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♫ I spur my horse, a whip in hand, to claim the land ♫
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♫ Little did I know, my boldness couldn't
overcome the sorrow of parting ♫
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♫ I shed my armor and wear the brocade ♫
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♫ The man in the yellow light sighs alone ♫
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♫ But no grand ambition can fill this lonely night ♫
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♫ With all my courage, I'd hold a paper umbrella high ♫
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♫ To shield you from every storm in the sky ♫
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♫ On the lakeside of the mortal world ♫
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♫ I look back, a thousand ships have sailed by ♫
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♫ We drank to our joys and griefs in the endless sand ♫
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♫ But let slip the perfect life we had planned ♫
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♫ I owe you a lifetime I cannot repay ♫
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♫ Only in the next life can this debt be paid ♫
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♫ We drank to our joys and griefs in the desert vast ♫
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♫ But in love and hate, we stumbled till the last ♫
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♫ Though I might walk through history's proud song ♫
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♫ My heart still falters where love belongs ♫
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♫ I'd have no regrets at all,
if only you had asked me to stay ♫
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Braveness of the Ming
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Episode 42
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Go.
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How many people are left?
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My lord.
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According to the household registration records,
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there are still over ten people.
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My lord.
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My lord.
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A merchant ship has docked at the port.
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Should we intercept them?
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Take me there.
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Yes.
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What do you mean by this?
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Why are you detaining my merchant ship?
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I'm telling you,
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our family has connections with Bulwark Duke.
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When I see him,
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I'll make sure you regret this!
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You know Bulwark Duke?
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Of course!
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Take him away.
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As long as you confess that
Duke Bulwark is the mastermind
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who colluded with Japanese pirates
and betrayed the court,
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I can guarantee your safety
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and that of everyone on Shuangyu Island.
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I forgot to tell you,
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I'm now the Commander of the Imperial Guards.
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You should know a little about
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the Imperial Guards' methods, right?
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Xie, Xie!
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What's going on?
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Please inform Bulwark Duke
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that Shuangyu Island has been framed!
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It's not safe to talk here. Let's step inside.
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The morning court is adjourning.
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Go wait for Bulwark Duke at the palace gate
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and tell him to come home immediately.
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Yes.
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Let's go in.
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Well, have you thought it over?
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You just want to use my hand
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to harm Bulwark Duke, don't you?
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No way!
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Do as you please with me.
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Another ungrateful fellow.
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Bring them in.
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Chief! Chief! Chief!
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What are you doing?
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From now on, every quarter of an hour,
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I will kill two people in front of you
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until you sign the confession.
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No!
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Proceed.
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No!
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Will you sign?
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Bring in two more people.
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Brothers!
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Chief, please save us!
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Don't wait anymore. Kill them now.
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You will definitely face consequences for this!
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What did you say?
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Consequences?
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Consequences?
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Throughout my life,
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I've never known what consequences mean.
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You'd better take care of yourself
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and those people on Shuangyu Island.
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Bring two more in.
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No! No!
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Chief, Chief, save us!
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- No! No!
- Chief, save us!
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No!
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Do it.
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Stop!
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Wait.
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I'll sign.
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[Letter of Confession]
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Are you still not going to do something about it?
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Su Ying has already been settled.
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She's been crying nonstop,
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worried that something might happen to Mr. Xu in prison.
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I could only comfort her,
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saying you sent people to rescue Mr. Xu and the others.
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I told her not to overthink,
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and just wait for our news.
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How can you still be here reading books leisurely?
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Every extra day Mr. Xu spends in prison
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adds another layer of danger.
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Why haven't you arranged the rescue yet?
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I know now.
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You must already have a plan in mind,
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and have arranged men to save him.
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No.
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What do you mean, no?
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You're implying
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you haven't arranged anything, or
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you have no intention of rescuing them at all?
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Tell me.
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Both.
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Xia Xun, what do you mean?
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Xie, let me tell you,
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my current identity is sensitive.
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One wrong word,
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and those with agendas will pounce on it.
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I can't afford
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to take this reckless risk.
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Su Ying risked her life to come to us for help.
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Mr. Xu's life is now hanging by a thread.
