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Your Majesty,
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this is the divorce agreement
between Young Lady Xie and me.
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The bond between her and me ends here.
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This is for your review.
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Your Majesty.
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Regarding the Beifu Reform,
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what do you intend to do?
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Your Majesty,
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my reform will proceed in three steps.
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Firstly, eliminate long-standing flaws,
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restructure the military system,
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appoint talents of humble origins,
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and employ generals by ability alone.
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Secondly,
forge stronger armor and weapons,
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and expand
the transportation of provisions
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to ensure steady military supplies.
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Thirdly...
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What is Prince Qi's take on this plan?
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Prince Qi and I share a bond like brothers
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as well as deep trust.
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I believe that
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as long as His Highness
and I join hands...
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Even today,
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you still think
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that you and Prince Qi
share a bond like brothers
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as well as deep trust?
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Now,
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do you understand
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why I insisted on keeping Xie Jiayu
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by your side?
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I understand now.
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The way of checks and balances
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is the emperor's art.
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Therefore,
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Xie Jiayu
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is my way
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of keeping a balance
between you and Prince Qi.
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[Key to the Phoenix Heart]
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[Episode 15]
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[Lingfeng Fort]
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[Cui Jun, Master of the Cui family]
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Father, why are you so fond of pine trees?
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They can endure cold and drought.
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Scatter a handful of seeds anywhere,
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and they will grow.
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But Mother told me that
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you loved loquat flowers the most
when you were young.
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Even Mother loved
making loquat wine the most.
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People change.
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I will set off for Jiankang in a few days.
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I'm afraid that, by this time
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next year,
I won't be able to accompany you
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to pay respects to Mother together.
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Today,
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let me pour wine for you
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one last time, Father.
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You have arranged such a grand marriage
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for me, Father,
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but I only feel restless and uneasy.
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The Cui family is hailed
as the top noble family.
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But what have you done, Father?
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Do you really think no one knows?
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You've privately run illegal mines
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and tricked women
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into dying in the mines unjustly.
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Your actions are
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enough to ruin our Cui family completely.
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Shao'an!
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You don't need to call him.
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I have already led Shao'an
out of Lingfeng Fort.
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And I also told Xie Jiayu the hiding place
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of her mother, Princess Yunzhao.
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By now, they must have left Lingfeng Fort.
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Everything about Lingfeng Fort is
about to be exposed.
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Guards!
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If you plead guilty
together with me today,
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our Cui family might still
have a chance to survive.
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Lady Jiayu, my young lady ordered that
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after we get Her Highness out,
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you must leave Lingfeng Fort immediately.
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Do you really think I'm stupid?
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I knew Lingyi was a traitor
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and wanted to help you save the Princess.
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Where is Xiao Wuyi?
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Behind you.
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Xiao Wuyi, how did you know
there was a trap?
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Were we also tricked by Young Lady Cui?
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Cui Lingyi didn't trick us.
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Instead, she was also deceived by them.
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Last night,
Cui Lingyi spread the fake news
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that we had fled from Lingfeng Fort.
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And you
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searched for us with great fanfare
in the middle of the night.
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Wasn't it to deliberately tell us that
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you had left the city?
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If my guess is right,
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you lurked in the dark
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soon after you left the city.
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We encountered no obstacles at all
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on our way to the back mountain.
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Including that maid
who suddenly appeared just now,
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everything is suspicious.
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Someone must have
lured us here intentionally.
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You think you can bring me down this way?
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You think
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you can save
our Cui family just like this?
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You think I would drink the poisoned wine?
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I am the Master of Lingfeng Fort.
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And you will soon
enter the Eastern Palace and marry
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Prince Qi to become his consort.
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In the future, you will be the first lady
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like Empress Wenxi.
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Our Cui family has laid low
for over 20 years
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just for today
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to revive our family.
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But you insisted on ruining
the glory of our Cui family
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at this very moment
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and destroying my 20 years
of great efforts.
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I suppose your sister
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has already been captured by now.
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Hand over the Princess,
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or I'll kill you right now.
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Ouch! It hurts...
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Mother!
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What an impressive scheme.
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Young Lord Xiao,
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I've heard a lot about you.
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Put the sword down.
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Father.
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Father,
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Lingyi is already engaged
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and will get married soon.
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Xiao Wuyi and the Princess
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are both in our hands now.
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There won't be any problem.
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Please let Lingyi go, Father.
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Father,
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are you still going to use me
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to force Shao'an to do evil?
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Lingyi...
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Are you still going to use Shao'an
to force me
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to cover up the truth for the family?
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Since we were young,
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you've kept instigating conflicts
between Shao'an and me.
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Whenever you praised me,
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you'd scold Shao'an
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as if he was worthless.
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I didn't understand back then.
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I was only at odds with Shao'an
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in order to please you.
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What you want is never children,
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but merely
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two pawns under your control!
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I'd rather die
than be manipulated by you again!
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Do you think Princess Yunzhao
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is some sort of good person?
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Do you think she stayed
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in order to expose the Cui family?
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Do you think she lured Xiao Wuyi
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over here to help you reveal
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the dark side of the Cui family?
