596
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:07,760
just to get heirs

597
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,560
and keep the Gao family in check.

598
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:10,450
If you could break

599
00:29:10,450 --> 00:29:12,660
the late Emperor's promise,

600
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,800
why can't I break yours

601
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,380
for Heng's sake?

602
00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:18,590
How can you compare the two situations?

603
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,900
Why not?

604
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,670
You ruined my life

605
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,390
for your own selfish desires.

606
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:25,450
And now,

607
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,580
you want to ruin Heng's life too.

608
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,340
I won't allow it!

609
00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:30,620
Wasn't she

610
00:29:30,620 --> 00:29:32,610
a gentle, weak consort in the script?

611
00:29:32,610 --> 00:29:34,380
Why has she suddenly
changed so much?

612
00:29:34,380 --> 00:29:35,000
Are you insane,

613
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:35,870
Gao Changrong?

614
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,520
How dare you speak to me like this

615
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,340
for a girl from the Song family?

616
00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:43,900
I've wanted

617
00:29:44,580 --> 00:29:46,240
to say this for a long time.

618
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:50,700
I've held back for decades.

619
00:29:51,530 --> 00:29:52,710
All I've ever wanted

620
00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:55,080
is for Heng to be safe and happy.

621
00:29:56,010 --> 00:29:57,290
But what about you?

622
00:29:58,100 --> 00:29:59,390
What have you done?

623
00:30:00,190 --> 00:30:02,220
Shall I list every injustice

624
00:30:02,590 --> 00:30:03,830
Heng has suffered,

625
00:30:03,860 --> 00:30:05,800
right here in front of Miss Song?

626
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:10,040
Fine.

627
00:30:11,020 --> 00:30:12,900
Since you've made up your mind,

628
00:30:12,940 --> 00:30:13,800
don't blame me for…

629
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:14,760
What will you do?

630
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,270
The Gao family and I

631
00:30:17,910 --> 00:30:19,750
are determined to make

632
00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:21,100
Miss Song our family.

633
00:30:35,580 --> 00:30:36,970
Farewell, Your Majesty.

634
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,350
Gao Changrong

635
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,420
has been my consort for over 30 years,

636
00:30:47,420 --> 00:30:49,310
always quiet as a mouse.

637
00:30:49,620 --> 00:30:51,450
But look at her now!

638
00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:57,420
Your Majesty, please calm down.

639
00:31:01,580 --> 00:31:02,380
Your Majesty,

640
00:31:02,380 --> 00:31:03,420
Mr. Song is here.

641
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:09,100
Let him in.

642
00:31:10,210 --> 00:31:11,040
Mr. Song.

643
00:31:18,620 --> 00:31:19,580
Your Majesty.

644
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:22,200
You old fox,

645
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,460
what brought you here?

646
00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:26,000
I'm exhausted today.

647
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,300
I don't have time for your mind games.

648
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,420
The medical texts say

649
00:31:31,420 --> 00:31:33,580
fatigue stems from blocked qi.

650
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,240
Your Majesty,
you're troubled and stressed.

651
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,230
Of course you feel tired.

652
00:31:39,180 --> 00:31:40,550
I've come today

653
00:31:40,580 --> 00:31:43,170
to bring you a miraculous remedy.

654
00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:44,450
My Lady,

655
00:31:44,940 --> 00:31:47,240
I thought you died in the palace.

656
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,180
If you had died,

657
00:31:49,180 --> 00:31:50,720
I wouldn't go on living.

658
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:51,450
My Lady,

659
00:31:51,450 --> 00:31:52,660
I'll serve you

660
00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:54,100
in this life and the next.

661
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,080
Alright, alright.

662
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,280
You've been crying all day.

663
00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:59,280
Yingqiu.

664
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:00,400
Come on.

665
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,430
Aren't I alive and well?

666
00:32:02,580 --> 00:32:03,940
If you keep crying like this,

667
00:32:03,940 --> 00:32:05,990
people will think I'm actually dead.

668
00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:07,450
My Lady,

669
00:32:08,010 --> 00:32:09,800
the Seventh Prince used to stir up rumors

670
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,900
even when nothing happened
between you two.

671
00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:14,900
And now that you two spent
the whole night alone in a room,

672
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:16,580
he's suddenly gone all quiet?