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But you only think of yourself!
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How have you become like this?
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I want to rescue him.
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But everything needs careful planning.
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I just ask you one thing.
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Are you going to rescue him or not?
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I will.
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But not now.
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To you now,
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is the identity of Bulwark Duke
worth more than brotherhood?
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I truly misjudged you.
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Fine! If you won't go save him, I will!
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I'll not implicate you in the least!
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Do you know what you're saying?
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Do you realize
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how cold and heartless you are right now?
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Since I am so despicable in your eyes,
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you must be miserable having to stay here.
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Fine.
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Leave this place right now
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and find somewhere else!
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Xia Xun,
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do you know what you're saying?
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Xie Yufei, I'm telling you,
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if you leave here today,
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don't you ever come back.
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Xia Xun.
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How could you say such things to me?
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[Peng's Residence]
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What would Peng and Ximen Jing think
if they see me like this?
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I can't make them worry.
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Xia Xun is so unfeeling now.
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I should just tell Ximen Jing
to give him a piece of his mind.
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However,
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they all hold high positions now.
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How can they act rashly?
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I was indeed impulsive.
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Xie.
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Ji, what are you doing here?
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I just finished speaking with Miss Peng
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and left her residence. What about you?
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I'm just wandering around.
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It's been windy lately, and sand got in my eyes.
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By the way,
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last time you invited me to catch up,
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but I had official duties and really couldn't make it.
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I'm free today. I wonder if we could get together?
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Let's do it another time.
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Take this.
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Be careful!
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Are you okay? Are you okay?
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Sorry, sorry!
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Let's go check.
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Are you alright?
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I'm fine. What about you?
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I'm fine.
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Hurry, hurry!
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Sir, are you alright?
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Careful.
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I'm truly sorry.
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Are you okay?
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What's going on? What happened?
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Lord Ji, I'm terribly sorry.
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This plaque was perfectly fine,
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how could it just fall down?
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What are you standing there for?
Go find a physician!
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Wait.
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I'm fine, no need to get a physician.
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Listen to me.
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Make sure you hang this plaque securely,
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so it doesn't hit anyone again.
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Alright.
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Thank you for your magnanimity, Lord Ji.
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You bunch of fools, go secure it properly!
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- Hurry, hurry.
- Yes, yes.
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Ji, let me help you back.
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Check the wound and apply some medicine.
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Let's go.
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Are you really okay?
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Should we find a physician?
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It's not a big deal.
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Just a slight bump.
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A minor wound can turn serious if left untreated.
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How about this,
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I'll go find Ximen Jing to check on you.
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Xie,
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it's rare to see you so worried about me.
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I wouldn't mind getting hurt a few more times.
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How could you say that?
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You got hurt trying to save me.
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You don't need to find a physician.
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Just keep me company and talk with me.
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Xie,
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I don't know what you've been through,
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but
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you don't have to hide that you've been crying.
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I just want to tell you,
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no matter what troubles or grievances
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you face,
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you can tell me.
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I know you rejected me,
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and
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you are now married,
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but as you said, we are still friends.
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You can still talk to me like you used to.
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Xie,
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I will never need any repayment from you.
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Ji,
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it's already late. I really need to go home now.
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If you want to leave, I won't stop you.
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But remember, my words
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and my promise to you will never change.
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I understand. Take a good rest.
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Xie, it won't be long
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before I let you know
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that I'm more worthy of your trust than Xia Xun.
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Chen Ying,
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this letter of confession
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charges Duke Bulwark with colluding
with the enemy and committing treason.
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Your Majesty,
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Bulwark Duke is your most trusted subject,
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vested with the noble title,
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yet he secretly colluded with
foreign merchants and smuggled for profit.
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The Shuangyu pirates colluded
with Japanese pirates in secret.
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Even if he knew not,
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he took bribes from the Shuangyu pirates
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and provided them with great convenience.
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bringing great suffering to
eastern Zhejiang's coastal people.
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He cannot evade liability for abetting their acts.
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Escort the ringleaders of Shuangyu Island back to Jinling,
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and arrest Xia Xun as well.
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You must investigate
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this case thoroughly for me.
