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DO NOT PIRATE. SUPPORT ORIGINALS.
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BASED ON XIAO JIA REN
TO THE JIA JIN CHAI NOVEL.
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XIANZHUANG
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We weren't expecting a visit
by your grace.
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The mother mother was supposed to come,
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but something happened at the mansion.
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Please excuse the rudeness.
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I planned to arrive before Xu's class.
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The rain slowed us down.
The wagons got stuck in the mud.
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So much for that. Take me to your grandmother.
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This way.
- Mom, be careful.
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XIANZHUANG
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Should I save?
these two miserable women?
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They kept me and Rao apart
decades.
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They tried many times to translate
us against each other.
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I'd rather see them
cut off from the spirits.
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No.
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Even if the duchess herself asks,
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I will never forgive them.
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Lady, specifically for Rao's sake -
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we can't openly
sentence them to death.
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Noble Lady Wu'an just received her title.
He is already envied.
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If we hand over Lady Heng'e
and Lady Guo to the authorities,
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it might feel good for a while,
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but it also exposes Rao to gossip.
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I can't bear to watch your daughter suffer.
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If outsiders start asking,
make fun of his background,
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say his father is a gambler,
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and that he even killed someone…
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Then we blame the world for it.
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My daughter did nothing wrong.
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Of course we know that Rao is innocent.
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Outsiders may not be
equally forgiving.
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You have to think
his future.
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This matter must be buried once and for all.
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I just met Wei Heng'e.
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He's completely messed up.
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We could just murder him,
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but she is old Mrs. Wei's own daughter—
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and Rao's aunt.
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If we kill him now,
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Rao's connections to the Wei family
break off completely.
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Xianzhuang is too close to the capital.
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Information could spread.
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Give him to me.
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He can do heavy work
On the northern slopes of Lu -
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and live his life in exile.
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If we spare him,
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The Wei family is deeply grateful
and replace it multiple times.
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As for Lady Guo...
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Because the Duchess of Ying begged
for his sake, I spare him.
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DEEP CLOUDS, DARK SEAS
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But Lady Guo...
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I'll take care of him myself.
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What are you up to, lady?
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May he serve in the Zunshan Shrine -
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owning every day
to prayer and repentance -
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to atone for his sins.
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Noble lady Wu'an has a high fever.
Get a doctor right away.
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Yes.
- Speed up!
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It's cold and rainy.
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The teacher was afraid that you would catch a cold,
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so he ordered ginger tea to be brought.
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You may not know how it
must be offered. Let me.
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Leave us.
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Are you trying to kill me?
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I don't know how much you've suffered
but i can imagine.
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Don't pretend you know everything.
How much do you even know?
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The mother you wanted to meet...
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He was disappointing.
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Even if they try to convince you otherwise,
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you have the right not to forgive.
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Others have not experienced
your suffering.
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They have no right to say,
how it should feel.
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There's one thing I'd like to know.
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Will you give up the title of Noble Lady Wu'an?
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I never.
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I earned the title myself.
I won't give it up for anyone.
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The title means great responsibility.
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Countless subjects
are dependent on your protection.
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You can be angry and disappointed.
You can mourn.
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Only tonight though.
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What's going through your mind?
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The mother is the Emperor's beloved Lady Li.
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Now I can really use my power.
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Impressive.
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what are you doing
- I'm trying to put you to sleep.
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When my cousin was sick,
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mother always did this.
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It feels uncomfortable. Go further.
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His Grace wishes to see you.
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The doctor is here.
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Give the lady some flu medicine
before he falls asleep.
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Yes.
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THE DUKE'S HOME
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Fortunately, the lady took the medicine in time.
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The fever is gone.
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Where is the lord?
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Tell the truth.
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The Lord went to his grace at night.
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He never came back.
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According to the servants
the duke punished him.
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Do you realize you were wrong?
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WANXIANG MAIN BUILDING
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Give it.
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What did I teach you?
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Your father and uncle died
fighting for our country!
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You are the legacy of the Lu family
the only hope of continuation!
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Do you remember that?
- I haven't forgotten!
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He's been on his knees all night
and received 40 blows.
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He can't take it anymore.
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Calm down. Don't hit anymore.
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Please, your grace.
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Tell me. Yesterday Qi Zhongkai -
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caused the sensors to stop
his majesty's carriage.
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Was it your idea?
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His Majesty presided over a grand review.
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It already broke the policy!
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Do you still dare to lie?
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You abdicated your responsibility. Where did you go?
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Lu Zhuo.
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You are my trusty eldest grandchild.
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You have been since you were young
honest and stable,
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careful and sure.
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You followed me into the army
at the age of thirteen.
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You led a thousand horsemen
against tens of thousands -
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and yet you managed to bring
their commander's head.
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You were a hero like no other.
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I have lost three sons,
but i still had you
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You were my greatest pride,
The Lu family's only hope.
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How could you? How dare you?
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If you still call me grandpa,
tell the truth
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When you were chasing thieves in South Mountain,
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who did you really do it for?
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I fought them
to protect people.
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No more is needed.
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Won't you tell me?
I'll find out about you!
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Stop it! He can't take it!
- Stop it!
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Dodge!
- Stop it!
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Stop it, please!
- Get out of my way!
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I'll beat him to death!
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If my son did something wrong,
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it's because
that I failed as a mother.
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Your mercy, punish me!
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Mother.
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Move over.
- No...
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Take mom away!
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No!
- Please forgive me.
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No!
- Please forgive me.
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Let go!
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Suffice!
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How can I live, mother?
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Calm down!
- Don't hit.
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This is my fault.
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Don't blame the lord.
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what are you doing
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Go away.
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The thieves of Etelävuori are disturbing
frequent traveling merchants.
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Northern Army
has not stopped them.
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The Lord was thrilled by it.
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I was angry at the injustice,
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so I told that me as a child
kidnapped men -
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were also the thieves of Etelävuori.
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Therefore the lord led his forces against them.
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It's all my fault.
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Shouldn't have told.
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Punish me as you see fit!
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You...
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That's enough.
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Even his majesty was listening
censors and returned to the palace.
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He didn't even punish the Lu family.
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Why are you so angry?
