1 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,920 The Scholar and the Emperor 2 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:36,080 The sandbag is ready. 3 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:37,200 It will warm you and drive out the chill. 4 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:38,360 Let me apply it for you, Director. 5 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:46,080 I can do it myself. 6 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:47,160 Director Meng. 7 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,160 Now that you're the Empress-designate, 8 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,320 does that mean from now on 9 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,000 we should deliberately keep our distance? 10 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:56,960 That isn't what I meant. 11 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,200 What's gotten into you lately? 12 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,200 I was just thinking 13 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:09,840 how quickly everything can change. 14 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,040 The Office of Public Inquiry... 15 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:13,920 Is it going to be dissolved? 16 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,440 Look. 17 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:24,640 Just look at all these gifts they sent. 18 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:25,560 Aren't they wonderful? 19 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:27,080 Let's see which of those gossips outside 20 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,160 still dares say a word against our lady. 21 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,200 We owe it to the Second Young Master 22 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,040 for standing by us when we needed him. 23 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,000 You're still calling him Second Young Master? 24 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,000 You should call him Son-in-law now. 25 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,760 But come to think of it, 26 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,040 I could tell long ago 27 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:42,880 that our new son-in-law had feelings for her. 28 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,040 -Madam. -Madam. 29 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,600 Today's the bride's homecoming banquet. 30 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,040 Go fetch the master of the house. 31 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,440 Tell him to stop fussing over the cooking. 32 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,640 -Yes, Madam. -Yes, Madam. 33 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:01,680 Come, Anian. 34 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,320 Now that Zhili has married you, 35 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,640 there are some things I must say. 36 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,440 Whatever happened before, 37 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,600 from now on, you must support each other 38 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:15,840 and cherish the bond you now share. 39 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:16,800 Don't worry, Father. 40 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,040 I will treasure Zhili above all else 41 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,720 and never let her suffer the slightest harm. 42 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:24,800 Good. 43 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:30,840 Zhili. 44 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,960 Anian may always give way to you, 45 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,520 but now that you've married into the Di family, 46 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,280 you mustn't be as willful as you were at home 47 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:40,200 or bully Anian. 48 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,280 I may dote on you, 49 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,680 but I'll stand up for Anian too. 50 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:47,480 Father. 51 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,600 I will be a good daughter-in-law to the Di family. 52 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 Good. 53 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:55,520 Zhili. 54 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,520 Anian is Marquis Wu's only son. 55 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,400 If you can give the Di family heirs soon, 56 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,240 then our Shen family 57 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,320 we can answer to Marquis Wu's spirit 58 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:06,720 with a clear conscience. 59 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,680 Father, Zhili loves 60 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,280 your sweet-and-sour ribs most. 61 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,600 When you have time, you must teach me. 62 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,080 Then I can make them for Zhili. 63 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,480 I should have taught you long ago. 64 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,280 If Zhishu heard me say that, 65 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,760 that rascal 66 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:26,800 would get jealous and compete with you 67 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,320 over who loves Zhili more. 68 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:30,920 Zhishu always has to join the fun. 69 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:32,840 You don't know the half of it. 70 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,680 They used to fight over a single rib, 71 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:35,600 those two siblings, 72 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,400 until their chopsticks became weapons. 73 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:39,760 But now, 74 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:41,320 with a husband protecting her, 75 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,320 that rascal won't get a chance to snatch one. 76 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,160 Brother still hasn't returned. 77 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:47,480 He even missed my wedding to Anian, 78 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,160 and hasn't sent a single letter home. 79 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,840 Your brother is carrying out an imperial mission. 80 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:53,360 He can't leave his post for now. 81 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:54,360 When he returns, 82 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:55,720 we'll all have a proper reunion. 83 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,200 Come, Father. 84 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:58,240 To our reunion. 85 00:04:58,320 --> 00:04:59,440 Come. 86 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:06,960 Father. 87 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,280 Is your chest hurting again? Get his medicine! 88 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:10,800 It's all right. 89 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:13,320 I'm fine. 90 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:14,520 It's an old complaint. 91 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,320 It's almost funny. 92 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,520 In the past, 93 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,280 that rascal always made my chest ache with anger. 94 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:23,320 And now, 95 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,360 I can't even blame him for it. 96 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,720 Your Majesty... 97 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:48,360 Your Majesty! 98 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,080 Your Majesty! 99 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:52,440 An urgent express dispatch from Qingzhou! 