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[Episode 10]
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Lan Yu'er.
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Who am I?
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Duan Empire's Prince Ning Rui.
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I'm a half-human, half-Charmer
who injured my own father.
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Anyone who comes near me
will be in danger.
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That's why you're scared to
approach people you like.
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You also don't dare to
ask for what you want.
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Your Highness is timid.
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Get back to your chores.
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I'm not timid.
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I'm just not greedy.
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I know that someone is listening to me.
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That's good enough.
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I just wish to spend the rest of my days
like I do right now.
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Otherwise, as people always say,
I'll bring calamity upon this world.
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Bury it.
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Yes.
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This way, please.
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[Arch Prince Ye's manor, Wan Prefecture]
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Your Highness.
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My dear.
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Your Highness.
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Madam!
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5 dates of Lan Prefecture
and 10 redskin peanuts.
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Two blackskin walnuts.
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Your Highness, take a look.
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I have the same ones every day.
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What's there to check?
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You can just get the servants
to bring them.
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My dear, why bother
making your way here?
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Your Highness, the rooster from
Yue Prefecture is indeed different.
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It doesn't seem big,
but it won't stop until it dies fighting.
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It has nothing to do with
where it's bred.
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This is how roosters are.
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They are always fighting for something.
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They simply have to fight
to the bitter end.
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It's just fooling around.
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Mister Mu has brought visitors to meet
His Highness so early in the morning.
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Is something the matter?
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Madam, Mister Huo is from Yue Prefecture.
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He's an expert in cockfighting.
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His Highness has asked that
he comes with me.
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It's obvious that
my wages will be at stake.
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Since His Majesty fell ill
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didn't Your Highness
say that health comes first?
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You were going to wake up early
every day to practice martial arts.
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My dear, I am practicing now.
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I can't tell.
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I'm practicing the skills of my eyes.
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Should we practice together?
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You're so good at joking around.
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But it's best to be spending
our days in peace and quiet.
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Don't think of vying over anything
just because His Majesty is ill.
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Mu Yuan, look!
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You've lost!
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Hand over your money! Quickly!
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I don't often get to win
at gambling with you!
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Look at him! He's lost!
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Your Highness.
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This time, I'll make sure
that you crash and burn!
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You lost badly!
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You may all... leave now.
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Speak. What is it?
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Huo Si Zhong of Yue Prefecture's
Nine Dragon Fort.
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I've prepared a small gift.
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I hope that Your Highness will like it.
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You're spending a heavy sum of money
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just to have me hire your mercenaries?
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The Huo Mercenaries selected 100,000
elites of well-rested mountain folk.
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They are skilled in running and
each one can kill a boar singlehandedly.
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Every one of them is vicious
and craves money.
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Judging by Novoland's situation,
a war will soon be upon us.
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Should we be hired by Arch Prince Ye,
it's a win-win situation for us.
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Huo, you're very good at doing business.
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Get up.
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Thank you, Your Highness.
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Mu Yuan, take a look.
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Yes.
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It's a painting?
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What's so special about it?
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It's a painting drawn by
His Majesty's sixth son, Muyun Sheng.
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"The Muyun Pearl Illusions."
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His son drew this?
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Is this just...
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In a pavilion,
a beauty is holding a book.
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The beauty doesn't even have a face.
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What's so impressive about this?
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Your Highness.
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The amusing aspect of it
is that the beauty didn't turn around.
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Yet everyone can sense
that she is a beauty.
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Even more intriguing is that
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some say Muyun Sheng's paintings
are just paintings.
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But they hold a secret to
the revolution of Novoland.
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In between those brush strokes,
there's a source of magical power.
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It's the highest quality of art.
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If we have one of his paintings
and figure out its mystery
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we can then understand
the secrets of all things in the world.
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It's a book that could
unravel all mysteries.
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It's a pity that even
one painting of his is hard to attain.
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All the scholars of Novoland deem it
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as a lifetime's honor
to own his painting.
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Magical powers?
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How interesting.
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I will... keep it then.
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If Your Highness is busy,
I'll take my leave.
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Is there some other matter?
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Your Highness.
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The royal court has asked
to borrow money again.
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It's not a small sum.
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It's our prefecture's annual income.
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Since His Majesty is in poor health
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the military expenses of
the royal court have doubled.
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They can't make ends meet.
