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[The Lament of Autumn]

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[Episode 29]

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Congratulations on
making it out alive, Mr. Jiang.

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I'm Mu Linsen, Commander-in-Chief

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of Chizhou's Defense Forces.

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I've heard a great deal about you,
Commander Mu.

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You were once the top man

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under Military Governor Chu.

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You're too kind.

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I must say, Mr. Jiang,

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you've surprised me.

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After enduring

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such prolonged torment

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and surviving against all odds,

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you remain remarkably composed.

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The food here is quite decent.

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Give it a try.

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A man of your stature, Commander Mu,

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wouldn't go to all this trouble

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to see me

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just for a meal, would you?

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Two years ago,

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Mr. Jiang, you were traveling south

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with your fiancée, Miss Ye,

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and her mother

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when

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Yu Changxuan did everything
in his power to stop you.

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Ms. Ye perished in a fire,

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and you fell off a cliff
during the struggle.

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After lying unconscious for days,

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you were eventually

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confined to a labor camp
in a mining district.

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Commander Mu, it seems you've gone

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to considerable lengths
to look into my affairs.

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You went to such trouble to rescue me.

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May I ask what you want in return?

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There's something else

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you may not know.

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Back then, Miss Ye

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suffered smoke inhalation,

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sustained injuries, and lost her memory.

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Yu Changxuan took advantage
of her condition

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and tricked her into marrying him.

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She's now

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the Fifth Young Madam of the Yu family.

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Mr. Jiang,

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I can help you.

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Shang Hongwen, the editor-in-chief,

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is one of my men.

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I had him search far and wide

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for promising young literary talents,

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and he recommended you to me.

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I've read your article

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analyzing the financial networks

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of the northern and southern warlords.

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It was incisive

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and showed remarkable insight.

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Your pen

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is more powerful than ten divisions.

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So

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you want me to put my pen

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at your service.

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If you want to take down Yu Changxuan,

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I'm the only one who can help you.

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Surely you don't want to see Miss Ye

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smiling sweetly

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at your enemy day after day.

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This is a token of my goodwill.

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You have a long road ahead.

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Mr. Jiang,

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you'll find it useful.

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Hello?

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Pingjun.

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Changxuan?

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What made you call me?

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Bayberries are plentiful here,

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and they taste wonderful.

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I've had my aides

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send some back for you.

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You didn't have to go
to all that trouble.

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I thought you'd like to try some.

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I've got things to do,

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so I'd better go.

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You miss me a little,

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don't you?

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What's that saying?

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"Meet or part, live or die,

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we've made an oath, you and I.

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Give me your hand, I'll hold,

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and live with me till old."

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All right, you're out on patrol.

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Aren't you afraid someone
might overhear you?

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As long as you know

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what's in my heart,
that's all that matters.

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You hang up first. I'll hang up after you.

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[Groom: Yu Changxuan]

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[Marriage Certificate]

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[Marriage Certificate]

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I'll be waiting for you to come home.

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The Propaganda Department
is the government's mouthpiece,

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riddled with tangled connections

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and competing factions.

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For Jiang Xueting to have secured

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his position

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and won such favor

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in so little time

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is no small feat.

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Out of tens of thousands of candidates,

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he earned a government-sponsored
study-abroad scholarship.

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That alone makes him
one of the very best.

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And now he's proving himself
worthy of all the praise.

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He's certainly someone
we can put to good use.

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He's about to meet Second Young Lady Tao,

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isn't he?

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Everything is going according to plan.

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As for the Yu family,

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I've prepared a special gift for them.

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[Investigation into the Yu Army's Defeat
at the Battle of Qingshi Ridge]

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Have you verified everything?

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Everyone leaves a trace

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of what they've done.

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Even a seasoned schemer like Tao Xili

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is no exception.

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The marriage alliance

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between his family and Yu Zhongquan's

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is going to make for quite a show.

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Extra! Extra!

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The Huai Daily has breaking news!

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A long-buried
battlefield injustice exposed!

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[In the fifth year of the Republic,]

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[the Yu Army's Fourth and Ninth Armies]

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[were scheduled to encircle
the Wan warlord forces]

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[at Qingshi Ridge.]

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[Tao Xili,]

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[then president of
the Sujing Chamber of Commerce,]

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[publicly raised military funds]

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[to support the Yu Army.]

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[Huai Daily: Special Report]

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[Meanwhile, he was secretly
supplying gold bars to the enemy,]

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[leaving the vanguard regiment
led by Yu Mingxuan...]

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[Battlefield Injustice Exposed:
New Evidence of the Yu-Tao Feud]

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[Exposed to five times
the Wan army's firepower]

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[at Heishitan.]

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Looks like

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Tao Xili

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was hedging his bets
with both sides.

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[Huai Daily]

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He publicly supported us

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while secretly funding the Wan army.

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No matter who won,

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he'd profit.

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Then Young Master Mingxuan

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wouldn't have had to...

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Changxuan.

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What is it?

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Something's happened.

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[Huai Daily: Special Report]

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[Battlefield Injustice Exposed:
New Evidence of the Yu-Tao Feud]

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[Battlefield Injustice Exposed:
New Evidence of the Yu-Tao Feud]

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Get back to Nanhui at once.

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See this memorial tablet?

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It's for Mingxuan.

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[Memorial Tablet of Beloved Son,
Yu Mingxuan]

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He was only 23

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when he died.

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He was my favorite son.

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I poured my heart and soul

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[Memorial Tablet of Beloved Son,
Yu Mingxuan]

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into him.

