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(The Shadow Sovereign)
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You have never stayed overnight at my residence.
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You sound like you know me pretty well.
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You're always suspicious of me and Shen Xiao.
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Do you want me to get caught
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so you can make room for your new mistress?
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Li Shu.
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If I didn't know you hated me,
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I would've thought
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that you were just jealous.
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Let go of me!
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How did it come to this between us?
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Let go!
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Let go of me!
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Let go of me!
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Let go of me!
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That was in the past. Why keep bringing it up?
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I'm not the one who saved Shen Xiao.
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You're blaming the wrong person.
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I'm tired.
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Just go.
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Get some rest.
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He insulted you on your wedding night.
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He even kept a mistress.
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What's so shocking about that?
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Isn't every man like this?
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Does that make it okay?
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Even if it's not okay, does that mean it'll never happen?
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Do you still care about the Prince Consort?
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No.
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Since you are done and divorced, why are you still involved with him?
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Who do you think you are?
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You are just a male companion.
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You think you have any say in my life?
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What if I don't want to be just your male companion?
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Are you crazy?
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Did you not hear what I said?
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Just do your job and stay out of trouble!
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Like I don't have enough trouble already?
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I get it.
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You and the Prince Consort aren't like normal couples.
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Only when the Crown Prince falls,
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will you finally be free.
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Whatever I need to do,
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I'll do it all.
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That Shen scoundrel...
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No. Censor Shen really is something else.
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I thought
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it was Censor Shen who stole your heart.
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But now, it looks like
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it's you who gave your heart away.
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What nonsense are you spouting?
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Your Highness, are you having a headache again?
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Without Censor Shen here tonight, are you going to have nightmares again?
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How about I call Censor Shen back for you?
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He works better than any medicine.
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What Censor Shen?
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He's just Shen the scoundrel.
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A meddling fool who can't mind his own business!
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Seventh Prince Qin has traveled across the realm,
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bringing treasures as tribute.
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His Majesty is pleased,
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thus inviting officials and royal kin to join the celebration
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to share His Majesty's grace.
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I have returned from my journey and prepared three gifts
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to present to you, Father.
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This is the first gift.
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The finest rice harvested this year
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from Wanming Granary in Jiangnan.
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Every grain is as pure as jade.
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Guanzhong suffered a drought earlier.
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I was concerned when I heard about it.
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So I brought this rice as tribute.
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May our Ye Dynasty enjoy a bountiful harvest.
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The drought in Guanzhong.
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This rice is truly a good omen.
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Excellent.
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Father, this is the second gift.
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I passed through Longxi
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and found an ancient, nameless stele,
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engraved with a folk song passed down for centuries,
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praising the love of parents,
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and wishing peace for home and the state.
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I made a rubbing and present it to you.
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May Father
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enjoy a prosperous and long life in good health.
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This gift is simple and sincere.
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My son is truly thoughtful.
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Father, please look at the last gift.
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This last gift
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is the Ye Dynasty Illustrated Almanac.
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After leaving the palace, I traveled throughout Ye.
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I documented every mountain, river, and city I saw,
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along with the customs and local products in this almanac.
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Although the almanac is complete,
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it still needs some refining.
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Please allow me
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to stay at Qianfo Temple to focus on completing the illustrations.
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So I can soon present it to you, Father.
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Very good.
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Such magnificent landscapes are all captured by my son.
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Issue the decree.
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Bestow upon Seventh Prince Li Qin
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ten bars of tribute ink from the West
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and 100 bolts of tribute silk.
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He is permitted to walk before the throne.
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You can stay at the Tranquil Room at Qianfo Temple
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to focus on finishing the almanac.
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All expenses
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will be covered by the inner court.
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Thank you for your grace, Father.
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Seventh Brother vanished for ten years without a word.
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Now, you've suddenly returned,
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making everyone see you in a whole new light.
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Thank you for the compliment.
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I am of little use to the nation.
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I can only do small and insignificant things.
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Alright.
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Then finish the almanac well.
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Don't let Father down.
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Yes, Brother.
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Compared to mine,
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the landscapes you painted have an even grander aura.
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Three gifts brought you back before the throne.
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So these ten years have been worth it.
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For now, just focus on your cultivation at Qianfo Temple.
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Wait until Shen Xiao pits the Crown Prince
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against the Second Prince and both are weakened,
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then you'll return to court.
