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(The Shadow Sovereign)
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If killing me alone
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can save those people,
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then I humbly beg Your Majesty
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to kill me right now.
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Silver-tongued sophistry.
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His arrogance knows no bounds.
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Father, the witnesses and physical evidence are all before us.
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Shen Xiao's crimes are clear.
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But he's merely a lowly eighth-rank official.
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Without someone backing him,
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how could he possibly have dared act so brazenly?
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Behind him,
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is there someone else pulling the strings?
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Father, please look into this carefully.
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Father, I only ordered him to requisition grain.
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Shen Xiao's crimes are inexcusable.
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He should be stripped of his office and exiled,
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as a warning to others.
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(What a coward. He's so spineless.)
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(My advice last night was wasted on you.)
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The Second Prince has failed to govern his subordinate properly
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and cannot escape responsibility.
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I fear he is no longer fit to oversee the Ministry of Revenue.
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Your Majesty, everything was done by me alone.
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It has nothing to do with the Second Prince.
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You think saying that makes it true?
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Your Majesty, Shen Xiao has only been in office for three months,
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and he's already acting out of control.
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I'm worried this could shake the foundation of our nation.
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I urge we suspend the appointments of this year's successful candidates
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and review the entire selection system.
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We concur.
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(These old crooks don't just want Shen Xiao dead.)
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(They want to use this to cut off the path of advancement for commoners.)
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Shen Xiao has acted recklessly
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and violated the law.
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Strip him of his post as Censor in the Ministry of Revenue.
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Send him to the imperial prison to await trial.
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This guilty subject, Shen Xiao,
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thanks Your Majesty for your grace.
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(The winding Yellow River surges in reverse.)
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(Washing away centuries of noble lineage.)
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(From Kunlun is carved a brush that reaches Heaven.)
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(Dipped in the Silver River)
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to write for humble homes.
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I never expected you, Censor Shen,
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to become the voice of the humble-born throughout the realm.
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It is simply my duty.
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(Just as the Buddha's light)
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(shines upon all living beings,)
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(so too will it)
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illuminate the path of the loyal and the righteous.
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Heaven's justice is ever-present.
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Truth can never be extinguished.
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(To stand against the Crown Prince)
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(is already to have one foot in the Netherworld.)
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(So long as the requisitioned grain reaches the imperial treasury,)
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I'm willing to
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surrender my life.
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Zhao Yang.
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- I'm here, Father. - My grain requisition decree
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has been in effect for many days.
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Shen Xiao came with the decree to see you,
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but you wouldn't even give him 30,000 piculs of grain.
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Do you look down on Shen Xiao,
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or do you look down on my decree?
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I wouldn't dare, Father.
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Shen Xiao impeached you that day,
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and every word made sense.
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He was helping the court shoulder its burdens.
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But what about you?
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You know nothing of the hardships endured by the people.
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Instead, you drove an official devoted to serving the realm
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into a desperate corner.
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Zhao Yang, listen to my decree.
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You disobeyed the grain requisition decree,
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so you must be punished.
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Within three days,
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you shall deliver another 50,000 piculs of grain.
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I will obey, Father.
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(Eastern Palace)
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Father is clearly punishing Shen Xiao
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on the surface while secretly protecting him.
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Once he's in the imperial prison,
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his life is no longer in Heaven's hands.
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He's a convicted official from a humble family.
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If he dies suddenly from illness in prison
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or commit suicide out of guilt,
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that is entirely normal.
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Even if His Majesty were enraged,
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he would not pursue the matter over a dead man.
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Father would never allow the Top Scholar he personally valued
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to die so easily.
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- You're a fool. - If you hadn't stopped me that night,
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he never would've taken those 30,000 piculs of grain.
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None of this would have happened.
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So there was more to it than that?
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He was acting under Father's grain requisition decree.
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If I hadn't stopped you,
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the one imprisoned today would have been you, Prince Consort Cui.
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Shen Xiao is insignificant.
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Even if he had stopped him, so what?
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Are you trying to boost his confidence?
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Your Highness, there's no need to worry.
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I have a plan
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to kill Shen Xiao.
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Zhao Yang, you'll go in person.
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You're the victim in this case.
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It's perfectly reasonable for you to visit him in prison
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under the pretext of reprimanding him.
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You do it yourself.
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After you finish off Shen Xiao,
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make it look like he's too ashamed to face you
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and he takes his own life out of guilt.
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How does that sound?
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Zhao Yang.
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Are you willing to eliminate this threat
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for the sake of the Eastern Palace?
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Sister-in-law, you've thought this through most carefully.
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Of course, I'm willing.
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Make sure it's done cleanly.
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I'll have someone follow you.
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Don't try anything funny.
