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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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Untouchable Lovers

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Episode 8

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Greetings to the Pavilion Master.

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How come you two keep delaying the completion of the mission I gave you?

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Pavilion Master, because we failed last time,

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the muddled Emperor has become suspicious.

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Now, no matter where he goes, there are guards surrounding him. It's really hard to make a move.

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Is it because you didn't have the chance or you are incompetent?

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Pavilion Master, please forgive me.

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You tell Zhu Que that I'm giving her ten more days.

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If she still can't complete it,

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don't bother doing it anymore.

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Yes.

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You have come, High Lord.

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The first time I saw you, there were already two men dueling to have you.

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After three years, your charm has become greater.

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If not because the High Lord saved me,

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I would have just become a toy of the nobility. What's there to be proud about?

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Immediately leave Jiankang City. Go back and inform him

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that the shortest will be several months, longest around half a year. Let him endure it for a little more while.

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Yes. But Princess Shanyin has been making successive moves.

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I fear that she will foil our great plan. Should we--

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Don't touch her.

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I naturally have a plan for the Princess. You must not interfere.

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Yes.

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Sister...

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what's wrong?

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Unhappy?

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Fashi, what is the meaning of the nursery rhyme today?

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Why must you get so angry?

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There are two "Sons of Heaven" inside the Imperial palace. (T/N Emperors).

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Dai Faxing is the real Son of Heaven,

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while I am just an imitation Son of Heaven, who bears the name but doesn't have the power.

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That hateful Dai Faxing.

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He just had to take control of the state affairs.

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He goes against whatever I do.

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Just like last time I wanted to give you a gift, but he thought that it was too extravagant.

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He cut the number of gifts into half!

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Asshole! Totally an asshole!

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What about the second part?

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A Son of Heaven came to Xiang Province.

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Of course, it refers to Prince Xiangdong.

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Liu Yu?

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Fashi, Dai Faxing is an old government official.

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Liu Yu is our biological uncle.

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Maybe it's a nursery rhyme that someone deliberately spread. Don't easily fall into their trap!

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They still deserved to be punished!

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Sister, you don't know that I've been enduring the two of them for a long time!

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Very soon, very soon I will let the whole world know

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who the real Son of Heaven is!

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Fashi.

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Fashi, don't make rash moves.

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Sis....Sister.

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While you still haven't investigated it clearly, don't make rash moves.

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Didn't you promise me?

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Sister, you don't understand.

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You don't know how scared I am.

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When I was still a Crown Prince,

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that drunkard's nose liked that bastard Liu Ziluan more!

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I was afraid every day.

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I was afraid of getting killed by him, getting removed from my position.

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But now, I'm already the Son of Heaven. Why must I fear them?

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Calm down a little!

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Dai Faxing... Liu Yu...

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Liu Xiuren... Liu Xiuyou...

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They all deserve to die. They all deserve to die!

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Zong Yue, what are you doing?

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Your Majesty, this man is sneaking around the area.

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it seems as if he was secretly listening. We therefore arrested him.

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May I ask Your Majesty how we are to deal with him?

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What nonsense are you saying? He's my menke.

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Your Highness the Princess, then it means that

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your relationship with this spy is quite deep.

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What do you mean?

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Of course, I believe Sister. Zong Yue, stop with your nonsense.

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For this man...

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Kill.

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Stop!

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Sister, this man might be a spy.

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If you like him, I'll give you eight to ten more!

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Fashi, didn't you see?

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He only came to change the fragrance censer.

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Don't kill him.

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Your Majesty, don't believe this person.

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He must be a spy.

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Fashi, I'm begging you already.

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Don't keep killing people.

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Sister.

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Can you stop saying those words?

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But you promised me.

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How come you've forgotten it that easily?

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Fashi, the nursery rhyme today must be a trap.

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Don't easily fall into it, and randomly kill people just because of it.

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Okay.

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I'll think about it.

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I'll immediately ask Menke Rong to come.

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Fendai! Fendai!

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Now you see it. The young man that you keep protecting

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is just a butcher who doesn't blink when he kills.

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The Pavilion Master is ordering you to take Liu Ziye's head

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within ten days.

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Zhu Que, I'm begging you.

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Stop adhering to your foolish ways.

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Your Highness.

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Fashi killed people again today.

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I was just by his side.

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Your Highness, this is not your fault.

