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♫ Are you still waiting? ♫

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♫ The wind blows away the sand. ♫

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♫ The past prosperity vanishes. ♫

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♫ I'm alone in the world. ♫

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♫ Your profile is drowned in the darkness. ♫

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♫ My memory goes wrong. ♫

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♫ I can't hold your hands. ♫

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♫ How many problems are left unsolved? ♫

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♫ I'm afraid even I doubt myself.♫

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♫ Those unforgettable feelings in my heart, ♫

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♫ they are not real. ♫

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♫ How many words are left unsaid? ♫

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♫ I want to give you more. ♫

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♫ The more I do, the more mistakes I make. ♫

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♫ I'm always by your side. ♫

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♫ I'm waiting for you. ♫

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♫ How many problems are left unsolved? ♫

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♫ I don't forget your persistence. ♫

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♫ Those unforgettable feelings in my heart, ♫

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♫ they are all real. ♫

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♫ How many words are left unsaid? ♫

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♫ I don't want to be the only one in love. ♫

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♫ How to break through all the barriers? ♫

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An Oriental Odyssey

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Episode 18

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What is it?

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Is it the bead Minghui has been looking for?

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No!

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I'll empty my glass to show my respect to you first.

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And I won't let you feel disappointed too! Dad! So do I!

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Good boy.

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How is it? Brother, is it delicious?

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- Good wine!

- Come on!

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One more please!

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He really takes after me.

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I have never had the wine from the Western Regions before!

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Well, I am always conscientious to the superiors

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and is cautious and prudent to my subordinates.

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Actually I don't have a

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I only hope that our family can be harmonious

and you two can bury the hatchet.

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- Then I can feel much more reassured.

- You're right... right!

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Brother, since my dad put it this way.

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Then I must make an apology to you in the most sincere way.

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Okay, I forgive you!

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Sir! Please!

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Stay away!

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Why are you two officers here?

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Dad, haven't you understood now?

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He isn't your son at all!

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Sir Zhao has already made a thorough investigation of it!

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He's the son of General Guo and the puppeteer Xi!

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So that's truth...

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I used to think that Xiu and I loved each other profoundly...

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But I never thought that you and Xiu have mutual affinity.

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The boy takes after Xiu a bit

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but he's more like General Guo after careful observation.

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There's one thing I really don't get now.

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Our blood was symphysic

when you claimed kindred in my mansion that day.

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Because you two, Yuan'an and Yuanning,

thought that I was a thorn in your flesh.

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In order to avoid falling a prey to a plot by you,

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I smeared my hand with some castor oil.

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As one's blood mixed with castor oil,

it'll then integrate with anyone's blood.

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General Guo, I was immensely pleased but I made a mistake.

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All right then, you can bring him back.

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Yuan'an, though he isn't my son, you're my daughter.

Come on! Let's go back home.

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Dad!

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Who are you calling dad? He's my dad! This, is your dad!

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Anyway, it's your father who has a higher position than my dad.

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You still make a profit!

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That's not what I meant.

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I'm really grateful for Mr. Ye taking me in.

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Dad!

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You're my biological father!

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I walked from Shuanghua Town to Luoyang.

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I've suffered a lot! I've been tortured a lot!

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I'm muddled. My mom is also muddled.

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She didn't tell me more about my biological father.

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But I did hear that she yelled Guo while she was sleeping.

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You, are my real dad!

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My boy! You really had a rough time! Come on! Stand up!

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Dad! Dad! I still carry this with me!

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This is you and my mom's love token.

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I always carry it with me for I'm afraid that

I can't find my dad anymore after I lose it.

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There's no mistake...

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There are two dolls. I have the other one.

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- My son!

- Dad!

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- My son...

- Dad!

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Dad, you see. At least, Yuanning and I are your own children.

Well... he... Right?

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- General Guo.

- Dad...

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I wish you happiness!

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- It's enough. General Guo, I take my leave now.

- I'm sorry I cannot escort you further.

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Okay, let's go!

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Sir, thanks for your help today! See you again!

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Yuan'an!

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It's wet and windy outside. Ask hostler to be careful.

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Fate conspires against man.

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You and I cannot reunite until now. It really takes so many years.