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Since then, they have borrowed
from us for four consecutive years.
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Should this continue,
they might not pay back in years.
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Muru Shuo is a silly old man.
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He shared his military power
with Nanku Qi
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just to uphold the dignity
of his ancestors.
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Nanku Qi knows well enough to
spend more goldlings on the army
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to make them look good.
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Although goldlings were spent
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the army isn't as powerful
as it once were.
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The newly risen Helan Tie Yuan's clan
in Han Prefecture has been
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ravaging the other clans frequently.
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However, the Muru Cavalry in
Han Prefecture took no action.
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It has allowed them to grow strong.
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Money is such a great thing.
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It motivates people to work...
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and it also demotivates.
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Lend it to them!
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From now on, we'll lend the royal court
however much they spend.
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But...
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there's a price to pay.
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Yes.
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We should let the people know that
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Wan Prefecture has been contributing
every year to stabilize the nation.
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All the other prefectures understand that
the royal treasury is already empty.
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Novoland now relies on the Lord of Wan.
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Your Highness, forgive me
for expressing my opinion bluntly.
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His Majesty can't manage
state affairs anymore.
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Military power is now held by
Master Nanku Qi
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who is on friendly terms
with Your Highness.
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It's very easy to
take over the world now.
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Your Highness, why don't you--
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Back then, Muyun Qin snatched
the empire away from me.
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He even justified it well.
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Since Yin Rong married into the palace
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she's never harmed anyone.
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Why do you and the officials
keep picking on her?
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She's never harmed anyone?
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Why do I think that
you've instructed her to harm me?
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You were abolished of your title
as the crown prince.
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Yin Rong played no part in it.
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You still refuse to admit it?
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You deliberately had this Charmer
use her magic on me
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to set me up right before Father!
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You drank too much!
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You behaved inappropriately
when you were drunk.
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While performing a sword dance,
you stabbed Father.
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What has Yin Rong got to do with it?
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What has she got to do with it?
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Those palace attendants
who served in the hall that day
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are all living a luxurious life now
in my jurisdiction, Wan Prefecture.
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What do you mean by that?
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It's because they knew
I only had water that day.
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I have the habit of binge drinking.
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It was Father's birthday banquet.
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I was worried that I might misbehave
after a few drinks
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so I bribed the attendants into
swapping the wine with water.
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Therefore, every one of them
can be my witness.
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I wasn't drunk at all.
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Who would believe in those servants?
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I have to take back the throne
with a just cause as well.
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Only then will I really
defeat him in the end.
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I want him to return the empire
back to me willingly.
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I want the people to know...
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I'm a hundred times better than him.
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Your Highness has great ambition.
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I've speculated recklessly.
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However, as of today
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Your Highness can provide
the people a life of prosperity.
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You have already defeated His Majesty.
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Your Highness.
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The visitor from Cloud City has arrived.
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He has something for Your Highness,
but he refuses to enter the manor.
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I've spoiled them.
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Old Man Liu!
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I'm here!
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Have you brought me what I wanted?
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Since I'm here, I've definitely
come to hand over your items.
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If not, why would I bother coming here
all the way from Cloud City?
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I don't even like you that much.
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How dare you speak rudely
to His Highness?
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Presumptuous!
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The Wise don't understand etiquette.
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Old Man Liu.
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I'll order 10,000 suits
of bone crawler armor.
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You get to name the price.
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Will you accept this deal?
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Do you want the flying or swimming ones?
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I want ones that can fight wars.
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I can't make those.
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The Liu family has gathered the best
craftsmen in Novoland under your roof.
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You would say that
you can't make those?
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Our family trademark is nothing
compared to the Wise tribe
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that vanished underground.
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Tian Luo's snare wire
and combat bone crawlers...
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The Wise can make them, but not me.
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Sneaky little Old Man Liu.
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This...
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You can have it.
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Moon Dust?
(Ecstasy drug)
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Give me what I had ordered.
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You wouldn't have made me
wait so long for nothing.
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Liu Qi Jun of Cloud City presents
his customer sincerely with his order.
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Respectfully crafted, I present
the prince's Sky Knocker.
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Sky Knocker?
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"All of Novoland was searched for
the God of Ruin's metallic heart."
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"It has cost several lives
of fervent apprentices"
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"and has taken 18 years to craft."