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Everything she did was
for the Phoenix Heart Token I hold!
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Whatever her purpose,
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all I want is for her to destroy
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everything here!
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Lingyi,
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how could you talk to Father like that?
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Kneel and apologize to him!
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Shao'an,
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the real lunatic in our family
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is our father!
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Lingyi...
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Lingyi!
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Lingyi...
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Lingyi...
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Princess Yunzhao,
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your daughter and your reinforcement
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are both in my hands.
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Do you still refuse to hand over
the Phoenix Heart Token?
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Mother.
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Are you alright?
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Cui Jun, how dare you
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tamper with my letter?
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I did use the family letter
to inform Xiao Wuyi,
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but I did something with the letter.
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It should never have reached Jiayu.
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You deliberately set it up
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to lure Jiayu over here.
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Yes, I did it.
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I also needed to know
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who you plotted to get
the Phoenix Heart Token
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and the mines for, right?
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Mother,
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what does he mean?
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Your Highness,
you're indeed a good mother.
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Everything you did was for your daughter.
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System reform, northern expedition—
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actually, the one
who really needs the minerals
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is Young Lord Xiao.
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But your daughter is in his hands.
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As her mother,
of course you have to yield.
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Therefore, you came to Guazhou
for Young Lord Xiao
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to find the Phoenix Heart Token.
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So you really have
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the Phoenix Heart Token.
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You found this mine
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under the guidance
of the Phoenix Heart Token.
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I have indeed decoded it.
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So there's no way I can let you go.
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Cui Jun,
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even if you kill and silence us all,
the secret
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of the Cuis and the Phoenix Heart Token
still can't remain hidden.
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Young Lord Xiao,
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instead of worrying about me,
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right now,
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you'd better worry about yourself.
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The secret guards you planted
have been exposed.
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No one will come to save you anymore.
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Princess, I'll only give you 2 days.
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If you still refuse
to hand over the Phoenix Heart Token,
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your daughter will die for sure.
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[Court of Judicial Review]
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Look what I got for you.
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I didn't expect that, after so many years,
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[Yang Zhang, Guazhou County Sheriff]
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you still remember that I
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love the longans
from Nanzhou the most, Master.
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This time,
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you did a great job.
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You sent
Cui Jun's contaminated military provisions
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to the Northern Border,
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leading to an outbreak of plague
in the Beifu Army.
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It also caused the noble families
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to impeach the Beifu Reform
one after another
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and quietly
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lured Xiao Wuyi to Cui Jun's place.
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It's been over 2 decades.
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This grudge should finally come to an end.
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Master,
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I heard that the unjust case
of the An and Lu families back then
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was all traced back
to Empress Wenxi of the Cui family.
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Is it true?
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If Xiao Wuyi can bring down
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the Cuis, Empress Wenxi's maternal family,
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this time,
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the secret of the An and Lu families
from back then
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might finally come to light.
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If so,
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you will be
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my greatest benefactor
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for the rest of my life.
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Your grace of teaching
gave me a second life,
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equal to my parents' care and love.
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Now that I got a chance to do you a favor,
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even if I die for it,
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I still can't repay you enough.
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It is already
the greatest fortune of my life!
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[Imperial Academy]
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Master, we just got the news
from the Court of Judicial Review.
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[Bingzhu, butler of Xie Mansion]
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Yang Zhang, Guazhou County Sheriff,
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committed suicide in prison out of fear.
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The body can't be kept.
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Send his body to Puzhao Temple tonight
and burn it.
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Understood.
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Anything else?
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The subordinates Young Lord Xiao
planted outside Lingfeng Fort
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have all been wiped out.
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Cui Jun has captured Young Lord Xiao.
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How could Xiao Wuyi have made
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such hasty preparations?
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Our informant reported
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that Young Lord Xiao entered
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Lingfeng Fort early for our young lady.
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Xie Jiayu?
276
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How come she's in Guazhou?
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Not only the Young Lady,
278
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but the Princess is also there.
279
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Her Highness wrote to the Young Lady
and made her go to Guazhou.
280
00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,230
Cui Jun has seized them all now,
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00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,630
using the Young Lady to force Her Highness
to hand over the Phoenix Heart Token.
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00:14:20,630 --> 00:14:22,030
The Phoenix Heart Token?
283
00:14:22,550 --> 00:14:25,910
I see.
Cui Jun is Empress Wenxi's older brother.
284
00:14:26,510 --> 00:14:28,600
If Yunzhao has the Phoenix Heart Token
285
00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,480
and wants to unite her old subordinates
against Prince Qi,
286
00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,630
Cui Jun is the best ally.
287
00:14:41,870 --> 00:14:42,840
Xiao Wuyi,
288
00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,840
was Cui Jun telling the truth
289
00:14:46,270 --> 00:14:47,270
just now?
290
00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,280
Did my mother look for
291
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the Phoenix Heart Tokens for you?
292
00:14:51,870 --> 00:14:52,510
Yes.
293
00:14:54,910 --> 00:14:55,790
You could say that.
294
00:14:55,790 --> 00:14:58,190
My mother never meddles in court politics.
