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Mother,

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you're airing out the books again.

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This time, I'm not airing out the books.

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In fact, I'm taking all of them

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away.

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Are you leaving, Mother?

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What makes you say that?

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You love books as much as your life.

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If the books are leaving,

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then you must be leaving too.

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You're very smart, Ziqi.

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But don't you worry.

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I'm just moving to another place.

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I'll still come back from time to time

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to check your homework.

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Do you see that box?
Your homework's in it.

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Ziqi, go back and get changed now.

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You're covered in sweat. Let's go.

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So you've set a day?

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His Highness said

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this courtyard would be reserved for me.

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I will still be Ziqi's teacher,

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and a member of the household.

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I didn't expect

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this day to arrive eventually.

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But I think

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it's a good thing that this day came.

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I remember the day

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when I picked you up from the He Mansion

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and completed

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the wedding with you on Wuyi's behalf.

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At that time, I thought,

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my brother was lucky

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to marry such a girl
as the Heir's Consort.

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Anmin...

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I know

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between you and Wuyi,

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there is trust,

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but never love.

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This is his loss.

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These few books

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are about river management.

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There are also some medical books.

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I think they might be of help to you.

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Yuanji, if I...

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If I were not Wuyi's brother,

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-I...
-Brother.

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I do not fear gossip.

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However,

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I've always seen you as a brother figure.

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I deem it as a blessing for me

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to marry into the Xiao family,

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to become part of the household,

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and to support each other here.

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You are always so clever,

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not leaving me a glimmer of hope.

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Never mind.

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Upon stepping out of this door,

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you'll be embraced by the vast world.

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I wish you all the best,
and may all your dreams

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come true.

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[Key to the Phoenix Heart]

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[Episode 21]

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[Northern Qin]

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Quick!

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Keep moving!

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Walk faster!

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Quick!

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Get up. Get up now!

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Hold on!

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Your Highness.

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Princess Pingning?

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What a coincidence.

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It's not.

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I came specifically to find you.

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Get a move on!

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Go!

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Quick!

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Didn't you say...

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If you change your mind one day,

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come to Northern Qin to find me.

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My Eagle King's Mansion

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will always open its doors for you!

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Now, I am here.

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Are you regretting it?

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A beauty throws herself into my arms.

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How could I refuse?

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Pretty though this flower is,

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I am not sure

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if it is toxic.

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I killed Xie Jiayu's mother,

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namely Princess Yunzhao.

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I just escaped from the clutches
of Xiao Wuyi

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and Xie Jiayu.

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If I go back to Ye,

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all that awaits me is death.

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I have no home to go to now.

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Xiao Wuyi is a domineering dictator.

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My brother simply

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cannot put up a fight against him.

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But I believe that one day,

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my brother will definitely
go to war with him

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and have a final showdown.

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On this matter,

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I assume you and my brother
share the same goal.

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I can be

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a bridge between the two of you.

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You...

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Let go of...

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Alright. This is enough!

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Already packed everything up?

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Mother.

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Yuanji, over all these years,

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in the huge Prince Jing'an's Mansion,

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you've actually been the one
keeping me company.

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It's a shame

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that we are not destined to be in-laws.

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Wuyi aside,

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in fact,

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Anmin...

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Mother.

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I feel guilty about someone,

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and can never stop feeling so.

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My heart is burdened.

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Fine, forget it.

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The Xiao family doesn't have the luck
to keep you around.

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Yuanji, you're about to return home
after the divorce

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to solve the long-standing problems
in the He family.

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Once your family agrees with the reform,

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it will surely be attacked
by other noble families.

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A lot of difficulties are lying
ahead of you.

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If you really can't cope,

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just come back to us.

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Jinyi Courtyard

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will still be yours.

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Prince Jing'an's Mansion

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will always be your home.

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Mother...

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Yuanji,

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for so many years,

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I have always wanted a daughter.

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It's a pity that I can't have one.

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How about I take you as my goddaughter?

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From now on, we will address each other
as mother and daughter.

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And you will still be Ziqi's teacher.

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What do you think?

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If you deem me worthy,

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I'm more than willing to do so.

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These few years I spent
in Prince Jing'an's Mansion

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were the most free

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and unrestrained days of my life.

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I consider myself extremely fortunate.

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Please get up.

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Does Yuanji not plan

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to tell Liu Zhaolin about his origins?

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Empress Dowager He already found an excuse

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to execute the entire Pei family.

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Suppose Liu Zhaolin is reminded

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of himself being Pei Runheng

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right now, when He Yuanji is about to
take charge of the He family,

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he will come to realize

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that she is actually an enemy of his.

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Then how should

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the two of them face each other?

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Now, the Cui Family Case has been tried

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and reviewed.

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Conclusive evidence confirms

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that the Cui family illegally mined

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and brutalized women.

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However, Cui Jun already died.

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Cui Lingyi and Cui Shao'an

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stopped Cui Jun from destroying the fields

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so as to help the women escape.

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Their merits offset their faults.

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In the end, their property
was confiscated,

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and Cui Shao'an was reduced to a commoner.

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There's still mercy left in Mao.

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Do you no longer blame him

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for what Li Lejun did?

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You told me to handle it myself,
didn't you?

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This matter is over now.

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Actually, I have cracked the secret

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within the Phoenix Heart Tokens.

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Whether they exist or not
no longer matters now.

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Look.

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These three spots on the map

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are the locations of mineral deposits.

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This is the map my master drew

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after traveling all over Ye.

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Look at these three places here.

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They match the three spots

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on the tokens, don't they?

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I've asked Ye Xing to bring back

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water and soil from these places.

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Then we'll know
if there are minerals hidden there.

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Ye Xing?

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He's that Shadow Envoy.

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I gave him a name.

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I didn't mean to let him stay at first.

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But he said the mission of a Shadow Envoy

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is to protect the royal family.

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With Princess Yunzhao's passing,

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he was supposed to take his own life.

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If I refused to keep him around,

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he would have to die.

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That was really scary.

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So I had to let him stick around.

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I also gave him a name.

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I'd hate for him

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to end up like his brother.

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Is it a rule for all Shadow Envoys

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serving the royalty?

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That is, envoys have to be buried
with their dead masters.

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Then what about your previous...

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They've been trained this way
since they were little.

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They consider such conduct an honor.

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It cannot be changed overnight.

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Fine.

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Although Empress Wenxi was your mother,

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and Emperor Wenxi your father,

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I have to say they did

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resort to terrifying methods.

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They were not much better than Cui Jun.

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So, it is actually good for you
to forsake the post

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of Crown Prince Wenxi.

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Did you really revive him?

