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♪From our first sight
to your fading face♪

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♪Fleeting fate,
like a dream we can't embrace♪

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♪Who squandered
that heart-fluttering chase?♪

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♪Only a silhouette is left♪

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♪The ripples of time, interwoven♪

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♪Flowing through my palm♪

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♪Leaving deep wounds behind♪

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♪I gaze out, through mist and rain♪

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♪But cannot attain your horizon♪

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♪Worldly charm fades in comparison♪

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♪To your sweetest words♪

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♪Wind on my cheek♪

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♪Stirs up tangled thoughts♪

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♪I can't let go♪

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=Money is Coming=

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=Episode 23=

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(Run faster, faster.)

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(Huailiu and the people in Yu'an Hall
are still waiting for me.)

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Chuxi.

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Xiao Xingheng,
go to Yu'an Hall to save them!

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Quick, hurry up!

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Everyone stay
and protect Her Grace's safety.

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Yes!

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(Huailiu, you must hang in there.)

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Your Highness, there's something
suspicious about this plague.

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Many people are involved.
You must be extra careful.

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And, yesterday we found

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the plague originates
from the poisoned well.

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Today, someone wants
to kill the Crown Princess.

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(Yu'an Hall)

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Xiao Xingheng.

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♪Just a glance, and the world♪

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♪Becomes no longer bright♪

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♪Unknowingly, we're bound♪

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♪By a thread of red♪

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♪Let's face the world's perils together♪

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♪Before petals fall, fall in love again♪

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♪Like the wind entwining with you♪

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♪Crossed through the vast lands♪

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♪Just a glance, and the world♪

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Huailiu.

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Huailiu is fine.

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He was only slightly injured.

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Everyone at Yu'an Hall is also fine.

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♪After all the world's splendor
I've seen♪

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♪Your face is what I love the most♪

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♪All the memories♪

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♪Are flashing back♪

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You should rest
at Ning's Residence.

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I will handle the rest.

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Alright.

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♪What remains is called longing♪

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♪Wishing to be by your side,
for eternity♪

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Miss, you scared me.

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I didn't follow you for just one day.

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Now you get yourself into trouble again?

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(It really had been a hard time recently.)

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Do you think I should

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go to a temple and pray?

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You should go and pray.

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Pray to Buddha
that you won't get hurt again.

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This is nothing.

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I fell to the ground

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after running myself out of energy.

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Huailiu is the one truly hurt.

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Maybe I should pray for Huailiu too

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when I go to the temple.

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Luckily, His Highness arrived on time.

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Otherwise...

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It was indeed timely.

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And he was quite handsome.

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Who are you calling handsome?

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How's Huailiu's injury? Is it serious?

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We haven't seen each other for so long,

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and the first thing you ask
is about another man?

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(He is just jealous of everyone!)

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Huailiu is fine.

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Just a minor injury. Don't worry.

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That's good.

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Don't you have
anything else to say to me?

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Come here.

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Come a little closer.

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Xiao Xingheng,

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I miss you so much.

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Me too.

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Xiao Xingheng,

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now I seem to know

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what it means for a single word

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to determine life or death.

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In that situation,

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using someone's life to intimidate others

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was the best choice.

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And that man you killed wasn't innocent.

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You did nothing wrong.

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Yes.

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I thought you'd arrive in a few days.

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I led 3,000 cavalry here first.

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More is coming.

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They'll arrive in a few days.

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You came in person.
What about the capital?

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Don't worry.

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Prince Ning has to the capital.

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With him there,
those people dare act recklessly.

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This plague is likely
orchestrated by Xiao Xu.

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But Xiao Han is also involved.

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(Indeed.)

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(The plague isn't just targeting me,)

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(but also the Ning's Residence
and the entire Yizhou City.)

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(If the Ning family and Yizhou
run into trouble,)

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(my old man would be affected
on the front line.)

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(If something happens to me,)

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(my marriage with Xiao Xingheng
would naturally be off.)

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(The old man might even
fall out with Xiao Xingheng.)

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(It's killing two birds with one stone.)

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Such a method of disregarding
human life to achieve a goal

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is indeed similar
to Xiao Xu's sinister plan

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to gain military power

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by sacrificing 150,000 soldiers.

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What about Xiao Han then?

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I've launched an investigation.

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The remaining two people
who stirred up trouble

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on the day of the lockdown
are the same ones

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who tried to assassinate you twice.

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Are you saying

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Xiao Xu sent people to
start the plague and stir up trouble

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while another group
was specifically to assassinate me?

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Yes.

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Dating is so troublesome.

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Do you regret it?

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Not really.

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But have you prepared
the betrothal gifts?

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It's expensive to marry me.

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I offer the entire Linhua Palace
as the betrothal gift.

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Is it enough to marry you?

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Barely enough.

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Then I must thank you
for agreeing to marry me.

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No need to thank me.

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Miss, something's wrong!

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The residence is surrounded
by some nobles!