100 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,000 Your Majesty... 101 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:38,720 You rotten boy! 102 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,000 Come out here! 103 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,560 I want to speak to you face-to-face! 104 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:43,480 Zhishu... 105 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,440 While carrying out his orders, 106 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:51,120 he encountered danger. 107 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,160 Come out here! 108 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:57,320 Come out! 109 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,840 I serve with the Qingzhou garrison. 110 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:01,080 By General Huo's order, 111 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:02,720 we have escorted Young Lord Shen 112 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:04,920 home. 113 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:11,320 You... 114 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,880 You must have made a mistake. 115 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:15,400 Zhishu would never... 116 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,840 leave without a word 117 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,680 and abandon all of us. 118 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:26,440 Zhishu. 119 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,200 My son... 120 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:32,440 Zhishu! 121 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:35,720 My son... 122 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,280 -Father! -Father! 123 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:48,320 You said that on my birthday, 124 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,520 you'd give me that half of the bronze tally. 125 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:51,520 By my reckoning, 126 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,720 I won't be back in time. 127 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,560 Can't I have my birthday gift early? 128 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:56,680 What I said was: 129 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,960 when you can truly stand on your own 130 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,600 and shoulder the Shen family's duty as a minister, 131 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,080 then you may ask for the half of the tiger-head tally. 132 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:06,880 Father! 133 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,680 You're far too stingy. 134 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,800 I've begged you for that half-tally for three years. 135 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:12,720 If you still won't give it to me, 136 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,320 -I'll trade my half for wine tomorrow. -You dare! 137 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:17,840 You insolent boy! 138 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,880 Father, once I've sold it for wine, 139 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:24,120 I'll bring you back the finest jar money can buy. 140 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,280 Before he left, 141 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,040 he proudly told me 142 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,400 he had been appointed a fourth-rank Censor. 143 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,440 He even asked me for his birthday gift. 144 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:38,880 I was afraid he would grow conceited, 145 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,640 so I scolded him. 146 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,640 If I'd known it would be the last time I saw him, 147 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,560 this bronze tally... 148 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,320 would have reached his hands. 149 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:02,480 Zhishu said 150 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,400 that as soon as he returned, he'd arrange the wedding 151 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:10,080 and marry me. 152 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:23,480 Miss Yan. 153 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:25,000 This is your birth-date card. 154 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:26,800 Please take it back. 155 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,640 Before he left, Zhishu wrote the marriage contract 156 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,040 and prepared the betrothal gift list. 157 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,680 He begged me to prepare the three marriage documents and six betrothal gifts, 158 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,520 so when he returned, 159 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,840 he could marry you with full honor. 160 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,080 I'd like to see who dares lay a hand on her today. 161 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:09,640 Fuzhi, I'm sorry I'm late. 162 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,280 If I, Shen Zhishu, am to marry, 163 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:13,640 not one of the Six Rites may be omitted, 164 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,160 and all three marriage documents must be prepared. 165 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,000 When the auspicious day comes, 166 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,240 I will send a grand bridal sedan 167 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,240 and welcome Fuzhi into the Shen family in honor. 168 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:23,680 I don't believe Young Lord Shen, 169 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,240 surrounded by all the noble ladies of the capital, 170 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,480 would truly give up that garden of beauties 171 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:31,880 for a merchant's daughter like me 172 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:33,360 and bind his heart to mine 173 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:34,800 for the rest of his life. 174 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,280 What if I cut down every peach blossom? 175 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,960 Then... 176 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:40,800 clear away every last flower and weed around you, 177 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:41,880 every one of them, 178 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:45,600 and ask me again. 179 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:47,480 I promise you, 180 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:48,600 if I ever chase another woman again, 181 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:49,560 you may leave me without another word. 182 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,200 Wait for me to come back. 183 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,160 Zhishu and I never bowed before Heaven and Earth, 184 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:22,880 but in my heart, I already chose him. 185 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,160 If you will accept me, 186 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:27,520 I wish to be a daughter-in-law of the Shen family. 187 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:32,920 Silly child. 188 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,480 You're still in the bloom of youth. 189 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,480 Don't sacrifice your whole future. 190 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:39,360 -Please, get up. -My mind is made up. 191 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:41,720 Unless... 192 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,040 you truly cannot accept me. 193 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,600 Only today do I understand 194 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,120 why Zhishu gave his heart to you. 195 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,160 To have you love him so sincerely 196 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:02,880 was my son's good fortune. 