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BASED ON THE NOVEL
"THE PRISONER OF BEAUTY" BY PENGLAI KE

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QIAO GUI PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY
ON APRIL 13TH, AGED 60.

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I missed my chance
to see him one last time.

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My lady, I'll go pack our things now.

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Let's return to Kangjun at once
to fulfill your wish.

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I'm on it.

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No.

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Our greater plan isn't complete.

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I must not go back.

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QIAO GUI PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY
ON APRIL 13TH, AGED 60.

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That old perp.

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His death was well-deserved.

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My lord,

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I'll dig up that Qiao betrayer
and flog his corpse!

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That slippery betrayer escaped us.

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Now, even when we take Yanzhou,
we will never get to see him fall!

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Generals, don't dwell on hatred.

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See the bigger picture and act flexibly.

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Then, Mr. Gongsun, tell us,

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why would they send an obituary now?

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The marriage will be canceled
due to filial mourning.

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Our claim to Panyi and the canal project

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will both be delayed!

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What scheme is the Qiao clan plotting now?

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Does Lady Qiao know of this?

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My lord,

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Zhang Pu didn't mention it.

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Sorry I'm late.

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It's fine.

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I assume you've read the letter.

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Everyone said
this marriage would never happen,

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but I only have one question.

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Will you marry me or not?

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I know what your family is planning,

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but they don't know our plans.

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This marriage

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was Grandfather's dying wish.

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I don't think
he'd blame me for proceeding.

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SPIRIT TABLET OF THE LATE LORD WEI JING

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Is Miss Xiaoqiao asleep?

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What is this?

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A lynx.

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SPIRIT TABLET OF THE LATE LORD QIAO GUI

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A man's mind is truly unfathomable.

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Days ago he dodged marriage talks,
avoiding the match.

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Now, suddenly,
he won't wait another moment.

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You wouldn't blame me, right?

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Here comes the bride.

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SPIRIT TABLET OF THE LATE LORD WEI JING

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<i>Shao.</i>

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LATE LORD WEI LUN

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<i>You have to shoulder responsibilities now.</i>

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LATE BROTHER WEI BAO

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<i>You carry the hopes of the Wei family.</i>

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My lord.

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Lower the fan.

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Cleanse your hands.

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Share the ritual meal.

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Eat the millet.

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Drink the broth.

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Taste the sauce.

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Drink from the nuptial cups.

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SPIRIT TABLETS:
WEI BAO, WEI LUN, WEI JING

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The rites are completed.

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That Qiao traitor died too easily.

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But today is our lord's wedding day.

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Right.

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Today's a joyous occasion.

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No more dark thoughts.

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Come on, drink!

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Let's toast!

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Here, drink up!

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- Come on, drink!
- Cheers!

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Let's toast!

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- Drink.
- Cheers!

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Lord Wei.

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From today onward,

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I shall call you, "My lord."

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You can take those off.

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You must be tired.

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Rest early.

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From this day on,

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we are husband and wife.

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No matter what I do to the Qiao clan,

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or to Yanzhou,

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I will never harm you.

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Nor will I leave you homeless.

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Thank you, my lord.

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But I have one condition.

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From now on,

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you are a Wei,

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not a Qiao.

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- Bottoms up!
- Come on, finish it.

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SPIRIT TABLETS
WEI BAO, WEI LUN, WEI JING

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SPIRIT TABLETS
WEI BAO, WEI LUN, WEI JING

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SPIRIT TABLET OF THE LATE LORD QIAO GUI

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The marriage is now sealed,
and the covenant set.

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Since His Lordship has made his vow,

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you can rest assured as his bride.

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He's not a bad man.

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But I'll always be a Qiao,

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always putting the Qiao clan first.

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That cannot be changed.

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LATE LORD QIAO GUI

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Look upon it well, my lady.

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In a few days,

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we'll depart for Yujun
with the Lord of Wei.

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Once we cross into Wei territory,

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we can no longer honor Lord Qiao's tablet.

