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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 32

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General, His Highness Prince Kang is here.

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Go and finish handling the matters in the military camp.

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Yes.

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Why are you here, Prince Kang?

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Today, I came to have some drinks with you.

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Please do as you wish.

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I have never tried to force you

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because I disdain to do so.

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But that doesn't mean that I have now means of getting you.

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Prince Kang especially came here to see me just to say these?

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Since long time ago, I have been watching you attentively.

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But you have never looked back to me even for once. Even just some charitable love,

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you also wouldn't give me a bit.

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I would always think of

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trying to feel how it is to embrace you.

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Let go.

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Huo Xuan, I really like you a lot.

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Thank you for Your Highness' love. But I don't...

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I know that you have never liked me.

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You have told me that so many times.

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But I have never felt it as true as I did today!

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I did so many evil things,

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but I have never hurt you.

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Because I believed that one day,

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you will be moved by me. One day, you'll know

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that in this world, I'm that person who loves you the most.

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But what about you? Just for Rong Zhi,

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you didn't hesitate to trample on my heart.

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I, for you,

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doesn't even count as a friend.

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Just for him, you can stab a sharp blade into my chest!

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Tuoba Yun.

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Huo Xuan, one day, you will regret this.

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No, I won't.

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I have never regretted anything that I've done in my life.

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- Really?

- Really.

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Huo Xuan, you are too arrogant and confident.

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You think that the love you want, the everything that you want,

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will belong to you?

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A person isn't that simple.

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You can't always obtain as much as you give out.

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What? You don't believe me? I can make a bet with you.

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No matter if it's fighting a war or making a bet, I have never lost.

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Let me make a bet with you that Rong Zhi will never love you.

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You lost this battle before even starting to fight it.

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I really want to see how our outstanding Feifeng General

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will suffer a crushing defeat. By that time,

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Huo Xuan, I hope that you can still say 'no regrets'.

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[Prince Kang Manor]

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Your Highness.

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I've always thought that I'm a very intelligent person.

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But never thought that

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I would easily get controlled by others.

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No.

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The one that controlled Your Highness isn't rationality,

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but a man's jealousy.

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The other party knew very well what you're thinking

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and what you need.

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That's why, he was able to hit the target and make you bleed with one shot.

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Your Highness is a resolute person.

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But because of that woman, you kept being unable to be ruthless.

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This time, you didn't lose to Prince Regent,

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but to Huo Xuan.

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You know everything?

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Right. I know.

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I know everything.

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I have always treated you as a shadow.

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Do you blame me?

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An illusion is an illusion

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because its empty, remote, and unclear. After overestimating one's capabilities for a long time,

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you would end up exhausting yourself. Your Highness is a smart person.

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How then will you do stupid things?

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A warm and tender accompaniment that lasts forever is more important than anything.

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I believe that one day,

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I will replace her and become that most important person in your heart.

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Your Highness, I treat you well.

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I will also whole-heartedly wait for it.

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Regardless of what I must give,

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as long as you want it,

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I will realize it for you.

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What I want?

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The imperial throne.

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The only thing that can help you prop yourself up again

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is that imperial throne that's set up on high.

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This is just a small failure. Why put it to heart?

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There is still grander success waiting for us.

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No matter where you want to go,

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I will always accompany you.

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Shen Yu, what are you doing?

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May Princess Consort forgive me. His Highness has orders that you can't leave the manor.

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But I want to go out.

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Qingyue.

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Stop!

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Your Highness.

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Chuyu, what are you thinking?

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I want to go out.

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Sure. Let Shen Yu take you out.

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I don't need any monitoring.

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This is not monitoring. It's protection.

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You...

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You have two choices.

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One, behave and just stay here.

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Second, let Shen Yu take you out.

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I'm not going anymore. Is that okay now?

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Your Highness, Princess Consort just gave up that easily?

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Watch her closely today. She surely will play some tricks again.

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But I can't watch her all day.

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If you can't, there's still Qingyue.

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Qingyue? She's very loyal to Princess Consort.

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She guards me like guarding a thief.

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How is it possible to get her to help us?

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That depends on your intelligence then.