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Well... dad, when can you bring me back to your Mansion?

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You're my own flesh and blood.

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Actually, I should bring you back to my mansion at once.

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Well, my wife and other family members know nothing about you.

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It'll incur a disturbance if I bring you back to my mansion now.

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I heard from Lanzhi that Ye's family was in a mess because of you.

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Yes.

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How about this? I request Lanzhi to take care of you for a few days

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till I tell my wife about all these matters.

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At that time, I will not only bring you back

to my mansion

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but also apply an official rank for you in front of Empress.

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Okay, I'll listen to you all.

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Lanzhi, it's my own business and I shouldn't bother you...

Well, you see...

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Don't worry, General Guo. It's my honor to share your burdens.

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Thanks for the trouble.

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Mr. Guo, please come with me to the post.

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- Okay.

- Let's go.

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- General Guo, please.

- Dad first!

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How vicious the mosquito is!

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What's your name?

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Zhao Lanzhi.

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You're my father's henchmen?

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I used to serve for General Guo.

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And now I work in Court of Judicature and Revision.

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Court of Judicature and Revision?

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That's right. That's the reason why I think you look familiar.

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I happen to have met you once!

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The day at the tavern, right?

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I said that I would ask my dad not to pay you the salaries any more!

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Yes. You said so.

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- But Mr. Ye isn't your father.

- Though Mr. Ye isn't, General Guo is!

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No matter who is my dad,

their official positions are all higher than yours!

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What happened today is really a false alarm.

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You and Ye Yuan'an changed a dad for me jointly.

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But fortunately, he's still a high-ranking official!

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You've tried everything, right?

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Wait a minute! You two! What's your relationship?

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- Friends.

- Friends?

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How can a man and a woman only be friends?

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In my opinion, you two are a couple.

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Right? Am I right? Are you lovers?

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Tell me! Why do you say nothing? I think that it means you're lovers.

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- I've disliked her long before!

- Please speak and act cautiously, Mr. Guo.

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Do not speak ill of others.

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Besides, Yuan'an is a good girl.

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I'll forget it if you don't say that.

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I have no idea about her characters.

But I think that she's really beautiful.

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She's fair-complexioned with big eyes. I like her!

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I used to treat her only as my younger sister.

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It now seems that we have blood relations.

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Her dad and my dad are old acquaintances.

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Aren't we a couple from families of equal status? I...

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What are you doing? Loose your hand!

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You're just a henchman of my dad!

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Believe it or not? I'll ask my dad to throw you out!

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Or just ask him to arrest you into the jail!

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Mr. Guo, it's wet and windy outside, suitable for calming down.

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- Let me send you out to calm down.

- You don't dare!

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Put me down!

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Do you know what you're doing now?

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Zhao Lanzhi! I ask you to put me down!

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Stay here and calm down. I'll come back to fetch you later.

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What do you mean later? Put me down!

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Come back! Zhao Lanzhi!

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You! Come back! You wretch!

Get me down! Zhao Lanzhi! Come back...

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He's dead! Sir! You've just killed him!

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Eat more. Then grow up quickly and become beautiful moths!

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You spin and I spin. Weave and make dolls.

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Isn't it the cocoon which I put on Huan?

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Why did it change into a moth?

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My son!

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I did tell you not to depart from me!

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Why don't you listen to me?

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How can you go to Luoyang?

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So many bad people there!

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And you now lose your life...

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How can I live without you?

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Take the medicine, General.

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Your condition has aggravated.

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Excepting having a relapse, do you have some other load in your mind?

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My wife.

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I have something to discuss with you.

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Go ahead, please.

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Minghui is my niece. She's our family member.

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You can just tell me.

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Actually, I've fallen in love with a royal puppeteer before I met you.

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Now, my own son came to find me.

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Well, you see. What should I do?

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You haven't told me anything about it these years until now...

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Well, as he came to find you now...

Your own son cannot stay outside.

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When will you fetch him here?

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I've never thought that you're such a nice wife!

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I... Don't worry! I won't maltreat you and Xuelan!

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General!

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General! Bad news!

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There's a news from Mr. Zhao.

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Lanzhi? What did he say?

