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♫ No indulgence in self-admiration, no desire for splendor. ♫

♫ Living in a scene of bustling prosperity, viewing oneself as a made-up mirror image far away. ♫

♫ Removing her ornate woman's attire, ♫

♫ donning martial armor. ♫

♫ Gentle and wonderful scenery fills the eyes, ♫

♫ how is this not still a battlefield? ♫

♫ Autumn departs, winter arrives, just as Bailu ("white dew") turns to frost. ♫

♫ The road is distant, the days are long, and only finished by death in battle. ♫

♫ My heart wants to spend its last years with you, placed at your side. ♫

♫ However long our lifetimes, ♫

♫ there's no time for melancholy. ♫

♫ In the ash-grey sky, love exists above all, ♫

♫ just lift your head and look up hopefully. ♫

♫ Brave and chivalrous bones, yielding emotions forged into steel, ♫

♫ sharpened by practice to a cutting edge. ♫

♫ Time is like a blade carving every moment onto your face, ♫

♫ one will have no regrets, if you have loved. ♫

Oh My General

Say, are the different music shops, bars, and brothels here in Xiushui open already at this time?

Junwang, we came out here to provide disaster relief and you still are thinking of looking for women?

But I never thought that His Majesty would also come find me

to let me investigate who that spy was

that secretly opened the city gates the night that Yongguancheng fell. Prince Qi!!

Your Highness, all the items have been adequately prepared.

The rations that we've been saving for ten years total five thousand dan. Your Highness, please take a look.

What about the money that government officials have been giving us?

One hundred thousand liang in silver, it is all here.

You stole from the local government's treasury. The evidence is here.

Come back with me to the local yamen to answer for your crime!

Okay.

Ah Zhao.

Episode 30

Replying to the General,

there was a rich salt merchant that migrated to another place.

He then rented out his mansion to me.

He collects fifty or sixty liang in silver from me every year.

A provincial magistrate will only be in office for four years.

Why would I spend so much money to buy such a huge mansion?

As for those cups... the cups...

Those were bought by Hua'er from a sidewalk vendor.

He only spent fifty wen for them.

Yes, General.

General, you're a refined person from the Capital.

I'm just a provincial peasant. When I saw them then,

I just found them pretty and cheap, so I bought them.

I don't know anything about ruyao or Songyao.(T/N: "five great kilns of Song pottery", "ru" and "guan" kilns produced wares for the Imperial court)

If that's true... I then have picked up such huge bargain!

I don't have any taste. I also don't know how much those cups are worth.

This trial is too hard. I don't have the patience to dilly-dally with all of you.

Cheng Tiangou, tell me. What's the truth behind that official money?

It was Zhang Nanhua.

Young Master Zhang brought me out of the prison in the middle of the night.

He gave me three hundred liang in silver from the local treasury and asked me to place it in General's room.

After the task is done, not only will he pardon me from my crime,

he will even give me ten liang in silver as pay.

If I fail... he will sell my mother and little sister to the brothels!

I was afraid, so I agreed.

I then sneaked into the General's room that night.

Good thing that the General has such wise eyes

and didn't let me commit such a huge mistake.

I surely will turn a new leaf and become a better person!

I didn't know about the General and the Junwang's identity.

We hit it off from the start. I insisted that you two come to my house as guests.

How could I bear to harm you?

Chen Tiangou, you're a repeat criminal offender.

You get in and out of the prison like it's just your house.

It's your second nature to lie. My father just flogged you a few days ago and locked you with chains.

Hence, you bear grudges against us. Since it's been flooding for several days, you became bold

and stole government funds, then hid it in the house of our out-of-town guests.

If you were not discovered, you would have used that money for yourself.

If you get found out, you would

blame it on me!

General.

Junwang said that you're too serious when doing your task. Just showing them our intention is enough.

He asked that you come home early and have a meal with him.

Didn't he say that you should tell General that privately?

Why are you shouting it out now?

Doing a trial is too troublesome. I'm already tired from earlier.

