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♪ The white sail came too late ♪
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♪ Where did he go? ♪
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♪ Snow veils the mountains ♪
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♪ Love endures beyond life and death ♪
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♪ A black chess piece ♪
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♪ Whose game did he stumble into? ♪
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♪ All his life, there's no escape ♪
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♪ In ten thousand years,
what will still remain? ♪
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♪ Will anyone still love
with an unchanging heart? ♪
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♪ I will remember ♪
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♪ Those days long past ♪
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♪ As the wind drifts with the white sail ♪
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♪ Ten thousand years ago ♪
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♪ Did you once walk this shore? ♪
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♪ Why can't our bond
be severed in this life? ♪
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♪ I am lost yet willing ♪
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♪ Still I love you with a steadfast heart ♪
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♪ Until all things fade away ♪
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♪ The stars will remember us ♪
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[Love & Crown]
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[Adapted from the novel
"My Queen" by Xie Lounan]
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[Episode 5]
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Long live Your Majesty!
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Blessings upon Your Majesty!
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Father.
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The imperial dignity must be upheld.
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Rituals cannot be neglected.
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Sir, there's no need for such formality.
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Father,
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when you bow to me like that,
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I'm not used to it.
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So let's not.
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In time,
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you will get used to it.
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Sir,
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is Luo Xianxue in the residence?
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He is.
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You wish to see him?
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The Empress has been
worried about his injuries.
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My dear,
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isn't that so?
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And if it is?
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Would you even allow me to visit him?
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As you wish.
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Your Majesty,
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she's been spoiled
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from childhood.
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I beg Your Majesty's pardon.
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I've heard
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you excel at tea.
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I wonder
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if I might have the honor of a taste.
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Luo.
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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Are you
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blaming me?
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Of course not.
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Now,
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you're the Empress.
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It's only right
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I bow to you.
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Rise.
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Your Majesty,
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it's just a scratch,
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not worth your worry.
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If you still see me as your little sister,
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stop calling me "Your Majesty".
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If anyone's to blame,
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it's me.
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Your Majesty,
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don't blame yourself.
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Your betrothal was set long ago.
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You could never overrule him.
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He's the one at fault!
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He killed my master.
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But whatever the case,
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you're the Empress now.
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What exactly did he do to you?
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Before,
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I didn't know my place.
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But now,
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I've thought it through.
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I know what I must do
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for everyone's good.
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Our father grows older by the day.
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He can't take upheaval.
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Since you're Empress,
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you should consider
how to ease his burdens.
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Ease Father's burdens?
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Yes.
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Empress Dowager Liu and Father
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have long been at odds.
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Only by fulfilling your duty as Empress
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can you truly ease his burdens.
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How am I supposed to do that?
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Every day I see him,
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I think of my master,
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I think of your hand,
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and I could kill him with one stroke.
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Even if you won't think of Father,
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think of yourself.
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Empress Dowager Liu holds the Phoenix Seal.
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She rules the inner palace.
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Without His Majesty's favor,
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without his support,
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how will you survive the inner palace?
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I'm speaking from the heart!
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Don't worry.
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I'll look after myself in the palace.
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Your Majesty...
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Rumors that the Emperor
and Empress are at odds
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are everywhere.
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The Empress Dowager
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will surely use it and bully you.
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You must rely on His Majesty
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and secure the Phoenix Seal.
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Then our father
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can be at ease.
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Please think twice, Your Majesty!
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Luo,
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may I ask you a favor?
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Your Majesty, just say the word.
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I want to set up
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a spirit tablet for my master.
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I knew Your Majesty would wish this.
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I've already sought a proper mausoleum.
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All right.
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Thank you for seeing to it.
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Cangcang,
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take care.
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Two days ago, I obtained
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some Wuyi Queshe Tea.
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Here.
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Please taste it, Your Majesty.
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A delicate fragrance
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with a sweet, lingering finish.
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Fine tea.
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Today, Your Majesty
escorted the Empress home
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and now shares tea with me.
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This old minister
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is truly gratified.
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Sir, do you know
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about the heretical sect
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in the martial world,
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the Lingbi Sect?
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Backed by someone at court,
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they assassinate the powerful
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and eliminate rivals.
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I am ill-informed
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and have never heard of it.
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I have proof
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that Li Lu
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is its secret leader,
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which makes
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your ties to the Lingbi Sect
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hard to explain.
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I truly didn't know Li Lu's identity,
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only that he was a martial master
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who saved Cangcang
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and taught her the sword.
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Nothing more.
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Nothing more...
