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♫ ♫

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♫ Have you ever heard of ♫

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♫ the snow mountain’s cliff ♫

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♫ Once left people with lingering enchantments ♫

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♫ Legend has it ♫

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♫ that there are treasures on it ♫

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♫ But there is also a hidden abyss ♫

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♫ The smart, foolish ♫

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♫ and kind people ♫

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♫ are all people you’re familiar with ♫

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♫ On the mountain slope, on the cliff ♫

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♫ on the cloudy peak ♫

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♫ on this secular world ♫

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♫ Let the snowflakes swirl and flutter ♫

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Joy of Life

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Episode 27

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These are the four lines.

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Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com

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Actually, I don't need this handwritten copy

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to point out the issues.

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The last four lines of this poem

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refer to a devastating and melancholic sentiment.

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If it wasn't someone who has had experience of the many ups and downs in life

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how could they have composed such lines?

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But Master Fan

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you are in the prime of your youth...

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how could you have felt such despair?

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Young people exaggerate their worries.

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Too much is as bad as not enough.

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Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, Fan Xian has lied and plagiarised.

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It's utterly despicable.

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Such behaviour has shamed all the literary talents of our country.

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I ask Your Majesty to strip him of his title

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and throw him out of the capital, never to use him again.

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Master Guo, if I've shamed the country,

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then why are you so happy?

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Nonsense. (Bullsh*t)

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I'm angry and disappointed. I'm ashamed to be associated with you.

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If Mr Zhuang would like to argue the case here, how does Master Guo know what the result will be?

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I've only just heard of this, of course.

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Then why is it that, when I got to Qi Hall today,

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Master Guo was already saying that he would see my reputation torn to shreds?

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I don't know if Master Guo is great at making predictions,

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or if he's already colluded with Mr Zhuang.

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Nonsense,

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Can the word collude be used in this place?

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Enough,

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At this time, you still care about the word he uses?

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Your Majesty, my son has never got along with Fan Xian.

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Their arguments don't affect the bigger picture.

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The point today is that Fan Xian's poem

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contains plagiarised lines from another's work. This deserves severe punishment.

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Otherwise it will be difficult to appease

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the unhappiness of the public.

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The Minister is really something. He gets to the heart of the issue straightaway.

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I'm only speaking frankly.

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My. Zhuang,

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What you said is right,

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I did copy.

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Mr. Fan,

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speaking truthfully, knowing what you've done, is an act of courage.

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After going through this, Master Fan will definitely improve.

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Don't rush to praise me.

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Mr Zhuang... I plagiarised for my own sake.

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You plagiarised for your teacher... we're not so different, after all.

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Actually, your actions aren't even as open or direct as mine.

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This poem is written by the god of poetry Du Fu.

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It has nothing to do with your teacher.

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Mr Zhuang has plagiarised on his teacher's behalf.

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He really is a model in showing respect to one's teacher.

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A god of poetry?

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Where is this god of poetry from? Which country, which era?

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If he's a god of poetry, is his name widely known?

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He's not in the history books.

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So that's how it is.

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Because his poems come from another world.

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A world with many pleasures, with arts and literature to stun you.

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Perhaps it is a mythical fairy world?

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Laugh all you want.

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Compared to what you have here

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it's wouldn't be an overstatement to call it a fairy world!

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Did you go there before?

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It's a picture in my dream.

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In my remaining memory..

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Mr. Fan, what you mean is--

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that you travelled the fairy realm in your dream

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and memorised a poem?

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Your Majesty, what Fan Xian says

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is outrageous and ludicrous.

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Such excuses are tantamount to deceiving the emperor.

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I ask that Your Majesty punish him.

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Mr Zhuang, did your teacher write many poems?

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My teacher wrote many poems.

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Does he have many poems that are obscure and unknown?

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He has many. Of the obscure poems,

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the one I displayed is one such example.

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Who says I only memorised one poem in my dream?

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Come!

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Master Fan, if you are composing poems,

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I would be happy to record them for you!

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Does Master Fan expect to compose two or three poems on the spot

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to prove that they are all from the fairy realm?

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You don't even know... it's like my memories

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have been carved into my mind.

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Every word I've seen,

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every book I've read,

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I remember them exactly.

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Do you know what you're saying right now?

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I think he's panicking and just talking rubbish now!

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"Have you not seen, the waters of the Yellow River come from upon Heaven,

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surging into the ocean, never to return again;

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Have you not seen, in bright mirrors lamenting over white hair,

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black threads at dawn, and white as snow by evening.

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Success in life brings complete joy,

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do not raise an empty goblet to the moon.

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Heaven made, my abilities must have purpose,

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Spent a thousand gold pieces, but they will return!"

