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The Scholar and the Emperor
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A face as flawless as jade.
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Such delicate features.
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Tall and graceful.
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Dashing and handsome.
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Suave and debonair.
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A commanding presence.
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When has Shazhou ever seen
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a man this handsome?
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Look how he eats that lamb.
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So elegant.
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He must be from Jiangnan.
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He's like a refined young lord
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who stepped out of a painting.
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Even gnawing on a lamb bone looks refined.
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A handsome man
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makes anything look good.
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I'll invite him for a drink.
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I will.
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I will.
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I will.
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I will.
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-I will.
-I will.
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Bring him my finest
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grape wine.
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Young Master, please.
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Ladies, after you.
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Come back.
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No need to see me out.
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Manager Yan.
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I was blind to side with Jiang Mei'er.
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Please ask your father not to cut off my family's business.
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My father said
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if I can't win your family's business back,
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he'll break my legs.
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You're magnanimous.
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Please forgive me this once.
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Too late.
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When you sided with Jiang Mei'er,
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you should've expected this.
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I was wrong.
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I failed to recognize your worth.
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You can't just leave me to die.
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Get out.
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Don't disrupt my business.
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Yan Fuzhi!
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Are you really trying to ruin me?
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Jiang Mei'er was right.
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You're a venomous shrew too,
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just like Meng Tinghui.
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You're both heartless wolves.
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How dare you insult Mengmeng!
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Today I'll show you
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what "venomous" really means,
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and what a heartless wolf can do.
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Get up.
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Help!
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Set foot in Bofeng House again,
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and I'll kick your backside raw.
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Eat.
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Such a pretty girl,
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yet so fierce and unruly.
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Even when disciplining your husband,
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you should know when to stop, shouldn't you?
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Who says he's my husband? He's not worthy.
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What a waste of a handsome face.
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Turns out you're a fool
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who starts preening at the sight of a woman.
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That cuts deep, miss.
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I was only trying to stop the fight.
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But with a temper that fiery,
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no wonder that gentleman would rather be beaten
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than marry you.
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You...
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You're leaving too.
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Whether I marry or not
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is none of your concern, you lecher
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who spouts nothing but love poems.
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What right do you have to throw me out?
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I'm the manager of Bofeng House.
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Out. Now.
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Get out!
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You...
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Out!
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You really are fierce and unreasonable.
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You're never setting foot in Bofeng House again either.
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Why can't I...
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Old Huang?
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What are you doing here?
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His Lordship sent me to find you.
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Wait here.
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I need to settle this with her.
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She hit me with an abacus!
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Lord Shen,
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you really can't afford to cross her.
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She's just an innkeeper.
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What's so formidable about her?
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She's Meng Tinghui's best friend.
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She once chased His Lordship with a knife.
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You mean His Lordship?
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-Then I'll steer well clear of her.
-Wait for me!
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Grand Tutor, this way.
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As Lord Shen instructed,
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we've arranged your rooms
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in the eastern wing of the prefectural office.
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I'll show you there now.
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Which Lord Shen
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are you referring to?
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That would be me.
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Father.
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Your handsome, dashing,
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graceful and distinguished son,
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Shen Zhishu.
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Zhishu!
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My son has made something of himself.
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Turn around. Let me have a good look.
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So you're Lord Shen now, are you?
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Have you lost your mind?
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How dare you help His Majesty leave the palace?
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You nearly buried
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the lives of our entire Shen clan.
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I was acting out of loyalty.
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-I was easing His Majesty's worries.
-You call that easing his worries?
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The Shen family has upheld its good name for generations.
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How did I end up with a reckless monkey like you?
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Father!
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-Still running?
-Father!
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I'm a court official now.
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Assaulting an official is punishable by law.
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I'll beat you to death, then apologize to the late emperor.
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-Still running?
-Father...
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I order you to put down that weapon at once.
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If you lose control and kill me,
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there'll be no son to see you to your grave.
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How dare you curse your own father?
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So you've grown bold, have you?
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Get back here!
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Why are you hiding? You'll be the death of me! You...
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Your Majesty.
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If you don't go out there now,
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Lord Shen will be beaten to death.
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What's the rush?
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Such a heartwarming father-son scene.
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I haven't seen one since I took the throne.
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-You ungrateful wretch!
-Father!
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I really am...
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-Still running?