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Yes, he's also from the Beifu Army.

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Last year, he suffered
serious head trauma,

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resulting in blood stasis.

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His case was severer than yours.

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He went blind immediately.

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For the past year,

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I have been treating him.

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Having a strong will to live,

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he boldly tried every treatment

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and medicine available.

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Now, I've finally found a way

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to clear blood stasis.

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His vision is restored as we speak.

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With proper care,

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I believe he'll live for as long
as any other healthy man.

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What's the way?

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Acupuncture,
plus an incision into the skull.

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How many patients
have you treated this way?

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Three.

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And only this one survived, right?

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What about the other two?

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Are they dead or paralyzed?

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I went to great lengths

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to finally find a way,

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yet you're still being picky!

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You want to live, don't you?

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Now I've offered you a solution.

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If you refuse to try,

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then forget I ever said it.

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I won't try it.

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Your condition isn't as serious as his.

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The treatment won't be as risky.

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I can tell you for sure

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that I'm more confident with your case.

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Once cured, you won't

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have to worry about dying soon.

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I can't afford to take

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even the slightest risk.

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Neither can Beifu.

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Fine.

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Then just wait to go blind in three years

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and die in five.

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I'm off to tell Jiayu about this.

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I forbid you from doing so!

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This is a military order.

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Jiayu doesn't know about your condition.

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She's even planning to travel all over Ye

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to restore the mineral map.

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Can you bear to see that happen?

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She's doing it for Princess Yunzhao,

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and also for fulfilling

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her own wish of exploring the world.

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There isn't much time
left for you already.

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You can...

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00:14:16,270 --> 00:14:17,080
Why even wait?

282
00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:18,550
So she'll finally

283
00:14:18,550 --> 00:14:20,210
have freedom only after I die?

284
00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:21,750
What if I'm in luck

285
00:14:21,750 --> 00:14:23,030
and still alive five years later?

286
00:14:23,030 --> 00:14:24,440
How can I ask her to just stick around

287
00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,100
and be with me the entire time?

288
00:14:31,630 --> 00:14:33,560
Xie Jiayu has her own path to tread.

289
00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:48,350
Has it ever crossed your mind

290
00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,510
that Jiayu will figure out the truth
eventually?

291
00:14:50,510 --> 00:14:51,910
What will she think then?

292
00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:54,390
If your condition worsens
faster than anticipated,

293
00:14:54,390 --> 00:14:55,960
leaving you
with less than three to five years,

294
00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,510
she will hate you
when she returns from her travels

295
00:14:58,510 --> 00:15:00,310
only to find you dead, won't she?

296
00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,000
Right?

297
00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:08,240
Xiao Wuyi.

298
00:15:09,270 --> 00:15:10,320
I was talking to you.

299
00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:11,180
Did you hear me?

300
00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:12,980
What was it?

301
00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:16,030
I said,

302
00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,440
Cangshan is very close
to Beifu's Yunzhong Camp.

303
00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,970
Can I have a short stay there

304
00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:21,250
if I ever pass by?

305
00:15:28,870 --> 00:15:29,750
Of course.

306
00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,970
You're now family
with a member of the Beifu Army.

307
00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,900
Do remember to write to me.

308
00:15:46,770 --> 00:15:48,700
You just focus on the Beifu Reform.

309
00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,030
I'll go find you.

310
00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,270
It won't take much time
to defeat Northern Qin, Xiao Wuyi.

311
00:15:58,270 --> 00:15:58,910
Trust me.

312
00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:01,750
I'll definitely find the mineral deposits

313
00:16:01,750 --> 00:16:02,960
and produce caltrop fireballs

314
00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,160
for you and my master.

315
00:16:06,540 --> 00:16:11,170
♪ Hear the heartbeat by my side ♪

316
00:16:12,370 --> 00:16:17,520
♪ Like your rush of passion toward me ♪

317
00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:23,170
♪ A toast to our romantic encounter ♪

318
00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,200
♪ I am here only for you ♪

319
00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,220
Having gained more and more
along the journey,

320
00:16:25,220 --> 00:16:28,480
♪ Even though I know
tremendous danger lies ahead ♪

321
00:16:25,630 --> 00:16:28,550
I've completed the structure
of the caltrop fireball.

322
00:16:28,550 --> 00:16:29,960
The biggest problem now

323
00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:33,090
♪ If you could fill the empty spaces
in my memories ♪

324
00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,500
lies in the ore for making gunpowder.

325
00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,900
♪ Only you would stay with me ♪

326
00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,170
♪ My heartbeat will never fade ♪

327
00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,140
♪ The wishes left unsaid ♪

328
00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,890
♪ A love I can't let go ♪

329
00:16:44,630 --> 00:16:46,260
It's colder at night in Beifu
than in Jiankang.

330
00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:48,890
♪ A red thread woven by fate ♪

331
00:16:47,630 --> 00:16:49,480
What is Jiayu doing right now?

332
00:16:48,940 --> 00:16:52,180
♪ Love carries longing through time ♪

333
00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,390
Has she reached Mount Cang yet?

334
00:16:52,380 --> 00:16:55,960
♪ To make it come true ♪

335
00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,440
How's the development
of the caltrop fireball going?

336
00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,520
[Two years later, Lai Lake]

337
00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:02,660
Pass the ball to me!

338
00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:03,840
Over here!

339
00:17:04,750 --> 00:17:05,950
It looks pretty nice.

340
00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:07,310
What is this thing?

341
00:17:07,310 --> 00:17:08,770
I've never seen it before.

342
00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,510
Keep it down. Miss Xie said

343
00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:13,349
this was transformed from an immortal.

344
00:17:13,349 --> 00:17:14,720
If you get too loud

345
00:17:14,829 --> 00:17:16,349
and scare the immortal away,

346
00:17:16,349 --> 00:17:18,550
we won't have any grain to eat next year.

347
00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,500
It has come to life! The wood is animated!

348
00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:22,829
There's water!

349
00:17:23,589 --> 00:17:24,829
Water's flowing right out of it.

350
00:17:24,829 --> 00:17:25,790
This is amazing.

351
00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,310
From now on, you can divert

352
00:17:27,310 --> 00:17:28,790
the mountain streams directly
into the farmland

353
00:17:28,790 --> 00:17:29,960
without fetching water on your own.

354
00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:30,890
Thank you, miss.

355
00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:33,720
Our husbands have all gone
to build the canal.

356
00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:34,680
With this waterwheel,

357
00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,920
we won't have to carry water
from the mountain anymore.

358
00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:37,720
That's right.

359
00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:40,680
What is it now?

