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Yuanji.
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You're here too.
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I have something
to report to His Highness.
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Wuyi is injured from the caning.
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Lady Xie is taking care of him.
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Is it about Cui Jun kidnapping Lady Xie?
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Yes. I need to ask
His Highness for forgiveness.
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I let Cui Jun go.
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Even though the Empress Dowager
threatened me with my family,
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I was wrong.
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Jiayu was also taken away
by Cui Jun because of me
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and almost got into trouble.
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Wuyi already knew
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that you took Qing Long's key.
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What?
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The incident at Lingfeng Fort
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can no longer be kept a secret.
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The Phoenix Heart Tokens and the mine
have caught the noble families' attention.
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They will definitely make a move.
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The noble families have always
wanted to sabotage the reform.
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As soon as they find an opportunity,
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they won't easily let go.
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Wuyi had a premonition.
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Since the Empress Dowager
has entered the game,
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she won't be able to escape so easily.
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His Highness
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is going to make a move
against the Empress Dowager?
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In that case, I should go find him.
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[Key to the Phoenix Heart]
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[Episode 20]
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[Prince Jing'an's Mansion]
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What are you zoning out for?
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Back then, to protect your child,
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you broke ties with your family.
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How did it feel?
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I was relieved.
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They wanted me to be buried alive
with the dead.
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What else could I do?
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I wish I could be as decisive as you.
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My father, brother,
and mother don't care about me,
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willing to sacrifice my marriage
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to surrender to the Empress Dowager.
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But I can't just abandon them.
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For so many years,
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I've hidden in Prince Jing'an's Mansion,
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reading and studying,
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pretending to be sober,
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but actually just escaping.
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His Highness gave me
the divorce paper long ago,
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but I
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dare not leave.
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I followed my grandfather
to practice medicine from childhood
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and found an interesting thing.
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In practicing medicine,
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it's often the poor
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who are more willing to try harsh medicine
with a massive dosage.
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One dose down
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often leads to miraculous effects.
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However, when people
from noble families get sick,
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they are always
careful with their medicine,
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afraid of making mistakes,
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which turns minor illnesses
into major ones.
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Guess why?
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Maybe because those who have less
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are more willing to take risks.
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However, those who grew up in luxury
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are indebted to their families
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and controlled by them,
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having their wings broken
from the bottom of their hearts
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and having too many scruples.
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So it's normal that you
can't let go of your family.
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Everyone is born different;
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there's no need to live the same way.
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[Palace of Eternal Peace]
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Your Highness.
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Your Highness.
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Move. I'm going to get
the imperial physician.
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Her Majesty said
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Prince Qi was injured
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and needed rest.
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The physician will arrive later.
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Her Majesty...
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Ruisheng, is his wound really okay?
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Don't worry. The wounds he suffered before
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were 10 or 100 times worse than this,
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and he survived.
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But you can't just think
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that because his previous wounds
were worse,
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the current one doesn't matter.
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Ruisheng,
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please think of another way.
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Rest assured,
I'll watch him drink his medicine,
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without missing every single drop.
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As for His Highness's medicine,
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coptis is indeed missing.
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I'll add it later.
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Your Highness,
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Chan, a maid in the Eastern Palace,
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who is Lady Xie's
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dancer friend she saved before,
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asked someone
to send out a bag of medicine residue.
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Something is wrong with Prince Qi.
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I'm afraid it's bad.
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This is the only news
from the Eastern Palace recently.
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How could that be?
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Didn't they say
the arrow wound wasn't deep?
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Was the arrow poisoned?
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I had a wound on my palm
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and touched the arrow that day.
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If it were poisoned,
I would not be unharmed.
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Check the medicine residue.
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Something's wrong?
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I remember now.
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When I used to practice medicine
with my grandfather,
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while gathering herbs in the mountains,
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I came across an herb with a lily scent.
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Its sprouts are poisonous.
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When the poison acts up,
it looks like a normal high fever.
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The fever continues until the person dies.
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If a physician doesn't know
about this poison,
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they won't be able to find the cause.
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Usually, the patient dies without a cure.
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Was Mao poisoned too?
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Will he...
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Don't worry.
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This poison's symptoms are just hidden.
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Its toxin can be neutralized with ease.
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Don't worry.
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I remember your grandfather
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used to work
at the Imperial Medical Bureau.
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Yes, but he retired early
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and took me to practice medicine
among the people.
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He passed away a few years later.
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When did he retire?
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About 13 years ago,
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not long after His Majesty
ascended the throne.
