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Xiao Wuyi?

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Where did he hide the divorce papers?

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What were you and Mao doing just now?

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Archery match.

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Between you two?

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Why the archery match?

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So who emerged victorious?

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What do you think?

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Well...

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Who do you hope ended up winning?

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As the Commander of the Beifu Army,
you competed with Mao in archery.

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You must've won unfairly.

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Where is my hairband?

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W-What hairband?

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The hairband I gave you

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for you to cover your eyes
during the match!

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I threw it away.

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You threw it away?
Who allowed you to do it?

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Didn't Xiao Wuyi say
he had thrown it away?

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[Key to the Phoenix Heart]

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[Episode 14]

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Xiao Wuyi has gotten you
the travel permit.

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You only need to sign it.

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I wonder when I will be able
to come back here again.

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Actually, I quite like this place.

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[Palace of Eternal Peace]

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Brother, why do you want to keep them?

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Is it for

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that dancer named Chan?

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She does

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look somewhat

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like Jiayu.

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Take them
to the Directorate of Attendants.

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Understood.

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Brother,

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are you really willing

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to let Jiayu leave?

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Yaoyao loves freedom.

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Right now, I

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can't keep her.

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Wuyi also said that

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if I can bring peace and prosperity

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to Ye

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and turn the places Yaoyao loves

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into a paradise,

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that would also be a way of loving her.

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As long as I can seize the supreme power

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in this Jiankang Palace...

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she will definitely return to my side.

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[A few months later]

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[Beifu Army Barracks, Northern Border]

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How could I ever kill Xiuxiu?

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I grew up with her.

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I was waiting to save enough

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military pay to propose to her.

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[Guo Jiu, Beifu soldier]

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How could I possibly kill her?

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I can't control myself.

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I want to kill people.

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I want to hack people.

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I want to bite people!

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I've been consumed by a curse.

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Yes, a curse!

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This is a curse on the Beifu Army.

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Beifu shouldn't have reformed!

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God cast a curse.

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This is retribution!

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This is retribution!

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Including last night's incident,

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there have been 9 cases

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of soldiers going nuts and hurting people.

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Everyone says that

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this curse is aimed at the Beifu Reform.

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Nothing happens without a cause.

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Get Ruisheng over quickly.

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This is the cause of the disease.

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Stray dogs that eat this rice

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will end up this way.

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Berserk, out of control, and bloodthirsty.

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The onset time varies.

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Some fall ill right after consuming it.

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Others take 3 to 5 days.

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It's the rations allocated
by the imperial court from Guazhou.

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It's dark in color

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but not moldy.

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It looks like it was soaked in water.

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I once saw it in one

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of Jiayu's books about mining methods.

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Some people who drink water from the mines

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would fall into a coma
and become delirious.

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Long-term consumption

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would greatly affect one's lifespan.

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Although what's happening now is
not exactly the same,

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it's quite similar.

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But does Guazhou

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have any mines?

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No, I guess? I haven't heard of any.

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Guazhou.

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The Cui family.

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It's time to investigate the Cui family

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Empress Wenxi was born into.

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By the way.

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Your cure.

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Cure?

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Ruisheng, is everything going well
in the Northern Border?

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I heard winter is coming,
so remember to wrap up warm.

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My master and I improved
the steelmaking method recently

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and forged a new set
of medical needles for you.

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They should be thinner and tougher

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than those you usually use.

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I also made a mirror for Yuanji.

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It's not as good as a bronze one, though.

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My master is determined
to make caltrop fireballs.

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I plan to leave Jiankang
with him to look for ore.

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We'll go to Mount Tugao first,
and then head southwest.

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It's said to abound with bandits.

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It's a good chance
to test my lightness skill.

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She's messing around.

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How heartless.

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Do you think caltrop fireballs
really exist?

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[Outside of Lingfeng Fort, Guazhou]

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Could the things
recorded in these ancient texts

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just be made up?

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How could there be such a powerful ore?

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Once set aflame,
it can't be extinguished by water,

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blocking out the sun

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and leaving nothing alive.

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It definitely exists.

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Well...

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Please enjoy your meal.

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Thank you.

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If it didn't exist,

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why would the ancients record it in books?

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Would they just play a joke
on us later generations?

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Besides,

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as vast as the world is,

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how much of it have you actually seen?

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Speaking of which,

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I've traveled further and wider

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-than...
-Than

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my White ever has.

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Who is W-White?

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Woof, woof.

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Seriously,

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are you sure your mother is
in Lingfeng Fort?

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This is the fief of the Cuis,

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Empress Wenxi's maternal family.

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-You old wretch,
-Around here...

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do you want to die?

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Please don't.

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No monthly payment, no stall here!

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Hurry!

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In broad daylight...

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Take it out!

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I really don't have any.

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Madam, are you okay?

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I'm fine.

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You caused trouble again.

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Let's go! Run!

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Hey, what's wrong with me
fighting for justice?

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I don't want to do this either.

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I have no choice.

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You guys...

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Come on, smell it.

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Here, smell it.

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Let's go. Run quickly. Hurry!

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Who exactly are they after?

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Are they Northern Qin spies here
to catch you?

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Me?

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We agreed to go to Mount Tugao

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and only came here
after receiving your mother's letter.

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Who do you think they are after?

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Hurry! Let's go!

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Mother...

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My mother is in danger.

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Nanxing, hurry.

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Go find Xiao Wuyi immediately. Hurry.

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My Lady, I'm going then.

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Quickly!

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Let's go. We should run now. Hurry!

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[Cui Shi]

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I...

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Take them away.

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[Lingfeng Fort]

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Young Master.

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The Young Lady still refuses
to try on the wedding dress.

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[Cui Shao'an]

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You may leave.

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Foot.

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The other one.

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[Cui Lingyi]

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Do you really plan to stay
in the Cui family's place forever?

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This is Cui Mansion,

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my home.

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If you have a share,
I should have one as well.

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What do you mean?

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Do you insist on finding
a matrilocal husband?

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Cui Shao'an,

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all you want is to drive me

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out of the Cui Mansion,

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so you can hold sway
over the entire Cui family.

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Since childhood,

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be it studying or managing affairs,

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you're nowhere near as good as me.

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We are both Father's children.

