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[The King's Woman]
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[Episode 11]
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You wouldn't take me
as your disciple before.
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Yet here you are mocking at me.
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Some warrior you are.
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Young Warrior Jing.
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Your mentor's skills
were just as good as mine.
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If you want to train under a mentor,
why forgo what is within reach?
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But my mentor is--
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Do you think your mentor
avoided getting into conflicts
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because he was so gentle and mild,
so you doubted his skills?
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Then you really didn't know your mentor.
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Do you know what your mentor's
nickname was in the fighting world?
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My mentor never mentioned it.
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He didn't like to bring up his past.
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Back then, in the fighting world,
he was nicknamed Bloody Shadow.
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Whenever he got his hands on anyone,
blood would be spilled.
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What's even scarier is
that no one could see how he did it.
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Only a bloody smudge was left behind.
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Back then, when fighters heard the words
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"Blood spills like flowers,
swift without a shadow"
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not one could help trembling in fear.
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Twenty years ago, Wey State's
notorious 13 Swords of Zhong Sect
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was killed by your mentor
in just one night for abducting women.
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There was also Yan State's
Blade of Mount Copper Sect.
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A house of 62 fighters was
completely annihilated
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by his Swan Swordsmanship
in one fatal blow.
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This is...
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What is it?
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You find it hard to believe?
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Is this all true?
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I never lie.
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But...
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But my mentor, he--
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He never mentioned it.
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When your mentor reached middle age
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he found Swan Swordsmanship
too malicious, so he stopped using it.
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He also never brought up his past.
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He focused on cultivating himself.
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He hoped to find a fighting style
that combines man and sword as one.
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It's just a pity...
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Now that Qin State
is so cruel and dominant
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we need Swan Swordsmanship again.
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Stop hesitating.
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Heed my advice.
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Whether you can or can't
get to your junior
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what you really need to do now is
calm down and find that sword manual.
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Only then would you not
be letting your mentor down.
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It's also better than acting like
the living dead, like you do now.
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The baby will be out soon.
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Push harder!
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Don't be scared!
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Push hard!
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Push hard!
Use your strength!
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Don't be scared!
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Push harder! Push!
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Push hard!
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Don't be scared!
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Push!
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Use your strength!
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The baby will be out soon!
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Use your strength!
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Your Grace...
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Would you like to go rest first?
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You've stayed here all night.
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Push! Push harder!
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I'll report to you right away
when Lady Li delivers the baby.
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I'm fine.
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I will just wait out here.
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The baby will be out soon!
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Good! Good!
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I've already waited
all these years for her.
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Good!
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A few more hours don't matter.
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Your Grace, the baby is born!
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Congratulations, Your Grace!
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Her Ladyship has given birth to a prince!
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He's very healthy.
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Both mother and child are safe.
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Your Grace, would you like me
to bring the prince to you?
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It's fine.
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Yes, I'll take the prince away first.
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Your Ladyship, you worked hard.
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- Your Grace.
- Your Grace.
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Greetings, Your Grace.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for allowing me
to have the child.
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Everyone says that all women cry
the first time they become mothers.
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I finally understand it now.
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Your Grace, Your Ladyship,
he's such a beautiful boy.
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Congratulations!
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Have you already named him?
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What is his name?
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The last of the snow melts away.
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The clouds disperse
to reveal a bright sky.
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Let's call him, Tian Ming.
(Meaning "Bright Sky.")
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Tian Ming?
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Tian Ming...
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What a lovely name.
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He takes after Your Ladyship's
delicate features
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and Your Grace's dashing looks.
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Qing...
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Bring Tian Ming to me
and let me have a look.
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Yes, Your Ladyship.
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Don't bother.
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You are dismissed.
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Yes, Your Grace.
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You must be exhausted from giving birth.
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Leave the child to the wet nurse.
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Are you...
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Are you going to send Tian Ming away?
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When he's strong and healthy...
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I will let you see him every day, Li.
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Get some rest.
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Tian Ming...
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I can't live without you.
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You must be healthy.
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If anything happens to you...
I won't survive either.
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- Li Zhong!
- Present.
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The imperial physician and midwife
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are all to be silenced
to avoid further trouble!
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Convey my orders to Yao Jia to do so!
