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The Story of Ming Lan
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Episode 48
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[ Kaifeng Precinct ]
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What are you looking at? What are you looking at?
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What did you say?
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I said, what are you looking at?
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Let me tell you, my family has worked in the imperial army.
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Brother Bing, stop talking.
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You guys are just little fish and shrimp!
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Don't hit him, Sir.
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Sirs, please.
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Don't beat him, Sir.
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Sirs. No.
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Be good now.
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Brother Tingbing.
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I'll hit you.
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Hit him.
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No, no. Don't hit him.
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Beat him to death.
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No, no.
- What you looking at!
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I won't look. I won't.
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Spare me, Sir.
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Spare me.
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Rabbit bastard. Be good now.
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Did you hear?
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Go.
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First. Please save your brothers.
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Mother.
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Please let him finish his medicine first.
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We sent men to find news in the prison today.
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Tingbing's beaten up so wretchedly inside.
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He's lost so many teeth even.
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Tingdi's so scared he's urinated on himself.
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He can't even talk anymore.
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And Tingwei. He's suddenly gravely ill.
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He's only got one breath left. Isn't that right?
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You know that brother of yours.
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Since he was little, he was raised so preciously.
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Usually, just a stroll around this yard,
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and he's got three to five people serving him for that.
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This is going to take his life.
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I know our Tingdi isn't a success.
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But he's your family brother and blood is thicker than water.
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If you continue this,
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forget a sentence or interrogation, he'll be beaten to death.
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Yu, if not for others,
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at least on the account of this old fifth uncle. You got to care.
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I didn't say I didn't care.
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But now, I'm sparring patience with Second.
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As long as Tingwei and them can hold on a bit more,
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Second won't just sit and watch his clan falling in calamity.
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You can bear it but I can't!
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That's my own son!
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Yes.
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It seems Fourth Uncle forgot.
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Those three scoundrels. Why were they imprisoned?
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Their plight now is their own seeking.
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I never spoiled them to go and indulge in liquor and brothels.
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And I never gave my consent to go and social climb and collude in alliances.
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But how is it suddenly all my fault?
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What the hell are you saying?
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Sister-in-law, look at him.
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First. Tingwei is immature.
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It's my fault as his mother.
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But now, only you can save them.
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Yes.
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I know, you're pressing yourself to hold on and you have no son.
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Pulling this big Gu House along.
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It's really not an easy task.
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Today, if you are willing to lend a hand to help.
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With your Fourth and Fifth uncles ans my witness, I'm leaving these words here,
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that we'll find a few children in the clan to be adopted as your child
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and will inherit your noble title.
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You are indirectly scolding me...
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... that just because I didn't want my noble title to end up with other people,
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I'd rather watch your biological son, my own brother to die.
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You're falsely accusing me! You're overthinking!
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You also should try to understand
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the feelings of parents like us.
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Sister-in-law.
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- This...
- Yu'er.
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An upright person will never beat around the bush.
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Did you really didn't think about this?
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That Tingbing and Tingdi are very close with your third younger brother.
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I fear that you hated that for a long time.
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- You...
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If you don't have such an intention,
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what's wrong with lowering down your head and giving in this time?
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That's what I 'm driving at.
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That's splashing dirty water on my deceased parents.
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They were also your older brother and sister-in-law.
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Just for this family, they suffered all kinds of grievances,
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and have lost their lives.
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Well said!
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Our older brother, your deceased father,
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is watching you from heaven.
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I would like to know.
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If he's still alive
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and he sees you just watching and not saving those three, would he agree with it?!
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That's right.
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- Husband!
- Tingyu!
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Quickly look for a doctor!
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Why are you still standing there?! Call the doctor!
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- Call the doctor!
- Quickly call the doctor!
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- Quickly!
- Quickly call a doctor!
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Call someone now!
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It's also not easy for the Marquis Gu to have lasted until now.
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Big Madam, you should be prepared.
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Is there really no hope?
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I have already tried my best.
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How about you go ask the Imperial Academy of Medicine to have him check again?
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The imperial doctors have all come, and they all say that there's no hope.
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I've hidden this from the marquis for half a year, for I was hoping to seek other famous doctors.
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That's why, I was able to find you.
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Haven't you cured a lot of incurable diseases?
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Please spend efforts and try again.
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A doctor has the heart of a parent. Which doctor doesn't wish that his medicines can eliminate his patient's illness?
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But after all, in curing and saving people,
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will still depend on fate and heaven's will. If the heaven doesn't bless it,
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even if Hua Tuo of Zhong Jing are still alive, (famous ancient physicians)
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it will be of no use.
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I'm taking my leave now.
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Husband! Husband!
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Husband.
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Husband.
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You shouldn't hide this from me.