360
00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:41,200
The Miraculous Craft

361
00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,790
offers many more novel devices.

362
00:17:42,790 --> 00:17:44,030
They are absolutely real

363
00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:45,090
and helpful to you.

364
00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,200
This device can plow over 20 mu a day,

365
00:17:49,510 --> 00:17:51,110
equaling three strong oxen.

366
00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:52,550
Three oxen?

367
00:17:52,550 --> 00:17:53,680
Sounds incredible.

368
00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,400
The bamboo strips and palm leaves
of this rain cape

369
00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:58,960
have undergone special treatment.

370
00:17:58,960 --> 00:17:59,920
I guarantee you won't get wet at all

371
00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,580
when you wear it in heavy rain.

372
00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,200
Top quality, fairly pricing.

373
00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:04,160
A genuine good deal.

374
00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,720
-That impressive?
-This is great.

375
00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:06,720
How amazing.

376
00:18:14,830 --> 00:18:16,350
Oh no, My Lady.

377
00:18:17,070 --> 00:18:17,960
Another explosion.

378
00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:18,960
Why an explosion?

379
00:18:23,350 --> 00:18:24,110
Cui Shao'an!

380
00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:26,370
Cui Shao'an!

381
00:18:28,030 --> 00:18:28,760
Cui Shao'an?

382
00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:29,920
Careful, ladies.

383
00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:33,650
Cui Shao'an.

384
00:18:34,110 --> 00:18:35,700
Did you... get hurt?

385
00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:39,770
Don't overthink it.

386
00:18:39,830 --> 00:18:42,090
She's just concerned about your safety.

387
00:18:43,750 --> 00:18:44,790
It seems this batch of ore

388
00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:45,920
is still not pure enough

389
00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:47,030
to be used for caltrop fireballs.

390
00:18:47,030 --> 00:18:47,640
It's fine.

391
00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:49,440
I'll go look for more.

392
00:18:50,110 --> 00:18:51,160
Who would've known?

393
00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,750
The Mr. Cui who never did
physical labor before

394
00:18:53,750 --> 00:18:55,160
is now willing and glad to cross

395
00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,920
mountains and hills to collect stones.

396
00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,650
If I can restore my father's map

397
00:18:58,720 --> 00:18:59,850
of mineral deposits

398
00:19:00,110 --> 00:19:01,410
and help you produce caltrop fireballs,

399
00:19:01,410 --> 00:19:02,440
it'll be counted

400
00:19:03,270 --> 00:19:04,440
as my atonement for the Cui family.

401
00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,840
If your sister knew this,

402
00:19:06,110 --> 00:19:07,840
she would be rather gratified.

403
00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,380
I'm setting out right now.

404
00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:12,270
Just as usual,

405
00:19:12,270 --> 00:19:13,240
I'll send you letters

406
00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,240
on any updates via carrier pigeons.

407
00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:17,140
No need to rush like this.

408
00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,030
I know you're eager to get things done.

409
00:19:19,030 --> 00:19:20,310
The military grain canal
is being built at full speed.

410
00:19:20,310 --> 00:19:21,070
Once it's completed,

411
00:19:21,070 --> 00:19:23,070
the army will head north for battle.

412
00:19:23,070 --> 00:19:24,590
There isn't much time
left for the production

413
00:19:24,590 --> 00:19:25,850
of caltrop fireballs.

414
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,330
Keep yourself safe.

415
00:19:46,130 --> 00:19:49,130
The 78th attempt failed.

416
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:51,610
Nonetheless...

417
00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,590
the ore made great purple-red fireworks.

418
00:19:58,790 --> 00:20:01,920
Suggested usage:
fireworks for the Lantern Festival.

419
00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,970
It was not entirely fruitless.

420
00:20:05,860 --> 00:20:07,170
Cheer up, Nanxing.

421
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,720
This mess is yours to handle now.

422
00:20:20,350 --> 00:20:24,080
To my beloved wife Yaoyao,
reading this is like seeing me in person.

423
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,270
The first snow arrived
in the Northern Border early.

424
00:20:26,270 --> 00:20:27,960
Fortunately, I didn't let the court down

425
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,160
by eliminating all the bandits
in the southwest,

426
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,270
and thus clearing a lurking peril for Ye.

427
00:20:32,270 --> 00:20:33,470
I am deeply relieved.

428
00:20:34,030 --> 00:20:35,960
However, the grain canal
is not yet finished.

429
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,490
I'm afraid I can't spend
the New Year with you.

430
00:20:38,790 --> 00:20:39,850
In the next spring,

431
00:20:40,590 --> 00:20:43,720
I will be waiting
in the Northern Border for your return.

432
00:20:48,070 --> 00:20:49,590
People who don't know better would think

433
00:20:49,590 --> 00:20:52,640
it's been ages since Your Ladyship
and His Highness last met.

434
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:53,720
Didn't His Highness take a detour

435
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:54,880
to this place to visit Your Ladyship

436
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,140
before setting out to fight the bandits?

437
00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,090
That was already three months ago.

438
00:20:59,550 --> 00:21:00,830
Besides, last time we met,

439
00:21:00,830 --> 00:21:02,960
I barely got the time to say much to him.

440
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:04,790
Fine, if you say so.

441
00:21:05,350 --> 00:21:07,680
My Lady, over the past two years,
you've traveled everywhere

442
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,880
in Ye, looking for proper ore
to make caltrop fireballs.

443
00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:11,960
You've also designed many farming tools

444
00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,880
and opened branches
of the Miraculous Craft nationwide.

445
00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:14,960
When there are harvests,

446
00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,560
the credit will all go to you.

447
00:21:17,550 --> 00:21:18,200
My Lady,

448
00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,970
where is our next destination?

449
00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,750
Tian Quan should've paid the debt
three days ago,

450
00:21:29,750 --> 00:21:31,000
yet he has not come.

451
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,940
He's not trying to renege on it, is he?

452
00:21:35,750 --> 00:21:37,830
Everyone's saying
that my husband Tian Quan

453
00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:39,960
embezzled the funds
for building the grain canal.

454
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:41,110
He couldn't take it

455
00:21:42,270 --> 00:21:43,400
and hanged himself.

456
00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:44,590
What grain canal?

457
00:21:44,590 --> 00:21:48,390
The canal for transporting grain
and forage to the Northern Border.

458
00:21:48,590 --> 00:21:49,110
My Lady,

459
00:21:50,110 --> 00:21:51,570
now that Tian Quan is dead,

460
00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,380
I'm afraid we won't be able
to get our money back.

461
00:21:54,750 --> 00:21:56,520
Miss, if you're here to collect the debt,

462
00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,520
all I can offer is my worthless life.

