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The Scholar and the Emperor
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Father.
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Even if I say it ten thousand times,
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I will still be with Teacher.
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Our love is sincere.
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The Shen family has upheld
integrity for generations.
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We have built our name on moral principle.
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I taught you the classics and propriety
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not so you could defy human bonds.
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That fine teacher of yours—
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if he truly cared for you at all,
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why would he personally
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push you toward the
Empress's throne at court?
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Teacher must have his reasons.
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He said
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even if condemned by
all and cursed by fate,
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-he would still take my hand for life.
-Come to your senses.
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Husband.
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Sister Zhili.
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In all these years,
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this is the first time Father has hit me.
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Husband. Zhili.
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Both of you, calm down.
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Zhili.
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Your father has devoted himself to you.
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When has he ever acted selfishly?
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He fears one wrong step
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will leave you regretting it for life.
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Mother.
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If no one cares what I want,
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then I can only decide for myself.
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I'm going to the palace to see His
Majesty.
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-His Majesty will know what to do.
-Stop her.
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-Sister Zhili.
-Stop that unfilial girl!
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Until the ancestral ceremony,
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you are not to leave this room.
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Move.
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Sister.
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If you walk out that door,
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you'll put the Shen family in grave
danger.
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I won't let you become a sinner for the
ages.
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I thought
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only Zhili was fit to stand beside His
Majesty.
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I even invoked the Royal Command Tally
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to force His Majesty's hand.
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I never imagined...
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How can I face His Majesty now?
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Or the ancestors of the Shen family?
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After checking through multiple sources,
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This cross clearly points
to the character "Gu."
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Doukou can testify
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that Gu Qin killed his wife and father,
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but we still lack solid proof
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that he colluded with Ling Yunfei.
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Justice has a way of revealing itself.
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While Di Nian and I were
hunting down the Blood Moon Society,
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we made an unexpected discovery.
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Tomorrow happens to be Gu Qin's birthday.
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Let's give him a grand gift together.
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And one more thing.
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Once he confesses and faces punishment,
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I will immediately settle
the matter of appointing an Empress.
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Your Majesty.
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There is one thing
I still do not understand.
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Grand Tutor Shen has always
understood Your Majesty best,
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and has always let Zhili
make her own choices.
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Why, then, would the Grand Tutor
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insist on making Zhili Empress?
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And that day,
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outside the imperial study,
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I saw the struggle in Your Majesty's eyes.
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Was it also because of
something the Grand Tutor said?
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Rest assured.
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I have never wavered in my feelings for
you.
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No matter what happens from now on,
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I will clear every obstacle
from your path beforehand.
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Your Majesty.
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What I have sought all my life
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was never a phoenix crown
and bridal robes,
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but a position of real authority.
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When Zhili was nominated as Empress
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and had to leave
the Office of Public Inquiry,
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it pained me.
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Once I am named Empress,
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I can no longer live on my own terms.
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All my life's ambitions
would come to nothing.
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I trust Your Majesty
to weigh everything carefully.
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But opposing both Chancellors,
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holding the ministers in check,
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and finding a way
to answer the Grand Tutor...
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the path of an emperor is too difficult.
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Perhaps we should take one step back
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and return to being sovereign and subject.
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For Your Majesty,
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and for me,
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perhaps that is the best outcome for now.
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Difficult...
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Does being difficult mean
we simply give up?
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That does not sound like you.
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Nor does it sound like me.
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I told you,
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I want you beside me
through every season and festival.
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Every promise I have made to you,
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I will keep.
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Are you Mo Yuhan
of the Blood Moon Society?
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I am.
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I am Zhao Hui, envoy of Beijian.
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By order of my sovereign,
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I have come to discuss
a great undertaking with you.
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Tell your sovereign
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the Blood Moon Society
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has no welcome for Beijian.
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Who are you really?
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How dare you impersonate me
and kill Beijian's envoy,
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then frame the Blood Moon Society?
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Shen Zhishu.
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You people...
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think you can restore your kingdom?
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Kill them.
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Leave no one alive.
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Ying Gua's lackeys.
