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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 18

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Carved wooden dolls?

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This is the gift that Liu Song is giving me?

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These three dolls were personally carved by Her Highness the Princess of Song.

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They are very precious gifts.

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Then it means that Liu Song has agreed with my peace treaty?

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My Master said that if anyone can solve the profound meaning behind these dolls,

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Great Song will agree with any conditions of Great Wei.

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But...if you are unable to solve it...

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What will happen if we don't solve it?

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May Your Majesty give us Qingzhou, Liangzhou, and Hezhou.

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You are being extremely presumptous!

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Your Majesty, immediately kick this arrogant man out.

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They were the losers and they even are daydreaming to covet the important lands of our Wei? He should be executed.

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These are lands that were originally taken away from our Great Song.

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How have they now become your important territories?

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I have long heard that Wei is full of talented men.

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Could it be that you're afraid of a small trick like this?

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Is everyone causing such a disturbance because you're afraid to accept this challenge?

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Could it be that the Regent already has a way to solve it?

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What are you doing?

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So that's what it is about.

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What do you mean?

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Your Majesty, these three dolls have one hole in each ear.

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It allows for a hair to pass through.

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What can it mean then?

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In the first doll, the hair entered the ear but came out of the mouth.

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In the second doll, the hair entered the left ear and came out of the right ear.

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In the the third doll, the hair entered the ear, but ended up in the abdomen.

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Envoy of Song, did I get it right?

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These three dolls describe three kinds of people.

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The first one is a tattletale, naturally born with a long tongue.

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The second one is one who hears and just forgets about it, very muddled.

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In the third kind of person, words enter and don't come out.

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His abdomen bears his chest. (T/N heart in chest, suggesting "words taken to heart", sincerity)

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That's why, the third doll is the most precious.

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- Is he correct? How can we tell?

- No, no.

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The Regent seems to want to say something more.

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The first doll will say what he wants to say. Straightforward and honest.

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The second doll doesn't let anything wind around its heart, and therefore has no worries.

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And the third doll will refuse to talk and remain calm, worthy of trust.

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If you ask me which one is more honorable, I indeed am unable to choose.

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If you insist on letting me choose,

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I instead feel that this doll who can't contain a secret

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is the most naive and adorable.

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My Princess also said the same words.

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I can't believe that there can be such a coincidence in this world.

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Enough! Wei is full of talented people.

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Don't bring out such lowly tricks to embarrass yourself anymore.

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Now, you should talk about your purpose.

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I am representing the Emperor of Great Song

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to request that Great Wei fulfill the marriage alliance agreement.

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From now on, Great Song and Great Wei

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will forever be friends, and will never face each other in battle.

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Your Majesty, since it was His Highness Prince Kang who solved the puzzle,

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it should be Prince Kang who will marry the Song Princess.

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Your Majesty, Her Highness the Princess has said beforehand

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that the person who is able to solve the hidden meaning of these three dolls

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is the person that has a heart that's connected to hers.

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That is the person she's fated to be with.

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Here.

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Yu'er, prepare some food and wine.

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I have good news that I want to celebrate with Royal Mother.

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Yes, Your Highness.

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Yun'er, stop deliberately acting as if nothing happened.

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I've already heard about what happened today.

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What does Royal Mother mean?

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That Rong Zhi is bullying us intolerably!

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He already got the regent position. Now he even stole your Liu Song Princess?

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How can I not be angry?

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Liu Song Princess?

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Although Liu Song got defeated, they still have accumulated influence.

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If you are able to get their support,

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that is equivalent to having a strong backer.

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Now that the Liu Song Princess is becoming the Princess Consort of the Prince Regent,

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won't it be harder to topple Rong Zhi now? How can we not pile disaster onto disaster for ourselves?

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Your Highness, your food and wine are ready.

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Royal Mother, it is exactly because of that reason that I'm celebrating.

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Come.

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Marrying the Liu Song Princess is equivalent to offending Ma Zhongliang.

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Liu Song is a tall mountain on a distant river (very far away). Even if it has a long whip, it won't reach us.

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Rong Zhi's hard work now got flushed out with the eastern sea current. (T/N wasted effort)

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He's currently in a very difficult situation, in unspeakable suffering.

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I should grab hold of this chance, and deal him a lethal blow.

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Then...what do you plan to do?

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I will prepare a huge gift, and personally go to the House of Ma to ask for marriage.

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You plan to marry Ma Xueyun?

