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Why wasn't I named the Crown Prince?
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Li Tai realised he won't become
the Crown Prince,
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so he's taking the scholars
from the Literary Hall
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and all the guards from his mansion
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to the Palace to challenge His Majesty.
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Kill...
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What are you doing, Your Highness?
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Go away!
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Your Highness!
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Why are you doing this to me?
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He also took Zhinu hostage.
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That's rebellion!
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Take the Imperial Guards to the
North Gate, let Li Tai into the Palace.
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Kill him on the charge of treason.
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Take his head to Ganlu Hall,
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and force him to yield the throne to you.
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You're asking me to rebel?
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If Li Shimin refuses, kill him as well.
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Mother!
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You want me to kill Father and my brothers?
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So what?
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That's the only way to become the Emperor.
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Don't forget,
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your bloodline is from the Yangs.
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If you take over Taiji Palace and become
the Emperor of Tang,
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what's wrong with that?
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Mother, all these years
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you served Father with humility
and prudence,
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taught me to be modest and
exercise forbearance,
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and let Chenggian get what he wants
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all because you wish to cover up
your hypocrisy and deception?
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Your Highness,
impatience can spoil the plan.
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Because of you,
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Milady has suppressed her humiliation
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to serve the enemy who conquered
her motherland.
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She has lived in shame for so long,
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under someone else's roof just so that
she could see this day.
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Given Father's brilliance,
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even he didn't sense a hint of
treachery in you.
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And I didn't expect, inside the harem,
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the cruelest and most malicious woman
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is my own Mother.
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Your Highness, for everything she has done
for you,
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how can you say something so unfilial?
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Shut up!
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Tang or Sui
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that's your business.
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Yes, I want to be the Emperor,
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but I will not kill my father and brothers.
I don't want to!
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I won't resort to such despicable means!
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I respect Father
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and want to be an
exemplary Emperor like him.
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If I were to become the Emperor,
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I would first prove to everyone
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I have the capability to rule.
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I want Father to pass me the throne
rightfully and properly.
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Exemplary?
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All these means you find contemptible,
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Li Shimin has used them all.
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He killed his brothers.
He seized power by changing the will.
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Don't be fooled by the thick coat
of whitewashing by historians.
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Do you know how they have been
hiding the truth?
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The father you respect,
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does he treat you like his own son?
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Does he?
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Father has been nice to me.
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He has indeed, like an adopted son.
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Everyone knows I was a Sui princess,
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but no one knew I was Li Yuanji's wife
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or that I was pregnant with his child.
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He was killed at Xuanwu Gate,
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and his head was hung on the
gate tower by Yuchi Jingde
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as an announcement to all.
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Then Li Shimin brought me to his harem.
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I will never forget the humiliation.
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Not a day has gone by that
I didn't crave for revenge.
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I want to kill everyone related to him.
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Are you saying I'm not Father's son?
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You were with him for over 20 years.
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He has always shown you love and respect.
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Don't you love him?
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Love? How could I love him for destroying
the Sui dynasty?
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For killing my husband?
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My husband was decapitated!
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How could I love him?
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There's only hate inside me!
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My only wish
is to see you ascend the throne
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and take your revenge.
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Only you can do this!
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I can't...
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Mother, tell me...
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Am I Father's son?
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Need you ask?
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Brother Mu!
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Ruyi,
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Consort Yang harbours treacherous intent
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She instigated Li Tai to take Li Zhi hostage
and force Li Shimin to abdicate.
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And arranged for Li Ke to take over
Xuanwu Gate.
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The Li's will repeat the fratricide
that happened years ago.
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There will be fighting in the Palace,
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you must not get involved.
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Wait here for me.
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Why are you willing to help me?
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Are you a former Sui general as well?
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Her Highness saved my life back then.
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I made her a promise I intend to keep.
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No matter what you ask me to do,
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even if you want me to cut off my head,
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I'll do it.
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Good! I've made the arrangements,
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just follow my orders.
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The rebels are approaching!
Guard your positions!