463
00:21:59,070 --> 00:22:00,200
If you want it, miss,

464
00:22:00,310 --> 00:22:01,310
then just take it.

465
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,490
What exactly happened?

466
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,400
Weren't all the tenant farmers
and artisans of the village

467
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,640
on the east conscripted
to build the grain canal?

468
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,480
Why would there be embazzlement?

469
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,030
The officials were pressing hard,

470
00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,350
so my husband led everyone

471
00:22:12,350 --> 00:22:13,920
to work day and night non-stop.

472
00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:14,920
The job was finally done.

473
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,350
Yet the higher-ups said the funds
for building the canal hadn't arrived.

474
00:22:17,350 --> 00:22:20,550
But who doesn't have their hopes pinned on
this money for the New Year?

475
00:22:20,550 --> 00:22:21,920
Then why did people accuse

476
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,110
your husband of embezzling
the canal construction funds?

477
00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:25,880
I swear to heaven that he didn't!

478
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:26,720
My husband once

479
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,750
went to the local government
to demand justice.

480
00:22:28,750 --> 00:22:30,070
Not only did he fail to get a single coin,

481
00:22:30,070 --> 00:22:31,800
but he was beaten and sent back.

482
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:33,340
Besides...

483
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:34,240
Besides what?

484
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,300
Besides, after my husband came home,

485
00:22:36,590 --> 00:22:38,480
he kept cursing Lord Li, the magistrate,

486
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:39,270
declaring him to be

487
00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:43,070
a heinous corrupt official who only knows
to flatter his superiors.

488
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:44,970
Go home with your child.

489
00:22:45,070 --> 00:22:46,400
If there is indeed an injustice,

490
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,350
the Young Lady will seek redress
for everyone.

491
00:22:48,350 --> 00:22:49,270
Thank you, miss.

492
00:22:49,270 --> 00:22:50,270
Thank you so much.

493
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:00,340
My Lady.

494
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,960
I made inquiries at the local government.

495
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,750
County Magistrate Li Geng
left three days ago

496
00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:05,550
for Jiankang,

497
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:06,880
as the triennial official evaluation

498
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:07,880
is about to commence.

499
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,440
He is likely taking advantage
of the New Year

500
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:10,160
to bribe his way

501
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:11,360
up and down the ranks.

502
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,270
What an outrage.

503
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:14,450
Nanxing.

504
00:23:14,590 --> 00:23:15,000
Yes.

505
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:16,720
Pack up our stuff.

506
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:17,960
We are going back to Jiankang.

507
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:18,510
Got it.

508
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:25,620
Little trinkets for sale!

509
00:23:26,110 --> 00:23:27,000
Trinkets for sale!

510
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,130
Come and take a look!

511
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,370
It's been two years.

512
00:23:29,750 --> 00:23:32,410
Jiankang has become
more bustling than before.

513
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,070
It's said that Prince Qi is very popular
with the people.

514
00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:39,000
"A dark eagle soars out of Mount Qi,

515
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,800
bringing in a year of peace."

516
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:42,830
It's a compliment to Prince Qi

517
00:23:42,830 --> 00:23:44,630
for his excellence governance.

518
00:23:45,270 --> 00:23:46,000
I know.

519
00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:47,270
Everyone

520
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,030
hopes for peace and prosperity.

521
00:23:53,310 --> 00:23:53,750
Look.

522
00:23:54,110 --> 00:23:55,170
Isn't that Li Geng?

523
00:23:57,350 --> 00:23:58,240
Yes, exactly.

524
00:23:58,310 --> 00:23:58,840
Let's go.

525
00:24:00,350 --> 00:24:01,880
Bravo! Bravo!

526
00:24:01,130 --> 00:24:03,130
[County Magistrate, Li Geng]

527
00:24:03,590 --> 00:24:05,550
I heard that once corrupt officials
from all over enter Jiankang,

528
00:24:05,550 --> 00:24:07,550
they'd buy a calligraphy painting
from Guanhai House

529
00:24:07,550 --> 00:24:08,910
and give it as a gift.

530
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,270
Those who receive paintings will sell them

531
00:24:11,270 --> 00:24:13,070
back to Guanhai House for money.

532
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000
It's practically an industry then.

533
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,790
Look, Li Geng is holding a painting.

534
00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:20,350
It seems he's going to meet the one

535
00:24:20,350 --> 00:24:23,440
manipulating the buying
and selling of official posts.

536
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:24,110
Perfect.

537
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,070
Let's find out the vermin of the court

538
00:24:26,070 --> 00:24:27,730
and root them out altogether.

539
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,860
[Xiyue Restaurant]

540
00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:33,110
Wait.

541
00:24:34,030 --> 00:24:36,430
Why did he enter Xiyue Restaurant instead?

542
00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:39,200
Come on, let's go get changed.

543
00:24:40,030 --> 00:24:42,590
Thereafter, the saying began to spread—

544
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,970
"When the Phoenix Heart Tokens appear,
peace shall be restored in the world."

545
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:49,590
Are you from Youzhou?

546
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,110
I am the magistrate of Pingjiang County,

547
00:24:53,110 --> 00:24:54,310
Yueyang Prefecture.

548
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:55,480
What about you?

549
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,070
-I'm from Changping County.
-Look.

550
00:24:57,070 --> 00:24:59,000
-There was a locusts disaster last year.
-This one's nice.

551
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,240
I even sold my ancestral house
to scrape together

552
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:02,070
some silver,

553
00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:04,750
hoping to smoothen my way
through the triennial evaluation.

554
00:25:04,750 --> 00:25:05,880
Did you not buy a painting?

555
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:06,830
I heard that without a painting,

556
00:25:06,830 --> 00:25:07,880
one doesn't even get to meet the inspector

557
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,510
or the state and county
personnel appraisers.

558
00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:10,970
I bought a painting. I did.

559
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:12,510
That one is it.

560
00:25:13,310 --> 00:25:15,110
It cost me 5,000 taels of silver.

561
00:25:15,350 --> 00:25:16,480
Five thousand taels?

562
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:17,070
No easy task, really.

563
00:25:17,070 --> 00:25:19,350
What kind of painting
could cost that much?

564
00:25:19,350 --> 00:25:20,270
This is a bribe.

565
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:22,640
I made it! I made it!

566
00:25:23,070 --> 00:25:24,130
The inspector said

567
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,880
I performed extraordinarily
in the past three years

568
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,610
and that I'd at least get
one "Excellent" rating!

569
00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,680
Congratulations!

570
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:31,510
-Congratulations!
-Thank you.