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Right. I'm not only marrying Ma Xueyun,

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I will even have my wedding on the same day as Rong Zhi's.

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That day, he surely will go insanely mad.

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With such a good thing happening,

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Royal Mother, tell me, shouldn't we celebrate it?

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We should.

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I'm now hoping my Yun'er will be able to bring home the beauty then.

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Okay.

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Lady!

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Lady...

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Lady! Calm your anger!

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Lady, this is the bridal clothing that you meticulously prepared.

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He won't be marrying me anymore! For whom am I still keeping and wearing that for?

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Who told you that I'm not marrying you?

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Other than Xueyun, I don't want anyone else.

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Xueyun, do you remember that you said

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that even if I'm a beggar, you're still willing to follow me?

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Do those words still count now?

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Every word I said...were sincere.

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Okay then. I'll give up my regent position too. Let's just wander the world

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as a married couple who are deity-like in blissfulness.

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Where are you two going!

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Vile creature!

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Chancellor Ma!

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The Imperial decree of His Majesty has been given. What are you planning to do?

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It's exactly because the Imperial decree has been given, that's why I must take Xueyun away from here!

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What you two are doing is resisting the decree, and resisting the decree is punishable by execution.

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Don't you want your lives anymore?

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Since I promised Xueyun that I'm marrying her, I'm not afraid to risk my life to resist the decree.

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His Majesty wanted me to marry the Liu Song Princess, but that will only happen if I'm dead.

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Just let my coffin marry her.

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Muddled!

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I'm used to being constrained.

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Being muddled sometimes in exchange for a wife as beautiful as a flower, it's worth it.

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Xueyun, let's go.

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Your Highness!

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- Father!

- Get lost!

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Chancellor Ma, what are you doing?

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Your Highness, you are the Prince Regent of Great Wei.

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You must not disregard state affairs

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just for romantic follies.

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May Your Highness the Prince Regent prioritize for the greater good.

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Putting the affairs of the state first means that I must disappoint Xueyun.

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If I marry the Liu Song Princess, what about Xueyun?

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Xueyun.

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Xueyun, do you regret it?

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I don't regret it.

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Your Highness, you heard it.

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Ma Xueyun is willing to even lose her life just for you.

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I think that she also won't mind not having the Princess Consort title either.

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No. I can't let Xueyun suffer.

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Yes. That indeed will be unfair to my daughter.

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But what can we do? She chose this path.

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She can't have everything. She must pay some price.

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It's just that I have one question I want to ask you.

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We both clearly know the current situation of Great Wei's state affairs.

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His Majesty is too engrossed in Buddhist teachings and refuses to manage state affairs. If one day,

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Your Highness can be given a chance to progress further...

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I'm willing to promise you that I won't betray Xueyun.

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With such, I'm at ease.

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Please quickly rise.

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May Your Highness the Prince Regent go back to your manor now and prepare for the wedding.

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Xueyun.

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May Your Highness return to your manor.

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Chancellor Ma's Manor

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Greetings to Your Highness.

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Ha? Is Chancellor Ma not around?

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The Chancellor is feeling unwell, and is unable to see any guests.

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Even me?

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May Your Highness just go back.

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Yun'er, you're back. How did things go?

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That old man refused to let me in.

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Yun'er, don't be mad.

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He is just showing off his might.

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Since that's the case...

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why not repeatedly visit him?

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Don't be afraid of being unable to move him.

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Your Highness, there is news from the palace of Empress Dowager Feng

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that a birth-date and age matching card was prepared and sent to the Ma Manor.

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What did you say?

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They said that the lady of Ma Manor is willing to marry the Prince Regent at the same time.

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- Go now.

- Yes.

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All the women in this world...

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are infatuated with Rong Zhi.

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They'd rather become his lowly concubine

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than marry me and be my Princess Consort.

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Good. Really great!

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Rong Zhi...don't blame me then.

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You brought all these to yourself.

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Royal Mother, water can transport a boat, but it also can capsize a boat.

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What if the Liu Song Princess unfortunately got assassinated on her journey here?

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I'm afraid at last, in that momen, Wei and Song would cancel the peace negotiations,

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and Rong Zhi would be forced to attack Liu Song again.

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If you want to have the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and concubine), (T/N harmonious multiple marriage)

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it will depend if you have the fate for that.

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Who is getting married? Hey, isn't that the carriage of the Liu Song Princess?

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Let's go... Let's go look.