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Open the North Gate!
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Cairen Wu?
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What are you doing here?
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I came here to save you.
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I don't know what you're talking about.
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Do you know what you're doing?
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I'd like a word with you in private.
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Let her through!
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Milady, His Highness
has opened the city gate.
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We're waiting for them walk into the trap,
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and everything is going as planned.
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Good! Come to think of it,
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I feel rather guilty towards Zhinu.
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He has trusted me wholeheartedly.
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Yet I lied to him.
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But without him to provoke Li Tai,
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and make him lose his head,
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he wouldn't be taking his brother hostage
and force his father to abdicate.
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Milady, it's too late
to worry about anyone else.
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I only wish that
His Highness would not let you down.
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All these years, Ke and I
had to be very careful,
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living under their noses.
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The day has finally come
I can turn things around.
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This day has come
because you've put up with so much
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and worked so hard in planning.
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You won't have to draw
Empress Wende anymore.
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I will never draw her again!
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I'm sick of looking at her!
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From now on, I'll draw myself.
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You shouldn't be here, Cairen Wu!
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I will try to save Zhinu.
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Let me ask you, Your Highness...
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The Prince of Wei is on his way
to the Palace to start trouble.
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Why did you open the gates
instead of keeping them closed?
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I can't stop him from seeing Father.
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An honest man does not deal underhand.
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Even a prince must be announced
before he can see His Majesty.
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Everyone on the gate tower can see
Li Tai holding Zhinu hostage
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and he is bringing his personal guards.
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That is an unusual move.
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If you got wind of it
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and came to settle any disputes,
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you should keep the city gates shut
and try to dissuade Li Tai.
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You should not have
opened the gates and placed men in ambush.
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You're in fact facilitating his treason.
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You see that!
What Qingque is doing is treasonous.
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Anyone should kill a traitor like him.
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If Li Tai is a traitor,
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what about you?
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What are you doing here at the North Gate?
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A crackdown on Li Tai's coup?
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Of course, if he plans to rebel,
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I should put an end to it.
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How?
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By staging your own rebellion
to end Li Tai's?
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A rebellion is a rebellion.
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You're no different from Li Tail
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When he passes through the city gates,
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you'll resort to arms
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and fight to the bitter end.
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Then what happens?
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You kill Li Tai, barge into Ganlu Hall?
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If your Father refuses to step down
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what happens then?
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Kill him too and seize power?
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What about Zhinu?
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You want to kill him too?
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Can you do it?
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If Zhinu were alive,
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he would have to witness your atrocity.
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Keeping me or him alive,
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will be asking for trouble for you.
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Am I right?
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Deputy Commander Fang has always
been loyal to your Father.
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How do you know if what he's doing
is not part of a plan?
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Given His Majesty's wit,
how can you be sure
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he knows nothing about
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what is going on right here, right now?
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If you launch your conspiracy,
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the fish in the barrel to get shot
will probably be you and not Li Tai.
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Remember what happened to
Li Chenggian and Hou Junji?
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Li Ji received a secret order
2 weeks prior to the rebellion,
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to return to Chang'an.
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But before that, not a word came out.
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That's how His Majesty operates.
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What happened to Li Chenggian
is a gory lesson for you to learn.
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Are you telling me
you can't wait to follow his footsteps?
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I won't amount to a great cause
if I worry too much.
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Do you know
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because my mother was not Empress Zhangsun,
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Father never gave me the chance I deserved.
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Throughout history,
legitimacy belongs to the victor.
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You were right, I wanted to take a gamble.
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You mentioned a great cause.
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Tell me, what exactly is it?
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To be the Crown Prince and then the Emperor?
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That's right!
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If that's true,
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you should have decapitated me
with your sword,
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instead of pointing it at me.
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Stay back! Or I'll kill you!
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You're indecisive
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because you have a guilty conscience.
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You know for you to become the Emperor,
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you must kill Qingque, Zhinu
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and even your Father.
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I really suspect
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if this is what you really want
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or it's the life-long wish
of the person who put you up to this.
