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The Scholar and the Emperor
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I, student Meng Tinghui,
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accuse An Rulan, top metropolitan scholar,
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of stealing my policy essay.
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I ask the governor to deliver justice.
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Confucius said,
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“Think thrice before acting.”
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Twice is enough.
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You spread this essay throughout the capital
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and caused an uproar across the city.
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Do you have any proof?
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Your Excellency may summon An Rulan
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to confront me here in court.
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Your Excellency,
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those commoners outside
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were all brought here by her.
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Summon Scholar An.
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An Rulan, top metropolitan scholar,
greets Your Excellency.
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No need for ceremony, Scholar An.
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I have prepared the seat of honor for you.
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Please, take your seat.
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Jiang Mei'er?
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What are you doing here?
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Second Master, that bitch Meng Tinghui
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got my uncle and Hall Master Feng killed.
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I wish I could devour her flesh
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and sleep upon her skin.
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Where is she now?
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She ranked first in the provincial exam
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and will soon come to the capital.
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I know how to deal with her.
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Help me, Second Master,
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and you'll be avenging the chief
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and earning great merit.
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So long as you help me,
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I'll belong to you.
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This fellow student is talking nonsense.
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Has she lost her mind?
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Your Excellency, please see the truth.
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This woman's real name is Jiang Mei'er.
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She is the niece of
Shazhou's former governor
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and was my classmate
at the Shazhou Women's Academy.
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Back in Shazhou, she neglected her studies,
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abused her power,
and bullied her classmates.
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She may have changed her name today
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and can deny everything,
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but since she placed first in the exam,
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she must possess genuine learning.
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I ask Your Excellency
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to allow me and Scholar An
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to debate the classics here and now.
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Why have you all come here today?
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Wasn't it to seek justice?
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Then let us see for ourselves
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how much genuine learning
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this top scholar truly possesses.
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Exactly!
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We want to see her true ability!
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- Show us her true ability!
- Show us her true ability!
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Very well.
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I, too, have the highest regard
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for people of genuine talent and learning.
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When a state prospers,
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it treats its people
as if they were wounded.
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That is its blessing.
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When it falls,
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it treats its people like dirt.
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That is its doom.
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Is that passage from the Book of Rites
or the Book of Documents?
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The Book of Rites.
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No, the Book of Documents.
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It's from the Zuo Commentary.
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I simply
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misremembered it for a moment.
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What can one stray quotation prove?
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Did you all hear that clearly?
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It is a passage known to every scholar,
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yet she claims she simply misremembered it.
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How can someone so muddleheaded
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be the top metropolitan scholar?
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Has the Great Ning imperial examination
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become nothing but a farce?
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She's right!
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She's right!
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- She's right!
- She's right!
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Your Excellency,
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she did not write the winning essay.
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I beg you to see the truth.
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Confucius said,
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“To know what you know...”
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Your Excellency,
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I studied bitterly for ten years
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before finally earning this distinction,
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only to be slandered by her now.
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You must uphold justice for me!
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Confucius said, “Observe what one does
and examine why one does it.”
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Since she insists
she wrote the winning essay,
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let us retest her on the same topic.
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I am willing to sit the test beside her.
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The truth will be plain at a glance.
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Your Excellency!
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There's no need for another test.
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The words are there in black and white.
I wrote them. There's no mistake.
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Will you let me
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finish speaking?
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All this shouting—
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where is your decorum?
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This isn't the examination hall.
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There will be no test.
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Do you truly think scholarly honors
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can be twisted by a sharp tongue?
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Jiang Mei'er,
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if I could get rid of your uncle,
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I can get rid of you too.
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You should have seen
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how horribly your uncle died.
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A crossbow bolt pierced his heart.
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He died instantly.
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Let me guess
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how you stole my place as top scholar.
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Was it through your uncle's
pathetic connections?
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Or did you
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make some filthy bargain
behind closed doors?
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The thing you prize most
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is that pretty face of yours.
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You call yourself
the greatest beauty every day.
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Could it be that you relied on this?
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“So long as you help me, Second Master,
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I'll belong to you.”
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Shut your mouth!
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Meng Tinghui!
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Silence!
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You lunatic!
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The hearing isn't over yet!
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Pull them apart!
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Court is adjourned!
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The hearing isn't over!
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Meng Tinghui!
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You took everything from me!
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I'll kill you!
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Your Excellency,
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you heard every word yourself.
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Isn't the truth clear enough?
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Guards!
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Seize this fraud
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who stole another's honor!
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So you're all birds of a feather,
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colluding with one another.
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In the examination halls,
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and even in this court,
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you're all wolves who devour people whole!
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Now you finally understand.
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Unfortunately,
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it's too late.
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Did you think gathering a mob of fools
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would save you?
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In the end, you still fell into my hands.
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From this day forward,
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in the women's imperial examination,
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the name Meng Tinghui will cease to exist.
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In this world,
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those without shame
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outlive those without fear.
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Meng Tinghui,
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whether in Shazhou
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or here in the capital,
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anything you cherish,
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I can destroy with ease.
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Destroy it all!
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- Let go of me!
- Pull them apart!
