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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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Only when I wield the Dragon Sword

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can I see Daddy even if we're separated by death.

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My Cousin is a phoenix that flies up to the ninth heaven.

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She has a lofty and unyielding character.

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And not just a vile woman that is jealous of the other women in a harem,

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scheming and plotting against them.

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This is bad. Someone's going to jump off the building.

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Miss, you must not jump!

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Miss, what are you doing?

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Even if it's hell, the netherworld, a mountain of blades, or a sea of fire,

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I am willing to follow you until death.

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- Men!

- Present!

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Drag Guo Youde to the parade ground and wait for my further instructions!

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Aunt, something bad has happened. Cousin is about to be executed by the Living God of Hell.

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Episode 21

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Aunt, looking for the Living God of Hell won't work.

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Looking for Fan Erniang will be worse.

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We can try going to Princess Consort Dowager Zhao.

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Princess Consort Dowager Zhao?

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I heard that this Living God of Hell is quite obedient to

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her mother-in-law's words.

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Hurry and go then. Go look for Zhao Yujin. Hurry up!

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But it is useless to look for him.

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Who cares if it will work or not?

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Just treat the dead horse like a live one!

(T/N: use every method possible)

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Yes. What Aunt has said is right. I'll go right away.

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I'll go look for His Majesty.

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- Junwang!

- Oh, Brother Guo.

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- Junwang!

- Hey!

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- You...

- Junwang, you must help me this time. Or else, it will be huge trouble!

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Get up!

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If you don't help me, I won't get up?

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Get up.

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What's wrong?

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Junwang, you must save my cousin.

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The Living God of Hell abducted him and he will be brought to the parade ground soon!

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There's such a thing?

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I fear that Living God of Hell is bent on killing him this time.

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Even the executioners are out.

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Honestly, tell me. Could it be your cousin Guo Youde has done some immoral act?

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It's already at this time? Just accompany me to go there!

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Stopping her is more important. Let's go!

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Speak truthfully, is your cousin guilty of dereliction of duty or serious violation of the law?

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My cousin...

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beat up a soldier and...

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And what?

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And killed a recruit from an ordinary family.

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What! He... totally is being lawless!

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Just because he is the nephew of the Empress, can he just casually kill people?

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I am even a direct royal relative and I never did any illegal act!

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Does this Guo Youde even have any morals! (T/N: "youde" literally means "to have morals")

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Junwang, just help me with this favor.

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Don't forget that when I helped you escape your wedding before,

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I was willing to risk my life.

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Brother Guo, it's not that I don't want to help you.

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I'm unable to help you.

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Have mercy, General! I admit my mistakes!

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General, have mercy!

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I still have elders and children to feed.

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Have mercy! I dare not do it again!

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Have mercy, General. I'm still... not married.

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Bullshit! You even think of marrying?

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Why don't you pee first and look at your loser face?

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How dare you!

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My aunt is the Empress.

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There's no way that she can do anything to me.

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I heard that you look down on me.

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The General is mighty and dignified. When you wear your armor,

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you don't show any womanly emotions at all.

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I think the General is more manly than any man.

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You are not a woman at all.

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Really?

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My aunt is the Empress. My uncle is the Minister of the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs.

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Who dares to kill me? Aunt, save me! Aunt, save me!

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Don't you look down on women?

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I am a woman who only recognizes reason.

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In the military governance of the Ye Army, we only recognize the military code

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and no affection!

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When my father guarded the borders in the past,

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he personally killed his brothers who caused delay on military opportunity.

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His purpose was to train the Ye Army

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and shock the different units of barbarians in the vicinity!

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Now, right under the feet of the Emperor, (T/N: within the capital city)

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the Capital Guards are the last line of defense of His Majesty and the citizens!

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Disregarding military rules and belittling the military code,

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you think I eat vegetables! (T/N: to be weak and ineffective, or monkish)

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You bitch! If you dare kill me,

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my aunt will surely not—

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General, don't kill me!

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Have mercy!

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Have mercy, General!

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Have mercy, General!

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Have mercy!

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Give me justice, Your Majesty!

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What matter are you asking me to give you justice for?

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My nephew Guo Youde

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will be executed by General Ye Zhao.

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Why is she executing your nephew?

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Since my nephew joined the army,

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he should be defending the country.

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But while he still wasn't given a chance to fight yet, he committed a minor mistake.

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Never thought that General Ye will be executing him for it.

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Minor mistake?

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Your nephew willfully slaughtered an innocent ordinary citizen and that's a minor mistake?