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"This sword is naturally rebellious."
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"Should a ruler wield it,
it will wipe out loyal subjects."
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"Should a subject wield it,
it shall make him rebel."
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"Should a king wield it,
it shall make him defy destiny."
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Old Man Liu, your family can now
have access to every iron mine
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within Wan Prefecture that you fancy
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and perform mining as you wish
without seeking permission.
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Thank you, Your Highness.
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Your Highness, this is the other item
that you asked for.
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With the leftovers of the metallic heart,
we've also crafted this.
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Your Highness, take it as well.
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This is the wand that I have for you.
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Four years ago, when you came to me
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I had the Wise start
crafting this for you.
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This is newly made.
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I think...
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this is a gift to congratulate
Mister Mo on your recovery.
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A wand can't be crafted
without magical powers.
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Indeed.
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Actually... I often supply Old Man Liu
with some Moon Dust from time to time.
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Moon Dust is secretly concocted by
the Jiu family of Wan Prefecture.
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After taking it, the illusions from
the ecstasy summon Star Magic.
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I think that Old Man Liu
must be addicted to it by now.
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Top quality.
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Lord of Wan truly knows me well.
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Mister Mo is the most noble
March Moon follower.
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I can guess what Mister Mo is thinking.
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You'd like the world
to descend into chaos.
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In fact...
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so do I.
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00:20:22,798 --> 00:20:25,743
I'd willingly offer my services
to Lord of Wan.
254
00:20:28,358 --> 00:20:29,685
Mister Mo...
255
00:20:32,911 --> 00:20:38,667
Do you think that there could be
any magical power in a painting?
256
00:20:39,268 --> 00:20:40,519
It's impossible.
257
00:20:41,519 --> 00:20:42,590
Why?
258
00:20:44,759 --> 00:20:48,882
Magical powers stem from
an intricate form of occultism.
259
00:20:48,882 --> 00:20:52,067
It takes a great gift
for humans to wield it.
260
00:20:53,156 --> 00:20:57,140
What person could possibly perfuse
a painting with magical powers?
261
00:20:58,140 --> 00:20:59,473
That's very reasonable.
262
00:21:00,704 --> 00:21:07,561
However, I have a painting here with me
that I'd like Mister Mo to take a look.
263
00:21:08,723 --> 00:21:11,407
If I've been hoodwinked...
264
00:21:11,407 --> 00:21:13,508
then I've have mistaken him for a friend.
265
00:21:13,508 --> 00:21:14,951
I think...
266
00:21:16,593 --> 00:21:18,440
this can't be any good.
267
00:21:34,391 --> 00:21:35,619
This painting...
268
00:21:35,619 --> 00:21:37,863
Who did this painting?
269
00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:39,476
Muyun Sheng.
270
00:21:42,030 --> 00:21:43,999
He did?
271
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,589
Your Highness,
did you have a nightmare again?
272
00:22:18,628 --> 00:22:21,372
I dreamed that the woman in my dreams
was going to speak to me.
273
00:22:25,824 --> 00:22:28,387
Your Highness, you've projected
your thoughts into your dreams.
274
00:22:28,387 --> 00:22:30,042
This is a good dream.
275
00:22:31,990 --> 00:22:33,059
She...
276
00:22:34,132 --> 00:22:35,931
Is she really a beauty?
277
00:22:38,378 --> 00:22:39,781
We have never met.
278
00:22:42,553 --> 00:22:44,999
But she's showed me some things.
279
00:22:48,356 --> 00:22:49,712
What did you see?
280
00:23:02,965 --> 00:23:05,970
Lan Yu'er, on the night of
my father's accident
281
00:23:05,970 --> 00:23:08,471
what exactly did I turn into?
282
00:23:08,471 --> 00:23:10,650
No one saw Your Highness at that moment.
283
00:23:13,317 --> 00:23:14,383
Right.
284
00:23:15,683 --> 00:23:20,093
Apart from my father, everyone else died.
285
00:23:20,093 --> 00:23:23,125
Your Highness, stop thinking about it.
286
00:23:23,125 --> 00:23:24,448
Go to bed quickly.
287
00:23:24,448 --> 00:23:26,471
It will be fine once you're asleep.
288
00:23:26,471 --> 00:23:28,563
How many guards were there that night?
289
00:23:30,549 --> 00:23:31,847
12.