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If he truly is disloyal and unjust,
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he must not be pardoned.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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You sent someone here in the dead of night,
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telling us to take good care of Xie,
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which kept us on edge all night.
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So she didn't come home last night?
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Then what are you doing here? Go find her!
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Xia Xun, Xie is your wife now.
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You don't cherish her as you ought,
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and even drove her out of the house.
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You must have lost your senses.
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Alright, alright.
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The situation isn't clear yet.
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Fortunately, Miss Xie is exceptionally clever.
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You don't need to worry too much.
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I believe Xia has his reasons
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for doing this.
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Reasons?
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No matter what reasons he has,
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he shouldn't drive Xie out of the house.
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Enough.
283
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You must have heard about what happened to Xu Hu.
284
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I'm not entirely clear on
how the situation has developed.
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Therefore,
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it's safer for Xie to be away from me.
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I knew you had your reasons.
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You would never bear to let Madam Xie
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suffer the slightest grievance.
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How could you drive her out of the house?
291
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But she didn't return all night.
292
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Aren't you worried about her?
293
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You can't underestimate Madam Xie.
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She owns half the shops in Jinling.
295
00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,040
She might have stayed overnight in some inn.
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She's definitely fine.
297
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Besides,
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I reckon as we speak, there are
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countless Hidden Dragon Secret Agents following her.
300
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You don't need to worry.
301
00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,800
I've already had Zuo Dan protect her.
302
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Then what did you mean when you said
303
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Xu Hu's case will implicate you?
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If I'm not mistaken,
305
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in a few days,
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His Majesty's decree will come down
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to arrest me for interrogation.
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Is it him?
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But you don't need to worry yet.
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He can't harm me.
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I need to trouble both of you
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to help me take good care of Xie.
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00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,280
Absolutely don't let him get close to Xie.
314
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Okay, I will definitely help you protect her.
315
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,120
Then what should I do?
316
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[Bulwark Duke's Mansion]
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Back when we recruited Xu Hu and Su Ying,
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we hoped they could live a good life.
319
00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,320
But now that this has happened to them,
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should we have ever taken them in back then?
321
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,120
The world is unpredictable.
322
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No one could have foreseen it turning out like this.
323
00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,880
I still remember them on Shuangyu Island,
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so simple and honest.
325
00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:50,720
But now...
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It's alright. Everything will be fine.
327
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I hope so.
328
00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:06,440
My lord.
329
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:08,960
Madam has been invited to Lord Ji's residence.
330
00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,200
Yesterday, I followed her to Miss Peng's residence.
331
00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,320
But she didn't enter, and went to the street instead.
332
00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,560
Later, she encountered Lord Ji.
333
00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:16,920
I don't know what Lord Ji said to her,
334
00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,520
but she helped Lord Ji back
335
00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:19,320
to his residence.
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Bulwark Duke.
337
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,720
Today, by the Emperor's oral decree,
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I must take you back for questioning
on charges of colluding with
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00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:44,760
the men of Shuangyu Island for smuggling,
340
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,680
I'm afraid you'll have to come with me.
341
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,000
His Majesty must have sent you
342
00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,240
and Ji Gang to escort me back together.
343
00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:51,120
Ask him to come out.
344
00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:52,680
I have something to say to him.
345
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,640
This reminds me of the time
346
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,360
you were wrongly accused of being an assassin,
347
00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,160
imprisoned, and I desperately tried to save you.
348
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:18,400
I just never expected
349
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,800
that today, the one coming to arrest you would be me.
350
00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:22,880
Indeed.
351
00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,200
I didn't anticipate this either.
352
00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:27,800
But Xia, rest assured.
353
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,160
We've been brothers for so long.
354
00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,000
I've already given orders.
355
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,160
No one in the prison will give you a hard time.
356
00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:40,880
If that's the case,
357
00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:43,880
I should thank you for doing this.
358
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:49,440
Xia.
359
00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:52,720
Though we have different political views,
360
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,720
we are still brothers after all.
361
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,760
I will definitely intercede with His Majesty
362
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,440
to clear your name.
363
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,000
I'm afraid in your heart,
364
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:05,240
you no longer consider me a brother.