571
00:25:31,510 --> 00:25:33,750
Magistrate of Pingjiang County,
Yueyang Prefecture!

572
00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:34,510
It's my turn.

573
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:35,960
Good luck to you!

574
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,510
Wish you success!

575
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,570
Greetings, Inspector.

576
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,550
I am the Magistrate of Pingjiang County,
Yueyang Prefecture.

577
00:26:04,550 --> 00:26:07,070
Pingjiang County had a good harvest
last year.

578
00:26:07,070 --> 00:26:09,130
How come you only offer 12,000 taels?

579
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,050
How dare he ask for more.

580
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:13,550
Speak up.

581
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,420
What rating would you like me to give you?

582
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,880
If I ask for an "Excellent"
in all three categories...

583
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,340
That will take more than this painting
of Snow on Spring River.

584
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:27,550
Xiao Wuyi?

585
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:31,880
Why is it you?

586
00:26:32,110 --> 00:26:33,440
It should be me asking you that.

587
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:34,750
Why are you messing things up here?

588
00:26:34,750 --> 00:26:35,510
Didn't you tell me

589
00:26:35,510 --> 00:26:36,790
you were off to fight bandits?

590
00:26:36,790 --> 00:26:38,320
How are you an inspector...

591
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,750
So you're the one
taking bribes through paintings?

592
00:26:42,750 --> 00:26:44,310
Why do you need so many of them?

593
00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:45,310
Xiao Wuyi, you...

594
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:48,070
Hey, what did you just do?

595
00:26:48,070 --> 00:26:49,530
Why did you smash that cup?

596
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,480
The second floor is secured.

597
00:26:56,070 --> 00:26:57,400
Wuyi, why did you...

598
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,200
Jiayu?

599
00:27:07,550 --> 00:27:08,880
What are you doing here?

600
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:10,740
Your Highness.

601
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:12,760
Greet him again.

602
00:27:16,750 --> 00:27:17,400
Father.

603
00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:19,740
That's is more like it.

604
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,340
W-What does this stroke mean?

605
00:27:45,790 --> 00:27:46,920
It means two copies,

606
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:47,920
referring to two identical

607
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,050
calligraphic pieces of Liu Jiang Tie.

608
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:51,960
Li Geng is pretty rich then.

609
00:27:53,750 --> 00:27:54,720
The calculation's done.

610
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,160
Altogether 47 officials from various areas

611
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,560
came to the capital city.

612
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,030
The money paid as bribes
under the guise of art works

613
00:27:59,030 --> 00:27:59,960
is about 170,000 taels.

614
00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:00,790
How dare they.

615
00:28:01,750 --> 00:28:03,480
When I asked them to build the canal,

616
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,000
they complained
about being poor all the time.

617
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,590
But they sent
170,000-tael-worth gifts without hassle

618
00:28:06,590 --> 00:28:08,450
for the performance evaluation.

619
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:09,590
Some officials they are.

620
00:28:09,590 --> 00:28:11,320
What do you plan to do with them?

621
00:28:11,350 --> 00:28:12,200
Among these people,

622
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,680
many are from humble origins
and were promoted

623
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,030
by you after the reform began.

624
00:28:15,030 --> 00:28:17,030
Send them all to the Ministry of Justice.

625
00:28:17,030 --> 00:28:20,400
Wuyi, absolutely clear water
is no habitat for fish.

626
00:28:20,790 --> 00:28:21,990
This is officialdom,

627
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:23,570
not a military camp.

628
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,110
The Beifu Reform has been going smoothly
over these two years.

629
00:28:27,110 --> 00:28:28,790
It is first due to
the concession of noble families,

630
00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:31,650
and second to these officials
from humble origins,

631
00:28:31,830 --> 00:28:33,960
who have done a lot of real work for you.

632
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,680
If you have all of them punished,

633
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,720
I'm afraid others will be disheartened.

634
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,250
You'd hate to be an isolated minister,
right?

635
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:42,590
Then investigate each of them.

636
00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:44,640
Those who sold
their ancestral houses will be exempted.

637
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,000
Give the money back to them
and chase them away.

638
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,590
Those who are found
to have imposed exorbitant taxes,

639
00:28:47,590 --> 00:28:48,440
embezzled disaster relief funds,

640
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,640
or fraudulently claimed
canal building funds

641
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:50,640
will have to cough up

642
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,370
every tael of silver they took,

643
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:53,720
and be sent to the Ministry of Justice.

644
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:54,960
All illicit gains must be confiscated.

645
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,310
The grain canal building
is short of funds.

646
00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:57,960
If we wait for the court
to allocate funds,

647
00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,160
I'm afraid the canal can't be finished

648
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,360
even in the next year.

649
00:29:01,110 --> 00:29:01,640
Got it.

650
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:03,380
Hold on!

651
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,750
Don't forget about that guy named Li Geng.

652
00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:06,400
It was he who embezzled

653
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:07,790
the pay
for the workers building the canal.

654
00:29:07,790 --> 00:29:08,350
To add to that,

655
00:29:08,350 --> 00:29:09,680
he caused a man's death.

656
00:29:10,070 --> 00:29:11,670
You must not let him get away.

657
00:29:19,310 --> 00:29:20,550
I misinterpreted your action.

658
00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:21,350
My apologies.

659
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,550
I thought you were that corrupt inspector,

660
00:29:23,550 --> 00:29:25,750
but it turned out
you were on a sting operation.

661
00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:26,680
Well, you see...

662
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:30,790
I'm so tired

663
00:29:30,790 --> 00:29:32,550
from that lengthy journey today.

664
00:29:32,550 --> 00:29:34,310
I also helped catch
many corrupt officials.

665
00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:36,000
It's getting late.

666
00:29:36,310 --> 00:29:36,920
Father,

667
00:29:36,940 --> 00:29:38,680
I'd like to go and get some rest now.

668
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,740
I will come greet you again tomorrow.

669
00:29:41,070 --> 00:29:42,720
Xie Jiayu, stop running!

670
00:29:43,350 --> 00:29:45,270
You didn't even recognize
the accounting symbols just now.

671
00:29:45,270 --> 00:29:46,030
How could you?

672
00:29:46,030 --> 00:29:46,890
Come back here!

673
00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:48,350
Xie Jiayu!

674
00:29:53,110 --> 00:29:54,440
Xie Jiayu,

675
00:29:54,590 --> 00:29:56,240
I sent over so much pear blossom candy

676
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,440
so as to encourage you to practice hard.

677
00:29:58,510 --> 00:30:01,480
But you actually tricked me
by having Nanxing do all the accounting.