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If you ruin me, you won't live either!
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This is a court of law!
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Your behavior disgraces all scholars!
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Confucius said,
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“In the practice of rites,
harmony is most precious.”
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Scholar Meng,
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you should confess to falsely accusing
the top metropolitan scholar.
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I will spare your life.
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Your Excellency,
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she caused this enormous scandal
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and nearly killed me.
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She cannot be allowed to live!
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The dispute over the true top scholar
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is already known throughout the capital.
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If anything happens to me,
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it will only prove my accusation true.
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Will you still be able to escape blame then?
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Turn back before it's too late,
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and you may yet save your life.
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What a glib tongue.
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Your Excellency,
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have her arrested!
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Confucius said,
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“Do not meddle in matters
outside your office.”
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I know how to handle this case.
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I need no instruction
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from Scholar An.
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Lock her in the dungeon.
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Your Excellency,
the Tiger's Roar Gang is here.
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Second Master Lü. Scholar An.
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Come here.
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Governor Dong,
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what do you intend to do with Meng Tinghui?
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I have already made arrangements.
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We will announce
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that Meng Tinghui
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went mad after failing the examination.
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We'll imprison her for a while,
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then, once the uproar dies down,
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send her back to Shazhou.
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What a fine official you are.
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You flatter me, Scholar An.
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In my view,
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killing Meng Tinghui
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would only make the scandal worse.
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I am merely protecting the greater good.
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Second Master,
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you see?
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He has no respect for you at all.
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He's leaving himself an escape route.
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Don't worry, Mei'er.
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I've invited Madam Dong
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and her child
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to take tea at the teahouse.
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What... What are you doing?
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What is the meaning of this?
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I did everything you ordered.
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What more do you want from me?
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I demand to see the chief.
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See the chief?
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Am I beneath you, then?
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Dong Shoucai,
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that official robe of yours
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was given to you by the Tiger's Roar Gang.
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And you dare put on airs before me?
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Don't forget,
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the debt you owe for your official post
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has yet to be repaid.
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If the chief learns of this,
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you won't live much longer.
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So think carefully, Governor.
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Do you want your wealth and status,
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or do you want your family torn apart?
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I leave everything to you,
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Second Master and Scholar An.
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Arrest everyone involved
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in the examination fraud
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and hold them for trial.
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Understood.
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Take them away.
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Your Majesty,
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Sister Zhili ordered me
to deliver this at once.
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It is a petition for justice
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written by the female scholar Meng Tinghui.
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Countless copies have been printed
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and spread through every street
in the capital.
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The fire she started
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has spread fast and fiercely.
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Where is she now?
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At the Capital Prefecture office.
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Go to the Capital Prefecture.
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Jiang Mei'er,
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you'd better kill me today.
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Otherwise, I'll make you wish you were dead.
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Killing you with one stroke
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would be no fun at all.
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I want to torment you
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little by little until you die.
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I'll repay you a thousandfold.
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Any last words?
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You brought this on yourself.
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You deserve death a thousand times over.
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Sooner or later, you'll face retribution.
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She failed in her false accusation
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and killed herself out of guilt.
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She burned the cell and died in the fire.
Understood?
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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Still trying to run?
279
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Meng Tinghui!
280
00:17:09,625 --> 00:17:11,505
You caused the deaths of hundreds
of my Black Tiger Hall brothers.
281
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Today, you'll die with them!
282
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Meng Tinghui!
283
00:17:21,465 --> 00:17:22,305
Meng Tinghui!
284
00:17:23,345 --> 00:17:25,665
If even the fire couldn't kill you,
285
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I'll finish you myself.
286
00:17:34,825 --> 00:17:35,665
Fall back!
287
00:17:36,625 --> 00:17:38,385
Meng Tinghui, you lunatic!
288
00:18:19,585 --> 00:18:20,745
She's over there!
289
00:18:27,505 --> 00:18:28,745
I'll kill you!
290
00:18:32,465 --> 00:18:33,305
Retreat!
291
00:18:35,025 --> 00:18:36,105
After them!
292
00:18:57,985 --> 00:18:59,425
He Du!
293
00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:01,385
They're trying to kill me!
294
00:19:03,625 --> 00:19:04,825
Leave them to me.
295
00:19:16,665 --> 00:19:18,345
I, your humble servant Dong Shoucai,
296
00:19:18,985 --> 00:19:20,505
studied diligently for ten years
297
00:19:21,385 --> 00:19:23,745
and upheld the teachings of the sages.
298
00:19:24,305 --> 00:19:25,825
The day my name appeared on the honor roll,
299
00:19:26,745 --> 00:19:28,785
I swore before my own reflection
300
00:19:29,305 --> 00:19:31,345
that I would be an honest official.
301
00:19:31,425 --> 00:19:33,385
But one wrong step
302
00:19:33,905 --> 00:19:35,345
led me down a crooked path.
303
00:19:35,945 --> 00:19:39,225
I have lived half my life
in fear and cowardice.
304
00:19:40,185 --> 00:19:41,745
I deserve my punishment
305
00:19:42,545 --> 00:19:44,145
and deeply regret my choices.