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Then tell me,
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why did I
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cut off Luo Xianxue's finger?
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You don't think
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it was just out of jealousy, do you?
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Your Majesty's care for the Empress
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is painstaking indeed.
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I'm deeply grateful.
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We're all family.
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No need for thanks.
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By the way,
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in a few days,
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the Ministry of Personnel will propose
a talent recommendation system.
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I consider it workable
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and intend to implement it.
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What say you, sir?
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If it benefits Great Qi,
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I will, of course,
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fully support it.
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Cangcang grew up away from strife
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pure and kind at heart.
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So she loves and hates with all her being,
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and despises evil as her enemy.
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She's been willful for a dozen years,
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but now she's the Empress.
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It's time she grew up.
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Have you said what must be said?
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Yes.
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As you instructed,
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I told Young Lady everything.
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But Father,
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you know full well
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she still resents His Majesty
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over Li Lu's death.
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Asking her
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to seek his favor at a time like this,
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won't that...
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Xianxue,
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do you still think
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I shouldn't have done this?
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I am Cangcang's father,
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and what I do
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is certainly for her own good.
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His Majesty was born with cold poison.
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Even the imperial
physicians can't treat it.
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What if he were to...
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If Cangcang bears a prince soon,
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then she'll truly have real backing
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in the inner palace.
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Xianxue,
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this is the path she must take.
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All we can do
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is to pave the way for her,
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so she walks steadier
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and goes farther.
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Understood.
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My lady asked me to find a
mausoleum to honor Li Lu.
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Promise her.
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But
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don't let her know
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that Li Lu was the Ghost King.
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But I don't think
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she will let it go easily.
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Try to talk her down.
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Cangcang is soft-hearted.
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She'll always put the Ling family first.
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After all,
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we need to move on.
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[Yongkang Mausoleum,
3 li north of the Capital]
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[Wuying Hall]
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Your Majesty.
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The Empress got a note by pigeon
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and slipped out of the palace.
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You truly won't stop her?
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She'll come back.
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Keep me informed
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of her every move.
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Also,
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do not alert her.
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Understood.
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Master.
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I'm unfilial.
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I cannot pay respects
at your grave in person.
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I can only
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set up a spirit tablet for you here.
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[Spirit tablet of the late Li Lu]
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May it comfort your spirit in heaven.
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I brought you wine too.
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Though
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the Capital's wine is a bit light,
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and I'm not sure if you like it.
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Still,
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it's smooth and lingering.
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Please try it.
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[Spirit tablet of the late Li Lu]
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Let it go, Cangcang.
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Maybe His Majesty
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has his reasons.
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Reasons?
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What reason justifies
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killing a man who kept to himself
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and did nothing but good?
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I roamed the martial world
with Master since I was little.
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He was unmatched in skill,
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almost without rival.
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Yet he was humble to all
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and ever doing good.
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His only wish
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was that I grow up safe and happy.
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Master,
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I want those blossoms!
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All right.
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I'll pick them for you.
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What are you doing?
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What do you think you're doing?
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Sorry to trouble you.
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Master, you're amazing!
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I can't make sense of it.
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What reason could justify
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killing a man so good,
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one he never spoke of?
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Cangcang,
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the dead can't return.
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Look past it.
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Stop.
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Show me your hand.
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Luo,
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you and Father
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are my closest family
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in this world.
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You're right.
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Since I'm the Empress now,
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I should use that position
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to live well in the palace.
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So I can keep everyone
in the Ling family safe.
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Cangcang,
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you've finally figured it out.
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Yes.
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I have.
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Until I learn the truth,
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I'll do my duty as Empress.
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Cangcang,
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you still must find the truth?
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Right.
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[Spirit tablet of the late Li Lu]
Master's kindness to me runs deep.
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How could I let his death be in vain?
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But even if you uncover the truth,
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what then?
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Then I'll repay every grudge
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and every grievance.
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I'll put an end to it all.
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The world will still be wide open.
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[Spirit tablet of the late Li Lu]
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Your Majesty.
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Has the Empress returned?
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She has.
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She and Luo Xianxue visited a mausoleum
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and set up a spirit tablet for Li Lu.
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She just returned to Linghe Hall.
00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.940
She's in good spirits.
00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.960
Is that so?
00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.240
Good.
00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.400
Your Majesty,
00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:25.380
why not tell Her Majesty the truth?
00:18:27.550 --> 00:18:28.700
Let her hate me
00:18:29.110 --> 00:18:31.250
is better than letting her learn it
00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.460
and suffer
00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.810
and grieve.
