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SAY NO TO PIRACY, SUPPORT ORIGINALS
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ADAPTED FROM XI XING’S NOVEL
QUEEN CHU ON QIDIAN.COM
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I had calculated every move,
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yet the one I held dearest
threw it all into ruin.
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Had she not interfered,
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we'd never have endured such indignity.
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No.
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I should thank her
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for making one thing clear.
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Even the most masterful stratagem
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cannot withstand a sudden turn of fortune.
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Just like this game,
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I thought victory was all but assured,
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and yet I forgot
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that the opponent
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does not always play by your script.
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I had accounted for everyone, except her.
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Who would have thought
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that the little girl
who once wept in public
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would dare to take the pieces in hand
amid such chaos?
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But one such mistake
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is all it takes.
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Your Majesty, please accept the offering.
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The Divine Bird descends to the shrine
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as ancestral might protects the land.
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The divine aura soars
like swirling clouds,
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bestowing grace to nourish the realm.
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Chu Zhao has put Deng Yi and Xie Yanfang
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in charge of all ancestral rites,
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even the shamans' invocations included.
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Will this compromise our plan?
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Tomorrow,
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once the herbs are lit,
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Xiao Yu, standing nearest to the censer,
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will inhale
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the poisoned smoke.
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She will surely guard
against every possibility.
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Yet
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once the smoke rises,
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her days as Grand Princess
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are over.
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What's wrong?
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Yu.
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Yu.
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Yu. Yu!
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Are you alright?
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-Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
-Yu.
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-Your Majesty.
-Your Majesty.
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Wake up. Yu.
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Dark omens shadow the throne
as the Grand Princess's fate
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-Yu.
-collides with the Emperor's.
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-Wake up.
-It is as if the heavens
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-What happened to you?
-seek to sever the imperial lifeline!
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The Grand Princess has plotted
against His Majesty.
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Seize her at once!
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Whoever dares to touch Her Highness
answers to my blade.
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How insolent you are
to draw steel before His Majesty!
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None shall presume!
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Summon the Imperial Physician
to tend to His Majesty.
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Seal the palace gates.
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None shall leave without express command.
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Mr. Deng, please forgive me.
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His Majesty's pulse shows no irregularity.
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Then why does he remain unconscious?
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I cannot find the cause.
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But His Majesty's condition,
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falling unconscious
after inhaling the smoke,
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is strikingly similar
to the Crown Prince's poisoning.
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Have you identified the toxin?
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The Crown Prince's death
was never truly probed in time,
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so the source remains a mystery.
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-Keep digging.
-Yes.
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What should we do?
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Everyone involved in the poisoning
is right here.
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Why not ask them outright?
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How is His Majesty?
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What is the condition? I must go in.
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His Majesty is being attended to.
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No one is permitted to enter.
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Your Highness.
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By law, the implicated
must be held for questioning.
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Leaving your palace unbidden now
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will only make things harder to resolve.
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It wasn't me.
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What has become of Yu?
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He has yet to awaken.
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Acupuncture and herbs
have been administered.
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-What happened?
-Yet when His Majesty was poisoned,
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you were the only one by his side.
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Zhao.
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The Imperial Physician said
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his symptoms are identical
to those of his father.
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Mr. Xiao,
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do you know what poison His Majesty took?
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How strange you should ask.
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Given it was the Third Prince's doing,
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how should I know?
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The shaman
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has branded her a jinx.
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I was skeptical at first.
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But with His Majesty at death's door,
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rather than pursuing the true culprit,
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you stand here questioning me?
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Xiao Xun, I am the Grand Princess,
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-not some jinx you claimed.
-Very well.
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Perhaps you find me an eyesore
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and wish to pin the blame on me
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just to have me out of the way.
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Nonsense.
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Your Highness has quite the nerve,
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pinning this atrocity on me
without any proof.
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This is outrageous.
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Your Highness is the one
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who owes an answer for this.
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The shaman has divined an ill omen.
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Your Highness ought
not to remain here any longer.
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If Your Highness has nothing to hide,
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you might as well step aside
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and let the truth run its course.
