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[Unchained Love]
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[Episode 23]
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[Shangqiong Palace]
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Your Majesty.
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Don't be angry with Her Highness.
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Who said I'm angry?
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Does a cruel woman
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deserve my anger?
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Yes, you're the Emperor.
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You don't have to get angry
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at an ignorant girl.
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You've been restless,
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day and night,
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but it isn't because of Her Highness.
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Shush!
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Do you think Deer's Reed Residence
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is equipped with iceboxes and iced desserts?
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Do you think she's angry
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that I sent her there?
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Tell me,
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should I visit her?
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Your Majesty, it's her fault
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that she angered you.
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No matter how wronged she feels,
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she deserves it.
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How can someone like you
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humble yourself
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by giving in to a concubine?
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If people find out,
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it'll be embarrassing.
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You
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should pay more attention
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to affairs of the court.
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That makes sense.
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That makes sense.
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But I've still decided
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to go to Deer's Reed Residence and send her some
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food and clothing for the summer.
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Go and make the preparations.
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Your Majesty-
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I'll go in disguise.
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I'll be looking from the outside, I won't go in.
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No one will find out.
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I'll go get it done now.
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Wait.
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Go to my private treasury and pick carefully.
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Go now.
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Yes.
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That's it. Go now.
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After wasting all these poison,
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Rong'an should be coming in person soon.
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I have a feeling
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that it'll be today.
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Chief, I just received word
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that His Majesty sent Her Highness
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out of the palace,
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to Deer's Reed Residence.
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His Majesty hasn't
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visited her in a long time.
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I think Her Highness
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must have lost favor.
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You all return to the Zhaoding Bureau first.
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Godfather, you aren't reporting back to the palace?
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Are you going to
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Deer's Reed Residence?
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I must see her.
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Cherries for sale!
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Big and red cherries.
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Have a look.
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Cherries.
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Hurry up.
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Hurry up, everyone.
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Consort Duan
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is such an enigma.
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She was sent to this isolated place
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right after being conferred the title of Consort.
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His Majesty didn't visit her for a long time.
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I thought she had lost favour,
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but it turns out
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His Majesty does have her on his mind.
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Every single one of these rewards
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is a rare treasure.
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I've seen her from a distance,
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she's not a great beauty.
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You have no idea.
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She's a crafty one.
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I've heard that
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Consort Duan
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is extremely good in bed.
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She has plenty of tricks
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to capture His Majesty's heart and soul.
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Why isn't she coming yet?
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If she doesn't come,
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I'm a dog.
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Has someone from the Imperial City come?
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Your Highness.
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Show them in, quickly.
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Your Highness, how did you know?
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His Majesty has bestowed many rewards on us.
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Eunuch Sun is right outside,
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waiting for your reply.
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I'll ask him to come in.
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What is he doing here?
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Ask Eunuch Sun to go back.
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Also,
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ask him to take all those things back.
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Are those really the things I need?
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Yes.
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I wonder
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what Xiao Duo is doing now.
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West Shu is so far away,
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when can he return to the capital?
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Forget it.
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Why should he come back?
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He won't want to see me
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ever again.
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I didn't get off the carriage
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to leave with him.
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There are so many people around,
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are you really going in?
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There's no one out there
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with the ability
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to detect my presence if I don't want them to.
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Look.
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His Majesty is here,
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and he's brought so many rewards.
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Losing favor is out of the question.
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Qilang was talking nonsense.
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She's clearly deeply favored by His Majesty.
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Godfather,
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I don't think you can go in today.
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Let's go back.
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If His Majesty
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finds out about any of this,
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she will die.
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We'll return to the Zhaoding Bureau.
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Zhaoding Bureau?
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Godfather.
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You must report to the palace.
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Your Majesty, I'm here to report back.
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Come here.
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Your Majesty,
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I didn't manage to see Consort Duan.
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She wouldn't even see you?
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Yes, she made me to wait outside.
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She also asked
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to have all these rewards returned.
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What she said was,
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"Are those really the things I need?"
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Fine.
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If she wants to stay in that
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far-flung place,
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let her have her fill!
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Let's return.
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Yes.
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Back to the palace.
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[Deer's Reed Residence]
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What is it?
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Your Majesty, I just received news.
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Chief Xiao has purged the bandits, and traveled day and night
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to make his way back.
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He has arrived in the capital today.
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Why didn't he come to report back to me?
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Where is he now?
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Zhaoding Bureau.
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This Xiao Duo
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is getting more and more arrogant,
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and without respect for me.
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Your Majesty.
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Lord Bu
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seeks an audience with you.
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He's outside the palace,
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and has been waiting for quite a while.
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No. I'll see him during court tomorrow.
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I've told him that.
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But Lord Bu said
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it's a serious matter,
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that other officials dare not report.
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Only he dares disturb Your Majesty with it.
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Fine. Summon him in.
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Yes.
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Summoning Lord Bu.
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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Please rise.
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What brings you here?
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Rumors are rife amongst the common people.
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They're all calling Xiao Duo
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is the "True Emperor."
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This rumor
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has been spreading for over a month.
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Everyone knows in the streets and alleys
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know of it.
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Some are even panegyrizing his meritorious deeds.
