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♪Having survived the winter
I'm expecting the flower season♪

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♪Smiling in a spring breeze
I'm immersed in it♪

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♪Whose breath warmed my cold heart♪

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♪And stirred up ripples♪

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♪A figure may be reflected in my eyes♪

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♪Bring back numerous memories♪

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♪Through my life
I've endured hardships for love♪

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♪With you My mind is still and peaceful♪

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♪Don't blame fate and providence♪

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♪And the merciless fortune♪

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♪Wandering in the world of mortals
like it's a game♪

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♪Risking my heart♪

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♪Isn't to be regretted♪

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♪I'll exchange it
for the love of my life delightedly♪

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=A Dream of Splendor=

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=Episode 22=

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Yes.

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I still have some secrets,

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but they're too complicated.

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I can't tell you all of them yet.

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But trust me.

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I promised I would cherish you.

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It won't be a hollow phrase.

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I'm patient. I'll wait for you.

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Flowers for sale!

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Strew petals!

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♪A feeling of depression♪

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♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪

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♪How can we forget each other♪

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♪Wind blows and time flies♪

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♪An ever-lasting hope♪

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♪Makes my eyes glow for you♪

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♪I don't fear the endless road♪

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♪For you I'd endure hardships
of the journey♪

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♪A thousand miles apart
I wish you're safe and sound♪

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♪At the old place I'm pining for you♪

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♪The tenderness in your eyes♪

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♪Eases my pain of missing you♪

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♪Stars wink for you♪

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♪Romance is crazy about you♪

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♪Who even waits for you♪

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♪Until the end of her life♪

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♪When I look back one day♪

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♪I'll let go of everything♪

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♪I'll hold your hand♪

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♪And never let you down♪

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♪When our eyes get wet with tears♪

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♪For each other♪

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♪I'll enjoy a simple life♪

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♪With you♪

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Go away.

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Do you want it to choke?

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Sir,

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is the cricket
worthy of five strings of coins?

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I bought the valuable Yutoutuo specially

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to coax Haohao.

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Go away.

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Where is the cricket?

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Where is my cricket?

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Help me find it.

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Where is it?

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Zhao Pan'er?

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Why does bad luck come upon me
every time I see you?

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Why are you here?

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Gu Qianfan?

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Why are you here, too?

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Why can't I be here?

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Do you know each other?

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No.

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Did you say you don't know me?

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Xiao...

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Gu Qianfan,

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I've known you
since you wore open-crotch pants.

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Dare you say you don't know me?

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I haven't finished yet.

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Stop.

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I wonder why I had bad luck today.

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It turns out my two deadly enemies

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have hooked up together stealthily.

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You...

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You collude in doing evil,

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stoop to secret dealings,

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wallow together in the mire,

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and join each other in your evildoing.

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Not bad. You blurted out so many idioms
in one breath.

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Congratulations.

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You seem to know
more than 100 characters now.

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How dare you laugh at me?

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I knew you used to punch like that
since we were children.

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I remember it.

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Don't stop me.

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I'll help you to remember it
more clearly.

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Stop.

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Stop. Don't go. Let's fight.

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Let go.

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Let go.

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I won't.

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Sir.

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- I won't.
- Let go.

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I won't.

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Let go.

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I won't.

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Give me back my shoe.

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A great person doesn't harbor grievance.

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We're acquaintances.

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Please be easy on us.

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Who is your acquaintance?

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Give me back.

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No. No. Behold.

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Sir, what did you do?

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We've found your cricket.

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Where is it?

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Sir.

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Yes.

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I found it.

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My Yutoutuo.

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Why did it lose a tentacle?

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Yutoutuo?

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You haven't seen Yutoutuo, have you?

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Yutoutuo has a red head,

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a bluish green neck, golden wings,

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and a forehead
with gold and silver lines.

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Look at the thing in your hands.

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It doesn't look like a Yutoutuo at all.

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Is it a dung beetle?

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Why do you bother to tell him so much?

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Everyone in the city knows

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he is the easiest to be fooled.

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Is it worthy of five strings of coins?

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It doesn't even worth 50 coins.

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You're lying!

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Don't mind him.

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Don't touch it.

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Yes.

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It doesn't look expensive, does it?

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Put me down. I can walk.

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What about this?

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How do you like it? Does it fit?

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Yes.

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Sir.

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Thank you.

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Why are you smiling?

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I was thinking

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you must look imposing
when you fought with Chi Pan

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in open-crotch pants

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as a child.

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Don't be mad at me.

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Why did he call you Qianfan?

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It sounds like you were close.

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He lived next door to me
when we were children.

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He is a notorious rascal

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in the Eastern Capital.

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How come you had dealings with him?

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He was no match for me
in kicking balls

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and rolling dices.

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So he became angry from shame.

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Except for crickets,

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you also know well about
kicking balls and rolling dices?

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We haven't married yet.