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You're nothing special.
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Second Young Master.
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The foolish thing anyone can do
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is starve themselves.
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It only hurts
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the people who care about you most.
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Father made your favorite
sweet-and-sour ribs.
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Have a bite.
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You all keep saying you care about me,
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but has anyone asked
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how much this hurts me?
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Then put your hand over your heart
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and ask yourself
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whether you have even
the slightest doubt.
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And Doukou already...
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Enough.
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Unless I see it with my own eyes
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and hear it with my own ears,
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Zhili.
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You may distrust anyone in this world,
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but could you
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trust me just this once?
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No one wants your happiness more than I
do.
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Anian.
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Then help me.
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Let me see him.
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I want to hear him say it himself.
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If he has betrayed me,
I will give up on him.
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I'd rather you hate me now
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than stand by
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and watch you leap off a cliff.
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Anian.
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The bitterest thing in this world
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is not love or hatred,
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but regret.
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Today, I prepared this banquet
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according to the honors due a prince.
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Only that befits the Right Chancellor's
merit.
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This first cup
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is to your birthday.
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Your Majesty has shown me
unprecedented favor.
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Such grace has never been seen
in our dynasty.
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I will remember it with gratitude.
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My life is fulfilled.
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Congratulations, Right Chancellor.
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I have also prepared a modest gift.
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It will be presented
at the auspicious hour.
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Please wait a little longer.
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How thoughtful of you, Director Meng.
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As a woman,
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to hold the post of Director
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is rare enough.
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Yet you still observe
every courtesy so carefully.
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The younger generation
is truly formidable.
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-Congratulations, Right Chancellor.
-Congratulations, Right Chancellor.
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Attendants.
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This is the birthday gift
I prepared for the Right Chancellor.
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I trust
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it will not disappoint you.
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Thank you for Your Majesty's great favor.
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Record of Loyal Ministers.
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Your Majesty.
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I have an urgent matter to report.
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Your Majesty.
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I should not have interrupted,
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but the Empress installation
ceremony is near.
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If I do not speak today,
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there will be no chance to turn back.
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Rise and speak.
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Teacher.
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That day, you gave me the Heart-Lock
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and promised we could live
as ordinary people.
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You asked whether I was willing
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to be brave for you once more.
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Today, I want to ask:
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does that promise still stand?
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Your Majesty.
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I am guilty.
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I failed in my teaching
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and caused Zhili to confuse
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the bond between teacher and student
with love between a man and woman.
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But this Heart-Lock
and promise of a common life
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are entirely fabricated.
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Entirely fabricated?
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Then were all the promises
you made me before
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nothing but lies?
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Zhili.
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You have disappointed me deeply.
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Who has bewitched you
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into inventing such treasonous lies?
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This Heart-Lock
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was given to me by your own hand.
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You carved it yourself.
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Must we find someone
to verify your handwriting too?
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You trample on true feelings
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and built your reputation on lies.
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From this day forward,
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I, Shen Zhili,
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sever all ties
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with you, Gu Qin.
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Right Chancellor.
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If you loved Shen Zhili,
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why did you recommend her as Empress?
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What exactly were you trying to do?
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Your Majesty, I have been wronged!
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Someone must resent
my position as Chancellor
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and have manipulated Zhili
into framing me
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so they could put me to death.
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You call yourself
a virtuous Chancellor of Daning.
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Then let this golden register
tell you today
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which deeds history cannot hide.
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Open it.
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It's fake. Every word is fake!
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Truth and falsehood
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are not yours to argue away.
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My gift for you has arrived as well.
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Your Majesty, please see the truth.
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I am Doukou,
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Madam Yuan's dowry maid.
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I heard with my own ears
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the Right Chancellor confess
his feelings to Miss Shen.
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And I saw with my own eyes
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that it was he
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who stabbed her once,
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then again, killing my mistress.
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Poor Madam
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was already one month pregnant,
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yet he still...
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still had the heart to kill her.
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Wretched maid!
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Every word is a lie!
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Guards!
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I am Xue Leng, a condemned criminal,
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an assassin kept
by the Right Chancellor.