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Why are you the Young Master?

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Lingyi,

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you are already going to marry Prince Qi.

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What else are you dissatisfied with?

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What's there about

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the Cui family that you're holding onto?

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There is nothing worth holding onto.

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I just don't want you

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to ruin the Cui family.

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Young Master.

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We have caught the person.

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Cui Shao'an, who did you catch this time?

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A beauty, of course.

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Cui Lingyi, the imperial edict
for your marriage has been issued.

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You have to leave
whether you want to or not.

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Where is she?

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She definitely hasn't
run out of Lingfeng Fort.

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I'll lead our men to search immediately.

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Go!

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Where did Yuan Xiaoliu go?

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Follow me out of the Fort!

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Search the entire Guazhou

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for her!

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Don't look so gloomy.

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Since you are already here,

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just settle down.

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In the future,

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you will all enjoy lives
of wealth and privileges.

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So be smart, all of you.

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Being chosen to serve the Young Master

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is your blessing.

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Cheer up, everyone!

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Stop pulling a long face!

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You'll be the one.

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So useless!

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Why did she faint from fright?

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It's said that those chosen
by the Young Master will suffer greatly.

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But working in the mines
in the back mountain is different.

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Lingfeng Fort provides food and clothes.

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And there's even a monthly allowance
to send to our families.

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Lingfeng Fort is indeed
running illegal private mines.

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Are all these girls
going to work in the mines?

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But why choose girls?

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Could Mother also be there?

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Why the long face?

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You'll be the one.

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Take the rest of them to the workshop.

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Young Master,

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she's the prettiest
among this batch of girls.

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I was just about to take her to your room.

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Turn your head this way.

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She is not much to look at,

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but I'll take her.

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Take her to my room.

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Understood.

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I'm Yang Zhang, the County Sheriff.
Greetings, Your Highness.

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[Hall of the County Sheriff's Mansion,
Guazhou]

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What brings you to Guazhou, Your Highness?

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Is it official business?

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Weird illnesses have been breaking out
across Guazhou,

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yet you didn't report
to the Imperial Medical Bureau.

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Instead, you murdered witnesses
and destroyed corpses.

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[Yang Zhang, Guazhou County Sheriff]

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Yang Zhang,

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if I were on official business here,

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you would've already been executed.

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I have no idea.

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I really don't know.

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How long are you going to keep covering
for the Cuis?

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I really have no idea!

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I'm only making a guess.

277
00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:34,850
The Cui family is
Empress Wenxi's maternal family,

278
00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:36,420
the top noble family in Ye,

279
00:15:36,570 --> 00:15:37,660
with deep roots.

280
00:15:38,090 --> 00:15:40,940
I'm merely a lowly County Sheriff.

281
00:15:41,610 --> 00:15:43,470
Where did the disease originate?

282
00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:45,920
Lingfeng Fort.

283
00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:50,900
The Cui family's granary is
located right in Lingfeng Fort.

284
00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:53,330
The mines are also in Lingfeng Fort.

285
00:15:56,140 --> 00:15:59,340
Since the Cui family is
Empress Wenxi's maternal family,

286
00:15:59,970 --> 00:16:01,610
when you took me to flee back then,

287
00:16:01,610 --> 00:16:03,540
why did you seek help from the Xiaos

288
00:16:03,570 --> 00:16:05,300
instead of turning to the Cuis?

289
00:16:05,810 --> 00:16:08,090
Why have you even hidden my existence

290
00:16:08,970 --> 00:16:10,610
from the Cui family over these years?

291
00:16:10,610 --> 00:16:12,470
Empress Wenxi was forced into it.

292
00:16:13,060 --> 00:16:14,970
She had just given birth

293
00:16:15,610 --> 00:16:17,740
when she heard of His Majesty's death.

294
00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:20,090
But she didn't intend
to give up the Capital.

295
00:16:20,090 --> 00:16:21,150
The noble families

296
00:16:22,090 --> 00:16:24,290
deliberately delayed sending troops.

297
00:16:24,420 --> 00:16:26,450
When the army reached the city gates,

298
00:16:26,450 --> 00:16:28,510
Cui Jun submitted a secret memorial,

299
00:16:29,490 --> 00:16:32,410
hoping that the Empress would
sacrifice her own family

300
00:16:32,410 --> 00:16:33,660
for the bigger picture.

301
00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:34,860
What bigger picture?

302
00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:36,990
To win over the noble families,

303
00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:38,900
she had to dispatch
the remaining Imperial Guards

304
00:16:38,900 --> 00:16:41,180
to escort these noble families
as they fled south.

305
00:16:41,180 --> 00:16:42,710
The Empress was left alone,

306
00:16:43,210 --> 00:16:44,670
with His Majesty's child,

307
00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:46,940
defending the Capital by herself.

308
00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:49,060
The nobles abandoned the Empress

309
00:16:49,060 --> 00:16:50,570
to save the Ye Empire.

310
00:16:50,570 --> 00:16:51,380
From then on,

311
00:16:51,810 --> 00:16:54,660
the Cui family rose to become
the head of the noble families.

312
00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:56,300
Your mother, Empress Wenxi,

313
00:16:56,730 --> 00:16:57,780
died at that time.

314
00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:01,020
Qing Long,

315
00:17:02,090 --> 00:17:04,339
report the news about Guazhou
to Jiankang immediately

316
00:17:04,339 --> 00:17:05,819
and send a secret letter
to the Eastern Palace—

317
00:17:05,819 --> 00:17:07,099
the Cui family is suspicious,

318
00:17:07,099 --> 00:17:08,250
and the marriage needs to be reconsidered.

319
00:17:08,250 --> 00:17:09,619
Find an excuse to put it off.

320
00:17:09,619 --> 00:17:10,349
Understood.

321
00:17:13,050 --> 00:17:13,690
Nanxing?

322
00:17:15,380 --> 00:17:16,240
Your Highness,

323
00:17:16,490 --> 00:17:18,020
please save our Young Lady.

324
00:17:18,099 --> 00:17:19,859
The Cui family tricked her
into coming here

325
00:17:19,859 --> 00:17:20,859
and caught her.

326
00:17:20,859 --> 00:17:22,970
Weren't she and Yuan Xiaoliu
supposed to go to Mount Tugao?