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Your Majesty. Your Majesty... you already know?

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What Ye Zhao holds in her hand is the "Black Iron Whip" of the Great Emperor Taizu!

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She used the articles set by Great Emperor Taizu to sentence your nephew.

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Are you saying that the teachings of Great Emperor Taizu are wrong?

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The military code he created has a mistake?

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Your Majesty, I dare not. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that's not what I meant.

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For the new army recruits, Ye Zhao is just governing them strictly.

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She did nothing wrong.

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Your Majesty, I wasn't strict in disciplining my nephew

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and caused him to create a grave mistake. I indeed deserve to die

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but I beg Your Majesty

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to consider that he's my nephew...

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to consider that I've taken care of you for so many years, just spare my nephew, Your Majesty.

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Enough!

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Your nephew willfully killed an innocent man and deserves to die.

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Empress, stop begging for mercy.

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But Your Majesty, Ye Zhao is full of tyrannical vigor.

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She gives such harsh punishments.

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Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of hurting the feelings of the relatives of the Imperial family and your ministers?

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A monarch committing a mistake must be punished equally like an ordinary citizen.

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Don't you know such a simple principle?

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Your Majesty!

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Empress, I know that you're sad.

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Go back first.

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Once I'm done with official work, I'll visit you.

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Your Majesty.

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Yes, Your Majesty.

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Your Highness the Empress! Your Highness the Empress, bad news.

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Your nephew Guo Youde has been beheaded by General Ye!

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Woman by the family name of Ye, my nephew died under your hands.

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I will remember your name, etched in my heart forever.

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Decree from the Empress Dowager.

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In the fifth year of Tianxi, the late Emperor died. (T/N: Era date for Song Zhenzong, his father, 1021 CE)

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My son, Zhaozhen, ascended to the throne when he was just nine years old.

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I have been supervising the empire's governance for more than twenty-six years.

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But presently, my health has been deteriorating and I don't have the energy anymore to shoulder burdensome official matters.

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My son, Zhaozhen, has been following me in governing the empire, has been training for so many years,

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and has already become a qualified Emperor.

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Starting today, I'm returning the governance of the empire to my son, Zhaozhen.

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Hope all officers and officials will assist him like how you used to in strengthening the empire and bringing wealth to the citizens.

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Make our empire flourish, prosper, and forever be remembered in history.

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I will always remember Imperial Mother's lessons.

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I surely shall exert more effort to not disappoint you.

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The Empress Dowager is wise. Long live the Empress Dowager.

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Your minister is attending as requested and respectfully greets Your Majesty.

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You may rise, Beloved Subject.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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The Beloved Subject is very knowledgeable and is a good strategist.

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The right sijian position can only be yours.

(T/N: Advisor - does moral education, looks for talented individuals, and evaluates provincial governance)

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I feel very grateful for Your Majesty's grace.

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My favored subject timed your return when I'm now personally governing the empire. Do you have any suggestion to give me?

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Replying to Your Majesty, I think that ever since Liao tried to conquer our Song,

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after so many years of war with them, both of our empires' vitality have already been severely damaged.

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Liao requesting for a peace treaty is surely because they are recuperating to attack again.

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Our Song should also stop anymore battles and promote benevolence. Put great effort into improving the economy.

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Let the adjacent kingdoms around us only be able to look at our back. (T/N: as Song is ahead of them)

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While we and Liao were fighting, sadly, the Western Xia suddenly rose to power. The Western Xia king is brimming with wild ambitions.

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To guard against future trouble, we should lessen our defense against Liao

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and increase the guards on the border with Western Xia.

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With the battle at Baxian, General Ye

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was able to capture the royal prince of Liao and the second royal uncle of Western Xia.

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Now, they can be of use.

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Favored subject, please go on.

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Replying to Your Majesty, I think that our empire is just in the state of recuperation.

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We should hide our capacities and bide our time. Your Majesty can give favorable treatment

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to Liao's royal prince and Western Xia's second royal uncle by releasing them to return to their kingdoms.

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I'm allowing it.

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I will obey.

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Yelu Hong, Cha'er Tuoci, our Song is advocating harmonious relationships between neighboring kingdoms.

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Today, we're releasing you two

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for the benefit of the citizens of our kingdoms.

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When you two go back, I hope that you can do your best to preserve this harmonious relationship between our kingdoms.

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Thank you Your Majesty for not killing me. I surely will relay Your Majesty's kindness to my Royal Father.

