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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 9]
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Father,
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what if His Majesty told her
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that Mr. Li Lu went to his death willingly
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on your orders?
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He would never spell it out.
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And I'm doing this for the Ling clan too.
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Even so,
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aren't you afraid that once
Young Lady learns the truth,
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she won't be able to bear it?
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She's a daughter of the Ling clan.
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There are things she has to endure!
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And for all
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that she's the Empress,
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in the end,
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the Ling clan's what she leans on.
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Only if the Ling clan stands strong
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can she be safe.
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At court now,
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Xiao Huan is closing
in on me at every turn.
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If I lose the backing
of the senior ministers,
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I'll hardly be able to stand.
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So,
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Cangcang must bear a
prince as soon as she can.
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Any news of the Saintess
of the Lingbi Sect?
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Finding her
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is the key to winning back
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Moon-Eclipse.
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I will give my all,
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even at the cost of my life!
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It fears my Begonia Pendant!
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This pendant must hold Wanwei Herb.
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It's a rare medicinal herb.
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When it senses poison, it
glows and drives the poison away.
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With it on you,
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no toxin can hurt you.
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Moon-Eclipse is the Ghost King's token.
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It feeds on Wanwei Herb
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and is born among it.
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Planted in a human heart,
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it can awaken the host's hidden potential,
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but at the cost of their lifespan.
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If the host dies,
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Moon-Eclipse is left hanging by a thread.
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Only by returning to Wanwei Herb
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can it breed and survive.
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Li Hongqing oversaw
Master's burial back then.
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If I want to untangle what
really happened in the palace,
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it seems I must first
reclaim the Phoenix Seal.
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[Linghe Hall]
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While I was away,
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has anything interesting
happened in the palace?
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I wouldn't dare to say.
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You wouldn't dare?
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That only makes me want to hear it more.
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Then Your Majesty mustn't get angry.
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I won't.
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Speak.
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I've heard
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the Empress Dowager has lately been busy
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choosing consorts for His Majesty.
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What a "good" thing.
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How is that good?
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Have you forgotten how the Empress Dowager
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used to make things so hard for you?
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Of course it's good.
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Come on.
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Greetings,
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Mother.
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Have you ever
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seen me as your Mother at all?
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What do you mean by that, Mother?
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Even now,
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you still play dumb with me?
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Mother,
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I truly don't know.
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As Empress,
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you've been in the palace so
long without His Majesty's favor,
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with no hope of heirs.
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I want to choose
concubines for His Majesty,
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yet he keeps saying
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he must discuss it with you.
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What,
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you don't want him to take concubines?
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Mother, please understand.
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I've only just returned to the palace
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and only just heard of this.
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So,
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now you know that?
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Yes.
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Rest assured, Mother,
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I'll help you
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persuade His Majesty
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to take more consorts
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and give the royal family heirs.
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Really?
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Absolutely.
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Your Majesty,
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these are ladies of the right age
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the Empress Dowager and I
have carefully chosen for you.
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They're all from respectable families
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and outstanding in looks.
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[Pure and Spotless]
Please look them over.
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You want to pick consorts for me?
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Exactly.
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Why?
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You sit on the throne above all
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and should expand the harem
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to carry on the royal line.
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Do you even hear yourself?
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As Empress,
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it's only right that I help
the Empress Dowager
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manage the inner palace.
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That's my duty.
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Must you talk to me like this?
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Please take your time choosing.
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I'll take my leave.
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Do you realize
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the Empress Dowager is doing this
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to plant her own spies
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at my side?
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There's no real affection
in this palace anyway.
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Spy or not,
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what difference does it make?
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All right.
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If that's how it is,
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I'll take my time and choose carefully.
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As you wish.
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Please don't be angry, Your Majesty.
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Her Majesty must have been
pressed by the Empress Dowager.
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Have Li Hongqing
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look into every detail
about these noble ladies.
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I want to know everything,
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down to the smallest thing.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty,
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please don't be upset.
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What would I be upset about?
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I've heard His Majesty
chose Minister Xing's daughter
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and plans to make her Noble Consort,
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showering her with gifts every day.
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Minister Xing's daughter?
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They say, at court,
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Minister Xing and the Grand Tutor
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have never really seen eye to eye.
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It doesn't matter.
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As long as His Majesty is pleased.