327
00:17:22,970 --> 00:17:24,010
Why did they end up in Guazhou?

328
00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:25,530
That was the original plan.

329
00:17:25,530 --> 00:17:27,490
But Her Ladyship
received a letter from the Princess.

330
00:17:27,490 --> 00:17:28,240
The Princess said

331
00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,210
there were black-radiance ores here
that she once looked for

332
00:17:30,210 --> 00:17:31,730
and invited her to take a look.

333
00:17:31,730 --> 00:17:33,140
Yet she fell into a trap

334
00:17:33,140 --> 00:17:34,340
after arriving here.

335
00:17:34,580 --> 00:17:36,420
What did the Cuis capture Xie Jiayu for?

336
00:17:36,420 --> 00:17:38,350
The Cuis not only run illegal mines

337
00:17:38,420 --> 00:17:40,580
but also kidnapped
the Princess and Xie Jiayu.

338
00:17:40,580 --> 00:17:41,900
They must be up to something else.

339
00:17:41,900 --> 00:17:43,290
You two get ready and follow me

340
00:17:43,290 --> 00:17:44,580
into Lingfeng Fortress right away.

341
00:17:44,580 --> 00:17:46,580
Your Highness, you must be careful.

342
00:17:46,770 --> 00:17:48,450
The nobles' forts are
always heavily guarded.

343
00:17:48,450 --> 00:17:49,450
How will we get in?

344
00:17:52,210 --> 00:17:53,690
We'll walk in aboveboard.

345
00:17:59,180 --> 00:18:00,180
What's your name?

346
00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:01,450
My name is...

347
00:18:01,450 --> 00:18:02,050
Forget it.

348
00:18:02,380 --> 00:18:04,050
It doesn't matter
what your name used to be.

349
00:18:04,050 --> 00:18:04,940
From today on,

350
00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:05,980
you'll be called

351
00:18:06,490 --> 00:18:07,090
Yueniang.

352
00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:10,100
Singing, dancing, or whatever—

353
00:18:10,100 --> 00:18:11,430
just show me something.

354
00:18:11,970 --> 00:18:12,900
I don't know how.

355
00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:14,490
I've always hated
composing poetry or couplets

356
00:18:14,490 --> 00:18:15,540
just to put on airs.

357
00:18:15,540 --> 00:18:18,490
And I abhor
"Admonitions for Women" even more.

358
00:18:23,050 --> 00:18:23,860
How about...

359
00:18:25,210 --> 00:18:26,610
I do a magic trick for you?

360
00:18:39,250 --> 00:18:40,860
I've never seen any woman,

361
00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,660
no, anyone,

362
00:18:44,730 --> 00:18:47,100
solve the Nine-Linked Rings
faster than you.

363
00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:48,210
It's nothing.

364
00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:49,210
I know a lot more.

365
00:18:49,210 --> 00:18:50,940
If you have anything else
you want me to solve,

366
00:18:50,940 --> 00:18:51,870
just bring it on.

367
00:18:52,100 --> 00:18:54,620
You're so much better
than those noble ladies.

368
00:18:54,620 --> 00:18:56,420
When I send you to the imperial palace,

369
00:18:56,420 --> 00:18:58,010
you can compete with my sister.

370
00:18:58,010 --> 00:19:00,210
Hold on, hold on... The imperial palace?

371
00:19:00,210 --> 00:19:01,820
You want me to go to the imperial palace
with your sister?

372
00:19:01,820 --> 00:19:03,420
Aren't you hurting her this way?

373
00:19:03,420 --> 00:19:05,730
It's her own fault
for always going against me.

374
00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:07,730
She has to meddle in everything I do.

375
00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:09,620
It's nice to have someone
care about what you do.

376
00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:11,100
Unlike me, no one keeps me in check.

377
00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:13,660
I have suffered so much in my life.

378
00:19:15,140 --> 00:19:16,450
Given your status,

379
00:19:16,820 --> 00:19:18,680
who would dare to make you suffer?

380
00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:20,530
Pardon?

381
00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:22,720
Do you know, in these troubled times,

382
00:19:23,290 --> 00:19:25,290
how much money it costs to maintain

383
00:19:25,490 --> 00:19:27,620
such beautiful black hair like yours?

384
00:19:27,970 --> 00:19:31,010
It symbolizes a life of abundance
only someone who's never

385
00:19:31,010 --> 00:19:33,270
suffered from cold or hunger could live.

386
00:19:33,770 --> 00:19:36,100
You're a girl raised in wealth and luxury.

387
00:19:36,140 --> 00:19:39,210
Yet our Lingfeng Fortress
only takes in refugee girls,

388
00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:43,580
who know nothing about singing,
dancing, or Nine-Linked Rings.

389
00:19:43,580 --> 00:19:45,140
They can't even afford food.

390
00:19:45,140 --> 00:19:46,860
Someone as versatile

391
00:19:47,010 --> 00:19:48,620
and healthy as you

392
00:19:49,290 --> 00:19:50,820
is the first we've ever had.

393
00:19:54,820 --> 00:19:55,420
Tell me.

394
00:19:56,580 --> 00:19:57,290
Who are you?

395
00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:58,050
I...

396
00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:00,140
I'm indeed not a refugee.

397
00:20:00,580 --> 00:20:01,370
I am...

398
00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:03,620
C-Come closer.

399
00:20:09,140 --> 00:20:10,490
I am the envoy from the Eastern Palace,

400
00:20:10,490 --> 00:20:11,900
Da, the Right Imperial Guard.

401
00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:13,760
Greetings, Prince Qi's Consort.

402
00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:15,230
I'm not married yet.

403
00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:16,940
You can just call me Lady Cui.

404
00:20:17,290 --> 00:20:18,010
Lady Cui,

405
00:20:18,490 --> 00:20:19,290
these are

406
00:20:19,290 --> 00:20:20,890
all gifts from His Highness.

407
00:20:21,210 --> 00:20:22,810
Hope they are to your liking.

408
00:20:55,860 --> 00:20:57,210
There's no trace of Lady Xie.

409
00:20:57,210 --> 00:20:58,100
I haven't found her either,

410
00:20:58,100 --> 00:20:59,700
nor have I found the dungeon.