365
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:06,680
In my heart,
366
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,760
you have always been my brother.
367
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,360
Unless you no longer consider me one.
368
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,120
Do you remember how Xu Hu and Su Ying
369
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,280
helped us back then?
370
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:19,880
How could you treat them like this?
371
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:23,440
Back then?
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00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:25,880
With Heaven as our witness,
373
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:26,960
today I, Xia Xun,
374
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:27,800
I, Ji Gang,
375
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:28,800
and I, Ximen Jing,
376
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,440
swear to become sworn brothers.
377
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,800
May Heaven bear witness to our sincerity.
378
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,480
Should we betray this oath,
may we face the condemnation.
379
00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,440
From today on, we three brothers
380
00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:45,440
shall share life and death, weal and woe,
and stand together in adversity.
381
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:53,120
Those days of ours are probably gone forever.
382
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,400
Bulwark Duke, it's getting late.
383
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:02,680
Your talk must end here.
384
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,000
Please don't make things difficult for me.
385
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,160
Don't involve Xie
386
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:16,480
in the strife between us.
387
00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:17,760
That's for sure.
388
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,520
I will take good care of her for you.
389
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:25,800
If you hurt her in the slightest,
390
00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:30,760
I will make you pay double for it.
391
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,080
I'm certain you will uncover
392
00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,200
who hid the flood disaster memorial.
393
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,080
I will do everything in my power
394
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,400
to see it done.
395
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:47,360
I just don't understand,
396
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,880
who would do such a thoroughly harmful
397
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,640
and self-defeating thing?
398
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:53,760
Whoever benefits from it
399
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,560
will do it.
400
00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,360
We're both down on our luck.
401
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:04,920
However, I believe
402
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,640
we will both get the person we want in the end.
403
00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:10,920
I know you seek a powerful patron to rely on.
404
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,680
Greetings, Your Highness.
405
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:13,800
But you've made the wrong choice.
406
00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,880
This patron you have chosen
407
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,200
is unworthy of your trust.
408
00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,360
I heard Bulwark Duke's in trouble.
409
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:25,120
Yes,
410
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,000
it's causing quite a stir.
411
00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:29,240
I heard it was the Emperor who ordered his arrest.
412
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,640
Bulwark Duke is suspected of smuggling
and colluding with bandits.
413
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,560
Who'd have thought he could be such a person?
414
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:37,880
It's simply unexpected.
415
00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,160
Don't spread rumors here.
416
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:46,720
Madam,
417
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,000
go ask anyone if you don't believe it.
It's all over Jinling.
418
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:51,880
Ignore her. Come on, let's drink.
419
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:53,880
I want to rescue him.
420
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,560
But everything needs careful planning.
421
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:00,960
To you now,
422
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:03,280
is the identity of Bulwark Duke
423
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:04,800
worth more than brotherhood?
424
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:07,080
I truly misjudged you.
425
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,120
Fine! If you won't go save him, I will!
426
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,440
I'll not implicate you in the least!
427
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,600
Do you know what you're saying?
428
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:19,640
Do you realize
429
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,400
how cold and heartless you are right now?
430
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,320
Since I am so despicable in your eyes,
431
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:28,200
you must be miserable having to stay here.
432
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:29,960
Fine.
433
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,400
Leave this place right now
434
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:33,880
and find somewhere else!
435
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:37,520
Xia Xun,
436
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,560
do you know what you're saying?
437
00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:40,920
Xie Yufei, I'm telling you,
438
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,520
if you leave here today,
439
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,760
don't you ever come back.
440
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,720
Xia Xun, you scoundrel!
441
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,960
I actually didn't realize you were scheming.
442
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:03,640
Xia Xun!
443
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:05,520
Xia Xun!
444
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:07,080
Xia Xun!
445
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:08,880
Xia Xun!
446
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,000
Madam, bad news!
447
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:12,600
A group of Imperial Guards just arrived
448
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:13,840
and they took Master away.
449
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:17,440
Go
450
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,000
find Miss Peng now.
451
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,080
Tell them both about this matter.
452
00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,400
Ask them to come quickly.
453
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,080
Yes, Madam.
454
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,920
Imperial Guards. Ji Gang.
