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The Story of Ming Lan

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Episode 72

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Yes, she vomited blood on the streets.

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She must be so mad that it affected her heart and is unbearably weak.

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She just finished her first month postpartum. This isn't a sign of a long life.

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I think that the emperor is really abandoning Gu Tingye as a pawn.

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Even the child was fetched back from her maiden house.

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She probably is afraid that she'll suddenly die, so she wanted to see her child one last time.

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Watch Cheng Garden closely. If there are any movements, immediately report it to me.

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Yes.

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At this moment, Second Brother and Father shouldn't attend the morning court anymore. File for a leave of absence.

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With how you are now, stop worrying about these.

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Especially Second Brother. Stop thinking about submitting some complaint letter.

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I finally understood it now.

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It's not really just the death of some Madam Kang,

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or if our Gu's Big Madam is an accomplice or not.

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The emperor and empress dowager don't really care about the crime our Sheng Family committed.

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Second Brother, do you understand?

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He understands.

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What about you?

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Now that this matter is still a hot issue, let's allow it to grow cold first.

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Anyway, he'll get exiled only after autumn. We still have time.

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Let's plan it again.

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You said it so right.

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I repeatedly angered the palace.

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State Uncle and Sister Zhang said that they'll help me convince Her Highness Empress again.

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You used to plan with conviction first before making any move.

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This time, you got muddled because you cared too much.

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Madam, Nanny Xiang is here.

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Madam's maiden family are all here.

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Grand Madam, hello.

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Grand Madam had me come here to ask Madam to go to her for some discussion on important matters.

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Our Cheng Garden and your courtyard have nothing to discuss about.

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Miss Rong, you can't say things like that. What's in line here is the future of the marquis manor.

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It's not yet been settled to whom the title Marquis of Ningyuan is to be given. And Madam, your health is...

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Our Grand Madam is just afraid that what if you get so ill and unable to get up from bed,

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hence, she wants to have you go there as soon as possible.

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Bullying intolerably.

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Leave! Leave!

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Such imposing manner, are you of high official status?

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Leave!

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Let me make it clearer then. You people have taken away the nobility title,

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burned our house,

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and harmed my marquis husband.

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My health now has also been dragged down.

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Does your Big Madam want me to die or something?!

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Madam, what are you saying?

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These problems happening to your house can't be blamed on my Grand Madam.

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I'm urging you to just quickly go there.

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Now, you've lost your conferred title status.

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If you don't go,

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I fear that you might end up with a crime of being unfilial and putting on airs.

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This time, no one will be defending you.

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Xiaotao.

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Let Shitou and...

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...Liu Jingli guard the Cheng Garden well.

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- Only close family members are allowed to casually enter or exit.

- Yes.

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A dog that's threatening because of the power of her master,

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- leave!

- Leave!

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Quickly leave!

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You...

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- What kind of family is this?!

- You dirty woman!

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Be good.

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Leave!

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Urgent news from the borders!

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Urgent news from the borders! Quickly open the city gates!

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Never expected that the war on our borders will happen so quickly.

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Their new leader has ascended the throne at a young age. I heard that he's not even 17 and has a weak hold on his government.

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He probably just wants to establish his imposing presence to stun his subjects and force our empire to open up the trading market between us.

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That's right.

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But Prime Minster and I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

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They actually broke through and conquered two cities now.

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Royal Father, I received a letter from Zhonghuai.

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He said that he was reckless in his previous actions.

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Now, he's willing to make up for his crimes and earn some merits. Willing to lead an army on an expedition.

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In Prime Minister Han's opinion, if there are adequate food supply

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and the borders have enough winter clothes for the cold,

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how early do you think the army can set out?

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Royal Father, Zhonghuai is young and strong. He has a chest full of desire to serve his country.

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Must I listen to you now in assigning a commander?

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You are also young and strong, have a chest full of desires to serve your country.

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Everyone is saying that you're very good. That you are to inherit the throne in the future.

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But currently, it's still my empire.

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I feel that even if the main army can't set out immediately,

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there must be a reinforcement army going there now.

