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♪ The white sail came too late ♪
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♪ Where did he go? ♪
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♪ Snow veils the mountains ♪
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♪ Love endures beyond life and death ♪
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♪ A black chess piece ♪
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♪ Whose game did he stumble into? ♪
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♪ All his life, there's no escape ♪
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♪ In ten thousand years,
what will still remain? ♪
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♪ Will anyone still love
with an unchanging heart? ♪
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♪ I will remember ♪
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♪ Those days long past ♪
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♪ As the wind drifts with the white sail ♪
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♪ Ten thousand years ago ♪
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♪ Did you once walk this shore? ♪
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♪ Why can't our bond
be severed in this life? ♪
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♪ I am lost yet willing ♪
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♪ Still I love you with a steadfast heart ♪
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♪ Until all things fade away ♪
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♪ The stars will remember us ♪
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[Love & Crown]
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[Adapted from the novel
"My Queen" by Xie Lounan]
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[Episode 1]
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Grand Tutor Ling,
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when will you let me rule in my own right?
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The day Cangcang weds you
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will be the day you take real power.
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You asked me here
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because of your master?
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You knew, yet you still dared to come?
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I killed him
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for a reason.
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A reason?
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Yes.
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One I cannot tell you.
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Then I won't ask.
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I only want the outcome.
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[Xiao Huan, Emperor of Great Qi]
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[Ling Cangcang, Grand Tutor's daughter]
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What are you waiting for?
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Didn't you say you wanted to kill me?
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I will give you the chance.
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Do it.
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Ling Cangcang,
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you're too soft after all.
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Better prepare for our wedding.
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You killed my master.
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How could I ever marry you?
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You will,
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because you have no choice.
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In two months,
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I will make you my empress.
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Hongqing,
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escort the future empress
back to the Ling Manor.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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[Ling Manor]
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[Ling Xuefeng, Grand Tutor of Great Qi]
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Father.
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I will never marry him.
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My Lady,
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whatever you decide,
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you should talk it out with Father.
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Cangcang,
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it is
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an imperial decree.
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To defy it is a crime
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punishable by the
extermination of the whole clan.
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Father,
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you helped him to the throne,
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and this is how he repays you?
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Mind your tongue.
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Father.
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He is now
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the Emperor.
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"When a ruler commands death,
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a subject must obey."
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So an emperor
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may kill at will
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and trample human life?
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His Majesty is the ruler of Great Qi.
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What he does
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and whom he kills
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is not for others to judge.
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But he killed my master!
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Father,
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I'd rather die than marry him!
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There were reasons
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your Master Li Lu had to die.
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Luo.
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[Luo Xianxue, Grand Tutor's adopted son]
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Here.
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It's snowing hard.
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Don't catch cold.
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Let's go.
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Cangcang!
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Come on.
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If you wish to die,
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I can oblige.
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Mind your manners!
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Stand down!
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Your Majesty, I am guilty.
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What guilt?
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You are my teacher.
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You once fought alongside my father.
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As I said before,
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outside the court,
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you
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need not kneel to me.
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I failed to discipline my child.
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Please forgive me!
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Traitors
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courting death
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have nothing to do with you.
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Xiao Huan!
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There's no love between us.
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Why can't you let me go?
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We are bound by fate.
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I
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Will never let you go.
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Let's go.
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What an intrepid warrior,
repaying kindness with betrayal.
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I forced him to take me.
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Come at me.
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Luo Xianxue,
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I warned you back in Southern Chu.
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Did you really think you could escape?
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Father,
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forgive me.
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Dying by my sword
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is no injustice to you.
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Xiao Huan!
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Let him go,
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or I'll take my life right here.
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If you dare take your own life,
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the entire Ling clan will
follow you to the grave.
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Your Majesty...
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Father...
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Your Majesty, I am guilty.
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I beg
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to resign my post.
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Please, Your Majesty,
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show mercy
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and spare
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my only daughter.
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Father...
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Xiao Huan,
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what do you want from me?
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I want you
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to marry me of your own free will.
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Then spare the Ling clan
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and spare Luo Xianxue!
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Is this how you beg?