197 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:06,280 Good child. 198 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:08,600 Please, get up. 199 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:11,760 Good child. 200 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,120 From now on, we're one family. 201 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:15,520 One family. 202 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:19,640 Father. 203 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:23,840 Mother. 204 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,720 Rest assured, Director Meng. 205 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,720 This medicine will let Miss Yan sleep for a full day. 206 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,640 She hasn't closed her eyes the entire journey. 207 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,680 A little calming tea was the only way 208 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:47,960 to make her get some proper rest. 209 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:52,480 Lord Meng. 210 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:54,320 Manager Yan... 211 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:55,840 How is she? 212 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,000 What kind of question is that? 213 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,160 Just thinking that we'll never see Young Lord Shen again 214 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,080 makes my heart ache. 215 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,240 Imagine how the manager must feel. 216 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,480 Only last month, Young Lord Shen 217 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:07,160 helped us finish blending a new wine. 218 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:08,640 He said he'd taste it when he came back. 219 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,960 What monster did this to him? 220 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:13,280 Young Lord Shen 221 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,000 was one of us at the Office too. 222 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,560 I won't let his death go unanswered. 223 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,280 And I won't let you 224 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:28,240 spend every day drowning in tears. 225 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:51,560 Your Majesty. 226 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,440 Your wounds from the whip haven't healed. 227 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:54,520 You mustn't keep practicing. 228 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,640 If they split open again, 229 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:58,880 how could this old servant answer to the late Emperor? 230 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:01,280 I'm wounded, 231 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:02,880 not dying. 232 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,640 Chief Steward You. 233 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Let me. 234 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:17,560 Director Meng. 235 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:18,960 Please talk some sense into His Majesty. 236 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,560 Not only is he practicing swordplay while wounded, 237 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,840 he hasn't eaten a thing all day. 238 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:38,160 I know Your Majesty is grieving. 239 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,280 I am willing to avenge Young Lord Shen. 240 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:44,320 If you discovered 241 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,320 that someone you knew was in the Blood Moon Society, 242 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,360 what would you do? 243 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:52,480 Your Majesty, rest assured. 244 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,440 Though Situ Xue and I get along well, 245 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,960 I know where to draw the line. 246 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,200 If the Blood Moon Society harms Daning's people, 247 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:00,640 I will show them no mercy. 248 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,320 Your Majesty's wounds haven't healed yet. 249 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:05,800 Let me apply the medicine. 250 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,040 Your Highness, it is past midnight. 251 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,240 Our contact still hasn't arrived. 252 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,240 Something may have gone wrong. 253 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:20,800 Wait a little longer. 254 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,080 Your Highness. 255 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,000 The Blood Moon Society cannot be trusted. 256 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,480 Last time, they not only broke their word, 257 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,280 they even killed our secret envoy. 258 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,440 Can you truly trust people 259 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:31,600 who change their word so easily? 260 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,200 Last time, everything happened too suddenly. 261 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,680 I've always suspected there was more to it. 262 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,520 I must negotiate with the Blood Moon Society in person again. 263 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:40,680 But the First Prince 264 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,360 strongly favors a policy of conciliation. 265 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,160 This time, 266 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,000 if Your Highness contacts the Blood Moon Society, 267 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:46,920 I fear... 268 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,040 My elder brother 269 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:50,400 is indecisive 270 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:51,840 and hopelessly naive. 271 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,120 Does he truly think one marriage pact 272 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,560 can buy lasting peace? 273 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:57,800 When Ying Gua rejected the marriage alliance, 274 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,680 Beijian's honor 275 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,320 was already trampled underfoot. 276 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,440 A wolf does not wag its tail and beg. 277 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,040 Only a dog does. 278 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:08,800 For the past two years, Daning 279 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,360 has poured troops into the border, 280 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:11,600 stockpiling grain and building fortifications. 281 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,040 They may well be planning 282 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:15,240 to trap us in the northern desert until we die. 283 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,400 This time, I will make Daning 284 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:18,440 see for itself 285 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,920 what Beijian's iron cavalry truly means. 286 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:22,840 And I will prove to Father 287 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:24,720 that the world 288 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:26,960 is not won by kneeling and begging, 289 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,680 but by fighting for it with sword and steel. 290 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:32,720 Your Highness, someone's coming. 