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All these years,
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he threatened the lives
of my wife and daughter
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and forced me
to carry out assassinations.
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At his orders,
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I killed Wan Kai with my own hands.
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But I did not kill Liu Ruyan.
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He killed her himself.
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The Right Chancellor
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has colluded with Ling Yunfei for years.
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You vile slave!
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How dare you slander me!
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I would never collude
with a bandit chieftain.
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Do you all know
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why Ling Yunfei
could evade the law for so long?
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Because the greatest protector behind him
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was none other than Gu Qin,
Daning's virtuous Chancellor.
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Ling Yunfei is his younger half brother,
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who grew up outside the family.
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Meng Tinghui, you are framing me!
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Gu Qin.
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You abused your authority
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to erase his household registration,
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turning Ling Yunfei
into a man who could not exist openly.
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It was also you
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who had Ling Yunfei kill Chancellor Yuan
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so you could claim all the credit
for controlling the floods
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and rise to the chancellorship.
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And it was still you
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who ordered Ling Yunfei
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to use gambling dens and female students
to control the ministers,
286
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and planted women from Wanxiang House
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in your colleagues' homes as spies.
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That official cap on your head
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is soaked in your father-in-law's blood,
your brother's soul,
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and the lives of your wife and child.
291
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Can you still wear it with a clear
conscience?
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Take them away.
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Gu Qin.
294
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The evidence is conclusive.
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It is time to confess.
296
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Confess?
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Why should I?
298
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Chancellor Yuan only knew
how to sit in his room
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and write elegant policy essays.
300
00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:02,400
With one circle of his vermilion brush,
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he took all the glory.
302
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:04,960
Why?
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Yes, I killed Chancellor Yuan.
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But I traded one man's life
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for ten years of peace
for the people of seven prefectures.
306
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Was that not worth it?
307
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Among all the high officials at court,
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whose hands are not stained
with a colleague's blood?
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Why should I, Gu Qin, confess?
310
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The peace of those seven prefectures
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was won by hundreds of thousands
of soldiers and civilians.
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How dare you steal their merit for
yourself?
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Gu Qin.
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You keep claiming
everything was for the people,
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but their peace was never in your heart.
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You wanted to use other people's bones
317
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to pave your road to power.
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Meng Tinghui.
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You are noble. You are remarkable.
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Everyone loves you, Meng Tinghui.
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00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,080
Now you can stand above me
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and condemn me, despise me.
323
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,120
But who knows
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how hard this road has been for me?
325
00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,760
I was born poor,
without power or influence.
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Anyone could trample over me.
327
00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,160
In the late Emperor's eyes,
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there were only Chancellor Yuan, Xu Ting,
329
00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,480
Shen Wuchen and those old ministers.
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I endured for ten years
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until His Majesty finally took the throne.
332
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,200
But now you purge old ministers
and promote newcomers.
333
00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:11,160
Now even a woman
wants to climb over my head.
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If I do not kill everyone in my way,
335
00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:13,600
what else am I supposed to do?
336
00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,040
You are hardly the only official
born to a humble family.
337
00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,560
You blame your greed,
ambition, and cruelty
338
00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,680
on everyone else and on the world itself.
339
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:24,640
Fine.
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00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,200
Today I will let all Daning
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see exactly how vile and contemptible you
are.
342
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:36,160
Yes.
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I am vile.
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Contemptible.
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00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,960
All my life, I, Gu Qin,
have wanted only to rise.
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00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,720
Step by step,
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00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,640
higher and higher,
348
00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,200
until I reached
the highest halls of power.
349
00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:55,840
I wanted to become the mighty minister
350
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:57,200
below only one man
and above everyone else.
351
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,600
For that one day,
352
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,080
I endured all these years
353
00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,120
and killed so many people.
354
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,800
Why could none of you
simply let me have it?
355
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,280
How could you think something so absurd?
356
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,720
How could you turn
a lifetime of resentment
357
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,400
into a reason to draw your blade on
others?
358
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:18,440
You vile woman!
359
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,480
Even you look down on me.
360
00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:25,760
You're just like Yuan Lingyi.