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"When will the spring flowers and autumn moon end?

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How much remembrance does a heart know?

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... How much sorrow must I have?

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Much like the spring flood of a river flowing east!"

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"I do not know what time of year

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it will be in the Heavenly Palace.

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I shall return there while riding the wind

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yet I fear the loneliness

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at the top of the jade palace.

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I rise and dance with my shadow,

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would it be as it was on Earth?“

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"Drunkenly lighting a lamp to admire my sword,

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dreaming of the sound of horns surrounding tents.

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Sharing the rations with my vast troops,

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listening to the sounds beyond the Great Wall,

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gathering forces on the autumn battlefield."

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“In the sky, we will be two love birds flying together.

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On earth, we will be two trees with branches intertwined.”

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“Don't worry about having no confidante on the road.

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Who in the kingdom doesn't know you.”

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”The small building was windy again last night.“

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“There are few plum blossoms in the corner.

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Blossoming all alone, defying the cold.”

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“The nation is ruined, though mountains and rivers remain.

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In cities in the spring, the grasses and trees grow deeply.”

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“Such a gleeful day calls for bold singing and uninhibited drinking.”

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“Hating the separation, birds are fearful at heart.”

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“A phoenix’s body without two bright wings

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but our hearts are linked as one.”

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“My precious horse, and my furs worth a thousand gold pieces.

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Call out your sons and swapped them for fine wines.”

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“I wish to ride the wind and return there,

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yet fear the jade towers.”

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“The small building listened to spring rain all night.”

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“There are no mountains and the rivers are exhausted.

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Winter thunder trembled, summer rain and snow.”

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“West of the Yang Pass, you won't come across any old friends.”

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“One does not know in the celestial palaces.”

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“On myriads paths, not one foot-print in sight.”

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“Ten years between life and death.

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Nowhere to tell my sorrow.”

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“Youngsters do not know the taste of love.”

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“Time only knows how to make people grow old.”

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“We don't know each other even we have met.”

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“Running water, people, homes.”

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“How panic-stricken I was retreating before the Tartars!

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Being a captive, I lamented over my solitary confinement.

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Men are mortals.

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Leave the loyalties to shine through history.”

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"Behind me,

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where are their successors?

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Oh Heaven and Earth,

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how boundless and without end!"

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Have I gone over a hundred?

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Master Fan, you crossed a hundred a long time ago!

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Then let's stop here.

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How could there be a fairy realm in this world?

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If there isn't one, then where do these poems come from?

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It must be that he wrote them himself!

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Even if he wrote all these poems himself,

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even if he's written a thousand, ten thousand, poems,

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it doesn't mean that he didn't copy that original poem!

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He opens his mouth and great poems come tumbling out.

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Why would such a person need to plagiarise?

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Why would he stoop to plagiarising?

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In terms of knowledge of contemporary literature,

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I can't beat you.

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When it comes to memorising poems, you can't beat me.

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When it comes to being a great literary scholar,

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I can't do it.

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When it comes to being a decent human being,

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you can't.

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I'm going off to a drunken sleep...

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Go to hell.

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What happened, Mr Zhuang?

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Mr Zhuang, Mr Zhuang!

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Mr Zhuang, wake up!

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Quick, get the imperial physician!

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Quick, quick! Put the hangover soup on the table.

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Put it here, that's right. And soften up that pillow.

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He's had so much to drink, he better not fall off the pillow.

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There's no change to the plan. Meet me at the palace walls.

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You're so drunk, let's do it another day.

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He's coming, he's coming! The poetry god is coming!

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He's here! Quick, put him on the bed.

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Be careful!

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Slowly.

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Cover him up.

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Be careful. Cover him up.

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You've worked hard. Go home and rest now.

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You've worked hard.

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I'll take care of brother, you should all go back and rest now.

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With so many servants here, you don't need do it yourself.

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Is this necessary? That's enough, no need to make such a fuss.

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Who hasn't been drunk before?

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- Do you know what your brother's done in the palace?

- What?

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He's become a deity!

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His Majesty personally gave the order

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for the palace guards to escort Young Master Fan home.

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His Majesty also said to make sure to take care of him.

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This gentleman is now a Qing treasure!

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You speak too highly.

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Not at all! Master Fan, you haven't heard.

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Young Master Fan really stupefied everyone at the Hall today

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with his drunken poetry.

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Many people have said privately that this is the God of Poetry descending to Earth!

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Look at the kind of future your brother Fan Xian has!

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And you only know how to sleep! Learn from your brother.

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Isn't he also sleeping?

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He-

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- Make them leave.

- How are you the same as him?

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- Still sleeping?

- It's getting late,

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you should go back and rest now. I'll take care of brother.