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It's really her!

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Our Great Wei's Prince Regent is marrying the Princess of Liu Song as his Princess Consort.

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Wei and Song will then be allies forever, and no more wars will happen.

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- Our Regent has graceful bearing and is outstanding. What beautiful woman can't he be worthy to have...

- Right...

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that he actually had to marry an ugly woman from Liu Song to be his wife?

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- Why do you say this?

- That's right.

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I heard that this Princess has bronze-bell like eyes (wide and staring)

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and has mouth like the bloody, gaping mouth of beasts to be sacrificed (very large mouth),

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- and a waist that's like a wooden trunk! So scary!

- Indeed.

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Sacrificing himself just for Great Wei, the Prince Regent really doesn't have it easy.

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What a pitiful Prince Regent!

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Prince Regent's Manor

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- Congratulations, Your Highness.

- Thank you everyone for coming.

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Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations!

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Congratulations...that's right...

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Your Highness, the auspicious hour has come.

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I got it.

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- Why do we not yet see the bride?

- But the marriage carriage of Princess still hasn't arrived.

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What if we miss the auspicious hour?

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Shen Yu will arrive in time.

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Congratulations, Your Highness the Prince Regent.

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Thanks. This way please.

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Who are you?

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Protect the Princess Consort!

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Princess Consort!

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Where is the Princess Consort?

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The Princess already knew that the journey to Wei wouldn't be safe.

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If she were really inside, she would have become a bamboo sieve now.

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She's in the inn up front waiting for us. Hurry.

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It's been too long to not have such an occasion.

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Congratulations...

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The auspicious hour seems to be arriving soon. How come the bride is still not here?

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Could something have happened?

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General Shen is personally escorting her. How can something bad happen?

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Everyone, don't worry. Shen Yu will surely escort the Princess here in time.

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Come.

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They are here! They are here!

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Your Highness, she's here!

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The Prince Regent's Manor

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Heaven and Earth

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What happened?

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How come she's barefoot?

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You're really something.

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What is she doing?

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Kneel!

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First bow, to the Heaven and Earth!

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Second bow, to the high altar!

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Newly married couple, bow to each other!

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The ceremony is done!

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General Shen, did everything go well?

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Someone tried to assassinate her.

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Who?

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A criminal who wanted to foil the marriage alliance between Wei and Song.

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Moon Phoenix Room

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Is this for hitting people?

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Princess Consort.

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Princess Consort, you must not.

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- What?

- This...

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Isn't the ceremony already done?

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This...the rites official surely has told you

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that this head covering must be personally removed by His Highness.

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Then, where did he go?

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Princess Consort, please forgive me.

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I'm asking you where he went. Why are you kneeling?

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Say it. Where is your Prince?

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His Highness...

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His Highness...he...

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Xueyun...I didn't expect you to be this stubborn,

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you just had to be married to me on the same and time as the Liu Song Princess.

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Your Highness, are you unhappy about it?

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It's just that it's too unfair to you.

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With Your Highness by my side, I don't feel that it's unfair at all.

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It's just that today is your wedding day.

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Leaving the Princess Consort, and coming to me...

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I already feel very guilty for not making you the Princess Consort.

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Tonight, I must not make you suffer.

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What's happening?

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Look.

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Don't make too much movement.

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Princess...Prin--

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Are you alright?

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Your Highness! Your...

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Her Highness the Princess Consort is missing.

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- I'm here.

- Prin...

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Princess Consort?

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Liu Song has always given importance to proper etiquette. How can there be such an absurd princess?

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Totally unheard of.

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My vast Song has everything.

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If you haven't heard of it, then it can only mean that you were ignorant and uninformed. How can you blame me?

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What were you doing up there? Don't you know that indecent acts shouldn't be looked at?

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If I didn't look, how would I know that you two were doing something indecent?

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Since we can't predict things, then the ignorant person should be forgiven for his crimes.

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Give me back my fragrance sachet!

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Apologize first.

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Leaving the Princess of Liu Song alone on her wedding night is a big insult to me.

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Who should be apologizing?

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Lanruo! Take her back to her room!

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Princess Consort, let's go back.

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I'll walk by myself.

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Toppled with just one blow, you weak chicken!

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness, you shouldn't have been harsh with the Princess Consort.

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No matter what, she's still a Princess of Liu Song.

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Leaving her home country and traveling far to here, she's also quite pitiful.