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Is Your Grace doing this
for Lady Li, to prevent any rumors
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about the prince's parentage?
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Do I have to give explanations
for the orders I give you?
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I have spoken out of turn!
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Please forgive me, Your Grace!
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I will get it done right away!
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Madam...
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Consort Li has given birth to a son!
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Won't she just get cockier in the harem?
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However cocky she might get
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her lowly parentage as a commoner
is no match for Madam!
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If a crown prince is to be appointed,
it should be First Prince, Fu Su.
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They won't have a chance.
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In history, many crown princes
were appointed
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because their mothers were favored!
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If that witch charms His Grace
with her tricks again
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he might not even care about
what the officials have to say!
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When I think of that woman's cocky face,
I simply can't let this go!
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Madam, calm down.
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It's wonderful that
Lady Li has given birth safely.
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But someone must be livid right now...
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Madam, are you referring to Madam Chu?
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As the princess of Chu State, and with
the backing of Grand Empress Dowager
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she has always coveted the post of queen.
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But who would have known
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that the king's favorite, Consort Li
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would give birth to a prince before her?
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How could she possibly put up with this?
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Madam Chu can't blame Lady Li either.
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It was her who couldn't
conceive soon enough.
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If only she could think like you do
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she wouldn't stir up
so much trouble in the harem.
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Let's just wait and see.
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She'll be heading over to Huayang Palace
to complain about it pretty soon.
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But it's a joyous occasion that
Lady Li gave birth to a prince.
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Even if it's in front of the
Grand Empress Dowager Hua Yang
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how can she pick on Lady Li?
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Moreover, Lady Li is still
in postpartum confinement.
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They couldn't possibly be so mean?
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Xiao Li, you're too pure-minded.
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Although I wasn't raised in a palace
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my mother used to interact with
the concubines when I was in Handan.
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I've heard so much about
what goes on in a harem.
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Madam, you mean...
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You mustn't underestimate
the ploys in the harem.
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Once you get in their way
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they will always find the means
to make your life a living hell.
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This won't do.
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I simply can't put up with this.
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If this goes on, I'll lose my appetite
and won't be able to sleep!
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Madam! Where are you going?
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Get my carriage ready!
I'm visiting Grand Empress Dowager.
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Huayang Palace?
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It's almost sunset.
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If I say we're going, then we're going!
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Yes, Madam!
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Anyone there? Prepare the carriage!
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Who are you?
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There's an assassin!
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Li, it's me.
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Senior Han?
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Quickly! There's an assassin!
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Senior Han, hide! Quickly!
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Your Ladyship, what's wrong?
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What happened?
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Your Ladyship, where is the assassin?
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There isn't an assassin.
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A cat suddenly appeared
and gave me a huge fright.
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A cat?
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How could there be a cat in the palace?
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The cat suddenly pranced on to Tian Ming
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and it was dark so I didn't see clearly.
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I must be too tired these days.
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I'm so sorry for alarming everyone.
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Your Ladyship, you're not frightened?
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I'm all right, Qing.
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Tian Ming is crying.
You're all dismissed.
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Yes.
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I'll be standing by outside.
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Should you need anything, call for me.
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Good boy, don't cry.
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Senior Han, you can come out now.
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This is the Qin King's bastard?
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Senior Han!
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He's the child I had with Senior Jing.
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What?
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This is Junior Jing's child?
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Junior Li.
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I have something to tell you.
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Since we were children, you, me, and
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Junior Jing trained in
martial arts together.
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Although we'll all eventually die
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I have no regrets since I
spent my years training with you
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and Junior Jing, and since we
have grown to know each other so well.
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I'm afraid that I won't get to tell
you something after tomorrow.
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Junior Li...
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I actually--
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Senior Han.
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Why are you suddenly so pessimistic?
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Although Qin State's army
is pressing on our border
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and Puyang City is in great danger...
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we're not some defenseless commoners.
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In such times of chaos
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we should look after ourselves
and offer assistance to others.
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Besides, didn't you say that
you'd teach me how to fish?
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If you say farewell to me,
I'll be very upset.
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I shouldn't be so low-spirited.
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It was wrong of me.
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You're my eldest senior.
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What is there to apologize for?
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Senior Han.