361
00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,480
using your family name
to stand above me and condemn me.
362
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,120
What imperial grace?
363
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,800
What Zhangde Palace banquet?
364
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:40,680
From beginning to end,
365
00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,600
His Majesty arranged all of it to destroy
me.
366
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,920
I, Gu Qin, have been loyal all my life.
367
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,040
Daning is the one that failed me!
368
00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,080
You still dare speak of loyalty?
369
00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,160
Power has blinded you.
370
00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:02,440
You colluded with the Blood Moon Society
371
00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:03,920
and leaked the border defenses.
372
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,160
You betrayed Daning long ago.
373
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,240
Gu Qin, Right Chancellor of Daning,
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00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:11,280
your crimes are proven beyond doubt.
375
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,160
You are stripped of all rank and office
376
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,400
and your three clans are to be
exterminated.
377
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,840
Publish his crimes throughout the realm
378
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,520
as a warning to all.
379
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:21,440
Take him away.
380
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,320
Meng Tinghui, I'll drag you down with me
today!
381
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:37,840
You forced me to this!
382
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,000
I'm innocent!
383
00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,560
I'm a flood-control hero!
384
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,840
-You forced me!
-Gu Qin!
385
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,560
The court's judgment
386
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:45,640
is not the end of your reckoning.
387
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:48,560
As Daning's so-called virtuous Chancellor,
388
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,480
you should face the people's judgment.
389
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,640
I'm innocent!
390
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,880
Your Majesty, I'm a flood-control hero!
391
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:56,120
I'm innocent!
392
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,680
Take him away.
393
00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:58,680
I'm innocent!
394
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,840
I'm the flood-control hero!
395
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,120
Let go of me!
396
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,920
I'm the flood-control hero!
397
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:29,960
Zhili.
398
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,320
You were very brave.
399
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:32,600
If you need to cry, then cry.
400
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:33,880
Mengmeng.
401
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:37,480
Whenever I close my eyes now,
402
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,120
I see him giving me the Heart-Lock,
403
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,240
looking so gentle.
404
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,480
It was all part of a trap he carefully
designed.
405
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:50,520
I hate him.
406
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,760
But I hate myself even more.
407
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,240
He was wrong, not you.
408
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,520
What you did today took extraordinary
courage.
409
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,520
How many people could have done the same?
410
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,600
You can begin again.
411
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:10,600
Zhili.
412
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:11,760
Your battlefield
413
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,960
is not only in matters of the heart.
414
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:15,080
It is also at the Office of Public
Inquiry,
415
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,720
in case files and official records,
416
00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:18,800
and among the people of Daning.
417
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:20,960
I'll be there with you.
418
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,680
It's cold. Don't catch a chill.
419
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:41,680
I want to walk by myself.
420
00:25:51,120 --> 00:25:53,880
I am Daning's greatest Chancellor.
421
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,200
I controlled the floods,
422
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:58,320
put down rebellions,
423
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:00,240
and opened canals.
424
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,440
I created this age of prosperity myself.
425
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:07,800
Meng Tinghui.
426
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:09,280
Look.
427
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:11,200
The people...
428
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,320
Look how they adore me.
429
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,680
Meng Tinghui, look.
430
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:18,520
The people...
431
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,800
Look how they adore me.
432
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,960
All of you must remember me.
433
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,760
I am Daning's greatest Chancellor.
434
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:32,360
Gu Qin.
435
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,880
I am Gu Qin, Daning's greatest Chancellor!
436
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,080
You should all revere me!
437
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,720
The hero who controlled the floods!
438
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,080
I am Gu Qin, the flood-control hero!
439
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,840
The dike has burst!
440
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:08,960
The dike has burst!
441
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,480
Hurry!
442
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,240
People are dying! Hurry!
443
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,320
Come with me to fight the flood!
444
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:27,040
Quick, move the sandbags!
445
00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:28,080
Seal the breach!
446
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:29,080
Hurry!
447
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,600
Move the sandbags!
448
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:32,840
With me, Gu Qin, here,
449
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,440
the flood cannot hurt anyone!