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But Mo Xiang almost got killed too.

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He will also not blame you.

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You don't know.

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It's not only like that.

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Aren't you going to tell me?

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Your Highness.

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I can't forgive myself.

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Because...

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when I saw Mo Xiang in that dangerous situation...

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what I actually was thinking is, "Good thing the one who came in wasn't Rong Zhi.

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Good thing it was Mo Xiang. Good thing..."

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No one deserves to die more than another person.

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That's why, when I had those thoughts earlier,

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I was too dark and mean.

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Mo Xiang almost died because of me.

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Almost...

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I keep being self-righteous like this,

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one after the other.

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Your Highness, stop blaming yourself. This isn't your fault.

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If there is anyone who committed a mistake, then it must be me.

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It was I who worried that His Majesty's mood might become unstable, and ordered him to deliver the fragrance.

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Your Highness has done very well.

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It's not that you don't care about Mo Xiang's life.

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You just...

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just care about me more.

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Your Highness.

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I should go back now.

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness.

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What is it?

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Don't get near Rong Zhi. He's very dangerous.

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Persuading you to come around is probably not random.

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I've been in the Princess' Manor for a long time. Rong Zhi is the only person that I can't fully understand.

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You must be extra careful with him.

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I know already. Thank you for reminding me.

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Why were you stupid?

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With such a situation, you actually charged into it.

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What if you lose your life because of it?

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Am I not alright now?

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So painful. Lightly.

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Only pain can make you remember this lesson.

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If the blade of the sword just deviated a little more,

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you already would have lost your head!

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Fendai, I'll be on duty tonight.

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Just take a good rest. I'll get going now.

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This is a medicine I asked Rong Zhi to prescribe.

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It's good for your wound. Drink it while it's hot.

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Thanks.

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I should be the one thanking you.

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I'm just a menke of lowly class,

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yet you risked your life to protect me.

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That is something that I never expected.

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That time...

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That time, I also wasn't thinking much.

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I just...don't want you to get hurt.

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Have a good rest.

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I'll get going now.

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Fendai?

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Your wound isn't healed yet. Why don't you go back and rest?

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Zhu Que,

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you know what you should do.

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Right? I must remind you that

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you don't have much time left. If Liu Ziye doesn't die,

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you're the one who will.

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I must remind you that

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you don't have much time left. If Liu Ziye doesn't die,

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you're the one who will.

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Stop.

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Your Highness, we've reached the palace.

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Shen Youzhi, Longxiang General

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Your Highness, Shen Youzhi is the nephew of Great General Shen.

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He is in charge of the defense of the palace.

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He and General Zong Yue are the trusted aides of His Majesty.

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Every time His Majesty kills some high government officials,

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he will always get involved. You must be careful.

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- Wait for me here.

- Yes.

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Your Highness, I've warned you before.

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Stop trying to bewitch His Majesty.

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We are biological siblings. It's not your place to intervene between us.

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Uncle, His Majesty currently favors her a lot.

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Why don't we become on friendly terms with her?

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As a subject, you just have to do your duty well.

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Stop thinking of getting on other people's good sides all day and getting despised.

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I admit to my mistake.

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Your Highness, you're too late.

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Do you know why I came here?

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For Dai Faxing.

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I came too late?

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You're saying...

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His Majesty just gave an order

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to kill Dai Faxing and his two sons.

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But he clearly promised me that he'd think about it first.

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Did you tell him something?

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Tian Rujing, you're despicable!

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Your Highness, you're being unreasonable!

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- It was clearly Eunuch Hua Yuan'er who said those slanderous words.

- You shut up!

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As the Imperial Astrologer, you see that Fashi is committing mistakes.

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Why don't you urge him otherwise?

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All these deeds are the will of heaven. I naturally should just follow it.

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Imperial Astrologer, have you heard of this story?

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In the past, there was a baby born into a village.

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The fortune teller predicted that he would massacre the village in the future.

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Hence, they left him in the mountains.

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They wanted him to be eaten by the beasts.

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Unfortunately, he was found by bandits.

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When he grew up, he also became a bandit.

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Because he didn't know about his real identity,

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he indeed led his men and massacred the whole village.

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Looking at it from the outside,

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was it because of the prediction?

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Yes.

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But have you thought

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that if no one believed the prediction then,

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if they all treated that child well,

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would he become a bandit and massacre the town?