295
00:14:58,270 --> 00:14:59,720
If someone hadn't forced her,
296
00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,510
she wouldn't have
taken the initiative to get involved.
297
00:15:02,510 --> 00:15:03,750
Did you use me to threaten her?
298
00:15:03,750 --> 00:15:04,440
No,
299
00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,040
I've never used you to threaten her.
300
00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,000
But this matter is complicated.
301
00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,440
I'll explain it to you later.
302
00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,510
But my mother agreed to help you
303
00:15:14,510 --> 00:15:15,360
because of me.
304
00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,810
I once thought that
after my mother and father divorced,
305
00:15:24,910 --> 00:15:27,440
she would finally be able
to live for herself,
306
00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,640
travel to places she had never seen,
307
00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,560
and lead a carefree life
she had never had.
308
00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:35,850
I didn't expect that
309
00:15:36,910 --> 00:15:39,000
she'd still be dragged
into this because of me,
310
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utilized by others,
311
00:15:40,550 --> 00:15:42,550
and end up in such a desperate state.
312
00:15:42,870 --> 00:15:43,930
I once thought that
313
00:15:45,870 --> 00:15:48,470
you cared about me
in Prince Jing'an's Mansion
314
00:15:48,630 --> 00:15:50,630
and allowed me to come and go freely,
315
00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,040
all because you were just a good person.
316
00:15:56,510 --> 00:15:57,670
I was too stupid.
317
00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,120
Everything I did
318
00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,480
was never about
319
00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,280
making a deal with the Princess.
320
00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:04,960
Xie Jiayu,
321
00:16:06,270 --> 00:16:07,630
did you really not
322
00:16:10,150 --> 00:16:11,480
feel anything at all?
323
00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,120
Am I wrong, Xiao Wuyi?
324
00:16:14,910 --> 00:16:17,150
You've been using me
from the very beginning.
325
00:16:17,150 --> 00:16:18,960
At first, when you didn't even know
who I was,
326
00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:21,320
you used me to quell
Prince Changsha's rebellion.
327
00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:22,580
When you knew who I was,
328
00:16:22,670 --> 00:16:23,960
you used my freedom
329
00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:24,630
and my life
330
00:16:24,630 --> 00:16:26,750
to force my mother to hand over
the Phoenix Heart Token,
331
00:16:26,750 --> 00:16:28,320
putting her in danger!
332
00:16:38,150 --> 00:16:38,790
Yes.
333
00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:46,630
It's all my fault.
334
00:16:57,510 --> 00:16:58,570
What is this sound?
335
00:16:59,390 --> 00:17:00,720
Not the sound of a human.
336
00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,609
There is an underground river
beneath this mine,
337
00:17:07,270 --> 00:17:08,550
where the water is not clean.
338
00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:09,829
Taken or applied,
339
00:17:10,550 --> 00:17:12,310
it drives people mad
340
00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:13,930
and turns them into beasts,
341
00:17:13,930 --> 00:17:15,280
just like him.
342
00:17:21,510 --> 00:17:24,400
Do you know how many people
my father had killed
343
00:17:24,579 --> 00:17:26,250
until he got such a monster?
344
00:17:38,550 --> 00:17:39,590
No more struggling.
345
00:17:39,590 --> 00:17:41,320
This candle is specially made.
346
00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:43,350
You can't use your martial arts anymore.
347
00:17:43,350 --> 00:17:44,960
Hand over the Phoenix Heart Token.
348
00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:45,720
Otherwise,
349
00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,060
I don't mind letting this monster
350
00:17:48,380 --> 00:17:49,540
deal with Xie Jiayu.
351
00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:55,920
Very well.
352
00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:00,350
Release him.
353
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:08,640
Jiayu!
354
00:18:21,110 --> 00:18:21,720
Xiao Wuyi!
355
00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,300
-Stay here and watch.
-Xiao Wuyi!
356
00:18:30,270 --> 00:18:31,920
He has little inner energy now.
357
00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,270
How about we give him 15 minutes?
358
00:18:33,270 --> 00:18:34,870
It won't take him 15 minutes.
359
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,250
You trust him that much?
360
00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,070
He will win for sure.
361
00:18:58,970 --> 00:18:59,770
Xiao Wuyi...
362
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:12,720
Xiao Wuyi.
363
00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,590
Grand Tutor, you must've come
364
00:19:47,590 --> 00:19:50,160
late at night for something important.
365
00:19:56,450 --> 00:19:57,850
What on earth happened?
366
00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,240
Have you heard
of the Phoenix Heart Tokens?
367
00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,310
When the Phoenix Heart Tokens appear,
peace shall be restored in the world.
368
00:20:02,310 --> 00:20:04,550
Who in Ye hasn't heard about it?
369
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,120
It is the hope of the people.
370
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,960
What if Empress Wenxi really
had the Phoenix Heart Tokens
371
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,160
and passed them down?
372
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,720
Since Yunzhao was her closest friend,
373
00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:15,510
and Cui Jun was her older brother,
374
00:20:15,510 --> 00:20:17,030
the two of them are the most likely
375
00:20:17,030 --> 00:20:19,960
to be entrusted by Empress Wenxi.
