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The Story of Minglan

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Episode 71

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Stop the carriage!

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Young Lord, be careful.

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Didn't you say that they made some new snow wine?

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Let's go. Let us enter together

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and have a taste as husband and wife.

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Come.

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I'm about to finish my first month postpartum. I'm holding a first month old birthday celebration.

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Big Madam.

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I'm about to finish my first month postpartum. I'm holding a first month old birthday celebration.

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Big Madam, you've suffered some trauma while during your first month postpartum.

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Why not rest first and just make it two months?

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I'm thinking that with such a huge problem happening in our house,

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how about we don't celebrate the first month anymore,

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so as not to attract attention?

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Pack everything.

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Also process his legs, understand?

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Don't go up anymore.

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Lord Qi.

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The adjacent house said that they heard a strong noise and a loud miserable cry.

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He then tried to peek over the wall and saw three men leaving by jumping over another wall.

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In an instant, they were gone.

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It's not a suicide, right?

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It surely isn't. Based on my many years of experience, he must have been strangled then tied up there.

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I got it.

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Take care, Lord Qi.

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Eldest Bai is dead. He was murdered.

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There's no news about Zhu Manniang at all.

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Such fine net.

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Big Madam, Young Lord said that he won't accompany you to attend the first month celebration anymore.

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He said for you to just choose a few items in passing to serve as gifts.

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Those can already serve as tokens from him.

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When Minglan delivered a child, I told him that I won't go attend her first month celebration, but he insisted that we go.

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Now that I've agreed on going, he won't go instead.

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I'm unable to convince him.

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I'm sure that only you can convince him.

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Where is he?

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After Young Lord gave me a reply, he went out.

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Where did he go?

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How could Young Lord tell me about those things?

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Those things?

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Did he go to a brothel?

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Is it Guangyun or Shuixian?

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Things like that...the more I'm ignorant about it.

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I'll have him pay when he's back.

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- Come over here to fix my hair. You know more hairstyle.

- Yes.

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Wife! Where's the gold necklace we're gifting the baby?

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Didn't I hand it to you already?

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How come I can't see it?

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Young Lord said you want to look at it earlier. You must have casually left it somewhere.

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That's right. It was still in my hand earlier.

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Quickly help me look for it.

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You all also go look.

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I told you to keep an item, and you couldn't even do it?

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Wife, with the time you wasted talking,

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we'll be able to find three necklaces already.

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It was you who misplaced it, and didn't even know where that is.

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What have you been thinking all day?

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You're really not giving any importance to this child's first month birthday.

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Look below the bed.

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What's going on?

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- Father. Mother.

- Father. Mother.

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Husband lost the necklace we're about to give the Gu baby. We're looking for it.

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Father, mother, please sit down.

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I just misplaced it,

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and she already kept nagging me about it.

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We're just in time then.

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This is a gift that your mother chose for tonight's firth month birthday celebration.

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It's nothing. Just some white jade locket.

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This is part of your dowry.

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You two just gift that in my behalf.

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Mother, go with us too.

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The household services of Cheng Yuan are not bad.

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Their chef can really cook.

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I won't go anymore. I'm old and unable to endure banquets already.

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It's tiring.

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You two just go in our behalf.

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From now on, no matter what happens to the Gu couple,

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we must maintain frequent contact with them.

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After all, our ancestors are relatives.

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I understand.

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Mother, we still haven't found the golden necklace that we're supposed to give out.

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You know husband the most. Please help me find it.

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He's always disorderly.

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Always leaving things here and there.

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Tuan'er don't cry.

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Okay already. Okay already.

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Don't cry...

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Big Madam, it's not yet time. People must be still on their way here.

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She knew that people won't be coming. She just had to put up this big joke.

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What nonsense are you saying?

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Forget it. What she said is true.

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Sixth Madam of Count of Yongchang Manor is here!

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Fourth Sister?

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Fourth Sister, you're here early.

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- Sixth Little Sister, your banquet looks nice.

- All were set up by my servants.

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I just finished my first month postpartum, so I apologize if I won't be able to entertain you well.

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I can see that no one is here.

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That's quite good.

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The dishes have been served.

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Just right. You can rewarm them and eat them for 2 to 3 more meals.

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What do you mean by that?

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If you're unwilling to eat in the banquet of our Gu Family, you can leave now.

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How come Sixth Little Sister has lost your composure to this degree?

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Even a nursemaid can attend a banquet and talk now.

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Don't you know that

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rewarming food

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then eating them

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is called a house with remnant blessings.