-Stop enjoying the show!
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If you don't come out, I'll be spilling blood here!
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You dare call for help? I'll beat him too!
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I, Shen Wuchen, pay my respects to Your Majesty.
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Grand Tutor, you're as formidable as ever.
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Not a single strike misses its mark.
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Father, you dropped to your knees awfully fast.
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Much smoother than when you were hitting me.
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Please rise, Grand Tutor.
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This trip outside the palace
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was entirely my own decision.
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Zhishu had no choice but to obey.
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If you blame him,
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then the fault is mine.
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Since Your Majesty has spoken for him,
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I'll spare him this once.
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In the Shazhou case, Your Majesty
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used one move as cover for another.
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You purged the illegal arms trade
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and made a brilliant move against the Left Chancellor.
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I can almost see
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the late emperor's bearing in you.
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You flatter me, Grand Tutor.
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I've observed the court in secret for some time.
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The situation is deeply tense.
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Your Majesty has
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far too few people you can trust.
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Building your own loyal faction cannot wait.
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Pei Jinghe, Vice Minister of War,
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is virtuous, capable, and strategically gifted.
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He was ostracized
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for opposing Liu Ren's autocratic ways.
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He still holds an empty title.
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Now is the time to put him to use.
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Though you are outside the court,
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you see its affairs with perfect clarity.
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The realm is a chessboard,
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and the sovereign is the player.
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Though I stand far from court,
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I gladly serve as Your Majesty's piece
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to secure Great Ning.
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Of the Six Ministries,
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the Left Chancellor already controls four.
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Every talented man selected through past civil examinations
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became the Left Chancellor's disciple.
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My only option now is to find another path
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through the women's special examination,
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which he considers beneath his notice.
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Your Majesty,
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I have one more thing to say.
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Every new sovereign needs his own ministers.
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The power of both chancellors grows by the day.
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If they join forces,
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Your Majesty may be unable to withstand them.
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The Left Chancellor is at the height of his power,
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which has already angered the Right Chancellor.
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Your Majesty can use that division to your advantage.
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As for the art of imperial balance,
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I'm sure I need say no more.
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Did this painting fail to earn first rank
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because the brushwork was lacking?
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No.
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It depicts only still objects and lacks vitality.
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Not so.
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Zhili is here.
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Teacher.
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This painting depicts a late-spring dusk.
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Yet the flowers, trees,
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clouds and mist
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are painted too brightly and lavishly.
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It loses its sense of reality.
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When a painting lacks truth,
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its spirit disperses.
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When a person lacks sincerity,
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there is rot beneath the surface.
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Zhili, sit.
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As always, Zhili
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understands me best.
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Zhili is quick-witted,
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and, rarer still, perceptive.
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In this women's special examination,
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with your learning,
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merely passing
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is nothing; taking first place is within reach.
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When Teacher placed on the honor roll
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and first entered the Ministry of Works,
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your "Treatise on Flood Control" shook the court.
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Once implemented, it ended the floods in Jiangnan
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and relieved the people's suffering.
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I wish to follow Teacher into government
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and share your burdens.
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But yesterday I heard my father say
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the Left Chancellor strongly opposes the women's examination.
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Even if women enter office,
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they may not rise above the sixth rank.
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I'm afraid
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even if we pass by luck,
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we'll have little chance to prove ourselves.
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Talent has no outward form
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and no gender.
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His Majesty defied all opposition
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to restore the women's special examination.
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His desire to recruit talent is clear.
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Once you enter government,
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as long as I am there,
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I will ensure you receive support.
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Teacher truly is a worthy chancellor,
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seeking the people's welfare,
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opening a path for those of humble birth,
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and restoring women's rightful standing.
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Such integrity
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is no less than the Left Chancellor's.
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Yet he has roots spanning three reigns
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and holds four ministries in his grasp.
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I cannot help feeling wronged on Teacher's behalf.
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Since when have I cared about power or rank?
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I have served the throne faithfully all my life.
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Even if His Majesty gave all six ministries
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entirely to the Left Chancellor,
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I would bear no resentment.
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It pains me only that His Majesty has just ascended the throne.
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All know the virtue of the Left Chancellor at court,
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yet none know the wisdom of the emperor in the palace.
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The world says a worthy chancellor is hard to find.
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Only Teacher truly deserves that title.