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Or else, if the morale of the border army becomes disorganized, then we'll surely lose.

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I'm willing to share your burden and lead an army to go there.

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- I...

- The borders are in danger right now. Your mother is a bit afraid.

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Just stay in the palace to comfort her.

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Yes, Royal Father.

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I currently don't have enough generals.

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I earnestly ask Your Majesty to temporarily pardon Criminal Gu and assign him to me as a vanguard.

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Once the borders have been pacified, he will be escorted back to be imprisoned and exiled.

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Other than him, don't I have other people around me now?

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Although Criminal Gu is overbearing,

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he's skilled in both literary and fighting, has outstanding intelligence in strategies.

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He is also very familiar with the topography of the borders.

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Shut up!

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Criminal Gu is bearing a heavy crime. He killed a wife of an official. I'm already generous with him for not executing him.

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Just for private reasons, each of you are disregarding state laws!

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I'm not doing it for private reasons! This is for our government!

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Informing Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, a state's military matters is of grave importance.

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If it will be beneficial to our borders, our House of Wang can temporarily not go after the crimes of Gu Tingye.

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That's right. You think...

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So it means that you all think that I have no one to use,

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and will just let that Gu Tingye have a grasp on me?

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Your Majesty!

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I'm willing to use my official status as guarantee!

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Your Majesty, I'm also willing to use my official status as guarantee.

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Criminal Gu indeed committed a grave crime.

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Although we need him to join our army, it's not really to allow him to wander around and be carefree.

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I think we can just demote him to be an ordinary citizen without achievements, join the army as a foot soldier, so as to make up for his crimes.

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Your Majesty, the battlefield is a dangerous place. Having an additional help means having additional hope.

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How many soldiers need not uselessly die because of it?

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Okay. Okay.

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Thank you, Your Majesty!

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- Thank you, Your Majesty!

- Thank you, Royal Father!

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Old Geng, if he escapes,

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I'll have you answer for it!

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Your father...he is over there.

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Father!

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- He has left?

- Yes.

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You have something to say?

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I don't understand.

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Why did Empress Dowager let the House of Wang

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to especially facilitate his inclusion in the army for the expedition? It will only invite future troubles.

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He was being imprisoned by the emperor's side.

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He has relatives and friends all over the capital.

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It's not easy for Empress Dowager to make any move.

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But if anything bad happens to him in the battlefield,

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who else will say anything?

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Then it means that we just need to wait for good news now?

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This military disaster came at the right time.

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It will end soon.

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Big Madam Zhang is here.

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One more mouthful.

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Why is she still drinking medicine?

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Madam suffered some trauma during her first month postpartum.

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It wasn't easy to finish her first month, but then fainted outside the palace.

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How could she not suffer any damage?

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Imperial Physician Zhang has checked me. There's no big problem.

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He just asked me to rest more.

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I'm just a little tired.

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Your Majesty, our elite soldiers...have all perished.

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The elite soldiers...have all...perished?

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Imperial physician! Send for the imperial physician!

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Call the imperial physician! Hurry!

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Afterwards, there's no more news about Marquis Gu.

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My father said that he recklessly moved forward because of rushing to gain merit and pursued the enemies upto 50 miles from their city.

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It's still not known if he has fallen into a quicksand or an ambush.

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Anyway, that team of his...

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None of them was able to return.

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I've hid this from you for several days.

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Now, we also lost any news from my father and his men.

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I'm afraid...

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Sixth Little Sister...

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Don't scare me, Sixth Little Sister.

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Breathe. Breathe, Sixth Little Sister.

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- The doctor! Call the doctor!

- Yes.

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Fill up all these water urns.

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Okay. Okay.

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Tell them to set it up more densely following the southern wall. They must fill up those parts in the back.

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Okay. Yes.

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- Move faster! Fill up the urns!

- Yes. Yes.

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Put jars on the southern wall too!

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Fill up all the water urns. Hurry.

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Mother! Mother!

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Mother... I heard from people outside that Second Brother...

