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[A Dream Within A Dream]

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[Episode 21]

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I know that

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this method of weapon forging

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involves your identity as a prince

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and must not be leaked.

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But she's a young lady after all,

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and such a good one at that.

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Do you really expect me to torture her

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or silence her by killing?

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What I meant is that...

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No, don't talk yet.

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Listen to me.

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You know who Song Yiting is.

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Song Yiting is Song Yimeng's
younger sister.

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If Song Yimeng's sister dies,

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do you think she won't investigate?

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And do you think she won't find out
it's you, Li Shiliu, behind it?

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I...

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So I think the top priority now

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is to get the blade back

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instead of assigning blame.

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Tomorrow is the last day of the
three-day deadline.

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Do you really have to get someone killed
at this critical point?

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Are you done?

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When did I ever say

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I wanted to kill Song Yiting?

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Or in your eyes,

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am I just someone who takes lives lightly,

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commits all kinds of evil,

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and is beyond redemption?

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No, it's just

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I've heard Song Yimeng say those things
about you

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so many times that I got influenced.

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That's not what I meant.

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Let me tell you,

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I'll be blunt upfront.

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If you get the blade back

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and handle the aftermath properly,

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we can put this matter behind us.

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But if you can't get the blade back

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and cause me any more trouble,

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I won't lay a hand on Song Yiting,

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but I make no promises about
not dealing with you.

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Understand?

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I understand.

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You can get me out of jail,

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and you can throw me back in.

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Don't worry.

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I've already angered her today.

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I won't go see her tomorrow, either.

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The moment the three-day deadline is up,

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I'll go collect it immediately.

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Why wait for three days?

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Go tomorrow.

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Understood.

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Wait, since when did you

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start caring so much about a woman?

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I... I...

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I...

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You're not in love with her, are you?

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Of... Of course not.

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That's for the best.

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As your older brother,

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let me tell you something.

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This is the folly of love...

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The weakness of heroes.

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Good that you understand.

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But for a worthless man like me,

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my spirit's even weaker.

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My Lady.

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Please take a rest.

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No matter how many paintings you make,

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you can't change Mr. Li's mind.

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I'm not painting these

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for him,

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but to remind myself

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how foolish I've been.

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I thought if I put my sincere heart
out there,

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it would definitely lead to something.

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The way he saved me that day

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keeps lingering in my mind.

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Every time I think of it,

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I make a painting.

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73 paintings.

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I thought

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I had truly fallen for him.

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My Lady!

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However many paintings I used
to think of him,

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I'll need just as many to forget him.

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If one isn't enough,

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then I'll tear up another!

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My Lady!

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My Lady!

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My Lady.

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These...

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These are all your hard work!

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Stop tearing them up.

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Please stop.

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He's just an ordinary man.

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What makes him any different

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from the others?

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I, Song Yiting, will never be
trapped by love.

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There are thousands of rivers
in this world,

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so why settle for just one ladle?

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[Seventh Prince's Mansion]

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He's had two bowls already this morning.

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Good appetite suggests good mood.

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If he's in such a good mood,

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could it be because of Yiting?

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This dish is too salty.

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Pickled vegetables are supposed
to be salty, okay?

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Being so picky,

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could it be he had a fight with Yiting?

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You're not eating?

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Is it not to your taste?

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Or is it because

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you fed me medicine yesterday,

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you're expecting me to feed you
today in return?

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I'd rather not,

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lest I soil Your Highness's clothes again.

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You've been in the palace for 10 days now
since Mother brought you in.

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Now that you've finally come out,

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why not visit your family?

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Don't you miss them?

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Trying to get rid of me so soon,

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can't wait to see Yiting, huh?

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What's with that face?

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I was just wondering

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why Your Highness

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suddenly started caring about my family.

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After we get married,

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your family

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will be my family too, right?

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I knew it,

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you're up to something.

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By the way,

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does your sister have someone she likes?

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I heard she's quite picky,

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and hasn't settled on an engagement yet.

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What kind of man does she like?

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You scumbag,

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already trying to make a move?

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Why did you slam the bowl?

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What's wrong?

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Well, Your Highness.

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I-I suddenly have a stomachache.

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You're having a stomachache?

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I can't take it anymore.

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My stomach hurts too much.

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Your Highness.

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Please enjoy your meal without me.

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I'll head back first.

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Get an imperial physician to check on you.

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Have you heard?

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Song Yimeng has moved into the
Seventh Prince's Residence.

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They haven't even gotten married yet,

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and she's already moved into
his residence.

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How inappropriate.

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That one

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always acts outrageously.

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When has she ever cared about propriety?

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I also heard that

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she once went to a pharmacy

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to buy that kind of medicine for
the Seventh Prince.

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Really?

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She really has no shame at all.

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Yiting. Yiting.

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You know the inside story best.

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Tell us,

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how far have they gotten?

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Yiting?

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Yiting.

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What's wrong?

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You seem distracted.

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Are you in a bad mood?

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You missed the gathering

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the other day as well.

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Did something happen?

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Are you feeling unwell?

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You're not sick, are you?

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I know!

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Not seeing me for days

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has made her lovesick.

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As for Miss Yiting's ailment,

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I

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[Bamboo Mist, Rippling Moon]

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understand it best.

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Your Highness.

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Please, no need for formalities.

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What brings you here, Your Highness?

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I'm here

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to court you, Miss Yiting.

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Yiting.

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His Highness is here for you.

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Yiting.

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As for the question you asked me before,

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I now have a new answer.