411
00:21:01,690 --> 00:21:03,180
The new concubine the Young Master took

412
00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:04,380
is way too demanding.

413
00:21:04,820 --> 00:21:06,180
She even asked us to split a bamboo

414
00:21:06,180 --> 00:21:07,510
into 100 bamboo strips.

415
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,760
She's clearly just torturing us.

416
00:21:10,140 --> 00:21:11,400
What water filtering?

417
00:21:11,450 --> 00:21:13,910
I think she's just fooling
the Young Master.

418
00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:19,430
You continue to investigate
the defenses in Lingfeng Fort.

419
00:21:22,050 --> 00:21:23,910
Here are the things you asked for.

420
00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:26,780
Where should we put them?

421
00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:33,380
Just put them anywhere here.

422
00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:56,500
You...

423
00:21:58,250 --> 00:21:58,900
It's me.

424
00:22:01,020 --> 00:22:02,180
I know it's you.

425
00:22:03,900 --> 00:22:05,730
How did you know I came to Lingfeng Fort?

426
00:22:05,730 --> 00:22:08,330
The Eastern Palace's envoy,
Da, who can speak.

427
00:22:08,490 --> 00:22:10,020
Who else could it be but you?

428
00:22:10,620 --> 00:22:11,580
But I didn't expect

429
00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:12,780
you to be here so soon.

430
00:22:13,170 --> 00:22:14,520
It should take at least 6 or 7 days

431
00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:15,870
to get here from Beifu, right?

432
00:22:15,870 --> 00:22:17,250
A strange disease broke out in Beifu,

433
00:22:17,250 --> 00:22:18,660
and it's related to Guazhou.

434
00:22:18,660 --> 00:22:19,820
I ran into Nanxing

435
00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:20,950
on my first day here.

436
00:22:21,380 --> 00:22:23,180
She said you asked her to find me.

437
00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:24,940
I'm really lucky.

438
00:22:26,380 --> 00:22:27,290
You're already locked up here.

439
00:22:27,290 --> 00:22:28,950
How can you call that "lucky"?

440
00:22:29,010 --> 00:22:29,490
I...

441
00:22:43,140 --> 00:22:45,270
How did you manage to fool Cui Shao'an?

442
00:22:45,690 --> 00:22:46,690
Actually,

443
00:22:46,820 --> 00:22:48,580
I didn't succeed at first.

444
00:22:52,620 --> 00:22:54,420
Since you've found out about it,

445
00:22:54,690 --> 00:22:56,290
I'll just be honest with you.

446
00:22:57,730 --> 00:22:59,180
Have you ever heard about

447
00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:02,730
the position of Tomb-excavating General
established by Cao Bao?

448
00:23:02,730 --> 00:23:05,380
We are all descendants
of the Tomb Raiders.

449
00:23:09,050 --> 00:23:10,980
I am the 6th-generation successor

450
00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:12,580
of Tomb Raiders.

451
00:23:14,820 --> 00:23:16,020
You don't believe me?

452
00:23:16,050 --> 00:23:17,770
You wouldn't want us to "visit"

453
00:23:17,770 --> 00:23:19,650
the Cui family's graves, would you?

454
00:23:19,650 --> 00:23:20,850
Your grandfather's,

455
00:23:21,140 --> 00:23:22,010
your father's,

456
00:23:23,180 --> 00:23:24,430
or yours?

457
00:23:25,690 --> 00:23:26,290
You know what?

458
00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:27,420
We Tomb Raiders

459
00:23:27,420 --> 00:23:28,150
have nothing

460
00:23:28,250 --> 00:23:29,100
but patience.

461
00:23:29,380 --> 00:23:31,180
I can wait for a few decades,

462
00:23:31,290 --> 00:23:31,900
you know,

463
00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:33,530
and I'll dig up
your entire family's tombs.

464
00:23:33,530 --> 00:23:34,820
-All of them...
-Enough.

465
00:23:34,820 --> 00:23:35,550
Little girl,

466
00:23:36,530 --> 00:23:37,860
do you think I'm stupid?

467
00:23:41,290 --> 00:23:42,340
F-Fine, alright.

468
00:23:43,770 --> 00:23:44,490
I admit that

469
00:23:45,010 --> 00:23:47,490
I saw your family
running illegal private mines.

470
00:23:47,490 --> 00:23:48,970
But I know the rules of the trade.

471
00:23:48,970 --> 00:23:50,180
I won't say a single word

472
00:23:50,180 --> 00:23:51,910
about what I shouldn't reveal.

473
00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:54,140
But we tomb raiders

474
00:23:54,180 --> 00:23:55,180
want a share of what we see,

475
00:23:55,180 --> 00:23:55,730
you know?

476
00:23:57,290 --> 00:23:59,020
Why do you still not believe me?

477
00:23:59,050 --> 00:23:59,530
I...

478
00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:02,620
Has anyone fainted

479
00:24:02,770 --> 00:24:04,940
or become berserk or manic all of a sudden

480
00:24:04,940 --> 00:24:07,010
in your family's mines recently?

481
00:24:16,770 --> 00:24:18,170
How did you know about it?

482
00:24:18,860 --> 00:24:20,250
I know a lot.

483
00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:22,430
It's because of the water.

484
00:24:26,620 --> 00:24:27,880
Do you want to solve it?

485
00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:31,250
I can help you.

486
00:24:31,820 --> 00:24:33,020
And the "concubine"?

487
00:24:33,690 --> 00:24:34,750
What's that about?

488
00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:38,170
It's nothing but an excuse.

489
00:24:38,420 --> 00:24:40,420
I promised to help him filter water.

490
00:24:40,490 --> 00:24:42,890
So I could stall
until you came here, right?

491
00:24:43,820 --> 00:24:44,620
Did you

492
00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:46,580
send Nanxing to find me?

493
00:24:46,770 --> 00:24:48,500
Didn't I already tell you that?

494
00:24:49,490 --> 00:24:50,340
Why?

495
00:24:50,860 --> 00:24:53,190
This place is clearly closer to Jiankang.

496
00:24:53,690 --> 00:24:55,900
Because you can use martial arts.

497
00:25:04,820 --> 00:25:05,970
What's wrong, Xiao Wuyi?