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Your father is the reason

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I had to bury

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my own child.

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My father?

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What happened?

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The Huai Daily exposed it.

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Your father funded the enemy back then,

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changing the course of the battle.

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In other words,

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your father caused Mingxuan's death.

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How can that be?

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What's going on?

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A father's debts
are his daughter's to pay.

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That's only right.

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Until the whole matter

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has been thoroughly investigated,

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you'll kneel here

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[Memorial Tablet of Beloved Son,
Yu Mingxuan]

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and atone for your father's sins.

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Father...

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[Bring Honor to Your Ancestors
and Bless Your Descendants]

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Zhongquan,

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there may be more to the story

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than what's in the paper.

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Changxuan is out on patrol right now.

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How are we supposed
to explain this to him

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if you treat her like this?

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Explain what?

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Who's going to give me an explanation?

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Father,

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even if Tao Xili was involved,

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Pingjun knew nothing about it.

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Father, I know how much
you loved Mingxuan,

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and I know you'll get justice for him.

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But at least

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wait until Changxuan gets back.

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That's right.

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Enough.

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I know what I'm doing.

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No one opens that lock

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without my permission.

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[Bring Honor to Your Ancestors
and Bless Your Descendants]

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Father...

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Mother, what are we going to do?

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That stubborn old man!

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[Virtuous Character]

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Open the door!

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Fifth Young Master Yu,
the Commander-in-Chief ordered

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-that without his permission, no one...
-Move!

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You're back.

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It's all right.

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I'm here.

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Changxuan,

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what are you doing?

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Are you going

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to forget your own brother's death

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for the sake of a woman?

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Pingjun knew nothing about it

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from beginning to end,

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and she had no part in it.

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Those responsible
should answer for their own actions.

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Why should she pay for her father's sins?

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Besides, someone
must have an ulterior motive

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for bringing this up again.

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I've known since you were a child

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that you never liked Mingxuan.

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You wished he were dead, didn't you?

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Zhongquan,

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how can you say such a thing?

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How could our son think that way?

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I know

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you've always believed

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that I was the reason

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Yu Mingxuan died on the battlefield.

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Were you?

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Changxuan.

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What are you doing?

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What,

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are you going to kill me too?

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Go ahead.

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Ever since Mingxuan died,

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you've killed me

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in your heart countless times.

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[Bring Honor to Your Ancestors
and Bless Your Descendants]

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Are you going

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to forget your own brother's death

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for the sake of a woman?

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Go ahead.

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Ever since Mingxuan died,

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you've killed me

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in your heart countless times.

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What are you doing out here?

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It's windy,

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and you're still so weak.

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If what's in the paper is true,

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I honestly don't know

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how I can face the rest of the family.

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What is it you want to say?

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Yu Changxuan,

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if all of this is true,

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then we should go our separate ways.

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Why is it
that whenever you face a problem,

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you always try to push me away?

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I'm not trying to push you away.

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But you still have

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to explain yourself to your family.

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I don't want to be a burden to you.

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You've never been

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a burden to me.

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Ye Pingjun, listen to me.

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You'll never

281
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leave my side

282
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as long as you live.

283
00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:13,250
Not unless I die.

284
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Don't say that.

285
00:18:35,390 --> 00:18:36,430
Remember,

286
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I'm your husband.

287
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You can always trust me

288
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and lean on me.

289
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,160
I asked around everywhere

290
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:44,200
until my mouth went dry,

291
00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,330
but I couldn't find out anything else.

292
00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:48,440
I checked the report.

293
00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:49,510
Heavy rain

294
00:19:49,510 --> 00:19:51,940
washed out Datong Bridge,
the planned retreat route,

295
00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:52,610
forcing Mingxuan

296
00:19:52,610 --> 00:19:54,250
to change the plan at the last minute.

297
00:19:54,250 --> 00:19:54,850
The signature

298
00:19:54,850 --> 00:19:56,200
was Mingxuan's own.

299
00:19:57,270 --> 00:19:59,180
Changxuan, what do you suspect?

300
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,830
That bridge, too...

301
00:20:02,030 --> 00:20:03,950
Why couldn't it have collapsed
two days later?

302
00:20:03,950 --> 00:20:04,880
It held up all that time,

303
00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,250
then had to collapse
on the very day of the battle.

304
00:20:07,250 --> 00:20:08,530
If the plan had gone ahead,

305
00:20:08,530 --> 00:20:11,260
-back then he would've...
-What did you just say?

306
00:20:11,530 --> 00:20:12,030
I said,

307
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,560
why couldn't it have collapsed
two days later?

308
00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:18,570
What time does the report say
the bridge collapsed?

309
00:20:18,570 --> 00:20:19,830
The bridge collapsed early on the morning

310
00:20:19,830 --> 00:20:21,560
of the battle due to heavy rain.

311
00:20:34,970 --> 00:20:36,700
Zhangjia Village in Heishitan

312
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[Classified Archives
of the Nanhuai Army Headquarters]

313
00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:39,300
was caught in the crossfire.

314
00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:41,460
As soon as the fighting stopped,

315
00:20:41,790 --> 00:20:44,010
the surviving villagers evacuated,

316
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,210
crossing this very bridge.

317
00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:52,830
Wait, are you saying

318
00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:55,560
the bridge didn't collapse that day?

319
00:20:56,700 --> 00:20:57,760
This battle report

320
00:20:57,790 --> 00:20:58,880
was written by Mingxuan's adjutant,

321
00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,050
Jiang Chongyi.