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You shouldn't hide this from me.
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I was afraid that if you knew,
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your illness will become worse.
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You were wrong. You were so wrong.
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I thought that,
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at most, I could live for another seven or eight years.
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hence, I came up with my current plan.
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If I knew that I only has these remaining days,
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I can't do it like this anymore...
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Any plans for me isn't important.
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Husband, I only want you to be safe.
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Even if I have to eat wild vegetables for the rest of my life (have a hard life), I'll accept it.
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We can't wait anymore.
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Go and get some paper and black ink now.
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Go now. Go now.
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Go.
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Father, don't leave. I'm afraid. Don't leave.
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Don't leave me, Father.
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Good child.
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Your father...
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... can't decide on that.
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Whatever I say next,
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you must remember every single word.
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You are the most intelligent child.
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If I'm no longer around,
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I fear that your mother won't last long.
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You must take good care of her.
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Father.
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What are you doing?
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This current situation is really laughable.
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People who's own children are imprisoned
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are not personally begging people,
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but instead are forcing me to bear the punishment and to talk in their behalf,
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to bear the humiliation...
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This isn't about other families.
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That's right.
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Eldest Brother, you suddenly have changed your attitude.
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Could it be that you want to agree to a condition of mine?
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Eldest, just promise his condition. It's no big deal.
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That's right, Eldest.
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Look at this.
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If you want a people that you've aggrieved to turn around and help you,
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then you must lower down the bearing you've put out for so many years.
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Don't even think of bluffing your way out.
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Tell him what should be said.
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Lower down your head to admit your mistake and repenting on your sins then make up for it is the proper way to go.
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Eldest son is right.
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If Second Son is willing to help his brothers,
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even if I have to kneel and admit my mistakes, I will do it.
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It's just that Second, I want you to promise me one thing.
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Give it to Second Brother.
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Eldest Son, what are you doing?
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How come you still haven't...
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This letter was written by father before he died,
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which he handed to the elders of the Gu Clan.
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Inside, it's written that
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that your birth mother, Madam Bai,
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has a dowry when she was married into the Gu Family.
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Once he dies,
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whether you'll separate from our family or not,
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the dowry must be given back to Gu Tingye,
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amounting to 115,000 taels of silver.
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In the letter, Father even said,
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that the elders of the clan
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must read it in front of the clan members
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and other close family friends while at his funeral.
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Did Father write this,
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or did you write this?
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That time, father was already in the final radiance of a setting sun (dying).
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Don't you recognize his handwriting?
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Then, what Father wrote,
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are these really what he meant in his heart?
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Yes.
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Before Father left,
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he instructed his last will.
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Most are similar to the ones before.
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Only your matter
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was written by him.
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Then during his funeral,
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did you people read father's letter?
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Of course, we didn't.
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I said that we can't do such a thing.
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After all, it was the last will of marquis,
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how could we disobey it? But you all...
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Brother Ye, don't misunderstand.
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These elders only want
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to help you manage the wealth and assets.
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They are afraid that you would spend them all.
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Aren't you thinking too much about this?
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Eldest Brother and elders trampled on me like this.
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You even want me to save your sons.
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Eldest Son!
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What are you doing?
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This list
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contains the details of
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the marquis assets since I inherited the noble title.
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All the farmlands, banks, and shops,
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and all the valuables passed down by our ancestors,
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the book and painting collection for generations.
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These documents
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is a contract written by our ancestors
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around 30 years ago if ever the different famlies will separate.
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It is clearly recorded in here the division of the assets
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among the legitimate lines main house, third house, fourth house, and fifth house,
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Eldest Son! You...
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and how much the other illegitimate houses will get.
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Houses, silvers, farmlands, each were all written in there.
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No one can report that it's a fake.
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Elder brother.
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Are you handing me all the assets
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of the Gu family?
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Whether I hand it to you or not,
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it's enough that you know about it.
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Come with me. I have something to say to you alone.
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Go light the candles.
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I don't have the strength.
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Talking about this ancestral hall,
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I fear that among us brothers,
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no one knows it better than you.
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Of course.
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I used to get punished every three to five days.
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I would always be asked to kneel in the ancestral hall.
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If it's dark, I still wouldn't be released.
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A child whose afraid of the dark, can only look for fire by himself.
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Since I started to understand things,
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there were already people telling me
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that my birth mother, the first Madam Qin,
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died because of your mother.
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Not only that,
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my sickly body
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was also a consequence of that disaster.
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Whatever bad things happened to the House of Gu,
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all would be blamed on me and my mother.
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I'm used to it.
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Eldest Brother, did you ask me to come here just to tell me these?
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I don't have the time to reminisce with you here.
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I can see that
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your relationship with your wife is really not bad.