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I've come today

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to tell you in person.

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Your Highness.

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What answer do you have?

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I believe that

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marriages should be based on
mutual affection

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and natural attraction.

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Miss Yiting's talents and beauty

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are merely external qualities.

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What I truly love

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is your heart.

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Then tell me, Your Highness,

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in your eyes,

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what is my heart like?

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You refuse to be bound by
conventional etiquette

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or commit yourself carelessly
to marriage.

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You resent being controlled
by your parents,

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and wish to escape what others call fate.

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You reject others' advances

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because you feel that

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they only love your appearance,

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and no one has ever asked

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who you really are.

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But Yiting,

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I am different from others.

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The reason I like you

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is simply because you are you.

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If you love poetry and painting,

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I like you.

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If you love splendor and prosperity,

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I like you.

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Even if you're from

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every walk of life

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or a mere commoner,

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I still

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like you.

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Yiting.

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I want to marry you.

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From now on,

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I'll be the one to like you,

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and you

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just need to be yourself.

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His Highness is...

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Proposing to you?

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Yiting,

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isn't this

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exactly what you've always wanted to hear?

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Your Highness,

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please come with me.

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Tell me,

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who taught you to say that?

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No, I...

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No, I...

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No one taught him.

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Those were all His Highness's
sincere words.

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Yiting.

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I've liked you for so long after all,

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so I should've picked up some insights
by now, right?

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Besides,

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today I was just overcome with emotion,

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so I poured everything out at once.

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Seeing you doubt me like this,

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it kind of hurts my feelings.

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Really?

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I'm sorry.

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I was overthinking.

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It's alright.

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Yiting! Yiting!

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Don't. Don't!

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Wait, what are you doing?

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Yiting, stop!

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Wait, Yiting!

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Yiting.

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Can I... Can I still explain myself?

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Let go.

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It's over, Jixiang.

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I'm done for, Jixiang.

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It's all over.

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Liu Huaiyi.

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What do you mean by that?

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Am I wrong?

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Song Yiting

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clearly wants to be the prince's consort.

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But she has to play hard to get,

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making the Eighteenth Prince
beg for her attention.

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When it comes to playing hard to get
the way she does,

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no one else can compare.

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Yiting is not that kind of person.

287
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That's because she's good at pretending,

288
00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:44,990
acting all innocent and unworldly.

289
00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,190
But among all the unmarried ladies
in the capital,

290
00:14:48,190 --> 00:14:49,360
she's the one

291
00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:52,400
who knows best how to catch
men's attention.

292
00:14:52,540 --> 00:14:55,640
Why else would the Eighteenth Prince
notice her?

293
00:14:55,820 --> 00:14:56,860
Liu Huaiyi.

294
00:14:57,110 --> 00:14:58,400
Talking behind her back,

295
00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,750
what kind of friend are you?

296
00:14:59,750 --> 00:15:00,860
Alright, alright.

297
00:15:01,310 --> 00:15:02,220
Stop arguing.

298
00:15:02,950 --> 00:15:04,800
We've been friends for so many years.

299
00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,640
It's not worth ruining our friendship

300
00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:07,640
over something so trivial.

301
00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,640
We may consider Song Yiting our friend,

302
00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,460
but she might not feel the same way.

303
00:15:11,460 --> 00:15:12,640
All these years,

304
00:15:12,700 --> 00:15:14,540
she's been looking down on us.

305
00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,930
Has she ever truly respected any of us?

306
00:15:16,990 --> 00:15:18,250
I'll tear your mouth apart!

307
00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:18,780
You...

308
00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:19,400
Alright, calm down, Ruru.

309
00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,310
You're angry at me?

310
00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:22,220
You're the most pathetic one, Jia Ruru,

311
00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:24,220
following Song Yiting around all day

312
00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:25,460
like some echo,

313
00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:26,920
yet understanding nothing.

314
00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:27,990
This whole scene today

315
00:15:27,990 --> 00:15:30,590
was clearly planned by Song Yiting
in advance!

316
00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:36,570
All sweet and sisterly in public,

317
00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:38,450
but backstabbing in private.

318
00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:39,900
Miss Liu, you truly

319
00:15:40,070 --> 00:15:42,400
live up to your reputation as
a noble lady.

320
00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:44,070
Who is it?

321
00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,190
This is between us friends.

322
00:15:46,190 --> 00:15:47,640
Who are you to lecture me?

323
00:15:48,190 --> 00:15:49,400
Matters between friends

324
00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,680
are indeed not my place to comment on.

325
00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,110
However, I believe

326
00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:54,550
that in relationships,

327
00:15:54,550 --> 00:15:56,150
sincerity is most valuable.

328
00:15:56,550 --> 00:15:58,280
She prepared new clothes and new jewelry

329
00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,360
just for today's gathering.

330
00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:01,690
Even if you cannot repay this friendship

331
00:16:01,690 --> 00:16:03,910
in kind, you shouldn't treat

332
00:16:03,990 --> 00:16:06,400
sincere feelings like they're worthless.

333
00:16:07,950 --> 00:16:09,640
Now I get it.

334
00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,670
Just another one defending her.

335
00:16:11,750 --> 00:16:13,040
One's a prince,

336
00:16:13,430 --> 00:16:16,020
the other's a charlatan like you.

337
00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,020
Song Yiting really is something.

338
00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:20,340
There's no man she can't seduce.

339
00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:29,350
Are you alright?

340
00:16:30,220 --> 00:16:31,610
Who exactly are you?

