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Your Highness.
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Here are all the exam papers from the humble scholars this year.
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(His Majesty started a new round of exams.)
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(It's meant to help those from humble backgrounds.)
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(So, these scholars are all hell-bent on making it to the top overnight.)
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- (How ridiculous.) - (Exactly.)
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(These essays discussed contemporary affairs and river conservancy.)
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(They're just full of arrogance and bravado.)
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No wonder the Crown Prince told us
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to keep these humble scholars in check.
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Just look at what they've written.
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(Shen Xiao)
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Ambition no one cares about...
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Talent that never gets noticed...
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All it's good for is keeping my hands warm.
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I'll let the Crown Prince know
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that everything is proceeding as usual.
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(The Shadow Sovereign)
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Princess.
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The Crown Prince and the examiners are still in Fengqi Pavilion.
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But the Second Prince just showed up with his men.
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Then we better put on a good show.
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This one, this one,
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and this one too.
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Forget it.
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I'm in a good mood today.
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Let all of them come with me.
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- Thank you, Your Highness. - Thank you, Your Highness.
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The Second Prince is here for an investigation!
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No one is allowed to leave without permission!
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- Search the place. - Yes!
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Come on.
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Your Highness.
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The Princess is in Fengqi Pavilion.
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(Fengqi Pavilion)
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Second Prince.
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To what do I owe this, Second Brother?
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You're scaring my beauties here.
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Where is the Crown Prince?
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Someone sent in a secret report
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that the Crown Prince has rigged the latest imperial exam
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and is secretly meeting with the examiners here.
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You all can go.
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Second Brother, the Crown Prince hasn't even been here.
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You really shouldn't frame the heir to the throne.
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Frame him?
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Search the place.
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Your Highness.
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We shouldn't linger here.
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Let her deal with it.
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A broken string has disturbed Your Highness.
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I humbly pray for Your Highness's indulgence.
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Do not let such a trivial matter spoil your enjoyment.
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What an intriguing person.
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You shall be the chief courtesan for today.
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A night like this is worth a fortune.
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Second Brother, are you here to witness the ceremony?
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Absurd.
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You act so shamelessly.
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Are you not afraid the Prince Consort will find out?
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Your Highness.
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We've searched everywhere. Nothing turned up.
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It's hardly a novelty for the noble ladies of the Ye Dynasty
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to seek handsome companions for pleasure.
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Besides, Prince Consort Cui is from a noble family.
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He is accustomed to being served.
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He doesn't know how to please a woman.
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The pleasures of the inner chambers
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are something one must seek for oneself.
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Let's go.
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Keep a closer watch.
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Yes.
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Carry me to the bed.
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You're not from Xianke Bordello.
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You disguised yourself as a courtesan and approached me.
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Who sent you?
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No one sent me.
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I only know that
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Your Highness didn't want this to be discovered by the Second Prince.
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I am merely a scholar from a humble family.
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Though the Ye Dynasty has established new exams,
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I know all too well that success hinges on
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recommendations made beyond the exam hall.
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Thus, I beg Your Highness
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to review my submission
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and recommend me a path to a brighter future.
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Since you're from a humble background,
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you heard why the Second Prince came here.
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Why did you not hand the jade pendant to him?
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The Second Prince's search was merely a pretext.
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His true aim was the struggle for power with the Crown Prince.
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Had I offered the pendant to him,
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I'd just be asking for trouble.
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I seek no trouble.
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I only wish to earn Your Highness's recommendation
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through my talents and ambitions.
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Princess.
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Are you okay?
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This is...
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A recommendation?
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How impressive for a humble scholar.
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To obtain fame and official rank,
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you resort to such despicable means to offer yourself to me.
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I wouldn't dare.
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This matter was absolutely not my doing.
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I'll find the antidote right now.
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Perform well.
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As for your recommendation,
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we shall discuss it later.
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(Although she's arrogant and domineering, )
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(she...)
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(This is...)
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Step down!
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Here's your reward.
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Get out.
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What do you mean, Your Highness?
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The drug in the wine was not my doing, and you promised me...
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I would never recommend someone so shameless.
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Don't you humble scholars value integrity and honor above all?
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Yet your skill in selling yourself for advancement
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surpasses even the courtesans of Xianke Bordello.
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If you're willing to serve the nobles, why bother with the imperial exams?
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You might as well settle comfortably into being a courtesan.
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What a privileged princess you are.
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Last night, it was you who proclaimed me
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the chief courtesan before the Second Prince.
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Yet today, you deny everything.
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You toy with people's hearts and disregard your promises.