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Can you really kill Shen Xiao?
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The Eastern Palace has given its order.
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I shall obey.
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Li Shu.
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There is no one else here.
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I just want to ask you one thing.
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Can you actually go through with it?
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He hurt me first.
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If I kill him, it will be both revenge
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and loyalty.
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Why wouldn't I go through with it?
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You can't fool me.
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The way you look at him
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is different.
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What?
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Instead of discussing affairs of state
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or the interests of the Eastern Palace,
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you're fussing over the way I look at another man?
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That doesn't sound like you.
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He has nothing to do with me.
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I simply don't want blood on my hands.
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But if you insist on forcing me,
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then I'll kill him.
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That'll make me even dirtier.
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I'll be more like you all.
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Isn't that right?
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Zhao Yang, you...
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Your Highness.
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You took my grain,
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caused me to get punished by His Majesty,
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and made the Crown Prince suspect me.
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I'm here to kill you.
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Your Highness, if you want to kill me,
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you shouldn't hesitate.
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If my death can clear Your Highness of suspicion,
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then at least my life
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will have been put to good use.
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What value can there be in the life
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of a man who's about to die?
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If I die,
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will you mourn for me, even a little?
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(Donghua Gate)
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The drought in Guanzhong has lasted over a month.
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The nobles are all in league with one another.
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No one cares if we live or die.
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Only Censor Shen
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tried to save Guanzhong from the drought,
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even if it meant offending the powerful over and over.
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- Release Censor Shen! - Yes!
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Release Censor Shen!
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Release Censor Shen!
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Release Censor Shen!
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Release Censor Shen!
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Is this your way out?
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You think
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a few commoners can sway public opinion enough
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to stand against the Crown Prince?
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Release Censor Shen!
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How dare you! Arrest all the ringleaders!
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Release Censor Shen!
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Release Censor Shen!
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Release Censor Shen!
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(So, I'll give this flower)
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to Your Highness
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as my apology.
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Of course I'm worried about you.
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Blades don't care who they cut.
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I beg Your Highness, from now on,
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never to employ such tactics again.
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(Your Highness, don't be mad.)
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I was too rash today.
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That's why I fell into the trap.
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I should've been more careful.
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His Majesty has issued a decree.
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Although Censor Shen Xiao from the Ministry of Revenue
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acted recklessly,
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his heart has been devoted to the welfare of the people.
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He moved thousands to gather at the palace gates in tears
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and submitted a joint petition.
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I rule by Heaven's mandate and govern all under Heaven.
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Considering the people's earnest plea,
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I hereby extend imperial clemency
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and order his immediate pardon.
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By imperial command.
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This...
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Your Highness, this...
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No need to panic.
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Just report what you saw
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to His Majesty truthfully.
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Yes, Your Highness.
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You've suffered.
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Thank you, Your Highness, for saving me.
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(I almost killed him with my own hands just now.)
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(Yet he still trusts me so completely.)
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(He even dared to trust me with his life.)
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(If he knew his father's death was connected to me,)
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(would he hate me?)
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You're hurt.
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When I entered the palace,
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there was unrest outside the palace gate.
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(Prince Consort Cui sent troops to suppress it.)
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(I was inadvertently stained in the commotion.)
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What caused the unrest?
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I don't know.
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Li Si.
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Li Si.
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Your Majesty.
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Humble-born scholars and commoners
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gathered outside the palace to petition for Shen Xiao.
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The Crown Prince ordered Prince Consort Cui
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to send troops to suppress them.
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Why did no one report this to me?
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Please calm your anger, Your Majesty. This matter had yet to be verified
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before being reported to Your Majesty.
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We didn't dare report it carelessly.
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This is outrageous!
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Shen Xiao has been released so easily.
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Even the charge of attempting to assassinate a royal
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can be forgiven so easily.
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Tell me, is there any rule
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that a humble-born scholar cannot break?
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Forgive me for my failure.
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If I'd acted faster,
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it would've been settled before the decree arrived.
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Your Highness, please calm down.
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Shen Xiao may have escaped this time,
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but after all this,
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his reputation has been tarnished and his spirit broken.
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Second Prince pushed him out to take the blame.
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His Majesty is already displeased with him.
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Shen Xiao now stands alone, barely holding on.
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He can no longer pose a serious threat.
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We had clearly suppressed the matter
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of the people gathering to petition.
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How did it reach His Majesty overnight
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and spread throughout the entire capital?
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Seventh Prince happened to enter the palace yesterday to pay his respects.
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As a Map Commissioner, I'm afraid he has not been idle.
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He's making moves behind the scenes.
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He's after something big, Your Highness.
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Seventh Brother has no backing whatsoever,
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yet he dares harbor such ambitions.
