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What do you make of

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what happened today?

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Xiao Wuyi and Xie Jiayu

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were targeting Li Lejun from the start.

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Li Lejun really did plot
against the Princess.

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But Xiao Wuyi and Xie Jiayu
may have framed her

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as well.

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Your Majesty means

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there is a third Phoenix Heart Token—

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the one Empress Wenxi once gave Xiao Ju.

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Then, where is the Princess's

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Phoenix Heart Token now?

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Li Mao.

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I underestimated him.

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Just now, when Li Lejun
was arrested and imprisoned,

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he didn't say a word in her defense.

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Li Mao.

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Xie Jiayu.

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Xiao Wuyi.

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See?

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Things are getting interesting.

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[Key to the Phoenix Heart]

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[Episode 19]

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You came from the lowest ranks
of society yourself.

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Since you decided to take this position,

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you should have a more compassionate heart

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and a greater sense of purpose.

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Little beggar.

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Come on.

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Eat slowly.

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Where is your family?

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They're dead.

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Where are you from?

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Qizhou.

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Where are you going?

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Jiankang.

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Who is it?

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I am here to bring Your Highness
a calming herbal tonic.

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You again.

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Still haven't given up?

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Then stay.

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Thank you, Your Highness.

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Smile more.

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You look like her only when you smile.

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What's wrong?

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[Xuanzheng Hall]

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Mother never brought me
to the palace in the past.

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She said there is nothing fun.

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Today is my first time here,

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and it's true that there's nothing fun.

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I never want to come here again.

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Okay.

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Then don't.

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You just gave Cui Jun's
Phoenix Heart Token

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away like that?

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Don't worry.

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Since I dared to give it away,

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I can get it back.

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I'll get the Cui family's mine first.

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Let's go home.

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Not burying Her Highness

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until Li Lejun was captured—

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was that a promise to her?

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Do souls really exist

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after death?

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She will know.

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As long as you believe,

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she exists

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and will know.

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Is this how you

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commemorate your parents?

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Maybe I shouldn't say that.

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I've never met them,

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but I get curious, too.

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Just like when you listen to a story,

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you'd wonder how the person in the story

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is related to you.

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But in this world,

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you can't empathize
without experiencing it yourself.

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So I can't say it's commemoration.

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The Xiao family gave me everything.

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The power in my hands,

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the ambition I uphold,

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the bonds I hold dear,

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and the mission I bear.

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Whether glory or disgrace,

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none of this has anything
to do with Crown Prince Wenxi.

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I am looking for the Phoenix Heart Token

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for the minerals behind it,

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which can be used to make caltrop fireball

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to serve Ye.

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The path I chose

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was never in the court.

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I just want to be Xiao Wuyi.

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That night,

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you saw me arguing with Her Highness.

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That was what we were talking about.

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I never wanted to implicate her.

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Who says we stand alone?

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We share weal and woe.

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I see.

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No wonder Mother said

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you have a good name.

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But now the Cui family has fallen,

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and Mother has passed away.

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Only the Xiao family is left.

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You control the Beifu army.

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Prince Jing'an's Household will become
even more threatening in their eyes.

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Your identity

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might not be hidden anymore, either.

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It should be them

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who are afraid

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that I will admit
to being Crown Prince Wenxi.

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[Prince Jing'an's Mansion]

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Your Highness!

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Auntie Xie!

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You're back.

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I made Auntie's favorite
wild-green flatbread today.

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I'll accept your black iron.

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But actually,

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there is something I want more.

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What do you want?

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Your courage.

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Courage?

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Being kind and soft-hearted
is not your fault.

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Don't let past betrayals

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make you completely lose
the courage to trust others.

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You still have new friends,

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and you will have a new home.

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Actually, before I went to Lingfeng Fort,

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I had never really seen suffering.

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I grew up in the Xie family

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and was raised by Mother.

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I thought I was oppressed

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simply because I had no say
in my own marriage.

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Only later did I realize

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that there is

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no true haven of peace

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and simplicity in this world.

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Master once asked me,

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"Where is the martial arts world?

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And where are the ends of the earth?"

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Now,

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I understand.

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It's always been like this
in chaotic times.

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Beneath the feasts and revelry
lie blood and tears.

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It is already difficult to stay alive.

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Okay.

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I promise you.

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I'll still have faith in others.

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I also promise you

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that I will help you uncover the secret
of the Phoenix Heart Token,

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find the connection
between the token and the mine,

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and help you create the caltrop fireball.

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Do you know what

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your promise means?

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Kindness is not a mistake.

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♪ What's the cost
of going against the wind? ♪

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But kindness without power

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is no better than weakness.

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♪ Knowing you, knowing me,
we live up to our promises ♪

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This applies to individuals,

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and it applies to nations as well.

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♪ Aligning the traces of our conviction ♪

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Ye needs Beifu,

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otherwise peace is just empty talk.

