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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 38=

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Your mother has a pure heart and spirit.

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She is virtuous, frank,

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amiable and respectable.

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A gentleman and a lady

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falling in love

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is the most beautiful thing
in the world.

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There's nothing to be ashamed of.

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The reason why we didn't tell you

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is because you just arrived
and you're young.

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We're afraid you can't take it.

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Still, I don't allow it!

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According to books, a woman
must always be obedient.

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She obeys her father
before getting married.

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She obeys her husband
after getting married.

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She obeys her son
after her husband dies.

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Without my permission,

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she can't marry you!

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Fu Zifang,

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I don't need your permission.

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Don't you remember?

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Your father divorced me.

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A woman gets married
under the order of her parents.

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But she can marry anyone
for the second time.

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In this world, no one

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has the right to interfere
with my marriage.

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Including you, even if you're my son.

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Mother!

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You don't really take me as your mother.

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All you need is a babysitter

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who is always obedient to you

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and takes care of you.

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That's not true!

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Say no more.

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I used to indulge you too much.

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So, today,

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Yinzhang had to coerce you

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and gave you a lesson on my behalf.

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Now I finally understand.

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I may be a good mother,
but you're never a good son.

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Fu Zifang,

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you're just as selfish as your father.

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Let's get back.

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Sanniang.

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But...

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Zifang, come up.

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It's too cold.

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Go. Leave him there.

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He won't be drowned.

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He may catch a cold.

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Mother, I was wrong.

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Stand up.

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Come over.

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Swap for the dry clothes

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in case you catch a cold.

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Mother, are you not angry
with me anymore?

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I'm still angry with you.

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But a mother never hates her son.

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Zifang, now,

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you're growing up.

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I think you can get my point.

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I'm not only your mother,

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but also a woman.

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An assertive woman.

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I indeed dream to be mandated.

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For this dream,

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I forced to you study hard

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so that you became rebellious.

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That's why you were

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easily bought over by your aunt

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and lost your mind.

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I don't want you

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to live for my dream anymore.

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When I want to be mandated,

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I'll work hard for that personally.

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I picked Du Changfeng to be my husband.

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I don't think
I'm not good enough for him.

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I don't think
he'll be bad to me, either.

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When our wedding is held
a few days later,

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I will get married very proudly.

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People's discussions

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can never defeat me.

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Go.

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Mother, I was wrong.

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I'm no longer angry.

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Mm.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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a big sale for today.

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Come into our restaurant
and get a free cup of Celestial Wine.

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- Great.
- Nice.

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Line up.

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Line up. Right there. Line up.

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Hurry.

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Line up.

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Go.

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- Go quickly.
- Hurry.

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You're like me
before you drink the wine.

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But you'll be like him
after you drink it.

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- It improves your health
- Line up.

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- and helps you lose weight.
- Line up.

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- First come, first served. Hurry.
- Go get the free wine.

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Celestial Wine is good.

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- Celestial Wine is free for today!
- You two, come this way.

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Nice trick, isn't it?

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Today, Yong'an Restaurant

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receives more customers by 30%.

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It's not only a nice trick,

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but also a stroke of genius.

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You do a better job than me

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as the manager of Yong'an Restaurant.

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I'm just imitating you.

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I can handle the restaurant
for the moment.

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But I can't handle it for a long time.

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I like to see you being happy.

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By the way, tell Chi Pan

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not to really make a scene

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with the restaurant guild.

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Just show them

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that we're not pushovers.

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But they tried to kill you.

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Why must we be soft with them?

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I don't think
they're behind the assassination.

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It didn't make any sense.

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You're enjoying your leisure time.

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Oops.

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You're back quite early today.

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- Qianfan.
- Your leg hasn't recovered yet.

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I have something to tell you.

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Mm.

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Ouyang Xu is transferred to be
Controller-general of Xinzhou, right?

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He left the Eastern Capital yesterday.

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Unexpectedly, he ran into bandits
on the sea last night

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and was killed.

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Ah?

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Who did that?

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No idea. It's still under investigation.

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But I know things can't be
quite that simple.

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At today's morning court,

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censors suddenly impeached me.

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According to them,
I married a businesswoman,

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regardless of the distinction
between officials and businessmen.

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This made me unconventional.

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I allowed my wife to monopolize spices
and fight for profits with civilians.

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This made me heartless.

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Pan'er wasn't a pariah a long time ago.

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She's a civilian, too.

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Commissioner Gu Qianfan,

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I'm Inspector-in-chief Zhang Yun

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from the Infantry Command
of the Guard Department.

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To what do I owe the pleasure?

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Commanded by His Majesty, I'll take you
to our prison for interrogation.

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Qianfan.

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Take it easy. Don't worry.

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I'll be right back.

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Go find Chen Lian. Hurry.

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All right.

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Gu Qianfan, you'd better confess.

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You're familiar
with the tortures, after all.

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Why must you wait until you're tortured?

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Just because I'm familiar

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with the tortures,

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I can probably guess

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that His Majesty asked you

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not to give me severe torture, right?

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So far, consequently,

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you've only dared

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to give me the water torture
which will leave no wound on my body.

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Let me say it again.

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I've never seen The Night Revels.

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I've never

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instigated anyone to deceive His Majesty
with a fake painting.

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Why are you still so stubborn
even when you're dying?

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You're avenging Commander Cui,
the Hat Demon,

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right?

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In the first year of Jingde's reign,
he was your deputy commandant.

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You two even went to a war
with His Majesty.

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Do you think
His Majesty can't figure out

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what I have found out?

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Give him the bell torture.

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Will you confess or not?

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Zhang Yun, calm down.

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It's a struggle between Scholar Ministers
and the Empress Party.

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I know you want to avenge Commander Cui.

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But don't be instigated

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just because of this

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or get involved in the struggle.

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You must understand.

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If one day His Majesty knows

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that I'm innocent,

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do you want your Guard Department

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to always be an enemy
of the Capital Security Office?

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Go on!

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From the homes of those
who attacked you,

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jewels with Minister Xiao's signet
were found.

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Among the dead bandits
who attacked Ouyang Xu,

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there were Minister Xiao's servants, too.

