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♫ No indulgence in self-admiration, no desire for splendor. ♫

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♫ Living in a scene of bustling prosperity, viewing oneself as a made-up mirror image far away. ♫

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♫ Removing her ornate woman's attire, ♫

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♫ donning martial armor. ♫

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♫ Gentle and wonderful scenery fills the eyes, ♫

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♫how is this not still a battlefield? ♫

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♫ Autumn departs, winter arrives, just as Bailu ("white dew") turns to frost. ♫

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♫ The road is distant, the days are long, and only finished by death in battle. ♫

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♫ My heart wants to spend its last years with you, placed at your side. ♫

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♫ However long our lifetimes, ♫

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♫there's no time for melancholy. ♫

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♫ In the ash-grey sky, love exists above all,♫

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♫ just lift your head and look up hopefully. ♫

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♫ Brave and chivalrous bones, yielding emotions forged into steel, ♫

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♫ sharpened by practice to a cutting edge. ♫

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♫ Time is like a blade carving every moment onto your face, ♫

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♫one will have no regrets, if you have loved. ♫

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Oh My General

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Episode 1

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Who is that person?

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This is a living King of Hell!

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Yelu Dadan! I have been guarding the border for eight years!

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I'm going to behead you today!

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Ye

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Do you still remember this Dragon Sword?

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On your guard!

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Yelu Dadan's head is here.

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The General reigns supreme! The General reigns supreme!

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Regarding the matters about the past dynasty, Your Majesty can just be at ease and go handle them.

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I'm old already. My health is worse than before.

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I can only stay by Your Majesty's side and listen to the ideas of the ministers.

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It's better for Your Majesty to decide on state affairs.

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Royal Mother was able to score a lot today. You walked with firm and steady steps. I admit that I'm inferior to you.

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You don't need much physical energy in playing chuiwan.You will sweat a little. (T/N: very similar to golf)

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It helps in nursing one's health, and cultivating one's heart and nature.

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It suits me very well.

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Take my "Eagle's Beak."

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Great shot! Great shot.

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The magpie is in jubilation! There must be something joyous happening soon.

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An auspicious bird like the magpie knows about human nature the most. It is a bringer of good news.

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This is a fortunate sign that the heavens have blessed our Great Song dynasty.

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Reporting.

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Victory News: Military Report

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My beloved subjects, Great General Ye Zhao has in one stroke beheaded Liao's premier general, Yelu Dadan.

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This is a happy occasion for the Great Song Empire.

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Reporting, Empress Dowager. Reporting, Your Majesty.

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The generations of the Ye family have joined the army since our empire was established.

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A total of thirteen people have sacrificed their lives for the empire, a clan full of loyal warriors.

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The loyalty and bravery of the Ye clan can be deemed as a great example for the army. It can be both celebrated and lamented.

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I think we should reward them handsomely,

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so as to spread our military's might and increase our Song's imposing manner.

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Replying to Empress Dowager and Your Majesty, I think that there is something wrong with what General Yang suggested.

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What's wrong about it?

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Eight years ago, the Liao people attacked our lands and successively conquered eighteen cities on our borders.

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The ones guarding the borders then

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were the Zhenguo (State-Stabilizing) Gong, Great General Ye Zhong, the founding general of the country, and his sons. (T/N: similar to "Duke")

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The Liao people rampantly provoked our borders,

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all just because of Ye Zhong's negligence.

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And now, although Ye Zhong's son, Ye Zhao, was able to execute Yelu Dadan,

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his merits are not enough to make up for his family's mistakes. May Your Majesty wisely judge on this.

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I think what Prime Minister Lu said was a bit biased.

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Ye Zhong lost before because of a spy within the army that colluded with outside enemy forces.

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Ye Zhong and his two sons all died in Yongguancheng because of this.

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Reporting, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty has a kind disposition and is discriminating in giving rewards or punishments.

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Within three years, you have conferred titles to Ye Zhao and his father three times.

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Yet the two of them repeatedly refused the titles.

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Pluming himself in his accomplishments and commanding such a powerful army,

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this will bring future trouble to the empire.

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Reporting to Your Majesty. Eight years ago, the sixteen-year-old Ye Zhao

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led two thousand cavalrymen to do a sneak attack on the borders at night.