00:18:34.590 --> 00:18:35.590
Besides,
00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:37.050
the matter isn't over.
00:18:37.510 --> 00:18:39.140
I don't want her dragged into it.
00:18:39.350 --> 00:18:40.350
Understood.
00:18:40.550 --> 00:18:41.806
How's the affair in Southern Chu
00:18:41.830 --> 00:18:42.830
being handled?
00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:44.400
Rest easy.
00:18:44.550 --> 00:18:46.050
Song Lanxi has agreed.
00:18:46.070 --> 00:18:47.750
He can depart for the Capital at any time.
00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.960
Good.
00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:51.326
We're rolling out the talent
recommendation system.
00:18:51.350 --> 00:18:52.860
Make sure nothing goes wrong.
00:18:53.750 --> 00:18:55.290
Ensure this pilot batch of candidates,
00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:56.900
especially Song Lanxi,
00:18:57.070 --> 00:18:58.490
arrives safely in the Capital.
00:18:59.110 --> 00:19:00.110
Understood.
00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:03.340
[Linghe Hall]
00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.560
Blessings upon Your Majesty.
00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.000
Why is it
00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.200
so cold in here?
00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:19.730
The steward eunuch says
00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:21.620
our hall is short on attendants
00:19:21.830 --> 00:19:23.010
and His Majesty doesn't come,
00:19:23.310 --> 00:19:24.810
so we don't get much charcoal.
00:19:27.310 --> 00:19:28.310
Is that so?
00:19:32.070 --> 00:19:33.860
How long have I been in the palace now?
00:19:34.270 --> 00:19:36.180
Today makes seven days.
00:19:36.830 --> 00:19:37.830
Keep combing.
00:19:57.510 --> 00:19:59.730
With a touch of grooming,
Your Majesty is peerless.
00:19:59.830 --> 00:20:01.630
His Majesty will be
smitten when he sees you!
00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.080
We're not going to see His Majesty.
00:20:07.550 --> 00:20:08.900
Then who are we visiting?
00:20:09.270 --> 00:20:11.050
We're going to see the Empress Dowager
00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.810
and reclaim what is ours.
00:20:13.110 --> 00:20:14.660
Do you mean the Phoenix Seal?
00:20:15.030 --> 00:20:16.140
If you go like this,
00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.240
it may be risky...
00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.880
We'll go anyway.
00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.000
Come on.
00:20:35.590 --> 00:20:36.660
Your Majesty.
00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.660
Aunt Chan.
00:20:38.830 --> 00:20:40.290
The Empress Dowager is napping.
00:20:40.350 --> 00:20:42.090
No one may enter and disturb her.
00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.660
Aunt Chan,
00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.810
I've heard Mother loves cheese.
00:20:45.830 --> 00:20:47.530
So I asked my brother
00:20:47.590 --> 00:20:49.940
to bring fine cheese back from Xijiang
00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.000
for her to enjoy.
00:20:51.350 --> 00:20:53.620
It was sent on an
eight-hundred-li rush to the Capital.
00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.490
The flavor will change with time.
00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.810
Please announce me.
00:20:58.270 --> 00:20:59.730
Your Majesty is thoughtful.
00:21:00.030 --> 00:21:01.030
However,
00:21:01.310 --> 00:21:02.530
the Empress Dowager
00:21:02.590 --> 00:21:04.460
feels she's put on weight lately,
00:21:04.590 --> 00:21:05.900
and is on a fasting regimen.
00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.660
So I'm afraid
00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:09.490
she won't partake of this cheese.
00:21:09.750 --> 00:21:10.750
I see.
00:21:13.830 --> 00:21:15.220
What a pity.
00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.980
Then perhaps
00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:20.530
I'll present it to you instead?
00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.000
Xiaoshan,
00:21:22.110 --> 00:21:23.330
take it in to Aunt Chan.
00:21:23.350 --> 00:21:24.350
Understood.
00:21:27.830 --> 00:21:29.860
The Empress Dowager is napping.
00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.330
No one
00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.700
may enter and disturb her.
00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.530
It's fine.
00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.810
We'll wait a bit longer.
00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:41.010
When the Empress Dowager wakes,
00:21:41.030 --> 00:21:42.490
we'll go in then.
00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.530
Then please wait, Your Majesty.
00:21:45.830 --> 00:21:47.220
I'll go in and attend her.
00:21:47.950 --> 00:21:48.950
Hold.