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♪ As long as I'm with you ♪

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And Beifu needs the caltrop fireball

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♪ The journey can stretch on forever ♪

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to deter enemies or noble families,

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♪ Even if it puts my life on the line ♪

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even

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♪ I shall never forget ♪

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it may bring uncontrollable energy.

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♪ Let me dash toward where you are ♪

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Words alone are not enough.

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So let's deter them with power.

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♪ To seek out my own sanctuary ♪

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Xiao Wuyi.

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♪ Life hurries by, yet you alone ♪

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Let me be your strongest support.

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♪ Illuminate me
with your blazing radiance ♪

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You and me—

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♪ Let me burn with courage
as I forge ahead ♪

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Let's go together.

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♪ Your hand in my hand ♪

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♪ Our love knows no bounds
of time or space ♪

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♪ Two hearts together
until the end of time ♪

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♪ Let me burn with courage
as I forge ahead ♪

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♪ Your hand in my hand ♪

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♪ Our love knows no bounds
of time or space ♪

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♪ Two hearts together
until the end of time ♪

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What's wrong?

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You walking in here without saying a word

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is scarier than when you stumble in

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covered in blood.

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You said before
that the blood stasis in my brain

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would affect my lifespan.

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You'll go blind in two or three years,

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and you'll die within three to five years.

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Can you help me live longer?

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Didn't you say

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three to five years was enough?

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Why do you suddenly want to live longer?

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Can you or not?

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Yes,

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as long as you listen to me.

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If it's a key,

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what does it unlock?

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It would still require
all 4 pieces put together.

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Cui Jun only had one piece

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and found one of the mines.

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This means it's not a key,

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but the totem itself.

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The Phoenix Imperial Seal was reforged
into the form of the Vermilion Bird,

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with its head and tail
forming a complete whole.

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What secret lies within this totem?

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Yuanji?

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I'm really seeing things.

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How could it be Yuanji?

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My Lady,

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drink it while it's warm.

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It clears heat and improves vision.

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I just got these herbs from Qing Long.

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From Qing Long?

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What's wrong with his eyes?

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It's because of Cui Jun's kidnapping.

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Qing Long was in charge
of keeping the key.

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He said the key was never lost.

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Even when sleeping,

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he kept it close to him.

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But the lock

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had no signs of being pried.

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Qing Long said that unless he was blind,

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it couldn't have happened
without him knowing.

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Yuanji.

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What's wrong with the Heir's Consort?

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She is the Empress Dowager's niece.

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Why are you saying
such strange things, My Lady?

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Of course, she

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is the Empress Dowager's niece.

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No.

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That's not right, Xie Jiayu.

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How could you think that?

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Yuanji treats you so well.

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How could she?

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I told you I'm already thinking of a way.

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Her Majesty misses her sister.

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[He Yuanji's Father]
[He Yuanji's Mother]

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She invites your mother
to the palace for a chat.

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She'll be back in a few days.

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I just came to inform Your Highness.

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The Empress Dowager has gone too far.

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Over the years,

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Her Majesty let you stay
at Prince Jing'an's Mansion

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without doing anything,

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only to deliver a fatal blow today.

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No matter what,

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you are a member of the He family.

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The lives of hundreds
of people in your family

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are in Her Majesty's hands.

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You'd better weigh your options carefully.

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I already helped
Her Majesty kidnap Cui Jun.

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How can I get the Phoenix Heart Token now?

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You figure it out yourself.

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I heard Your Highness

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has been visiting
Zhengtong Bookstore frequently lately.

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Is there someone there who reminds you
of an old acquaintance,

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someone you still hold dear?

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If you refuse to find a way,

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Her Majesty will find one herself.

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The place where Cui Jun was held

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was His Highness's
hidden house in Jiankang.

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No one could escape from there,

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and no one even knows it exists.

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Cui Jun lost a hand,

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yet he vanished into thin air.

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It's like something out of a ghost story.

279
00:16:08,910 --> 00:16:09,600
There is only one key

280
00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:10,670
to the hidden house in the world,

281
00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:12,480
and His Highness entrusted it to me.

282
00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:13,540
I swear upon Heaven

283
00:16:13,630 --> 00:16:14,670
that I never leaked the key,

284
00:16:14,670 --> 00:16:16,270
nor did I help Cui Jun escape.

285
00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:19,120
On the day of the palace banquet,

286
00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,550
His Highness traded the Phoenix Heart Token
for the Cui family's mines.

287
00:16:21,550 --> 00:16:22,960
The noble families didn't get a share.

288
00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,150
They thought they had suffered a loss,

289
00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:25,870
so they joined forces
to accuse His Highness,

290
00:16:25,870 --> 00:16:28,230
saying his reform
of Beifu was for himself.

291
00:16:28,230 --> 00:16:29,320
These old geezers

292
00:16:29,790 --> 00:16:31,200
are clearly making a fuss over nothing

293
00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,460
to frame His Highness.

294
00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:34,000
He really didn't do it himself?

295
00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000
Oh, Lady Xie.

296
00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:35,790
Alright.

297
00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:36,750
Calm down.