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What rest? He's a God now, we have to take good care of him.

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Go make some snack. What if he wakes up hungry later?

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- Go, hurry!

- That's enough!

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You should all leave. Brother needs to rest.

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Go, go, hurry. Let him rest. Be quiet!

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Time to go!

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Let your brother rest, let's go.

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About time.

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Brother!

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Brother, are you alright?

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I'm fine.

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Zhuang Mohan really spat blood?

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Yes.

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After tonight,

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Fan Xian will now be God of Poetry Fan.

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Based on this,

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Zhuang Mohan really was lying to frame him.

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Master Zhuang ruined his reputation of seventy years

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with this one action.

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At this age,

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he ruined his whole life.

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Alas. I'm tired,

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we'll talk tomorrow.

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Didn't you take medicine?

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The medicine was to make me throw up.

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Ruoruo, someone in the royal court is working with Zhuang Mohan.

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Today was planned ahead of time.

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Who?

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Princess Royal and Guo Youzhi.

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Princess Royal?

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Wasn't Princess Royal defending you in front of His Majesty?

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You're smart, can't you tell?

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This woman is so treacherous.

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I'm going into the palace tonight.

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Brother, look at your state now.

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Only like this will no one suspect me.

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Ruoruo, guard this room for me. Don't let anyone inside.

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I got it. As long as I'm alive, no one will come in.

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Master.

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Wait here.

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Uncle.

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Like we said before, within the time to burn one stick of incense,

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I'll lure away Hong Sixiang. You go in to get the key.

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- Hold on.

- What?

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Don't give away any clues.

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My clothes and sword

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were all stolen from the Dongyi group of diplomats.

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- Yun Zhilan?

- There are only so many Ninth-Grade Masters within Jingdu.

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I want them to believe that the one who infiltrated the harem

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is the disciple of Si Gujian.

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You've thought of it all.

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When I used to be with the Young Lady,

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when I used to be with the Young Lady. I'm used to it.

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You should be careful.

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You may not be able to block Yan Xiaoyi's arrow.

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With the size of the harem, I may not run into him.

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So many poems, your hand must be tired from copying.

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We have a great poet now. It's so wonderful!

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Even if I break my hand from copying, I'm still happy.

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Your Majesty, you are tired.

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I'm just sighing.

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Our ancestors built Qing on the military.

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We couldn't compare to Qi in the literature field.

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This has been my father's concern for a long time.

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Now God bless Qing.

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We have a divine poet, Lord Fan.

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Divine Poet?

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I think he is a divine alcoholic.

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but these poems

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were definitely written well.

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But I have been wondering.

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Did he write these poems?

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Who are you?

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My apologies for making a mistake. I took the wrong path.

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You took the wrong path into the palace?

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I fear you are the only one in the kingdom.

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I have to do this for my country.

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Senior, please forgive me. I'm leaving now.

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This is the palace, kiddo.

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It's not a place where you can simply come and go.

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Guqian?

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Guhou? You are from the gang of Si Gujian?

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Commander Yan, what's wrong?

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What did you hear just now?

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Nothing.

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Fetch my bow.

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Yes.

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You already saw in Taiping Courtyard.

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Yan Xiaoyi has amazing hearing.

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He will notice you if you are not careful enough.

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Once you are in, don't rush.

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Avoid jumping.

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Commander Yan, is something not right?

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No unusual sound.

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Some Noble Ladies have cats. Pretty fat ones.

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It might be the cats?

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Continue to patrol.

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Yes.

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One more thing.

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- Don't walk on high places.

- You thought of this too?

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Besides his hearing, he is an archer.

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The important things to an archer are his eyes.

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If you climb high.

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You won't be able to dodge him even in the night.

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Wang Qinian.

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Lord.

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Did you find the locksmith?

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Create a counterfeit key for this.

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This is not a key. There's no such key in this world.

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There's no such lock too.

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We were tricked.

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Don't bother about this. Just do it.

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This is very tricky. It's very time-consuming.

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It just need to look like this. No need to be detailed and aesthetic.

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- Rough and not precise?

Yes. How long?

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If it doesn't need to be aesthetic,

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I can do it in 10 minutes.

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Wait. I need to pee.

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Go now.

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What are you looking at?

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Let me tell you. Just now, there was a strange person, from here,

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felt on the ground,

then he stepped on the umbrella and flew away.

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And there was an old eunuch flew away too.

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So fast. See? The tiles are broken.

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This is the counterfeit.

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This is real item.

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Many thanks.

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Who says it's a key? What lock is it opening?

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Stop asking so many questions.

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Yes.

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- Lord.

- Don't follow me.

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I will deliver the counterfeit and go back on my own later.

