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♫ One flower, one world; One leaf, one enlightenment ♫

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♫ The raindrops pattering against the banana leaves last night awoke me gently and gracefully. ♫

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♫ Continuously and closely, continuously and closely, intoxicated within the aromatic air ♫

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♫ Closely touching you, closely touching you. ♫

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♫ So many poetic lines were left behind inside of dreams ♫

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♫ The raindrops in front of the house drenched the spring clothing ♫

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♫ Pitter-pattering raindrops, pitter-pattering raindrops, sprinkling and trickling over the memories ♫

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♫ Entirely about you. Entirely about you. ♫

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♫ I desire to ride a fair wind to separate, but my heart can't escape ♫

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♫ Wanted us to be intertwined trees growing as one, wanted to enjoy the world together ♫

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♫ I'm having fun in the mortal world, a cherry blossom free against the sky horizon ♫

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♫ Playing you as a flute song, holding you prisoner within my embrace ♫

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♫ Playing you as a flute song, holding you prisoner within my embrace ♫

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Untouchable Lovers

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Episode 1

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Your Highness, drink some.

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- Here.

- Here.

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Annoying.

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Taste this.

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Your Highness! Your Highness, it was I who seduced the Prince Consort! Spare him!

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Get lost!

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Your Highness, forgive me. It was my fault.

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- Beat him up!

- Your Highness, have mercy!

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I will not do it again! Stop hitting me! Your Highness!

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Your Highness, have mercy! I won't do it again...

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Your Highness, have mercy...

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Your Highness...

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Jump.

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Jump down!

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Since the Jin dynasty, anyone who married a princess led a miserable and hellish life.

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Like Wang Dun, who feared his wife throughout his life, as if she were a tigress.

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Like Huan Wen, who would frequently get beaten up with a stick.

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Like Wang Yan, who got stripped naked and tied onto a tree.

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Like He Rui, who died in a dried-up well.

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Like Xie Zhuang, who willingly forfeited his career.

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Like Yin Chong, who almost got beheaded.

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No matter how manly and heroic, or having an illustrious family background,

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just because their wives are of the royal family, powerful and rich,

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they can only swallow their pride, endure contempt, and drift along for the rest of their lives.

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The princesses are haughty, overbearing and blame them at every instance.

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The prince consorts cannot see the morning stars of the dawn or the evening skies.

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They were strictly managed and controlled. Alas, what a tragic life.

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The Supreme Audience Hall, Jiankang (Modern Nanjing) Liu Song (Southern Song) Dynasty, 464 CE

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Supreme Audience Hall

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Be careful.

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Please put them down over there.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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I, your servant, have already completed the portrait that Your Majesty commanded me to paint. Liu Ziye, courtesy name Zi Fashi, Emperor Qianfei of Song

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That one really is my paternal great-grandfather!

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Replying to Your Majesty, precisely, that is Gaozu, Emperor Wu. (T/N The first Emperor of the Song Dynasty)

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He indeed was a great hero,

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worked to grab up the thrones of several "rightful" Emperors!

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- Impressive.

- Very impressive!

Liu Yu, Prince Xiangdong, Uncle of the Emperor

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This one is really my paternal grandfather?

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You were difficult to deal with, especially in your elder years, until the point you ran out of luck

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and your son cut off your head!

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Liu Xiuren, Prince Jian'an, Uncle of the Emperor

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Imperial Father!

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Imperial Father! I was fond of you and miss you, Imperial Father!

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Imperial Father...!

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Your Majesty.

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Prince Xin'an!

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This...this...this can't be Imperial Father's favorite son, Liu Ziluan?

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What's this? He's extremely dead, you see...

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You have to tell how he died. Speak!

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Prince Xin'an, right as he was facing death's door, cried incessantly.

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Right before, an attendant heard him say he wished in the next life, not to be reborn into the royal family.

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Get lost! Scram!

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You! Come here!

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Yes, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty.

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My father really did have a drunkard's nose! A drunkard's nose! Why isn't it shown in the picture?