673
00:32:22,670 --> 00:32:25,060
I just don't believe that a bad guy

674
00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:26,840
can suddenly turn good.

675
00:32:27,620 --> 00:32:29,180
With insight like that,

676
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:31,550
saving you was worth it after all.

677
00:32:37,340 --> 00:32:38,000
Here,

678
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:38,860
try this.

679
00:32:38,940 --> 00:32:41,200
It's brewed with mountain spring water.

680
00:32:41,450 --> 00:32:42,520
Thank you.

681
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:54,380
Sit up straight.

682
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:55,900
Eyes forward.

683
00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:58,660
Use three fingers

684
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,450
to hold the cup steadily.

685
00:33:00,940 --> 00:33:01,990
Observe the color.

686
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:03,700
Smell the aroma.

687
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:05,280
Taste the tea.

688
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,200
Let the flavor
sit on your tongue for a bit.

689
00:33:08,340 --> 00:33:09,720
Don't gulp it down.

690
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,520
It ruins the good tea.

691
00:33:14,180 --> 00:33:15,240
You heard me.

692
00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:16,940
You know nothing about music, art,

693
00:33:16,940 --> 00:33:18,380
poetry, or etiquette.

694
00:33:18,620 --> 00:33:19,860
If you go out as my elder sister,

695
00:33:19,860 --> 00:33:21,710
I'll definitely be embarrassed.

696
00:33:24,980 --> 00:33:26,010
Song Yiting,

697
00:33:26,220 --> 00:33:27,950
if I've offended you somehow,

698
00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:29,900
you could just tell me.

699
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,610
Why are you suddenly
talking about etiquette?

700
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,640
Look at you—

701
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,380
shaking over one cup of tea.

702
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,250
Then yesterday,

703
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,620
at the musical banquet,

704
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,180
how did you have the courage

705
00:33:42,180 --> 00:33:43,860
to say such bold things?

706
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:46,120
What did I say?

707
00:33:47,710 --> 00:33:49,900
"Exceptional Love"

708
00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:50,900
and "Illusory Dream"

709
00:33:50,900 --> 00:33:52,420
are just made-up nonsense!

710
00:33:52,420 --> 00:33:53,450
I'm telling you,

711
00:33:53,450 --> 00:33:54,760
if anyone dares gossip

712
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,200
about me behind my back again,

713
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,720
I won't go easy on them.

714
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,340
I used to think

715
00:34:00,420 --> 00:34:02,040
you were just like everyone else

716
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,340
in the capital,

717
00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:05,380
dreaming of

718
00:34:05,380 --> 00:34:06,770
marrying a powerful man.

719
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:08,940
But yesterday, I realized

720
00:34:09,450 --> 00:34:10,380
you're actually

721
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:11,580
not bad.

722
00:34:13,620 --> 00:34:14,770
So today,

723
00:34:14,770 --> 00:34:16,290
I came to warn you.

724
00:34:16,810 --> 00:34:18,580
As soon as Father
returned from the palace,

725
00:34:18,580 --> 00:34:20,640
he told Mother to prepare your dowry.

726
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,370
He said His Majesty gave the order—

727
00:34:22,370 --> 00:34:24,020
you're getting married next month.

728
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:24,980
What?

729
00:34:25,210 --> 00:34:26,520
Next month?

730
00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:29,080
[Qianyu Mansion]

731
00:34:27,890 --> 00:34:29,180
About our wedding date,

732
00:34:29,180 --> 00:34:31,100
I was planning to talk to you about it,

733
00:34:31,100 --> 00:34:32,430
but you came to me first.

734
00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:33,810
You like kapok flowers.

735
00:34:33,810 --> 00:34:35,000
They bloom in spring,

736
00:34:35,210 --> 00:34:37,100
but that's still a while away.

737
00:34:37,370 --> 00:34:38,370
So I had the Imperial Astronomical Bureau

738
00:34:38,370 --> 00:34:39,770
pick the nearest auspicious date.

739
00:34:39,770 --> 00:34:40,580
I'm sorry.

740
00:34:42,850 --> 00:34:44,230
I didn't understand

741
00:34:44,890 --> 00:34:46,890
my feelings at first.

742
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,540
But now I do.

743
00:34:53,660 --> 00:34:54,680
This

744
00:34:55,410 --> 00:34:57,330
was left to you by the late Empress.