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Does Junior Jing know
you've married into the palace?
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He...
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It's a long story.
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Speaking of which,
what are you doing here?
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I was severely wounded
at the battle of Puyang.
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I couldn't look for you
after leaving the city.
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It was only a few months later
that I recovered.
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I recalled that Mentor
had mentioned Warrior Lu Gou Jian.
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But when I got to Wei State
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I saw the fugitive poster that
you were wanted by Qin State.
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I looked everywhere.
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But I couldn't find your whereabouts.
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Then I ran into Uncle Lu
a few months later.
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He told me that you had left.
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Yet the posters were all
suddenly taken down.
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I worried that you might have been
captured and taken to into Xianyang.
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I could only find out if you were safe
if I infiltrated Qin State's palace.
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I wanted to sneak in here to rescue you
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but the palace is heavily guarded.
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Even if I managed to enter the palace
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I might not have
been able to get you out.
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After much consideration
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I ended up registering as a palace guard.
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But new palace guards can
only patrol the Outer Palace.
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It was only recently
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that I got the chance to
patrol the Inner Palace.
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When I was in the Outer Palace,
I already learned that
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you're the new Virtuous Lady Li
that Ying Zheng married.
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Senior Han, you have gone to
such great lengths for me.
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Compared to what you suffered,
this is nothing.
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The king has arrived!
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Senior Han, hide! Quickly!
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Greetings, Your Grace.
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I heard that an assassin
barged into your quarters
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so I came to take a look.
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I already told the guards and maids.
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It was just a cat.
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It was just a cat?
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Then why do you seem so sad?
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I miss home.
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This is your home.
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It's getting late.
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You should get some rest soon.
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237 BC, King Daoxiang of Zhao, Zhao Yan,
visited the imperial court of Qin State.
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King Zheng of Qin held
a banquet to welcome him.
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Greetings, Your Grace!
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Qin State in now the most
powerful of all states.
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It's the honor of Zhao State to
be able to visit Your Grace!
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I have specially brought
lacquerware from Yan Prefecture
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and beautiful silk from Qing Prefecture
in hopes that Your Grace would like them.
00:23:56,791 --> 00:23:58,459
Zhao has great wealth and a strong army.
00:23:58,459 --> 00:24:00,848
Moreover, Han State and Wei State
are also your allies.
00:24:00,848 --> 00:24:02,828
It's a powerful state in its own right.
00:24:03,394 --> 00:24:04,959
King of Zhao is too modest.
00:24:05,946 --> 00:24:08,277
Your Grace, you are too kind.
00:24:12,326 --> 00:24:16,573
Today, after sunset,
I'll be hosting a banquet in the palace.
00:24:16,573 --> 00:24:18,279
Some game meat and fruits
will be served.
00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:21,640
I just worry if it'll be to your liking.
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:22,981
This is...
00:24:22,981 --> 00:24:25,796
Your Grace treats me as an honored guest.
00:24:25,796 --> 00:24:27,944
It terrifies me so.
00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:34,104
I heard that you like fish and salt.
00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:39,358
It's a pity that Great Qin
isn't adjacent to the sea.
00:24:39,358 --> 00:24:41,808
I can't present you with what you favor.
00:24:43,597 --> 00:24:47,577
Is King of Qin hinting at me
to attack Yan State?
00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:56,048
Your Grace has just said
what was on my mind.
00:24:56,048 --> 00:24:57,763
Speaking of attacking Yan State
00:24:57,763 --> 00:25:00,221
all my subjects advised me
against doing so.
00:25:00,221 --> 00:25:04,132
They wanted me to join the other four
states in alliance against Qin State.
00:25:04,132 --> 00:25:07,463
However, I find such talk ridiculous.
00:25:07,463 --> 00:25:10,233
It would only be a waste
of my soldiers and commanders.
00:25:16,492 --> 00:25:17,846
How about this?
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,242
Since it's difficult to conquer Yan State
00:25:20,242 --> 00:25:23,163
I have a way to assist
Zhao State in doing so.
00:25:26,529 --> 00:25:27,671
Well...
00:25:27,671 --> 00:25:31,721
My trip to Xianyang is really worthwhile.
00:25:32,954 --> 00:25:35,002
Thank you, Your Grace!