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He won't.

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He would become an ordinary villager.

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And the people who forced the prediction to come true

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are those ignorant and foolish villagers.

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Now, the will of heaven is saying that the Emperor will be replaced.

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You just let Liu Ziye do as he wants, and kill people. Force him to be a muddled Emperor!

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Is that the so-called will of heaven?

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What a joke! So shameless!

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Who are you really referring to

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in telling this story?

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Tian Rujing...

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you are the third person who has warned me today.

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But I don't care how many people will try to dissuade me.

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As long as Fashi calls me Sister,

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I then will help him out.

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A mantis trying to stop a chariot. What a joke! Overrating one's ability.

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Why are you running away?

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Why are you running away?

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Run away then!

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You want to run away, is that it?

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Were you the one who just ran away? Run again then.

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Keep running!

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Who told you to run!

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Execute. Execute. Go run.

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Fashi!

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Sister!

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Okay already. Get up. Get up. Go back now. You all go back now.

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Sister, when I returned to the palace last night, I already regretted my actions.

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You're not angry?

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How could I dare be angry at you?

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Sister, I killed people,

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but that was because of a moment of impulse.

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After I remembered my promise to you, I also regretted it.

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Don't be mad anymore, okay? Don't be mad.

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Killing people will not solve the problem.

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If killing one won't do, I'll kill two.

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After killing Dai Faxing,

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the morning court has become a lot quieter.

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If anyone dares to make irresponsible remarks about me again, I'll kill him!

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Sister, I sliced off both ends of Dai Faxing's coffin.

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Is that fun?

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Fashi, if you continue to kill people so haphazardly like this,

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I will never enter the palace again!

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I'll say it one last time.

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From now on, you must not casually kill high officials

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because of a moment of joy or anger.

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This can't be, that can't be.

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Sister...

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how come you've become a nag like those old man?

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Fashi, there are still a lot of state affairs that need people to manage them.

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If you kill them all, who will help you?

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That's right. If all of them are dead,

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I have to manage all the matters by myself.

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That would be very tiring.

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Then, Sister, I'll listen to you.

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That nursery rhyme...

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I've already arrested Prince Xiangdong, Prince Jian'an, and Prince Shanyang. I plan to execute them all together.

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Fashi!

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Okay already. I know that if I kill all three of them,

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it will surely lead to troubles in the whole government. I'll let them go.

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Don't.

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You can spare their lives,

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but you must monitor them closely.

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Don't give them any chance to rebel.

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Okay. I'll listen to everything that you said. Are you happy now?

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, Prince Yiyang is here.

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He's currently waiting to have an audience with you.

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Fashi, I'll just leave first.

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No. Sister, stay.

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See this Prince Yiyang with me.

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Let him in.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty, Prince Yiyang is here.

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My respects to Your Majesty.

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Rise.

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Liu Chang,

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I heard you wanted to rebel.

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No, no. I'm absolutely loyal to Your Majesty!

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I absolutely don't have any defiance against you!

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Why did the late Emperor kill your four sons then?

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That's because he misunderstood that I had the intention to rebel.

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S-Someone definitely instigated this.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you must not listen to these groundless statements.

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Your Majesty, Your Majesty, think about it. If I wanted to rebel,

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would I still remain in Xuzhou?

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Why...Why would I see you unarmed?

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When the late Emperor wrongly accused you, you initially didn't have the intention to rebel.

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After he killed your four sons, you then intended to rebel. Right? Right?

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No, no. Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty!

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I-I really wouldn't dare to rebel. Seriously.

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If I say that you intended to rebel,

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that's what you did! Stop trying to slip away unpunished. I'm warning...

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Let's do this. Stay in the palace now.

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I will send someone to investigate in Xuzhou.

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You will naturally know whether you should die or not.

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- Get lost.

- Men.

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- Present!

- Present!

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Take him away.

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Fashi, what you just promised me,

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you will make good on it?

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Sister, I promised you that I won't kill anyone at random.

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But he's after my throne. I'm not killing him at random.

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It's easy to just kill the four princes,

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but it's easy for others to criticize.

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You'll get called a tyrant.

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- What will you do when they send an army to start a war?

- But...

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In my opinion, keep him in the palace first

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and investigate discreetly.

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Once you have obtained concrete evidence, it's not too late to punish him.

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Sister, you are right. I will listen to you.