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Miss Xing Yiyi is gentle and sweet,
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graceful and charming.
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I like her very much.
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What title
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do you think I should grant her?
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Since Your Majesty likes her,
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you can decide that yourself.
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I like her gentleness
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and I like her grace.
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Should I name her Consort Rou,
[♪ "Rou" here means gentleness.]
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or Consort Wan instead?
[♪ "Wan" here means grace.]
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If you like her that much...
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how about
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I just give her the Empress's seat?
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You're quite mistaken.
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The Empress's duty is to run the harem,
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an exhausting task.
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How could I bear to let Miss Xing Yiyi
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work herself so hard?
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My dear,
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you're in a bad mood?
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No need for you to worry.
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If you're in a bad mood,
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you could simply say so.
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I won't take her in, then.
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Don't you dare.
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You should take her in quickly.
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I still have a pile of
harem affairs to manage
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and won't stay here to witness your bliss.
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Cangcang,
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you do care about me after all.
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His Majesty chose Yiyi.
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He really chose Yiyi?
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Would I lie about that?
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That Empress
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was furious.
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This Xiao Huan...
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I understand him less and less.
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Perhaps His Majesty is simply
tired of that Ling father and daughter
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and wants to lean toward your side.
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Not necessarily.
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The Empress has always
loved blades and spears,
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headstrong and domineering.
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Maybe it's Yiyi's gentle, sweet nature
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that Xiao Huan favors more.
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Whatever the reason,
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it's a good thing in the end.
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Ling Cangcang really thinks
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I don't see she's using this
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to reclaim the Phoenix Seal?
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She's digging her own grave.
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Your Majesty,
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please don't be angry.
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Who says I'm angry?
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They say Miss Xing
excels in every refined art,
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with a slim waist, long legs,
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and gifted in song and dance.
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If she really enters the palace,
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Your Majesty would...
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In a few days,
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it'll be the Lotus Banquet the
Empress Dowager ordered.
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They say she'll be granted
a title at the Lotus Banquet.
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Xiaoshan,
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go inform the Empress Dowager
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that I've caught a chill,
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and can't help her host the Lotus Banquet.
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And also...
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Come here.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Minister Xing,
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your daughter is truly striking in looks.
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My dear, what do you think
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of Miss Yiyi's dancing?
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Very good.
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If Miss Yiyi enters the palace one day,
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let her dance for us every day.
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How about that?
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You may enjoy that by yourself.
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After all,
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I've always liked blades and spears.
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If I were to hurt Miss Yiyi by accident,
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that would be awful.
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Yiyi really is
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beautifully made,
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talented and accomplished.
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What do you say, Cangcang?
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You're absolutely right.
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Why don't we
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let Miss Yiyi enter the palace sooner,
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so she can keep His
Majesty company more often.
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Minister Xing.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Are you willing to part with her?
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For Yiyi to receive Your Majesty's favor
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is fortune beyond three lifetimes.
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How would I dare say I'm unwilling?
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In that case,
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there's no day like today.
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Yiyi will stay in the palace tonight.
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Wait!
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Wait!
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Who are you,
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daring to make a scene here?
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I...
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Yiyi and I already made a lifelong vow.
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How outrageously bold...
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Insolent wretch!
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Who sent you to slander my daughter?
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Your Majesty,
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Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,
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I...
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I don't even know this man!
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Yiyi,
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how can you be so heartless?
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Which one of the skills you have
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wasn't taught by me?
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Shut up!
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Your Majesty,
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this is the Noble Consort
you chose so carefully?
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Please, calm your anger.
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Mother must have been
overwhelmed by all the harem affairs.
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It's my fault too
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for not easing her burdens sooner.
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Your Majesty,
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you've worked so hard running
the inner palace all these years.
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Why not leave these matters to the Empress?
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At your age,
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you deserve some peace and rest.
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Your Majesty the Empress Dowager,
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please spare me!
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I'll do everything you say from now on.
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At court this morning,
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Grand Tutor Ling and
others submitted memorials,
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saying a man slipped into the royal banquet
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and that you failed in your oversight.
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Since Xing Yiyi was your
personal recommendation,
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with her conduct in question
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and her dignity lost before all,
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you cannot escape blame.
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And...
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Why are you stammering?
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Speak!