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The thieves of Etelävuori are
have been a nuisance in the area for years.
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They have harmed many.
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Lu Zhuo destroyed them.
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It's good for the country -
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and to the people.
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However great his fault,
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a whole night on your knees is enough.
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Rao, help Lu Zhuo out.
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Speed up.
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Lord!
- Zhuo!
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Lord!
- Zhuo!
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Suffice.
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Your son is injured.
He does not do death.
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Stop crying! You give me a headache.
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A heartless fool too.
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If something happens to Lu Zhuo,
I will never forgive!
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I regret that I chose
wrong woman for him.
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What do you mean?
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I knew immediately who he was protecting.
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He needs a wife,
who takes care of the economy -
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and take care of family affairs.
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A proper mistress from a respected family,
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not a celebrated noble lady
or a beautiful, seductive wife.
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Worse, he gets -
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her husband to neglect his work
and run after him.
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I regret it now.
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Shouldn't have been organized
union with Wei's daughter.
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My Lord.
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Let me take the medicine.
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Rao caught a cold yesterday.
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Zhuo has many caregivers.
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You better get back to rest.
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Thank you, mother-in-law.
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I don't want Lord to get infected from me.
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Thank you, Teacher Miao.
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It is my duty. No need to ask.
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You will never be satisfied.
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Did you already forget when Lu Zhuo made death,
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who kept his word and married her
to save him?
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He had just recovered,
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and now you've almost beaten him to death.
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You blame the wife for being too beautiful.
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Did you forget how the wife put it
lay down his life for us -
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at the ancestral temple?
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Such a stubborn old fool!
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You...
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A woman's logic.
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Thank God.
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You are awake! Thank God.
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My wife is sick too.
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I sent him back to rest.
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If you want to see him, I can invite.
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No need.
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There is still work to be done at the barracks.
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Go lie down. I'm begging you.
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You almost died last time.
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You've barely stood up,
and now you were still whipped.
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The doctor told you not to overexert yourself.
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You really can't get up.
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Did you hear? Stay in bed.
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Don't get up.
- Tismodelle.
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Hopeless.
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Never mind that stubborn guy.
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He needs a wife,
who takes care of the economy -
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and take care of family affairs.
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A decent hostess from a respectable family,
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not a celebrated noble lady
or a beautiful, seductive wife.
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Greetings, Noble Lady Wu'an.
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Was Zhuo punished for you?
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SHIZHAI
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Uncle died young.
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The Burden of the Duke's House
settled on Zhuo's shoulders at a young age.
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He has always been serious and withdrawn.
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He trains before sunrise
and studies while the rooster crows.
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He works tirelessly every day
and never complain.
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As a wife, your duty
is to stand by his side.
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How can you spend
all days with your subscriptions?
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Do you know what people are talking about?
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What are they talking about?
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Your accounts are full of male teachers.
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Some say you are an unfaithful wife,
who chooses lovers.
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All the famous families in the capital
know about the Wei family's past.
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You still haven't been careful about your behavior.
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You would also encourage Zhuo
to act recklessly.
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This was the first time
when his grace punished this.
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What?
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00:17:07,821 --> 00:17:09,581
Are you afraid that I will use
my noble lady's authority -
260
00:17:10,261 --> 00:17:11,741
to punish you?
261
00:17:13,901 --> 00:17:15,501
I've always been in a bad mood.
262
00:17:16,181 --> 00:17:17,981
When I respond, I'm always worse.
263
00:17:18,901 --> 00:17:21,100
You can't afford to piss me off.
Stay away.
264
00:17:22,261 --> 00:17:25,021
Go take care of Zhuo.
265
00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:26,981
I won't stop you from thinking about him.
266
00:17:28,181 --> 00:17:32,061
He earned honor in battle
with his own blood!
267
00:17:32,861 --> 00:17:34,381
You are responsible for its destruction.
268
00:17:35,661 --> 00:17:36,661
Wei Rao,
269
00:17:37,741 --> 00:17:39,701
leave my cousin alone.
270
00:17:46,021 --> 00:17:52,981
SHIZHAI
271
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SACRED OF ZUNSHAN
272
00:18:08,381 --> 00:18:12,661
Noble lady Wu'an sent
doctor and medicine back.
273
00:18:14,941 --> 00:18:16,661
She really is my daughter.
274
00:18:16,741 --> 00:18:19,221
When he decides something,
no one can shake him.
275
00:18:19,301 --> 00:18:23,381
Lady, a message has been sent from the palace
messenger three times.
276
00:18:23,461 --> 00:18:25,541
His majesty
asking you to come back.
277
00:18:25,621 --> 00:18:26,501
Why such a rush?
278
00:18:26,581 --> 00:18:29,021
I have one more important task.
279
00:18:29,101 --> 00:18:30,901
I'll explain it to him when I get back.
280
00:18:32,461 --> 00:18:34,741
MAY THE FRAGRANCE LAST FOREVER
281
00:18:43,141 --> 00:18:45,021
After all your sins -
282
00:18:45,101 --> 00:18:47,181
why do you believe any amount
engage in prayer -
283
00:18:47,261 --> 00:18:49,461
grant you heaven's protection?
284
00:18:50,781 --> 00:18:51,621
What?
285
00:18:51,701 --> 00:18:54,381
Did you come to mock me for my loss?
286
00:18:58,901 --> 00:19:02,581
Zhou Fu, Do you really believe it?
that you beat me?
287
00:19:03,781 --> 00:19:09,861
When I first saw him,
that's why I knew him as a child.
288
00:19:12,541 --> 00:19:17,621
That's when I got a brilliant idea.
289
00:19:17,701 --> 00:19:20,901
I would make the two of them blood enemies.
290
00:19:20,981 --> 00:19:25,101
I wanted to see which one you would kill.
291
00:19:26,181 --> 00:19:28,941
You were engaged to Wei Jin,
292
00:19:30,021 --> 00:19:32,141
but you barely met.
293
00:19:32,221 --> 00:19:36,421
Why do you hate me like this?
294
00:19:39,741 --> 00:19:43,141
Then I came from an influential family.
295
00:19:43,221 --> 00:19:47,901
I was known in the capital
of beauty and skill.
