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The Scholar and the Emperor
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Exam fraud and Ministry negligence.
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That was my fault.
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I caused you pain.
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To repay me, stop ruining your health.
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Focus on the exam.
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Back in Shazhou,
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Your Majesty offered me a chance,
but I rejected your kindness.
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Now I understand.
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I'm afraid one day…
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pride can get you killed.
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I'm terrified.
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I'm afraid one day,
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even you may fail to protect me.
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I remember the Meng Tinghui of Shazhou.
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Bold, brilliant, and full of promise.
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Your top-ranked policy essay
was just as sharp and ambitious.
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Now that I'm beside you,
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you needn't be afraid.
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I still expect you to wield power,
serve the court, and help the people.
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Do you truly believe I can?
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I do.
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You're the Meng Tinghui who debated
the realm with me.
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May I still call you He Du?
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Fu Zhi, I must gain power.
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I want to protect you and avenge myself.
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I can't do it alone.
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To stay in the capital, I must use my bond
with He Du to draw closer to the Emperor.
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But an emperor's heart is unknowable,
and my future remains uncertain.
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While I recover in the palace,
I'll study for the palace exam.
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I miss you.
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Don't worry.
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Top Scholar Meng
and His Majesty share such a history.
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No wonder he defied
the ministers to bring her here.
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What are you so envious of?
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Want a beauty too?
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You…
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A-Nian. Brother.
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What's this about?
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-A-Nian likes someone!
-That's a lie!
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Then why are you so flustered?
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Our A-Nian's all grown up.
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Which girl is it?
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I'll speak for you.
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I'll have our parents ask.
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I'm at the barracks all day.
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How could I like anyone?
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But you, Sister,
have been in the palace for days.
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Mother and I were worried sick.
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Miss Meng has fully recovered.
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I needn't stay there today.
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Zhili.
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His Majesty met her in Shazhou,
where they faced death together.
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That's why he treats her specially.
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I know all that.
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What do you mean?
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We grew up with His Majesty.
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He's always favored you.
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He's old enough to take an empress.
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Don't you feel anything else for him?
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You…
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Shen Zhishu!
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Why only think of romance?
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His Majesty and I aren't siblings…
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but as close as family.
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We'll always be siblings.
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Looks like I won't become
the Emperor's brother-in-law.
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Sister.
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You've had a hard few days.
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I can leave early and make
your lotus-leaf chicken.
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No need.
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I must see my teacher,
so I'll be home late.
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Tell Mother for me.
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I'm off.
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What's so great about that old scholar?
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Always so bookish.
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Only Zhili likes it.
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You're free today, aren't you?
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I haven't had it in ages.
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Let me taste your cooking.
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I have drill-yard duties.
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Eat without me.
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Back at dawn.
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You both passed the metropolitan exam.
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I prepared a gift for you and wish
you success in the palace exam.
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Shanlian House's Four Treasures.
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These Hu brushes and Hui ink are superb.
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Thank you.
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Zhili.
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Teacher carved this seal for Zhili.
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Seal carving takes a great deal of time.
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Did you make it before the exam?
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Weren't you afraid I'd fail?
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I trusted you.
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You're gifted and perceptive.
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The court needs minds like yours.
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Thank you, Teacher.
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I'll treasure it.
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Husband.
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My respects.
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My husband is honoring his students.
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As their teacher's wife, I came to see
everyone and offer congratulations.
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Zhili, do you like the seal?
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He spent days working on it.
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His eyes hurt terribly.
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I massaged them daily to ease the pain.
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This seal is a small gift from both of us.
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Thank you, Madam.
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Husband, you must take
better care of yourself.
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Otherwise, I get no rest either.
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Teacher and Madam are so devoted.
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We're truly envious.
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One day, you'll all marry too.
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He guides your studies.
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As for your marriages,
I'll help you choose wisely.
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Especially you, Zhili.
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If you find someone
you like, you must tell me.
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Thank you, Madam.
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All right.
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I still have work.
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You may leave.
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We'll take our leave.
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At home, you won't even lift a teacup.
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Yet today you carved a seal yourself.