298
00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:38,770
I believe it wasn't him.

299
00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,630
But it's indeed quite suspicious.

300
00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,200
Hiding the person on purpose

301
00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:44,600
to see how everyone reacts.

302
00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,510
Would you call this a feint
or taking advantage of the chaos

303
00:16:47,510 --> 00:16:48,750
in military strategy?

304
00:16:48,750 --> 00:16:50,000
Not this time.

305
00:16:51,030 --> 00:16:51,840
Then Xiao Wuyi

306
00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,600
just going to let them frame him?

307
00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,270
Hasn't His Highness always been like this?

308
00:16:55,270 --> 00:16:57,510
He never cares what others say or think.

309
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:05,480
My Lady,

310
00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:08,770
the Heir's Consort
is indeed not in the mansion.

311
00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,290
Outsiders had no chance to get near it,

312
00:17:13,589 --> 00:17:15,450
but what if it was someone inside?

313
00:17:21,310 --> 00:17:21,829
Anmin.

314
00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,680
You went to the bookstore again?

315
00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,589
I found another

316
00:17:27,589 --> 00:17:29,260
extremely precious ancient book today.

317
00:17:29,260 --> 00:17:29,820
Right,

318
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,200
I also found some ancient books
on canal building.

319
00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,070
They were left by craftsmen
who followed Li Luhai

320
00:17:34,070 --> 00:17:35,920
when they built the Qin Canal in the past.

321
00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,350
You currently hold

322
00:17:37,350 --> 00:17:39,400
the position overseeing the construction
of the new canal.

323
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,070
These books

324
00:17:41,070 --> 00:17:42,070
might also be very important to you.

325
00:17:42,070 --> 00:17:44,130
I'll have them copied and sent to you.

326
00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,300
I didn't expect you to keep it in mind.

327
00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:48,790
But it's chaotic outside these few days.

328
00:17:48,790 --> 00:17:50,050
You should go out less.

329
00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:53,960
Got it.

330
00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:56,350
Yuanji.

331
00:17:58,200 --> 00:17:59,530
Is there anything else?

332
00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,490
Bring more people
with you when you go out.

333
00:18:04,510 --> 00:18:05,030
Okay.

334
00:18:25,310 --> 00:18:26,840
I'm not playing Go with you.

335
00:18:27,270 --> 00:18:28,830
You're even worse at Go than Father.

336
00:18:28,830 --> 00:18:29,760
I'm in a bad mood.

337
00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:30,940
Play a game with me.

338
00:18:32,110 --> 00:18:33,510
Rather than spending your time here,

339
00:18:33,510 --> 00:18:35,480
why don't you just be honest with her?

340
00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:36,640
It's been five years.

341
00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:37,920
Anmin, you really know
how to drag things out.

342
00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:38,400
You—

343
00:18:39,270 --> 00:18:39,920
Xiao Wuyi.

344
00:18:40,610 --> 00:18:41,830
She is your Consort.

345
00:18:42,790 --> 00:18:45,320
You never care
about having a bad reputation,

346
00:18:45,660 --> 00:18:47,010
but she's a woman.

347
00:18:47,830 --> 00:18:48,830
Can she not care?

348
00:18:49,510 --> 00:18:50,400
If I tell her,

349
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,440
how can she gain a foothold
in Jiankang?

350
00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:55,410
She is not as pedantic as you.

351
00:18:55,740 --> 00:18:56,260
You.

352
00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:01,170
What is this?

353
00:19:06,750 --> 00:19:09,080
I've already given her the divorce paper.

354
00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,240
She is free now.

355
00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,000
Don't blame me for not reminding you.

356
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,120
If you don't make a move soon,

357
00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:15,180
they might rekindle their old flame,

358
00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:16,990
and you'll regret it when it's too late.

359
00:19:16,990 --> 00:19:18,430
Liu Zhaolin is really...

360
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,910
The Heir's Consort has gone out again?

361
00:19:38,910 --> 00:19:40,200
Yes, she just left.

362
00:19:40,950 --> 00:19:43,610
Quick, take off your clothes
and give them to me.

363
00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:45,200
The old rules.

364
00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:46,910
Do exactly as you did before.

365
00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:48,610
No matter who comes later,

366
00:19:48,610 --> 00:19:49,810
just pretend to be me.

367
00:19:54,170 --> 00:19:55,990
[Zhengtong Bookstore]

368
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:55,960
I didn't expect Your Highness

369
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:57,640
to have such insight and literary talent.

370
00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:58,500
I am impressed.

371
00:19:58,790 --> 00:19:59,920
You flatter me, sir.

372
00:20:00,350 --> 00:20:01,070
Thanks to

373
00:20:01,070 --> 00:20:03,130
the books you copied for me last time,

374
00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:04,590
I benefited a lot.

375
00:20:05,310 --> 00:20:07,480
But I still have a few doubts here.

376
00:20:07,790 --> 00:20:09,590
I hope you can explain them to me.