(T/N rosacea)

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Your Majesty. If I drew that up in the painting, it would be a huge disrespect, Your Majesty!

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You build the legend to leave out the truth, build the story to leave out facts, right?

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Your Majesty, save me...!

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- Attendants! Drag him out!

Your Majesty!

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- Your Majesty, save me!

- What is he doing?

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Princess Shanyin has arrived!

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Imperial Sister?

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Liu Chuyu, Princess Shanyin

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Imperial Sister.

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Fashi, he forgot to add that into the painting.

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It can be added into the painting, there's no need to get angry.

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Right, it can be added in.

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Add that "drunkard's nose" immediately!

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Yes, Your Majesty.

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Imperial Sister, why did you come here?

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Fashi, consider that you and I are people born of the same mother and father,

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clearly we're our parents' offspring. I am a woman, but after all, we both are clearly the blood relatives of the late Emperor.

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I'm sure that's a good thing, right? Therefore, you need to call on

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your Imperial Harem full of countless concubines, instead of me.

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I only have this one Prince Consort.

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You can see so many pretty faces every day. I can only see one face.

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It's very boring for me all day. This is so unfair.

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So, can you tell me what can I do?

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Unfair. Right, it's really unfair.

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It's alright, Imperial Sister. I have a solution.

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Men! Summon all the handsome men in Jiankang City into the palace.

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Cry! Can you stop crying?

The Tianji Tower

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Look at you now. You are servile all day and cry non-stop! (Liu Xiuren)

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What's the point of crying now?

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No matter how much you cry, you can't stop the fact that this country is meeting its demise soon.

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Tianji Tower is renowned as the number one sect in the world. Our sole responsibility is to assist the monarch and serve the country.

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Now that a fatuous ruler is in reign, and the country is like a mansion on the verge of collapse,

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our Liu Clan is nothing,

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but how about the country's citizens?

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Are they going to perish together with this fatuous ruler?

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Have the two of you decided? (The Pavilion Master)

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Twelfth Brother, Ziye is our nephew. (Liu Yu)

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You think of him as your nephew, but he might not let you live.

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Don't forget that bloody head that was in the hall.

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Eleventh Brother, Ziluan was only ten years old.

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May the Pavilion Master help us eliminate this muddled monarch.

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Give my citizens back a carefree and safe world!

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Zhu Que (Vermilion Bird), did you hear it?

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I am accepting your command.

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Look! It's the number one beauty, Princess Shanyin.

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- Who are those people following her?

- Those are "menke" (skilled guests/servants/retainers) granted to her by the Emperor.

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- Those menke are all so handsome.

- The Princess has always loved to collect beautiful people.

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Her manor is already full of them.

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Now that she was granted a decree to collect handsome people, she surely will become more unrestrained.

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With so many handsome men staying in the Princess' Manor, won't her husband, the Prince Consort, be very angry?

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HE only lacked wearing a green scarf on his head.

(T/N Green hat signifies having an unfaithful partner)

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Not just one, but ten!

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Completely green all over. He's turning into a grassland.

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Right. A huge thousand-year-old turtle with algae on his back.

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Yes...

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What's going on?!

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Hurry! Protect the Princess!

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Yue Jiefei! Where are you, Yue Jiefei? What's going on?

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Hey! Protect the Princess!

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Yue Jiefei! Come save me!

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Move out of the way!

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- Yue Jiefei! Save me!

- Princess!

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Save me! Where are you, Yue Jiefei! Yue Jiefei!

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Save me!

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Save me!

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Yue Jiefei!

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Hurry and save me! Save me!

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Accumulating Talents as the Way

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Princess' Manor

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Your Highness, you're awake.

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- Your Highness!

- Your Highness!

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Rong Zhi, Menke

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Throughout the night, your fever refused to break. Just now, it suddenly spiked again,

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so I had to use my body heat to keep you warm. I have no intentions of harming you.

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Who are you?

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Your Highness, do you not remember?

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My head hurts so much. The moment I woke up, I saw so many people. Just who are you?