322
00:21:00,330 --> 00:21:00,990
Adjutant Jiang

323
00:21:00,990 --> 00:21:02,010
left the army

324
00:21:02,010 --> 00:21:02,900
after the battle of Heishitan.

325
00:21:02,900 --> 00:21:03,680
He didn't take a single cent

326
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,810
of the discharge pay
he was entitled to

327
00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:07,560
under military regulations.

328
00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:32,400
Fifth Young Master Yu,

329
00:21:33,330 --> 00:21:34,530
what brings you here?

330
00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:40,350
I'm here

331
00:21:41,330 --> 00:21:43,390
to ask about the battle of Heishitan.

332
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,180
I've reviewed the report again.

333
00:21:48,180 --> 00:21:49,660
I remember the heavy rain

334
00:21:50,220 --> 00:21:51,620
mentioned in the report.

335
00:21:52,050 --> 00:21:53,270
It was nowhere near

336
00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:56,070
severe enough
to affect the original battle plan.

337
00:21:56,350 --> 00:21:58,850
Yes, well, the heavy rain
triggered a flash flood

338
00:21:58,850 --> 00:21:59,660
that washed away a bridge

339
00:21:59,660 --> 00:22:01,000
we had to cross to retreat.

340
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,570
T-There was nothing we could do.

341
00:22:02,570 --> 00:22:04,230
I never mentioned the bridge.

342
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,330
I only said the report

343
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:08,980
mentioned heavy rain.

344
00:22:12,250 --> 00:22:13,510
Why are you so nervous?

345
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,320
What are you afraid I'll ask?

346
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:17,600
B-Because

347
00:22:18,050 --> 00:22:20,380
the report says

348
00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:23,720
the heavy rain washed out Datong Bridge.

349
00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:25,010
I thought

350
00:22:25,530 --> 00:22:27,460
y-you were going to ask about that.

351
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,110
I've checked reports
from civilian sources.

352
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:36,750
The day after the battle,

353
00:22:37,070 --> 00:22:38,930
villagers near Zhangjia Village

354
00:22:40,140 --> 00:22:41,000
crossed Datong Bridge

355
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,460
as they moved away.

356
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,000
The bridge was not washed away.

357
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:47,160
The account in the report

358
00:22:48,510 --> 00:22:49,680
was fabricated.

359
00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:52,390
Adjutant Jiang,

360
00:22:53,570 --> 00:22:56,030
you still have
an elderly mother to support.

361
00:22:56,510 --> 00:22:57,740
I hope you

362
00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:01,160
wouldn't let your silence

363
00:23:02,110 --> 00:23:03,510
bring trouble to her.

364
00:23:14,350 --> 00:23:16,210
The report was indeed falsified.

365
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,720
The Army Commander's deployment
had a flaw,

366
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,920
and the Wan army
discovered our ambush troops.

367
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,350
To cover up that mistake,

368
00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:25,980
we had to change the plan.

369
00:23:26,250 --> 00:23:26,920
That's...

370
00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:29,360
That's why we made up the story

371
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,440
about the bridge being washed away.

372
00:23:32,550 --> 00:23:33,550
Impossible.

373
00:23:34,510 --> 00:23:36,570
Mingxuan would never do such a thing.

374
00:23:37,380 --> 00:23:38,640
Fifth Young Master Yu,

375
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,410
the Army Commander was only human.

376
00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,640
Everyone makes mistakes,

377
00:23:46,570 --> 00:23:49,030
and everyone
has their own private motives.

378
00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:58,040
I'll take my leave.

379
00:24:19,390 --> 00:24:21,720
[III. Route Decisions
and Tactical Adjustments]

380
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,620
Still thinking about
what Adjutant Jiang said?

381
00:24:40,660 --> 00:24:41,700
Adjutant Jiang's explanation

382
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:42,880
does make sense.

383
00:24:44,110 --> 00:24:45,570
To maintain troop morale

384
00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:46,640
and preserve

385
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,500
the Army Commander's authority,

386
00:24:49,380 --> 00:24:51,840
someone would have
to come up with an excuse.

387
00:24:56,380 --> 00:24:57,180
But

388
00:25:02,980 --> 00:25:04,270
I know my brother.

389
00:25:06,980 --> 00:25:08,640
He would never do such a thing,

390
00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:10,440
nor would he stoop

391
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:11,970
to using an excuse like that

392
00:25:13,590 --> 00:25:15,160
to cover up his own mistake.

393
00:25:21,090 --> 00:25:21,940
I understand.

394
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:24,590
Don't wear yourself

395
00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:25,980
out over this.

396
00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:27,400
Go wash up.

397
00:25:27,550 --> 00:25:28,810
I'll take care of this.

398
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,200
Go on.

399
00:26:04,530 --> 00:26:07,210
[Classified Archives
of the Nanhuai Army Headquarters]

400
00:26:10,750 --> 00:26:12,080
On the day of the battle,

401
00:26:12,460 --> 00:26:14,960
Company Commander Yu Changxuan
led a small squad

402
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,920
to blow up an enemy weapons depot.

403
00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:18,770
The mission was a success.

404
00:26:23,770 --> 00:26:24,610
Could it be

405
00:26:25,570 --> 00:26:26,810
that Mingxuan was...

406
00:26:29,350 --> 00:26:31,350
You said you wanted to investigate.

407
00:26:31,550 --> 00:26:32,940
What have you found?