341
00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:35,700
Just a stranger who couldn't stand by
and watch injustice.

342
00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:36,580
You...

343
00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:37,430
Well done!

344
00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:38,040
Beautifully done!

345
00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,390
Good job!

346
00:16:39,950 --> 00:16:40,750
Mister.

347
00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:42,190
Would you like to come in for some tea

348
00:16:42,190 --> 00:16:43,360
and rest for a while?

349
00:17:09,950 --> 00:17:11,680
Why did you come anyway, Mr. Li?

350
00:17:15,550 --> 00:17:16,640
Just passing by.

351
00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,870
Out of the entire wide capital,

352
00:17:20,980 --> 00:17:22,780
you just so happened to "pass by"
right here?

353
00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:24,310
If you were just passing by,

354
00:17:24,430 --> 00:17:25,600
why did you bother

355
00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,600
getting involved and defending me?

356
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,260
After all, we've known each other
for some time,

357
00:17:29,260 --> 00:17:30,980
so it's only right that I
defend you a bit.

358
00:17:30,980 --> 00:17:32,600
Besides, it's really unfair of them

359
00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,700
to say such things about you
behind your back.

360
00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:37,110
I was talking about the Eighteenth Prince.

361
00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:42,460
Those things the Eighteenth Prince said,

362
00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:44,600
you taught him to say them, didn't you?

363
00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,470
You clearly know me well,

364
00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,160
yet you deliberately anger me

365
00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:52,350
and push me away.

366
00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:53,430
Why?

367
00:17:55,020 --> 00:17:57,150
Knowing you and liking you

368
00:17:57,260 --> 00:17:58,670
are two separate things.

369
00:17:59,220 --> 00:18:01,040
You're the most special

370
00:18:01,190 --> 00:18:02,790
and wonderful girl I've ever met.

371
00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:04,260
Even if I don't have feelings for you,

372
00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:05,750
you still deserve to be appreciated

373
00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:06,740
and treated well.

374
00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:07,640
You're lying.

375
00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:09,970
You just said

376
00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:11,160
that in relationships,

377
00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:12,680
sincerity is most valuable.

378
00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:13,680
Then, Li Shiliu,

379
00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:15,220
please honestly tell me,

380
00:18:15,980 --> 00:18:18,740
have you ever had feelings for me?

381
00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:24,250
If even half a word is a lie,

382
00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:25,360
may heaven strike you down.

383
00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:26,080
I,

384
00:18:30,780 --> 00:18:31,940
Li Shiliu,

385
00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,400
have never had feelings for you.

386
00:18:35,210 --> 00:18:36,480
Say it again.

387
00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:38,600
No matter how many times I say it,
it won't change.

388
00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:39,630
Li Shiliu

389
00:18:39,740 --> 00:18:40,920
has never had feelings for you.

390
00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,080
So you pushed me toward the
Eighteenth Prince,

391
00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,880
taking advantage of when you discarded me

392
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,450
to let him approach me?

393
00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:48,680
You've misjudged me.

394
00:18:48,780 --> 00:18:51,850
I, Song Yiting, am not someone
who can't accept defeat.

395
00:18:52,190 --> 00:18:54,080
I just felt that I hurt you,

396
00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,640
and if there could be someone who
truly cared for you

397
00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:56,400
by your side,

398
00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:57,360
you might feel better.

399
00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:58,840
Stop deceiving yourself.

400
00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,650
You just wanted to make yourself
feel better.

401
00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:03,780
In your eyes, I'm nothing more than

402
00:19:03,780 --> 00:19:05,390
a piece of clothing

403
00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:06,700
or a piece of jewelry.

404
00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,040
But even if you don't like me,

405
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,700
what right do you have to push me
onto someone else?

406
00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:13,460
I never thought of you that way.

407
00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:14,680
Li Shiliu.

408
00:19:15,550 --> 00:19:17,090
You love to lecture others,

409
00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:18,690
but you're not worthy.

410
00:19:19,550 --> 00:19:20,870
You teach others that

411
00:19:20,980 --> 00:19:22,160
marriages are about mutual affection and

412
00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:23,360
natural attraction,

413
00:19:24,190 --> 00:19:27,190
but you yourself don't understand
what love is at all.

414
00:19:28,220 --> 00:19:29,360
You tell others

415
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,640
not to disregard true feelings,

416
00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:34,120
yet you have no heart at all.

417
00:19:36,980 --> 00:19:38,430
I used to like you

418
00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:42,060
because I thought you were different
from others.

419
00:19:42,310 --> 00:19:43,220
But from now on,

420
00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:45,450
I won't like you anymore,

421
00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,260
because I despise you

422
00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:50,650
even more than anyone else.

423
00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:55,260
I'm sorry.

424
00:19:57,950 --> 00:19:58,740
Don't bother.

425
00:19:59,950 --> 00:20:01,180
Tomorrow at noon,

426
00:20:01,430 --> 00:20:03,430
at Zijin Pavilion outside the city,

427
00:20:03,780 --> 00:20:05,510
I'll return what you asked for.

428
00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:07,330
Please kindly

429
00:20:07,750 --> 00:20:09,750
bring back my paintings too, Mr. Li.

430
00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:11,810
Don't soil my belongings.

431
00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:22,330
She... He... He...

432
00:20:22,330 --> 00:20:23,350
They...

433
00:20:24,260 --> 00:20:26,060
They're a real couple?

434
00:20:27,380 --> 00:20:28,440
What about me?