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Thank you Your Majesty for not killing me. When I go back, I surely remember Your Majesty's teachings.

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His Majesty is forgiving and benevolent, hence, he doesn't kill any captives.

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You two must remember your promise today of exerting efforts in strenghtening the peace between our states

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and not disappoint His Majesty's Imperial kindness.

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We dare not forget it. Thank you, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty used sincerity to teach the world kindness and wishes that there be peace everywhere.

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I just wish that our borders will never have any more wars and that will be a great blessing for the citizens.

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If they break their promises, either of them,

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our Song should still be vigilant despite these peaceful times.

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What you said is very reasonable. The war has ended. There are many things waiting to be done.

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Redundant officials, expenses, and soldiers have turned into a cancer.

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I want to discuss with you some political reforms and innovation.

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I'm willing to render my service in unburdening Your Majesty's worries and solving Your Majesty's difficulties.

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- You all serve them well. I'll be back right away.

- Yes.

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Her Highness the Noble Consort is here!

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Greetings to Your Highness the Noble Consort!

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- Rise.

- Thank you, Your Highness.

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Lead Chef He, I want to borrow your Imperial Kitchen for a while

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to make two provincial dishes for His Majesty.

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Sure. Sure. Your Highness, what dishes are you making today?

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Do you need my help?

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No need. It's just two usual dishes.

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I'll pay you back for the expenses I will incur.

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Your Highness, you're joking with me. It's just two dishes.

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Usually, I couldn't even find any chance to pay my respect to Your Highness.

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It's rare that Your Highness will personally cook,

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so just treat all the ingredients that Your Highness will use as my gift.

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I'm accepting your kindness,

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but as the head of the Imperial Kitchen, you shouldn't make an exception because of me.

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It's better that you distinguish between official and private affairs, so as not to let others have anything to gossip.

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Yes. With Your Highness' kindness, I will follow what Your Highness says then.

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Respectful greetings to Your Highness the Empress.

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Rise.

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Thank you, Your Highness the Empress.

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Noble Consort Zhang is a daughter of a noble family. For such a pampered person,

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why did you suddenly think of coming to the Imperial Kitchen today to personally cook,

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doing things that a usual servant would do?

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Replying to the Empress, I miss the flavors of my home province.

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The chefs of the Imperial Family aren't that familiar with the cooking steps.

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The dishes that they create are very different and lack the proper taste.

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Hence, I want to personally cook two of my hometown dishes

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and let His Majesty taste them.

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Personally cook for His Majesty to taste?

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Replying to the Empress, Her Highness the Noble Consort's culinary skills are quite exquisite and adept.

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She knows how to cook at least a hundred recipes.

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I'm willing to hear you explain it further.

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I want to hear how Her Highness the Noble Consort's skills are considered exquisite.

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I'm embarrassing myself to Your Highness the Empress. What I'm doing are just some ordinary home cooking.

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Other than kidneys in wine vinegar, stir-fried quail with three kinds of fresh bamboo shoots,

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also baked moist pigeon, fried "sleeping crow,"

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- also—

- Okay.

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These dishes are all just quick-frying or stir-frying.

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I fear that they are not worthy to be served in an elegant hall.

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I am thinking that His Majesty has been used to eating refined exotic delicacies.

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I can happen to offer some change in flavor so as to improve his appetite.

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It's not your place to decide what kind of food His Majesty should be eating.

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There are three thousand women in the Imperial harem. Today, you're going to make some dishes.

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Tomorrow, she will cook some nourishing soup.

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Each one trying to feed him their cooking, the flavors now being complex.

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When unrefined women who only know to pretty themselves up enter the picture, won't His Majesty lose all his appetite?

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Noble Consort Zhang, you have your hobbies.

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But the palace has its rules.

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There are so many Imperial palace rules. I don't know

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which rule the Empress is referring to.

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You've entered the palace so long ago. Don't you know the palace rules?

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The Imperial Kitchen is an important place.

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Other than the eunuch members of the Culinary Bureau, other people are not authorized to enter it.

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Head Chef He, how do you manage the Imperial Kitchen?

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Replying to Your Highness the Empress, the ingredients that Her Highness the Noble Consort is using

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have already been paid according to the price they were bought. She has never used any public fund.

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Regardless if she didn't touch any public fund,

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the Imperial Kitchen is responsible for the food of thousands of people.

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If there is any delay in serving them, you have to answer for it.

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It's still not the time to cook food for the palace personnel. I came early.

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Therefore, my actions will not cause any effect on the Imperial Kitchen's regular use.