306
00:19:45,105 --> 00:19:46,785
I am willing to die for my crimes.
307
00:19:47,705 --> 00:19:49,465
But my family is innocent.
308
00:19:50,465 --> 00:19:51,745
I beg Your Majesty
309
00:19:52,985 --> 00:19:54,865
to show them mercy.
310
00:20:20,225 --> 00:20:21,065
Miss Meng.
311
00:20:40,145 --> 00:20:42,425
Meng is merely an orphan from the streets.
312
00:20:42,505 --> 00:20:45,065
Why would His Majesty personally
seek justice for her?
313
00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:48,105
So many noble ladies at court
314
00:20:48,185 --> 00:20:50,305
long desperately for imperial favor,
315
00:20:50,385 --> 00:20:51,745
yet he scarcely gives them a glance.
316
00:20:51,825 --> 00:20:54,065
Why does he care so much about her?
317
00:20:54,825 --> 00:20:56,985
His Majesty cares about the examination.
318
00:20:57,065 --> 00:20:58,225
This was the first imperial examination
319
00:20:58,305 --> 00:20:59,345
since he ascended the throne,
320
00:20:59,425 --> 00:21:01,425
and it was tainted by fraud.
321
00:21:01,505 --> 00:21:02,825
By acting personally,
322
00:21:02,905 --> 00:21:04,585
he is showing the realm his resolve.
323
00:21:04,665 --> 00:21:06,585
Even so, she had no reason
to enter the palace.
324
00:21:07,265 --> 00:21:09,265
Since His Majesty was a child,
325
00:21:09,345 --> 00:21:12,425
no woman but you
has ever been allowed to stay here.
326
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:13,785
What worries me
327
00:21:13,865 --> 00:21:15,025
is that she may want to remain here.
328
00:21:15,105 --> 00:21:17,305
After all, that's far easier
than passing the exam.
329
00:21:17,385 --> 00:21:18,745
He Du...
330
00:21:24,185 --> 00:21:25,025
Miss Meng.
331
00:21:28,785 --> 00:21:29,785
It's you.
332
00:21:30,505 --> 00:21:32,105
Where am I?
333
00:21:32,185 --> 00:21:34,225
Can't you tell? This is the imperial palace.
334
00:21:35,665 --> 00:21:37,225
Actually, I wanted to ask you something.
335
00:21:37,305 --> 00:21:38,305
Back in Shazhou,
336
00:21:38,385 --> 00:21:40,745
what exactly happened
between you and His Majesty?
337
00:21:40,825 --> 00:21:41,785
Chief Steward You,
338
00:21:41,865 --> 00:21:43,265
as I was leaving just now,
339
00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:44,585
I heard His Majesty say he wanted some soup.
340
00:21:44,665 --> 00:21:46,025
You should go check on him.
341
00:21:46,745 --> 00:21:47,585
All right.
342
00:21:52,145 --> 00:21:53,065
Miss Meng,
343
00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:54,545
you're finally awake.
344
00:21:54,625 --> 00:21:55,945
His Majesty saved you.
345
00:21:56,025 --> 00:21:57,505
You've been unconscious for two days,
346
00:21:57,585 --> 00:21:58,865
with a fever that wouldn't break.
347
00:21:58,945 --> 00:22:00,385
Do you feel any better now?
348
00:22:03,825 --> 00:22:05,065
The imperial physician prescribed this
349
00:22:05,145 --> 00:22:06,505
to ease the fever and restore your strength.
350
00:22:06,585 --> 00:22:07,625
Drink it while it's warm.
351
00:22:09,825 --> 00:22:11,665
He really is the emperor.
352
00:22:14,225 --> 00:22:15,105
Who would have thought
353
00:22:15,745 --> 00:22:17,825
that after our brief meeting
outside the exam hall,
354
00:22:18,385 --> 00:22:20,745
we would meet again here in the palace?
355
00:22:21,665 --> 00:22:22,945
Thank you for taking care of me.
356
00:22:23,025 --> 00:22:24,225
No need to thank me.
357
00:22:25,105 --> 00:22:26,585
During the metropolitan exam,
358
00:22:26,665 --> 00:22:28,145
I thought I might place first.
359
00:22:28,705 --> 00:22:30,345
I never imagined someone could surpass me.
360
00:22:30,425 --> 00:22:33,105
After reading your policy essay,
I couldn't sleep all night.
361
00:22:33,665 --> 00:22:36,225
I only wished to meet its author soon.
362
00:22:36,305 --> 00:22:37,745
I never imagined it would be you, Miss Meng.
363
00:22:37,825 --> 00:22:38,985
I couldn't be happier.
364
00:22:41,265 --> 00:22:42,265
Do you know
365
00:22:42,905 --> 00:22:44,265
how Miss Yan is doing now?
366
00:22:44,345 --> 00:22:45,465
Don't worry.
367
00:22:45,545 --> 00:22:47,505
She was sent back to Spring Blossom House
368
00:22:47,585 --> 00:22:48,665
and is perfectly safe.
369
00:22:49,465 --> 00:22:50,425
Drink it while it's warm.