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I will naturally assist His Majesty
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in forging a new era.
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When that day comes,
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women too may stand openly and proudly
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in the imperial court.
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We will remember
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Teacher's noble words.
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Zhao Chunnuan.
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Present.
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Xie Yunxi.
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Present.
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Mengmeng, did you see that?
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She brought an entire case of ink.
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Are you here to support me
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or just to watch the spectacle?
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Of course I'm here to give my little Mengmeng courage.
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Last night I dreamed
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that you came first in the examination.
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I woke up laughing.
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Fuzhi.
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Then I couldn't fall asleep again,
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so I got up and made you apricot-skin cakes.
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They're right here. When the time comes, you can...
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I forgot them.
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I'll eat them after the exam.
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Meng Tinghui.
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Present.
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Go home and wait for me.
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I'll stay right here with you. I'm not going anywhere.
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Don't worry. To me, you're the best.
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There's no need to be nervous. This provincial exam is nothing.
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You've got this.
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Fuzhi.
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Keep talking and I'll get dizzy.
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Fine, I'll stop.
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Meng Tinghui.
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Mengmeng!
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The provincial examination begins.
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(Capital Region)
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We've entered the capital region.
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Your Majesty.
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Return to the palace at once.
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Yes.
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Keep up.
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Welcome back, Your Majesty.
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I have been waiting here for some time.
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Thank you, Right Chancellor.
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Today is the day His Majesty emerges from retreat.
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It's already noon.
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Why is there still no sign of him?
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Strange.
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Even the Right Chancellor isn't here.
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Insolence!
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Before Sacred Ancestor Hall,
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how dare you make such a racket?
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His Majesty completing his ritual retreat is a major occasion.
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How can the Right Chancellor be late?
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What disgraceful conduct.
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The Left Chancellor is right.
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The scouts clearly saw the imperial carriage return last night.
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Could it be...
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His Majesty has completed his ritual retreat.
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We pay our respects to Your Majesty.
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May Your Majesty enjoy long life and good health.
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Rise, ministers.
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Left Chancellor, I see
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more white at your temples.
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During my ten-day seclusion,
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you handled affairs of state.
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Your service was truly arduous and meritorious.
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I merely fulfilled my duty.
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Those petty administrative matters
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cannot compare with Your Majesty's retreat
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to contemplate the great principles of governance.
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Do you know
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what I was contemplating?
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I have had the honor of serving three wise sovereigns.
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I have acquired
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some understanding of state affairs.
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I dare speculate
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that Your Majesty entered retreat
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to study the late emperor's principles of rule.
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As expected of a veteran of three reigns.
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You understand me perfectly.
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Your Majesty,
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an urgent dispatch has arrived.
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Please review it.
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This matter is grave.
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Chief Steward You.
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Escort the ministers to the main hall to wait.
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The Right Chancellor and I will follow shortly.
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Yes.
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Snoring in the main hall?
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What disgraceful conduct.
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It's nearly two in the morning.
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We've had three rounds of tea.
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When will His Majesty arrive?
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My lords,
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please be patient.
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His Majesty will arrive shortly.
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Left Chancellor.
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His Majesty took pity on your age
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and specially granted you an armchair.
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Gu Qin.
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What matter has kept His Majesty so long?
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His Majesty arrives.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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My ministers, you've worked
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late into the night on state affairs.
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You have my thanks.
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During my ten-day ritual retreat,
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the Left Chancellor handled state affairs.
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-I prepared a generous gift for him.
-Present it.
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What does Your Majesty mean by this?
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Left Chancellor, are you aware
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that your favored disciple Ding Chong
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used a plaque in your own calligraphy as protection
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while deceiving his superiors and subordinates in Shazhou,
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preying on the people and abusing his power?
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Your Majesty.
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Ding Chong told me himself
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that the Left Chancellor protected him all these years.
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Here is the evidence of his crimes.
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Absurd!
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Colluding with criminals? Trafficking arms?
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I knew nothing
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of anything Ding Chong did.
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How could I have protected him?
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Was the plaque at Ding's residence
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not written by the Left Chancellor?
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Yet to my eyes,
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this is unquestionably your handwriting.
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Your Majesty, please judge wisely.
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The Left Chancellor's disciples serve throughout Great Ning.
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Corrupt officials may exploit his inscriptions.
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That is not something he could have foreseen.