290
00:23:31,847 --> 00:23:32,969
12?
291
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,265
12 people...
292
00:23:41,104 --> 00:23:42,611
They were all killed by me.
293
00:23:45,579 --> 00:23:48,537
Your Highness, stop thinking about it.
294
00:23:48,537 --> 00:23:50,393
My father was severely injured.
295
00:23:51,654 --> 00:23:53,487
- I did that to him as well.
- Your Highness!
296
00:23:53,487 --> 00:23:56,971
No one saw what happened that night.
297
00:23:56,971 --> 00:23:58,894
Stop tormenting yourself.
298
00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:05,218
I don't know why...
299
00:24:06,761 --> 00:24:10,655
Whenever I see her lately,
these memories start flashing back.
300
00:24:11,959 --> 00:24:14,974
- What are you doing?
- From now on, this will be in my care!
301
00:24:14,974 --> 00:24:19,429
Those officials always say
that Your Highness is strange
302
00:24:19,429 --> 00:24:20,978
staring at a glass bead all day.
303
00:24:33,721 --> 00:24:35,261
Arch Prince Ye, please look.
304
00:24:35,261 --> 00:24:37,261
The lady is holding
a scroll in this painting.
305
00:24:37,261 --> 00:24:38,987
Do you see what's drawn on its cover?
306
00:24:40,569 --> 00:24:41,690
What is it?
307
00:24:43,057 --> 00:24:44,127
This is...
308
00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,916
The Book of the Charmers.
309
00:24:46,916 --> 00:24:48,472
The Book of the Charmers?
310
00:24:48,472 --> 00:24:49,686
Yes.
311
00:24:50,667 --> 00:24:52,788
There are six tribes in Novoland.
312
00:24:53,808 --> 00:24:57,348
Only the Charmers excelled
in magical powers.
313
00:24:57,348 --> 00:24:59,405
There are two reasons for that.
314
00:25:01,124 --> 00:25:02,653
The first reason is....
315
00:25:02,653 --> 00:25:06,582
the Charmers were formed by spirits.
316
00:25:06,582 --> 00:25:10,494
Therefore, they are way ahead of
the other five tribes in terms of
317
00:25:10,494 --> 00:25:13,365
the practice of magical powers,
as it requires great willpower.
318
00:25:14,602 --> 00:25:15,652
The second reason is...
319
00:25:16,756 --> 00:25:23,828
the Charmers have their own
unique system in the algorithm of magic.
320
00:25:25,656 --> 00:25:27,678
This "Book of the Charmers"...
321
00:25:28,751 --> 00:25:35,898
It's a legendary book of
the Charmers' secret to their powers.
322
00:25:36,761 --> 00:25:42,151
It's the heavenly scripture
to all occultists in the world!
323
00:25:50,001 --> 00:25:51,276
Who would have known...
324
00:25:52,917 --> 00:25:55,107
in my lifetime...
325
00:25:56,604 --> 00:26:01,449
I could actually confirm that
such a book truly exists.
326
00:26:03,036 --> 00:26:04,173
Mister Mo.
327
00:26:04,173 --> 00:26:05,412
It's a painting.
328
00:26:05,412 --> 00:26:09,371
He might have painted that unknowingly.
329
00:26:09,371 --> 00:26:10,944
You mustn't take it too seriously.
330
00:26:12,253 --> 00:26:13,419
No, Prince Ye.
331
00:26:15,433 --> 00:26:16,856
The occultists...
332
00:26:16,856 --> 00:26:20,335
They only know that the title is
the "Book of the Charmers."
333
00:26:21,691 --> 00:26:23,711
No one has seen this pattern!
334
00:26:30,442 --> 00:26:35,335
If I hadn't skimmed through
those confidential books
335
00:26:35,335 --> 00:26:41,165
I took from the March Moon Sect's
Long Yuan Chamber
336
00:26:41,165 --> 00:26:43,134
I wouldn't have known
of this pattern either.
337
00:26:46,060 --> 00:26:48,730
Muyun Sheng...
338
00:26:49,762 --> 00:26:52,872
He must have really seen this book.
339
00:26:55,316 --> 00:26:58,342
Is this book really that impressive?
340
00:26:58,342 --> 00:26:59,517
Arch Prince Ye.
341
00:27:01,398 --> 00:27:05,124
The practice of occultism
relies on a fixed algorithm.