498
00:25:05,970 --> 00:25:07,500
It's debilitating powder.

499
00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:11,620
Xiao Wuyi, stop joking around.

500
00:25:11,620 --> 00:25:12,750
If you're affected,

501
00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:14,660
why am I... Why am I perfectly fine?

502
00:25:14,660 --> 00:25:16,190
You can't use martial arts,

503
00:25:16,210 --> 00:25:18,270
so of course you don't feel anything.

504
00:25:18,290 --> 00:25:19,290
Just as expected,

505
00:25:20,730 --> 00:25:21,860
you know each other.

506
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:27,530
Do you really think I believed

507
00:25:27,530 --> 00:25:29,190
all that nonsense you told me?

508
00:25:29,210 --> 00:25:30,340
I just wanted to see

509
00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:33,100
what tricks you were going to play.

510
00:25:33,860 --> 00:25:35,100
But I have to admit that

511
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:37,500
I was indeed interested
in the water filter

512
00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:40,050
you talked about.

513
00:25:40,050 --> 00:25:41,290
I swear I didn't lie to you about that.

514
00:25:41,290 --> 00:25:43,010
-I can really make the filter...
-Hold on.

515
00:25:43,010 --> 00:25:43,820
One at a time.

516
00:25:44,010 --> 00:25:45,250
Let's start with this one.

517
00:25:45,250 --> 00:25:47,660
Impersonating an envoy
from the Eastern Palace,

518
00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:49,050
you must have an extraordinary identity.

519
00:25:49,050 --> 00:25:51,100
How should I address you?

520
00:25:52,860 --> 00:25:53,660
Xiao Wuyi.

521
00:25:55,580 --> 00:25:57,040
I've heard a lot about you.

522
00:25:59,690 --> 00:26:00,290
Oh, no.

523
00:26:00,730 --> 00:26:02,460
This is bad. This is really bad.

524
00:26:03,690 --> 00:26:05,750
Even the Beifu Army has been alerted.

525
00:26:06,010 --> 00:26:06,470
Well...

526
00:26:06,970 --> 00:26:07,970
Then wouldn't the secret

527
00:26:07,970 --> 00:26:09,770
about Lingfeng Fort be exposed?

528
00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:14,230
So there's no other way.

529
00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:15,770
I can only silence you.

530
00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:16,970
I...

531
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:18,810
Take this!

532
00:26:26,340 --> 00:26:27,690
Why is he so talkative?

533
00:26:28,780 --> 00:26:30,350
That's why I sealed his mouth.

534
00:26:30,350 --> 00:26:32,010
He can't move his body either?

535
00:26:33,140 --> 00:26:34,800
I learned this from Ruisheng.

536
00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:37,100
I have sealed off all his meridians.

537
00:26:37,180 --> 00:26:38,710
Now, he's basically frozen

538
00:26:38,940 --> 00:26:41,070
except for his eyes being able to move.

539
00:26:41,210 --> 00:26:42,010
Awesome.

540
00:26:42,580 --> 00:26:44,690
How long have you learned it
from Ruisheng?

541
00:26:44,690 --> 00:26:46,350
This is my first time doing it.

542
00:26:47,250 --> 00:26:49,530
I only watched it once.

543
00:26:50,010 --> 00:26:51,670
If I inserted it incorrectly,

544
00:26:51,770 --> 00:26:53,030
he could be paralyzed.

545
00:26:55,820 --> 00:26:57,450
What now? I'm leaving.

546
00:26:57,580 --> 00:26:58,140
Hold on.

547
00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,380
Do you know
where the Lingfeng Fort's mines are?

548
00:27:00,380 --> 00:27:01,580
In the back mountain.

549
00:27:01,860 --> 00:27:03,010
But for some reason,

550
00:27:03,180 --> 00:27:05,450
all the miners
they recruit here are girls.

551
00:27:05,450 --> 00:27:08,250
Statistics of refugees everywhere
only count adult males.

552
00:27:08,250 --> 00:27:09,050
Girls

553
00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:12,230
can be very deceptive.

554
00:27:13,010 --> 00:27:13,970
Yeah.

555
00:27:14,490 --> 00:27:15,490
At worst, he'd only be known

556
00:27:15,490 --> 00:27:18,020
as a lecherous Young Master
of the Cui family.

557
00:27:19,580 --> 00:27:21,490
How long will this acupuncture last?

558
00:27:21,490 --> 00:27:22,050
No idea.

559
00:27:22,490 --> 00:27:23,940
But when Ruisheng did it,

560
00:27:24,140 --> 00:27:25,870
that chicken lay there all day.

561
00:27:26,510 --> 00:27:28,240
Then we'll leave it to his fate.

562
00:27:28,620 --> 00:27:29,150
Let's go.

563
00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:46,860
Are you okay?

564
00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:48,250
Who is holding up whom?

565
00:27:49,970 --> 00:27:51,420
My bad. I'll hold you up.

566
00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:52,420
Let's go.

567
00:27:52,940 --> 00:27:53,470
Let's go.

568
00:28:04,140 --> 00:28:05,070
Don't be afraid.

569
00:28:11,050 --> 00:28:12,450
Mining can cause deaths,

570
00:28:13,010 --> 00:28:15,210
but how could so many people end up dead?

571
00:28:15,730 --> 00:28:16,900
After the Beifu soldiers ate

572
00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:18,660
the rice soaked in the mine water,

573
00:28:18,660 --> 00:28:20,690
they instantly went mad, lost their minds,

574
00:28:20,690 --> 00:28:22,820
and wanted to hurt people like beasts.

575
00:28:24,050 --> 00:28:26,900
The mine water does make people
go mad and lose their minds,

576
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:29,290
but this is the first time
I've seen it lead to violence.

577
00:28:29,290 --> 00:28:31,690
This is no ordinary iron ore.

578
00:28:32,970 --> 00:28:35,030
Let's get out of Lingfeng Fort first.

579
00:28:38,010 --> 00:28:39,410
Let me help you. Let's go.

580
00:28:46,820 --> 00:28:48,690
Where are you going, General?

581
00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:50,180
Lady Cui?

582
00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:58,340
So she is Mao's future wife.

583
00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:03,420
Fly, come on.

584
00:29:03,690 --> 00:29:04,340
I'm ready.