296
00:19:47,981 --> 00:19:50,261
My parents are diligently looking for -
297
00:19:50,781 --> 00:19:57,341
and chose the most handsome of all
and the cleverest young man.
298
00:19:58,141 --> 00:19:59,941
I was excited.
299
00:20:04,101 --> 00:20:05,741
Wei Jin insisted on ending our engagement.
300
00:20:06,341 --> 00:20:08,821
He made me
the object of ridicule of the whole town.
301
00:20:08,901 --> 00:20:10,181
I was proud and stubborn.
302
00:20:10,781 --> 00:20:11,941
I tried to hang myself.
303
00:20:12,581 --> 00:20:15,301
To appease me -
304
00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:18,381
The Wei family offered me as the earl's wife.
305
00:20:19,501 --> 00:20:21,021
I immediately agreed.
306
00:20:21,701 --> 00:20:24,781
I just wanted to marry into the Wei family.
307
00:20:24,861 --> 00:20:29,781
I wanted Wei Jin to see,
what a woman he lost.
308
00:20:30,381 --> 00:20:33,501
I wanted him to regret it
the end of his life.
309
00:20:34,581 --> 00:20:37,101
So you've been loathing me all this time.
310
00:20:38,021 --> 00:20:40,301
I believed you to be the only one in the Wei family,
311
00:20:40,901 --> 00:20:44,581
who was decent and kind-hearted.
312
00:20:44,661 --> 00:20:47,341
You were always so good to me.
313
00:20:47,421 --> 00:20:48,581
Then you were -
314
00:20:48,661 --> 00:20:52,261
both happy antidotes.
315
00:20:52,341 --> 00:20:58,261
How could you have noticed
someone else's silent suffering?
316
00:20:59,021 --> 00:21:01,541
I immediately regretted marrying into the Wei family.
317
00:21:01,621 --> 00:21:04,661
Wei Jin was clearly handsome—
318
00:21:05,181 --> 00:21:06,581
and gifted academically and in combat.
319
00:21:06,661 --> 00:21:11,741
However, the older brother was
a useless, lecherous fool.
320
00:21:12,461 --> 00:21:15,701
I had been married
barely three months,
321
00:21:15,781 --> 00:21:18,021
and none of my nests were
322
00:21:19,061 --> 00:21:22,501
avoided his approach.
323
00:21:23,221 --> 00:21:25,661
Disgusting. Wasteful.
324
00:21:25,741 --> 00:21:29,061
That parasite is only interested in rank and status.
325
00:21:30,501 --> 00:21:34,501
Every time I saw him I wanted to throw up!
326
00:21:38,661 --> 00:21:43,541
So you always hated me more.
327
00:21:43,621 --> 00:21:46,141
When I was pregnant -
328
00:21:46,221 --> 00:21:51,101
I once visited Wei Jin's study
to bring ginseng soup.
329
00:21:54,421 --> 00:21:56,261
Do you know what happened?
330
00:22:00,981 --> 00:22:05,101
A loving marriage? Loyalty?
331
00:22:06,461 --> 00:22:07,821
All lies.
332
00:22:07,901 --> 00:22:10,141
All men are the same.
333
00:22:10,661 --> 00:22:13,701
Even Honorable Wei Jin
was no exception.
334
00:22:23,781 --> 00:22:27,941
He threw you out, didn't he?
335
00:22:35,061 --> 00:22:39,101
I thought he would expose me.
336
00:22:39,181 --> 00:22:44,101
You would call it impure when I seduced
my husband's own brother,
337
00:22:44,181 --> 00:22:45,821
and ruin my reputation.
338
00:22:46,781 --> 00:22:49,421
He just went away -
339
00:22:50,941 --> 00:22:54,301
and invited my nest inside.
340
00:22:55,541 --> 00:22:58,941
He never told anyone.
341
00:22:59,821 --> 00:23:03,221
Instead, he went to my family's house -
342
00:23:03,301 --> 00:23:09,581
and brought my mother with her,
for this to make sense to me.
343
00:23:10,381 --> 00:23:12,141
You are crazy.
344
00:23:13,701 --> 00:23:15,741
How can you do something like that?
345
00:23:15,821 --> 00:23:18,141
What if someone found out?
346
00:23:18,221 --> 00:23:19,941
Didn't you think what would happen?
347
00:23:20,021 --> 00:23:21,941
You ruined my life!
348
00:23:22,021 --> 00:23:23,461
Why would I let you live happily ever after?
349
00:23:23,541 --> 00:23:25,581
I was going to drag everyone down with me,
350
00:23:25,661 --> 00:23:30,221
but Wei Jin was too stupid,
too honorable!
351
00:23:30,301 --> 00:23:33,381
He was just talking to his big brother.
352
00:23:33,461 --> 00:23:36,461
He told him to treat his wife well.
353
00:23:37,941 --> 00:23:40,621
He didn't doubt for a moment,
354
00:23:40,701 --> 00:23:46,341
that I would be willing
tried to destroy him.
355
00:23:48,261 --> 00:23:49,981
He was such a good man.
356
00:23:51,461 --> 00:23:55,021
Even a scoundrel like me
357
00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:58,341
couldn't hurt him.
358
00:24:00,621 --> 00:24:03,701
But you... You!
359
00:24:04,781 --> 00:24:06,781
He died alone in battle -
360
00:24:06,861 --> 00:24:09,661
in pain and despair.
361
00:24:10,301 --> 00:24:14,301
You just turned and abandoned him.
362
00:24:14,381 --> 00:24:17,781
You abandoned his daughter
and you seek attention from the emperor.
363
00:24:17,861 --> 00:24:21,701
If heaven does not punish
a wicked woman like you,
364
00:24:21,781 --> 00:24:24,021
I'll do it myself!
365
00:24:24,621 --> 00:24:25,941
I take responsibility for my actions.
366
00:24:26,901 --> 00:24:28,101
I won't deny it.
367
00:24:29,021 --> 00:24:32,221
If you hate me, that's when you go after me.
368
00:24:32,301 --> 00:24:35,301
Why did you hurt my child?
369
00:24:36,821 --> 00:24:39,541
You repeat that never
forgot about Wei Jin.