408
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Besides, Shazhou lies on the frontier.
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The Left Chancellor governed in Your Majesty's stead,
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laboring day and night for the realm.
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Ding Chong falsified his achievements.
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The Left Chancellor could hardly control that.
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Your Majesty,
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I oversee the Ministry of War.
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A treacherous man like Ding Chong found a loophole
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because I failed to investigate.
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The fault is mine
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and has nothing to do with the Left Chancellor.
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I asked only one question,
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yet each of you rushes to defend him.
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Am I wrong,
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-or is the Left Chancellor beyond question?
-Your Majesty.
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I have served through three reigns.
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Heaven and earth can attest to my loyalty to Great Ning.
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Even this leg
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was injured while protecting the late emperor
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from bandits of Zhongwan.
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The wound left me permanently lame.
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My unwavering loyalty
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and countless achievements
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are why every official respects me.
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But when Your Majesty went to Shazhou,
433
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who clouded your judgment?
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00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,440
What slander from petty villains did you hear
435
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to make you so suspicious and dissatisfied with me?
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Left Chancellor, perhaps age has confused you.
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For the past ten days,
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I remained in seclusion at Sacred Ancestor Hall,
439
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studying the art of governance.
440
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When did I ever go to Shazhou?
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It seems Your Majesty's visit to that savage land
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taught you quite a few
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shameless tricks.
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00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,360
Now I remember.
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00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,040
I did visit Shazhou ten years ago.
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00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:13,120
Have you confused this with an old memory?
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I have a witness.
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00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,240
-Where is this witness?
-Shen Zhishu.
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Minister Shen?
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You went to Shazhou?
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Your Majesty,
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I did.
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At Your Majesty's command, I inspected Shazhou
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and witnessed its chaos firsthand.
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I brought back evidence against Ding Chong and the others.
456
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,360
How dare you, Shen Zhishu!
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That night in Sacred Ancestor Hall, you posed as His Majesty.
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I was the one who ordered you to Shazhou to bring him back.
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00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,080
Mind your words, Left Chancellor.
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Trespassing in Sacred Ancestor Hall is a grave crime.
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Don't drag Shen Zhishu into this
462
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:42,920
and add another charge to your own record
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merely to frame me.
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Please calm your anger, Your Majesty.
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The Left Chancellor is advanced in years.
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It's only natural that he misremember some things.
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So this entire journey
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was a trap laid specifically for me.
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-That is not so, Left Chancellor.
-Your Majesty.
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After a long investigation, I have obtained conclusive evidence.
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Wang Qi, Military Governor of Shazhou,
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violated military regulations
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and bypassed General Gao Meng
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to collude with Minister of War Liu Ren.
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Together they embezzled 300,000 taels in military funds.
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Wang Qi and Gao Meng await outside the hall.
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They can confront Minister Liu here and establish the truth.
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Summon them.
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Summon them.
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Your Majesty, I confess my guilt.
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Your Majesty.
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I was foolish for a moment.
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I deserve ten thousand deaths.
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I beg Your Majesty for mercy!
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Mercy!
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Left Chancellor.
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Liu Ren held a vital office,
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yet colluded with a frontier general,
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accepted bribes, violated the law, and compromised military affairs.
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The witnesses and evidence are conclusive.
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What punishment does the law prescribe?
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Your Majesty,
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under the Code of Great Ning,
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he should receive one hundred strokes,
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be dismissed and investigated, with his property confiscated.
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But considering Liu Ren's many years of service...
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Granted.
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We'll proceed exactly as the Left Chancellor suggests.
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Dismiss Liu Ren and investigate him at once.
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Wang Qi, as Military Governor, trafficked arms
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and bribed court officials. He is sentenced to immediate execution.
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General Gao Meng was not the principal offender,
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but failed in his supervisory duty.
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Demote him by one rank.
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Keep him in the army to redeem himself through service.
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Every military and Ministry of War official implicated
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must be investigated to the end.
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No one will be spared.
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Your Majesty.
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The post of Minister of War
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is vital to national security and cannot remain vacant.
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I recommend Pei Jinghe, Vice Minister of War.
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He passed the civil examinations and is exceptionally talented.
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He opposed Liu Ren's autocratic conduct,
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00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,400
and was ostracized for it,
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then exiled to the nominal post of Military Supervisor.
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He has been left idle ever since.
