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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 58
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My lord, something terrible has happened!
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Bulwark Duke Xia Xun
has joined forces with court officials
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to submit a memorial to the Emperor,
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accusing you of deceiving the sovereign,
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overstepping your authority,
and forging imperial edicts,
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among 17 other charges.
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Our informant in the palace has learned that
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the Emperor is furious
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and will soon issue an edict
to remove you from your position.
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Bulwark Duke, Xia Xun,
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spreads heresy, frames loyal officials,
and deludes the Emperor!
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Imperial Guards, heed my command!
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Follow me to purge the court of evil influences
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and execute Bulwark Duke Xia Xun!
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Yes!
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This time,
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thanks to your assistance,
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we were able to successfully
secure evidence of Ji Gang's crimes.
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Now, the Tatars have returned to the grasslands
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and are regrouping.
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Ji Gang has also received his due retribution.
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This matter
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can be considered concluded for now.
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What's wrong?
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Brother Xia Xun,
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won't you reconsider?
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I know I can't compare to Sister Xie,
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but I could stay by your side,
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even as a concubine.
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I remember you once told me
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that the sky over the grasslands is vast.
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There,
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you are not Ying, burdened by hatred,
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but Ulan Tuya, carefree and happy.
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Ulan Tuya belongs to the grasslands.
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She is the brightest pearl there.
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You silly girl,
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you are still young.
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Don't mistake gratitude for love.
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You'll understand when you grow older.
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In my heart,
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in this lifetime,
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my wife will only ever be Xie.
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I envy Sister Xie so much.
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What is there to envy? Someday,
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you will also meet someone
who truly belongs to you, a kindred spirit.
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Time to leave now.
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When I find him, I'll tell you first!
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I'm leaving now.
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What's going on?
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According to our original plan that day,
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Ying thought he would dodge the knife,
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so she only used 80% of her strength.
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Who knew that fool,
to make it look more realistic,
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deliberately didn't dodge?
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He's injured so seriously,
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yet he just forced himself to see Ying off,
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and now he has a fever again.
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Madam,
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my lord is brave and mighty, protected by heaven.
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Madam, you need not worry excessively.
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Did you come to see him for something?
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Yes.
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There is a very urgent matter
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that needs to be reported to him immediately.
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But he just fell asleep.
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The doctor gave him an extra dose of sedative.
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He can't be woken up now.
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Is it something critical?
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It's about Miss Ying.
She was captured by Ji Gang.
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What? What did you say?
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Our men had just escorted
Miss Ying out of the city
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when they were ambushed
by a group of Imperial Guards.
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Someone just sent a message saying
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that Lord Xia must go alone immediately,
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or Miss Ying's life will be in danger.
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Here's the address.
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[Xia Xun, I have Ying. Come to the forest alone,
otherwise she'll be killed.]
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Xie took a blade for you
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and died.
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Yet you let her killer go.
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Are you even a man?
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If Xie's spirit is watching from above,
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she must regret being blind back then.
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Why aren't you saying anything?
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Speechless, are you?
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Today, I will avenge Xie
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and send you two, the despicable couple
who harmed her, to hell.
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Lord Ji, be careful!
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Do you know
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Xie felt the same pain
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when she took a blade for you?
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Xia Xun, you hypocrite!
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You are utterly unworthy of having Xie.
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Everything you've gained
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was obtained without any effort.
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You don't deserve to live in this world at all.
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Don't worry.
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I won't kill you with a single stab.
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I'll let you watch
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as your blood slowly drains away until you die.
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I have also interrogated the doctor
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who bandaged Bulwark Duke's wounds.
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Bulwark Duke is seriously injured.
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One of his arms is practically useless.
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Xie...
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Xie...
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Is it... is it really you?
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But... but how can it be you?
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Xie...
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I won't allow anyone to hurt you.
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But how did it end up
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being me... I killed you?
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How could this happen? How can this be?
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Xie...
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Hold on... We'll go find a doctor.
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Ji Gang...
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Don't waste your effort.
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I'm already done for.
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Consider it as me dying once for Xia Xun.
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I'm willing to die for him.
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After I die,
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you and Xia Xun...
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You two, stop fighting each other, okay?
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You have been through life and death together.
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Even if you can't be brothers anymore,
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you shouldn't become enemies.
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Ji Gang,
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it's the time for you
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to end it...
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From now on, you should still be brothers.