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I, Ling Cangcang,
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humbly beg Your Majesty
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to spare the Ling clan
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and spare Luo Xianxue.
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I will return home with my father
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and marry you
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in two months.
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Oh?
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You make it sound as if I forced you.
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♪ Oaths wither at the
root of the tongue... ♪
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I, Ling Cangcang,
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wish
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to marry Your Majesty.
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Please
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grant your consent.
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♪ You and I ♪
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♪ Are destined to meet on
that autumn day of White Dew ♪
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♪ And to share the red kiss
of a blade upon the neck ♪
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♪ We brew our hottest tears ♪
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♪ Into the deadliest wine ♪
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♪ And fall drunk at midnight,
caught between dream and reality ♪
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Hongqing.
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Yes.
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Take Luo Xianxue back to the palace.
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He'll bear witness to
the future empress's vow.
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Understood.
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Grand Tutor Ling,
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you truly played a fine move.
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You let Cangcang go
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and then used the lives
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of your clan and Luo Xianxue
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to make her
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agree to marry me.
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You remain the kind father in her heart,
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while I
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have become the ruthless villain.
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Your skill truly surpasses mine.
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Your Majesty,
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you've gotten what you wished for.
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Are you not satisfied?
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[Two months later]
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[Changhe Gate]
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By imperial decree,
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the daughter of Grand Tutor Ling, Ling
Cangcang, is hereby named Empress.
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The officials shall attend the
ceremony bearing their insignias.
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[Du Tingxin, Imperial
Preceptor of Great Qi]
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Madam,
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His Majesty's wedding is about to begin.
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Please come down and change.
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The refinement of the
pill is at a critical stage.
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I cannot afford distraction.
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Such worldly affairs
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need not concern me.
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Understood.
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[The Capital]
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[Ling Manor]
By decree,
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I come at this auspicious
hour to escort Her Majesty.
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I follow the rites as commanded.
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♪ A lone lamp glows... ♪
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The auspicious hour is upon us.
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Please don your coronet and bridal robes.
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♪ Was never mine to claim ♪
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♪ Until you passed through my life ♪
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♪ And lit up all my stars ♪
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♪ Now I must return this love ♪
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♪ Gently to the night sky
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♪ Raindrops fall with the wind ♪
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♪ Caressing the mountains' scars ♪
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♪ Silently, they pierce through ♪
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♪ The wounds time has left behind ♪
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That snowy night,
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who was it that said she
would willingly marry me?
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What is it?
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Have you
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changed your mind?
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How could I
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willingly marry a murderer?
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Don't you want
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to enter the palace and
see your adoptive brother?
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I've had Li Hongqing look after him.
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I wonder
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if he's grown used to life in the palace.
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Heed His Majesty!
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I believe
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the way of governance should
follow the order of Heaven and Earth,
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and harmony within the
household is the root of all virtue.
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To teach and to guide
both family and state,
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a woman's virtue is the
foundation of royal morality.
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Through such virtue, the world
may share one code of ethics,
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and all hearts may turn
toward righteousness.
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Thus, together we may honor our ancestors
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and uphold filial piety
throughout the realm.
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Ling,
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the daughter of Grand Tutor Ling Xuefeng,
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was born into a noble house
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of enduring virtue and good fortune.
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May the Empress and I
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strive in diligence and respect,
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cultivate virtue,
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and carry forward the
grace of our forebears.
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May enlightenment and harmony spread,
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bringing everlasting blessings
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to our descendants and our people.
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Let this be proclaimed
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to all under Heaven.
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The ceremony is complete.
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Please, Your Majesty, keep your word
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and release Luo Xianxue.
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We haven't drunk the nuptial wine yet.
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Once we do,
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you'll let him go.
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The wine is finished.
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Please honor your promise, Your Majesty.
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From this day on,
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you are my empress.
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Go and change.
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Get out.
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You are my empress.
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Why should I leave?
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You promised me
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you'd set him free.
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Leave us.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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On
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This joyous day,
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is Luo Xianxue
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all you can think about?
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Between you and me,
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is there truly any joy to speak of?
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Do you love him?
