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The Story of Ming Lan

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Episode 69

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What's wrong?

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Didn't I just got home a few days ago?

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A fire broke out in our house.

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Then?

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I killed Madam Kang.

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Madam Kang? That one from the Wang Family?

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The daughter of the late Imperial Tutor Wang You,

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my wife's maternal aunt, Wang Ruoyu.

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Are you crazy?

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If it was you,

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when someone wants to kill your wife and son, can you endure to just give her some scoldings?

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- Is she crazy?

- Exactly.

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If I didn't do anything that time, I fear that my wife and son would have bled right there and then.

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I can only draw my sword and kill her.

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Then how come I didn't get any news these past days?

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Right.

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I initially thought that biased Old Madam Wang

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would be suing me in the morning court the next day.

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Never thought that they haven't made any move until now.

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During the morning court these past days, that Wang official didn't say a word at all.

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The Court of Judiciary and the Kaifeng Precinct didn't send me any messages too.

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I fear that they are waiting

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for all fingers to form a fist,

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and then hit it with me in one go.

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Who cares?

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Anyway, that Madam Kang had so many lives lost in her hands.

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Can she really sue me?

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Zhonghuai o Zhonghuai...

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It's not that I want to lecture you.

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You are so absurd.

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Before, he almost burned down the courtyard of my Tingwei.

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You all won't meddle.

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Now that this Tingbing killed someone in the area he was exiled to,

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you both finally remembered me.

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Sister-in-law, it's not that we don't want to meddle.

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Look, the Fifth House has already sided with the adjacent courtyard.

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Just our family won't be able to deal with them, isn't that right?

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Sister-in-law, you mustn't misunderstand us.

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Actually, we so want that adjacent courtyard to fall as soon as possible,

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so we can fetch our Tingbing back. Isn't it?

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You won't be able to have him back anymore.

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Say, he has been exiled 3,000 miles from here.

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He still had to be envious and compete with others, killing a man just for a prostitute.

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Not only me,

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but even th gods won't be able to save him.

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Sister-in-law, what then can we do?!

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What can I do to your family?

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And what can I make your family do?

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Talk.

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Sister-in-law, I've seen this tea

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when I entered the palace to thank the graces of Empress Dowager.

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It seems that since you've sided with Empress Dowager,

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was able to obtain some tea leaves from her,

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you don't want to acknowledge relatives like us anymore.

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How is this me not acknowledging your family?

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I fear that it was your family who doesn't recognize me anymore.

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How could we?

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As they say, even a strong man would require help from others.

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Sister-in-law, if you have any problems,

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our family would surely do our best to help you.

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Thinking about how before, all of the people in this house,

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who hadn't harm Gu Tingye?

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Who didn't frame him with those dirty things in their hands?

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Does that Fifth House think that

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if they defend him this time,

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he will already treat them as trustworthy relatives?

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Idiot!

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Right.

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You two should also think about

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what harm have you inflicted on him.

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Those past debts have already been made.

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What's the use of mentioning them now?

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What if that Gu Tingye

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dies?

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Dies?

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You're saying...

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- Empress Dowager?

- Empress Dowager.

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Only Empress Dowager.

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While Empress Dowager is still around, we must topple this demonic star.

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He has the emperor in front, Prince Huan at the back.

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With the rapidity of his promotions and the hotness of his temper,

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how can we all still have any path to survive?

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As long as he doesn't die,

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Tingbing will forever stay in his place of exile.

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If he dies,

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Empress Dowager might

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even have a conferred title for Tingbing.

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Slow down.

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Place it in an orderly manner.

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Place it in an orderly manner.

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Hence, may Your Majesty quickly make a decision regarding the border matters.

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Either we open a trading market to improve the economy,

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so we can go around the lost passes in and out,

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and have 10 years of peace.

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Or, organize our army,

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increase their winter clothes to protect the soldiers in the borders from the chill,

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and prepare for a huge battle ahead.

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The widow of Imperial Tutor Wang You is drumming the Dengwen Drums outside the palace hall.

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She says that she has grievances she wants to submit to Your Majesty.

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Subject Wang, what grievances are there that would toil your old mother

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to drum the Dengwen Drums during our morning court?

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I...

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Before, I practiced loyalty in assisting meritorious subjects in planning and managing affairs.

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I've gathered virtuous hall of great scholars along with the councilors of the Imperial Secretariat.

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I am the eldest direct son of the honored Imperial Tutor Wang You,

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with posthumous name Wenjian.