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Having such a sharp tongue and won't yield at all,

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my actions were not enough to harm her.

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The Liu Song princess is willful and unbridled.

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I asked you to send some people to teach her. How is the effect?

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Your Highness, don't worry. Lanruo is currently meticulously teaching her.

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I'm sure that there are some effects already.

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Qingyue, higher!

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Higher!

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Higher! Higher!

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Princess Consort, it's too dangerous. Let's quickly come down from there.

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Higher!

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Come down!

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Your Highness!

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- Princess Consort!

- Get lost!

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- Your Highness!

- Your Highness!

- Princess Consort!

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Princess...

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Your Highness, please forgive me. It was my negligence. I caused Her Highness the Princess Consort to get hurt.

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Lanruo, I told you to teach her well, yet you instead let her play?

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- Petty.

- What did you say?

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What? I just collapsed on you earlier. You're the one who earned from it, so why must you be angry?

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- You clearly were--

- Hey!

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Don't you dare say it. You want to say that I'm seducing you, right?

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Vulgar. So vulgar. Look at yourself in the mirror first before saying such words.

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- Take her away.

- Yes.

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I'm still coming this afternoon to play.

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Let's go, Princess Consort.

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Find some more people to teach her the proper etiquette!

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Yes.

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Greetings to the Princess Consort.

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Hurry and let my mistress go.

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- Xueyun!

- Mistress!

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- Xueyun!

- Mistress!

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Stop right there!

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What were you doing?

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Princess Consort, my mistress has a deliclate body.

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Even if you're mad, you shouldn't vent it on her.

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She has such weak health. How can she endure it?

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- Wrong.

- What did I say wrong?

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Your words were wrong for three reasons.

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First, I didn't bump into her. You were the one who shouted at me to let her go.

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Second, the water is so shallow. No one could possibly drown in it?

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The water isn't deep, but it's cold.

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My mistress' body is very delicate. If she catches a cold, she might lose her life.

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How could she deliberately jump by herself?

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Of course, it is to falsely accuse me.

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You...You're spouting slander!

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Bixi, don't make up things.

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Your Highness, did you see that?

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Princess Consort harmed my Mistress and even said slanderous words about her.

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What are you trying to do?

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As for the third...

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- Xueyun!

- Stop her...

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What are you doing!

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If I'm going to punish anyone, I'll just directly push her.

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Xueyun!

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Mistress...

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- Your Highness.

- Why are you in such a hurry?

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Empress Dowager Feng sent a message asking the Princess Consort to attend the palace banquet.

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Palace banquet?

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Your Highness, don't worry. Empress Dowager Feng sent some gugu (senior palace maid) to teach her.

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They will be in charge of teaching the Princess Consort proper etiquette

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to ensure that she won't embarrass you.

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Let's go and see.

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The Han people pay the most careful attention to etiquette,

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while you don't know anything about the Wei etiquette.

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The Princess Consort is a high and respectable position. You are the model of the women of Wei.

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You must be extra careful in your

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every move and every word.

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Princess Consort! Use both hands to raise your tea cup.

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While drinking tea, you must not turn your head to other places.

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Oh, my! When drinking tea, your hands shouldn't be higher than your nose.

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Hurry and put it down! Do it again!

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The Imperial family has its own kind of manners.

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When walking, never turn your head back. When talking, never lift your lips.

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When sitting, never move your knees. When standing, never move your skirt.

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You must not laugh loudly when happy. You must not shout when mad.

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You must remember all of these well. Don't commit these mistakes again.

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I heard that you always argue with Prince Regent. Is that true?

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I didn't. It was Rong Zhi who was unreasonable.

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Princess Consort, when a woman gets married, she should treat her husband as her master.

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The word "husband" is now your sky.

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Moreover, your husband is Wei's regent.

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His position is honorable. How could you just directly call his name?

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Since this is a marriage alliance,

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if he's the sky, I'm also the sky.

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Go call him to bow down to me, his sky. I'll then forgive him.

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You...You...You...! You...are being too much!

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Princess Consort!

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- What are you doing? Qingyue!

- Is there any end with you?

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Hit her!

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Stop!

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Your Highness, help me!

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Qingyue, don't.

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Your Highness! Your Highness, save me!

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The marriage alliance of Wei and Song is to promote peace. Your actions

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will make others think that you have no breeding, and they will then look down on Liu Song.

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Are you talking reason with me?

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Yes.

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Okay then. Let me reason this out with you too.