I'll go home and have a meal with my husband.

General! You're just leaving like this?

Living God of Hell's thunder sounds huge, but the rainfall is quite small.

I finally was able to escape disaster.

Search!

Yes!

Junwang,

we found three to four thousand liang.

Just three to four thousand? This is so far from what I imagined.

With such a fat official, he only has that much money?

Yes. But we already searched the whole place.

Don't you know that I need money right now?

Without money, how would we do the disaster relief?

What Junwang said is right.

This Magistrate Zhang is extremely wicked.

Where did his money go?

I'll go search it again.

Wait.

Lord Hai, tell me, to start work locally, what's the most effective way?

In this aspect, you're the most experienced.

If you want to start locally, what's most important

is to find a local tyrant that's very familiar with the area.

Good idea.

Based on my analysis, other than corruption,

Xiushui Magistrate Zhang didn't put any other things to heart.

But this Private Assistant Pu is very knowledgeable

on the different affairs here in Xiushui. It shows that he is quite capable

and intelligent. He is an able person.

Okay. Let us let him take the lead then.

Junwang, if you insist on using this person,

you must only spare him half of his life, (T/N: torture him first)

and we then need the General to give him a hard scolding.

This way, he will take the initiative to hand us the corrupted money

and actively cooperate in our disaster relief program. As for how much money will he return to us,

it will depend on how he has mentally-processed personally seeing

the deaths of the Zhang father and son.

What a clever move.

Lord Hai,

I disappointed the government's high hopes and am ashamed to face the citizens.

These past years, there were some illegal funds that I took

and also received.

Now that we're in the face of a calamity, all the people in the government are united

to form an impregnable stronghold in resisting the disaster and providing relief.

I also shouldn't just cross my arms and not get involved.

Now I'm returning these illegally-obtained funds

untouched.

Hope Lord Hai can give me a chance to mend my wrong ways.

I surely will use merits to pay for more crimes.

Have you remembered General Ye's lectures?

I will surely remember all the teachings of General Ye. I dare not forget them.

That's good then.

General Ye hates evil like an enemy.

If you're willing to mend your wrong ways, always thinking about the government

and its citizens, bringing blessing to them,

General Ye will surely forgive you.

If you continue to persist on your wrongdoings,

General Ye will also learn about it.

Yes. Lord Hai, give me one more chance. I surely will be a new man.

May Lord Hai, General Ye, and the Nanping Junwang supervise.

Private Assistant Pu, get up.

Hope that from now on, you will be able to do what you've said.

Don't forget the great graces that the government has bestowed on you.

Yes. Thank you, Lord Hai. Thank you, Lord Hai!

- You can go now. - Yes.

The Imperial Envoy for Disaster Relief, the Nanping Junwang, has given these orders.

Xiushui Magistrate Zhang Youde

consciously disobeyed the laws, was corrupt and abused the law for self-interest,

and treated human lives as mere trifles. His crimes are unpardonable and he has already been executed.

His son, Zhang Nanhua, helped him in his evil deeds.

He oppressed the villagers and offended people of higher status. He has already been executed.

All their fortunes will now be confiscated by the government.

Their household members will get banished with penal servitude.

Your relatives refused to take you in.

The head mistresses of the brothels said that after the disaster,

they temporarily have no funds to buy any new ladies.

Ordinary citizens, on the other hand, won't hire people like you who are so delicate and don't know how to work.

Understand? I can only put you all on the list of people to be exiled.

Junwang, have mercy! We all didn't know that Husband

had been doing such evil things behind everyone's back.

Lord, please have mercy!

Private Assistant Pu has told us

that Zhang Youde embezzled fifteen thousand liang in silver in the repair of the dam.

Every year, the different businesses would give him a total of four thousand liang in silver,

and several kinds of ingenious means to extort money.

For so many years, there should at least be between four hundred to five hundred thousand liang in silver...

but he has hidden all this money.