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Mind your hand.
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Look at yourself.
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Where is the refined lady I married?
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So I'm no longer young and beautiful?
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-You're the one who changed.
-Enough.
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I have work.
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Doukou, look at him now.
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He's so impatient with me.
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Ladies, guess what this is.
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The legendary powder that makes everyone
adore you: pearl whitening powder.
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Pearl whitening powder?
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Sister Huarong, you said
you wanted fairer skin.
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Since then, I've thought day and night,
working tirelessly without rest,
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until I finally created
a custom balm just for you.
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Apply it morning and night.
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Your skin will be smooth as cream,
delicate, flawless, and radiant.
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Everyone will adore you.
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I want some too!
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Enough for everyone!
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One at a time. You'll all get some.
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Yes, everyone!
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Pharmacist Yin has it easy.
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You're always here.
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If anyone catches
you, you'll get a sound beating.
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It's good he's free.
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Otherwise, who'd make
our creams and powders?
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-Exactly.
-Right.
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So, my lovely ladies,
be sure to choose plenty.
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And now, our final product
today: Magnolia body balm.
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Apply all over.
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You'll wake up smelling wonderful,
with radiant skin. Only…
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Five silver taels.
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It was three.
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Why is it five now?
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Expensive?
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Five taels to make you beautiful
and fragrant, and brighten every day.
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Are you buying magnolia balm?
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No.
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You're fighting for beauty!
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Come here.
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Here's a secret.
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You know Top Scholar Meng,
who's been staying in the palace?
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Even she is a regular customer.
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Otherwise, how do you think
she's stayed in the palace so long?
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Those who know, know.
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Come on, buy some.
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-I want one too!
-Me too!
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Yes, there's enough!
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Here, here.
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This one's yours.
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Mine! Give it here!
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Next time, I'll make
custom balms just for you.
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-Great!
-Great!
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This powder smells wonderful.
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It really does.
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Come on. It's good.
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My lovely lady, you look new here.
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I have pearl whitening powder
that makes everyone adore you.
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Care for a jar?
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Is Top Scholar Meng truly a customer?
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That's our little secret.
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My pearl powder?
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Top Scholar Meng uses
it, and so does His Majesty.
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She bought it for him.
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She begged me for ages
before I reluctantly agreed to sell it.
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Give me what she bought.
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This is the last jar.
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You're a clever lady,
willing to invest in your beauty.
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Final price: 20 taels.
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That isn't what you charged
those other ladies.
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Rare goods cost more.
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It's the last jar.
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Buy early, enjoy it early,
and become beautiful sooner.
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You may find your perfect husband sooner.
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We're about the same age.
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Don't call me 'Sister.'
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I brought no money.
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Come get it.
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Top Scholar Meng always praises me.
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I'll try it at home.
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My lady!
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I just remembered something urgent.
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We'll settle up later.
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I must go.
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Top Scholar Meng?
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Why are you here?
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Top Scholar Meng…
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I should be going.
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Officer, I caught a swindler selling
overpriced cosmetics to palace attendants.
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He's all yours.
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It's a misunderstanding!
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Top Scholar Meng,
take anything you like from my bag.
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-Thank you.
-My pleasure.
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I know him. I'll escort him.
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You again. Take him.
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Five strokes.
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It's a misunderstanding!
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A mix-up!
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Captain Di, would you like
pearl whitening powder?
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Free for life. Deal?
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You claim to honor me as sovereign,
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yet you acted without my consent
and abolished the women's exam.
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Has the Great Ning court
become yours alone to command?
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Please calm down, Your Majesty.
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I speak for the Six Ministries
and a hundred officials of Great Ning.
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This examination scandal
has thrown the capital into chaos.
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The Great Ning Code clearly states
that in a major cheating case,
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the examiner may void it.
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I merely acted according to law.
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According to law?
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The late emperor gave you that staff
to help govern, not to govern in my place.
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My conscience is clear.
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When you were Crown Prince,
I taught you imperial conduct at eight
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and statecraft at 12.
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Did I not teach you everything I knew?