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I am Rong Zhi, a menke in this manor, and your most-trusted aide.

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I don't remember.

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Let me see.

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I will invite the physician over now.

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Your Highness, the Emperor heard you were injured,

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and has specially invited the Royal Physician to come and heal you.

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Could Your Highness please extend your hand?

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Your Highness' pulse is stable, and your body has no serious injury.

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However, you need to take special care of your forehead for a full recovery,

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so that you will not have a scar.

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What do you mean, there is "no serious injury"? I can't remember anything!

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Your Highness, please do not be angry!

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It could be because you hit your head too hard, that's why such a thing is happening.

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How do I cure it?

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Well...

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I'm asking you a question! Have you become dumb?

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Your Highness, do not get anxious. This kind of illness must be carefully taken care of.

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As for your memory, if I tell you some things about the manor,

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sooner or later you will get your memories back.

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Your Highness! Your Highness, where are you going?

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The Emperor heard I was sick and sent over the Royal Physician.

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Of course I must enter the palace, to personally thank him.

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Your Highness. You carry blood on your body.

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What do you mean?

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Because of the accident that happened, you have seen blood.

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That's Tai Sui (stars opposite of Jupiter) antagonizing the Sun Master,

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it will bring a bad aura to the Emperor.

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So according to the rules, before you recover, you cannot enter the palace.

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Your Highness... how did you forget all of this?

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My head hurts so much, I have forgotten everything!

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Then why didn't you take the responsibility to remind me! Useless.

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It is all my fault!

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All of you leave.

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- Physician, come with me.

- Yes.

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"Princess Yu" (monogrammed incense)

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What is that smell?

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It's a fragrance especially prepared by Rong Zhi for Your Highness.

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I am currently seriously ill, I cannot take the scent of such a heavy incense. Get rid of it.

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Yes.

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I want to see the Princess!

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Liu Se, Menke

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The Princess is currently recuperating, and has sent down her command.

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Yue Jie Fei, Bodyguard

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She has sent orders that no one is to visit her.

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I don't believe you. The Princess hasn't called us for several days. This is very weird.

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Today, I must go in!

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So painful.

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Just you wait! Once I see the Princess, I'll make you suffer!

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Say it again.

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Four goldfishes are swimming.

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- Already this old and still wears flowered underpants.

- That's right.

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So embarrassing.

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Get away! Get away!

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- Did you see Liu Se earlier? He was wearing printed underpants with goldfish on them!

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That's right, four goldfish!

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Youlan!

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Your Highness.

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Who is being loud outside?

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Replying to Your Highness, it's a menke of our manor, Liu Se.

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Liu Se?

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Except for him, when Your Highness was unconscious for several days,

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all the menke would come here and cause a ruckus once a day,

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claiming that they wanted to take care of you.

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Menke Rong didn't let them disturb you, but this Liu Se is so unruly.

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If not because of Menke Rong Zhi, the whole Princess' Manor would be in chaos.

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I think these menke are too idle, that's why they assemble and create trouble out of nothing!

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I will order our men to increase the security of Mingyu (Bright Jade) Pavilion.

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No need!

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I want to personally see what they really want.

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Rong Zhi, why are you still able to sit down?

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Why can't I?

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These past days, the Princess is not coming out or calling for us.

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Don't you find that weird?

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The Princess just recovered from a severe illness, and is still nourishing her health.

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Why must we disturb her?

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We all are menke of the Princess Shanyin's residence, so we are her menke.

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But in reality, we are here just to accompany her, relieve her of boredom, make her merry.

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At most, just a beautiful flower vase.

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If we are unable to earn her favor,

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we will get kicked out of the manor, sooner or later. Aren't you scared?

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Even if you are not scared, I am scared.

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The Princess previously promised to give my brother an official rank,

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but all that has all come to nothing!

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Then, what do you want me to do?

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You are her closest and most trusted aide. You should go visit her.

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Furthermore, only you have the special right to go wherever you want to in this manor.

