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The Story of Ming Lan
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Episode 45
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Big Madam, please enjoy.
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Didn't expect there would be such an expert.
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Her skill in brewing tea is even stronger than mine.
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The foam of the tea is white like snow. It doesn't break up after quite a while.
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She's my unmarried older daughter.
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She used to serve nobles in a duke's manor.
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She has picked up some foolish skills. Big Madam, please don't laugh.
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How old is she? Is she engaged to anyone?
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Not yet. She's still young and need to wait for a while.
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Your daughter is bright, clever, delicate and pretty. The rest of them are probably not lacking too.
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Why don't you call them out and let me take a look?
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I only have two daughters.
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The second daughter is eight years old.
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She's very naughty.
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She's like a mud skipper every day, running all over the place. She's not worthy to be seen by noble people.
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Big Madam, everything has been completed.
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The official matter is here.
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Cuiwei, go according to the names in the register and distribute one string of money.
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Those families with elders that are more than 60 years old,
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Distribute three hundred money to each and everyone.
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Yes.
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Big Madam, this is...
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Everyone has worked hard.
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This farmstead is now taken on the name of Gu.
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This is my first time here. I'm rewarding everyone with some money
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to make everyone happy.
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What is your name?
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Wang Sheng.
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Three strings of coins.
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Here, this is for you.
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- Is this really for me?
- Yes.
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Come, hold this properly.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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How many in your family?
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Come, next person.
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Come, one at a time.
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Thank you.
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There are 62 qing (413,54 hectares) of farmlands here in Heishan Farmstead.
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There are 33 registered agricultural families here.
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When Older Brother Tu brought people to check the article,
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he discovered that there are 960 mu ( 64 hectares) of extra farmlands and the number of farming household doesn't match too.
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There must be more again.
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Big Madam, you guessed accurately.
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When we distributed the money, there was around 4 or 5 who took them but their names were not in the registry.
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They said that they were from Heishan Farm.
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I did the task according to your instructions
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and didn't give them a hard time. They left after the distribution of the money.
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When you were in the field, did anyone talk to you privately?
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Yes.
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Someone came to report to Older Brother Tu.
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Saying that Manager Ba and the other managers
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have set up their private fields outside and registered them under their relatives' name.
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Those additional land and tenants were probably hidden and not reported.
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The annual revenue went into their own pockets too.
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If we didn't prepare this money in advance,
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we wouldn't have been able to catch that many big fishes in the background.
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Big Madam, Old Ba Fu led some other managers here to see you. They said that they are here to seek punishment.
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Tell them to come in.
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Please enter.
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I admit my mistake.
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Big Madam, please show mercy.
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You are born from slaves who were punished.
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When the Duke of State Manor was confiscated,
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You should have already been sold off.
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You all were granted to us alongside the farmstead.
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Now that the duke's manor has been confiscated,
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you people instead are hiding a lot of private wealth.
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You even tried to gang up to trick me. You are indeed a talented slave.
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We were momentarily blinded.
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I know that I'm wrong now.
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Big Madam, please show mercy.
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I'll immediately tell them to sell off their private farms.
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- Tomorrow, I will publicly allow...
- Shut up. Is Big Madam greedy over your money?
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Be done with it.
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You peopled have worked hard for so many years in watching over the farmlands of this farmstead.
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It's not really something to have a bit of savings.
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But not reporting the number of farmlands here in the farmstead and privately hiring farming families is against the family rules.
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If I just let it go, then if other people will imitate,
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won't the House of Gu be in a mess?
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You can leave now.
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Once I've inspected Guyan Farmstead, I'll discuss this with the General before giving out the punishment.
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Before I came, I have already checked everything.
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Guyan Farmstead is different from Heishan Farmstead.
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Guyan Farmstead is a confiscated family asset several years ago.
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It's under royal rule for more than a decade.
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This asset has been managed by an imperially designated eunuch.
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With the imperial family being in-charge, even if things do happen in here, very few people will intervene.
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I fear that the water there in Guyan Farmstead is deeper.
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Big Madam, I fear we won't be able to use the same trick from Heishan Farm
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We've been in Heishan Farmstead for several days. I'm sure that the news of what we've done there has already leaked.
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This method will not work anymore. We need to change to another tactic.