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I think the rumor
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was spread by Xiao Duo himself.
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This man is much too ambitious,
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Your Majesty must not condone him.
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The officials are all afraid of Xiao Duo,
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so no one dares speak of the rumor.
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Why are you the only one
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who dares to report it to me?
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Xiao Duo is powerful,
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but I believe
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only Your Majesty is the true ruler of the Great Ye,
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and the true owner of this Imperial City.
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I will stop at nothing
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to serve Your Majesty.
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Even if it costs me my life,
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I am not afraid.
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You are a righteous and loyal man.
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As for that Xiao Duo,
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he is a sharp blade
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in the Hall of Imperial Supremacy.
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He hangs over the ministers' heads,
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but he hangs over mine too.
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Lord Bu,
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are you willing to
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sheath this sharp blade for the sake of the Great Ye?
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I will give it my all
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for Your Majesty.
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Good.
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It is inappropriate for the Zhaoding Bureau
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to wield as much power as it does.
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Conversely, the Court of Judicial Review
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has become a leisurely office.
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It is improper for things to go on like this.
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I hereby invest Bu Yulu
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as the Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review,
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effective immediately,
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty,
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Lord Bu has been sent out of the palace.
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The order of investiture
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has been issued to the Six Ministries.
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But with all due respect,
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everyone in the court knows
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Lord Bu is rather ineffectual,
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and he isn't an able official.
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Why does Your Majesty want to use him?
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I don't want an able official,
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but an obedient dog
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to carve up Xiao Duo’s power.
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Rulers and their kingdoms fall
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when great ministers are too formidable,
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and officials are too powerful.
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To me, Xiao Duo is precisely
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too formidable
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and too powerful.
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He has rendered me
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a useless accessory.
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Perhaps, not too long later,
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I and my kingdom will fall.
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I was wrong
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about the reason
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Yinlou refuses to accept me.
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In her eyes,
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I'm just an Emperor in name.
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In reality, I am not as powerful as Xiao Duo.
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How could she fall for me
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and rely on me with peace of mind?
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That is why in the future,
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I will command
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this throne thoroughly.
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Your Majesty, this is the way you should be.
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Ask Yu Zun to go to the Zhaoding Bureau,
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and summon Xiao Duo to meet with me.
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Yes.
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Godfather.
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You're going to be late
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for your audience with His Majesty.
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You can't delay it any longer.
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Send one of our able men to bring this to her.
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You're still thinking about
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giving her cherries at this juncture?
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Chief.
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Chief.
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We have trouble.
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While we were away from the capital,
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rumors started spreading among the people,
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calling you the "True Emperor."
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The "True Emperor"?
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This crime is enough
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to have me executed many times over.
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It seems that someone in the capital
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is trying to stir up trouble.
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Yes.
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Look,
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you can't even save yourself now.
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You need to stop
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wasting your energy on others.
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Go to the palace now.
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After what happened,
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you have to at least
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try explaining yourself to His Majesty.
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Chief.
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Someone from the palace is here.
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Chief Xiao, your reputation precedes you.
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I haven’t had time to report to you.
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This is Yu Zun,
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the new Commander-general of the Imperial Army.
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What brings you here today,
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Commander Yu?
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I am here to pass His Majesty's order
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to summon Chief Xiao to the palace.
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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Rise.
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[Hall of Imperial Supremacy]
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Thank you for welcoming me back in person,
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Your Majesty.
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I heard you arrived early in the morning.
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Why didn't you report back to the palace?
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Your Majesty,
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I was in a hurry to come back
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to report back to you.
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I traveled hastily,
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and disheveled myself.
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I dared not offend you with my appearance,
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so I went back to the Zhaoding Bureau
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to wash up.
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As such, I delayed returning to the palace.
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Please punish me.
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Chief Xiao is a pillar of our country.
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You pacified the Prince of Nanyuan's rebellion,
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and exterminated the bandits.
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Your service has been greatly meritorious,
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why would I punish you?
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The Great Ye needs you.
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Recently, the commoners
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have given you a sobriquet,
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"True Emperor."
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It seems rather well-deserved.
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I am Your Majesty's loyal servant.
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This rumor must have been
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spread by someone with an ulterior motive.
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Please allow me to
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conduct a thorough investigation
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into the source of this rumor,
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and return peace of mind to you.
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There's no need to investigate.
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You're the one I trust the most,
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why would I believe such slanderous words?
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It's just that the Zhaoding Bureau is too prominent,
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and attracts unwanted attention.
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This is all because
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of your powers of reviewing memorials.
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I think
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you had better surrender that duty.
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However,
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you're still in charge of the Zhaoding Bureau,
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and you must continue
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to supervise the actions of the court officials
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on my behalf.
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I am at your command.
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You must be tired from this trip.
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I can’t bear
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to trouble you all the time.
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How about this?
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Take a rest.
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From now on,
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the Court of Judicial Review
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will take over the Zhaoding Bureau's cases.
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They will share your burden.
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Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty.
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The position of Chief Minister
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has been vacant for a long time.
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May I ask who will be filling it?
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I can ensure the handover goes smoothly
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if I had an idea.
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This person actually has a connection
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with Chief Xiao.
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He is Consort Duan's father,
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Lord Bu Yulu.