435
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,040
What am I to her?

436
00:20:31,710 --> 00:20:33,500
Probably just a laughingstock
who copied Mr. Li's love lines

437
00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:35,230
yet failed in your confession.

438
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,190
Nonsense!

439
00:20:37,260 --> 00:20:38,460
It must be that Li Shiliu.

440
00:20:38,460 --> 00:20:40,140
He... He must have deliberately
played me,

441
00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:41,540
making me look foolish in front of Yiting

442
00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:43,270
and paving the way for himself.

443
00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:45,260
I'm the auspicious sign of the Great Jing.

444
00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:47,200
How could I be treated so unjustly?

445
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,960
Just you wait.

446
00:20:48,990 --> 00:20:50,470
I must prove to Yiting

447
00:20:50,490 --> 00:20:51,200
that Li Shiliu,

448
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,450
he... He's not such a good person either.

449
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:56,680
Either?

450
00:20:58,760 --> 00:20:59,840
Did I say "either"?

451
00:21:00,450 --> 00:21:02,750
[Gentle Breeze]

452
00:21:13,420 --> 00:21:14,210
Father?

453
00:21:15,230 --> 00:21:17,970
[Song Residence]

454
00:21:37,330 --> 00:21:38,200
Madam...

455
00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:45,100
You'd better explain to me

456
00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:46,880
what this is about.

457
00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:48,850
Whose portrait is this?

458
00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:52,520
What do you mean by that?

459
00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:54,370
What happened to Song Yiting?

460
00:21:55,020 --> 00:21:56,060
Yimeng,

461
00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:58,450
there are some matters

462
00:21:59,020 --> 00:22:01,310
I shouldn't have troubled you with,

463
00:22:01,460 --> 00:22:03,260
but I don't know what's gotten
into Yiting lately.

464
00:22:03,260 --> 00:22:05,080
Maybe it's because she's fallen
for someone,

465
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:06,160
she wouldn't listen to her mother

466
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,360
about marrying the Eighteenth Prince,

467
00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:11,280
and the whole family is in chaos
because of this.

468
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:12,310
Oh no.

469
00:22:13,260 --> 00:22:15,400
She's already fallen in love with him.

470
00:22:17,220 --> 00:22:18,430
Father, don't worry.

471
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:19,940
I'll see this matter

472
00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:21,600
through to the end.

473
00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:25,840
Chief.

474
00:22:26,190 --> 00:22:27,330
Miss Song is here.

475
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,860
What brings you here today?

476
00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:35,660
Mr. Li.

477
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,680
You really need to help me this time.

478
00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,150
Please.

479
00:22:42,990 --> 00:22:44,150
Spit it out!

480
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,370
Who exactly is that man?

481
00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:47,550
I...

482
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,450
I really don't know.

483
00:22:51,490 --> 00:22:52,250
Fine.

484
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,100
If she refuses to talk,

485
00:22:54,190 --> 00:22:55,160
I won't keep

486
00:22:55,310 --> 00:22:56,500
this wretched life of hers!

487
00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:57,310
Beat her!

488
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,680
Stop beating her!

489
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,010
Stop it!

490
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,090
My Lady.

491
00:23:06,850 --> 00:23:08,000
Stop this at once!

492
00:23:12,260 --> 00:23:13,020
Mother!

493
00:23:13,020 --> 00:23:14,190
What are you doing?

494
00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:16,660
You're asking me?

495
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,140
I should be asking you what you're doing!

496
00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:20,600
I heard from the doorman

497
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:21,700
that you've been calling for carriages
every day

498
00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:23,770
just to meet a man in secret!

499
00:23:23,790 --> 00:23:24,950
Did I raise you

500
00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:26,550
just so you could degrade yourself

501
00:23:26,550 --> 00:23:28,450
by associating with some scum?

502
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,020
My relationship with him is proper
and respectful.

503
00:23:31,020 --> 00:23:33,080
And he's not some scum you make
him out to be!

504
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,470
Proper relationship?

505
00:23:35,780 --> 00:23:36,840
How dare you say

506
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,550
something so improper!

507
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,340
Are you trying to anger me to death?

508
00:23:40,340 --> 00:23:42,340
So what do you call proper behavior?

509
00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:43,780
Dressing myself up

510
00:23:43,780 --> 00:23:45,220
to parade before sons of noble families,

511
00:23:45,220 --> 00:23:46,310
is that proper behavior?

512
00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:48,020
If it were the Eighteenth Prince today,

513
00:23:48,020 --> 00:23:49,190
forget about secret meetings,

514
00:23:49,190 --> 00:23:50,600
even if I had an improper affair with him,

515
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,260
you'd still thank our ancestors
for the blessing

516
00:23:52,260 --> 00:23:54,870
and wish everyone in the capital
knew about it!

517
00:23:57,120 --> 00:23:58,980
Are you trying to anger me to death?

518
00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:00,120
You should know that

519
00:24:00,220 --> 00:24:02,640
if this ever gets out,

520
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:03,810
your reputation

521
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,450
will be completely ruined!

522
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,250
Reputation is like a shackle,

523
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,330
which deserves to be discarded
like tattered shoes.

524
00:24:12,950 --> 00:24:13,960
Shannai,

525
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:14,880
let's go.

526
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:18,680
Impossible.

527
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:19,920
That's impossible.

528
00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:22,280
I know

529
00:24:22,460 --> 00:24:24,680
it sounds ridiculous.