00:15:53.760 --> 00:15:55.100
Minister Xing
00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.160
had impeached you as well.
00:15:59.760 --> 00:16:02.140
Talk about everyone
kicking you when you're down.
00:16:02.400 --> 00:16:04.770
He's just trying to wash his hands clean.
00:16:05.470 --> 00:16:07.020
That old fox.
00:16:07.160 --> 00:16:08.100
Your Majesty!
00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:09.020
Your Majesty!
00:16:09.160 --> 00:16:10.450
His Majesty has decreed today
00:16:10.470 --> 00:16:12.170
that the Phoenix Seal be
placed in the Empress's care.
00:16:12.190 --> 00:16:12.980
They...
00:16:13.160 --> 00:16:14.920
they've already taken
the Phoenix Seal away.
00:16:15.160 --> 00:16:16.160
What?
00:16:23.470 --> 00:16:25.260
Satisfied now, my dear?
00:16:27.830 --> 00:16:29.410
You knew my plan from the start,
00:16:29.520 --> 00:16:30.900
that's why you chose Xing Yiyi?
00:16:30.920 --> 00:16:31.920
What else?
00:16:32.310 --> 00:16:33.340
Did you really think
00:16:33.590 --> 00:16:34.740
I actually liked her?
00:16:35.640 --> 00:16:37.160
Whether you like her is your business,
00:16:37.590 --> 00:16:38.590
nothing to do with me.
00:16:42.280 --> 00:16:42.980
I had
00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:45.190
every candidate's
background thoroughly checked
00:16:45.640 --> 00:16:47.100
before settling on Xing Yiyi.
00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.440
Even if you hadn't picked her,
00:16:48.590 --> 00:16:49.650
I had other ways.
00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.240
Oh?
00:16:51.830 --> 00:16:52.830
What ways?
00:16:52.950 --> 00:16:55.100
All the names I handed
you were filtered by me,
00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.200
each with their own issues.
00:16:57.640 --> 00:16:58.640
So you're saying
00:16:59.400 --> 00:17:01.690
you never meant to choose
consorts for me at all?
00:17:04.190 --> 00:17:05.870
Whether you take consorts isn't the point.
00:17:06.430 --> 00:17:07.430
What matters is
00:17:09.320 --> 00:17:11.100
I've finally got the Phoenix Seal.
00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:21.280
You care that much about the Phoenix Seal?
00:17:26.320 --> 00:17:27.410
Only with it in my hand
00:17:28.950 --> 00:17:30.730
can I do what I need to do.
00:17:39.510 --> 00:17:40.510
Your Majesty,
00:17:40.560 --> 00:17:41.580
please save me!
00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:43.170
I'm...
00:17:44.320 --> 00:17:46.210
I'm already carrying a child.
00:17:47.230 --> 00:17:48.620
You're carrying a child
00:17:48.990 --> 00:17:51.006
and still dare to dream of
marrying into the throne?
00:17:51.030 --> 00:17:52.860
You insisted I enter the palace.
00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.540
You said back then
00:17:55.190 --> 00:17:57.900
if I came in to spy on His Majesty for you,
00:17:58.470 --> 00:18:01.170
you'd see the Xing clan
rise high and smooth.
00:18:01.510 --> 00:18:02.860
That still doesn't excuse you
00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:05.010
for such deceit and betrayal!
00:18:06.750 --> 00:18:07.750
Please, calm your anger.
00:18:08.600 --> 00:18:10.010
It was all my negligence.
00:18:10.230 --> 00:18:11.410
Please punish me instead.
00:18:12.510 --> 00:18:13.510
Get up.
00:18:14.030 --> 00:18:15.100
At this point,
00:18:16.030 --> 00:18:17.450
blame won't help us.
00:18:18.560 --> 00:18:19.690
It's all my fault
00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.970
for underestimating that Ling Cangcang.
00:18:22.470 --> 00:18:23.620
You're right.
00:18:25.270 --> 00:18:26.270
Miss Xing,
00:18:26.840 --> 00:18:28.450
we were all tricked by the Empress.
00:18:29.030 --> 00:18:30.340
She only ever meant to use you
00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:31.690
to snatch back the Phoenix Seal.
00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.380
She let Zhou slip in too.
00:18:35.230 --> 00:18:36.230
She's the one
00:18:36.670 --> 00:18:38.140
who drove you to this state.