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I have no doubts about your plan.
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It's just that
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don't you intend to share our plan with Shen Xiao?
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I recommended him to you back then.
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But now, we've put him in danger by himself.
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I feel uneasy about it.
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We see each other as close friends.
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But we've kept this a secret
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from him all this while.
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You recommended him to me.
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But you didn't know he did plenty of ruthless things for his career.
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He has a calculative mind, and he acts decisively.
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If his goals align with ours,
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he'll eventually find out about your identity.
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What if his goals don't match ours?
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You're meant to sit on the throne one day.
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You can't let personal feelings hold you back.
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But I promise you
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that I'll spare his life.
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Remember.
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No matter who gets hurt along the way,
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we can't let anything stop us from reaching our goal.
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I understand.
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He's the cursed child who killed his own mother during birth.
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Father has always seen him as a jinx.
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He's never attended the court for a single day.
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I just don't believe
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that he can turn the tables with just these three worthless gifts.
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Could it be
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that he's here to fight me for the throne
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like Second Brother?
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Ridiculous.
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It's too much of a coincidence for Seventh Prince
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to return to the capital now,
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He showed up just as Shen Xiao appeared.
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It's definitely not a coincidence, Your Highness.
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Does he have connections with Shen Xiao?
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Or has he come back
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to help Second Brother?
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Now Shen Xiao and Second Prince are clearly looking for your wrongdoings.
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Luckily, we're prepared.
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As for Seventh Prince,
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he has no foundation at court yet.
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He's not a threat for now,
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but we should still remind the elders at court
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so they don't get any ideas about him.
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It's time these people get a wake-up call.
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My birthday banquet in three days
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will be the perfect opportunity.
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I've invited all of you here today
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not just for my birthday celebration.
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It's because the nation is facing a disaster now.
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The Eastern Palace will set up a relief granary
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to support the nation when needed.
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To set an example,
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the Eastern Palace will donate 100,000 piculs of grain first.
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I hope everyone will join in.
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This...
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(What's all this about preparing for national crisis?)
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(The Crown Prince is taking advantage of Le Sheng's return)
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(to invite all the neutral officials here using this birthday banquet.)
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(He just wants to tie the noble families down)
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(and show off to Father.)
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The Zheng family is willing to support your cause.
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You have my support too.
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You have the Sang family's support.
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You have the Ding family's support too.
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You have the Bai family's support too.
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You have my support.
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- You have my support too. - I'll support you.
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May I ask, will the grains for the relief granary
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be managed by the Ministry of Revenue
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or should we follow the Eastern Palace's command?
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Second Brother,
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are you questioning my loyalty?
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Your Highness's devotion to the nation and its people is evident.
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I, Shen Xiao,
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have specially come here to wish the Crown Princess prosperity and health.
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I heard the Crown Princess is donating grains to build a granary.
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I admire your benevolence for the people.
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So, I've specially brought you a birthday gift.
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- What's that smell? - It's a rice sack.
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This is clearly dirt.
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How dare you insult me?
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It's not an insult. This is the reality among the people.
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The grains people buy from officials now
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are mixed with dirt and husks.
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Doesn't this show you
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the urgency of building a relief granary?
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You arrogant brat.
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- Seize him! - My fellow officials.
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Have you heard the cries of the people outside?
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Your Highness!
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Bad news. The refugees have blocked the gates upon hearing
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the Crown Princess is giving out porridge at her birthday banquet.
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This is rebellion!
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This is rebellion!
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We can't investigate any further.
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The Crown Prince has stalled the Yongtong Canal's construction.
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He's trying to bring down the Ministry of Revenue.
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To build the canal, we need to distribute the grains.
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We can't stall any longer.
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Grains? Where are we supposed to get grains from?
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Can we use the military grains from Taicang?
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The royals, noble families, and honored officials
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have surplus grains.
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The only way is to collect grains from them
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to break the Crown Prince's plan.
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Then the Yongtong Canal can be built.
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And the people can be saved.
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Collecting grains?
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Taking food from the mouths of nobles and officials
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is basically cutting yourself off from the court.
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No one would do that.
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I'm willing to do that.
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But I need an imperial decree.
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To get that decree,
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I have to borrow some support from the Crown Prince first.
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This is rebellion!