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Promise me, Ji Gang.
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Okay, I promise you.
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I promise you everything.
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I've loved you my whole life.
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If I had known it would end like this,
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I would rather you and Xia Xun
had flown away together.
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I want you to live.
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I just want you to be safe and healthy.
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I was wrong... I was truly wrong...
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Xie, don't die...
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As long as you can live,
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I'd rather not love you.
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I'd rather never have met you.
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I was wrong.
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I beg you... Don't die...
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Xie!
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Xie, wake up! Please, Xie!
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Xie!
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Xie...
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Ji Gang.
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Put Xie down.
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Everyone, stop!
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Xie, as long as I live,
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I will never let you leave me.
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What I promised Xie,
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I will absolutely not go back on.
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Xie,
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I promised you...
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Today, we will settle this.
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I will definitely do it.
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Ji Gang!
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My lord.
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Xie, what I promised you, I've done it...
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Today is the end of the enmity
between him and me...
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I said...
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I promised you...
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I would definitely do it...
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Xie.
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Xie.
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Xia... Xia Xun...
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I'm sorry...
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It's all my fault...
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I destroyed our brotherhood...
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Heaven above,
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today, I, Xia Xun...
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I, Ji Gang...
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I, Ximen Jing...
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We hereby swear to become sworn brothers.
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From this day forward, we three brothers
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shall entrust our lives to each other,
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share fortune and misfortune,
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and support each other in hardship.
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And I also harmed Xie.
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If there is a next life...
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If there is a next life...
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If there is a next life...
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Zuo Dan!
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Here.
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Take Madam back to the mansion!
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Yes.
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If there is a next life...
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you and I will still be brothers.
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Slow down. Be careful.
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This way.
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Xia,
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you can rest assured.
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The jade pendant on Xie's waist blocked the blow.
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So it didn't injure her internal organs.
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She will recover soon.
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She took my medicine.
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She will wake up tomorrow morning.
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So don't worry.
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Has Ji Gang's body
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been encoffined?
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I've already sent someone
to report to the Emperor.
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The Emperor, remembering old sentiments,
allowed him to be laid to rest.
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Ji Gang's death has caused quite a stir.
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I've heard some rumors
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and feel I must tell you.
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Without Ji Gang,
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only you hold all the power
of the Imperial Guards.
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I'm afraid the Emperor may not tolerate it.
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You'd better make plans early...
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I want to think about nothing now.
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As long as Xie can wake up,
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I have no other wishes.
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You're awake.
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Are you alright?
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I barely managed not to die.
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You can't have anything happen to you again.
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You still know you almost died.
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Do you know how worried I was?
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Is Ying alright?
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She's fine now.
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Ziqi has already sent someone to take her away.
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Then, what about Ji Gang?
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How is Ji Gang?
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He's dead.
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When I went to save you,
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he took his own life in front of me.
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Come on.
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From now on, don't think about anything.
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Focus on recovering your health well.
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It's
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the most important thing to me.
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Understand?
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Is Xie awake?
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Be careful.
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Yeah.
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Doctor Ximen's medical skills
are as divine as ever.
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You saved my life once again.
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I'm not boasting.
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Even though I am now blind,
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I am still the best in the world,
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the top-notch divine physician.
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Isn't it boasting?
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You're full of hot air.
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I've heard it all.
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Xie.
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Don't go looking for trouble yourself.
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To speak from the heart,
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as Ji Gang is dead,
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it also weighs heavily on my heart.
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After all, the three of us were brothers once.
276
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Ji Gang saved us many times.
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But when I think of my eyes,
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think of Ziqi's injuries,
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and think of the countless people
who lost their lives because of Ji Gang,
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I suddenly feel
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feeling pity for him
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is another kind of harm to the world.
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He's right.
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For him to die like this
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is letting him off easy.
286
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The wrongs he committed.
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We truly have no way to forgive him.
288
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But the person we feel a faint reluctance
to part with in our hearts
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is our best friend Ji Gang,
290
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who once risked life and limb for us,
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not this Imperial Guards Commander.
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By the way,
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Ximen Jing and I
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made a decision yesterday
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and came specifically to tell you today.
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I have lost my sight.
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Ziqi was tortured
and injured in the Imperial Prison.
298
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We are both physically and mentally exhausted
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and no longer wish to remain in the court.
300
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:39,640
I will resign from my post tomorrow.
