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Your Majesty.
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Are you still thinking
about the marriage alliance?
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I have so many daughters.
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Which one should I send?
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This alliance concerns
the fate of the empire.
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(Le Tribe)
I wouldn't dare speak out of turn.
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I'm not sending any of them.
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Your Majesty!
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Please reconsider.
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The tradition of marriage alliances
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has continued for nearly a century.
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If we suddenly put an end to it,
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the Le Tribe
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may not let this go so easily.
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So what?
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Peace or war,
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I'm ready for either.
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What are you doing here?
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=Blossoms of Power=
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(Adapted from the novel, After My
Bloom, All Flowers Wither by Jin Huang)
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=Episode 19=
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Father.
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I...
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Silence!
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After bringing such shame
upon the royal family,
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how dare you weep before me?
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Your Majesty.
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Princess Pingling and I
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fell in love at first sight.
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We simply couldn't help ourselves.
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If anyone deserves punishment,
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it should be me, not the princess.
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I...
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I'm in love with Prince Munuha.
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Princess Pingling's marriage
to Munuha is finalized.
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What happened between them
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is known throughout the court.
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She has no other choice now.
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She tried to set you up that night,
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but it backfired on her instead.
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Besides, Father has always
despised marriage alliances.
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He believes
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that sacrificing a woman's future
for peace
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is nothing but a man's cowardice.
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Once a woman is married
off to a foreign tribe,
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she can never return home.
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Six years ago,
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Princess Yun'an, who was sent to
the Le Tribe for a marriage alliance,
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died there.
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Princess Yun'an?
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She grew up in the palace.
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She was not only the late
emperor's adopted daughter,
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but also Father's true love.
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But because she was
forced into a marriage alliance,
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they never saw each other again.
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Father opposes marriage alliances
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because he has felt
that very pain himself.
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How do you know
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about all this?
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If one wishes to know,
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one finds a way to uncover the truth.
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Fair enough.
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I nearly forgot your formidable methods.
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You're the only one
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who fears neither thunder
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nor longs for the spring breeze.
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You're impossible to win over.
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Look.
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Even the flowers adore you.
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How can you blame me for not letting go?
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Take a look at this fabric!
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It's incredibly soft.
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Come on, have a look!
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Your Highness, look!
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It's so lively!
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I'd heard that foreign merchants
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set up a market outside the capital.
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It only opens once a month.
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I didn't expect it to be this bustling.
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The spices you couldn't
find in the capital,
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I'm sure we'll find them here today.
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Your Highness,
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the spice shop is this way.
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Your Highness,
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what flower is this?
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Slender-Leaf Qionghua.
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You have a good eye, miss.
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There are several varieties of Qionghua,
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but this one's the rarest.
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It's incredibly delicate.
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Once it's transplanted, it wilts easily.
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I brought nearly ten with me,
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and cared for them meticulously.
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Only this one survived.
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Zhen Zhu, pay her.
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Why did you suddenly buy
a Slender-Leaf Qionghua?
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It wasn't on the shopping list.
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(Scented Fans)
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Young Lady,
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would you like a scented fan?
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We have agarwood, white
musk, and cedarwood.
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Shopkeeper,
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do you happen to have
a Shuisheng incense fan?
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How did you know?
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I'll take this one.
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I'm sorry.
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Shuisheng incense is quite rare.
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This fan has been reserved.
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It's the only one.
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Why don't you take a look at the others?
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It's fine then.
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I was simply too late.
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If you like it,
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it's yours.
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You're here, sir.
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Your custom-made fan.
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Qingzhi loved this scent.
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I order one every year.
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Thank you for your kindness, Prince Xin,
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but I can't take what
someone else treasures.
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Prince Xin is unbelievable.
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He knows you and
Her Highness are engaged,
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yet he still won't give up on her.
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Why did Her Highness accept it?
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When the moon shines bright,
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people can't help but admire it.
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If they are captivated
by its radiant glow,
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how can one blame the moon
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for being too brilliant,
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too worthy of admiration?
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Your Highness, you are truly
a man of magnanimous heart.
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Assassin!
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Protect the Commandery Princess.
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Your Highness!
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Your Highness!
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Your Highness!
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They've taken Her Highness!
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Close the door.
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Got it.
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Move!
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Get the rope. Tie her up!
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Xihe, are you alright?
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I'm fine.
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I dosed them with some
muscle-softening incense.
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After all these years,
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I finally have the chance
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to spar with you, Huayong.
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Come on!
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(Yong)
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(Yong)
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If I hadn't suffered a
poison attack last time,
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and was still recovering,
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he wouldn't have been able to hurt me.
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Do you know
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that what happened today
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was connected
to Princess Ding Li Yanhui?
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How do you know?
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The falcon emblem
tattooed on their necks
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was the totem of Nanzhou.
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So that means
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when we ran into Li Yanhui
at the Lantern Festival,
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she wasn't just mourning her homeland.