00:21:52.110 --> 00:21:53.860
Since you're going in to serve,
00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:55.140
as her daughter-in-law,
00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:57.220
I should go in to serve Mother as well
00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.530
to show my filial respect.
00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:09.400
The Empress's deportment is improper.
00:22:09.550 --> 00:22:10.940
How are you people attending her?
00:22:11.350 --> 00:22:12.350
Take them away.
00:22:12.550 --> 00:22:13.976
Give them the forced-bend punishment
00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.220
for four hours!
00:22:18.750 --> 00:22:19.940
You dare strike me?
00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.290
I spoke kindly
00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.460
yet you threw your weight around
00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.480
and ran roughshod.
00:22:25.030 --> 00:22:26.490
Am I not allowed to discipline you?
00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.240
Guards!
00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.710
Take her away.
00:22:30.830 --> 00:22:31.250
Understood!
00:22:31.550 --> 00:22:32.550
Your Majesty,
00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.810
at this rate...
00:22:33.830 --> 00:22:34.830
No hurry.
00:22:35.510 --> 00:22:36.510
Your Majesty.
00:22:38.350 --> 00:22:39.630
The Empress Dowager invites you.
00:22:43.510 --> 00:22:44.730
Then,
00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:46.290
I'll spare you for now.
00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.660
Greetings, Mother.
00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:07.810
You even struck my attendant.
00:23:08.550 --> 00:23:09.900
Quite the display of power.
00:23:12.550 --> 00:23:13.330
Mother,
00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.620
I am wronged!
00:23:14.830 --> 00:23:16.090
I came today
00:23:16.110 --> 00:23:17.620
to bring you cheese.
00:23:18.030 --> 00:23:19.030
But to my surprise,
00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.490
Aunt Chan said
00:23:20.510 --> 00:23:22.010
you'd grown fat
00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:24.220
and must fast a few days
before seeing anyone.
00:23:27.310 --> 00:23:28.310
Your Majesty,
00:23:28.510 --> 00:23:29.810
don't heed this liar!
00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.940
When did I ever say that?
00:23:33.030 --> 00:23:34.030
Mother, you hear that?
00:23:35.030 --> 00:23:36.810
Aunt Chan calls me a liar.
00:23:38.310 --> 00:23:39.310
Aunt Chan,
00:23:39.510 --> 00:23:41.530
you've served Mother for years.
00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:43.570
I do respect you.
00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.920
But after all,
00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:47.460
I am the Empress of Great Qi.
00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:49.010
Young as I am,
00:23:49.070 --> 00:23:52.050
you shouldn't call me a liar.
00:23:53.310 --> 00:23:54.310
Your Majesty,
00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.460
I've been wronged!
00:23:55.510 --> 00:23:56.730
Please judge clearly!
00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:00.730
Since Aunt Chan misspoke,
00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.660
she should be slapped.
00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.480
Attend!
00:24:04.550 --> 00:24:05.550
Drag her out.
00:24:06.550 --> 00:24:08.620
Thank you for your just
judgment, Your Majesty.
00:24:15.350 --> 00:24:16.900
Are you satisfied now?
00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.136
You're fair in reward and punishment.
00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.180
I take the lesson.
00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.400
Thank you, Mother.
00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:25.620
I've ruled the inner palace for decades.
00:24:26.030 --> 00:24:28.810
You mustn't be soft-hearted,
00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:32.290
or the wretches will walk over you.
00:24:33.310 --> 00:24:35.380
Don't you agree?
00:24:40.350 --> 00:24:41.900
You're absolutely right.
00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.250
Mother,
00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.250
it's hard work to manage the harem,
00:24:46.310 --> 00:24:48.330
so I'd like to share the burden.
00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.180
Managing the inner palace
is the Empress's duty,
00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:54.140
mine to fulfill.
00:24:54.760 --> 00:24:57.110
- Why not grant me the Phoenix Seal...
- You've
00:24:58.880 --> 00:25:00.940
been in the palace seven days?
00:25:05.030 --> 00:25:06.030
Yes.
00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.660
By rights,
00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:11.140
I should pass you the Phoenix Seal.
00:25:11.830 --> 00:25:14.180
But your conduct falls short,
00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:17.730
how can you rule the inner palace?
00:25:18.030 --> 00:25:19.490
What do you mean by that, Mother?
00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.980
Where have I failed my duties?
00:25:22.030 --> 00:25:23.250
I hear
00:25:23.750 --> 00:25:26.330
His Majesty has yet to stay at Linghe Hall.
00:25:27.110 --> 00:25:28.330
As the Emperor's wife,
00:25:29.030 --> 00:25:30.620
you've not fulfilled a wife's duty.