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There seems to be some people missing within us. Did they lose their way?
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It's not even a wild and mountainous area. How could they have gotten lost?
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I told several smart staff
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to dress up as traders to obtain information from the farmers.
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We are too eye-catching.
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They surely will guard against us very tightly.
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Why not just put up a pole there?
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Let those farmstead managers get tangled up with it.
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But in reality, we've already sent people to secretly investigate the situation beforehand.
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At the very least, we surely will get some background.
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Who are you?
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Big Madam, greetings!
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I dare not accept such bows. Please get up.
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I heard that Manager Wu is a relative of a palace eunuch.
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My apologies for being disrespectful.
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I dare not accept such respect. I'm just a very far relative.
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Relying on that, just trying to earn something for a living.
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Wait for us to complete the checking of the accounts for the land,
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before we have our usual chats.
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These people manage the fields,
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orchards, mountain forest, and the farming households.
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Big Madam, you can ask them if you have any questions
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As long as it's about the farmstead, they know everything.
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The fish scale records (land records), the accounting books, and contracts have all been prepared.
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You can review them anytime.
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If there are any lapses, you can immediately ask people to edit them.
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Seems like he has already prepared the fake account and is not afraid to be checked.
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When you are the one in-charge of the books in the future, you must guard against that.
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There's no hurry. I checked the accounts for several days.
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My eyes and back are hurting.
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The scenery is nice here.
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Why don't we take a stroll and relax?
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Let's just talk while walking.
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It's fine too.
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It's such a big land, mountain and forest. As a manager throughout the whole year,
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it must be very tough.
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I dare not say that it is hard, but I did placed half-life worth of blood and sweat into this farmstead.
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His Majesty then rewarded this farmstead to your family.
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My uncle initially wanted to find me another job.
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But I've been here for so many years,
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I've grown some affection towards it.
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I only want to stay and serve here.
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I fear that it might delay your future and people might laugh.
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That old uncle of mine has very good relationship with the other high ranking eunuch of the palace.
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They all say that General Gu has always been open-minded and generous.
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Everyone loves to befriend him.
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And General Gu is currently favored by His Majesty.
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I think no one dares to say anything.
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Who would dare to order around the manager of a previous imperial farmstead?
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If I make you stay, don't know how outsiders will be laughing at our Gu Family for being unruly.
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Even the elders of the House of Gu might be coming to scold us now.
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You also can't be sold as a servant to enter our house.
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It's still improper and unreasonable.
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Wouldn't it become a laughing matter in the kingdom?
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What are you doing?
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What are you doing in the village?
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Speak up now.
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You're not talking without tasting a few pain, is that it?
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Speak now!
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Speak!
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Big Madam.
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Are you going to talk or not?
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- Go back.
- Okay.
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The farmers said that there were people asking about the fields, mountain forest, and the populace here.
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They thought they were bandits
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and were captured. It was a misunderstanding.
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Blame me for this. Before I came, I made a bet with the General.
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We bet on how many trees there are in the mountain forest.
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That's why I sent two accounts people to come here to secretly check.
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The General has such a humor.
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Those who are aware, they know that Big Madam loves to joke.
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Those who don't, would think that we are secretly being investigated.
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Manager Wu, what are you saying?
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You have been in this village for many years
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and are experienced in your work.
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Everything must have been done methodically. Is there a need to be secretly investigated?
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Your words is making me feel embarrassed.
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There are 50 to 60 farming households here in Guyan Farmstead.
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Until now, they still owe the farm rental fees and loans.
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The previous account was not clean. I don't know how to explain.
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I would like to seek pointers from Big Madam.
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What was the total owed?
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For the rentals that's been dragged for so many years...
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I'm guessing around 20,000 taels.
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Also, people eat grains, so it can't be helped for them to cause trouble.
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When the farmers can't support their family's expenses, they would borrow money.
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Calculating them, it would approximately reach 13,000 to 15,000 taels.
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That much?
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Forget about the others.
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There are also some nobles from up there
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who came here to borrow the accounts.
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Adding them all up, it would more or less be around 13,000 to 14,000 taels.
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This farmstead was just granted as a reward at the start of this year.
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Those accounts are from within the Imperial family
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and are irrelevant to Big Madam.
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Big Madam, don't worry.
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This is a difficult task.