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- If you don't go--

- Liu Se,

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I've said before, that we must have a sense of propriety as menke.

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If we are not called by the Princess, we shouldn't disturb her.

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You...

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Gentlemen, the Princess has arranged for a spring day banquet in the garden.

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May you two both immediately go there.

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- Now?

- Yes.

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Don't you want to see the Princess? Let's go.

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I...have to rush back first to change my clothes.

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You go ahead.

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Greetings to Your Highness.

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Liu Sang, Menke

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How old is he this year?

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Twelve years old.

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What can he do?

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There are many guests in the residence. Liu Sang is proficient in cricket fighting.

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Your Highness especially brought him back to play with her.

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Jiang Yan, Menke

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Your Highness, this way please.

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Are all the menke here today?

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There are a total of twenty-four menke. Two are said to be sick. Your Highness, please forgive me.

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Where is the Prince Consort?

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He has an urgent task, and can't make it.

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Move aside. You stepped on me.

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- Greetings to Your Highness.

- Greetings to Your Highness.

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Your Highness stayed at home a few days ago. I was very anxious.

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I had to specifically asked for permission from Rong Zhi to see you.

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Since this is the case, why didn't you come personally?

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Your Highness, are you joking with me?

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Your Highness didn't allow us to see you. Would we dare to offend you?

Mo Xiang, Menke

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Your Highness, this is unfair.

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Rong Zhi can see you anytime,

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but I need to keep waiting.

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You are right. I should give equal treatment.

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Your Highness, are you really going to give me this privilege? This is really...

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Your Highness.

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Since this is the case, starting from today,

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I will cancel Rong Zhi's privileges.

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This way, it will be the same for everyone.

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Fine.

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Your Highness. A few days ago, someone was up to mischief

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and caused you to fall into the water.

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As a menke, since I'm receiving salary from Your Highness, I must help relieve you of worries.

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The assassin has been brought to justice. Your Highness, please deal with the offender.

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Assassin?

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Bring him here.

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It's him. He intentionally used the color red

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to drive the bull crazy.

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That's why the Princess fell into the water. This person wanted to kill a royal family member.

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This person should be executed publicly to prevent further evil acts like this.

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I didn't. I definitely didn't.

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Your Highness, spare my life, spare my life!

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- Your Highness. He's only seven or eight years old. He doesn't know anything much.

- Spare my life!

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How could he be able to drive the bull crazy?

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What do you know?

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If he didn't do it intentionally, why would he deliberately wave the red scarf?

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- I...

- That was the first time I had ever seen a beautiful and noble princess.

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But it was too far away, and I couldn't see her face clearly.

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I deliberately waved the red scarf to attract her attention.

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Trying to be clever? Red will drive a bull crazy.

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Didn't you know that? Even if you didn't,

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why didn't you use the color blue or green? Why did you insist on using red?

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Your Highness, don't listen to him. Not only is he guilty,

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his entire family must be guilty too. There surely is still a mastermind.

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We must arrest him and execute him too.

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Don't kill my family. I really didn't know that red would drive the bull crazy!

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Who said the color red will drive a bull crazy?

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I witnessed this in the countryside. Any red item will trigger the bull to attack.

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It's not the color red which drove the bull crazy, but the waving action instead.

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I believe this child didn't want to make the Princess fall into the water.

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When I was young, I personally witnessed a boy dressed in red, who triggered the bull to attack him.

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He must have been running.

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That's why the bull misunderstood, and was provoked.

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Your Highness, look at Rong Zhi.

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He is speaking up for the assassin who tried to harm you. He doesn't even think about you.

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Brother Rong will never do this.

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He is only showing sympathy to this innocent child. You are making an unfounded attack.

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- I...

- Shut up.

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If you want to know who is right,

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try it and you will know.

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- Liu Se, you do it.

- Huh?

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Your Highness...

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Take it off.

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Your Highness, I...

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Take it off.

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You said the color red will drive a bull crazy. Rong Zhi thinks otherwise.

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Wave your green robe and run then.