455
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:35,400
Xie.
456
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,600
I arrested Xia by the Emperor's order.
457
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,440
Can't you help us?
458
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:43,720
I...
459
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,120
How could I stand by and watch Xia
be wrongfully imprisoned?
460
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,960
I have repeatedly advised the Emperor,
testifying to Xia's innocence,
461
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,720
but he just turned a deaf ear.
462
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,400
I really have no other way.
463
00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:59,000
Is there truly no way
464
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,120
to save Xia Xun?
465
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:01,840
My position is special.
466
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,880
If I intervene again to save him,
467
00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:06,560
it might even cause Xia and me
468
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,560
to be accused of forming a private faction.
469
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,520
Xie, I actually thought of someone
470
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,760
who might be able to save Xia.
471
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:18,440
Who?
472
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:19,880
The Princess.
473
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,080
It depends on whether you're willing to let her help.
474
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:29,240
Well...
475
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,160
If Her Grace could save Xia Xun,
476
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,880
I would thank her properly. Why would I be unwilling?
477
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,000
Take me to see her now.
478
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,400
Are you really willing to do this?
479
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,960
Xia Xun is currently in prison.
480
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,880
We don't know when the Emperor might take his life.
481
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,560
Now, we must try every possible means.
482
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:56,520
As long as we can
483
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:57,880
rescue him,
484
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,440
I'm willing to do anything.
485
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,520
Move aside! Move aside!
486
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,280
Xia, you must hold on.
487
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,040
Move aside!
488
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,920
What did you say? Xia Xun was arrested?
489
00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:25,800
Your Grace,
490
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:26,800
His Majesty ordered
491
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,800
- to arrest him on charges of smuggling...
- Move aside!
492
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:29,640
- Let me in.
- Lord Ji!
493
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:30,760
Lord Ji, please stop!
494
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,120
Your Grace.
495
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,360
Lord Ji said it was urgent. We couldn't stop him.
496
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:37,680
It's fine. You may leave.
497
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:38,240
Yes.
498
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,880
You came to me for Xia Xun, right?
499
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,200
Please save my husband, Your Grace.
500
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,680
The only one who can save Xia now
501
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,480
is you, Your Grace.
502
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,960
You should save your husband yourself.
503
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:04,920
What can I possibly do?
504
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,880
Your Grace, please save Xia Xun.
505
00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:13,840
Fortunately, I'm a princess,
and my sister is the Empress.
506
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,040
After all, she is His Majesty's closest confidante.
507
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,280
If she would intercede for Xia Xun, it might help.
508
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,360
His Majesty will likely heed the Empress's words.
509
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,360
Your Grace, please talk to the Empress.
510
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,840
I will go to plead with His Majesty again.
511
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,960
I hope we can clear Xia's name.
512
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:45,960
Attendant!
513
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:48,160
My lord.
514
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:50,960
Inform Lord Chen Ying
515
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,000
to bring the account book to His Majesty.
Tell him I await him at the palace gate.
516
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:54,600
Yes.
517
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:14,960
Why are you still standing here?
518
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,480
I want to go with you to see the Empress.
519
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,200
Ridiculous. In what capacity would you go?
520
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:24,440
Your Grace,
521
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,800
I am Bulwark Duke's wife.
522
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,160
It's fine if you want to come with me.
523
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:34,520
However,
524
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,320
wouldn't it be disrespectful to the Empress
to appear before her dressed like that?
525
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:42,960
I can wear anything.
526
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:47,040
Please, go see the Empress as soon as possible.
527
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,840
I didn't say I wouldn't go.
528
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,800
It's you who is in a hurry.
529
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,200
Let me finish eating first.
530
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,160
Let's go, let's go.
531
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:11,080
Sister, sister!
532
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,040
Greetings, Your Highness.
533
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:17,200
Rise.
534
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,360
Sister, you must save Xia Xun.
535
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,160
You're a girl. Don't be rude.
536
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,200
You should know what crime your husband has committed.
537
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:30,960
Pleading with me is useless.
538
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:32,720
Your Highness,
539
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,440
my husband hasn't yet been interrogated,
540
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,200
and he hasn't confessed to any crime.