376
00:20:23,270 --> 00:20:25,800
Even if the Phoenix Heart Tokens
truly exist,
377
00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,440
the Northern Qin people back then
378
00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,570
already wiped out Crown Prince Wenxi.
379
00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,590
Those people only have
the Phoenix Heart Tokens
380
00:20:32,590 --> 00:20:34,120
but not Crown Prince Wenxi.
381
00:20:34,550 --> 00:20:36,750
They pose no threat to my brother at all.
382
00:20:40,550 --> 00:20:41,410
Your Highness,
383
00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,640
what if I told you
384
00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:45,310
your brother
385
00:20:45,980 --> 00:20:48,390
is not of the Ye bloodline at all?
386
00:20:51,790 --> 00:20:53,520
Watch your words, Grand Tutor.
387
00:20:57,750 --> 00:21:00,480
Yunzhao has long suspected
Prince Qi's origins.
388
00:21:00,750 --> 00:21:02,350
She went to Guazhou this time
389
00:21:02,550 --> 00:21:03,590
probably just to use
390
00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:05,400
the Phoenix Heart Token in her hands
391
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,330
to command the other Token holders
392
00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:10,440
and support
the Imperial Li family of Ye again.
393
00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:15,950
How is that possible?
394
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:17,480
How could my brother not be...
395
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:18,720
Your trip to Guazhou this time
396
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,160
is nominally to escort the bride,
397
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:21,550
but the real purpose is to cooperate
398
00:21:21,550 --> 00:21:23,810
with Young Lord Xiao to capture the Cuis.
399
00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,350
Remember, besides purging the Cuis,
400
00:21:26,350 --> 00:21:28,070
you absolutely cannot
let the Phoenix Heart Token
401
00:21:28,070 --> 00:21:29,830
fall into Xiao Wuyi's hands.
402
00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:31,400
You must not
403
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,110
let Yunzhao ruin Prince Qi's future.
404
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,240
Brother, the clothes are fixed.
405
00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,080
Try them on when you're free.
406
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:50,920
Lejun.
407
00:21:53,830 --> 00:21:54,590
Put this on.
408
00:22:00,070 --> 00:22:01,200
This sachet
409
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:03,350
was sewn for you
410
00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,480
by Mother back then.
411
00:22:07,110 --> 00:22:09,000
I heard that a strange disease is raging
in Guazhou.
412
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,030
It has Bishou lotuses inside,
413
00:22:10,030 --> 00:22:11,310
with detoxifying effects.
414
00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:12,720
Since this was made by Mother,
415
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,380
it can definitely keep you safe
on your journey.
416
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,100
Brother, you are so silly.
417
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,110
It's been so many years.
418
00:22:20,550 --> 00:22:22,480
The effects must've long worn off.
419
00:22:31,310 --> 00:22:32,970
You will always be my brother.
420
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,720
The brother I know
421
00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:36,550
is Li Mao, who has always
422
00:22:36,550 --> 00:22:38,480
stuck with me through everything.
423
00:22:38,550 --> 00:22:39,220
What?
424
00:22:42,590 --> 00:22:43,850
Don't worry, Brother.
425
00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:47,030
I will not fail your trust
on this journey.
426
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,940
I will bring the Cui family to justice
427
00:22:51,350 --> 00:22:52,810
and return safe and sound.
428
00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:34,830
You irritated me
429
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,750
on purpose just now
430
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,000
because you wanted me
to help you kill him, right?
431
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,530
I've been sick
of that bastard for a long time.
432
00:23:42,930 --> 00:23:44,590
You hated what your father has done,
433
00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:46,070
but you didn't dare to resist.
434
00:23:46,070 --> 00:23:48,600
So you could only
use Xiao Wuyi and me as pawns.
435
00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:50,880
My father would do anything
436
00:23:50,950 --> 00:23:52,590
for the Phoenix Heart Tokens.
437
00:23:52,590 --> 00:23:53,510
I needed to see
438
00:23:53,510 --> 00:23:55,640
your determination and capabilities
439
00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:57,160
to go against my father.
440
00:23:57,350 --> 00:23:58,000
Xiao Wuyi,
441
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,380
when will your men arrive?
442
00:24:03,310 --> 00:24:04,830
It's fine if you don't want to tell me,
443
00:24:04,830 --> 00:24:06,830
as long as there are reinforcements.
444
00:24:06,830 --> 00:24:08,860
The area outside the cave is
heavily guarded by my father's men.
445
00:24:08,860 --> 00:24:10,310
You'd better not act rashly
446
00:24:10,310 --> 00:24:11,920
before the reinforcements arrive.
447
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:14,070
I'll remove all the candles outside.
448
00:24:15,270 --> 00:24:17,330
This is the only thing I can do for you.
449
00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:18,440
Hold on.
450
00:24:25,550 --> 00:24:27,590
This is what your sister asked me to give
451
00:24:27,590 --> 00:24:28,920
to you when she was alive.
452
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,520
If this plan fails tomorrow,
453
00:24:31,830 --> 00:24:33,490
I will definitely end up dead.
454
00:24:34,270 --> 00:24:36,590
Please pass this letter on to my brother.