If anyone of you can tell me the whereabouts of this money,

I can then spare her from getting exiled...

and even reward her with one hundred liang in silver,

a house and a field from the confiscated assets,

and let her continue living well here in Xiushui Province.

I know!

I know all about what that corrupt official has done!

He is hiding ten thousand liang in silver in a secret wall in the garden.

It's in that wall behind that flower pot with human drawings on it.

You just need to chisel it to open.

This time, he asked his son, Zhang Nanhua to come home

so he could tell him to move that money back to their home province,

because he knew that people will surely be sent here to investigate the disaster.

He felt that leaving that money here in Xiushui was unsafe.

Also... also... he also sent

forty to fifty thousand liang to different officials to make a good connection.

He said that the order for his promotion would probably come out by the end of the year.

A person like that can still get promoted?

Concubine Bai, who are the people he bribed?

Thirty thousand liang...

was given to... Old Minister Lu.

Also, the remaining fifteen thousand liang were given to several officials.

It was just to lubricate some relationships.

What he meant was even if they don't help him,

he hoped that they wouldn't hinder his promotion.

Have you heard about such money?

After getting promoted to the Office of the Secretariat, I immediately got sent here to Jiangbei

to follow you in the disaster relieve. I have never seen that money.

But...

Jinshi Bi recently spent some ill-gotten wealth

and it was quite an extravagant spending.

Xiao Xiazi!

Junwang. General.

Do you know why I asked for you?

That money that I accepted was sent by Imperial Tutor Liu.

When he sent it to me, he didn't say for what purpose it was for.

I also couldn't refuse to accept it.

I have a lot of members in my household, hence, a lot of expenses.

I indeed got a bit greedy.

But I was afraid, so I only took one thousand liang.

As for who else was bribed and how much did they take,

I really don't know anymore.

Junwang, now that His Majesty wants the reforms to be implemented,

Lord Fan has ordered me to seriously investigate the corruption in the government. I also got news recently

that Old Minister Lu and Imperial Tutor Liu are included in the corruption list. This is a very important clue.

I think that you and the General must pay very careful attention to it.

Yujin,

when you get back, you must tell His Majesty about this.

Okay. Concubine Bai achieved merit by exposing Magistrate Zhang's acts.

Lord Hai, spare her from the hardships of getting exiled. Also, get five mu of farmland and a house

from the assets we've confiscated so she can continue living here in Xiushui.

Yes, Junwang.

Thank you, Junwang!

Junwang... I still have one request.

I know that I've played jackal to a tiger (T/N: helped an evil man do his work)

and have committed a grave crime. Since the course of nature goes round, I should be punished.

Hence, I want to transplant these graces that I've obtained from my little merit

to other people. May Your Highness allow it.

There is actually a selfless person like you in this world?

You are giving out this chance of survival to others?

Who do you want to give it, too?

My daughter is six years old this year.

She won't be able to bear the hardships of a long journey.

I fear that she'll die on the way.

I am able to bear the hardships of getting exiled,

but I beg the Lord Junwang to allow my daughter to stay here in Xiushui!

Look for a good family to have her adopted.

Mother!

Mother!

The punishment won't involve the children.

Other than Concubine Bai's, all children less than ten years old

will get taken care of by Madam Bai if there will be no one else who will take them in.

They will stay in Xiushui Province and be spared from getting exiled.

Thank you, Lord!

Concubine Bai, where did you get that golden hairpin in your hair?

Golden hairpin...

This... this my husband gave me.

He picked it up.

Picked it up?

This clearly is the golden hairpin of my cousin Xiyin.

How come it's with you?

Hurry and say it. What's going on here?

Oh my god! This Miss Liu is actually Living God of Hell's cousin.

This Living God of Hell doesn't blink when killing. If she learns about the truth, won't she cut off my body in half right here?

Hurry and say it!

Informing the General,

Magistrate Zhang knew that after the disaster, the central government will surely send people down here.

Pretending to supervise the disaster situation,

he went to Miaolian Convent to take a look.

