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[The Promise of Chang'an]
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[Episode 37]
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For Great Sheng, I will do anything.
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Your Highness, you are extremely lucky.
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This armor was what saved your life from that arrow.
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Thank you. You can go now and take a look at the other soldiers.
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Yes.
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[Be Safe]
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You are leaving tomorrow. This was the armor
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that Her Majesty wanted you to have. Please accept it.
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I hope you emerge victorious soon and can return quickly.
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It's good news! Our Great Sheng soldiers won their battle!
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Not only did they take Great Liang's two important passes,
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but they also captured Hong Guangzhi and Ling Qi's generals!
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That's great. Mingyu, in the coming days, come to the Temple of Blessings with me
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to thank the Moon Goddess for her protection and blessings.
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This time, Jin City was won.
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The Prince of Yan stepped in
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He was very loyal.
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This victory was granted to us because of Your Majesty's preparations beforehand
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and your battle plans that were created in advance. I just acted accordingly.
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I do not dare to be accredited to this achievement.
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You bow and remain humble. Those are good qualities.
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Prince of Yan, I will give you an extra reward in addition to your natural pay for your services.
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Get up, my good brother.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Three Battalions, you will all be given rewards!
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I have so many loyal ministers.
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How could our Great Sheng not be able to unify all of the land?
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May Your Majesty live for thousands of years, thousands of thousands of years.
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Sister Qi said that she would be talking to the priest for a while.
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Then we should sit here and wait for her.
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Prince of Yan.
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Mingyu, earlier, you said to add some lights for the Imperial Noble Consort.
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I'll go talk to them and figure it out.
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You're back.
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You've suffered.
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Compared to how you went on the battlefield to risk your life,
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my little sufferings don't even deserve to be mentioned.
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After I returned to the capital,
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that was when I learned that you almost died.
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I only blame myself
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for being ignorant of it.
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Life and death can happen in mere moments.
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Did you even know how worried I was?
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Didn't I come back safely?
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Mingyu, this was all because of you.
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I never would have thought that this time, His Majesty
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would personally lead the soldiers to save me.
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Now, his health
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is so much worse than in the past.
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He just wanted to have a beginning and an end, that's all.
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For Great Sheng, for the soldiers, for the commoners,
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he truly is a good Emperor. Is he not?
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The truth is, in all these years,
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I have always respected but kept my guard up against him.
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I have a more complete understanding of him.
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Everything he does, every word he speaks,
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I will never know
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what his intentions were when he did this,
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but he saved me. That's the truth.
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He entrusted me with the lands of Great Sheng.
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Then I will make these lands
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more stable.
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It's just that you and I
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need to get closer.
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Right now, you and I
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are both doing well. That's already a blessing in itself.
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Give that back to me! Give it back!
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Father, Qirong stole my birdie.
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Qiyuan, you need to be more gentle with your younger brother.
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I know, Mother.
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Older Brother, then I want the five colored feather birdie that Auntie Lin gave you.
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Whenever someone gives you a little bit, you always try to exploit it.
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That's enough. You guys shouldn't just focus on playing.
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In a while, you will be entering the imperial study.
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Hey, there's no rush.
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After the summer ends, in the refreshing autumn days, that's the ideal time to start studying.
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Mother is my teacher.
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Really? What did your mother teach you?
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She taught me the books of Confucianism and also taught me how to recite poetry!
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Really? Then I will test you.
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Since it is spring, I want you to recite
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a spring poem for me to listen to.
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Yes, Father.
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The spring water fills the spring well.
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In the spring, the fresh spring grass grows.
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The spring temperature attracts the taste of spring wine.
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Father, did I recite it correctly?
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Yes. It was very good.
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Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince recited well.
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Aren't you going to gift him a reward?
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I should.
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How about this, I will gift you a short angle bow.
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It was the bow I used during my first hunt ever as a child.
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It has even killed a deer before!
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No, that's too generous of a gift!
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That was created by the first Emperor!
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Just let Qiyuan take it, Younger Sister.
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His Majesty was feeling magnanimous.
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Besides, it is martial arts and archery that are the essential skills passed down from our ancestors.
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Like our Qirong. He was born strong.
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He has already started to learn how to hunt from Qihan.