00:26:39,391 --> 00:26:40,859
Your Ladyship, slow down.
00:26:40,859 --> 00:26:42,307
You just gave birth some time ago.
00:26:42,307 --> 00:26:43,852
You're still very frail.
00:26:44,352 --> 00:26:46,688
In the past, I wouldn't have
bothered to show up.
00:26:47,368 --> 00:26:48,790
But for the sake of Tian Ming
00:26:48,790 --> 00:26:51,374
I have to make this appearance.
00:26:52,349 --> 00:26:54,996
The imperial physician instructed
you to not overexert yourself.
00:26:54,996 --> 00:26:57,318
But you're still attending
the banquet in the Main Hall.
00:26:57,318 --> 00:26:59,902
His Grace ordered us to
attend to you carefully.
00:27:00,402 --> 00:27:01,453
Slow down.
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:04,460
What would I do if
anything happened to you?
00:27:10,403 --> 00:27:11,517
Slow down.
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:30,896
We wish Grand Empress Dowager
great longevity for years to come!
00:27:30,896 --> 00:27:33,222
Go and pick up your rewards.
00:27:33,222 --> 00:27:36,022
- Thank you, Grand Empress Dowager!
- Thank you, Grand Empress Dowager!
00:27:45,798 --> 00:27:48,570
Granddaughter-in-law, Consort Li,
greets Grand Empress Dowager.
00:27:48,570 --> 00:27:49,902
I have come late.
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:51,557
Please forgive me, Your Highness.
00:27:51,557 --> 00:27:54,605
You just had your first child.
00:27:54,605 --> 00:27:56,500
It's inadvisable for you to walk around.
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,390
I don't blame you.
00:27:58,390 --> 00:28:00,953
Lady Li is frail after childbirth.
00:28:00,953 --> 00:28:03,470
I shouldn't have asked you
to attend a royal banquet.
00:28:03,470 --> 00:28:08,198
However, every Madam and Beautiful Lady
wanted to offer you their best wishes
00:28:08,198 --> 00:28:13,248
so if I didn't invite you,
it would have seemed petty.
00:28:14,299 --> 00:28:17,940
The imperial physician advised me
to not leave my quarters
00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:20,272
to stabilize the condition of
my pregnancy for months.
00:28:20,272 --> 00:28:25,259
I was negligent in previously greeting
Your Highness and the other concubines.
00:28:25,259 --> 00:28:27,030
Please forgive me, Grand Empress Dowager.
00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:39,318
Lady Li has overstated.
00:28:39,318 --> 00:28:44,656
As long as the prince is healthy and well
we can set our minds at ease.
00:28:46,119 --> 00:28:51,213
By right, it is a great merit that
Lady Li has given birth to a prince.
00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:55,901
However, no matter how I calculate it
00:28:56,479 --> 00:28:59,409
even if Lady Li conceived
right after entering the palace
00:28:59,409 --> 00:29:03,858
the prince seems to be born prematurely?
00:29:08,839 --> 00:29:10,205
Since ancient times
00:29:10,205 --> 00:29:13,560
it's normal for ladies of the harem
to give birth prematurely.
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,451
Lady Li is still young and had just
married into the palace of Qin State
00:29:17,451 --> 00:29:19,294
she must have felt uneasy
in many aspects.
00:29:19,294 --> 00:29:24,788
It's not surprising that the prince
was born prematurely, is it?
00:29:28,794 --> 00:29:32,090
The prince's date of birth
is entirely up to him.
00:29:32,090 --> 00:29:34,351
It's not within my control.
00:29:34,351 --> 00:29:38,209
However, Lady Li just married
into the palace of Qin State.
00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:41,348
The regulations of our palace
are plenty and quite complicated.
00:29:41,348 --> 00:29:43,313
Now that there's yet to be a queen
00:29:43,313 --> 00:29:45,292
we have overlooked
the training of your manners.
00:29:45,292 --> 00:29:48,761
Hence, as the leader of the harem
00:29:48,761 --> 00:29:51,866
I'll have to teach you some manners.
00:29:54,980 --> 00:29:56,198
Anyone?
00:29:56,743 --> 00:29:58,849
Bring me the literary canon!