342
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:07,016
You must first understand the algorithm.
343
00:27:07,016 --> 00:27:08,480
The gifted ones will need a year.
344
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,719
Those without...
it will take 10 years or more.
345
00:27:10,719 --> 00:27:14,361
It isn't that after you've
figured out the calculations
346
00:27:14,361 --> 00:27:16,050
you can wield magical powers.
347
00:27:16,050 --> 00:27:17,750
What is the algorithm?
348
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:22,068
It's a calculation of
maneuvering natural forces
349
00:27:22,068 --> 00:27:26,386
that exists in this world
and is invisible to the eye.
350
00:27:27,413 --> 00:27:29,407
It consumes great energy in the process.
351
00:27:29,407 --> 00:27:34,818
Only those who can stay extremely focused
can avoid making any mistakes.
352
00:27:34,818 --> 00:27:40,191
It will take a few more years
to concentrate on the practice.
353
00:27:40,191 --> 00:27:44,778
The number of those who failed in
wielding magical powers
354
00:27:44,778 --> 00:27:47,664
and ended up being engulfed by it...
355
00:27:47,664 --> 00:27:49,740
is countless.
356
00:27:51,557 --> 00:27:55,132
All magical algorithms are fixed.
357
00:27:56,294 --> 00:27:58,907
You can spend years on
learning occultism and yet
358
00:27:58,907 --> 00:28:01,521
you still can't wield
magical powers at will.
359
00:28:01,521 --> 00:28:05,817
This is as good as a person
who trained to be a cook for years
360
00:28:05,817 --> 00:28:10,112
but only ended up learning
how to chop up ingredients.
361
00:28:10,112 --> 00:28:12,049
Pan-fry, stir-fry, braise, deep-fry.
362
00:28:12,049 --> 00:28:14,094
Nothing was mastered.
363
00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:17,584
I pride myself as being very gifted.
364
00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:24,494
Up until now, I have only learned
five or six variations.
365
00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:26,825
Nothing more.
366
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:35,685
There are still branches like
the Wise and the Soarers.
367
00:28:35,685 --> 00:28:38,267
There are also algorithms
for these different tribes.
368
00:28:38,267 --> 00:28:39,737
They are totally different!
369
00:28:39,737 --> 00:28:45,605
If you were to learn them,
you'd have to start all over again.
370
00:28:49,557 --> 00:28:52,567
However, this "Book of the Charmers"
371
00:28:53,126 --> 00:28:58,650
will enable us to design...
372
00:28:59,733 --> 00:29:01,863
our own algorithm of magical powers.
373
00:29:01,863 --> 00:29:03,338
What's the difference?
374
00:29:05,028 --> 00:29:06,365
Once you attain it...
375
00:29:08,429 --> 00:29:15,318
you can have whatever magic... you want.
376
00:29:16,621 --> 00:29:18,298
How can I get it?
377
00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:19,692
Find this woman.
378
00:29:19,692 --> 00:29:21,698
Muyun Sheng surely knows where she is.
379
00:29:21,698 --> 00:29:22,698
When do we set out?
380
00:29:22,698 --> 00:29:24,308
As soon as possible!
381
00:29:29,557 --> 00:29:30,865
All right.
382
00:29:32,803 --> 00:29:36,871
Mister Mo, when you get to Tian Qi City
383
00:29:38,656 --> 00:29:43,060
I'll send someone to assist you.
384
00:29:45,262 --> 00:29:46,694
You...
385
00:29:47,992 --> 00:29:49,751
You don't trust me?
386
00:29:52,365 --> 00:29:53,612
It isn't so.
387
00:29:53,612 --> 00:29:57,147
It's so that you can perform your best.
388
00:29:58,996 --> 00:30:07,241
Moreover... this person would
need to undergo some training.
389
00:30:53,095 --> 00:30:57,095
[Novoland Inn, Zhong Prefecture]
390
00:31:17,432 --> 00:31:18,983
That customer asked for Qian Chamber
391
00:31:18,983 --> 00:31:21,599
and all furniture to be changed
into unlaquered, old wooden ones.
392
00:31:21,599 --> 00:31:24,252
He also wants the chef of
Kun De Restaurant to make all his meals.
393
00:31:24,252 --> 00:31:25,301
Where is he?