745
00:34:59,020 --> 00:35:00,080
I can't accept it.

746
00:35:04,180 --> 00:35:05,370
If you don't like this jade pendant,

747
00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:06,350
I'll get you something else.

748
00:35:06,350 --> 00:35:08,770
The Eighteenth Prince
just gave me a great piece of jade.

749
00:35:08,770 --> 00:35:10,210
I'll use it to make something

750
00:35:10,210 --> 00:35:11,330
with kapok flower patterns for you.

751
00:35:11,330 --> 00:35:11,770
What do you say?

752
00:35:11,770 --> 00:35:12,620
Chu Guihong.

753
00:35:13,850 --> 00:35:14,660
I...

754
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,180
I don't want to get married.

755
00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:23,210
Don't worry.

756
00:35:23,290 --> 00:35:24,020
All the required gifts

757
00:35:24,020 --> 00:35:24,730
and rituals—

758
00:35:24,730 --> 00:35:25,620
we won't skip anything.

759
00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:26,620
It has nothing to do with that.

760
00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:27,250
Or would you prefer to

761
00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:28,250
have the ceremony somewhere else?

762
00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:28,460
I remember…

763
00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:29,770
I can't marry you!

764
00:35:48,210 --> 00:35:48,810
Yimeng.

765
00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:53,520
We've been engaged

766
00:35:53,540 --> 00:35:54,540
for 18 years.

767
00:35:55,580 --> 00:35:56,890
There were so many times

768
00:35:56,890 --> 00:35:58,020
when I almost died.

769
00:35:58,540 --> 00:36:00,870
What kept me going
was the thought of you waiting

770
00:36:00,870 --> 00:36:02,060
for me in the capital.

771
00:36:03,390 --> 00:36:05,330
If you haven't thought it through,

772
00:36:05,370 --> 00:36:06,310
I can wait.

773
00:36:06,410 --> 00:36:08,330
I've waited so many years already.

774
00:36:08,410 --> 00:36:09,660
However long it takes,

775
00:36:09,730 --> 00:36:10,730
I'll wait for you.

776
00:36:15,850 --> 00:36:16,700
Chu Guihong,

777
00:36:17,540 --> 00:36:18,810
don't wait anymore.

778
00:36:22,140 --> 00:36:23,910
The Song Yimeng you love

779
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:26,140
isn't me.

780
00:36:27,460 --> 00:36:28,680
Do you understand?

781
00:36:30,210 --> 00:36:32,080
At first, I thought

782
00:36:32,210 --> 00:36:33,180
maybe

783
00:36:33,370 --> 00:36:34,730
we could be together.

784
00:36:35,460 --> 00:36:37,140
But as time passed, I realized

785
00:36:37,410 --> 00:36:39,620
we were not from the same world.

786
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,890
That night during the Lantern Festival,

787
00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:47,180
you did what you thought was right.

788
00:36:47,210 --> 00:36:48,520
And that, more than anything,

789
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:49,540
proved how wrong

790
00:36:50,020 --> 00:36:51,210
we are for each other.

791
00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:07,370
[To Pingrong, from Song Yimeng,
addressed to Chu Guihong]

792
00:37:08,770 --> 00:37:09,580
These

793
00:37:09,620 --> 00:37:11,480
are all the letters we exchanged.

794
00:37:12,410 --> 00:37:14,500
1,632 of them.

795
00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:18,370
You say the person I love isn't you.

796
00:37:18,830 --> 00:37:19,910
Then who is it?

797
00:37:20,810 --> 00:37:21,620
Tell me.

798
00:37:31,290 --> 00:37:32,100
Yimeng.

799
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,290
This marriage

800
00:37:34,390 --> 00:37:36,850
was decided by both
His Majesty and Mr. Song.

801
00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:38,140
If we go against the imperial edict

802
00:37:38,140 --> 00:37:38,810
and anger the Emperor,

803
00:37:38,810 --> 00:37:40,460
it could cost countless lives.

804
00:37:40,460 --> 00:37:41,250
So

805
00:37:41,870 --> 00:37:43,870
please don't overthink this, okay?

806
00:37:46,410 --> 00:37:47,210
In the future,

807
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:49,680
I'll treat you really well.

808
00:37:52,290 --> 00:37:52,770
I...

809
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:58,250
Yimeng!