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Draft the edict at once.
519
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Recall him to the capital
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to serve as acting Minister of War.
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00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,640
Your Majesty, the Minister of War bears grave responsibility.
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00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,520
Such a hasty appointment
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may be unwise.
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Then the Right Chancellor will supervise him personally.
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00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,720
They will share both reward and punishment.
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I will work with him wholeheartedly
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00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,560
and not fail Your Majesty's trust.
528
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Good.
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00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,160
Then it is settled.
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My ministers,
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you should exercise more often.
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After all, there will be
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00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,400
many more late-night court sessions like this.
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00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:31,960
Your Majesty...
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00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,840
-We respectfully see Your Majesty off.
-We respectfully see Your Majesty off.
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00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,800
To celebrate her friend Meng Tinghui becoming Provincial Laureate,
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00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,280
Manager Yan will serve free porridge for three days.
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00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,920
There's enough for everyone. Don't rush.
539
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,040
Here.
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00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:00,120
Slowly.
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00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,320
Don't rush. Everyone will get some.
542
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:05,240
The weather is cold.
543
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,360
Manager Yan specially prepared some cold medicine
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00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,440
to protect everyone from the chill.
545
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:10,800
Here. Hold it carefully.
546
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:11,960
What a generous soul. Thank you.
547
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:18,360
Father!
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00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:21,640
Careful.
549
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,320
It was Meng Tinghui who became Provincial Laureate,
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not you.
551
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,120
Yet you still have the nerve to make a spectacle for her.
552
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,080
How embarrassing.
553
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,520
I'm ashamed for you. Come home with me.
554
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,040
Bofeng House is profitable now.
555
00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:34,240
I can do as I please.
556
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,200
At the start of spring, I'll accompany Mengmeng to the metropolitan exam
557
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:37,840
and open new trade routes in the capital.
558
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,560
You're going with her to the capital?
559
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,200
She has you completely bewitched.
560
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,440
I raised you for nothing.
561
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:46,560
Husband.
562
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,680
Fuzhi may be a daughter,
563
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,480
but she has thoughts of her own.
564
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,480
Don't listen to those gossiping old women
565
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,880
who say a woman in public can't find a husband.
566
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,920
Even if Fuzhi never marries,
567
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,360
we can afford to support her.
568
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,160
Never marry?
569
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,560
Is she going to spend her whole life
570
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,560
fooling around with Meng Tinghui?
571
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,680
Marriages are decided by parents and matchmakers.
572
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,880
She'll marry whoever I choose.
573
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:10,240
Fuzhi.
574
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:12,080
About your marriage,
575
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:13,720
I'll speak properly with your father.
576
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,880
Stop fighting with him.
577
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:21,520
Madam!
578
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:23,560
Madam!
579
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,400
-Husband.
-Madam!
580
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:29,320
Are you all right?
581
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,440
I fell by myself.
582
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,400
Don't blame Fuzhi.
583
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,480
After all these years, your tricks of framing people
584
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:35,680
haven't changed one bit.
585
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:36,840
You...
586
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:39,800
Mengmeng!
587
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,360
Meng Tinghui!
588
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,040
How dare you stop me?
589
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,080
-You dare...
-I...
590
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:46,000
I'm already the Provincial Laureate.
591
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,600
Even before the governor, I need not bow.
592
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,160
If you slap me,
593
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,640
aren't you afraid all Shazhou will say
594
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,120
you struck the court-recognized Provincial Laureate in public?
595
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:53,760
I...
596
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,520
I may not control you,
597
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,440
but I can control my own daughter.
598
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:58,800
Guards!
599
00:29:58,880 --> 00:29:59,920
Take her home.
600
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,120
-Mengmeng!
-Wait.
601
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,120
I have informed the Imperial Inspector overseeing Shazhou
602
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:06,960
that Master Yan, in his public-minded generosity,
603
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:08,400
will celebrate the provincial exam results
604
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,080
by serving free porridge for three days
605
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:11,520
and has graciously allowed his daughter
606
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:12,920
to accompany me to the capital.
607
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,840
Utter nonsense!
608
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,200
By order of the Imperial Inspector,
609
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,880
we congratulate Provincial Laureate Meng on taking first place.
610
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,120
Student Meng Tinghui
611
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:32,120
thanks the Imperial Inspector.