00:30:20,784 --> 00:30:25,021
Lady Li was born a commoner and trained
as a warrior in the fighting world.
00:30:25,021 --> 00:30:28,000
You're different from ladies
of royal families and the nobility.
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,669
I can understand that.
00:30:29,669 --> 00:30:33,516
But now that you have given birth
to a royal prince of Great Qin
00:30:33,516 --> 00:30:37,070
you are now a dignified royal mother.
00:30:37,070 --> 00:30:41,346
In order to assist you in learning
good manners and etiquette
00:30:41,346 --> 00:30:43,957
so as to raise the prince properly...
00:30:45,599 --> 00:30:51,699
Classics of Poetry, Classics of History,
Classics of Rites, Classics of Music
00:30:51,699 --> 00:30:55,065
and the Spring and Autumn Annals are
what I'd like you to read in depth.
00:30:55,065 --> 00:30:58,453
That isn't too demanding of me, is it?
00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:10,823
This is the literary canon
I have prepared.
00:31:10,823 --> 00:31:12,346
They are old and damaged.
00:31:12,346 --> 00:31:14,957
The scrolls will need to be transcribed.
00:31:15,804 --> 00:31:20,642
I think it's a great opportunity for
Lady Li to read and copy these classics.
00:31:20,642 --> 00:31:22,049
Therefore, all these...
00:31:24,303 --> 00:31:28,545
I'll have Lady Li transcribe them all.
00:31:48,895 --> 00:31:51,887
It seems that a pen knife is missing?
00:31:53,130 --> 00:31:54,258
Shang Yi!
00:32:05,406 --> 00:32:06,799
Lady Li.
00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:10,554
This pen knife is very easy to use.
00:32:10,554 --> 00:32:14,153
Be careful not to hurt your hand
while carving the words.
00:33:12,441 --> 00:33:14,671
The king has arrived!
00:33:22,855 --> 00:33:24,382
- Your Grace!
- Your Grace!
00:33:26,679 --> 00:33:27,885
Where's Lady Li?
00:33:27,885 --> 00:33:31,394
Lady Li was invited by the Grand Empress
Dowager to a royal banquet
00:33:31,394 --> 00:33:34,903
at about five o'clock last night
and has yet to return.
00:33:34,903 --> 00:33:36,087
What did you say?
00:33:38,823 --> 00:33:39,910
Zhao Gao!
00:33:39,910 --> 00:33:41,576
- Present.
- Send for Li Zhong!
00:33:42,547 --> 00:33:44,316
I'm heading to Huayang Palace now.
00:33:44,316 --> 00:33:45,316
Yes!
00:33:53,820 --> 00:33:56,085
Your Ladyship, you're exhausted.
00:33:56,085 --> 00:33:57,747
Why don't you take a break?
00:33:58,921 --> 00:34:00,185
I'm all right, Qing.
00:34:00,185 --> 00:34:02,786
I'll take a break after
I'm done with this paragraph.
00:34:07,963 --> 00:34:10,556
Your Ladyship, here.
00:34:10,556 --> 00:34:12,556
Look, your fingers are all bruised.
00:34:14,311 --> 00:34:16,411
Granddaughter-in-law greets
Grand Empress Dowager.
00:34:19,306 --> 00:34:22,483
Lady Li, you're quite quick-witted.
00:34:22,483 --> 00:34:25,545
Here you are, slacking off on your task
when Her Highness wasn't looking!
00:34:25,545 --> 00:34:27,021
It isn't so.
00:34:28,853 --> 00:34:31,753
Grand Empress Dowager, Her Ladyship
refused to comply with your command.
00:34:31,753 --> 00:34:34,115
This is against the palace regulations.
00:34:34,115 --> 00:34:35,565
Slap her.
00:34:36,097 --> 00:34:37,097
Yes.
00:34:38,873 --> 00:34:39,873
You--
00:34:40,373 --> 00:34:43,193
- Don't hold on to her!
- Come at me! Don't hit Qing!
00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:44,699
Stop it!
00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:45,998
Your Ladyship!
00:34:57,409 --> 00:35:00,860
Your Grace, do you not have
to attend the imperial court today?
00:35:02,197 --> 00:35:03,701
Rest assured, Grand Empress Dowager.