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SPIRIT TABLET OF THE LATE LORD QIAO GUI

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Are you cold, my lady?

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I'll fetch hot water.

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Mother, take this.

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- But you need it.
- I'm fine.

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Xiaotao, hold the umbrella.

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Oh, this child…

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My lady, we're traveling overnight,

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and since you're not healed,
it might slow your recovery.

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The soldiers have been away so long.

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It's reasonable
that they're eager to return.

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We'll rest properly once we reach Yujun.

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We don't yet know what awaits us in Yujun.

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Let's get in now.

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This journey has been full of
snakes and earthworms,

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a sign of heavy rain within two days.

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The road ahead is marshy.

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Traveling after rainfall
will be far too dangerous.

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Our siege on Panyi has delayed us by days.

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If there are any further delays,

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I'll miss the memorial rites
for my family.

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All right.

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I'll give the orders.

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My lord,

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traveling overnight is no problem for us,

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but your wife is injured.

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Should we press on, or wait for her?

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Keep moving.

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Soldiers, prepare to depart!

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Yes!

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Hey.

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What now?

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Hold this.

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- Thank you, General Wei.
- Hold on.

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I saved your life back in Panyi,

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and this is your attitude?

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What's wrong with it?

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His Lordship already told my lady
that they are even,

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yet you act like
I still owe you something.

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They have made peace.

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You're the only one still snapping at me.

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Am I?

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No.

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Wait.

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My lord has ordered us to keep traveling.

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Fetching water wastes time.

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Are you serious?

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It's freezing. We just wanted hot water.

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The memorial rites

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for His Lordship's grandfather, father,
and brother are in a few days.

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Would delaying the trip for your water
be appropriate?

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How long could fetching water take?

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Too long.

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- Picking a fight?
- Tao.

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Let's set off.

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All right.

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Do you hear that?

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No water.

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YUJUN, WEI STATE

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His Lordship has returned!

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His Lordship has returned!

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His Lordship has returned!

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His Lordship has returned!

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His Lordship has returned!

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WEI

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His Lordship has returned!

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His Lordship has returned!

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Shao.

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Chuyu.

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For the past half month…

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ZHENG CHUYU
WEI SHAO'S COUSIN

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…I've waited here for you every day.

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I'm glad you're back.

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Have all the clan members arrived?

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All the uncles
and the regional prefects are here

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except for General Wei Dian.

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He's still on the road.

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We made it coming all the way from Panyi.

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Couldn't he make it from Hanjun?

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He's doing this on purpose.

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Wasn't Lady Qiao
supposed to enter the city with you?

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I left her outside the city.

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But after the memorial rites,

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I'll trouble you to bring her in.

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Wei Liang, Wei Xiao, Wei Qu, Wei Duo,

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you stay behind.

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The rest, follow me.

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Yes.

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Thank you, generals.

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YUJUN

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Why am I stuck here?

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Couldn't you three stay instead?

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Quit your whining.

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Why can't it be you?

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Let's draw lots.

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No.

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I never win at that.

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You can only blame
your own bad luck for that.

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How dare they leave us
in this desolate area outside the city?

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I thought he'd treat Her Ladyship better
once we arrived in Yujun.

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He doesn't mean to shame us.

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But the memorial rites are being held for
three generations of the Wei family.

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Our presence would be improper.

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We should remain outside.

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LADY ZHU, WEI SHAO'S MOTHER

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SPIRIT TABLET OF THE LATE LORD WEI LUN

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ANCESTRAL VIRTUES ENDURE

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<i>You're not even fully grown yet.</i>

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How can you claim the clan leadership?

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You're shorter than the seat itself.

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What, are you gonna climb onto it?

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If a child ascends to leadership,

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I fear…

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WEI DIAN, PREFECT OF HANJUN

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How will a boy
who cries at the sight of blood

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lead armies in the future?

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When will Wei's blood feud be avenged?

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Exactly! This child cries
at the sight of blood.

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How will he ever take revenge?

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- My son…
- Indeed.

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What can he possibly achieve?