370
00:22:53,825 --> 00:22:55,185
When I heard what happened to you,
371
00:22:55,265 --> 00:22:57,025
I was shaken to the core.
372
00:22:57,745 --> 00:22:59,465
Thankfully, you fought back brilliantly
373
00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:00,905
and stopped them from succeeding.
374
00:23:00,985 --> 00:23:02,425
Everything is all right now.
375
00:23:02,505 --> 00:23:03,465
His Majesty not only restored
376
00:23:03,545 --> 00:23:04,865
your title as top metropolitan scholar,
377
00:23:04,945 --> 00:23:06,625
he also threw Jiang Mei'er into prison.
378
00:23:06,705 --> 00:23:08,265
It is truly satisfying.
379
00:23:09,545 --> 00:23:11,265
Has His Majesty visited these past few days?
380
00:23:11,345 --> 00:23:12,625
No.
381
00:23:12,705 --> 00:23:14,185
After such a major incident,
382
00:23:14,265 --> 00:23:15,425
His Majesty has been very busy.
383
00:23:15,985 --> 00:23:17,545
But he instructed me
384
00:23:17,625 --> 00:23:18,825
to take good care of you.
385
00:23:18,905 --> 00:23:22,385
- May I go see His Majesty?
- You should rest and recover first.
386
00:23:22,465 --> 00:23:23,385
Whatever you need,
387
00:23:23,465 --> 00:23:24,945
I can relay it for you.
388
00:23:25,025 --> 00:23:26,105
I want to visit the Ministry of Justice.
389
00:23:42,705 --> 00:23:43,865
Guard Huang.
390
00:23:45,065 --> 00:23:46,305
Guard Huang.
391
00:23:46,385 --> 00:23:47,945
I want to speak with her alone.
392
00:24:05,185 --> 00:24:07,945
Tell me. How did you get close to Lü Er,
393
00:24:08,425 --> 00:24:09,585
bribe the examiners,
394
00:24:10,225 --> 00:24:11,105
and arrange the fire to kill me?
395
00:24:12,385 --> 00:24:13,265
You're no
396
00:24:13,905 --> 00:24:15,305
better than I am.
397
00:24:16,745 --> 00:24:17,585
You're only able
398
00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:19,105
to stand before me
399
00:24:19,185 --> 00:24:21,065
because you climbed into the emperor's bed.
400
00:24:21,625 --> 00:24:22,865
Without a man,
401
00:24:23,425 --> 00:24:24,945
you're nothing.
402
00:24:28,985 --> 00:24:30,105
Meng Tinghui,
403
00:24:31,265 --> 00:24:33,105
you're still so arrogant,
404
00:24:33,185 --> 00:24:34,705
so full of yourself.
405
00:24:34,785 --> 00:24:36,945
Do you know what I hate most about you?
406
00:24:38,825 --> 00:24:40,505
Those eyes of yours.
407
00:24:41,505 --> 00:24:42,505
You're nothing but
408
00:24:42,585 --> 00:24:44,265
a lowborn orphan.
409
00:24:44,345 --> 00:24:46,265
What gives you the right
to look at me that way?
410
00:24:48,225 --> 00:24:49,065
I, Jiang Mei'er,
411
00:24:50,465 --> 00:24:51,945
was born into a distinguished family
412
00:24:52,465 --> 00:24:53,945
and blessed with peerless beauty.
413
00:24:55,865 --> 00:24:58,665
I could have had endless glory.
414
00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:01,425
But because of you—
415
00:25:03,065 --> 00:25:05,785
you drove me to this.
416
00:25:05,865 --> 00:25:07,865
You forced me to try to eliminate you.
417
00:25:08,865 --> 00:25:11,225
How far must you go to destroy me?
418
00:25:11,305 --> 00:25:13,785
You have always been the one
destroying yourself.
419
00:25:14,705 --> 00:25:16,745
You used your family status
to act above the law,
420
00:25:17,345 --> 00:25:18,665
and with power in your hands,
421
00:25:19,145 --> 00:25:20,785
you did nothing but oppress the innocent.
422
00:25:20,865 --> 00:25:22,425
Your jealousy,
423
00:25:22,505 --> 00:25:23,785
greed, and delusions
424
00:25:23,865 --> 00:25:25,225
were what drove you into the abyss.
425
00:25:25,945 --> 00:25:27,705
If you confess everything truthfully,
426
00:25:28,345 --> 00:25:29,825
your sentence may be reduced.
427
00:25:30,385 --> 00:25:32,665
But you will only get one chance.
428
00:25:39,105 --> 00:25:39,985
Meng Tinghui,
429
00:25:40,505 --> 00:25:42,865
can you claim you have no ambition?
430
00:25:43,465 --> 00:25:45,945
Can you claim you don't want to rise higher?
431
00:25:46,585 --> 00:25:48,905
We're exactly the same.
432
00:25:49,905 --> 00:25:51,305
You're simply
433
00:25:51,385 --> 00:25:53,665
better at pretending than I am.
434
00:25:54,625 --> 00:25:56,945
Now you falsely claim you'll spare me.
435
00:25:57,865 --> 00:25:59,825
Do you even believe your own lies?