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Manager Wu, you must help me come up with ideas.
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Big Madam, don't worry.
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These messy miscellaneous things will eventually be properly handled.
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As long... as long as I'm here every day.
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[ promissory notes ]
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[ promissory notes ]
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How is this a reward?!
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The Emperor clearly just disposed of himself a terrible mess!
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And he even included some termites with it.
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What a hoodlum! A scoundrel!
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Who caused Big Madam to be furious?
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Why are there so many promissory notes here?
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Aren't you supposed to be in the camp in the western suburbs for these few days?
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Why are you back again?
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The drill has ended.
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I was worried about you and came back to check.
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Those farmstead in your dowry will surely be fine.
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Your grandmother meticulously chose them for you.
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But these farmstead were obtained from punishments.
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They surely will be hard to handle. They are also not originally from my Gu Family.
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I just accepted them blindly.
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There surely will be a pile of problems.
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Not only are there problems,
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there are too many of them!
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They threatened me. They had no fear and threatened me!
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Who dared to threaten my wife?! I'll go and beat him up to help you vent your anger.
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Forget it.
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You are busy with your military matters and also looking for the whereabouts of Chang'er.
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You have enough problems.
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Little weasel.
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Didn't you say that you only want the inside and not the appearance?
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But now, you're hitting your face to make it swollen so you can act as a fatty (trying to impress).
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Tell me. Which great turmoil have I not seen?
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I can handle these people.
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Tell me.
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Alright.
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The issue at Heishan Farm is not that big. I can handle it on my own.
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But Gu Yuan village is too evil.
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That Wu Guang... is a sinister man.
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Let's not talk about how he captured the men whom I secretly sent there. He even threatened me.
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He said if I don't let him continue to manage,
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he will shake off all the debts that our farmstead owned.
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Also, he delivered a chest of promissory notes.
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Did he let you check the accounts?
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After I just settled in,
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he already asked people to deliver these fish scales records and accounting books here.
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After scanning them, they are all a big mess!
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Not one is distinct and clear.
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These are all rotten accounts.
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Just because he's a relative of a high-ranking palace eunuch,
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he then manipulated power for personal interest and plundered.
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The farmers here in this farmstead he manages must be having a hard life.
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Why are you looking at me?
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You are beautiful.
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I've never seen you this filled with righteous indignation
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and baring your fangs.
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This is Sheng Minglan.
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Look at how furious I am and you are still laughing at me.
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Alright, okay.
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I...
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You deal with that rotten mess yourself!
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Don't be angry.
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Don't ruin your health just because of this minor matter.
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I'll meet that Wu Guang tomorrow and see what kind of a person he is.
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We originally agreed
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that you'll handle the outside, while I handle the inside. We're supposed to have our own duties.
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I can't help you with your external problems.
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Don't tell me you want to manage the internal problems too?
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You will suffer by marrying me then.
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It's my expertise to be the evil man.
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Moreover, these royal farmsteads can't count us family matters.
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It should be considered as matters of the country.
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You're not using me to find some amusement, right?
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Who's doing that?
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Let me ask you, what's the most profitable business in this kingdom?
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What's the best profession?
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To summarize, it should be...
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salt, mining, border trading,
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sea and canal transportation.
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But these are controlled by the Imperial court.
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Who then do you think is in-charge of all these huge money-making businesses?
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I don't know whose hands they are in
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but it's probably not in the hands of His Majesty.
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In the current empire, the most important matter is money.
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Now, there is money, but most of them isn't inside the state treasury.
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Second is army. Although there is an army
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but there are not that many people who can deploy and command it.
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Don't look at the Emperor sitting on his throne. Many things that he said, can't be carried through.
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Even this land owned by the Imperial family,
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he can't get involved in it too.
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Think about it. This insignificant person, Wu Guang,
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even dared to flaunt his prowess before you. Is this still considered a family matter?
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Since it's a matter of the country, don't worry about this.
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Let me manage this.
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You are tired from the whole day. Take a bath and change your clothes first.
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I'm perspiring all over. Do I stink?
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- You will feel more comfortable after taking your bath. Let's go.
- Okay.
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I will personally serve you.
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Alright.
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It's too hot.
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- It's okay.
- Add more cold water.
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Come here.