541
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,080
He isn't a guilty official yet.
542
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,080
I humbly beg you to intercede for him.
543
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,800
We can't let villains have their way, and sow discord
544
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:45,440
between the Emperor and Xia Xun.
545
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000
Your Highness, His Majesty has arrived.
546
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,840
Hide yourselves, and don't make a sound.
547
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:53,920
Yes.
548
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,000
- The Emperor has arrived.
- Come.
549
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,240
Your Majesty.
550
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,000
Rise.
551
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,240
I knew this little one would be here.
552
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:07,360
I just came by to see him.
553
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,040
Come here, let me hold you.
554
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:11,120
Grandfather.
555
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:13,640
This little one
556
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,160
forgets all about me the moment he sees you.
557
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:17,560
I've really spoiled you for nothing.
558
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:20,760
Your Majesty,
559
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,320
he's already able to recite books by heart.
560
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,000
Recite a few lines from Standards for Students.
561
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:27,800
Show me.
562
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,640
[Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaochi's eldest son]
When I speak, honesty is important.
563
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,520
Deceitful words and lies must not be tolerated.
564
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,440
- Rather than talking much, it's better to say less.
- Good.
565
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:38,800
Your Majesty.
566
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,280
He must be hungry now.
567
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,080
Wet nurse, take him to have his meal.
568
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:42,920
- Go on.
- Yes.
569
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:43,840
Go eat your meal.
570
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:46,200
Come.
571
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:53,720
Sit.
572
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:58,080
Your Majesty.
573
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,000
What I've not seen, I'll not readily tell others.
574
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,800
Are you pleading for Xia Xun?
575
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,680
How could I not know what kind of man Xia Xun is?
576
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,160
But now, the evidence is conclusive.
577
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,880
No matter what, I must do something
578
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,840
to show all the civil and military officials
579
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,240
that the Great Ming
580
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,200
is fair and strict.
581
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,360
I'm not pleading for Xia Xun,
582
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,440
but for you, Your Majesty.
583
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:37,960
For me?
584
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,640
With Bulwark Duke arrested,
585
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,080
Jinling is in an uproar.
586
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,840
Officials high and low are panicking.
587
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,520
This is bad for court discipline.
588
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,560
Besides, Xia Xun has not been tried or confessed.
589
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,280
The evidence is just an lifeless object.
590
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,280
For years, he's shared life and death with you.
591
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,400
We've all seen
592
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,560
his loyalty firsthand. How could it be an act?
593
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,880
So according to you, I should let Xia Xun go?
594
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,240
That is not appropriate.
595
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,960
It would be better to place Xia Xun
596
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,280
under house arrest.
597
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,960
This could avoid rumors and gossip.
598
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,920
If there really are villains framing Xia Xun,
599
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,320
he will not harbor resentment because of this.
600
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,360
After all, he's followed you for many years.
601
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,280
You know very well what he's like.
602
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:32,360
I only know
603
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,720
that I know you very well.
604
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:40,320
Attendant.
605
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:40,760
Yes.
606
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:43,440
Convey my decree.
607
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,240
Go to the prison and bring Bulwark Duke out.
608
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:47,600
Confine him to
609
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:50,920
the Bulwark Duke's mansion.
610
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,600
Your Majesty, Lord Chen Ying
and Lord Ji Gang request an audience.
611
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:01,080
Let them in.
612
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:02,080
Yes.
613
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,160
Your Majesty.
614
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,360
This is the account book found on Lv Mingzhi's ship.
615
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,800
It records in detail
616
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,960
every transaction of Bulwark Duke's smuggling activities.
617
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,040
Your Majesty, please calm down.
618
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:32,320
From what I know of Xia Xun,
619
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:33,960
he would never do such a thing.
620
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,800
He was most likely coerced or enticed into it.
621
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:45,120
I don't care if he did it willingly or not.
622
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,520
As long as he broke the Great Ming's laws,
623
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:53,920
he won't be let off easy.
624
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,560
- I shall take my leave.
- I shall take my leave.
625
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,000
You heard it too.
626
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:19,640
I'm going to talk to His Majesty.
627
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:20,720
Nonsense!