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I want to see who is right.

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I'm wearing a green robe. The bull won't run at me.

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Just watch.

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Great.

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It's so painful.

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Your Highness, take a look. Regardless of the color,

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it will cause the bull to get angry. Brother Rong Zhi is right.

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This boy only wanted to look at the Princess.

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That's why he waved the scarf.

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He didn't think that it would excite the bull

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and cause an accident.

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Your Highness, based on his young age and lack of knowledge,

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please spare his life.

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Your Highness, please spare my life.

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I'm begging you. Please spare my life.

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Yue Jiefei, release him.

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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Take Liu Se away to treat him.

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My butt.

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He's really useless.

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Slowly.

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You have already seen the excitement, right?

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Disperse then.

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I said, I want to stay here for a while longer.

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You can leave first.

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Didn't you hear the Princess' command?

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Yes.

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Rong Zhi, you are guilty.

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Whether the color red was the reason for driving the bull crazy

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or the boy wanted to intentionally kill, that was not the point.

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You deliberately incited an argument to shift the focus, and turned it into a gag.

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You are clearly trying to absolve the boy from punishment.

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Your Highness, please forgive me.

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You are not going to defend yourself?

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That boy is not very well-informed.

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Your Highness is from the royal family. How can you argue with him?

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If you kill his family over such a minor matter, you will be mocked by others.

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I created that confusion and diverted the matter

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for the sake of Your Highness' reputation.

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So to say, you were thinking on my behalf?

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Naturally.

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With such a clumsy trick, it's all thanks to Your Highness that you allowed it.

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If Your Highness wanted to kill him, you would have already done it earlier.

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Why would you wait till today?

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You are really a good menke of mine.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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You can leave.

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Yes.

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You can leave too.

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Yes.

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Zhuque, take control of the situation in the mansion as soon as possible.

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Find the opportunity to get close to Liu Ziye.

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Your Highness.

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In this mansion, other than mine, who has the biggest courtyard?

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Naturally, it will be Menke Rong Zhi's Mu Xue courtyard which is the largest,

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because he is the favorite of Your Highness, on whom you dote and trust.

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Hence, you also gave him the privilege of full access to all areas.

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Your Highness has also handed over the management of your entire Princess' Manor to him.

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No wonder everyone watches his face and behavior.

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Even my orders are dispensable.

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Menke Rong Zhi is outstanding and admirable.

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Then let's go, and take a look at Mu Xue courtyard.

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Huan Yuan, Menke

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That person is...

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He is Jiang Yan.

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I just completed the spring day banquet. Rong Zhi wants to hold a small spring banquet in his courtyard, right?

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What is so urgent?

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Let's go and take a look.

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Greetings to Your Highness.

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Xie An has repeatedly declined the Imperial court's appointment. He doesn't want to go with the flow.

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Ultimately, it will be hard to escape the expectations of the Imperial court.

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If Xie An doesn't come out, what about the citizens?

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Xie An is a real hero too.

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I don't agree with what you said. Look at what's written here.

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Xie An may be famous for being talented,

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but he don't have that much experience.

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He is just a junior official. Of course, he wouldn't be willing.

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If he really wanted to be an official, why would he live in seclusion for twenty years?

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How many twenty-year periods would there be in one life?

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He has been living in seclusion in Dongshan.

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Why then did he befriend famous people?

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He allowed his poems to be passed on, he took prostitutes in his carefree travels, parading himself ostentatiously all over the town.

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He went in seclusion just to wait for the highest offer.

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If not because the members of the Xie clan with government ties have all died,

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why would he leave the mountain to be an official?

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In addition, he is fair and impartial. He is not selfish.

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He didn't become arrogant with his achievements, and showed the bearing of a chancellor.

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Since Your Highness saw it, I can't hide it anymore.

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Huan Yuan isn't sick. He lied to you.

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How arrogant.

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He didn't even come to my spring banquet.

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Huan Yuan has an amazing talent which is rarely seen in a hundred years.