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Me? Stop playing with me, Your Highness.

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Making her our spy is harder than going up the sky.

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Pretty man trick.

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Your Highness! Your Highness! This, I...

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Your Highness!

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What Qingyue likes?

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Yes.

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General Shen, Qingyue is still very young. How could you transfer your attention to her?

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Lanruo, you clearly know that I...

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How could I like Qingyue? It's not like what you think.

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I just want to get her to our side and ask her to monitor Princess Consort.

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A real man can tell anyone anything.

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How can you come up with such a scheme?

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This was His Highness' order.

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His Highness is noble and benevolent. The more he wouldn't have come up with such an idea.

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Just tell me if you have a way or not.

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I don't. You're on your won.

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Lanruo!

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Go and guard by the gates.

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Yes.

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Qingyue, these flowers are for you.

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[Red Phoenix Room]

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Qingyue.

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Are you learning Xianbei language? How about I teach you?

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- General, your hat isn't straight.

- Really?

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Go and patrol!

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Hateful girl, I must subdue you.

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[Red Phoenix Room]

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Qingyue!

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Come over here.

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What do you want?!

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- Say it.

- This is s short bow that's the most popular in Wei right now.

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It can shoot far and is very light.

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More importantly, it's very suitable for women to use.

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Here.

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Don't misunderstand. I'm not trying to bribe you.

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I just hope that we all can get along well.

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Of course, if Princess Consort will try to sneak out again, just inform me first.

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You...

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Qingyue, this is an aromatic grilled chicken that I just had someone buy just now.

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I'll give it to you.

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How can a radish compare to grilled chicken? That's totally not delicious.

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Who says so? It's delicious!

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What's wrong with you?

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What's wrong? Did you choke?

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Come... Here...

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Just drink it!

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Enough. I won't force you anymore. Hurry and eat.

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What do you mean?

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I don't really have any evil intentions.

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Weren't you trying to seduce me using the pretty man trick?

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How did you know?

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You think you're beautiful?

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You shouldn't use beautiful to describe a man. It should be handsome.

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You're not handsome too.

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What did you say?

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If you were as soldierly and confident as General Huo,

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your pretty man trick might have worked.

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Are you blind? General Huo is a woman.

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So what if she's a woman? Princess said that beauty has no gender. She's right.

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I think that you're not blind. You're dumb.

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Just wit your looks, you even thought of using the pretty man trick? Aren't you dumb too?

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Okay... I won't argue with you.

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Anyway, in your heart,

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I'm inferior to a grilled chicken.

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That's right. A grilled chicken can be eaten. What can you do?

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I can protect you.

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You can't even defeat me.

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Actually, I don't have any evil intentions.

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I just want you to inform me

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if Princess Consort will go out next time.

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You don't have evil intentions, but your methods were evil.

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What if I fell for you, what would you do?

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You can't bully an insensible girl

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or you'll get struck by lightning.

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You said it right. I apologize.

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Actually, I just want to know the whereabouts of Princess Consort,

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so I can immediately provide help next time that she's in danger.

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If you're unhappy, then forget it.

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I'm going now.

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Where did you go this late hour?

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What is that thing?

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Let me see.

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- Grilled chicken?

- Yes.

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You went to the kitchen?

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There's nothing wrong with going there. What's wrong with me asking?

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Why are you blushing?

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I...am not.

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You're not? Go and look at your face.

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I'm not.

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Fine, none then.

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Qingyue, are you happy here?

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If Princess is happy, then I'm happy.

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If you're not, then I'm unhappy too.

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You are you. Me is me. How can my thoughts replace yours?

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I feel that as long I can have a full meal and wear warm clothes,

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I'm happy already.

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Our adorable Qingyue really have such down-to-earth thoughts.

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Then, haven't you thought of looking for a man you like

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and blissfully live the rest of your life?

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Being full and warm is blissful enough.

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If you don't have a man you like, you won't be happy anymore?

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When I was still living in the mountain forest,

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thousands of drone bees will fight each other before determining who will marry the queen bee.

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But in the end, all of them died.

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And very soon, the queen bee had a new husband.