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So, Minister Xiao asked for a sick leave

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and he's waiting to be interrogated.

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But what does it have anything
to do with Qianfan?

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Minister Xiao won't kill him.

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He just won't.

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So, you heard about that rumor, too?

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As in the rumor,

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Minister Xiao married Chief's aunt

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and treated him as his son.

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So he kept promoting Chief.

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And...

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Speech officials told His Majesty

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that Minister Xiao must be dissatisfied

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when Chief insisted on marrying you...

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Me, the humble businesswoman.

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That's why he tries to kill Qianfan.

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Mm.

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They also said

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that Minister Xiao didn't know
Chief was also in the carriage

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and it made you escape by luck.

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After hearing that,

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His Majesty flew into a rage,

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reprimanding Her Majesty
and Minister Xiao

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for overextending themselves.

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But Her Majesty said

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she had no idea of this.

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To prove her innocence,

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she asked His Majesty to have Chief

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taken to the Guard Department
for a strict interrogation.

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Wait.

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I get it.

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I'm sure His Majesty thinks

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Qianfan colluded with the Empress Party

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and instigated me

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to lie about The Night Revels

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so that the Empress could get away.

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This is the real reason
why Qianfan was arrested.

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The Capital Security Office is in charge
of the defense of the capital city.

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If it's under control
of the Empress Party,

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it'll be extremely dangerous
to His Majesty.

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You're right.

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I don't think
Minister Xiao is the murderer.

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It's more like that Qi Mu is
incriminating Minister Xiao

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when he's out of the capital city.

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Who else can order
so many speech officials, anyway?

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Think about it, Pan'er.

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Last time, he colluded with Ouyang Xu
but failed to dethrone Her Majesty.

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His Majesty then alienated him.

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This time, to take revenge,

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he tried to murder you and Ouyang Xu.

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Whether you died or not,

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His Majesty would suspect
Her Majesty and Minister Xiao.

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In this way,

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he'll get a chance

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to assume his job back here.

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It can't be true.

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Qi Mu isn't in the Eastern Capital.

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Now that we can think of this,

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Xiao Qinyan can figure it out, too.

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Shall we visit Minister Xiao

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00:13:31,490 --> 00:13:32,570
and ask for some advice?

273
00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:37,980
Not now.

274
00:13:38,890 --> 00:13:41,020
I haven't been arrested yet.

275
00:13:41,050 --> 00:13:43,420
But someone is probably spying on me.

276
00:13:43,860 --> 00:13:46,130
What we should do is do nothing now.

277
00:13:47,130 --> 00:13:49,100
Qi Mu isn't in the Eastern Capital.

278
00:13:49,340 --> 00:13:52,100
Xiao Qinyan has been
a powerful official for decades.

279
00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:54,020
He will not easily give in.

280
00:13:55,540 --> 00:13:56,690
After all, Qianfan is his...

281
00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:03,170
He won't let Qianfan die.

282
00:14:04,730 --> 00:14:05,490
Besides,

283
00:14:06,020 --> 00:14:08,570
I left a hint to His Majesty.

284
00:14:09,050 --> 00:14:11,780
I mentioned that Qianfan
got engaged with me,

285
00:14:11,780 --> 00:14:12,860
regardless of my identity.

286
00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:15,130
So, the calmer we appear to be,

287
00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:16,810
the more His Majesty will believe

288
00:14:17,220 --> 00:14:18,100
that I told the truth

289
00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:20,660
before I even realized it.

290
00:14:27,220 --> 00:14:28,730
Is this the good idea you came up with?

291
00:14:29,020 --> 00:14:29,900
It is, of course.

292
00:14:31,050 --> 00:14:33,370
Anyway, very few people know

293
00:14:33,370 --> 00:14:34,300
that Pan'er married Gu Qianfan.

294
00:14:34,460 --> 00:14:36,050
As long as I marry Pan'er,

295
00:14:36,370 --> 00:14:37,540
the speech officials' impeachment

296
00:14:37,780 --> 00:14:39,420
will just be fictitious.

297
00:14:39,780 --> 00:14:41,900
Then His Majesty won't suspect anything.

298
00:14:42,050 --> 00:14:43,610
You're taking advantage!

299
00:14:44,860 --> 00:14:46,170
I'm sacrificing my body

300
00:14:46,170 --> 00:14:47,810
to save all of you, all right?

301
00:14:47,810 --> 00:14:48,930
I'm not aware of other punishments.

302
00:14:48,930 --> 00:14:50,690
But Pan'er will be beheaded
for deceiving His Majesty.

303
00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:52,220
You will implicate me, too.

304
00:14:52,220 --> 00:14:53,420
Yong'an Restaurant will also be closed.

305
00:14:53,570 --> 00:14:54,690
Such a dangerous problem

306
00:14:54,690 --> 00:14:55,660
must be solved as soon as possible.

307
00:14:56,050 --> 00:14:57,460
Do you not have a selfish motive?

308
00:14:58,690 --> 00:14:59,570
I do, so what?

309
00:15:00,050 --> 00:15:01,170
I have a selfish motive

310
00:15:01,540 --> 00:15:02,660
just because I like Pan'er!

311
00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:04,300
If you were in this trouble,

312
00:15:04,420 --> 00:15:05,660
never dream to get help from me!

313
00:15:06,090 --> 00:15:06,930
- What? What?
- You!

314
00:15:06,980 --> 00:15:07,660
Trying to slap me?

315
00:15:07,690 --> 00:15:09,020
Before I touch you,
why are you still touching me?

316
00:15:09,020 --> 00:15:09,980
Come on. Touch me.

317
00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:12,900
Chi Pan, I appreciate your kindness.

318
00:15:14,250 --> 00:15:15,420
Just say but.

319
00:15:15,810 --> 00:15:16,690
But Qianfan and I

320
00:15:16,690 --> 00:15:18,460
traveled from Qiantang County
to the Eastern Capital.

321
00:15:19,610 --> 00:15:21,540
Magistrate of Huating County,
Prefect Xu,

322
00:15:21,780 --> 00:15:22,780
and some
in the Capital Security Office...