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How dare you! Men, slap her mouth!

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Your Highness the Empress, please calm your anger.

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Noble Consort Zhang has exquisite culinary skills. Everyone here in the Imperial Kitchen knows that.

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And because His Majesty knows about Her Highness' hobby,

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he has given Her Highness the Noble Lady Zhang special permission to casually come here.

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What did you say?

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His Majesty has given her special permission to casually come here?

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Indeed. I dare not use such a matter to brush Your Highness the Empress off.

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Your Highness the Empress, please carefully think about your actions. The Imperial Kitchen is a very important place here in the palace.

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If Noble Consort gets punished here with such clamor, I fear that His Majesty might get mad.

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Today, I will temporarily forgive you.

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Respectfully sending off Her Highness the Empress!

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Your Highness, you think...

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Lead Chef He, no need to panic. If there will be any problem arising from today,

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I will bear them all and you'll be spared from it.

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Highness the Noble Consort.

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What did you bring me?

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I saw how Your Highness and Lord Fan were talking in such an elated mood.

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I then personally prepared some dishes and wines for Your Majesty.

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May Your Majesty and Lord Fan have a taste.

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Thank you for Your Highness' generosity.

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It's better that I leave these wines and dishes for you two to slowly enjoy.

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I will take my leave.

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Favored Subject Fan, these were personally cooked by my beloved Imperial consort.

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Taste them first.

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Okay.

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These were the famous dishes from my hometown.

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This one is oxtail "fox in a field of snow." That one is "river turtles on a beach of water chestnuts."

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Your Majesty, hurry and taste it.

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Very well.

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Not bad.

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Delicate hands rolling a jade-colored dough repeatedly to even them out.

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After frying them in blue oil, they turn into a soft deep golden color.

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Beloved consort, thank you.

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Favored Subject Fan, try some, too.

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Okay.

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The meat is fresh and exquisitely cooked. The sauce is mellow and rich.

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It's so aromatic within my mouth and lingering in my memory.

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I know that Favored Subject Fan's ambition is for the good of the empire.

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Hence, I summoned you back to the capital.

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Thank you for Your Majesty's deep affection.

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I am now ashamed to face the sages with my actions.

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I just wish to learn things that will benefit the world.

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I surely will do my best.

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Your return to the capital coincided with the halting of any wars between Liao and Song.

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Just at the time that I'm starting to personally govern the empire.

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There are so many things to do. I believe that

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you will do great things.

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I will surely bend to a task and spare no effort.

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- Come.

- Okay.

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That Noble Consort Zhang

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monopolizes the affection of His Majesty.

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A bitch who doesn't have any sense of propriety.

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Empress, it's within your power to manage the Imperial harem.

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Just find a chance to decrease her might.

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Harming Your Highness' health just because of her is not worth it.

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The weather is sunny and good today. Let me accompany you to take a stroll in the garden.

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At the same time, you can calm down and relax.

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"Balmy sunlight with a sultry radiance flatters the

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haze under the canopy of fragrant trees."

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"The shallow pond is overgrown with weeds and a misty fog hangs over its surface,

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like a curtain hanging down, leisurely floating like raw silk on the breeze."

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Why is Favored Subject Fan reciting vulgar verses by Liu Yong?

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Replying to Your Majesty...

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Seeing scenery like this under the spring sun, this song exactly fits the mood.

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I couldn't help but to recite it.

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Your Majesty, I seek your forgiveness.

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The cherry blossoms are flourishing.

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I'll pick some and bring them back to your chambers. It surely will make it more elegant and interesting.

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Your Highness, take a look. It's very fragrant.

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Under the blossoming cherry tree with you being placed beside these flowers, it's such a perfect scene.

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The flowers are beautiful. You are more beautiful.

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You find the flowers or the person beautiful,

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that's because you are in a good mood.

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If Your Majesty is in a bad mood, you'll find both the person and the flowers annoying.

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Beloved Consort.

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I'm happy when I'm with you.

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Having you is like having the spring colors in this garden,

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good to hear and look at. Without you,

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I really can't imagine how I will spend these boring moments.

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Your Majesty, you don't need to worry.

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I will always be by your side.

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My love for Your Majesty

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is like the cherry blossoms on this tree.

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They will blossom every year, never-ending.

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Good timing, good landscape, paired with a beautiful woman.

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This must last for a lifetime.

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Your Majesty, I want to go to the back of the rock garden

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to pick some cherry blossoms.

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Go then.

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Respectfully greeting the Empress.