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They would compete here and there,

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wong...so boring.

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But humans are animals with intelligence.

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After having a full meal and wearing warm clothes, he would naturally want to find a partner,

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so he won't feel lonely. Whether Shen Yu is sincere towards you or not,

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you surely can understand, right?

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One time, I saw

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a male praying mantis dancing continuously

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just to court a female praying mantis. He even rubbed hier antennae.

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I think...what Shen Yu is doing

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is like what the male praying mantis is doing.

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Princess, after beating around the bush, what really do you want to say?

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I want to remind you

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to look for a man that's sincere towards you.

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Shi Yu isn't a suitable choice, right?

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I know.

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Oh, right. The female praying mantis then bit off the head of the male praying mantis.

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Love is so cruel.

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It's human instinct to pursue love.

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But humans are too complicated. They want too much.

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In the end, they don't even know what love is anymore.

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That's why, one must be careful when meeting a man like that.

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His Majesty has already rested in Taihua Palace?

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Yes.

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This emperor...

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He already successively didn't stay for the night in any imperial consort's chambers for half a month.

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This has never happened before.

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Your Lady Highness, do you want me to go to Taihua Palace and ask around?

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It must be His Majesty has gotten sick of the beautiful women in the palace.

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This might be a good thing for us.

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What you mean is...

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Go and send a message to Prince Kang.

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Tell him that that beautiful woman that he has been meticulously preparing

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can be of use now.

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He naturally will understand what to do.

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Yes.

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Lanruo.

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Princess Consort, do you have any instructions?

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I'm already very bored in staying in my room for the whole day.

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How about this? Ask someone to perform to relieve me of my boredom?

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I'll inform the theater troupe to perform then.

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Theater troupe?

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No, I don't want to listen to that.

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How about...circus act?

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I know already. You must love watching shadow plays.

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Sure. Sure. Go then.

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Okay. I'll go now. Don't rush.

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Once the shadow play people come,

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knock him unconscious and we'll change to their clothes and sneak out.

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- Princess.

- It's a deal then.

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- This was from Qingyue?

- Yes. Princess Consort is planning to sneak out again.

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Qingyue is reminding us to not forget to send men to protect her.

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She really can't bear to stay in one place.

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Qingyue must be very worried of Princess Consort's safety. Your Highness—

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I know. Go now.

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Ha? We'll just let her have her way?

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What if something happened?!

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Go now.

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Yes.

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These were all given by His Highness?

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Butler Zhao already said that His Highness never blamed you. His Highness has a predicament.

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Just to make Prince Kang believe that a conflict has arisen between Chancellor Ma and him,

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hence, he ordered men to restrict you. But they have already reached their goal.

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Mistress, you finally can go out now.

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I even thought that he doesn't want to see me anymore in this lifetime.

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How is that possible? His Highness asked people to send so many curios

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exactly to make you happy.

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Look at how beautiful this gem is.

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Let me see.

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Let's go. I want to thank His Highness.

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Mistress, you haven't changed your clothes.

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Oh, my, I even forgot about that. Hurry and help me put on make up and dress up.

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Let's change into a pretty dress and go see him in a beautiful manner.

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Yes.

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The shadow play box is too huge and can't be moved here?

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The shadow play box is too heavy.

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The artists asked Princess Consort if you can walk to a larger room to watch it.

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Oh, that...

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What else are we waiting for then? Let's go.

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Chuyu.

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Royal Uncle?

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Royal Uncle, why are you here?

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Chuyu, I can't appear in person and can only meet you like this.

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But if you charge in here,

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I'm really leaving then.

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Don't go!

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Royal Uncle, I miss you so much.

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I also want so much to go back to Song.

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Can I just look at you for a while. Just one look.

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If you insist on charging into here, I can only leave now.

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I'll stand here and not move then.

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Chuyu, you were always disobedient to me.

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Didn't I already tell you

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to behave and stay here in Wei, become a qualified Princess Consort.

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I am trying to best.

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But all of them don't like me and even suspect that I'm a spy.

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I'm so hurt.

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If not because of the peace between Song and Wei, I would have long gone home.

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Chuyu, what you did is right.