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High fever. Poisoning.
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Immediately scout the guards
of the Eastern Palace
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and the deployment
of the Imperial Guard again.
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Yes.
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I need you to do something for me.
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Ruisheng, why don't we go over the wall?
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I know a little lightness skill,
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so I can carry you both inside.
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[Qin]
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Imperial Physician Qin.
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The old lady said,
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Madam Ruisheng severed ties
with the Yu family long ago.
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Madam Ruisheng hasn't visited
the Yu residence tonight.
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Brother.
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I need to return to the He Mansion.
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I'll go with you.
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Is it bitter?
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I have pear blossom candy.
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I like sour food.
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Finish this today,
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and I'll make you hawthorn cakes
another day.
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Really?
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No need. Just buy some hawthorns.
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Making hawthorn cakes is too much trouble,
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and peeling them hurts your hands.
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Your Highness.
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We've tried.
The Eastern Palace is indeed sealed off.
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We can't get in.
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The Imperial Guard's
movements are abnormal.
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The sentry rotation
at His Majesty's bedchambers
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has ceased since last night.
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The Empress Dowager
is trying to pull the same trick on Mao.
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The Empress Dowager
has set this stage for so long.
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It's time to put an end to it.
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Go get my court attire.
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Should you wear armor under it?
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To deal with the Empress Dowager,
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I don't need armor.
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Your Highness, Prince Qi has been having
a fever for 2 days.
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No one from the Imperial Medical Bureau
has come at all.
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Ruisheng.
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Tie up all the guards who have sealed off
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the Eastern Palace in the past few days!
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-Yes.
-Yes.
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Eunuch.
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What happened?
Why are you in such a panic?
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Y-Your Majesty,
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Xiao Wuyi broke into
the Eastern Palace at night
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to save His Highness Prince Qi.
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And Imperial Physician Qin was caught.
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Will Imperial Physician Qin
reveal what happened—
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Slap your own mouth.
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I deserve to die.
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I deserve to die.
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I deserve to die.
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I deserve to die.
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Stop.
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More than 20 people
in Imperial Physician Qin's family
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are in my hands.
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Even if he dies,
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he won't dare to leak any information.
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I guessed right.
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We really can't let them
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have the day
to turn the world upside down.
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Since His Majesty won't listen to me,
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I'll make the decision for him.
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Pass on my decree.
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Muster every man
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of the Imperial Guard
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who is from the He family.
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Make them stop Xiao Wuyi for me.
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Yes.
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You know what to do.
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Yes.
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Today is a great day.
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Arrange the Sun-Moon Phoenix coiffure
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for me for this dynastic transition.
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Yes.
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Why hasn't His Majesty drunk it yet?
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Please take your medicine, Your Majesty.
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In this Jiankang Palace,
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the only one who truly treats you well
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is me.
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Do you know how much effort I put in
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in exchange for your current status?
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I
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always remember your kindness, Mother.
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In that case,
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promise me 3 things tonight.
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First,
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stop the Beifu Reform.
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Second,
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abolish Prince Qi's position as Regent.
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Third, as for the position
of Crown Prince,
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I've found a suitable candidate for you.
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The third son of Prince You.
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What do you think, Your Majesty?
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Mother,
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what I think tonight
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is no longer important.
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I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty.
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What is the meaning of this?
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Qin Sheng murdered
Prince Qi and His Majesty.
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He was caught red-handed.
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There must be a mastermind behind it.
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Qin Sheng, who told you to do this?
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It was done by me alone.
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[Qin Sheng, Imperial Physician]
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-Nuo.
-Father.
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Father, why are you bleeding?
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Does it hurt, Father?
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Don't be afraid, Lord Qin.
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All your kin are present.
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Just tell us what you know.
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Just speak.
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I'll tell you. I'll tell you.
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That was the winter 13 years ago.
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Since coming south to Jiankang,
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after Wenxi and her son
passed away one after another,
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the late Emperor became ill from grief.
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When it came time
to appoint the Crown Prince,
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Prince Su and Prince Ning
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were the hope of the court.
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That night, it snowed heavily.
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Take this prescription.
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Mix it into the bird's nest soup
for a late-night snack
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and send the soup to every prince.
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Even your own flesh and blood,
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Prince Yan, too?
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To achieve our goal,
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we must be willing to sacrifice.
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I have my own way to protect my son.
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Three months later,
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Prince Su and Prince Ning
died one after another,
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with only Prince Yan left alive.