455
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,100
If you are going to make a move,
456
00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,050
you'd better rescue all the people below.
457
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,880
When will your reinforcements arrive?
458
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,640
Qing Long and Yan Yue will send word.
459
00:25:07,270 --> 00:25:08,240
Don't worry,
460
00:25:08,790 --> 00:25:10,350
they will definitely ensure the safety
461
00:25:10,350 --> 00:25:12,550
of the Princess and Yuan Xiaoliu first.
462
00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:15,350
Then let's rest
463
00:25:15,530 --> 00:25:16,990
to conserve our strength.
464
00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,430
♪ One glance from near stirs my heart ♪
465
00:25:37,650 --> 00:25:40,200
♪ This fleeting moment ♪
466
00:25:41,900 --> 00:25:45,910
♪ Tugs the threads woven by fate ♪
467
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,080
♪ Bound tight evermore ♪
468
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,040
♪ Sharing all the years together ♪
469
00:25:53,450 --> 00:25:57,820
♪ Peace I find nowhere but by your side ♪
470
00:25:58,410 --> 00:26:01,320
♪ Bear witness with our souls ♪
471
00:26:02,250 --> 00:26:05,070
♪ Fear no partings or wax and wane ♪
472
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:03,810
Don't overthink it.
473
00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:05,680
I'm just afraid
your injuries are too severe
474
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:06,880
for you to make it out of here alive.
475
00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:10,930
♪ You know me and decided to
live and die together ♪
476
00:26:10,950 --> 00:26:14,610
♪ Believe in my persistence that
I won't run away ♪
477
00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:18,770
♪ You know I'm unyielding ♪
478
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,320
♪ Don't give up or dodge ♪
479
00:26:23,220 --> 00:26:26,970
♪ Sincere hearts remain as of old ♪
480
00:26:43,550 --> 00:26:44,270
I...
481
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,370
♪ One glance from near stirs my heart ♪
482
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,830
I'm not treating you well
because of the Phoenix Heart Token
483
00:26:48,590 --> 00:26:51,140
♪ This fleeting moment ♪
484
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,180
that the Princess gave me.
485
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,070
Both Her Highness and I
486
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,850
♪ Tugs the threads woven by fate ♪
487
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,880
wish for you to live freely and happily.
488
00:26:56,910 --> 00:26:58,910
♪ Bound tight evermore ♪
489
00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:03,980
♪ Sharing all the years together ♪
490
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:04,960
Jiayu.
491
00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:08,760
♪ Peace I find nowhere but by your side ♪
492
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:09,310
I...
493
00:27:09,350 --> 00:27:12,260
♪ Bear witness with our souls ♪
494
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:10,310
Xiao Wuyi.
495
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:13,000
Are you sure
496
00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:16,010
♪ Fear no partings or wax and wane ♪
497
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,040
you can rescue all those people?
498
00:27:15,790 --> 00:27:16,590
I can.
499
00:27:17,630 --> 00:27:21,400
♪ You know me, seeing things
through from start to finish ♪
500
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,070
You're bragging.
501
00:27:20,970 --> 00:27:22,200
I can pull it off if you trust me.
502
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:26,030
♪ You see my move
under rebellious cover ♪
503
00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:30,280
♪ You know me, I'm willing to be
with you till the end ♪
504
00:27:28,310 --> 00:27:29,030
Okay.
505
00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:34,240
♪ Burn the fire in my heart ♪
506
00:27:30,790 --> 00:27:31,680
I believe you.
507
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,090
♪ Sincere hearts remain as of old ♪
508
00:27:46,070 --> 00:27:48,870
I know this risky path I walk
may lead only to death.
509
00:27:49,310 --> 00:27:52,880
However, the Cui family's evil deeds
actually started because of me.
510
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,030
If I hadn't tried to outdo you
511
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,720
and reminded Father
that, compared to adult men,
512
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,310
perhaps women might be better suited
513
00:27:59,310 --> 00:28:00,920
to the narrow mine tunnels
514
00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:03,400
and wouldn't be discovered
by the authorities,
515
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,070
we wouldn't have committed
so many murders now.
516
00:28:07,110 --> 00:28:09,680
Plenty of women were tricked
into coming to Lingfeng Fort
517
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,340
and lost their lives
for a bit of grain and money.
518
00:28:12,830 --> 00:28:15,640
Thankfully, Princess Yunzhao discovered
the secret of the mines.
519
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:16,350
I saved her
520
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,200
and helped her lure Young Lord Xiao here
521
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,800
in order to atone for my sins.
522
00:28:20,270 --> 00:28:23,480
Shao'an, I know you want me
to leave Lingfeng Fort
523
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:25,140
and live a peaceful life.
524
00:28:25,140 --> 00:28:28,030
But since the mistake has been made,
I must pay with my life.
525
00:28:28,030 --> 00:28:29,880
If you continue to help the evildoer,
526
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,740
I will not be able to rest in peace.
527
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,280
I hope my death
can ignite your will to live.
528
00:28:34,590 --> 00:28:37,350
Only you know the way to save those women.
529
00:28:39,390 --> 00:28:42,180
[Lingfeng Fort]
530
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,400
Hey!