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All I do is for Your Majesty
and the court, with no selfish motive.
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I've heard enough of what
you call 'for my own good.'
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Canal reform was too risky.
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You called Guard reform too radical.
244
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Now even the exam I decreed
you insist on abolishing.
245
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In your eyes, is every
decision I make wrong?
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Your Majesty.
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When you were Crown Prince,
I personally taught you
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that a ruler must think for himself.
249
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Now that you do, you've
come to disdain me.
250
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You defend the women's exam.
251
00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:03,520
Do you truly believe I am too old
and incapable to advise Your Majesty?
252
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Great Ning has never needed
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a ruler who only preserves.
254
00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,120
You should have let go long ago.
255
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The one time I did,
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the women's exam became a disgrace.
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Then today I shall be a disloyal minister.
258
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I still hold the Dragon-Head Staff.
259
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The women's examination must be abolished.
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I concur.
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I've reigned six months.
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The realm is stable and renewed.
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I now open an exam for women
and shall appoint by merit.
264
00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:06,400
Parents, bear witness.
265
00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,680
Chancellor Xu Ting
has ruled for years.
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His protégés hold every key post.
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00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,160
Though I inherited the throne,
my decrees barely leave the palace.
268
00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:22,320
By defying all opposition
and restoring the women's exam,
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I mean to use it as a blade
to break this deadlock.
270
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His Majesty is entering the library.
271
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Clear the room.
272
00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,120
Is this the Great Ning Code you seek?
273
00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,120
How bold, Meng Tinghui.
274
00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:22,040
You trespassed in the library and hid
when Steward You cleared the room.
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I heard your library held everything.
276
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I came to see it myself.
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No one stopped me.
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How is that trespassing?
279
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And I was reading in the corner.
280
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I never saw Steward You.
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The women's exam was abolished.
282
00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,120
Why are you still studying?
283
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,600
Surely you don't mean to abolish it.
284
00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:41,120
So I obey your imperial decree
and continue preparing,
285
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not the Left Chancellor's order.
286
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,800
Sharp-tongued as ever.
287
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You must be fully recovered.
288
00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,400
Your recent frailty is gone.
289
00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:53,480
I was wounded in body
and spirit and drank too much.
290
00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:56,280
I did lose my composure before you.
291
00:17:56,360 --> 00:18:01,000
But the courage I showed with He Du
when we faced death was real too.
292
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,560
Which side of me does Your Majesty prefer?
293
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,480
Anyone selected through the exam
must withstand scrutiny in every way.
294
00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:17,520
The He Du of Shazhou was more
interesting than the Emperor is now.
295
00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,640
Do you know what I hate
most is being manipulated?
296
00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,720
I came not to scheme,
but to ease your burden.
297
00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,440
This game is deadlocked,
with both sides even.
298
00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,280
You want me to lose?
299
00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,480
In some games, losing is winning.
300
00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:51,160
Do you know I'm best
at breaking deadlocks?
301
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,000
Your opening move
at the center was inspired.
302
00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,880
The Left Chancellor loves reason
and invokes the Great Ning Code.
303
00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,240
Then the way to break this game
is to answer law with propriety.
304
00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,000
He announced across the realm
the exam was canceled.
305
00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,960
Many candidates have likely gone home.
306
00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:07,960
Meng Tinghui.
307
00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:13,040
Let's see whether your reasoning
can truly convince him.
308
00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:14,120
I have no influence.
309
00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,360
I know no one in the capital,
310
00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:19,800
and I'm not yet your official.
311
00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:27,880
The Right Chancellor could be useful.
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00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,320
Chancellor.
313
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:44,640
Madam asks you to dine.
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00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:46,840
I still have work.
315
00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:49,200
Tell her to eat without me.
316
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,960
My Lord, Madam cooked personally
today and prepared a full feast.
317
00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,080
She worked all day.
318
00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,160
Please join her.
319
00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,320
Husband, you're here.
320
00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,200
I prepared all these dishes
especially for you.
321
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,920
I never imagined
you'd be so hard to summon.
322
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,600
State affairs keep me busy.