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They're shouting for you to come out!

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What's the rush? With Xingheng here,

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it's not my turn to step out yet.

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Just relax.

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Li Cheng, are you out of your mind?

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How dare you cause trouble
at Ning's Residence?

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Did you forget that we're just low-key

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so we didn't hang the
"Ning's Residence" plague?

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You're mistaken.

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We're not here to cause trouble today.

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We just want to see Princess Yuexi

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and ask Her Grace to give us some herbs.

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Pfft, is this how you ask for help?

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Moreover, herbs are scarce now.

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Why should we give them to you?

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All you know

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is seeking pleasure all day.

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You still went out during the outbreak.

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And during the lockdown,

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you hid at home like cowards.

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Those poor scholars

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even know to go out and help.

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Don't act like you're so noble.

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All the medicinal herbs
the Crown Prince sent

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were monopolized by you.

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We're all prominent families.
You can't just feasting

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while we don't even
get a sip of soup, can it?

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Yeah!

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Slandering the Princess

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is like defaming the royal family.

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The punishment ranges
from exile to beheading.

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You'd better think carefully
before speaking.

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Stop trying to scare me.

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We just want to see Princess Yuexi

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and beg for her herbs
to save our elders.

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Is it wrong to show filial piety?

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Let's go!

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My hand, my hand!

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- Greetings, Your Highness.
- Greetings, Your Highness.

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Who are you

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daring to trouble Princess Yuexi?

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Your Highness, spare us!

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It's just my father got affected,

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so I wanted to ask Her Grace
for some herbs.

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I didn't mean to trouble her at all.

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I'll spare your life

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because you acted out of filial piety.

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Now, all medicinal materials
are distributed by the government.

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They are prioritized for patients
at Yu'an Hall, temples, and academies.

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Others with just coughs
will have to wait a bit longer.

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The herbs sent by the court
are already on the way,

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and soon everyone will be able
to get medicine.

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If anyone needs the medicine early,

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don't come here, come to me directly.

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Any questions?

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- No.
- Then get lost!

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Get out, now!

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Thank you for your kind help,
Your Highness.

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It's my duty. No need for thanks.

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Since I'm here,

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it's only right
to pay respects to Mrs. Ning.

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Is Madame Ning available?

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Come, please.

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The Spring Festival
is just around the corner.

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Your Highness is alone here in Yizhou.

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If you don't mind,
spend the holiday here with us.

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Yes, Grandma.

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Good.

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Grandma? We aren't married yet.

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You're already calling her that?

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What?

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What exactly did Grandma say to you?

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It's a secret.

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But I'm curious,
what did you promise Grandma?

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We aren't even married.
She just let you call her "Grandma"?

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I promised Grandma

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that none of her worries
would come true.

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By the way, she also invited me
to spend the Spring Festival here.

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She really sees you as one of us.

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We'll be family anyway.

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Does that mean my position
in the family is threatened?

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There's no home without you.

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Master.

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Master, the plague that occurred

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in the palace ten years ago

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and the current one have
indeed identical symptoms.

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(The plague ten years ago?)

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(Have I missed some crucial information)

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(in the book?)

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What happened ten years ago?

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A plague.

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The records indicate that

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the 17 palace maids
first successively had symptoms

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of fever, cough, and high fever,
followed by difficulty breathing

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half a month before their deaths.

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These symptoms

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are identical to those
of the current plague in Yizhou.

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Master, Xiao Xingheng

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has already found us out.

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Within ten days,

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he'll return to the capital
with evidence.

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What about the investigation

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I ordered earlier?

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Exactly as you expected,

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the plague that swept through Yeting

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had symptoms identical to those

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of the current outbreak in Yizhou.

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I've looked through

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the records on the plague in Yeting.

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The plague in Yizhou

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is indeed of the same origin
with the one in Yeting.

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So the plague ten years ago
was also man-made?

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But why?

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Because of Xiao Han.

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Right, Xiao Han's biological mother
was a palace maid in Yeting.

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- Then...
- Chuxi.

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If the person behind this
is who I suspect,

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then this matter is far from ordinary.

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I must return
to the capital immediately.

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I'll go with you.

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No.

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If you don't want to take me
because you think it's dangerous,

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then I must go with you.

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At least with me by your side,

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you won't put yourself in danger.

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♪Just a glance, and the world♪

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♪Becomes no longer bright♪

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♪Unknowingly, we're bound♪

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♪By a thread of red♪

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♪Let's face the world's perils together♪

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♪Before petals fall, fall in love again♪

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♪Like the wind entwining with you♪

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♪Crossed through the vast lands♪

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♪And the crowds♪

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♪In this life, deep feelings
can't fit in a short letter♪

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♪After all the world's splendor
I've seen♪

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♪Your face is what I love the most♪

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♪All the memories♪

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♪Are flashing back♪

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♪Whether forever or just a moment♪

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♪What remains is called longing♪

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♪Wishing to be by your side,
for eternity♪

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