628
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,080
How can you trifle with court affairs!
629
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,720
I've done everything I can.
630
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,480
If Xia Xun is innocent, justice will be served for him.
631
00:35:58,520 --> 00:35:59,120
Xie.
632
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,040
- Madam Xie, where have you been?
- Be careful.
633
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:03,920
We've been waiting for you all day.
634
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:08,800
Xie.
635
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:11,520
What's wrong with you?
636
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:17,240
Have you not eaten at all?
637
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,120
You look pale and very weak.
638
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,600
Tell the kitchen to prepare something to eat.
639
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:24,320
Yes, I'll go right away.
640
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:28,440
Peng.
641
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,760
How can I save Xia Xun?
642
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,000
I really want to see him.
643
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:35,520
He'll be fine.
644
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,520
Before he left, he repeatedly told us
645
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,000
to take good care of you.
646
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,560
I've seen the Empress.
647
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,040
I saw how furious His Majesty was.
648
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:48,320
What should I do now?
649
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,600
Will His Majesty kill Xia Xun?
650
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,840
He drove me away to keep me out of this,
651
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,520
and I didn't even realize it.
652
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,640
I blamed him, resented him,
and lost my temper with him.
653
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,120
I didn't take his circumstances into account at all.
654
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:06,640
Don't worry.
655
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,320
Xia will turn misfortune into blessing.
656
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,480
You must take good care of your health.
657
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,360
If he comes back and sees you've lost weight,
658
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,480
he'll give me trouble.
659
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:19,320
Peng.
660
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,320
I beg you, please take me to see Xia Xun.
661
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,400
I... I won't eat until I see him.
662
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,880
Look at you, how can you say such things?
663
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,560
You mustn't risk your health out of spite.
664
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,280
Alright, alright, I give in.
665
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,080
Well, I'll think of a way
666
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:38,600
to bribe the guards
667
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,080
so you can see Xia Xun.
668
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,080
Now will you eat something?
669
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,640
Don't make everyone worry.
670
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,080
Alright.
671
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:01,320
Ji Gang.
672
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,520
Here's a toast to you.
673
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,600
Your plan was indeed brilliant.
674
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:06,440
You flatter me.
675
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:10,120
It is my honor to serve you, Your Highness.
676
00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:17,480
I indeed did not misjudge you.
677
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,920
Xia Xun thinks he has rendered
some meritorious service,
678
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,840
and dares to disregard me.
679
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,920
I will make him know
680
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:32,080
I could crush him to death with a single hand.
681
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,480
I'm so happy today, totally relieved.
682
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:36,080
Cheers.
683
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,520
Beauty, come here, come.
684
00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:47,800
Your Highness.
685
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:50,960
Xia Xun doesn't know what's good for him.
686
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,040
Ending up in this situation today
687
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,000
is entirely his own fault.
688
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:56,320
But,
689
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,640
despite that Father flew into a rage
690
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,320
and had him thrown into prison,
691
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,360
Xia Xun's not the type
692
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,560
to just sit back and accept his fate.
693
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,760
I'm afraid my brother will step in to help.
694
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:14,120
Your Highness, rest assured.
695
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,080
I have already placed my men
in Prince Gaochi's mansion.
696
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,560
They'll report any small movement at once.
697
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,080
Is there anything else I can do for you?
698
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,640
I want him dead.
699
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,120
I understand.
700
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,960
I'll definitely eliminate any future troubles for you.
701
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:44,080
Good.
702
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:45,640
Come on.
703
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:53,400
Let's eat.
704
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:55,400
Your Highness.
705
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,120
They've already made their move.
706
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,080
We cannot just stand by and watch.
707
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,480
I have already sent people to gather evidence.
708
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:03,640
I must do everything I can
709
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,640
to help Bulwark Duke clear his name.
710
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:07,640
Right now, Bulwark Duke
711
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,840
is the only one who can oppose
Prince Gaoxu and Ji Gang.
712
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:12,360
If Xia Xun fails,
713
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:17,040
then your chances of competing for
the Crown Prince position will be greatly diminished.
714
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,600
This is not how you weigh the matter.
715
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,760
Saving Xia Xun is a matter of principle.