436
00:25:59,905 --> 00:26:02,105
We were never the same kind of person.
437
00:26:03,105 --> 00:26:04,185
But you were right about one thing.
438
00:26:06,825 --> 00:26:08,865
I do intend to rise.
439
00:26:09,865 --> 00:26:11,345
And now I have risen to a position
440
00:26:11,425 --> 00:26:13,585
where your life and death
are mine to decide.
441
00:26:14,585 --> 00:26:15,425
I won't write it.
442
00:26:16,985 --> 00:26:18,585
Since you don't want this chance,
443
00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:21,185
then forget it.
444
00:26:28,425 --> 00:26:29,265
Meng Tinghui!
445
00:26:29,865 --> 00:26:30,705
I'll write it!
446
00:26:31,545 --> 00:26:32,505
I'll write!
447
00:26:32,585 --> 00:26:34,505
As long as you spare me,
448
00:26:34,585 --> 00:26:35,825
I'll do anything.
449
00:26:42,425 --> 00:26:43,505
My mother told me
450
00:26:44,185 --> 00:26:45,505
I must survive.
451
00:26:47,465 --> 00:26:48,665
I must survive.
452
00:26:49,905 --> 00:26:50,865
Only by staying alive
453
00:26:50,945 --> 00:26:53,185
can I start everything over.
454
00:26:59,425 --> 00:27:00,985
I want to live.
455
00:27:02,825 --> 00:27:04,305
I want to live!
456
00:27:19,465 --> 00:27:20,985
The Tiger's Roar Gang's second-in-command
457
00:27:21,985 --> 00:27:23,665
is known as Second Master Lü.
458
00:27:24,145 --> 00:27:27,625
Black Tiger Hall in Shazhou
is only one of the gang's branches.
459
00:27:27,705 --> 00:27:28,705
I'll confess everything.
460
00:27:29,465 --> 00:27:31,185
You said my sentence would be reduced.
461
00:27:33,225 --> 00:27:34,065
It will.
462
00:27:35,425 --> 00:27:36,825
Your crimes are monstrous.
463
00:27:37,465 --> 00:27:39,185
You should have been sentenced
to death by a thousand cuts.
464
00:27:39,745 --> 00:27:41,865
His Majesty has granted you a swift death.
465
00:27:41,945 --> 00:27:43,305
That is the greatest mercy
you could receive.
466
00:27:44,385 --> 00:27:46,345
Meng Tinghui,
467
00:27:46,425 --> 00:27:49,065
I was wrong.
468
00:27:49,145 --> 00:27:50,625
I'm begging you.
469
00:27:51,145 --> 00:27:54,985
- Please, spare me!
- Jiang Mei'er.
470
00:27:55,065 --> 00:27:57,865
I came today to see you
on your final journey.
471
00:27:58,425 --> 00:28:00,625
I may have harmed you,
472
00:28:00,705 --> 00:28:01,985
but now,
473
00:28:02,065 --> 00:28:04,025
aren't you standing here unharmed?
474
00:28:04,585 --> 00:28:06,625
And you've even won His Majesty's favor.
475
00:28:06,705 --> 00:28:07,785
For such tremendous good fortune,
476
00:28:07,865 --> 00:28:10,065
surely I deserve some credit.
477
00:28:11,345 --> 00:28:13,105
White silk or poisoned wine.
478
00:28:13,905 --> 00:28:14,985
Choose for yourself.
479
00:28:27,065 --> 00:28:29,625
Meng Tinghui, you liar!
480
00:28:29,705 --> 00:28:31,305
You'll die a horrible death!
481
00:28:31,385 --> 00:28:33,585
The Tiger's Roar Gang will never spare you!
482
00:28:33,665 --> 00:28:35,905
Even as a ghost, I'll come for you!
483
00:28:36,705 --> 00:28:38,785
I'm only afraid they won't dare come.
484
00:28:40,065 --> 00:28:41,305
Anyone who harmed me—
485
00:28:43,145 --> 00:28:45,105
I won't spare a single one.
486
00:30:09,305 --> 00:30:10,945
Aren't the women at Warm Fragrance Pavilion
487
00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:12,665
enough to satisfy you?
488
00:30:12,745 --> 00:30:13,665
Chief, I was wrong!
489
00:30:14,265 --> 00:30:15,385
Dong Shoucai killed himself out of guilt.
490
00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:17,425
Don't worry. He didn't reveal
491
00:30:17,505 --> 00:30:18,785
a single thing about our gang.
492
00:30:19,345 --> 00:30:20,185
Chief!
493
00:30:23,825 --> 00:30:25,425
Brother!
494
00:30:25,505 --> 00:30:26,345
I was wrong, Brother!
495
00:30:26,425 --> 00:30:28,185
I truly was wrong!
496
00:30:28,265 --> 00:30:29,385
Spare me, Brother!
497
00:30:29,985 --> 00:30:30,825
Brother!
498
00:30:31,625 --> 00:30:32,985
Were you born yesterday?
499
00:30:33,065 --> 00:30:35,385
That little bitch already betrayed you.
500
00:30:35,465 --> 00:30:37,985
Brother, I was blinded by that bitch.