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Second Brother is gone.

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The adjacent house is already preparing funeral clothes.

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The general situation will be decided soon.

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Are you happy?

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Mother, with Second Brother getting in trouble,

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was it you?

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The House of Gu is all yours now.

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All yours now!

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No, I don't want a house like this!

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If something bad happens to Second Brother,

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I'll then submit a memorial asking Second Brother's child to inherit the Marquis of Ningyuan title!

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Hold that!

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You...

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Lower the palanquin.

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Madam. Madam.

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People from the palace are here to promulgate an imperial edict.

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Are they from the palace of Empress?

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Doesn't look like it and they didn't ask that the long altar with incense burner be placed.

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Who came?

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I don't know them. They all look unfamiliar. Their leader claims to have a surname Huang.

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I don't remember any Eunuch Huang in the palace of Empress.

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Sorry for making you wait.

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I wasn't feeling well these past days, hence, wasn't able to get up as soon as possible.

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Big Madam, no need to be courteous. This matter is too sudden.

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Her Highness Empress is rushing that it be done,

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hence, no need to pay attention to these etiquette anymore.

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May Big Madam quickly come to the palace with us.

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Her Highness has important matters to tell you.

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Okay.

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We've already prepared a soft carriage for you outside.

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Madam, let's quickly go.

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Sir, your face is quite new to me.

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There are a lot of servants in the palace.

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It's understandable if you haven't seen me before.

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Yes. It's because I have limited knowledge and experience.

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Empress will usually send Chief Eunuch Han whenever she sends me imperial graces or messages.

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After not seeing her for some time, may I know if she's been doing well?

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Empress has two chief eunuchs by her side.

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One has a surname Ma, the other Wu.

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Was there anyone with a surname Han?

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Are you trying to test our words?

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Can you even fake people from the palace?

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If you don't believe us, let your needlework old maidservants here check then.

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See if our clothes and accessories

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are from the palace or not.

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No need for that.

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You all are indeed from the palace.

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I just fear that you're not really working for the Empress.

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In the palace of Empress, the main chief eunuchs are indeed Wu and Ma.

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But both are now old.

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His Majesty then assigned a Steward Han to replace them.

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Since a year ago, the palace maids and lower ranked eunuchs have long started calling him Chief Eunuch Han.

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If you really work for Empress, how can you not know this?

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Since you know, why aren't you respectfully addressing him as Chief Eunuch?

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Unless you're not really working in her palace.

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An imperial edict was issued asking you to enter the palace. You dare not go?

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- I'm not going!

- You...

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Are you rebelling?! You're rebelling!

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I'll go back to the palace and report that your House of Gu wants to rebel!

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You...

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- Don't move!

- You dare arrest people from the palace?!

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You... We are here with a verbal decree!

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- Quickly let me go!

- You better behave!

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Or else, I'll have your whole clan annihilated!

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Immediately send people to deliver messages to the different high officials.

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Someone's trying to fake imperial edicts to abduct officials and their families into the palace and threaten the government with them.

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- Tell everyone not to believe it!

- Yes!

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- Yes, Madam.

- Drag them away!

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- Move! move!

- Take them away!

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- I can walk!

- Move!

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It's zi time now (11 pm to 1 am).

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Big Madam, something seems to be happening outside.

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Instruct the kitchen to put oil in pans and heat them.

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Send people by the courtyard's wall and put a block of stones every 20 steps.

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And then put the heated oil by the wall.

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Leave two people with every piles of stone.

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Yes.

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Take care.

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Hurry! Hurry! Go! Go!

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Inform everyone to strictly guard the corner doors.

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Watch the walls on the backyard and don't let anyone enter by climbing over them amidst the chaos.

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- Yes. Yes.

- They are killing people...

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Father! Father!

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It's dangerous to stay outside!

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They are killing people!

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Father. Hurry. Close the doors!

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Quickly close the doors!

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They're killing people.

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Take all the children to Weiruixuan to hide!

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- Right. Right.

- Guard the main gates well.

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Hong'er!