531
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,880
Who the heck locked me up?
532
00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:52,200
Say something!
533
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,000
It's been so many days,
534
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,350
and no one's ever come!
535
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:56,740
Why not kill him, Master?
536
00:28:56,740 --> 00:28:57,410
What if...
537
00:29:00,790 --> 00:29:01,920
Prince Qi's escort team
538
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,320
is already near Guazhou.
539
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:04,070
Princess Pingning
540
00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:05,590
came in person this time.
541
00:29:06,030 --> 00:29:07,360
They came right on time.
542
00:29:09,150 --> 00:29:11,200
How many days has it been
since we last heard from Cui Xi?
543
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,000
There are new updates every day.
544
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,070
Everything is as usual
at the Cui Mansion in Jiankang.
545
00:29:15,070 --> 00:29:15,830
I see.
546
00:29:18,510 --> 00:29:19,110
By the way,
547
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,660
you must not mistreat him.
548
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:22,890
Understood.
549
00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:28,720
Are you kidnapping me
for my money or my looks?
550
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:29,980
Just tell me directly!
551
00:29:30,550 --> 00:29:31,750
I'm fine with either!
552
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,130
Greetings, Father.
553
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:41,720
Prince Qi has sent his younger sister,
554
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:42,850
Princess Pingning,
555
00:29:43,070 --> 00:29:44,750
to Lingfeng Fortress
to escort the bride.
556
00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:45,750
From now on,
557
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,380
she will be your older sister,
558
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:49,920
Cui Lingyi.
559
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:02,710
Father.
560
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:04,990
She is not my...
561
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,900
Turn your head around.
562
00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:15,590
Bow.
563
00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:24,340
S-Sister.
564
00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:33,680
Xie Jiayu
565
00:30:34,030 --> 00:30:36,830
made the white silk flower
for your sister, right?
566
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,960
Didn't you miss your sister so much?
567
00:30:41,150 --> 00:30:43,150
Then stay here and behave yourself.
568
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:44,750
Without my order,
569
00:30:45,790 --> 00:30:48,650
you shall not leave this place
even by a single step.
570
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,380
[Lingfeng Fort]
571
00:31:05,350 --> 00:31:07,000
I spent over 20 years
572
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,520
cracking the secret
in the Phoenix Heart Token
573
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,100
and discovering the iron mine
under this mountain.
574
00:31:15,070 --> 00:31:16,200
But it's a pity that
575
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,200
an accident happened
halfway through the excavation.
576
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,830
The groundwater has been contaminated,
577
00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:24,350
and anyone who touches it
will get hit by a strange disease.
578
00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:25,550
Last night, Xiao Wuyi
579
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,010
killed a maniac with the strange disease.
580
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,270
Your Highness, if you still refuse
to hand over the Phoenix Heart Token,
581
00:31:31,270 --> 00:31:33,070
then the next one to get infected
582
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,720
will be Xie Jiayu.
583
00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:39,230
If she gets infected,
584
00:31:40,030 --> 00:31:41,640
I wonder if Young Lord Xiao
585
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,400
would give her a quick death.
586
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:50,640
Take this hairpin
587
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,080
and go to the Nandu Wharf
we agreed on back then.
588
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,240
Seeing this hairpin,
589
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,180
someone will contact you.
590
00:32:08,750 --> 00:32:10,110
I can't believe you hid
the Phoenix Heart Token
591
00:32:10,110 --> 00:32:12,000
at the old Nandu Wharf.
592
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:13,400
Guards,
593
00:32:14,030 --> 00:32:16,640
seal off all the mines
at the foot of the mountain
594
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,750
and let no one get out of there.
595
00:32:18,830 --> 00:32:19,400
-Understood.
-Understood.
596
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,660
Take Her Highness away
597
00:32:20,810 --> 00:32:21,670
and lock her up.
598
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:22,830
Cui Jun!
599
00:32:23,350 --> 00:32:24,480
You broke your word!
600
00:32:24,550 --> 00:32:25,790
It's not the first time.
601
00:32:25,790 --> 00:32:28,640
Aren't you afraid
that everything I told you is fake?
602
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,510
The worst case is that I'll kill both you
603
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,060
and your daughter.
604
00:32:33,310 --> 00:32:34,110
Take her away.
605
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,220
Stop wandering. You're making me dizzy.
606
00:32:45,310 --> 00:32:47,790
Do you think Qing Long and Yan Yue
have been caught?
607
00:32:47,790 --> 00:32:48,960
Where are your reinforcements?
608
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,000
Why hasn't there been any response?
609
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,030
Rest assured.
610
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,200
Before I entered Lingfeng Fort,
611
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,800
the reinforcements were already
on their way.
612
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,590
I didn't come here because of
613
00:32:58,590 --> 00:33:00,320
the Princess's family letter.
614
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:01,790
Before I came here,
615
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,790
some people in the Beifu Army
616
00:33:03,790 --> 00:33:06,070
contracted the same strange disease
as those in the mines.
617
00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:07,350
They ate the rations
issued by the imperial court
618
00:33:07,350 --> 00:33:09,030
that had been soaked
in contaminated water.