408
00:26:39,790 --> 00:26:40,920
I knew it.

409
00:26:42,030 --> 00:26:43,760
Your so-called investigation

410
00:26:45,110 --> 00:26:45,980
was just an excuse

411
00:26:45,980 --> 00:26:47,510
to make a few empty gestures

412
00:26:47,850 --> 00:26:49,920
in Ye Pingjun's defense.

413
00:26:50,770 --> 00:26:52,480
When have you ever

414
00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:56,120
genuinely cared about Mingxuan's affairs?

415
00:27:04,460 --> 00:27:05,720
Open it and take a look.

416
00:27:12,730 --> 00:27:15,900
[Archive]

417
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:16,740
Look closely.

418
00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:19,030
[Military Dock Cargo Manifest]

419
00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:20,280
Back then, the Tao family's merchant ship,
the Yongchang,

420
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:20,730
[Military Dock Cargo Manifest]

421
00:27:20,660 --> 00:27:21,440
bore the insignia

422
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,250
of the Yu Army.

423
00:27:24,070 --> 00:27:25,330
But the third shipment,

424
00:27:25,330 --> 00:27:26,940
sent on the 12th,

425
00:27:25,860 --> 00:27:28,870
[Military Dock Cargo Manifest]

426
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,530
and the fifth and sixth shipments,

427
00:27:29,530 --> 00:27:30,880
sent on the 17th,

428
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:32,730
all contained field guns

429
00:27:32,730 --> 00:27:35,590
desperately needed by the Wan army.

430
00:27:37,050 --> 00:27:39,250
We were certain to win the battle

431
00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:42,230
[Shipment Records]

432
00:27:39,420 --> 00:27:40,770
at Heishitan Harbor.

433
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:42,670
But Tao Xili's shipment

434
00:27:42,670 --> 00:27:44,720
of military supplies

435
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,830
greatly strengthened
the Wan army's firepower,

436
00:27:49,270 --> 00:27:51,600
allowing them to launch a counterattack.

437
00:27:52,510 --> 00:27:53,640
Cat got your tongue?

438
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,500
You have

439
00:27:57,500 --> 00:27:58,740
only two choices now.

440
00:27:58,960 --> 00:27:59,770
Either

441
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,680
divorce Ye Pingjun,

442
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:04,720
or

443
00:28:06,350 --> 00:28:08,180
I'll shoot her dead myself.

444
00:28:18,770 --> 00:28:20,700
I have nothing to say about Tao Xili

445
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,080
funding the Wan army.

446
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,980
But the defeat at Heishitan

447
00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:29,050
wasn't that simple.

448
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,770
The Wan army had the upper hand
from the start.

449
00:28:31,770 --> 00:28:33,850
It was always going to be a tough battle.

450
00:28:33,850 --> 00:28:36,780
My eldest brother managed
to salvage the situation,

451
00:28:37,050 --> 00:28:39,050
but there were flaws in his
operational planning and deployment.

452
00:28:39,050 --> 00:28:40,580
What are you talking about?

453
00:28:54,690 --> 00:28:58,530
[Investigation Records
on the Battle of Heishitan]

454
00:28:58,530 --> 00:28:58,840
[The battle ultimately became
a head-on engagement,]

455
00:28:58,870 --> 00:28:59,150
[a necessity imposed
by the circumstances.]

456
00:28:59,170 --> 00:28:59,340
[The command decisions
involved undisclosed matters]

457
00:28:59,340 --> 00:28:59,510
[but were necessary in the circumstances.]

458
00:28:59,530 --> 00:28:59,880
[The relevant circumstances have since
been verified through investigation.]

459
00:29:01,310 --> 00:29:02,440
That's impossible.

460
00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:05,310
Mingxuan went over his battle plans

461
00:29:05,660 --> 00:29:07,520
again and again before the fight.

462
00:29:07,570 --> 00:29:09,570
He would never have been so careless

463
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,370
as to change orders at the last minute.

464
00:29:17,850 --> 00:29:19,850
I know this is hard for you to accept,

465
00:29:20,510 --> 00:29:21,770
but my investigation

466
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,650
shows that these are the facts.

467
00:29:28,770 --> 00:29:29,570
Yu Changxuan,

468
00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:34,420
you're actually making this up

469
00:29:34,750 --> 00:29:36,750
to smear your own eldest brother,

470
00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:39,680
all to protect Ye Pingjun?

471
00:29:52,310 --> 00:29:53,680
Even now,

472
00:29:55,250 --> 00:29:56,400
you'd rather believe

473
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:57,980
I'm making things up

474
00:29:58,920 --> 00:29:59,810
than accept

475
00:29:59,810 --> 00:30:01,470
that Mingxuan made a mistake.

476
00:30:02,460 --> 00:30:03,850
I should have known.

477
00:30:04,750 --> 00:30:05,980
In your eyes,

478
00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:08,270
I'm always the one at fault,

479
00:30:09,310 --> 00:30:11,040
while Mingxuan can do no wrong.

480
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,350
He's always the best.

481
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,580
And why shouldn't I believe that?

482
00:30:15,770 --> 00:30:17,030
Everyone in the army

483
00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:18,530
knows how meticulous and cautious

484
00:30:18,530 --> 00:30:20,090
Mingxuan was.

485
00:30:20,510 --> 00:30:21,960
Do you expect me to believe

486
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:23,310
he'd make such a blatant mistake

487
00:30:23,310 --> 00:30:25,160
on the battlefield?

488
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,550
Believe what you want!