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You want to gamble? Let's make a bet.
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I bet you won't kill me today.
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Perhaps what I really need right now
is for someone to stop me.
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Your Highness, you choose the path you take.
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Nobody can choose it for you.
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The future of Tang,
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rides on your decision.
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I remember Chancellor Wei once told me,
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Don't ask what the future lies for you,
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as long as you have no regrets
when the curtain comes down.
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No regrets when the curtain comes down?
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No regrets when the curtain comes down.
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Follow me!
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Your Highness!
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After I go down, close the city gates.
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Tell everyone to standby.
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Nobody makes a move without my order.
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I'll intercept Qingque at the North Gate,
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lead the Imperial Guards
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to cut him off from the back.
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Play by ear and try to save Zhinu.
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Aye!
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Go!
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If you stop Li Tai at the North Gate,
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he can't start a coup in the Palace.
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Zhinu should be safe for now.
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Li Tai's guards are a motley crowd,
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attacking from the back
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is the best way to apprehend Li Tai
with minimal casualties
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and save Zhinu! Good thinking, Your Highness
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Since I arrived at the North Gate,
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I have been in a daze and felt helpless.
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Thanks to you,
I feel relieved and clear-headed.
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You have forsaken the temptation
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for your own peace of mind.
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It's undeniably the good fortune of Tang,
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and something I have the utmost respect for.
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I'm really curious,
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what did that person say to you
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to persuade you to open the gates?
262
00:21:24,550 --> 00:21:29,488
She has her reasons.
263
00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:38,330
The only person you'd protect at all cost
can only be Consort Yang.
264
00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:43,235
Yes, only Consort Yang
265
00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:48,841
has such strategic thinking and
impeccable arrangement.
266
00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:55,414
I can imagine how long
she has waited for this day to come.
267
00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:59,185
She even had her own son kept in the dark.
268
00:22:02,221 --> 00:22:07,092
Honestly, after all these years,
269
00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:09,195
I only just found out what was
really on her mind.
270
00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:20,539
Stop!
271
00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:25,411
Everything looks normal, Your Highness!
272
00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:26,745
Bring him forward!
273
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:27,813
Move!
274
00:22:36,388 --> 00:22:39,959
Zhinu, the city gates are up ahead.
275
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Once inside,
276
00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:45,631
there's no turning back for you, me
and Father.
277
00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:52,671
Don't push me. If you'd listen to me
278
00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:56,008
and give up the Crown Prince title,
279
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,610
I'll let you go right now!
280
00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,579
Zhinu, remember when we were little,
281
00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:03,682
whatever you liked,
I always let you have it.
282
00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:08,387
Can you yield just this once?
283
00:23:10,990 --> 00:23:17,196
You have always been good to me.
284
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,932
I would never forget that.
285
00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:24,904
Precisely because you love me
more than any other brother,
286
00:23:26,505 --> 00:23:30,643
I cannot do that,
287
00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:35,547
or else I would be hurting you.
288
00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:37,616
Listen to me,
289
00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:40,352
send these people home and let me go.
290
00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:44,056
We'll go see Father to apologise.
291
00:23:45,391 --> 00:23:48,961
I will plead your case.
292
00:23:49,028 --> 00:23:50,229
Tai...
293
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:54,433
You'll ask Father to punish me!
294
00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:57,536
Is that how you love and respect me?
295
00:24:02,708 --> 00:24:03,809
Brother...
296
00:24:04,877 --> 00:24:06,812
The Prince of Jin,
297
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:10,182
how I have underestimated you!
298
00:24:13,485 --> 00:24:14,620
Let's go!
299
00:24:14,687 --> 00:24:15,754
Let's go!
300
00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:18,824
Brother Tai...
301
00:24:40,112 --> 00:24:41,347
Your Highness!
302
00:24:41,914 --> 00:24:45,851
If we can undermine their morale,
303
00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,786
it'll be more productive.