00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.730
That is the gravest failing.
00:25:33.310 --> 00:25:35.220
An Empress's chief duty
00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:37.620
is to extend the royal line
00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:39.010
and carry on the heirs.
00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:42.250
To be the mother of the realm,
00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:45.620
be a mother first.
00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:51.010
If you have no legitimate son or daughter,
00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.810
your throne
00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:56.860
will be hard to hold.
00:25:58.270 --> 00:26:00.050
I fear your mind is elsewhere.
00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.660
So for now,
00:26:03.510 --> 00:26:05.570
I'll shoulder these burdens.
00:26:07.030 --> 00:26:08.220
As for the Phoenix Seal,
00:26:09.030 --> 00:26:11.290
I'll keep it for you.
00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:15.220
When you've fulfilled an Empress's duties,
00:26:16.030 --> 00:26:18.140
I'll hand it over.
00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:21.490
I'm a bit tired.
00:26:21.590 --> 00:26:23.810
You may withdraw.
00:26:27.070 --> 00:26:28.070
Understood.
00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.960
I'll take my leave.
00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.980
I also hear
00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:38.700
the Emperor was just outside
00:26:39.550 --> 00:26:42.090
yet didn't speak up for you.
00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.530
As one who's been through it,
00:26:44.550 --> 00:26:46.460
let me advise you:
00:26:47.110 --> 00:26:51.290
Reflect on yourself and win back his favor.
00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.810
I still can't get around him.
00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.600
Mind your words, Your Majesty.
00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.400
Your Majesty.
00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.460
How is the Empress?
00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:34.050
Since returning, all is normal.
00:27:34.310 --> 00:27:35.810
She showed no other strong reaction,
00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.200
only that
00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.910
she took out a pear blossom hairpin.
00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.010
We're going to visit Master tomorrow.
00:27:48.350 --> 00:27:49.980
Why are you still up so late?
00:27:51.550 --> 00:27:52.550
Cangcang,
00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.730
I have a gift for you.
00:27:55.830 --> 00:27:56.830
What is it?
00:28:02.550 --> 00:28:03.810
What a beautiful hairpin!
00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.620
My home has a pear orchard,
00:28:07.070 --> 00:28:08.460
planted by my parents.
00:28:09.070 --> 00:28:10.510
When the blossoms are in full bloom,
00:28:10.750 --> 00:28:12.180
I'll take you there,
00:28:12.510 --> 00:28:13.510
all right?
00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.940
♪ Thoughts linger on... ♪
00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.700
That depends on my master's permission.
00:28:20.830 --> 00:28:22.490
And if he says no?
00:28:23.550 --> 00:28:24.660
Then we won't go.
00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:27.620
♪ Turns time into a gentle circle... ♪
00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.730
Anyway, just put it on.
00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:36.900
♪ Years turn and fade ♪
00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:39.340
♪ Wax and wane... ♪
00:28:42.550 --> 00:28:43.550
Does it look good?
00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.920
It does.
00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:50.980
♪ Then sudden rain pours down ♪
00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:56.380
♪ Washing the sweetness
from the pear petals ♪
00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:04.700
♪ Softly, slowly, round
and clear, faint yet near ♪
00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:10.540
♪ A hairpin carved with vows of white ♪
00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:14.380
♪ Drifting, falling, endless and tender ♪
00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:16.780
♪ Through every season,
every year, every day ♪
00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:21.860
♪ Time engraves our story deep ♪
00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:27.780
♪ Softly, slowly, round
and clear, faint yet near ♪
00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:32.660
♪ Dark hair twines into a thread of fate ♪
00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.326
Have the pear blossoms in
Qinyuan Garden bloomed?
00:29:34.350 --> 00:29:36.140
They've budded but not opened yet.
00:29:38.110 --> 00:29:40.460
I want to see a sea of
white blossoms like snow.
00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.920
Hongqing,
00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.000
see to it.
00:29:44.830 --> 00:29:45.830
Understood.
00:29:51.110 --> 00:29:52.010
Put that over there.
00:29:52.030 --> 00:29:53.030
Yes, sir.
00:29:53.550 --> 00:29:54.550
Set this one here.
00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.730
Leave this here.
00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.250
Stoke the fire higher.
00:29:57.260 --> 00:29:58.260
Fan it.
00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.160
You two,
00:30:01.310 --> 00:30:02.620
bring a few more braziers.
00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.640
Yes, sir!
00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.240
Commander Li.
00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.920
Eunuch Feng.