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Even Qihan gives him praise.
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Yeah, Eldest Brother says that my arm strength is good.
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When I fired my arrows, I hit the target three times!
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Really? Then what about Qiyuan?
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Eldest Brother said that though he doesn't have as much strength as me,
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he is way better at using his strength than I am.
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He's already the target ten times!
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Qirong, come here.
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Qirong. It's because you're a year younger than your older brother.
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When you get older,
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you will be like your uncles and brothers and become a powerful soldier, ok?
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All of the nannies have already said that Qirong's temperament and personality
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is exactly the same as His Majesty's personality when he was a child.
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Yeah, our Qirong is so much like His Majesty.
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- Eldest brother is here!
- Eldest brother is here!
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Eldest Brother! Eldest Brother!
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Sixth Prince!
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Eldest Brother!
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Qirong, did you listen well today?
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What's wrong? Where are you hurt?
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Let me take a look.
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You're supposed to be a strong man. How could you cry so easily?
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Next time you fall, pick yourself up.
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Qirong, let's go.
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Your Majesty.
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Here.
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I really don't want to drink that.
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You've already drank it for more than three months.
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How come you're still not getting better?
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The Imperial Physician said that it was hard to kill the root of my lung issues.
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I know my condition well.
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My illness will not get better that quickly.
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Right now, the seasons are changing.
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Maybe the heat is what is causing your problems to act up.
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These kinds of medicines.
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After a while, your illness will be cured.
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Come. Sit down.
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Sitting down and talking to me is the best cure.
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I want to get better soon.
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I was still thinking about personally fighting on the battlefield.
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I want to personally see Great Sheng's iron defenses.
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I want to see us take over Great Liang.
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Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty, as long as you take care of yourself,
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and treat your own body with kindness and consideration, leading your soldiers personally to beat the enemy
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will be something that you'll be able to do soon.
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It's just...
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Yunqi, between the two of us,
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you can say whatever is on your mind directly.
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Your Majesty, right now, the period of spring and autumn is full of prosperity.
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You don't have to rush to pick a crown prince.
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However, if the princes fight with each other using sneaky methods,
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it's impossible to prevent growing tensions between them.
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You saw today's situation.
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Surely you are able to tell why the consorts were
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subtly competing with one another.
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In Your Majesty's heart,
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do you have any plans on naming a successor?
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The truth is, according to age, it should be Qihan.
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However, if you were assessing based on the status of the Consort,
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it would be the Seventh Prince, Qirong.
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Yet Qiyuan was also born intelligent and adorable,
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so you've started to become hesitant. Is that it?
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If I had died earlier...
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Your Majesty! This is impossible!
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I was saying "if".
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If I had died when the nation was in a bad situation,
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then those two children
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surely would be too small.
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How would they be able to carry the burden of Great Sheng?
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A country needs a ruler of mature mind. Xiao Qihan
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is the suitable age.
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He also has enough military contributions.
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Besides being worried about his low birth status,
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I also worry...
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What do you worry about?
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In these years, Chengxu has made so many contributions.
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Even I can't suppress him.
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Qihan and Chengxu have always been
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fighting day and night. They detest each other.
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Though the two are similar in age,
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they are still different in generation.
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In light and dark, it is impossible for Qihan to not be at a disadvantage.
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Today, if I gave him the throne,
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if we consider competence and ability to scheme,
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he is not a worthy opponent of Chengxu.
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So in the past, whenever circumstances arised in front of me,
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I would purposefully support Chengxu
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and suppress Qihan.
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I did this to protect him.
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All along, you really were so farsighted.
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So considerate.
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I need to think of who to give the throne to
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in order to protect our Great Sheng's lands for generations
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Your Majesty! Are you alright?
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Ge'er! Bring soup!
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Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty!
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Ge'er, hurry! Hurry and get the imperial physician!
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Your Majesty!
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How is His Majesty?
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Tell me immediately! I won't punish you!
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To reply to Your Majesty, His Majesty's pulse
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is slow and weak. His heart is not in normal condition.
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Right now, his illness is getting worse.
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His energy is getting rapidly getting depleted. We can determine that
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his life will be ending. All of the preparations
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should be prepared in advance, Your Majesty!
