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Greetings, Your Majesty. I am Li Shaojun
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Are you the Taoist who personally witnessed the immortal?
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Your Majesty
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I did see the immortal
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but failed to invite him to Chang'an
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Please forgive me, Your Majesty
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Then tell me
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which immortal did you see?
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It was my master, Taishang Laojun, known as Li Laojun
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As his disciple, I am called Li Shaojun
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So this footprint is your master's?
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That it is
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If it is indeed Taishang Laojun's footprint
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then what an auspicious sign it is
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Your Majesty
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With regard to the immortal's footprint
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may I have a look?
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Of course, you're knowledgeable
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so just as well that you review it for me
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and see if it's a genuine immortal's footprint
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Thanks, Your Majesty
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Odd
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Somehow, the more I look at it,
the less it seems like a human footprint
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but rather…
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Rather what?
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I wonder if I should say it out
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Just lay it all out
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The more I see it
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the more it looks like a donkey's hoof print
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Brother Dongfang, you have discerning eyes indeed
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What now, do you know each other?
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Not only that
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but we're also very familiar with each other
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Once I hear his voice
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I know it's Brother Dongfang
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Sage Li, so you're just like me
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who started out peddling tricks
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Your Majesty
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Two hundred years ago
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I participated in Wangmu Niangniang's peach banquet gathering
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and that's where I saw sir Dongfang
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Back then, he held the saber of Huode Xingjun, the Moral Flame Immortal
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- A saber porter? - Aye
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- Was I not a halberdier? - Nay
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But as I remember
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his post was a halberdier
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Dongfang Shuo, don't interrupt. Let Li Shaojun speak
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Your Majesty
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that time, Dongfang Shuo had a moment of lust
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his eyes transfixed on the dancing fairies
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He then accidentally let the immortal's saber fall to the ground
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nearly missing the immortal's foot
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The immortal was enraged
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and reported you to the Jade Emperor, banishing you to the mortal realm
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to experience all these years of suffering
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Naturally, you'd have forgotten some details, Brother Dongfang
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I'd never thought
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that in my past life, I was a pervert back in heaven
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A pervert
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who committed a crime of lust. Rough, just wretched!
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Brother, don't feel bad
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You're not the only lusty immortal out there
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Shaojun
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Tell me
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What made Taishang Zhenren come this time?
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Your Majesty
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Taishang Zhenren has known
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that the deigned ruler of the world lies in the Great Han
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who plans to pacify the lands and subdue the seas
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I have thus come to lend Your Majesty a hand in the cause
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So that means the immortals in heaven know me?
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Your Majesty, you're not a mortal to begin with
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You came from Huode Xingjun's Palace in the upper realm
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a crimson dragon of the holy flame
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then sent to the mortal realm to steward the people, Your Majesty
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It is just as you said
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The night my mother conceived me
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she dreamed of a crimson dragon entering her bosom
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Shaojun
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Did Taishang Laojun really send you
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to help me establish a hegemony?
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Nay
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The ones supporting you to establish that
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are the many able and wise ministers
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such as Brother Dongfang and Lord Qiankun
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They are Your Majesty's loyal and wise aides
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I have come
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only to make Your Majesty gain immortality
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May our Great Han prosper forevermore!
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Immortality?
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Alright
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Shaojun, I wish to keep you in the palace
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I wonder if you would oblige
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I would not dare defy orders
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But for my current sojourn
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- I still have a special mission. - What mission?
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It's to help Brother Dongfang regain his memory
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With him working in tandem
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we shall certainly rectify Your Majesty's constitution
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to achieve true longevity
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- Dongfang Shuo. - Yes, Your Majesty
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I decree that you join hands with Li Shaojun
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to regain your memory and help me achieve longevity
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Your Majesty, would you just spare me?
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What are you talking about? I didn't say I'm punishing you
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I would rather accept Your Majesty's punishment
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than have to regain my memory
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Are you defying the edict then?
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No, Your Majesty, you must've misunderstood me
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Just now, Sage Li said
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that in my past life, I was a lusty pervert back in heaven
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Luckily, I was banished to the mortal realm
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turned over a new leaf, and have now become a new man
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Now
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I have married a missus, and a wife
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This system of one missus, one wife
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is already very agreeable to me
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I truly do not wish to have any other wayward thoughts
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If you must make me regain my memory, Your Majesty
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wouldn't I be reverting to the past
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becoming a lusty pervert again?