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It isn't late
if you go back on your words.

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No, I mean,

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I like kicking balls
and rolling dices, too.

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If you like,

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shall we compare notes next time?

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Sure enough, you and Chi Pan
were childhood friends.

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You're birds of a feather.

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(Cai River)

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With my connections
with the Music Administrator,

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it's easy for me to help you

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drop the performer status,

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let alone offer you a chance
to perform for His Majesty.

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Yinzhang.

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Yinzhang.

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Come and lend me a hand.

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While I was free today,

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I made a summer robe

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for my son, Zifang.

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The robe

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will be softer

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after it's washed and dried.

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I wonder if his father

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has prepared him summer clothes.

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When Zifang grows up,

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he'll beg you to forgive his mistakes.

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I hope so.

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Tell me the truth,

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where did you go the other morning?

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And what were you thinking just now?

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All right. You don't have to tell me.

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Help me collect the handkerchiefs.

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Sanniang.

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I have a question.

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Go ahead.

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Someone told me

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he could use his connections
to help me drop the performer status.

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Do you think he was lying?

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Is his surname Shen?

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No.

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Yinzhang,

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you mustn't be fooled again.

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Don't believe the outright lies of men.

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Have you forgotten
what Pan'er said before?

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Women should be independent.

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Dropping status isn't that easy.

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Don't expect

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those dignitaries to help you.

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They said that

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because they had ulterior motives.

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I wasn't talking about me.

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It's Haohao.

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The other day when I was
backing her with pipa,

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she told me Chi Pan was trying to

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help her drop the performer status.

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That's possible.

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Chi Pan

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likes Zhang Haohao very much.

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And he is rich.

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If he manages to grease the wheels,

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the Music Administrator may say yes.

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I also heard

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Landlord Sun's wife

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was a singing performer before.

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He helped buy her freedom back.

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But they're different

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with us.

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Don't worry.

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Gu Qianfan

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will help you get your freedom
sooner or later.

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Deputy Commissioner Gu?

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Is he willing to help me?

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Of course.

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Pan'er said he promised her.

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So, be patient for a while.

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You'll be fine.

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OK.

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Are you going to investigate
the Hat Demon case tonight?

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We're about to pull in the net.

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In fact, the suspects
are a bunch of people

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who differ from Xiao Qinyan.

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They made troubles
in the name of the Hat Demon.

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Xiao Qinyan is supposed to

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be granted as the Prime Minister
after his birthday banquet.

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The case may ruin

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his chance to assume the post.

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You should focus on the case

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and don't meddle in other business.

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Once you meddle in politics,

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it won't be easy to get out of it.

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OK.

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Honey, thank you for teaching me
how to be an official.

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Deputy Commissioner Gu.

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Why are you here again?

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Well,

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I ran into your sister on the road.

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So I walked her home.

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By the way, last time I gave you
a score of an ancient tune.

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How's the practice going?

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I've almost mastered it.

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Come with me. I'll play it for you.

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Forget it. Deputy Commissioner Gu
has business to do today.

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Let's take a rain check.

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But,

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I'll perform at Minister Duke Xiao's
birthday banquet

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the day after tomorrow.

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I want Deputy Commissioner Gu
to listen to it first.

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I'll be quick. Just one part.

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Sanniang,
come and listen to my new tune.

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(Liangzhou)

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Great!

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Yinzhang, you played well.

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Yinzhang, it was great.

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Deputy Commissioner Gu,
I'm expecting your comments.

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Do you want me to tell the truth?

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Please do.

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I think you did

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a lousy job.

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Pipa speaks for the player's heart.

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The inferiors show their skills.

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The masters build artistic conception.

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Complete Song of Liangzhou was a
famous tune at the northern-frontier.

281
00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,560
It described a scene of warriors
drinking their fill

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before they went out to battle.

283
00:17:20,110 --> 00:17:22,070
It's like a slender
but unyielding plum tree.

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00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,040
Yuan Zhen,
the poet of the Tang Dynasty said,

285
00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,000
Complete Song of Liangzhou
is loud, hurried and complicated.

286
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,400
But what did you do?

287
00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,120
You didn't convey to us the feeling
of shining spears and armored horses,

288
00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:34,480
instead, you showed us a delightful,

289
00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,000
soft and tender little woman.

290
00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,120
It's a big mistake.

291
00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:43,880
Mr. Xiao is a master player of pipa.

292
00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,880
If you want to perform
at his birthday banquet,

293
00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,480
I suggest you choose another tune.

294
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,840
Otherwise,
you'll be laughed at by experts.

295
00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:59,040
Practicing pipa is like
practicing martial arts.

296
00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,480
Move forward or you'll fall behind.

297
00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,240
There are many masters in
the Music Division,

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00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,320
who have many different abilities.

299
00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:06,840
In my opinion,

300
00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:08,440
you've been

301
00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,040
resting on your laurels recently.