619
00:33:09,030 --> 00:33:11,090
And those rations came from Guazhou.
620
00:33:11,510 --> 00:33:14,240
Someone must have learned
the secret about Guazhou
621
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,000
and dragged the Beifu soldiers into this
622
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,600
just in order to lure me here.
623
00:33:18,070 --> 00:33:19,590
It can not only deal a blow
to the Beifu Reform
624
00:33:19,590 --> 00:33:21,270
but also destroy the Cui family.
625
00:33:21,270 --> 00:33:22,930
I guess the person behind this
626
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:25,480
is the Grand Tutor.
627
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:26,240
My father?
628
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,820
The Grand Tutor and the Cui family
629
00:33:29,070 --> 00:33:30,600
probably have a blood feud.
630
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,000
Judging from the time,
631
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,480
Li Mao must have
632
00:33:37,070 --> 00:33:39,200
raided the Cui Mansion in Jiankang by now.
633
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,150
The people he dispatched from Jiankang
634
00:33:41,150 --> 00:33:42,310
should arrive in a few days.
635
00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:44,440
You... Why didn't you tell me earlier?
636
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:45,720
You guys, go there.
637
00:33:45,830 --> 00:33:46,430
-Understood!
-Understood!
638
00:33:46,430 --> 00:33:46,990
And you.
639
00:33:47,270 --> 00:33:48,750
They are locked up in the cell ahead.
640
00:33:48,750 --> 00:33:49,480
Understood.
641
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:50,840
What is he doing here?
642
00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:54,290
Sealing off the mines.
643
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,130
Don't be afraid.
644
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,340
According to my master's order,
645
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:03,720
you two are distinguished guests,
646
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,440
and the path
to the afterlife is a painful one.
647
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,170
If you want to die a quick death,
648
00:34:07,270 --> 00:34:08,360
you can take this poison.
649
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:09,510
It seems that Cui Jun
650
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,360
really wants me dead.
651
00:34:15,190 --> 00:34:16,000
Master!
652
00:34:23,340 --> 00:34:23,900
Master.
653
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,590
Where have you been the past few days?
654
00:34:26,590 --> 00:34:29,110
I don't even want to bring it up.
You wouldn't believe me.
655
00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:30,110
The past few days,
656
00:34:30,350 --> 00:34:33,310
I've been eating well
for all 3 meals every day.
657
00:34:33,550 --> 00:34:34,929
Except for that mute
who delivered the food,
658
00:34:34,929 --> 00:34:36,110
I didn't see anyone else.
659
00:34:36,110 --> 00:34:36,590
Wait,
660
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:37,980
w-why? There's no way!
661
00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:39,030
Look...
662
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:41,070
Hurry.
663
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:42,190
Sorry.
664
00:34:44,110 --> 00:34:45,840
Where are Qing Long and Yan Yue?
665
00:34:47,590 --> 00:34:49,190
You were not led here by them?
666
00:34:49,230 --> 00:34:49,840
No.
667
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:53,630
It was Cui Shao'an.
668
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,610
The mines in the back mountain.
669
00:35:17,150 --> 00:35:19,920
The Cui family is grateful
for His Majesty's grace.
670
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,440
I am willing to be
diligent and self-disciplined,
671
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,070
strictly follow the imperial edict,
672
00:35:24,070 --> 00:35:26,550
form a marriage alliance with Prince Qi,
673
00:35:26,670 --> 00:35:29,730
and devote my absolute loyalty
and effort to the state.
674
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,840
I will not fail His Majesty's grace.
675
00:35:36,030 --> 00:35:39,670
I, Cui Lingyi, am willing
to serve Prince Qi
676
00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:41,800
and be of one mind and principle
with His Highness
677
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,280
to protect our family and state,
678
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,340
with fidelity for the rest of my life.
679
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:46,670
You may rise.
680
00:35:49,030 --> 00:35:49,840
Wait!
681
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,220
You rebellious child!
682
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,150
Today is your sister's big day
of being escorted as the bride.
683
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:57,360
What are you going to do?
684
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,840
Guards! Take my unfilial son out!
685
00:36:07,110 --> 00:36:08,510
I, Cui Shao'an, pay my respects
686
00:36:08,510 --> 00:36:10,030
to you, Princess Pingning.
687
00:36:10,030 --> 00:36:10,840
You killed...
688
00:36:11,110 --> 00:36:13,170
The one I killed is not my real sister.
689
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:14,400
You brat!
690
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,010
Cui Shao'an,
691
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,120
what did you just say?
692
00:36:22,150 --> 00:36:23,550
My sister, Cui Lingyi,
693
00:36:24,110 --> 00:36:26,510
was killed by my father long ago,
694
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,880
with her body destroyed overnight.
695
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:30,810
If you don't believe me,
696
00:36:31,550 --> 00:36:34,150
Your Highness,
here is my sister's handwritten letter
697
00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:36,670
as well as the evidence
of the crimes that my Cui family
698
00:36:36,670 --> 00:36:38,350
has committed over the past 20 years,
699
00:36:38,350 --> 00:36:40,400
which my sister left behind
at the price of her life!