370
00:24:40,061 --> 00:24:41,501
If she knew what you did,
371
00:24:41,581 --> 00:24:43,901
would he thank
for harming his own child?
372
00:24:45,581 --> 00:24:47,141
He would just hate himself,
373
00:24:47,821 --> 00:24:51,901
that ever showed kindness
to someone so ungrateful.
374
00:24:52,421 --> 00:24:55,181
He would like to kill you himself!
375
00:24:56,981 --> 00:24:58,061
Wei Jin...
376
00:25:04,101 --> 00:25:05,781
After all these years -
377
00:25:07,661 --> 00:25:13,261
do you believe i never
suspected Mrs. Chang?
378
00:25:13,861 --> 00:25:15,741
I decided not to find out.
379
00:25:16,861 --> 00:25:20,941
It was the greatest mercy,
which I could show you.
380
00:25:21,541 --> 00:25:24,821
Come on. You call that mercy?
381
00:25:25,421 --> 00:25:27,781
That's how you pierced a long time ago.
382
00:25:27,861 --> 00:25:30,461
You just dared to bully a child.
383
00:25:30,541 --> 00:25:32,221
You didn't dare face me.
384
00:25:33,101 --> 00:25:34,781
Deep inside you -
385
00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:40,541
you are guilty, you coward
and completely useless.
386
00:25:42,301 --> 00:25:47,621
Did you forget that you have too
have two daughters?
387
00:25:48,261 --> 00:25:52,061
Did you think about them at all?
388
00:25:54,021 --> 00:25:56,181
If the truth ever came out,
389
00:25:56,261 --> 00:26:00,101
what do you think i would do to your daughters
390
00:26:00,181 --> 00:26:02,981
My Shuni is Prince Duan's wife.
391
00:26:03,661 --> 00:26:08,621
A married one
is more difficult for now.
392
00:26:10,101 --> 00:26:11,541
Then there's Wei Chan.
393
00:26:12,621 --> 00:26:16,821
A young, lively girl,
who goes for walks at Takuu.
394
00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:22,701
Maybe one day he will
like my Rao,
395
00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:27,461
and he disappears in the capital.
396
00:26:44,501 --> 00:26:48,221
If you hurt either,
you kill old Mrs. Wei!
397
00:26:49,061 --> 00:26:50,821
I don't want to go too far.
398
00:26:51,461 --> 00:26:53,381
I only punish the truly guilty.
399
00:26:54,181 --> 00:26:57,821
Lady Guo, I don't want to see
you ever again.
400
00:26:59,861 --> 00:27:03,421
Zhou Fu, you have
her majesty at your side,
401
00:27:03,501 --> 00:27:05,901
and the whole world is on your side.
402
00:27:06,941 --> 00:27:10,981
I still cheated on you for 16 years.
403
00:27:11,061 --> 00:27:13,901
16 years apart from your daughter -
404
00:27:13,981 --> 00:27:18,741
has filled his heart with resentment,
from which he will never escape.
405
00:27:18,821 --> 00:27:22,741
The 16-year gap between you
is irreparable!
406
00:27:22,821 --> 00:27:25,581
Do you think I lost?
407
00:27:26,381 --> 00:27:28,701
You haven't won either.
408
00:27:28,781 --> 00:27:31,541
You lost your daughter forever!
409
00:27:31,621 --> 00:27:33,941
That's enough profit for me!
410
00:27:37,501 --> 00:27:39,661
I may have treated everyone badly,
411
00:27:39,741 --> 00:27:43,061
but remained true to love,
which i had!
412
00:27:43,141 --> 00:27:46,141
Even after my death I tell her,
413
00:27:46,821 --> 00:27:49,981
that he was wrong about you -
414
00:27:50,941 --> 00:27:55,541
and wrong about me...
415
00:27:59,661 --> 00:28:02,501
You were wrong about me.
416
00:28:03,021 --> 00:28:06,981
A nurse's daughter, a widow, and about me
may yet become an imperial consort.
417
00:28:08,221 --> 00:28:11,781
Guo Yufeng, I don't think so,
that the broken could not be fixed.
418
00:28:12,421 --> 00:28:16,781
I Zhou Fu, yes
as long as the spirit in me goes,
419
00:28:17,301 --> 00:28:21,341
i will win my daughter back
and I turn everything around.
420
00:28:22,541 --> 00:28:26,581
You're already dead though.
421
00:28:28,181 --> 00:28:29,861
You have no chance.
422
00:29:09,621 --> 00:29:14,421
Grandma what did mom do
that he was sent to a monastery?
423
00:29:15,021 --> 00:29:17,141
He has run the earl's house these years,
424
00:29:17,221 --> 00:29:18,821
and everyone appreciates him there.
425
00:29:18,901 --> 00:29:20,781
Didn't you always praise her -
426
00:29:20,861 --> 00:29:23,181
to be the most loyal sister-in-law in the whole town?
427
00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:25,901
Why did you suddenly send
him to the monastery because?
428
00:29:25,981 --> 00:29:27,141
Let mom go.
429
00:29:27,741 --> 00:29:30,381
At least let me
go see him!
430
00:29:34,781 --> 00:29:37,701
Father. Remember what everything
mother has done for this family.
431
00:29:37,781 --> 00:29:38,901
Talk to grandma for her.
432
00:29:39,501 --> 00:29:40,621
Father...
- Get out of my way!
433
00:29:41,661 --> 00:29:42,821
Your mother spoiled you.
434
00:29:42,901 --> 00:29:45,181
Your majesty saved me
even though I didn't rule my house -
435
00:29:45,261 --> 00:29:47,661
and I let my wife break the law.
That is grace enough.
436
00:29:47,741 --> 00:29:48,821
Should I beg?
437
00:29:49,421 --> 00:29:51,621
You want that from your father
take away the post and title?
438
00:29:52,821 --> 00:29:54,501
What a disgrace to our family.
439
00:29:55,101 --> 00:29:57,341
How did I marry such a promiscuous woman?
440
00:29:58,981 --> 00:30:01,941
Grandma, I'm begging.
441
00:30:02,621 --> 00:30:05,101
Your mother made a bad mistake.
442
00:30:05,981 --> 00:30:07,301
He had to be punished.