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But Prince Yan was also poisoned
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and became bedridden.
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Nonsense!
275
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His Majesty is my biological son.
276
00:14:53,150 --> 00:14:55,030
How could I be so cruel as to harm him?
277
00:14:55,030 --> 00:14:57,630
Qin Sheng, who put these words
into your mouth?
278
00:14:57,910 --> 00:15:00,320
Who asked you to frame me? Speak!
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Mother.
280
00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,730
I still remember that
in the bird's nest soup,
281
00:15:11,630 --> 00:15:13,630
there was a trace of lily scent.
282
00:15:14,340 --> 00:15:15,190
The poison
283
00:15:18,790 --> 00:15:20,320
was Dark Night Herb, right?
284
00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:26,800
Take them away first.
285
00:15:39,220 --> 00:15:40,670
When did you know?
286
00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,000
From the first day.
287
00:15:45,670 --> 00:15:47,400
Then why did you still drink it?
288
00:15:47,630 --> 00:15:49,240
Because since I was young,
289
00:15:51,870 --> 00:15:54,120
I had always wanted to please you
290
00:15:56,390 --> 00:15:58,550
and get your praise.
291
00:16:06,790 --> 00:16:07,630
In that case,
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00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,840
do as I say tonight.
293
00:16:15,790 --> 00:16:17,080
I cling to life
294
00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,150
merely to get through each day.
295
00:16:20,630 --> 00:16:22,600
I am an incompetent emperor
296
00:16:23,750 --> 00:16:25,270
and an unfilial son.
297
00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:26,480
No.
298
00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,570
If you seek to contend and seize power,
299
00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:30,660
I can't control it,
300
00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:32,460
nor do I want to.
301
00:16:34,870 --> 00:16:36,440
But if the Ye Empire
302
00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,880
is really destroyed in my hands,
303
00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:42,130
I will be too shameless
to face my ancestors.
304
00:16:49,670 --> 00:16:50,600
Young Lord Xiao,
305
00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:52,480
how is Prince Qi?
306
00:16:54,150 --> 00:16:56,360
Your Majesty,
the poison has been neutralized.
307
00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:57,480
He is resting now.
308
00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:04,550
Xiao Wuyi,
309
00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,589
do you think digging up old cases
310
00:17:06,589 --> 00:17:08,010
can put me to death?
311
00:17:08,270 --> 00:17:09,550
I am the current Empress Dowager,
312
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His Majesty's biological mother.
313
00:17:11,109 --> 00:17:13,000
So what if I did something wrong?
314
00:17:13,589 --> 00:17:16,050
Besides, I have been waiting
for this moment tonight
315
00:17:16,050 --> 00:17:17,490
for a long time.
316
00:17:18,550 --> 00:17:19,240
He Tian!
317
00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,880
Xiao Wuyi conspired
to rebel in the palace.
318
00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:23,680
Take him down!
319
00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:42,790
Kneel.
320
00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,460
-Greetings, Your Majesty.
-Greetings, Your Majesty.
321
00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:54,210
Greetings, Your Majesty.
322
00:17:55,750 --> 00:17:57,210
Greetings, Your Majesty.
323
00:17:57,410 --> 00:17:58,130
Step back.
324
00:18:01,790 --> 00:18:02,830
It's you.
325
00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,240
You betrayed me.
326
00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,350
Young Lord Xiao entered the palace tonight
327
00:18:11,350 --> 00:18:13,280
to bring down the Empress Dowager.
328
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,920
The He family kidnapped
Cui Jun for the Phoenix Heart Token
329
00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:16,790
and instructed Cui Jun
330
00:18:16,790 --> 00:18:19,720
to sow discord
between Young Lord Xiao and Prince Qi.
331
00:18:19,790 --> 00:18:21,440
After Cui Jun shot Prince Qi,
332
00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,920
the Empress Dowager
secretly poisoned Prince Qi
333
00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:25,440
to set up another Crown Prince.
334
00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:26,880
The evidence is conclusive.
335
00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,480
Then what are you doing here?
336
00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,550
Why don't you hurry
and report to the Empress Dowager?
337
00:18:30,550 --> 00:18:33,200
Are you going to betray us?
338
00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,880
We'll bring down
the Empress Dowager tonight,
339
00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,480
and I also stand as a witness.
340
00:18:38,030 --> 00:18:39,000
Young Lord Xiao has found out
341
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,400
the truth behind His Majesty's ascension.
342
00:18:41,550 --> 00:18:42,950
Prince Su and Prince Ning
343
00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,000
were both poisoned by the Empress Dowager.