323
00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:24,050
A lot of people knew about that.

324
00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,660
His Majesty will figure it out
with a careful investigation.

325
00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:29,300
What do we do, then?

326
00:15:30,370 --> 00:15:32,100
We can't just sit here and wait to die.

327
00:15:32,860 --> 00:15:34,100
We're not waiting to die,

328
00:15:34,340 --> 00:15:35,810
but waiting for an opportunity.

329
00:15:36,570 --> 00:15:37,900
Qianfan's been in prison for a whole day

330
00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:38,930
and we haven't got any information.

331
00:15:40,050 --> 00:15:41,370
I don't know if he was tortured.

332
00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:45,980
Chi Pan, Qianfan's subordinates
don't dare to take any action now.

333
00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:47,490
It's not convenient
for me to ask around, either.

334
00:15:47,930 --> 00:15:49,300
You're well-connected
in the Eastern Capital.

335
00:15:49,660 --> 00:15:51,660
Could you try to see him?

336
00:15:52,130 --> 00:15:54,540
He can judge more accurately than us.

337
00:15:56,020 --> 00:15:58,540
A jailer of the Guard Department Jail
owed me a gambling debt.

338
00:15:58,860 --> 00:15:59,720
I'll ask him for help.

339
00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:01,520
No, no, this isn't appropriate.

340
00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:04,100
You're the owner of Yong'an Restaurant.

341
00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:05,900
He may not want to get involved.

342
00:16:07,420 --> 00:16:08,460
Let me go.

343
00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,100
I'm an official, anyway.

344
00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,220
Even if I'm caught,

345
00:16:11,250 --> 00:16:12,540
I may survive.

346
00:16:13,810 --> 00:16:14,900
Changfeng, you...

347
00:16:15,610 --> 00:16:16,370
I'm a man.

348
00:16:16,860 --> 00:16:18,690
When the family is in trouble,
the man should always step forward.

349
00:16:21,860 --> 00:16:22,900
You're quite manly today.

350
00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:26,730
Not at all.

351
00:16:57,180 --> 00:16:57,940
Off you go.

352
00:16:57,940 --> 00:16:58,650
Thanks.

353
00:17:03,650 --> 00:17:06,970
Sir, I'm ordered to check on you.

354
00:17:14,650 --> 00:17:15,410
Sir?

355
00:17:23,530 --> 00:17:24,340
Gu Qianfan.

356
00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:26,580
Gu Qianfan.

357
00:17:39,290 --> 00:17:40,010
It's me.

358
00:17:44,820 --> 00:17:46,340
Are you the doctor they sent?

359
00:17:47,180 --> 00:17:48,490
Yes, I am.

360
00:17:49,530 --> 00:17:51,490
My ears are hurt
and I can't hear anything.

361
00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:54,820
Feel my pulse, then.

362
00:18:08,890 --> 00:18:10,220
Listen to me.

363
00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:15,060
Ask them not to take rash action.

364
00:18:15,890 --> 00:18:17,740
His Majesty only has me interrogated,

365
00:18:18,580 --> 00:18:21,220
instead of doing anything
on Pan'er or Yong'an Restaurant.

366
00:18:22,130 --> 00:18:23,080
It means

367
00:18:23,820 --> 00:18:25,890
His Majesty suspects something,

368
00:18:26,580 --> 00:18:28,250
but doesn't have evidence.

369
00:18:30,170 --> 00:18:33,620
Lei Jing sent me
to look for The Night Revels.

370
00:18:34,460 --> 00:18:36,170
I've got a lot of things on him.

371
00:18:37,130 --> 00:18:38,130
I believe

372
00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:42,370
he's interceding hard for me
with His Majesty.

373
00:18:43,220 --> 00:18:44,530
So, I won't die.

374
00:18:45,650 --> 00:18:46,650
But your ears...

375
00:18:47,650 --> 00:18:49,130
If Pan'er asks about my condition,

376
00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:51,410
tell her

377
00:18:52,250 --> 00:18:53,700
that I'm only imprisoned

378
00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:55,620
and I'm safe.

379
00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:58,580
Ask her not to worry about me.

380
00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:02,530
Are you done?

381
00:19:03,770 --> 00:19:05,940
Yes, yes.
I'll go write the prescription.

382
00:19:08,220 --> 00:19:09,060
Take care.

383
00:19:21,130 --> 00:19:21,980
What did I say?

384
00:19:21,980 --> 00:19:23,460
Gu Qianfan would be all right.

385
00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:24,100
Yeah.

386
00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:26,250
After all, he's the Commissioner
of the Capital Security Office.

387
00:19:26,580 --> 00:19:27,650
Even Imperial Guards

388
00:19:27,770 --> 00:19:29,060
don't dare to offend him
without a good reason.

389
00:19:34,250 --> 00:19:34,940
Something's wrong.

390
00:19:35,890 --> 00:19:37,100
If Qianfan were really all right,

391
00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:39,280
he wouldn't be so nervous.

392
00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:40,410
- Yeah.
- No, no, no.

393
00:19:40,410 --> 00:19:41,940
I'm... I'm not nervous.

394
00:19:42,490 --> 00:19:44,060
What exactly happened? Tell me.

395
00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:45,370
Tell us.

396
00:19:47,890 --> 00:19:48,620
Say it.

397
00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:52,340
Come on. Tell us.

398
00:19:52,340 --> 00:19:54,580
When I went in, I called him,

399
00:19:54,580 --> 00:19:55,530
but he didn't respond.

400
00:19:55,580 --> 00:19:57,770
I guess his ears were hurt.

401
00:19:59,370 --> 00:20:00,340
He couldn't hear you?

402
00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:02,170
So, he's deaf?

403
00:20:03,530 --> 00:20:04,700
Not only his ears were hurt,

404
00:20:05,460 --> 00:20:07,340
his pulse felt messy, too.

405
00:20:07,650 --> 00:20:08,530
He also had a fever.

406
00:20:08,860 --> 00:20:10,130
Maybe he was also hurt somewhere else.

407
00:20:10,740 --> 00:20:11,620
Darn it.

408
00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:13,740
How did they torture Chief?