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Together with Qianshu Wang Shiping of the Bureau of Military Affairs,

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I am suing Gu Tingye for murdering my little sister,

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the wife of Head Secretary Kang Haifeng,

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the conferred lady Wang Ruoyu!

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- Allow her to come in.

- Come in!

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Marquis killed my daughter with one stab in her chest.

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Her corpse is currently still in front of her funeral altar and not yet buried.

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Any coroner can go and examine her.

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May I ask Your Majesty to investigate this wisely,

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and make a just decision.

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Informing Your Majesty, I want to say a few words to argue this matter.

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I can't just listen to one side.

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Do you still have any evidence?

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I have material evidences and witnesses on how Marquis Gu

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set up the fire in the marquis manor. They are all noted down in here.

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May Your Majesty personally read it.

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It means...you have witnesses then?

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Yes. They are just waiting to be called by Your Majesty.

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Royal Father, this matter has huge implications.

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Why not listen to Marquis Gu's defense first?

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Prince Huan is right. Marquis Gu, do you have anything you want to say?

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May Marquis Gu allow my family's witnesses to enter the court.

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Marquis Gu, do you dare to?

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You think I'll be afraid of you?

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Your Majesty, in examining a case, material evidence, witness, and a corpse must all be present.

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Why not Your Majesty first listen to the evidences before listening to the defense?

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When your Censorate report a memorial, there should be prepared written scrolls or paperworks.

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Does this sudden case also belong to the matters under the jurisdiction of your Censorate?

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Your Majesty, the case should be handled to the Kaifeng Precinct and the Court of Judiciary.

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But since Old Madam Wang entered the court after hitting the Dengwen Drums,

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the Censorate and Remonstrance Bureau are both commissioned by the government to proofread and rectify any mistakes. I have to ask.

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Okay then. Let them in.

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Calling!

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- What are you laughing about?

- The actors are coming.

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You still have the nerve to laugh? Where are your witnesses?

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Your Majesty.

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That day, I just entered the city gates and already saw my house on fire.

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I rode my horses as fast as I can to rush back to my house and just happen to saw my wife delivering our child.

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That Wang Ruoyu was holding a bladed a weapon

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and wanted to kill my wife while she was still weak from laboring.

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Seeing how blood will soon be spilled, I have no choice but to draw my sword to defend her.

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Then it means, you're admitting that you killed her.

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Old Madam Wang, you didn't discipline your daughter. Of course, the heaven will discipline her in your behalf.

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And who knows if the fire in my house was started by someone.

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Don't you know how the fire started?

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You killed the daughter of the House of Wang and tried to destroy evidences, so you started a fire in the marquis manor!

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Grand Madam, do you know how the fire in my manor started?

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You went to the courtyard of Tingwei to start the fire.

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Someone saw Marquis Gu sending his subordinate Shitou

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to start a fire in my son's courtyard.

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The Wang daughter went there to put out the fire.

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Put out the fire? Our government has clear rules that a soldier would be stationed in the Fire Observing Deck everyday to monitor any fire.

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Once there's a fire, he must immediately report it

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so the local officials would gather a team to put out the fire. There's no need for citizens to do so.

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This Wang woman is of prestigious aristocratic status.

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She's unable to carry anything on her shoulders or by her hands, how then will she put out the fire?

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Out of kindness, in consideration that she was a relatives, she tried to save your wife.

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You beast...

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Don't we still know who the beast is here?

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You...

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You killed my mother in your house and then burned your manor just to destroy her corpse.

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By doing that, aren't you afraid of getting struck by lightning?

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Madam Qin is the direct mother of Marquis Gu. If her testimony isn't real,

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why would she accuse her own family?

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I personally saw you ordered your men to start the fire.

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I was so shocked that my soul almost left my body.

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You vile spawn still want to deny it?

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If you all claim that Wang woman was thinking for my sake, since she was a guest in my manor,

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where's the visitation card? Who entertained her?

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Who served her tea and food?

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Who opened the doors of my Cheng Garden for her,

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and guided her through the middle receiving hall, and brought her into Jiaxi House?

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My wife's life was in danger. The fire in my manor was burning up into the sky.

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How could that weak woman have entered my inner courtyard?!

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You're saying that my daughter entered your manor to kill?

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She's the maternal aunt of that Sheng Madam.

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Let me ask you then, what grudges does she have to attempt to kill that Sheng Minglan?!