443
00:30:08,381 --> 00:30:10,461
If only I could help.
444
00:30:10,541 --> 00:30:12,301
Widow, terrible news!
445
00:30:13,461 --> 00:30:15,741
Widow Lady, Lady Guo...
446
00:30:16,341 --> 00:30:18,061
He hanged himself in a monastery!
447
00:30:20,381 --> 00:30:22,341
Widow!
- Cheers!
448
00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:23,581
Death wipes away sins.
449
00:30:24,181 --> 00:30:25,501
At least there was some vulva left!
450
00:30:28,701 --> 00:30:31,781
I'm going to mom!
451
00:30:32,461 --> 00:30:33,501
Chan!
452
00:30:34,941 --> 00:30:37,061
You...
453
00:30:37,581 --> 00:30:39,541
You heartless man!
454
00:30:40,941 --> 00:30:44,741
Whatever he did,
she was still your wife.
455
00:30:45,341 --> 00:30:47,741
You are absolutely shameless!
456
00:30:48,421 --> 00:30:52,061
Totally indecent!
457
00:30:52,141 --> 00:30:54,181
Our earldom has lasted a century.
458
00:30:54,261 --> 00:30:57,341
How could I let a woman break
destroy our family's reputation?
459
00:30:57,421 --> 00:30:58,901
Now that he's dead,
460
00:30:59,541 --> 00:31:03,261
Lady Li can't blame
The Earl of Cheng'an's house no longer.
461
00:31:03,781 --> 00:31:05,901
I did this for the future of our family.
462
00:31:08,821 --> 00:31:13,781
Mother. We tell everyone,
that he died of a surprising illness.
463
00:31:14,381 --> 00:31:16,341
Also Prince Duan's
when telling the residence -
464
00:31:16,421 --> 00:31:18,181
the truth must be kept secret.
465
00:31:20,981 --> 00:31:27,861
Wei Shu is an observant child.
466
00:31:29,501 --> 00:31:32,221
His mother died so suddenly.
467
00:31:33,341 --> 00:31:36,461
How could we hide it from him?
468
00:31:38,901 --> 00:31:41,101
Why are you still sitting here?
469
00:31:41,181 --> 00:31:44,741
Hurry up and get Chan back!
470
00:31:44,821 --> 00:31:46,741
Bring him back!
- I'll go right away!
471
00:31:46,821 --> 00:31:48,101
That too...
472
00:31:50,221 --> 00:31:51,541
Don't worry, widow.
473
00:31:53,101 --> 00:31:53,781
GRACE AND VIRTUE
474
00:31:53,861 --> 00:31:55,141
Movement!
- Who are you?
475
00:31:55,221 --> 00:31:56,581
Lady Chan!
- How dare you capture?
476
00:31:56,661 --> 00:31:59,381
Movement! Speed up!
- Lady Chan, help!
477
00:31:59,461 --> 00:32:02,061
Teacher Zheng, what's going on?
478
00:32:02,141 --> 00:32:05,061
Wei Rao killed the lady!
479
00:32:05,141 --> 00:32:06,741
Lady Li killed your mother!
480
00:32:06,821 --> 00:32:08,821
Don't forget it!
- What are you doing here?
481
00:32:08,901 --> 00:32:10,461
Tell me! What are you doing here?
- Dad!
482
00:32:10,541 --> 00:32:11,941
Mother died because of Wei Rao!
483
00:32:12,021 --> 00:32:13,421
Lady Li of the palace was there!
484
00:32:13,501 --> 00:32:14,581
Tell me! Is that true?
485
00:32:15,181 --> 00:32:17,581
I'll tell you!
486
00:32:19,421 --> 00:32:21,621
Guards! Take Lady Chan to her room!
487
00:32:21,701 --> 00:32:22,861
Without my order -
488
00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:23,781
he must not leave!
489
00:32:24,381 --> 00:32:25,821
This was not here!
- Speed up!
490
00:32:25,901 --> 00:32:26,861
I'll tell Shu!
491
00:32:26,941 --> 00:32:28,061
Shu is the prince's wife!
- Shut up!
492
00:32:28,141 --> 00:32:30,341
He's taking revenge for mom!
- Take him away!
493
00:32:30,421 --> 00:32:31,981
He will never forgive!
494
00:32:32,061 --> 00:32:34,141
I'll tell Shu!
495
00:32:48,541 --> 00:32:52,221
Lord, the doctor said,
that you should not get up.
496
00:32:53,341 --> 00:32:55,181
I'll pick up your medicine.
- No need.
497
00:32:56,541 --> 00:32:57,381
Where is Wei Rao?
498
00:32:58,981 --> 00:33:01,581
These injuries are partly his fault.
499
00:33:03,541 --> 00:33:04,581
He didn't even visit me.
500
00:33:07,141 --> 00:33:08,261
The lady is in stock.
501
00:33:08,341 --> 00:33:10,061
I'll get him right now.
- Wait.
502
00:33:11,581 --> 00:33:12,701
I am so badly injured,
503
00:33:13,301 --> 00:33:15,261
but he is still counting stock.
504
00:33:16,341 --> 00:33:19,541
If I have to ask him,
he does not come sincerely.
505
00:33:20,261 --> 00:33:21,301
Forget it.
506
00:33:24,901 --> 00:33:27,301
I told you not to go,
and did you listen?
507
00:33:28,621 --> 00:33:30,021
Yes. I'm going now.
508
00:33:30,621 --> 00:33:31,541
Wait.
509
00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:34,501
What do you say to him?
510
00:33:34,581 --> 00:33:38,101
I say your injury has gotten worse
and you talk nonsense.
511
00:33:39,181 --> 00:33:41,221
I will ask Noble Lady Wu'an to come soon.
512
00:33:45,661 --> 00:33:46,501
Why are you still here?
513
00:33:53,861 --> 00:33:55,261
Heartless woman.
514
00:34:09,901 --> 00:34:11,021
Did you finally come to see your husband?
515
00:34:14,341 --> 00:34:15,861
Zhuo, are you feeling better yet?
516
00:34:27,740 --> 00:34:29,981
I brought food.
517
00:34:30,700 --> 00:34:33,421
I hope your injuries heal soon.