409
00:20:14,650 --> 00:20:16,820
I didn't expect the guards
to torture him like that.

410
00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:22,060
Pan'er.

411
00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:24,010
I'm all right.

412
00:20:24,770 --> 00:20:26,130
I'll go beg Finance Minister Lin.

413
00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:27,650
Don't bother.

414
00:20:28,370 --> 00:20:30,650
Chen Lian, there's only one thing
we can do.

415
00:20:31,250 --> 00:20:32,580
No one can save Qianfan, but him.

416
00:20:33,130 --> 00:20:35,100
Please draw away those who spy on us.

417
00:20:35,490 --> 00:20:36,100
No problem.

418
00:20:39,430 --> 00:20:40,380
(Xiao's Mansion)

419
00:20:40,380 --> 00:20:41,480
(Xiao's Mansion)
Zhao Pan'er

420
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,220
asked to see me?

421
00:20:43,770 --> 00:20:46,220
Yes. She came through the back door.

422
00:20:47,530 --> 00:20:49,340
For the sake of prudence,

423
00:20:50,340 --> 00:20:51,650
I brought her to the side room.

424
00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,980
You have many contacts in court

425
00:21:33,890 --> 00:21:34,820
and you must know

426
00:21:35,220 --> 00:21:36,940
how Qianfan is being tortured.

427
00:21:37,980 --> 00:21:39,370
He never wants to be involved

428
00:21:39,370 --> 00:21:40,890
in your struggle
against Scholar Ministers.

429
00:21:42,980 --> 00:21:44,410
For the sake of his mother...

430
00:21:44,890 --> 00:21:46,170
You knew

431
00:21:46,290 --> 00:21:50,010
I didn't send anyone to kill you.

432
00:21:51,290 --> 00:21:53,460
He seldom talked about you.

433
00:21:54,620 --> 00:21:55,940
But he always believes

434
00:21:56,770 --> 00:21:58,460
that you won't hurt him.

435
00:22:06,490 --> 00:22:07,460
You may rise.

436
00:22:14,010 --> 00:22:15,100
Don't worry.

437
00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,650
I've had everything arranged.

438
00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:21,530
Qianfan won't be tortured anymore.

439
00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,170
In three or five days at most,

440
00:22:24,580 --> 00:22:26,220
he can come out safely.

441
00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:30,250
But during this period,

442
00:22:30,700 --> 00:22:33,170
you'd better not stay
in the Eastern Capital.

443
00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:51,860
Master.

444
00:22:52,060 --> 00:22:53,490
Go prepare a carriage.

445
00:22:53,490 --> 00:22:54,650
Have it tightly covered

446
00:22:54,890 --> 00:22:55,700
and send her back home in it.

447
00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:56,820
Aye.

448
00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:20,650
Qianfan is a good person.

449
00:23:24,290 --> 00:23:25,280
So are you.

450
00:23:27,650 --> 00:23:31,220
I feel sorry to you.

451
00:23:42,890 --> 00:23:44,220
The carriage is ready.

452
00:23:59,110 --> 00:24:04,560
(Xiao's Mansion)

453
00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:08,410
Don't move unless you want to die.

454
00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:09,770
I'm saving your life.

455
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,430
(Xiao's Mansion)

456
00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:19,700
It's safe here, I guess.

457
00:24:22,770 --> 00:24:23,700
What did you just say?

458
00:24:25,340 --> 00:24:26,410
He won't rescue Gu Qianfan.

459
00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:28,010
He lied to you.

460
00:24:28,650 --> 00:24:29,410
What?

461
00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:32,650
To the Empress,

462
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:33,580
The Night Revels is irrefutable evidence

463
00:24:33,580 --> 00:24:35,220
of her shameful past.

464
00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:36,700
So,

465
00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:38,940
when she heard the rumors

466
00:24:38,940 --> 00:24:40,290
about the relationship
between Gu Qianfan and my father,

467
00:24:40,860 --> 00:24:41,770
she started to suspect

468
00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:44,130
that my father had kept
the existence of the painting

469
00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:45,340
because he was disloyal to her.

470
00:24:47,580 --> 00:24:49,530
To prove his loyalty to the Empress,

471
00:24:50,250 --> 00:24:52,130
when he met the Empress's brother today,

472
00:24:52,370 --> 00:24:53,370
he asserted

473
00:24:53,650 --> 00:24:55,860
that he divorced Ms. Gu
out of resentment,

474
00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:57,650
and he and Gu Qianfan

475
00:24:57,980 --> 00:24:59,130
only contacted in the Hat Demon case

476
00:24:59,370 --> 00:25:00,860
instead of being a family.

477
00:25:01,860 --> 00:25:03,010
Under such circumstances,

478
00:25:03,580 --> 00:25:05,250
how would he rescue Gu Qianfan?

479
00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:09,710
You think he's heartless, huh?

480
00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:11,890
He's always been this kind of man.

481
00:25:12,890 --> 00:25:15,340
Otherwise, he couldn't be
such a powerful official.

482
00:25:16,650 --> 00:25:17,810
In his heart,

483
00:25:18,170 --> 00:25:21,370
sons aren't important at all.

484
00:25:22,060 --> 00:25:24,060
Only power matters most to him.

485
00:25:27,650 --> 00:25:28,460
Sister-in-law,

486
00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:30,580
you used to be very clever.

487
00:25:31,250 --> 00:25:32,700
Why did you lose your mind

488
00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:33,700
and come to beg him today?

489
00:25:34,460 --> 00:25:35,490
Don't you know

490
00:25:35,770 --> 00:25:37,170
how Gu Qianfan hates him?

491
00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:43,650
You knew that?

492
00:25:44,980 --> 00:25:47,890
Do you also know your father was...

493
00:25:48,890 --> 00:25:49,890
I figured out

494
00:25:50,010 --> 00:25:52,700
that Minister Xiao wasn't behind those
who attacked me.

495
00:25:53,980 --> 00:25:55,460
But after Qianfan was arrested,

496
00:25:55,860 --> 00:25:57,490
he probably wanted to kill me.