585
00:29:04,340 --> 00:29:07,100
The drug hasn't worn off yet. I can't fly.

586
00:29:09,730 --> 00:29:12,660
You two, would you like to come back
with me for a chat?

587
00:29:19,940 --> 00:29:22,180
Brother, I think this robe is better.

588
00:29:22,490 --> 00:29:23,900
That one is a bit too ornate

589
00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:25,030
and lacks elegance.

590
00:29:25,970 --> 00:29:26,630
You decide.

591
00:29:27,010 --> 00:29:27,620
Brother,

592
00:29:28,050 --> 00:29:29,730
you usually like to wear

593
00:29:29,730 --> 00:29:30,970
light-colored clothes,

594
00:29:30,970 --> 00:29:33,530
but I think you look better in dark red.

595
00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:35,960
It gives you a more dignified air.

596
00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:37,240
Either is fine.

597
00:29:40,490 --> 00:29:43,940
Brother, my sister-in-law is
about to enter the imperial palace.

598
00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:45,400
You need to prepare early.

599
00:29:52,530 --> 00:29:53,210
Brother,

600
00:29:53,730 --> 00:29:55,730
I know you are unwilling to accept it,

601
00:29:55,730 --> 00:29:58,290
but if the marriage alliance goes wrong,

602
00:29:59,250 --> 00:30:00,660
it will backfire.

603
00:30:04,140 --> 00:30:05,820
I know you're worried about me.

604
00:30:05,820 --> 00:30:07,010
You don't need to worry.

605
00:30:07,010 --> 00:30:08,940
You should care about your own affairs.

606
00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:10,400
What about your marriage?

607
00:30:10,490 --> 00:30:11,180
Me?

608
00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:13,100
I won't marry anyone.

609
00:30:13,900 --> 00:30:15,630
I just want to stay by your side.

610
00:30:16,170 --> 00:30:17,050
Nonsense.

611
00:30:23,930 --> 00:30:25,260
-Master.
-Grand Tutor.

612
00:30:25,660 --> 00:30:26,520
Your Highness.

613
00:30:26,730 --> 00:30:27,600
You may leave.

614
00:30:28,820 --> 00:30:29,550
Understood.

615
00:30:34,690 --> 00:30:35,290
Master.

616
00:30:35,580 --> 00:30:38,510
Your Highness,
are you trying on the wedding attire?

617
00:30:39,060 --> 00:30:41,720
I'm tired these days.
I'll try it on another day.

618
00:30:42,010 --> 00:30:43,740
It doesn't matter if you don't.

619
00:30:47,380 --> 00:30:48,110
What's this?

620
00:30:51,490 --> 00:30:53,100
The Cui family runs
an illegal private mine,

621
00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:55,560
causing a strange disease
in the Beifu Army.

622
00:30:55,770 --> 00:30:58,100
Young Lord Xiao has submitted a memorial.

623
00:30:58,540 --> 00:31:00,690
County Sheriff Yang Zhang is the witness.

624
00:31:00,690 --> 00:31:02,010
There's solid evidence.

625
00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:03,580
The engagement with one of the Cuis

626
00:31:03,580 --> 00:31:07,180
is merely a means to prevent
the Princess's political marriage.

627
00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:13,620
A pawn is sometimes
like a piece of clothing.

628
00:31:13,690 --> 00:31:15,250
After it's used and worn,

629
00:31:15,860 --> 00:31:18,290
it should be thrown away.

630
00:31:22,690 --> 00:31:25,940
The Cui family will fall in a few days.

631
00:31:27,050 --> 00:31:29,420
But the Cui family is
the top noble family in Ye.

632
00:31:29,420 --> 00:31:30,550
That was in the past.

633
00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:33,620
I will never allow
another woman from the Cuis

634
00:31:33,620 --> 00:31:35,690
to become the future Empress of Ye.

635
00:31:39,140 --> 00:31:39,660
Fine.

636
00:31:40,290 --> 00:31:42,890
I will go seize and seal
the Cui Mansion myself.

637
00:31:43,970 --> 00:31:47,830
The Empress Dowager won't allow you
to mobilize the Imperial Guards.

638
00:31:58,100 --> 00:31:59,380
Your Highness,
you think this alone

639
00:31:59,380 --> 00:32:01,600
can make me mobilize
the troops of Prince Jing'an's Household

640
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,460
in the name of the Heir's Consort?

641
00:32:03,970 --> 00:32:04,540
Yes.

642
00:32:05,290 --> 00:32:06,940
Someone at the imperial court is already

643
00:32:06,940 --> 00:32:08,140
using the Beifu curse

644
00:32:08,140 --> 00:32:09,070
to impeach Wuyi.

645
00:32:09,580 --> 00:32:11,660
Not to mention that Wuyi has
entered Lingfeng Fort.

646
00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:13,660
This is a life-or-death situation.

647
00:32:14,660 --> 00:32:16,170
I can't command the Imperial Guards
as they're

648
00:32:16,170 --> 00:32:17,820
under the Empress Dowager's control.

649
00:32:17,820 --> 00:32:20,150
But tonight, I must seize the Cui Mansion.

650
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,140
But if you can't find evidence
of the Cui family's illegal private mines,

651
00:32:24,140 --> 00:32:26,420
you're dragging Prince Jing'an's Household
down with you.

652
00:32:26,420 --> 00:32:27,820
We can only take a gamble.

653
00:32:28,550 --> 00:32:30,350
Xiao Wuyi is also gambling on it.

654
00:32:32,180 --> 00:32:34,340
I can lend you the men.

655
00:32:40,620 --> 00:32:41,420
Brother Xiao.

656
00:32:42,290 --> 00:32:43,750
I dare not be addressed so.

657
00:32:44,380 --> 00:32:45,100
I believe

658
00:32:45,660 --> 00:32:47,320
Wuyi never misjudges anyone.

659
00:32:47,930 --> 00:32:49,660
Since he acknowledges you,
Your Highness, as Master,

660
00:32:49,660 --> 00:32:51,770
I believe you're of one mind with Wuyi

661
00:32:52,180 --> 00:32:53,310
and the Xiao family.

662
00:32:53,860 --> 00:32:54,820
You can borrow

663
00:32:56,180 --> 00:32:57,100
our troops.