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What grudges? She just wants to kill her.

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Why would my daughter go to your marquis manor to kill your wife?

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Say it. Say it!

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When an evil woman kills people, does she still needs reasons?

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Nonsense! My mother and your mother-in-law are blood-related sisters.

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You are an important government official. What reasons do my mother have

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to kill her own niece?!

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After killing so many people, does she still needs a reason to kill another one?

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What nonsense are you saying?

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Your Majesty, I—

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- Your Majesty—

- Your Majesty!

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The murder reasons of an evil woman like that

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can't be guessed by ordinary people like us. I indeed killed her.

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But if I didn't raise my sword that day,

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my wife would have died then. May Your Majesty give me justice!

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The Dengwen Drum is an object to voice out grievances. Today, a grievance was presented.

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Marquis Gu is a loyal subject attending to me.

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Each of you are stating your claims, both unyielding. For the thousand year old government of my dynasty,

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the Court of Judiciary will assist Kaifeng Precinct in accepting all your testimonies and evidences. Once they've organized it, they will start the trial.

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- Your Majesty is wise!

- Royal Father is wise!

- Your Majesty is wise!

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Zhonghuai!

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Zhonghuai! Say something!

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What really are you planning? You...

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Don't mention about today's matter again.

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Or else, I will sever our relationship and will never enter your Sheng Manor again.

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Don't enter then? No one would care.

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It's just that your main wife, my Sixth Little Sister, won't allow it.

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Don't argue here.

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Let's go back and discuss it properly.

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Earlier, you blocked off what I was about to say in the court.

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You said that you have plans. What is it?

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I can't tell my plans. Just treat that I can't say it to outsiders.

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This is my family's matter. How am I an outsider?

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Then...I don't have any plans.

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Okay.

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I'll submit a report to the Court of Judiciary later.

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- Shitou!

- Young Master!

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Move him to his carriage.

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Okay, Marquis.

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Father-in-law, if I say the truth in the court earlier...

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I understand. I understand.

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Watch him well. If he runs towards the palace hall

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and do some testimony, even there are ten me, I can't do anything about it anymore.

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I'll keep watch of him. Keep watch of him.

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Is my wife asleep?

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It's already the first part of zi time (~11 pm). She's asleep.

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You...

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Aren't you asleep already?

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You still have to come home.

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You can't hide forever.

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I went to the Western Outskirt Military Camp.

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That Xiao Duan is sloppy.

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While I'm not around, he wasn't even able to train them on how to tie a horse well.

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The whole capital already knows. Why must you still hide it from me?

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Second Brother refuses to drag you down.

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You also refuse to harm his future. I know all of it. I understand.

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But, you should know to weigh the urgency. You must say it.

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I can't say it.

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If I say it, the future of your Second Brother will get completely destroyed.

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Your future will get destroyed.

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The future of your sisters will all get destroyed.

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Your father and your Third Brother's future will all get destroyed.

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I caused you trouble.

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It was my fault.

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It was...me who brought you trouble.

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I...

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The person form the adjacent house wants to kill me, that's why, she lured your Maternal Aunt Kang to here.

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You didn't cause me any harm. It was me who's brought you trouble.

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We have a house full of relatives who just won't give us peace.

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It's not who dragging down whom. The two of us are together.

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But if there wasn't me, without my family, you...

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Without you... If there wasn't you, I'm now just a duckweed.

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Every day I wake up, seeing how you're lying on my side,

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I feel very contented. I feel that everything is enough.

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Don't worry.

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Your husband is very outstanding.

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I've never lost.

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Moreover, I still have the emperor as my backer.

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Who can defy him, right?

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I'm afraid. I'm so afraid.

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I'm going now.

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I'll wait for your return.

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I'll cook you your favorite bamboo shoots in chicken broth.

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I'm going now.

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Your Majesty, the Court of Judiciary assisted the Kaifeng Precinct and did the interrogations for several days.

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The servants of the Marquis Gu said that they indeed saw Madam Kang trying to kill someone.

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But the servants of Grand Madam Qin instead said

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that Madam Kang went there to help.

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Because both are trusted aides of the two houses,

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and they are contradictory, hence, for now, we can't consider any of their testimonies.

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Just continue investigating then.

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Based on the current situation, we can't abandon the soldier to save the general.

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The old subjects from Yuzhou has successively suffered false accusations. This is a tactic to sow discord.

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Your Majesty is wise. You surely can discern it.