304
00:24:51,256 --> 00:24:54,927
Ask Li Tai about
the Crown Prince's scared horse,
305
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:59,164
and if he was the mastermind
behind the Crown Prince's rebellion.
306
00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:04,870
It was him?
307
00:25:07,406 --> 00:25:09,041
Not only that.
308
00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:12,811
It's very likely he was colluding
with Consort Wei.
309
00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:27,960
Stop your approach!
310
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,191
How dare you! Get down from the city gate.
311
00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:02,428
I wish to see Father on an urgent matter!
312
00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:24,683
Brother Ke!
313
00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:32,224
Qingque, if you wish to see Father,
314
00:26:32,291 --> 00:26:34,693
there's no need for this entourage.
315
00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:37,830
How dare you stand in my way!
316
00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:41,967
The North Gate is not under your command.
317
00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:44,837
Butt out of my affairs.
318
00:26:44,870 --> 00:26:46,438
Step aside, I want to see Father!
319
00:26:46,972 --> 00:26:50,676
You may, after you let Zhinu go!
320
00:26:50,776 --> 00:26:52,177
Then I'll open the city gates.
321
00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:56,915
The three of us
will go in front of Father.
322
00:26:59,852 --> 00:27:02,254
I'm trying to help you.
323
00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:05,924
He's helping me?
324
00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:11,230
Anything is possible!
325
00:27:11,530 --> 00:27:13,799
This is nothing personal.
326
00:27:14,933 --> 00:27:17,970
Just think, first you hold Zhinu hostage,
327
00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:22,407
then you barge inside the Palace
with your guards,
328
00:27:22,441 --> 00:27:24,243
even if I let you through,
329
00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:26,445
can you imagine the consequence?
330
00:27:28,447 --> 00:27:31,550
I don't wish to argue with you.
331
00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:33,519
If anyone were to stop me,
332
00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:35,988
it should be
the Commander of the Imperial Guards.
333
00:27:36,021 --> 00:27:37,689
It should be Cheng Zhijie or
Fang Qingju's decision.
334
00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:39,958
You have no right to deploy any soldiers,
335
00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:42,427
unless you're plotting a coup.
336
00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:47,366
Don't try to pin it on me!
337
00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:52,204
I'm here on Father's order.
338
00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:57,676
If you say I'm plotting a coup,
let me ask you,
339
00:27:58,443 --> 00:28:02,181
who gave Chenggian the permanent
leg injury?
340
00:28:03,916 --> 00:28:07,152
Who set a trap and led him to believe
he has been deposed,
341
00:28:07,219 --> 00:28:09,621
and pushed him onto the road of rebellion?
342
00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:12,791
Who did all that?
343
00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:17,229
What does that mean?
344
00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:22,434
What is your name?
345
00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:27,206
Li Yifu, Your Highness!
346
00:28:28,674 --> 00:28:33,579
What the Prince of Wu just said,
you must have heard.
347
00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:39,851
Everything the Prince of Wei has done,
Father is well aware of it.
348
00:28:40,586 --> 00:28:43,822
You know very well he has already lost.
349
00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:47,092
You still want to be a fool?
350
00:28:47,159 --> 00:28:50,262
But...
351
00:28:50,295 --> 00:28:53,865
During the deposed Crown Prince's rebellion,
352
00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:58,570
at least he had help from Hou Junji
and his soldiers.
353
00:28:58,637 --> 00:29:00,105
What do you have?
354
00:29:01,940 --> 00:29:04,910
You think pedantic scholars like you,
355
00:29:04,943 --> 00:29:07,946
and dozens of personal guards who
have never fought in a battle,
356
00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:10,482
can pull off a coup?
357
00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:14,620
Don't make slanderous accusations!
358
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,989
What proof do you have?
359
00:29:17,022 --> 00:29:20,425
Qingque, you have gone too far down
the wrong path.
360
00:29:21,226 --> 00:29:23,629
It's inexcusable for you to hurt
Zhinu in any way.
361
00:29:23,662 --> 00:29:27,966
You know what's the one thing
Father hates the most?