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There's something
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I almost forgot.
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Ever since Empress Rong'an
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moved from Fengyi Palace to Changqing Palace,
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she has been dissatisfied with the servants around her.
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The Empress Dowager is also
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constantly nagging at me.
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Since you're idle,
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go and serve her.
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You don’t have to come back to Shangqiong Palace with me.
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Anyway, you can go now, since you have nothing to do.
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Sister-in-law is waiting.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Farewell, Your Majesty.
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Godfather.
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The Zhaoding Bureau and the Great Ye have a symbotic relationship.
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Now, complications have arisen.
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What does this all mean?
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Why would His Majesty suddenly
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promote an incompetent man like Bu Yulu?
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His Majesty is suspicious of me,
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but he needs me.
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It doesn't matter
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if Bu Yulu is incompetent.
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He just wants someone obedient
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to carve up my power.
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It happened all of a sudden,
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so I was caught off guard.
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This half-baked Emperor
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is finally getting the hang of things.
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How can you be calm?
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His Majesty
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has transferred you to Changqing Palace.
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He's not only demoting you,
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but humiliating you.
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It's merely a dirty trick.
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If you really think I'll roll over,
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that'll be too naive.
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It's interesting to see
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that he's willing to humble himself
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and join hands with Rong'an.
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What is he after?
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You can go back first.
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Your servant, Xiao Duo, is back.
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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Duo.
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Come here.
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I'll stay right here,
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it's the same.
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You don't even want to
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patronize me anymore?
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How disappointing.
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You've misunderstood.
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If you opened me up,
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you would find that I'm cold-blooded.
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I disappoint many people,
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you're not the only one.
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Ah Duo, I know
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His Majesty took away your power.
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If you're unhappy,
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I will help you
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return to your original position.
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00:20:48,620 --> 00:20:50,210
You only have to return to my side.
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I'm afraid Your Majesty is very ill.
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It's time to get an imperial physician.
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The one who is in trouble
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is not me,
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but you.
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00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:03,730
What?
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00:21:04,260 --> 00:21:05,440
You lost your power,
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00:21:06,220 --> 00:21:08,220
and even begged for your old dog back.
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Xiao Duo,
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00:21:08,850 --> 00:21:09,640
why don't you understand
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00:21:09,780 --> 00:21:11,250
my heart?
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00:21:14,980 --> 00:21:15,730
Back then,
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00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:18,560
I was neglected by the late Emperor
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and bullied by Noble Consort Shao.
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I even wanted to die.
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00:21:25,580 --> 00:21:26,410
I remember
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00:21:27,580 --> 00:21:29,530
you came to Fengyi Palace then
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to serve incense for me.
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00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:33,640
That was the first time I saw you.
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You said a lot to me,
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00:21:37,580 --> 00:21:39,520
and reminded me that humanity exists
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00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:42,330
in the Imperial City.
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00:21:43,860 --> 00:21:45,240
Have you forgotten?
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00:21:45,940 --> 00:21:47,570
We were in the same boat.
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Duo.
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It's cold in the palace.
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Let's keep each other warm, shall we?
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Your Highness, are you mistaken?
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00:22:00,180 --> 00:22:02,000
When I first joined the Zhaoding Bureau,
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00:22:02,420 --> 00:22:03,880
you forced me to work for you
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and help you win favor.
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00:22:06,540 --> 00:22:07,170
You forced me
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00:22:07,170 --> 00:22:09,450
to deal with not only the late Emperor,
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00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:11,880
but also you, and the previous Chief.
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00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:14,530
If I made a single misstep, I would have died horribly.
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00:22:14,660 --> 00:22:16,210
It would be generous
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00:22:16,340 --> 00:22:17,120
not to call us enemies.
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00:22:17,580 --> 00:22:18,890
How could we be friends?
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00:22:19,740 --> 00:22:20,210
No.
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00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:21,730
It's not like that.
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00:22:21,730 --> 00:22:23,400
It's not like that. You're lying to me.
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00:22:24,660 --> 00:22:25,450
It's all because of Bu Yinlou.
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00:22:25,450 --> 00:22:28,170
She forced you to be heartless to me.
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Since you don't like
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my service,
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I'll take my leave now.
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Xiao Duo.
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Duo.
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Xiao Duo.
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Duo.
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What's so good about that woman?
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00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:45,520
No matter how well you treat her,
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she will only treat you as a stepping stone
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into His Majesty's bed.
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She is his woman.
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If she really cared about you,
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she would have sacrificed her life
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and given up riches for you.
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But she didn't.
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00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:02,720
In her eyes,
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you're only a tool,
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to be abandoned when the time comes.
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She is now
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Murong Gaogong's woman.
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She has nothing
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00:23:13,940 --> 00:23:15,560
to do with you anymore.
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Duo.
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[Imperial City, Deer's Reed Residence]
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It's him.
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He's back.
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00:24:15,140 --> 00:24:16,680
Why did he give me cherries?
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00:24:18,460 --> 00:24:19,680
He hasn't given up yet?
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00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:25,760
I must be overthinking this.
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00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:27,890
He's so narrow-minded,
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00:24:29,220 --> 00:24:30,520
there's no need to provoke him.