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It's unavoidable for him to be arrogant, but he had a bleak experience.

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Your Highness, please don't blame him.

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Amazing talent?

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He sits there every day and talks until the sun sets?

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Those were just pompous talks. Does Xie An deserve to be criticized?

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He should take a basin of water, and look at himself first.

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Since you spoke up for him, I won't pursue this matter.

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But remember to tell them.

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If they avoid me again in the future, I will not be so polite anymore.

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Yue Jiefei, let's go.

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Yes, Your Highness.

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The Princess has left.

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There's nothing that can't be openly said.

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We didn't really do any shameful thing.

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Really?

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The book that you're holding is upside down.

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Why must you two be so nervous?

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Thank you, Menke Rong Zhi, for warning us.

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In the past, because your living quarters are more remote and quiet,

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because the Princess favors you a lot, and because there are no guards here,

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that's why, we frequently come here to read books. Never thought that we will bring you trouble like this.

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I allowed you two to read books here,

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not for you two to scheme on rebelling.

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- Menke Rong Zhi!

- Whatever you do, it has nothing to do with me.

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I will not report it to Princess, nor help you.

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No matter if you succeed or not, you bear the consequences by yourselves.

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You two are on your own now.

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I thought that you allowed us to use this place

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because you are also annoyed by the Princess.

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I said before that Princess seems different from before.

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Because she didn't see you in the banquet today, that's why she searched and reached this place.

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I don't know what she is planning.

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That's why I said what I said before, and it still holds true up to now.

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Menke Rong Zhi, please wait.

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I have something to discuss with you.

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Please say it.

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Ah Yan and I are secretly plotting, but you chose not to report us.

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I will remember this favor in my heart.

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But Rong Zhi, have you thought about the fact that even if you don't join us,

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whether we succeed or fail in the future,

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you won't be able to deny your involvement?

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Although you are greatly favored by the Princess,

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I think Princess will also not forgive you

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for secretly providing convenience to rebels like us.

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Are you threatening me?

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I have no choice but to do that.

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May Menke Rong Zhi not blame me for it.

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Let me honestly tell you this, Huan Yuan.

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The reason why I didn't tell Princess is because I believe

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that she will not waver.

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When this fails, just blame it all on me.

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I really want to see if I'll get punished for it.

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I am not reporting it because I'm too lazy to do it, and not because I am defending you two.

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May you stop making assumptions.

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Menke Rong Zhi, we all are the Princess' menke, but we are being locked up here every day,

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accompanying her to eat, drink, be merry, cockfighting, and riding horses.

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We are totally just like her toys!

477

Let's not talk about wasting our lifetime of talents first.

478

In the eyes of the people, we are no different with those lowly performers.

479

Are you really contented with it?

480

Please leave.

481

Yue Jiefei, take me down.

482

Yes.

483

Okay. You all leave.

484

Yes.

485

Your Highness, why did you suddenly think of browsing through the files of the menke?

486

After Huan Yuan's matter,

487

I am discovering that there are a lot of personalities hiding in my manor.

488

I must try to know them well.

489

How does Your Highness plan to handle Huan Yuan and Jiang Yan?

490

In your opinion, how should I do it?

491

Your Highness, these two are harboring evil intentions. They must be severely punished.

492

It's just that we don't know how many people are really involved in this.

493

If we are not careful and leak the news out, I fear that everything will end up in vain.

494

If a scholar plans to revolt, it's unlikely to succeed despite three years of preparation.

495

If you ask me, we shouldn't put too much fuss on those two.

496

I'll look at the situation first.

497

Jiang Yan

498

Jiang Yan, from Kaocheng County in Jiyang.

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Able to read poems by six years of age. His father died when he was thirteen.

500

His family is poor. Sells logs to provide for their mother.

501

He got famous for his literary works.

502

He then moved into Prince of Jianping, Liu Jingsu's manor. (T/N Liu Jingsu took him in at age fourteen)

503

His elegance and noble character are envied by people.

504

He got involved in the case of Guo Yan and framed for accepting bribes, and thus imprisoned.