Under a big tree, he found this treasure.

Husband is dead anyway. No one can bear witness to it.

I just need to keep claiming that I don't know Liu Xiyin.

General, there's something that you don't know.

That Miaolian Convent is very famous, whether in areas near or far from here, and is receiving a lot of donations.

Those women of well-known families or daughters of rich households,

if they have any harem-related grudges,

would go there as attracted by its fame. They would ask to be converted to nuns,

or burn some incense and pray to Buddha.

Why did Cousin appear near the Miaolian Convent?

Wife, Cousin is a refined person. She must have gone to that famous place to admire its scenery.

Maybe, she just accidentally dropped that item.

Don't overthink.

Fine. Cousin is an open-minded person. She wouldn't think of becoming a nun.

The more she wouldn't have encountered the flooding.

Yujin, Cousin surely have returned to Yongguancheng already.

It's just that she's still angry at me.

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Qiu Hua, keep watch of the door.

If Yujin comes back, immediately tell me.

General, Junwang is currently digging up gold. He won't be coming back.

Oh, right.

Qiu Shui, that... book about poems and songs.

General, this is probably it. The Book of Songs (also known as "The Classic of Poetry")

Look. This looks like the word "poem"

It does...

That lady that plucks the "xiao," not seeing her for a day (T/N: "xiao" here means "weed")

feels like three autumns have passed.

What does that mean?

There's a friend

that I didn't get to see. It's like the autumn,

so sad.

This "xiao" isn't it blown? How come it became plucked? (T/N: another "xiao" is a free-reed mouth instrument)

How come Cousin likes this kind of erudite stuff?

It's making my head ache.

Why are you two agreeing?

What's the use? What can I get from you two?

If Huli were here now, that would be great.

I'll do it on my own then.

Cousin...

That lady... that plucks...

the xiao...

The General can really write well. Look.

not seeing her for a day...

feels like three

autumns... have passed.

My words are so ugly.

But I'm sincere. Right?

Just like that then.

Okay then. Mail this letter and this hairpin to Cousin.

You, really!

When Cousin left, you'd already written three or four apology letters.

But she has never replied.

It was the Junwang who wanted this.

Right? He was too jealous and didn't want her to enter his manor.

You can't be completely blamed for it.

I reckon that she's still mad.

When time passes and her anger has subsided, I'll go visit her.

General, is writing a letter really useful?

This is a surefire method that Madam Hai taught me.

Although I don't know how to write sweet words,

I'm sincere and have perseverance.

I swear that I will surely woo Cousin to return to me.

And then?

Then?

And then, once Yujin stops being too bothered by it,

and Cousin stops making too much fuss about the past,

I'll then seriously search for a good marriage partner for her in the Capital.

They could then come to the manor to court her frequently and amuse her right under my watchful eye.

If this future cousin-in-law will... I'll then—

Kill him!

Correct.

Take these things right away.

Don't let Yujin see it.

The General was just writing Cousin a letter but it's as if she's having an affair.

General! General!

The Junwang is hurt! He wants you to quickly go there to check on him!

He got hurt? What's going on?

- Who was so bold as to hurt him! - The gold was that bold.

The Junwang saw that Magistrate Zhang's wall was shining with gold and wanted to touch it.

But the gold suddenly fell, hitting his foot so that it became swollen.

- He's currently— - Stop talking! Quickly go!

General!

You! What nonsense were you saying earlier?

What do you mean, "having an affair?"

If it's not having an affair, what should it be called?

I know already. It's "the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall."

The red apricot tree leans over the garden wall?

Right.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

Junwang, please endure it.

Your bone will immediately get aligned.

In this lifetime, I mustn't be with any "huangs"...

This "Huang-shufu" (Imperial Uncle), "huang-jin" (gold),

are all messing with my fate.

They will demand my life.

Junwang, it's now aligned.

Husband! Husband!

Husband, how is it?

It's just a minor injury. No big deal. Nothing important.