377
00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:11,610
Confucius said,

378
00:20:11,790 --> 00:20:15,000
"Zilu, do you understand
what true knowledge is?

379
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:17,590
To know what you know, and admit

380
00:20:17,590 --> 00:20:19,070
what you do not know—

381
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,120
that is true wisdom."

382
00:20:37,350 --> 00:20:39,880
Have you ever been to Yingzhou?

383
00:20:41,660 --> 00:20:42,350
No.

384
00:20:43,340 --> 00:20:45,050
Why the question?

385
00:20:46,790 --> 00:20:49,510
It's just that you look

386
00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:51,620
exactly like a friend of mine.

387
00:20:52,030 --> 00:20:53,310
He was from Yingzhou.

388
00:20:54,550 --> 00:20:56,240
Is it Mr. Pei?

389
00:20:56,430 --> 00:20:57,260
Yes.

390
00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,200
He has passed away.

391
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:03,240
I see.

392
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,720
The Pei family in Yingzhou
is a prominent family.

393
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,680
Young Master Pei must also come
from a prestigious family

394
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:10,790
and be a man of extraordinary talent.

395
00:21:10,790 --> 00:21:11,960
I am just a commoner,

396
00:21:12,950 --> 00:21:15,010
and dare not compare myself with him.

397
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,960
Yuanji is meeting her lover here?

398
00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:46,800
Sorry to interrupt.

399
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:53,210
Nanxing?

400
00:21:54,350 --> 00:21:56,240
Your Highness, My Lady is missing.

401
00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:56,920
She suspects

402
00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:58,920
that the Heir's Consort might be involved
in Cui Jun's disappearance.

403
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,030
Today, when the Heir's Consort went out,

404
00:22:00,030 --> 00:22:01,270
she followed her.

405
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,570
I knew it was related to her.

406
00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:05,150
Why did she get involved?

407
00:22:05,420 --> 00:22:07,200
Your Highness, you really knew it?

408
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,460
I didn't know you knew.

409
00:22:08,590 --> 00:22:09,850
When Lady Xie asked me,

410
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,830
I even said with absolute certainty
that you didn't know.

411
00:22:12,830 --> 00:22:13,440
At 5 p.m.,

412
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,880
the Heir's Consort had already returned.

413
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,500
But My Lady hasn't returned yet.

414
00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:17,350
Where are the Shadow Envoys?

415
00:22:17,350 --> 00:22:19,790
My Lady found a way to unlock the secret
of the Phoenix Heart Token.

416
00:22:19,790 --> 00:22:21,290
But she needs the Shadow Envoys
to leave the city to confirm it.

417
00:22:21,290 --> 00:22:22,630
The ones who should be here are absent.

418
00:22:22,630 --> 00:22:25,630
And the ones who shouldn't be here
are running around.

419
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,400
If you want to see Xie Jiayu alive,

420
00:22:40,730 --> 00:22:43,460
bring all the Phoenix Heart Tokens
to Antai Gate.

421
00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,300
My little lady,

422
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,600
you've been drugged.

423
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:02,790
Don't waste your energy.

424
00:23:02,790 --> 00:23:04,640
Cui Jun, why did you kidnap me?

425
00:23:10,030 --> 00:23:11,200
I once had an eagle

426
00:23:11,270 --> 00:23:12,070
named Mingdi.

427
00:23:14,350 --> 00:23:16,950
I found it
when I was tending the herd as a child.

428
00:23:17,030 --> 00:23:18,640
It was shot by a hunter

429
00:23:19,310 --> 00:23:20,270
and was dying.

430
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,310
I saved it.

431
00:23:22,590 --> 00:23:24,510
Since then, it has always been with me.

432
00:23:24,510 --> 00:23:25,750
But since I came to Southern Ye,

433
00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:26,810
it's been 20 years.

434
00:23:27,310 --> 00:23:28,750
I've never seen it again.

435
00:23:30,270 --> 00:23:31,590
It must be dead.

436
00:23:32,030 --> 00:23:33,200
Or it was caught by someone,

437
00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:34,260
cooked, and eaten.

438
00:23:34,790 --> 00:23:35,590
Or its feathers were

439
00:23:35,590 --> 00:23:36,590
plucked one by one

440
00:23:36,660 --> 00:23:37,490
to make a fan.

441
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:43,480
Don't bother.

442
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:47,720
Stop!

443
00:23:48,310 --> 00:23:49,510
Take one more step,

444
00:23:49,630 --> 00:23:51,230
and this little girl is dead.

445
00:23:51,270 --> 00:23:51,880
Jiayu!

446
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:52,510
Cui Jun,

447
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:53,640
let her go.

448
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,040
Xie Jiayu is just a woman.

449
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:56,550
Whatever happens

450
00:23:56,820 --> 00:23:58,070
has nothing to do with her.

451
00:23:58,070 --> 00:24:00,720
How could the woman cherished
by both His Highness and the Regent

452
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,320
have nothing to do with this?

453
00:24:02,350 --> 00:24:03,790
Put your weapons down!