501
00:30:38,065 --> 00:30:38,905
But all I wanted
502
00:30:38,985 --> 00:30:41,465
was to find Meng Tinghui
and avenge you, Brother!
503
00:30:42,025 --> 00:30:43,585
- Chief!
- Get up.
504
00:30:43,665 --> 00:30:45,505
- Brother!
- You let lust cloud your judgment.
505
00:30:45,585 --> 00:30:46,825
You were used,
506
00:30:46,905 --> 00:30:48,185
and you call that avenging me?
507
00:30:48,945 --> 00:30:51,105
“We fear no court official in life,
508
00:30:51,185 --> 00:30:53,265
nor King Yama in death.”
509
00:30:53,945 --> 00:30:56,905
- Chief...
- You're more imposing than I am.
510
00:30:56,985 --> 00:30:58,825
Chief, spare my life!
511
00:31:01,705 --> 00:31:02,865
Come here.
512
00:31:02,945 --> 00:31:03,785
Brother!
513
00:31:06,225 --> 00:31:07,105
Brother!
514
00:31:07,185 --> 00:31:08,745
I'm your own brother!
515
00:31:08,825 --> 00:31:09,945
Shut up!
516
00:31:10,025 --> 00:31:12,425
I don't want to die! I'm your brother!
517
00:31:12,505 --> 00:31:13,345
Brother!
518
00:31:13,425 --> 00:31:14,265
Brother!
519
00:31:23,785 --> 00:31:24,785
Chief,
520
00:31:24,865 --> 00:31:26,225
this punishment
521
00:31:26,305 --> 00:31:27,905
will surely teach him a lasting lesson.
522
00:31:27,985 --> 00:31:29,145
I beg you
523
00:31:29,225 --> 00:31:31,185
to let him remain in the gang and serve you,
524
00:31:31,865 --> 00:31:32,985
so he can redeem himself through merit.
525
00:31:42,385 --> 00:31:45,225
It took the Tiger's Roar Gang ten years
526
00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:49,025
to build this power in the capital.
527
00:31:51,385 --> 00:31:53,465
Now, because of him alone,
528
00:31:54,865 --> 00:31:57,065
we're being hunted by soldiers
across the city.
529
00:31:57,145 --> 00:31:59,025
Even His Majesty has been alerted.
530
00:31:59,105 --> 00:32:00,465
If we didn't have someone
protecting us at court,
531
00:32:01,145 --> 00:32:03,025
the entire gang would have died with you.
532
00:32:03,105 --> 00:32:05,265
Please don't, Chief!
533
00:32:06,025 --> 00:32:07,265
I failed to discipline him.
534
00:32:12,145 --> 00:32:13,025
Chief,
535
00:32:13,105 --> 00:32:14,785
for the sake of the two of us
536
00:32:14,865 --> 00:32:16,345
serving you for over ten years,
537
00:32:16,425 --> 00:32:17,785
please spare his life.
538
00:32:18,345 --> 00:32:19,345
I beg you.
539
00:32:28,545 --> 00:32:29,985
Keep your heads down for now.
540
00:32:30,065 --> 00:32:31,505
Don't cause me any more trouble.
541
00:32:31,585 --> 00:32:32,865
- Yes.
- Yes.
542
00:32:32,945 --> 00:32:34,745
- Thank you for sparing me, Chief!
- Get out!
543
00:32:46,105 --> 00:32:48,185
(The Tiger's Roar Gang must lie low
and keep silent.)
544
00:32:48,265 --> 00:32:50,145
(Not a single trace of us may be exposed.)
545
00:33:20,625 --> 00:33:21,665
Chief.
546
00:33:22,145 --> 00:33:23,065
Sit down.
547
00:33:30,065 --> 00:33:30,945
Your brother...
548
00:33:31,625 --> 00:33:33,105
He's fine. He only lost some flesh.
549
00:33:33,185 --> 00:33:34,865
The bone wasn't damaged. He'll live.
550
00:33:35,465 --> 00:33:36,545
Keep a close eye on him.
551
00:33:36,625 --> 00:33:38,385
The court refuses to let this go.
552
00:33:39,025 --> 00:33:39,945
He has a reckless temper.
553
00:33:40,025 --> 00:33:41,225
If he charges outside again,
554
00:33:42,105 --> 00:33:43,185
he won't be so lucky next time.
555
00:33:43,865 --> 00:33:46,025
Don't worry, Chief. If he acts rashly again,
556
00:33:46,105 --> 00:33:46,945
there'll be no need for gang discipline.
557
00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,345
I'll break both his legs myself.
558
00:33:52,945 --> 00:33:54,225
I had Old Li make this for you.
559
00:33:55,625 --> 00:33:56,745
I don't know whether it fits.
560
00:34:04,225 --> 00:34:05,345
Don't be so impulsive again.
561
00:34:18,585 --> 00:34:19,465
Miss Meng,
562
00:34:19,545 --> 00:34:21,465
your complexion looks
much better than before.
563
00:34:21,545 --> 00:34:22,665
You still need plenty of rest.
564
00:34:23,385 --> 00:34:24,585
I've already rested for many days.