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Back up!
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Move aside!
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What are you doing? Are you rebelling?
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Back up!
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Please, have mercy. My child is starving to death.
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Please have some mercy, noble ones.
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Please, have mercy.
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Noble one, just give me a bowl of porridge.
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I'm begging you.
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Please help us.
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Go away!
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Anyone trespassing in the residence
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will be treated as a rioter.
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They're citizens,
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not rioters.
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Didn't the Crown Prince set up this banquet of love
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to help the people?
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That's right. Today's banquet is meant to aid the disaster victims.
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Guards, set up the porridge stalls.
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Thank you, noble one.
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The imperial decree has arrived!
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Shen Xiao of the Ministry of Revenue, accept this decree.
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I am pleased with the Crown Princess's disaster relief birthday banquet.
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I hereby order Shen Xiao, the censor of the Ministry of Revenue,
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to collect grains with this decree.
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From princes and nobles downward,
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all those of high rank
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with 1,000 piculs as salary,
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must donate according to their means
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to meet the urgent needs of the nation.
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We are at a difficult time.
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People's lives are at stake.
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Helping the nation in hardship shows true loyalty.
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May you all understand my kind intentions
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and work together for this cause.
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Do not betray the court's favor.
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So decreed.
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I, Shen Xiao, accept the decree.
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Shen Xiao is ordered to collect grains.
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Have you heard about that?
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(I haven't just heard about it.)
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(I haven't seen him for half a month.)
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(It's kept me up at night lately.)
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I have heard a bit about it.
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I heard Shen Xiao
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has been visiting all the noble families recently.
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But with little success.
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So far, the grains collected
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are less than 50,000 piculs.
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Less than 50,000 piculs?
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Shen Xiao
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is not just collecting grains for Yongtong Canal.
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It's also for me.
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These people
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are humiliating me.
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I want you
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to lead the grain donation for Shen Xiao.
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You're my daughter,
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and a member of the Cui family.
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You are close to the Eastern Palace.
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If you take action,
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the noble families and royals
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will understand my intentions.
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You have the richest estate with tens of thousands of piculs.
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It won't affect you.
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Father,
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my estate
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is the same as Princess An Le's.
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How would
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An Le know the court's hardships?
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She can't compare to you.
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Yes, Father.
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(Looks like Father wants to use me)
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(to warn the Crown Prince and the noble families.)
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Xiao Que, don't run!
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Xiao Que.
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Xiao Que.
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Stop running.
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Xiao Que.
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- Your Highness. - Please spare me, noble one!
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Please spare me, noble one!
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What's wrong, Xiao Que?
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I said I'd teach her to read, and she ran out.
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Noble one, I don't want to learn to read.
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A Gui secretly learned a few words,
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and her master gouged out her eyes.
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You saved me.
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I'll work for you like a horse or ox.
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Don't make me study.
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Low-borns.
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Where is your master now?
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When we were fleeing, our master died of illness.
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Grandma brought me here while escaping.
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She starved to death too.
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I see.
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According to Ye law,
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only those above commoner status can learn to read and write.
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If someone of low-born status learns to read or write,
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it's considered overstepping their place.
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No wonder you're so scared.
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From today on,
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I'll remove your low-born status.
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You can learn to read and write now.
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Really?
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Really?
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Of course.
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A princess never goes back on her word. She wouldn't lie.
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Let's head to the study.
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Thank you, noble one!
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Thank you, noble one!
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Get up.
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Let's go. Let's head to the study.
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Xiao Que, that's the wrong way.
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This way.
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Come on. This way.
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She's just like a little sparrow.
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That's why they call me Xiao Que.
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Grandma says I'm clever.
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That's why I always manage to get food.
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Otherwise, I'd have starved to death long ago.
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From now on, we won't have to fight for food.
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Are you really going to take her home?
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Nobles look down on those from humble families,
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the newly rich look down on commoners,
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and commoners look down on the low-borns.
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But the low-borns
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aren't even considered people.
376
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Are we really any better?
377
00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:33,378
We're just low-borns in the palace.
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Le Sheng.
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This world is rotten to the core.
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So it's time for a change.
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His Majesty ordered me to donate grains to Shen Xiao.
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They are forcing you instead of pressuring the Crown Prince.
383
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Isn't that making you openly oppose the Crown Prince?