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I will send someone to investigate first. Once I have caught his shortcomings,

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it won't be too late to punish him.

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Dear princes, it's time for your meals.

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-- Stupid pig.

- Don't kill me. Don't kill me!

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Why are you calling me this too?

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Eat your meal now.

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Here, princes.

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- What are you doing?

- Prince, please forgive me. I-I deserve to die.

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The Pavilion Master knows about the difficulties you are in.

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Please be patient, and wait for him to save you.

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Really?

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During zishi today, the Emperor invited his nephews to visit the garden. (T/N 3-5 pm)

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The security will be lax here.

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I will visit you again then. Please do not reveal this under any circumstances.

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How dare you! Who says you could talk to them?!

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My food.

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Clean it up now!

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Yes, yes!

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Your food, Prince.

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Help me out.

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- Ninth Brother.

- Ninth Brother?

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My two younger brothers!

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- Ninth Brother!

- Ninth Brother!

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Weren't you in Xuzhou? Why are you here?

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The Emperor...the Emperor wants to kill me!

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My brothers...

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Say, you...

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You actually abandoned your annexed territory and came here to Jiankang to defend yourself?

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One can always trump up charges against anyone.

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This is known as walking into a trap.

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We can't even protect our lives now.

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I didn't expect Liu Ziye to be such a beast!

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He doesn't even spare his biological uncles!

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That's right. I didn't expect this either.

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He kept asking me about the rebellion

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but I didn't do it. How could I admit it then?

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He obviously wants to force me to rebel,

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and kill me later.

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Tell me, what should I do?

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Ninth Brother. Frankly, we...

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We can't do anything at all.

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Tell me. In this kingdom,

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how could there be such an absurd Emperor?

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How could there be such unlucky uncles of the Emperor?

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Greetings to Your Highness.

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You... what are you doing? There shouldn't be any physical contact between men and women!

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Let's leave now.

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Stop there! Stop! Return the Imperial Astrologer!

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Imperial Astrologer! Return him to me!

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Your Highness, where are we going?

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Imperial Astrologer, being set up on high all day is not so good. (T/N aloof and remote)

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You should occasionally go and

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see how the people live.

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Yue Jiefei, let's go the the north of the city first.

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Stop running away! Stop running!

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I must catch you.

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Come and catch me then.

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I'm coming. Please eat this.

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I'm not eating this. You can eat it.

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- Eat it.

- Mom, eat this. It's really delicious.

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- It would be great if we can eat crispy cakes every day.

- I won't eat it.

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Good boy.

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Imperial Astrologer, when did you get started?

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When I was almost the same age as they are.

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We should be on our way.

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Mom, they are going to sell us.

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Let's leave.

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Mom, I'm not leaving.

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Mom, save us.

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I'm not leaving.

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Mom, I'm not leaving.

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Why did you bring me here to see this?

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Let's go.

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What are you afraid of?

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Hurry up.

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Mom, save me.

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My son.

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Mom.

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Save us.

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Mom.

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Hurry up.

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Yue Jiefei, follow them.

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Yes.

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Sorry.

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Come out.

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Come with me.

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Let go. Let go!

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Let go.

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Let go of my hand, you brat!

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I can't take this anymore. I'm getting off the carriage.

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Let me go.

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Hurry up.

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Let's go.

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Continue to follow them.

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Hurry up.

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I'm not going.

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- Let me take a look.

- Get up. Get up.

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Come and take a look. Look at how fair and plump they are.

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I'll take him.

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- Let's go.

- Don't touch me.

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Thank you, slave trafficker.

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Hurry up!

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Let's go. Be obedient.

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- Let's go.

- Let me go.

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Did you see that? This is the life of the poor people.

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In order to survive,

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they need to sell their children

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in exchange for food supplies in order to live.

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According to the law of the Imperial Court,

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the parents voluntarily sold their children as slaves.

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It's up to the slave traffickers to deal with them. No one can stop them.

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But do you think that butcher

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really bought that boy to be a slave?

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What do you mean?

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You may not be aware of this, right?

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Since your youth until now, you didn't have to worry about food and clothing. There was a famine ten years ago.

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At that time, a dan of rice was selling for five thousand coins. (T/N a "stone", 120 catties, 160 US LB, 76 KG)

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Countless numbers of the people starved to death.

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I wonder how many hundred children were sold.