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Chengxu, You have arrived.
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Third Sister-in-Law.
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His Majesty's condition has just gotten a little bit better,
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and he said that he wanted to see you immediately. Hurry over to him.
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What are you thinking about?
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Do you still remember
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When you were a child, I saved you, and I was hit by an arrow.
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At the time, you thought I would die.
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You were so scared that you went still. There was pain all over your face.
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At the time, you couldn't say a single word.
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Only when I woke up
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did you cry.
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The first thing you said was
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"Third Brother! I want you to live for hundreds of years!"
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Your Majesty, your favorite thing to talk about is the past,
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but whenever you start talking about the past, you start to suspect the hearts of others again.
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Right now, you refuse to call me Third Brother.
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It's because I've seen through you long ago.
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Family ties, generosity,
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all of those were just tools you used to control others.
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When I said that I valued you, it was sincere.
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Really?
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But you framed me.
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You used me, deceived me.
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You took precautions against me multiple times.
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When you were unhappy,
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you would always wish to give me the death penalty.
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Your sincerity is incomprehendable.
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Your grace
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was all just charity.
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All these years, I fought on the battlefield,
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protecting and fighting against the enemy. I almost died multiple times.
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I helped you conquer XI Qi and push back the Liang soldiers.
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I prevented internal conflict and helped the commoners feel at ease.
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I helped you create new policies and appease the court.
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Let me ask you, my grace toward you,
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can you repay it?
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Today, I want to calculate with you
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exactly how much you owe me.
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Anyway, you don't have much time left.
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If I don't demand it now,
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I fear that I will not be able to.
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Calculate it then. Tell me.
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What do I owe you?
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Xiao Chengrui, don't forget
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about my mother's death.
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Your mother's death.
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Honestly, in the end,
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I came back too late.
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Our Royal Father had also happened to be muddled.
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When he died, he left in his will that you should claim the throne.
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At the time, only your mother was there.
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There was no one else who saw it, no edicts.
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Your mother knew that she would not be able to make sure you claimed the throne,
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so she secretly told me
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that she would let me have the throne.
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So
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back then, you pleaded for the support of the three princes
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and took the throne.
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Why?
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My mother didn't ask for anything.
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I treat you differently than I treat my other brothers.
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Believe me if wish. It's fine if you don't.
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I don't regret protecting you back then,
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and I don't regret anything I did back then.
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Our Royal Father was old and muddled.
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He made the wrong decision,
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and I just corrected it.
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The situation has already progressed to this point. How could you still say that so naturally?
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Am I wrong?
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How is Great Sheng doing right now?
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How am I as an Emperor?
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If back then, you had taken my spot, then what would happen?
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As a sovereign and ruler, you are not suitable at all.
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Whether or not I'm suitable
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is not up to you.
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I will take Great Sheng's lands back.
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In the future, we'll see how I do.
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Really?
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Then you can do it now.
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If you kill me, you can replace me.
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You truly are not suitable to be an Emperor.
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You are too soft-hearted.
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You are too soft-hearted to attack a weak man.
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Also, this person's illness came from
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the arrow that he took to protect you.
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You cannot be cruel when you should.
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This means that you will never be an Emperor.
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Ninth Brother, you are Great Sheng's hero,
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but you cannot just be a hero
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to be a ruler.
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Xiao Chengrui, even now, you are still so conceited.
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Later,
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we'll see what happens.
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Lover, pay attention.
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Why are you so anxious?
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Maybe after your health gets better,
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I can play properly with you later.
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This chess piece
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if I don't play it now, I will not get the chance to.
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We were husband and wife for half of my life.
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I also quarreled with you for half of my life.
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I have never won.
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This time, I will finally win you.
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[Imperial Study]
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Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty?
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Have you already prepared all of the edicts and the seal?
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To reply, they are all ready.
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Bring De An here,
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and then invite Her Majesty as well.
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I already took care of everything that needed to be taken care of.
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I obey.
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Come in.
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Your Majesty.
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- De An.
- Present.
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I want to tell you a secret.
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You will lead them. The Dragon, Phoenix, and Tiger Battalions
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must obey your demands. They cannot disobey.