00:18:46.600 --> 00:18:48.100
The Empress Dowager spared your life
00:18:49.270 --> 00:18:52.140
so you could seize this last chance.
00:18:52.800 --> 00:18:54.140
An eye for an eye,
00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:56.300
a tooth for a tooth.
00:18:57.230 --> 00:18:59.340
Make the one who ruined you
00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:02.100
pay the price.
00:19:07.990 --> 00:19:08.990
Child,
00:19:09.990 --> 00:19:12.820
don't let me down again.
00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:36.820
[Linghe Hall]
00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:42.970
Your Majesty,
00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:45.900
all the Lingbi Sect files are
stored in the Inner Archive.
00:19:57.710 --> 00:19:58.490
Let's go.
00:19:58.491 --> 00:20:06.491
[Inner Archive]
00:20:24.270 --> 00:20:25.900
Greetings, Your Majesty.
00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.640
Your Majesty,
00:20:37.750 --> 00:20:40.580
there are over eighty
thousand dossiers here.
00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:43.300
What you seek really won't be easy to find.
00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:46.210
Are you trying
00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.970
to mislead me?
00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:51.360
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
00:20:51.430 --> 00:20:52.540
I wouldn't dare!
00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:53.820
Then you'd better talk fast.
00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:56.620
If I report to His Majesty
that you offended me,
00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.640
I can't guarantee
00:20:57.800 --> 00:20:58.930
you'll like the outcome.
00:21:00.270 --> 00:21:01.270
Please, don't be angry!
00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.650
In answer to Your Majesty,
00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.880
Commander Li
00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:05.450
came here yesterday
00:21:05.670 --> 00:21:07.100
and took the dossiers.
00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:08.160
He also took
00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:09.360
a...
00:21:09.670 --> 00:21:10.670
a coffin.
00:21:12.230 --> 00:21:13.230
A coffin...
00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:22.700
[Inner Archive]
00:21:32.510 --> 00:21:33.510
Your Majesty,
00:21:33.750 --> 00:21:34.750
shall we
00:21:34.990 --> 00:21:36.210
return to Linghe Hall?
00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.920
You may go back first.
00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:39.440
I'll walk by myself for a while.
00:21:40.230 --> 00:21:41.230
Yes, Your Majesty.
00:21:47.230 --> 00:21:48.580
Xiao Huan must have known
00:21:48.750 --> 00:21:49.970
I'd use the Phoenix Seal
00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.650
to enter the Inner Archive.
00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:54.650
So he moved what I wanted ahead of time.
00:21:55.510 --> 00:21:56.540
And that thing
00:21:57.800 --> 00:21:58.930
is a coffin.
00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:01.580
Moon-Eclipse is the Ghost King's token
00:22:01.950 --> 00:22:03.390
and can be planted in a human heart.
00:22:03.990 --> 00:22:05.170
Perhaps, Master's body
00:22:07.270 --> 00:22:08.900
lies in that coffin,
00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:12.450
with Moon-Eclipse
00:22:14.030 --> 00:22:15.730
still inside him?
00:22:17.710 --> 00:22:18.900
What's wrong, Master?
00:22:21.230 --> 00:22:23.210
The Ghost King is dangerous.
00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.860
That Ghost King's
committed countless atrocities
00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.920
and harmed so many people.
00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.120
None of this
00:22:27.230 --> 00:22:28.590
is something you should meddle in.
00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.160
Remember this:
00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:32.010
in this world,
00:22:32.430 --> 00:22:34.170
the only one who's wholly good to you
00:22:34.470 --> 00:22:35.650
is your father.
00:22:36.230 --> 00:22:37.410
Even I, your master,
00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:39.080
you mustn't trust completely.
00:22:40.710 --> 00:22:41.710
Master...
00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:45.120
are you really the Ghost King?
00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.640
No way...
00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:07.080
That's impossible.
00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:15.060
It was you.
00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:16.170
I'll kill you!
00:23:16.430 --> 00:23:17.430
Listen.
00:23:17.670 --> 00:23:18.860
Before you ever entered the palace,
00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:20.490
I'd already planned a way out for you.