00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.980
Why so many braziers
00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.810
throughout the garden?
00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.200
Are you
00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:16.380
building a warm frame
to force an early bloom?
00:30:16.750 --> 00:30:17.940
White as snow.
00:30:38.350 --> 00:30:39.180
Your Majesty, look!
00:30:39.270 --> 00:30:40.570
The pear blossoms are all open.
00:30:40.590 --> 00:30:41.730
I didn't lie to you.
00:30:42.110 --> 00:30:43.110
They are.
00:30:43.550 --> 00:30:45.980
Not one was open days ago,
00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:48.400
and today the whole garden's in bloom.
00:30:50.830 --> 00:30:51.900
Do you like it?
00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:54.380
Shall I cut two sprays for a vase?
00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:02.700
Here comes His Majesty!
00:31:05.550 --> 00:31:06.980
If I can't secure the Phoenix Seal,
00:31:07.270 --> 00:31:09.810
never mind uncovering Master's death,
00:31:10.110 --> 00:31:11.980
I won't survive a day in the harem.
00:31:14.550 --> 00:31:15.550
Greetings, Your Majesty.
00:31:17.550 --> 00:31:20.330
Do you like this garden of pear blossoms?
00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.960
I do.
00:31:22.270 --> 00:31:23.860
At first sight of them,
00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.420
I thought of Your Majesty.
00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:28.140
I meant to send for you,
00:31:28.350 --> 00:31:30.140
but you came at once.
00:31:30.350 --> 00:31:31.940
Are you here to admire them too?
00:31:33.830 --> 00:31:34.830
So,
00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.570
have you made up your mind?
00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.640
I have.
00:31:39.830 --> 00:31:40.830
Right now,
00:31:41.350 --> 00:31:42.730
I have made up my mind.
00:31:43.070 --> 00:31:44.810
We are husband and wife.
00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.860
I shouldn't hold resentment toward you.
00:31:47.350 --> 00:31:48.350
Your Majesty,
00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.810
at Linghe Hall,
00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:53.660
the nights are bitterly cold.
00:31:54.830 --> 00:31:57.220
Will you come keep me company tonight?
00:32:07.750 --> 00:32:09.180
Since when
00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.860
did I become a tool
00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.490
for you to toy with?
00:32:41.590 --> 00:32:42.380
Your Majesty,
00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:44.380
this is a new medicine
from the Imperial Preceptor
00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.940
to treat your cold sickness.
00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:48.490
What is it you painted, Your Majesty?
00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.460
Nothing,
00:32:51.790 --> 00:32:53.290
just a few casual strokes.
00:32:54.030 --> 00:32:56.660
I hear you viewed pear blossoms all day.
00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.900
This spring is chill.
00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.460
Their scent
00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.420
can affect the body.
00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.220
Beware a bout of wheezing.
00:33:13.270 --> 00:33:14.270
Hereafter,
00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.490
best avoid Qinyuan.
00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.160
I was born
00:33:20.310 --> 00:33:22.050
with the cold sickness.
00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.220
What has it to do with pear blossoms?
00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:26.250
I'm not that delicate.
00:33:27.270 --> 00:33:28.270
Fair point.
00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.180
The reform you seek
00:33:32.310 --> 00:33:34.090
will shake the nobles' interests.
00:33:34.790 --> 00:33:35.790
I fear
00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.700
Grand Tutor Ling won't support it.
00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:43.050
In court, only Minister Xing
00:33:43.270 --> 00:33:44.530
can counter him.
00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.860
Though he's of the Empress Dowager's line,
00:33:48.350 --> 00:33:50.050
there's room to win him over.
00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.880
I hear
00:33:56.310 --> 00:33:58.620
Minister Xing has a beloved daughter.
00:33:59.270 --> 00:34:00.290
If Your Majesty
00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:03.050
takes her as a consort,
00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:05.180
he'll surely serve you.
00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.900
Madam...
00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:07.090
Your Majesty, remember:
00:34:07.790 --> 00:34:09.210
you married the Empress
00:34:09.230 --> 00:34:10.740
to counter Grand Tutor Ling.
00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.170
Now, to keep the balance,
00:34:13.070 --> 00:34:14.860
taking Minister Xing's daughter
00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:16.530
is just as necessary.
00:34:19.190 --> 00:34:20.260
My harem requires
00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:22.210
no concern from you.
00:34:28.070 --> 00:34:29.210
I overstepped.
00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.480
As Imperial Preceptor,
00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.940
you should not dabble in such affairs.