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Consort Zhang.

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Weren't you in the Imperial Kitchen earlier cooking some wonderful dishes for His Majesty?

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What are you doing in the garden now?

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You really have such vast interests. So capricious.

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Replying to the Empress, I was indeed cooking earlier.

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At this time, I just finished accompanying His Majesty in his meal.

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I saw how magnificent the cherry blossoms have bloomed across the garden and the sunlight was quite warm,

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so I thought of taking a stroll around.

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I see.

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The trees full of cherry blossoms are indeed beautiful.

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But a flower only blooms for a season and in a blink of an eye, will turn into red pulp.

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That's right. You should pick a good flower while it's still in full bloom.

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Don't wait once it has withered and end up picking an empty branch.

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Your Highness, you are already holding a stalk of fully bloomed cherry blossoms.

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You should treasure it,

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or else, when the flower's time has passed and it has lost its fragrance,

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what's left will be just a pile of empty branches and petals.

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Noble Consort Zhang has won His Majesty's favor.

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Of course, you wouldn't know to empathize with a withered flower.

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But... but do you think that now,

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a tree full of blooming flowers can forever be flushed with success?

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You had better remember this.

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His Majesty is the Emperor of all the women of the Imperial harem.

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You currently are greatly favored and so a bit arrogant.

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But one day, all the cherry blossoms have withered and spring will soon be imprisoned.

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When the rain passes, all the remaining flowers fall onto the red-carpeted ground.

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Your Highness, you should use your energy to appreciate the flowers.

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I'm taking my leave now.

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You're a top-grade enchantress that's bewitching His Majesty!

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You actually thought of monopolizing His Majesty for a lifetime?

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In your eyes, do you still recognize me as your Empress?

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Your Highness...Your Highness, please make yourself clear.

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Who's a top-quality enchantress?

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As the head of the Imperial harem, you're hiding here

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and eavesdropping on the private chat between His Majesty and I!

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Don't you find that degrading on the Empress' bearing as the empire's mother?

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Since you actually dared to say such bewitching words to His Majesty,

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aren't you afraid that others would hear it?

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Since the Empress loves eavesdropping, I have nothing else to say.

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How dare you!

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Who are you say I am eavesdropping?

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I'm going to teach you a lesson today.

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Release me.

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Unruly!

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Go away.

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- Let go of me!

- You dare treat me like that?

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Go away.

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It was you who said harsh words first.

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Go away.

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Stop.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty.

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- His Majesty is bleeding!

- Your Majesty.

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Call for the physician now!

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How dare you!

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You dare to fool me?

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You're getting unruly.

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- Your Majesty!

- Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty!

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Tell me what happened. Who will speak first?

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Your Majesty,

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I was accompanying Your Majesty earlier to admire the flowers in the Imperial garden.

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Your Majesty said a few heartfelt words to me.

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I heard a branch breaking nearby, so I went to investigate.

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I then saw Her Highness the Empress also admiring the flowers.

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But when Her Highness the Empress saw me,

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she started speaking harsh words.

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You're saying that Empress scolded you for no reason at all?

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Replying to Your Majesty, Her Highness the Empress...

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the Empress said that I am

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a top-grade enchantress that bewitched Your Majesty.

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That I wanted to monopolize Your Majesty's love forever.

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It might be because Her Highness the Empress heard the sweet words that Your Majesty spoke to me.

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She then pulled me and tried to slap me.

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For the things that happened afterwards, Your Majesty already has seen it.

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Empress, you secretly followed me

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and eavesdropped on my words with my beloved consort, is that it?

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Your Majesty, please calm down. I didn't...

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didn't follow Your Majesty.

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I also didn't deliberately eavesdrop.

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I only accidentally heard

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what Your Majesty and the Noble Consort were talking about.

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I just wanted to greet Noble Consort Zhang.

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But Noble Consort Zhang was too obnoxious and didn't follow proper palace rules.

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She offended me.

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I got agitated by her words.

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That's why... I resorted to using force.

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Jiang Luhai.

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Here.

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Were you able to see it clearly?

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Replying to Your Majesty,

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I indeed saw Her Highness the Empress and Her Highness the Noble Consort Zhang talking.

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But I didn't hear it clearly.

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But...

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Say it!

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I indeed saw Her Highness the Empress

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resorting to force first to teach Her Highness the Noble Consort a lesson.

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Empress, as the head of the Imperial harem,

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you are selfish, willful, and don't understand the highest principle of propriety.

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You actually have done an act that is so shameful and improper.