302
00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,880
That's why you played so badly.

303
00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:19,400
I was wrong.

304
00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,600
I'll remember your instruction
and practice hard.

305
00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,240
Try to do your best.

306
00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,440
Don't fail to live up to your duty
as the coach of Pipa Branch.

307
00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,360
Don't fail to live to
people's expectations for you

308
00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,600
and my good intentions
of giving you the music score.

309
00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,320
Deputy Commissioner Gu,

310
00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:42,800
she'll do better

311
00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,280
after more practice.

312
00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:45,800
Give her some time.

313
00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,240
Don't you have business to do?

314
00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:49,760
You should get back to work.

315
00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,760
Pan'er, walk Deputy Commissioner Gu out.

316
00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:53,720
OK.

317
00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,280
Yinzhang, it's fine.

318
00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,240
You just need to practice more.

319
00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:00,880
You've been tired recently.

320
00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:02,480
Go back to your room and have a rest.

321
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:04,720
Help her.

322
00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:07,280
Let's go to your room, Yinzhang.

323
00:19:33,140 --> 00:19:34,740
I've tipped you many winks.

324
00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:35,820
Was I wrong?

325
00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:37,180
Don't you think she did a lousy job?

326
00:19:37,580 --> 00:19:39,420
You should be careful
to tell the truth.

327
00:19:39,420 --> 00:19:41,100
You know she's always preoccupied.

328
00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:43,580
I don't think she is a sister to you.

329
00:19:43,620 --> 00:19:45,100
She is more like a daughter to you.

330
00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:46,380
Moreover,

331
00:19:46,940 --> 00:19:49,140
I just did my duty
as her brother-in-law.

332
00:19:49,420 --> 00:19:50,940
By scolding her and clearing her head,

333
00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:52,020
I protected her from

334
00:19:52,020 --> 00:19:52,740
being embarrassed

335
00:19:52,740 --> 00:19:54,340
in front of the guests
at the birthday banquet.

336
00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:55,860
All right, you're reasonable.

337
00:19:55,980 --> 00:19:56,940
You should go back now.

338
00:19:58,140 --> 00:19:58,860
Go ahead.

339
00:20:02,620 --> 00:20:03,820
Take a break first.

340
00:20:03,940 --> 00:20:05,300
Put the pipa down, OK?

341
00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:11,100
Can you hear me?

342
00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:14,100
Take a break.

343
00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:19,020
She's been behaving strangely
after Gu Qianfan criticized her.

344
00:20:19,100 --> 00:20:20,340
She wouldn't let go of the pipa.

345
00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:27,940
What did you do?

346
00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:30,060
Don't worry. I called back
her spirit by scaring her.

347
00:20:30,540 --> 00:20:32,540
Look, isn't she all right now?

348
00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:33,900
She is.

349
00:20:36,940 --> 00:20:37,700
Yinzhang,

350
00:20:38,940 --> 00:20:40,380
would you like some pastries

351
00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:42,140
or some tea?

352
00:20:43,460 --> 00:20:44,180
Are you hungry?

353
00:20:44,860 --> 00:20:46,020
I caught a fish.

354
00:20:46,020 --> 00:20:47,180
Sanniang can cook it for you.

355
00:20:56,700 --> 00:20:57,420
Let's go.

356
00:21:03,940 --> 00:21:04,940
Where did you go?

357
00:21:04,940 --> 00:21:05,900
I couldn't find you anywhere.

358
00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:06,940
I went to clean up the pond silt.

359
00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:08,460
I also caught a fish.

360
00:21:08,740 --> 00:21:09,860
We'll have fish for dinner.

361
00:21:10,220 --> 00:21:11,100
Did you hang out again?

362
00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:13,340
I didn't hang out. I was making money.

363
00:21:13,820 --> 00:21:15,100
If there is too much silt in the pond,

364
00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:16,060
fish won't grow fat.

365
00:21:16,220 --> 00:21:17,660
So we must clean it in time.

366
00:21:17,940 --> 00:21:20,180
I earn 500 coins a day.

367
00:21:20,820 --> 00:21:22,340
Chen Lian found the job for me.

368
00:21:22,540 --> 00:21:24,220
Even the foreman dares not
pocket my money.

369
00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,380
From now on,
when the teahouse is closed,

370
00:21:26,380 --> 00:21:27,340
I'll work there.

371
00:21:27,740 --> 00:21:29,580
The job is much easier
than those at the wharf.

372
00:21:31,340 --> 00:21:33,380
Chen Lian? Did you make up with him?

373
00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:37,460
Why do you work so hard?

374
00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:39,220
We paid you enough, didn't we?

375
00:21:39,340 --> 00:21:40,340
Yes.

376
00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,140
But nobody thinks
he has enough money.

377
00:21:42,540 --> 00:21:43,740
I'm saving my dowry money.

