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[Novoland: Eagle Flag]

[Based on a fiction by Jiang Nan]

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[Episode 27]

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It's not true that His Majesty has no other candidates.

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I ask Your Majesty's permission to fight.

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No. Great Yin has so many warriors, why should you go?

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Don't worry, I'll be fine. If I win, you'll get a celebratory toast.

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But that person is Ji Ye.

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- I'm afraid of his spear—

- I know that's Ji Ye.

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That's why I have to go. Regardless of the result today,

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i want to know if that person standing there is the same Ji Ye we know.

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Your Majesty.

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Lord of Li State.

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I hope your warrior will be able to walk out of the tournament field alive.

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Crown Prince, you can use your own weapon.

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So Your Majesty's last strong boost is from Qingyang's Crown Prince.

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Alright, let us all get to appreciate the Crown Prince's Qingyang swordplay.

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Royal Tournament

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begins again!

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Why are you wearing an iron mask?

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Take off the mask. Even if I fall today,

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I want to know whether you, Ji Ye,

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is still my brother.

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Asule!

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Asule!

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Ji Ye, what are you doing? He is your friend, Asule!

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Yu Ran, you go back first.

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I'll walk myself.

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Tournament continues!

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You lost.

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Admit defeat!

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I will not admit defeat today,

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unless you kill me!

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Asule!

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If the fight continues, Qingyang's Crown Prince will lose his life.

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Your Majesty, I only wanted to have the position of Chief General of Jinwu Guards.

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Do you want me to get another enemy, Your Majesty?

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In this case, I will personally take on this position.

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Your Majesty, you don't disagree, do you?

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In today's tournament, Li Army wins.

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The leadership authority of Jiwu Guards

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is temporary entrusted to the Lord of Li State.

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Thank you, Your Majesty. I will not disappoint your trust

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to safeguard the capital and protect the emperor.

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Your Majesty, since everything is decided, I will take my leave.

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You can go back to the palace and rest early.

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- Zhang Bo, listen to order.

- Yes.

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At 11 am today, Jinwu Guards will change shifts.

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Wait!

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At today's royal tournament, everyone has witnessed

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that the Lord of Li State received the position of Chief General of Jinwu Guards.

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I shall also announce a stunning matter to the world.

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We respectfully await the imperial decree.

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All respected subjects, officers and soldiers,

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Qingyang's Crown Prince Lu Guicheng is not only an ally to Great Yin,

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he is also my friend who has a special identity.

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His identity is the newly appointed Chief Leader of the Heavenly Samurai Regiment.

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The sword he used today to fight is the divine sword of Heavenly Samurai, named Blue Cloud Ancient Tooth.

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It's been 14 years since Heavenly Samurai Regiment was aggrieved to depart the capital.

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Back then, the Heavenly Samurai were condemned

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because of a capricious minister's plot with the Celestial Ministry.

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I will correct the mistake today.

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As the Emperor of Eastland,

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I formally exonerate the Heavenly Samurai Regiment and restore their reputation.

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Your Majesty, do you know what you're doing?

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It's ridiculous!

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You have allowed the wolves into the house. Are you disregarding the ancestral rules?

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Aunt,

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I am Great Yin's Emperor.

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Crown Prince, what I promised you before, I will definitely not break it.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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The armor is still present.

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The armor is still present.

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Ji Ye.

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Crown Prince.

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This world, and the tens of thousands of people within,

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you can't see them clearly,

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and you are powerless at changing them.

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Don't you understand yet?

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Ji Ye!

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Crown Prince!

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Everything you've done

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is a waste!

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State Preceptor.

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You've finally awakened, Crown Prince.

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This time the illness came suddenly and fierce.

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It's better than you don't move yet,

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let me diagnose you for treatment.

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Thank you, State Preceptor.

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You've suffered today, Crown Prince.

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The situation at the tournament was too risky.

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I know that.

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But I promised the princess to help His Majesty.

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I didn't have any choice at the time.

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Crown Prince, you are softhearted.

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But, do you remember what you promised me and Lord Baili at the wedding?

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You would stay by Yu Ran to protect her for the rest of your life.

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Prefecture Princess, don't be worried. The Crown Prince will be fine.

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Asule may believe what you say,

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but I won't easily believe you.

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Crown Prince, you have a unique identity.

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You are also married now. Before you do anything, please think thrice before taking action.

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Lord Baili has been concerned about your health.

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I believe the faraway Emperor of Qingyang is also concerned.

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I am female and can't avoid talking too much. I hope you don't mind.

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But I would like to remind you on something else.

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Ji Ye is your good friend.

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But you and Yu Ran are officially married

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and have bowed to the Heaven and Earth.

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I hope you remember this clearly. Hold on to Yu Ran.

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Girls are the same. They don't think too much.

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If you are nice to her, she will be nicer to you.

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Do you understand, Crown Prince?

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Don't I understand Asule?

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He is a dummy.