678
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:02,270
At this rate,

679
00:30:02,270 --> 00:30:03,200
how are you going to handle

680
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,550
the finances of Prince Jing'an's Mansion
in the future?

681
00:30:05,550 --> 00:30:06,680
Yuanji,

682
00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:09,110
Nanxing's here to help, isn't she?

683
00:30:10,830 --> 00:30:12,240
All Nanxing can do is render some help.

684
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,960
You must learn
how to do the calculation yourself.

685
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:14,960
Well, you're also

686
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,820
here to help, aren't you, Yuanji?

687
00:30:19,070 --> 00:30:21,320
Every year I propose to
hand the accounts over to you,

688
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,510
yet you always make excuses to dodge it.

689
00:30:22,510 --> 00:30:23,480
When the next year begins,

690
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,680
I'll have to return to Yuxi Prefecture
with the He family.

691
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,080
Let's see how long
you can keep avoiding it.

692
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:38,680
Yuanji,

693
00:30:39,750 --> 00:30:41,070
could you please stay?

694
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,580
So you did all that on purpose?

695
00:30:45,170 --> 00:30:45,850
I...

696
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,680
Silly girl,

697
00:30:50,290 --> 00:30:52,020
I also yearn to live my own life.

698
00:30:53,030 --> 00:30:55,630
Now, things in the He family
have settled down.

699
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,050
I finally get a chance
to go see the outside world

700
00:30:58,050 --> 00:30:59,100
just like you do.

701
00:31:00,110 --> 00:31:01,550
Being constrained by the He family first,

702
00:31:01,550 --> 00:31:02,950
and then the Xiao family,

703
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,590
I was never myself.

704
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:07,350
This time,

705
00:31:07,590 --> 00:31:09,520
I'd like to be my real self for once.

706
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:14,880
Well...

707
00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:16,510
Is Mr. Liu going with you?

708
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:25,110
Actually,

709
00:31:25,130 --> 00:31:26,480
I think Anmin is better.

710
00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:28,670
If you chose him,

711
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:29,550
then we can

712
00:31:29,550 --> 00:31:31,750
spend every day together in the future.

713
00:31:32,750 --> 00:31:34,010
You're hoping for that

714
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,160
so you can avoid
learning accounting forever, right?

715
00:31:40,350 --> 00:31:41,450
Why does constant parting

716
00:31:41,450 --> 00:31:43,050
have to be part of growing up?

717
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,420
Rest assured, Yuanji.

718
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,840
I'll try my best to learn.

719
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,730
The Eastern Palace summons
the Heir and Lady Xie.

720
00:31:59,730 --> 00:32:00,960
His Highness is waiting now.

721
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,760
The Eastern Palace learned of your return
so soon?

722
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:21,850
We've parted for two years.

723
00:32:21,850 --> 00:32:23,020
Why never say a word about your return?

724
00:32:22,820 --> 00:32:24,230
[Chief Eunuch of the Eastern Palace,
Feng An]

725
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,030
You just had to make me send an invitation
to Prince Jing'an's Mansion.

726
00:32:27,030 --> 00:32:28,480
See all those memorials behind me?

727
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,200
You're being impeached in every one.

728
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,150
The officials from poor families,
who were promoted by you,

729
00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:33,690
are said to have bribed the inspector.

730
00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:35,350
You knew that long ago, didn't you?

731
00:32:35,350 --> 00:32:37,070
The officials involved were arrested
in Xiyue Restaurant.

732
00:32:37,070 --> 00:32:38,560
Or you couldn't have summoned us
so soon, right?

733
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,290
What was the amount of bribery?

734
00:32:40,310 --> 00:32:42,910
Every item added up to
170,000 taels of silver.

735
00:32:43,310 --> 00:32:45,480
I directed it all
to build the grain canal.

736
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,490
The Department of State Affairs
is too slow with funding.

737
00:32:47,490 --> 00:32:49,830
And it takes you a lot of work
to deal with the ministries.

738
00:32:49,830 --> 00:32:50,550
I'm just helping you

739
00:32:50,550 --> 00:32:52,550
warn the newly promoted officials

740
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,250
from humble origins
to stay on the right path.

741
00:32:56,590 --> 00:32:58,050
As long as you don't fear
offending anyone.

742
00:32:58,050 --> 00:32:58,580
Oh right.

743
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:00,070
The New Year is approaching.

744
00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:02,730
Do you need to hurry back
to the Northern Border?

745
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:04,790
Any orders from Your Highness?

746
00:33:04,790 --> 00:33:06,550
What can I possibly order you to do?

747
00:33:06,550 --> 00:33:08,240
I heard your father came back, didn't he?

748
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,240
Since everyone is around now,

749
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,640
we can celebrate the New Year together.

750
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:11,440
Right, Jiayu?

751
00:33:16,950 --> 00:33:19,030
Mao, is that soft armor?

752
00:33:24,590 --> 00:33:25,750
Premium materials.

753
00:33:25,790 --> 00:33:27,190
Exquisite workmanship.

754
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:28,940
It's really well made.

755
00:33:29,350 --> 00:33:30,070
Actually,

756
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:32,750
it's my gift to you for your conferment.

757
00:33:37,510 --> 00:33:38,160
Chan.

758
00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:40,990
Chan?

759
00:33:44,590 --> 00:33:45,510
To be honest,

760
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:48,340
I've taken Chan as a concubine of mine.

761
00:33:57,350 --> 00:33:58,640
Why did no one tell me
I was to be conferred on

762
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,000
the title of Heir's Consort?

763
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,730
Wuyi already divorced Lady He.

764
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,920
How can the dignified heir
of Prince Jing'an

765
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,160
not have a consort?

766
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,360
So, I directly petitioned His Majesty

767
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,000
before asking for your approval

768
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,400
to confer on Jiayu
the title of Heir's Consort.

769
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,280
His Majesty even specially ordered a seal

770
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,360
and a certificate to be made

771
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,290
by the Imperial Works Department.

772
00:34:18,670 --> 00:34:20,110
I haven't even brought it up yet,

773
00:34:20,110 --> 00:34:21,630
and you're already more eager than I am.

774
00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:22,800
After the New Year,

775
00:34:22,929 --> 00:34:24,520
I will make sure there is

776
00:34:24,550 --> 00:34:26,810
a grand conferment ceremony for you two.

777
00:34:27,710 --> 00:34:28,230
Yaoyao,

778
00:34:29,190 --> 00:34:31,310
the mechanical arts
you love studying do not

779
00:34:31,310 --> 00:34:33,310
bring less danger than battle does.

780
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:34,550
As you get in and out of the workshop,

781
00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:35,610
wearing this armor

782
00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:36,710
can provide some protection.