378
00:21:44,660 --> 00:21:45,420
Dowry?

379
00:21:46,620 --> 00:21:48,020
How old are you?

380
00:21:48,020 --> 00:21:48,980
Why are you so anxious?

381
00:21:48,980 --> 00:21:50,420
Of course I'm anxious.

382
00:21:50,900 --> 00:21:52,660
Women in Great Song

383
00:21:52,660 --> 00:21:55,020
must have large dowries
if they want to live a happy life.

384
00:21:55,220 --> 00:21:55,900
My mo...

385
00:21:56,780 --> 00:21:57,900
My...

386
00:21:57,900 --> 00:21:59,940
My friend in Liangzhou told me,

387
00:22:00,220 --> 00:22:01,020
because she only

388
00:22:01,220 --> 00:22:03,260
had a dowry of 10 strings of coins,

389
00:22:03,540 --> 00:22:04,980
she's been bullied
by her husband's family.

390
00:22:05,620 --> 00:22:06,980
She was also given a nickname

391
00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:08,660
called Wife of Ten Strings.

392
00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:11,340
I calculated it carefully.

393
00:22:11,940 --> 00:22:14,420
If I work here for five years,

394
00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,220
I'll earn 70 strings.

395
00:22:17,220 --> 00:22:18,260
If I make some extra money,

396
00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:19,540
I'll save 100 strings.

397
00:22:20,180 --> 00:22:21,180
In that case, I can straighten my back

398
00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:23,860
in my husband's family.

399
00:22:24,540 --> 00:22:25,660
You're quite far-sighted.

400
00:22:25,940 --> 00:22:26,820
Of course.

401
00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:28,180
Didn't Pan'er say

402
00:22:28,420 --> 00:22:30,580
a man without distant thought
must have sorrows?

403
00:22:31,140 --> 00:22:33,020
I'd better
prepare everything in advance.

404
00:22:33,620 --> 00:22:35,700
Though I don't know who I'll marry,

405
00:22:36,660 --> 00:22:38,580
it's always right

406
00:22:38,580 --> 00:22:39,500
to save up enough dowry

407
00:22:39,660 --> 00:22:40,460
with my own hands.

408
00:22:41,580 --> 00:22:42,620
You are smarter

409
00:22:42,620 --> 00:22:43,780
than Yinzhang.

410
00:22:44,180 --> 00:22:45,620
She always thinks of

411
00:22:45,620 --> 00:22:47,500
finding a good husband
so that she'll get rid of her status.

412
00:22:47,820 --> 00:22:49,780
That's why she made such a huge trouble.

413
00:22:50,180 --> 00:22:51,700
To live a happy life,

414
00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:52,980
women must rely on themselves.

415
00:22:53,420 --> 00:22:54,900
How can they pin their hopes on men?

416
00:22:56,180 --> 00:22:56,980
You're right.

417
00:22:58,100 --> 00:22:58,820
Why are you smiling?

418
00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:02,100
Don't be mad at me if I tell the truth.

419
00:23:02,540 --> 00:23:03,220
Shoot.

420
00:23:03,620 --> 00:23:05,820
You usually say that you used to
force Zifang to study

421
00:23:05,940 --> 00:23:07,860
because you wanted him
to be a Presented Scholar

422
00:23:07,860 --> 00:23:08,780
and become an official,

423
00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:10,740
then you would be

424
00:23:10,740 --> 00:23:13,100
a madam wearing a chaplet
and official robes.

425
00:23:13,820 --> 00:23:14,940
But isn't it relying on men

426
00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:16,380
if you rely on your son?

427
00:23:21,260 --> 00:23:22,420
Sounds fair.

428
00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:30,180
Pour me the water.

429
00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:32,300
Pan'er,

430
00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:36,900
was my playing really that bad?

431
00:23:38,180 --> 00:23:40,060
In my mind, your pipa skills

432
00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:41,660
are still the best in the world.

433
00:23:42,820 --> 00:23:43,620
Don't give up.

434
00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:47,020
Didn't Gu Qianfan suggest you

435
00:23:47,740 --> 00:23:50,220
choose another tune
to perform at Xiao's Mansion?

436
00:23:50,540 --> 00:23:51,380
Don't listen to him.

437
00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:52,860
Keep practicing this one.

438
00:23:53,220 --> 00:23:53,980
Practice hard.

439
00:23:54,220 --> 00:23:57,460
I believe you'll astound the guests
with your skills.

440
00:23:57,740 --> 00:23:59,820
At that time, we'll ask him
to take back his words

441
00:24:00,060 --> 00:24:01,100
and apologize to you.

442
00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:02,380
What do you say?

443
00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:22,420
She's been playing for a long time.

444
00:24:22,620 --> 00:24:23,620
The porridge is getting cold.

445
00:24:24,420 --> 00:24:25,820
She keeps playing

446
00:24:26,140 --> 00:24:26,980
and doesn't eat anything.

