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NO TO PIRACY
SUPPORT ORIGINAL WORKS
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ADAPTATION OF QUEEN CHU
BY XI XING PUBLISHED ON QIDIAN.COM
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The Emperor has died!
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The Anping Rebellion is over.
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In this life, I prevented
Xiao Xun to accede to the throne.
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But the path to its destruction
just getting started.
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Your Highness, well done
for having obtained what you wanted.
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Likewise, Grand Preceptor Deng.
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DENG YI, GREAT PRICEPTOR
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You have the fortune
and the honor you wanted.
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The guard commander was involved
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and was executed.
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This post concerns
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the entire imperial city,
and even the royal clan.
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Your Highness.
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Any suspicions?
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Jiu.
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Your Highness,
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what are you doing?
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Here is my first order.
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Fu Jiu, servant of the Chu clan,
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will command the imperial guard.
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He can be armed in court.
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Any objections?
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IMPERIAL GUARD
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Don't regret it.
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Don't give me a reason.
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General ! A message
urgent from the Capital!
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An urgent message from the Capital!
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General !
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General, a message from the Capital!
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THE EMPEROR IS DEAD
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CHU ZHAO BECOME GREAT PRINCESS
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Her Majesty is dead. Zhao...
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becomes Grand Princess.
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What could she have gone through?
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Court intrigues
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are much fiercer
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as conflicts at the border.
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At least she's safe.
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It's reassuring.
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General, the enemy is invading us!
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To arms! Ahead !
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TAIJI ROOM
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His Majesty has arrived.
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Zhao.
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I want to see Zhao.
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XIAO XUN, HEIR OF THE LORD OF XIAONAN
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XIE YANFANG, PRIME MINISTER
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DENG YI, GREAT PRICEPTOR
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Your Majesty,
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this is not appropriate.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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This is unprecedented.
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Bring in the princess.
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Yu, what's the matter?
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Zhao, I don't want to walk alone.
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Can you come with me?
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If a woman gets involved
of politics, the State will collapse.
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Stay in your place, Your Highness.
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Chamberlain, have you forgotten
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what happened?
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When the Empress Dowager
Xie ruled secretly,
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you urged
the Emperor to take power.
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Your Majesty, move forward.
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DILIGENCE AND VIRTUE
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Kneel down.
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Your Majesty, may your reign be long
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and prosper!
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Straighten up.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Mr. Xie, are you still here?
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I lingered
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to thank you in the name of Her Majesty.
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That's very kind of you.
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I don't know what to answer you.
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You come from the Xie clan of Gaoyang,
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and you are Yu's uncle by blood.
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You can call it
by his first name in private.
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Thank you, Your Highness,
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in the name of my clan, for saving Yu
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and preserved his throne.
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You flatter me, Mr. Xie.
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Yu and I rely on your clan.
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You are modest, Your Highness.
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I know it perfectly.
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You are not
arrived here thanks to my clan.
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It's more like my clan
who is indebted to you.
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Without this,
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I wouldn't have
the position I have at court.
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We are in the same boat,
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let's forget the formalities.
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Outside the court,
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I will call you Yanfang. All right ?
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It would be an honor.
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Since your return,
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you seem in good shape.
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I wonder what harm
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took you away from the Capital
to help you heal.
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An evil that has lasted for a long time.
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Thank you for your concern.
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In his previous life,
he excelled in the art of disguise.
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His clan had a history
centenary and great influence.
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So that Xiao Xun lets down his guard,
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supposedly ill, he stayed in Gaoyang.
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But he secretly lifted
a private army and expanded its power.
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A man like him,
who advances in the shadows,
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is often the one who ends up triumphing.
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Why are you staring at me like that?
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Is my outfit poorly dressed?
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I was thinking...
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Yanfang, you are
an impressive young man.
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Among the ministers,
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I have never seen
no one who has even
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only half your intelligence.
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I wonder if your compliments
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are completely honest.
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Each of my words is sincere.
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You are a master of strategy.
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I would like your advice regarding
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future actions
of the lord of Xiaonan.
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The Lord of Xiaonan
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did not mourn the deceased emperor
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nor paid homage to the new emperor.