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00:24:33,860 --> 00:24:34,720
Maybe
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someone from the palace sent it.
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Father.
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I've known since you were little that
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although you're a woman,
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00:25:12,980 --> 00:25:15,050
you would achieve great things.
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00:25:16,660 --> 00:25:17,800
As expected,
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00:25:18,260 --> 00:25:19,520
my Yinlou
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00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:22,640
is now a mistress of the palace.
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00:25:24,420 --> 00:25:25,840
His Majesty issued a ban.
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00:25:26,140 --> 00:25:27,570
It mustn't have been easy
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for Father to get in here.
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00:25:29,180 --> 00:25:30,280
His Majesty is merciful.
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00:25:30,580 --> 00:25:33,200
He made me the Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
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00:25:33,420 --> 00:25:34,840
Although my rank has decreased,
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00:25:35,140 --> 00:25:35,970
I now hold
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a position with real power.
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00:25:39,420 --> 00:25:41,760
It's the same,
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being a minister and a concubine.
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00:25:43,420 --> 00:25:44,890
We need to know
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00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,210
who the real master of the Imperial City is.
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00:25:49,540 --> 00:25:50,490
You must be obedient.
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00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:55,040
What do you mean?
537
00:25:59,460 --> 00:26:01,490
Do I have to say it out loud?
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00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:05,050
Be more thoughtful when you're in His Majesty's bed,
539
00:26:05,620 --> 00:26:07,640
and use some feminine tricks.
540
00:26:07,940 --> 00:26:09,170
If you make him happy,
541
00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:11,020
you wouldn't be trapped
542
00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:12,130
in a place like this anymore.
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00:26:14,260 --> 00:26:15,690
I like this place.
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00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:20,040
Silly girl.
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00:26:20,620 --> 00:26:21,520
You're too unambitious.
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00:26:24,220 --> 00:26:26,850
I know when you went to West Shu,
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00:26:27,620 --> 00:26:28,370
you got involved with that
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00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:30,360
useless nephew of your mother's.
549
00:26:30,780 --> 00:26:32,040
That's exactly why
550
00:26:32,180 --> 00:26:34,120
His Majesty is unhappy with you.
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00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:35,290
Do you think
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00:26:35,420 --> 00:26:36,490
you can do whatever you want,
553
00:26:36,620 --> 00:26:38,080
because Xiao Duo is backing you?
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00:26:38,660 --> 00:26:40,330
He's just a servant.
555
00:26:41,780 --> 00:26:42,610
Let me tell you.
556
00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:44,930
Xiao Duo is back.
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00:26:45,260 --> 00:26:46,410
His good days
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00:26:47,220 --> 00:26:48,760
are behind him now.
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00:26:49,180 --> 00:26:52,090
Do you know His Majesty promoted me
560
00:26:52,780 --> 00:26:54,210
just so I can check his power?
561
00:26:55,780 --> 00:26:56,640
Now, he has
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00:26:57,140 --> 00:26:58,010
surrended his powers of reviewing memorials
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00:26:58,220 --> 00:26:59,250
and his power is weakened.
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00:26:59,420 --> 00:27:01,530
His Majesty has sent him to Changqing Palace
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00:27:01,660 --> 00:27:02,880
to serve Empress Rong'an.
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00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:06,040
He'll fall from power soon.
567
00:27:06,220 --> 00:27:08,010
Once I get something on him,
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00:27:09,460 --> 00:27:11,450
I will take him down.
569
00:27:13,780 --> 00:27:15,120
Xiao Duo has completely lost
570
00:27:15,260 --> 00:27:17,050
His Majesty's trust.
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00:27:17,420 --> 00:27:18,400
So you must never
572
00:27:18,540 --> 00:27:19,610
see him again.
573
00:27:19,980 --> 00:27:20,450
Otherwise,
574
00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:22,610
if His Majesty thinks
575
00:27:22,610 --> 00:27:23,880
you're colluding with him,
576
00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:26,400
you will implicate our family.
577
00:27:28,860 --> 00:27:29,690
I understand.
578
00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:33,400
I know
579
00:27:33,940 --> 00:27:36,280
my Yinlou is intelligent.
580
00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:37,600
I trust you.
581
00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:38,640
Okay.
582
00:27:39,620 --> 00:27:40,320
I'm leaving.
583
00:27:50,460 --> 00:27:51,680
Goodbye, Father.
584
00:27:52,140 --> 00:27:52,680
Go back now.
585
00:28:11,580 --> 00:28:12,130
Zhuoying.
586
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:28,840
It's that bastard.
587
00:28:29,580 --> 00:28:30,760
He's really back.
588
00:28:31,740 --> 00:28:34,570
Zhuoying, I'm really back.
589
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,770
♫ Wind sweeps through the bottom of my heart ♫
590
00:28:43,940 --> 00:28:45,130
Bu Yinlou, you must get a grip.
591
00:28:46,180 --> 00:28:47,120
Don't let him get hurt because of you.
592
00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:52,570
♫ Blowing ripples into our past ♫
593
00:28:53,710 --> 00:28:56,150
♫ Sighing and lamenting ♫
594
00:28:56,940 --> 00:28:59,500
♫ We can't escape parting ♫
595
00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,440
You shouldn't be here.
