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The Scholar and the Emperor

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Jinxia Pass is a vital strategic point.

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If we lose it,

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Beijian's iron cavalry
can sweep straight in.

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As long as we stand, the pass stands.

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We cannot lose it.

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Report!

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Urgent report!

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Beijian's army has attacked Jinxia Pass.

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Beijian truly has wolfish ambitions.

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They changed their main
attack at the last second.

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General Di,

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we have only a handful of
troops left at Jinxia Pass.

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His Majesty is camped a hundred li away.

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Light the beacon.

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Within two hours at the latest,

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reinforcements will arrive.

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We are badly outnumbered by Beijian.

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I fear we cannot hold for two hours.

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They outnumber us.

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Our only defense is to attack.

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Pass my order.

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Light the beacon fires.

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Follow me into battle.

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Yes.

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The beacon is lit. Something's
wrong at Jinxia Pass.

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-Saddle the horses.
-Yes.

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Today,

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we will break through Jinxia Pass.

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Not a chance.

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-Kill!
-Kill!

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Huo An!

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Zhili.

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Happy birthday.

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You're another year older.

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And now I'm taller than you.

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From now on, I can always protect you.

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And one more thing.

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Stop calling me little brother.

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All right?

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Zhili.

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Happy birthday.

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You asked me what I wished for.

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I wanted to say...

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Ever since I entered the Shen household,

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my wish has never changed.

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I want to tell you

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that I like you.

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I truly do.

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Anian.

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Wait for me.

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I have so much I want to tell you.

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I found this while searching
a valley outside the capital.

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They say carrying it

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brings good luck.

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You need the luck more than I do.

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Zhili.

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Will you marry me?

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About my past...

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you truly don't care?

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I don't.

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But do you know the knot in my heart

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cannot be undone by saying you don't care?

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Zhili,

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do you like me even a little now?

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You said

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this peachwood brings good luck.

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It can keep people safe.

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I want you to come back safely.

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Anian.

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Soldiers of Daning!

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Not one step back!

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Anian!

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-Anian!
-Anian!

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Anian!

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Your Majesty.

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I...

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have fulfilled my mission.

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All soldiers, hear my command!

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Slaughter every Beijian dog!

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Send them to the grave
with our fallen men!

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Report! A great victory!

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Di Nian and Beijian's First Prince

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both died at Jinxia Pass.

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At last, the day has come.

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He's dead.

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Good.

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Anian.

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Anian.

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Princess.

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I kept my promise to you.

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Zhongwan lost not a single soldier,

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yet took the realm with ease.

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Yin Qing.

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You worked beside Anian for three years.

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How can you still smile?

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Have you even thought about

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what Zhili must be feeling right now?

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I've told you.

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I am Shangguan Zhao,

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not Yin Qing.

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Fine.

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Then let all of this

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end as soon as possible.

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Madam, a letter from Qingzhou.

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Anian.

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Anian.

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Anian.

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Beijian's First Prince's head.

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I've brought it to you.

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Thank you, Daning, for
ridding me of Beijian royalty.

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Today, by order of Zhongwan's
Empress Murong Yao,

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I've come for your head.

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Shangguan Zhao.

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If I could once give you a way to live,

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I can also send you to your death.

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Shangguan Zhao.

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Anian's blood debt

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must be repaid in blood.

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All soldiers, hear my command!

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Stop!

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I, Murong Yao,

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as the last blood of
Zhongwan's royal house,

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command every soldier of Zhongwan

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to lay down your weapons.

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Princess, you cannot!

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Yin Qing.

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Your obsession is restoring the kingdom.

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Mine

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is giving Zhongwan's people peaceful lives

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so they never have to
wander homeless again.

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Soldiers of Zhongwan,

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if war begins today,

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Zhongwan will bear the first blow.

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Every neighboring state will
seize the chance to fight.

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Do you truly want to restore Zhongwan,

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or destroy the entire realm?

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Ying Gua.

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Your father killed my father and mother

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and destroyed my homeland.

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I should hate you to the bone.

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And yet, in the end,

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I cannot even bring myself to resent you.

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Because I know

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you also cannot bear to
see the people suffer.

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In your own way,

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you are trying to end the
hatred between our nations.

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Can there ever be a
clean slate between us?

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You cannot even bring yourself to stab me.

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How am I supposed to believe you?

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I know how hard this has been for you.

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But rest assured.

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Whatever choice you make,

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I will stand by you.

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Beijian raids Xigu Pass in three days.

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Their arrows will be poisoned.

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One scratch

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will be fatal.

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I never doubted you.

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In Daning's household registers,

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there will no longer
be Daning and Zhongwan.

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This realm

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belongs to all its people.

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Here is the new Zhongwan policy.

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Hereditary slave status is abolished.

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From this day forward,

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they will be freed from slavery,

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given farmland,

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and allowed to serve
in office or the army.

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This is Zhongwan's
people's true way forward.

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Sir.

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The survivors have been pardoned.

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From now on, there is
no Zhongwan slave camp.

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Princess.

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Daning is deceitful. It cannot be trusted.