00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.360
Your Majesty,
00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:37.010
the Empress may not be your foe,
00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.940
but she cannot be your soft spot.
00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.960
Your Majesty,
00:35:33.030 --> 00:35:34.090
it's late.
00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.280
Let's give up waiting.
00:35:36.150 --> 00:35:37.150
What do you think
00:35:37.190 --> 00:35:38.940
His Majesty is doing now?
00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.460
I asked around.
00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.740
His Majesty
00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:46.690
has been reading memorials at Wuying Hall
00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.490
and went nowhere else.
00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.000
Enough.
00:35:53.070 --> 00:35:54.300
Let's go rest.
00:35:54.630 --> 00:35:55.780
Understood.
00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.760
Let's wait a bit longer.
00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.360
Right now,
00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.380
I have made up my mind.
00:36:36.670 --> 00:36:38.380
We are husband and wife.
00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:40.420
I shouldn't hold resentment toward you.
00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.530
At Linghe Hall,
00:36:43.190 --> 00:36:45.380
nights are bitterly cold.
00:36:46.510 --> 00:36:48.940
Will you come keep me company tonight?
00:36:58.630 --> 00:36:59.630
Your Majesty,
00:36:59.670 --> 00:37:00.980
your health comes first.
00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:03.050
Shall we retire?
00:37:04.670 --> 00:37:05.670
No need.
00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.960
Your Majesty,
00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:15.820
you're holding the memorial upside down.
00:37:39.510 --> 00:37:40.510
None of you
00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:43.300
supports the talent recommendation system?
00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.940
If you have thoughts,
00:37:47.190 --> 00:37:48.260
speak freely.
00:37:49.070 --> 00:37:50.260
The new system makes sense,
00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:52.090
but it will be hard to carry out.
00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.650
With the Grand Tutor silent,
00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:55.340
we dare not say much.
00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:56.420
- Yes. - Exactly.
00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.650
Reasonable.
00:38:06.030 --> 00:38:07.030
Your Majesty,
00:38:07.110 --> 00:38:10.530
the system selects talent beyond old rules.
00:38:11.070 --> 00:38:13.260
But scholars vary by region.
00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.980
Bringing them to court rashly
00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.380
may be unwise.
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:18.210
The Grand Tutor never proposed it before.
00:38:18.550 --> 00:38:20.380
Best to see where he stands now.
00:38:20.550 --> 00:38:21.690
That's sensible.
00:38:21.710 --> 00:38:22.610
Not so.
00:38:22.630 --> 00:38:23.650
A matter this big
00:38:23.670 --> 00:38:25.300
can't be decided in a moment.
00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.400
By the way,
00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.010
in a few days,
00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:34.486
the Ministry of Personnel will propose
a talent recommendation system.
00:38:34.510 --> 00:38:35.780
I consider it workable
00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.960
and intend to implement it.
00:38:37.630 --> 00:38:38.630
What say you, Sir?
00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:42.820
If it benefits Great Qi,
00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.530
I will, of course,
00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:47.170
fully support it.
00:38:49.190 --> 00:38:50.190
Your Majesty,
00:38:50.670 --> 00:38:52.420
no one in court supports the system.
00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.490
What now?
00:38:56.070 --> 00:38:58.610
I expected today's pushback
00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:00.420
and have a plan.
00:39:01.110 --> 00:39:02.260
Hold for now.
00:39:02.630 --> 00:39:03.630
Understood.
00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:05.680
Time to go to Nanrong Palace now.
00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:08.090
Get my medicine.
00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.320
Understood.
00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.480
Your Majesty,
00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:16.380
the Empress waited all night
00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.820
and just fell asleep.
00:39:18.710 --> 00:39:19.710
Wufu.
00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.300
Here.
00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:21.340
Find a way
00:39:21.550 --> 00:39:23.490
to move the spies from her side.
00:39:24.710 --> 00:39:25.820
Understood.
00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:36.280
Madam,
00:39:37.150 --> 00:39:38.340
are the elixirs ready?
00:39:45.110 --> 00:39:46.110
Commander Li,
00:39:46.710 --> 00:39:48.740
why are you here alone today?
00:39:49.110 --> 00:39:52.090
Doesn't His Majesty
always stop by after court?
00:39:52.230 --> 00:39:54.300
He went to Linghe Hall today.
00:39:58.110 --> 00:39:59.340
This batch
00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:01.010
has new herbs added.
00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:03.010
When His Majesty takes it,
00:40:03.030 --> 00:40:04.130
I must be present
00:40:04.510 --> 00:40:06.740
to take his pulse and observe.