344
00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,400
Tonight, trouble arises from within.
345
00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:47,790
The He family has 2 choices.
346
00:18:47,790 --> 00:18:49,990
First, cut off a finger to save the hand.
347
00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:52,730
Second, die together
with the Empress Dowager.
348
00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:55,110
Everyone,
349
00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,880
do you want to live or die?
350
00:18:58,670 --> 00:18:59,670
What should we do?
351
00:19:00,550 --> 00:19:01,750
If you want to live,
352
00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,310
only I can protect the He family now.
353
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:06,680
What are you going to do?
354
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,200
Plead guilty
355
00:19:08,510 --> 00:19:09,830
and support the Beifu Reform.
356
00:19:09,830 --> 00:19:13,310
Absurd! The He family
is the top noble family in Jiangnan.
357
00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,760
How could we support the reform?
358
00:19:16,270 --> 00:19:18,790
Besides, the Empress Dowager
is His Majesty's mother.
359
00:19:18,790 --> 00:19:20,400
Even if His Majesty knows
360
00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,070
that the Empress Dowager
harmed Prince Su and Prince Ning,
361
00:19:23,070 --> 00:19:24,550
he might not do anything.
362
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,360
What if the Empress Dowager
363
00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,540
also poisoned His Majesty back then?
364
00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,440
What if His Majesty is weak now
365
00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:31,880
because the poison
wasn't completely cleared,
366
00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,740
which leaves lingering effects?
367
00:19:34,030 --> 00:19:35,790
I have married into
Prince Jing'an's Mansion.
368
00:19:35,790 --> 00:19:37,520
I could have stayed out of this.
369
00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,850
However, the He family
is my maternal clan after all.
370
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,110
So I still came tonight.
371
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,200
Will you continue to follow
the Empress Dowager's sinking ship
372
00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,270
and drown together,
373
00:19:46,270 --> 00:19:47,920
or listen to me from now on
374
00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:49,300
and change course?
375
00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,480
At least, we can keep the He family safe.
376
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,830
Choose for yourselves.
377
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:12,430
The family seal is here.
378
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:20,920
Very well.
379
00:20:24,260 --> 00:20:25,920
This is the list I've collected
over the years
380
00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:27,990
of the He family's forming factions
381
00:20:28,030 --> 00:20:29,310
and taking bribes.
382
00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,350
Please review it, Your Majesty.
383
00:20:31,350 --> 00:20:33,480
He Yuanji, are you crazy?
384
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,920
Are you trying to destroy the He family?
385
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,240
Aunt, I'm saving the He family.
386
00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:41,920
The He family can't keep making mistakes.
387
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:43,120
Saving the He family?
388
00:20:44,790 --> 00:20:47,440
The He family moved south from Capital
389
00:20:48,070 --> 00:20:49,720
to help establish the capital in Jiankang.
390
00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:51,590
They have all made great contributions.
391
00:20:51,590 --> 00:20:54,590
I beg for mercy;
do not implicate the entire He family.
392
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,240
Reform is the trend of the times,
393
00:21:09,030 --> 00:21:11,090
not the slaughter of noble families.
394
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,240
If there are those who work together,
395
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:14,840
they should be granted grace
396
00:21:15,030 --> 00:21:16,160
and set as examples.
397
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,800
What about the Empress Dowager?
398
00:21:22,030 --> 00:21:24,290
The Empress Dowager is old and confused.
399
00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:26,550
Her seal should be confiscated,
400
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,030
and she should be moved to another palace
401
00:21:29,030 --> 00:21:31,160
to spend her remaining years in peace.
402
00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:46,280
Granted.
403
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:51,850
Granted?
404
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:55,730
Granted?
405
00:21:56,620 --> 00:21:57,340
Guards.
406
00:21:58,300 --> 00:21:59,140
My son.
407
00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:00,950
Let go!
408
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,510
My son, I did it all for you.
409
00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:18,560
When I got the family seal,
410
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,500
my grandfather told me
411
00:22:20,690 --> 00:22:22,310
that for the future
of the entire He family,
412
00:22:22,310 --> 00:22:23,770
anyone can be sacrificed,
413
00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,710
including his daughter.
414
00:22:26,830 --> 00:22:27,510
Aunt.
415
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:29,790
Your father and son
416
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,520
have already given up on you.
417
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,000
Do you think you can stay out of it?