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I, along with the three Dragon, Phoenix, and Tiger Battalions,
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will swear on our own lives to be loyal and never disobey
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Your Majesty's orders.
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Come closer.
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Royal Father.
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Royal Father.
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Your Royal Father's health is in bad condition.
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He cannot come see you.
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Qiyuan.
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If he's good to you
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or bad to you, it doesn't matter.
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It's all going to be in the past.
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I fear that the days
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will change.
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But I
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will protect you well.
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[Imperial Study]
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I completed the fate bestowed upon my by Heaven
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I carried out the will of the Heavens.
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Today, the lands are peaceful and the commoners are safe
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all depending on the blessings of Heaven and Earth.
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I feel deeply regretful.
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I must give up these lands.
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Because of this, I will give my throne to the Prince of Guangling, Xiao Qiyuan.
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He will take the throne and rule everything under the Heavens.
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Great Sheng's ruler, Xiao Chengrui
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has died.
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[Yong Ning Hall]
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Mingyu.
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Is Sister Qi still doing well?
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Feng Yi Hall's doors have been closed all this time.
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No one is summoned. No one could go in.
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However, like you predicted,
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Her Majesty secretly met Official Li and the Prince of Zheng.
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His Majesty died,
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but Sister Qi is keeping it a secret and not announcing it to anyone.
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I fear that something bad happened in the court.
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Being Emperor is something pitiful.
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There's too much to deal with after his death.
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There's no time to be sad for him.
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How many people
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sincerely are sad for his death?
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A person's death is like a candle being snuffed out.
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His Majesty was the same as a commoner.
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He just earned a bit more than commoners,
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but he lost more.
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I don't know who His Majesty appointed in his will.
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It has nothing to do with us anyway.
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Then what about you, Mingyu?
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What will happen to you?
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I will get old in this palace all alone.
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It's not much different from the past.
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If I could,
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I wish I could take Qiyuan
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and go back to Yonglin.
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It's so nice there. So natural.
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Consort Xian.
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Her Majesty invites you to Feng Yi Hall immediately. She has urgent matters to talk to you about.
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How could this have happened?
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How could His Majesty have done this?
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Qiyuan is still so young.
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- Mingyu.
- He's still a child!
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How could he have the ability to inherit this position?
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Before he died, he never properly loved or cared for Qiyuan.
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Suddenly,
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he pushed Qiyuan to the throne?
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He wants Qiyuan to be his shield?
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What kind of intentions he had,
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aren't they obvious?
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He was setting the two of us up
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to stop Chengxu.
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Mingyu, His Majesty did this
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for Great Sheng's lands!
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You can clearly see the situation at hand.
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No matter who becomes the Emperor,
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Chengxu wouldn't accept it.
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He's already tolerated everything for so many years.
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I fear that he will not be willing to let this opportunity go.
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Only by putting Qiyuan on the throne
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and having you coax him,
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can he possibly let this dream of being the ruler go.
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He might be able to support his ascension.
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Before he died,
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he was always so angry about my past with Chengxu.
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He abandoned me and my son without care.
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Now he's not even here anymore.
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00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:45,520
He still won't let Chengxu go?
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If I insist on not complying, then what about Qiyuan's ascension?
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Mingyu, you—
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Half of the reason that our country is peaceful is due to Chengxu's efforts.
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You also know that the throne was originally Chengxu's.
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Today, no matter if it's blood relations
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or ability,
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isn't this throne Chengxu's naturally?
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Don't be muddle-headed.
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Qihan would never allow it.
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Then, the court will be divided. When the two sides start to have conflict,
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wouldn't Great Sheng be stuck in a perilous situation again?
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So...
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This time, I will win you.
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So he used my son
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to set Chengxu up.
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Mingyu. Qiyuan must ascend!
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Otherwise
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the only other choice is death.
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Sister Qi.
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What do you mean by those words?
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Before His Majesty left his will,
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he gave a decree that the three battalions, Dragon, Phoenix, and Tiger,
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If Qiyuan cannot ascend successfully to the throne,
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he cannot live.
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Dragon, Phoenix, and Tiger battalions will, under my order,
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kill Qiyuan.
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No matter where he hides,
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or where he runs.
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The Dragon, Phoenix, and Tiger battalions have always listened to His Majesty.