497
00:25:58,220 --> 00:25:59,650
Because as long as he faked

498
00:25:59,890 --> 00:26:01,250
that Qi Mu's men killed me,

499
00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:04,770
he and Qianfan would be vindicated.

500
00:26:06,820 --> 00:26:08,740
But to get Qianfan out quickly,

501
00:26:09,370 --> 00:26:10,530
I don't care
how much I hate your father.

502
00:26:10,860 --> 00:26:12,290
Even if I have to die

503
00:26:13,460 --> 00:26:15,060
and even if Qianfan blames me,

504
00:26:16,370 --> 00:26:17,740
I still have to do this.

505
00:26:19,060 --> 00:26:21,980
You're so nice to Gu Qianfan.

506
00:26:24,490 --> 00:26:25,700
He's better to me.

507
00:26:26,940 --> 00:26:29,770
No wonder he insisted on marrying you
even by hurting himself.

508
00:26:30,890 --> 00:26:32,770
I'm still not experienced enough.

509
00:26:33,770 --> 00:26:34,700
I didn't expect him

510
00:26:35,340 --> 00:26:37,130
to comfort me with a smile

511
00:26:37,820 --> 00:26:39,490
while arranging for his men to kill me.

512
00:26:41,410 --> 00:26:42,170
Thank you for today.

513
00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:46,530
You always hate Qianfan, don't you?

514
00:26:46,890 --> 00:26:47,770
Why did you save me?

515
00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:52,820
Because...

516
00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:56,010
He's my eldest brother, after all.

517
00:26:56,860 --> 00:26:59,770
And because he saved my life
in the Hat Demon case.

518
00:27:00,530 --> 00:27:01,580
I'm jealous of him.

519
00:27:02,060 --> 00:27:03,130
But I don't want him to die.

520
00:27:04,130 --> 00:27:05,940
I don't want his beloved lady
to die, either.

521
00:27:07,290 --> 00:27:08,170
Get back home.

522
00:27:08,890 --> 00:27:10,820
You'd better stay
in Yong'an Restaurant lately.

523
00:27:11,410 --> 00:27:12,100
Don't be alone.

524
00:27:12,580 --> 00:27:14,890
The more people are around you,
the less he dares to kill you.

525
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:16,410
What about you?

526
00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:18,530
Are you afraid of your father?

527
00:27:20,370 --> 00:27:22,170
He'll just beat me.

528
00:27:22,650 --> 00:27:23,410
I'm used to that, anyway.

529
00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:24,490
Get in the carriage.

530
00:27:24,580 --> 00:27:26,410
I arranged this carriage and the driver.
Rest assured.

531
00:27:29,370 --> 00:27:30,060
Sister-in-law.

532
00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:32,770
Take care.

533
00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:47,530
I also felt confused
after I heard about this.

534
00:27:48,770 --> 00:27:51,980
After all, I verified again and again
that The Night Revels

535
00:27:52,580 --> 00:27:55,100
was fictitious.

536
00:27:55,980 --> 00:27:58,290
Gu Qianfan knew nothing about it
before his mission.

537
00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:01,460
How could he fake the painting
with Ms. Zhao?

538
00:28:03,980 --> 00:28:06,170
Is Gu Qianfan really the nephew

539
00:28:06,580 --> 00:28:08,740
of Xiao Qinyan's ex-wife?

540
00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:09,890
Yes.

541
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:12,060
Gu Qianfan never concealed this

542
00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:13,740
in his resume.

543
00:28:14,340 --> 00:28:15,530
But I don't think

544
00:28:15,770 --> 00:28:19,370
Minister Xiao ever helped Gu Qianfan

545
00:28:19,620 --> 00:28:21,650
just for their relationship.

546
00:28:22,370 --> 00:28:25,580
Or I wouldn't dare to always assign

547
00:28:25,580 --> 00:28:28,010
the hardest missions to Gu Qianfan.

548
00:28:29,890 --> 00:28:30,820
But I remember

549
00:28:30,820 --> 00:28:34,340
when Gu Qianfan was promoted
to be the Commissioner,

550
00:28:35,060 --> 00:28:38,370
Xiao Qinyan put in a good word for him.

551
00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:42,100
It was... It was because

552
00:28:43,220 --> 00:28:44,890
Gu Qianfan killed the Hat Demon.

553
00:28:45,770 --> 00:28:47,340
If Minister Xiao didn't repay Gu Qianfan

554
00:28:47,580 --> 00:28:49,580
for saving his life,

555
00:28:49,580 --> 00:28:51,290
others will badly gossip about him.

556
00:28:52,250 --> 00:28:56,010
Besides, Gu Qianfan
requested Your Majesty

557
00:28:56,490 --> 00:28:58,460
to mandate his aunt Ms. Gu.

558
00:28:59,130 --> 00:29:01,130
Ms. Gu is from
a family of Scholar Ministers.

559
00:29:01,650 --> 00:29:04,820
She divorced Minister Xiao
out of resentment.

560
00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:06,010
Wasn't he disgracing

561
00:29:06,290 --> 00:29:08,060
Minister Xiao

562
00:29:08,060 --> 00:29:09,650
in front of Your Majesty?

563
00:29:11,650 --> 00:29:12,290
Oh, right.

564
00:29:12,770 --> 00:29:14,980
There may be another way out.

565
00:29:15,490 --> 00:29:16,340
Say it.

566
00:29:19,460 --> 00:29:20,620
Ouyang Xu isn't dead.

567
00:29:23,060 --> 00:29:23,710
Ah?

568
00:29:24,060 --> 00:29:24,820
He isn't dead?

569
00:29:26,060 --> 00:29:27,250
He was just wounded.

570
00:29:27,250 --> 00:29:28,340
Someone saved him.

571
00:29:28,580 --> 00:29:30,770
Guards of the Court of Judicial Review
are escorting him back.

572
00:29:31,650 --> 00:29:33,220
His two servants died.

573
00:29:33,410 --> 00:29:35,820
On the ship transferring
osmanthus south,

574
00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:37,290
all of the six workers died, too,

575
00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:38,460
from the helmsman to the boatmen.

576
00:29:38,770 --> 00:29:40,490
Only he jumped into the river early

577
00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:42,490
and floated downstream
on a piece of deck.