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He burned the rations of the enemy army and defeated eight thousand men with just one strike.

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The twenty-four-year-old Ye Zhao was able to kill the great general of the Liao Army, Yelu Dadan,

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and reclaim Yanmen Pass. A young man with valor, (T/N: critical defense against Eurasian steppe tribes)

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a young man possessing courage and insight, a young man of dependable loyalty.

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Your Majesty.

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Ye Zhao is a valiant and loyal military talent. He is the great fortune of our empire.

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Informing Empress Dowager, informing Your Majesty,

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Ye Zhao has been living on the battlefield for quite a long time, and knows very little about our empire's etiquette.

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He also isn't deeply touched by Your Majesty's grace.

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Based on my humble opinion, since Ye Zhao is planning to attack Liao's Baxian now, (T/N: Bazhou City, Hebei)

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let's just observe if he'll be able to win this battle with just one attack, and return victorious.

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Your Majesty can just wait for the result of the battle before making your decision.

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Allow it.

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What Prince Qi said is very right. The battle at Liao's Baxian is indeed a very important one.

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Immediately spread my command that Great General Ye must do his best in fighting the enemies. He must not fail.

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I will abide.

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Long live Your Majesty!

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It's an ambush!

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It's the Ye Army! It's the Ye Army!

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What should we do?

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I advise you to surrender.

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Crown Prince, should we surrender?

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Whoever dares to talk about surrendering again,

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behead them!

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Throw your weapons down and surrender!

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Informing Your Majesty, Zhenbei ("Stabilizing the North") Great General Ye Zhao has captured the Liao Crown Prince, Yelu Hong, alive.

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Victory Report, Battle of Baxian

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This battle has erased our past shame...

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Your Majesty, announce the end of this war now and negotiate a peace treaty with Liao.

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Guarantee a long-lasting peace on our borders.

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Guarantee that the citizens of our borders can live in peace and work happily.

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Your Majesty, this matter is worthy to be celebrated.

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Ye Zhao indeed didn't disappoint everyone.

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I must inform the Empress Dowager to reward him handsomely.

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His Majesty's Imperial Decree:

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Zhenbei Great General Ye Zhao defended the borders.

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For the past eight years, just to defend our Song empire, he went through life-threatening battles,

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labored and achieved great merits. He is very loyal, and has outstanding military achievements.

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The vast heavens can bear witness to his heart. The sun and moon can show his affection.

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Today, I command that Ye Zhao immediately escort the prisoners back to the capital.

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I confer on him the titles "Xuanwu Hou," (T/N; similar to "Marquis Xuanwu")

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and "Great General of the World's Military Forces." He'll now command an army of one million men here in the capital.

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I order him to return to the capital and accept his rewards.

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The Empress Dowager is brilliant. Your Majesty is wise.

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Long live Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty.

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This is Longjing ginseng tea that was made from almost white along with slightly-green colored tea leaves picked just this spring. (T/N: aka "Dragonwell" - the "Tea of Emperors")

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How's the taste?

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It's indeed a great tea.

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My favored consort, thank you.

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Your Majesty, the messenger of Ye Army is here for an audience.

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Let him in.

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What?

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Your Majesty, what's going on?

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Ye Zhao?

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Ye Zhao is a woman!

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How could a woman lead an army to fight?

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Not only did she endure hardships and sufferings with other soldiers,

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she even totally annihilated armies of thousands and successively achieved outstanding military merits.

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A person that is that valiant and great at fighting,

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how could it be a woman?

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How about you let Eunuch Jiang go to the manor of Zhenguo Gong to ask about it?

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You make sense.

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- Jiang Luhai.

- I'm here.

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Tomorrow, go to Zhenguo Gong Manor to ask around. Find out what is the real identity

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of this Ye Zhao.

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I will abide.

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Old Gentleman.

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Old Gentleman, Eunuch Jiang is here.

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Eunuch Jiang, please wait for a moment. He was having tea here just now.

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Old Gentleman.

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Old Gentleman.

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Eunuch Jiang, please wait for a moment.

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His Majesty has sent someone to gift us some delicious cuisine!