394
00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:27,551
This is him.
395
00:31:44,142 --> 00:31:47,651
You find our inn's tea too poor in taste?
396
00:31:48,776 --> 00:31:52,512
It's actually Fleur tea
from Wan Prefecture.
397
00:31:52,512 --> 00:31:55,779
It's only one grade down
from the tribute.
398
00:31:55,779 --> 00:31:57,430
Sir, you're overly sensitive.
399
00:31:57,430 --> 00:31:59,481
It isn't that the tea is poor.
400
00:31:59,481 --> 00:32:00,955
It's just that...
401
00:32:00,955 --> 00:32:03,663
the water in Tian Qi City
is simply too awful.
402
00:32:03,663 --> 00:32:05,661
It's fine.
403
00:32:05,661 --> 00:32:07,380
I'll just bear with it.
404
00:32:08,380 --> 00:32:10,441
We can meet all of your requests.
405
00:32:10,441 --> 00:32:14,730
However, as for changing the furniture...
406
00:32:16,148 --> 00:32:17,805
you'll have to pay some upfront.
407
00:32:21,529 --> 00:32:27,259
My uncles and aunts gave me
some badges with their crest.
408
00:32:27,259 --> 00:32:32,801
They said that these badges
are as good as seeing them.
409
00:32:32,801 --> 00:32:34,919
I remember that I had
your family's as well.
410
00:32:34,919 --> 00:32:36,298
There are just a lot more.
411
00:32:36,298 --> 00:32:38,036
I'll have to look carefully for it.
412
00:32:38,036 --> 00:32:39,566
These are...
413
00:32:42,522 --> 00:32:44,105
Jinding Bank?
414
00:32:45,354 --> 00:32:46,560
Tang's Sea Salt?
415
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,277
The Cui Family’s Hair Ornaments?
416
00:32:48,277 --> 00:32:50,482
The Hua Family's Water Transport.
417
00:32:50,482 --> 00:32:51,721
My goodness.
418
00:32:51,721 --> 00:32:54,615
All the millionaires in Novoland
are your relatives?
419
00:32:56,849 --> 00:32:59,438
This is the badge of
the Chief Innkeeper of Novoland Inn.
420
00:32:59,438 --> 00:33:02,282
I had the honor to have met
the old gentleman years ago.
421
00:33:03,868 --> 00:33:04,946
Get the room ready.
422
00:33:04,946 --> 00:33:06,349
Who is in Qian Chamber?
423
00:33:06,349 --> 00:33:07,569
- Reassign it.
- Yes!
424
00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:16,739
How should I address you, sir?
425
00:33:16,739 --> 00:33:18,571
Wan Prefecture's...
426
00:33:18,571 --> 00:33:21,634
[Muyun De, Arch Prince Ye's second son]
Muyun De.
427
00:33:40,137 --> 00:33:41,849
My father has sent me to assist you.
428
00:33:41,849 --> 00:33:43,345
Indeed.
429
00:33:47,431 --> 00:33:49,195
What have I got to gain?
430
00:33:49,195 --> 00:33:52,640
I've heard that Arch Prince Ye
sent his legal first born to Glass Valley
431
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,391
to study business and commerce.
432
00:33:55,391 --> 00:33:57,941
Indeed, you have learned well.
433
00:33:57,941 --> 00:34:00,344
Let's not discuss matters
of insignificance.
434
00:34:00,344 --> 00:34:02,843
I am what you will benefit from.
435
00:34:02,843 --> 00:34:04,348
As long as I'm willing
436
00:34:04,348 --> 00:34:07,903
I can make all your wishes come true.
437
00:34:07,903 --> 00:34:09,597
Do you know who I am?
438
00:34:10,851 --> 00:34:13,342
My godfather has passed on
the chamber of commerce to me.
439
00:34:13,342 --> 00:34:17,081
I'm now the head of Wan Prefecture's
Chamber of Commerce.
440
00:34:18,244 --> 00:34:20,855
I own all the riches of Novoland.
441
00:34:21,454 --> 00:34:27,523
What in the world
could I not get with goldlings?
442
00:34:28,097 --> 00:34:29,291
You...
443
00:34:29,291 --> 00:34:32,152
How can you help me?
444
00:34:32,891 --> 00:34:36,909
Is that all you hope to achieve?