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My empress,
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who married me of her own accord,
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did so out of love for Luo Xianxue?
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Is that why you
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tried to run away with him?
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Answer me.
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Cangcang,
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I truly love you.
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Marry me.
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Yes, I love him.
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If I could choose,
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I'd flee this cursed city with him.
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Are you satisfied now?
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Do you know what you just said
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is enough to have him
executed ten thousand times?
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If he dies,
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I won't live either.
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Threatening me with death?
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That only works if I care about you.
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Do you really think
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I do?
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♪ The heavens stretch vast and blue... ♪
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You are destined
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to become Empress someday.
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I don't care for that title.
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I just want to win someone's heart
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and roam the world with my sword.
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Find a chance to leave first.
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I will make sure you are unharmed.
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If you dare take your own life,
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the entire Ling clan will
follow you to the grave.
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♪ Half in misty rain and
half in desolation, the city ♪
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♪ Watches the fading sun fall westward ♪
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Who are you?
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Are you Ling Cangcang
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or the Empress of Great Qi?
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Do you love the Emperor?
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Or do you love
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Bai Chifan?
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Bai Chifan...
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Why did you lie to me?
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He does not exist.
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Bai Chifan...
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Bai Chifan never existed.
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Bai Chifan...
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You slept well last night, my empress.
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What do you want?
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Why so hostile toward me?
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I came first thing this morning
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with a gift for you.
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What gift?
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Your adoptive brother, Luo Xianxue,
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was returned
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to the Ling Manor this morning.
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Really?
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A ruler does not jest.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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I kept something of Luo's
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as a present for you.
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Xiaoshan,
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pick up the gift I brought.
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Keep it safe for the Empress.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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What are you trying to do?
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My gift
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is to remind you:
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there are things
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you must not do
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and rules
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you must obey.
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Break them,
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and you will pay the price.
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This pear blossom hairpin
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is the one I gave you, isn't it?
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If I recall correctly,
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you wore this very hairpin
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the day you tried to
run off with Luo Xianxue.
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It was picked at random.
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The more casual the choice,
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the truer the feeling behind it.
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Remember,
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you are my empress.
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As long as you fulfill
your duties as Empress,
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nothing like today
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will ever happen again.
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[One year ago]
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I've heard
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young boys have been
going missing in Southern Chu.
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More than 100 have vanished so far.
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Has anyone reported this?
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Your Majesty,
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Southern Chu has always
been peaceful and prosperous,
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and it is governed by
the Prince of Yuzhang.
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How could that happen?
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Perhaps Your Majesty was misinformed.
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Insolence!
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Though His Majesty
ascended the throne young,
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he is both virtuous and wise.
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How dare you speak so presumptuously?
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The Prince of Yuzhang has always
ruled Southern Chu with diligence.
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We must not dishearten
such a loyal official.
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His Majesty is still young
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and hasn't governed personally...
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Mr. Liu, you are mistaken.
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It's you schemers...
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The news has already reached His Majesty.
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Who wish to frame
the Prince of Yuzhang...
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How could it be false?
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In that case,
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let the Prince of Yuzhang
investigate by himself.
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Why trouble His Majesty?
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What a ridiculous notion!
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Enough.
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This matter
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concerns the peace of an entire region
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and is of great importance.
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To prevent ill-intentioned
men from exploiting it,
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we must
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proceed with utmost caution.
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Those court officials kept chattering,
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saying either that Your Majesty is frail,
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or that you have never ruled in person.
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[Tranquil Clarity]
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They don't take Your
Majesty seriously at all.
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Grand Tutor Ling promised
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to hand over the reins of power after you
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married Miss Ling,
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yet now he keeps delaying,
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refusing to yield.
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In court today,
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he even defended the Prince of Yuzhang.
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Could he mean to break off the engagement?
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The Grand Tutor holds great power.
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He won't give it up easily.
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If I keep backing down,
I'll remain under his control.
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There are spies everywhere in the palace.
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Perhaps
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it's time to find someone
who can break the stalemate.
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Hongqing,
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where is Ling Cangcang?
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Southern Chu?