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Then… then first of all
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my two wives won't have it
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so I beseech Your Majesty to make an exception
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No
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You must regain your memory
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As for Liu Nan and Qiu Gu
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you need only write a letter of guarantee
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I'll ask them to let bygones be bygones
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I thank you, Your Majesty
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Your Majesty, I have something for you to see as well
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Qiankunzi
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You have a treasure to present to me too?
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Your Majesty, please have a look
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A ding
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Where did it come from, Qiankunzi?
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Your Majesty, I have been collecting antiques for nearly a decade
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and it's only recently that I obtained this in the bazaar
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It's one of the dings from the Nine Tripod Cauldrons of the Great Yu
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It wouldn't have appeared
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if we're not in times of peace and prosperity
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Could it be that the heavens are looking after me
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and have allowed a multitude of divine things to show up?
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Your Majesty
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we just had an immortal's footprint and now there's a sacred ding
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The Crown Prince is enthroned, a new epoch beckons
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Truly, various aspicious signs just keep cropping up
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These are all good omens signifying an emperor for the ages
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Good omens indeed
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Alas, Sima Xiangru is no more
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Otherwise
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he'd definitely present me with a glorious prose
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Your Majesty, you don't say
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Yesterday, I coincidentally came across
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Sima Xiangru's widow, Zhuo Wenjun
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I asked her if Sima Xiangru left behind any works
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Zhuo Wenjun said that
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before her husband passed away
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he did write an essay
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and one to be presented to Your Majesty at that
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Wondrous, wondrous indeed
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Your Majesty, what did Academician Sima describe?
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Courtier Sima shared the same thought I had in my earlier years
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He urged me to offer sacrifices to heaven as Qin Shi Huang did
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Enact a grand ceremonial ritual and ask for celestial protection
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He said, so long as a grand ceremony is performed
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I shall become an emperor for the ages
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I often thought as much
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- Your Majesty. - Courtier Ming
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Don't tell me you have something to present to me too?
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Your Majesty
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I, Ming Fei, being of no merit, have found no treasure
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But I have earnest words to present to Your Majesty
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Earnest words? Speak
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Your Majesty, all these immortals, relics and stuff
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Such brazen claims could only have come from immortals or the devil
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Qin Shi Huang's extravagant grand rituals back then
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not only did not ensure the immortalization of his dynasty
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but instead it caused the land to wither, leaving the people destitute
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So much so that Chen She and the rest took up arms
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ending the Qin dynasty in its second generation
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Your Majesty, to become an emperor for the ages
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you must not rush into believing devilish words
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and repeat the Qin Emperor's mistake
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Impudence!
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Given today's auspicious occasion
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how dare you spit such venom at me!
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You looking to die?
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Even if I must die
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I cannot allow Your Majesty to be taken in by devilish talk
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and mislead the nation
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Your Majesty
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Let's say I'm a charlatan deceiving the audience
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but how about the crimson dragon dream His Majesty spoke of?
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- Is that a lie too? - Yeah
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Your Majesty, I traveled to various regions here on Master's orders
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I saw grains in abundance and boisterous livestock
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Businesses flourish and the people are secure
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Lord Ming, let me ask you
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Have you seen such a peaceful and booming scene in the past?
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It's unprecedented
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Our Great Han meets Songliao in the north and Wuyue in the south
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flanked by the ocean in the east and the Gobi in the west
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Let me ask you again, Lord Ming
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Which emperor from any dynasty and era
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had established such a vast territory?
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That is unprecedented too
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Since the Zhou and Qin dynasties
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the Xiongnu riders have run rampant near the borders, causing strife
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Emperors of the past
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either ceded land as payment or sent women to reconcile
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My third question, Lord Ming. Before our current emperor
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which emperor in the past had dared fight the Xiongnu
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and defeated them numerous times?
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It's unprecedented
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That being the case
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as a core minister
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you deigned not to sing praises of His Majesty's prowess
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and instead nitpicked His Majesty
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going so far as mentioning the celestial dragon incarnate
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in the same breath as that brute Qin Shi Huang
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Again I ask you, Lord Ming
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- what was your motive? - Speak
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Your Majesty, Ming Fei committed high treason and attacked you
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He should be decapitated instantly to set a deterrent
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No way!