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He said...

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No!

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Impossible!

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It's absolutely impossible!

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- Hurry! Lead the way!

- Yes.

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He died?

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I heard that Huan said something rude to Zhao Lanzhi

and then was strapped on the tree.

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Then he was struck by lightning and died.

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- When?

- Yesterday evening.

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Where's Zhao Lanzhi?

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He's been arrested for commit manslaughter.

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Where are you going?

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Well... You!

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She's so flustered. Where is she going?

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Mu Le said that Huan died.

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I know.

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He was still alive when he recognized General Guo as his father.

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But now he's dead.

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I met Xiaotian just now. He's hurrying to the court.

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He's in a complete daze.

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Dad!

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You see! The fake son's gone

and also you cannot control your real daughter.

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In the end, I'm the most obedient one, right?

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Your words are reasonable.

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Yuanning, you're now an adult

and you should have the responsibility now.

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My silly boy! Kneel down to your dad! Kneel down!

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Yuanning, actually I've thought to find a position for you.

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I hope you can bring glory on our family.

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- Thank your dad!

- Thank you, dad!

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Enough. But you need to remember to do your best

and pay more attentions!

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Promise your dad! Hurry up!

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Don't worry, dad! I'll absolutely do my best!

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Zhao Lanzhi.

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What do you mean?

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You've just helped me find my natural son but then you killed him!

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Tell me! What are you going to do!

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General. I didn't do it on purpose. It's really an accident.

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I won't let you off.

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Though we're just together only for one day,

one night or even one hour, he is still my son!

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I ask you to pay your life for him!

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I'm really surprised today.

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A man who lets villains become terror-stricken

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didn't arrest evildoers but joined in the jail himself.

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Princess Minghui, I hope that you're well.

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Do you keep company with General Guo or just come to laugh at me

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as you loosen respect and degrade honor to be here?

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I heard that you're put in the jail as I was in my uncle's Mansion.

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I think it's interesting so I come to have a look.

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Sir, do you still remember what you said to me

before Jiang Ren's grave a few days ago?

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What did you say? You said that...

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you must arrest me if you find the evidence, right?

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Every man has its day.

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Have a look at yourself.

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Would you hate yourself for saying it too early?

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What you said is right.

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I killed him by accident.

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But if I can be released someday,

I'll still eradicate injustices and evildoers as I see them.

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I trust what you said.

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I trust not only you but also your best friend and partner, Yuan'an.

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I dare to make a bet with you.

You won't stay here too long and you won't be punished,

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because your miraculous Yuan'an will come here to save you soon.

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You can tease me. But don't mock Yuan'an!

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You're now in the prison but you still defend her!

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Wait and see!

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Zhao Lanzhi really has profound feelings with Ye Yuan'an!

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Though he's captive, he still defend her!

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I really hope that Ye Yuan'an will save him.

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If she doesn't save him, he'll only be exiled for manslaughter.

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If she does, both of them will be under penalty of death!

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Give me a hand.

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Why do you come here?

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Can you give me a hand? Just stand there! Let's go!

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- Why do you come here?

- Save you out! Otherwise?

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Do you know the law?

Break into the jail and rescue a prisoner at daytime?

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You're right. Wait for me!

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See you later.

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Lanzhi!

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I'm so worried about you!

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When did you come?

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Actually...

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It's for you.

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Did you make it?

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You don't believe it?

Can I only excel at martial arts? Can't I do it?

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Why do you come here again?

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Your words are reasonable. Nobody breaks into the jail at daytime.

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So that's the reason why I come to see you again.

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- Why do you come to see me?

- Help you out!

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Where to go?

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Hey guys! If you don't put me down, I'll puke.

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- Don't need to relax. Let's go!

- Yuan'an!

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Listen to me. I really can't go with you.

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I'm an imperial officer and I work for Emperor and Empress.

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I now killed a man so I can't abscond to avoid punishment.

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It's not right for you to break in the jail.

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I've told you not to do this. Why don't you follow me?

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Stop lecturing me now, okay?

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You can find the truth with me when we're out.

Don't stay here anymore, okay?

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Come on! We used to be like this!

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- It's different this time.

- Why?