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His ambition is too obvious.
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The Grand Preceptor has sent troops
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in Xiaonan Prefecture,
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under the pretext
to hunt down the last rebels.
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The Lord of Xiaonan
has been plotting for over 20 years.
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I fear that many things
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do not escape the control of the court.
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Can we strike first?
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Not without good reason.
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The lord of Xiaonan said
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to be overwhelmed with grief
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and bedridden
since the death of the Emperor.
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So he couldn't come.
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And Yu is his junior.
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You have to take care of it.
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To top it all off,
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the enemy of the northern desert
lurking at the border.
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New courtyard,
internal and external troubles.
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Our state is too fragile
to survive it.
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Thus, the Emperor's edict
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stipulated that Xiao Xun
had preserved the throne.
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Without this, his father would have
a pretext to rebel.
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But it's Xiao Xun
who is behind all this.
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He set a trap to kill
the crown prince and the princess.
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The Crown Princess
was my older sister.
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She was like my mother.
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I am the sworn enemy
of Xiao Xun and his father.
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One day I will kill them with my own hands
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to avenge my sister.
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But now is not the time.
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Xiao Xun appears
like the Emperor's uncle.
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In reality, he remains a hostage.
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Don't worry,
Your Highness. Be patient.
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Don't rush things.
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I understand.
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Thank you for your advice.
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If you still have doubts,
do not hesitate to call me.
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Be careful.
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The paths of this palace
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are treacherous.
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So even someone
like Xie Yanfang, honest and noble,
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wants to kill people out of hatred.
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As you are too
Xiao Xun's enemy,
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don’t blame me
if I use this to my advantage.
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The Xie clan of Gaoyang has come
to the rescue with 5,000 soldiers.
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It’s him.
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The Xie clan.
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It seems that your mother
works in a brothel.
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Our clan refuses dirty people.
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You are like your mother,
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so we're going to pierce your ear
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and fix your outfit.
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Maybe you'll be worth a good price.
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You are holding up well. Another one.
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Stop.
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Uncle, you are very kind.
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You even defend an illegitimate child.
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Xie Xiao, you and your companions
you mistreated this boy.
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Do you know the sentence for that?
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Do you want
that I take you to the ancestral temple
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to kneel there?
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Uncle, we were wrong. We're leaving.
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Does it hurt? You need to take care of yourself.
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No need.
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Your ear...
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Why are you wearing this?
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- If people see it…
- I don't care.
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It's part of me,
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and it will remind me day after day
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how they got me
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pierced the ear.
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And one day, I will be the one to pierce them.
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How dare you rebel?
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Your entire clan must be executed!
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This is exactly what I want.
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Congratulations, Yanlai.
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With the commander's badge,
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you look great.
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The Great Princess
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is far from being
as weak as you think.
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Yes, she is remarkable.
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You worked
for Chu Ling for years.
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You know more about Miss Chu than I do.
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She acted perfectly.
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Unfortunately,
She seems far too impatient.
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I'm curious.
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Why does she suddenly hate Xiao Xun?
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How did this couple get engaged
has he come to move away?
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Why don't they get along?
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From the beginning,
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Xiao Xun did not covet Chu Zhao
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but Chu Ling's border troops.
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She would notice
if she wasn't stupid.
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I have the impression that...
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Yanlai, you find her intelligent.
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I never have you
heard someone praise this way.
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The way you look at her...
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is the same as for a domestic animal.
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However,
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she's a wolf
who grew up in the desert.
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If you are reckless,
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she will bite you on the neck.
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And is that a problem?
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Isn't it better
than a dog that wags its tail?
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Yanlai, you know that.
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I like intelligent people.
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I said what I had to say.
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Young Master Xie,
be careful not to burn yourself.
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Thank you for your concern.
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When you have time,
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come home.
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After all,
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you are a Xie.
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XIE
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XIE YANLAI
COMMANDER OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD
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Now you know
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why can't Fu Jiu
receive the guard badge.
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It's a Xie. It's
the ninth child of the Xie family,
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Xie Yanlai.
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I know it.
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Do you know that?