489
00:30:26,550 --> 00:30:27,940
But Yu Mingxuan
cannot escape responsibility

490
00:30:27,940 --> 00:30:29,570
for the defeat at Heishitan!

491
00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:31,750
You despicable, shameless bastard!

492
00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:41,280
The defeat was no fault
of the Army Commander.

493
00:30:42,850 --> 00:30:44,250
Commander-in-Chief Yu.

494
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:50,440
Fifth Young Master Yu.

495
00:30:57,660 --> 00:30:58,960
I brought him here.

496
00:31:00,290 --> 00:31:01,220
Adjutant Jiang,

497
00:31:02,250 --> 00:31:03,220
yesterday, while helping Changxuan

498
00:31:03,220 --> 00:31:04,680
organize some documents,

499
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,440
I noticed another file

500
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,500
beside the Heishitan battle report.

501
00:31:10,850 --> 00:31:13,140
It documented Changxuan
leading a small squad

502
00:31:13,140 --> 00:31:15,340
to blow up the Wan army's weapons depot.

503
00:31:16,090 --> 00:31:17,020
Adjutant Jiang,

504
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,440
do you know anything about this?

505
00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:20,850
You've served under Mingxuan

506
00:31:20,850 --> 00:31:21,850
for so many years.

507
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,380
You should know

508
00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:25,110
what kind of man he was.

509
00:31:26,660 --> 00:31:27,570
Yet

510
00:31:28,460 --> 00:31:30,010
you'd rather

511
00:31:30,010 --> 00:31:31,340
tarnish his reputation

512
00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:34,120
than reconsider your account
of what happened.

513
00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:35,590
Unless

514
00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:39,760
there's another truth you have

515
00:31:40,050 --> 00:31:42,110
an even greater reason to protect.

516
00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:49,460
Everyone knows

517
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,240
how devoted Mingxuan was

518
00:31:52,590 --> 00:31:54,350
to his younger brothers.

519
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,460
But few understand

520
00:31:58,570 --> 00:32:00,720
how much Mingxuan meant to Changxuan.

521
00:32:02,270 --> 00:32:03,730
Changxuan has never truly

522
00:32:04,510 --> 00:32:06,720
come to terms with Mingxuan's death.

523
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:08,790
The pain

524
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:10,660
has tormented him

525
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,480
day and night.

526
00:32:14,290 --> 00:32:16,660
But pretending a wound isn't there

527
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,590
will only let it fester.

528
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,940
Cutting away the diseased flesh
is painful,

529
00:32:22,510 --> 00:32:23,500
but it's the only way

530
00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:24,720
to heal.

531
00:32:40,180 --> 00:32:41,440
Fifth Young Master Yu,

532
00:32:41,510 --> 00:32:42,880
the Army Commander originally

533
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,050
forbade me from revealing a single word

534
00:32:45,050 --> 00:32:46,780
about what happened back then.

535
00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:57,250
We'll continue our feigned retreat

536
00:32:57,660 --> 00:32:59,380
and lure the enemy into this valley.

537
00:32:59,380 --> 00:33:00,200
We'll close the net at daybreak.

538
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:00,730
Yes, sir.

539
00:33:01,460 --> 00:33:02,250
Report!

540
00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:03,920
Report, Army Commander!

541
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,320
Company Commander Yu...

542
00:33:05,380 --> 00:33:06,050
What is it?

543
00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:07,400
He took his men out without authorization

544
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,380
to destroy the enemy's weapons depot.

545
00:33:09,380 --> 00:33:10,200
Outrageous!

546
00:33:10,830 --> 00:33:12,050
How long ago did he leave?

547
00:33:12,050 --> 00:33:13,570
About half an hour ago.

548
00:33:13,770 --> 00:33:14,720
Half an hour...

549
00:33:16,790 --> 00:33:17,790
Pass down my order.

550
00:33:17,790 --> 00:33:19,630
Have the main force
counterattack immediately.

551
00:33:19,630 --> 00:33:20,660
Send men to find Changxuan

552
00:33:20,660 --> 00:33:21,940
and bring him back safely.

553
00:33:21,940 --> 00:33:22,500
Yes, sir!

554
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,160
Army Commander,
if we launch a frontal attack now,

555
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,510
all our efforts will have been in vain.

556
00:33:25,510 --> 00:33:26,440
There's no time.

557
00:33:26,750 --> 00:33:27,460
Once he makes his move,

558
00:33:27,460 --> 00:33:28,860
our plan will be exposed.

559
00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:29,680
Our only chance is

560
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:31,270
to fight our way through head-on.

561
00:33:31,270 --> 00:33:32,590
But changing the entire army's strategy

562
00:33:32,590 --> 00:33:33,510
at the last minute...

563
00:33:33,510 --> 00:33:36,310
Who could possibly
take responsibility for that?

564
00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:39,450
I will.

565
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,260
The Army Commander instructed me

566
00:33:44,340 --> 00:33:45,870
to cover it up in the report.

567
00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:47,500
I had no choice but

568
00:33:47,850 --> 00:33:51,310
to make up a story about
heavy rain washing away Datong Bridge.

569
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:00,960
You're lying!

570
00:34:01,570 --> 00:34:02,750
When I came to you, you said nothing.

571
00:34:02,750 --> 00:34:04,050
Now you're making all this up.

572
00:34:04,050 --> 00:34:05,160
Fifth Young Master Yu,

573
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:06,570
I'm telling you the truth.

574
00:34:06,570 --> 00:34:07,510
Do you remember?