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If we're talking shamelessness,
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Your Highness deserves it more than I do.
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Farewell.
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He sure has a temper.
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Princess.
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Last night, did the fake show turn real?
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My body is mine to control.
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Pleasure comes first.
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Looks like Your Highness thinks highly of him.
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That's rare.
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That Cui has kept a mistress for years.
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Does he really still expect you to defend his reputation now?
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Shameless.
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Last night,
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I slept incredibly well.
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Not a single dream all night.
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Could this medicine also have a calming effect?
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Love beans don't have such a property.
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All these years,
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you have been haunted by nightmares, barely sleeping at night.
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Why were you suddenly able to rest soundly last night?
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Perhaps it was not the medicine that was effective,
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but the person?
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(You toy with people's hearts)
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and disregard your promises.
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(If we're talking shamelessness, Your Highness deserves it more than I do.)
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This medicine doesn't seem like something that a humble scholar could get.
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Nor does it seem like Second Brother's doing.
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Maybe the person who set me up
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has nothing to do with court politics.
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(Hugging my pillow, )
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(I lie by the north window, )
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(my lover comes)
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(and we laugh together.)
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(So many little joys, )
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(so many surprises, )
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(how long can)
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(this tenderness last?)
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So many little joys, so many surprises,
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how long can this tenderness last?
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Beautiful song.
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Lord Cui, if you like it,
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I'll sing it for you every day.
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But today,
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you should go back to the Princess residence.
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After all, you're still the Prince Consort.
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Just say what you want to say.
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I heard that last night,
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Princess Zhao Yang was at Xianke Bordello,
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meeting a male companion.
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I thought that
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if you returned today,
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those rumors would fall apart on their own.
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She let the news slip on purpose
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because she intended certain people to hear them.
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She was merely acting on behalf of the Crown Prince.
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Why take it so seriously?
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But what if
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the Princess actually made the act real?
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You have always known how to act with restraint
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and understand when to advance and when to retreat.
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That's what I like most about you.
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Do you understand?
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I have overstepped.
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(Eastern Palace)
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Your Highness stayed overnight at Xianke Bordello last night.
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Where did you spend the night, then?
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Don't forget,
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you're now the wife of the Cui family.
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When you're dallying with your mistress,
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you hardly remember
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that you are the Prince Consort of the Ye Imperial Family either.
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This is no longer the time when you used me to escape the Cold Palace.
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Now that you have stepped over the Cui family to rise high
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and secure His Majesty's deep favor,
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you're unwilling to even maintain the facade.
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Maintain a facade?
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We're just husband and wife in name.
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Mutual non-interference
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is the final courtesy between us.
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I hope you will remember that.
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Let's go.
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The Crown Prince doesn't like to be kept waiting.
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What are we supposed to do now?
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His Majesty wants to use the new exam to promote humble scholars
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and suppress our noble clans.
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If a humble scholar truly emerges among
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the top three successful candidates this year,
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I'm afraid
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there will be endless trouble.
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- Indeed. - Second Brother didn't get any evidence last night,
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but he still entered the palace overnight.
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He accused me before Father of secretly meeting the examiners.
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His Majesty is displeased
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and has forbidden my people to participate in the new exam evaluation.
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His Majesty made it clear that he'll personally review the exam papers.
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The papers submitted by humble scholars can no longer be destroyed.
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That's the real crisis.
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Princess Zhao Yang and the Prince Consort have arrived.
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Come in.
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Your Highness, I pay my respects.
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Second Brother showed up unexpectedly last night.
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Luckily, he didn't find this thing.
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Zhao Yang.
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I'm sure you overheard my conversation with the officials just now.
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Father plans to personally review the exam papers this year.
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Do you have a way around that?
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Don't worry, Your Highness.
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As long as every paper His Majesty sees
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comes from the hands of noble families,
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there's no way the humble scholars will get a chance.
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Indeed.
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The only variable is Father himself.
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But right now, in the Eastern Palace,
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the only one who can get near the exam papers before His Majesty
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is you.
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What?
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Is there some difficulty?
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Crown Prince,
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Father has recently become increasingly resolute in making decisions.
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He has also summoned Second Brother before him more frequently.
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Although it's easy for me to enter the palace,
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this may not be the most suitable moment.
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I fear that the slightest mistake could instead ruin the greater plan.
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Zhao Yang.
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(Yeah, that's it! Have her hold the apple up!)
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(This is fun!)
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(Hold the apple tight. Don't drop it.)
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(If you tremble again and I miss it, don't blame me.)
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Please calm down, Your Highness.
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Back when you were desperate to get out of the Cold Palace,
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you did everything you could to please me,
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(and you weren't afraid of anything.)