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They were after me.
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This time, they changed their approach.
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They wanted to use you
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to bait me into their trap.
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Thankfully, you're unharmed.
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If you'd gotten hurt because of me...
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I wasn't doing it for you.
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Last time, Li Yanhui attacked
in the middle of a busy street
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and put innocent lives at risk.
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I've ordered the assassins to be brought
to the capital for interrogation.
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This time,
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Li Yanhui won't be able to get away.
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It's getting late.
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When do you plan to return to the manor?
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I'm staying somewhere for the night
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to wait for the flower to bloom.
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I'm not going back yet.
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Wait for a flower to bloom?
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I bought a Slender-Leaf Qionghua
at the market.
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It's an extremely rare flower.
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It only blooms at night,
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and its bloom is fleeting.
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It withers after just one night.
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I checked it in the carriage.
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If all goes well,
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it should bloom tonight.
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What's so special about this flower
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that you'd go to all this trouble?
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I just like its unique fragrance.
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Whether you stay or go
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is entirely up to you.
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Leave it here.
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There are two rooms here.
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I'll take one.
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Zhen Zhu and Mo Yu will share the other.
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Mo Yuan will keep watch outside.
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Your Highness...
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I get cold easily.
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I can't sleep in the carriage.
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It could trigger the poison.
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Would you
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mind sharing a room with me?
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Alright.
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You said you were waiting
for the flower to bloom.
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I didn't expect
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you to take it this seriously.
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I got some warming incense
from Zhen Zhu.
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The night's getting cold.
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Don't catch a chill.
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Thank you, Your Highness.
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♪Time passes like a dream♪
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♪Pushing the sea of
stars to flow across♪
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♪Flowers wilt and bloom again♪
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♪In an endless cycle♪
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♪Soft voices in the moonlight♪
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♪Gently spreading through the blossoms♪
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♪How sweet this yearning is♪
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♪Yet who among us still roams
like we did when we were young♪
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♪Amidst the flickering lights♪
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It moved!
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♪Alone for several autumns♪
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♪How to choose the one♪
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♪To be with forever?♪
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♪When I gaze upon you♪
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♪Flower petals twirl gently in my heart♪
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♪Gracefully♪
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♪For all eternity♪
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♪The timeless wind and moon♪
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♪Quietly reflect in your sparkling eyes♪
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♪Scattered red petals fall like rain♪
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♪It's a wonderful time in the world♪
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♪Bits of worries and sorrows♪
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♪Are gently gathered...♪
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There.
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Let's go back to the capital tomorrow.
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We're both equally pitiful.
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Changqing,
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why have you come to see me
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so early in the morning?
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Father,
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outside the capital yesterday,
I encountered
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a mysterious masked man.
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He was an exceptionally skilled fighter.
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After we exchanged blows,
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I realized
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that he was
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the Crown Prince.
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Huayong has always been frail.
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Since when is he a skilled fighter?
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Didn't you say
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he was masked
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and you couldn't see his face?
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How can you be so sure it was him?
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Huayong has an unmistakable bearing.
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I couldn't have mistaken him.
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Besides,
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he left something behind.
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I found it.
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(Yong)
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Bring it here.
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Father, have you ever wondered
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whether all those years away,
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he was truly recuperating
at Luotian Temple?
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Are you implying...
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Since the Crown Prince returned,
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Prince Kang, the Minister of Revenue,
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and the Duke of Ying
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have all been brought to justice.
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Surely...
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that deserves some thought.
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You think Huayong was behind it?
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I'd say
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you're letting your
imagination run wild.
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Is this because of Xihe?
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Do you still hold a grudge against him?
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If you don't believe me, Grandmother,
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I have more evidence.
280
00:19:58,110 --> 00:19:59,200
What evidence?
281
00:19:59,550 --> 00:20:00,720
Your Majesty!
282
00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:04,070
Your Majesty,
283
00:20:04,432 --> 00:20:05,480
something has happened
284
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,640
to the Crown Prince.
285
00:20:08,620 --> 00:20:11,620
(East Palace)
286
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:12,750
Huayong!
287
00:20:13,790 --> 00:20:14,510
Huayong!
288
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,720
- I...
- Rise.
289
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:18,680
- Huayong.
- I...
290
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,550
What happened?
291
00:20:25,550 --> 00:20:26,880
Why did you suddenly faint?
292
00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,000
Yesterday, I felt a chill
293
00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:32,510
throughout my entire body.
294
00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:33,750
This morning,
295
00:20:33,750 --> 00:20:35,720
I went to soak in the
hot spring to ease it.
296
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,270
I didn't realize I was so weak
297
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,310
that the heat would make me pass out.
298
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,830
I'm sorry I worried you and Father.
299
00:20:45,790 --> 00:20:48,070
I'm just glad you're alright.