518
00:34:34,021 --> 00:34:35,101
Take it away.
519
00:34:35,180 --> 00:34:37,061
I did it myself.
520
00:34:37,141 --> 00:34:38,381
Please, even taste.
521
00:34:38,461 --> 00:34:40,021
I will help you recover.
522
00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:45,021
Lady, Lord's injuries have worsened.
523
00:34:45,101 --> 00:34:46,781
He is barely conscious.
524
00:34:50,541 --> 00:34:52,381
When I came to the Lu family at the age of seven,
525
00:34:52,461 --> 00:34:54,700
you often asked me what I heard,
526
00:34:54,781 --> 00:34:57,661
how did my studies go
and did i need anything.
527
00:34:58,261 --> 00:35:00,621
As I got older, you became distant.
528
00:35:00,701 --> 00:35:02,621
I only came because I was worried
529
00:35:02,701 --> 00:35:04,381
but you just drive me away!
530
00:35:04,461 --> 00:35:06,261
What did I do wrong?
531
00:35:06,781 --> 00:35:07,941
His grace even whipped you.
532
00:35:08,021 --> 00:35:11,061
I know exactly who you're trying to protect.
533
00:35:11,901 --> 00:35:14,101
That woman is a bad weather bird.
534
00:35:14,181 --> 00:35:16,381
His father died at that moment,
when he was born.
535
00:35:16,461 --> 00:35:19,461
Sooner or later
he'll kill you too!
536
00:35:19,541 --> 00:35:20,901
Suffice!
537
00:35:22,381 --> 00:35:23,621
How dare you speak ill of Wei Rao?
538
00:35:24,381 --> 00:35:25,821
My father died young too.
539
00:35:26,461 --> 00:35:29,341
Was I born too?
to bring death to my father?
540
00:35:30,581 --> 00:35:31,541
Complete nonsense.
541
00:35:32,861 --> 00:35:35,501
When you came to the Lu family,
I treated you like my own sister.
542
00:35:36,101 --> 00:35:37,861
Now I am married.
543
00:35:37,941 --> 00:35:40,101
If I'm sick, my wife takes care of me.
544
00:35:41,141 --> 00:35:43,621
If he can't, I have
assistants and medical assistants.
545
00:35:44,581 --> 00:35:46,061
A young woman like you
don't worry about me.
546
00:35:47,181 --> 00:35:50,021
Who let you in?
Who taught such manners?
547
00:35:51,181 --> 00:35:52,301
Home teacher Miao.
548
00:35:54,181 --> 00:35:55,261
Teacher Miao!
549
00:35:55,781 --> 00:35:56,861
Pending!
550
00:35:58,101 --> 00:35:59,581
How can I serve?
551
00:36:00,181 --> 00:36:01,421
I'm often away at war.
552
00:36:02,221 --> 00:36:03,621
I didn't know
that the leaders were raised undisciplined.
553
00:36:04,301 --> 00:36:06,421
All the same.
554
00:36:06,501 --> 00:36:08,221
Ask grandma for permission.
555
00:36:08,981 --> 00:36:11,581
Tell me I'd like to
borrow teacher Li and Bai.
556
00:36:13,141 --> 00:36:16,061
Starting tomorrow
all the young ladies in this family -
557
00:36:16,141 --> 00:36:17,661
studying etiquette
In the Wanqing Pavilion during the Shen period.
558
00:36:18,741 --> 00:36:19,661
Train them like soldiers.
559
00:36:19,741 --> 00:36:22,421
No food until they learn.
And cut their money.
560
00:36:23,141 --> 00:36:24,421
My cousin Zhuo.
561
00:36:24,501 --> 00:36:25,421
In particular
Book of Etiquette and Ceremonies.
562
00:36:25,501 --> 00:36:27,181
Copy all the numbers a hundred times.
563
00:36:28,541 --> 00:36:29,901
Let them learn manners.
564
00:36:31,821 --> 00:36:32,901
Is there anything else to say?
565
00:36:32,981 --> 00:36:35,381
Good advice is rarely welcome.
Kindness doesn't pay.
566
00:36:36,421 --> 00:36:39,021
You defend him.
I have nothing else to say!
567
00:36:40,261 --> 00:36:41,901
When he pulls you into the mud,
568
00:36:41,981 --> 00:36:43,661
hope you don't regret it!
569
00:36:49,821 --> 00:36:50,861
Where is he?
570
00:36:52,021 --> 00:36:52,941
Do you mean...
571
00:36:55,741 --> 00:36:56,901
I didn't ask anyone.
572
00:36:58,101 --> 00:36:59,141
Let him do as he pleases.
573
00:37:00,301 --> 00:37:02,981
He brought medicine,
but the lord sent him away.
574
00:37:03,061 --> 00:37:04,941
Who would have guessed that he would return?
575
00:37:05,021 --> 00:37:07,061
I deny gatekeepers
from letting him go.
576
00:37:07,141 --> 00:37:09,421
What Lord does is none of my business.
577
00:37:09,941 --> 00:37:10,941
How come they don't?
578
00:37:11,021 --> 00:37:13,381
Insulting Leidi would be a serious offense.
579
00:37:13,461 --> 00:37:15,341
This is your fault! Exhausting.
580
00:37:15,421 --> 00:37:17,101
Unfollow us!
- Well?
581
00:37:17,181 --> 00:37:20,301
Who has shocked now
noble lady Wu'an?
582
00:37:20,381 --> 00:37:21,461
Fourth aunt.
583
00:37:23,021 --> 00:37:23,861
Did you need me?
584
00:37:23,941 --> 00:37:26,101
You have been waiting outside for some time.
585
00:37:26,181 --> 00:37:28,701
I came to ask, Aren't you really going to meet him?
586
00:37:35,661 --> 00:37:38,821
Rao. The Empress Dowager will return to the palace soon.
587
00:37:38,901 --> 00:37:41,021
It will not be easy for you to meet again.
588
00:37:41,661 --> 00:37:44,501
Whatever is weighing on your mind,
why don't you ask him
589
00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:47,141
Don't keep it inside
and make yourself miserable.
590
00:37:47,221 --> 00:37:48,621
There is nothing to say to him.