810
00:38:03,890 --> 00:38:05,500
A gathering of heroes,

811
00:38:05,540 --> 00:38:07,020
talents from everywhere,

812
00:38:07,020 --> 00:38:09,770
and the brightest minds under one roof.

813
00:38:09,770 --> 00:38:11,210
Legendary generals and commanders,

814
00:38:11,210 --> 00:38:12,770
talents emerging one after another,

815
00:38:12,770 --> 00:38:15,980
all marvel at Chief's unmatched presence.

816
00:38:20,180 --> 00:38:21,060
What does that mean?

817
00:38:21,060 --> 00:38:21,810
Explain it.

818
00:38:22,020 --> 00:38:24,980
Something new I picked up from Yao Qian.

819
00:38:25,210 --> 00:38:26,210
You don't like it?

820
00:38:26,330 --> 00:38:27,390
Everyone, get out!

821
00:38:27,580 --> 00:38:28,140
Wait,

822
00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:28,810
Chief.

823
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:29,890
Yesterday, Chu

824
00:38:29,890 --> 00:38:31,850
and that consort both wanted Miss Song.

825
00:38:31,850 --> 00:38:33,810
We can't just sit around and do nothing.

826
00:38:33,810 --> 00:38:34,580
We're waiting for

827
00:38:34,580 --> 00:38:35,410
your further instructions.

828
00:38:35,410 --> 00:38:36,100
I said get out.

829
00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:37,060
Didn't you hear me?

830
00:38:37,060 --> 00:38:37,770
But…

831
00:38:40,410 --> 00:38:41,210
Get out!

832
00:38:47,210 --> 00:38:48,020
What's wrong?

833
00:38:48,730 --> 00:38:50,060
Who upset you this time?

834
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:53,580
Go burn every last copy

835
00:38:53,580 --> 00:38:54,890
of "Exceptional Love."

836
00:38:54,890 --> 00:38:56,250
From now on, I don't want to see

837
00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:58,100
a single copy of it in the capital.

838
00:39:02,620 --> 00:39:04,160
What happened?

839
00:39:06,730 --> 00:39:08,370
Chu Guihong was right.

840
00:39:08,410 --> 00:39:10,660
He really does love Song Yimeng.

841
00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:11,730
If we marry,

842
00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:14,540
the original plot will still play out.

843
00:39:14,730 --> 00:39:16,160
But if we break up

844
00:39:16,250 --> 00:39:17,620
and go against the imperial edict,

845
00:39:17,620 --> 00:39:19,020
could something else go wrong?

846
00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:20,460
Whoever solves this riddle

847
00:39:20,460 --> 00:39:22,060
will get 1,000 taels of gold.

848
00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:22,770
What's this?

849
00:39:22,770 --> 00:39:23,730
Take a look.

850
00:39:24,020 --> 00:39:25,140
1,000 teals of gold!

851
00:39:27,370 --> 00:39:29,540
[Clues to decode this message will be
rewarded at Waning River Crescent.]

852
00:39:34,210 --> 00:39:35,140
Keep hammering.

853
00:39:35,210 --> 00:39:36,140
Keep hammering.

854
00:39:36,460 --> 00:39:38,100
Turn your rage into strength.

855
00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:39,370
Keep this up and you might actually

856
00:39:39,370 --> 00:39:41,370
learn the method of weapon forging.

857
00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:44,580
Whether I'd learn it or not, I don't know,

858
00:39:44,580 --> 00:39:45,910
but if you keep talking,

859
00:39:46,210 --> 00:39:47,810
I swear I'll smash your head in

860
00:39:47,810 --> 00:39:49,100
with this hammer.

861
00:39:52,810 --> 00:39:54,500
The wedding is on the 18th of next month.

862
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:56,660
That's only a few days away.

863
00:39:56,810 --> 00:39:58,000
What do you plan to do?

864
00:40:01,180 --> 00:40:01,930
It's their wedding.

865
00:40:01,930 --> 00:40:03,390
What's it got to do with me?

866
00:40:03,540 --> 00:40:04,250
If you mean that,

867
00:40:04,250 --> 00:40:05,370
why are you so upset?

868
00:40:12,810 --> 00:40:13,700
Am I upset?

869
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:18,210
Am I upset?

870
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,620
Which eye of yours saw me upset?