300
00:20:48,270 --> 00:20:49,750
Yesterday,
301
00:20:50,352 --> 00:20:52,032
you stayed in the East Palace all day?
302
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,440
Of course.
303
00:20:56,550 --> 00:20:57,880
Outside the capital yesterday,
304
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,110
I encountered a highly skilled fighter.
305
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,240
He dropped a jade pendant,
306
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,030
and it belongs to you.
307
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,960
How do you explain that?
308
00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:12,510
Changqing.
309
00:21:14,830 --> 00:21:16,270
Just look at me.
310
00:21:16,590 --> 00:21:18,920
I wish I were strong enough
311
00:21:19,550 --> 00:21:20,790
to leap across rooftops.
312
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,160
You didn't answer my question.
313
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:26,440
When I fought that man,
314
00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,400
I cut his left shoulder.
315
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,568
If you are willing
to remove your clothes to prove it,
316
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,270
all suspicion against you
will vanish completely.
317
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:35,830
How preposterous!
318
00:21:36,350 --> 00:21:39,000
How can you ask Huayong to undress?
319
00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:40,030
Grandmother,
320
00:21:41,110 --> 00:21:42,960
I know you're protective of Huayong,
321
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,000
but this is a serious matter.
322
00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,200
If Huayong simply shows his shoulder,
323
00:21:47,310 --> 00:21:48,720
the truth will come to light.
324
00:21:48,768 --> 00:21:50,016
What's so difficult about that?
325
00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,790
I can vouch for the Crown Prince.
326
00:22:12,270 --> 00:22:13,310
Greetings, Your Majesty.
327
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:14,960
Greetings, Your Majesty.
328
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,110
Xihe,
329
00:22:18,830 --> 00:22:20,790
how are you going to vouch for Huayong?
330
00:22:20,790 --> 00:22:22,200
From last night until this morning,
331
00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:25,070
His Highness was with me
the entire time.
332
00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,000
What?
333
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:27,880
You and Huayong
334
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,240
were together all night?
335
00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:32,480
Father.
336
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,510
Xihe often looks after me.
337
00:22:35,552 --> 00:22:37,510
When she saw how badly
I felt the cold yesterday,
338
00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:38,830
she was worried about me,
339
00:22:39,088 --> 00:22:40,688
so she stayed the night at my palace.
340
00:22:42,830 --> 00:22:43,750
Changqing.
341
00:22:44,550 --> 00:22:45,590
Surely now
342
00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:47,640
you can put your doubts to rest.
343
00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,110
You two kept postponing
the wedding before,
344
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,270
so I thought something
had come between you.
345
00:23:02,270 --> 00:23:05,400
It seems I was worrying for nothing.
346
00:23:05,590 --> 00:23:07,400
Since you love each other,
347
00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:09,510
the marriage should follow naturally.
348
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:10,480
Your Majesty,
349
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,590
have the Ministry of Rites
set a date tomorrow.
350
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:14,920
Grandmother...
351
00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:17,030
I...
352
00:23:18,510 --> 00:23:20,030
still wish to postpone the wedding.
353
00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:24,000
Huayong.
354
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:26,400
Didn't you
355
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,240
want nothing more than to marry Xihe?
356
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:31,920
What happened yesterday
357
00:23:33,030 --> 00:23:34,270
made me realize
358
00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,750
how frail I still am.
359
00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:38,448
How can she entrust her future to me?
360
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,590
I don't want Xihe to worry,
361
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,070
so I should
362
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,640
take more time to recover.
363
00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:46,590
If you truly cared about
Commandery Princess Zhaoning,
364
00:23:48,070 --> 00:23:49,510
you'd call off the engagement.
365
00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:50,400
Insolence!
366
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,350
You've gone too far.
367
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:54,640
Grandmother,
368
00:23:56,030 --> 00:23:57,350
don't blame Changqing.
369
00:23:58,310 --> 00:23:59,510
Ever since he
370
00:23:59,790 --> 00:24:01,750
mistook Xihe for Gu Qingzhi,
371
00:24:02,110 --> 00:24:03,590
he's been obsessed.
372
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,030
I left the palace as a child,
373
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,550
so I was never close to my brothers.
374
00:24:11,510 --> 00:24:12,680
After I returned,
375
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,350
I was always in poor health,
376
00:24:14,550 --> 00:24:16,270
so I could never join in their games.
377
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,240
But I still remember
378
00:24:19,310 --> 00:24:20,790
one day when we were children,
379
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,400
I watched through the window
380
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,720
as my brothers played outside.
381
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:27,720
Changqing
382
00:24:28,070 --> 00:24:30,270
secretly slipped me an osmanthus candy.
383
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,400
I never thought that once we grew up,
384
00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:34,510
we would become
385
00:24:34,790 --> 00:24:36,160
such strangers.
386
00:24:38,790 --> 00:24:39,680
Alright, alright.
387
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:41,750
That's enough.
388
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,200
Huayong,
389
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:45,240
we'll do as you wish.