591
00:37:49,661 --> 00:37:50,701
Rao.
592
00:37:51,781 --> 00:37:54,421
Think again. Don't rush decisions.
593
00:37:57,501 --> 00:37:59,541
I see. Thanks.
594
00:38:00,261 --> 00:38:02,181
I'm going to bring it in quietly.
595
00:38:02,261 --> 00:38:03,861
You can talk in the Jiangyun Hall.
596
00:38:03,941 --> 00:38:05,061
You may rest in peace.
597
00:38:07,101 --> 00:38:07,981
Let's go.
598
00:38:23,941 --> 00:38:30,181
JIANGYUN HALL
599
00:38:47,581 --> 00:38:48,461
Greetings, lady.
600
00:38:59,341 --> 00:39:01,181
I heard you got sick after you got back.
601
00:39:01,701 --> 00:39:05,021
It was just a cold.
Everything is fine now.
602
00:39:05,981 --> 00:39:07,381
Thank you for your concern.
603
00:39:10,741 --> 00:39:11,781
Rao.
604
00:39:13,341 --> 00:39:15,621
I won't let you know what happened
go unpunished.
605
00:39:16,381 --> 00:39:19,701
Lady Guo and Lady Heng'e have been punished.
606
00:39:19,781 --> 00:39:22,461
As for your adoptive mother,
who betrayed you
607
00:39:22,981 --> 00:39:24,341
and an insert to Bitao...
608
00:39:24,421 --> 00:39:25,901
I'm begging you.
609
00:39:25,981 --> 00:39:27,781
Hand them over to me.
610
00:39:29,421 --> 00:39:30,341
All right.
611
00:39:31,421 --> 00:39:33,301
I will send them to you.
612
00:39:34,181 --> 00:39:35,821
You decide what to do with them.
613
00:39:38,701 --> 00:39:39,541
Rao.
614
00:39:40,981 --> 00:39:42,461
I'm going back to the palace.
615
00:39:43,781 --> 00:39:45,341
before i go
616
00:39:46,701 --> 00:39:49,421
Is there anything else I can do?
617
00:39:55,301 --> 00:39:56,781
Lady of rank,
618
00:39:59,141 --> 00:40:00,461
why did you marry my father
619
00:40:03,221 --> 00:40:05,461
His majesty desired
me a concubine
620
00:40:06,141 --> 00:40:08,981
but people made fun of me
because of my background.
621
00:40:09,061 --> 00:40:09,901
A GALAXY OF VERSES
622
00:40:09,981 --> 00:40:11,821
Me and your maternal grandmother were frowned upon.
623
00:40:13,021 --> 00:40:15,781
I was young and proud then.
I couldn't stand the disapproval.
624
00:40:17,421 --> 00:40:19,021
Will you marry her for your defiance?
625
00:40:21,501 --> 00:40:24,261
Rao, I don't want to lie.
626
00:40:25,541 --> 00:40:27,421
Your father was talented.
627
00:40:28,461 --> 00:40:30,381
He was famous for his looks
throughout the capital.
628
00:40:31,741 --> 00:40:33,221
If I was going to choose a husband,
629
00:40:33,301 --> 00:40:35,861
he would either be the most powerful of all -
630
00:40:35,941 --> 00:40:37,981
or the finest man in the world.
631
00:40:39,101 --> 00:40:42,421
I didn't care what was said about me.
632
00:40:42,501 --> 00:40:44,181
You're still my daughter.
633
00:40:44,261 --> 00:40:46,701
I swear by heaven,
634
00:40:47,781 --> 00:40:50,021
that all the days of your father's life,
635
00:40:51,101 --> 00:40:54,901
i loved him with all my heart
and I was faithful.
636
00:41:02,621 --> 00:41:03,661
I see.
637
00:41:09,821 --> 00:41:10,741
Rao,
638
00:41:11,861 --> 00:41:13,981
whatever you want
639
00:41:15,541 --> 00:41:17,781
i do my best
so I can make this up to you.
640
00:41:25,581 --> 00:41:26,981
There is one thing.
641
00:41:28,701 --> 00:41:30,061
I request you to make it happen.
642
00:41:39,941 --> 00:41:41,381
STAR BRIGHT
643
00:41:45,661 --> 00:41:46,701
Buckle up already.
644
00:41:48,181 --> 00:41:49,821
Get your act together!
645
00:41:55,141 --> 00:41:57,181
You disappeared for four days.
646
00:41:57,261 --> 00:41:58,261
Even an imperial order didn't work.
647
00:41:58,861 --> 00:42:01,221
Can anyone else in the palace
such freedoms?
648
00:42:01,301 --> 00:42:02,781
Are you still angry?
649
00:42:06,581 --> 00:42:08,301
Take a good look.
650
00:42:10,781 --> 00:42:12,141
Your eyes are swollen from crying.
651
00:42:12,821 --> 00:42:16,341
You already have spies after me.
Why do you ask?
652
00:42:18,661 --> 00:42:20,701
They have earned their punishment.
653
00:42:21,221 --> 00:42:23,261
You have already punished
all who deserve it.
654
00:42:23,341 --> 00:42:26,301
They treated you badly.
I didn't do anything.
655
00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:32,581
I'm not mad at you.
656
00:42:32,661 --> 00:42:33,861
I'm angry with myself.
657
00:42:35,581 --> 00:42:38,341
I thought the distance to Rao -
658
00:42:38,421 --> 00:42:42,621
would spare him from the interest of the palace
and would let him grow up in safety.
659
00:42:43,261 --> 00:42:45,421
I believed that the Wei family
would treat him well.
660
00:42:45,501 --> 00:42:49,661
Who would have known
that in my absence -
661
00:42:49,741 --> 00:42:52,181
he would suffer so much?
662
00:42:52,861 --> 00:42:56,981
I want to hold the Wei family accountable
for all his suffering.
663
00:42:58,381 --> 00:43:01,701
When answering, I don't care what other people say.
664
00:43:02,341 --> 00:43:04,701
I will keep Rao close to me and protect her.
665
00:43:04,781 --> 00:43:06,741
Let's see who dares to touch him.
666
00:43:08,821 --> 00:43:09,861
Listen to yourself.