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We'll forget about fame and fortune.
302
00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:44,440
Nothing is more important
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than Ziqi and me living a peaceful life.
304
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:49,640
Whatever decision you make,
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I'll always support you.
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Rise.
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Thanks, Your Majesty.
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Peng Ziqi from the Southern Bureau
of Imperial Guards
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and Ximen Jing from Imperial Guards,
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you raised troops with the dragon
to purge the court of evil ministers.
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Your toil and merit are great.
312
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,960
Years of gallantry have strained
your sinews and bones.
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Specially bestow upon you 100 taels of gold,
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1,000 taels of silver,
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100,000 strings of cash,
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100 acres of fertile land,
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a mansion bestowed in Hangzhou,
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and a plaque inscribed by the Emperor.
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And return to your hometown
and choose a day to marry.
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00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,000
Thank you for Your Majesty's grace.
321
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,800
Hangzhou's scenery is pleasant
and not far from Jinling.
322
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In the future, wanting to visit you
won't take much time.
323
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,720
I've already found a doctor for him,
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00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,440
preparing to properly treat his eyes.
325
00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,560
As long as we leave this place of trouble,
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00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,040
to trade these eyes of mine
for a lifetime of peace,
327
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,000
I would rather be blind for the rest of my life.
328
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:27,360
The four of us,
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00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,360
having fought our way through thorns
and brambles on this journey,
330
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:34,360
can truly say we have weathered many storms.
331
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,280
Though I am deeply reluctant to part with you,
332
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:39,920
your choice is the right one.
333
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,560
Jinling is a place of trouble.
334
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,560
Now, undercurrents are surging within the city.
335
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:47,400
By retiring at the height of your power,
336
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:51,760
you can secure a lifetime of peace.
337
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:54,680
You have no idea
338
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:56,640
how much I envy the two of you.
339
00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:58,440
Xia,
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00:23:58,880 --> 00:23:59,920
listen to my advice as well.
341
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:01,320
Withdraw early.
342
00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:03,680
Some people are suited for Jinling,
343
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:05,360
but it is definitely not us.
344
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,480
You have worked hard enough for a lifetime.
345
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,200
Take Miss Xie home early
to enjoy some peace and happiness.
346
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:11,960
That is the proper thing to do.
347
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,320
Some people can withdraw just like that,
348
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,040
but you know I am different.
349
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,560
There are still many things
waiting for me to do.
350
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,560
I know you still cannot
let go of the Emperor,
351
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000
and the entire Great Ming.
352
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:27,920
But look at us.
353
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,680
You have to consider Xie.
354
00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:41,720
Bro,
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00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:44,360
it's time to set off.
356
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,000
Let's go.
357
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:22,520
Your Majesty,
358
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,200
the voyage to the Western Seas
is estimated to cost a hundred thousand.
359
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,920
If due to disease, epidemics,
storms, or tsunamis,
360
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,400
the soldiers and civilians
will suffer unknown casualties.
361
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,160
Even if rare treasures
are found and brought back,
362
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,320
what benefit would it bring to the state?
363
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,320
Your Majesty, please reconsider.
364
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,360
Our court's treasure ships travel thousands of miles.
365
00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:40,720
[Zheng He,
Director of Directorate of Palace Eunuchs]
366
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,960
Is it merely to purchase
those rare and exotic treasures?
367
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,960
Many overseas spices, fabrics,
and medicinal herbs
368
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,360
have a local purchase price
369
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,200
that differs by more than 20 times
from the market price in our Great Ming.
370
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,240
The profit from this is astonishing.
371
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:56,560
Moreover,
372
00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:00,240
our Great Ming's porcelain has always
been popular in foreign lands.
373
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:01,800
Selling 10,000 bowls
374
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,280
can earn the common people
three to five million strings of cash.
375
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,880
What is wrong with that?
376
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,080
Look at him.
377
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,480
Eunuch Zheng, I can't agree with you.
378
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,000
Bulwark Duke, what is your esteemed opinion?
379
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,680
I am willing to hear the details.
380
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,240
I also ask Bulwark Duke to clearly explain
the advantages and disadvantages to His Majesty.
381
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:22,800
I think
382
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,240
the pros and cons of voyaging to the Western Seas
383
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:26,720
do not lie in the minor matter
of gains and losses from trade.