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He worked five years
for my father under a false name.
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How to keep this secret?
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Do you think the troops
of my father did not know his identity?
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They knew. But they didn't care.
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Whether he is Fu Jiu or Xie Yanlai,
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if he had bad intentions,
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or if he had harmed the troops,
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my father would have punished him accordingly.
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But you gave
the badge to a man of the Xie clan.
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Do you know what that entails?
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Calm down, Grand Preceptor.
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I can give you more.
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Seven shops in Yongfeng Alley
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will be put in your name tomorrow.
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Enameled cups
and shiny beads are common.
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Two boxes have been sent to you.
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Do with it what you want.
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If you need anything else,
do not hesitate to let me know.
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I will do my best
to provide it to you.
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Why, Your Highness?
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Do you know why the walls
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of the palace can stand for a hundred years?
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Because every stone stays in its place.
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Xie Yanlai is
the commander of the imperial guard.
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But I'm counting on you
for court business.
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So rest assured, Mr. Deng.
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Before I'm no longer a princess,
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your position will be firmly established.
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I will not spare
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my efforts.
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I learned that your mother
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longed for your native land.
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I sent men
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to bring back millet from there.
280
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It's nothing.
281
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It's just a gesture
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in respect for his beloved son.
283
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I… Thank you for this attention.
284
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We all have a weakness.
285
00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,520
Even you, Deng Yi.
286
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Xie Yanfang is famous throughout the country.
287
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,600
But he remains sensitive to flattery.
288
00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:18,120
Since he appreciates docile people,
289
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I will hide my claws from him.
290
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:23,840
As for Deng Yi…
291
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He is eager and devoted to his mother.
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I'll give him what he wants.
293
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,880
Xie Yanlai.
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All the ministers are fierce.
295
00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,680
This is the only…
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who would protect me at the risk of his life.
297
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XIE YANLAI
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Jiu.
299
00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,240
I can trust you,
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isn't it?
301
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,600
How dare you, illegitimate son,
302
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,080
burn the ancestral tablets?
303
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,880
You even pushed your father to his death.
304
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:41,920
Believe it or not,
305
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,360
I will dig up your mother
to feed the dogs.
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00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,120
Bastard ! You bring bad luck.
307
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:47,360
Well !
308
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,960
Bastard ! Kill him!
309
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,400
Hit him hard!
310
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,760
Hit him to death!
311
00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:55,120
What is he doing?
312
00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,560
Are you planning to kill Yanlai, great uncle?
313
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,320
Father has just died.
314
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,240
Should we lose another one of ours?
315
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,360
But he burned down the ancestral temple.
316
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,480
- It's true !
- Without descendants,
317
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:09,800
what is this temple for?
318
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,160
By killing a Xie descendant,
319
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will you answer to our ancestors?
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HONOR THE CLAN, UNITE YOUR OWN
321
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Yanlai.
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Yanlai.
323
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As a child, you feared pain.
324
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You cried for hours
325
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,600
in the barn for a scratch.
326
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,720
But today,
you endured 18 lashes.
327
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:47,840
I am Fu Jiu.
328
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:49,880
Not your brother.
329
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,040
I remember, at ten years old,
330
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,440
you stuffed the manger with my books.
331
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:11,960
I followed you to the west courtyard
332
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,440
and saw you wrap
333
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,920
an injured dog in the kennel.
334
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,680
You said
that every living being had a soul,
335
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,440
not to reject an injured dog.
336
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,600
But now?
337
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,000
If you are rejected,
338
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,840
why do their words touch you?
339
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,560
You are like them!
340
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:34,560
You despise my mother and me.
341
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,760
Why play the caring brother?
342
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,960
I'm your big brother.
343
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,600
I don't play.
344
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,960
XIE
345
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,600
Jiu, you are not cured.
Why are you on night watch?
346
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,760
You shouldn't come here this late.
347
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,400
I'll bring you a cape.
348
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,880
You're not going to refuse, are you?
349
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,000
I'm used to cotton. I don't like
350
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:53,840
luxurious fabrics.
351
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,240
Cotton is too fragile
to protect from arrows.
352
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:08,640
Don't you think so?