664
00:32:59,620 --> 00:33:00,620
If I ever fail you,

665
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:01,770
I, Li Yizhi,

666
00:33:02,490 --> 00:33:04,420
will die without a terrible death.

667
00:33:09,250 --> 00:33:09,970
Today,

668
00:33:10,290 --> 00:33:12,580
with the token of the Heir's Consort,
I'm ordering you

669
00:33:12,580 --> 00:33:13,490
to follow Prince Qi

670
00:33:13,490 --> 00:33:15,420
and secretly seal
the Cui Mansion in Jiankang.

671
00:33:15,420 --> 00:33:18,350
You're all at the command
of His Highness, Prince Qi.

672
00:33:18,940 --> 00:33:20,540
-Understood!
-Understood!

673
00:33:35,050 --> 00:33:35,910
Your Highness.

674
00:33:37,340 --> 00:33:38,860
I'm giving this token to you.

675
00:33:38,860 --> 00:33:39,990
From this moment on,

676
00:33:40,250 --> 00:33:42,860
these troops are at your command.

677
00:33:49,650 --> 00:33:54,450
-We'll follow your orders, Your Highness!
-We'll follow your orders, Your Highness!

678
00:34:01,180 --> 00:34:01,770
Three.

679
00:34:02,490 --> 00:34:03,290
Master,

680
00:34:03,730 --> 00:34:04,730
as you expected,

681
00:34:05,380 --> 00:34:08,340
Prince Qi has obtained the troops
of Prince Jing'an's Household

682
00:34:08,340 --> 00:34:10,199
and is heading to the Cui Mansion.

683
00:34:13,820 --> 00:34:14,820
It seems that

684
00:34:15,489 --> 00:34:19,570
Jiankang will be in chaos again tonight.

685
00:34:21,420 --> 00:34:22,010
Master,

686
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,100
is it a bit too late to take out

687
00:34:24,420 --> 00:34:25,820
the betrothal gifts now?

688
00:34:26,449 --> 00:34:27,530
After tonight,

689
00:34:27,530 --> 00:34:30,739
the Cui family and Prince Qi
will surely be bitter enemies.

690
00:34:30,739 --> 00:34:33,130
These are betrothal gifts
prepared for Prince Qi.

691
00:34:33,130 --> 00:34:35,190
Who said they were for the Cui family?

692
00:34:37,650 --> 00:34:39,340
It has been 22 years.

693
00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:42,130
Cui Jun has hidden so deeply.

694
00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:46,900
Don't worry, they are all following.

695
00:34:49,610 --> 00:34:50,300
Brother,

696
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:54,260
we should have a death squad of our own.

697
00:34:57,970 --> 00:34:58,780
Brother!

698
00:34:59,220 --> 00:35:02,050
You must have a death squad of your own,

699
00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:04,360
one that belongs to no one else

700
00:35:04,530 --> 00:35:05,530
but only to you.

701
00:35:08,610 --> 00:35:09,340
Lejun,

702
00:35:10,260 --> 00:35:11,120
are you scared?

703
00:35:15,050 --> 00:35:15,820
Brother,

704
00:35:16,970 --> 00:35:18,780
other noble families will also have

705
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:20,980
what Prince Jing'an's Household owns.

706
00:35:21,490 --> 00:35:23,420
Today's Imperial Guards are weak.

707
00:35:23,890 --> 00:35:25,380
Otherwise, Prince Changsha wouldn't

708
00:35:25,380 --> 00:35:27,530
have broken through
the palace gates so easily back then.

709
00:35:27,530 --> 00:35:28,130
We...

710
00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:34,530
Really?

711
00:35:38,130 --> 00:35:39,790
Since we are joining the game,

712
00:35:40,130 --> 00:35:41,530
we can no longer be pawns.

713
00:35:44,570 --> 00:35:45,700
Don't worry, Lejun.

714
00:35:46,650 --> 00:35:48,530
I am learning to be a player.

715
00:35:50,090 --> 00:35:50,890
I will never be

716
00:35:52,420 --> 00:35:55,280
manipulated by anyone again
for the rest of my life.

717
00:36:10,260 --> 00:36:11,090
But tonight,

718
00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:14,820
it's more appropriate
to leave it to the men

719
00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:17,140
of Prince Jing'an's Household.

720
00:36:30,340 --> 00:36:32,860
Today, we're luring the Cui family
into the trap

721
00:36:32,860 --> 00:36:35,390
and using Xiao Wuyi
and the Beifu Army as bait.

722
00:36:35,570 --> 00:36:38,300
I only want to see if the Cui family would

723
00:36:39,090 --> 00:36:41,130
dig their own grave.

724
00:36:45,530 --> 00:36:46,260
Prince Qi?

725
00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:47,900
How come it's you?

726
00:36:48,490 --> 00:36:49,380
It's nothing.

727
00:36:50,490 --> 00:36:53,090
I just thought about
how unpleasant my previous visits

728
00:36:53,090 --> 00:36:54,490
to the Cui Mansion were.

729
00:36:54,970 --> 00:36:56,610
Now I want to vent my anger,

730
00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:58,420
so I came here.

731
00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:00,130
The Cui family and your family

732
00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:01,930
are having a marriage alliance.

733
00:37:02,170 --> 00:37:04,570
Now you've raided
the Cui Mansion at night.

734
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:05,900
Aren't you afraid the ruined marriage

735
00:37:05,900 --> 00:37:07,900
will turn you into a laughingstock?

736
00:37:15,820 --> 00:37:16,820
Your Highness!

737
00:37:21,220 --> 00:37:23,340
The Cuis incited rumors
of the Beifu curse,

738
00:37:23,340 --> 00:37:24,820
attempting to sabotage the reform.

739
00:37:24,820 --> 00:37:26,610
Their crimes are unforgivable.

740
00:37:26,610 --> 00:37:28,900
Now, seize everyone in the Cui Mansion.

741
00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:30,530
Dead or alive,

742
00:37:31,170 --> 00:37:33,500
no one is allowed
to leave the Cui Mansion.

743
00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:34,900
-Understood!
-Understood!

744
00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:36,010
Do you have any evidence?

745
00:37:36,010 --> 00:37:36,780
Evidence?

