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(The Shadow Sovereign)
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As Your Highness knows best,
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my greatest strength is that
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I'm a quick learner.
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Do you know what else Miss Zhang is into?
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She likes
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watching the losers strip off their clothes one by one
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until they're totally naked.
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Are you worried I won't get the hang of it, Your Highness?
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There's nothing
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you can't learn, Censor Shen.
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You sure know how to bend and adapt.
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For someone you care about, you're willing to learn anything.
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Too bad all this flattery and pleasing
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won't stay exciting for long.
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Miss Zhang will probably get bored in a few days.
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Yes.
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You are quick to push me away because you are bored.
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When did I ever say I was...
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You didn't finish your sentence. That means you like me.
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Who likes you?
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You don't like me anyway.
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I have no choice.
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I guess I'll just pick someone random.
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Life goes by fast anyway.
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How dare you?
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Of course I wouldn't dare with you here.
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Your heart is full of twists and turns.
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You always keep things hidden inside.
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I'm already used to you keeping things from me.
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After all, you've kept
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plenty of secrets from me.
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So, it doesn't really matter.
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What are you getting at?
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When do you plan to tell me
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about the Seventh Prince, Your Highness?
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The Seventh Prince.
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How did you find out?
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You already knew who Le Sheng really is.
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The Ye Dynasty Illustrated Almanac that His Majesty can't stop praising.
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I once saw it at Le Sheng's place.
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I even know
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that the noble who's supporting those from humble families
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is actually you, Your Highness.
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I can't hide anything from you, can I?
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But I'm not as noble as you imagine.
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Raising useful people
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is just keeping my options open.
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A true gentleman judges actions, not intentions.
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Helping those from humble families
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is a good deed.
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I only figured it out recently.
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You're not in the Crown Prince's faction,
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and you don't care about the Second Prince.
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Everything you've done
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has been to support the Seventh Prince.
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Since you already know,
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are you willing to help Le Sheng out?
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If it's for Le Sheng, I'll definitely give him my full support.
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But Your Highness...
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You've gone through so much to support the Seventh Prince.
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Is it really for the glory of serving the future king
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or do you have your own motives?
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Of course I have my own motives.
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I want people like me
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to stop living under someone else's mercy
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like drifting weeds.
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I believe
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Le Sheng will be a wise ruler.
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What you want
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is what countless people like Shen Xiao want.
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If that's the case,
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I will give you my full support.
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The Crown Prince's granary is located
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30 miles east of Qianfo Mountain.
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- Do you still dare to steal from it? - I wouldn't dare.
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This time, we need a safer plan.
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Then I'll wait for your good news, Censor Shen.
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(Your Highness.)
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(I've already learned your motives.)
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(But when will you ever)
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(notice my motives?)
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Hurry. I have urgent news for the Crown Prince.
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What is it?
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The granary in the western suburbs was attacked.
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Last night, Shen Xiao raided it with men from the Ministry of Revenue.
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There were a full 500,000 bushels of grain in this unclaimed granary!
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Even the grains meant for the Yongtong Canal were hidden there.
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People are barely surviving.
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But some are still pocketing the profits.
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Tell me! Who stole the grains?
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Crown Prince.
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Why are the grains given by the Ministry of Revenue
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to Yongtong Canal in that granary?
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Father.
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This is suspicious. The grains might not have come from the canal.
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Maybe it was a mistake made by the Ministry of Revenue.
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Please investigate this matter, Father.
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Father, the grains were signed off by Lord Cui.
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It has nothing to do with the Ministry of Revenue.
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Enough!
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You two just keep blaming and attacking each other!
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Your Majesty.
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I am willing to investigate these unclaimed grains
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to give the people an explanation.
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Good.
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I'll now promote you to a fifth-rank Secretarial Censor.
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Assist the Three Judicial Offices in investigating this case.
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Make sure to get to the bottom of it.
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As your command, Your Majesty.
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As your command, Your Majesty.