353
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,680
Mr. Xie Yanlai.
354
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,520
Your Highness, you seek to test me
355
00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:33,080
or to coax me?
356
00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,160
I heard that,
357
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,960
under the orders of my father,
358
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,320
you didn't blink as you broke through the ranks
359
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:41,960
and dropping the flag.
360
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,520
But, now,
361
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,320
are you afraid of a cape?
362
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:49,680
Fear ?
363
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,720
I have the Imperial Guard badge.
364
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,520
Isn't that you
365
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,800
Who should be afraid?
366
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,040
It is.
367
00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:07,880
Conspiracies are harder to foil
368
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,680
as frontal attacks at the border.
369
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,160
So, Mr. Xie, would you like
370
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,160
become my ally?
371
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,200
You now know who I am.
372
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:13,240
Why do you think
that I would choose you
373
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,040
rather than my clan?
374
00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:31,320
Because I will prove to you
375
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,920
that I deserve more
your support as Xie Yanfang.
376
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,080
Is this a proposal or an order?
377
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,440
It's a request.
378
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:06,560
Your Highness,
379
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:08,720
you have power.
380
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,320
Your request is excessive.
381
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,680
The question of my support aside,
382
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,200
you should
383
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,080
take back the cape.
384
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,360
Life is like a part
chess, nothing is certain yet.
385
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,560
Jiu, that's a bit reckless of you
to reject me so categorically.
386
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:01,120
If one day you change your mind,
387
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,600
come find me.
388
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:33,720
Congratulations.
389
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,240
You became the Great Princess
390
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,880
and you have acquired supreme power.
391
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,600
You can finally get revenge.
392
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:42,840
No.
393
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,880
That's not enough for me.
394
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,720
You forgot
how Xiao Xun strangled you,
395
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,480
how he beheaded your father
396
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,600
and how he destroyed your clan?
397
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:54,920
Even if you give up your life,
398
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,000
you have to charge
blood money to Xiao Xun!
399
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,680
Only hatred can
rise to the pinnacle of power.
400
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,280
Only hatred can
lead you to exploit each one,
401
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,480
especially men.
402
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,720
They covet
power and beautiful women.
403
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,320
If you wish,
404
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,720
they will do everything for you.
405
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,560
Until then, you can
take revenge without shedding blood.
406
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:23,520
Revenge.
407
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,000
This is not my only goal.
408
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,960
I hate Xiao Xun, of course.
409
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,320
I also want to cut off his path to success
410
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,960
and ruin everything he aspires to.
411
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,080
In order to achieve this,
412
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:40,280
I have to hide my abilities
413
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,880
and save my trump card for later.
414
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,680
Do you think you're capable of it?
415
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,720
You are a princess in name only.
416
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:50,640
Xiao Xun is the imperial uncle.
417
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,720
Deng Yi is in charge of the court.
418
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,480
The Xie have accumulated great achievements.
419
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:55,480
And you ?
420
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,160
Do you think you can face them?
421
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,520
Didn't you risk your life
to become Grand Princess,
422
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,000
only to make Xiao Xun regret
423
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,600
and strike him with the blade of power?
424
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:13,480
No.
425
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,240
I want more than that.
426
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,440
I want to lead from the shadows.
427
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,480
I want real power.
428
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,400
I want to offer us,
429
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,000
to my father and me, a long life.
430
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,800
What I want,
431
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,800
it is to thwart destiny.
432
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,200
What ?
433
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,360
Yes.
434
00:32:58,440 --> 00:32:59,920
The Great Princess is here.
435
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,280
This is very inappropriate.
436
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,200
This has never happened before.
437
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,320
Indeed.
438
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:08,240
Your Highness, there was nothing
439
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,600
inappropriate for your presence
at the ceremony of accession to the throne.
440
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,560
But now
your place is not at court.
441
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,680
Are you trying to reign secretly,
442
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,160
as did
Empress Dowager Xie?
443
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:23,480
It's true.
444
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:24,480
It's absurd.
445
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:25,760
Scandalous, even.
446
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,600
Who does she think she is?
447
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:29,640
Let's go.