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Mother, why did you come here?

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This...is this a mutiny?

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His Majesty is critically ill, and there's an urgent situation now in the borders. Someone then made use of the chaos to revolt.

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- They've started killing people out in the streets.

- Did you hear me?!

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- Ming'er! What about my Minglan?

- Changbai, what about Ming'er?

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- Ming'er.

- Where's Ming'er?

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Grandmother, don't worry. Zhonghuai left his men in Cheng Garden.

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All have been in the battlefield. Their security is better than ours.

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What about our house? Those evil people won't come in our house, right?

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As long as we tightly guard our doors and not recklessly go out,

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we will be safe.

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Guard the main door well!

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It's better that we go back to our room and hide.

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Any part of the courtyard that's not lighted,

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you all light a torch there.

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Don't let any of the evil person come in. Open the stock room in front of the stable.

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All of you who are young and strong, go get a torch.

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If anyone dares to break through our doors, kill them!

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Yes!

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The imperial edict is here!

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People from the Gu Manor, aren't you going to hurry and come out to receive the decree?

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Nonsense!

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It has always been palace eunuchs who promulgate decrees.

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Just listening to you and one will know that you're not form the palace. You must be a liar.

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Quickly leave!

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His Majesty has given orders that since evildoers are revolting,

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the situation has become urgent! We were especially ordered to go house to house

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and escort noble families to the palace to hide.

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Hence, we didn't bring any palace eunuchs with us.

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My house has high and sturdy walls. We're not afraid of evildoers!

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Thank you for His Majesty's good intentions, but we won't go anymore!

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Gu, you better just listen to my words!

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What if the rebels enter your house? You will die.

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My madam already said

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that life or death is all fated. She will not bear any grudges.

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We swear to survive or die with House of Gu!

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You dare disobey an imperial decree?

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Not knowing to appreciate a goodwill.

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Break open their doors!

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Yes!

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Charge!

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- Release the arrows!

- Release the arrows!

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Close the doors!

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Leave someone alive!

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Nanny, I'm afraid.

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Rong'er, don't be afraid.

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Your father is a great commander that is peerless in bravery.

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You are the daughter of a general. You should be like them, unafraid of anything.

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I'm afraid of fire.

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We have people guarding all the courtyards and walls.

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No one can enter. Just carry your little brother and amuse him.

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Okay.

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Greetings, Your Highness.

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Brother-in-law, you work so fast.

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In just a tea time, you've already occupied the imperial city.

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It's just that the people sent out to fetch those officials and their families

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still hasn't returned. I fear that we still haven't won yet.

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It's just a matter time before that happens. Anyway, the palace is now under our control.

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My husband won't be able to escape now.

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That's true indeed. What next?

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Is there any movement inside?

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Nothing's happening inside. I've knocked a few times, but no one's opening the door.

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Should we just break the door? Just give your order and I will let them break them open.

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Wait.

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Go and invite Empress Dowager to come here.

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Yes.

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- We must have the verbal decree of Empress Dowager, so we can justify our actions.

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Yes.

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Come! Surround it!

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Yes!

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Big Madam!

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Big Madam, Second Tu sent a message to say

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that Nanny Xiang opened the inner gates and guided a group of assassins to enter.

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They've all been captured.

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They've been interrogated and confessed that with them,

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there's still one person dressed as a maidservant in our manor

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and was wearing a veiled hat, who was following by Nanny Xiang's side earlier.

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Wearing a veiled hat?

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Yes.

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It means that people in our courtyard knows her.

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Where did that person disappear?

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At the second gate. She wasn't seen at the Mingzhen Corridor anymore.

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Oh, no! Oh, no!

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You bitches that wants to die! You dare do a sneaky move on me?!

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- Shitou and Xiaotao come with me. You stay behind and help Jingli.

- Yes.

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I'll tore your little house down!

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I'll capture you alive, then rape you, before killing you!

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Storm the gates!

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Could the evil people in front be coming?

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What's going on? What's going on?

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- It's you?

- Get lost!

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Mother?