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Even if he's dead,
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they will not disobey his order.
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He's forcing me to push Qiyuan to the throne.
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He's forcing me to battle with Chengxu
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for Qiyuan's life.
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Mingyu, I know that you're in so much pain right now.
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His Majesty really was too cruel to you by doing this,
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but he did this for the good of Great Sheng.
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- He trusts you!
- Does he?
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No matter what, he already gave the order.
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Now,
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he is not around to relinquish it.
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Qiyuan. Qiyuan!
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Qiyuan!
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Qiyuan! Qiyuan!
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Mingyu! Mingyu!
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I don't know where Nanny Li took Qiyuan.
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They just left... They just left this note.
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I already looked everywhere, but
[I am sorry, Consort Xian]
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but I can't find them anywhere!
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I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Mingyu.
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Qiyuan
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was taken to the Prince of Yan's manor
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by Nanny Li.
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How did you know?
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Chengxu and His Majesty have fought for so long.
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Mingyu, then the Prince of Yan, he...
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He surely knows the contents of the will,
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and that's why he took Qiyuan away.
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He wants to snatch away the throne.
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Then what do we do? What are we supposed to do?
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I won't let him do that.
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I will go find Sister Qi immediately.
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I will go see Chengxu!
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Mingyu!
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Qiyuan, come to me.
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Go.
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Such a good boy.
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Ninth Royal Uncle, why did you take me here?
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Didn't you say that you always wanted to learn martial arts and hunting
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with your Ninth and Tenth Royal Uncles?
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So I will let Nanny Li take you out of the Palace.
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Today, you'll be taught to hunt rabbits, ok?
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Really? That's so great!
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I get to hunt rabbits! Ninth Royal Uncle, take me there, quickly!
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However, your mother and I placed a bet.
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When the time comes, we'll give her a surprise!
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I have some matters to attend to.
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I'll let your Tenth Brother take you, ok?
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Ok then.
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Qiyuan.
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Chengxuan, find some trustworthy people
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- and let them entertain him for a few days.
- Yes.
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Let's go. I will take you to play, ok?
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We're leaving.
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Your Highness. Consort Xian has arrived, and she wants to see you.
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- Tell her to wait in the study.
- Yes.
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Chengxu, where did you hide Qiyuan?
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Don't worry. Qiyuan is very safe right now.
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You know that I would never hurt him.
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You understand in your heart that he only pushed Qiyuan onto the throne
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to keep you by his side and force me to give up.
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[The Promise of Chang'an]
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Timing and subtitles brought to you by Impossible Promises @ Viki.com
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"Falling Fate" - Singer: Li Yugang
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♫ Who is swaying at dusk on the riverbank
by the gently fluttering willows? ♫
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♫ That beauty dances between
the clouds and the rippling moonglade ♫
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♫ Dancing lightly like the startled birds and
your graceful face is like delicate blooms ♫
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♫ Longing in the wind,
with glistening eyes looking toward the ripples ♫
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♫ I could not take my eyes off such a sight to behold ♫
519
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:10,720
♫ It seems brief, my adoration for you has been for years ♫
520
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:16,610
♫ You come or go as you please,
my soul is being led by dreams of you ♫
521
00:44:16,610 --> 00:44:25,200
♫ These are foolish and infuriating times,
I still wish we could be together forever ♫
522
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:32,050
♫ Destiny leads you into my life to make me whole ♫
523
00:44:32,050 --> 00:44:39,080
♫ My love for you is like an ink-mark that never dries ♫
524
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:45,490
♫ As the snow scatters in the wind,
as the clouds shield the moon ♫
525
00:44:45,490 --> 00:44:47,530
♫ As I have to be drunk to sleep through the night ♫
526
00:44:47,530 --> 00:44:52,390
♫ Like you, the paper I write on is full of melancholy ♫
527
00:44:52,390 --> 00:44:58,640
♫ Destiny leads you into my life,
times of great changes separate us ♫
528
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:05,640
♫ My tears fall and fill the curtained carriage along the way ♫
529
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:12,260
♫ This homeward journey, this boundless life ♫
530
00:45:12,260 --> 00:45:19,310
♫ It is fleeting, and filled with joys and sorrows ♫
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