530
00:24:24,780 --> 00:24:25,500
But last time

531
00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:26,780
when I predicted the fire,

532
00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:28,080
didn't it happen as I said?

533
00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,340
Right now, Nan Heng is really
planning to kill Song Yiting.

534
00:24:31,980 --> 00:24:32,980
Mr. Li.

535
00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,300
I really need you to help me.

536
00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:36,300
Otherwise, Yiting will be done for.

537
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,430
Everything needs evidence.

538
00:24:39,550 --> 00:24:40,550
As far as I know,

539
00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:43,910
between Nan Heng and Song Yiting,
there's absolutely no...

540
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:48,950
Anyway,

541
00:24:49,740 --> 00:24:51,610
this must be a misunderstanding.

542
00:24:52,780 --> 00:24:53,990
How could it be?

543
00:24:54,010 --> 00:24:55,420
When it comes to romance,

544
00:24:55,450 --> 00:24:56,750
do you think you know
more than I do?

545
00:24:56,750 --> 00:24:57,400
I...

546
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,310
Mr. Li.

547
00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,020
Let's not argue about this right now,

548
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:03,640
okay?

549
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,840
I can tell at a glance

550
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:05,860
if a man has ulterior motives

551
00:25:05,860 --> 00:25:07,140
toward a woman.

552
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,550
For example, from the way Nan Heng
looks at Yiting,

553
00:25:08,550 --> 00:25:09,970
it's obvious he's up to no good.

554
00:25:09,970 --> 00:25:11,030
But the way you look at me

555
00:25:11,030 --> 00:25:12,790
is merely friendly, Mr. Li.

556
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:18,880
You...

557
00:25:19,980 --> 00:25:20,780
You...

558
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,980
What are you doing?

559
00:25:25,890 --> 00:25:28,040
Do you believe that I like women now?

560
00:25:30,020 --> 00:25:31,220
So,

561
00:25:32,190 --> 00:25:33,430
you were

562
00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:34,950
kissing me just now?

563
00:25:37,190 --> 00:25:38,710
You still don't believe me?

564
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:59,400
♪ Look at the sky, flowers bloom
and fragrance fills the air ♪

565
00:26:00,910 --> 00:26:07,460
♪ The sound of heartbeats
resonates in the passing time ♪

566
00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:15,190
♪ Look at the way you're going,
destiny has it all planned out ♪

567
00:26:16,410 --> 00:26:26,220
♪ We lead remarkable lives
in this mundane world ♪

568
00:26:23,220 --> 00:26:24,430
Do you believe me now?

569
00:26:26,260 --> 00:26:27,330
So, I don't want

570
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:28,960
to hear any more of that talk

571
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,220
about us being friends
from you anymore.

572
00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:33,490
Didn't you say

573
00:26:33,780 --> 00:26:36,040
you understand romance better than I do?

574
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,120
Then tell me,

575
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:39,310
what does this

576
00:26:40,020 --> 00:26:40,840
make us?

577
00:26:45,620 --> 00:26:46,430
Well...

578
00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:51,470
I think...

579
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:08,200
What we have between us isn't friendship.

580
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,960
It's not friendship.

581
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:13,960
But who

582
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,040
kisses with a mask on?

583
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,460
Chief really went for it.

584
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,200
He actually kissed her.

585
00:27:24,260 --> 00:27:26,990
Let's see if he dares to kiss her
without the mask.

586
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:47,400
What's wrong?

587
00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:49,770
Drowning your sorrows alone?

588
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:54,600
Shanhu has filled me in

589
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,990
on what's been going on
these past few days.

590
00:27:58,260 --> 00:27:59,080
What?

591
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,340
You want to blame me for
messing things up again?

592
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:03,950
Go ahead.

593
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:09,280
You fell in love?

594
00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:21,110
Just days ago, I was teasing you

595
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,500
about how Song Yimeng had you
completely smitten.

596
00:28:25,250 --> 00:28:27,050
Look how the tables have turned.

597
00:28:27,460 --> 00:28:28,870
It's only been a few days,

598
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,160
and now you're the audience,

599
00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:32,340
while I've become

600
00:28:32,980 --> 00:28:34,160
the performer.

601
00:28:36,190 --> 00:28:37,440
Your little drama

602
00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:39,670
isn't worth my time and effort to watch.

603
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:42,310
But the question is,

604
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:43,700
if you like her,

605
00:28:43,730 --> 00:28:45,090
why don't you go win her back?

606
00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:46,350
Why sit here brooding?

607
00:28:47,170 --> 00:28:48,080
And then what?

608
00:28:48,650 --> 00:28:50,500
Live happily ever after with her?

609
00:28:50,790 --> 00:28:52,780
Or one day when my identity is exposed,

610
00:28:52,780 --> 00:28:54,100
I'll drag the entire Waning River Crescent

611
00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:55,860
and her into this mess?

612
00:28:57,310 --> 00:28:59,480
Don't overestimate yourself, okay?

613
00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:02,300
As if my Waning River Crescent
needs your concern.

614
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:06,470
You're right.

615
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,990
I have no right to think so
highly of myself.

616
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:11,750
I haven't forgotten that

617
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,280
you and I

618
00:29:13,630 --> 00:29:15,490
are also just part of a deal.

619
00:29:18,370 --> 00:29:19,170
That's true.

620
00:29:25,020 --> 00:29:27,280
Do you remember who I was three years ago?

621
00:29:31,450 --> 00:29:32,610
Three years ago,

622
00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:36,640
you were a famous hero in Jiangnan,
Shangguan Baihe,

623
00:29:36,650 --> 00:29:38,580
known as Mr. Shangguan.