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Okay already. Fourth Sister, if you really care for me, then quickly get on your seat.

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I knew it. For a magnanimous person like you,

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you will never drive people away just because you deem your banquet as being precious.

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The banquet of Sheng Minglan has always been precious.

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Not anyone can eat them.

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Sister Zhang.

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Don't be afraid.

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Little Sister Shen, you're here too.

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Still want to show off your official power?

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Too bad, the one who is happy now

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is Grand Madam Qin and Old Madam Wang.

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That one of yours who stole, deceived, and forcibly took his marquis title

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lost it all.

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- Drag her out!

- Sister.

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- You...

- Don't! Don't!

- ...is here!

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Yanran is here.

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Slow down.

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Minglan!

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Please go inside.

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Go and welcome here. Leave this to me.

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Sister, don't be mad.

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Yanran. Yan—

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If you shut up, you'll still get a bowl to eat here.

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If you open it up again,

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even if His Majesty comes, I'll still drag you out.

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Okay. I'll wait here then.

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I want to see if His Majesty will come or not.

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Minglan!

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Congratulations! Congratulations!

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Minglan.

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Madam Zhang, please go inside.

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I brought you newly harvested manhong.

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Go and get it.

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I especially asked my husband to pick two baskets for you.

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No need to open it. The tea you make is my favorite.

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There's one more good item. Quickly go get it.

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This...

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Look at this. Do you still remember?

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This... This is... Isn't this

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the "All birds looking up to the phoenix" embroidery I mounted for you?

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I feel that it doesn't suit my stepmother,

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hence, I brought it with me to Xuzhou as my dowry.

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- I thought of bringing it here today

- Let's have a drink.

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- to gift you and your child.

- Sure.

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Look, all birds looking up to the phoenix.

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So splendid! I wish that all great fortune and that all things will go your way.

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Okay. Okay.

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- Let's quickly go in.

- Let's go.

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- So cute.

- He really looks a lot like Ming'er.

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My older sister will surely be happy.

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- Mistress will surely love him.

- Look at his big eyes, so pretty.

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Come, let's quickly put on him the golden necklace we brought with us.

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Come, try it on.

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Lift his head up.

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Oh, my, so suitable!

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- Come.

- Is he hungry?

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Give me the child. You might get tired carrying him.

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- Everyone, please enter the banquet.

- Yes, everyone, please enter the banquet!

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Quickly enter the banquet.

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Miss.

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Miss.

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Danju?

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This is my husband.

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I brought him to see Young Master.

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Quickly get up, the two of you.

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It's good that you're here. You're crying again.

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People from Youyang are here!

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Please go inside.

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Please. Please go inside.

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That's Minglan.

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Little Sister.

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- Nanny Zhang!

- Yes, coming.

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Tuan'er is exhausted.

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Take care of him and let him sleep for a while.

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I'll go in front to help Madam entertain the guests.

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Just go there later when Madam sent someone to call you.

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Yes. Nanny, don't worry.

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Fengxian.

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You beast, don't move!

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So, what you're saying,

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you colluded with Young Lord Qi and his wife

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to deliberately make your house

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very busy and chaotic.

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The reason you're unable to catch him

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is because he's in the dark, while you're in the light.

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Why not make your house disorderly?

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The more disordered, the better. The more chaotic it is, the more that person would want to make a move.

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If he doesn't want to make a move,

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the person behind him will also force him to do so.

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Amitabha.

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You people have really sacred Shulan and Pinlan.

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Yanran even told me earlier

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to advise you to take care of yourself.

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Yanran and Shulan surely must have been traumatized.

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With Pinglan's character, she surely won't.

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She probably would be asking for inside scoop.

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Inside scoop? Is there any?

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I came today to bid you farewell.

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During dinner, your Sister-in-law Hai

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secretly went here to took away the key

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for the room where your Second Brother is locked up.

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I then have guessed it.

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I'm going to wrong Second Brother soon.

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A family will always mutually drag and owe each other.

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There's no such thing as wronging or not.

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Get up, Ming'er. Get up before talking.

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I'm old. I always fear that what if

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one day, I'm suddenly gone.

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This world is full of traps and blades.

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I'm always worried about you.

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Hence, whenever you encounter problems,

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I would always nag you.

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I fear that you might haven't learned anything.

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Now, really good.

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I can see how sure you are with your decision.

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You have a backbone and is experienced.

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No matter what you encounter in the future,

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I can be at ease now.

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Grandmother.