447
00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:28,260
What if her hands get hurt?

448
00:24:29,620 --> 00:24:30,500
Let her go her own way.

449
00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:31,620
She is proud.

450
00:24:32,020 --> 00:24:33,060
Only in this way

451
00:24:33,220 --> 00:24:35,100
could she ease her anxiety.

452
00:24:36,780 --> 00:24:39,260
I think Yinzhang plays well.

453
00:24:54,340 --> 00:24:54,980
Stop.

454
00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:55,900
Don't run.

455
00:24:55,900 --> 00:24:57,220
Stop.

456
00:24:57,700 --> 00:24:59,780
Stop.

457
00:25:09,380 --> 00:25:10,060
Be careful.

458
00:25:12,340 --> 00:25:13,660
Move.

459
00:26:52,340 --> 00:26:53,060
Sir.

460
00:26:56,460 --> 00:26:58,220
This is the first suspect caught alive

461
00:26:58,540 --> 00:27:00,020
since we began to chase the Hat Demon.

462
00:27:02,820 --> 00:27:03,580
Interrogate him carefully.

463
00:27:04,140 --> 00:27:05,380
Make sure he confesses.

464
00:27:06,220 --> 00:27:06,980
Remember,

465
00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:09,060
don't torture him.

466
00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:11,300
Don't let him commit suicide.

467
00:27:12,660 --> 00:27:13,180
Yes, sir.

468
00:27:16,460 --> 00:27:17,180
Chief,

469
00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:20,020
the Office of Imperial Guards
asked to fetch him for interrogation.

470
00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:21,660
Commander Cui came.

471
00:27:23,660 --> 00:27:24,660
He came to pick up the prisoner?

472
00:27:29,660 --> 00:27:30,780
The prisoner is very important.

473
00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:33,180
I can't turn him over to you.

474
00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:35,940
Deputy Commissioner Gu,
you've gone too far.

475
00:27:36,860 --> 00:27:39,220
With the letter of Mr. Yang,
our inspector-in-chief,

476
00:27:39,220 --> 00:27:40,220
can't I transfer

477
00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:42,180
a petty swindler?

478
00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:45,220
If I remember correctly,

479
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,060
the Office of Imperial Guards

480
00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:51,620
is in charge of prisoners

481
00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:52,940
that committed felonies.

482
00:27:54,140 --> 00:27:56,140
Why do you come specially
for a petty swindler

483
00:27:56,860 --> 00:27:59,740
in the middle of the night?

484
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,720
(Commander Cui,
Office of Imperial Guards)

485
00:28:02,740 --> 00:28:03,620
Deputy Commissioner Gu,

486
00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:05,940
what do you mean?

487
00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:08,620
We've been working hard
for half a month.

488
00:28:08,820 --> 00:28:10,460
As soon as we caught the suspect,

489
00:28:10,460 --> 00:28:11,660
you came to transfer him.

490
00:28:12,020 --> 00:28:13,580
I wonder what's your intention?

491
00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:14,540
Shut up.

492
00:28:15,980 --> 00:28:17,060
You don't get to talk.

493
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:25,180
I must take the prisoner away tonight.

494
00:28:28,020 --> 00:28:28,980
Deputy Commissioner Gu,

495
00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:34,300
don't refuse a toast
only to drink a forfeit.

496
00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:41,740
I've been working here
for more than a decade

497
00:28:42,780 --> 00:28:44,660
without drinking a forfeit.

498
00:28:46,420 --> 00:28:47,100
Really?

499
00:28:57,940 --> 00:28:58,860
Enough.

500
00:29:02,100 --> 00:29:03,740
Mr. Commissioner.

501
00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:06,580
We're all colleagues.

502
00:29:07,140 --> 00:29:08,380
We should be kind to each other.

503
00:29:10,140 --> 00:29:10,700
Mr. Lei.

504
00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:11,220
Sir.

505
00:29:11,220 --> 00:29:11,980
At ease.

506
00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:16,020
Gu,

507
00:29:17,060 --> 00:29:19,420
the Office of Imperial Guards
informed me in advance.

508
00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:21,500
You should let them
pick up the prisoner.

509
00:29:21,940 --> 00:29:24,340
They'll take the responsibility
if something happens.

510
00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:28,300
Since they bothered you,

511
00:29:30,020 --> 00:29:32,180
I surely won't
turn the prisoner over to him.

512
00:29:38,940 --> 00:29:39,820
Mr. Lei,

513
00:29:40,900 --> 00:29:44,220
that's how you do your business?

514
00:29:48,740 --> 00:29:51,380
Mr. Cui, wait for a minute.

515
00:29:53,340 --> 00:29:55,340
Gu Qianfan, come with me.

516
00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:09,460
Gu, don't be so arrogant.

517
00:30:09,540 --> 00:30:11,180
I allow you to take charge of
the South Section at will,

518
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:12,300
but you shouldn't...