445
00:34:36,909 --> 00:34:38,431
Mister Mo, what do you mean?
446
00:34:38,431 --> 00:34:41,253
I don't think that
you're just some layman.
447
00:34:42,054 --> 00:34:44,079
You're naturally intelligent.
448
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:46,876
A mere Wan Prefecture's
Chamber of Commerce...
449
00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:50,110
How is that good enough
for your great ambition?
450
00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:59,094
There's something
more interesting than goldlings.
451
00:35:00,583 --> 00:35:03,088
[The World]
Don't you want it?
452
00:35:11,677 --> 00:35:13,355
That's my father's ambition.
453
00:35:13,355 --> 00:35:15,961
Don't try to drive a wedge between us.
454
00:35:17,465 --> 00:35:18,768
Forget it.
455
00:35:18,768 --> 00:35:21,440
Take it that I've misjudged.
456
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:22,661
Hold on.
457
00:35:26,152 --> 00:35:29,271
What would you like me to do for you?
458
00:35:35,605 --> 00:35:37,360
Make friends with Muyun Sheng.
459
00:35:40,398 --> 00:35:41,688
Is that very difficult?
460
00:35:51,219 --> 00:35:53,809
Officials, do you have any
important matters to report today?
461
00:35:53,809 --> 00:35:56,773
If not, the court will be
dismissed early.
462
00:35:56,773 --> 00:35:59,693
Otherwise, His Majesty will be tired
from sitting down for too long.
463
00:36:10,784 --> 00:36:14,065
Subject Xue Huo, proposes anointing
the legal first born prince
464
00:36:14,065 --> 00:36:17,059
Muyun He Ge as the heir apparent!
465
00:36:25,338 --> 00:36:30,929
Master Xue, why didn't you bring this up
to us during our morning session?
466
00:36:32,264 --> 00:36:34,782
His Majesty is to decide
on his heir apparent.
467
00:36:34,782 --> 00:36:37,199
I don't have to report everything to you.
468
00:36:37,199 --> 00:36:41,215
The empress has served dutifully
by His Majesty for years.
469
00:36:41,215 --> 00:36:44,266
She's been searching for medications
and looking after His Majesty's health.
470
00:36:44,266 --> 00:36:47,016
She's also written "Women's Precepts"
for the ladies of the harem.
471
00:36:47,016 --> 00:36:48,706
She's kept the harem disciplined.
472
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:51,293
She also often summons the ladies
of court officials' households
473
00:36:51,293 --> 00:36:54,704
to spur them on with rewards
and words of patriotism.
474
00:36:54,704 --> 00:36:58,443
Not only so, she's treated
Prince Sheng with leniency.
475
00:36:58,443 --> 00:37:01,525
She hasn't punished him for what he did,
but even wrote an essay personally.
476
00:37:01,525 --> 00:37:04,190
It announced to the world
Prince Sheng's temperament
477
00:37:04,190 --> 00:37:06,052
in order to absolve him of his sins.
478
00:37:07,385 --> 00:37:12,518
The empress deserves huge credit
for Great Duan Empire's peace.
479
00:37:12,518 --> 00:37:13,518
His Majesty--
480
00:37:15,528 --> 00:37:18,711
Master Xue, catch your breath.
481
00:37:20,217 --> 00:37:22,014
Don't be nosy.
482
00:37:23,934 --> 00:37:26,543
Prince He Ge is remarkably gifted.
483
00:37:26,543 --> 00:37:29,596
Since he was relocated back
to Tian Qi City as a judicial officer
484
00:37:29,596 --> 00:37:32,759
he has closed more than 300 cold cases.
485
00:37:32,759 --> 00:37:36,960
He's compartmentalized the officials and
augmented Tian Qi City's criminal code.
486
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,527
It's said that he only sleeps...
487
00:37:41,543 --> 00:37:43,525
He only sleeps four hours a day.
488
00:37:43,525 --> 00:37:45,293
We're selecting an heir apparent.
489
00:37:45,293 --> 00:37:47,280
It's not a match of hardship.
490
00:37:48,177 --> 00:37:51,577
In terms of talent,
Prince Han and Prince Lu--
491
00:37:51,577 --> 00:37:53,152
They are outstationed.
492
00:37:53,152 --> 00:37:55,423
They have been away from
Tian Qi City for years.