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Indeed.
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-That's right.
-Yes.
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Enough.
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Everyone, calm yourselves.
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Something is amiss here.
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It concerns the stability of the realm.
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Please remain in your palace
until the truth comes to light.
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-Someone.
-I'll do it.
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His Majesty requires rest,
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and I shall not disturb further.
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I shall depart.
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We should leave too.
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-Let's go.
-Let's go.
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His Majesty needs rest.
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What a scene.
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You seem unbothered leaving your brother
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to keep watch over her.
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If you're worried,
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you can take his place.
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That's right. It has been a while.
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When will His Majesty wake?
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Jiu, stay here and keep watch.
I will go find Yu.
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Alright. I have already briefed
the guards at his door.
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Yu, wake up. It's alright.
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Zhao, how was my performance?
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I even fooled the Imperial Physician.
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Once you have had your pastries,
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the physician will report
that you have come to.
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You must keep it up a while longer.
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I'm sorry.
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Don't be.
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We are catching the villain together.
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I can play my part.
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But if something goes wrong,
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you could be in danger.
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You risked your life
to save me among the rebels.
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I trust you will keep me safe.
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Rest easy.
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It will not be long
before I catch the culprit.
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And once this is over,
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remember to build me a grand swing.
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I promise I will.
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Your Highness.
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What is it?
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Word has come His Majesty is awake.
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Impossible.
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Golden Finch Venom has no antidote.
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How could they have cured him?
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The Imperial Physician says
the two toxins are identical.
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That poison is ours alone.
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Is it possible they'd link it to us?
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There is no hard evidence.
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Do not lose your nerve.
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Go investigate.
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The Emperor's guards
have been replaced by Xie Yanlai
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and reinforced.
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Deng Yi has ordered
that no one is to visit.
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No one?
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As his uncle,
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I should call upon him.
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Concerned for His Majesty,
I've come to pay my respects.
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Please wait. Mr. Deng ordered
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that all visitors
must first go through him.
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His Majesty and I are of the same lineage.
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Does that count for nothing here?
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It is so grave
that we have to stay on guard.
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Please understand, Your Highness.
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Against the culprit or me?
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What is it
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that has displeased you so?
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Is the medicine ready?
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Don't be so rigid.
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He is only worried about His Majesty.
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Let him through.
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-But…
-What?
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My word is just as valid as Mr. Deng's.
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There is no need for such a temper.
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They are merely following orders.
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Please follow me.
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Your Majesty.
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It has been but a few days,
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-yet you've grown so frail.
-Your Highness,
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I am afraid this is not proper.
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The poison is indeed difficult to counter.
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Fortunately, His Majesty is blessed,
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and Her Highness has found the antidote.
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The remedy is complex, however,
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and must be taken for nine days
before it takes effect.
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Then give His Majesty
the medicine at once.
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By Mr. Deng's command,
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you two lords must depart immediately.
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Presumptuous.
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I'm here to call on His Majesty.
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Who is he to interfere?
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How did you knowthat the poison he used at the ritual
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was the same one
that killed the Crown Prince?
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-I didn't.
-You didn't?
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Then why did you tell him Yu had awakened?
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I was baiting him.
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Moving against Yu proves
he killed the Crown Prince, too.
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You were using
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His Majesty as bait.
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That is why I needed you
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in the shadows.
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To catch him
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red-handed
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when the time comes.
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But what if he does not come?
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Your brother will help.
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He has seen my devotion to Yu.
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He will assist me.
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Why are you so set
on sending Xiao Xun to his grave?
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Because he deserves no less.
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-If you make a mistake--
-Then ensure no such thing happens.
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Xiao Xun, what do you think you are doing?
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Yu. Yu.
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Yu.
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Yu.
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Yu. Yu.
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Yu.
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Zhao.
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I am fine.
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I just fell asleep.
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Xiao Xun, heir to the Lord of Xiaonan,
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attempted to poison the Emperor.
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This crime is unforgivable.
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With nothing but bare words,
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Your Highness would charge me
with poisoning?