575
00:34:08,110 --> 00:34:08,760
We were

576
00:34:09,510 --> 00:34:11,840
vastly outmatched
by the enemy back then.

577
00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:12,650
If we hadn't

578
00:34:12,650 --> 00:34:13,860
covered this up,

579
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:15,210
why would the Army Commander

580
00:34:15,210 --> 00:34:17,469
have chosen to engage the enemy head-on?

581
00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:34,699
Army Commander, the enemy is too strong!

582
00:34:34,699 --> 00:34:35,760
We need to retreat!

583
00:34:36,980 --> 00:34:37,670
Retreat!

584
00:34:46,510 --> 00:34:47,770
Hurry up! Keep moving!

585
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:53,880
Go help them, too.

586
00:34:54,030 --> 00:34:55,230
Yes, Army Commander.

587
00:35:03,570 --> 00:35:04,630
Fifth Young Master Yu,
what are you doing here?

588
00:35:04,630 --> 00:35:05,420
Where's the Army Commander?

589
00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:06,480
This way, this way!

590
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:10,270
Army Commander,
Fifth Young Master Yu is here.

591
00:35:12,860 --> 00:35:13,990
Who told you to come?

592
00:35:14,190 --> 00:35:16,120
Didn't I tell you to return to camp?

593
00:35:21,570 --> 00:35:23,690
Never act on your own again.

594
00:35:23,710 --> 00:35:24,440
Understand?

595
00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:25,280
Army Commander,

596
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:26,340
I'm a soldier, too.

597
00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:27,670
Stop shielding me all the time.

598
00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:31,070
When there's a battle to fight,
I should be on the front lines.

599
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:32,320
Don't be reckless!

600
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:33,570
Do you see how much firepower they have?

601
00:35:33,570 --> 00:35:34,970
Are we any match for them?

602
00:35:36,650 --> 00:35:37,340
Come back!

603
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:38,260
Leave me alone!

604
00:35:38,460 --> 00:35:39,250
Come back!

605
00:35:39,860 --> 00:35:40,460
Come back!

606
00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:44,650
Changxuan!

607
00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,770
The Army Commander said

608
00:36:00,050 --> 00:36:01,940
that on your first time
on the battlefield,

609
00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:04,030
you were already being saddled
with such a grave accusation.

610
00:36:04,030 --> 00:36:05,560
Knowing your temperament,

611
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,490
he couldn't just stand by and watch you

612
00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:10,830
suffer such a devastating setback

613
00:36:10,980 --> 00:36:13,380
when you'd only just embarked
on this path.

614
00:36:18,380 --> 00:36:19,760
You're lying.

615
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,460
Why would he do that?

616
00:36:23,780 --> 00:36:25,670
Of course he had his reasons.

617
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,070
I know you've always

618
00:36:31,170 --> 00:36:32,460
resented me

619
00:36:32,570 --> 00:36:35,100
for saving Mingxuan
instead of you back then.

620
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:37,510
You've always been biased

621
00:36:37,510 --> 00:36:39,170
against your eldest brother.

622
00:36:39,980 --> 00:36:40,380
Commander-in-Chief!

623
00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:40,650
Where?

624
00:36:40,650 --> 00:36:42,850
The forward command post is over there!

625
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,380
-Move that beam!
-Hurry!

626
00:36:48,860 --> 00:36:49,500
Mingxuan.

627
00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:50,860
Mingxuan.

628
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:52,000
Mingxuan.

629
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:53,510
Mingxuan!

630
00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:54,510
Commander-in-Chief!

631
00:36:54,510 --> 00:36:56,170
Fifth Young Master Yu is here!

632
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,690
Fifth Young Master Yu is here!

633
00:36:57,690 --> 00:36:58,130
Good!

634
00:36:58,590 --> 00:36:59,400
Get him out!

635
00:36:59,400 --> 00:36:59,990
Yes, sir!

636
00:37:02,380 --> 00:37:03,640
Fifth Young Master Yu!

637
00:37:03,820 --> 00:37:04,420
Over here!

638
00:37:06,590 --> 00:37:07,280
Changxuan.

639
00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:08,260
Company Commander!

640
00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:09,400
-Changxuan!
-Company Commander!

641
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,130
Hurry! Can you hear me?

642
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:11,880
Hurry!

643
00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:12,940
Changxuan!

644
00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:14,420
Can you hear me?

645
00:37:15,190 --> 00:37:16,390
Hurry! Carry him out!

646
00:37:18,610 --> 00:37:19,420
Commander-in-Chief!

647
00:37:19,420 --> 00:37:21,480
The Army Commander has been rescued!

648
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:22,010
Stop!

649
00:37:28,010 --> 00:37:28,650
Mingxuan.

650
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:30,560
Mingxuan.

651
00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:33,440
We need to save Mingxuan first.

652
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:34,460
Get him out of here first.

653
00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:35,590
-Yes, sir!
-Yes, sir!

654
00:37:35,590 --> 00:37:36,850
Get an ambulance here!

655
00:37:36,860 --> 00:37:37,430
Hurry!

656
00:37:37,980 --> 00:37:39,030
Someone give us a hand! Quickly!

657
00:37:39,030 --> 00:37:40,630
Carry him out! Hurry, hurry!

658
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:41,930
-Hurry!
-Hurry.

659
00:37:45,460 --> 00:37:46,360
Can you hold on?

660
00:37:46,630 --> 00:37:47,830
Hang in there. Get up.