362
00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:32,838
For courtiers to band together
with the harem for personal gain.
363
00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:35,240
Why did Consort Wei fall from grace?
364
00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:36,775
What happened to her in the end?
365
00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:38,677
You know better than anyone else.
366
00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:48,186
Listen to me,
367
00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:52,991
you held me hostage and tried to
barge through the palace gates.
368
00:29:53,058 --> 00:29:56,662
This is a treasonous act.
369
00:29:57,296 --> 00:30:01,800
Father may pardon the Prince of Wei
because he's his son.
370
00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:06,638
But the lot of you will be punished.
371
00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:12,744
Even Hou Junji had to die
despite his illustrious military service.
372
00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:16,848
You look like a smart man, Li Yifu.
373
00:30:16,915 --> 00:30:21,953
You should know what chances
there are of your survival.
374
00:30:23,522 --> 00:30:24,823
Sire!
375
00:30:24,856 --> 00:30:30,262
General Liu Jian has placed 5,000 men in
ambush at the watchtower of the North Gate.
376
00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:32,864
As soon as the Prince of Wei enters
the city gate,
377
00:30:32,964 --> 00:30:34,599
Liu Jian can arrest him.
378
00:30:35,801 --> 00:30:38,570
A while ago I was told,
379
00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:43,942
Ke has also placed men in ambush
at the North Gate.
380
00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:46,345
It appears he plans to finish off Qingque.
381
00:30:47,145 --> 00:30:50,615
You're not going there, Sire?
382
00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:56,188
Let the children fight it out.
383
00:30:56,254 --> 00:30:57,022
Why should I be there?
384
00:30:57,089 --> 00:31:02,194
But...the Prince of Wu failed to
report the incident,
385
00:31:02,294 --> 00:31:04,996
and deployed soldiers in ambush
without permission.
386
00:31:05,097 --> 00:31:07,366
That doesn't sound right.
387
00:31:07,399 --> 00:31:09,134
If you don't go over there,
388
00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:12,204
the princes may get hurt in the fight.
389
00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:13,605
What happens then?
390
00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:15,941
If they cannot stand a storm like this,
391
00:31:15,974 --> 00:31:18,977
they're not worthy of being my sons.
392
00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:22,013
I'll wait here for the result.
393
00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:27,819
Tell General Liu Jian not to interfere.
394
00:31:27,853 --> 00:31:31,223
But if either side wins the fight
395
00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:36,061
and move towards Taiji Hall,
arrest them on the charge of treason.
396
00:31:36,128 --> 00:31:36,928
Aye!
397
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:53,278
Don't listen to him!
398
00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:56,281
He's lying with his alarmist talk.
399
00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:59,217
Father is now trapped inside the Palace
and is in great danger.
400
00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,453
Follow me into the Palace to save him!
401
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:19,938
Protect the Prince of Jin...
402
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:21,773
Are you alright?
403
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:22,474
I'm fine!
404
00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:25,977
Your Highness, you held your brother
hostage to force His Majesty to abdicate.
405
00:32:26,011 --> 00:32:28,180
That's high treason!
406
00:32:28,213 --> 00:32:31,750
Forgive me for not going along with it.
407
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:34,853
I can't serve you anymore!
408
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,657
Li Yifu, you're a double-crossing traitor!
409
00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:40,258
I'll kill you!
410
00:32:40,659 --> 00:32:41,626
Your Highness!
411
00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:43,762
Charge! Aye!
412
00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:50,936
Arrest the Prince of Jin!
413
00:32:58,510 --> 00:32:59,744
Drop your weapons!
414
00:32:59,778 --> 00:33:02,481
Or you'll end up like Du Chuke!
415
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,689
Qingque, give it up!
416
00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:14,292
You should learn your lesson from Chenggian!
417
00:33:16,027 --> 00:33:21,566
Chengqian failed because of wrong timing.
418
00:33:21,766 --> 00:33:24,836
I failed because I have no support.
419
00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:28,106
What about you, Li Ke?