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When Emperor Gaozong died, Empress Dowager Feng was at the prime of her youth.

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She forcefully assisted the young Emperor to ascend the throne, pacified the rebellion of Yi Hun,

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and held up a great mansion on the verge of collapse. (T/N idiom - hopeless situation)

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She was so awe-inspiring and proud then.

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But after so many years, her edge was lost and she didn't make any achievements.

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She instead forced women to learn Confucian teachings. Totally high-sounding but impractical.

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Could it be that when one becomes an Empress Dowager, you'll lose your past sharpness?

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- Or, maybe--

- Enough!

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You don't want to talk about Wei?

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Fine. Then...let's talk about Han women. During the time of Sun En's uprising,

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the senior officer of Huiji, Wang Ning, was unable to defend it and hurriedly escaped.

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When his wife, Xie Daoyun, heard that the enemy had come, she just calmly

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took a knife and went out, killing so many enemies.

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Women. Women. She's a person first, before separating between man and woman.

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What rules? In front of the enemies, all are just bullshit!

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No ivory comes from the tooth of a dog. (T/N fair words do not come from the mouth of a soundrel)

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Of course, it can't. Try spitting one yourself then. (T/N no fair words from him either?)

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You don't want to learn the proper etiquette and keep giving justification for it.

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Could it be you're afraid?

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What am I afraid of?

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Of course, it's afraid of being inferior when compared to the virtuous ladies of our Wei.

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That's why, you totally won't dare to accept the challenge at all.

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You are really cunning. That's a provoking trick.

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Fear is fear. Stop looking for so many excuses to cover it up.

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Your numerous arrogant words and actions are just to hide the fear in your heart.

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After three days, if you still are unable to learn them, you can only embarrass yourself during the banquet.

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Don't worry. I surely will not lose.

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- I'm looking forward to it.

- Take care on your way and I won't walk you out anymore.

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Zhao Gugu, I'll have to trouble you then.

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No, Your Highness, I really can't dare to teach her anymore. I dare not.

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Zhao Gugu, you are a person sent by Empress Dowager Feng.

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You know the weight of this matter, right?

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Princess Consort, I won't do it anymore!

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Hold this.

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Tell her to continue teaching me. If she doesn't teach me well,

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hit her.

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Servant! Pour me some tea!

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Concubine Ma's Room

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Your Highness, Concubine Ma suffered shock

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due to falling into the water recently, that's why she became bedridden.

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Your Highness need not worry too much.

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She just need to take some medicines and rest well.

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I know already. Go now.

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Xueyun, I have been worried about you these past days. Let me see.

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Your Highness, you must not.

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Xueyun, I have been worried about you.

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Your Highness, go back first.

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Are you still mad?

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Liu Chuyu is really bullying people intolerably. She totally doesn't have any bearing of a princess.

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I just don't want Your Highness to see my frail look.

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Xueyun, in my heart, you are the most beautiful.

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Your Highness, aren't you mad at me anymore?

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That matter isn't your fault to begin with. You were the victim.

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I won't let other people bully you anymore.

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With these words from Your Highness, I'm already satisfied.

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Mistress, it's time for your medicine.

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Let me do it.

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Your Highness, it's not proper.

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Just obediently take your medicines. Only then will I be at ease.

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Your Highness, Zhao Zhang has been waiting for an hour outside the courtyard.

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Let him leave. Today, I don't care if it's any huge matter, I'm going to accompany Xueyun.

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Your Highness, I'm really fine now.

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Go back to your work.

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How could I lock you up in this place? If this gets out,

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others will say that I'm a beauty that brings disaster.

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For Xueyun, it's fine with me to be called incompetent.

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Your Highness might be willing, but I'm not.

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Your Highness, just go back to your work.

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Or else, Zhao Zhang will really blame me already.

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Okay. I'll just visit you again once I'm done with my work.

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Bixi, walk His Highness out.

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Yes.

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No need. Take good care of your mistress.

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♫ If life is like first meetings ♫

480

♫ It would be better to yearn more than meet ♫

481

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

482

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

483

♫ If we will see each other often in life ♫

484

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

485

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

486

♫ But the faces are different ♫

487

♫ I'd really like to see you again ♫

488

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

489

♫ Drawing a circle in the air ♫

490

♫ Praying that love will never change ♫

491

♫ I so want to rub my face against yours ♫

492

♫ Being greedy about your every moment ♫

493

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

494

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

495

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

496

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