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What's your proof?
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Summon the Imperial Physician.
Test the medicine.
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Summon the Imperial Physician.
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Your Highness, Mr. Deng, it's non-toxic.
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Impossible.
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What…
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What's going on?
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-What on earth is going on?
-How?
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-But his Majesty is indeed poisoned.
-Right.
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Then who did it?
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I saw him do it.
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Zhao,
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your little trap
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was far too rushed.
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In that case,
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I'll prepare a gift for you.
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What? A trap?
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Golden Finch Venom has no antidote.
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And after the coup that day,
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no one ever examined
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the Crown Prince's body.
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So,
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the news must be false.
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Have the Imperial Physician
decant a calming draft
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into this vial.
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Your Highness is clearly
the prime suspect for the poisoning.
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Yet you're framing me
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for regicide.
276
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,000
So, you must be certain
I tainted this tonic.
277
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,080
And yet,
278
00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,160
you left me alone with His Majesty.
279
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,640
What is your true intent?
280
00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,000
Have you no regard for His Majesty's life?
281
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,960
-Exactly.
-Indeed.
282
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,000
-It could have hurt his Majesty.
-Indeed.
283
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:42,520
We shared a deep bond for many years.
284
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,480
Even when our betrothal ended,
285
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,280
I knew feelings cannot be swayed.
286
00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,920
Yet, to my dismay,
287
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:57,440
you spurn
288
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:03,360
our past and seek my very life.
289
00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:06,640
Whatever our grievances,
290
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,840
you had no right to use His Majesty
as a bait to frame me.
291
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,480
Such treachery is unforgivable.
292
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,800
Your Highness,
how could you be so reckless?
293
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:20,680
The Emperor's life is sacred,
294
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,200
not a pawn for you to manipulate at will.
295
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,160
Should any harm befall him,
even death could not atone for your guilt.
296
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:27,880
Indeed.
297
00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:32,000
We cannot allow such a treacherous villain
to corrupt this court.
298
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,160
Bearing a title of national honor,
299
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,520
yet you are devious and ruthless.
300
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:41,160
If this goes unpunished,
where is the sanctity of our laws?
301
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,760
Where is the integrity of this court?
302
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,000
And how can we face the late Emperor?
303
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,440
Save your breath.
304
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,600
The truth is plain as day to you.
Bring her in.
305
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,840
DILIGENT AND VIRTUOUS
306
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,120
No wonder Yu's been haunted
in dreams lately.
307
00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,280
Turns out someone's been playing tricks.
308
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:31,720
Your Majesty.
309
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,240
-Zhao!
-Your Majesty. What's the matter?
310
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,480
-Zhao!
-Your Majesty.
311
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:35,920
Your Majesty.
312
00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,320
Yu.
313
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:39,880
Yu. Come here.
314
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,560
What's wrong?
315
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,320
What happened?
316
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,960
Your Highness, His Majesty has been waking
from nightmares for nights.
317
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,040
Even the calming soup is all in vain.
318
00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:51,280
Zhao, I'm scared.
319
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,480
It's no nightmare.
320
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,160
Any new dishes on his table lately?
321
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,600
Or any new ornaments placed here?
322
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:10,560
The food is the same.
323
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,720
But many tributes
and new pieces have been brought in.
324
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,160
-Check them.
-Yes.
325
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,200
There, there.
326
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,920
I'm here.
327
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,440
I saw candles flickering within,
shadows rushing about.
328
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:30,880
What has happened?
329
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,640
The air reeks of foul play.
330
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:45,760
This incense…
331
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:54,600
Let me.
332
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,160
Calming incense
333
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:14,200
should be fine as dust,
334
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:15,760
completely pure.
335
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,880
Yet this is laced with grit.
336
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:24,280
It seems someone
is trying to poison the air.
337
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,600
The toxins vanish with the smoke,
338
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,280
destroying the evidence as it burns.
339
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,960
This is the same way that killed
the Crown Prince.
340
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:37,800
-Xiao Xun.
-Xiao Xun.