390
00:24:49,350 --> 00:24:50,310
I didn't expect
391
00:24:50,830 --> 00:24:52,640
you'd ask to postpone the wedding.
392
00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:57,680
I don't want to force you,
393
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,400
but I can't bring myself to call it off.
394
00:25:01,790 --> 00:25:03,310
This was the only compromise.
395
00:25:07,070 --> 00:25:08,830
I've never begged anyone,
396
00:25:10,112 --> 00:25:11,350
but I ask only this of you.
397
00:25:12,590 --> 00:25:13,960
Please give me a little more time.
398
00:25:19,020 --> 00:25:21,620
(Prince Ding's Manor)
399
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:28,680
Cui Jinbai!
400
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,310
How dare you!
401
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,776
By what right do you come
to my manor to arrest my wife?
402
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:34,790
What crime
403
00:25:35,350 --> 00:25:36,480
has she possibly committed?
404
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,510
The assassins outside the capital
405
00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,400
were found bearing Nanzhou's emblem.
406
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,350
They've confessed.
407
00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:45,000
His Majesty has ordered
408
00:25:45,184 --> 00:25:46,320
Princess Ding
409
00:25:46,340 --> 00:25:48,960
to assist with the investigation
at the Court of Judicial Review.
410
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:49,720
What?
411
00:25:59,750 --> 00:26:01,790
His Majesty has arrived!
412
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,830
The Court of Judicial Review found
413
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,200
Prince Ding's military seal
at the assassins' hideout.
414
00:26:15,790 --> 00:26:17,480
Did Changtai give it to you?
415
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,880
Prince Ding never guarded against me.
416
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:21,960
Whatever I asked for,
417
00:26:22,350 --> 00:26:23,880
he gave me without hesitation.
418
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,680
Getting the seal was easy.
419
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,550
Since you knew how much he loved you,
420
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,350
why did you
421
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,550
betray his trust?
422
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:34,720
I told him long ago
423
00:26:36,128 --> 00:26:37,750
that my heart held nothing but hatred,
424
00:26:38,510 --> 00:26:39,750
and that he shouldn't marry me.
425
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,848
So how did I betray him?
426
00:26:42,850 --> 00:26:45,152
Victory and defeat, it's always
been the way of the world.
427
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:46,240
Such is fate.
428
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,000
I'm not one
of your empire's noble ladies.
429
00:26:53,310 --> 00:26:55,110
I don't have their grace or tolerance,
430
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:56,960
nor do I understand fate.
431
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,720
I only know that
I'm a princess of Nanzhou.
432
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,000
You destroyed my kingdom
433
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,550
and killed my parents.
434
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,000
I'll never forgive you for that.
435
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,720
Nanzhou had many princesses.
436
00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:14,790
How do you think you survived?
437
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,310
Because you
438
00:27:19,030 --> 00:27:20,880
married me to Prince Ding.
439
00:27:22,270 --> 00:27:22,830
Yes.
440
00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:25,310
He treated me well.
441
00:27:26,830 --> 00:27:28,590
He knew nothing of my plans.
442
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,550
I alone will bear the blame.
443
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,480
Since you know your
crime is punishable by death,
444
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:36,110
then I
445
00:27:37,310 --> 00:27:39,110
will grant you that death today.
446
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:41,350
Wait!
447
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:43,550
Father!
448
00:27:45,310 --> 00:27:45,830
Father!
449
00:27:48,830 --> 00:27:49,680
Please,
450
00:27:50,790 --> 00:27:52,000
spare Yanyan.
451
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:54,960
Yanyan and I
452
00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:57,510
may have been
453
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:00,070
matched by your decree,
454
00:28:01,030 --> 00:28:02,200
and between us
455
00:28:02,750 --> 00:28:04,240
stood the hatred of a fallen kingdom.
456
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:06,480
But after we married,
457
00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:10,440
I came to love her with all my heart.
458
00:28:16,350 --> 00:28:17,240
Changtai,
459
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,750
since you're pleading for her today,
460
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,480
then perhaps this cup of poisoned liquor
461
00:28:25,270 --> 00:28:26,510
should be yours instead.
462
00:28:27,264 --> 00:28:28,830
Then please grant me the liquor, Father.
463
00:28:28,830 --> 00:28:29,680
Xiao Changtai!
464
00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:37,440
Xiao Changtai...
465
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:39,000
Don't.
466
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:00,640
Yanyan.
467
00:29:02,310 --> 00:29:03,350
It seems that in this life,
468
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:05,880
I wasn't destined
469
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,000
to grow old with you.
470
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:13,350
Take care of yourself.
471
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,440
Xiao Changtai!
472
00:29:27,270 --> 00:29:28,640
Xiao Changtai!
473
00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:31,590
No!
474
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:34,350
No...
475
00:29:40,736 --> 00:29:43,110
Prince Ding really drank the
poisoned liquor for Li Yanhui.