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Father wants an investigation.
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How are you planning to investigate?
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How are we supposed to investigate this?
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We can't investigate it.
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I...
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Your Highness. Right now, all we can do is stall.
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The Three Judicial Offices will take turns investigating it. It'll...
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We can't stall.
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Have you forgotten how angry His Majesty was today?
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If we keep stalling, His Majesty will only get angrier.
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This...
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Come in.
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Your Highness.
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I'm the one in charge of grain affairs.
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If you hand me over, this case will be closed.
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My only wish is that my family can be treated kindly.
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Alright.
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The Eastern Palace will take good care of your family.
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Everyone.
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Learn from Jin Zhi.
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Yes, we should.
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As your command, Your Highness.
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(Ministry of Justice Prison)
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Why didn't you come to the Princess Residence today?
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Grain Supervisor Cai from Yongtong Canal turned himself in.
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I need to interrogate him.
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He's just the scapegoat for the Eastern Palace.
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If you interrogate him now, what can you even get out of him?
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If he implicates the Crown Prince,
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the Crown Prince can't escape blame.
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He won't talk.
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Even if he does,
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one confession can't bring down the Crown Prince.
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I have my own way.
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The heir to the throne embezzled 500,000 bushels of grains
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and treats people's lives like they're nothing.
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I'll get to the bottom of this.
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The grains are back in the national treasury, enough to save many.
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The Crown Prince has lost some favor.
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We've done everything we needed to do.
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This case can be closed now.
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If we keep pushing, you're forcing the Crown Prince to go after you.
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I'll investigate this case even if it kills me.
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(Shen Xiao.)
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(Do you think I don't want to take down the Crown Prince?)
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(I want it more than anyone.)
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(But what I want even more is to strike true.)
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(I'm waiting for a chance to completely bring down the Crown Prince.)
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Now, we have nothing left to worry about.
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- Yes. - As expected of Prince Consort Cui.
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Censor Shen, you came at the perfect time.
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Supervisor Cai has confessed to the corruption he committed.
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After confessing,
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he took his own life out of fear.
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This case
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is closed.
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Yes.
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It's closed.
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Tomorrow I'll submit the case file to His Majesty.
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Censor Shen, you've worked hard today.
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Go home and get some rest.
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One life lost.
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One confession.
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Are you investigating a case
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or just silencing him?
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(I, Secretarial Censor Shen Xiao, )
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(am risking my life to report this.)
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(Supervisor Cai turned himself in, )
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(but died in prison before being questioned.)
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(There are many suspicious points.)
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(It seems like someone wanted him silenced.)
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(The Three Judicial Offices handled the case slowly and carelessly.)
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(They can't escape blame for negligence or even collusion.)
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(This case concerns the foundation of the nation.)
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(It's not something a single supervisor can take the fall for.)
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(I beg His Majesty to investigate this case thoroughly.)
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(Please get to the bottom of it)
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(so that the people can be at ease)
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(and restore order in the court.)
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By the imperial decree,
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Secretarial Censor Shen Xiao is ordered
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to lead the investigation of the unclaimed granary case
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and Supervisor Cai's suicide case.
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The Three Judicial Offices may assist without overstepping their authority.
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If anyone obstructs, they will be investigated as well.
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As you command, Your Majesty.
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As you command, Your Majesty.
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This is rebellion!
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That lowborn Shen Xiao.
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He submitted three memorials in a row to accuse the Three Judicial Offices.
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It's clear
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that he's targeting me!
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Why not just...
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No.
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His Majesty is furious right now.
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If you kill him, you'll bring trouble to the Eastern Palace.
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Didn't he say Supervisor Cai wasn't powerful enough?
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Then I
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will give him someone who holds more power.
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(The Unclaimed Granary)
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Censor Shen, the suspect in the granary case has turned herself in.
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Why are you here?
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Aren't you investigating the case?
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The guard of the unclaimed granary
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is registered under the Princess Residence.