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When Daning's iron cavalry

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stormed Zhongwan's royal capital,

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did they show us even a shred of mercy?

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From this day forward...

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Your Majesty.

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I swear upon my imperial blood:

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in the household registers,

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there shall be only people of Daning,

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never Zhongwan or Daning apart.

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If I break this oath,

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may the mountains and rivers forsake me.

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Meng Tinghui.

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I promise you here and now:

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all Zhongwan lands of old

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shall be yours.

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Zhongwan

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shall stand as a realm within the realm.

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Princess.

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Ying Gua only wants a rightful
claim to you and Zhongwan.

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What I offer you is the entire realm.

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I will make you

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the first woman Emperor in history.

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Ying Gua.

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The lands Zhongwan lost,

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I will reclaim by the sword.

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I do not need your charity.

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Soldiers of Zhongwan, hear my command!

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Kill every Daning dog!

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Reclaim our homeland!

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Sir.

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Stop clinging to this madness.

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Yin Qing.

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Give it up.

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I have waited all these years

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and plotted my entire life.

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Even if I am the last
Zhongwan man alive today,

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I will never give up.

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Meng Tinghui.

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Princess.

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Since you want to return
to Daning so badly,

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I'll grant your wish.

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-Shangguan Zhao!
-Princess!

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Sir!

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My lord.

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You've already killed
Daning's greatest criminal.

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Go back to Daning.

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-Loose!
-No!

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Sir!

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Forget Shangguan Zhao.

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Remember Yin Qing.

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My lord.

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I can see...

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a rainbow.

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Lord Meng.

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Are you the one...?

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I'm Yin Qing.

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From all my years roaming the jianghu,

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traveling across mountains and rivers,

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and reading countless books,

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I can tell it's because you two

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were born beautiful.

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What office was I just promoted to again?

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-Deputy Director Yin.
-Deputy Director Yin.

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No matter how fierce the
storms of this world,

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one day they will pass.

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Yin Qing.

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Thank you.

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My lord.

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As long as Yin Qing lives,

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I will keep you safe.

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Brother Shangguan!

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Brother Shangguan!

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Brother Shangguan!

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Brother Shangguan!

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Don't go!

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Don't!

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Sir.

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I've come to join you.

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Situ Xue.

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Mengmeng.

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Mengmeng, you're awake.

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Are you hungry? Do you
want something to eat?

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Some water?

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Here.

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You're finally back.

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I thought I'd never see you again.

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The war is over.

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Now we can finally be together in peace.

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I still want to see you

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open Bofeng House all across the realm.

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Daning's soldiers respect
and honor you now.

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No one will ever question
who you are again.

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Zhishu and I have made up too.

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I think

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this is the best ending we could hope for.

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Young Lord Shen is utterly devoted to you.

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Knowing you have such
a good man beside you,

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puts my heart at ease.

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And what about you?

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You and His Majesty...

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Fuzhi.

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I don't know why,

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but lately I keep thinking about

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that old tree at Shazhou Women's Academy.

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And I keep craving apricot-skin cakes.

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Then I'll make some for you right now.

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What's wrong?

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This is a military camp.

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Where will you find ingredients?

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00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,480
If you want something,

286
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:21,600
Even if I must pluck down stars,

287
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:22,680
I'll get it for you.

288
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:23,600
Wait for me.

289
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:25,360
I will.

290
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,480
Look at this batch...

291
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:40,120
Mengmeng?

292
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:07,560
To His Majesty.

293
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,000
The realm was your betrothal gift,

294
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,400
as you promised.

295
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,600
To offer the rest of my life to this realm

296
00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,120
is my duty as your subject

297
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,280
and the heart of the one who loves you.

298
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:21,400
This game is over.

299
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,040
To withdraw when the work is done

300
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,440
is how neither of us fails the other.

301
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:28,960
I worry only for Zhili and Fuzhi.

302
00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:31,920
Zhili has lost Anian

303
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,600
and is broken with grief.

304
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,000
Fuzhi burns as fiercely as fire

305
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:37,600
and can easily burn herself.

306
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,600
I ask you and Zhishu

307
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,840
to keep them safe and
peaceful all their lives.

308
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:44,720
This is

309
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,680
my final selfish request.

310
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,000
I take my weariness with me

311
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:52,440
and leave behind endless clear skies.

312
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:53,840
This is my way of setting us both free.

313
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,840
May you rule all beneath Heaven with care,

314
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:58,480
guard these mountains and rivers,

315
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,080
and be remembered as a wise Emperor.

316
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:02,720
And may I always remain

317
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,440
the Meng Tinghui of the
Office of Public Inquiry,

318
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,960
who debated statecraft
with you by lamplight.

319
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:11,320
May every night you read memorials,

320
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,720
the candle beside your desk burn warm.

321
00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,520
(Three years later)

322
00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:58,520
Di An!

323
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,040
Di An!

324
00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:10,280
Mother!

325
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:13,960
Di An.

326
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,560
No fooling around before His Majesty.

327
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,520
Mother.

328
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,400
I'm better than Father.

329
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,520
Then you must first train hard.

330
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,160
Mother,

331
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,920
why did you like Father?

332
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,080
Zhili.