384
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I've always been just a pawn.
385
00:24:04,220 --> 00:24:06,273
To Father and the Crown Prince, it's all the same.
386
00:24:07,956 --> 00:24:09,956
Before the Crown Prince loses His Majesty's favor,
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I have to donate these grains.
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Do you have a perfect plan?
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00:24:16,275 --> 00:24:19,250
No. But after walking on thin ice for so long,
390
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I've gained some experience and learned to strategize.
391
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Shen Xiao has gone around to collect grains.
392
00:24:26,542 --> 00:24:28,516
It's time he came to my doorstep.
393
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I'll use him to make a risky move.
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It'll help me keep His Majesty's favor,
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and strike at the Eastern Palace.
396
00:24:40,052 --> 00:24:42,956
Ladies, this peony is mine now.
397
00:24:43,036 --> 00:24:45,155
- That's some big talk. - Yeah.
398
00:24:45,235 --> 00:24:46,800
The princess is here. You can't win.
399
00:24:46,931 --> 00:24:49,506
Enough with the chatter. Go ahead and pull the bow.
400
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- Embarrassed now, aren't you? - Exactly.
401
00:24:53,195 --> 00:24:55,200
- Let me try. - You're not even as good as me.
402
00:24:55,291 --> 00:24:56,984
I'm definitely better than you.
403
00:25:08,356 --> 00:25:09,593
Your Highness.
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Xiao Que.
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What are those nobles doing?
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00:25:16,413 --> 00:25:18,453
They're threading flowers and testing their hearts.
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Inside that flower ball, there's a peony.
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When the peony blooms, it outshines all other flowers.
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Every other beauty bows before it.
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That peony is today's prize.
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00:25:30,491 --> 00:25:33,823
Your Highness, what are you even saying?
412
00:25:33,947 --> 00:25:35,360
That's awesome.
413
00:25:35,441 --> 00:25:37,026
I want to be a scholar too.
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I want to be that amazing.
415
00:25:42,915 --> 00:25:44,329
(Scholars)
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(have to read tons and tons of books.)
417
00:25:47,588 --> 00:25:49,363
(The mountains and rivers on maps, )
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00:25:49,949 --> 00:25:51,562
(the customs in travel journals, )
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00:25:52,108 --> 00:25:53,882
(and the rise and fall in history books.)
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00:25:55,139 --> 00:25:57,433
(I learned these things back then just to survive)
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(by becoming the Crown Prince's study companion)
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(and copying books for him.)
423
00:26:08,376 --> 00:26:11,968
Then I'll teach you to read and write myself from now on.
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00:26:12,995 --> 00:26:14,779
Thank you, Your Highness, my benefactor.
425
00:26:14,915 --> 00:26:16,650
Good girl. Get up.
426
00:26:20,076 --> 00:26:22,729
Your Highness, Censor Shen has requested an audience.
427
00:26:24,217 --> 00:26:27,018
Censor Shen.
428
00:26:27,337 --> 00:26:29,859
Is that Censor Shen?
429
00:26:38,131 --> 00:26:39,691
Your Highness, Censor Shen has arrived.
430
00:26:39,735 --> 00:26:40,972
Oh, it's him.
431
00:26:44,139 --> 00:26:45,536
He really is handsome.
432
00:26:49,179 --> 00:26:52,244
He's the noble who saved me together with the Princess.
433
00:26:58,715 --> 00:27:01,169
Your Highness, I've brought the grain collection decree.
434
00:27:01,518 --> 00:27:03,252
I'm here to collect grain from you.
435
00:27:05,116 --> 00:27:06,880
So, it's about grain collection.
436
00:27:07,030 --> 00:27:08,326
What's going on?
437
00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:12,120
I didn't expect Censor Shen to come in person.
438
00:27:12,495 --> 00:27:14,922
- He even came to the Xianke Bordello to collect grains. - Right?
439
00:27:14,946 --> 00:27:16,359
He has come all the way here.
440
00:27:16,467 --> 00:27:18,282
It's been ages since we last met.
441
00:27:19,123 --> 00:27:20,360
And now that we finally meet,
442
00:27:21,171 --> 00:27:23,425
do you have to hit me with such a buzzkill topic?
443
00:27:30,260 --> 00:27:32,600
- Top Scholar is getting shy. - What's going on?
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