596
00:28:58,700 --> 00:28:59,250
I know.
597
00:29:00,130 --> 00:29:04,970
♫ How can ripples form in a mirror ♫
598
00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:01,360
But I couldn't stand it anymore,
599
00:29:01,780 --> 00:29:02,880
and I didn't want to.
600
00:29:05,940 --> 00:29:07,170
You're not willing to run away with me?
601
00:29:06,570 --> 00:29:11,850
♫ The wind cannot dispel my loneliness ♫
602
00:29:11,980 --> 00:29:13,050
I didn't get off the carriage
603
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:18,280
♫ But the sorrows and joys of this world ♫
604
00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:14,420
at Yanguo Mountain that day.
605
00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:15,280
Didn't you understand then?
606
00:29:15,980 --> 00:29:17,560
I don't want to become fugitives with you.
607
00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:19,440
Let's end it here.
608
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,880
♫ Look upon desolation and recklessness ♫
609
00:29:21,020 --> 00:29:21,400
You must be saying this
610
00:29:21,540 --> 00:29:22,570
because you're worried
611
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:25,060
♫ Not knowing when I can return ♫
612
00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:23,720
His Majesty will harm me, right?
613
00:29:24,020 --> 00:29:24,260
You-
614
00:29:24,260 --> 00:29:25,400
I should thank you.
615
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:31,460
♫ How can we be calculating in this ephemeral world ♫
616
00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:26,640
I was originally
617
00:29:26,780 --> 00:29:28,010
just a Lady in Xiecui Garden.
618
00:29:28,260 --> 00:29:28,920
Thanks to your protection,
619
00:29:29,340 --> 00:29:30,970
I lived to this day,
620
00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:33,250
and become a Consort.
621
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:39,710
♫ The wind has risen in the smoke and rain ♫
622
00:29:36,780 --> 00:29:38,160
Why would you say that?
623
00:29:38,540 --> 00:29:40,010
You don't want to enter the Inner Court.
624
00:29:40,110 --> 00:29:46,150
♫ Even if the road ahead is rough ♫
625
00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:41,960
I lied to you.
626
00:29:46,540 --> 00:29:52,580
♫ The wind has risen, it's hard to continue ♫
627
00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:49,120
I don't believe you.
628
00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:50,520
We've been through so much together.
629
00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:51,970
You could possibly have faked
630
00:29:52,220 --> 00:29:53,040
your care for me.
631
00:29:52,920 --> 00:30:00,410
♫ I'll pledge my life to you ♫
632
00:29:54,940 --> 00:29:56,480
Those were just tricks to win you over.
633
00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:58,450
Have you forgotten
634
00:29:58,860 --> 00:29:59,640
how cautious I was with you
635
00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:01,080
in the past?
636
00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:02,580
I was scared of upsetting you,
637
00:30:02,580 --> 00:30:03,400
and losing my life.
638
00:30:03,980 --> 00:30:04,970
If I didn't try my best
639
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:05,960
to protect myself,
640
00:30:07,060 --> 00:30:08,570
how could I have
641
00:30:08,690 --> 00:30:09,970
gotten you
642
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:11,120
at my beck and call?
643
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:20,770
I knew you didn't like women.
644
00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:22,040
But as a human,
645
00:30:22,180 --> 00:30:23,020
how could you be free from
646
00:30:23,020 --> 00:30:23,930
emotions and desires?
647
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:26,320
I seduced you on purpose.
648
00:30:27,420 --> 00:30:29,370
I deliberately played tricks on you,
649
00:30:29,580 --> 00:30:31,650
all the while pretending to be naive.
650
00:30:32,580 --> 00:30:33,410
Do you know why
651
00:30:33,410 --> 00:30:34,880
His Majesty came to West Shu?
652
00:30:36,210 --> 00:30:38,240
That's because I asked my cousin
653
00:30:38,540 --> 00:30:40,290
to send a letter to the capital,
654
00:30:40,540 --> 00:30:42,520
using the Prince of Nanyuan's channels.
655
00:30:44,540 --> 00:30:45,800
You lured him there on purpose?
656
00:30:46,260 --> 00:30:46,720
Yes.
657
00:30:47,940 --> 00:30:49,930
Because I wanted to get rid of you.
658
00:30:50,290 --> 00:30:51,450
I wanted to return to the palace.
659
00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:55,170
You knew I was scheming,
660
00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:56,720
but you still allowed me to lead you on,
661
00:30:56,860 --> 00:30:58,240
like a fool.
662
00:31:03,620 --> 00:31:05,490
You've schemed and calculated for so long.
663
00:31:06,460 --> 00:31:07,370
What exactly are you after?
664
00:31:11,060 --> 00:31:12,450
Since I was young,
665
00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:14,560
my life has been decided by others.
666
00:31:15,660 --> 00:31:17,610
I entered the palace because they wanted me to.
667
00:31:17,610 --> 00:31:19,880
I died because they made me a tribute lady.
668
00:31:20,900 --> 00:31:22,530
I don't want to live like that anymore.
669
00:31:23,300 --> 00:31:24,650
I don't want to die quietly,
670
00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:26,200
like my mother did.
671
00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:30,160
I want to become the Empress.