341
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,400
We should find the traitor now.
342
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:45,920
No.
343
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,720
Don't alert them.
344
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,600
To think he could reach Yu so easily.
345
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:55,840
The mole will be hard to find.
346
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,480
Yu, I have an idea.
347
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,120
Since they're disturbing your dreams,
348
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,200
let's play along and draw them out.
349
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,120
Scared?
350
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,880
Not with you two here.
351
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,600
Replace the incense.
352
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,680
The Chenxiang incense was too strong.
353
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,760
Change it to a blend
with Fuling and Yuanzhi.
354
00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:19,480
At once, Your Highness.
355
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,760
I've replaced the incensewith Golden Finch Venom.
356
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,800
I knew you wouldn't leave this matter be.
357
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,840
So, you proposed the sacrificein court again.
358
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,600
I have something to report.
359
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,440
You were certainYu would mention the nightmares.
360
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:41,240
So I played along
361
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,760
with your little show at the ritual,
362
00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:47,560
to lure you into it.
363
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,480
You poisoned the Chenxiang incense too,
364
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,320
didn't you?
365
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,960
Who is the mastermind behind this?
366
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,640
His Highness
367
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,200
ordered me to dispose of the ash.
368
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,280
I truly know nothing.
369
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,120
Do you think the ash
370
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,240
and a maid's testimony
371
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,960
is enough to pin this on me?
372
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,600
Proof?
373
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,720
Without it,
374
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:25,760
I could also say
she was coerced into slandering me.
375
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,200
Does this face look familiar?
376
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,000
He's from the Office
of the Great Supplicator.
377
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,680
Before the ritual,
378
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,600
I found that the attendant
preparing the herb wreath
379
00:27:56,120 --> 00:27:57,400
was an impostor.
380
00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:01,920
I intercepted him just in time and found
381
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,360
a few trinkets on him.
382
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,480
Who sent you?
383
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,560
Speak. Who is your master?
384
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,080
Talk.
385
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,200
Who ordered this?
386
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:49,440
Zhao, watch out!
387
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,120
-Yanlai!
-Your Highness!
388
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,840
-Your Highness!
-Your Highness!
389
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:04,960
What?
390
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,320
What?
391
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,880
Drawing a blade before the throne.
Insolent fool.
392
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:38,520
Did you order this?
393
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,680
Overstepping?
394
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:47,760
Giving orders and drawing swords
395
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,080
instead of His Majesty?
396
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,520
Killing in the court? What? Am I next?
397
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,200
You're eyeing the Crown, aren't you?
398
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,720
Please hold your tongue.
399
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,480
That attendant was killed on the spot.
400
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:04,840
Dead men tell no tales.
401
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:09,160
You all claim he was the one
who poisoned the herbs,
402
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,760
yet His Majesty is clearly unharmed.
403
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:12,840
Very well.
404
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,840
If so,
405
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,920
then why did His Majesty
feign poisoning at the ritual
406
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,840
and cause the officials to worry in vain?
407
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:23,920
This is outrageous.
408
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,640
His Majesty has been played
by a mere woman.
409
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,240
What becomes of our nation's dignity?
410
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,080
From the coronation
to ruling from behind the curtain,
411
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,840
her ambitions to seize the throne
could not be clearer.
412
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,840
-Chu Zhao's treason demands her death.
-Chu Zhao's treason demands her death.
413
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:45,600
-Chu Zhao's treason demands her death.
-Chu Zhao's treason demands her death.
414
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,000
Chu Zhao's treason…
415
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:49,040
Silence!
416
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,880
The Grand Princess has only ever sought
to ease my burdens.
417
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,760
To say she has given her all
would be an understatement.
418
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,680
To claim she manipulates me
from the shadows
419
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,520
is sheer nonsense.
420
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,840
From the day my incense
was first tampered with,
421
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:11,360
I knew there was a traitor
plotting against me.
422
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,280
Feigning the poisoning was my own idea.
423
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,240
She only acted on my orders
424
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,000
and has done nothing wrong.