323
00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,040
However busy, mind your health.
324
00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,400
Don't sleep in the study tonight.
325
00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,800
The women's exam has been abolished.
326
00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,000
There's much to do.
327
00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:55,560
Get some rest.
328
00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,680
You're neglecting food and sleep.
329
00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,960
Is this for Shen Zhili?
330
00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,840
Come to think of it, sending
her into the palace was wise.
331
00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,640
She and His Majesty grew up together.
332
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:08,200
They'll be together daily.
333
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,720
She may soon become empress.
334
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:13,480
Nonsense!
335
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,000
Great Ning law dooms nine clans
for a ruler-minister romance.
336
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,160
You'd doom the Shen clan?
337
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,880
Never speak of this again.
338
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,600
I'm only planning for your sake.
339
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,520
Shen Zhili is your finest student.
340
00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,320
If she becomes empress, you could soon
become Great Ning's foremost chancellor.
341
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,400
His marriage affects the court.
342
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,000
Not yours to debate.
343
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:38,880
It's strange.
344
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,680
Whenever Shen Zhili is mentioned,
you lose your composure.
345
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,960
Leyan is unlike you.
346
00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,360
She has ambition.
347
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,040
She wants to govern at court.
348
00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,240
Why would she accept life in the harem?
349
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,200
Are you saying I lack ambition?
350
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,560
What good is a female official?
351
00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,280
Their posts carry no real work.
352
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:02,080
They all hope to resign
and marry into good families.
353
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,760
Do you expect her never to marry?
354
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,960
Besides, she'd marry the Emperor.
355
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:08,800
Why would that displease you?
356
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,960
His Majesty has his own intentions.
357
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:12,680
It is not our concern.
358
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,240
If you're bored, go watch an opera.
359
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:17,800
Careful. Words bring ruin.
360
00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:26,120
What wine is this?
361
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,160
I had Doukou prepare
this fortifying medicinal wine.
362
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:37,680
Husband, now that you've drunk
it, stay with me tonight.
363
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,240
Look what he's become.
364
00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:57,640
He's forgotten where he came from.
365
00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,320
He scowls at me every day.
366
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,200
Madam, please calm down.
367
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:03,880
Dump the wine.
368
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,520
Yes, Madam.
369
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,720
Since the Left Chancellor forcibly
canceled the women's exam,
370
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,880
female candidates have crowded your gate.
371
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,600
I have refused every visitor.
372
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,040
I made an exception only
because you invited me.
373
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,480
I know this is difficult.
374
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,840
I brought someone to ease your burden.
375
00:23:58,360 --> 00:23:59,320
And this is?
376
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,760
Meng Tinghui greets the Chancellor.
377
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:09,440
Leyan.
378
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,920
I know you've tended Top Scholar
Meng in the palace. You brought her
379
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,560
to discuss the women's exam?
380
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,080
Correct.
381
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,520
Right Chancellor,
I've studied the Great Ning Code.
382
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,600
It gives us grounds to overturn
the abolition memorial.
383
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,440
But this requires Your Excellency—
384
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:27,360
Absurd!
385
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,320
Leyan.
386
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,880
You brought her to restore
the women's exam.
387
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:34,960
-I cannot help you.
-Teacher.
388
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,800
My father said
you did not sign the proclamation.
389
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,880
The Left Chancellor had decided.
390
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,240
Signing or not would change nothing.
391
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,200
But I have made arrangements for you.
392
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,960
I know Hanlin Academician Liu.
393
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,040
You may study there directly.
394
00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:50,960
Teacher.
395
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:56,720
I took the exams to earn my place,
not rely on family or your favor.
396
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,080
The women's exam lay dormant nine years.
397
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,840
If it is abolished now,
it may never return.
398
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,560
Women everywhere will lose all
prospects and be confined to their homes.
399
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,440
If we can stop the Left Chancellor now,
I am willing to try everything.
400
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,840
Please help me, Teacher.
401
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,200
Those words don't sound like you.
402
00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:20,920
Meng Tinghui.
403
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,360
This cancellation began with you.
404
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,880
Even His Majesty failed.