418
00:22:52,550 --> 00:22:53,350
Your Majesty,
419
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:54,750
I, He Yuanji,
420
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,110
was granted a marriage
to Young Lord Xiao by the Empress Dowager.
421
00:22:57,110 --> 00:22:58,350
We have been married for 5 years.
422
00:22:58,350 --> 00:22:59,880
My virtue and conduct are flawed.
423
00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:01,210
I beg you, Your Majesty,
424
00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:03,550
to annul the marriage
between the Xiao and He families
425
00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,950
and allow me
and Young Lord Xiao to divorce.
426
00:23:06,030 --> 00:23:09,090
I am willing to lead
the He family to support his reform.
427
00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:09,960
Granted.
428
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,440
The noble familie
are deeply rooted and intertwined.
429
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,680
Even my throne was given to me by them.
430
00:23:18,450 --> 00:23:19,580
You shall do
431
00:23:21,630 --> 00:23:23,020
what I can't for me.
432
00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:27,920
Xiao Wuyi, I will issue a secret edict.
433
00:23:28,070 --> 00:23:29,720
If I die one day,
434
00:23:30,830 --> 00:23:32,790
let the Empress Dowager go with me,
435
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,590
lest she exploit filial piety as an excuse
436
00:23:35,590 --> 00:23:37,030
to usurp power.
437
00:23:37,270 --> 00:23:38,000
Today,
438
00:23:39,550 --> 00:23:42,440
you covered up
the past court scandal for me
439
00:23:43,550 --> 00:23:45,680
and saved the royal family's dignity.
440
00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:48,400
I will play the villain
for you on another day.
441
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,460
I thank you for your grace, Your Majesty.
442
00:23:56,750 --> 00:23:57,790
Prince Qi, Li Mao.
443
00:24:00,310 --> 00:24:00,880
I am here.
444
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,510
I bestow upon you the Nine Imperial Seals.
445
00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:06,950
In the future, when you act on my behalf,
446
00:24:07,110 --> 00:24:09,310
you do not need to ask for instructions.
447
00:24:10,310 --> 00:24:11,710
Thank you, Your Majesty.
448
00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:12,790
You shall preside
449
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:15,720
as chief judge over the Cui Family Case.
450
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,590
I receive the decree.
451
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,110
I won.
452
00:24:53,070 --> 00:24:54,400
Congratulations, Mao,
453
00:24:55,070 --> 00:24:57,270
on successfully bringing down
the Empress Dowager
454
00:24:57,270 --> 00:24:59,330
and getting the Nine Imperial Seals.
455
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,350
You did what Xiao Wuyi
456
00:25:08,070 --> 00:25:09,240
couldn't do.
457
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:19,650
Are you leaving?
458
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,640
Li Lejun no longer exists in this world.
459
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:31,550
Mao,
460
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,170
I will not become your stain.
461
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:37,720
You are not my stain.
462
00:25:45,550 --> 00:25:47,030
You are my only family.
463
00:26:02,790 --> 00:26:07,000
Your Highness,
why do you think I will help you?
464
00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,550
If I tell Young Lord Xiao that
465
00:26:10,580 --> 00:26:11,910
Cui Jun is in the palace,
466
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,220
how do you think things will turn out?
467
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,240
If you really can't hide him,
468
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:18,790
in the end,
469
00:26:19,230 --> 00:26:20,990
won't it still be your fault?
470
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:25,720
Even if I am sacrificed,
471
00:26:26,030 --> 00:26:28,830
Her Majesty won't suffer any loss.
472
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,420
Why would I sacrifice you?
473
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,010
What do you want me to do?
474
00:26:33,790 --> 00:26:34,720
Release Cui Jun,
475
00:26:35,590 --> 00:26:36,920
take Xie Jiayu hostage,
476
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:38,560
and have him shoot me.
477
00:26:39,790 --> 00:26:40,520
That's true.
478
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,070
The incident with Li Lejun
479
00:26:43,070 --> 00:26:45,670
alienated you
from Prince Jing'an's Mansion.
480
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,000
If Her Majesty
481
00:26:47,410 --> 00:26:48,960
really wants to kill you,
482
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,880
she won't stop easily.
483
00:26:57,030 --> 00:26:58,240
You also want
484
00:26:58,830 --> 00:27:02,350
Her Majesty and Xiao Wuyi
to fight each other.
485
00:27:03,030 --> 00:27:05,350
I heard you have a nephew,
486
00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,450
whom you treat as your own son.
487
00:27:07,790 --> 00:27:09,440
Back then, you wanted to use the He family
488
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,240
to secure an official career for him.