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If there's still no one who will come out to accept it and thank His Majesty's grace, I can only give it back!

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Don't take it back.

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If you don't eat such a high-quality dish like that, you'll get executed.

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I, Zhenguo Gong, am accepting the Imperial gift.

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Xiao Zhong Zi,

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serve the food and wine. I'm starving.

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Old Gentleman, Eunuch Jiang has some official matters to check with you.

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I say, Xiao Chongzi, (literally: "Little Bug")

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did you just trick me?

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You better be careful. If you tricked me, I'll pinch you to death,

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and feed you to the birds!

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When I hear of the great name of the father of Zhenguo Gong, it's always connected with major state matters.

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His Majesty especially sent me today to inquire about a few questions about major state matters from you.

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Since it's regarding the affairs of the country, Eunuch Jiang, take a seat.

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Xiao Zhong Zi, prepare tea.

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Today...

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His Majesty ordered your main-line grandson, Ye Zhao, to return and accept his rewards.

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He conferred him as "Great General of the World's Military Force,"

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to command the one million man army here in the capital.

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This is old news.

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There's nothing new about that.

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But recently, Ye Zhao wrote a letter to reply to His Majesty

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saying that she's not a man.

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Bullshit.

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You're saying nonsense. If he isn't a real man, then what is he?

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He is a real man.

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If Elder Gong won't tell me the truth, Ye Zhao would be committing a crime of deceiving the Emperor.

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She would be executed.

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Then...

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If I tell you the truth, what high-end food or drinks will you grant me?

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Elder Gong can eat any tasty cuisines that you want.

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Sure! You're very straightforward!

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Let me honestly tell you,

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Ye Zhao is a real man.

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But... down there, he's like you.

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He lacks a...

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I'm taking my leave.

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The descendants of my Ye family are all outstanding!

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General, this is already within the Song territory. We will arrive at Yanmen Pass soon.

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Spread my command. After lunch, we'll return to Yongguancheng.

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Yes.

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General.

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General.

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Qiu Shui, where can I relieve myself?

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The General wants to do some routine relieving of yourself?

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I also thought of peeing, too. I think that ravine over there is suitable.

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If the General doesn't mind, I'll accompany you over there.

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Qiu Shui, you're getting more and more unrestrained.

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If you two keep being like that with me, I fear that no more men will dare marry you two in the future.

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Sister and I have followed the General for so many years. We're already very close, like one family.

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Wait for me. I'm going, too.

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What are you doing?

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Isn't the General going to relieve himself? I want to go, too.

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What is your name? How long have you been part of the army?

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My surname is Xu. My name is Duohua. ("talkative") I've been in the army for three months.

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"Xuduohua" (many words/talkative)? I think it more likely "a lot of nonsense."

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Let me tell you that our general likes things to be quiet. He doesn't like men accompanying him.

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Even more so, he doesn't want a talkative, novice soldier like you to accompany him.

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Go back and let your squad leader teach you.

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Hurry up and leave.

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Hu Qing, what's wrong with this fellow?

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Get up.

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We're all men. What's inconvenient about it?

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I can even pee like a general, unlike those two fierce women. They deserve to not get married off.

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- Hey...

- I think you don't want to live anymore! You dare say that my daughters won't be married off?

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Enough, Old Qiu.

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This Xu Duohua also did great deeds this time. He was able to kill thirteen Liao soldiers.

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Okay. Considering that you've achieved merits, I'll let you off today.

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- Aren't you going to hurry and thank the General?

- Thank you, General.

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- Go now.

- Yes.

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Say, Old Qiu, don't rush in marrying off those two daughters of yours anymore.

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I think you should just marry them off to the General. When we go to battle next time,

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he'll bring his two beautiful wives while posturing before battle with the enemies.

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It will surely make the enemies envy. When they see these beautiful women,

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their bones will surely soften. You think we'll still need to proceed with the battle?

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We can already beat the gong and recall the troops.

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That's right. My two daughters getting married off to the General. If the General doesn't marry them,

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Huli (Fox), I feel that you should just marry them instead.

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I feel that these two daughters of mine...

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Fox! Fox!

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General, are you okay?

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I'm more relaxed now. Let's go.