672
00:31:30,580 --> 00:31:32,280
I want to climb to the top of the ladder.
673
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,160
I don't want others
674
00:31:34,940 --> 00:31:35,880
to manipulate me ever again.
675
00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:36,840
What about me?
676
00:31:42,060 --> 00:31:43,800
What am I to you?
677
00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:47,700
Didn't you like me,
678
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:48,400
not even a little bit?
679
00:31:51,420 --> 00:31:52,130
I did.
680
00:31:53,540 --> 00:31:55,400
But compared to what I really want,
681
00:31:56,180 --> 00:31:57,480
my feelings for you
682
00:31:58,460 --> 00:31:59,450
aren't worth a mention.
683
00:32:08,620 --> 00:32:09,410
I see.
684
00:32:14,620 --> 00:32:15,210
Let me help you.
685
00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:17,240
You can use me
686
00:32:17,420 --> 00:32:18,410
like you did before.
687
00:32:19,380 --> 00:32:20,160
I'll continue to help you
688
00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:21,170
to get what you want.
689
00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:25,130
Xiao Duo,
690
00:32:26,780 --> 00:32:27,890
are you going to lose your dignity
691
00:32:30,540 --> 00:32:32,050
for a woman?
692
00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:34,330
I don't want dignity.
693
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,400
If you want power, I'll fight for it for you.
694
00:32:38,020 --> 00:32:39,450
I'll kill all those who get in your way.
695
00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:41,890
You can make me do anything you want.
696
00:32:42,380 --> 00:32:43,960
Treat me however you like,
697
00:32:45,220 --> 00:32:46,370
I don't care.
698
00:32:48,860 --> 00:32:49,690
I only want you.
699
00:32:57,500 --> 00:32:58,040
Xiao Duo,
700
00:32:59,580 --> 00:33:00,810
you can't even protect yourself now.
701
00:33:01,340 --> 00:33:02,800
Don't drag me down with you.
702
00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:07,640
Stop pestering me.
703
00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,000
I know your secret,
704
00:33:11,740 --> 00:33:13,080
so don't piss me off.
705
00:33:31,060 --> 00:33:31,970
Are you threatening me?
706
00:33:35,780 --> 00:33:37,260
You're threatening me
707
00:33:37,260 --> 00:33:38,160
with the secret I told you in good faith?
708
00:33:40,660 --> 00:33:41,210
Yes.
709
00:33:42,380 --> 00:33:43,640
I am threatening you.
710
00:33:45,380 --> 00:33:46,450
Didn't you say
711
00:33:47,740 --> 00:33:49,170
you can do
712
00:33:49,780 --> 00:33:51,050
anything I want you to do?
713
00:33:52,540 --> 00:33:53,840
Listen carefully.
714
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:56,770
I want you to get lost.
715
00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:03,920
Wait.
716
00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:18,000
Actually, I hate sweet food.
717
00:34:22,489 --> 00:34:25,080
♫ The palace is as it was yesterday ♫
718
00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:25,690
It's cloying.
719
00:34:25,210 --> 00:34:28,690
♫ Whose soul has it trapped ♫
720
00:34:29,469 --> 00:34:31,889
♫ Fate is unpredictable ♫
721
00:34:32,179 --> 00:34:36,210
♫ No one can escape ♫
722
00:34:37,050 --> 00:34:40,449
♫ Like bubbles, like fireworks ♫
723
00:34:40,980 --> 00:34:44,070
♫ Fate has too many twists and turns ♫
724
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,250
♫ You are ♫
725
00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:50,480
♫ The persistence of my lifetime ♫
726
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,280
♫ Don't hide ♫
727
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,790
♫ My love for you is never cowardly ♫
728
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,270
♫ This is ♫
729
00:35:00,270 --> 00:35:04,450
♫ The promise of my lifetime ♫
730
00:35:05,050 --> 00:35:07,310
♫ Let this ♫
731
00:35:07,310 --> 00:35:12,500
♫ Fire burn away the entanglements of the past ♫
732
00:35:12,500 --> 00:35:14,260
♫ For the rest of my life ♫
733
00:35:14,260 --> 00:35:18,520
♫ I'll stay with you ♫
734
00:35:33,530 --> 00:35:35,170
I learned those
735
00:35:35,170 --> 00:35:36,770
seductive dances
736
00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:38,540
so I could
737
00:35:38,540 --> 00:35:40,160
make you fall for me,
738
00:35:40,460 --> 00:35:42,680
and not deny your feelings any longer.
739
00:35:43,090 --> 00:35:44,640
I did it on purpose
740
00:35:45,180 --> 00:35:46,370
that time my legitimate mother forced me to get married.
741
00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:47,890
I already knew
742
00:35:47,890 --> 00:35:49,200
my mother was dead,
743
00:35:49,530 --> 00:35:51,210
but I played along
744
00:35:51,660 --> 00:35:53,090
to beat them at their own game.
745
00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:54,930
It's because you
746
00:35:54,930 --> 00:35:56,840
have too much self-control.
747
00:35:57,220 --> 00:35:58,720
If I didn't force your hand,
748
00:35:59,140 --> 00:35:59,800
when would you have
749
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,680
opened your heart to me?
750
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:03,450
When would you have fallen for me?