I've been in brawls since I was little. This kind of injury is nothing.

That gold really doesn't have any eyes!

It dared to fall on my husband's foot?

The price of grain here in the provinces is soaring by leaps and bounds.

We don't know who's the mastermind behind it, who is buying and keeping them without restraint.

Right now, the remaining food we have left for the citizens can only last for ten or eleven months.

That's right. I wanted to get some grains from those merchants.

But those evil merchants wouldn't talk no matter how we interrogate them and insisted that there are none.

They even said that if we gave them a high price, they will be able to get some from outside.

This made me so angry that I felt weak and mistakenly harmed myself.

Just kill those evil merchants and let's see if they will still refuse to hand it out.

I was kindhearted. I initially planned to win them through morality and propriety.

I also didn't want you to exhaust yourself too much and go killing people left and right.

If it reaches Royal Uncle, it also will not sound good.

He might say that I'm a weakling.

Presently, I must come up with a good idea

to get those people to willingly donate their grains.

My husband's brain is the best.

Good thing this gold hit your foot and not your head.

Your husband got hurt because of work.

I know. I know.

Oh right, immediately inform the local businessmen and rich families.

Tell them that I'm worried about the loss of food supply.

I haven't eaten for three days and am extremely weak.

Plus the fact that I accidentally got hurt.

Try to urge them, so that they will bring extravagant gifts to visit me

and join in the discussion on a plan for disaster relief.

Okay.

Wait.

Remember. Make them bring extravagant gifts.

They mustn't neglect the Imperial Envoy.

I understand.

Come over here. Let me see.

Come.

Gently, gently, okay?

Does it hurt?

Stinky.

Rotten manner of life. Idling about.

Extorting and killing innocent people.

My beloved consort, look at these memorials.

Officials and officers have rolled up their sleeves and scolded in chorus.

To be able to reach this level in doing his duty,

I really am impressed with him. (sarcastically said)

Your Majesty, calm down.

Although these memorials were submitted by some famous and respected officials,

they were not present during the incident.

The person providing disaster relief is Nanping Junwang.

For the details, we should still listen to him.

Before they left, I was afraid that Zhao Yujin wouldn't be able to make them follow,

so I secretly told myself that he could be a bit tenacious.

And then I sent Ye Zhao to protect him, to kill any bandits, to scare those officials,

and to prevent Zhao Yujin from being reckless.

Never thought that the Great General of the World's Military Force would act willfully and cause trouble with him.

Extorting the rich families and executing a corrupt official are fine.

But taking his subjects to brothels and taking prostitutes to tour around,

what's that?

Totally immoral!

Where is the lower limit of being the Imperial Envoy?

And he is even a royal relative.

Totally not caring about his reputation.

Just you wait. When this rascal returns, look at how I'll deal with him.

This little Junwang is exactly waiting for Your Majesty to deal with him.

Indeed.

He is a dead pig that's not afraid to be beaten up or get boiled.

Since Your Majesty is this worried, why don't you just make a decree

rushing him to come back, and let other officials continue the disaster relief?

How can an Imperial decree be casually changed?

I am just afraid that he'll cause a bigger problem.

Since that's the case, Your Majesty shouldn't worry anymore.

Doesn't Junwang still have Lord Hai and Jinshi Bi by his side?

With them watching, they won't allow the Junwang to be excessively mischievous.

I hope so.

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Everyone, try to say something.

What kind of person do you think Nanping Junwang is?

Grand Master, to say that he's a bad official,

how come he thought of disguising himself to come here to Xiushui for disaster relief?

He even asked his subordinates to mingle with the people in investigating cases.

Investigating cases?

Who among us personally saw that?

Moreover, does mingling with the people make you a good official?

I don't think so. Right?

If he really is a good official, why did he incite his subordinates

to go to brothels and enjoy themselves all day?

He even asked them to collect the local delicacies and products here,

fully enjoying to be free and at leisure.

How come he never did any serious act?