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When will our vengeance be settled?

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Lady Xu has arrived.

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Have you all had enough?

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Greetings, Lady Xu.

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Wei Shao,

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though not yet of age,

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shall inherit the clan leadership anyway.

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This…

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I

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pay my respects, my lord.

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I pay my respects, my lord.

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I, Zhonglin, swear to Heaven,

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I'll kill Li Su and the Qiao clan!

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Kill Li Su and the Qiao clan!

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Rise.

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Husband.

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Bogong.

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Why did you both leave me so soon?

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All these years,

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I've thought of nothing else

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but avenging you.

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One day,

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when I've taken revenge,

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I'll join you underground
so we can reunite.

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But today,

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Zhonglin

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is marrying our enemy's daughter.

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How can I ever face you

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with dignity now?

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I authorized their marriage.

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Zhonglin isn't to blame.

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A marriage is one thing,

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but Zhonglin,

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you didn't execute that Qiao traitor!

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You let him die of old age.

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Someone!

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Escort Lady Zhu to get some rest
before grief overwhelms her.

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Hold on!

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Lady Zhu speaks the truth.

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Lady Xu, why silence her now?

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Uncle,

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you're late again.

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Affairs in Hanjun kept me occupied.
That's why I was delayed.

274
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,120
Surely the late Lord of Wei's spirit
wouldn't hold it against me.

275
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,360
You, on the other hand,

276
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,960
married our enemy's daughter.

277
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,360
How could his spirit rest peacefully?

278
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,000
Don't forget

279
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,880
who once shouted,

280
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,040
"Kill Li Su and the Qiao clan!"

281
00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:41,160
General,

282
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,400
our lord has retaken Xindu
and slain Li Su.

283
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:45,640
What of it?

284
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,480
The Qiao clan's betrayal
was worse than Li Su's crimes.

285
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,160
You were in Xindu back then.

286
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,200
You saw the massacre yourself.

287
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:57,400
Yet now,

288
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,360
you welcome a Qiao into our home.

289
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:02,960
How can the late lord

290
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:03,960
rest in peace?

291
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,600
Indeed.

292
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,160
Look around you.

293
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,360
Who here hasn't lost a father,
brother, or son?

294
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,160
The Wei clan and the Qiao clan
are sworn enemies.

295
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,320
Yet you…

296
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,680
you married a Qiao woman.

297
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:27,320
Fine.

298
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,840
Let's see how you explain this
to our ancestors!

299
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:31,800
Exactly.

300
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,400
- Mr. Gongsun.
- Here.

301
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,040
What is this?

302
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:52,800
The seal of Panyi.

303
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,960
Panyi is the gateway to Yanzhou.

304
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:58,240
By marrying Lady Qiao,

305
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,640
we took Panyi without a single battle.

306
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,440
From now on,

307
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,440
Yanzhou's gates lie open.

308
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,200
Capturing Kangjun

309
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,560
will be as easy as reaching into a bag.

310
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,080
Pretty words.

311
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,920
If you've taken Panyi,

312
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,600
why not press the advantage
and seize Kangjun now?

313
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,000
Uncle, if you must ask,

314
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,280
then I have a question for you.

315
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,600
As Prefect of Hanjun,

316
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:32,960
after I took Xindu,

317
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:37,280
I sent urgent dispatches
demanding reinforcements.

318
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,560
Yet I waited for days.

319
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,600
Why…

320
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:45,920
did no aid arrive?

321
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,760
You can't just accuse me.

322
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,680
Everyone, I never received
a single letter.

323
00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:55,680
Otherwise, I would've sent help.

324
00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:58,640
Fine.

325
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,480
I will get to the bottom of this.

326
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,040
I marched my troops

327
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,880
only to fulfill Grandfather's wish

328
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,560
to restore the Yongning Canal

329
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,400
and benefit the people.

330
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,160
I've never forgotten the feud
between our two families.

331
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,400
But if I could wait 14 years,

332
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,200
I can surely wait ten more.