425
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:20,840
If any of you have objections,
426
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,920
lay them before me.
427
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,200
Do not trouble her.
428
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,400
Your Majesty, you are still young,
unaware of the world's cruelty.
429
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,600
I know who wishes me well.
430
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,440
Given our blood ties,
431
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,520
Uncle, for the days to come,
432
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,600
rest at your estate.
433
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:38,680
No court for now.
434
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,120
Yes, Your Majesty.
435
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,440
Hear my command.
436
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,280
Anyone else plotting treason
437
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:00,880
shall be executed!
438
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,920
Mr. Deng, Mr. Xie, do you concur?
439
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,480
Your Majesty is wise.
440
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,880
We abide by your will.
441
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,160
-Your Majesty is wise.
-Your Majesty is wise.
442
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,800
Alright. That concludes today's matter.
443
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,320
Uncle, you may leave.
444
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,880
Do you find me ridiculous as well?
445
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,280
You grew up in the desert,
446
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:18,640
so you must know
447
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,160
the first time a wolf tears into its prey,
448
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:24,680
it chokes on the stench of blood.
449
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,360
But it
450
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,440
never lets its prey
see the tremble of its own.
451
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:33,720
Thank you
452
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:36,720
for saving me.
453
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,720
It was you who saved me.
454
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:45,680
Don't pick up
455
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,000
a blade ever again.
456
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:50,800
Let me.
457
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:09,960
No.
458
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:17,600
No.
459
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:21,800
If you don't want
460
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,000
to end up dead,
461
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,120
you must strike first.
462
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:43,239
I told you
463
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,239
I only did it
464
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,480
to survive.
465
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:08,080
I fight so that more people may live!
466
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,120
What does Article Three
of the regulations say?
467
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:14,680
Suspects
468
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,120
must be handed over to the court-martial.
469
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,120
Why did you attack him?
470
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,360
He snuck into your tent.
471
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:23,880
He has to be a spy.
472
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,280
The Army Physician told me
473
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,720
he came to beg for medicine
for his sick child.
474
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,320
Do you know you nearly killed
an innocent soul?
475
00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:37,480
In such tumultuous times,
476
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,960
innocence is but a cloak we wear.
477
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,600
General, your military achievements
478
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,520
and the path you tread
479
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,280
are built upon the bodies
of these "innocents".
480
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,640
We both waded through rivers of blood.
481
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,840
Please spare me your talk of mercy.
482
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,400
Have you seen this ravaged world
483
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,800
and the lives struggling
through the fires of war?
484
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,000
Every campaign I fought
485
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,440
was to safeguard
the hearths and homes of this land.
486
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,400
But if I kill the innocent
out of mere suspicion,
487
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,600
then everything I've sacrificed to protect
loses all meaning.
488
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,440
He's merely a father,
desperate to save his daughter,
489
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,560
who nearly died at your hand.
490
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:23,960
Tell me.
491
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:25,840
Is he innocent or not?
492
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:28,320
Remember.
493
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,400
Amidst this chaos,
494
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,440
our hearts must hold firm.
495
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:37,320
I wage war so that more may live!
496
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,120
What was on your mind?
497
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:56,240
I just found out
498
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,360
you're just like your father.
499
00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:06,080
So dull.
500
00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:10,760
Look who's talking.
501
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:15,560
Fine.
502
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,120
Bore as he is,
503
00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:21,480
his record on the battlefield
is legendary.
504
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,800
Unlike someone
who can barely hold a sword steady.
505
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,720
My father taught me horseback archery
and swordsmanship himself.
506
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,200
He must've been a terrible instructor.
507
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,800
I had my mind set on the Capital
508
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,400
and never truly applied myself.
509
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,160
Let me show you.
510
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,720
Ready to learn?
511
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:36,720
Why are you sweating so much?
512
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:52,840
Nice work.
513
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,160
I learned from the best, after all.
514
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,680
Your Highness. You should get some rest.
515
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,160
Put this on, lest you catch a cold.
516
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,480
Is this cloak so repulsive to you?
517
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:28,400
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