450
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,800
I'm the flood-control hero!
451
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,520
I'm the flood-control hero!
452
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,280
I'm the flood-control hero!
453
00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:45,200
I am...
454
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,600
Chancellor.
455
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,000
Gu Qin...
456
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,360
is gone.
457
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,400
He lost his mind
458
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:47,720
and threw himself into the river.
459
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:50,880
The man who controlled the floods
460
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,880
ultimately died by water.
461
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,600
Heaven's justice has come full circle.
462
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,480
He was a Chancellor of the realm, after
all.
463
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,480
Director Meng ordered
464
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,160
the people's tribute umbrella burned in
the street.
465
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,280
That only inflamed things further.
466
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,280
The people are furious.
467
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,200
They all watched his madness and disgrace.
468
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,280
How long has Meng Tinghui served at court?
469
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,880
More than three years, Chancellor.
470
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,080
For these three years,
her methods have been extreme,
471
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,680
stopping at nothing.
472
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,640
The court and the realm are in turmoil,
473
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,080
and the law has grown lax.
474
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,160
Gu Qin deserved death ten thousand times
over,
475
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,840
but some of what he said was true.
476
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:32,800
Now newcomers hold sway in Daning,
477
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,240
while veteran ministers have nowhere to
turn.
478
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,680
I have served through three reigns.
479
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,880
Yet when I look at the court today,
480
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,960
it feels utterly unfamiliar.
481
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,600
Grand Tutor,
482
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,640
stop pretending not to hear.
483
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,800
Zhili was once so celebrated.
484
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,800
She was the prospective Empress.
485
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,120
And now the whole capital knows
486
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:15,360
she met the Right Chancellor
in secret at night
487
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,840
and was entangled with her own teacher.
488
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,120
Cousin,
489
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,080
we are family.
490
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:25,560
Naturally, I only want what's best for
Zhili.
491
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:26,720
My nephew
492
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:28,720
is about Zhili's age
493
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,080
and is a scholar.
494
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,120
His wife died two years ago,
495
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:34,400
and he has not remarried.
496
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:35,520
While he is still willing to marry her,
497
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,640
why not let Zhili wed him?
498
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,040
Zhili will never let idle gossip
499
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:41,720
ruin her future.
500
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,960
Her marriage is hers to decide.
501
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,440
Even if she never marries,
502
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:46,880
we will gladly care for her all her life.
503
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,240
You needn't concern yourself.
504
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,960
The tea is cold. Please leave.
505
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:57,960
Grand Tutor,
506
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,240
the Shen family today
507
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,080
is not what it once was.
508
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:03,880
The whole city is saying
509
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,560
Zhili knew all along
510
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,560
that the Chancellor murdered his wife and
child.
511
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,080
Some even say she was his accomplice.
512
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,080
If that were true,
513
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,440
wouldn't your entire household
be executed?
514
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,480
Gu Qin was a monster who killed his own
family.
515
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,160
Zhili was the one who brought him to
justice.
516
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,880
How does that make her an accomplice?
517
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,200
If you dare spread such nonsense again,
518
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,320
do not blame me for showing no courtesy.
519
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,520
So much for my good intentions.
520
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:28,600
Fine. Just you wait.
521
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:29,600
Sooner or later, the Shen family
522
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,400
will be ruined by Zhili.
523
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:32,840
Get out!
524
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:35,840
Fine, I'm leaving!
525
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,240
I wouldn't come back even if you begged
me.
526
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:41,960
At the palace banquet,
527
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,880
when Zhili exposed that villain's true
face,
528
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,360
I thought she was simply heartbroken.
529
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,640
Now I realize
530
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,360
she was trying to prove her own innocence.
531
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,360
Rumors are everywhere now.
532
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:57,000
Our Zhili...
533
00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:58,840
how can she bear all this?
534
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:00,480
From now on,
535
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,120
if anyone dares call Zhili an accomplice,
536
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,880
I, Shen Wuchen, will stake
my life's reputation
537
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:09,840
and fight them to the end.
538
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:10,760
That's right.