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Ming Fei is a censor
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and remonstrating is his duty
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Even if he misspoke at times, it is not a capital crime
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Furthermore
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Your Majesty
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today is an auspicious occasion
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Wanton killing will offend the flow of things
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Your Majesty
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decapitating Ming Fei on an auspicious day is offensive indeed
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I beseech Your Majesty to evict Ming Fei out of Chang'an permanently
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OK
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In consideration of the various core ministers I'll spare your life
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You are to leave Chang'an by today
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and cannot return without my summons
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Guards, take him
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Lord Ming
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Lord Ming
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Harder
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What's this Li Shaojun on about?
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To think he actually
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told His Majesty upright that Dongfang Shuo was some immortal
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No need to worry, Lord Wang
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It's all according to the plan I set up beforehand
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You set it up?
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That Li Shaojun
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isn't a match for Dongfang Shuo by any means
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His petty ideas
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can be unraveled by Dongfang Shuo in no time
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So I prepared in advance
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and set up this talk of Dongfang Shuo being an immortal too
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The aim was to rope him in
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Of course
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it'd be best if that could shut his mouth
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But even if it didn't
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the ongoing fracas surrounding these make-believe and truths
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would at least make His Majesty lose focus
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Luckily, this Li Shaojun
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is quite witty with his tongue
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From all the back and forth, seems like he has some skills
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Pah
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Sure, this Li Shaojun can boast and bluff
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But his debating skills
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are worth nothing
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I taught him what to speak down to every phrase, every word
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But I still can't help but worry
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What about?
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When you look at Li Shaojun
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his every movement shows that he's one mean guy
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If he receives His Majesty's favor and trust
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and refuses to obey us, what do we do?
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Lord Wang
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good observation
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But relax
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I know a way to subdue him
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Go on
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why are you convinced that he's a fake immortal?
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I've never seen a real immortal in this world
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But his point about me being the crimson dragon incarnate
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is spot on
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Your Majesty, in terms of his soothsaying craft
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he really isn't at my level
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I practically extract every story detail from my customers
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Whereas him?
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He spoke of a piece of Your Majesty's history known to everyone
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But I think
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immortals really do exist
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Otherwise, how do you explain Emperor Gaozu slaying the white serpent
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and the rumor that my grandfather had known about my mother
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carrying the crimson dragon before giving birth to me?
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I just want to verify
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if Li Shaojun is a real immortal
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If he's a fraud like that Xu Fu
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and Sima Qian wrote that about me in the annals of history
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that'd be ridiculous
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If Your Majesty thinks he's real, then he is
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If you think he's fake, then he is
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Nonsense
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Real is real, fake is fake
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How can my thoughts decide that?
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Then observe him for a while more
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The saying goes, true gold fears no trials by fire
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One's authenticity
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can only be tried by the fire of time
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That's why
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I'll await the day he produces an immortal pill
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then all will be known
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Shuo, for such a clever person as His Majesty
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how can he believe Li Shaojun?
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A man's weakness lies in his desires
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Which emperor doesn't want to live long?
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That's true
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Back then, in his quest for longevity techniques, Qin Shi Huang
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threw away his entire possession
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And for what? Only to die halfway through
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What's the use?
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Subsequent emperors were equally obsessed over it
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Why? Are all emperors fools?
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Every emperor will see himself as the exception
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thinking they're the only one who's the true celestial dragon incarnate
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Shuo
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Do you think this Li Shaojun
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is likely to be another Xu Fu?
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If it's really the case,
then it's a simple case
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What's worrying is him being like a rotting plaster over a rash
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You can neither tear it off nor swap it away
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Now that's going to make you have an itch you can't scratch
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Drink up
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Sage Li, here's some tea
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I'd have to trouble you, fairy
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to send it to my room
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Don't go, girlie
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Enjoy your tea, Sage Li. I'll take my leave
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What's the rush? Sit a while more
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Stay a while, have a seat, don't go
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Do sit, girlie. Stay here and talk with me
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Please mind your manners
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Don't be scared, girl. You and I share a bond in this life
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Taishang Laojun gave us this reunion in the mortal realm
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Let go, let go now!
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Let go, you!
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Let go!
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You dare disobey me?
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I'll tell the current emperor
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that you're an unlucky demon spawn
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so you'll be stoned to death!
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Just great, Li Shaojun
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The damn nerve you have!
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How dare you bring your debauchery into the Rear Palace!
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See if His Majesty doesn't castrate you!