384
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:28,240
Firstly,
385
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:29,360
voyaging to the Western Seas
386
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,920
can stimulate the livelihood
and economy of coastal cities.
387
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,040
This is an immeasurable benefit.
388
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,000
Secondly,
389
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,160
it requires the procurement of large quantities
of goods from the Central Plains.
390
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,120
Trading our strengths for our weaknesses
391
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:43,040
both enhances national prestige
and enriches the state treasury.
392
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,000
Such a venture that brings both fame and profit,
393
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,320
why not pursue it?
394
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:50,960
Does Bulwark Duke know
395
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,720
that previously, the Ryukyu tribute envoys
robbed official ships,
396
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,760
assaulted eunuchs, harmed the people,
and drained the state's resources,
397
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:58,800
causing no small amount of trouble?
398
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:00,800
Furthermore, some tribute envoys,
when presenting tribute,
399
00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:02,480
regardless of whether it is needed or not,
400
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,280
simply ship large quantities of goods.
401
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,360
If you do not accept them, they pester endlessly.
402
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,960
They are using the pretext of paying tribute.
403
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,000
How can our Celestial Empire easily
haggle over the value of tribute goods?
404
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:21,120
What the various lords say is reasonable.
405
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,760
I request Your Majesty
to cease the tribute system
406
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,040
and restart maritime trade.
407
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,280
Both the court and the local regions
will benefit from it.
408
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:34,000
That's right!
409
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:34,960
Restart free trade!
410
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:36,200
Yeah!
411
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,240
Both the court and the local regions can profit!
412
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,960
Xia Xun.
413
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,720
The civil and military officials
are steered by a single word from you.
414
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,920
You are truly formidable.
415
00:27:59,120 --> 00:27:59,760
Your Majesty,
416
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,160
the officials are not steered by me,
417
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,240
but by profit.
418
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,560
What do you mean by "steered by profit"?
419
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,360
Currently, this tribute trade
420
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,400
has three major, irreconcilable contradictions.
421
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:17,800
Go ahead.
422
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:19,480
The first
423
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,120
is the contradiction
between civil officials and eunuchs.
424
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:22,960
The second
425
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,040
is the contradiction
between the court and the local regions.
426
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:26,280
The third
427
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:28,380
is the contradiction between the imperial family
428
00:28:29,410 --> 00:28:30,800
and the great merchants.
429
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,920
What do you mean by that? Explain in detail.
430
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,000
The construction of ships
for voyages to the West,
431
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:40,800
as well as the procurement of goods,
432
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,320
are all supervised and managed by eunuchs.
433
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,320
Civil officials not only have no hand in it,
434
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:47,200
but must also obey the eunuchs.
435
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,440
How can civil officials,
who take the world as their responsibility,
436
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:52,640
tolerate this?
437
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:58,840
Then what contradiction exists
between the court and the local regions?
438
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,880
Some officials insist on
abolishing maritime transport
439
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:02,960
and promoting river transport.
440
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,000
What is the reason for that?
441
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,480
It is because river transport
442
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:08,600
is profitable for the regions they govern.
443
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:10,760
Now, advocating for maritime trade
444
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,960
offers them no profit,
so naturally they oppose it.
445
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:19,280
And the third?
446
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:20,840
This third point
447
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:24,760
is also what I worry about most.
448
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,800
The Emperor once decreed
officials were not allowed to engage in business
449
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:31,920
to compete with the people for profit.
450
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,240
Yet now, in this tribute trade,
451
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,600
the Imperial family has become
the largest official merchant.
452
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,320
Abolish the tribute trade?
453
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:46,600
Listen.
454
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,920
Since the time of my father,
455
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:54,760
tribute trade has been
the policy of our Great Ming.
456
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,760
Does Your Majesty truly lack confidence
457
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,560
in making the four barbarian states
sincerely submit,
458
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,680
so you would rather use this method
of giving more and receiving less
459
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,640
to exchange for a false reputation?
460
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:08,640
You...
461
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:12,040
How dare you!
462
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:13,720
Your Majesty, please calm your anger.
463
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:28,120
As Your Majesty inquires,
464
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,440
your subject will speak without reservation
and hold nothing back.
465
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:44,160
Get out!
466
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:47,160
Get out!
467
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:49,440
I want to be alone for a while.
468
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,160
What do you think of what Xia Xun said?
469
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,760
Every word came from the heart.