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Grandmother.

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Since he was young, he kept being deceived and framed.

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He thought that the hard days were finally over.

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With achievements obtained by swords and spears,

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he thought he can get peaceful days in exchange.

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Yet, others just took them all away.

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I feel that injustice has been done to him.

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But what do you plan to do?

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What can you do?

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Tomorrow, I will wear my conferred title formal robe

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and seek for justice.

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Conferred title? That title of yours

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was gone with that of Marquis'.

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Wearing a conferred title formal robe

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is against the rules.

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Against the rules?

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Now that things have become like this, will I still be afraid of going against the rules?

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I know that you've always been like this.

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In usual days, you're tolerant about everything.

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But when pushed to a dead end,

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you would fight all out and let everyone just perish with you.

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Don't be afraid, Ming'er.

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Get up.

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I also found you a witness.

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Nanny Fang.

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Coming.

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Cousin, you saved me from that fiery pit before.

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Today, no matter what, I'm willing to go with you.

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So preposterous!

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Is my imperial court a place for their families to settle their lawsuits?

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Your Majesty!

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But since our dynasty was established,

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as long as anyone drums the Dengwen Drum,

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it must be tried. We mustn't disobey the ancestral rules.

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Am I here to try the case of these families?

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What are the Court of Judiciary and Kaifeng Precinct for?!

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Informing Your Maejsty, let's not talk about the practice of drumming the Dengwen Drum first.

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This case is just a continuation of the case of Marquis Gu.

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Since the case of Marquis Gu has been tried in the morning court, even if you don't want to try this succeeding case,

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- you can't clearly cast this case away.

- Why is there a need to clarify anything?

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Did I get my throne in an illegal manner?!

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Your Majesty, please be cautious with your words.

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Prime Minister is right. I was too rash.

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Let's return in discussing the border matters.

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Your Majesty!

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- You...

- If there are injustice among your citizens,

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will Royal Father really just ignore it?

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I earnestly ask Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty.

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Prime Minister Han, please continue.

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Continue!

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- Your Majesty.

- Deputy Master of the Remonstrance Bureau, you may leave now!

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Lord Qi, please.

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I'll go and report back to His Majesty now.

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Lord, you're on your own.

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Eunuch, please wait. What's going on?

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Is His Majesty still not calling them to the court for interrogation?

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How was it?

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His Majesty refused to give her an audience.

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These children...

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Totally muddled and not thinking about the consequences. In a moment of agitation and anger, they just go do whatever they want.

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Tell me then, what should they do?

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It's still a long way until autumn.

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Everyone should just help think. Combining thoughts is always beneficial. I'm sure that we'll eventually come up with an idea.

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Think then.

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Mother, I know.

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I know that you're angry at me for just caring about our own house, and disregarding my son-in-law.

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But have you thought about it?

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Son-in-law has the emperor and Prince Huan as his backers.

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He's just suffering at the moment.

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After a period of time,

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once this issue has passed, he'll surely be reinstated. But our family?

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We've been cautious and careful until today.

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Must our family get destroyed by that crazy Kang woman?

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You have a point.

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I'm saying this based on the point of view of an old and experienced man.

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You go personally

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tell this reason to your son Changbai.

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I'll say it then.

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Now, just to avoid suspicion with this case, I've already idled myself inside this house.

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If Changbai's future gets destroyed,

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our whole House of Sheng will be over.

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Mother, Ming isn't the only member of our Sheng Family.

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There are hundreds of people in Youyang still.

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I'll talk to Bai'er now.

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Anyone!

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Open the door! Open the door!

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Open the door! I'm a witness!

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I'm a witness!

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Open the door! Open the door!

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Why are you shutting your doors and avoiding to face me?! I'm a witness!

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Stop shouting!

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- Go home with me!

- I won't.

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Changbai, it's enough for one form our family, your little sister, filing a complaint.

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Quickly go back.

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I'm a witness. I'll seek justice for Sixth.

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Men! Open the door!

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I'm here to submit a complaint letter! I'm a witness!

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Men! Open the door!

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Go to the palace gates!

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I'm a witness!

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I'm here to submit my complaint letter!

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Just to struggle for power in my maiden house, Madam Kang

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instigated my direct mother to use poison

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and almost killed my grandmother!

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I have witnesses and evidences. May Your Majesty investigate it clearly.

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Just to struggle for power in my maiden house, Madam Kang

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instigated my direct mother to use poison.

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and almost killed my grandmother!