612
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,240
The Inspector presents the Yan family
613
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,600
with a ceremonial silk banner honoring their household,
614
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,960
in recognition of Master Yan and his daughter's generosity.
615
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:44,400
Thank you for the honor.
616
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,680
Thank you...
617
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:47,720
Meng Tinghui.
618
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:49,720
You win.
619
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,520
Thank you, Madam Yan.
620
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:53,680
Please tell the Imperial Inspector
621
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:54,880
that Madam Yan just said
622
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,080
she would copy the Sutra of Immeasurable Life one thousand...
623
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,000
Ten thousand times.
624
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,200
Ten thousand copies of the Sutra of Immeasurable Life
625
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,600
to pray for our safe journey to the capital.
626
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,200
You're lying!
627
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,280
Thank you, Master Yan.
628
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,120
Thank you! Thank you, generous sir!
629
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:29,760
Mengmeng, I'm so lucky.
630
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:31,800
Now I can go to the capital with you.
631
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:33,760
That banner honoring the family
632
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,040
was something I asked the Inspector to send in advance.
633
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,960
I knew your father and stepmother would try to stop us.
634
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,040
Mengmeng, you're so good to me.
635
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,760
Meeting you is the greatest blessing of my life.
636
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:47,400
Everyone's watching.
637
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,560
Sister Ah Xiang.
638
00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,920
I brought your favorite apricot-skin cakes.
639
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:04,200
I miss you so much.
640
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,040
I miss how you held me in the cage
641
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,080
while we kept each other warm.
642
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,320
I miss you playing the flute for me
643
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:16,600
and teaching me
644
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,640
your favorite song.
645
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,600
That place was unbearable,
646
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:25,640
but as long as you were there,
647
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,880
you were my home.
648
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,560
Sister Ah Xiang.
649
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,840
I hate that I was so weak.
650
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,800
I hate that I couldn't protect you then.
651
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:50,880
Tinghui.
652
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,000
You must escape from here.
653
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,680
Go as far away as you can.
654
00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:58,480
Sister Ah Xiang.
655
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:00,560
Hold on.
656
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,280
We can escape.
657
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:05,040
We can survive.
658
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:41,000
Sister Ah Xiang!
659
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,160
Sister Ah Xiang!
660
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,960
Sister Ah Xiang!
661
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,360
Sister Ah Xiang!
662
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,880
Sister Ah Xiang, say something!
663
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,160
Sister Ah Xiang!
664
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,240
What's wrong? Don't scare me!
665
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:03,560
Sister Ah Xiang!
666
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,040
Hold on, Sister Ah Xiang!
667
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,000
You little bitch!
668
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:02,840
You dare touch me?
669
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,040
You'll both die!
670
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:08,600
Finish her.
671
00:36:09,240 --> 00:36:10,280
Sister Ah Xiang!
672
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,200
Shazhou today
673
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,520
is nothing like it was back then.
674
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:18,880
Those evil men
675
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,280
finally received their punishment.
676
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:27,680
Sister,
677
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:30,920
I never forgot
678
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:33,440
the promise we made.
679
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:40,400
Look.
680
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,240
I attended the women's academy,
681
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:45,360
became Provincial Laureate,
682
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,440
and will soon go to the capital for the metropolitan exam.
683
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,680
They say the capital's palace walls are high
684
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,320
and its halls vast.
685
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,080
But there must be a place
686
00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,520
where our shared dream can belong.
687
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,640
I will stand in the highest halls of power.
688
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,400
I will make myself strong.
689
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:20,840
I will protect Fuzhi.
690
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,560
I will protect everyone close to me.
691
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,120
I will make this a world
692
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,080
where no one can trample on another person's life.
693
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,720
People like you and me
694
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,000
will all stand in this light.
695
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:51,600
Tinghui.
696
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,800
Walk toward the light.
697
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,720
You must live.
698
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:11,000
Sister.
699
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:12,960
Once I leave for the capital,
700
00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,840
I may not be able to visit for a long time.
701
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:17,920
If you miss me,
702
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,480
will you visit my dreams?
703
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,120
I heard the capital is terribly damp.
704
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,040
I brought you a rhino-horn pillow to keep away the moisture.
705
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:39,880
Fuzhi.
706
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:41,960
Are you accompanying me to the exam or moving house?
707
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:43,040
Mengmeng.