454
00:24:18,030 --> 00:24:19,830
You brought the Phoenix Heart Token,
right?

455
00:24:19,830 --> 00:24:20,790
Of course.

456
00:24:22,830 --> 00:24:23,550
Cui Jun,

457
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,070
even if you get the tokens,

458
00:24:25,070 --> 00:24:26,510
you won't be able to escape.

459
00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:27,770
Who said I'm escaping?

460
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:29,920
Xiao Wuyi,

461
00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:31,720
you and Xie Jiayu put on

462
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,720
a good show.

463
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,070
The token used to frame Li Lejun

464
00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:37,280
belongs to the Xiao family, right?

465
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,080
And Her Highness's token

466
00:24:39,350 --> 00:24:40,920
is still in Li Mao's hands.

467
00:24:41,270 --> 00:24:41,930
It's yours.

468
00:24:46,550 --> 00:24:47,880
As long as you let her go,

469
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,110
I will trade my life for hers.

470
00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:54,510
It seems Prince Qi really cares for you.

471
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,860
He didn't hesitate at all.

472
00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:58,200
Xiao Wuyi,

473
00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:00,030
what about yours?

474
00:25:02,110 --> 00:25:03,970
I do have the Phoenix Heart Token.

475
00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:07,070
But what if I don't give it to you?

476
00:25:08,750 --> 00:25:09,480
Little girl.

477
00:25:10,650 --> 00:25:12,110
Prince Qi is a good choice.

478
00:25:13,110 --> 00:25:14,240
Xiao Wuyi is no good.

479
00:25:14,270 --> 00:25:15,310
In his eyes,

480
00:25:15,910 --> 00:25:17,570
you're not even worth a token.

481
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:18,350
Wuyi.

482
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:20,500
Yaoyao is in his hands.

483
00:25:20,590 --> 00:25:24,030
Whoever you choose to die today will die.

484
00:25:24,670 --> 00:25:25,590
I won't choose.

485
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:26,400
Choose one.

486
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,050
One is willing to give up the
Phoenix Heart Token for you.

487
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,120
The other doesn't care about you at all.

488
00:25:35,510 --> 00:25:36,110
Xiao Wuyi.

489
00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:36,900
I...

490
00:25:37,270 --> 00:25:38,110
Let me go!

491
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:39,720
Jiayu.

492
00:25:41,030 --> 00:25:41,880
Make a choice.

493
00:25:43,070 --> 00:25:44,270
No one will blame you.

494
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:00,310
Ashina Qi.

495
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:04,830
Why make things difficult for her?

496
00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:07,110
I will naturally give you
the Phoenix Heart Token.

497
00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:09,580
You used the Phoenix Heart Token
to drive a wedge

498
00:26:09,580 --> 00:26:11,770
between the court and its ministers.

499
00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,080
Since that's the case...

500
00:26:19,220 --> 00:26:20,400
Xiao Wuyi, stop!

501
00:26:20,430 --> 00:26:21,630
I will choose for you!

502
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,310
I will take...

503
00:26:24,510 --> 00:26:25,510
Prince Qi's life.

504
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:26,270
Good.

505
00:26:26,830 --> 00:26:27,830
If you kill him,

506
00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:29,670
I'll let this little girl go.

507
00:26:30,350 --> 00:26:30,950
Prince Qi,

508
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:32,240
didn't you say

509
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,840
you're willing
to trade your life for hers?

510
00:26:35,010 --> 00:26:36,280
I'll grant your wish.

511
00:26:36,310 --> 00:26:37,640
Xiao Wuyi, stop!

512
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,310
Xiao Wuyi, I knew
I was right about you.

513
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,020
You really have no respect
for the ruler or your father!

514
00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:45,000
Xiao Wuyi!

515
00:26:45,510 --> 00:26:46,910
He is the current Regent.

516
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,240
This is the Antai Gate.

517
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,530
Are you trying to rebel?

518
00:26:49,530 --> 00:26:50,450
Stop talking.

519
00:26:50,830 --> 00:26:52,440
If Xiao Wuyi really wants to rebel,

520
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,070
are you going to fight him to the death?

521
00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:55,000
Xiao Wuyi,

522
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:56,960
if you dare to shoot,

523
00:26:57,060 --> 00:26:58,770
it will be an act of regicide.

524
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:40,310
Tell me,

525
00:27:40,550 --> 00:27:41,610
who kidnapped you?

526
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,400
Mingdi.

527
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,710
It has always been here.

528
00:28:02,030 --> 00:28:04,160
It's here to take me home.

529
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,070
Mingdi.

530
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,720
My Mingdi.

531
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,000
Xiao Wuyi

532
00:28:28,270 --> 00:28:30,930
still didn't bring out
the Phoenix Heart Token.

533
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,480
Li Mao is still not as calm
and steady as Xiao Wuyi.

534
00:28:36,110 --> 00:28:38,830
That arrow aimed at Prince Qi
was always meant to be fired.