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If you go home like this, I wouldn't forgive you.

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But I miss home.

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Royal Uncle, I miss the Huai River of Jiankang.

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I miss the flying catkins

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and a sky full of drizzles.

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Those were everything that I miss.

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There's nothing here in Pingcheng.

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Here, you have the gurgling moats.

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Within them are swimming golden carps.

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By the shore are newly planted willows.

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Also, more towering city walls and palaces.

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But, this is not Jiankang. And you're not my Royal Uncle!

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I just knew it was you. What moats, what willows, all are lies!

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Those are just fake scenery to imitate Jiankang.

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The wind here is strong. The sand whirls.

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The males are boorish and scary.

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I don't like it. I don't like it at all.

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Chuyu!

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On what way do you still want to make fun of me?

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I didn't plan to make fun of you.

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It's just that you are too homesick. What else can I do?

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I can only amuse you to make you happy. That's why, if you didn't like it,

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I apologize.

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Chuyu, sorry.

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This time, you really didn't mean to make fun of me?

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You just wanted to make me happy?

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I know that you are very homesick.

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And you want to see your family very much.

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And you suffered a lot of grievances.

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But despite that, you never willfully left.

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I am very grateful and very touched.

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That's why, I prepared a shadow play

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to make you happier.

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Do you know that the manner you spoke and the sound of your voice were so similar?

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And Royal Uncle is indeed very fat. How did you know?

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I invited some Liu Song merchants

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and told them to draw him.

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And then, I especially tried to learn his manner of speaking and movement.

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But...I only just spontaneously wanted to watch a shadow play.

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I even prepared a lot of fun things

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that can be put out whenever you get bored.

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Never thought that one of them will be put to use so soon.

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Rong Zhi, you are really different from before.

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You are very tender to me now.

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Am I just dreaming?

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Is this still dreaming?

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You are bullying me again!

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Come over here!

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Stop right there!

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Are you still watching the shadow play?

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- Do you like it?

- Yes, it's good.

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Concubine.

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Mistress! Mistress, what are you doing?!

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These are the flowers that His Highness likes the most.

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What are you doing?

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Mistress...

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What his most favorite flower?

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He is a liar.

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He has been lying to me all along!

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You all are also lying to me. All of you are liars!

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What did you all hear?

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I...didn't hear anything.

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Don't spread any news about this. Or else, be careful of your tongue!

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Mistress, when you went out, you were still very happy.

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How come you suddenly changed to a different person upon coming back?

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Those flowers were meticulously handpicked by you.

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All were His Highness favorites. You usually cared for them so much.

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Why then did you cut them all of today?

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And this wound on your hand...

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If this leaves a scar and Prince Regent asks,

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how then must I explain it?

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I am welling with hatred.

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Really so full of hate.

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He gave the love that he refused to give me all to that woman.

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It's her fault.

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It's all her fault.

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If she didn't appear,

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His Highness will surely eventually love me.

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Your Highness, just instruct such things to the servants.

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Why must you personally do them?

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They don't know how to draw.

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They just have to follow the appearance of Princess Consort in drawing it.

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She surely won't have the patience to sit down and let others draw her.

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You seem to want to say something.

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Your Highness seems to care a lot about Princess Consort.

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Her personality is one that yields to a soft approach, but never to force.

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I have to think of means to amuse her.

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Oh, right. Concubine Ma has been released,

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but she kept being depressed these past days.

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She kept locking herself in her chambers. Your Highness, do you want to visit her?

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Call for an imperial physician to nurse her health.

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But everyone knows that

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you are the one that Concubine Ma is hoping to see.

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I've went a lot of times, but she kept being unable to figure things out.

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Instruct her servants to take good care of her. If she's in a bad mood, she can go out of the manor to have strolls to relax her heart.

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If she can go to the Ma Manor and stay there for a short while, that will be for the best.

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Yes.

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Wait.

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Your Highness, what instructions do you still have?

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Tell the craftsmen to draw this instead.

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Yes.

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Sorry. I didn't see that you're here.

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Greetings, Princess Consort.

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Let's go.

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Princess Consort.