405
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,120
What can we do?
406
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,200
First, you entered amid scandal.
407
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,920
Now you make Leyan take sides.
408
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:36,560
If every woman followed your example
to chase rank and cling to power,
409
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,400
what would become of the court?
410
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,400
Why think I'd oppose
Left Chancellor Xu for you?
411
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,960
Across the court, the only one who
can oppose him is the Right Chancellor.
412
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,840
The men's exams
are under the Left Chancellor.
413
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,240
However great your achievements,
he still suppresses you.
414
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:57,760
But if Your Excellency champions the women
of the realm, then one day at court,
415
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,320
every female official will be your ally.
416
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,320
Please hear my plan first, then decide.
417
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:05,280
Teacher, be patient.
418
00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,280
Let us hear Miss Meng's proposal.
419
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:14,520
The sponsorship law says worthy
candidates may be endorsed locally.
420
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,040
Gather endorsements
from women's schools.
421
00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:21,240
Then unite the female tribute scholars
in a petition to restore the exam
422
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,680
and make public opinion
impossible to defy.
423
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:29,560
Then he may oppose the Emperor,
but not every scholar in the realm.
424
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,200
If your plan is complete,
why do you need me?
425
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,200
I can organize the joint petition.
426
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,920
But endorsements from every prefecture
are beyond a commoner like me.
427
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:45,920
If the Right Chancellor offers to champion
all candidates, support will follow.
428
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:47,920
Teacher.
429
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,920
My father wrote this himself,
confirming the plan can work.
430
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,640
It's been five days.
431
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,520
Top Scholar Meng promised to bring
endorsements from women's academies.
432
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,200
But now we've heard nothing.
433
00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:11,560
I'm afraid they won't come.
434
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,160
The court has proclaimed
the women's exam abolished.
435
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,800
If we keep waiting,
it will be for nothing.
436
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,400
We studied for years,
and finally became tribute scholars.
437
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,400
The court canceled the exam on a whim.
438
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,800
Are women barred from the exam?
439
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:42,680
There is a way!
440
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:44,960
We have a way!
441
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,200
The Right Chancellor offered land
to women's schools nationwide
442
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,000
and secured their joint endorsements.
443
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,520
The exam can be restored!
444
00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,320
-Wonderful!
-Wonderful!
445
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:57,240
At last, hope.
446
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,600
Let's sign the joint petition now.
447
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,800
We'll take the endorsements to Chancellor
Xu and demand the exam's return.
448
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:04,720
-Yes!
-Yes!
449
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,640
I'm going too!
450
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,280
-So am I!
-Me too!
451
00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:10,960
We demand our examination!
452
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,360
We demand the Chancellor!
453
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,880
We demand our examination!
454
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,840
We demand to see the Left Chancellor!
455
00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:23,960
Insolence!
456
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,680
You dare cause a disturbance at my gate?
457
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,480
-Drive them all away.
-Yes, sir.
458
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,280
We are only petitioning.
459
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,720
What crime is that? Why drive us away?
460
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,280
Don't be afraid.
461
00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:37,000
Harm a tribute scholar:
20 strokes, one year jailed.
462
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,400
-We won't leave!
-The Left Chancellor is here!
463
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,320
We won't leave!
464
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:57,280
Left Chancellor, we speak for scholars
in seven prefectures and 19 counties.
465
00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,320
We bring their endorsements
and our petition to make this appeal.
466
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:06,360
Meng Tinghui.
467
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,640
You made the false-scholar
case the talk of the capital.
468
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,320
Now you incite female scholars
to besiege my estate.
469
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,360
You have no respect for the law.
470
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:20,120
It seems the women's examination
was abolished just in time.
471
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,040
Exam fraud has existed for ages.
472
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,160
Punish those who committed it.
473
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,600
Why destroy every woman's future?
474
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:31,800
I dare ask: is this truly
for the realm's stability,
475
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,200
or the Left Chancellor's selfish desire?
476
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:36,440
Impudent!
477
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:42,880
Since the late emperor let women serve,
fewer than one in a hundred stayed.