716
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,400
He once saved my life.
717
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:29,520
And at that time,
718
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,760
he wasn't doing it for my position as Heir Apparent.
719
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,280
How can you measure a life-saving act by personal gain?
720
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,520
Yes, yes, I was wrong.
721
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,440
Even if it costs me the Crown Prince's title,
722
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,440
I must save Xia Xun.
723
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:44,320
Pass down my order.
724
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,800
Spare no effort to find evidence for me.
725
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:50,480
Yes, Your Highness.
726
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,080
Come on, come on.
727
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,240
One more round. Come on.
728
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:02,840
What? Still want to play?
729
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:03,480
Sure!
730
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:04,960
Let me tell you,
731
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:06,640
I'm afraid you'll lose your pants.
732
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:07,960
At worst,
733
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,760
I'll lose you another jug of wine
and half a catty of meat.
734
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:10,760
Come on, come on.
735
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:13,160
Big or small?
736
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,320
Big, big, big!
737
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:20,960
Wait a minute.
738
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,960
- I'll still bet on small.
- Big!
739
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,040
Big! Open it!
740
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,120
- Big! Ah, big!
- Leopard!
741
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,120
Fill my cup with wine!
742
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:34,640
Who would have thought Bulwark Duke
743
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,320
would end up gambling with jailers?
744
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,080
How absurd and pathetic!
745
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,400
Brothers, let me ask you a question.
746
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,000
What is the sourest thing in this world?
747
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:48,440
- What is it?
- Vinegar.
748
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,480
No, dark plums.
749
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:52,760
Neither!
750
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,120
It's just sour grapes because you can't get any!
751
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,800
This is unfair. Why does he get wine and meat,
752
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,160
while we can't even fill our bellies?
753
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:04,880
What are you making such a fuss about?
754
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:06,440
One more word, and I'll whip you!
755
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,360
With your prissy bookish look,
756
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,000
how can you compare to Mr. Xia?
757
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:11,240
Get lost!
758
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:12,760
You might get whipped!
759
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,280
Forget about him. Come on!
760
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:16,680
- Let's continue.
- Let's go!
761
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,080
- Let's continue!
- Keep betting!
762
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:24,240
Quick, let's go!
763
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,880
Tidy it up! Come on! Let's go!
764
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:27,720
Mr. Xia, please.
765
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:52,120
Xia Xun.
766
00:43:25,820 --> 00:43:31,420
♫ Evening lanterns glow, frost upon the moon ♫
767
00:43:31,420 --> 00:43:36,140
♫ Candlelight flickers red where only few stars gleam ♫
768
00:43:37,180 --> 00:43:42,900
♫ In her tower she sings, dreaming of home ♫
769
00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:47,220
♫ Through wind and night rain,
her gaze begins to roam ♫
770
00:43:48,620 --> 00:43:54,180
♫ Sorrow under moonlight, endless are the nights ♫
771
00:43:54,220 --> 00:43:59,100
♫ Dreaming of moments lost from sight ♫
772
00:43:59,980 --> 00:44:05,660
♫ A rising sandstorm veils your face from view ♫
773
00:44:05,660 --> 00:44:11,420
♫ Now worlds apart, with no path back to you ♫
774
00:44:11,420 --> 00:44:17,100
♫ Love and hate, awake then gone like sand ♫
775
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:22,940
♫ We meet, forget, through lifetimes' shifting strand ♫
776
00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:28,500
♫ Right or wrong, the song ends, but feelings stay ♫
777
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:32,860
♫ Two worlds apart, too far to see the way ♫
778
00:44:34,220 --> 00:44:39,740
♫ Who knows her silent love, who knows her tears? ♫
779
00:44:39,740 --> 00:44:44,980
♫ Who knows her heart, and whom it truly fears? ♫
780
00:44:45,620 --> 00:44:51,380
♫ Who knows her tender thoughts,
her hidden grief? ♫
781
00:44:51,380 --> 00:44:56,020
♫ A beauty's fleeting dream
for whom does life seem brief? ♫
782
00:44:56,820 --> 00:45:02,100
♫ I'd give my all, through all the joy and pain,
and never complain ♫
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