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You kept defending her.
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You fear that she'll be aggrieved by your Gu Family.
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What you mean is...
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Let me ask you,
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if today, our clan is facing a great danger
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and you must divorce your wife to marry another one, what would you do?
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You're saying that I'll divorce Minglan just for Gu people like you?
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What do you think?
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I'm talking about your own family!
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Your daughter, your son, your Shitou,
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that nanny who saw you grow up,
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your friends, like that Second from the Sheng family
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or Prince Huan,
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those comrades you've fought with in the battlefield.
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If for example just to preserve these people's life,
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you have to give up your legal wife,
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what will you do?
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I never think of any 'what if's'.
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Even if I will lose all my family assets one day,
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I will never use a wife to be the scapegoat.
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Even if I end up with nothing
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and my reputation completely destroyed,
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I will rely on myself to make a comeback.
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You've avoided my question.
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You didn't answer me.
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Fine. This is a very difficult question.
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Our mother chose one. Father chose one.
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You are unable to choose. It's fine if you don't answer me.
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You come look.
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An iron book written with cinnabar.
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Read the words written on the back.
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Founding of the state and assisting its progress.
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I know your plans.
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Father indeed married your birth mother for the sake of the marquis manor
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and you were born.
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Afterwards,
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he caused your mother's death and was even harsh on you.
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You developed grudges and hatred. You wanted to see the marquis manor fall,
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for it to lose its noble title and the related documents be destroyed.
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Let those that should be imprisoned, be imprisoned. Those that should be exiled, be exiled.
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Express all those years of accumulated hatred
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you have, am I right?
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But the emperor
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can't directly take away my noble title and give it to you.
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When the new emperor just ascended to the throne,
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you only brought a small troop to take over your post.
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Several huge military camps submissively listened to your command.
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There are so many imperial relatives around the emperor's side,
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who also were decreed and given a military seal to take over military affairs.
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But other than the emperor's brother-in-law, who was given some respect,
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who among them was able to smoothly take office?
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It's because your surname is Gu.
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Since I joined the army,
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I've long changed my name and surname.
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That time, my surname was Bai.
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Look at your face.
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Look again
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at your different style with the whole Yuzhou.
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You think that by just changing your name, people in the military won't recognize you?
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They just didn't say it so you won't get embarrassed.
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Several generations of the Gu Family have been buried in the army.
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Joining the battlefield to kill the enemies is a task that can cause you your life.
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It was because your surname is Gu
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that's why, they handed their life in your hands.
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Your current fame and position,
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this official robe you're wearing,
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were obtained by through fighting and killing.
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But you won't be able to throw away, get rid of, or sever
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the blood and fate of being a member of the Gu Clan.
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Eldest Brother, you're really something.
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The words you said drew blood on first prick.
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You're doing this
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just to provoke me.
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You want me to develop at least some pity towards the Gu Clan.
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You...
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Are you willing or not?
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What about my condition?
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Last night, I've already written and submitted a memorial.
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In behalf of our deceased father, I requested that your mother be conferred a posthumous title.
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I've also written her life accounts in our ancestral book.
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I'm sure that in a few days, an imperial decree will arrive.
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Your wish has been granted.
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Since you've agreed,
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of course, I will save them in behalf of the House of Gu.
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Why must you still make such pretentious act?
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Thinking about it...
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... I don't have much days left.
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I also have no descendants to pass my title to.
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You can then justifiably
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inherit this noble title.
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You decide on how to deal with those people outside.
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Eldest Brother, you're handing everyone in the Gu Family to me?
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In the future, here in the House of Gu,
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you will have the final say.
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I'm entrusting you my wife
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and daughter.
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Eldest Brother, you really gave a lot of thought in this.
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If parents love their children, they should plan their future.
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Father has planned mine, so did he planned yours.
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Of course, I must plan for my...
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... Xian'er too.
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Okay. I promise you.
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That Eldest Brother of mine
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is indeed the most skilled person in this world.
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All his calculations were always so accurate.
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If he's not this sickly, I fear that
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I've longed been a person who can never make a comeback.
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I won't be involved in any of the Gu Family matters anymore.
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Even if he was so sickly, you also almost didn't have a chance to make a comeback.
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Isn't it all thanks to you?
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If not because you told me those words by the river,
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I might still be a pirate right now.
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The heaven is good towards me and made me meet you.
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You're my benefactor.
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Actually, even if your eldest brother won't meddle in these matters anymore
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or if he's gone,
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I also will be kind towards sister-in-law and their daughter.
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The mistakes of a man shouldn't be blamed on the wife and children.
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You now know what kind of people my Gu family is made up of, right?
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They kept calculating everything.
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You would be facing them frequently from now on, so you better be on guard.