489
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,100
Unexpectedly,
490
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,270
he was led by the worthless sons
of the He family
491
00:27:14,270 --> 00:27:16,230
to drink and make merry all day,
492
00:27:16,270 --> 00:27:18,270
and almost became a useless person.
493
00:27:18,750 --> 00:27:20,830
His Majesty's chronic illness
is now hard to cure.
494
00:27:20,830 --> 00:27:22,120
How many more years do you think
495
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,450
the Empress Dowager will remain in power?
496
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,000
Why not
497
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,420
form a good tie with me?
498
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:49,110
Wuyi.
499
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,400
Thank you for your help today.
500
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:53,940
If you hadn't brought
Imperial Physician Qin,
501
00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:56,160
the Empress Dowager might have succeeded.
502
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,490
Xie Jiayu has already gone after Li Lejun.
503
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:11,850
Lejun.
504
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,180
Hope you've been well.
505
00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:24,030
I originally thought the Antai Gate
506
00:28:24,030 --> 00:28:25,030
was the Empress Dowager's doing.
507
00:28:25,030 --> 00:28:26,290
It turned out to be you,
508
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,680
constantly using her and me
509
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,280
to create chaos in Jiankang.
510
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,400
As long as the defense battalion's
troops are mobilized
511
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,720
and the Court of Judicial Review's
guard is down,
512
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,240
you could find an opportunity
to swap out Li Lejun
513
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,770
and send her out of the city.
514
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:40,830
But at least, I helped you
get rid of the Empress Dowager.
515
00:28:40,830 --> 00:28:41,890
Is that not enough?
516
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,350
Right and wrong,
and the bottom line of human life—
517
00:28:44,350 --> 00:28:45,610
I understand them all.
518
00:28:46,030 --> 00:28:48,070
But Li Lejun will always be my exception.
519
00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:50,240
So I left the choice to Xie Jiayu.
520
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,560
Xiao Wuyi, you are too cruel,
521
00:28:55,030 --> 00:28:56,640
to both me and Xie Jiayu.
522
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,240
Do you think she'll be able
to let it go if she kills Lejun?
523
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:00,830
No.
524
00:29:01,750 --> 00:29:04,080
It will only make it harder
for her to face.
525
00:29:04,350 --> 00:29:06,010
I secretly swapped Lejun out,
526
00:29:06,110 --> 00:29:07,310
then she can survive,
527
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,030
and Xie Jiayu would think
she has gotten her revenge.
528
00:29:09,030 --> 00:29:10,110
Isn't that the best arrangement?
529
00:29:10,110 --> 00:29:11,840
You underestimated Xie Jiayu.
530
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,800
She's not that easily defeated.
531
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:16,480
She can make a choice.
532
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,550
And this choice
533
00:29:18,530 --> 00:29:19,970
can only be made by her.
534
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:21,830
Jiayu,
535
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,110
there was no personal grudge
between Princess Yunzhao and me—
536
00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:26,510
only political rivalry.
537
00:29:26,510 --> 00:29:27,710
I had no other choice.
538
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,650
Give me a reason not to kill you.
539
00:29:32,030 --> 00:29:32,590
Fine.
540
00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:34,750
Then today,
541
00:29:36,030 --> 00:29:37,760
I will avenge my mother myself.
542
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,070
If Mao finds out,
543
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:40,920
he won't let you go.
544
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:43,690
Then let him come to me himself.
545
00:29:44,050 --> 00:29:45,380
I can go to Northern Qin.
546
00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:47,870
The Eagle King wants to marry me.
547
00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:49,920
I can use this
548
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,570
and go undercover in Northern Qin.
549
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,900
Cui Jun went undercover in Ye
for Northern Qin for 20 years.
550
00:29:56,010 --> 00:29:56,940
If he could do it,
551
00:29:58,110 --> 00:29:58,790
I can too.
552
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,200
Mao is the Regent.
553
00:30:01,790 --> 00:30:03,510
If I go undercover in Northern Qin,
554
00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:05,070
you can trust my loyalty.
555
00:30:05,590 --> 00:30:06,510
I'll be a spy
556
00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:08,920
to help Mao realize his ambitions
557
00:30:09,270 --> 00:30:12,030
and keep Xiao Wuyi informed
of Northern Qin's movements.
558
00:30:12,030 --> 00:30:14,000
Besides, being a spy
is extremely dangerous.
559
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,440
Even if I'm killed
by the Northern Qin people,
560
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:17,840
it won't be by your hands.