00:35:04,201 --> 00:35:06,280
However I may dote on my concubine
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,532
I wouldn't neglect state affairs.
00:35:10,170 --> 00:35:14,068
I wonder what fault
you found with Lady Li
00:35:14,855 --> 00:35:17,125
that required your special
attention and reprimand?
00:35:17,625 --> 00:35:19,666
Your Grace exaggerates.
00:35:19,666 --> 00:35:22,813
All I did was have her
transcribe literary canon
00:35:22,813 --> 00:35:25,594
to review the ancient classics.
00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:36,028
Can I take my concubine back with me now?
00:35:36,028 --> 00:35:37,750
Do as you please.
00:35:43,327 --> 00:35:44,527
Head back to the palace.
00:35:45,657 --> 00:35:48,329
Your Ladyship, I'll help you get up.
00:35:50,322 --> 00:35:51,510
Slowly.
00:35:51,510 --> 00:35:52,804
Slowly.
00:35:53,304 --> 00:35:54,704
Slowly...
00:35:55,277 --> 00:35:57,293
Your Ladyship, are you all right?
00:35:57,293 --> 00:35:58,481
- Li!
- Your Ladyship!
00:35:58,481 --> 00:35:59,956
Your Ladyship!
00:36:15,710 --> 00:36:16,956
Grand Empress Dowager.
00:36:16,956 --> 00:36:19,505
How are you going to handle this matter?
00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:24,199
I'm just teaching that girl a lesson.
00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:26,777
We still have a long way ahead of us.
00:36:30,603 --> 00:36:34,550
Grand Empress Dowager really
taught Lady Li quite a lesson.
00:36:34,550 --> 00:36:36,253
Did you see it?
00:36:36,253 --> 00:36:41,389
When Lady Li saw those
heaps of scrolls, she almost threw a fit!
00:36:41,389 --> 00:36:42,762
Exactly.
00:36:42,762 --> 00:36:46,746
But I never thought that
the composed and reserved
00:36:46,746 --> 00:36:49,722
Grand Empress Dowager would make
Lady Li transcribe those scrolls
00:36:49,722 --> 00:36:51,222
as a way to bully her.
00:36:54,199 --> 00:36:56,800
It's Lady Li's fault anyway.
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,500
Since she married into the palace
00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:02,204
she stood out so much despite
her lowly parentage.
00:37:02,204 --> 00:37:04,039
As the leader of the harem
00:37:04,039 --> 00:37:06,815
Grand Empress Dowager naturally
had to teach her a lesson or two.
00:37:06,815 --> 00:37:08,695
Sister Ruo, am I right?
00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:16,074
Lady Li is indeed arrogant
and knows no self-restraint.
00:37:16,677 --> 00:37:18,547
If she isn't disciplined
00:37:19,047 --> 00:37:21,706
palace regulations would be overlooked.
00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:25,976
That's why I had to ask
Grand Empress Dowager
00:37:25,976 --> 00:37:27,838
to uphold discipline in the harem.
00:37:35,548 --> 00:37:41,583
We can't exhaust her much this time
since she just birthed the prince.
00:37:41,583 --> 00:37:46,034
Therefore, we only had her
work her hands to review those books.
00:37:49,036 --> 00:37:51,289
Madam Min has arrived!
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,893
- Greetings, Madam Min.
- Greetings, Madam Min.
00:38:00,119 --> 00:38:01,369
What a rare guest.
00:38:01,949 --> 00:38:03,945
What brings you to my palace?
00:38:03,945 --> 00:38:05,838
I didn't invite you.
00:38:06,375 --> 00:38:10,101
I've heard of some commotion,
here in the harem.
00:38:10,101 --> 00:38:12,061
It's quite annoying.
00:38:12,061 --> 00:38:14,659
That's why I came out here for a stroll.
00:38:14,659 --> 00:38:18,900
I've come to see if we have
rats wandering about
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,280
causing such a commotion.
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,802
Min Dai.
00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:27,751
Do you think I can't understand
what you're trying to imply?
00:38:27,751 --> 00:38:29,385
How rude of you.
00:38:29,385 --> 00:38:33,206
We have not prepared
neither tea nor a seat for you.
00:38:33,206 --> 00:38:34,657
You better head back.