667
00:43:10,861 --> 00:43:12,581
You always blame others.
668
00:43:13,461 --> 00:43:15,581
Are you completely independent?
669
00:43:15,661 --> 00:43:18,861
Suffice. Rao is now married.
670
00:43:18,941 --> 00:43:20,661
Her husband protects her.
671
00:43:24,781 --> 00:43:27,221
Come here.
- Tell me.
672
00:43:28,141 --> 00:43:29,221
What do you want?
673
00:43:30,261 --> 00:43:31,541
Sit down.
674
00:43:34,461 --> 00:43:35,581
What do you want?
675
00:43:41,541 --> 00:43:42,501
Write.
676
00:43:43,701 --> 00:43:45,341
What?
- Separation agreement.
677
00:43:46,301 --> 00:43:47,301
Divorce?
678
00:43:48,661 --> 00:43:50,221
Divorce?
- Did I smoke you?
679
00:43:51,341 --> 00:43:53,461
I ask why you want a divorce.
680
00:43:56,101 --> 00:43:57,501
Have you forgotten?
681
00:43:58,541 --> 00:44:01,501
When we got married, we made a contract.
682
00:44:03,261 --> 00:44:05,341
We are a married couple only in appearance.
683
00:44:05,861 --> 00:44:08,581
Loving couple in public,
but we live apart.
684
00:44:08,661 --> 00:44:12,181
No beating servants
or killing innocents.
685
00:44:12,821 --> 00:44:14,061
You take care of your duties as a wife.
686
00:44:15,061 --> 00:44:16,301
In front of others -
687
00:44:16,381 --> 00:44:17,981
I give you the credit you deserve.
688
00:44:18,581 --> 00:44:23,181
After a year, we're breaking up
and we walk our own paths.
689
00:44:23,261 --> 00:44:26,381
We are free to marry again,
and there are no ties between us.
690
00:44:27,741 --> 00:44:29,101
If either one breaks the oath,
691
00:44:29,181 --> 00:44:30,861
may lightning strike us -
692
00:44:30,941 --> 00:44:32,341
and let the sword strike.
693
00:44:37,381 --> 00:44:39,261
You swore it yourself.
694
00:44:40,501 --> 00:44:43,541
That if we broke our vows,
695
00:44:44,141 --> 00:44:45,581
we would be struck by lightning -
696
00:44:46,981 --> 00:44:48,181
and a sword.
697
00:44:49,421 --> 00:44:51,061
A year hasn't passed yet.
698
00:44:51,141 --> 00:44:52,301
Why do you want to quit now?
699
00:44:58,981 --> 00:45:00,221
How could I forget?
700
00:45:01,661 --> 00:45:02,701
You have set your eyes on Qi Zhongkai.
701
00:45:05,501 --> 00:45:08,701
General Qi and me
we are just friends now.
702
00:45:09,661 --> 00:45:10,741
Now?
703
00:45:11,901 --> 00:45:12,741
What about in the future?
704
00:45:13,981 --> 00:45:16,901
Who knows about the future?
705
00:45:22,301 --> 00:45:23,821
The Empress Dowager decreed our marriage.
706
00:45:24,661 --> 00:45:26,461
A sudden separation would make you angry
of the imperial family.
707
00:45:28,381 --> 00:45:30,141
You said so yourself.
708
00:45:30,221 --> 00:45:31,661
Things are different now.
709
00:45:32,261 --> 00:45:36,981
Lady Li promised to ask us for permission
from his majesty.
710
00:45:39,101 --> 00:45:40,781
The order does not stop the gossip.
711
00:45:42,301 --> 00:45:43,821
Separation doesn't hurt me
712
00:45:43,901 --> 00:45:45,181
but it can ruin your reputation.
713
00:45:45,261 --> 00:45:47,541
People talk bad about Takuu
and spread gossip.
714
00:45:47,621 --> 00:45:49,181
Your name will be drawn.
715
00:45:49,261 --> 00:45:50,341
So...
- Lu Zhuo.
716
00:46:03,181 --> 00:46:04,701
Can't we stay married?
717
00:46:26,421 --> 00:46:30,541
You are a true hero and gentleman.
718
00:46:32,461 --> 00:46:35,381
You have the kingdom in your heart
and its weight on your shoulders.
719
00:46:36,901 --> 00:46:40,021
You deserve a wife from a noble family.
720
00:46:41,181 --> 00:46:42,901
A gentle and precious woman,
721
00:46:43,781 --> 00:46:44,861
nobody like me
722
00:46:46,181 --> 00:46:49,581
which defies all rules
and does as he pleases.
723
00:46:53,661 --> 00:46:55,101
Who told you so?
724
00:46:57,861 --> 00:46:59,101
We just aren't -
725
00:47:01,861 --> 00:47:02,701
right for each other.
726
00:47:22,901 --> 00:47:24,341
Maybe I cheated on you as a husband.
727
00:47:26,541 --> 00:47:28,861
That's why you reject me so easily.
728
00:47:33,981 --> 00:47:34,941
Wei Rao.
729
00:47:35,941 --> 00:47:37,621
I'm not a man you can just throw away.
730
00:47:39,141 --> 00:47:40,741
Without my permission -
731
00:47:42,701 --> 00:47:44,021
you can't get rid of the Lu family.
732
00:47:50,901 --> 00:47:52,461
An imperial order will arrive soon.
733
00:47:52,541 --> 00:47:53,381
Think what you want.
734
00:47:54,501 --> 00:47:55,341
You...
735
00:48:02,741 --> 00:48:03,901
Lu Zhuo.
736
00:48:06,901 --> 00:48:08,141
Lu Zhuo!
737
00:48:09,101 --> 00:48:10,381
Come to the rescue!
738
00:48:14,381 --> 00:48:15,941
Is there anyone there?
739
00:48:17,541 --> 00:48:20,461
Lord!
- Lu Zhuo!
740
00:48:21,181 --> 00:48:22,221
Lu Zhuo!
- Lord!
741
00:48:22,901 --> 00:48:24,501
Lu Zhuo!
- Lord!
742
00:50:41,021 --> 00:50:43,021
NO ANIMALS HARMED.
743
00:50:51,701 --> 00:50:56,981
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