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So, I have become the suspect in this case.
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Is he going to use you as the scapegoat?
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I've always been just a pawn.
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Why not tell His Majesty?
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Where's the evidence?
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No evidence means it's just a false accusation.
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Those 500,000 bushels of grain have nothing to do with you.
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Since you are sure it has nothing to do with me,
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looks like you have nothing to ask.
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Then I'm going to bed.
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(How did it end up like this?)
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This bed is so hard. How am I supposed to sleep?
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I brought this from home. It's clean.
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Your Highness, please rest first. I have important matters to handle.
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Did I say you could leave?
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Stay and help me sleep.
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Now?
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Just do as you're told.
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Stop!
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Stop right there!
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You, stop right there.
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Xiao Que.
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Censor Shen.
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This kid says she works for Princess Zhao Yang.
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I...
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Xiao Que, why are you here?
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I'm here to see you.
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Jian Xin is worried you can't sleep well.
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She asked me to bring some things here to keep you company.
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Why are you so mean?
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You took my money but refused to let me in.
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Hello, Censor Shen.
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I'll keep the things here. You should head back first.
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Censor Shen is busy.
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But I have plenty of time.
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Why can't I stay here?
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The Princess is precious.
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Make sure nothing happens to her.
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Not even a scratch.
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Or lose even a bit of weight.
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Otherwise, I won't forgive you!
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Censor Shen, Jian Xin told me to tell you this.
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Got it.
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Oh, right. There's something really important.
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When the Princess sleeps alone, she always has nightmares.
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Jian Xin said she'll be fine if Censor Shen is there.
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Make sure to stay by the Princess's side at night.
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I'll definitely stay by her side.
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Enough.
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When did you get as chatty as Jian Xin?
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Copy some calligraphy 100 times as punishment. Do you hear me?
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Once you're done, I'll come and check on your work.
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Really?
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Have I ever broken a promise?
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Alright. I'll go and copy them right now.
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Make sure to come back soon, Your Highness.
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Censor Shen. When the Princess wakes up in the morning,
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she likes to wash her face with cold water.
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Also, before the Princess eats,
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she must have some osmanthus tea.
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When the Princess drinks tea,
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she needs to eat golden milk pastries with it.
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They must be freshly made from Yuyi Pastry House.
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Got it.
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Your Highness,
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I'll go and handle those files.
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Wait.
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Didn't you hear what Xiao Que said?
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You can't let me go hungry, not even a bit.
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I'm hungry now.
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Alright.
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I'm thirsty.
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It's too hot.
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I don't want it anymore.
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I'm sleepy.
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Listen to me.
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Stop investigating.
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I'm afraid I can't protect you.
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It's late, go to sleep.
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I'll go and get the files.
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Then I'll come back and stay with you.
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(I knew you'd be like this.)
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(Glad you haven't changed.)
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(What I liked about you back then was your honesty and courage.)
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(But people like you)
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(are really a headache sometimes.)
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What's wrong?
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The Crown Prince pinned the unclaimed granary case all on you.
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He even accused us of killing Supervisor Cai
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to frame the Crown Prince.
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The impeachment memorial against us
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will reach His Majesty before dawn.
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It has come to this.
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He's using you to take the fall.
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Will you not step up and accuse him?
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Don't you get it yet?
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Taking the blame for the Crown Prince
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is my role in the Eastern Palace.
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If I hadn't always been cautious and humble,
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I would've died countless times.
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Shen Xiao.
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How old were you when you first saw someone die?
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I was eight.
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My mother was gravely ill.
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She was afraid she'd drag me down.
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So, she hanged herself in the Cold Palace.
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Mother!
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That year, the wind and snow were brutal.
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She didn't even have a straw mat.
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But that's the palace life.
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That's how cruel this world is.
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It's the same everywhere.
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I'm begging you, please help me.
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I knelt there for hours with no sense of time.
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Just begging for a bundle of firewood
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so I could cremate my mother.