478
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:47,000
They either resigned to raise families
or proved unfit for responsibility.
479
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,640
That is why the exam stayed suspended.
480
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,360
You, a common woman,
entered the inner palace.
481
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:58,840
Do you truly seek public office,
or merely His Majesty's favor?
482
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,800
Today, I stake everything
to prove my resolve.
483
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,760
I swear this oath in blood
and sign a military pledge.
484
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,840
If I fail, I'll be sent
to the Music Bureau.
485
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,360
I ask only this:
486
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,560
will you restore the women's exam
and give women justice?
487
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:35,360
Very well.
488
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,440
If anyone among you dares
swear the same oath,
489
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,440
I'll believe your resolve is genuine.
490
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,520
Why involve the others?
491
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:58,200
As I see it, you female
candidates are nothing but bluff.
492
00:30:58,280 --> 00:30:59,640
Empty pretenders.
493
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:04,800
You think too highly of yourselves,
then shrink back at the crucial moment.
494
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:06,520
How can you serve?
495
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:23,320
When I left my hometown,
I swore I'd return in glory or…
496
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,480
die far from home.
497
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,760
I'll sign the pledge too.
498
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,000
Miss Meng, I…
499
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,360
Miss Shen.
500
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,320
Your noble family has much at stake.
501
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,120
No, I…
502
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:56,640
Blood makes me faint.
503
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,560
Rouge can show sincerity too.
504
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,040
Zhili comes
from a distinguished noble house.
505
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,280
Yet she will fight for women's futures.
506
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:13,720
Then I'll see it through.
507
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,400
Today, we burn our bridges.
508
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,160
We won't let them scorn us.
509
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,440
Right! They must not look down on us!
510
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:21,360
Yes, exactly!
511
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,280
I'll sign.
512
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:23,760
I'll sign too.
513
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,680
-I'll sign!
-So will I!
514
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:26,600
Count me in.
515
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:27,920
-Me too!
-I'll sign!
516
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,200
I'll sign as well.
517
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,520
Me too! I'll sign!
518
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:34,440
And me.
519
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:46,840
The tide is clear.
520
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:48,480
United in purpose.
521
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,960
Great Ning's women's schools
and students have made their stance clear.
522
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,440
Left Chancellor, give women a chance
to pursue their ambitions.
523
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:03,480
Left Chancellor, please let
women pursue their ambitions!
524
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:14,880
Very well.
525
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:17,920
I shall wait and see.
526
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:20,920
If trouble happens again,
527
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,560
do not blame me for showing no mercy.
528
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:39,320
Wonderful!
529
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,280
Wonderful!
530
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:47,800
Wonderful!
531
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,400
You gaze down on the realm each day.
532
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,280
Have you seen the capital from here?
533
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,880
Had you not invited me today,
though I grew up in the palace,
534
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,840
I'd never have known of this place.
535
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,920
In Shazhou, you said freedom was a luxury.
536
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,280
Now that I know who
you are, He Du—'Why alone?'
537
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:38,720
A sovereign stands alone.
538
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:43,200
I think I understand that an emperor
can never have true freedom.
539
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,400
My son.
540
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,560
Do you know what 'the solitary' means?
541
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:04,440
The Book of Documents says, "One man,
truly good, all nations remain upright."
542
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:09,640
Thus, an emperor's solitude
is not mere loneliness,
543
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,520
but the weight of all under Heaven,
544
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,480
which you alone must bear.
545
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,480
Father, please preserve your health.
546
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:23,760
I…
547
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,200
I'm afraid.
548
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:28,400
Of what?
549
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,200
Tell me.
550
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:36,840
That when I sit on the throne,
I won't be able to bear its weight.
551
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,560
That I'll fail you and Mother.
552
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:46,120
More than anything, I fear
being alone in this vast palace.
553
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:51,000
No one will ever again cherish
me as you and Mother do.
554
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:52,960
Raise your head.
555
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,520
An emperor may bleed.
556
00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:58,760
He may even lose his head.
557
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,320
But he must never show weakness.
558
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,360
My son.