420
00:33:40,185 --> 00:33:42,854
Even if you have favourable timing,
location and support,
421
00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:44,489
you can't beat your destiny!
422
00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:51,229
The great kingdom created by the Li clan
423
00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:55,133
will be ruined by a Wu.
424
00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:08,880
Your Majesty!
425
00:34:09,347 --> 00:34:10,882
The Prince of Wu and Cairen Wu
426
00:34:10,949 --> 00:34:12,984
resolved the conflict without any bloodshed.
427
00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:14,486
All three princes are safe.
428
00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:19,090
The Prince of Wei has been taken
to the Attending Office.
429
00:34:21,026 --> 00:34:22,193
Your Majesty!
430
00:34:22,294 --> 00:34:26,698
Your Majesty, the Prince of Wei...
431
00:34:26,765 --> 00:34:27,832
What about him?
432
00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:30,402
On his way to the Attending Office,
433
00:34:30,468 --> 00:34:32,404
his followers tried to rescue him
434
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:34,406
by fighting off the Imperial Guards.
435
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:38,109
His Highness was stabbed in the stomach...
436
00:34:38,343 --> 00:34:39,110
Take me to him!
437
00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:39,778
Aye!
438
00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:51,990
Why didn't you listen to me
and grab your chance?
439
00:34:52,057 --> 00:34:54,259
You destroyed your future.
440
00:34:59,631 --> 00:35:06,972
You! You tricked him
into doing something so stupid!
441
00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:09,074
Please forgive me, Your Highness!
442
00:35:09,174 --> 00:35:12,978
I treated you and His Highness
like friends and family.
443
00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:15,413
That's why I stopped him from
making a fatal mistake.
444
00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:16,982
Shut up!
445
00:35:19,017 --> 00:35:21,353
Mother, the choices I made
446
00:35:21,386 --> 00:35:22,854
I made them alone.
447
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:25,690
It has nothing to do with Cairen Wu.
448
00:35:26,691 --> 00:35:29,260
When I was standing at the city gate,
I felt enlightened.
449
00:35:29,361 --> 00:35:31,997
It dawned on me
450
00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:33,999
even if I could never become the Emperor,
451
00:35:34,032 --> 00:35:37,002
I still would not have killed my family.
452
00:35:38,703 --> 00:35:43,441
I want to be able to go to sleep at night.
453
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:48,980
I want to have a clear conscience
for the rest of my life.
454
00:35:51,116 --> 00:35:58,123
Family? You can't even tell them apart!
455
00:36:02,927 --> 00:36:07,999
Milady...
456
00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:09,934
Milady! Stand back!
457
00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:24,883
I raised you for over 20 years.
458
00:36:24,983 --> 00:36:27,686
In order to protect you
459
00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:29,821
I feigned compliance and politeness
460
00:36:32,157 --> 00:36:35,994
hoping you could carry out my dream
461
00:36:36,094 --> 00:36:38,563
of killing the Li's
462
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:42,400
and snatch the kingdom.
463
00:36:44,769 --> 00:36:51,042
I never expected you to
be so gullible and listened to this woman!
464
00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,078
Mother!
465
00:36:53,111 --> 00:36:53,912
Milady!
466
00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:55,280
What is it? Mother...
467
00:36:57,582 --> 00:37:01,419
I was wrong, I raised you like this.
468
00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:03,655
You're too good and honest.
469
00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:06,357
You can never commit patricide!
470
00:37:06,491 --> 00:37:08,526
You're not my son!
471
00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:13,064
You're a cursed son of the Li's...
472
00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:16,367
Mother!
473
00:37:16,434 --> 00:37:17,235
Milady...
474
00:37:17,268 --> 00:37:18,737
Mother!
475
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:23,208
When Her Highness heard the coup had failed,
476
00:37:23,274 --> 00:37:27,011
she decided to die for her motherland.
477
00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:31,149
Your Highness!
478
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:37,088
Mother...how could you be so silly?
479
00:37:37,155 --> 00:37:39,824
Send for the doctor!
480
00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:44,362
Cairen Wu promised she'll keep us safe.