00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:11.320
This time,
00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.010
let me deliver it.
00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.900
Please don't put me in a bind.
00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:19.400
Xiaoyue!
00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.000
Xiaoyue!
00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.300
Quiet down.
00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.780
Her Majesty was up all night
00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.940
and just fell asleep.
00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.130
Xiaoyue,
00:40:27.150 --> 00:40:29.260
Eunuch Yang from the
Household asks for you.
00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:30.280
Me?
00:40:30.510 --> 00:40:31.460
Yes, go on.
00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.480
They're waiting.
00:40:33.630 --> 00:40:34.340
Xiaoshan,
00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:35.050
I'll be right back.
00:40:35.070 --> 00:40:36.070
All right.
00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:44.260
His Majesty said he wouldn't come.
00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:46.010
Why lose sleep waiting?
00:40:46.030 --> 00:40:47.530
What's the point?
00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.840
Forgive me, Your Majesty!
00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.800
Cangcang,
00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:28.090
I'm truly sorry.
00:41:30.150 --> 00:41:31.860
But if you knew the truth,
00:41:32.670 --> 00:41:34.380
how would you face your master?
00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:38.420
And how could you bear it?
00:41:42.230 --> 00:41:43.230
Your Majesty!
00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.860
You finally came.
00:41:54.150 --> 00:41:56.610
I was just passing by and looking in.
00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.650
I didn't expect
00:41:57.670 --> 00:41:59.460
you'd be sleeping in broad daylight.
00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:01.050
What conduct is that?
00:42:03.550 --> 00:42:04.550
Since you're here,
00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:06.260
stay and keep me company.
00:42:07.190 --> 00:42:08.550
I still have matters to attend to.
00:42:08.670 --> 00:42:09.860
If you wish to sleep,
00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.170
then sleep.
00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:12.690
Do you dislike me so much?
00:42:13.110 --> 00:42:14.530
You won't spare me a glance?
00:42:21.510 --> 00:42:22.900
Why do you
00:42:23.070 --> 00:42:24.130
want me to stay?
00:42:26.630 --> 00:42:29.050
Do you remember this pear blossom hairpin?
00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.530
If you don't like it,
00:42:32.670 --> 00:42:33.670
throw it away.
00:42:33.710 --> 00:42:34.710
I like it!
00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.050
Put it on me.
00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.480
If not,
00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:45.530
share a drink with me.
00:42:45.630 --> 00:42:46.380
Just one cup.
00:42:46.550 --> 00:42:47.780
After this cup,
00:42:48.230 --> 00:42:49.460
we're back to how we were.
00:42:50.070 --> 00:42:51.070
All right?
00:43:25.060 --> 00:43:32.260
♪ Dust gathers on the lost paths of time ♪
00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:39.020
♪ A red candle keeps the
dusk company in solitude ♪
00:43:41.100 --> 00:43:44.460
♪ Blurred words on faded bamboo slips ♪
00:43:45.700 --> 00:43:48.860
♪ Broken speech in twisted time ♪
00:43:50.020 --> 00:43:54.980
♪ The heart still hums
its old song of longing ♪
00:43:56.620 --> 00:44:02.220
♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the
seasons weave their tales in turn ♪
00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:06.220
♪ Tears fall, nourishing
all living things ♪
00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:10.460
♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪
00:44:12.060 --> 00:44:14.940
♪ The annual rings carve
deep and shallow scars ♪
00:44:15.100 --> 00:44:18.820
♪ In the end, silence is the only reply ♪
00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:24.540
♪ Oh, broken-hearted one,
still you wander the world ♪
00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:32.940
♪ The setting sun listens
to the tide's confession ♪
00:44:36.140 --> 00:44:41.020
♪ A beam of moonlight keeps
the hesitant poet company ♪
00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:47.380
♪ Amid the swirling mortal dust, love
and hate are hopelessly entwined ♪
00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:50.860
♪ Empty cups greet the dawn of parting ♪
00:44:52.220 --> 00:44:57.860
♪ The heart still hums
its old song of longing ♪
00:44:59.260 --> 00:45:05.100
♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the
seasons weave their tales in turn ♪
00:45:06.060 --> 00:45:09.100
♪ That iridescent soul gleams
through the drifting past ♪
00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:13.140
♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪
00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:17.300
♪ The annual rings carve
deep and shallow scars ♪
00:45:17.620 --> 00:45:21.180
♪ When will the old friend answer? ♪
00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:27.500
♪ Oh, wandering soul, one
day you'll find your way home ♪47707
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