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When taking a bath, the hotter the better.
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You... you are injured.
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I'm not.
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What are you looking at?
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Are you referring to that? It's not.
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When I was training the soldiers today, someone was accidentally injured.
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I helped to carry him.
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His body was stained with blood. It's not mine.
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Your husband has a long life. He won't die that easily.
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Don't say that. What if...
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What if something bad happens to you?
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I'm still relying on you for the rest of my life.
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Do you know that previously,
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when my finger almost touched the King of Hell,
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he didn't take me in.
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Tell me, what could still possibly happen?
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What about this time then?
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I'm asking you. What about this time?
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It's better that you don't know about this kind of matter.
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What are you doing?
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Why am I putting on my clothes? Not taking a bath anymore?
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You are not taking a bath anymore.
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This place is not sealed properly.
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What if you catch a cold?
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Take a bath when we are back at the manor.
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Wife, do you love your husband that much?
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You will fall sick if you catch a cold.
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The huge assets of this general manor
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were all obtained by you risking your life. I will help you guard them well.
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Wife, when I was in Lingnan, I heard a story.
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It said there was a wife
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whose husband had an illicit affair.
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When she found out,
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she was afraid and angry too.
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Hence,
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she planted a kind of plant in their garden.
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Every day when she cooks, she added it into her husband's soup.
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Her husband died in six months after drinking that.
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They couldn't find the poison in his body.
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Do you know this is a special kind of herb?
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It's called the Return of Spring.
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It kills people without any traces.
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Don't talk to me about this.
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This story is not nice. It's scary.
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In the future, if I...
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If I also have an illicit affair,
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you can also use that Return of Spring to poison me.
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Don't show any mercy.
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Why would I want your life?
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I'm leaving my life in your hands.
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Don't, don't do this to me.
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It's very scary.
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Greetings, General.
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I wonder why you called us here so early in the morning? What's the reason?
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It's nothing that important.
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My wife came to check the accounts yesterday. The accounts were messy and not proper.
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When she went home, she was furious and fell sick.
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I had to come to manage the issue here.
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General, please do not be angry.
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The situation hasn't been good for the past few years.
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If the harvest is lacking, we have to seek a loan.
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When there's a deficit, I'm helpless too.
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Is that so?
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For Manager Wu to care about the farmers like this is really their great fortune.
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A few days ago, my wife went to check the accounts at Heishan Farm.
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She rewarded the farmers with a string of coins each.
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I think that we shouldn't give unfair treatment.
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Call them here to receive their rewards accordingly too.
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I thank the General on their behalf.
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But, this farmstead is too huge with only a few populace.
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If we're going to call them one by one, it might take some time.
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It's better to just hand over the money to the managers
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and let them distribute instead.
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No need. I have already gotten someone to get them to come here.
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Hurry up!
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Let's go. Quick!
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Hurry up, move it.
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Informing General, there were guards and hired thugs around the farming households.
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We have already taken care of them.
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I called you here today,
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one is for rewards.
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And the other is for me to ask you
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how you have been living for those past years.
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Did you suffer any extortion and unfair treatment from your managers?
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Don't be afraid. Tell me directly.
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His Majesty has given Gu Yuan village to me as a reward.
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I'm the landlord here now.
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All the managers have been replaced.
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Your land deeds and rice bowls are in my hands now.
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You only need to listen to my instructions from now on. Don't bother about others.
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Speak.
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General, help us. Our rent for the land here
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- is two to three times higher than other imperial farmstead.
- That's right.
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Manager Wu also made us do personal labor for him.
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During new years and holidays, they would ask for money and people.
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If not, he would come up with a reason to increase our rent.
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That's right. There are a few managers who are maniacs.
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They've raped so many ladies, and didn't even spare my wife!
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Because the rentals are too heavy, we don't really have much remaining grains during the new year.
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Older people couldn't bear to eat them and some even starved to death.
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General, during the coldest days of the year,
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our family didn't have any rice or fire woods.
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Without any fire woods, we can only use a few tattered clothes to shield ourselves from the cold.
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It's really not being able to get down from the bed
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or go out the house after wearing them.
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Last year, my grandchild
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died because of starvation and cold.
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That's right, General.
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Even in this condition, we still need to work every day.
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I have been coughing out sputum and blood, I still need to work every day.