578
00:29:44,410 --> 00:29:45,170
Pan'er,

579
00:29:45,620 --> 00:29:47,220
I know you hate Ouyang Xu.

580
00:29:47,650 --> 00:29:49,980
But if we try to bribe him
with a large sum of money

581
00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:51,490
and ask him to tell His Majesty

582
00:29:51,770 --> 00:29:53,620
that Qi Mu sent the bandits to kill him,

583
00:29:53,740 --> 00:29:55,740
maybe we can stir things up.

584
00:29:58,890 --> 00:30:00,860
Wait, wait. Say it again.

585
00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:04,220
Ouyang Xu isn't dead.

586
00:30:04,490 --> 00:30:05,860
We can try to bribe him

587
00:30:06,220 --> 00:30:07,100
and ask him

588
00:30:07,250 --> 00:30:08,940
to accuse Scholar Ministers instead.

589
00:30:09,890 --> 00:30:10,620
Something's wrong.

590
00:30:11,530 --> 00:30:14,290
Qi Mu knows Xiao Qinyan is
Qianfan's father.

591
00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:17,010
Under such circumstances,

592
00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:19,060
he only needs to conceal this secret.

593
00:30:19,980 --> 00:30:21,290
After all, colluding with his son

594
00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:22,890
and distorting an official's resume

595
00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:23,860
can be a capital offense
for Xiao Qinyan.

596
00:30:25,620 --> 00:30:26,940
If so,

597
00:30:27,980 --> 00:30:29,530
the one behind all this only knows

598
00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:32,100
that Xiao Qinyan and Qianfan are close.

599
00:30:34,890 --> 00:30:36,940
Could you take me
to see Ouyang Xu stealthily?

600
00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:41,100
Fine.

601
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,060
Help!

602
00:31:05,170 --> 00:31:05,890
Stop yelling.

603
00:31:06,530 --> 00:31:07,740
I've knocked out the guards

604
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:09,220
with some incense.

605
00:31:21,010 --> 00:31:22,060
Are you here to kill me?

606
00:31:23,330 --> 00:31:24,410
No.

607
00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:27,420
I came to verify something.

608
00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:31,150
I'm almost sure about it, though.

609
00:31:32,980 --> 00:31:34,340
Don't try to look mysterious.

610
00:31:34,650 --> 00:31:35,700
Just get to the point.

611
00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:42,530
I smell the Pear Fragrance in this room.

612
00:31:42,530 --> 00:31:44,980
It's rarely used by common people,

613
00:31:45,530 --> 00:31:47,220
but widely used in the imperial harem.

614
00:31:48,250 --> 00:31:49,820
You just met someone
sent by the Empress,

615
00:31:51,030 --> 00:31:51,740
right?

616
00:31:54,130 --> 00:31:57,890
Your being attacked is a hoax.

617
00:31:58,370 --> 00:32:00,770
Qi Mu isn't behind all this,

618
00:32:00,770 --> 00:32:01,610
but the Empress is.

619
00:32:02,130 --> 00:32:05,250
You turned to the Empress
a long time ago, right?

620
00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:08,820
Because of The Night Revels,

621
00:32:08,820 --> 00:32:09,890
the Empress hates Qi Mu a lot.

622
00:32:10,370 --> 00:32:12,130
Qi Mu has been banished
from the Eastern Capital,

623
00:32:12,580 --> 00:32:14,650
but she still wants to get rid of him.

624
00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:17,410
So, she set interlocked traps.

625
00:32:17,740 --> 00:32:19,130
First, she had Xiao Qinyan suspected.

626
00:32:19,700 --> 00:32:20,940
Then, she'll ask the guards
of the Court of Judicial Review

627
00:32:21,170 --> 00:32:22,860
to find out the flaws in the evidence.

628
00:32:23,890 --> 00:32:25,580
Qi Mu isn't in the Eastern Capital.

629
00:32:26,060 --> 00:32:28,290
So, he can't explain
to His Majesty's face.

630
00:32:28,770 --> 00:32:30,860
His Majesty will suspect
Scholar Ministers

631
00:32:31,340 --> 00:32:33,410
as much as he distrusted
the Empress Party.

632
00:32:34,170 --> 00:32:36,410
Meanwhile, the Empress can

633
00:32:36,490 --> 00:32:39,980
warn Xiao Qinyan who gets arrogant
as the Grand Secretary.

634
00:32:41,130 --> 00:32:41,860
Am I right?

635
00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:43,580
How did you know that?

636
00:32:44,890 --> 00:32:46,580
Because I used to be the one

637
00:32:46,580 --> 00:32:47,620
who knew you best.

638
00:32:49,010 --> 00:32:52,130
Three years ago, you fell sick
in Qiantang County

639
00:32:52,660 --> 00:32:54,130
and couldn't smell the osmanthus.

640
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:56,770
Otherwise, your body would
flare and itch.

641
00:32:57,370 --> 00:32:59,060
How could a man like this

642
00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:03,100
take a ship transferring osmanthus?

643
00:33:06,860 --> 00:33:08,580
It means

644
00:33:08,940 --> 00:33:11,940
everything was arranged by someone else

645
00:33:13,170 --> 00:33:15,620
and you didn't dare to resist.

646
00:33:16,290 --> 00:33:16,940
Wrong.

647
00:33:18,860 --> 00:33:20,530
I planned all this.

648
00:33:21,770 --> 00:33:23,620
I begged the Empress's brother
regardless of humiliation.

649
00:33:24,430 --> 00:33:25,700
I told him

650
00:33:25,890 --> 00:33:27,580
that I completely offended Qi Mu

651
00:33:28,410 --> 00:33:30,770
and I had to be loyal to the Empress.

652
00:33:32,580 --> 00:33:34,620
As long as I risked my life
to set this trap,

653
00:33:35,460 --> 00:33:37,940
the Empress can get rid of
Qi Mu forever.

654
00:33:40,130 --> 00:33:41,410
She trusted me

655
00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:43,460
and gave me another chance

656
00:33:44,170 --> 00:33:45,490
to stay in the Eastern Capital.