700
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,330
Please take a look, Your Highness!
701
00:36:58,110 --> 00:37:00,630
What are these bloody contracts?
702
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,760
Cui Jun, you've not only
run illegal private mines
703
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,150
but also harmed young girls and children
704
00:37:05,150 --> 00:37:06,400
and made them mine for you,
705
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,330
causing countless unjust deaths.
706
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,920
Do you even care about
the imperial court and the people?
707
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,280
How can you claim to stand with Prince Qi
708
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:14,630
in protecting the state
709
00:37:14,630 --> 00:37:16,360
and carrying out a great cause?
710
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:17,670
Guards!
711
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,360
Your Highness, you came to Lingfeng Fort
with the armed Imperial Guards
712
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,460
under the guise of escorting the bride.
713
00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:30,350
What are you up to?
714
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,630
Cui Jun, are you trying to rebel?
715
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:36,880
Listen up, guys.
716
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,140
Whoever kills Li Lejun will be
717
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:43,200
rewarded with 1,000 households'
tax revenues and 10,000 taels of gold!
718
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:00,000
Brother!
719
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:01,440
Sister!
720
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:04,480
Brother!
721
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:07,400
Brother!
722
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,170
Kill them, and you'll be
723
00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:14,650
rewarded based on merits!
724
00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:17,880
Who dares to make a move?
725
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,930
We're standing here today.
726
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:25,480
You can make your move
727
00:38:25,590 --> 00:38:26,880
and kill all of us!
728
00:38:27,590 --> 00:38:28,920
But look at these faces.
729
00:38:29,150 --> 00:38:30,320
Are they any different
730
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,650
from your own families?
731
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:34,790
If you raise your blades to kill us today,
732
00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,590
someone will use the same blades
733
00:38:36,590 --> 00:38:38,520
to murder your families tomorrow!
734
00:38:59,190 --> 00:39:00,510
Bring her here!
735
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:03,400
Mother!
736
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,190
Xie Jiayu, Xiao Wuyi,
737
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,230
if you take one more step forward,
738
00:39:08,230 --> 00:39:09,320
I'll have Yunzhao
739
00:39:09,550 --> 00:39:11,230
die in front of you right away.
740
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:12,280
Cui Jun,
741
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:14,510
don't you dare.
742
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,110
Xiao Wuyi, you...
743
00:39:23,510 --> 00:39:25,370
This is the Beifu Army's war drum.
744
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:26,710
Xiao Wuyi,
745
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,960
when did you set this up?
746
00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:32,750
Since the moment Princess Yunzhao told you
747
00:39:32,750 --> 00:39:35,010
the Phoenix Heart Token's whereabouts.
748
00:39:45,590 --> 00:39:46,650
Qing Long, Yan Yue!
749
00:40:02,670 --> 00:40:04,800
This is the totem
of Northern Qin's Eagle King.
750
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,200
Yes, they are all
the Eagle King's henchmen
751
00:40:07,550 --> 00:40:08,840
from Northern Qin.
752
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:09,670
Cui Jun,
753
00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:13,440
the Eagle King of Northern Qin is
the client of your private mines.
754
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,110
You have been colluding
with Northern Qin all along.
755
00:40:16,110 --> 00:40:17,710
How audacious you are.
756
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:20,630
Cui Jun,
757
00:40:21,550 --> 00:40:22,710
over 20 years ago,
758
00:40:22,910 --> 00:40:24,800
when Northern Qin attacked the Capital,
759
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:25,510
you were accusing
760
00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:27,400
the An and Lu families for the first time.
761
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,260
Could it be that you had already colluded
with Northern Qin back then,
762
00:40:31,510 --> 00:40:34,110
causing the horrible bloodshed
in the Capital?
763
00:40:34,110 --> 00:40:35,570
What horrible bloodshed?
764
00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:39,880
I only know that the Ans and Lus conspired
with the enemy and committed treason.
765
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,360
I only know that Emperor Wenxi was
licentious and brutal,
766
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,590
bringing destruction
to the state and families.
767
00:40:44,590 --> 00:40:45,360
How dare you!
768
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,410
How dare you slander the late Emperor?
769
00:40:48,730 --> 00:40:49,730
Don't forget that
770
00:40:49,950 --> 00:40:51,750
you are Empress Wenxi's brother
771
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,360
and the Phoenix Heart Token holder,
772
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,070
bearing the responsibility
of moving Ye south
773
00:40:56,070 --> 00:40:57,190
and assisting Crown Prince Wenxi...
774
00:40:57,190 --> 00:40:59,050
Crown Prince Wenxi died long ago!
775
00:40:59,050 --> 00:41:00,070
He is not dead!
776
00:41:03,110 --> 00:41:04,840
Crown Prince Wenxi is not dead?
777
00:41:07,630 --> 00:41:08,400
Tell me.
778
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,360
Who is Crown Prince Wenxi?
779
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:12,900
Where is he hiding?
780
00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:25,590
Mother!
781
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:32,280
Mother.
782
00:41:33,510 --> 00:41:34,240
Are you okay?
783
00:41:34,270 --> 00:41:34,790
I'm fine.
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