481
00:37:44,395 --> 00:37:46,531
She'll plead our case to Father.
482
00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:53,071
Why did you listen to her, silly boy?
483
00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,406
You'll regret it!
484
00:37:57,075 --> 00:38:02,347
Milady, if you harboured ill intentions.
485
00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:05,617
Why did you repeatedly save my life?
486
00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:09,420
Because I believe
487
00:38:09,487 --> 00:38:13,658
you're "the woman ruler named Wu",
Venus, the Star of Calamity.
488
00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:17,762
I might have failed, but as long as
you remain in the Palace,
489
00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:21,432
Tang will one day meet its doom!
490
00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:27,539
But I really don't understand.
491
00:38:27,572 --> 00:38:30,175
Why didn't you meet up with Li Mu,
492
00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:32,811
but went to the North Gate instead?
493
00:38:32,877 --> 00:38:39,150
Did you send three eunuchs to kill me?
494
00:38:40,785 --> 00:38:44,956
Before I take over the kingdom,
I can't bear to kill you.
495
00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:48,059
I was worried you'd get in the way.
496
00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:51,896
I only told them to detain you.
497
00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:54,399
You were wrong about one thing.
498
00:38:54,432 --> 00:38:56,034
Before I entered the room,
499
00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:58,436
the eunuchs had been killed.
500
00:38:58,636 --> 00:39:05,910
Brother Mu left me a note
about the events at the North Gate.
501
00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:09,747
That's why despite your clever calculations,
502
00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:12,483
you're still one step short.
503
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:15,587
Don't you think this is your retribution?
504
00:39:15,620 --> 00:39:17,422
Retribution?
505
00:39:19,657 --> 00:39:21,726
Retribution?
506
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:32,070
Then why is Li Shimin
still alive despite his evildoings? Why?
507
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:35,406
Your Highness, is it possible
508
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:40,345
you only have hate and no love
towards His Majesty?
509
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:46,818
I think His Majesty's leniency towards you,
510
00:39:46,885 --> 00:39:51,356
is something every woman in the harem
is ready to kill for.
511
00:39:51,823 --> 00:39:55,193
Perhaps deep down inside,
512
00:39:55,226 --> 00:40:01,332
His Majesty is not only the enemy
who destroyed your motherland,
513
00:40:01,366 --> 00:40:04,636
but also the husband who kept you alive
514
00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:09,841
and gave you warmth and status.
515
00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:14,245
Too bad you refused to admit it.
516
00:40:14,312 --> 00:40:19,918
No...I hate him!
517
00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:23,655
I have only one husband.
518
00:40:23,721 --> 00:40:26,791
Only Li Yuaniji.
519
00:40:30,028 --> 00:40:33,731
I am not beaten yet.
520
00:40:33,798 --> 00:40:35,533
In a while,
521
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,203
Li Mu will kill Li Shimin!
522
00:40:45,143 --> 00:40:49,647
His Majesty? No...His Majesty!
523
00:40:53,184 --> 00:40:54,018
Mother!
524
00:40:54,886 --> 00:41:00,358
Mother! Your Highness!
525
00:41:00,525 --> 00:41:02,827
(My tears are scattered)
526
00:41:02,927 --> 00:41:06,030
(All I have left in my hands in my kingdom)
527
00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:09,300
(I feel particularly lonely in a crowd)
528
00:41:09,334 --> 00:41:13,304
(My destiny is not my choice)
529
00:41:13,338 --> 00:41:20,244
(Despite the blue sky,
flowers in bloom will wither)
530
00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:25,950
(My dream starts with your glance)
531
00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:30,254
Your Majesty!
532
00:41:32,357 --> 00:41:33,591
How is Qingque?
533
00:41:33,725 --> 00:41:36,627
I have done all I could.
534
00:41:36,728 --> 00:41:38,329
His Highness' injuries are too severe.
535
00:41:38,363 --> 00:41:40,531
I'm not sure if he'll make it
through the night.
536
00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:09,627
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