559
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:06,800
Remember this.
560
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:13,760
An emperor's solitude means
forsaking private affection
561
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:18,160
to fulfill his duty to the realm.
562
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,640
Shazhou's Shaosanbai.
563
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:27,720
I prepared it for you.
564
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:32,960
Since Father's admonition,
565
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,720
I haven't dared relax for a moment.
566
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,200
I have never even tasted
a single drop of wine.
567
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,480
I believe the late emperor
named you 'the solitary'
568
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:50,920
not because he wished you a lonely life,
but because you were his only child.
569
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,520
An emperor bears pain,
hardship, and solitude.
570
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,440
Apart from Your Majesty,
who else could bear them?
571
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:02,920
You're right.
572
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,960
Perhaps that was Father's
deepest hope for me.
573
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:09,920
Then today, I'll break this rule.
574
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,960
At this hour, drinking atop
the imperial city is a first for me.
575
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:32,200
Watching Your Majesty drink atop
the imperial city is a first for me too.
576
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:33,880
You're the first…
577
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,160
for whom I've willingly broken this rule.
578
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,840
Some problems cannot
be solved in a single day.
579
00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:48,360
Since we have wine today,
let's drink our fill.
580
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,480
I haven't felt so free in ages.
581
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:07,720
Whenever I'm with you, I can briefly
forget these troubles.
582
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:10,040
Your Majesty.
583
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,640
My injuries have healed.
584
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,320
It is time I left the palace.
585
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:17,480
You intend to leave?
586
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:23,360
If I remain here, even if I ace
the palace exam, people will still gossip.
587
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,640
They'll say you favored me.
588
00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:27,160
Do you need such favor?
589
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,000
I intend to win.
590
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,520
So confident?
591
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:35,160
May I ask: have you chosen the top
three palace exam candidates?
592
00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:37,480
You haven't even taken the exam.
593
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,240
Why meddle in state affairs?
594
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,840
Must one hold office to discuss policy?
595
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:46,880
Then how did wise rulers earn
praise for welcoming advice?
596
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,800
The Bureau of Intelligence is unique.
597
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:51,320
Only the able should serve.
598
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,440
Let me ease your burden.
599
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,520
Its creation is secret and unannounced.
600
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:58,440
How did you learn of it?
601
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,200
Passing through the garden,
602
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,080
I overheard you and Grand Tutor Shen.
603
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,400
You restored the women's exam
to break the court's old conventions.
604
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:15,520
I dare propose: if I place first,
let me be the sword in your hand.
605
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:20,640
Meng Tinghui.
606
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,960
Do you truly think I will always
indulge your overstepping?
607
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:32,400
Remember: where a sword points
is decided only by the one who wields it.
608
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,520
Come on, tell your brother.
609
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,480
At Xu's gate today,
did his beard curl with rage?
610
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,680
We only followed the law.
611
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,640
As for you, why speak
as if it were a street show?
612
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,120
He finally looked foolish.
613
00:39:58,200 --> 00:39:59,320
I need every detail.
614
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:00,600
Besides, you were there.
615
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,360
-Tell me.
-I just remembered.
616
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,040
That unfinished game.
617
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,480
-We can play anytime.
-Now, Brother. Hurry.
618
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:07,840
Come on, Brother. Don't—
619
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,080
Zhili, let's go.
620
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:10,880
Which way did his beard curl?
621
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,720
Sister, get some rest.
622
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:40,040
Ginger slices.
623
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:42,400
Three.
624
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,320
Three red dates.
625
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,040
Three pieces of brown sugar.
626
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,240
-Sister.
-Come in.
627
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:20,880
Sister.
628
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:22,360
Feeling better?
629
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:23,800
I'm fine.
630
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:26,080
Well…
631
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:30,080
I heard the maids say
you should drink something warming now.
632
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:43,320
Careful, hot.
633
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:49,280
How is it?
634
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:50,840
Quite sweet.
635
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:51,760
Thanks, A-Nian.
636
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,080
Rest well, Sister.
637
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:57,800
I'll go now.
638
00:42:01,824 --> 00:42:03,824
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