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That way,
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she could return to Earth as dust.
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I hope she could
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end up somewhere warm in her next life.
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Without my mother,
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life in the Cold Palace got even harder.
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Every day, I woke up to endless chores.
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Not just that,
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I was bullied by the cruel servants too.
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But I always remembered what my mother said.
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Live well.
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Make it out of the Cold Palace alive.
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Back then,
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the Crown Prince, who was rising to power, was my only hope.
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So I did everything I could to get close to him, trying to please him.
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If you can take my whip, I'll let you stay.
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The scar on my shoulder
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came from that moment.
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As long as I survived,
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as long as I could leave the Cold Palace...
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Awesome!
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- Nice hit! - Even if I had to be a dog,
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I'd do it.
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I didn't get this far by luck.
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It was by calculation.
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Figuring out everyone's motives.
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Weighing the price of every step.
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I escaped the Cold Palace not just to die somewhere else.
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I want to live.
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And I want to live my best life.
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Of course I want to bring down the Crown Prince.
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But first,
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the winner has to be me.
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The last one standing has to be me.
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Only by staying alive
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can I have a shot at winning.
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Right?
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His Majesty isn't stupid.
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He knows everything.
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He sent you to investigate
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just to put pressure on the Crown Prince
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and keep the court balanced.
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You, me,
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and even the Crown Prince
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are just the pieces he uses to balance the state.
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As for those 500,000 bushels of grain,
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they are just the tip of the Crown Prince's stash.
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The real reason he's stockpiling grain
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is to raise an army.
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He's the heir, why would he need an army?
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Could it be His Majesty has changed his mind?
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His Majesty hasn't abandoned the Crown Prince.
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But he can't tolerate the noble families either.
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The Crown Prince is tied to the nobles too tightly.
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So, if he wants to depose the Crown Prince, the only way is
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to force him to rebel.
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What we're up against isn't just the Crown Prince.
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It's a tangled, massive beast.
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One wrong move and we'll lose everything.
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Do you understand?
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I get it.
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So what's your next move?
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With Father being so furious,
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I'll probably lose my title and be punished.
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But as long as you and Le Sheng are still in court,
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we still have a chance.
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We haven't lost.
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(Eastern Palace)
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You sent Zhao Yang to prison.
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Are you going to pin all 500,000 bushels of grain on her?
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That's her duty in the Eastern Palace.
404
00:26:06,148 --> 00:26:07,763
Supervisor Cai is dead.
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But Shen Xiao refuses to let it go.
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No one suits taking the blame better than her.
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You know that very well.
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- Your Highness. - Enough.
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Zhao Yang going to prison is just the beginning.
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This fire
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needs to burn even hotter.
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What do you mean?
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If Zhao Yang dies in prison
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and accuses Shen Xiao
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for murdering her in her last words...
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A top scholar from a humble family kills a princess.
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What a perfect ending.
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Are you going to kill her?
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She's served you for years! How could you go this far, Your Highness?
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She doesn't deserve it.
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00:26:51,365 --> 00:26:53,840
But a filthy commoner thinks he can take me down.
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00:26:54,213 --> 00:26:55,532
I won't allow it.
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00:26:55,613 --> 00:26:57,983
Your Highness. This is way too risky.
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If the Princess dies, His Majesty will definitely investigate it.
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00:27:01,483 --> 00:27:04,407
So we need to lock everything in place before Father starts digging.
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Cui Jin Zhi.
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00:27:13,005 --> 00:27:16,099
The Cui family has long been tied to the Eastern Palace.
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00:27:17,565 --> 00:27:19,219
Are you going
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00:27:19,884 --> 00:27:23,085
throw away a century of your family's legacy for a woman?
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00:27:24,444 --> 00:27:26,777
Save your useless pity.
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00:27:27,157 --> 00:27:28,691
After tonight,
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there will be no more Zhao Yang.
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I understand,
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Your Highness.
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