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If you really remove Zhonghuai from office,

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who then will take his position as the capital commander?

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You and Your Highness are both living deep in the palace. Who can you really be at ease with?

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When the Court of Judiciary asked about the murder weapon, Marquis Gu couldn't hand it out.

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He said that it got lost amidst the chaos of the fire.

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The Court of Judiciary then said that they are unable to close this case.

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- I think—

- It's now a he says, she says situation.

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Marquis Gu is unable to say Madam Kang's reason for attempting to murder his wife.

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The House of Wang is also unable to provide any evidence

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that Madam Kang didn't try to kill the marchioness.

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How then will this case be closed?

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Just continue looking for witnesses and evidences.

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That Second indeed is usually sloppy.

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But he never did any of your orders in a mediocre manner.

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Saying something disrespectful,

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that salt taxation inspection.

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My wife wouldn't dare to let me go.

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But his wife was pregnant,

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yet he just left like that!

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And it's because of that that this trouble started.

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Your Majesty! My emperor!

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I don't understand anymore.

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Why can't he be forgiven?

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Your Majesty, the wife of Imperial Tutor Wang is almost in her seventies.

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She's holding her written complaint and refuses to leave the trial hall of the Kaifeng Precinct.

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The several members of the whole Wang Family

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are blocking the local court's gates and earnestly asking that the murderer be heavily punished.

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The local magistrate has repeatedly urged them but to no avail. It has also invited numerous bystanders.

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I just fear that public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal.

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Who told you to come here and say those words? The Empress Dowager?

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Right now, everyone can see it clearly

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that it was Empress Dowager masterminding all these behind the curtains.

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During the salt inspection last time,

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it was her who trapped me and General Shen.

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She—

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She wants to break your arms.

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Your Majesty, I'm talking in behalf of the government.

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Marquis Gu is a new subject. The one he killed is the daughter of an old subject.

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If you show any bias,

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it will surely push subjects to distance you.

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- Did you wipe my shoes clean?

- I did already, Young Master.

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Big Madam was watching me when I did it.

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It's only Big Madam who cares for me. You're always being lazy.

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Marquis will surely not bear to.

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Yuanruo, why did you suddenly come to the line of the generals?

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When I was helping to put out the fire, I saw Madam Kang.

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What?

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I told her to be careful of the fire

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and not loiter around.

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Who knew that she will go to the direction of the inner courtyard.

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I found it fishy so I followed her.

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I then saw that instant when she raised her knife to kill.

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Let me ask you,

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what was that woman wearing?

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Clothes?

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The matter was very urgent that time. I didn't notice.

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You surely can remember the color of her clothes, right?

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Dark blue.

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Then...it's dark grey.

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You guessed that based on her age,

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majority will be wearing dark clothes.

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Hence, you thought of those two colors.

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Let me tell you, that when you came to put out the fire that day,

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Madam Kang has already died.

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If you still can see her, then you must have met a ghost.

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I'm the only son of the Duke Qi of the State, and is a deputy minister of the Remonstrance Bureau.

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Someone will surely believe my words.

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Yuanruo.

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You are an honest gentleman.

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You're not good in lying.

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Say, with just these two questions of mine, you were unable to answer it.

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If you meet those strict and oppressive officers

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who has went through more than 80 murder cases a year,

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how would you handle them?

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Not only would they ask you about the color of her clothes,

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they would even ask you about her hair pins, her maid servant,

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walked which path, in which direction did she go,

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what bed do I have in my house, where is it placed.

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Can you answer all of them?

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I hate them for falsely accusing you.

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Yuanruo.

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I know that you sincerely want to help me and my wife.

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You don't mind fabricating testimony for it.

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If we change places,

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I might not be able to do what you're doing.

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Let's not talk about this first.

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What are you planning?

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I have the merit of saving the emperor.

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What must I be afraid of?

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Open the palace gates!

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Bow!

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Enter the palace!

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Big Madam, it's time for your medicine.

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Another medicine for supplementing my blood and qi?

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Madam! Madam! Don't drink first!

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- Madam.

- Informing Big Madam,

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when Xiaotao was raising the pot after cooking the medicine earlier,

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Nanny Chang just happen to come in and get Rong'er some pear soup.

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She then noticed the dregs of the medicine concoction.

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Madam, before my maiden family has fallen, we are owners of a pharmacy.

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I can identity a lot of medicinal herbs.

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When I saw the dregs, I immediately think that something is wrong.