333
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,480
It wasn't just liking him.

334
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:16,240
I loved him.

335
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,480
I only realized it too late.

336
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:22,640
Di An!

337
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:26,840
Uncle!

338
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:37,880
Good boy. I'll take you
to the training grounds

339
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,480
where your father used to practice.

340
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,760
Uncle, I'm going to be a great general.

341
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:50,720
I'll protect Mother

342
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:51,920
and protect His Majesty.

343
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:08,320
-Good.
-Good.

344
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,800
Good.

345
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:12,840
Manager Yan.

346
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:14,840
With His Majesty's
"Imperial Merchant" plaque,

347
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:15,760
we lead the capital

348
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,600
among its seventy-two merchant houses.

349
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,080
This is only the beginning.

350
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,760
I want Bofeng House branches

351
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:22,800
all across Daning.

352
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,040
I'm heading to Xuzhou and Bianzhou

353
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:26,080
to look at new locations.

354
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,040
I'll leave the capital's twelve branches

355
00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:29,240
in all your hands.

356
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:31,000
-Yes.
-Yes.

357
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:32,080
Manager Yan!

358
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:33,800
Manager Yan!

359
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,120
Wonderful news!

360
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,440
Young Lord Shen has won
another great victory.

361
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,080
He's about to be promoted and ennobled.

362
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:40,600
With such good fortune,

363
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,320
why are you still fussing
over new branches?

364
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,040
Precisely because they're all high above,

365
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,160
I need to lay the road on the ground

366
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,600
even farther ahead.

367
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:52,200
Let's go.

368
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,600
-Safe travels, Proprietor!
-Safe travels, Proprietor!

369
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,320
Have a safe journey, Proprietor!

370
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,240
-Congratulations!
-Congratulations!

371
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:05,280
Safe travels!

372
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,840
With a wise ruler's grace above,

373
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,360
-With a wise ruler's grace above,
-With a wise ruler's grace above,

374
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,880
and worthy ministers serve below,

375
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,480
-and worthy ministers serve below,
-and worthy ministers serve below,

376
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,320
only then can we govern the realm,

377
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,920
-only then can we govern the realm,
-only then can we govern the realm,

378
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,560
nurture the people,

379
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,800
-nurture the people,
-nurture the people,

380
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,240
and secure lasting peace.

381
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,320
-and secure lasting peace.
-and secure lasting peace.

382
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,760
If my life can serve the people,

383
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,280
I shall not spare myself.

384
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,880
You impersonated Situ Xue
and deceived the people.

385
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,200
You hid military weapons
and plotted rebellion.

386
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,560
By law, you should be exiled.

387
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,160
What makes you think I'm an impostor?

388
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,600
You're selfish and self-serving,

389
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:54,920
and every word from you is a lie.

390
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,640
Once exposed, you twist your words,

391
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,160
and play innocent and pitiful at will.

392
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,760
You're cunning, deceitful, and two-faced.

393
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,480
How do I know you're not lying to me?

394
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,760
You certainly remember me well.

395
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:28,840
We meet again,

396
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:30,920
Miss Meng.

397
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:36,760
With all your power,

398
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:38,960
why not wipe out Black
Tiger Hall and Ding Chong?

399
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:40,880
Why keep making life hard
for a helpless woman?

400
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:42,520
What skill is there in that?

401
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,160
You dared deceive me?

402
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,560
Then you're courting death.

403
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,000
Since I brought you in,

404
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,560
I won't let anything happen to you.

405
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,680
A master like Young Master He

406
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,280
is afraid of a little snake?

407
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,440
At least buy me a meal first.

408
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:14,600
Miss Meng.

409
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:17,760
Until next time.

410
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:19,640
If fate allows,

411
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,720
we will meet again.

412
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,760
I think He Du of Shazhou

413
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,280
was more interesting

414
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:32,200
than the Emperor you are now.

415
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:36,560
Young Master He.

416
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,040
Warm broth in your stomach...

417
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,200
Does the lamb broth taste good?

418
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,600
It's good.

419
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:44,760
Very good.

420
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,840
These lamb noodles taste
just like Shazhou's.

421
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,240
Still spicy. Still fierce.

422
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:18,480
You truly

423
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,280
made your way to stand
before me, step by step.

424
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:31,880
Young man.

425
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,000
He Du.

426
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:36,760
Your Majesty.

427
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,560
For ten years, under different identities,

428
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:42,760
you have witnessed my life.

429
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,920
Why wait for snow to make a wish?

430
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,240
I grant wishes better than Heaven.

431
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,960
I wish Daning peace and prosperity.

432
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,120
And I hope next season,

433
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,320
old friends are still beside me.

434
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:05,840
When spring comes,

435
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,320
shall we release river lanterns together?

436
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:09,840
It's a promise.

437
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:17,760
Your Majesty.

438
00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:32,480
Meng Tinghui.

439
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:35,400
Let's get married.

440
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:58,800
It's been three years.

441
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,320
Daning has missed you.

442
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:03,560
The storms at court are not over yet.

443
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,920
Will you walk this road with me again?

444
00:36:08,644 --> 00:36:10,644
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