708
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,040
We don't know anyone in the capital.
709
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,760
Of course I must make sure you're comfortable in every way.
710
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:48,680
Provincial Laureate Meng.
711
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,400
Everything is packed. We can leave.
712
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,040
With all this ostentation,
713
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,960
aren't you afraid bandits will rob us on the road?
714
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,640
We have our own royal safeguard.
715
00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:58,440
Only bandits with a death wish
716
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,520
would rob a Provincial Laureate headed for the capital exam.
717
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,600
I want my dearest, dearest Mengmeng
718
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,360
to leave Shazhou in grand style.
719
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,560
-But the journey is long...
-Don't worry.
720
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:07,680
Every prefecture along the way
721
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,680
will surely extend every courtesy to Provincial Laureate Meng.
722
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,440
The journey will be smooth sailing.
723
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,560
Capital, here we come!
724
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,440
Here we come!
725
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:29,480
Come back safely.
726
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:47,280
Your Majesty.
727
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,000
The east wind you've been waiting for has arrived.
728
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,240
The east wind?
729
00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:55,520
Aren't these lists of successful candidates from every province
730
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,720
the east wind Your Majesty needs to break the Left Chancellor's hold?
731
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:02,240
Not bad.
732
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,520
Shen Zhili ranked first in the capital.
733
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:06,720
The blood of our Shen family.
734
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:07,640
Naturally.
735
00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:10,360
You inherited your post; she passed the exam. You dare compare?
736
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:11,840
Exactly.
737
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,280
Someone shut him up.
738
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:21,480
Meng Tinghui.
739
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,760
She ranked first in Shazhou.
740
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,040
Could she be
741
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:27,480
the Miss Meng who helped Your Majesty
742
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:28,800
solve the case in Shazhou?
743
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,480
A talent as sturdy as pine
744
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:31,840
should be tested in the fiercest wind.
745
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,040
The Left Chancellor's disciples fill all six ministries.
746
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:35,840
This women's special examination
747
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,640
is Heaven's gift for me to promote useful talent.
748
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:41,120
This time, I'll knock that old fossil flat on his back.
749
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:44,840
The wind is rising.
750
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,400
Let's see how she rides it straight into the clouds.
751
00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,240
Shops in the capital really are livelier than Shazhou's.
752
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,640
We'll have to look around properly later.
753
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:04,240
I had long heard of the capital's splendor.
754
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,480
Now I see the books captured barely a tenth of it.
755
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:08,320
Fuzhi.
756
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:09,520
I hear Huiyin Music House
757
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,040
is on Changle Street,
758
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,520
and Situ Xue is its proprietor.
759
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:13,600
How do you know?
760
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,320
How could I impersonate her without doing my homework?
761
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,280
The capital.
762
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:23,400
We really made it.
763
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:25,800
I'm Yan Fuzhi.
764
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:27,680
She's Meng Tinghui.
765
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,720
Capital, here we come!
766
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:33,120
So many people.
767
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:42,440
Welcome! Welcome!
768
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,040
A very warm welcome!
769
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,480
Welcome! Welcome!
770
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:46,800
A very warm welcome!
771
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,240
Welcome! Welcome!
772
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:49,360
A very warm welcome!
773
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:50,760
Enough.
774
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,160
Welcome, honored provincial graduates!
775
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:55,120
Shunzi.
776
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:57,760
Scholars who cross our threshold
777
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,200
are bound to make the honor roll.
778
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,920
Look closely, Manager.
779
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,240
This is Shazhou's Provincial Laureate.
780
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,000
The Provincial Laureate graces us!
781
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,480
Chunman Inn is truly honored by your presence.
782
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:12,480
All our guests
783
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,600
are female scholars from across the realm here for the metropolitan exam.
784
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:15,680
As for the best rooms,
785
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,520
only one remains.
786
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,200
Shunzi, show our honored guests in.
787
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:21,880
This way.
788
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,960
When you pass, don't forget me, Yu Manchun.
789
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:27,920
Easy, easy.
790
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,480
To the Tiger's Roar Gang!
791
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,360
To our Chief!
792
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:24,640
The tiger's roar shakes the sky!
793
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:27,000
Brothers united strike it rich!
794
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:31,680
Chief.
795
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:33,400
The goods have arrived.
796
00:43:34,924 --> 00:43:36,924
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