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Don't I still have you?
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My health is still very good.
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At least finish your medicine.
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With this health of mine, what's the difference of taking those in or not?
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What did mother tell you when she asked to see you earlier?
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Was she complaining that I shouldn't have told him everything about the Gu assets?
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Xian'er, go get...
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She should know about these now.
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There's nothing that she can't hear.
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Let her stay. Say it.
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- Mother, say it.
- Say it.
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Mother-in-law urged me to adopt a son. She said that those from other houses aren't close to us and would be hard to disicpline.
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Xian'er, the illegitimate son of Third Brother is quite a nice choice.
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She wants to use you after I've died.
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You mustn't listen to her.
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What?
403
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Mother asked you to adopt the son of Third so she can easily control you.
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I've offended the whole clan by being good the Second,
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because I want to save you and my daughter.
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You must remember
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to not deliberately create new problems.
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I never believed in those afterlife things.
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The only thing that I'm worried about...
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... the only thing that I'm worrried about is...
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... you two.
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By following me, you've destroyed the rest of your life.
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Don't say that.
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You are the best person in this world.
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Even in the next life, I want to marry you.
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You both must remember
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the words that I will say next.
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Okay.
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First,
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after I died, no matter who would come to instigate,
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you mustn't mention the adoption mater again. This is an iron rule.
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Second,
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from now on, if Second Sister-in law and Big Madam
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will be in conflict,
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you mustn't get involved.
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Especially when Big Madam asks you to do anything,
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you must always be cautious.
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It's only these past years that I've fully understood her.
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She's very good in making other people the target.
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- No way.
- Remember it.
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Father, I remember.
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Good child.
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I can see that Second Sister-in-law
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isn't arrogant and harsh.
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As long as you do these two rules,
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and be more polite with her,
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you and Xian'er then won't need to worry about your future anymore.
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Father.
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Mother.
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I'm coming.
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Don't rush.
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You must be very happy.
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Second now is so successful.
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Mother, look.
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00:39:59,220 --> 00:40:02,330
I've brought you shame again.
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I'm not good as Second in anything.
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Husband!
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- Father...
- Husband...
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I'm coming.
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Regarding the case of the rebel prince, all involved criminals have been arrested and interrogated.
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More than ten of them are actually from families of officials or nobility.
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The degree of their crimes are also very different.
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We're currently verifying them.
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In a few days, we'll be able to hand the final report. May Your Majesty decide on their punishment.
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Regarding the rebellion, we mustn't tolerate it and punish lightly.
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You all must do your investigation strictly and not miss anyone out.
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I will abide.
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My favored subjects, do you still have anything you want to report?
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Informing Your Majesty, I have something to report.
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Say it.
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Three male descendants from our House of Gu were found socializing with the rebel prince and were imprisoned for it.
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But they were not mastermind of the rebellion and they've also repented their wrong act.
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Hope Your Majesty can be lenient and punish them lightly.
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This case hasn't been completely tried, hence, it's still not time to give any judgement.
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Your Majesty, my Gu Clan
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has been joining war expedition to the east and west,
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and completely devoted to the emperor since the start of our dynasty.
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My father Gu Yuankai has been garrisoned in the borders for several years and achieved great military merits.
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My older brother Gu Tingyu inherited the marquis title,
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but he has been sickly since young, and recently, unfortunately passed away.
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Only old people and young children are left in my Gu Clan.
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My stepmother and the women in my family came to implore me.
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I then have no choice but to say these words.
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Hope Your Majesty can pity us.
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Official Gu, what you're doing is so improper.
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The state has its laws, the miltiary has its rules.
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If anyone commits mistakes in your army, can you also be lenient in punishing him?
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Their crimes are of course unpardonable.
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It's just that those three brothers of mine
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have sickly body. I fear that they can't endure the hardship of the prison.
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I'm willing to get punished in their behalf.
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If they'll get caned for 50, I'll bear the 30.
483
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If they'll get exiled, I'm willing to get demoted in place of it.
484
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Okay already. Get up.
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You harboring benevolence and filial piety towards the Gu Clan and even repaying their harsh treatment on you with kindness
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is indeed a good thing.
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Once the investigation of this case has been concluded, I'll consider that
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when I think about the punishments to be given.
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Thank you for your graces, Your Majesty!
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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 ♫
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♫ 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 ♫
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00:44:16,370 --> 00:44:26,130
♫ In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin,
from on high, your cold tears of distress flow ♫
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♫ Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me,
not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫
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♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain
during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect ♫
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♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
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♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
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♫ Last night, gusty winds and rain
during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect♫
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♫ When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up
and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before. ♫
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♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫
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♫ Don't you know, don't you know,
there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers? ♫