470
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:28,640
Your Majesty,
471
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,840
did you call me from the Buddhist hall
472
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,360
just to talk about the Bulwark Duke?
473
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:36,760
Master,
474
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,000
please just call me Prince.
475
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,240
Otherwise, I always feel uncomfortable.
476
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:44,920
Perhaps
477
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,760
I hope that in your eyes,
478
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,960
I will always be that reckless prince
from the past,
479
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:51,840
and not the emperor.
480
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:53,240
Alright.
481
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:55,840
Prince.
482
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,920
You already have the Bulwark Duke.
483
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,360
He is loyal and devoted
484
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,000
to you, Prince,
485
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,160
and he also speaks without reservation
and holds nothing back.
486
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:07,640
Xia Xun now
487
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,720
is increasingly making me feel afraid.
488
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,960
He is eloquent, highly accomplished, and capable.
489
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,240
All the ministers rely on him.
490
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,960
If circumstances were to change,
491
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:25,600
even if Xia Xun remained loyal,
492
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,640
he still could not go against the tide.
493
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,200
In the past, about the Chenqiao Mutiny...
494
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,320
Did Zhao Kuangyin plan to do so?
495
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,880
Han Xin endured the humiliation
of crawling between other's legs.
496
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,480
Chen Ping was accused of
adultery and accepting bribes.
497
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,280
Yet both were used to achieve great success.
498
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,880
These men's characters and morals were flawed,
499
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,520
but the key lies in
how you utilize their talents.
500
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:57,960
The way of employing people in the world
501
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:04,080
is only to appoint based on talent.
502
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,640
Appoint based on talent?
503
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,600
That does not mean
one should lack caution against others.
504
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:18,960
But at least,
505
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,240
in the matter of
the voyages to the Western Ocean,
506
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,720
what Xia Xun said is not wrong.
507
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:26,200
Mu En.
508
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:26,880
Yes.
509
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:27,880
Draft the decree.
510
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:32,160
I'll follow Bulwark Duke's advice
and abandon the tribute system.
511
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:33,720
Instead, implement the tally trade system
for maritime commerce.
512
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:38,440
Zheng He has always been familiar with
the seas and the Western nations.
513
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,080
He shall be the chief officer
for this voyage to the Western Ocean.
514
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:42,920
As Your Majesty commands.
515
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,200
Princess,
516
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:48,960
you have been walking all afternoon.
517
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,400
Where exactly do you wish to go?
518
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,480
Just let me walk like this.
519
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,760
When I am tired, I will no longer think of him.
520
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,360
Princess, it is Bulwark Duke
who lacks the fortune.
521
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,000
In terms of status and position,
how could he ever be worthy of you?
522
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,440
There are many imperial relatives
who wish to marry me,
523
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,600
but none can compare to him.
524
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,480
Matters of mutual affection
525
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,640
are not determined by external things.
526
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:18,560
Master,
527
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,640
regarding the voyage to the Western Ocean,
I still need your assistance in planning.
528
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:24,640
As Your Majesty commands.
529
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:27,960
Then I shall trouble Master to take extra care.
530
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:29,280
You are too courteous, Your Highness.
531
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:30,640
Greetings, Your Majesty.
532
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:31,960
Master,
533
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,600
have you been well lately? I miss you so much.
534
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:39,240
You have grown up,
but you have also become less pretty.
535
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,800
Master always teases me.
536
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,600
But do I truly become less pretty?
537
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:49,680
You do not smile
as often as you did in childhood,
538
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,160
and your eyes seem clouded.
539
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:53,120
However,
540
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,200
this shows that our Ming'er has truly grown up.
541
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,880
If this is the price of growing up,
542
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,120
then I would rather remain a child forever.
543
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:03,680
This debt...
544
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,760
I will settle with Xia Xun sooner or later.
545
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:10,560
Brother-in-law,
546
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:12,960
you should not blame Xia Xun for this.
547
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:14,640
Did you not use him today
548
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,360
to help you realize your wish
for the voyage to the Western Ocean?
549
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:18,520
How do you know?
550
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,640
Everyone says Bulwark Duke is immensely capable.
551
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:22,960
As long as he speaks up,
552
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,480
there is nothing he cannot accomplish.
553
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:26,840
Who told him to be Xia Xun?
554
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:29,640
This great deceiver.
555
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,000
Brother-in-law, why do you seem unhappy?
556
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:42,440
One person holding excessive power
is not good for the people of the world.