535
00:28:38,830 --> 00:28:41,000
Now, everyone in the court

536
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,260
saw Xiao Wuyi shoot an arrow at Prince Qi.

537
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,350
Such disloyalty and treason...

538
00:28:45,350 --> 00:28:47,070
what a pleasant surprise.

539
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,480
Your Majesty, by releasing Cui Jun,

540
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:51,270
you have achieved two goals at once.

541
00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:52,070
It's truly brilliant.

542
00:28:52,070 --> 00:28:53,130
Really brilliant.

543
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:54,720
Her Majesty

544
00:28:55,270 --> 00:28:57,310
doesn't want to keep dragging this out
with you

545
00:28:57,310 --> 00:28:59,440
and is willing to give you two ways out.

546
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:00,480
One,

547
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,510
die right now.

548
00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:04,400
The other,

549
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,200
let you out.

550
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,270
Out?

551
00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:09,930
As a secret agent of Northern Qin,

552
00:29:10,310 --> 00:29:11,510
you've done so much.

553
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,510
You just want to see Ye in chaos, right?

554
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,830
Now, Her Majesty is willing
to give you this chance.

555
00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:26,550
Your Majesty,

556
00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:30,200
are you still going to get rid
of Prince Qi?

557
00:29:31,030 --> 00:29:31,720
I think

558
00:29:32,420 --> 00:29:33,950
it's better to win him over.

559
00:29:35,510 --> 00:29:39,110
Look at Li Lejun. She used to pretend
to be so obedient and harmless.

560
00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:39,920
And now?

561
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,350
Whether it's Li Mao or Li Lejun,

562
00:29:42,750 --> 00:29:45,480
they are nothing but wolves
in sheep's clothing.

563
00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:47,310
It's fine that they have yet
to fully spread their wings.

564
00:29:47,310 --> 00:29:48,590
But, if the day comes

565
00:29:48,750 --> 00:29:50,110
when Li Mao uses the Beifu Reform

566
00:29:50,110 --> 00:29:51,510
to establish his own authority,

567
00:29:51,510 --> 00:29:53,240
where would you and His Majesty

568
00:29:53,270 --> 00:29:54,720
stand?

569
00:29:58,880 --> 00:29:59,830
Young Lord Xiao,

570
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:03,120
[Ziji Palace]

571
00:30:00,110 --> 00:30:01,960
Her Majesty is angry.

572
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,220
Not only because
you pointed your arrow at Prince Qi today,

573
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:08,000
breaking the rules of a subject,

574
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,070
but also because you and Lady Xie

575
00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:11,750
committed the crime
of deceiving the throne.

576
00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:12,920
How is this deceiving the throne?

577
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:13,750
Lady Xie,

578
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,070
His Highness Prince Qi
has already handed over

579
00:30:16,070 --> 00:30:17,640
the third Phoenix Heart Token.

580
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:18,510
His token

581
00:30:18,510 --> 00:30:20,840
is the one Li Lejun took
from Her Highness.

582
00:30:21,270 --> 00:30:24,350
Then where did the Phoenix Heart Token
that appeared

583
00:30:24,350 --> 00:30:26,150
at the palace banquet come from?

584
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,540
You and Young Lord Xiao, in order
to catch the murderer,

585
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,380
even dared to use Her Majesty
as part of your plan.

586
00:30:31,380 --> 00:30:33,520
Isn't this deceiving the throne?

587
00:30:34,550 --> 00:30:35,480
Xiao Wuyi,

588
00:30:36,830 --> 00:30:37,960
do you plead guilty?

589
00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:40,310
Your Majesty,

590
00:30:40,550 --> 00:30:41,830
the Phoenix Heart Token from that day

591
00:30:41,830 --> 00:30:43,790
was indeed granted
by Empress Wenxi to my father

592
00:30:43,790 --> 00:30:44,990
and passed down to me.

593
00:30:45,550 --> 00:30:46,810
To catch the murderer,

594
00:30:47,030 --> 00:30:48,160
I used Your Majesty.

595
00:30:48,510 --> 00:30:49,370
I plead guilty.

596
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,230
But Xie Jiayu was only acting out
of concern for her mother.

597
00:30:53,230 --> 00:30:54,230
She meant no harm.

598
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,050
And the injustice she presented
was not a false accusation.

599
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,160
Please show mercy, Your Majesty.

600
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,510
I am willing to take the punishment
for Lady Xie as well.

601
00:31:02,510 --> 00:31:04,070
Such devotion.

602
00:31:04,510 --> 00:31:06,040
Then I will grant your wish.

603
00:31:07,110 --> 00:31:08,240
You shall

604
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,940
take her flogging as well.

605
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,800
Thank you, Your Majesty.

606
00:31:17,770 --> 00:31:19,100
No, I plead guilty, too.

607
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:20,740
Let's split it half and half.

608
00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:23,400
You shouldn't
take the beating all by yourself.

609
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:36,310
Start it.

610
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:38,940
Begin the punishment.

611
00:32:02,270 --> 00:32:02,960
Xiao Wuyi!