539
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,000
Whatever it costs us,
540
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:15,600
we will protect Zhili.
541
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,920
If she wants to investigate cases,
we'll investigate with her.
542
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,640
If she needs shelter,
we'll spread our wings over her.
543
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,240
No one will be allowed to bully her.
544
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,960
Little children, don't be greedy.
545
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:40,520
After Laba comes the New Year.
546
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,680
Drink Laba porridge for a few days,
547
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,680
and soon it's the twenty-third.
548
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:51,800
In past years at Laba,
549
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:53,360
the residence was always full of guests.
550
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:55,480
The Grand Tutor could barely keep up.
551
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:57,880
Yet it is already this late today,
552
00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,920
and not one person has come with a holiday
gift.
553
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,120
After what happened in our household,
554
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,280
the court officials all keep their
distance.
555
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,120
But didn't Director Meng say
556
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,840
Gu Qin deceived the young lady?
557
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,360
Rumors can be frightening.
558
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,120
-Madam.
-Madam.
559
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:30,800
Today is the Laba Festival.
560
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,520
May Father and Mother enjoy
long life and good health.
561
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:35,280
Good girl. Zhili.
562
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,280
Sit down.
563
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,080
We're family. No need for ceremony.
564
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:49,480
Where is Anian?
565
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:51,240
Why isn't he here?
566
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,480
Commandant Di went out today
567
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:55,840
and has not yet returned.
568
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:00,880
And Zhishu too.
569
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,720
He has been gone so long
570
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,960
without sending a single letter.
571
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,960
He has always loved the holidays.
572
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,960
But winter is so cold.
573
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,720
I wonder whether, out there,
574
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,760
he is taking proper care of himself.
575
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,120
Children each have their own fate.
576
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:18,480
They are grown now.
577
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,960
Sooner or later, they must leave home
and stand on their own.
578
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,960
Let's eat before the food gets cold.
579
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:25,800
Go on, eat.
580
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:32,360
Eat.
581
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:35,000
Here.
582
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,440
You've been recuperating at home
for quite some time.
583
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,760
When do you plan to return
to the Office of Public Inquiry?
584
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,760
After the festival,
585
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,000
I will return to the Office.
586
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,560
From now on,
587
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,000
I will hold myself to a stricter standard.
588
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,680
Before, I misjudged someone
589
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,000
and damaged our family's good name.
590
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,040
Zhili.
591
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:04,920
When we allowed you to sit the exams
and enter government,
592
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,720
it was so you could stand on your own
merits,
593
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,400
not be trapped by affairs of the heart.
594
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:12,360
Now,
595
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,760
you must not let other people's gossip
596
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,080
break your proud spirit.
597
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:19,640
Your father is right.
598
00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:21,000
Since you were little,
599
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,840
we forbade "Admonitions for Women"
and "Rules for Women"
600
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,240
precisely because we did not want
such stale teachings
601
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,880
to constrain your spirit.
602
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:30,680
A few days ago,
603
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,440
your father was simply too anxious.
604
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:34,040
Eat.
605
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,520
Grand Tutor. Madam.
606
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:39,920
An honored guest has arrived.
607
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,480
Grand Tutor Shen. Madam Shen.
608
00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:56,320
Peace year after year.
609
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:57,680
May all your wishes come true.
610
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:02,000
Thank you, Director Meng.
611
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,680
Grand Tutor, I did not come today
612
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,200
in my capacity as Director.
613
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,440
His Majesty wished to come in person.
614
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,800
But he said that, given
the Shen family's situation,
615
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,240
if he could not come himself
616
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:13,440
and share a bowl of porridge with you,
617
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,320
his heart would not be at ease.
618
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,720
Yet if he came in person,
619
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,360
he would place the Shen family
at the center of even more attention.
620
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,640
So His Majesty sent me in his place.
621
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:24,840
His Majesty...
622
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,720
I am unworthy of such grace.
623
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,000
His Majesty also said
624
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,200
that tonight he would remain in the palace
625
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,120
and drink this same porridge
with the Shen family in spirit,
626
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,080
sharing this night with you.