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I do not wish for Father to see
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even a single exam paper from a humble scholar.
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Don't mess this up.
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Zhao Yang understands.
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She will surely do everything within her power.
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Your Highness.
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Having both of them in the Eastern Palace
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is truly a blessing.
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Don't let me down.
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I'll obey, Your Highness.
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Does it hurt?
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I'm already used to it.
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(Back when you were desperate to get out of the Cold Palace, )
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(you did everything you could to please me, )
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(and you weren't afraid of anything.)
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(Mother, you can be saved!)
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(I got some ancient ginseng.)
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(Once you eat it, you'll get better.)
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Mother!
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Mother, please get up.
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Don't leave me here alone.
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Mother...
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(From that day on, )
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(I swore)
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(I'd survive and walk out of this Cold Palace.)
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(I would live the finest life this world could offer.)
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All these years,
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the Crown Prince has formed factions for personal gain,
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imposed harsh levies, and driven loyal officials to their deaths.
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I cannot allow the fate of the Ye Dynasty to fall into
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the hands of someone who treats people's lives like they're nothing.
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And His Majesty
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uses the new exam to bring in humble scholars and keep the nobles in check.
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His concern is solely
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the stability of his imperial power,
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not the suffering of the people.
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It's time to make our move.
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The Crown Prince gave me a chance to meet His Majesty.
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I'll make sure His Majesty sees the answers from humble scholars.
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The Top Scholar of the imperial exam
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must be our man.
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The person
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is already in place.
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Though I have never met this grand gift,
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it ought to prove quite a surprise
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for the Crown Prince.
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(This year's Top Scholar is from a humble family.)
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(Indeed.)
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His Majesty has specially arranged this banquet for the Top Scholar.
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- Crown Prince. - Crown Prince.
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- Crown Prince. - Crown Prince.
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Why is this year's Top Scholar a humble scholar?
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Is this the result of what you have arranged?
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Second Brother was in the palace that day too.
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- It's likely that he interfered. - Yes.
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The Second Prince was in the palace that day.
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His Majesty has arrived.
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Greetings, Your Majesty.
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Everyone, you may rise.
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Let's begin the banquet.
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Congratulations, Father, for gaining such a talented scholar.
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May I ask what important position Father intends
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to grant the Top Scholar?
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A sixth-rank Censorate Secretary.
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What do all of you think?
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Appointed Censorate Secretary right away? And of sixth rank, no less.
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Your Majesty, you must not do this.
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A Censorate Secretary is one of the Emperor's close attendants.
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How could someone from a humble background be entrusted with that position?
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I suggest appointing him as magistrate of Lingnan County.
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His future appointment may be reconsidered after three years of experience.
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(Lingnan is a wild and remote region.)
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(They are practically trying to get him killed.)
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Your Majesty, Lingnan is hot and humid,
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infested with snakes and insects.
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The new Top Scholar would likely perish at his post
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before three years pass.
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I believe
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a sixth-rank Censorate Secretary position is the perfect appointment.
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I second that.
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Your Majesty, we agree with the Crown Prince.
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Your Majesty, if this man only seeks comfort,
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he is unworthy of great responsibility.
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- We second the motion. - We second the motion.
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I was careless and startled Your Majesty.
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It's fine to get drunk at a banquet.
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- Rise. - Thank you, Father.
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I think
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this fine wine is truly rare.
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If everyone keeps arguing,
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aren't we just spoiling the occasion?
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Father,
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the Top Scholar has only just entered the imperial court.
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Sending him to take office in Lingnan would seem excessively harsh.
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Why not grant him
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an eighth-rank Supervising Censor position to remain in the capital,
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where Chancellor Xiao may personally guide him?
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If he later proves incapable,
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it would not be too late to send him to Lingnan.
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The Luming Banquet is held
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to celebrate my acquisition of a talent to assist the court.
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Only Zhao Yang has understood the true meaning within this wine.
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We shall proceed as you suggest
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and grant him the post of Supervising Censor.
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Let's all enjoy the banquet.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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With only a few words, she has pleased Father
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while also aligning herself with the Crown Prince's wishes.
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She's really impressive.
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No wonder she's the Princess most trusted by His Majesty.
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What is this?
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The new Top Scholar enters the banquet to meet His Majesty.
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I, Shen Xiao,
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wish Your Majesty good health.
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I'm well.
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Rise and take your seat.
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Thank you for Your Majesty's grace.
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May I report to Your Majesty.
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I, Shen Xiao,
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wish to impeach Princess Zhao Yang, Li Shu.
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