624
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:40,080
Within half a month,

625
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,410
you committed more than 10 major thefts.

626
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,790
I led 2,000 Xuanjia Army soldiers,

627
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,440
mobilizing forces from three provinces
and six cities,

628
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,100
yet still failed to catch you.

629
00:29:50,190 --> 00:29:51,020
But later,

630
00:29:51,020 --> 00:29:52,680
you were exposed because

631
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,400
a friend betrayed you.

632
00:29:56,550 --> 00:29:58,780
Back then, I, Baihe, trusted
the wrong person

633
00:29:58,780 --> 00:30:00,020
and fell into a trap,

634
00:30:00,650 --> 00:30:01,930
with no way out.

635
00:30:02,550 --> 00:30:04,170
In the end, I had no choice but to

636
00:30:04,170 --> 00:30:05,650
break my wings to survive.

637
00:30:10,330 --> 00:30:11,610
Are you blaming me,

638
00:30:12,260 --> 00:30:13,780
for clipping your wings

639
00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:17,080
and trapping you in this small
Waning River Crescent?

640
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:19,500
Yes.

641
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,910
I hate you, the mighty Seventh Prince,
to the core

642
00:30:22,910 --> 00:30:24,460
for not letting me die.

643
00:30:27,140 --> 00:30:30,810
[Three years ago]

644
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,100
The Ministry of Justice has issued
their verdict.

645
00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:34,750
You've been sentenced to
immediate execution,

646
00:30:36,180 --> 00:30:38,180
which will be carried out tomorrow.

647
00:30:39,290 --> 00:30:40,490
It's been seven days.

648
00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:42,480
You come every single day.

649
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,440
Could you give a dying man
one day of peace?

650
00:30:48,270 --> 00:30:49,860
If I were you,

651
00:30:50,220 --> 00:30:52,780
I'd try my best to find a way
out of here alive

652
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,880
to see what color blood runs in someone

653
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,030
who would betray their companion

654
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,720
for 2,000 taels of gold.

655
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,660
The person you speak of
who betrayed their companion

656
00:31:06,660 --> 00:31:07,700
is both an enemy

657
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:09,900
and a friend to me.

658
00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:13,420
Your enemy framed you,

659
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:14,620
betrayed you,

660
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,360
and kept all the riches for himself,

661
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,450
yet you still consider him a friend.

662
00:31:18,740 --> 00:31:20,470
It seems you deserve your fate.

663
00:31:23,210 --> 00:31:24,940
Someone like you,

664
00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:27,150
born into privilege,

665
00:31:28,180 --> 00:31:30,950
could never understand what kind of life

666
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,460
he and I lived before.

667
00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:36,840
Wrapped in horsehide upon death,

668
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,640
licking blood from blade edges,

669
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,640
and entrusting your back to comrades.

670
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,840
This prince believes the past you speak of

671
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,630
wasn't much harder than this.

672
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:45,730
"This prince"?

673
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,310
Who are you?

674
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:50,700
Who I am doesn't matter.

675
00:31:51,270 --> 00:31:52,240
What matters is

676
00:31:52,430 --> 00:31:53,550
you're still alive.

677
00:31:54,020 --> 00:31:55,360
As long as we're alive,

678
00:31:55,860 --> 00:31:58,480
we should cherish every single day.

679
00:31:58,550 --> 00:32:00,270
Friends gone? So be it.

680
00:32:00,290 --> 00:32:02,360
Path blocked? Carve through mountains.

681
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,170
But if your life is gone,

682
00:32:04,550 --> 00:32:06,960
that's truly the end.

683
00:32:19,740 --> 00:32:21,150
Here's to shady friends.

684
00:32:22,890 --> 00:32:23,610
Alright.

685
00:32:23,630 --> 00:32:25,220
To disreputable companion.

686
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,290
Heart like wood and stone,

687
00:32:33,550 --> 00:32:35,160
utterly cold and unfeeling.

688
00:32:36,550 --> 00:32:38,550
You're not speaking from the heart.

689
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:40,510
However, I never expected

690
00:32:40,510 --> 00:32:42,190
you'd be troubled by love.

691
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:44,130
Like master, like man.

692
00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:45,660
When it comes to being troubled by love,

693
00:32:45,660 --> 00:32:47,660
you, Chief, are the true expert.

694
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,800
I can't hold a candle to you on that.

695
00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:53,610
But the point is,

696
00:32:53,660 --> 00:32:55,120
I never pushed the person I love

697
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:56,580
into someone else's arms.

698
00:32:56,780 --> 00:32:57,620
Besides,

699
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,810
the lady doesn't even like Nan Rui,

700
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,960
yet you think you're doing her a favor.

701
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,400
That blabbermouth Shanhu,

702
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:08,750
telling everything.

703
00:33:10,020 --> 00:33:11,640
What does this have to do with Shanhu?

704
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,440
You have only yourself to blame.

705
00:33:13,460 --> 00:33:16,080
You not only messed it up,

706
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,080
but you also broke the lady's heart.

707
00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:29,590
I was a prisoner

708
00:33:29,740 --> 00:33:31,640
who should have died long ago.

709
00:33:33,020 --> 00:33:36,190
There's no way I could fall in love with
a lady from a noble family.

710
00:33:36,190 --> 00:33:37,250
Chief,

711
00:33:38,220 --> 00:33:39,680
don't you understand?