291 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:20,600 Sir. 292 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,840 I've cleared up the misunderstanding with Beijian's Second Prince 293 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,040 and confirmed someone did impersonate our Society 294 00:17:26,120 --> 00:17:27,040 to sabotage the alliance. 295 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:29,040 The Second Prince of Beijian 296 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:30,200 has agreed to join forces with us 297 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,360 and continue the war against Daning. 298 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,200 Their blood will not have been shed in vain. 299 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,120 Daning's blood debt 300 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,880 must be repaid with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. 301 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,880 Daning's court is in turmoil now. 302 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:51,640 Our Princess 303 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,280 is about to rise to the pinnacle of power. 304 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,400 Once her bloodline memories awaken, 305 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,320 we will welcome the Princess at once 306 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:01,920 and restore our realm. 307 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,280 Welcome the Princess! Restore our realm! 308 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,160 Welcome the Princess! Restore our realm! 309 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,800 Welcome the Princess! Restore our realm! 310 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,280 Welcome the Princess! Restore our realm! 311 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:04,240 Grand Tutor! 312 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,840 The Young Master's spirit has returned! 313 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:27,480 Father. 314 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,000 Mother. 315 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:30,840 I'm home. 316 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,000 Brother! 317 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,120 Brother! 318 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,200 Your unfilial son 319 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:01,480 has made you worry. 320 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:04,600 My son... 321 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:09,960 You're home. That's all that matters. 322 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,720 That's all that matters. 323 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,120 My husband... 324 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:24,600 Fuzhi. 325 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,400 Shen Zhishu! 326 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,560 You've gone too far! 327 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,320 Do you know how many paper offerings I burned for you? 328 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,240 Do you know how heartbroken I was? 329 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:59,360 How could you joke about life and death? 330 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:14,560 Let me see. 331 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,000 It'll frighten you. 332 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:36,680 Father. 333 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:38,480 Are you... 334 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,080 disappointed in me? 335 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:42,880 All your life, Father, 336 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:44,400 you've achieved great things. 337 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:47,520 I'm afraid I may never equal you. 338 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:50,840 The only thing I had that could compare 339 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,080 was this face of mine. 340 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,600 Now I've lost even that advantage. 341 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,520 You are the eldest son of the Shen family. 342 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,600 You grew up studying beside His Majesty. 343 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,160 At twenty, 344 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,520 you could enter officialdom through family privilege. 345 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,080 Compared with scholars born to humble families, 346 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,920 you have been extraordinarily fortunate. 347 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,600 But with the honor of such a family name, 348 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,280 you must possess civil talent 349 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:22,800 as well as martial skill. 350 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,560 As His Majesty's trusted friend, 351 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,680 you must never openly hunger for power, 352 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,640 but neither can you be wholly without ambition. 353 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:32,400 More importantly, 354 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,160 on your shoulders rests 355 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:35,880 the entire Shen clan 356 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,160 and the duty to carry its honor forward. 357 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,400 I demanded so much of you 358 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,440 because I feared one achievement would make you complacent. 359 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:47,600 That is why I... 360 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,040 why I kept putting you down. 361 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:57,360 After hearing what happened to you, 362 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,040 there was something I kept wanting to say. 363 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,080 You are the pride of the Shen family. 364 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:11,280 I was wrong. 365 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:20,480 I never thought 366 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,320 I'd hear the words "I was wrong" from a stubborn old man like you. 367 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,320 If I'd come back half a month later, 368 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:30,600 would you have handed the whole Shen family over to me? 369 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:32,120 You little... 370 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,040 You little rascal. 371 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:39,480 That must hurt terribly. 372 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,920 Compared with the beatings Father gave me as a boy, 373 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,160 this is nothing. 374 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,920 Though I was wounded, misfortune brought a blessing. 375 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,800 I was carrying the Blood Moon Society's scepter 376 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,440 when members of the Society found and saved me. 377 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,800 While recovering among them, 378 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:12,240 I learned something important. 379 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,000 Mr. Shangguan of the Blood Moon Society 380 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:14,960 is not only alive, 381 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:16,720 he is hiding among the officials at court. 382 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,480 I should have known. 383 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:22,560 A man like him would never die so easily. 384 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,960 Your Majesty, shall we investigate the entire court at once? 385 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,160 If we mishandle this, the ministers will turn on each other. 386 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,960 Then if the Blood Moon Society and Beijian strike together, 387 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,800 we'll face enemies within and without. 