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I was able to find these.

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These...what are these?

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In our province, we call this blood depleting herb.

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With it, any blood and qi supplementing medicines won't work.

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You can't see the effect immediately. But if used it chronically,

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it surely will harm your main qi channels.

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A person will be like the withering leaves during the autumn, become thin and pallid.

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No, I didn't know how such things got placed inside the medicine.

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When I cook the medicine, I never leave midway nor snooze off.

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I even carry a big needle all the time.

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It's to poke myself whenever I feel sleepy.

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Look.

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Madam, you must quickly tell Marquis to investigate this.

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This matter must be investigated, but it can't be him.

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If those people from the military comes, those evildoers

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will surely get scared out of their wits.

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They investigating would be more useful than just us investigating.

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Now that there are too much trouble floating around,

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the Kaifeng Precinct, the Court of Judiciary, the Censorate, and the Remonstrance Bureau,

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how many eyes are monitoring my Marquis Husband right now?

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If any problems happen here in the inner house,

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it would just be adding a knife or a spear against him.

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What do we do then? How about when I make the medicine tomorrow,

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I'll just do it here inside the room using a small oven and pot?

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Rather than stopping the soup from boiling by scooping some out, it's better to just take away the logs from the cauldron.

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- Nanny.

- Yes?

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I'm asking you to peek into each room in this manor one by one.

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You mustn't leave any traces that you've checked them,

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so as not to alarm the enemy and allow them to escape.

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I got it.

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Since this person chose to poison me at this instance,

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it surely has connections with the matters happening in the manor.

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- Xiaotao.

- Yes.

- Return to the Sheng Manor to live for a few days with me.

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Let us give them some space to show their flaws.

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Okay.

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Prime Minister, in the crime of Marquis Gu killing Madam Kang, there are new complainants.

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All the complainants are standing below the steps right now. Why differentiate between old and new?

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Prime Minister Han is trying this case in behalf of His Majesty.

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I, Xiong Benli of the Censorate,

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is filing a complaint against Marquis Gu of using his power to bully other people,

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and forcefully took away the assets of the Bai Family.

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The different houses and farmlands

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amount to a total of 2 million taels.

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Someone also wants to accuse Marquis Gu of abandoning her after dallying with her and killing his own son.

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Now, she is bowing outside and awaiting to be called as witnesses.

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The eldest son of the Bai Family and the whole Bai clan of the southern village

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are also bowing outside while holding their written complaint.

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So good.

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You're coming back to your maiden house to complete your one month post partum?

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I just miss the teas and soups made by Nanny Cui.

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Before going to the morning court, my Marquis Husband told me that

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there are a lot of problems right now.

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He told me to come back home and live here for a while.

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As long as grandmother is by my side, I can have less worries and focus more in recuperating.

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Have to ask grandmother and Second Brother

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to feed me for a while then.

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Your Second Brother is currently being locked up at home.

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He would be causing a ruckus all day.

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Your father won't allow him to go out.

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He hasn't attended the morning court for half a month already.

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I fear that since he won't be having any salary,

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we won't be able to feed you.

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I haven't seen how Second Brother looks like being locked up.

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After lunch, my Marquis Husband and I will go visit him and laugh at his embarrassing state.

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Marquis? He will also be coming?

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Will he also be staying here?

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If I come back to live, of course, he must too.

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Grandmother, don't worry. I'll ask him to pay some kitchen fees.

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Silly child. These are just jokes.

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How can our house not afford to feed you?

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Marquis is very obedient to you. I know that.

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Now, you also want him to be obedient to you.

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- Yes.

This is way better

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than how you used to be so cautious and careful in grasping him.

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This is how a good married couple should be,

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what good days are.

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Stop right there!

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You heartless and ruthless man!

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You killed your own son! How can you have the nerve to still live in this world?!

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- How could you still have the face—

- Unruly!

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Kneel and answer the questions!

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You dragged Chang'er away from me and caused him to die from illness.

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You can harm me, but why must you curse your own son to death?

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He killed my older brother,

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forcefully took me into his manor,

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and then had me bear him two children.

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He took away my daughter and even kicked me out of his house.

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I wouldn't.

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He then killed our son.

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He just killed our son right in front of me!

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Heaven!

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You crazy woman! Do you know that by doing this,

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you're going to destroy Rong'er's life?

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A sinister tiger will never even eat his own son.

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Just to drive me away, he...

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...killed my Chang'er right in front of me!