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Fine.

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Lord, is this considered top secret?

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I trust you.

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No. I'm referring to the locksmith.

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What do you want to say?

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Lord, should we get rid of him?

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It's just a key. No need to go that far.

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Give him good money and send him away from Jingdu.

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Don't let him come back for the time being.

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Are you testing me?

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Lord, you are brave but soft-hearted.

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Is this good or bad?

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If it for doing great task, this is not ruthless enough,

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If it's as a friend, it's just nice.

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- Lord, there's something else.

- Speak.

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Since you want to reward handsomely,

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please find the money for reward and give it to me.

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Look at the time now and you want me to look for it? Do it yourself.

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Lord, will you write a note for me

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so that I can earn some interest?

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Get out.

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Lord, be careful.

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Lord, this is considered to have gone well.

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By putting back the counterfeit, it's considered a success.

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As long as there's no accident.

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Be discrete and you shall be fine.

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Grand Princess is waiting in there for you.

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Grand Princess.

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If love between both sides can last for aye,

Why need they to stay together night and day?

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What a heartbreaking love poem.

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Sit.

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Regarding Fan Xian's poems at the night banquet,

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I got someone to copy some of them.

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Looking at them now, they are brilliant.

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Sir, what do you think?

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That's right.

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It's a good one. I am impressed.

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Does heaven really exist?

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It's all fairy tales.

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I think these poems

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were personally written my Master Fan.

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He wrote so many poems in so little time.

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Who could any human being do that?

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Unless he is a god from heaven?

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If he is,

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Then he must be the God of poem.

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I called you here in the night to ask you something.

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You promised me to trample Fan Xian at the banquet

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to make him lost his reputation. Dare I ask if you managed to do that?

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When I framed Fan Xian today,

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I gambled with my reputation.

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But after losing to such a person,

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I'm sincerely convinced.

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But there's something I don't understand.

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A poet like Fan Xian,

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Princess Royal, you didn't tell me that.

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Otherwise, why would I do such a thing to embarrass myself.

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I didn't know that kid could do such a thing.

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This is good too.

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It's a failure. How could it be good?

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It's good that he wrote so many poems

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in one night.

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Otherwise,

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people will take my words

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and think he is a copy cat.

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It's good for him.

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But you lost all your reputation.

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It's better than me feeling guilty for the rest of my life.

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Your mind is peace. What about me?

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I

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I sold out Yan Bingyun

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so that Xiao En can go back to Northern Qi.

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How many people would know the monster Xiao En

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is actually the great literary giant Zhuang Mohan's younger brother.

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I took a great risk,

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and did such a great favor to you and Northern Qi.

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Ultimately, in exchange, you are at peace?

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If it wasn't because of affection,

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why would I come to Southern Qing

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and be trapped by you?

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Go back and tell your young Emperor.

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He owes me a favor.

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He will need to return it in the future.

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There's something I don't understand.

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A talent like Fan Xian. Such a young man,

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he is supposed to the future of Qi.

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Grand Princess, why must you insist on getting rid of him?

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And even selling out your own spy?

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Yan Bingyun suffered

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but his life was not in danger.

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As to why I oppose Fan Xian,

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I just want to see him desperate.

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There's an assassin!

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Did the arrow miss him?

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The arrowhead felt off. There are some pieces of clothes.

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He was definitely shot.

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There is no blood stain. Could he be unscathed?

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My arrow wounded him.

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Split up and search thoroughly.

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Yes!

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♫ Life goes round and round ♫

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♫ In the long river of time ♫

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♫ Layers of memories, of many lives over ♫

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♫ Get stacked up ♫

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♫ In an intoxicating river of stars ♫

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♫ Before you know it, spring is over and it's almost fall again ♫

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♫ The swallows are gone to their wintering grounds ♫

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♫ Who can give up the chance ♫

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♫ To spend this life with you? ♫

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♫ You have been walking around in your dream for so long ♫

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♫ The flowers fall from the boughs quietly ♫

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♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫

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♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫

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♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫

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♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫

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♫ No complaints ♫

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♫ It's a cold world and I still think of you as I did before ♫

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♫ The moon is sleepless ♫

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♫ Leave a warm heart ♫

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♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫

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♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains ♫

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♫ Through the fire of war ♫

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♫ You are always there for me ♫

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♫ The flowers leave the boughs, quietly ♫

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♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫

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♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫

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♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫

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♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫

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♫ No complaints ♫

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♫ It's a cold world and I think of you as I did before ♫

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♫ The moon is sleepless ♫

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♫ Leave a warm heart ♫

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♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫

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♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains and through the fire of war ♫

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♫ You are always there for me. ♫