476
00:29:43,590 --> 00:29:45,440
Is Prince Ding really
gone just like that?
477
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:47,070
He won't die.
478
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,590
If His Majesty punished
Li Yanhui too severely,
479
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,240
it would alarm the other kingdoms.
480
00:29:52,830 --> 00:29:55,400
Even if foreign tribes wished to submit,
481
00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:56,830
they'd think twice.
482
00:29:57,270 --> 00:30:00,030
So His Majesty only
meant to teach her a lesson.
483
00:30:00,096 --> 00:30:02,200
He never intended to
kill her or Prince Ding.
484
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:03,680
Your Highness, you knew all along.
485
00:30:03,952 --> 00:30:06,200
The liquor His Majesty gave
him wasn't poisoned at all.
486
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:07,920
Prince Ding woke up soon afterward
487
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,192
and has already been
taken back to his residence.
488
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,110
Zhen Zhu.
489
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,160
Since when did you learn
to keep me in suspense?
490
00:30:16,110 --> 00:30:18,510
But His Majesty ordered Li Yanhui
491
00:30:18,510 --> 00:30:19,790
not to leave the residence.
492
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,400
The imperial princes
493
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,960
may all be formidable men,
494
00:30:23,024 --> 00:30:24,790
but every one of them
is hopelessly devoted.
495
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,920
Now that the wedding has been postponed,
496
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,750
I wonder what the Crown Prince
497
00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:30,000
will do next.
498
00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:39,500
(Duke of Wei's Manor)
499
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,640
Dry weather! Mind your fires!
500
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:59,480
Dry weather! Mind your fires!
501
00:31:02,790 --> 00:31:06,880
Dry weather! Mind your fires!
502
00:31:21,790 --> 00:31:23,310
What are you doing here?
503
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:25,680
Watching over her, of course.
504
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,550
If you truly love her,
505
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,680
you should keep it to yourself
506
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,200
instead of disturbing her.
507
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,880
Your wedding has been postponed.
508
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,990
What makes you so confident
in saying this to me?
509
00:31:43,310 --> 00:31:44,830
Some things work out better with time.
510
00:31:45,510 --> 00:31:46,830
Are you really so sure
511
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,590
she'll still marry you?
512
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,790
I've never doubted it.
513
00:31:55,790 --> 00:31:57,960
She is my lawfully betrothed wife.
514
00:31:58,480 --> 00:31:59,240
Changqing,
515
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,640
your wife has been gone for years.
516
00:32:02,064 --> 00:32:03,550
I don't want to see you like this.
517
00:32:03,550 --> 00:32:05,270
Spare me your noble excuses.
518
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:07,920
The Crown Prince
519
00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:09,960
is trying to steal his brother's wife?
520
00:32:11,070 --> 00:32:12,400
What happened to your virtue,
521
00:32:12,590 --> 00:32:13,830
your kindness and devotion?
522
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,736
Can't keep up the act anymore?
523
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,720
She never loved you.
524
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,270
So why act as though you've lost her?
525
00:32:59,550 --> 00:33:01,270
Zhaoning belongs only to herself.
526
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,160
No one can take her away.
527
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,160
She can only be won by her own choice.
528
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,310
What have you come
529
00:33:59,550 --> 00:34:00,960
to ask of me today?
530
00:34:01,270 --> 00:34:02,680
Father,
531
00:34:02,752 --> 00:34:05,648
please end Crown Prince's engagement
to Commandery Princess Zhaoning.
532
00:34:11,590 --> 00:34:12,920
I didn't hear you clearly.
533
00:34:14,030 --> 00:34:15,110
Say that again.
534
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,510
End their engagement.
535
00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:20,550
Absurd!
536
00:34:22,030 --> 00:34:23,960
I still can't let go of Her Highness.
537
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:25,840
If I don't marry her,
538
00:34:25,952 --> 00:34:27,590
I'll regret it for the rest of my life.
539
00:34:27,590 --> 00:34:28,630
How dare you!
540
00:34:30,110 --> 00:34:31,230
Did you come here today
541
00:34:31,670 --> 00:34:33,590
expecting me to believe
542
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,880
that Commandery Princess Zhaoning
is Gu Qingzhi
543
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,320
and listen to that nonsense again?
544
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,070
Then consider me mad, Father.
545
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,110
Please grant my request.
546
00:34:58,880 --> 00:34:59,760
Changqing.
547
00:35:00,550 --> 00:35:02,190
Of all my sons,
548
00:35:02,670 --> 00:35:04,070
you command the greatest respect.
549
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:06,000
You are also
550
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,320
the son I value most.
551
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:10,360
Huayong
552
00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:12,000
may be the Crown Prince,
553
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,670
but he doesn't have long to live.