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Rear Palace debauchery? Whoever did I assault?
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Who exactly?
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Don't see anyone here, do you?
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Fine, you're some fine specimen!
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Lifted your pants and deny it at that!
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Lord Qiankun
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You and Lord Wang may be the ones who brought me to His Majesty
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But if you malign me
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- I'll just as easily report you to the emperor. - How dare you!
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Trying to get smart with me, aren't you?
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How naive!
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Who am I?
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I'm the civic leader of the Eight Steeds of Jingchu!
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Want me to tell His Majesty
every dirt of yours
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during your time at Jingchu Palace?
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Go on, do tell!
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Prince Jingchu's clan had perished long ago
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You digging up dead people to threaten me?
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I'm not taking that bait
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Just because Prince Jingchu is no more
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don't think that no one knows your background
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Let me tell you
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His daughter Liu Nan is well and alive
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You'd better drill this into your head
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Anyone who used to be under Prince Jingchu
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can throw you to the death pit
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Lord Wang and I are the only ones who can preserve your life
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Yeah, from now on
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I'll definitely follow your and Lord Wang's instructions exclusively
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If I can be of use in any way
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just make the call, my lord
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Elder Li, if you've come to see me, there must be something
388
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I'm here to report good news
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What sort of good news?
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Last night
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my master Taishang Laojun sent me a dream
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saying that my emperor is an all-rounder par excellence
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The Jade Emperor
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has decided to bestow a good omen in five days. Your Majesty
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For three consecutive days
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the Purple Regnal Star will rise in the southeast
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The Purple Regnal Star will ascend for three consecutive days?
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An immortal doesn't exaggerate
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Since Taishang Laojun sent his word
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there won't be empty promises
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Great, that's just great
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00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,000
Taishang Laojun said that
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the Jade Emperor
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is bestowing three consecutive nights of good omens
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to let the ministers and people of the Han dynasty
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see for themselves
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that Your Majesty is an emperor for the ages
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If a good omen really appears
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I will honor you as the State Preceptor
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and decree that altars be built all over the state
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to burn incense for Taishang Laojun
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I thank Your Majesty on behalf of my master
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- Yi. - Yes, Your Majesty
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Issue a draft decree and proclaim this
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In five days all courtiers are to gather in the Palace
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I will especially build an observatory
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outside Weiyang Palace
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Sovereign and ministers shall jointly watch this rare spectacle
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Your Majesty
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Your Majesty, a good omen from heaven props up our Great Han
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That is exactly the message the Jade Emperor is relaying to you
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00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:56,320
And it also shows that Li Shaojun is a true immortal
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So Your Majesty can safely consume
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Li Shaojun's longevity medicine
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00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,280
Your Majesty, you will become
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- the unprecedented emperor for the ages. - Yes
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00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,200
Your Majesty, it is now midnight
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Your Majesty, Your Lordships
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00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,960
The Purple Regnal Star is ascending any time now
430
00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:21,360
Please keep your voices down
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00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,680
Look toward the southeast and don't miss
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this grand moment!
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00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,960
Look!
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00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,840
The Purple Regnal Star!
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00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,160
Your Majesty, the Purple Regnal Star is rising
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00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,560
How arcane, a huge star really is rising
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00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:58,120
Your Majesty
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Congratulations, Your Majesty, felicitations!
439
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,000
Congratulations, Your Majesty, felicitations!
440
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,720
My courtiers, the joy is ours,
it's ours to share!
441
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:13,920
Your Majesty, the people outside the Palace have seen the star
442
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,920
and they're cheering with joy
443
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,440
They have spontaneously beat the drums and lit firecrackers
444
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,960
- It's a celebration. - Just imagine!
445
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:22,880
Your Majesty
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- that's a celebration of all under the sky and across the seas! - Yes
447
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:27,600
Well said!
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This omen portends that our Han dynasty's prosperous fortunes
449
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,520
- and the time for national
unity is here. - Yes
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00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:38,320
Li Shaojun, I'm awarding you a thousand taels of gold
451
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Hold it, Your Majesty
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Today is just the first night
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00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,280
There are two more nights to go
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Your Majesty can still reward me three days later
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Very well
456
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:56,120
After three days, I'll make you State Preceptor. I'll honor my word!