661
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:50,670
Changxuan!

662
00:37:52,010 --> 00:37:52,670
Changxuan!

663
00:37:54,610 --> 00:37:55,280
Commander-in-Chief,

664
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:56,380
our reinforcements

665
00:37:56,380 --> 00:37:57,320
are still on their way.

666
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:58,510
They won't arrive anytime soon.

667
00:37:58,510 --> 00:37:59,610
This place is too dangerous.

668
00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:00,800
You must withdraw

669
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:01,480
to the rear command post immediately!

670
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:02,070
No!

671
00:38:02,340 --> 00:38:03,610
We have to get Changxuan out!

672
00:38:03,610 --> 00:38:05,340
Commander Yu,
you're the commander-in-chief,

673
00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:06,420
the overall commander.

674
00:38:06,420 --> 00:38:08,090
You must put the bigger picture first!

675
00:38:08,090 --> 00:38:09,350
Commander-in-Chief!

676
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:10,660
Commander-in-Chief!

677
00:38:10,660 --> 00:38:11,720
Leave this to me.

678
00:38:11,820 --> 00:38:13,000
I swear on my life

679
00:38:13,110 --> 00:38:14,610
that I'll get
Fifth Young Master Yu out.

680
00:38:14,610 --> 00:38:16,870
If I fail,
I'll answer for it with my life!

681
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:20,360
Hurry!

682
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:23,500
Commander-in-Chief,

683
00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:24,920
forgive me for what I'm about to do.

684
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,320
Quickly! Get the Commander-in-Chief
out of here!

685
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:27,130
Commander-in-Chief, we must go!

686
00:38:27,130 --> 00:38:27,930
Take him away!

687
00:38:29,070 --> 00:38:29,480
Take him away!

688
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,090
How dare you!

689
00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:31,820
You...

690
00:38:31,820 --> 00:38:32,800
Save the Fifth Young Master Yu!

691
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,340
How dare you!

692
00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:35,360
Hurry up and go!

693
00:38:45,190 --> 00:38:46,480
Changxuan...

694
00:38:49,590 --> 00:38:50,630
Changxuan...

695
00:38:51,780 --> 00:38:52,400
Turn back!

696
00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:53,920
Army Commander,

697
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,230
you need immediate medical attention,

698
00:38:55,230 --> 00:38:56,890
or your life will be in danger.

699
00:39:00,630 --> 00:39:01,800
That's an order.

700
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,340
Turn back!

701
00:39:04,010 --> 00:39:04,710
Turn back!

702
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:18,590
I know

703
00:39:20,860 --> 00:39:23,610
you've always been biased
against your eldest brother.

704
00:39:23,610 --> 00:39:25,070
But have you ever wondered

705
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:26,510
why he went back

706
00:39:26,510 --> 00:39:28,920
to Qingshi Ridge and was killed

707
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:31,340
in the explosion

708
00:39:32,590 --> 00:39:33,990
after he'd already left?

709
00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:05,310
You're making up such an outrageous story

710
00:40:07,340 --> 00:40:09,030
just to defend Yu Mingxuan.

711
00:40:18,980 --> 00:40:20,010
Your mother and I

712
00:40:21,540 --> 00:40:22,650
had intended to take this

713
00:40:22,650 --> 00:40:24,840
to our graves.

714
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:29,920
Now you know everything.

715
00:40:33,210 --> 00:40:34,300
Are you satisfied?

716
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:40,930
There's no need.

717
00:40:45,510 --> 00:40:47,640
You don't have to beat around the bush.

718
00:40:57,190 --> 00:40:58,210
No.

719
00:41:00,090 --> 00:41:00,950
No, it can't be.

720
00:41:01,650 --> 00:41:02,340
Mother,

721
00:41:05,190 --> 00:41:07,010
they're lying, aren't they?

722
00:41:08,510 --> 00:41:10,240
My brother didn't die this way.

723
00:41:11,420 --> 00:41:12,300
Changxuan.

724
00:41:14,010 --> 00:41:14,960
I'm sorry.

725
00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:18,030
I'm so sorry.

726
00:41:25,090 --> 00:41:26,690
You should understand

727
00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:30,360
that your eldest brother

728
00:41:32,230 --> 00:41:34,420
never wronged you.

729
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,110
Please, stop talking.

730
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:40,650
You're all lying to me!

731
00:41:42,110 --> 00:41:43,610
All of you!

732
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:44,840
It can't be!

733
00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:46,800
My brother didn't die this way!

734
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:49,280
-No! No!
-Changxuan.

735
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:50,110
Changxuan.

736
00:42:01,580 --> 00:42:05,310
[Memorial Tablet of My Late Brother,
Yu Mingxuan]

737
00:42:17,010 --> 00:42:17,920
Yu Mingxuan.

738
00:42:20,420 --> 00:42:21,430
Do you think

739
00:42:21,460 --> 00:42:22,710
you're so great?

740
00:42:24,690 --> 00:42:26,500
You think you're so noble?

741
00:42:28,690 --> 00:42:30,820
Do you think you're some kind of saint?

742
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:34,980
Did I ask you to die in my place?

743
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,030
Answer me.

744
00:42:42,420 --> 00:42:44,840
[Memorial Tablet of My Late Brother,
Yu Mingxuan]

745
00:42:47,110 --> 00:42:48,300
Who gave you the right

746
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:49,560
to die in my place?

747
00:42:49,590 --> 00:42:52,060
I don't need your self-righteousness!