519
00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:13,060
Sir,

520
00:30:15,220 --> 00:30:16,620
who told you they would come to

521
00:30:17,420 --> 00:30:19,180
pick up the prisoner?

522
00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:21,500
Mr. Guo, the Commander-in-chief.

523
00:30:24,820 --> 00:30:26,180
Actually, I found that

524
00:30:26,260 --> 00:30:27,940
the man behind the Hat Demon case

525
00:30:28,220 --> 00:30:30,660
was related to those
who framed Minister Duke Xiao.

526
00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:34,180
The Office of Imperial Guards
is the Emperor's own troop.

527
00:30:34,620 --> 00:30:36,780
Mr. Guo is of the Second Rank.

528
00:30:37,420 --> 00:30:39,420
Instead of sleeping without anxiety,

529
00:30:40,140 --> 00:30:41,460
why would he rather

530
00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:43,060
owe you a favor
and send his man here

531
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:45,940
to pick up a petty prisoner
in the middle of the night?

532
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:51,820
I don't know what Mr. Guo

533
00:30:52,020 --> 00:30:53,620
gave you in exchange for the favor.

534
00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:56,420
I just don't want you

535
00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:58,180
to be involved in their conspiracy

536
00:30:58,620 --> 00:31:00,900
for no reason at all.

537
00:31:21,340 --> 00:31:22,140
Don't wait any longer.

538
00:31:22,740 --> 00:31:23,860
Mr. Lei is gone.

539
00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:25,100
Please leave.

540
00:31:26,620 --> 00:31:27,460
Deputy Commissioner Gu,

541
00:31:27,900 --> 00:31:29,260
I'm sorry I offended you.

542
00:31:29,300 --> 00:31:31,300
But I'm under strict orders.

543
00:31:31,380 --> 00:31:32,780
I must take the prisoner away.

544
00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:33,860
Please do me a favor.

545
00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:36,940
Deputy Commissioner Gu,

546
00:31:37,300 --> 00:31:38,660
we both take orders secretly from

547
00:31:38,660 --> 00:31:40,260
Qi Mu, the Vice Censor-in-Chief.

548
00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:41,980
Why do you make it so hard for me?

549
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:51,500
What did you say?

550
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,480
(Qi)

551
00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:18,820
This is Mr. Qi's signature for secrets.

552
00:32:20,340 --> 00:32:21,340
I bet you've seen it.

553
00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:33,580
I see.

554
00:32:34,740 --> 00:32:35,540
Please leave.

555
00:32:37,940 --> 00:32:39,620
The matter is of great importance.

556
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:42,420
If Mr. Qi really wants the prisoner,

557
00:32:43,740 --> 00:32:45,180
why didn't he tell me personally?

558
00:32:45,940 --> 00:32:46,980
Why did he send you?

559
00:32:47,420 --> 00:32:50,060
I swear by my life I wasn't lying.

560
00:32:59,420 --> 00:33:01,020
You tell Mr. Qi after you return

561
00:33:02,020 --> 00:33:04,540
that the prisoner is kept
under my own guard.

562
00:33:07,140 --> 00:33:08,260
I would never let him

563
00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:09,900
say anything that shouldn't be heard of.

564
00:33:09,980 --> 00:33:11,820
And I wouldn't do any harm to him.

565
00:33:12,660 --> 00:33:14,660
If he needs anything else,
he should tell me personally.

566
00:33:15,980 --> 00:33:16,700
See you.

567
00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:28,780
Go.

568
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:57,200
(Flourishing Trees Outside the Gate)

569
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:19,320
(Meet me tomorrow
at Xiao's birthday banquet.)

570
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,680
(Meet me tomorrow
at Xiao's birthday banquet.)

571
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:25,440
(Qi)

572
00:34:33,620 --> 00:34:35,620
This is Mr. Qi's signature for secrets.

573
00:34:36,930 --> 00:34:37,970
I bet you've seen it.

574
00:35:06,410 --> 00:35:09,660
Princess Anding presents
the white jade Maitreya

575
00:35:09,860 --> 00:35:11,890
to congratulate Minister Duke Xiao
on his birthday.

576
00:35:12,620 --> 00:35:14,450
The white jade Maitreya is so big.

577
00:35:14,660 --> 00:35:15,620
- Really?
- Let's go have a look.

578
00:35:15,620 --> 00:35:16,500
I only saw small ones before.

579
00:35:16,500 --> 00:35:17,940
Maintain your decency.

580
00:35:18,180 --> 00:35:19,860
Don't disturb the honorable guests.

581
00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:27,500
Are you nervous?

582
00:35:31,340 --> 00:35:32,300
Don't worry.

583
00:35:32,940 --> 00:35:34,540
You'll soon get used to it.

584
00:35:34,820 --> 00:35:36,580
I'll give you hints later.