871
00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:23,270
Fine, you're not upset at all.

872
00:40:23,980 --> 00:40:24,910
Wipe your sweat.

873
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:33,850
Actually,

874
00:40:34,250 --> 00:40:36,250
the Emperor is pushing for this marriage

875
00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:38,290
because he's thinking of naming an heir.

876
00:40:38,290 --> 00:40:40,140
If the Song family won't side with you,

877
00:40:40,140 --> 00:40:41,180
just give up

878
00:40:41,180 --> 00:40:42,540
and try something else.

879
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:43,540
Why should I give up?

880
00:40:43,540 --> 00:40:45,140
Then what are you going to do?

881
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:47,060
His Majesty has made it clear

882
00:40:47,060 --> 00:40:48,290
that he's backing Nan Rui

883
00:40:48,290 --> 00:40:49,890
and shutting the door on you.

884
00:40:49,890 --> 00:40:51,660
Are you planning to defy him
and steal the bride?

885
00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:52,540
Listen,

886
00:40:52,810 --> 00:40:54,250
until they're married,

887
00:40:54,290 --> 00:40:55,620
I've still got a chance.

888
00:40:56,730 --> 00:40:57,620
A chance of…

889
00:40:58,060 --> 00:41:00,120
of winning the Song family back.

890
00:41:01,890 --> 00:41:02,700
Sure,

891
00:41:02,850 --> 00:41:03,370
of course,

892
00:41:03,370 --> 00:41:04,770
you still stand a chance.

893
00:41:05,410 --> 00:41:07,460
You just can't get over Song Yimeng.

894
00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:09,560
What does this have to do with her?

895
00:41:09,870 --> 00:41:11,370
We've been planning this for so long.

896
00:41:11,370 --> 00:41:12,140
If we give up now,

897
00:41:12,140 --> 00:41:13,870
all our efforts will be wasted.

898
00:41:18,290 --> 00:41:19,730
You just can't get over Song Yimeng.

899
00:41:19,730 --> 00:41:20,700
Give me a break.

900
00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:22,180
When did I ever mention Song Yimeng?

901
00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:23,100
I brought her up.

902
00:41:23,330 --> 00:41:24,580
I brought her up.

903
00:41:27,980 --> 00:41:28,850
Anyway,

904
00:41:29,330 --> 00:41:31,980
we can't give up on
winning over the Song family.

905
00:41:32,060 --> 00:41:32,850
Also,

906
00:41:33,850 --> 00:41:35,330
there've been a lot of eyes

907
00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:37,160
on the prince's manor lately.

908
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,100
I'll be meeting Chancellor Gao
at Waning River Crescent.

909
00:41:39,100 --> 00:41:40,330
Go make the arrangements.

910
00:41:40,330 --> 00:41:41,850
Don't let a single word get out.

911
00:41:41,850 --> 00:41:42,770
Understood.

912
00:41:45,810 --> 00:41:47,140
What are you looking at?

913
00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:49,850
You…

914
00:41:49,850 --> 00:41:50,290
Song Yimeng, Song Yimeng.

915
00:41:50,290 --> 00:41:51,810
You just can't get over her.

916
00:41:58,290 --> 00:41:59,020
She's getting married?

917
00:41:59,020 --> 00:42:00,140
Stop talking nonsense.

918
00:42:00,140 --> 00:42:01,540
No way Miss Song would marry someone else.

919
00:42:01,540 --> 00:42:02,960
Anyone who tries to steal Chief's woman

920
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:03,620
is asking for death.

921
00:42:03,620 --> 00:42:04,290
Exactly.

922
00:42:04,310 --> 00:42:05,160
Like I said,

923
00:42:05,210 --> 00:42:06,250
pretty women can't be trusted.

924
00:42:06,250 --> 00:42:07,180
Chief treated her so well,

925
00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:07,890
and she still chose

926
00:42:07,890 --> 00:42:08,660
the rich general.

927
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:09,500
Yeah.

928
00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:10,020
Just wait and see.

929
00:42:10,020 --> 00:42:11,290
She used to come by all the time.

930
00:42:11,290 --> 00:42:12,890
Now we'll probably never see her again.

931
00:42:12,890 --> 00:42:14,040
Yunlong, Shanhu.

932
00:42:15,850 --> 00:42:17,020
Where's Li Shiliu?