554
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:15,760
For years now,
555
00:35:17,030 --> 00:35:18,800
my only wish
556
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,360
has been for him
557
00:35:20,510 --> 00:35:21,800
to live as he pleases,
558
00:35:22,190 --> 00:35:23,510
happy and free of worry.
559
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:25,710
But you're different.
560
00:35:26,230 --> 00:35:27,760
You know full well
561
00:35:28,590 --> 00:35:29,960
that for over the past decade,
562
00:35:30,070 --> 00:35:32,590
I've been grooming you
563
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:34,760
as the true heir to the throne.
564
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,630
But look at you now.
565
00:35:41,150 --> 00:35:42,510
Consumed by love,
566
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,440
miserable every day,
with no ambition left.
567
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,070
How can I possibly
568
00:35:48,030 --> 00:35:51,070
entrust this empire
569
00:35:51,070 --> 00:35:52,230
to someone like you?
570
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:54,670
Back then,
571
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,280
for Gu Qingzhi,
572
00:35:57,550 --> 00:35:59,110
you willingly clipped your own wings
573
00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:01,030
and vowed to mourn her for life.
574
00:36:01,190 --> 00:36:01,960
And now,
575
00:36:02,710 --> 00:36:04,840
are you going to give up the throne
576
00:36:05,070 --> 00:36:07,190
for Commandery Princess Zhaoning, too?
577
00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:10,960
My heart
578
00:36:11,150 --> 00:36:12,440
has never changed.
579
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:13,190
You...
580
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,670
Well, well, Changqing.
581
00:36:41,630 --> 00:36:42,840
Greetings, Prince Ning.
582
00:36:43,230 --> 00:36:45,320
Why are you guarding the palace gates?
583
00:36:48,150 --> 00:36:49,710
Word around the palace is
584
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,190
you asked Father to let
you marry Commandery Princess Zhaoning
585
00:36:52,190 --> 00:36:53,590
and sent him into a rage.
586
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,400
So the rumors are true.
587
00:37:00,550 --> 00:37:01,670
Guarding the palace
588
00:37:02,190 --> 00:37:03,280
is an important duty.
589
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,960
Father is giving me a
chance to prove myself.
590
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:07,630
Unlike you,
591
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,360
who enjoys a generous salary
592
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:10,896
and spends every day at leisure.
593
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,190
Father must care for you deeply.
594
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,000
All he wants is for you
595
00:37:15,190 --> 00:37:16,710
to live a peaceful, carefree life.
596
00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:21,110
Grandmother has just chosen
597
00:37:21,110 --> 00:37:23,320
the daughter of Vice Minister
Hu Zhengyang for me.
598
00:37:23,424 --> 00:37:25,320
The Hu family has been
prominent for generations
599
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,150
and holds great influence at court.
600
00:37:27,230 --> 00:37:29,320
That shows how highly she values me.
601
00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:32,710
Then allow me
602
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,110
to congratulate you.
603
00:37:34,630 --> 00:37:35,840
But then again,
604
00:37:36,030 --> 00:37:39,440
Commandery Princess Zhaoning has never
given you a second glance.
605
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:42,400
Changqing,
606
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,670
you've always been praised by everyone
607
00:37:45,670 --> 00:37:48,550
as a gifted man of
both letters and arms.
608
00:37:50,550 --> 00:37:51,760
How could you
609
00:37:52,710 --> 00:37:54,320
be so foolish?
610
00:38:14,230 --> 00:38:15,510
Greetings, Prince Xin.
611
00:38:16,976 --> 00:38:18,030
What are you doing here?
612
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,280
Today is the day
613
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,150
I pay my respects to
the Empress Dowager.
614
00:38:22,992 --> 00:38:24,496
I heard that for asking to marry me,
615
00:38:24,576 --> 00:38:27,480
His Majesty punished you by
making you guard the palace gates.
616
00:38:28,208 --> 00:38:30,160
Even if I were sent to
guard the imperial tombs
617
00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:33,000
or exiled to the frontier,
618
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,150
I wouldn't complain.
619
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:44,710
Are you willing
620
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:47,710
to leave with me?
621
00:38:52,912 --> 00:38:55,280
We could leave the capital's
power struggles behind,
622
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:57,320
withdraw from the world,
623
00:38:59,110 --> 00:39:00,760
and live a peaceful, free life.
624
00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:04,304
Even those with power and status
625
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,710
must tread carefully.
626
00:39:07,230 --> 00:39:08,800
Why would becoming commoners
627
00:39:09,110 --> 00:39:10,630
guarantee peace and freedom?
628
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,720
The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
629
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,030
turned their backs on society
630
00:39:14,464 --> 00:39:16,110
and lived as freely as they pleased.
631
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,030
But how did they end up?
632
00:39:20,110 --> 00:39:20,920
Escaping the world
633
00:39:21,670 --> 00:39:23,320
is nothing but self-deception.
634
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:27,070
Your Highness.