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Openly punishing Noble Consort Zhang.

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You've disappointed...

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me so much.

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I feel that you're not really suitable to manage the Imperial harem.

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Starting today, the Empress is not allowed

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to interfere with Imperial harem affairs.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, I accidentally injured you and indeed deserve to die for it!

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But may Your Majesty consider our more than ten years of marriage and show me some mercy.

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Spare me this time, Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty!

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Greetings to the Prime Minister and Imperial Tutor.

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Rise.

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Informing the Prime Minister and Grand Tutor,

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I've learned that His Majesty has just now taken away the power of the Empress to manage the Imperial harem.

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You may leave to get your reward.

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Yes.

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Is this Xiao Guizi reliable?

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Completely loyal and reliable.

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That's good then.

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If His Majesty took away the power of the Empress to manage the Imperial harem,

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it's not long for him to take away her position, too.

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But Empress Guo's older brother Guo Fushan is still a present official of the government.

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I fear that it won't be that easy.

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Guo Fushan and Prime Minister have always been at odds.

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He used the fact he gained achievements in guarding the borders

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and repeatedly disrespected you.

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How many times has he offended you during Imperial court sessions?

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He even repeatedly complained about you in front of His Majesty

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so that you almost got dismissed from your post.

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After His Majesty took full control over the governance of the empire, he has slowly diminished

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the able ministers and officers when the Empress Dowager was still in power.

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He promoted new officials that are obedient to him.

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But towards Prince Qi,

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he especially relies on him a lot.

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We only need to stay one with Prince Qi.

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With that, His Majesty won't think of doing anything to me for the meantime.

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Prime Minister, you have been the head of the political court under one Emperor

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and established a very deep foundation.

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How could His Majesty easily touch...

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It's just that Guo Fushan's little sister is the high and noble Empress.

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If he will say a few words in front of His Majesty,

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His Majesty might take it to heart.

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Now,

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since His Majesty has started punishing the Empress,

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why don't we help push the boat along the current and help His Majesty out

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to achieve his goal?

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What Prime Minister means is...

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Why don't we use this chance to instigate a clamor to depose the Empress?

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From where are we going to enter?

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For us to have our present position in the court,

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it's all thanks to Prince Qi's kindness.

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And now, Fan Zhongyan is highly favored by His Majesty.

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He, Ye Zhao, and Guo Fushan are of the same cast of mind.

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It looks as if the political officials and military officers will become integrated.

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Half of the empire will soon be occupied by them.

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The current Empress has been conferred such a title for so many years and has never given birth to a child.

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Just for that reason, she should be deposed.

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Okay.

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Let's start with that reason.

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Imperial Tutor, present the idea tomorrow to His Majesty during the court session.

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The Right Sijian, Fan Zhongyan has the same cast of mind as Guo Fushan (T/N: there may be a "Left Sijian" also)

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so he surely will try to hinder it.

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By then, I'll instigate a few more old ministers

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to help intensify the strength of billows and waves

(T/N: strengthen the argument)

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and provide you more help.

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But Fan Zhongyan is a very stubborn man.

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He will eventually become our hindrance if he stays in the Imperial court.

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If we can successfully topple Empress Guo,

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we can use this chance to decrease the power of Guo Fushan

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and Fan Zhongyan in the Imperial court.

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My favored subjects,

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if you have memorials to present, present them now. If not, the court is adjourned.

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I have something to report.

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I will allow it.

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Since the present Empress was conferred the title,

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she has never born a prince.

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To continue the Imperial blood line,

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we should set a new Empress.

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What Grant Tutor Liu said is very right.

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Empress Guo has been riding roughshod over the people in the Imperial harem.

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She isn't allowing other Imperial consorts to get near His Majesty.

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A few days ago, she failed in punishing Noble Consort Zhang

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and instead hurt His Majesty. This is evidence.

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Being unbearable like that, it's just reasonable to depose the Empress.

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Hope Your Majesty can investigate this clearly.

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Informing Your Majesty,

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Her Highness the Empress and Her Highness the Noble Consort Zhang had an altercation in the Imperial garden.

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Out of a moment of impulsiveness, she accidentally injured Your Majesty.

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I think this matter is just a random event and was just a coincidence.

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I earnestly ask His Majesty not to easily believe slanderous talks.

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Guo Fushan, you tell me then.

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How should we handle this matter?

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I earnestly ask Your Majesty to be lenient with my little sister.

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I surely will shed tears of gratitude

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and shall willingly die for you in war.

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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 ♫