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Even if our feet are rotten from the chill, we still have to work the fields.
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The children at home are all cold and starving, all crying their hearts out,
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and we still need to work.
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We all want to file a complaint, but that Manager Wu
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has ties with the local officials and have hired hoodlums under him.
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He monitored our every moves.
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We couldn't get out of this village at all!
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- If this continues, we will die here.
- That's right, General.
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General, help us.
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- Shitou.
- Here.
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Has the local magistrate and his secretary arrived yet?
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Yes, they are at the back.
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Tell them to come forward.
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Yes.
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General, the state judgement officials are here.
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General.
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Manager Wu, should we investigate each and every houses of these farmers
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for they might have exaggerated their plight?
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General, don't forget.
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This farmstead still has a huge credit that hasn't been collected.
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If we are dragged to the local government office
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- and sentenced, if this news travel out, it's the Imperial family that will get embarrassed!
- Indeed!
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Did you come up with those lines?
430
00:31:52,350 --> 00:31:55,520
I'm sure that it was said by your uncle from the palace.
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As a corrupt eunuch officer who accepts bribes, what honor does he still need?
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I invited the both of you here to be witnesses.
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These account books of Guyan Farmstead are so messed up. I'm a very straightforward person.
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I'm not willing to scramble within dirty mud and ditches.
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The more I don't want to fight for food with stinky fishes and rotten shrimps.
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Since it's a rotten account, it should be burnt.
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The money that they owed, they are all cancelled.
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I will fork out the money.
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Change the manager here!
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Thank you, General, for saving us.
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Thank you, General.
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Thank you, General.
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Still angry?
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00:33:47,630 --> 00:33:51,380
Not only can't we sentence that mastermind Wu Guang for his crimes,
445
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you even gave him a big sum of money to let him leave.
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I'm angry when I think about this.
447
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For the deficit, I can put out my own money to balance it out.
448
00:34:03,630 --> 00:34:06,380
But we need to protect the dignity of the royal family too.
449
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:12,360
Wu Guang and those accomplices of his have managers here for so many years. The tree they've planted has already grown tall and deep.
450
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If you continue to investigate, it will involve a vast number of people.
451
00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:20,400
It's still not time to punish these thieves.
452
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We must always prioritize.
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I know this.
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It's just that I'm angry.
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He did so many bad deeds
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yet he still was able to escape the law and be safe.
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This is unfair.
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Safe?
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I fear that it might not be.
460
00:34:59,970 --> 00:35:04,060
You were able to pacify the trouble and didn't end up being hated.
461
00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:08,670
Regarding the incident at Gu Yuan, you handled it beautifully.
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About those evil managers,
463
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I heard that after they have received the money and left the village,
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they were robbed not long after that.
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Their legs were also broke.
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They will be crippled for the rest of their lives.
467
00:35:26,630 --> 00:35:28,840
What's going on?
468
00:35:29,540 --> 00:35:32,250
Those Wu Guang and his accomplices have committed all kinds of evil.
469
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This is retribution from God.
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I don't know what's going on too.
471
00:35:37,380 --> 00:35:39,960
Frankly, I'm a bit scared.
472
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,830
I'm also afraid that he's always swaying at the teeth of the storm.
473
00:35:44,650 --> 00:35:49,540
Only after inspecting the farmstead did I learn
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that although our new emperor is highly respected as the son of god,
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he also has a lot of predicaments.
476
00:35:57,570 --> 00:36:02,130
I don't know about the predicaments of the emperor,
477
00:36:02,130 --> 00:36:06,590
but your father indeed has a problem right now.
478
00:36:08,260 --> 00:36:11,070
Just to find Changfeng a bride,
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he and Big Madam have been arguing lately.
480
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,690
What's wrong?
481
00:36:16,690 --> 00:36:22,030
Big Madam wants to just randomly pick a family.
482
00:36:22,030 --> 00:36:26,550
Your father still has to be meticulous about it.
483
00:36:26,550 --> 00:36:28,620
As for Changfeng,
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00:36:29,340 --> 00:36:33,060
he's complaining that the ladies being considered aren't beautiful enough.
485
00:36:33,060 --> 00:36:39,130
During the matchmaking, he bowed his head and wouldn't agree.