448
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,440
Dear Ministers,
my duty is to supervise the court.
449
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,480
His Majesty will reign sooner or later.
450
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,560
Her Majesty is expected to attend court.
451
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,240
Who decided you could?
452
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,360
Good question, Mr. Qin.
453
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:43,960
You have failed in your duty.
454
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,960
According to the law, you should have been executed.
455
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,960
Because of your merits,
a minor penalty has been imposed on you.
456
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,200
Can I also
ask yourself who decided it?
457
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,680
We did not spare
no effort for the country.
458
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,680
But now, at court,
459
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,320
a woman from outside the royal clan
460
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,240
will direct political affairs.
Isn't that absurd?
461
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,760
Yes. It's ridiculous.
462
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:07,200
It's true. Absurd.
463
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:08,760
Chamberlain,
464
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,159
you are the father-in-law
of the third prince,
465
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,120
who killed his own big brother.
466
00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:15,760
Without the clemency of His Majesty,
467
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,960
you wouldn't be here shouting.
468
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:23,120
Instead of being grateful,
you're making things complicated.
469
00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:25,840
You dare to bite
the hand that fed you?
470
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,400
You are insightful, Mr. Deng.
471
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:30,920
You have discovered
472
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,520
all ministers.
473
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,360
It's remarkable.
474
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,960
In just a few days,
you have put in so much effort.
475
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,960
It is a blessing for the country.
476
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,600
By assisting His Majesty so well,
477
00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:46,400
our country should be at peace.
478
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,400
Invested by the deceased emperor,
479
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,520
I dare not fail in my duty.
480
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,520
Mr. Xie, you were sick
481
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,120
and lived far away for years.
482
00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:56,239
Now that you have returned,
483
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,320
you must have a lot of questions.
484
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,800
If you would like us to discuss it,
485
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,760
I am at your disposal.
486
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,240
Ministers, present your reports
487
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:08,840
or the court will be adjourned.
488
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,520
But… This…
489
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:13,920
How dare she?
490
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,920
What a violation of the rules!
491
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,320
Who does she think she is?
492
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,520
She has no right to say that.
493
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,840
She exceeds her authority.
494
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,080
She... She's very arrogant.
495
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,560
- Yes.
-Who can accept this?
496
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:29,680
Exactly.
497
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:31,320
Commander Xie.
498
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:36,000
It's an order!
499
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,160
Submit your reports!
500
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:39,960
Or the court will be adjourned!
501
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,000
I have something to report.
502
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,920
Recently I dreamed that the emperor
deceased was crying blood and demanding
503
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:58,640
funeral rites.
504
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,680
He should address the current emperor.
505
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,960
Why would he go through a hostage?
506
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,040
In this case, Mr. Xiao must be
507
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:12,800
particularly linked to the late emperor,
since they are of the same blood.
508
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,720
But it's strange...
509
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:16,400
Mr. Xiao,
510
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,520
why didn't you
dreamed of the crown prince?
511
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,400
Did the late emperor also consider
512
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,280
your lineage as closest
of him as the crown prince?
513
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,960
So last night, grandfather
appeared in my uncle's dream.
514
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,840
He must be angry with me.
515
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,040
In recent days,
I often dreamed of him.
516
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:36,960
He said we would fly kites.
517
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,360
But yesterday he didn't come.
518
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:39,480
Yu.
519
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,920
Your Highness,
520
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,640
what should we do?
521
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:00,960
Since His Majesty had these dreams,
522
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,720
Mr. Deng and Mr. Xie
523
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,880
will prepare the sacrificial ceremony.
524
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,520
At your service.
525
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,960
Attending court is so tiring.
526
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:28,520
Can I avoid it tomorrow?
527
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,840
Yu, an emperor must
put your country first,
528
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,200
and avoid complaining.
529
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,440
- Where is my game of nine rings?
- Over there.
530
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,680
Watch where you're walking. Don't fall.
531
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:43,600
All right.
532
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,640
I came without asking for an audience.
533
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,320
Please forgive me, Your Highness.
534
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,720
You are a close relative of Yu,
535
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,600
and I'm his sister now.
536
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,640
We are also close.