565
00:34:25,905 --> 00:34:27,345
I'd like to go outside for a walk.
566
00:34:28,145 --> 00:34:30,345
I hear the imperial garden is beautiful.
567
00:34:31,545 --> 00:34:33,825
Does His Majesty often visit it?
568
00:34:34,625 --> 00:34:36,305
When His Majesty takes a break
from memorials,
569
00:34:36,385 --> 00:34:37,665
he occasionally rests there for a while.
570
00:34:43,345 --> 00:34:45,305
Miss Meng, you should get some rest.
571
00:34:50,185 --> 00:34:51,665
I have fully recovered.
572
00:34:52,825 --> 00:34:54,065
The palace examination is approaching.
573
00:34:54,985 --> 00:34:57,065
I must seize the opportunity before me.
574
00:35:02,225 --> 00:35:03,945
This was my mother's favorite flower.
575
00:35:06,465 --> 00:35:07,345
What a pity.
576
00:35:08,665 --> 00:35:10,305
Fine flowers cannot grow in rotten soil.
577
00:35:11,465 --> 00:35:12,305
Huang Bo.
578
00:35:13,105 --> 00:35:15,465
- Bring another fresh seedling.
- Yes.
579
00:35:30,505 --> 00:35:32,265
I summoned you today, Grand Tutor,
580
00:35:32,345 --> 00:35:33,625
to discuss a matter.
581
00:35:34,585 --> 00:35:36,425
I intend to establish a Bureau of Inquiry,
582
00:35:36,505 --> 00:35:38,145
independent of both chancellors
and the Six Ministries.
583
00:35:38,225 --> 00:35:39,545
It will investigate officials above,
584
00:35:39,625 --> 00:35:40,945
eradicate criminal forces below,
585
00:35:41,025 --> 00:35:42,225
and report directly to the throne.
586
00:35:43,865 --> 00:35:44,705
Your Majesty.
587
00:35:45,785 --> 00:35:46,665
Come.
588
00:35:50,305 --> 00:35:52,305
If Your Majesty wishes
to cultivate new talent,
589
00:35:53,665 --> 00:35:55,625
these young seedlings may be free of pests,
590
00:35:55,705 --> 00:35:56,945
but their roots are still shallow.
591
00:35:57,705 --> 00:35:58,865
They cannot withstand storms.
592
00:36:06,105 --> 00:36:07,185
The Bureau of Inquiry...
593
00:36:08,185 --> 00:36:10,985
Is Scholar Meng still recuperating
in the palace?
594
00:36:11,065 --> 00:36:11,905
Naturally.
595
00:36:11,985 --> 00:36:13,145
His Majesty has shown
great tenderness toward her.
596
00:36:13,225 --> 00:36:14,745
Imperial physicians, tonics—
597
00:36:14,825 --> 00:36:16,265
he has spared no care at all.
598
00:36:22,625 --> 00:36:23,545
The Left Chancellor
599
00:36:23,625 --> 00:36:25,545
is watching the aftermath
of the women's exam closely.
600
00:36:25,625 --> 00:36:27,385
For His Majesty to bring Scholar Meng
into the palace now...
601
00:36:27,465 --> 00:36:29,025
- I'm afraid...
- The new scholars will enter court
602
00:36:29,105 --> 00:36:31,625
precisely to counterbalance
the Left Chancellor.
603
00:36:33,465 --> 00:36:34,865
The Ministry of Rites failed in its duty,
604
00:36:34,945 --> 00:36:36,825
causing Scholar Meng
both physical and emotional harm.
605
00:36:37,345 --> 00:36:38,545
The palace examination is near.
606
00:36:38,625 --> 00:36:40,985
I merely wished for her to recover soon
607
00:36:41,065 --> 00:36:42,545
and prepare for the exam in peace.
608
00:36:44,505 --> 00:36:45,625
Your Majesty,
609
00:36:45,705 --> 00:36:47,265
if Scholar Meng remains
in the palace too long,
610
00:36:47,345 --> 00:36:48,505
people will inevitably gossip.
611
00:36:49,385 --> 00:36:50,265
The Left Chancellor's faction
612
00:36:50,345 --> 00:36:51,585
is already watching for an opening.
613
00:36:52,545 --> 00:36:54,345
If they exploit this matter,
614
00:36:54,425 --> 00:36:56,465
it may damage Your Majesty's reputation
615
00:36:56,545 --> 00:36:58,345
and jeopardize Miss Meng's future.
616
00:37:04,345 --> 00:37:05,825
Your counsel is sound, Grand Tutor.
617
00:37:05,905 --> 00:37:08,465
Have the imperial physician
examine her again.
618
00:37:09,025 --> 00:37:11,145
If she is well,
send her from the palace at once.
619
00:38:02,385 --> 00:38:03,665
The world lies shrouded in darkness.
620
00:38:04,785 --> 00:38:05,905
The long night has yet to end.
621
00:38:12,545 --> 00:38:14,225
Heaven shows no mercy.
622
00:38:15,585 --> 00:38:17,025
Tears stain my robes.
623
00:38:17,105 --> 00:38:17,945
Your Majesty,
624
00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:19,505
shall I stop her?