657
00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:51,370
So, you had eight people killed?

658
00:33:51,980 --> 00:33:53,250
So, you tried to kill me, too?

659
00:33:55,770 --> 00:33:56,580
Ouyang Xu,

660
00:33:57,370 --> 00:33:58,530
I don't think

661
00:33:58,530 --> 00:34:00,010
I've ever hurt you.

662
00:34:01,260 --> 00:34:03,220
Why did you do such things to us?

663
00:34:18,060 --> 00:34:19,860
Because...

664
00:34:21,530 --> 00:34:23,170
I have no other way out.

665
00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:49,140
Are you all right?

666
00:34:57,860 --> 00:34:58,860
Because I hate you!

667
00:34:59,730 --> 00:35:01,420
You put me through this!

668
00:35:02,450 --> 00:35:03,340
Zhao Pan'er,

669
00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:05,970
do you know how much I loved you?

670
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,770
Why didn't you listen to me?

671
00:35:09,770 --> 00:35:11,930
Why did you ask Gu Qianfan for help?

672
00:35:12,770 --> 00:35:15,010
Why did you force me
to be the Taoist Temple Administrator

673
00:35:15,010 --> 00:35:16,290
in the Western Capital?

674
00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:19,420
You ruined my bright future

675
00:35:19,970 --> 00:35:23,450
after I studied hard for a dozen years.

676
00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:25,420
I had no choice,

677
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:27,860
but to work for Qi Mu

678
00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:29,450
and do evil for the Empress.

679
00:35:30,860 --> 00:35:34,140
It's you. You put me through this.

680
00:35:58,180 --> 00:35:58,820
No.

681
00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:04,690
I...

682
00:36:06,140 --> 00:36:07,580
I meant to be a good man.

683
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,280
I meant to be

684
00:36:12,660 --> 00:36:14,660
an unyielding official.

685
00:36:17,290 --> 00:36:18,770
But I didn't have a choice.

686
00:36:19,930 --> 00:36:23,490
It's you. You made me do this.

687
00:36:24,380 --> 00:36:26,360
All of you made me do this.

688
00:36:32,010 --> 00:36:33,290
I still have a chance.

689
00:36:33,820 --> 00:36:39,210
As long as I help the Empress
topple Qi Mu

690
00:36:39,690 --> 00:36:41,380
and kill you and Gu Qianfan,

691
00:36:42,970 --> 00:36:44,290
I can stay in the Eastern Capital,

692
00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:47,820
get promoted,

693
00:36:48,970 --> 00:36:52,820
and take revenge on the Gao Family.

694
00:36:54,210 --> 00:36:58,010
You and Gu Qianfan will regret
what you've done.

695
00:36:59,290 --> 00:37:00,660
I failed to kill you last time.

696
00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:06,060
I won't let you run away again.

697
00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:10,510
Pan'er.

698
00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:28,420
Somebody!

699
00:37:50,580 --> 00:37:51,210
Pan'er.

700
00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:53,970
Come on. Let's go.

701
00:38:01,460 --> 00:38:02,970
Help! Assassins!

702
00:38:08,380 --> 00:38:10,010
Mr. Ouyang, who assassinated you?

703
00:38:10,620 --> 00:38:11,530
I didn't get a clear look.

704
00:38:11,730 --> 00:38:12,380
Wait.

705
00:38:13,180 --> 00:38:13,860
Don't bother to run after them.

706
00:38:14,730 --> 00:38:15,490
Leave me alone.

707
00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:20,620
(Don't panic.)

708
00:38:21,450 --> 00:38:22,930
(Even if she knows everything,)

709
00:38:23,290 --> 00:38:24,340
(she doesn't have any evidence.)

710
00:38:25,210 --> 00:38:27,290
(Gu Qianfan is in prison, anyway.)

711
00:38:27,970 --> 00:38:28,900
(She's a mere civilian,)

712
00:38:29,380 --> 00:38:30,660
(with no one to rely on.)

713
00:38:31,450 --> 00:38:34,060
(I'll tell the Empress
about this tomorrow.)

714
00:38:34,690 --> 00:38:36,580
(Yes. This is what I should do.)

715
00:38:36,730 --> 00:38:40,420
Ouyang Xu's being attacked
is also weird.

716
00:38:40,730 --> 00:38:43,140
If Minister Xiao really wanted
to kill that minor official,

717
00:38:43,580 --> 00:38:44,930
he wouldn't have failed

718
00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:47,060
or left such visible traces.

719
00:38:52,620 --> 00:38:53,340
What's up?

720
00:38:53,580 --> 00:38:56,690
Your Majesty, Consort Gao's niece
Gao Hui insisted on seeing you.

721
00:38:57,180 --> 00:38:58,820
Ridiculous. I'm busy.

722
00:39:00,250 --> 00:39:02,290
She said she had something important.

723
00:39:05,210 --> 00:39:06,450
We're not finished here. Wait.

724
00:39:07,580 --> 00:39:08,530
Get her in. Hurry.

725
00:39:08,530 --> 00:39:09,180
Aye.

726
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:19,620
Don't bother to kneel.

727
00:39:20,490 --> 00:39:22,010
What did you come for? Say it.

728
00:39:22,290 --> 00:39:24,690
Your Majesty,
my good friend Zhao Pan'er,

729
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:26,340
the manager of Yong'an Restaurant,

730
00:39:26,490 --> 00:39:28,250
has never monopolized spices

731
00:39:28,250 --> 00:39:29,420
on the strength of Commissioner Gu.

732
00:39:29,580 --> 00:39:30,450
She's innocent.

733
00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:33,690
Zhao Pan'er is your good friend now?

734
00:39:34,970 --> 00:39:35,770
She is.

735
00:39:37,490 --> 00:39:38,970
So, you came to intercede for her?

736
00:39:39,820 --> 00:39:40,930
I'm not interceding for her!

737
00:39:40,930 --> 00:39:42,420
She has done nothing wrong!

738
00:39:42,690 --> 00:39:44,900
If Pan'er really bullied others
on the strength of Gu Qianfan

739
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:46,770
like the officials accused,

740
00:39:46,970 --> 00:39:49,250
why did she need to impawn

741
00:39:49,250 --> 00:39:51,060
the deed of her teahouse?