748
00:43:12,260 --> 00:43:12,900
I'd rather

749
00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:15,900
have been the one
who was punished under military law.

750
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:18,670
I'd rather

751
00:43:18,670 --> 00:43:20,800
have been the one put in the pillory.

752
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,010
I'd rather have been the one who died.

753
00:43:44,190 --> 00:43:45,260
Do you think

754
00:43:45,260 --> 00:43:47,790
that means I'll owe you
for the rest of my life?

755
00:43:52,340 --> 00:43:53,270
I'm telling you,

756
00:43:57,950 --> 00:43:58,680
I won't.

757
00:44:00,350 --> 00:44:02,750
[Memorial Tablet of My Late Brother,
Yu Mingxuan]

758
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:06,900
Never.

759
00:44:51,460 --> 00:44:52,720
Second Young Lady Tao.

760
00:45:03,150 --> 00:45:04,080
Long time no see.

761
00:45:10,460 --> 00:45:11,210
You're the man

762
00:45:11,210 --> 00:45:13,280
my uncle arranged for me to meet?

763
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,670
The newly appointed Director
of the Propaganda Department?

764
00:45:17,670 --> 00:45:18,600
That would be me.

765
00:45:30,150 --> 00:45:33,150
This is nothing
but another marriage of convenience.

766
00:45:33,650 --> 00:45:34,760
I won't accept it.

767
00:45:34,860 --> 00:45:35,990
What a coincidence.

768
00:45:37,050 --> 00:45:37,540
I have no interest

769
00:45:37,540 --> 00:45:39,380
in spoiled, arrogant rich girls

770
00:45:39,860 --> 00:45:40,960
either.

771
00:45:44,260 --> 00:45:45,510
My uncle said

772
00:45:45,510 --> 00:45:47,570
you were a real lapdog,

773
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:49,420
so I came to see for myself.

774
00:45:49,820 --> 00:45:52,610
Looks like a limping dog

775
00:45:53,980 --> 00:45:55,170
bites even harder.

776
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:57,810
Then we're a perfect match.

777
00:45:58,380 --> 00:46:01,210
Weren't you the one
whose engagement was broken off,

778
00:46:01,210 --> 00:46:03,210
leaving you with nowhere to go, too?

779
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:07,020
Last month,

780
00:46:07,610 --> 00:46:09,480
your uncle shipped three boatloads

781
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:10,960
of illicit salt through Baiyundu Pier.

782
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:11,670
Guess who

783
00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:15,030
buried that story?

784
00:46:15,030 --> 00:46:15,890
And this month,

785
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,980
your family smuggled
a huge amount of iron ore.

786
00:46:18,980 --> 00:46:19,960
Now guess

787
00:46:20,460 --> 00:46:21,030
why the papers haven't said

788
00:46:21,030 --> 00:46:22,710
a word about it.

789
00:46:27,980 --> 00:46:30,840
Secretary Jiang, you've certainly
come a long way.

790
00:46:32,460 --> 00:46:33,570
But why

791
00:46:33,820 --> 00:46:35,780
would I marry a rabid dog

792
00:46:36,070 --> 00:46:39,000
who barely escaped death?

793
00:46:39,130 --> 00:46:40,230
Because we both

794
00:46:43,460 --> 00:46:44,840
hate Yu Changxuan

795
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:47,210
to the core.

796
00:47:10,550 --> 00:47:12,130
We're not here to talk about love

797
00:47:12,130 --> 00:47:13,130
or marriage.

798
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,160
We're here to discuss business.

799
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:16,810
What do you have in mind?

800
00:47:17,030 --> 00:47:18,360
I have Commander Mu backing me,

801
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:19,460
and I hold a key position at the heart

802
00:47:19,460 --> 00:47:21,360
of the government's Propaganda Department.

803
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:21,970
Now I need

804
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,650
the Tang family's financial support

805
00:47:23,650 --> 00:47:24,380
to make sure I can

806
00:47:24,380 --> 00:47:25,550
utterly ruin

807
00:47:25,670 --> 00:47:26,670
Yu Changxuan

808
00:47:27,690 --> 00:47:29,420
in the shortest possible time.

809
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:32,980
You make it sound so grand,

810
00:47:33,460 --> 00:47:35,320
but isn't this all for Ye Pingjun?

811
00:47:35,420 --> 00:47:36,210
Exactly.

812
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:39,360
So we only need

813
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:40,760
to be married in name.

814
00:47:41,150 --> 00:47:43,080
I won't interfere in your affairs.

815
00:47:43,340 --> 00:47:44,690
As in-laws,

816
00:47:45,130 --> 00:47:46,110
we'll rise

817
00:47:46,110 --> 00:47:47,170
and fall together.

818
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:51,220
You won't have to worry
about where I stand, either.

819
00:47:54,530 --> 00:47:56,010
I remember

820
00:47:56,010 --> 00:47:57,670
you weren't like this before.

821
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,000
What happened to your pride?

822
00:48:06,050 --> 00:48:07,420
I've simply realized

823
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:08,860
that sometimes,

824
00:48:09,710 --> 00:48:11,690
what makes or breaks you

825
00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:14,890
has nothing to do with you at all.

826
00:48:15,190 --> 00:48:16,450
One person's strength

827
00:48:17,110 --> 00:48:18,770
is like a lone boat lost at sea.

828
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,780
I have to leverage those in power,

829
00:48:20,780 --> 00:48:22,190
rise to the top,

830
00:48:25,010 --> 00:48:26,500
and make the rules.