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What we reversed before are unjust and false cases.

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You rescued people first and then I helped you find the truth out.

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But now, I did kill him. I deserve it.

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Well, you said it for blaming me, right?

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What kind of relations do you have?

You're involved in it for helping me!

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Yuan'an, I am not blaming you anymore.

Don't think too much. Go back home.

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No.

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If you refuse to leave, I'll call the guards.

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Go ahead!

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I won't go even if you call them! Just do it if you dare!

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Yuan'an.

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Everyone has his own integrity. This is mine.

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Guards, come in!

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I don't want to see you!

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I do not want to see you!

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What's going on? Where's he?

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He refused to leave.

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I really want to kill the idiot!

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Forget it. Don't be angry anymore.

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You wanted to save him but he refused. And you can't force him.

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Let's go back first and then we can find some other ideas.

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Are you extremely happy now? Do you always dislike him?

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So you're very happy for he's been arrested!

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I... He's arrested and he refused your help. Is it my problem?

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I need to calm down. Leave me alone!

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I ask you all here to discuss something about Zhao Lanzhi.

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It's true that the man died because of him. But it's only an accident.

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And Zhao Lanzhi performed well on his duty.

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What are your opinions about the case?

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Report to Your Highness.

I think Zhao Lanzhi observes his duty strictly

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and he's praised by the people of Luoyang.

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As it's his unintentional offence,

he shouldn't be sentenced with such a felony.

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He's right. We agree with him.

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General Guo, I know the dead man has some relations with you.

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But Zhao Lanzhi is also your former subordinate. What's your ideas?

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Your Highness, the defunct is my own son. I just find him.

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General Guo, who helped you find your son?

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Report to Your Highness... it's Zhao Lanzhi...

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Then how could he do harm to your son deliberately? What do you think?

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I know. It's his unintentional fault.

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Life and death are decreed precisely by fate.

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Maybe he doesn't have the fortune to live one day longer.

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Actually I didn't want to investigate and affix his responsibility.

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But...

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Please forgive my blunt words, Your Highness.

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It's recorded that

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the previous emperor orders people in the palace

to save on food to relieve the people in stricken areas.

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Whoever wastes food will be punished according to the law.

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Once a day, he spilt the rice bowl when he gave a flick of his sleeve.

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Then he put himself in confinement

for three days as serving the sentence.

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The previous emperor punished himself for he spilted some rice.

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Then what about the Sizhi of Court of Judicature and Revision?

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He did damage one's life whether he's on purpose or not.

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Should he be punished impartially as well?

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I beg Your Highness of thinking carefully.

Please punish him pursuant to the law!

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Your words are also reasonable.

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What's the use of the law if the law-executor can evade its sanction?

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Forget it. I won't interfere it.

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Just demand Luoyang County court to deal with it.

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Thanks, Your Highness.

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Yuan'an. I have the same feelings with you as Zhao Lanzhi is arrested.

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Though you're now full of anger and sorrow, you still can't save him.

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He must have his own reason for he refused leaving with you.

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He's a fool! He's foolish and then I'll be same with him!

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I rather think what he did is right.

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You see. If he had left with you,

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his crime would be worse,

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and it would turn into fleeing to escape punishment.

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He really cherish his fame.

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Do you have the heart to see his reputation get tainted?

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Your words are right but...

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Come on. Go back to sleep.

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Maybe everything will be okay tomorrow.

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[Notice of Public Trial]

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I never thought it.

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Sizhi of Court of Judicature and Revision Zhao Lanzhi

has also been arrested into the jail?

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Zhao is a nice person.

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Yes. But who would have thought so?

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He deserves the punishment...

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for he killed my son.

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- Follow her.

- Yes.

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Come on.

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Master, have a look at our daughter's clothes! Is it nice or not?

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Nice.

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Master, Xuelan will marry soon but you still ignore everything.

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Could you please give me any advice?

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You can decide yourselves.

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General!

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Aunt, don't be angry with uncle.

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Don't you remember what I told you?

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Come on! Let's go to talk to him and let him feel relieved.

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Do you hope that he's still like this at Xuelan's wedding?

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Xiu... I'm so sorry to you...