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[Southern Chu]
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[Recruiting Talents]
Shall we give it a try?
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Let's go.
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Everyone,
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[Fenglai Pavilion]
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Fenglai Pavilion offers
a heavy reward today
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to seek a new hall master.
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Whoever can defeat Hall Master Luo
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will be hired immediately.
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The pay is ten liang a month.
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Ten liang?
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Ten liang for real?
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Why would
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Grand Tutor Ling allow
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his only daughter
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to linger in a place like this?
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Isn't he afraid a stray blade
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- might harm his precious girl? - You go!
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I heard Ling Cangcang defied her father
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and ran away from home.
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According to Shi Yan,
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the man over there, Luo Xianxue,
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is known as Southern Chu's Top Swordsman.
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Yes!
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As for that woman,
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her name is Zhong Lin.
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She's a skilled fighter as well.
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With those two around,
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I doubt Ling Cangcang
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is in any danger.
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- Wonderful! - Amazing!
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It seems she and her father
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aren't quite the same.
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An hour has passed.
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Does anyone else dare to challenge?
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No one's stepped up
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for a while.
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What's going on?
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No challengers at all?
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If no one comes forward,
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then we'll...
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Wait!
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Go!
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He's going up!
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- Let him on! - Hurry!
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Over here!
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Someone's going up!
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- Go! - Go!
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- Hurry! - Go!
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- Go! - Go!
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- Yes! - Yes!
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Wait!
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[Exemplary Virtue]
He looked like the Prince of Yuzhang.
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He wouldn't draw suspicion
disguised as the Prince.
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Why not let him compete?
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He didn't come with good intentions.
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We mustn't use him.
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What is this, Miss Ling?
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Are you going back on your word?
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I knew it.
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He was calm and composed,
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certainly no ordinary fighter.
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His stance was steady,
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yet his hands bore no calluses.
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He was clearly trained by a master
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but lacked real combat experience.
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And that upright bearing,
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that air of nobility...
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He must be
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a spy sent by my father.
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Who are you calling a spy?
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How did you get in here?
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The match was suddenly canceled.
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Even the guards are busy explaining things.
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Uninvited guest,
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what brings you here?
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I sincerely wish to join Fenglai Pavilion.
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There's an expression that suits you well:
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fine on the outside
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but rotten within.
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My sword hasn't even left its sheath.
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Why such harsh words, Miss Ling?
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I've always been one
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to see the whole
picture from a single clue.
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Have you perhaps misunderstood me?
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My apologies.
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Guards,
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see him out.
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I've long admired Fenglai Pavilion.
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I truly wish to join.
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Fenglai Pavilion's fame
spreads far and wide.
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Many wish to join in earnest,
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but I can't possibly
accept everyone, can I?
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Luo,
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see him out.
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You made the rules,
00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:42.290
yet now you break your own word.
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I doubt
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this place will amount to much.
00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.940
The Emperor went to
Southern Chu under the pretext
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of convalescence?
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I underestimated him.
00:33:59.030 --> 00:34:00.030
Could it be
00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.330
that he went after Ling Cangcang?
00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.440
What else could it be?
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Xiao Huan
00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:09.610
has truly grown bold.
00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.040
He wants to rule on his own.
00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.130
Send word to Qing.
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[Empress Dowager Liu]
Tell him to win Ling Cangcang's heart
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while she's in Southern Chu.
00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:22.460
The Ninth Prince is brilliant
00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.740
in both strategy and battle...
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Your Highness,
00:34:26.590 --> 00:34:28.530
these are the most
popular designs at present.
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But he never bows to anyone.
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[Xiao Qianqing, Prince of Yuzhang]
Asking him to fawn
00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:34.460
over a spoiled, willful girl
00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.860
might be
00:34:35.861 --> 00:34:36.900
difficult.
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In my humble opinion,
00:34:39.710 --> 00:34:40.710
it would be better
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to make sure the Emperor
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never returns from this trip.
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Of course I choose the peacock.
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I'm getting this tattoo
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only so the young ladies
will stay away from me.
00:34:49.550 --> 00:34:52.030
That way, I'll have an excuse
when Mother presses me to marry.