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Your Highness, Eunuch Li is outside conveying His Majesty's verbal decree.
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Princess Zhao Yang is urgently summoned to the palace.
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You deliberately sent Shen Xiao to the Ministry of Revenue,
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allowing him to commit a grave offence,
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nearly lose his life,
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and make your Second Brother the target of everyone's attacks.
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All so that
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I would see clearly just how many officials in this court
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have turned their hearts away from me.
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That was your real intention.
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Father.
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To heal poisoned flesh, one must scrape away
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the infected bone and cut out the rot.
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My offence today
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was merely to expose the festering wound
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before Your Majesty's eyes.
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Father, if you don't want to heal it
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and will rather let it continue to fester
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until the entire body is rotten to its core,
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then I've indeed done wrong today.
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I'll accept whatever punishment Father deems fit,
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without a single complaint.
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But if you want to scrape the bone
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and cut out the infection,
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I will be the best blade in your hand.
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Good.
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Well done, Zhao Yang.
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If the Crown Prince
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had half your insight,
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I wouldn't have to work so hard.
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Rise.
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Thank you, Father.
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Whatever you want to do,
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I approve.
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But remember,
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the Crown Prince is the foundation of the nation.
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His dignity
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is my dignity as well.
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You must know your limits.
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(His Majesty still can't bring himself to act against the Crown Prince,)
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(but he understands clearly that)
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(the festering wound Crown Prince and noble families have planted in Ye)
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(must be cut away, little by little, by someone.)
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(Shen Xiao and I)
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(will be the ones to do it.)
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As for Shen Xiao,
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go smooth things over with him.
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He's a man of talent.
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The Ye Dynasty should not lose him.
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Zhao Yang.
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Zhao Yang.
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Go.
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I will remember.
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Censor Shen!
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Put the things down. You may leave.
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I failed to keep our appointment for several days,
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yet Your Highness has come in person
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and brought all these gifts.
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I'm honestly flattered.
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Now that you mention it,
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I'm almost tempted to take them all back.
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But I come under His Majesty's orders
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to apologize to you, Censor Shen.
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These are my gifts of apology.
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An apology?
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I'm afraid I haven't sensed the slightest trace
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of remorse from Your Highness.
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These treasures and jewels
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can't buy one sentence of forgiveness from you
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to let go of past grudges?
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Censor Shen, before this,
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didn't you thank me for saving you?
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All I know is,
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I asked Your Highness
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if you would be sad
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if I died,
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and Your Highness still hasn't answered me.
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Your Highness.
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Look, I found some beautiful paintings.
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Censor Shen, did you paint these?
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They're pretty.
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Your Highness, look.
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This one is pretty.
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This one is even prettier.
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Censor Shen, your paintings are wonderful.
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Can you paint one for the Princess too?
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My little troublemaker, stop talking already.
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These are portraits of women who are matched with Censor Shen.
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Let's go.
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Hurry up.
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My residence is a mess.
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I'll go tidy up.
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Don't bother.
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I thought you took leave because you were seriously ill.
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Turns out you just wanted some peace and quiet,
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so you could focus on studying these beauty portraits.
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I haven't even had a chance to look through them.
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The official matchmaker forced them on me.
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Go ahead, look.
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Why aren't you looking through them?
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Since you're the male companion I spent a fortune keeping,
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it's only natural that I help advise you
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on something as important as choosing a wife.
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Don't worry.
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I've got a great eye for this.
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Then I'll trouble Your Highness
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to put in extra effort
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and help me pick the best one.
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Miss Sun here
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has got lovely looks.
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Her temperament is gentle.
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She's also well-educated.
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Unfortunately,
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her heart already belongs to someone else.
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Censor Shen, you probably shouldn't get involved.
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Is that so?
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As far as I'm concerned,
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since Miss Sun isn't yet betrothed,
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why should Your Highness assume
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I can't win her heart?
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Sounds like the kind of thing you'd do.
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Miss Li is pretty great too.
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She comes from a family of military officers.
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She trained in martial arts since childhood.
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She's direct and outspoken.
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But she's always liked
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rugged and well-built men.
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I think Miss Li
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must be tired of seeing
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all those brutes swinging weapons around.
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Besides, when it comes to martial skill,
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I'm not lacking either.
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This is Miss Zhang.
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I know her well.
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She's a regular at Xianke Bordello.
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She loves dice games and playing cards.
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Her liquor tolerance is unmatched.
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10 grown men together can't outdrink her.
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Someone as boring as you
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probably wouldn't catch her eye.
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Brilliant.
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She's quite the character.
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But that's alright.
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As Your Highness knows best,
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my greatest strength is that
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I'm a quick learner.
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