751
00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:35,810
That time we encountered the Prince of Nanyuan's assassins,
752
00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:37,560
when I got shot and fell into the river,
753
00:36:38,420 --> 00:36:39,840
you risked your life to save me.
754
00:36:40,020 --> 00:36:41,120
I did that on purpose too.
755
00:36:43,580 --> 00:36:44,760
You married me—
756
00:36:47,140 --> 00:36:50,050
It was all to win your heart.
757
00:36:50,660 --> 00:36:51,770
At first, I thought
758
00:36:51,770 --> 00:36:53,010
you were a eunuch.
759
00:36:53,220 --> 00:36:55,400
It was fine to get involved with you.
760
00:36:55,860 --> 00:36:57,810
But it turns out you're a fake.
761
00:36:57,940 --> 00:36:59,970
It's no longer worth it
762
00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:02,120
to be involved with you.
763
00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:05,640
Godfather,
764
00:38:06,060 --> 00:38:06,890
did you secretly
765
00:38:06,890 --> 00:38:07,850
go to Deer's Reed Residence?
766
00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:10,210
If you're really that worried about Godmother,
767
00:38:10,210 --> 00:38:11,450
I'll send more men
768
00:38:11,450 --> 00:38:12,490
to scope out the situation.
769
00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:21,490
Godfather!
770
00:38:21,490 --> 00:38:23,250
Godfather, stop!
771
00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:25,250
Godfather! Stop!
772
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:26,800
Godfather!
773
00:38:27,140 --> 00:38:27,980
From now on, no one is to
774
00:38:27,980 --> 00:38:28,920
keep watch over her.
775
00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:31,570
She has nothing to do with me anymore!
776
00:38:37,060 --> 00:38:39,200
♫ The long night is as it was yesterday ♫
777
00:38:39,830 --> 00:38:43,270
♫ The night breeze scattered into a song ♫
778
00:38:44,070 --> 00:38:46,510
♫ I'm under the moon ♫
779
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,790
♫ What am I sighing about? ♫
780
00:38:50,860 --> 00:38:51,530
Godfather,
781
00:38:51,630 --> 00:38:55,030
♫ Laughing at the moon for its solitude ♫
782
00:38:52,860 --> 00:38:54,760
what's going on?
783
00:38:55,580 --> 00:38:58,690
♫ Laughing at the story for being too tumultuous ♫
784
00:38:59,020 --> 00:39:00,870
♫ What is love ♫
785
00:39:00,740 --> 00:39:01,820
I could have given her anything
786
00:39:00,870 --> 00:39:05,070
♫ I still don't understand it ♫
787
00:39:01,820 --> 00:39:02,850
that she wanted.
788
00:39:05,070 --> 00:39:07,680
♫ The palace is as it was yesterday ♫
789
00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:07,050
Dignity,
790
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,290
♫ Whose soul has it trapped ♫
791
00:39:08,340 --> 00:39:09,370
shame,
792
00:39:11,380 --> 00:39:12,930
I could give them all up.
793
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,480
♫ Fate is unpredictable ♫
794
00:39:14,770 --> 00:39:18,810
♫ No one can escape ♫
795
00:39:18,260 --> 00:39:20,200
But she fooled me,
796
00:39:19,650 --> 00:39:23,050
♫ Like bubbles, like fireworks ♫
797
00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:24,130
trampled on me,
798
00:39:23,550 --> 00:39:26,660
♫ Fate has too many twists and turns ♫
799
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,840
♫ You are ♫
800
00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:29,130
and threatened me.
801
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:33,040
♫ The persistence of my lifetime ♫
802
00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:35,860
♫ I won't hide ♫
803
00:39:34,220 --> 00:39:35,520
In her eyes,
804
00:39:35,860 --> 00:39:40,390
♫ My love for you is not cowardly ♫
805
00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:39,760
I'm worth nothing.
806
00:39:40,650 --> 00:39:42,870
♫ This is ♫
807
00:39:42,870 --> 00:39:47,030
♫ The promise of my lifetime ♫
808
00:39:47,620 --> 00:39:49,880
♫ Let this ♫
809
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:55,090
♫ Fire burn away the entanglements of the past ♫
810
00:39:55,090 --> 00:39:56,860
♫ For the rest of my life ♫
811
00:39:56,860 --> 00:40:01,690
♫ I'll be by your side ♫
812
00:40:13,180 --> 00:40:14,130
Don't worry, Your Highness.
813
00:40:14,130 --> 00:40:15,240
Suhuai sent a message.
814
00:40:15,620 --> 00:40:16,940
She saw Consort Dowager Duan
815
00:40:16,940 --> 00:40:18,130
saying many hurtful things
816
00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:19,920
before kicking him out.
817
00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:21,770
Chief Xiao is arrogant
818
00:40:21,770 --> 00:40:22,730
and vengeful.
819
00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:24,210
He won't let her off
820
00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:25,800
now that she has hurt his dignity.
821
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:27,930
You can rest assured now, Your Highness.
822
00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:30,640
As long Bu Yinlou is still alive,
823
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:32,280
I cannot rest assured.
824
00:40:33,370 --> 00:40:34,580
I drugged her
825
00:40:34,580 --> 00:40:36,080
so many times,
826
00:40:36,420 --> 00:40:38,490
but nothing happened to her at all.