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I have witnesses and evidences. May Your Majesty investigate it clearly.

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May Your Majesty wisely investigate it!

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- Big Madam.

- How are things?

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- She's still outside the palace.

- She's still drumming?

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Yes. What about the rest?

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Young Lord Qi and the people from her house have all been sent away by her.

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Now, only she and her servants are there.

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Then it means...

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...she has no one by her side now.

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None anymore.

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- I...

- You mustn't, Miss.

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It's because we pressured Fengxian too much,

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that's why, that concubine daughter was able to set her up and catch her.

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Now, she sent away all her servants.

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Maybe, she's just baiting us.

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Moreover, it's right outside the palace.

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We mustn't do anything.

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[ Kaifeng Precinct ]

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Just to struggle for power in my maiden house, Madam Kang instigated my direct mother to use poison

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and almost killed my grandmother! I have witnesses and evidences.

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May Your Majesty wisely investigate it!

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Just to struggle for power in my maiden house, Madam Kang

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instigated my direct mother to use poison

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and almost killed my grandmother! I have witnesses and evidences.

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Gu Tingye was domineering like Huo Guang. (a Western Han Dynasty general)

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He married a wife that's also domineering!

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Since the creation of the world,

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which emperor was unable to sleep from being disturbed by the Dengwen Drum?

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Your Majesty, calm your anger.

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If not because she just has given birth,

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I'll surely have her dragged away and flogged 20 times!

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My husband wholeheartedly tried to protect me.

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Now, he's suffering injustice because of this.

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Getting framed by other people.

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I...

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She's quite a devoted lover.

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Too bad, she married the wrong person.

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Do you want your brother-in-law to lead the Jin Imperial Army and drive her away?

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Or else, if the Emperor listens to it for too long,

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he might reconsider the old merits of her husband. By then, it will be problematic if he gets soft.

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Her family won't be able to make a comeback.

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His Majesty earlier got really mad.

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So angry that he so wanted to order someone to go out and beat her up.

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He only gave honor to the Yuzhou generals, hence, he didn't do it.

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Even if I die a hundred times, I won't be able to make up for this sin!

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Officials, please enter the palace hall!

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If you want to die, must you drag your whole family with you?

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You all are helping a tyrant here!

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Ming'er, my child, let's go home first.

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Let's all just discuss this and come up with a countermeasure.

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Continuing with this is not a good plan.

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Okay?

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How long have you been drumming?

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Let's go back.

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That's more like it.

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- Madam.

- Ming'er!

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Big Madam!

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- This...

- Big Madam...

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- Cousin!

- Madam!

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- Madam! Madam!

- Cousin!

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- Cousin!

- This... Hurry!

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Hurry! Hurry up!

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How come I fell asleep?

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Madam Sheng.

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You're awake?

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Come, get up.

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Good thing the palace has 100-year old ginseng.

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I was even afraid that you're too weak and might not be able to bear its nourishing effect,

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so I just sliced a few and made it into a soup to be feed to you.

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Good thing, you're awake.

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Or else, don't know how I'll be explaining it

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to Zhonghuai.

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Your Highness...

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I finally have seen you.

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My husband is really innocent!

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I...will get you my complaint letter. Xiaotao! Hand me my complaint letter!

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You all leave first.

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Yes.

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Zhonghuai was so domineering. What?

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Can't he endure being battered?

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The thunder, rain, or dew are all the emperor's graces.

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Others can be demoted and exiled. What?

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Only he must be continuously promoted and given noble titles?

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Big madam, look. She's here.

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I told you. If she's going to return from the palace,

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she surely will pass by Fan House.

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Ming'er...

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Child, what are you doing? Quickly get back into the carriage.

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Everyone all said that my marriage was inferior to hers.

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Said that I didn't have a better life than hers.

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But what now?

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When her family was pleased with success, they looked down on me.

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Now that they've fallen,

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of course, people will laugh.

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Ming'er...

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What's going on?

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Minglan.

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All the flying birds are gone.

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The good bow has been kept away.

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The wild rabbit is dead.

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The hunting dog is being boiled to be eaten.

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My god, what are you saying?

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You can't say such words so casually. Are you crazy?

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Has she gone crazy?

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Let's go home.

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- Madam.

- My ancestor!

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Madam, stop crying. Stop being sad.

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There surely will be a way.

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- Let's go.

- Quick. Quick. Assist her up.

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Minglan. Minglan.

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Carry her into the carriage. Hurry! Hurry!

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Madam. Come, Madam. Madam.