585
00:35:37,540 --> 00:35:38,580
Thank you.

586
00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:46,100
Imperial edict from His Majesty.

587
00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:47,860
Please receive.

588
00:35:47,860 --> 00:35:48,580
Imperial edict?

589
00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:54,820
His Majesty sent a messenger
to congratulate Mr. Xiao's birthday.

590
00:35:55,420 --> 00:35:57,020
It's a huge compliment to him.

591
00:35:58,980 --> 00:36:01,420
By the grace of Heaven...

592
00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:04,900
Look, that's Minister Duke Xiao.

593
00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:07,780
That's Vice Censor-in-chief Qi.

594
00:36:08,420 --> 00:36:10,900
On the right is Mr. Ke,
the former Minister Duke.

595
00:36:11,220 --> 00:36:12,740
(Ke Zheng, Former Chancellor)
He's Mr. Xiao's deadly enemy.

596
00:36:13,020 --> 00:36:14,500
He was dismissed
from the post of Chancellor.

597
00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:16,540
Now he has to leave the capital
and take office as a local official.

598
00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:20,420
Xiao Qinyan, receive the imperial edict.

599
00:36:20,820 --> 00:36:22,940
Yes, sir.

600
00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:24,580
My gratitude to His Majesty.

601
00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:28,180
Congratulations.

602
00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:29,780
Thank you.

603
00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:33,100
Keep it safe.

604
00:36:48,780 --> 00:36:49,580
Please.

605
00:36:49,820 --> 00:36:52,180
Congratulations.

606
00:36:52,420 --> 00:36:53,620
Thank you, everyone.

607
00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:55,060
Please come in.

608
00:36:56,820 --> 00:36:57,500
By the way,

609
00:36:57,980 --> 00:37:00,580
that's Inspector Gao,
elder brother of Consort Gao.

610
00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:13,060
These officials

611
00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:16,420
are at each other's throats in private,

612
00:37:17,180 --> 00:37:18,420
while in public,

613
00:37:18,420 --> 00:37:20,980
they seem to be polite and pleased.

614
00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:23,980
I wonder if their gifts are poisonous.

615
00:37:31,460 --> 00:37:32,540
Why haven't you got changed yet?

616
00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:34,380
I'll get changed now.

617
00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:45,100
Are you ready?

618
00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:47,260
Yes.

619
00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:48,940
Come. It's our turn now.

620
00:38:09,660 --> 00:38:10,380
Evade.

621
00:38:14,340 --> 00:38:15,300
Come with me to get changed.

622
00:38:28,020 --> 00:38:31,260
Have you put away the imperial edict?

623
00:38:31,660 --> 00:38:32,620
Rest assured, Master.

624
00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:39,380
Hasn't Qianfan come yet?

625
00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:40,420
Yes.

626
00:38:41,060 --> 00:38:42,900
I told the doorman,

627
00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:45,020
as soon as Deputy Commissioner Gu
arrives...

628
00:38:45,020 --> 00:38:45,780
Enough.

629
00:38:48,780 --> 00:38:52,340
He really cherishes his reputation.

630
00:38:54,020 --> 00:38:55,900
In order to keep a distance from me,

631
00:38:56,540 --> 00:38:58,340
he'd rather not give me
a birthday present.

632
00:39:04,940 --> 00:39:05,820
Fine.

633
00:39:07,340 --> 00:39:09,260
I don't care if he comes or not.

634
00:39:09,860 --> 00:39:10,700
Anyway,

635
00:39:12,380 --> 00:39:15,220
keep the quiet seat

636
00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:16,460
beside the column for him.

637
00:39:18,100 --> 00:39:19,900
Prepare him some cushions.

638
00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:23,740
And his favorite southern pastries,

639
00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:26,060
remember to get them ready.

640
00:39:26,780 --> 00:39:27,700
Master, rest assured.

641
00:39:28,420 --> 00:39:29,180
Who?

642
00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:31,980
Father, it's me.

643
00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:35,700
I come to get changed, too.

644
00:39:36,460 --> 00:39:37,380
With my absence,

645
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:40,060
you left the guests behind
and came here.

646
00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:45,620
Do you want all the officials
to laugh at our family

647
00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:47,100
for neglecting the guests?

648
00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:49,020
I dare not.

649
00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:50,420
I bet you dare.

650
00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:52,300
His Majesty's imperial edict,

651
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:55,660
I received it respectfully
with my both hands

652
00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:57,020
before I asked you to keep it safe.

653
00:39:57,060 --> 00:39:57,900
But you

654
00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:01,180
banded it over to him casually in public

655
00:40:01,540 --> 00:40:03,820
with one of your hands.

656
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:07,260
And you dared take it out on Mr. Ke.

657
00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:10,460
You were arrogant enough that
people might think it was your birthday.

658
00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:12,060
I was wrong.