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00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,640
Thank you, Your Majesty
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I'm back
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00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,440
Quick, tell us what's actually going on
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00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:11,960
We all saw it from here
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00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,720
There really was a huge star ascending the sky
462
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:16,920
Yeah. If we didn't see it with our own eyes
463
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,480
no one would've believed it
464
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,200
Even if you saw it yourselves, it might not be genuine
465
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:24,640
If my dear wife
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suddenly smacked me in the head
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my vision will immediately
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be filled with glittery gold
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The whole city saw it
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You still have doubts?
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00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,240
It's not doubt, I don't believe it one bit
472
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,080
Haven't I often played tricks for you?
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Performed some sleight of hand or the like
474
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,640
Who knows if Li Shaojun
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00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,960
hadn't learned this trick from me?
476
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:03,880
This should be the place
477
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,360
- Let's spread out and search. - OK, that way
478
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:28,600
Dear, sis, come here and look
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00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:30,760
Look
480
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What's this?
481
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:41,920
What's this thing?
482
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,320
It's… I don't know
483
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,080
It kinda looks like a lantern
484
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,040
Purple Regnal Star?
485
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,680
No matter how many times you say it
486
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,040
I'm still not convinced
487
00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:59,600
So you say it's man-made
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00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:01,520
then how did it rise to the sky?
489
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:02,960
No way there's someone in the sky
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00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,680
tying a rope by some pole and pulling it up
491
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,720
Whether one sees it or hears it
492
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,760
this thing about the Purple Regnal Star being told to ascend the sky…
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00:28:13,120 --> 00:28:14,240
I won't believe it
494
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,200
I don't want to either
495
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,000
Yet I can't help but believe it
496
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,840
Sir, ma'am, Lord Dongfang wishes to see you
497
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,960
Here comes the explainer
498
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,080
- Lead Lord Dongfang to the living room and serve him tea. - Yes
499
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,880
Dongfang, the moment my wife heard your name
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00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,640
she immediately concluded that you're here for the star incident
501
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,880
Ma'am, I must hand it to you and your perceptive acumen
502
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,000
So it seems you're really here for that
503
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,160
Sir
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00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,080
I'm afraid I must again ask your disciples
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to sweat it out a bit
506
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,720
What is it? Just say the word
507
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,120
Then I'll be straightforward
508
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,440
Please send out two of your best disciples
509
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,680
and get them to hide in that small forest by the city's southeast
510
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,360
Simply get them to watch and observe
511
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,560
avoid ever raising any suspicion
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00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,320
Rest assured. Jing Kui and I will go in person
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00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,080
I can't thank you enough
514
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,320
Your Majesty, there have been three nights of good heavenly omens
515
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,200
It really is the number one wondrous spectacle of all time
516
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:29,720
The people gushed in awe and the whole state cheers the mighty ruler
517
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,640
Lord Qiankun, as you said
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00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,440
that's Heaven protecting and aiding our emperor!
519
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,680
Your Majesty, I think
520
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:38,440
not only is now the time to enact rituals
521
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,880
but even if we deploy troops to attack the Xiongnu right away
522
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,560
- we'll surely push through anything and win all the way! - Right
523
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,720
His Majesty has the protection of deities and should deploy troops now
524
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,480
Both of your words deeply resonate with me
525
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,520
My courtiers, what do you think?
526
00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:58,720
Your Majesty
527
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,920
If we empty the treasury and granaries for this war
528
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,520
in the case of a natural disaster right after
529
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:08,880
we'll be hard-pressed
530
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:12,760
I think the war can wait for another two years
531
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,040
His Majesty is the true dragon incarnate
532
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,240
You cannot use a mortal lens to regard His Majesty
533
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:23,040
Dongfang Shuo
534
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,080
- Dongfang Shuo! - What's wrong?
535
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:27,880
- Shuo! - Shuo
536
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:31,080
What is it?
537
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,600
His Majesty called you
538
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:39,360
Your Majesty
539
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,400
I don't know why I suddenly fell asleep
540
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,640
It's morning court, what's this tomfoolery?
541
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:46,600
Forgive me, Your Majesty
542
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,840
I don't know why I suddenly fell asleep either
543
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:50,680
Dongfang Shuo
544
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,680
Don't tell me it's because you'd been watching the Purple Regnal Star
545
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,200
and that interrupted your sleep?
546
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,640
Your Majesty, for the past few nights
547
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,080
all the ministers had not caught a wink
548
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,440
- We're all happy for Your Majesty. - Exactly
549
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,520
But Dongfang Shuo of all people had to doze off in morning court!