486
00:36:39,130 --> 00:36:41,350
This will probably still go on for quite some time.
487
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,890
Why don't you go back early tomorrow?
488
00:36:45,890 --> 00:36:48,210
Once they're done with this fuss,
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come back again and keep me company.
490
00:36:56,670 --> 00:36:58,700
From what I heard,
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the farmstead under him was found to have a huge deficit.
492
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Won't he has suffered losses then?
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00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:12,480
The House of Gu draw the bow without shooting.
494
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They only exposed the
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evil crimes of the managers in the royal farmstead.
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This time, His Majesty
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must be feeling so happy.
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In the future, he'll have a reason
499
00:37:26,930 --> 00:37:30,200
to layoff people and insert his own trusted aides.
500
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,270
Among the trusted aides of His Majesty,
501
00:37:32,270 --> 00:37:36,210
only Gu Second has the extra hand
502
00:37:36,210 --> 00:37:38,920
to take care of this situation.
503
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,680
His Majesty has already thought it through.
504
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,090
With Gu Second's style of always putting the general situation first,
505
00:37:45,090 --> 00:37:47,980
His Majesty surely knows of it.
506
00:37:47,980 --> 00:37:53,530
Among the trusted aides that came with His Majesty before his coronation,
507
00:37:53,530 --> 00:37:55,480
he counts as the most intelligent.
508
00:37:55,480 --> 00:38:00,400
A person from the marquis manor, well-versed in both literary and fighting skills,
509
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:06,380
I fear it won't be that easy to go against him in the future.
510
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,810
Useless rascal.
511
00:38:08,810 --> 00:38:12,050
Why do I need servants like you?!
512
00:38:12,050 --> 00:38:16,460
My Yong'er is the son of the emperor, a person of noble birth.
513
00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:19,940
You're just giving him these kinds of food?
514
00:38:19,940 --> 00:38:22,160
He can't even have some milk.
515
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,790
Are you looking down at us for not having a strong maiden family backing?
516
00:38:24,790 --> 00:38:27,050
Just because of this,
517
00:38:27,050 --> 00:38:29,330
is it worth creating such a scene?
518
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,130
The prince that Noble Consort Liu gave birth to
519
00:38:33,130 --> 00:38:36,260
used to have three wet nurses. Two are gone
520
00:38:36,260 --> 00:38:39,500
and only one is left. For this matter, Noble Consort Liu
521
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:43,190
has been very angry. She's been causing such a scene for days already.
522
00:38:43,190 --> 00:38:46,610
This emperor really doesn't know to weigh the pros and cons.
523
00:38:46,610 --> 00:38:50,710
It's fine to limit the usage of other people.
524
00:38:50,710 --> 00:38:55,910
A prince is still young. He should treat him kindly and generously.
525
00:38:55,910 --> 00:38:59,640
He's after all was just forced up the throne.
526
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,990
I've instructed him so many times
527
00:39:01,990 --> 00:39:04,620
to follow the governance of the past emperor.
528
00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:06,620
He refused to listen.
529
00:39:06,620 --> 00:39:11,310
Now, even the people around him are making such a ruckus.
530
00:39:12,190 --> 00:39:15,650
His Majesty didn't order any reduction in expenses of our palace.
531
00:39:15,650 --> 00:39:19,050
I believe he's still filial towards you.
532
00:39:19,050 --> 00:39:20,620
Forget it.
533
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:25,810
Not following my advice for major matters, but fawning on me for small matters.
534
00:39:25,810 --> 00:39:28,360
I won't appreciate this filial piety of his.
535
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,120
Let him just decrease the usage of everyone.
536
00:39:32,130 --> 00:39:35,750
How long have you been in the palace?
537
00:39:35,750 --> 00:39:37,890
More than six years.
538
00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:41,300
The weather is getting warmer.
539
00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:44,970
Cats and dogs have found their partners too.
540
00:39:44,970 --> 00:39:50,040
It's time to think about where you all should go next.
541
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,400
Don't, don't.
542
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,660
If this was usual days, I would let you put my make-up.
543
00:40:24,660 --> 00:40:29,470
But today is the first time we're entering the palace to thank His Majesty's graces since the start of spring. We mustn't make it sloppy.
544
00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:32,520
Seeing how it's getting late, if I still allow you to draw on me
545
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,740
and if you ruin it, I have to cleanse it again.