557
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:44,400
Could it be
558
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,720
that you are wary of Xia Xun?
559
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,240
I, wary of him?
560
00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:55,240
I am the emperor, the Son of Heaven.
561
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,960
How could I be wary of a mere subject?
562
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:00,400
Moreover,
563
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,120
the position of Bulwark Duke
was bestowed upon Xia Xun by me.
564
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:06,640
If I wish to take it back,
565
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:09,640
it would be as easy
as turning over my hand.
566
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,120
Since ancient times,
has it been that once one becomes emperor,
567
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:13,600
would he become more prone
to suspicion and doubt?
568
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:13,960
You...
569
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,520
We traveled from Beiping to Jinling.
570
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,120
How many times did Xia Xun help us out of danger?
571
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,000
Now that the world is at peace,
572
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,520
you've started to suspect Xia Xun.
573
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,200
Those who originally had no ill intent
develop malicious thoughts.
574
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,240
Those who had no rebellious hearts
are forced into rebellion.
575
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,000
Isn't Emperor Jianwen a living example?
576
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,080
You!
577
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:41,200
You...
578
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,720
Little girl, your tongue
is getting sharper and sharper.
579
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,320
I can't win an argument with you, alright?
580
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,520
But this time, you're really wrong.
581
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:57,240
I...
582
00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,360
I was just joking.
583
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:01,600
Xia Xun is the Bulwark Duke
584
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,800
and also my good brother.
585
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,200
How could I possibly be wary of him?
586
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:12,960
Really?
587
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:15,320
Has the Emperor agreed?
588
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,960
I have just received the imperial edict.
589
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,080
The Emperor ordered me to lead 2,000 ships
590
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:22,460
to travel to other countries,
591
00:37:22,460 --> 00:37:24,080
spreading the prestige
and virtue of our Great Ming.
592
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,000
Congratulations, my lord.
593
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,080
You've finally fulfilled a long-cherished wish.
594
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,080
This is also thanks to you.
595
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,960
If you hadn't argued forcefully
on my behalf in court,
596
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,440
I'm afraid this voyage to the Western Ocean
597
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,400
wouldn't have been realized
for who knows how long.
598
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,640
Fortunately, the Emperor
also looks forward to the voyage.
599
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:43,840
Even if the Emperor didn't support
this voyage to the Western Ocean,
600
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,880
I, Xia, would still persist in my stance.
601
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:49,360
What do you mean by that?
602
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:51,080
Once our Great Ming
603
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:53,640
begins to communicate
with all nations under heaven,
604
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,400
the advanced civilizations of the entire world
605
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,480
will integrate into our dynasty.
606
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,960
The sea accepts all rivers.
Great Ming will encompass everything.
607
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,320
From then on, we can dominate the world.
608
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:08,400
I accept your auspicious words, Bulwark Duke.
609
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,340
I will certainly live up
to the heavy expectations
610
00:38:10,330 --> 00:38:11,490
and accomplish my mission.
611
00:38:30,180 --> 00:38:30,980
[Xia Xun]
612
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,240
To the esteemed Bulwark Duke, Xia Xun.
613
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,960
After you left the court today,
614
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,400
I had a talk with my brother-in-law
in the imperial garden.
615
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,600
I hope the Bulwark Duke will quickly
restrain your prominence in the coming days
616
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,640
to avoid bringing disaster upon yourself.
617
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,040
The Emperor already
harbors resentment towards you
618
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,080
and wishes to deal with you as soon as possible.
619
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:09,600
What I've told you
620
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,240
borders on slandering the Emperor.
621
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,360
If the Bulwark Duke misunderstands me
622
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:15,080
and reports to the Emperor,
623
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:19,360
then I will have no way to defend myself
and will die without a burial place.
624
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:25,000
Xiaolan!
625
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:30,880
Princess.
626
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,240
Tell the coachman to take you
to the Bulwark Duke's residence immediately.
627
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,200
You must personally deliver this letter
628
00:39:37,240 --> 00:39:38,280
into the hands of the Bulwark Duke.
629
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:38,960
Do you understand?
630
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:39,640
Yes.
631
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,200
Xia Xun, you must receive this letter.
632
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,600
My princess said,
633
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,200
this letter must be opened
personally by the Bulwark Duke.
634
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,080
She did not say that you could read it.
635
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,000
Since you've said so,
636
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:01,240
then see the guest out.