783
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:39,360
There's also a calligraphic work
for you two.

784
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:43,040
[May you a lifetime of happiness]

785
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:41,280
Consider it

786
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:42,880
a wedding gift from me to you.

787
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,860
The Heir Consort's conferment ceremony...

788
00:34:56,110 --> 00:34:57,370
It's a serious matter.

789
00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,770
Mao should've discussed with us earlier.

790
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,150
Also, little did I expect

791
00:35:01,150 --> 00:35:03,210
Chan to be taken as a royal concubine.

792
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,520
It didn't occur to me either.

793
00:35:07,030 --> 00:35:08,510
Actually, the conferment ceremony

794
00:35:08,510 --> 00:35:10,110
isn't really that big a deal, is it?

795
00:35:10,110 --> 00:35:11,370
How is it not a big deal?

796
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,150
The entire process of it is even

797
00:35:13,150 --> 00:35:15,150
more complicated than a wedding's.

798
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:17,940
I thought you'd be delighted.

799
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,110
Of course I'm delighted.

800
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:21,940
It's just a bit too sudden.

801
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,000
Just some rituals performed at home.

802
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,230
They're hardly as complicated
as you think.

803
00:35:25,230 --> 00:35:26,360
What surprised me

804
00:35:27,230 --> 00:35:29,690
was that Yizhi had a seal newly made
and asked

805
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,670
the Inner Court's Rites Directorate
to prepare for the ceremony.

806
00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:35,800
It's actually good.

807
00:35:39,230 --> 00:35:40,490
I promised your mother

808
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,890
not to drag you into the mess I'm in.

809
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:44,890
I've broken my word.

810
00:35:46,550 --> 00:35:47,920
Now that it's all inevitable,

811
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,920
I must give you the strongest armor.

812
00:35:50,030 --> 00:35:51,920
With that seal
and the official conferment,

813
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,030
everything in Prince Jing'an's Mansion

814
00:35:53,030 --> 00:35:54,480
will be at your command from now on.

815
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,540
No one can hurt you.

816
00:35:57,030 --> 00:35:59,400
In Prince Jing'an's Mansion,
would anyone give me

817
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,660
a hard time except you?

818
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:04,400
No, I suppose.

819
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:14,070
Xiao Wuyi,

820
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,440
will you head north for battle soon?

821
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:17,760
I'm sick of receiving letters from home

822
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,020
for the past two years.

823
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:20,920
I want to go to Beifu with you.

824
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,110
My face hurts from all that smiling.

825
00:36:37,110 --> 00:36:38,760
You think the guests were too many?

826
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,480
They were just a few soldiers' families,
coming to offer New Year's greetings.

827
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:43,540
It is finally over.

828
00:36:44,110 --> 00:36:46,170
I have serious business to attend to.

829
00:36:46,510 --> 00:36:47,840
What serious business?

830
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,280
Xiao Wuyi agreed to let me join the army.

831
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,810
Now, I am Beifu Army's
ordinance supervisor.

832
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:55,080
Finally,

833
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,360
my skills are needed somewhere.

834
00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,240
You're joining the army?

835
00:36:59,710 --> 00:37:01,910
Then what about the household affairs?

836
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,510
My Lady,

837
00:37:06,630 --> 00:37:09,160
I have to manage the Miraculous Craft
for you.

838
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,360
Dear Nanxing, don't be modest.

839
00:37:11,710 --> 00:37:13,110
Thanks to you and Jing Lan,
the Miraculous Craft

840
00:37:13,110 --> 00:37:13,880
could open branches

841
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,590
all over Ye within such a short time.

842
00:37:15,590 --> 00:37:17,800
Someone talented like you
is not to be wasted.

843
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:18,670
Yuanji,

844
00:37:18,690 --> 00:37:20,000
I'm not being a lazybones.

845
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,360
I'm just assigning the right person
to the right position.

846
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,360
You can always come up with excuses.

847
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:25,430
This won't do.

848
00:37:25,430 --> 00:37:27,060
I'm just a servant.

849
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,290
So what if you are a servant?

850
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:30,920
Years ago,

851
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,710
I was just a butcher's daughter.

852
00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:33,480
But now,

853
00:37:33,590 --> 00:37:35,280
I'm a Princess, aren't I?

854
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:36,590
Mother.

855
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:38,800
Now that the Heir's Consort
thinks highly of you,

856
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,000
just do your job well.

857
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,270
I swear I will live up to

858
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:45,760
Your Highnesses' trust.

859
00:37:50,210 --> 00:37:52,940
Mother, you don't think
I'm just messing around?

860
00:37:53,510 --> 00:37:55,400
Yuanji loves studying historical texts.

861
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:56,630
Ruisheng excels at medicine.

862
00:37:56,630 --> 00:37:57,760
You like mechanics.

863
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:58,960
Yan Yue practices martial arts.

864
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,760
Nanxing is good at operating business.

865
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,920
As for me, I enjoy feeding chickens

866
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:03,960
and raising ducks.

867
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:04,840
We all have things

868
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:05,920
we'd like to do.

869
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:08,610
Isn't it nice to leverage
our own strengths?

870
00:38:09,190 --> 00:38:10,070
Let's go have

871
00:38:10,070 --> 00:38:11,030
the New Year's Eve dinner together.

872
00:38:11,030 --> 00:38:11,440
Sure.

873
00:38:11,590 --> 00:38:12,120
Let's go.

874
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,640
Xiao Ziqi, sit tight!

875
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,800
I was out practicing medicine all year

876
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:18,920
and couldn't discipline you.

877
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,190
So you started causing trouble
here and there.

878
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:22,880
Do you want to memorize
the acupoint chart again?

879
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:23,710
Auntie,

880
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:24,800
help me.

881
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:25,840
Alright, Sister.

882
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,280
Ziqi says he got the message.

883
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:28,280
Now, you spoil him

884
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:29,800
even more than Yuanji does.

885
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:30,550
Someday,

886
00:38:30,580 --> 00:38:32,280
I'll send you to a school
in the mountains.

887
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,620
The kind where you can't leave
until ten years later.

888
00:38:34,620 --> 00:38:35,230
Come here!

889
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:38,070
Behave.

890
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:40,410
Father, Mother,

891
00:38:40,630 --> 00:38:41,760
I'm sorry to be late.

892
00:38:42,110 --> 00:38:44,070
Almost missed the New Year's Eve dinner.

893
00:38:44,070 --> 00:38:46,730
Didn't you say you were busy
with the grain canal

894
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,090
and couldn't come back for the dinner?