746
00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:41,070
That depends on what we can find

747
00:37:41,380 --> 00:37:43,380
in the Cui Mansion tonight.

748
00:37:55,970 --> 00:37:58,220
I've wanted to do this for many years.

749
00:38:00,340 --> 00:38:01,420
What a pity.

750
00:38:03,050 --> 00:38:05,250
You've survived for over a decade more.

751
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,690
[Lingfeng Fort]

752
00:38:21,380 --> 00:38:22,940
"Tomb Raider"?

753
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:25,340
Do you really think

754
00:38:25,340 --> 00:38:27,570
I'm as stupid as my foolish brother

755
00:38:28,050 --> 00:38:29,070
and don't know you actually are

756
00:38:29,070 --> 00:38:31,270
Grand Tutor Xie's daughter, Xie Jiayu?

757
00:38:31,650 --> 00:38:35,050
I heard that you are Prince Qi's beloved

758
00:38:35,050 --> 00:38:37,940
and later married
the Heir of Prince Jing'an, Xiao Wuyi.

759
00:38:37,940 --> 00:38:38,970
Now,

760
00:38:39,220 --> 00:38:41,050
you are in a secret relationship

761
00:38:41,050 --> 00:38:42,450
with this guard named Da.

762
00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:46,170
You're really something.

763
00:38:47,860 --> 00:38:48,460
Let her go!

764
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:54,020
Chug down this drug,

765
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,000
and I'll let her go.

766
00:38:56,650 --> 00:38:57,980
What are you going to do?

767
00:39:02,450 --> 00:39:03,180
Are you okay?

768
00:39:03,450 --> 00:39:05,450
This is the strongest aphrodisiac.

769
00:39:06,090 --> 00:39:08,780
As strong and vigorous as he is,

770
00:39:09,420 --> 00:39:11,080
it's perfect for him, I think.

771
00:39:11,260 --> 00:39:12,120
How do you feel?

772
00:39:13,340 --> 00:39:14,050
Tell me.

773
00:39:14,740 --> 00:39:16,050
Who on earth are you?

774
00:39:16,780 --> 00:39:18,820
Where are your two accomplices?

775
00:39:19,210 --> 00:39:21,650
What are you up to in Lingfeng Fort?

776
00:39:24,530 --> 00:39:25,790
Eldest Young Lady Cui,

777
00:39:26,940 --> 00:39:29,270
how long
are you going to keep up this show?

778
00:39:30,260 --> 00:39:32,010
If you truly wanted to hurt us,

779
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,170
why didn't you just hand us over
to Cui Shao'an?

780
00:39:35,170 --> 00:39:37,380
This aphrodisiac is just
a blood-invigorating medicine.

781
00:39:37,380 --> 00:39:38,260
Added with Chuanxiong,

782
00:39:38,260 --> 00:39:40,380
it can cause a temporary surge
of qi and blood,

783
00:39:40,380 --> 00:39:42,440
but it also has a detoxifying effect.

784
00:39:42,740 --> 00:39:44,070
You are not a bad person.

785
00:39:49,860 --> 00:39:52,790
Young Lord Xiao,
you didn't show your true identity.

786
00:39:53,230 --> 00:39:55,360
So how could you expect me to be honest?

787
00:39:57,090 --> 00:39:58,050
You know who I am?

788
00:39:58,610 --> 00:39:59,900
What exactly do you want?

789
00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:01,900
I want you to destroy the Cui family.

790
00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:06,130
But you are about to marry
into the Crown Prince's family.

791
00:40:06,130 --> 00:40:07,820
I assume you have also seen

792
00:40:07,820 --> 00:40:09,450
the girls in the mines.

793
00:40:09,970 --> 00:40:11,380
The crimes committed by my father

794
00:40:11,380 --> 00:40:13,420
will come to light sooner or later.

795
00:40:13,650 --> 00:40:14,700
By then,

796
00:40:14,780 --> 00:40:17,170
the Cui family,
the top noble family in the world,

797
00:40:17,170 --> 00:40:18,700
will be utterly doomed.

798
00:40:19,610 --> 00:40:20,940
So I'd like to ask you two

799
00:40:21,130 --> 00:40:23,860
to help our Cui family
return to the right path.

800
00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:25,900
Why should we trust you?

801
00:40:29,820 --> 00:40:31,550
It's my mother's jade pendant.

802
00:40:32,410 --> 00:40:33,380
You have met my mother?

803
00:40:33,380 --> 00:40:35,300
Is she trapped here by Cui Shao'an?

804
00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:36,900
I hid Her Highness.

805
00:40:37,980 --> 00:40:39,790
I know you are Xie Jiayu

806
00:40:39,930 --> 00:40:41,590
because I saved Her Highness.

807
00:40:41,780 --> 00:40:43,900
Her Highness discovered the mines
and could have escaped,

808
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:45,420
but to save the girls in the mines,

809
00:40:45,420 --> 00:40:46,620
she ended up in danger

810
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,720
and was hunted down by my father.

811
00:40:59,380 --> 00:41:01,340
Her Highness asked me to write to you.

812
00:41:01,340 --> 00:41:04,130
She said that as long as the letter was
delivered to Prince Jing'an's Mansion,

813
00:41:04,130 --> 00:41:05,300
the Heir of Prince Jing'an, Xiao Wuyi,

814
00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:08,080
would figure out that
she was in danger in the mine.

815
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,860
I just didn't expect you to come, too.

816
00:41:09,860 --> 00:41:10,820
Since you are already here...

817
00:41:10,820 --> 00:41:12,490
So you want to make a move tonight?

818
00:41:12,490 --> 00:41:13,950
I have spread the news that

819
00:41:14,260 --> 00:41:16,900
the Heir of Prince Jing'an and Lady Jiayu
have escaped from Lingfeng Fort.

820
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:19,610
Now, my brother has recovered
from the needle poison.

821
00:41:19,610 --> 00:41:22,170
He will definitely go out of the city
to catch you.

822
00:41:22,170 --> 00:41:24,370
Whoever catches Xiao Wuyi and Xie Jiayu

823
00:41:24,490 --> 00:41:26,690
will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold!

824
00:41:28,220 --> 00:41:31,900
That will be the perfect chance
to bring down my father.