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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 24=

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Xiao Han.

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What new game

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are you playing today?

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What's wrong with you?

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I know the plan hasn't gone smoothly.

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But so what?

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We've already waited so many years.

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We can wait a little longer.

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The plague in Yizhou
is just a beginning.

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Xiao Xingheng

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won't remain triumphant for long.

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Seven years ago,

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17 palace maids in Yeting
died of illness successively.

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Do you still remember?

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The records indicate that

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the 17 palace maids first 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

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of the current plague in Yizhou.

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You and I both know

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where did that plague come from.

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Why?

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Your Highness,

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who was it you wanted to kill

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back then in Yeting?

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I've been tossing and turning,

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unable to sleep for several nights.

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After much thought, I believe

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it can only be one person.

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When did you find out?

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From the night you tried
to kill Ning Chuxi.

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That's early.

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Then why are you only
asking me about it now?

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What do you want to hear?

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Do you want me to say

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I don't believe it?

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Indeed, I sought evidence cautiously,

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and tried to convince myself

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that it was just a coincidence.

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But Your Highness,

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the plague in Yizhou

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could only have been caused by you.

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How could I not believe it?

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Why did you kill my mother?

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Let me tell you a story.

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Once upon a time, there was a woman

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who was sent to the palace as a gift
to gain favor for her sister

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because her family
was eager to please the powerful.

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She lived up to
her family's expectations

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and won the Emperor's favor
for a few months,

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even becoming pregnant.

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However, she couldn't guard
against the intrigue in the harem.

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Her child

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was gone.

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She also lost the chance to be a mother.

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Then,

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her sister's child grew up.

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Her family began
to shift their ambitions

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to vying for the throne.

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They encouraged her

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to adopt a prince as her own.

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But controlling people's heart
is difficult.

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She couldn't choose a prince

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with a strong maternal family.

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Only a child with nothing

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and trapped in despair

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could be molded into a loyal tool.

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I need you.

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I won't give you any way out.

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So you killed my mother.

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That's because she deserved to die.

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She was only a palace maid

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but got pregnant with a prince.

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She wouldn't live long in this palace

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even if I didn't do anything.

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So it was a conspiracy
from the beginning.

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You said you never trusted anyone,

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but you believed
that I wouldn't kill you.

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How ridiculous.

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Ten years ago,

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I thought

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you were a ray of light in my abyss.

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Yet you were also the one
who pushed me into it!

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Xiao Han, stop.

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Did you know
from the first time I saw you,

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I've never treated you as an aunt?

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Don't be afraid.

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On the road to the underworld,

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I will be by your side.

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Wait for me.

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Unexpectedly,

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I would see you again

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before I died.

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You killed her?

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She deserved to die,

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didn't she?

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I did it for you

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so you wouldn't get your hands dirty.

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Her crimes will be dealt with

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by the law of Great Li.

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It's not your place to execute her.

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Xiao Xingheng,

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did you know?

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I hate the man

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who made my mother's life miserable.

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I hate all those siblings
who share the same father as me,

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yet our lives are worlds apart.

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I hate everyone in this palace

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who fawns on the powerful
and bullies the weak.

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I also want to know what feels like

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to control someone's life.

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Sometimes,

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I truly envy you, Xiao Xingheng.

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Like me,

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you were abandoned at a young age,

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suffered in the Liu Kingdom,

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and neglected by the court officials
and the Emperor when you returned.

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But you were luckier than me.

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Your maternal family
is prominent and powerful,

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and you have the affection of Ning Chuxi
and the support of Prince Ning.

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But I

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have nothing.

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Even the one I loved
and trusted the most

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didn't really stay true to me.

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Xiao Han,

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don't be so obsessive.

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You can still mend.

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Mend?

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It's too late.

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From now on,

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no one will dare to bully you.

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(In the next life,
let's have a fresh start.)

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They...

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Don't look.

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This is Jianmao Grass brought
from the northern frontier.

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Jianmao Grass? What is that?

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People in the northern frontier
usually boil Jianmao Grass in water.

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They believe that the water

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can then dispel the cold
and ward off evil.

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Therefore, many people like
to bathe in such water

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when they encounter misfortune,

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or use it to keep warm in severe cold.

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Could this be the medicine
to treat the plague?

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Right, I've already
given some to the physician

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and asked him to give it
to the sick soldiers in Yizhou.

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Your Highness, Your Grace.

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I brewed the Jianmao Grass
into a thick juice

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and fed it to some
critically ill patients.

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Their fevers have started to drop.

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Jianmao Grass really works!

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So,

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is there enough stock
of Jianmao Grass in Yizhou?

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Well, Jianmao Grass
comes from the northern frontier

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and is used mainly for warmth
and to ward off evil.

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It wasn't considered a medicinal herb,

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so I overlooked it.

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It's usually sold

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as a niche item,

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so supplies are limited.

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Don't worry, I've arranged people

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to transport the stock
from nearby cities

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to Yizhou urgently.

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I'll also contact other regions

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for help

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and have the court bring in more
from the northern frontier.

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Once we have a treatment,

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lifting the lockdown on Yizhou
will just be a matter of time.

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Since the Jianmao Grass
comes from the northern frontier,

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Xiao Xu must have been involved

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in Noble Consort Sun's plan this time.

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Right.

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He's been colluding with
their eldest prince.

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Indeed.

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His Highness and Her Grace
are handing out herbs to everyone!

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Everyone, come and get it!

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Fellows, hurry and get the herbs!

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Thank you.

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- Wonderful!
- Great!

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Thank you.

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- Thank you.
- Great, we're saved!

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Wonderful!

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That's great!

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Great!

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Your Highness.

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The plan in Yizhou has failed.

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The Crown Prince rushed back
to the palace last night.

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The palace has spread news

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that the Noble Consort
and the Fifth Prince have already...

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The Crown Prince went
to see Xiao Han. I'm afraid...

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I'm afraid
we'll need to advance the plan.

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Yes.

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