612
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,640
Lady Xie,

613
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,080
if you stop it,

614
00:32:09,110 --> 00:32:10,880
it will not only be deceiving the throne

615
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,940
but also defying an imperial decree.

616
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:16,560
Continue.

617
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,440
Xiao Wuyi!

618
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:20,830
No!

619
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,400
No!

620
00:32:29,110 --> 00:32:31,110
Do you understand what it means
to be ruler and subject?

621
00:32:31,110 --> 00:32:32,350
You were born to be a ruler.

622
00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:34,680
If you refuse to become Crown Prince Wenxi

623
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,590
and sit on that throne in Jiankang Palace,

624
00:32:36,590 --> 00:32:38,000
choosing instead
to remain a subject for life

625
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,510
even with Beifu Army in your hands,

626
00:32:39,510 --> 00:32:41,160
you will still be feared and restrained
by others all your life.

627
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:42,880
Your every move will be constrained.

628
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,070
If I sit on that throne,

629
00:32:44,070 --> 00:32:45,870
will I be free from constraints?

630
00:32:47,070 --> 00:32:48,300
With the noble families
controlling the military,

631
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:49,680
whoever sits in that position

632
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,070
will inevitably be constrained.

633
00:32:51,070 --> 00:32:52,870
That's why I established Beifu,

634
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,830
an army that doesn't belong
to the noble families.

635
00:32:55,830 --> 00:32:56,920
I want countless common-born talents

636
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,880
to have the chance to make their mark
and find a place in this world.

637
00:32:58,880 --> 00:32:59,590
Even if the noble families

638
00:32:59,590 --> 00:33:01,320
can never truly be suppressed,

639
00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:02,830
I still want to bring fresh blood

640
00:33:02,830 --> 00:33:03,760
into Ye's court.

641
00:33:06,830 --> 00:33:08,690
There are many things I need to do,

642
00:33:10,790 --> 00:33:12,520
but I don't have much time left.

643
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:13,810
What do you mean?

644
00:33:14,510 --> 00:33:16,480
I was injured at Jiuzhang Plain,

645
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,720
and my lifespan is compromised.

646
00:33:21,590 --> 00:33:23,390
Heaven didn't give me more time.

647
00:33:28,270 --> 00:33:30,530
Heaven's will abandoned me 25 years ago.

648
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:32,900
What I seek is not that throne.

649
00:33:34,540 --> 00:33:35,480
If I don't want the Beifu Army

650
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,010
to disappear with my death,

651
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,110
I must do more things,

652
00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:42,410
rather than merely sitting
above everyone else

653
00:33:42,750 --> 00:33:45,080
and negotiating with the noble families.

654
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:48,310
You trust Prince Qi

655
00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:51,080
and are willing to support him?

656
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,680
Perhaps as Xie Jiayu's husband,

657
00:33:54,510 --> 00:33:56,770
he is not satisfactory to Your Highness.

658
00:33:58,070 --> 00:33:59,530
But I know he has ambition.

659
00:34:02,070 --> 00:34:03,030
What if one day

660
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,130
you find he doesn't deserve it?

661
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:28,760
In your future actions,

662
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,219
can you spare a little thought
for yourself?

663
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:32,150
Today,

664
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:33,070
you actually aimed your bow

665
00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:34,360
at Mao in public.

666
00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:37,489
Are you worried about Mao?

667
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:38,880
I'm not joking with you.

668
00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:40,590
Neither am I.

669
00:34:54,030 --> 00:34:54,880
In the past,

670
00:34:55,590 --> 00:34:57,400
I heard many rumors about you.

671
00:34:58,110 --> 00:34:59,280
Because of them,

672
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,230
I was very afraid of you
and doubted you

673
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,740
when I first entered the mansion.

674
00:35:07,550 --> 00:35:09,070
If it weren't for the fact that

675
00:35:09,070 --> 00:35:11,190
we've been through so many things
together later,

676
00:35:11,190 --> 00:35:13,590
I wouldn't have gotten to know
the real you.

677
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:15,900
And I wouldn't have

678
00:35:19,670 --> 00:35:21,230
fallen for you.

679
00:35:32,070 --> 00:35:33,000
What did you say?

680
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:39,590
I mean,

681
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:49,760
Xiao Wuyi,

682
00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:54,670
I'm in love with you.

683
00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:07,190
If we are merely traveling the same road,

684
00:36:07,190 --> 00:36:09,720
when our paths diverge, we must part ways.

685
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:12,550
Xiao Wuyi,

686
00:36:14,710 --> 00:36:17,170
I don't just want
to walk the same path as you.

687
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:18,840
I want to walk it

688
00:36:19,590 --> 00:36:20,920
to the very end with you.

689
00:36:28,070 --> 00:36:29,510
So from now on,

690
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,660
could you please think
about yourself a little?

691
00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:34,850
If you have a good reputation,

692
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,710
even if you make mistakes in the future,

693
00:36:36,710 --> 00:36:38,150
people will still believe you.