827
00:40:39,340 --> 00:40:40,200
Looks like
828
00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:43,160
we'll have to step up our game.
829
00:40:45,070 --> 00:40:45,620
Your Highness,
830
00:40:45,950 --> 00:40:47,420
you're the only one who can enter Deer's Reed Residence
831
00:40:47,420 --> 00:40:49,360
without being summoned.
832
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:50,240
It's fine
833
00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:51,460
to mess around with Consort Duan.
834
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,300
But if we kill her,
835
00:40:53,470 --> 00:40:54,190
you will be the first person
836
00:40:54,190 --> 00:40:55,780
His Majesty suspects.
837
00:40:57,970 --> 00:41:00,480
Then we'll lure her outside and kill her.
838
00:41:13,130 --> 00:41:15,600
[Xiao's Residence]
839
00:41:15,810 --> 00:41:16,700
This time,
840
00:41:16,860 --> 00:41:18,080
they've gone too far,
841
00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:20,010
we mustn't take it lying down.
842
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:21,190
Chief.
843
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,980
Chief, are you listening?
844
00:41:29,380 --> 00:41:30,050
Go on.
845
00:41:30,180 --> 00:41:32,070
Lord Bu has gone too far.
846
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:33,580
Several of our
847
00:41:33,580 --> 00:41:34,760
important cases
848
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:36,020
were taken away by the Court of Judicial Review.
849
00:41:36,770 --> 00:41:38,030
He wants to make use of His Majesty
850
00:41:38,030 --> 00:41:39,120
to climb up the ladder.
851
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:40,680
But he shouldn't
852
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,150
trample on you like this.
853
00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:44,080
Why are you pulling at me?
854
00:41:46,010 --> 00:41:46,730
Chief?
855
00:41:47,570 --> 00:41:49,370
Now that they have Lord Bu backing them,
856
00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:50,760
all those high-ranking officials
857
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:51,600
we offended in the past
858
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:52,730
are giving us a hard time.
859
00:41:53,070 --> 00:41:54,200
Should we do something about Lord Bu?
860
00:41:54,410 --> 00:41:54,960
What should we do?
861
00:41:55,420 --> 00:41:57,100
The Chief has ordered us
862
00:41:58,400 --> 00:41:59,540
to stand down.
863
00:42:00,500 --> 00:42:01,800
That ragtag group
864
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:02,900
are of no threat to us.
865
00:42:07,100 --> 00:42:07,520
Don't you have
866
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:08,730
anything else to report?
867
00:42:10,830 --> 00:42:11,550
No.
868
00:42:13,650 --> 00:42:14,440
Think again.
869
00:42:18,140 --> 00:42:18,940
I see.
870
00:42:19,230 --> 00:42:20,530
You want to ask about
871
00:42:21,670 --> 00:42:22,890
our investigation into the murderer?
872
00:42:23,390 --> 00:42:23,850
Yes.
873
00:42:24,230 --> 00:42:25,660
We have no leads.
874
00:42:25,990 --> 00:42:28,010
Should I send some men
875
00:42:28,010 --> 00:42:29,100
to scout around in West Shu again?
876
00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:29,860
There's no need.
877
00:42:30,780 --> 00:42:32,630
His Majesty has his guard up against me right now.
878
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:33,850
It'll be hard for us
879
00:42:33,850 --> 00:42:34,980
to get to Yuwen Liangshi.
880
00:42:35,490 --> 00:42:37,500
I was blindsided then.
881
00:42:38,090 --> 00:42:39,560
Thinking back,
882
00:42:39,940 --> 00:42:41,700
the carriage that night
883
00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:43,300
definitely belonged to the Prince of Nanyuan.
884
00:42:43,550 --> 00:42:45,480
Even if Yuwen Liangshi was not the murderer,
885
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,460
he must be involved with the murderer.
886
00:42:49,260 --> 00:42:50,480
Investigate the comings and goings
887
00:42:50,650 --> 00:42:51,780
of all those in the capital with ties to him
888
00:42:51,950 --> 00:42:52,790
on the day of the murder.
889
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:53,630
Got it.
890
00:42:54,470 --> 00:42:56,280
No wonder you have been
891
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:57,620
looking at these records for hours.
892
00:42:57,790 --> 00:42:58,500
Chief,
893
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:03,960
it turns out
894
00:43:04,590 --> 00:43:05,730
you're holding your records
895
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:07,620
the wrong way around.
896
00:43:25,340 --> 00:43:26,510
Chief She,
897
00:43:27,310 --> 00:43:28,950
you do have a mouth,
898
00:43:28,950 --> 00:43:30,840
but you don't have to use it to speak.
899
00:43:32,310 --> 00:43:34,490
Regardless of whether I have a mouth, or use it to speak,
900
00:43:34,910 --> 00:43:36,470
Chief is holding his records upside down.
901
00:43:40,540 --> 00:43:42,890
Is anything wrong?
902
00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:44,990
If you have any questions,
903
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:45,920
just ask.
904
00:43:46,210 --> 00:43:47,600
I'll tell you everything I know.
905
00:43:55,070 --> 00:43:56,750
Any news from Deer's Reed Residence?
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