His temperament... is so hard to predict.

To say that he is vile, how come he is negotiating with the beggars and local scoundrels?

If they reach an agreement, he would even randomly throw money.

I also heard that this person is gentle and kind.

But how come he allowed that General Ye to take the law into her own hands

and just spontaneously execute that Zhang father and son?

He even banished all the women in the Zhang household.

If he's a good official, why then did he easily

let off that Private Assistant Pu who has helped Magistrate Zhang in his evil deeds?

Also, he even entrusted him with important duties.

To say that he's kind and benevolent,

but he used several childish and sinister methods

to punish Magistrate Zhang's private assistant and servants.

Based on my secret investigation, money for him is like dung.

But he's now openly asking for bribes.

He's quite a womanizer, and once harassed young ladies from good families.

But he was never seen courting any women that he likes.

From my opinion, this Nanping Junwang is a confusing and not trustworthy weird person.

He's not easy to deal with.

Indeed.

Every year, there are droughts and floods.

How many Imperial envoys have we dealt with?

We were able to break all their tricks and convert ill luck into blessings.

But this Nanping Junwang acts without any pattern, totally has no blind spot.

No matter how good your tricks are, with him

it will all be useless.

So what?

Don't forget that he's in our territory.

Indeed.

What Grand Master said is right.

Since he's in our territory, he should follow our rules in doing things.

Let's just unite and adapt to the circumstances.

Once he becomes impatient and actively summons us,

we can just think of a response by then.

You said it well.

You said it right. Let's do it that way then.

Old Master!

Old Master, Private Assistant Pu informed us that the Imperial Envoy, the Nanping Junwang,

got injured while providing disaster relief. He's currently informing every household

to bring gifts and visit him.

We were just talking about him.

Before, there was an Imperial Envoy Wei

who also set up a banquet to invite everyone to a discussion.

During the banquet, he gave everyone an emetic medicine.

Based on their vomitus, he determined which house still was keeping excess food.

Do you all still remember?

Grand Master, don't worry about that.

Among all of us here,

who still has excessive rations?

Since this Imperial Envoy came,

I've already readied myself to starve.

Just last night, I only drank a bowl of congee.

This morning, I only ate half a piece of cornbread.

My wife and concubines have already become thinner from starvation.

They are currently asking for a divorce.

My son approached me to ask for meat.

Where am I going to find meat for him?

Right. The state is currently in trouble. We also shouldn't be too lavish.

Everyone, let us just tighten our belts and help the Nanping Junwang gather several jin of food

to solve his urgent need. Is that okay?

Yes...

When we see the Junwang, let's just complain together how hard our lives are now.

Anyway, we're prepared.

Even if that Nanping Junwang will dig up our places,

he won't be able to find any grain.

If you're prepared, there's nothing to worry. Just be at ease and go to battle.

Nanping Junwang is representing the central government after all in coming here for disaster relief.

We still have to do the work that we should while in front of him.

- Of course. - Immediately get used to the emotions of someone starving and caring about the plight of his nation and citizens.

During the critical moment, it will help to cry a tear.

Grand Master, what you said is so right...

Since that's the case, let's go prepare our gifts.

Let us just go and visit him.

Please.

- Play!- You play!

- You're here. - Greetings, Junwang.

My foot is injured so it's inconvenient for me to get up and welcome you all.

Everyone, please quickly take a seat.

Thank you, Junwang.

Meiniang, serve the tea.

This is Jiukeng tea granted by His Majesty (T/N: most famous type is called "Dragonwell," green tea)

paired with your local spring water.

The taste is light and sweet.

It has more aroma than the ones I've drunk in the Capital.

Everyone, please have a taste.

Okay...

It's my first time tasting such a good tea after living for so long.

Yes...

I heard that all of you are the

"jing yin" people of Xiushui province, very shrewd and crafty.

I had everyone come here for I have some small matters that I want to ask your opinion about.