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That Xu Duohua is really so insensitive.

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He's a newcomer after all.

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General, look. How come someone drew on these walls?

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There is not even a ghost in this wilderness, but someone actually drew on these walls?

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That's right.

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I'm guessing that this might have been drawn in ancient times

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when the citizens were making offerings and prayers to the heavens and earth.

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Looking at it closely, the man actually looks more exquisite.

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That's right. What a handsome face...

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like a beautiful maiden.

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It's really beautiful.

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I like it.

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General, it's getting late. Let's go back.

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Let's go.

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Tell me, what should we eat when we get back?

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We'll be served with wine and meat.

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How come it looks so much like him?

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As mandated by the heavens, this is the Imperial decree of the Empress Dowager. Because of health reasons,

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the Empress Dowager will not personally listen to any court affairs from now on.

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All state matters will now be assigned to the Emperor.

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Once Empress Dowager recovers from her illness, she will naturally return to the court and listen behind the curtain.

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If anyone uses this opportunity to confuse the ears and the eyes and spread false rumors,

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he will be imprisoned and sentenced by the Emperor.

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We will strictly abide by the Empress Dowager's decree.

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Rise.

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My beloved subjects, do you still have other matters to report?

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Replying to Your Majesty, Ye Zhao hiding her female identity

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and disguising herself as a man to obtain conferments from Your Majesty, is a crime of deceiving the Emperor.

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Based on laws, she should be sentenced to death.

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Ye Zhao has reasons for disguising as a man.

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She didn't mean to fool Your Majesty. She was just forced by the war circumstances and had no choice but to do so.

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If we don't kill Ye Zhao, how can we show our empire's law and order?

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How are we going to implement the government's commands?

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Fellow subjects, no need to argue about it. Although Ye Zhao hid things about her gender,

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there have been a lot of great stories about female generals within our Song dynasty.

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I am especially pardoning her.

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Ye Zhao will soon return to the court. I then must lead all the officials and officers

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to personally welcome the victorious return of a heroine.

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The victory news about Baxian should have reached His Majesty now.

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The messenger has been gone for three days. I think he should be arriving soon.

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The Ye Army was able to gain great victory against Western Xia and Liao in this battle at Baxian.

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We were able to force Prince Yinluo to retreat and capture Yelu Hong and the Second Royal Uncle of Western Xia.

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That battle was really satisfying.

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For eight years, Liao has already tasted the painful consequences of war,

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but Western Xia instead used this opportunity to suddenly emerge.

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This for Great Song and Liao is an impending danger.

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Tell me then, will Liao continue fighting after this battle?

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Their main power has already been greatly wounded. I think that Yelu Zhongzhen will choose to submit and negotiate peace.

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We can finally relax. I'm going home now.

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Go home?

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Then who do you plan to be with when you go home?

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Naturally, with the Ye army.

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I'm saying that we all should have our very own home life.

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Grandfather, sisters-in-law, and two nephews.

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Of course, I'm going to live with them.

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Then... did you ever think of building your own little family?

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Are you talking about marriage?

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That's right.

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I haven't even thought about this.

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That's right, too. The General was focused on fighting the war these past years. No distractions.

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Then... who does your family want you to be married to?

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What normal man do you think will dare to marry me?

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That's right, too. If not because you got wounded after an assassination attempt last time,

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- I fear that I wouldn't even know that you're a woman until now.

- That's right.

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If everyone learns that you're a woman, won't they all be going to your manor to ask for your hand in marriage?

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I am a woman?

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Who will believe that? Who do you feel will dare to ask my hand for marriage?

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This is great.

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What do you mean?

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You're quite happy that no one wants me, is that it?

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No, General. I didn't mean that.

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What I mean is if you are willing, there is someone who's willing to marry you.

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Marry me?

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Where?

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Who is willing to marry me? Stand out and let me see!

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There is none.

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General, General.

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An Imperial edict!

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An Imperial edit, General.

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My Ye Army of warriors!

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For eight years we have been risking our lives.

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We finally were able to take back the eighteen regions conquered by the Liao Army.

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Our Ye Army served the country loyally. Our reputation reverberates throughout the world!

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Now, the Liao Army has offered to negotiate peace.