635
00:39:30,150 --> 00:39:31,190
Prince Xin,
636
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,630
even if you asked me a thousand times,
637
00:39:35,190 --> 00:39:36,590
my answer would still be no.
638
00:39:46,180 --> 00:39:49,740
(Favorable Weather)
639
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,150
I wish to report corruption!
640
00:39:54,192 --> 00:39:56,110
(Corrupt Appointments and Fraud)
Someone bribed the evaluating official,
641
00:39:56,144 --> 00:39:57,440
altered the candidate rankings,
642
00:39:57,710 --> 00:39:58,880
smuggled notes into the exam,
643
00:39:59,030 --> 00:40:00,280
and cheated!
644
00:40:00,630 --> 00:40:02,960
The newly appointed top
candidate is an ignorant fraud
645
00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:04,960
who has deceived everyone!
646
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,590
I wish to report corruption!
647
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,536
Someone bribed the evaluating official
648
00:40:09,568 --> 00:40:11,150
(Favorable Weather)
and altered the candidate rankings!
649
00:40:11,150 --> 00:40:12,710
There was cheating in the exam!
650
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,230
I heard this year's top
candidate is barely qualified
651
00:40:16,230 --> 00:40:17,550
and bought his way in.
652
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,000
Nothing matters more than scholarship.
653
00:40:21,150 --> 00:40:23,710
We've never heard of
exam fraud in this dynasty.
654
00:40:23,710 --> 00:40:25,760
But these shocking rumors
655
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,360
are so detailed
656
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:28,800
that they're hard not to believe.
657
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:30,710
Who's the new top candidate?
658
00:40:31,150 --> 00:40:32,150
His surname is He.
659
00:40:32,176 --> 00:40:34,550
He's a distant relative of the
Imperial Academy Chancellor.
660
00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:40,070
Someone has accused you
661
00:40:40,630 --> 00:40:42,360
of bribing the examiner
662
00:40:42,510 --> 00:40:43,840
and being unworthy of your rank.
663
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,590
Today, I'll set the question myself
664
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:48,800
and test you personally.
665
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,590
This is utter nonsense!
666
00:41:21,056 --> 00:41:22,880
You're nothing but an incompetent fool!
667
00:41:24,304 --> 00:41:25,590
Please calm down, Your Majesty.
668
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:27,400
I failed in my duty as proctor.
669
00:41:27,630 --> 00:41:28,630
I accept my guilt.
670
00:41:29,070 --> 00:41:31,230
Tell us exactly how you cheated.
671
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:32,400
Leave nothing out.
672
00:41:32,670 --> 00:41:34,760
I happened to meet a scholar
673
00:41:35,190 --> 00:41:36,550
who was exceptionally talented.
674
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:38,550
But his grandfather had passed away,
675
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:39,840
so he was in mourning
676
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,000
and couldn't sit this
year's examination.
677
00:41:42,010 --> 00:41:44,360
So I gave him the question
and asked him to draft an answer.
678
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,360
Then I memorized it word for word.
679
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:48,672
Have mercy, Your Majesty!
680
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,840
How did you get the exam question?
681
00:41:54,190 --> 00:41:54,590
The...
682
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:56,464
The exam question...
683
00:42:06,230 --> 00:42:06,880
Your Highness.
684
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:09,440
Prince Xin has openly
685
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,216
asked His Majesty for
Her Highness's hand.
686
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,590
Yet you're still sitting here so calmly.
687
00:42:14,070 --> 00:42:16,110
Aren't you afraid he'll steal her away?
688
00:42:19,030 --> 00:42:20,550
Rather than worry,
689
00:42:20,670 --> 00:42:22,190
I'd rather focus on what matters.
690
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:24,880
You mean the exam fraud case?
691
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,000
That's right.
692
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:30,860
Why don't we use this chance
693
00:42:30,870 --> 00:42:32,110
to promote a few more of them?
694
00:42:32,110 --> 00:42:33,280
We'd gain more capable people
695
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,190
and uncover who's behind this.
696
00:42:36,224 --> 00:42:37,472
If their ranks are too low,
697
00:42:37,504 --> 00:42:39,490
they won't investigate
anyone close to the throne.
698
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:42,320
No need.
699
00:42:44,630 --> 00:42:46,710
They all come from humble families
700
00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:48,710
with no connections at court.
701
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:50,960
I've given them a chance,
702
00:42:51,190 --> 00:42:52,440
but from here on,
703
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,190
they must make their own way
704
00:42:54,190 --> 00:42:55,670
and prove what they're capable of.
705
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,000
Only then will they earn their place.
706
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,230
Say what's on your mind.
707
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:15,960
I just feel that
708
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:18,150
you used to act decisively,
709
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,230
rather than take things
step by step like this.
710
00:43:23,190 --> 00:43:24,150
Back then,
711
00:43:25,230 --> 00:43:27,030
all I wanted was to find
712
00:43:27,104 --> 00:43:28,960
who poisoned me as quickly as possible.