00:38:36,518 --> 00:38:38,369
Sister Ruo, fret not.
00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:41,853
I am just taking a walk.
00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:44,728
I never intended to
have tea at your place.
00:38:44,728 --> 00:38:48,965
It's just that Palace Woman Han
and Virtuous Lady Jing...
00:38:51,465 --> 00:38:54,518
You're both truly pathetic.
00:38:54,518 --> 00:38:56,699
Why did you marry into the harem?
00:38:56,699 --> 00:39:00,050
If you can't even bear the king a child
00:39:01,509 --> 00:39:08,208
then you can only keep Sister Ruo company
and gossip all day in her quarters.
00:39:21,726 --> 00:39:23,525
Min Dai...
00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:26,536
Aren't you embarrassed to say that?
00:39:28,699 --> 00:39:30,496
Have you been favored?
00:39:33,298 --> 00:39:35,500
Indeed I am not.
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,269
But I don't care.
00:39:38,594 --> 00:39:41,579
I no longer care for politics
in my motherland.
00:39:41,579 --> 00:39:44,159
That's why I was willing
to marry into Xianyang.
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,548
Unlike you...
00:39:47,548 --> 00:39:49,726
The princess of Great Chu
00:39:49,726 --> 00:39:53,021
who is highly anticipated
to be appointed queen
00:39:53,021 --> 00:39:57,521
you have to plan ahead
for your father and grandfather.
00:39:58,690 --> 00:40:03,023
Now that Consort Li is
greatly favored by the king
00:40:03,023 --> 00:40:07,922
you must find her to be
such a thorn in your side?
00:40:07,922 --> 00:40:09,293
You...
00:40:10,653 --> 00:40:11,748
All right then.
00:40:11,748 --> 00:40:16,181
Sisters, enjoy your tea.
00:40:16,181 --> 00:40:19,570
I'm going to visit Lady Li.
00:40:24,391 --> 00:40:31,650
By the way, I heard that His Grace
carried Lady Li out of Huayang Palace.
00:40:35,512 --> 00:40:42,172
Can you still not tell who is really
the concubine that His Grace favors?
00:41:05,135 --> 00:41:07,137
This is so infuriating!
00:41:08,146 --> 00:41:09,313
Madam, don't get angry.
00:41:09,313 --> 00:41:13,769
Whoever dares to let Min Dai
into my palace again...
00:41:14,449 --> 00:41:16,349
I will have their heads chopped off!
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,150
Madam, don't get angry!
00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:22,300
[Preview]
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:24,576
Virtuous Lady Li, born of
Wey State's Gongsun family.
00:41:24,576 --> 00:41:28,641
Is commended for her maternal virtue
after giving birth to a prince.
00:41:28,641 --> 00:41:31,099
She is now promoted
to a first-rank Madam.
00:41:31,699 --> 00:41:33,311
I've changed my mind.
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,929
I'm going to keep Tian Ming by my side.
00:41:41,596 --> 00:41:43,228
Why would you do that?
00:41:49,731 --> 00:41:51,431
Whether it pleases you or not...
00:41:52,690 --> 00:41:54,307
You're my concubine.
00:41:55,726 --> 00:41:57,925
I won't allow anyone to mistreat you.
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,099
Not even a finger
on a strand of your hair.
00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:10,445
Why don't I offer Crown Prince Jia
some assistance?
00:42:15,539 --> 00:42:16,811
Madam.
00:42:17,882 --> 00:42:20,623
Since you're so considerate of Zhao State
00:42:20,623 --> 00:42:23,961
I'm also willing to offer
all the assistance I can.
00:42:25,199 --> 00:42:28,123
Madam, what would you like me to do?
00:42:28,123 --> 00:42:30,659
Do instruct me.
00:42:46,186 --> 00:42:47,621
Madam, I have bad news!
00:42:47,621 --> 00:42:48,998
Prince Tian Ming has gone missing!
00:42:48,998 --> 00:42:51,230
The harem is so heavily guarded!
00:42:51,230 --> 00:42:53,909
Yet you even lost the prince!
00:42:53,909 --> 00:42:55,523
Useless servants!
00:42:55,523 --> 00:42:59,853
If you won't come clean,
I'll have you all killed!
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:07,000
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