895
00:38:49,150 --> 00:38:51,680
I heard there would be
a conferment ceremony.

896
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,520
Wuyi and Jiayu are both back.

897
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,190
As their elder brother,

898
00:38:55,190 --> 00:38:56,480
how could I not come home?

899
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:57,800
We are all family.

900
00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:59,200
No need for formalities.

901
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:00,360
Mother,

902
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,150
I noticed last time
that your neck warmer was broken.

903
00:39:03,150 --> 00:39:04,920
So I asked a merchant
from the Western Regions

904
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:05,880
to buy a new one.

905
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:07,670
Please try it on, Mother.

906
00:39:07,670 --> 00:39:08,870
Bring it to me, quick.

907
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:10,930
How thoughtful of you, Yao.

908
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,090
Take a seat already.

909
00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:24,710
Brother.

910
00:39:25,190 --> 00:39:25,760
Yuanji.

911
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:28,920
Sister.

912
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:32,880
This year, the Xiao family

913
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,610
is the most complete than ever.

914
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:35,480
Come on,

915
00:39:35,590 --> 00:39:37,790
let's celebrate the New Year together.

916
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,000
May we have happiness, longevity,
and health.

917
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,000
Happy New Year.

918
00:39:41,110 --> 00:39:42,840
May everyone be well and happy.

919
00:39:52,070 --> 00:39:53,880
Wuyi knows you loves sweet wine, Mother,

920
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,280
so he wrote to me early on,

921
00:39:55,670 --> 00:39:57,630
telling me to prepare some good wine

922
00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:59,150
upon the harvest of grapes,

923
00:39:59,150 --> 00:40:01,670
and make sure it is presented to you
on the New Year.

924
00:40:01,670 --> 00:40:03,530
How considerate of our children.

925
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:07,480
Good!

926
00:40:07,590 --> 00:40:09,390
Back in the day, your mother here

927
00:40:09,550 --> 00:40:11,360
was a famous wine enthusiast.

928
00:40:11,550 --> 00:40:12,230
Tonight,

929
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:13,760
let's have many a drink

930
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:14,960
with your mother!

931
00:40:15,070 --> 00:40:15,550
How about that?

932
00:40:15,550 --> 00:40:16,110
Sure.

933
00:40:16,130 --> 00:40:17,370
I'd like to enjoy such fine wine

934
00:40:17,370 --> 00:40:18,450
with Mother.

935
00:40:20,590 --> 00:40:22,320
Dishes bestowed by the Eastern Palace!

936
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:26,380
Everyone in Prince Jing'an's Mansion,
receive the dishes and the edict!

937
00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:28,360
By decree of the Eastern Palace,

938
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,550
as the year renews

939
00:40:29,550 --> 00:40:30,840
and a new dawn breaks,

940
00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:34,030
considering your relentless efforts
day and night,

941
00:40:34,030 --> 00:40:35,670
I find your loyalty and diligence
commendable.

942
00:40:35,670 --> 00:40:38,400
Today, I bestow upon you
a feast of delicacies,

943
00:40:38,710 --> 00:40:41,150
named "National Unity

944
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:42,710
and Family Reunion."

945
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,280
You shall understand
the regard I bear for you,

946
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:46,840
strive more earnestly in public causes,

947
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,150
and remain of one mind with me,
as ruler and ministers.

948
00:40:49,150 --> 00:40:50,840
As His Highness commands.

949
00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:53,110
Come on in.

950
00:40:53,110 --> 00:40:54,280
Let's continue to drink.

951
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:54,760
Come on.

952
00:40:55,550 --> 00:40:56,590
The man in black there,

953
00:40:56,590 --> 00:40:58,050
won't you come eat with us?

954
00:40:58,360 --> 00:40:59,510
It's New Year's Eve dinner.

955
00:40:59,510 --> 00:41:00,550
Yes. Mr. Ye Xing,

956
00:41:01,030 --> 00:41:02,030
Her Ladyship said

957
00:41:02,150 --> 00:41:04,110
you should have New Year's Eve dinner
with us.

958
00:41:04,110 --> 00:41:05,000
Leave him alone.

959
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,150
As a royal Shadow Envoy,

960
00:41:06,150 --> 00:41:08,150
he will by no means forget the rules.

961
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:12,960
You drunk kitten,

962
00:41:13,670 --> 00:41:14,800
it's time to go home.

963
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,410
Why did you come to the horse ranch?

964
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,000
When Anmin gave a neck warmer to Mother,

965
00:41:21,070 --> 00:41:22,880
why did you hide yours?

966
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:24,760
If I remember correctly,

967
00:41:25,030 --> 00:41:26,110
that was made with the red fox

968
00:41:26,110 --> 00:41:27,770
you hunted on your own, right?

969
00:41:28,010 --> 00:41:30,740
♪ One glance from near stirs my heart ♪

970
00:41:28,070 --> 00:41:30,230
Xiao Wuyi, this is no good.

971
00:41:30,590 --> 00:41:31,800
Really no good.

972
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,510
♪ This fleeting moment ♪

973
00:41:32,070 --> 00:41:33,920
Even if others give her
a hundred neck warmers,

974
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,320
the one presented by you
still has its special meaning.

975
00:41:35,210 --> 00:41:39,220
♪ Tugs the threads woven by fate ♪

976
00:41:35,550 --> 00:41:36,630
Just because someone else
sent her a neck warmer

977
00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:38,480
didn't mean you shouldn't give her one.

978
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:39,280
Do you hear me?

979
00:41:39,390 --> 00:41:41,390
♪ Bound tight evermore ♪

980
00:41:41,510 --> 00:41:42,310
Do you hear me?

981
00:41:43,350 --> 00:41:46,350
♪ Sharing all the years together ♪

982
00:41:44,670 --> 00:41:45,280
Alright.

983
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:51,130
♪ Peace I find nowhere but by your side ♪

984
00:41:48,630 --> 00:41:49,630
I got it.

985
00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:54,630
♪ Bear witness with our souls ♪

986
00:41:54,070 --> 00:41:54,800
Xiao Wuyi,

987
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,380
♪ Fear no partings or wax and wane ♪

988
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:57,770
you need to learn to ask for things.

989
00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:04,240
♪ You know my resolve
to live and die together ♪

990
00:42:04,260 --> 00:42:07,920
♪ Believe in my persistence that
I won't run away ♪

991
00:42:08,380 --> 00:42:12,370
♪ You know me, I'm willing to be
with you till the end ♪

992
00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:16,330
♪ Burn the fire in my heart ♪

993
00:42:16,350 --> 00:42:20,560
♪ Sincere hearts remain as of old ♪