625
00:38:20,225 --> 00:38:21,545
Let her vent her pain.
626
00:38:26,425 --> 00:38:28,265
Fierce winds and sudden rain—
627
00:38:28,945 --> 00:38:30,465
what is there to fear?
628
00:38:31,985 --> 00:38:35,585
With sword in hand, I strike demons down!
629
00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:39,305
Scholar Meng's nature
630
00:38:39,385 --> 00:38:40,785
has the wildness of Shazhou in it.
631
00:38:40,865 --> 00:38:42,065
Your Majesty should have seen her.
632
00:38:42,145 --> 00:38:43,865
She was formidable
during the interrogation too.
633
00:38:43,985 --> 00:38:45,665
Jiang Mei'er confessed within moments.
634
00:38:45,745 --> 00:38:46,625
She was never an ordinary woman.
635
00:38:47,345 --> 00:38:48,465
This ordeal
636
00:38:48,985 --> 00:38:51,185
will only make her more resolute.
637
00:38:53,385 --> 00:38:54,265
Her next step
638
00:38:55,905 --> 00:38:58,745
will be to find someone powerful to rely on.
639
00:38:59,545 --> 00:39:00,385
Your Majesty,
640
00:39:01,065 --> 00:39:02,665
Scholar Meng has only just recovered.
641
00:39:02,745 --> 00:39:05,145
If she stays in the rain, she may fall ill
and miss the palace examination.
642
00:39:05,985 --> 00:39:08,145
Perhaps I should take her back first.
643
00:39:23,425 --> 00:39:25,185
Why are you tormenting yourself?
644
00:39:30,105 --> 00:39:31,225
He Du...
645
00:39:39,585 --> 00:39:40,625
Your Majesty, don't worry.
646
00:39:41,305 --> 00:39:43,105
Scholar Meng has only caught a chill.
647
00:39:43,185 --> 00:39:44,225
It is nothing serious.
648
00:39:44,705 --> 00:39:45,545
Once she sobers up,
649
00:39:45,625 --> 00:39:47,665
a dose of cold medicine will cure her.
650
00:39:48,225 --> 00:39:49,345
You may leave.
651
00:39:49,425 --> 00:39:50,265
Yes.
652
00:39:56,705 --> 00:39:57,825
Your Majesty,
653
00:39:57,905 --> 00:39:58,865
since she is in no danger
654
00:39:58,945 --> 00:39:59,945
and it is already late,
655
00:40:00,025 --> 00:40:01,545
we should return first.
656
00:40:07,265 --> 00:40:08,305
He Du...
657
00:40:26,025 --> 00:40:27,105
No need for ceremony.
658
00:40:28,945 --> 00:40:29,905
No.
659
00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:31,465
You are the emperor.
660
00:40:32,545 --> 00:40:33,905
I must pay my respects.
661
00:40:36,385 --> 00:40:38,905
This student greets Your Majesty.
662
00:40:44,865 --> 00:40:46,185
You may leave.
663
00:40:46,265 --> 00:40:48,225
- Your Majesty...
- I know what I am doing.
664
00:41:06,745 --> 00:41:08,185
I never imagined
665
00:41:08,265 --> 00:41:11,305
that He Du, who faced life and death
with me in Shazhou,
666
00:41:13,145 --> 00:41:14,745
was actually His Majesty.
667
00:41:16,065 --> 00:41:17,625
That day at the Capital Prefecture,
668
00:41:17,705 --> 00:41:19,505
if His Majesty had not arrived in time,
669
00:41:20,145 --> 00:41:21,225
by now
670
00:41:22,545 --> 00:41:24,465
not even my body would have remained intact.
671
00:41:36,945 --> 00:41:38,785
Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my life.
672
00:41:39,265 --> 00:41:40,185
I
673
00:41:40,985 --> 00:41:42,665
do not know how I can repay you.
674
00:41:53,625 --> 00:41:55,025
The examination fraud
675
00:41:55,105 --> 00:41:56,385
and the Ministry of Rites' failure
676
00:41:56,465 --> 00:41:57,505
were my responsibility.
677
00:41:58,065 --> 00:41:59,065
You have suffered because of me.
678
00:41:59,745 --> 00:42:01,105
If you truly wish to repay me,
679
00:42:01,785 --> 00:42:03,865
then stop abusing your health.
680
00:42:04,465 --> 00:42:05,825
Do well in the examination.
681
00:42:05,905 --> 00:42:07,545
I remember that in Shazhou,
682
00:42:08,705 --> 00:42:10,465
Your Majesty offered me an opportunity,
683
00:42:10,545 --> 00:42:13,505
but I rejected your kindness.
684
00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:16,105
Now I understand.
685
00:42:16,185 --> 00:42:17,505
In this world that devours people,
686
00:42:18,065 --> 00:42:20,985
Being high-minded can cost you your life.
687
00:42:21,785 --> 00:42:23,185
I'm so afraid.
688
00:42:23,265 --> 00:42:24,465
Afraid that one day,
689
00:42:25,705 --> 00:42:27,625
even Your Majesty
will be unable to protect me.
690
00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:35,549
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