546
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:41,800
What is there to fear? The current empress is the gentlest and kindest lady in this world.
547
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,450
When I was still in Yuzhou, I would go to her whenever I'm hungry.
548
00:40:45,450 --> 00:40:49,570
Knowing that you're my wife, she surely won't be very strict with you.
549
00:40:49,570 --> 00:40:51,580
That was in the past.
550
00:40:51,580 --> 00:40:55,190
We can't be so unbridled now.
551
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,690
Why don't I go with you then?
552
00:41:05,690 --> 00:41:08,850
It's against propriety. It's not good.
553
00:41:08,850 --> 00:41:12,190
Fortunately, Older Sister Shen is going with me.
554
00:41:12,190 --> 00:41:15,660
As a guide, she already knows the palace very well.
555
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:20,790
When I'm at the palace, I will just talk less and bow more often.
556
00:41:20,790 --> 00:41:24,310
Whatever I shouldn't ask, I won't. And don't bring up whatever I shouldn't.
557
00:41:26,230 --> 00:41:30,160
I will pretend to be stupid. I'm good at this.
558
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,370
Little fox is trying to pretend to be a meek lamb again.
559
00:41:33,370 --> 00:41:35,660
I'm not a little fox!
560
00:41:58,630 --> 00:42:01,920
With me here, what are you afraid of?
561
00:42:02,590 --> 00:42:05,570
My older sister is the kindest person.
562
00:42:05,570 --> 00:42:08,840
When I was young, I would always lose the shoes and dirty the clothes.
563
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,940
She has never blamed me.
564
00:42:10,940 --> 00:42:13,160
With you being so gentle and beautiful,
565
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,960
She will definitely like you.
566
00:42:20,350 --> 00:42:23,830
Since young till now, I have only been to the imperial city once.
567
00:42:23,830 --> 00:42:27,740
It was very scary then.
568
00:42:27,740 --> 00:42:32,950
No big deal. Look, we only came from Yuzhou not long ago.
569
00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:37,380
You are more familiar about the rules in the palace than me.
570
00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:39,600
but my older sister is the empress now.
571
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,050
You are also Second Brother Gu's wife.
572
00:42:42,050 --> 00:42:45,490
Who would dare to say anything? Don't be afraid.
573
00:42:52,890 --> 00:42:56,360
Look, your husband is following you.
574
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,220
He must be afraid that you'll cower.
575
00:42:59,220 --> 00:43:03,510
My husband is not that caring.
576
00:43:03,510 --> 00:43:06,330
He really treats me very well.
577
00:43:06,330 --> 00:43:09,430
He didn't need to treat me that well.
578
00:43:09,430 --> 00:43:11,470
Why can't he treat you well?
579
00:43:11,470 --> 00:43:15,660
If my husband is like this too, I would even smile in my dream.
580
00:43:16,740 --> 00:43:21,340
I'm just afraid that I don't know how to repay him in the future.
581
00:43:21,340 --> 00:43:23,400
Repay him?
582
00:43:24,460 --> 00:43:26,410
A husband and wife is of one body.
583
00:43:26,410 --> 00:43:28,600
What is there to repay?
584
00:43:46,870 --> 00:43:54,990
Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at Viki
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T/N In the following song, "Don't You Know, Don't You Know?", Lines 5 to the end are the poem by Li Qingzhao, a famous female poet of the Song Dynasty, the poem is titled "Spring Ends".
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♫ One morning, a flower opened and approached a willow tree,
beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord ♫
587
00:44:17,820 --> 00:44:26,460
♫ Even if drinking in water in the morning, red clouds have half a day of sunshine,
the wind and rain do not affect them completely ♫
588
00:44:26,460 --> 00:44:36,210
♫ In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin,
from on high, your cold tears of distress flow ♫
589
00:44:36,210 --> 00:44:46,020
♫ Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me,
not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫
590
00:44:46,020 --> 00:44:50,630
♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain
during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫
591
00:44:50,630 --> 00:44:54,740
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
592
00:44:54,740 --> 00:45:04,560
♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
593
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:09,160
♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain
during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫
594
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:13,320
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
595
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:23,360
♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
596
00:45:24,730 --> 00:45:39,970
♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