388 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,720 But the marriage proposal from Beijian's First Prince 389 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,720 clearly shows he broke with the Blood Moon Society first. 390 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,600 Mr. Shangguan is colluding with the Second Prince. 391 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:41,440 Most likely. 392 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,800 I've heard the Second Prince has never gotten along with his elder brother. 393 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,800 And compared with the First Prince, 394 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,200 he is far more warlike. 395 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:49,760 His intentions are hard to fathom. We cannot let our guard down. 396 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,000 Whatever happens, 397 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,120 if Your Majesty rejects this marriage alliance, 398 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:53,880 war on the frontier may be unavoidable. 399 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,400 What inch of this realm 400 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,440 was not won by sword and cavalry? 401 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,200 Beijian has a wolf's nature. 402 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,640 Whichever prince it is, 403 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,440 if he can secretly collude with the Blood Moon Society, 404 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,040 why would he keep his word later? 405 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,360 This marriage proposal 406 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,240 only proves they fear our frontier cavalry. 407 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,120 The misunderstanding between Beijian and the Blood Moon Society 408 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,800 will be exposed sooner or later. 409 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,040 My father once said 410 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,120 Beijian is ravenous and deceitful, full of schemes. 411 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:18,560 I am ready to go to war at any time. 412 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,120 But before that, 413 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,480 we must find Shangguan. 414 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:22,960 I suspect Shangguan 415 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,400 is someone close to us. 416 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,880 When Your Majesty first ascended the throne, 417 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,440 I had not yet entered the court. 418 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,320 Yet I boldly asked for a post at the Office of Public Inquiry 419 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,120 and was even rebuked by Your Majesty. 420 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,280 I still remember looking at you then, 421 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:47,360 so outrageously bold, 422 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,640 and knowing no one but you 423 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:50,680 could lead the Office of Public Inquiry. 424 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:52,720 And now, 425 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,160 you've fulfilled every word you said then. 426 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,560 In fact, you've done 427 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,440 even better than I expected. 428 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,440 When I entered the court, I had no attachments. 429 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,080 Only Fuzhi was someone I worried about. 430 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:11,720 That was why I never hesitated. 431 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,760 Exhuming bodies, investigating cases, 432 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:15,960 pursuing Ling Yunfei... 433 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,080 I never once faltered. 434 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,560 But now, 435 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,240 there are more people I want to protect. 436 00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:24,960 So I've learned what fear is. 437 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,000 We're both afraid of losing those we love. 438 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,280 These past days, 439 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:32,640 I have watched helplessly 440 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,240 as one person after another close to me was taken away. 441 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:41,400 What happened to Zhishu 442 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,200 has made me more afraid than ever. 443 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,360 I may possess this entire realm, 444 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:18,160 yet perhaps I still can't keep the people I treasure. 445 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,320 I won't leave Your Majesty. 446 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,160 I want to remain at the Office of Public Inquiry 447 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,280 and continue serving you. 448 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:43,640 Meng Tinghui. 449 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,720 Let's get married. 450 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,480 The court is settled now. 451 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,000 No one can stand in our way anymore. 452 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:55,560 This hairpin... 453 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,520 I spent three months making it myself. 454 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,440 I've waited to place it in your hair and crown you, 455 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:00,920 then proclaim you to the entire realm. 456 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,040 Your Majesty. 457 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:07,960 Right now, 458 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,040 I cannot marry you. 459 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:11,840 Why? 460 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,080 Your Majesty knows me. 461 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:15,840 Everything I've fought for 462 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,120 was to root out entrenched abuses throughout the court and government. 463 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,880 The Blood Moon Society seeks 464 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,800 to overthrow Daning itself. 465 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,800 What frightens me even more 466 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,280 is that Shangguan is hidden within the court. 467 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,640 So I beg Your Majesty 468 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,240 to let me investigate the Blood Moon Society thoroughly. 469 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:33,200 Ask me for anything else. 470 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:34,640 But not the Blood Moon Society. 471 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,200 I have given the Blood Moon Society case 472 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,160 entirely to Zhishu. 473 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,280 Your Majesty is hiding something from me. 474 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:44,920 I once asked Your Majesty 475 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,560 whether we had truly opened our hearts to each other. 476 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,400 So it turns out... 477 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:51,800 we haven't. 478 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,200 The burden of the realm is immense. 479 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,040 The palace has depths upon depths. 