712
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,660
It doesn't matter whether I understand.

713
00:33:42,670 --> 00:33:43,910
What matters is,

714
00:33:43,940 --> 00:33:45,620
does Song Yiting understand?

715
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,330
Whether she understands or not
doesn't matter,

716
00:33:47,330 --> 00:33:49,500
because the person she likes
isn't the real me.

717
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:50,800
Then tell her

718
00:33:50,830 --> 00:33:53,160
what you're really like beneath the mask.

719
00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:54,450
So, if Song Yimeng knew

720
00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:56,080
what you're really like beneath that mask,

721
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,140
how would she feel?

722
00:33:57,310 --> 00:33:57,760
I...

723
00:34:01,020 --> 00:34:01,700
See?

724
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,080
This Li Shiliu's outfit

725
00:34:09,610 --> 00:34:11,870
has really caused quite a bit of trouble.

726
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,830
All the frustration in your heart

727
00:34:14,050 --> 00:34:15,730
stems from Song Yiting.

728
00:34:16,100 --> 00:34:17,890
Why not just ask her out

729
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,230
and tell her

730
00:34:19,250 --> 00:34:20,870
everything that's on your mind?

731
00:34:20,870 --> 00:34:21,640
This way,

732
00:34:21,850 --> 00:34:24,100
you won't have any regrets in the future.

733
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,080
What if I don't want to go?

734
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,250
If you don't go,

735
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,640
then the crane in your heart

736
00:34:37,660 --> 00:34:39,480
will remain trapped in your mental prison,

737
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,080
and you'll be left with nothing
but your title.

738
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,160
Tomorrow at noon,

739
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:57,830
let me borrow

740
00:34:58,290 --> 00:35:00,140
Li Shiliu's outfit one more time.

741
00:35:01,430 --> 00:35:02,620
That's more like it.

742
00:35:03,750 --> 00:35:04,560
Here.

743
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:06,180
Tomorrow,

744
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,370
bring both the Qianyu Moon-Cleaving Blade

745
00:35:08,370 --> 00:35:09,870
and yourself with your heart intact

746
00:35:09,870 --> 00:35:11,350
back to me.

747
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:12,330
Understand?

748
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:15,790
Come on.

749
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,290
Success awaits you.

750
00:35:19,230 --> 00:35:22,290
[Xiyue Pavilion]

751
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:22,390
My Lady.

752
00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:23,790
I'm sorry.

753
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,950
It's all my fault for being careless

754
00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:28,710
and letting Madam find out.

755
00:35:30,770 --> 00:35:32,310
It doesn't matter anymore.

756
00:35:33,060 --> 00:35:36,100
He wouldn't be with me anyway.

757
00:35:38,210 --> 00:35:40,140
He'd rather push me to someone else

758
00:35:40,330 --> 00:35:42,180
than admit he has feelings for me.

759
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,000
In his eyes,

760
00:35:44,450 --> 00:35:45,520
I'm nothing.

761
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,430
If you see it so clearly,

762
00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:50,460
why do you still have to love him?

763
00:35:53,390 --> 00:35:55,100
I know exactly what I'm doing.

764
00:35:55,180 --> 00:35:57,180
I don't need others preaching to me.

765
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,680
If you're here as our parents' messenger,

766
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:01,600
please leave.

767
00:36:03,310 --> 00:36:04,160
Song Yiting,

768
00:36:04,750 --> 00:36:06,750
you've always been so strong-willed.

769
00:36:06,750 --> 00:36:09,080
Why would you fall for someone like him?

770
00:36:09,270 --> 00:36:11,040
Don't you know what kind of person he is?

771
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,160
Deep and calculating,

772
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,460
and secretive in his actions.

773
00:36:13,460 --> 00:36:15,480
Do you know how many dirty secrets

774
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:16,350
he's hiding?

775
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:20,180
Yes, he's deep and calculating,

776
00:36:20,180 --> 00:36:21,640
and secretive in his actions,

777
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,080
but if he hadn't experienced

778
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,430
all the hardships of life in his
early years

779
00:36:24,430 --> 00:36:25,600
and struggled to survive,

780
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:26,930
why would he be this way?

781
00:36:29,180 --> 00:36:30,000
Fine.

782
00:36:30,430 --> 00:36:31,770
You can ignore all that,

783
00:36:32,430 --> 00:36:33,830
but do you know he's approaching you

784
00:36:33,830 --> 00:36:35,330
with ulterior motives?

785
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:37,160
Of course I know.

786
00:36:37,870 --> 00:36:39,910
If it weren't for what he wants,

787
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:42,160
he wouldn't agree to meet me.

788
00:36:42,390 --> 00:36:43,330
You know all this

789
00:36:43,350 --> 00:36:45,560
and still let him take advantage of you?

790
00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:48,680
A blade in hand

791
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:49,870
can either kill

792
00:36:50,180 --> 00:36:51,270
or save the world.

793
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,230
I trust my judgment.

794
00:36:54,450 --> 00:36:55,910
I won't be wrong about him.

795
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,120
What're you talking about,
saving the world?

796
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,730
Don't be fooled by his twisted logic

797
00:36:59,730 --> 00:37:00,750
and false words.

798
00:37:00,750 --> 00:37:02,080
Beneath his mask,

799
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,200
he's nothing but a complete villain.

800
00:37:04,430 --> 00:37:06,770
But who's not wearing a mask
in this world?

801
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:08,770
In the capital,

802
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:10,270
who's not scheming

803
00:37:10,290 --> 00:37:11,960
and chasing fame and fortune?