537
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,160
You do not have to inform
the others before coming to see Yu.
538
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,920
That said, he is the emperor.
539
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,400
I would appreciate
540
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:15,680
that you warn me from now on,
541
00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:18,600
in order to welcome you well.
542
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:21,720
I will remember it.
543
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:27,120
Yu.
544
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,600
- I am…
- My uncle.
545
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:35,400
Be careful.
546
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,120
It seems
that you brought a game to court.
547
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,280
It's just the game of nine rings.
548
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:52,640
Give it to me.
549
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:55,880
I know I shouldn't have.
550
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,280
Don't ever do that again.
551
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:11,280
Yu,
552
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,160
This is Xie Yanfang, from the Xie clan.
553
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,360
He's also your uncle.
554
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:20,880
Xie Yanfang?
555
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,000
My third uncle.
556
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:36,520
Yu,
557
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,680
I know
that you hate me and my clan.
558
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,520
We failed
to protect you and your parents.
559
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,360
So I came
apologize to you.
560
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,080
From now on, I will stop at nothing
561
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:56,360
for your safety.
562
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,000
Yu, it's time for your morning lessons.
563
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,400
Go wait for me in the office, okay?
564
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:14,200
He's a child,
565
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,680
it's normal
that he does not know how to hide his emotions.
566
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,960
No need to reassure me.
567
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,680
We deeply regret the massacre
568
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,400
of the crown prince's family.
569
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,960
We arrived too late.
570
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,040
Yu harbors resentment,
571
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:39,880
and I understand it.
572
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,720
Yu is still young.
573
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,520
After this tragedy,
he has changed somewhat.
574
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,520
He'll be better soon.
575
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,120
Next time,
576
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,120
bring him some games,
It might cheer him up.
577
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,120
It's rare.
578
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,560
Your two characters match well.
579
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,520
It's very enviable.
580
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:19,160
Yes.
581
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:21,480
Commander Xie has courage.
582
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:23,960
I admire him deeply.
583
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,600
I count on him
for the security of the imperial palace.
584
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,480
You know Xie Yanfang is wary,
585
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,040
but in front of him, you pretended
to hold me in high esteem.
586
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:53,600
For what purpose?
587
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,640
You did not deny,
588
00:41:56,240 --> 00:41:58,840
so you agree with me.
589
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,200
This means
590
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:05,960
Do you accept my offer?
591
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,200
My duty is to protect Your Highness,
592
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:17,200
despite your offer.
593
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,120
So, have you made up your mind?
594
00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,280
Once you become a commander,
595
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,400
you will not return to Yunzhong again.
596
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:28,280
I served your family,
597
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:31,440
so I don't care.
598
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,520
As for you, the Great Princess,
599
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,160
there will be no going back.
600
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:46,720
It's good
601
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:49,680
what you want?
602
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,880
Xie Yanfang is the head of the ministers.
603
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:56,040
Deng Yi controls the speech.
604
00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:59,040
Xiao Xun controls
Xiaonan Prefecture.
605
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:00,680
But you,
606
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,120
what do you have?
607
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,680
I have you, you,
who would risk your life for me.
608
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,920
Two against two. I'm not afraid.
609
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,160
Even if Xiao Xun intervenes,
we have Xiao Yu.
610
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:34,240
Which makes three to three.
611
00:43:35,240 --> 00:43:36,720
Moreover,
612
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:39,960
you can face two,
613
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:43,960
or even a hundred people.
614
00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,880
I want you to take care
by Deng Yi and Xie Yanfang.
615
00:43:59,960 --> 00:44:01,760
But, Jiu, you look
616
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,320
for wanting to devour me.
617
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:13,720
Above all, it is necessary
618
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:15,880
figure out how to take care of Xiao Xun.
619
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,120
He offered this sacrifice out of nowhere.
620
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,120
He probably has a plan.
621
00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:22,440
I know.
622
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:23,880
You know ?
623
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,240
So how
can you stay so calm?
624
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:31,080
This would change
something I'm panicking about?
625
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:35,720
I prefer to wait. I'll see
626
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,920
how he intends to play his game.
627
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,560
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