493
00:37:55,423 --> 00:37:59,237
They are no longer familiar
with the matters of the royal court!
494
00:37:59,237 --> 00:38:05,612
I wonder who has refused to
relocate both princes back?
495
00:38:22,137 --> 00:38:25,699
Both princes are burdened
with military duties.
496
00:38:25,699 --> 00:38:29,360
With reason, they are not to
leave their designated posts.
497
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,536
Master Gusong is
deliberately picking on me.
498
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:56,771
Isn't Master Nanku in charge of
the military and national defense?
499
00:38:59,048 --> 00:39:00,525
It's just...
500
00:39:00,525 --> 00:39:03,838
I'm just sharing the burden
of Master Muru.
501
00:39:04,572 --> 00:39:05,952
Is that so?
502
00:39:05,952 --> 00:39:09,827
The Helan Clan of Han Prefecture
has been harassing the other clans.
503
00:39:09,827 --> 00:39:12,324
Why didn't Master Nanku send
the Muru Cavalry after them
504
00:39:12,324 --> 00:39:14,568
and instead allow them to grow stronger?
505
00:39:15,568 --> 00:39:19,554
Master Nanku,
what exactly are you plotting?
506
00:39:19,554 --> 00:39:24,893
Gusong Zhi! You might be a censor
with the duty to supervise officials
507
00:39:24,893 --> 00:39:27,471
but you shouldn't make
such an accusation so blindly!
508
00:39:30,574 --> 00:39:32,268
You're but a civil official.
509
00:39:32,268 --> 00:39:34,536
You don't know anything about battles.
510
00:39:34,536 --> 00:39:38,786
Opportunities for battle
come and go very quickly.
511
00:39:39,958 --> 00:39:41,681
What are you plotting?
512
00:39:41,681 --> 00:39:43,824
Why have you slandered me so?
513
00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:46,650
I don't know anything?
514
00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:48,831
Fine.
515
00:39:49,980 --> 00:39:51,179
General Muru.
516
00:39:52,181 --> 00:39:55,523
You should know about
such matters very well.
517
00:39:58,556 --> 00:40:00,461
Stop arguing over this.
518
00:40:01,309 --> 00:40:05,001
Don't you find yourselves ill-mannered,
yelling before His Majesty?
519
00:40:05,001 --> 00:40:06,427
Muru Shuo!
520
00:40:06,427 --> 00:40:08,518
Are you still the Great General?
521
00:40:12,675 --> 00:40:14,831
Enough now. His Majesty is tired.
522
00:40:14,831 --> 00:40:16,054
You should call it a day.
523
00:40:16,054 --> 00:40:17,251
Then...
524
00:40:18,121 --> 00:40:20,231
About anointing Prince He Ge...
525
00:40:20,231 --> 00:40:23,735
There's still time. We can discuss this
when His Majesty has recovered.
526
00:40:25,382 --> 00:40:27,998
Dismiss!
527
00:40:55,621 --> 00:40:57,666
Some head adviser you are.
528
00:40:57,666 --> 00:41:02,081
You're so cautious in
your every word and action.
529
00:41:03,186 --> 00:41:04,505
Should this continue
530
00:41:04,505 --> 00:41:08,786
the Muru Cavalry's renown reputation
of ever-triumphant battles
531
00:41:08,786 --> 00:41:13,235
might soon be replaced
by that of a coward.
532
00:41:25,847 --> 00:41:27,213
Your Majesty.
533
00:41:27,213 --> 00:41:30,456
In the hall, the officials have
commended me profusely.
534
00:41:30,456 --> 00:41:32,474
You heard them.
535
00:41:32,474 --> 00:41:36,780
Is everything I've done worthy of you?
536
00:41:41,579 --> 00:41:43,262
I just don't understand
537
00:41:43,262 --> 00:41:50,096
why you simply wouldn't make
my son the heir apparent.
538
00:41:55,445 --> 00:41:57,025
Go to...
539
00:42:01,809 --> 00:42:03,307
Your Majesty, what did you say?
540
00:42:06,936 --> 00:42:08,472
Go to...
541
00:42:10,153 --> 00:42:11,570
Sword...
542
00:42:11,570 --> 00:42:14,259
Chamber.
543
00:42:19,630 --> 00:42:21,572
Lift the sedan chair!
544
00:42:27,275 --> 00:42:32,275
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