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Our son came to live with me after all the trouble

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but I failed to keep him safe...

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Master.

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We're a couple for years and you don't need to conceal yourself.

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I know that you're still full of tender solicitude towards the boy.

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Master!

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Master!

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You can tell me whatever you want.

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I prefer to shoulder heavy burdens with you!

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My wife...

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I really want to let the boy live with me but I'm defeated by the fate.

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Master. The dead cannot be revived.

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Please restrain your grief.

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You're the pillar of the state!

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Besides, our daughter will soon get married.

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What should I do as I see you like this?

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I just think that I really let them down

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for I can compensate them nothing.

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Master, though the boy is deceased,

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his mother is still alive.

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What about... fetching her here to live with us?

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My wife...

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you're really magnanimous!

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But...

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Well... what will you do if she lives here?

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I will... treat her as my sisters...

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It's really a good deed!

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Thank you so much!

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Master, what about asking Minghui to complete it?

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She's intelligent and prudent. I can totally trust her work.

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Okay.

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Well... it'll all depend on you.

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Don't worry, uncle.

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I must try my best to do it well.

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Will she believe me as I just go to find her in such a hastily way?

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Uncle, do you have any tokens?

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Come on, Minghui.

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Carry it with you.

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Huan has said that Xiu is in Shuanghua Town, in the southwest.

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Tell her that Guo Xiaotian asks you to meet her when you find her.

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Then she'll understand.

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It's really a brilliant doll!

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It evokes my memory of my childhood.

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Master. As Minghui likes it so much, just send it to her.

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Since Xiu will come to live here soon, you don't need it anymore.

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Here you are.

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Rest assured, uncle and aunt. I will make a good job of it.

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My wife...

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As you wish. You finally get the bead.

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And as aunt wishes. That bastard has died.

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But I'm still worried.

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What should I do if she really lives here?

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Aunt, don't worry.

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Suggesting uncle to take Xiu here is just a bait.

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Otherwise he couldn't give me the doll so easily.

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Then, I just need to find the woman and say a few words to her.

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I'm afraid that she will have no time to bother our things.

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My son...

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You always said that you hadn't had enough money to spend

when you're alive...

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So I burn more paper money for you...

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Then you could have enough money to spend...

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Who is coming?

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Are you the relative of the emperor

or the daughter of a high-ranking official?

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How do you know that without seeing me?

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Your habiliment is made of the classy Jiangnan silk.

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It will emit an euphonious rustle when you walk.

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Its cost can let a poor household live for several years.

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Xiu, you're really an expert.

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No one from Luoyang is good.

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I don't know the reason why you come to meet me.

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General Guo Xiaotian asked me to take you back.

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What's this?

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Isn't this what you sent him?

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I sent it to him because we loved each other.

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Later, as we fell out of love we still had our child.

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But now our child has gone aloft,

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why do I need to meet him?

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Why do I need it?

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But why didn't you revenge for your son?

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Hasn't the bulletin already told me?

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The murderer has already been jailed.

Who else should I revenge?

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He's just one of them.

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The other one is still at large.

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The other one...

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Who! Who's the other one?

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As a matter of fact, you may know her.

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She's Ye Yuan'an, the daughter of Minister of Finance Ye Fucheng.

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♫ Tired off and lights out, it's about to dawn. ♫

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♫ I never speak out my love sickness. ♫

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♫ In my dream, we are falling into sweet love. ♫

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♫ Everyone wants a lifelong lover, ♫

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♫ but the passion fades away with time. ♫

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♫ I'm stubborn and you're reluctant. ♫

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♫ Antagonistic love is so absurd. ♫

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♫ We can't be reconciled to the past. ♫

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♫ What sweet time we have, ♫

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♫ but only pity stays as time goes by. ♫

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♫ I lead a wandering life in the world, ♫

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♫ pursuing the traces left by you. ♫

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♫ I hope to get acquaintance with you. ♫

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♫ Recalling the previous love and hatred with you, ♫

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♫ I think we live a worthwhile life. ♫

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♫ What sweet time we have, ♫

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♫ but only pity stays as time goes by. ♫

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♫ What sweet time we have, ♫

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♫ but only pity stays as time goes by. ♫