333
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,960
YUJUN

334
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:43,080
This is outrageous,
making us wait here in the pouring rain.

335
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,520
They only barred you from entering,
my lady, not your maids.

336
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:48,440
I'll confront them.

337
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:49,800
Don't be rash.

338
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,720
Are we just supposed to wait here forever?

339
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,040
When has my lady
ever endured such humiliation?

340
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,240
Since His Lordship still hasn't come,

341
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,720
matters must still be unsettled.

342
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,640
With clan relations still fragile,

343
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,160
we must bear this slight.

344
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,400
We knew marriage here would be difficult,

345
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:15,840
just not this difficult.

346
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:21,120
This won't do.

347
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,200
Zao, let's hang the rain tarp.

348
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,120
Go ahead.

349
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,160
Take umbrellas.

350
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:35,240
Pull harder!

351
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:36,480
Lower it.

352
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:37,400
Lower.

353
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,240
Goodness. Let me help. Come on.

354
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:42,680
Harder.

355
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,360
Come on.

356
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,240
Zao, assist him. He can't manage alone.

357
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,320
Use what you have!

358
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,000
Come on.

359
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,520
One, two…

360
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,160
Pull!

361
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:00,720
Don't let go!

362
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,240
One, two, three!

363
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,080
This way! Over here!

364
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,200
Duo, fetch the brazier.

365
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:08,720
- Draw straws.
- Hurry!

366
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:09,800
There.

367
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:10,720
That's enough.

368
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,280
Quick! Secure that stake tighter.

369
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,120
That side. Move it over.

370
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,640
- Hold it steady!
- Okay.

371
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:52,920
No, I… I'll go ask outside.

372
00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:07,520
General Wei Liang,

373
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:09,760
My lady is ill.

374
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,120
Can't you let us in?

375
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,360
Go back.

376
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,000
How did it go?

377
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:05,400
My lord.

378
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,840
How is this different
from expelling us from Xindu?

379
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,120
We'd have been better off in Panyi.

380
00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:36,880
At least closer to Kangjun.

381
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,679
Her fever's getting worse.

382
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:42,760
What do we do?

383
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,199
Our luggage is soaked.
There are no dry covers left.

384
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:53,480
You go that way.

385
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:54,960
- You two, come with me.
- Yes.

386
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,120
Are you here to escort us into the city?

387
00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,960
We've been ordered to take you to Yanzhou.

388
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,000
Yanzhou?

389
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:02,120
Yes.

390
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,480
Nonsense! On whose orders?

391
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,280
My lady is married to the Lord of Wei.

392
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,760
She's the Lady of Wei now!

393
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,280
Not anymore.

394
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:16,560
LETTER OF DIVORCE

395
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:17,600
Faster!

396
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:18,720
Letter of Divorce?

397
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:20,360
Hey!

398
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,640
- Don't move!
- Get down!

399
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:24,400
- Down, now!
- What are you doing?

400
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,120
- On your knees! Stay down!
- What for?

401
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,280
Kneel!

402
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,560
Since our lord married Lady Wei in Panyi,
he wouldn't banish her now.

403
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,480
Something's wrong here.

404
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:32,840
Enough nonsense! Get down!

405
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,360
What are you doing?

406
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,040
Don't touch our belongings!

407
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,160
You guard the carriage.

408
00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:39,640
Wei Liang, enter the city at once
and seek confirmation.

409
00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:41,760
- Get down!
- What's going on?

410
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,200
My lord,

411
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,520
General Wei Liang requests an audience
outside the city.

412
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,120
Why is Wei Liang outside?

413
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,120
Have you forgotten?

414
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,880
He's been outside for days
attending Lady Wei.

415
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:51,760
TAN, ATTENDANT

416
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:56,400
With the recent storms,
she's been ill for some time.

417
00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:59,040
The rites concluded two days ago.

418
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:00,240
Why wasn't she summoned inside?

419
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,160
I don't know.

420
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,320
Shao.

421
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,240
I have urgent matters to report.

422
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,000
The situation is grave and sudden.