659
00:40:12,260 --> 00:40:13,420
I dare not do it again.

660
00:40:14,380 --> 00:40:16,660
But I feel aggrieved for you.

661
00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:18,380
You are the newly granted
Prime Minister.

662
00:40:18,540 --> 00:40:19,340
Mr. Ke is just a loser

663
00:40:19,340 --> 00:40:21,740
who has lost His Majesty's favor.

664
00:40:21,940 --> 00:40:23,780
He has been downgraded to Prefect,

665
00:40:24,060 --> 00:40:25,620
yet he dares to be rude
to you in public.

666
00:40:25,740 --> 00:40:28,380
Even though I defeated him this time,

667
00:40:28,380 --> 00:40:29,900
he is still Ke Zheng.

668
00:40:30,820 --> 00:40:34,060
Do you know why I can defeat him

669
00:40:34,060 --> 00:40:35,420
and become Prime Minister this time?

670
00:40:36,220 --> 00:40:37,900
Because I can swallow insults.

671
00:40:39,140 --> 00:40:40,420
Ke Zheng and his like

672
00:40:40,540 --> 00:40:43,020
hate me to the core.

673
00:40:44,340 --> 00:40:45,500
But do you know

674
00:40:45,500 --> 00:40:46,980
why they still
come to my birthday banquet?

675
00:40:47,540 --> 00:40:49,780
Because they must save their dignity.

676
00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:54,140
The harsher they are to me,

677
00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:56,340
the kinder I'm to them.

678
00:40:56,980 --> 00:40:59,860
They'll have to
suppress their anger.

679
00:41:00,220 --> 00:41:02,780
Only by enraging them

680
00:41:02,780 --> 00:41:04,260
and flustering them,

681
00:41:04,820 --> 00:41:07,340
could I have the chance to
get rid of them all.

682
00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:08,620
Do you understand?

683
00:41:10,340 --> 00:41:12,140
Yes, I understand.

684
00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:14,740
All right, go to the kitchen

685
00:41:15,420 --> 00:41:18,100
and check if the humps are ready.

686
00:41:18,420 --> 00:41:19,220
Remember,

687
00:41:19,780 --> 00:41:21,620
if you do anything wrong again,

688
00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:24,180
I have other sons to rely on.

689
00:41:37,020 --> 00:41:40,500
(If he is one-tenth talented
as Qianfan,)

690
00:41:42,020 --> 00:41:43,380
(I won't be worried.)

691
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,760
(Duke of State An)

692
00:42:12,940 --> 00:42:14,820
There may be some delays inside.

693
00:42:15,540 --> 00:42:17,060
We have to wait a little longer.

694
00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:21,180
It's almost been an hour.

695
00:42:22,020 --> 00:42:23,180
I can hardly hold it.

696
00:42:26,140 --> 00:42:27,100
Put it on the ground.

697
00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:36,940
Pick it up. Don't forget yourself.

698
00:42:45,820 --> 00:42:47,620
The doorman of the Prime Minister is
equal to an official of the Third Rank.

699
00:42:48,420 --> 00:42:49,540
Servants are difficult to deal with.

700
00:42:50,860 --> 00:42:53,020
Though the dignitaries
are polite to us usually,

701
00:42:53,260 --> 00:42:54,220
after all,

702
00:42:54,460 --> 00:42:55,620
we are of pariah status.

703
00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:57,620
We should remember our status.

704
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:00,940
We should remember our status.

705
00:43:30,930 --> 00:43:36,590
♪A feeling of depression♪

706
00:43:36,940 --> 00:43:43,050
♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪

707
00:43:43,050 --> 00:43:48,370
♪How can we forget each other♪

708
00:43:48,370 --> 00:43:52,960
♪Wind blows and time flies♪

709
00:43:54,880 --> 00:44:00,590
♪When the splendor fades away
only the smell lingers♪

710
00:44:00,940 --> 00:44:06,460
♪In the corner of memories
there are sad moments♪

711
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:12,320
♪Emotions go on and on♪

712
00:44:12,500 --> 00:44:17,770
♪Because time is short but love is hot♪

713
00:44:18,450 --> 00:44:21,580
♪Stars wink for you♪

714
00:44:21,580 --> 00:44:24,430
♪Romance is crazy about you♪

715
00:44:24,430 --> 00:44:27,310
♪Who even waits for you♪

716
00:44:27,510 --> 00:44:30,510
♪Until the end of her life♪

717
00:44:30,510 --> 00:44:33,320
♪When I look back one day♪

718
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,560
♪I'll let go of everything♪

719
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:43,070
♪I'll hold your hand
and never let you down♪

720
00:44:43,070 --> 00:44:48,510
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

721
00:44:48,510 --> 00:44:54,480
♪When our eyes get wet with tears
for each other♪

722
00:44:54,990 --> 00:45:00,490
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

723
00:45:00,490 --> 00:45:08,660
♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