505

Although I lack a reputable home-town, I've heard of how a gentleman should act.

506

Before, I've hid between curtains, slept under large stones.

507

Afterward, I was given a government rank, and was able to discuss matters on a higher platform.

508

During the retreat from Nanyue, I got captured by their lord, the changyu, and my life is hanging by a thread. (T/N Nanyue, Vietnam; changyu, Xiongnu Hun clan lord)

509

I am opening up the forbidden records in this text, and hope that it gets included in historical annals.

510

It's better to have competed for small matters, to contend for small gains.

511

And I heard that continuous slander can destroy a person.

512

The shameful deeds of a general will get a marquis imprisoned.

513

The embarrassment of a famous official will historically drag all his subordinates down with him,

514

just like what happened to me.

515

Lu Lian was smart, for he resigned from his post and never went back.

516

He opted to become a hermit, singing along while traveling and forgetting to return home.

517

Ziling went in seclusion in eastern Yue,

518

Zhongwei shut his door in eastern Qin, we all know that these decisions benefited them.

519

If I am going to be sentenced for a crime that I have not done,

520

I will not say anything, and just commit suicide with a dagger.

521

Will I be able to meet people with unique integrity like Lu of Qi,

522

and the mighty fallen warriors of Yan and Zhao by doing that?

523

What a good "opening up the forbidden records in this text, and hope that it gets included in historical annals."

524

I think that this Jiang Yan not only has grand ambitions,

525

he will be able to write a petition that's unrivaled in refinement and beauty.

526

Your Highness indeed got impressed by his talent, that's why you saved him

527

and allowed him to stay in your manor as a menke.

528

When you are in the mood for it, you will let him write poetic essays,

529

then chat with him about them to pass the time.

530

For a person like that to end up in my manor,

531

he indeed has an ambition that he can't say, a talent without a place to use it.

532

If you ask me, he'd rather die

533

than be placed in shackles and live an ignoble life.

534

By saving him, I instead got myself an enemy.

535

Your Highness, what's there to fear?

536

With just one order from you, he can be executed.

537

Killing is easy, but halting their thoughts is hard.

538

They all are being controlled by someone else.

539

They earnestly don't want to stay here.

540

If we kill a Jiang Yan, then all the other menke

541

will accumulate hatred and grudges, and one day,

542

these grudges would bite me back.

543

Huan Yuan

544

Huan Yuan is the only descendant of a great aristocratic clan

545

of the previous dynasty.

546

If Huan Yuan can be used by me,

547

I can control the Princess' Manor faster.

548

Liu Sang

549

Rong Zhi

550

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551

What's going on here? Did they forget to record it?

552

Or, there is really none to begin with?

553

Put all these files back.

554

Yes. Your Highness, Menke Rong Zhi sent a servant to ask

555

if you are going to start managing daily concerns since you have already recovered.

556

My head aches. Let's just talk about this next time.

557

Yes.

558

Rong Zhi

559

♫ If life is like first meetings ♫

560

♫ It would be better to yearn more than meet ♫

561

♫ The misty rain of Jiangnan is so short-lived (idiomatic phrase, literally "night-blooming cactus blooms once") ♫

562

♫Even while it's raining, it drizzles continuously ♫

563

♫ If we will see each other often in life ♫

564

♫ What must we do so we won't get fed-up with looking at each other? ♫

565

♫ At this day last year, It's the same sky ♫

566

♫ But the faces are different ♫

567

♫ I'd really like to see you again ♫

568

♫ Confess to you all my regrets in parting with you ♫

569

♫ Drawing a circle in the air ♫

570

♫ Praying that love will never change ♫

571

♫ I so want to rub my face against yours ♫

572

♫ Being greedy about your every moment ♫

573

♫ Don't ask how many years was I in pain ♫

574

♫ Turning back, it's all my tears...from my eyes ♫

575

♫ Don't ask how many years was I in pain ♫

576

♫ Turning back, it's all my tears...from my eyes ♫