637
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,560
Since the messenger sent by the princess
638
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,200
is so arrogant towards me,
639
00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:06,280
and so ignorant of propriety,
640
00:40:07,020 --> 00:40:08,080
then we must ask the princess
641
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:09,430
to personally deliver the letter
to the Bulwark Duke's residence.
642
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:10,080
Yes.
643
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:13,760
Madam, please...
644
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:17,560
All of you, leave.
645
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:18,200
Yes.
646
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,920
I hope the Bulwark Duke will quickly
restrain your prominence in the coming days
647
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:26,640
to avoid bringing disaster upon yourself.
648
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:28,960
The Emperor already
harbors resentment towards you
649
00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:30,480
and wishes to deal with you as soon as possible.
650
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,600
What are you looking at so intently?
651
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:34,760
See for yourself.
652
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,240
It's a message the princess
just specially sent to inform you.
653
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,000
According to the letter,
654
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,080
it seems the Emperor
will no longer heavily employ you.
655
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,960
Not only that, he seems
to be somewhat wary of you.
656
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:45,040
Xia Xun,
657
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,320
have you done anything to displease the Emperor?
658
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:48,680
So this is what the Emperor meant.
659
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,520
I helped the Emperor solve difficult problems,
660
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:56,920
yet he thinks I am acting alone
and covering the sky with one hand.
661
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:01,640
Oh, my Emperor.
662
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,640
Is it necessary for me
to play these power games with you?
663
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:10,560
What about this?
664
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:12,840
You could follow Ximen Jing's example
665
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,960
and resign from the position of Bulwark Duke.
666
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,280
Out of place, out of counsel.
667
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,800
The Emperor could then let down his guard
and stop watching you.
668
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,360
The Emperor overestimates me too much.
669
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:38,680
If I wanted to expand my power
670
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:41,600
and deliberately plot rebellion,
671
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:48,800
would I need to wait until today?
672
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:52,760
Once
673
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,040
the Emperor is convinced you
dominate the court alone,
674
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:57,360
no matter what you do,
675
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,920
you cannot change the Emperor's view of you.
676
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,920
Take me away. Let's leave Jinling.
677
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,240
The world is so vast.
678
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,160
No matter where we go,
679
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:15,960
we can live well.
680
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:24,000
Don't worry.
681
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:27,600
As long as I protect myself,
682
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:30,160
I am then able to protect you.
683
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,040
We will definitely be safe and sound.
684
00:43:17,580 --> 00:43:23,180
♫ Evening lanterns glow, frost upon the moon ♫
685
00:43:23,180 --> 00:43:27,900
♫ Candlelight flickers red where only few stars gleam ♫
686
00:43:28,940 --> 00:43:34,660
♫ In her tower she sings, dreaming of home ♫
687
00:43:34,660 --> 00:43:38,980
♫ Through wind and night rain,
her gaze begins to roam ♫
688
00:43:40,380 --> 00:43:45,940
♫ Sorrow under moonlight, endless are the nights ♫
689
00:43:45,980 --> 00:43:50,860
♫ Dreaming of moments lost from sight ♫
690
00:43:51,740 --> 00:43:57,420
♫ A rising sandstorm veils your face from view ♫
691
00:43:57,420 --> 00:44:03,180
♫ Now worlds apart, with no path back to you ♫
692
00:44:03,180 --> 00:44:08,860
♫ Love and hate, awake then gone like sand ♫
693
00:44:08,860 --> 00:44:14,700
♫ We meet, forget, through lifetimes' shifting strand ♫
694
00:44:15,260 --> 00:44:20,260
♫ Right or wrong, the song ends, but feelings stay ♫
695
00:44:20,260 --> 00:44:24,620
♫ Two worlds apart, too far to see the way ♫
696
00:44:25,980 --> 00:44:31,500
♫ Who knows her silent love, who knows her tears? ♫
697
00:44:31,500 --> 00:44:36,740
♫ Who knows her heart, and whom it truly fears? ♫
698
00:44:37,380 --> 00:44:43,140
♫ Who knows her tender thoughts,
her hidden grief? ♫
699
00:44:43,140 --> 00:44:47,780
♫ A beauty's fleeting dream
for whom does life seem brief? ♫
700
00:44:48,580 --> 00:44:53,860
♫ I'd give my all, through all the joy and pain,
and never complain ♫
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