00:34:52.150 --> 00:34:53.460
You fool,
00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:56.210
do you want me to tattoo a
dragon and tiger in combat
00:34:56.590 --> 00:34:58.420
so the whole world thinks
00:34:58.630 --> 00:35:00.650
I'm challenging the Emperor?
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My apologies.
00:35:02.230 --> 00:35:03.230
I wouldn't dare.
00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.340
Forget it.
00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.490
As for Ling Cangcang,
00:35:05.510 --> 00:35:06.990
as long as she stays out of my sight,
00:35:07.150 --> 00:35:09.010
I'll pretend I never saw her.
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[Splendid Tailor Shop]
00:35:10.061 --> 00:35:11.839
[Splendid Finery]
00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.840
Welcome.
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This won't do.
00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.340
It's too plain.
00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.490
Do you have something more elegant?
00:35:17.510 --> 00:35:18.820
You could have it custom-made,
00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:21.130
but it would take about a month.
00:35:23.110 --> 00:35:23.650
Miss Ling,
00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:25.210
we still haven't found a hall master.
00:35:25.230 --> 00:35:26.430
How can we carry out the plan?
00:35:26.510 --> 00:35:27.980
I already have someone in mind.
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:29.090
For now, the priority
00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:31.480
is to get our hands on the
Prince of Yuzhang's clothes.
00:35:33.030 --> 00:35:34.420
Do you have anything ready-made?
00:35:34.510 --> 00:35:35.510
We need it urgently.
00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:37.040
To tell the truth, Miss Ling,
00:35:37.110 --> 00:35:37.860
a while ago,
00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:39.460
a servant from the
Prince of Yuzhang's Manor
00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:41.420
ordered a casual outfit for the Prince,
00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:43.740
but for some reason, they
never came to collect it.
00:35:44.150 --> 00:35:44.900
In that case,
00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.420
let us take that one.
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.570
Well, I can't...
00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:51.010
I suppose I can do that.
00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.740
All right,
00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:54.010
I'll do as you say.
00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.840
Much obliged.
00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:59.680
I've never worn anything like this.
00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.960
Perhaps
00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:02.960
someone else should try it on instead.
00:36:05.670 --> 00:36:06.670
Luo,
00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:08.420
you're not just here to try on clothes.
00:36:08.670 --> 00:36:09.670
I'm
00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:12.260
counting on you for the task.
00:36:14.230 --> 00:36:14.820
Sir,
00:36:15.150 --> 00:36:16.980
that outfit was made for the Prince!
00:36:18.550 --> 00:36:19.550
The outfit
00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.400
for the Prince?
00:36:25.110 --> 00:36:25.740
Wait!
00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.490
Please wait!
00:36:26.630 --> 00:36:28.336
That outfit was custom-made for the Prince.
00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.920
How could you just put it on and leave?
00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.380
I like it.
00:36:33.670 --> 00:36:34.860
It suits me quite well.
00:36:36.510 --> 00:36:37.590
I'll pay handsomely for it.
00:36:43.510 --> 00:36:44.980
Well, in that case...
00:36:46.190 --> 00:36:47.300
What are you after, really?
00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.760
Why are you following us?
00:36:53.230 --> 00:36:54.300
You again?
00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.650
Sorry,
00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:58.610
but we bought that outfit.
00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:00.400
You'll have to take it off.
00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.400
Wait!
00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.860
Don't ruin the outfit!
00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.490
That's Shu brocade!
00:37:44.590 --> 00:37:46.420
Miss Ling, please stop them!
00:37:50.070 --> 00:37:51.940
You want this outfit that badly?
00:37:53.070 --> 00:37:54.070
Listen,
00:37:54.230 --> 00:37:55.900
if you let me join Fenglai Pavilion,
00:37:56.070 --> 00:37:57.340
I'll give it to you.
00:38:04.030 --> 00:38:05.030
Luo,
00:38:05.550 --> 00:38:06.550
forget it.
00:38:07.110 --> 00:38:09.210
There's more than one
tailor shop in Southern Chu.
00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.400
Let's go.
00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:17.000
Do you really hate the idea
of me joining that much?