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I want to remind you something.

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Princess Consort, let's go back now.

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No need. Say it.

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The bright moon above the Qin territory (Chang'an) that's now under the Han family, shines its floating and flowing light on Imperial Consort Ming (Wang Zhaojun).

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On the day of her wedding, upon going up the Yumen Pass (Jade Gate Pass), she's going to the ends of the world and is never coming back.

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Rong Zhi married you

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just for our Wei. It's impossible for him to give you happiness.

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While you...

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will only die in depression.

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I won't. No matter where I am,

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I believe in myself. I'm different from you.

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My blissfulness and happiness will never be established on a man.

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Concubine Ma, you have overstepped your boundaries.

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Princess Consort, I used to have unrivaled beauty, intelligence, and eloquence.

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A well-known talented woman here in Pingcheng.

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I also used to be very confident.

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I though that His Highness will love me tenderly.

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But in the end, what?

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Didn't I end up looking this haggard?

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You are you. Princess Consort is Princess Consort. You two are different.

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No! There's no difference!

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He is a man with wild ambitions.

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In his world, there are only 2 kinds of women.

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One is useful.

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The other is useless.

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When you're useful,

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he naturally will spend time on you.

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But once you lose your worth,

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he will also not give you one more look.

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I am that way.

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Princess Consort will also not be an exception.

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You...must have gone crazy.

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- Mistress.

- Princess Consort.

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Let's go.

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This jade Buddha is exquisitely carved.

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Your Majesty, this jade Buddha is 3 to 4 feet.

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It's color is like a fat that was cut into half.

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Look here. If you look through here,

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you can clearly see the Buddha's muscles, bones, and vessels.

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Too bad, this line here seems to be a flaw.

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It destroyed the general lines of the statue and turned a precious treasure into something ordinary.

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My skills are not that good. May Your Majesty punish me.

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Prince Kang, did you carve this by your own?

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Your Majesty, this jade Buddha was meticulously carved by His Highness Prince Kang

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after searching and visiting for famed artists

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and used 3 years to finish it.

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I know that Your Majesty is very faithful to Buddha.

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That's why, I made up my mind to personally carve you a jade statue as a birthday gift.

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Never thought that I still left a regret.

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It shows that carving skills can be mastered in 3 to 5 years.

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You must spend 10 years of hard work to achieve it.

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Were your hand injuries also gotten from carving this jade Buddha?

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You really have worked hard.

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I didn't find it hard. As long as Your Majesty is happy,

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I'm willing to carve Your Majesty a jade statue every year.

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As long as Your Majesty don't find it crude, I feel contented.

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Okay! I'm very moved with Prince Kang's loyalty!

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Tell Lady Mi to perform her dance.

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Yes.

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Greetings, Your Majesty.

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Look at how many tricks this Prince Kang has.

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Look at how amused His Majesty is that he's constantly laughing.

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You think that Prince Kang just prepared one jade Buddhist statue?

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There is still a beauty offering?

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Prince Kang has been secretly searching beautiful ladies lately but he never saved them for himself.

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It shows that they are all being trained for His Majesty.

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For this Lady Mi to stick out among the rest, she must have something special in her.

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If His Majesty gets connected with her, it will be hard for him to escape the land of beauties then.

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This person is too scheming. We can't let him insert any of his trusted aides by His Majesty's side.

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Calm down.

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Wishing Your Majesty good health and long life.

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Wishing the Wei empire prosperity and its citizens peace.

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Recently, there is this new play that's quite popular.

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It's way better than Madam Tayao (Shaking Lady).

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Your Majesty, is it okay that you watch it with me?

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Royal Mother invited a theater troupe?

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♫ If life is like first meetings ♫

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♫ It would be better to yearn more than meet ♫

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

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

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♫ If we will see each other often in life ♫

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

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

525

♫ But the faces are different ♫

526

♫ I'd really like to see you again ♫

527

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

528

♫ Drawing a circle in the air ♫

529

♫ Praying that love will never change ♫

530

♫ I so want to rub my face against yours ♫

531

♫ Being greedy about your every moment ♫

532

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

533

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

534

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

535

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