550
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,000
It's apparent how disrespectful he is to Your Majesty
551
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,080
Your Majesty, I'm innocent!
552
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,840
I really don't know why I suddenly fell asleep
553
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:17,760
And I even dreamed a dream
554
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,200
You dreamed something in such a short time?
555
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,200
I'm not lying, I dreamed of something indeed
556
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,200
What did you dream of?
557
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:30,080
Something about bagging a princess somewhere?
558
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:31,880
Not a princess
559
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,560
I dreamed of an immortal
560
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,120
Your Majesty, I dreamed of Huode Xingjun
561
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:41,720
Oh right
562
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,080
Li Shaojun once said
563
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:44,960
that in his past life, Dongfang Shuo
564
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,360
was Huode Xingjun's disciple
565
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,600
It's only because he was lusty that he was demoted to a man
566
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,680
So that means, you dreamed of your master?
567
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,480
Yes, I dreamed of Huode Xingjun
568
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:05,200
And what did your master tell you?
569
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,840
Your Majesty, he told me
570
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,960
that the Purple Regnal Star will show up in the sky again tonight
571
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,280
And not just one, but twelve of them!
572
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,400
They'll rise at the same time from all directions
573
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,560
Dongfang Shuo, you must be joking
574
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:21,800
Who's joking?
575
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:23,560
It's true
576
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,880
Your Majesty, Huode…
577
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:27,880
that is, my master, also told me
578
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,800
to get Your Majesty and Your Lordships
579
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,120
to gather tonight and watch it together
580
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:35,040
Impossible!
581
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:36,720
Absolutely impossible
582
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,520
Don't listen to his nonsense, Your Majesty
583
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,240
Who's speaking nonsense?
584
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,520
So when Li Shaojun talked about some ascending thing it's true
585
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,320
but when I said it, it's nonsense?
586
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,800
Is there any ulterior motive behind all these, Lord Qiankun?
587
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,560
Your Majesty. Since Dongfang Shuo
588
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:52,560
said that his master passed him a message
589
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:53,280
perhaps
590
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,240
Taishang Laojun also came to Li Shaojun's dream just now
591
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,360
Why not summon Li Shaojun to court to clarify?
592
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,600
That makes sense, Prime Minister
593
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,600
- Summon Li Shaojun to court. - Understood
594
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:11,000
By His Majesty's decree, summon Li Shaojun to court!
595
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:25,080
Your Majesty
596
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,520
Greetings, Your Majesty
597
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,080
- At ease, Preceptor. - Thanks, Your Majesty
598
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,840
May I ask what Your Majesty have called me for?
599
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:36,560
State Preceptor
600
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,520
That day, when Taishang Laojun came to your dream
601
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:46,840
he said there'll be three consecutive nights of the star rising, right?
602
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,520
Precisely, Your Majesty
603
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,520
The prophecy has been fulfilled
604
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,360
So did Taishang Laojun say that
605
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,960
there are more Purple Regnal Stars rising tonight?
606
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:58,200
Your Majesty
607
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,120
The Purple Regnal Star is the leader among stars
608
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:04,560
Its ascension
609
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,800
is something that happens once in centuries
610
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,600
Its appearance for three consecutive nights
611
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,920
is already an unprecedented spectacle that will be unmatched
612
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:18,400
How could it just appear for the fourth time so randomly?
613
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,400
It most definitely won't
614
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:25,520
But Dongfang Shuo
615
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:30,400
received a dream from Huode Xingjun in this main hall
616
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:33,680
saying that the star is rising again tonight
617
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,360
And not just one
618
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:40,680
but twelve of them will rise to the sky from all directions
619
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,440
Your Majesty
620
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,600
that's a most preposterous statement
621
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,280
There's only one Purple Regnal Star
622
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:08,960
How could twelve of them appear at the same time?
623
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,880
Brother Dongfang must've been
624
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:18,000
dreaming in daylight and spouting gibberish
625
00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:20,240
Sage Li
626
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,640
it's true that I was dreaming during the day
627
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:26,160
but I definitely wasn't speaking gibberish
628
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,320
That's what my master told me
629
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,680
Your Majesty, this matter is impossible
630
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:33,880
Now that's odd
631
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,120
How come the message from your dream is a prophecy
632
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,880
and the one from mine is hot air?