804
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:13,120
And who

805
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:14,310
would ever show

806
00:37:14,350 --> 00:37:15,830
their true self to others?

807
00:37:17,270 --> 00:37:18,520
It's actually him

808
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:20,960
who lives freely and authentically,

809
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,330
without restraint.

810
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:28,250
I really can't get through to you.

811
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,750
Please, I'm begging you,

812
00:37:29,750 --> 00:37:30,620
alright?

813
00:37:30,730 --> 00:37:32,390
Don't get involved with him.

814
00:37:33,430 --> 00:37:34,870
In this world,

815
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:36,870
you can fall for anyone,

816
00:37:36,890 --> 00:37:38,450
anyone but him.

817
00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:41,520
Why not him?

818
00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:43,540
Just because he's not
the Eighteenth Prince,

819
00:37:43,540 --> 00:37:45,270
he doesn't deserve to be loved?

820
00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:47,330
That's not what I meant.

821
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,160
Then why are you trying to dissuade me?

822
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,500
And what gives you the right

823
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:51,830
to interfere in my life?

824
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,060
Song Yiting.

825
00:37:58,430 --> 00:38:00,020
I really don't know

826
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,750
how to explain this to you.

827
00:38:04,180 --> 00:38:05,680
But please believe me,

828
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,460
being with him

829
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,210
will really put you in danger.

830
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:11,640
I'm going to bed.

831
00:38:11,660 --> 00:38:12,660
You should leave.

832
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:14,870
Song Yiting!

833
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,160
You'll die!

834
00:38:21,870 --> 00:38:22,680
Guihong!

835
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:25,430
Guihong!

836
00:38:25,810 --> 00:38:26,620
Guihong.

837
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:27,480
Guihong.

838
00:38:27,750 --> 00:38:29,000
Something terrible has happened.

839
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,180
It's a disaster!

840
00:38:30,430 --> 00:38:31,390
Your Highness, please calm down.

841
00:38:31,390 --> 00:38:31,790
Take your time and tell me slowly.

842
00:38:31,790 --> 00:38:32,480
Listen,

843
00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:33,680
yesterday, I saw

844
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:34,830
Yiting and Li Shiliu

845
00:38:34,830 --> 00:38:35,790
together,

846
00:38:35,790 --> 00:38:37,710
and they seemed quite close.

847
00:38:37,710 --> 00:38:38,520
So I immediately

848
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:39,790
had someone investigate

849
00:38:39,790 --> 00:38:41,310
this mysterious Li Shiliu.

850
00:38:41,310 --> 00:38:42,960
I've already investigated him.

851
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:43,680
His background is clean,

852
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:44,680
with nothing suspicious.

853
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:45,120
Yes,

854
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:46,640
that's what I just found out.

855
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:47,750
But I wasn't convinced,

856
00:38:47,750 --> 00:38:49,750
so I looked into the people around him,

857
00:38:49,750 --> 00:38:51,000
and guess what I found?

858
00:38:53,270 --> 00:38:54,080
He...

859
00:38:55,790 --> 00:38:56,600
Come here.

860
00:38:56,870 --> 00:38:57,350
Listen,

861
00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:01,480
there's someone called Shangguan He
with him,

862
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,520
who's a death-row prisoner that
escaped from prison!

863
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,730
Search thoroughly!

864
00:39:22,750 --> 00:39:23,430
Yes!

865
00:39:23,850 --> 00:39:24,660
Search!

866
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:25,390
Yes!

867
00:39:25,870 --> 00:39:26,910
Who dares!

868
00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:52,230
General Chu, you're certainly

869
00:39:52,230 --> 00:39:53,830
in a fiery mood this morning.

870
00:39:54,870 --> 00:39:57,060
Bringing the Qianyu Army here with you,

871
00:39:57,230 --> 00:39:58,750
what are you planning to do?

872
00:40:00,180 --> 00:40:02,960
I'm not here to trouble you today,

873
00:40:05,710 --> 00:40:07,230
but for him.

874
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,710
May I ask, Mr. Chu,

875
00:40:10,730 --> 00:40:12,600
what business do you have with me?

876
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,000
Three years ago,

877
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,370
in Jiangnan Province,

878
00:40:16,710 --> 00:40:17,930
Mr. Shangguan

879
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:19,680
was accused of a serious crime

880
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:21,330
and faked his death to escape.

881
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:23,500
Do I need to say more?

882
00:40:24,930 --> 00:40:25,710
Rong Hua.

883
00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:27,120
Wait!

884
00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:31,870
Though we at Waning River Crescent are
just nobodies from the martial arts world,

885
00:40:31,870 --> 00:40:33,710
you can't just take someone away

886
00:40:33,710 --> 00:40:34,960
with a few words.

887
00:40:35,270 --> 00:40:36,080
Li Shiliu.

888
00:40:36,790 --> 00:40:38,230
I'm here on official business on behalf of
the capital prefecture's office.

889
00:40:38,230 --> 00:40:39,750
How dare you obstruct me?

890
00:40:39,750 --> 00:40:42,480
So what if it's the
capital prefecture's office?

891
00:40:42,980 --> 00:40:44,460
Unless I give the word,

892
00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:46,710
you're not taking anyone away.

893
00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:49,000
What if I insist on taking him away?

894
00:40:55,310 --> 00:40:57,180
You're welcome to try.

895
00:40:59,810 --> 00:41:01,310
[Big Fortune]