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Anyone uses the world and the people as excuse to lie to him, he would believe it all.

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But he is from Qingyang.

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What does your royal family's affair have to do with him?

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Yu Ran.

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The crown prince is awake.

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Yu Ran is spoiled and pampered from childhood, and hasn't behave properly.

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I hope you'll excuse her.

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You shouldn't make it too hard for Princess Little Zhou.

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Why do you believe her so?

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Even First Princess says she is good at fooling people.

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You are too kind.

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Sooner or later you'll be killed by your kindness.

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Princess Little Zhou is also kind, just like us.

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I believe her.

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Just like how we believe Ji Ye.

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Don't mention him.

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He hurt you and still talked to you so mean. I'll get even with him.

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Ji Ye has his difficulties.

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I'm sure one of these days he will return to drink with us and watch a play together.

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Acting in response to the will of Heaven and time,

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I am touched in recalling that generations of the Heavenly Samurai have been loyal and sincere;

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with their swords, they achieved military honors in defending the country;

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when the country is in turmoil, they rose up to fight and overcome insurgency;

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they followed ethical codes but were harmed by capricious schemes.

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They have been aggrieved for fourteen years. I now have uncovered the truth,

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and will shine light on their grievance to recompense their loyalty. I, therefore, exonerate them

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and restore their reputation in proclaiming to the entire empire, and to console the valiant spirits of the dead.

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Your Majesty is wise.

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Exonerating the Heavenly Samurai has been a certainty. This proclamation document is

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to console the valiant spirits of the dead, so as not to disappoint the loyal and the righteous.

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Spirit of a martyr.

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Your Majesty, are you using the spirits of the martyrs to protect the country?

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Don't forget who supported you for all those years to who you are now.

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If a spirit of a martyr can't protect the country,

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can a middle aged woman be able to do it?

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Beloved subjects, are there any other matters?

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Your Majesty, I have something to report.

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Beloved subject, speak.

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When Your Majesty came of age at twenty years old and took over the sovereign, according to the ancestral system,

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First Princess should not continue her regency and interfere with court affairs.

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I'm not deaf. Beloved subject, please repeat.

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Your Majesty, please request that First Princess withdraw from politics and enjoy the rest of her life.

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First Princess, please retire and enjoy the rest of your life.

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Everyone, rise.

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You are right to say that. First Princess has worried about Great Yin on my behalf for many years.

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She's close to fifty years old. She should enjoy her life in the harem.

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All those years, First Princess has access to the palace as an esteemed guest.

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Especially those long conversations over wine

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with those esteemed guests who stayed overnight.

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I remember this.

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What are you trying to imply?

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A strange news.

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The welcomed guest into the dynasty's greatest beauty's chamber has held up the empire.

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For the last 11 years, our Bai family rule is actually under a woman's skirt.

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But do you know how others appraise you?

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- They appraise you just like how men usually look at women.

- Shut up!

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Your Majesty, please take over the reins of the country.

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Your Majesty, please take over the reins of the country.

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Why are you fierce?

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About this, little brother,

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do you know where Ji Ye is?

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Take this money

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and buy wines for your brothers.

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Let me go in for just a while.

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Ji Ye! Come out!

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I know you are in there! Come out!

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Ji Ye, come out!

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You again? What are you doing here again?

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None of your business.

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I'm here to look for Ji Ye.

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What do you think this place is? Or who do you think you are?

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You can see anyone you want?

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Li State has always spread military force under the Heavens.

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When you entered here in the past, you abused your power too.

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Let's have a competition.

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If I feel that you have the rights, I won't stop you.

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I don't have time to play with you.

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Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you dare to take another step,

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my bow and arrow won't have any eyes.

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Ji Ye, I know you are in there!

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Come out. Okay?

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I will wait here for you.

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I will wait till you come out!

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Wait here then. He won't come out.

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Leave.

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Whatever you want to give him, I can too.

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Whatever you can't give to him

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I can.

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Why didn't you come out just now?

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Let's go and find Asule.

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Apologize to him. Ask...

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I don't owe him anything. If we compete, I must win.

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Do you hate me and Asule?

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No.

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You do!

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You are brooding about our marriage, right?

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Do you know why?

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I will tell you. It's because we wanted to save you!

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Save the captured Heavenly Samurai in South Huai. Are you satisfied now?

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Yu Ran.

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I can't leave.

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Why can't you leave?!

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Ying Yu saved my life. She helped me to take revenge for my mother.

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I promised her that I will complete three tasks for her before I leave.

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I can't leave if I don't complete them.

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It's just an excuse.

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Frankly speaking,

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you like the armor you are wearing now.

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When I first went to look for you in the military camp,

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I felt that the expression in your eyes has changed.

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Do you feel extremely comfortable there?

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When I'm with them, I feel that we are similar.

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Yes.

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Being able to obtain a military position that you want in there,

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and being promoted, you can obtain whatever you want.