742
00:39:53,250 --> 00:39:53,930
Besides,

743
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:55,250
other restaurants first refused

744
00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:56,860
to sell wine to Yong'an Restaurant.

745
00:39:57,450 --> 00:39:58,930
Pan'er then didn't sell spices to them.

746
00:39:59,100 --> 00:39:59,860
She was just

747
00:39:59,860 --> 00:40:01,450
turning their playbook against them.

748
00:40:02,290 --> 00:40:03,900
Some people had an ulterior motive

749
00:40:04,380 --> 00:40:06,380
and forcibly blamed Pan'er
for bullying others

750
00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:08,100
instead of having a common
business competition.

751
00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:09,380
All right. All right.

752
00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:12,340
This is an affair of politics.

753
00:40:12,530 --> 00:40:14,580
A lady like you shouldn't interfere.

754
00:40:15,140 --> 00:40:17,340
But Pan'er is just a lady, too.

755
00:40:17,620 --> 00:40:19,930
You can send anyone to verify
what I just said.

756
00:40:20,060 --> 00:40:21,210
I promise it's all true.

757
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:23,770
Miss Gao, please go back home.

758
00:40:32,290 --> 00:40:35,250
Your Majesty, you watched me grow up.

759
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,180
I'm overbearing.

760
00:40:37,250 --> 00:40:39,380
But I've never lied to you

761
00:40:39,380 --> 00:40:41,010
or begged you for anything.

762
00:40:41,820 --> 00:40:43,340
Miss Gao, say no more.

763
00:40:43,380 --> 00:40:44,340
Just go.

764
00:40:44,340 --> 00:40:45,580
Pan'er is a lady.

765
00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:47,210
She came here all alone
and have no one to rely on.

766
00:40:47,420 --> 00:40:48,900
It's really hard for her

767
00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:50,380
to run the restaurant so well.

768
00:40:50,490 --> 00:40:52,340
I just beg you to investigate the case

769
00:40:52,340 --> 00:40:54,580
and not to hurt an innocent civilian
in the political struggle,

770
00:40:54,580 --> 00:40:55,210
Your Majesty!

771
00:40:55,210 --> 00:40:56,930
Go. Say no more.

772
00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:14,450
Gao Hui is always arrogant.

773
00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:17,490
Why did she make friends
with Zhao Pan'er, too?

774
00:41:19,380 --> 00:41:20,770
It's just fate, I'm afraid.

775
00:41:21,060 --> 00:41:25,730
I think Miss Gao made sense.

776
00:41:25,730 --> 00:41:26,860
Come on.

777
00:41:27,420 --> 00:41:28,660
You guys came one after another

778
00:41:29,180 --> 00:41:32,250
to intercede for Zhao Pan'er
and Gu Qianfan.

779
00:41:33,290 --> 00:41:35,010
If I remember correctly,

780
00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:38,010
you used to be Gu Qianfan's superior.

781
00:41:42,380 --> 00:41:47,010
Your Majesty, just because
you're generous to take advice,

782
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:50,060
and Miss Gao and I
have a clear conscience,

783
00:41:50,060 --> 00:41:51,620
we dare to speak bluntly.

784
00:41:52,690 --> 00:41:53,770
With all due respect,

785
00:41:54,290 --> 00:41:55,380
Prince Sheng is young.

786
00:41:56,010 --> 00:41:57,730
Her Majesty can rely on no one, but you,

787
00:41:57,730 --> 00:41:59,380
in the Imperial Palace.

788
00:42:00,210 --> 00:42:01,900
She's chaste and proud.

789
00:42:02,970 --> 00:42:05,450
She offered to have Gu Qianfan
strictly interrogated

790
00:42:05,450 --> 00:42:07,660
and asked Minister Xiao to wait
to be interrogated on a sick leave

791
00:42:08,690 --> 00:42:12,380
only because she trusted you.

792
00:42:13,340 --> 00:42:16,010
But if there's no evidence
for the false charge

793
00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:19,730
and you still don't
get Minister Xiao back to court,

794
00:42:20,380 --> 00:42:22,420
won't you hurt her heart?

795
00:42:29,380 --> 00:42:30,420
Oh, no.

796
00:42:30,620 --> 00:42:32,100
The Empress won't let us go.

797
00:42:32,770 --> 00:42:33,490
Perhaps she will.

798
00:42:34,210 --> 00:42:35,820
She's extremely powerful.

799
00:42:36,380 --> 00:42:38,060
But I know her weakness.

800
00:42:38,930 --> 00:42:39,970
If we fight desperately,

801
00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:42,450
we may stand a chance of survival.

802
00:42:43,620 --> 00:42:44,970
But how?

803
00:42:45,660 --> 00:42:46,690
According to Xiao Wei,

804
00:42:49,660 --> 00:42:50,970
the more people are around me,

805
00:42:52,450 --> 00:42:53,730
the less they dare to kill me.

806
00:43:19,230 --> 00:43:24,910
♪A feeling of depression♪

807
00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:31,350
♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪

808
00:43:31,350 --> 00:43:36,670
♪How can we forget each other♪

809
00:43:36,670 --> 00:43:41,270
♪Wind blows and time flies♪

810
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:49,040
♪When the splendor fades away
only the smell lingers♪

811
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:54,920
♪In the corner of memories
there are sad moments♪

812
00:43:55,400 --> 00:44:00,760
♪Emotions go on and on♪

813
00:44:00,910 --> 00:44:06,150
♪Because time is short but love is hot♪

814
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,960
♪Stars wink for you♪

815
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,800
♪Romance is crazy about you♪

816
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,680
♪Who even waits for you♪

817
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,880
♪Until the end of her life♪

818
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,680
♪When I look back one day♪

819
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,920
♪I'll let go of everything♪

820
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:31,440
♪I'll hold your hand
and never let you down♪

821
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:36,880
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

822
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:42,840
♪When our eyes get wet with tears
for each other♪

823
00:44:43,290 --> 00:44:48,770
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

824
00:44:48,770 --> 00:44:56,970
♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