480 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:57,600 Even to you, 481 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,360 I cannot lay every secret of my heart bare. 482 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,360 I will take my leave. 483 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,240 Shen Zhishu! 484 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,680 How long are you going to hide from me? 485 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:43,960 Fuzhi. 486 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,000 We should part. 487 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,560 Don't come looking for me again. 488 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,160 Part? 489 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,560 What about the marriage contract you wrote yourself? 490 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,360 Are you taking it back? 491 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,480 I failed to keep our promise. 492 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:16,720 I came back scarred. 493 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:18,480 Even my face... 494 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,640 It's only a scar. 495 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,240 A real man can weather far worse. 496 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,680 What's the big deal? 497 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:32,600 I think 498 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:34,680 that scar 499 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:36,760 makes you look even more gallant. 500 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:38,480 I'm serious. 501 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:39,760 As a minister, 502 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,240 I gave up any fear of death long ago. 503 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,280 Daning now faces dangers within and without. 504 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,320 The Shen clan bears a heavy duty. 505 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:52,840 The next time I carry out an assignment, 506 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,320 I may suffer far worse than a wound. 507 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,120 Then I'll wait for you to come back. 508 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:22,720 And if you never do, 509 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,200 I'll wait for you for the rest of my life. 510 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:30,840 I loved the flirtatious young lord 511 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:34,920 who once drunkenly picked flowers for me. 512 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:37,400 Of course I did. 513 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:42,280 But now, 514 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,680 this brave man with a scar on his face 515 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,200 makes my heart ache even more 516 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,600 and is worth loving for a lifetime. 517 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:22,800 Mengmeng. 518 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:23,840 His Majesty truly 519 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,480 treats you wonderfully. 520 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,800 He even granted you this imperial hot spring. 521 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,080 And that's not even mentioning 522 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,840 how he overturned ancestral law for you. 523 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,560 That shook the entire realm. 524 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,000 Who wouldn't envy you? 525 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,480 When did you become his advocate? 526 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,320 Now even my closest friend 527 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,640 has been won over by him. 528 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:48,720 It seems behind my back, 529 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,720 I truly have no one left. 530 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,320 Dear Mengmeng. 531 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,600 Whatever happens in the future, 532 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,160 I will always stand behind you. 533 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,520 What matters to me isn't some grand principle. 534 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,200 It's you. 535 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,160 It's just that 536 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,880 I truly think there is no one in this world 537 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,280 worthy of standing beside you 538 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:11,440 except His Majesty. 539 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,000 I've seen how hard 540 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,600 you've fought to come this far. 541 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,200 That's why I still wish 542 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,480 there were someone powerful enough to protect you. 543 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:23,160 Fuzhi. 544 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,000 Marrying His Majesty 545 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,320 means placing myself under countless watching eyes 546 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,480 and accusing fingers. 547 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:36,240 If I become Empress, 548 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,040 even one extra word with him 549 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,280 would have the entire court saying 550 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,560 the Empress is meddling in state affairs. 551 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,920 I don't want the glory of an Empress's crown and robes. 552 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,440 I want to stand openly and honorably in court. 553 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,840 I want him to become a wise ruler for the ages. 554 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,560 But I won't sacrifice half a lifetime of ambition 555 00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,520 to be confined behind the Empress's seal. 556 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,040 Of course I understand. 557 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:06,480 It's just... 558 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,000 do you truly not want to marry him? 559 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,640 All right. I won't say any more. 560 00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:15,600 Let's not talk about things that trouble you. 561 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,520 Today, let's just... 562 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:18,640 relax and enjoy ourselves. 563 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:31,280 Mengmeng. 564 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:33,320 When did you get that mark on your body? 565 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:34,680 What mark? 566 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,280 It looks like a bird. 567 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:37,560 A red one. 568 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,440 A red bird? 569 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,480 This mark on your back 570 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:54,920 is rather unusual. 571 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,120 Which mark do you mean, Your Majesty? 572 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:57,360 This drawing. 573 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:58,520 Do you recognize it? 574 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,040 Yao'er. 575 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:07,760 Brother Shangguan. 576 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,720 That's my father's Black Bird. 577 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,520 It's the most powerful divine bird of all. 578 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,240 Brother, draw one for me too. 579 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,200 Draw one even bigger than the Black Bird. 580 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:22,880 No. 581 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:24,400 My husband has to draw mine first. 