In coming to Xiushui Province time, I saw a road full of refugees who have lost their home and family members,

destitute and homeless. And now, we're having the problem of lack of rations.

A lot of affected citizens have already died of hunger.

At present, I lack an able subordinate.

Given no other choice, I could only look for able people like you four...

Since Junwang has never mentioned about the rations, he surely is just acting in front of us.

Why then don't I actively act in concert with him?

Junwang, we can ask help from the Ministry of Revenue.

If we meet hindrance along the way, we can buy at a high price from the neighboring towns.

Also, we could post an announcement first

to stabilize the hearts of the citizens. Let's tell them that the rations are already on their way here.

In ten to fifteen days, they surely will arrive.

By doing that, we can let these affected refugees

look forward to something.

Second, we can further delay the arrival of the rations.

We can also increase the price in buying them.

This way, maybe some of the small merchants still have rice in their hands.

Okay. All are good ideas.

Lord Hai, seriously take note of all these good ideas.

Yes.

Grand Master, hearing a few words from a sage is far better than studying for ten years.

You have overpraised me.

Grand Master Hu indeed has outstanding intelligence.

I am very impressed.

Don't know if Grand Master can stay over for the evening so we can continue with our discussion?

- Xiao Xiazi! - Junwang.

Go to Grand Master Hu's house and tell his family

that he will be discussing

the disaster relief matter with me tonight.

May I ask Grand Master what your address is?

- Junwang— - Stupid! Don't you know to ask around?

Grand Master Hu is one of the richest people here in Xiushui Province.

He has such an impressive reputation. Who doesn't know where he lives?

I'll go now.

This... Junwang, this seems inappropriate.

- Why is it not appropriate? - This...

Come, drink your tea.

Forever Grand and Prosperous

Shimmering Imperial Palace

Junwang, I've not only gone to Grand Master Hu's manor earlier,

I also went to the manors of the other three masters.

I've already told their families

that they all will be staying here tonight and won't be going home.

Junwang, it's already late. It's time for dinner. Do you want to eat now?

Stupid servant!

There is no food anywhere here in Xiushui Province! The citizens are starving.

How could a gentleman who worries about his nation and citizens be able to eat?

I've decided that I must be one with the citizens in blessings and hardships.

Junwang, but I've already prepared it.

Steamed lamb cake, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted flower duck, (T/N: Sichuan peppercorns)

roasted young goose, stewed pork, stewed duck,

chicken and smoked meat in soy sauce, preserved egg and tripe, deep-fried meat and sausage, what about them?

Remove them all.

Yes.

Junwang, you can't do this.

What if you get sick from starvation?

That's right.

Don't try to persuade me anymore. I have made my decision.

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♫ From disaffection and doubt until trust is formed ♫

♫ How many times must two people embrace tightly before one won't feel like a stranger? ♫

♫ Turning back to think about the past life, while living in the present lifetime ♫

♫ In this lifetime, to never casually mention separation ♫

♫ Sincerely you embrace me, to remember my body's warmth ♫

♫ In the center of my heart, your fingerprints are engraved ♫

♫ Both love and hate, seriously taken to heart ♫

♫ Only for one not to live one's life in vain ♫

♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

♫ Using this in exchange for a missing depth of affection ♫

♫ I'm grateful for your recognizing my worth ♫

♫ For granting me a healthy body ♫

♫ Even though the world is rich and diverse ♫

♫ It cannot compare to your pure and honest gaze ♫

♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

♫ Using this in exchange for a missing depth of affection ♫

♫ I'm grateful for your recognizing my worth ♫

♫ For granting me a healthy body ♫

♫ Even though the world is rich and diverse ♫

♫ It cannot compare to your pure and honest gaze ♫

♫ I am willing to be loyally steadfast to you ♫

♫ Not caring about the scars ♫

♫ Setting aside my pride ♫

♫ and submitting to you ♫

♫ Even if I disappoint the entire world ♫

♫ I will never turn my back on you ♫

♫ My only care in this life is one person ♫

♫ It's you ♫