713
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:30,760
But now,
714
00:43:32,670 --> 00:43:34,440
I want to think about
what's best for Xihe.
715
00:43:43,590 --> 00:43:46,070
Although Yunhuai has
gone beyond the frontier
716
00:43:46,070 --> 00:43:47,440
to seek treatment for me,
717
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,110
I'm still not sure
718
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,110
I'll survive what's coming.
719
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:53,030
I never should've drawn Xihe into this.
720
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,230
She deserves someone
who can stay with her longer.
721
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,440
But I can't let her go.
722
00:44:00,550 --> 00:44:02,590
For this selfish desire of mine,
723
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,510
all I can do is make it up to her.
724
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,190
So everything you're doing now
725
00:44:10,150 --> 00:44:11,360
is for Her Highness?
726
00:44:15,070 --> 00:44:16,760
Xihe cares deeply about the northwest,
727
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,110
and wants control over her own fate.
728
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,400
Then I'll do everything I can
729
00:44:22,590 --> 00:44:24,150
to clear every path for her.
730
00:44:29,230 --> 00:44:30,480
Even if, in the end,
731
00:44:31,230 --> 00:44:32,630
I'm no longer by her side,
732
00:44:33,510 --> 00:44:36,360
she'll still have loyal officials
supporting her at court,
733
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:37,960
and she'll be able
734
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:40,110
to live the life she wants.
735
00:44:47,020 --> 00:44:51,340
(Taiji Hall)
736
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:52,360
Talent
737
00:44:53,340 --> 00:44:54,960
is the foundation of a nation.
738
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:56,960
Only with capable people in office
739
00:44:57,110 --> 00:44:58,480
can the people
740
00:44:58,512 --> 00:45:00,230
be educated and taught proper conduct.
741
00:45:00,670 --> 00:45:02,360
This examination fraud case
742
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,230
is extremely serious.
743
00:45:05,248 --> 00:45:06,976
It must be thoroughly investigated.
744
00:45:07,008 --> 00:45:07,840
Ministers,
745
00:45:08,670 --> 00:45:09,670
is anyone willing
746
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,880
to take on this responsibility?
747
00:45:23,190 --> 00:45:24,880
Not one official in this court
748
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,590
has the courage
749
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,320
to take on this difficult task?
750
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:48,150
Father.
751
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:49,880
I'll do it.
752
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:04,230
Now,
753
00:46:04,256 --> 00:46:06,000
I don't even have
three or five years left.
754
00:46:06,230 --> 00:46:07,510
How much time do you have?
755
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:08,320
A year.
756
00:46:08,710 --> 00:46:10,000
For that one year,
757
00:46:10,150 --> 00:46:11,800
I'll be a good wife to you.
758
00:46:12,512 --> 00:46:14,440
Each dawn, each dusk,
each moment together,
759
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:15,440
that will be a lifetime.
760
00:46:15,450 --> 00:46:18,140
(An Auspicious Day for Marriage)
I chose the nearest auspicious date.
761
00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:20,192
The bridal procession
from the East Palace is here!
762
00:46:25,430 --> 00:46:28,370
♪I've hidden so many words♪
763
00:46:28,990 --> 00:46:31,790
♪Too reluctant to tell you♪
764
00:46:32,660 --> 00:46:39,630
♪So never uncover♪
765
00:46:39,820 --> 00:46:42,180
♪The sand that slips away
with one grasp♪
766
00:46:43,310 --> 00:46:46,040
♪The flower that withers
after one bloom♪
767
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:52,340
♪Silently buried deep inside my heart♪
768
00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:56,920
♪Every answer I gave♪
769
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:00,570
♪Was both bittersweet and absurd♪
770
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:04,730
♪Hiding my tear-filled eyes
when I hurt you♪
771
00:47:04,990 --> 00:47:08,300
♪How hard it truly was?♪
772
00:47:11,270 --> 00:47:14,710
♪The wounds that healed
with just a little comfort♪
773
00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:18,030
♪The lies made whole
with a single embrace♪
774
00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:25,060
♪Pretending to be brave
as if I'd never been hurt♪
775
00:47:26,470 --> 00:47:29,600
♪It's a shame I never could♪
776
00:47:30,050 --> 00:47:33,060
♪Give you a moon in return♪
777
00:47:33,170 --> 00:47:39,810
♪With the same open heart you loved me♪
778
00:47:39,810 --> 00:47:43,480
♪I've crossed the wasteland of memories♪
779
00:47:44,350 --> 00:47:47,110
♪Never knowing I was lost♪
780
00:47:47,550 --> 00:47:50,680
♪Why don't you take me away?♪
781
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:57,070
♪Lead me out of this endless game
of hide-and-seek♪
782
00:47:58,470 --> 00:48:02,020
♪You'll never♪
783
00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:11,770
♪Know how much I long to, long to♪
784
00:48:37,940 --> 00:48:41,420
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