561
00:30:19,590 --> 00:30:20,400
Jiayu.
562
00:30:22,830 --> 00:30:23,960
We are friends.
563
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:26,000
I don't want
564
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:28,960
you to kill me with your own hands.
565
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,220
Let's leave it to fate.
566
00:30:49,610 --> 00:30:51,070
Xiao Wuyi, let me tell you,
567
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:52,240
from now on,
568
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,240
there is no brotherhood between us.
569
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:01,460
Only a bond of sovereign and subject.
570
00:31:50,070 --> 00:31:50,930
What happened?
571
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,060
Did Mao hit you?
572
00:31:54,350 --> 00:31:54,950
I'm sorry.
573
00:31:55,550 --> 00:31:56,480
Don't overthink it.
574
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:57,940
This is between him and me.
575
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,300
-It's all my fault.
-Alright.
576
00:32:00,350 --> 00:32:00,920
I'm fine.
577
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:10,550
Xiao Wuyi.
578
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:12,830
Although I said
579
00:32:13,110 --> 00:32:14,970
I didn't want to be a demon's wife,
580
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:16,680
but a hero's wife,
581
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,830
actually, I'm not afraid of
582
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,520
being condemned and notorious.
583
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:28,550
Why don't you ask me
584
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,460
if I did anything to Lejun?
585
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:34,970
Are you okay?
586
00:32:38,030 --> 00:32:40,310
She said she wanted
to go to Northern Qin as a spy
587
00:32:40,310 --> 00:32:42,110
and stay undercover
by the Eagle King's side.
588
00:32:42,110 --> 00:32:43,160
I shot an arrow.
589
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:54,310
Li Lejun.
590
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,120
We shall never meet again
591
00:32:57,510 --> 00:32:58,440
in this life.
592
00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:01,020
If we do meet again,
593
00:33:01,750 --> 00:33:03,610
I will definitely take your life.
594
00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:11,180
Take her to Northern Qin.
595
00:33:11,180 --> 00:33:11,700
Yes.
596
00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:27,750
Princess Yunzhao will understand.
597
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:06,170
Congratulations, Your Highness,
on taking full control of Jiankang.
598
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:08,670
Has the Empress Dowager departed yet?
599
00:34:08,670 --> 00:34:10,400
The Empress Dowager
suffered an attack of intense anger,
600
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:11,630
was invaded by pathogenic wind,
601
00:34:11,630 --> 00:34:12,560
and had a stroke.
602
00:34:12,710 --> 00:34:14,670
She can hardly get up now.
603
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,920
The seal has been taken back.
604
00:34:17,190 --> 00:34:18,510
Early or late,
605
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:20,449
she still has to leave.
606
00:34:20,670 --> 00:34:23,960
Your Highness,
the Empress Dowager has truly fallen ill.
607
00:34:30,630 --> 00:34:32,489
Then let her rest and recuperate.
608
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,880
About the matter you promised me before...
609
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,120
Your nephew is smart.
610
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,230
I have promoted him
to Commander of the Imperial Guard.
611
00:34:43,230 --> 00:34:44,690
Thank you, Your Highness.
612
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,000
As for you,
613
00:34:49,030 --> 00:34:50,630
stay in the temporary palace
614
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,000
and look after the Empress Dowager.
615
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,710
I... this...
616
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:13,660
The winner is decided.
617
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,260
Now that you are
the head of the He family,
618
00:35:16,550 --> 00:35:18,550
why come here to show off your power?
619
00:35:19,070 --> 00:35:21,330
I remember when I was young and studying,
620
00:35:22,070 --> 00:35:23,870
Father and Mother always told me
621
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,200
that I had a very beautiful aunt.
622
00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:29,870
She was a noble lady in Jiankang Palace.
623
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:32,410
She was beautiful, gentle,
624
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,500
and extremely intelligent.
625
00:35:34,590 --> 00:35:36,510
She excelled in the Four Arts.
626
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,320
She was especially good at
playing the ruanxian.
627
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,800
A piece of "Partridge" would make people
forget all worldly worries.
628
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:44,670
Father and Mother
629
00:35:44,670 --> 00:35:46,710
pointed at her portrait and told me
630
00:35:47,550 --> 00:35:49,000
that a noble daughter
of an aristocratic family
631
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,200
with elegant bearing
632
00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:51,360
should be like this.
633
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,340
So I imitated her appearance
in the painting
634
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:57,590
to read,
635
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,210
practice calligraphy,
636
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:01,740
play the guqin,
637
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:03,840
and grow up,
638
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,300
wanting to become the second her.