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Those who were good-looking became slaves,

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but those who were dim-witted,

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they were killed for their meat to be eaten. Their bones were used for making pills.

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Don't kill him.

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Slave, you can be my son in the future.

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You lied to me.

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How did I lie to you?

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Did I say that this butcher bought the child for his flesh?

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That's what you thought.

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Liu Chuyu, you...

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What? Are you stupid?

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This butcher doesn't have a son. He merely wanted to buy a boy.

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Get up.

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What are you trying to do?

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You are a liar. I shouldn't have believed you.

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Do you know that Jiankang is the most prosperous place in the entire dynasty?

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But there are people who can't afford food and clothing.

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They need to sell their children in exchange for food supplies.

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Thus, in places that we can't see,

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there will be tragedies every day.

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I want to change this world.

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You won't be able to change it.

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Why not?

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I can't do it alone

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but I can change the Emperor of the (Liu) Song dynasty.

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He has the power to determine the lives of the people.

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He can change the codes of law, suppress the chaos of war and let the people live well.

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Liu Ziye is a muddle-headed tyrant.

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But he promised me, that he will not kill anyone at random again.

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He only needs to gradually change every day.

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Sooner or later, he will become a good Emperor.

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Even if he can't, I can.

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I can restrain him, and tell him how to be a good person!

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When heaven's will has realized and a new Emperor takes over, will it necessarily be a good thing?

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Since the establishment of the (Liu) Song dynasty, it has been forty-four years.

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Six Emperors have been replaced.

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But did heaven tell you

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when we would ever have a good Emperor?

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When would the people stop starving, fighting and live well?

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Since heaven's will didn't tell you that,

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why then can't you believe me?

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You are the Imperial Astrologer. Everyone believes you.

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But what have you done for the citizens?

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Are you worthy of the respect and worship given to you by the people?

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Tian Rujing, I beg you.

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Let go your detached point of view and living high above to look down on others.

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How do you want me to help you?

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Tomorrow, I'll submit a memorial to His Majesty.

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I'll request that officers surround land occupied by the rich nobles, to be returned to the ordinary citizens.

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Are you crazy?

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Do you know the consequences if you do that?

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I know!

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That's why His Majesty must promote the ordinary citizens.

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Use their strength to strike the land-owning class.

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Fashi is a very superstitious person. He surely will ask you to make predictions.

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That's why I want you to tell him then

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that this is the will of heaven.

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Impossible.

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Only if the lands are returned to the hands of the poor people

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can they stop starving and stop selling their children.

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Do you really hope to see

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the meat of children hung up on that market stall?

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You'll have something to eat from now on.

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- Tian Rujing!

- Your Highness, please don't see him off!

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What are you doing?

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May Your Highness let my junior sect brother off.

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Your junior sect brother?

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Tian Rujing and I are actually from the same sect.

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He is my junior brother.

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May Your Highness stop pressuring him for my sake.

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But only he can help me.

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At least give him some time to think about it?

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Look at mine! Look at mine!

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- My goldfish is the best looking one.

- Of course.

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So pretty.

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Look!

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- Is it pretty?

- Mine. Mine.

546

- The fishes are swimming so happily.

- That's right.

547

- That's right.

- So fun!

548

Your Majesty...

549

Is it fun?

550

Have fun then!

551

Have fun! Have fun!

552

Who is she?

553

Your Majesty, she's the younger foster-sister of the late Emperor,

554

the wife of He Mai, who is the son of the Wei (Defending) General He Yu.

555

Just one set of clothing?

556

There are three of us.

557

The Pavilion Master said that three people make such a huge target,

558

it would be impossible to escape. May you three hurry and make a choice.

559

I...

560

There's not much time. Hurry and decide.

561

Ninth Brother, you're the one who is in the most dangerous state. Hurry and leave!

562

Then what about you two?

563

Don't mind about us. It's too late! You still have me here keeping the situation up.

564

You...

565

Your Highness, hurry and leave.

566

Leave now, Ninth Brother!

567

What happened? What's going on? Hurry and go look!

568

Let's go!

569

Oh, no, Prince Yiyang has escaped!

570

- Hurry. Hurry and inform His Majesty about it!

- Chase after him!

571

Prince Yiyang has escaped! Prince Yiyang has escaped!

572

Eleventh Brother,

573

I never thought that you'd still be able to sacrifice yourself to protect another at such a critical moment.