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- Go. Go. Go.

- Madam!

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- Madam!

- Minglan!

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- Ming'er!

- Hurry! Madam...

- Let me do it!

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- Madam.

- Come.

- Hurry! Hurry!

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Hurry! Hurry up! Why are you all just standing there?

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- Madam!

- Get in the carriage!

- Hurry get into the carriage!

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Madam!

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What are you looking at? Let's go back.

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How come that Minglan doesn't have a sense of propriety at all?

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She dares to tell everything to outsiders.

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Where has her usual sense of propriety gone to?

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I think she must have been influenced by her husband.

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Doesn't know to shut her mouth.

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Big Madam. Young Lord is out.

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He has gone out?

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When he comes back, tell him that I have something to discuss with him.

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Yes.

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Big Madam! Big Madam!

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Little bitch. You must be crazy thinking about men!

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You dare touch my husband too? I've treated you so well!

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You treated me like this?!

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When have you been good to me?

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The other top maids get 2 to 3 taels every month, while I only get half.

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Every 2 to 3 days, either you whip me or cane me.

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When one comes to age,

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whether one doesn't want to marry, willingly wants to stay with her master, or has been arranged to be married,

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who doesn't go with the rules?

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You chose to delay my life and keep me here.

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- I just want to have some warmth!

- Shut up!

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Are you all dead? Servant!

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Big Madam, it was Young Lord who decided to do this with Qiujiang.

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Big Madam, you mustn't be too jealous and forcing people to their death.

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You connived with them to hide it from me?

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Husband. When have I refused any of your concubine request?

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Even your dear Concubine Chunke, I treated her kindly.

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Why must you be this ruthless?

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This is my close maid attendant.

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Why must you slap my face?

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Well, you didn't just slap my face.

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What?

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Why did you marry me?

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- I love you.

- Lies!

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You clearly was jealous of your Sixth Sister, bribed the guard of the Sheng Manor,

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and then have private meetings with me in Yuqing Monastery.

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All of these were planned by you and your concubine mother!

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Your mother was also like that.

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From a daughter of a criminal official, she was able to enter the House of Sheng.

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You mustn't talk about my mother like that!

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You and your mother were so sinister.

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Drawing a gourd based on a copy. (Doing the same thing on him)

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Every words that you told were all lies!

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It's not like that.

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Husband.

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I have you in my heart.

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That year by the side of Jinming Pond,

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they were all playing polo.

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Only you praised how good my poems were.

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You also said my paintings were good.

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I only just wanted to marry you.

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I was afraid that you won't want me!

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Husband... Husband, I'm sincere.

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What about the child in Chunke's womb?

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That is because she lacks good fortune. The child was too large leading to a difficult delivery.

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You sent her numerous nourishing food and medicines,

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and fed that child to that size!

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Was it you? What nonsense did you tell my husband?!

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Husband...

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Whether it is me or Furong,

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we both don't want to continue committing sins for you.

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Don't listen to her lies.

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What's good with a little bitch like that?

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She can slander and betray me today.

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She then can do the same to you in the future, Husband!

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She just didn't want to marry those farmers or merchants.

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She wanted your wealth and status! Husband...

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Husband, have you forgotten our past days?

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Husband...

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Husband! Husband! Sixth!

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Sixth, I'm sincere!

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From now on, Young Lord will give you a new batch of servants.

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Big Madam, it's better that you return to the main room.

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How come it's like this?

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How come things became like this?

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I followed the teachings of my mother.

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She controlled the Sheng Family like this.

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What part have I done wrong?

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No, I wasn't wrong.

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I wasn't wrong.

542

It's fine. It's fine.

543

As long as I properly talk with my husband tomorrow,

544

he will understand me.

545

He wouldn't divorce me, right?

546

Sixth! Sixth!

547

Could it be you still want to marry that Sheng Minglan?

548

She's done for. She offended His Majesty and committed a grave crime!

549

She's done for! Sixth!

550

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

551

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".

552

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

beautifully fragrant and mistaking him for her lord♫

553

♫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♫

554

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

from on high, your cold tears of distress flow♫

555

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

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

556

♫Last night, gusty winds and rain

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

557

♫When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up

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

558

♫Don't you know, don't you know,

there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers?♫

559

♫Last night, gusty winds and rain

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

560

♫When I asked someone, they rolled the blind up

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

561

♫Don't you know, don't you know,

there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers?♫

562

♫Don't you know, don't you know,

there must be flourishing leaves and fallen flowers?♫