639
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:10,840
Now,
640
00:36:15,630 --> 00:36:16,960
can you still play?
641
00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:28,280
Later, I met that aunt.
642
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,920
I even brought my ruanxian that day.
643
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,460
But the first thing
she told me when she saw me
644
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,150
was that I needed
to marry a man I had never met
645
00:36:37,150 --> 00:36:39,230
for the sake of the family.
646
00:36:41,110 --> 00:36:42,190
Which noble lady
647
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,150
doesn't marry a man
648
00:36:44,150 --> 00:36:45,480
she has never met?
649
00:36:47,070 --> 00:36:49,240
But I had already agreed,
650
00:36:50,710 --> 00:36:52,950
and Pei Runheng was already dead!
651
00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:55,760
Why did you have to frame them
652
00:36:56,230 --> 00:36:58,160
and destroy the entire Pei family?
653
00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,400
Why?
654
00:37:02,190 --> 00:37:03,190
It became a habit.
655
00:37:06,990 --> 00:37:09,880
The Pei family refused to believe
their son died in an accident.
656
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,920
How could I let them keep digging
657
00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:14,090
and causing more trouble?
658
00:37:30,230 --> 00:37:32,710
When Runheng's mother committed suicide
with her daughter,
659
00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:35,110
his younger sister
was not even 5 years old!
660
00:37:36,540 --> 00:37:37,310
Aunt.
661
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,290
Because of your own lust for power,
662
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:42,480
how many lives have you ruined?
663
00:37:43,230 --> 00:37:44,090
Lust for power?
664
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,160
Who is born with a lust for power?
665
00:37:46,210 --> 00:37:48,290
The He family ruined my life as well.
666
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:49,690
Who will cry foul for me?
667
00:37:50,070 --> 00:37:51,030
Without me,
668
00:37:51,150 --> 00:37:52,230
the He family would be nothing
669
00:37:52,230 --> 00:37:53,760
but an insignificant clan.
670
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:55,710
All the wealth and glory you enjoy now
671
00:37:55,710 --> 00:37:57,440
were bought with my sacrifice.
672
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,400
What? Now that you're done using me,
673
00:38:01,550 --> 00:38:03,350
you want to wash your hands of it?
674
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,510
But your luck is better than mine
after all.
675
00:38:09,150 --> 00:38:10,610
Prince Jing'an's Mansion
676
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,480
is not the man-eating Jiankang Palace.
677
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,030
It's all an illusion.
678
00:38:32,430 --> 00:38:34,030
Old friends are not the same.
679
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,080
You probably don't know yet.
680
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,190
His Majesty
681
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:42,410
has already issued a secret edict.
682
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,550
The day he passes away
683
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,670
will be the day you die.
684
00:38:52,070 --> 00:38:53,530
The future of the He family
685
00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:58,770
has absolutely nothing
to do with you anymore.
686
00:39:12,940 --> 00:39:15,260
[Grand Tutor's Mansion]
687
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,170
Cui Jun died without entering
the Court of Judicial Review.
688
00:39:22,230 --> 00:39:24,360
Whether he was truly a Northern Qin spy
689
00:39:24,510 --> 00:39:28,110
or he fabricated the unjust case
involving the An and Lu families
690
00:39:29,050 --> 00:39:30,510
can no longer be verified.
691
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,000
What about the Phoenix Heart Token?
692
00:39:35,510 --> 00:39:36,770
It is with His Majesty.
693
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,230
Crown Prince Wenxi.
694
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,880
It has been returned
to its rightful owner.
695
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,110
Are you sure Xiao Wuyi
696
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:09,740
is Crown Prince Wenxi?
697
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,630
He definitely is.
698
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:16,150
I...
699
00:40:17,190 --> 00:40:18,590
I didn't know you knew...
700
00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:20,550
Let it be.
701
00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:24,590
It is a blessing not to know.
702
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,890
I don't have many days left to live.
703
00:40:32,190 --> 00:40:33,720
And I no longer have the will
704
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,230
to save the people of this world.
705
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,380
I don't want to deal with
this massive flood,
706
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:42,550
and I can't anyway.
707
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,840
Are you just going to leave it be?
708
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,630
Crown Prince Wenxi's Phoenix Heart Token
709
00:40:50,630 --> 00:40:52,320
originally belonged to him.
710
00:40:54,670 --> 00:40:56,360
I will use my own way
711
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:57,510
to beat him.
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