574

Terrific.

575

Search the perimeters. Make sure to capture him.

576

I'll go distract them. Take this seal and continue to exit the palace.

577

There will be someone who will receive you from there.

578

W-What about me?

579

This Princess Xincai was still a lively, beautiful lady this morning.

580

- How come tonight, she's just gone?

- What do you know?

581

If His Majesty said that she died of illness, then it is.

582

Hurry and move. We have to deliver this corpse to the He family before the palace gates are closed.

583

Rong Zhi, I have something that I want to ask your opinion about.

584

Memorial to the Emperor

585

Your Highness, you must not submit this memorial.

586

Why?

587

Those powerful clans have already grown accustomed to land-grabbing.

588

With Your Highness submitting this memorial to stop the process of land occupation,

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it will indeed benefit the ordinary citizens,

590

but it will incite the hatred and grudges of the land-owning class.

591

Just implement it strictly then, so they won't dare to commit evil acts.

592

Your Highness, when your ancestor pushed for reforms before,

593

it was because he had the power of the military.

594

The despotic land-owners had no choice but to behave.

595

But what about the current government?

596

I know that Fashi is unable to bear such a huge responsibility.

597

But the majority of descendants of these land-owning clans

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are wallowing in enjoying pleasures and getting paid, but not really doing anything.

599

The people who are holding important state affairs and military positions are from the commoner ranks.

600

That's why if they are just given enough opportunities to get promoted,

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they surely will be able to give the land-owning class a complete blow!

602

Your Highness is serious?

603

Not only lands,

604

even the mountains, rivers, lakes, and ponds outside of Jiankang

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have fallen in the hands of the land-owning class.

606

Just for catching a fish or cutting down a tree,

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an ordinary citizen still has to pay a tax.

608

If you can return the mountains and lakes to the citizens,

609

I believe that His Majesty's empire will become more stable.

610

What you said is right! How come I didn't think of that?

611

I'll edit it overnight.

612

Your Highness!

613

I beg Your Highness to agree with my one request.

614

What matter? Stand up first before saying it.

615

I beg Your Highness to send men to look for Junior Brother Jing. He's missing.

616

He's missing?

617

The words you said this afternoon greatly affected Junior Brother Jing.

618

I initially planned to visit him.

619

Who knew that I wouldn't be able to find him, despite searching all over?

620

He can't be that weak, right?

621

Your Highness, Junior Brother Jing grew up with Master.

622

He was almost completely cut off from the outside world.

623

Other than divine predictions, he doesn't really know much about the affairs of human life.

624

I beg Your Highness to help me.

625

Stop right there!

626

What is it?

627

There is a troop of soldiers.

628

Who is inside the carriage?

629

This is Princess Shanyin's carriage. Who is blocking us?

630

So it's the carriage of the Princess. I have offended you.

631

But tonight, the whole city is under curfew. Everyone is prohibited from entering and exiting the city tonight.

632

Your Highness, you had better just go back.

633

What's going on?

634

Prince Yiyang, Liu Chang, escaped from the palace.

635

He actually escaped at this time? Such an idiot.

636

I dare not offend Your Highness.

637

But tonight, the whole city is under curfew, for there might be some fighting that may happen.

638

I must leave the city tonight, no matter what. Move aside!

639

Your Highness, but...

640

Your Highness, sorry to have offended you.

641

Immediately go back and inform the Great General!

642

Yes.

643

Yue Jiefei, what just happened?

644

Your Highness, there is a horse carriage that overturned.

645

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646

Xiao Daocheng? With such a heavy rain, why are you out?

647

Your Highness, can I place my zither in your carriage for a while?

648

Of course, you can. Where are you going? I can take you there.

649

Your Highness, it's Liu Chang!

650

Get away from him!

651

Your Highness, it's Prince Yiyang.

652

♫ If life is like first meetings ♫

653

♫ It would be better to yearn more than meet ♫

654

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

655

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

656

♫ If we will see each other often in life ♫

657

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

658

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

659

♫ But the faces are different ♫

660

♫ I'd really like to see you again ♫

661

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

662

♫ Drawing a circle in the air ♫

663

♫ Praying that love will never change ♫

664

♫ I so want to rub my face against yours ♫

665

♫ Being greedy about your every moment ♫

666

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

667

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

668

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

669

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