627
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:39,360
I,
628
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:40,560
Shen Wuchen,
629
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:42,560
thank His Majesty for his grace.
630
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,240
His Majesty's kindness has reached us.
631
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:56,960
But I still have a personal wish of my
own.
632
00:36:58,080 --> 00:36:59,560
I was worried about Zhili,
633
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:00,560
so I came without invitation.
634
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:02,960
I hoped to spend this festival
635
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,040
together with the Shen family.
636
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,120
Would that be all right?
637
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:06,960
It was kind of you to come.
638
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,240
We are all family.
639
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:09,960
We are happiest when you visit often.
640
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,480
When Fuzhi returns,
641
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:13,720
I'll bring her here too,
and we can all celebrate together.
642
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,120
Wonderful.
643
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,920
Then, Husband, you'll have to
show off your cooking.
644
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,920
We'll give the two of you a proper feast.
645
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:24,440
Gladly.
646
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:31,680
Zhili.
647
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:33,240
Come back soon.
648
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:34,920
Without you there,
649
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,560
the tea at the Office
650
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,400
even tastes bland.
651
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:41,080
I will.
652
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:46,440
Anian?
653
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,200
What are you doing?
654
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,120
From today onward,
655
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:55,960
I am moving out of the Shen residence.
656
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,600
Father. Mother.
657
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:05,720
When my father, the Duke of Wu,
658
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,080
gave his life for the country,
659
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,600
I was still very young.
660
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,200
His Majesty wished me to inherit his
title,
661
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:12,320
but I felt unworthy of it.
662
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,880
Now I am grown and have earned some merit.
663
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,080
Today, I asked His Majesty
to grant me the title.
664
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,600
I will leave the Shen household
and establish a home of my own.
665
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:23,560
So today,
666
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,000
I wish to formally ask you both
667
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,040
for Shen Zhili's hand in marriage.
668
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,200
You...
669
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,280
Anian, why are you proposing so suddenly?
670
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,480
The two of you are brother and sister.
671
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,560
But we are not related by blood.
672
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:44,640
I call you Father and Mother
673
00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:46,560
because you both raised me.
674
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:48,920
The court is full of rumors now,
675
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,320
yet the Privy Council alone remains quiet.
676
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,360
That is because its veteran generals
677
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,360
once served under my father.
678
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:56,880
If Zhili marries me,
679
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,720
they will surely speak up
for the Shen family.
680
00:38:58,800 --> 00:38:59,840
Then no one will dare
681
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,040
slander Zhili or the Shen family's name.
682
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:02,960
Anian.
683
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,600
We understand and appreciate your
sincerity.
684
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,720
But this concerns your entire life.
685
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,560
How can you make such a hasty decision
686
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,000
just because the Shen family is in
trouble?
687
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,760
His Majesty sent Director Meng today
688
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,840
precisely to show the entire realm
689
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,560
that he stands with the Shen family.
690
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,360
The criticism outside will soon die down.
691
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:23,840
Good child.
692
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:25,920
Marriage is a serious matter.
693
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,280
You must never wrong yourself for our
sake.
694
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,240
You should marry someone you truly love.
695
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:31,160
Get up.
696
00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:32,240
Come, get up.
697
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:36,960
Father.
698
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:39,440
I have loved Zhili for a long time.
699
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,000
In my heart, Zhili
700
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:43,920
is more precious than any treasure.
701
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,080
I cannot bear anyone speaking ill of her.
702
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:49,040
I am establishing my own household
703
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:50,760
because I want to give her the very best.
704
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:52,240
I know
705
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,040
this is still not enough to prove my
sincerity.
706
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,640
So I am willing to accept
707
00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,240
any test Father and Mother set for me.
708
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:06,560
Anian.
709
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:09,920
I have watched you grow up.
710
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,920
You have always been brave and
disciplined.
711
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:15,320
Though you are young,
712
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:17,240
you have always been
713
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,160
steady in word and deed.
714
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:25,880
However,
715
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:28,040
as for Zhili's marriage,
716
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:30,800
we will never force her.
717
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:32,560
Zhili herself
718
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:34,600
will make the decision.
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