633
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,520
We're both immortals
634
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,680
why's there such a difference in treatment?
635
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,680
But my words have been proven
636
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,160
And my words are waiting for its appointed time
637
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:52,800
How can you be sure
638
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,480
that once the time comes, it won't come true?
639
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:57,920
Your Majesty
640
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,400
Your Majesty, I have a method
641
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,000
to expose the verity of their words at once
642
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,640
What method? Hurry now
643
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:11,680
Your Majesty
644
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:16,760
All his life, doesn't Dongfang Shuo relish making bets?
645
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,040
- Dongfang Shuo. - Yes, Your Majesty. - You up for it?
646
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:30,440
Your Majesty, I'm willing to make a bet with Dongfang
647
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,760
Dongfang Shuo. So are you in or out?
648
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,440
Your Majesty, you know me best
649
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:39,560
All my life, I have no unsavory vices
650
00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:42,040
except for the fact that I can't resist a bet
651
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:42,920
Alright
652
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,720
But what should we bet on?
653
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:59,080
Your Majesty, I'm willing to bet my head on this matter!
654
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,240
No, no! I won't bet heads with you. Leave me out
655
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:07,360
So that means what you're saying are all lies
656
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,600
Your Majesty, I cannot bet on heads with him
657
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,400
Li Shaojun is not a man, is he?
658
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:14,560
You're the one who's not a man!
659
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:15,680
Your Majesty
660
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,880
Dongfang Shuo actually dared to malign me in court
661
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,440
Please allow me to deal with him
662
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,240
Your Majesty, I absolutely did not malign him
663
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,480
- Li Shaojun definitely isn't a man! - You! - He's an immortal!
664
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:35,160
Alright. So what do you think you should bet on?
665
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,960
Your Majesty, as for the stakes
666
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,480
the lighter, the better
667
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:43,680
Qiankunzi
668
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:44,600
Yes, Your Majesty
669
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,800
Why don't you suggest a suitable stake
670
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,080
Your Majesty, as it stands now
671
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,800
Dongfang Shou will just lose his head in the bet
672
00:37:56,120 --> 00:38:00,920
With Your Majesty's compassion and grace, it's indeed too severe
673
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:03,000
In my opinion
674
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,480
why not bet on fifty plank beatings?
675
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:09,760
- The loser is to be spanked fifty times on his backside. - OK
676
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,840
This stake is neither too light nor heavy
677
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:17,040
Fifty beatings, it's settled!
678
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:30,720
Look that way
679
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,680
Acting all calm and posing to no end
680
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,240
I'm telling you,
if he's the least bit confident
681
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,120
he'd already been jumping around celebrating
682
00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:45,000
He may do a good job pretending now
683
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,800
In a while he'd scream senseless
684
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,440
Hail His Majesty!
685
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,560
- At ease, all of you. - Thank you, Your Majesty
686
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:10,480
Where's Dongfang Shuo?
687
00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:12,880
He's there
688
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:16,800
- Call him here. - Understood
689
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:21,760
Lord Dongfang
690
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,560
Lord Dongfang
691
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,440
- Shuo. - Shuo.
692
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,360
His Majesty called you
693
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,400
Greetings, Your Majesty
694
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,200
- Dongfang Shuo. - Yes, Your Majesty
695
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:39,680
What were you doing sitting there?
696
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,200
I'd like to dream again and see my master
697
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:45,600
And did you?
698
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:50,240
Nope, I guess he's asleep, like typical elders
699
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:54,000
I waited a long time and he still didn't come see me
700
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,840
What do you want to see your master for?
701
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,880
I'd still like to ask him
702
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:06,200
whether the Purple Regnal Star is genuine
703
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,280
Even if you managed to ask him now, it's too late
704
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,640
No it's not late, Your Majesty
705
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,360
If that old frizzy hair was really speaking nonsense
706
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,800
he owes me an indestructible diamond body
707
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,800
so I can get through those fifty beatings
708
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:26,920
You sure have guts
709
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:28,960
Fancy dropping all courtesies
710
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,360
toward your immortal master
711
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:32,720
If he pranked me
712
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,480
why should I be courteous with him, right?
713
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,680
Of course, that rule doesn't apply to you, Your Majesty
714
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:42,520
Zhang Tang
715
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:44,320
Yes, Your Majesty
716
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,520
Tell your charges to get ready
717
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,240
Get the biggest plank there is50949
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