694
00:36:38,150 --> 00:36:40,610
Wouldn't it be easier
to achieve your goals?

695
00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:47,160
Look how good the Grand Tutor
is at deceiving people.

696
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,480
Everyone says you are smart,

697
00:36:50,710 --> 00:36:52,570
but why do I think you are foolish?

698
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:55,880
In the court,

699
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,490
someone must play the villain,

700
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,740
and someone must play the savior.

701
00:37:01,670 --> 00:37:04,470
I've already chosen someone
to play the good side.

702
00:37:05,050 --> 00:37:06,910
I don't mind playing the villain.

703
00:37:07,150 --> 00:37:09,610
Have you ever thought
about your own ending?

704
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,450
Although I don't like reading,

705
00:37:13,770 --> 00:37:15,300
I've read many storybooks.

706
00:37:16,110 --> 00:37:17,920
Throughout history, subjects

707
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,730
who love playing the villain like you
never end well.

708
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:27,110
Yes.

709
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,740
So I dare not expect to keep you
by my side.

710
00:37:35,230 --> 00:37:36,760
What if I insist?

711
00:37:39,630 --> 00:37:40,480
Can you

712
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,300
take better care of yourself?

713
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,520
You told me to treat this place
as my home

714
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,760
and promised Mother
to keep me safe.

715
00:37:57,550 --> 00:37:59,350
But I know what you're thinking.

716
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,660
You would simply arrange
a hundred or so guards,

717
00:38:03,590 --> 00:38:06,920
and if something happened
to you or the Xiao family in the future,

718
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,010
they would escort me away. Am I right?

719
00:38:11,330 --> 00:38:13,330
I don't want to rely on you like this.

720
00:38:20,110 --> 00:38:21,310
Then what do you want?

721
00:38:27,350 --> 00:38:30,190
What if I don't want
to be the wife of the infamous Demon Xiao,

722
00:38:30,190 --> 00:38:31,550
but the wife of a hero?

723
00:38:37,390 --> 00:38:38,430
I want you

724
00:38:41,270 --> 00:38:42,400
to live a long life,

725
00:38:43,390 --> 00:38:44,470
to live in peace,

726
00:38:47,250 --> 00:38:49,110
to leave behind an honorable name,

727
00:38:49,110 --> 00:38:50,640
and to be remembered by all.

728
00:38:57,900 --> 00:39:00,100
You are making things difficult for me.

729
00:39:03,980 --> 00:39:04,780
That's right.

730
00:39:05,790 --> 00:39:07,020
I insist on doing so.

731
00:39:09,110 --> 00:39:10,310
Will you listen to me?

732
00:39:17,180 --> 00:39:21,570
♪ Let me dash toward where you are ♪

733
00:39:21,590 --> 00:39:25,020
♪ To seek out my own sanctuary ♪

734
00:39:25,050 --> 00:39:27,830
♪ Life hurries by, yet you alone ♪

735
00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:30,860
♪ Illuminate me
with your blazing radiance ♪

736
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,930
♪ Let me burn with courage
as I forge ahead ♪

737
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,440
♪ Your hand in my hand ♪

738
00:39:38,470 --> 00:39:41,390
♪ Our love knows no bounds
of time or space ♪

739
00:39:38,590 --> 00:39:39,150
I...

740
00:39:41,410 --> 00:39:46,940
♪ Two hearts together
until the end of time ♪

741
00:39:45,070 --> 00:39:45,840
I'll try.

742
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,090
Then I promise you, too.

743
00:39:58,190 --> 00:40:02,050
♪ Let me dash toward where you are ♪

744
00:39:58,440 --> 00:39:59,770
I will always choose you

745
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:01,710
and trust you.

746
00:40:02,250 --> 00:40:05,680
♪ To seek out my own sanctuary ♪

747
00:40:03,190 --> 00:40:03,990
In the future,

748
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:08,490
♪ Life hurries by, yet you alone ♪

749
00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:08,670
treat this place as your own home.

750
00:40:08,510 --> 00:40:11,510
♪ Illuminate me
with your blazing radiance ♪

751
00:40:11,540 --> 00:40:15,590
♪ Let me burn with courage
as I forge ahead ♪

752
00:40:15,620 --> 00:40:19,100
♪ Your hand in my hand ♪

753
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,050
♪ Our love knows no bounds
of time or space ♪

754
00:40:22,070 --> 00:40:27,600
♪ Two hearts together
until the end of time ♪

755
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:23,030
Yaoyao.

756
00:40:25,310 --> 00:40:27,110
Since you've made your promise,

757
00:40:29,030 --> 00:40:31,760
no matter who tries
to take you away in the future,

758
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,660
♪ Let me burn with courage
as I forge ahead ♪

759
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,440
I will never let you go again.

760
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:40,160
♪ Your hand in my hand ♪

761
00:40:40,190 --> 00:40:43,110
♪ Our love knows no bounds
of time or space ♪

762
00:40:43,130 --> 00:40:48,660
♪ Two hearts together
until the end of time ♪