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Yu Ran, wait for me to complete the three tasks. I will find you after that.

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You still can't bear to leave, right?!

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I'm returning this to you.

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His Majesty is asleep. He may be thirsty when he wakes up.

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Stay here and watch over him. You must not leave your post.

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Yes.

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Lord Ningqing.

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An eunuch wanted me to pass this letter to you.

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He must be Eunuch Zhangle, right?

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Doesn't he knows that I'm blind?

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I heard that he's just helping to deliver this.

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The letter writer is from Wang Shan Villa.

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Read the letter to me.

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Yes.

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Lord, the letter caught fire on its own.

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Do you smell agar wood and the ointment of mermaid?

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Mr Bicheng.

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The guest who came from a distance, please take a seat.

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You knew that I would definitely come.

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I already said that what First Princess holds in her hands

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are merely unrealistic rosy views.

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But she's always aware that we will meet again.

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But you are from Chenyue.

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Your group bewitched the late emperor back then and led the world into endless wars.

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The arrogant attitude of the First Princess,

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Sir, you heard about it too.

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We only explained the meaning of power to the late emperor.

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So, Sir want to tell me the meaning?

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The person who I want to convince is First Princess.

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First Princess wields power in the kingdom. You want to use her power

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to lobby for her as the most powerful woman in the kingdom.

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I'm not referring to power over the common people but great and extraordinary power instead.

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What is power over the common people? What is great and extraordinary power?

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The power over the common power can predominate from a few to thousands of the lives of the commoners.

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Whereas a great and extraordinary power,

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can determine life and death, control rise and fall,

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It can even change the circulation of people's fate.

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The circulation of people's fate is mysterious.

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Can we really interfere in that?

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But when I asked this question,

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it because there are some things that cannot be changed.

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In the history of Great Yin, there were only a few empresses.

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It's a taboo for women to govern.

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How can you help First Princess break this taboo?

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Of course, I can.

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When you step in,

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fate will start to turn.

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A woman will ascend the throne.

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Those who wants to stop her will be destructed.

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[Lower Tang, South Huai City]

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Absurd!

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I've carefully plotted for so long,

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hoping that one day I could control the Heavenly Samurai.

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I had no idea that the emperor would get ahead of me.

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A proclamation to the empire? It's a joke of the empire.

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My Lord, all the States back then joined in the pursuit of the Heavenly Samurai Regiment.

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They would not agree to the emperor's arbitrary action.

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Lord can issue a credential

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to unite with all the other Lords to send a communique to Revelation City, and strongly oppose this matter.

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- Go and do it.

- Yes.

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[Chuwei State, Ming Shuo]

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General.

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It has been eighteen years. Revelation has never been so lively.

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The emperor is young, he doesn't understand what this proclamation means.

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General, if the situation deteriorates,

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what should Xiao Zhou do?

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You don't need to worry for the time being.

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Princess is smart. When she encounters danger,

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she will be able to get out from it safely, just like you.

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I hope so.

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Your Majesty, regarding Heavenly Samurai,

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all the State Lords are dissenting, and are sending in communiques expressing their dissatisfaction.

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What are they thinking of doing?

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They state that

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allowing the Heavenly Samurai Regiment into the palace was a wrong policy.

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Fengyan Emperor had expressly forbidden it.

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They hope that Your Majesty will abide by ancestral rules,

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abolish the Heavenly Samurai Regiment, to restore the righteous view.

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The feudal princes even said...

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What else did they say?

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They would be willing to send in armies

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to clean up the royal court, and assist the emperor to install proper rule.

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Get rid of the evil ministers of the monarch? I can see that they want to rebel!

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You may leave.

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Older brother, don't give up.

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I'm not surprised by these lords' reactions.

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But it was imperative to exonerate the Heavenly Samurai.

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The situation in the capital is also about to change. I would suggest

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that you request the lords to send their envoys

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to gather at the Yan Fan Lake outside the capital so as to discuss the exoneration for the Heavenly Samurai.

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The Yan Fan Lake is en route for all the States toward the Capital.

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It can save time, but also avoid the interference by Aunt and the court ministers.

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As your envoy, I willing to do this.

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Younger sister, are you crazy?

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Didn't you just hear that they wanted to get rid of the evil ministers of the monarch?

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If they find out that this is your idea,

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those ambitious aspirants will eat you alive.

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Because it's my idea, I should go instead.

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I won't take any senior minister with me. I will go alone.

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Older Brother, please issue the credential.

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”Feed the Horse” by Ayanga

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♫ The scars in the world number one person's life burn the armor in the sunset ♫

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♫ There is no more worry in my heart ♫

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♫ What should I sacrifice my precious life to? ♫

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♫ I want to defend for your strength of character and revere our luxuriant homeland ♫

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♫ I want to defend for your smooth future ♫

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♫ We are brothers in life or death ♫

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♫ I want to defend for your tears and dance with you in this mundane world ♫