00:38:17.630 --> 00:38:18.980
Then tell me,
00:38:19.030 --> 00:38:20.340
why are you so eager to join?
00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:23.340
I was born defiant. I
never accept defeat easily.
00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.360
What a coincidence.
00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:25.400
Neither do I.
00:38:41.630 --> 00:38:43.170
What exactly is Ling Cangcang after?
00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.800
Have you found anything?
00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:46.780
She's always with Luo Xianxue,
00:38:47.230 --> 00:38:48.230
but Zhong Lin's been
00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.560
going outside the city often.
00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.880
Where exactly?
00:38:51.550 --> 00:38:52.690
Near the Southern Chu mine.
00:38:53.030 --> 00:38:54.030
The mine?
00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:55.900
So she's after
00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:57.050
more than just clothes.
00:38:57.550 --> 00:38:58.550
Shi Yan,
00:38:58.710 --> 00:39:00.420
I want to know everything about that mine.
00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.760
Understood.
00:39:04.110 --> 00:39:05.110
Ling Cangcang,
00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:07.460
why did you cast aside the Empress's seat?
00:39:08.150 --> 00:39:09.490
What is it that you truly want?
00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:27.760
Master.
00:39:30.190 --> 00:39:31.190
Pear blossom honey?
00:39:31.630 --> 00:39:32.940
I knew it.
00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:35.460
No one understands me better than you.
00:39:38.590 --> 00:39:39.380
Master,
00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.480
let me pour you some tea.
00:39:42.150 --> 00:39:43.150
Here.
00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:45.856
You haven't visited me at the
Sword Cottage for a long time.
00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.300
What have you been up to?
00:39:48.710 --> 00:39:50.300
Nothing escapes you, Master.
00:39:50.510 --> 00:39:51.610
A mine has recently
00:39:51.630 --> 00:39:52.820
yielded iron ore,
00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:55.530
an extremely rare metal for forging swords.
00:39:56.590 --> 00:39:57.650
Whoever obtains it
00:39:58.320 --> 00:39:59.816
will make their name
across the martial world.
00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.650
You still dream of
roaming the martial world?
00:40:01.670 --> 00:40:02.210
Don't forget,
00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:03.320
you are destined
00:40:03.590 --> 00:40:05.090
to become Empress someday.
00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:09.210
I don't care for that title.
00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:11.780
I just want to win someone's heart
00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.800
and roam the world
00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:14.440
with my sword.
00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:17.460
Cangcang,
00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:19.010
there are few things in this world
00:40:19.030 --> 00:40:20.460
that turn out as one wishes.
00:40:21.150 --> 00:40:23.530
May your joy at least last a little longer.
00:40:25.100 --> 00:40:28.509
[Exemplary Virtue]
00:40:28.510 --> 00:40:29.010
Cangcang,
00:40:29.190 --> 00:40:30.190
we've got the clothes.
00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:39.800
Turn around.
00:40:42.630 --> 00:40:43.630
Miss Ling,
00:40:44.110 --> 00:40:46.210
something feels off.
00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:51.530
It's missing a bit of the
Prince of Yuzhang's...
00:40:51.550 --> 00:40:52.550
Nobility!
00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.480
Exactly.
00:41:13.230 --> 00:41:14.230
Hands behind your back.
00:41:16.550 --> 00:41:17.550
Stand straighter.
00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.420
A little more.
00:41:20.670 --> 00:41:21.170
Yes,
00:41:21.670 --> 00:41:22.670
remember this posture.
00:41:23.070 --> 00:41:24.550
Now you look eighty percent like him.
00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:30.320
[Prince of Yuzhang's Manor]
The Prince needs a tattoo artist.
00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.840
We can...
00:41:40.070 --> 00:41:40.610
Your Highness,
00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:41.840
they've arrived.
00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:44.740
Liubao says your skills are unmatched.
00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:46.490
You must tattoo
00:41:46.510 --> 00:41:49.130
the most magnificent
peacock in Great Qi for me.
00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:50.280
Yes, Your Highness.
00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.960
Begin.
00:42:00.710 --> 00:42:02.340
It might sting a little.