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Prime Minister, this woman must be crazy!

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She is indeed crazy!

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You used your power to bully other people!

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Do you still want to fool the emperor?!

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It's as if he can't do such a sinister act.

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Before, he caused his father to die in anger inside the marquis manor.

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Who in the whole Bianjing doesn't know about that?

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Shut up! You mediocre idiot who only relied on imperial blessings to survive.

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What right do you have to mention my father?

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What if it was me who mentions your father?

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Prime Minister, I'm the third wife of the late marquis.

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That day, it was because of this woman in this court

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that Second and my husband had an altercation.

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He didn't want the direct granddaughter of Imperial Tutor Yu and insisted on marrying this woman.

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The old marquis scolded him as being disobedient and unfilial.

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Prime Minister, I only had a minor argument with my father.

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Gu Tingye and his father

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were quarreling in a rage. His father was so mad that he vomited blood right there an then.

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I and the daughter-in-law of Imperial Tutor Yu saw that with our own eyes!

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When my father vomited blood,

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you and that Madam Yu weren't there.

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If you don't believe me, go and call Madam Yu to be a witness.

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Prime Minister, towards this

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Marquis Gu that I've personally raised,

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I doted him more than my own son.

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But he angered his father to his death and even started a fire to burn down Gu Tingwei's courtyard.

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That is trying to kill his own little brother!

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Shut up. You are distorting the truth!

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You are not worthy to mention my father.

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Since I was little, you praised me excessively so I would fail.

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You sowed discord between me and my father.

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In this life, my father and I got destroyed all because of you!

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Prime Minister, when did that Gu Tingye

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give any importance to the master-subject or father-son relationship?

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You killed your father and your son.

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So it's a habit of yours to kill your father and your son.

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Prime Minister,

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all these accusations are complete nonsense.

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All are aimed at garroting Marquis Gu.

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I'm willing to personally handle this case

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and clearly find the truth behind it.

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Prime Minister,

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I'm willing to assist in this matter.

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You are the son of the emperor.

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You've grown so tall and buff.

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Do you know where my son is?

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My son...

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My son is buried under the ground.

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Prime Minister, don't listen to slanders!

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Assholes! All are just spouting nonsense!

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You all are using your power to bully others! You all are distorting the truth!

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Gu Tingye! You killed your own son!

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You...killed your own son!

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You still dared to mention Chang'er?!

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It's just right and proper for a killer to pay with his life.

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I want you to pay with your life. You killed my son.

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I want you to pay with you life. I want you to use your life in exchange for his!

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- I'm going to kill you!

- Stop! Stop!

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That woman said it right.

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- I'm going to kill you! A life for a life!

- Stop! Stop!

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- Stop! This is inside the main palace hall!

- Stop! That's being unruly while in front of the royal throne!

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- Quickly let go!

- Zhonghuai! Zhonghuai!

- That's being unruly while in front of the royal throne!

- A life for a life!

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- Stop!

- That's being unruly while in front of the royal throne!

- Let her talk!

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Those two are crazy women!

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You...

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Do you still have other things to say?

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Your subject...oh, wrong. This lowly person,

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this lowly person wants to file a complaint.

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I'm accusing Gu Tingye

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of fabricating a letter

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to forcibly seize my Bai Family's estate

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and took away our salt farms. May Your Majesty

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wisely judge on it.

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Translation and Timing carefully crafted by the Mei Daxia Team at viki.com

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T/N In the following song, "Don't You Know, Don't You Know?", Lines 5 to the end are the poem by Li Qingzhao, a famous female poet of the Song Dynasty, the poem is titled "Spring Ends".

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♫One morning, a flower opened and approached a willow tree,

beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord♫

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♫Even if drinking in water in the morning, red clouds have half a day of sunshine,

the wind and rain do not affect them completely♫

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♫In the palace, you are constantly brave and growing thin,

from on high, your cold tears of distress flow♫

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♫Brocade letters delivered to me dismiss me, only suddenly to recall me,

not for many years can I see you other than stealthily♫

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♫Last night, gusty winds and rain

during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect♫

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♫When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up

and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before.♫

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♫Don't you know, don't you know,

there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers?♫

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♫Last night, gusty winds and rain

during my deep slumber did not spoil the wine's lingering effect♫

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♫When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up

and told me that all the crab-apple trees are as before.♫

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♫Don't you know, don't you know,

there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers?♫

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♫Don't you know, don't you know,

there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers?♫