423
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,680
Forgive my abruptness.

424
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,200
I beg your pardon.

425
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:13,880
Speak.

426
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:14,880
Days ago,

427
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,160
you ordered me
to escort Lady Qiao into the city.

428
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:20,000
All was prepared,

429
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,480
but Aunt had other plans.

430
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:24,920
Aunt acts out of motherly love.

431
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,560
Everything she does is for your sake.

432
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000
So, I followed her instructions.

433
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,000
But afterward,

434
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,160
I feared that
this might not align with your wishes.

435
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:37,120
So I came to tell you

436
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,400
for my own peace of mind.

437
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,640
What are you trying to say?

438
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:46,640
Aunt feared Lady Qiao
would bewitch and endanger you,

439
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:50,240
so she sent someone to deliver
a Letter of Divorce.

440
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,200
- What?
- I beg you, Shao, don't blame Aunt.

441
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:55,320
This is madness!

442
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:58,920
YUJUN

443
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:03,680
What are you doing?

444
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,040
- Stop!
- Move aside!

445
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:06,800
Why?

446
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,600
Don't pull it out!

447
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:09,880
Step back!

448
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:12,640
It's out.

449
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,560
- No, don't pull it out!
- It's been pulled out. Ready.

450
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,400
- Leave them!
- Get away!

451
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:22,520
My lady!

452
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,880
Speak to me, please.

453
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:27,920
Pull harder!

454
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,880
General, please. Please.

455
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,520
My lady is ill.

456
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:35,400
General…

457
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:36,960
- General, you…
- Go away!

458
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:40,120
Hurry! Pull harder!

459
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:42,560
My lady.

460
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:47,280
Generals.

461
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,360
I beg you,

462
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,120
please ask His Lordship again.

463
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,760
There must be some mistake.

464
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,760
He wouldn't cast her out like this.

465
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,840
- I implore you.
- Stop this. Please, get up.

466
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,160
I'm begging you.

467
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:12,480
Enough. Enough.

468
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,160
You've always scowled at us.

469
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:15,440
Why act like this now?

470
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:17,760
Wei Liang went to inform His Lordship.

471
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,080
No response yet.

472
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,480
His Lordship's mind seems set.

473
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:22,360
How I treated you before…

474
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,240
That's all my fault.

475
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,720
Punish me however you want.

476
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,000
But my lady has never harmed you.

477
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,760
She was already injured.

478
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,720
Now she's burning with fever.

479
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,480
If she's jostled on the road back,

480
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,080
she'll die.

481
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,040
I beg you.

482
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,360
Back in Panyi,

483
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,160
she burned her own arm
just to help you all,

484
00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:49,720
and it's still not healed.

485
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,440
How can you be so heartless?

486
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,800
Even if His Lordship is determined
to cast her out,

487
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,160
he shouldn't take her life.

488
00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:00,800
- Hurry.
- Move the carriage.

489
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:03,680
Move, now!

490
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,320
Hey!

491
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,040
No!

492
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,880
No! Hey!

493
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,320
No, stop!

494
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,440
Step back!

495
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:17,240
Quick, push it through.

496
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:18,720
Don't be afraid.

497
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,000
Stop pushing. They can't leave.

498
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:23,880
What do we do?

499
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:25,600
At worst, we'll get beaten
with the military rod.

500
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,600
For something this serious,
it'll be 40 blows at least.

501
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:28,360
But…

502
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,120
- Don't! Stop pushing!
- Go away!

503
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:31,520
Don't be afraid.

504
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,760
I'm here.

505
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,640
Stop! It's not allowed!

506
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,520
Get lost!

507
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:39,960
Block the carriage first!

508
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:30,520
My lord.

509
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:31,640
Who sent you here?

510
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:32,800
It… it was Lady Zhu.

511
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,360
- Get lost!
- Yes, my lord.

512
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:39,680
My lord.

513
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,240
My lady is burning with fever.

514
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,480
Please, save her.

515
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,160
I beg you, my lord.