00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:03.610
Pain is nothing.
00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.800
Hurry up.
00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:09.500
Didn't you say you weren't afraid of pain?
00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:12.610
Shall I have my assistant
fetch a paperweight?
00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:13.740
You can squeeze it
00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.760
if it hurts.
00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:15.980
Go. Hurry.
00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:17.000
Yes, Your Highness.
00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.090
A golden embroidered box?
00:42:24.550 --> 00:42:25.550
That must be it.
00:42:27.590 --> 00:42:28.170
Your Highness,
00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:29.440
here's the paperweight.
00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.960
Hold it firmly.
00:43:13.670 --> 00:43:14.860
After I dotted the eye,
00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.380
the phoenix immediately came to life.
00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:17.460
Bear with it a little longer.
00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:18.530
I'm almost finished.
00:43:19.030 --> 00:43:22.090
I asked for a peacock!
00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:25.486
When a peacock rests upon
the Azure Dragon's back,
00:43:25.510 --> 00:43:26.820
it takes on the grace of a phoenix.
00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:29.210
Your Highness's nobility
is truly overwhelming.
00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:34.690
I was momentarily distracted by awe.
00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:36.320
I'll put my utmost care into this.
00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:37.760
Let's continue.
00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:47.300
Your Highness,
00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.820
the peacock is complete.
00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.960
Complete?
00:43:52.110 --> 00:43:53.210
Already?
00:43:53.510 --> 00:43:54.510
Yes.
00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:57.380
It looks stunning on your back,
00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:58.780
almost alive.
00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:06.480
Truly.
00:44:08.070 --> 00:44:09.070
You two,
00:44:09.190 --> 00:44:10.420
bring me a bronze mirror.
00:44:10.550 --> 00:44:11.550
I want to see for myself.
00:44:12.230 --> 00:44:12.690
Sure.
00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.920
I'll fetch one.
00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.400
Hurry.
00:44:20.590 --> 00:44:21.650
The mold's ready.
00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.690
Can you really reproduce it?
00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.380
Trust me.
00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:24.570
I'm Zhong Lin.
00:44:24.710 --> 00:44:26.260
It'll be identical, down
to the finest detail.
00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:27.340
Miss!
00:44:27.590 --> 00:44:30.130
A mister bought these flowers for you.
00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:32.300
Who?
00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:35.000
Him again?
00:44:51.260 --> 00:44:58.460
♪ Dust gathers on the lost paths of time ♪
00:45:00.020 --> 00:45:05.220
♪ A red candle keeps the
dusk company in solitude ♪
00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:10.660
♪ Blurred words on faded bamboo slips ♪
00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:15.060
♪ Broken speech in twisted time ♪
00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:21.180
♪ The heart still hums
its old song of longing ♪
00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:28.420
♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the
seasons weave their tales in turn ♪
00:45:30.060 --> 00:45:32.420
♪ Tears fall, nourishing
all living things ♪
00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:36.660
♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪
00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:41.140
♪ The annual rings carve
deep and shallow scars ♪
00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:45.020
♪ In the end, silence is the only reply ♪
00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:50.740
♪ Oh, broken-hearted one,
still you wander the world ♪
00:45:54.140 --> 00:45:59.140
♪ The setting sun listens
to the tide's confession ♪
00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:07.220
♪ A beam of moonlight keeps
the hesitant poet company ♪
00:46:10.180 --> 00:46:13.580
♪ Amid the swirling mortal dust, love
and hate are hopelessly entwined ♪
00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:17.060
♪ Empty cups greet the dawn of parting ♪
00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:24.060
♪ The heart still hums
its old song of longing ♪
00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:31.300
♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the
seasons weave their tales in turn ♪
00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:35.300
♪ That iridescent soul gleams
through the drifting past ♪
00:46:35.580 --> 00:46:39.340
♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪
00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:43.500
♪ The annual rings carve
deep and shallow scars ♪
00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:47.380
♪ When will the old friend answer? ♪
00:46:48.580 --> 00:46:53.700
♪ Oh, wandering soul, one
day you'll find your way home ♪46348
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