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You ungrateful little bastard.

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You dare to hit me?!

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Why are you defending that little scoundrel?

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I'm going to kill him and seek vengeance for your brother!

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Mother!

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Little brother...

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Little brother...

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Little Brother...

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Mother!

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Mother!

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Mother!

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Mother...

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My mother is dead!

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I don't have a mother anymore!

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She's dead.

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I don't have a mother anymore!

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They're using cloud ladders to storm their way in. The main gates will be lost soon.

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Cloud ladder?

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No wonder they started fires first.

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So they were stealing the cloud ladders.

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With it, any high defense can be conquered.

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- Shitou, quickly take the children and escape first.

-Okay.

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No! If you take two children, it will easily attract attention.

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Put out all the fire and let's all go to the secret chamber.

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Okay. Let's go.

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Nanny, let's go.

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Hurry! Hurry! Go up!

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Hurry up! Hurry and go up!

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Hurry!

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Shoot!

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Shoot!

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Quickly go up!

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Hurry and get up!

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Rise!

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Charge!

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Your Majesty, be careful of getting cold.

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- Your Majesty!

- How are things?

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Your Majesty, Funing Palace Hall has been surrounded.

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How many are they?

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It's dark, so I can't see it clearly..

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Around more than a hundred. All are wearing Jin Imperial Army uniforms.

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We wanted to go out, but we got pushed back.

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The leader said that no one is allowed to leave.

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With just those Jin Imperial Army in the palace,

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it's impossible that they could have surrounded Funing Palace Hall.

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Your Majesty, the whole capital is in chaos.

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They seemed to have attacked using cloud ladders.

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How can there be cloud ladders in the palace?

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It's from the Fire Rescue Team.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Royal Father, Royal Mother, don't be afraid.

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I'm here.

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Help! Someone is killing people!

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Move! Move!

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Enter the city!

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Save the emperor!

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Enter the city!

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Save the emperor!

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Shitou, move these away.

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Okay.

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How come there's still such a place?

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Don't talk anymore. Quickly go in.

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Shitou, stay inside and protect them well.

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- Come.

- Okay, Madam.

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Nanny, be careful. Slowly.

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- Shitou.

- Give me Tuan'er.

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There are food and water inside.

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If I don't come to look for you, don't come out.

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- Okay.

- Come.

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I will stay with Miss until death.

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If you don't let me go with you, I'll tell people about this place.

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Okay.

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Mother!

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Mother!

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What did you call me?

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It's full of soldiers and very chaotic outside.

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Our whole family must stay together!

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Mother!

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Rong'er, don't be afraid.

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I surely will protect you well.

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Mother...

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Don't be afraid.

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Mother.

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- No! I want to be with mother!

- Come, listen to your mother. Rong'er!

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Rong'er, listen to your mother.

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Come. Come, listen to your mother's words.

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We will be meeting the leopards and wolves soon.

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Are you afraid?

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I am.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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You bunch of treacherous and wild people without an emperor in your eyes!

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You dare use the name of Her Highness Empress and Empress Dowager

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to deceive the prime minister!

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- What punishment must— How dare you!

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Shut up!

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Her Highness has issued a decree that if there are people who persistently refused to enter the palace for hiding,

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they will be killed without leniency!

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How dare you, madman!

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You dare to kill a current high official of the government out in the streets?! What punishment must you be dealt with?!

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Ma Hui! Ma Hui! Come out here!

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- Ma Hui!

- Execute him!

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Father!

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Commander Gu! Commander Gu, you're not dead!

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You didn't die.

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Commander Gu!

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Commander Gu is back! Commander Gu is back!

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Commander Gu!

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Prime Minister, rest for a while!

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I still have to handle some affairs in front! Have to take my leave first!

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Commander Gu! Commander Gu is alive!

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Commander Gu! Commander Gu!

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Commander Gu, you're still alive! Commander Gu!

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Commander Gu!

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Commander Gu!

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Marquis Gu! Marquis Gu!

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What really is going on here?! What's going on?!

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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?♫