582 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,880 Draw my Black Bird in red. 583 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,920 My brother won't draw one for you. 584 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,560 -My brother is mine! -No, he isn't! 585 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,920 My father said 586 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:32,960 Brother Shangguan 587 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:34,320 will be my husband someday. 588 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,360 -Brother Shangguan is mine! -He's mine! 589 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,200 Yao'er, quickly! 590 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:44,880 Someone's over there. After them! 591 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:47,880 Are you all right? 592 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,320 Brother Shangguan. 593 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,320 -Your hand... -Keep your voice down. 594 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,840 Where's little Xixia? 595 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,120 She died in your place. 596 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,680 Yao'er, remember this. 597 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,000 You must live. 598 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,240 Forget today. Forget who you are. 599 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,880 Retreat! Quickly! 600 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,280 Brother Shangguan! 601 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,120 What happened? 602 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:54,200 What's wrong? 603 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,200 Your Majesty. 604 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,720 Let's marry. 605 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,080 Have you thought this through? 606 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,160 I don't want you to force yourself. 607 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:45,840 By Heaven's mandate, 608 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,280 I rule all under Heaven. 609 00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:48,680 Meng Tinghui of the Meng clan 610 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,360 is valiant and virtuous, 611 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:51,560 possessing noble character 612 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,160 and truly fit to embody the virtues of an Empress. 613 00:37:53,240 --> 00:37:55,000 I hereby invest her as Empress, 614 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:56,160 to serve as mother of the realm. 615 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,680 The proper offices shall choose an auspicious day and prepare the Six Rites. 616 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,880 I shall personally ride forth in the imperial carriage 617 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:01,880 to welcome her into the Central Palace. 618 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,120 Let this decree be carried out. 619 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:26,920 Yin Qing. 620 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,320 Three years... 621 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,360 and I never once noticed 622 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,040 the scar on your hand. 623 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,720 You devoted yourself entirely to punishing evil. 624 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,440 Why would you notice such a small detail? 625 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:01,800 But 626 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,560 everything has its proper time. 627 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,320 Seeing it now is not too late. 628 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,160 Some choices could have... 629 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:12,520 Some choices, 630 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:14,680 once I've made them, 631 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:16,640 I never turn back. 632 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,640 This newly compiled Records of the Realm 633 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:23,880 states in its third chapter 634 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,120 that after the waterworks in Daning's seven prefectures were completed, 635 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,240 grain output rose by thirty percent. 636 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:30,760 Have you read it? 637 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,280 I only wonder whether that extra grain 638 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,360 can fill the bellies of those 639 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,640 forced to dig the canals and build the dikes. 640 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,120 Beneath prosperity, 641 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:44,280 there are always shadows. 642 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,080 These past years, Daning 643 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:49,560 has indeed been peaceful and prosperous. 644 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,160 Peaceful and prosperous? 645 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:56,720 Beneath the scent of ink, 646 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,480 how much blood and how many tears are hidden? 647 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,840 This peace written on paper... 648 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,280 how many bones lie cold beneath it? 649 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,160 I live in Daning. 650 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,080 As one of its people, 651 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,640 I have watched Daning grow more prosperous each day, 652 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:14,840 the state wealthy and its people strong. 653 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,280 And as an official, 654 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,680 I've watched His Majesty labor from dawn until night 655 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,440 so his people may live and work in peace. 656 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,480 The peace we seek 657 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:24,640 is not far away. 658 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:27,160 And what of those who won't live to see it? 659 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:40,880 I believe 660 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,280 the rain will soon pass and the skies will clear. 661 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:45,880 The Rain Bell 662 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:48,400 was made to create illusions. 663 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,000 You've stared at it for so long 664 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:51,560 that you've forgotten 665 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:53,440 the rain never stopped. 666 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:02,280 Even this rainbow is false. 667 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:43,520 Mengmeng. 668 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,280 Our Director Meng, who wouldn't blink 669 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,120 even if Mount Tai collapsed before her, 670 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,080 can actually get so nervous her hands shake. 671 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,760 You are marrying the Emperor of Daning. 672 00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,440 I wouldn't believe you if you said you weren't nervous. 673 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,840 Come. Tonight, we don't stop until we're drunk. 674 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:05,640 Cheers! 675 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:21,360 -Cheers! -Come on.