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To spare our citizens from misery and sufferings,

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our Song Emperor is practicing benevolent rule.

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He has decided to agree with the peace treaty.

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From now on,

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store your swords and spears and release the horses back to the southern mountains!

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Soldiers, go back and reunite with your loved ones!

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Hail, General!

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Hail, General! Hail, General!

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Hail, General! Hail, General!

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Hall, General! Hail, General!

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- Hail, General!

- Come!

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Drink the wine in your bowls!

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Good!

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Good! Come!

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Cheers!

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Greetings to my Royal Mother.

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Rise.

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Is Ye Zhao really a woman?

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I've sent Eunuch Jiang to the Zhenguo Manor to ask around.

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Although Elder Gong has gone crazy, he personally admitted it.

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This matter has greatly surprised me. I especially came here to discuss it with you.

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If Ye Zhao is indeed a woman,

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this is quite good in stabilizing our empire.

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If we're able to arrange her a good marriage,

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she surely will strictly follow the principles of a wife, assist her husband and teach her children.

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We won't have any worries of her achieving merits way beyond that of her ruler.

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Royal Mother's words are very reasonable.

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It's just that...

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Let's not say that no military warrior within the empire is willing to accept such a lady,

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even within the whole world, it's hard to find a man that will be that bold.

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No matter how strong a woman is,

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she would still be waiting for the appearance of a man among the vast wilderness.

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Ye Zhao is a woman to begin with. That's why, she's destined

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to have a man enter her life.

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That is her fate.

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Could Royal Mother already have a choice?

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If this person can really marry Ye Zhao,

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his character and actions will surely get rectified.

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These two people will restrain each other, and complement each other.

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The balancing of hard and soft. Maybe...

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it can also lead to the formation of a happy story that will be told by many.

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Xinghua (Apricot Flower) Brothel

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Drink! One more!

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Fighting!

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Fighting!

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Fighting!

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I won!

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A few days ago, I got very drunk and bought one dancer of yours.

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You asked me a high price of five hundred liang in silver. (T/N: aka "tael")

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I don't bring that much money when I go out.

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What money? All the money is sealed inside the safe of his mother, the Princess Consort Dowager Zhao.

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He's unable to take any out!

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Sorry to have greatly offended you.

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That day, I was just joking that day.

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Dancing to buy a dancer,

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in the whole capital, one can't find a master as affectionate and righteous as you.

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You're quite lucky, you brothel madam of Xinghua Brothel!

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My Brother Yujin has become the living brand of your brothel today.

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Yours is now the most famous one in the whole capital!

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Oh, right, Lord, I'll go make the preparations for you.

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I'll go tell them to assist you in removing your make-up and changing your clothes.

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Get up now.

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Get up.

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Get up now.

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- Flip your hair and let's go.

- Let's continue playing.

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Let's go now.

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♫ From disaffection and doubt until trust is formed ♫

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♫ How many times must two people embrace tightly before one won't feel like a stranger? ♫

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♫ Turning back to think about the past life, while living in the present lifetime ♫

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♫ In this lifetime, to never casually mention separation ♫

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♫ Sincerely you embrace me, to remember my body's warmth ♫

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♫ In the center of my heart, your fingerprints are engraved ♫

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♫ Both love and hate, seriously taken to heart ♫

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♫ Only for one not to live one's life in vain ♫

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♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

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♫ Using this in exchange for a missing depth of affection ♫

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♫ I'm grateful for your recognizing my worth ♫

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♫ For granting me a healthy body ♫

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♫ Even though the world is rich and diverse ♫

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♫ It cannot compare to your pure and honest gaze ♫

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♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

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♫ Using this in exchange for a missing depth of affection ♫

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♫ I'm grateful for your recognizing my worth ♫

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♫ For granting me a healthy body ♫

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♫ Even though the world is rich and diverse ♫

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♫ It cannot compare to your pure and honest gaze ♫

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♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

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♫ Not caring about the scars ♫

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♫ Setting aside my pride ♫

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♫ and submitting to you ♫

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♫ Even if I disappoint the entire world ♫

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♫ I will never turn my back on you ♫

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♫ My only care in this life is one person ♫

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♫ It's you ♫