00:23:20.800 --> 00:23:22.170
You can choose to stay,
00:23:22.470 --> 00:23:23.470
or
00:23:23.510 --> 00:23:24.686
I can send you out of the palace
00:23:24.710 --> 00:23:26.540
to live freely with the man you love.
00:23:27.230 --> 00:23:28.010
Really?
00:23:28.230 --> 00:23:29.010
Of course.
00:23:29.230 --> 00:23:30.970
That was part of my plan all along.
00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:33.250
Now that I hold the Phoenix Seal,
00:23:33.270 --> 00:23:35.551
one decree from me and no
one will dare stop you leaving.
00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:53.010
They will never let you
walk out of here alive.
00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.840
Why not?
00:23:56.750 --> 00:23:57.750
Because
00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.640
they
00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:03.450
want you dead!
00:24:25.470 --> 00:24:26.540
That useless girl,
00:24:26.990 --> 00:24:28.210
good for nothing
00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:29.780
and only making trouble.
00:24:30.080 --> 00:24:31.080
Please, calm your anger.
00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.780
At least Xing Yiyi had the sense
00:24:33.190 --> 00:24:34.620
to die at the Empress's hand.
00:24:36.190 --> 00:24:37.690
Send word to Minister Xing
00:24:37.950 --> 00:24:40.450
that the Empress punished
Xing Yiyi for disrupting the harem
00:24:40.470 --> 00:24:41.690
and had her tortured to death.
00:24:41.990 --> 00:24:42.780
Yes,
00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.800
Your Majesty.
00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.900
Ling Cangcang,
00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:52.100
you little brat,
00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:54.540
how could you ever be a match for me?
00:24:55.990 --> 00:24:56.990
We'll see
00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:58.970
who comes to save you this time.
00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:08.940
[Wuying Hall]
00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.600
Your Majesty,
00:25:19.270 --> 00:25:20.646
Minister Xing is kneeling outside the hall,
00:25:20.670 --> 00:25:22.246
saying Xing Yiyi died
miserably in the palace.
00:25:22.270 --> 00:25:23.830
He begs Your Majesty to clear her name.
00:25:26.710 --> 00:25:27.820
Send him back.
00:25:28.560 --> 00:25:29.560
Tell him
00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.100
I'll handle it.
00:25:31.670 --> 00:25:32.670
Yes, Your Majesty.
00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:45.010
They will never let you
walk out of here alive.
00:25:45.270 --> 00:25:46.270
They
00:25:47.710 --> 00:25:48.780
want you dead!
00:25:55.750 --> 00:25:56.540
Your Majesty,
00:25:56.670 --> 00:25:57.780
Eunuch Feng is here.
00:25:59.190 --> 00:26:01.580
Greetings, Your Majesty.
00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:03.360
I bear an oral decree from His Majesty.
00:26:03.470 --> 00:26:06.540
His Majesty asks you to
hand over the Phoenix Seal.
00:26:08.470 --> 00:26:09.470
What?
00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:11.200
Hand over the Phoenix Seal?
00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:14.170
I'm only here to pass
on His Majesty's words.
00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:21.420
[Pure and Spotless]
00:26:25.030 --> 00:26:26.550
Why must I hand over the Phoenix Seal?
00:26:28.270 --> 00:26:29.300
Do you know
00:26:30.470 --> 00:26:31.470
that these
00:26:31.510 --> 00:26:32.930
are all memorials impeaching you?
00:26:33.190 --> 00:26:35.540
This was all arranged
by the Empress Dowager.
00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:37.410
She ordered Xing Yiyi to kill me,
00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:39.340
never intending to let her live.
00:26:39.470 --> 00:26:40.690
I'm well aware of that.
00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:42.140
And you still do this?
00:26:42.270 --> 00:26:43.450
This is the palace,
00:26:43.800 --> 00:26:44.900
not the martial world.
00:26:45.270 --> 00:26:47.010
The palace is an arena of power,
00:26:47.190 --> 00:26:49.410
not a place for weighing right and wrong.
00:26:49.430 --> 00:26:50.230
So Xing Yiyi dies
00:26:50.231 --> 00:26:51.820
without the truth, just like that?
00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:54.410
Is a human life
00:26:55.470 --> 00:26:57.510
nothing more than a tool
to seize the Phoenix Seal?
00:26:59.750 --> 00:27:01.070
Hand over the Phoenix Seal first.
00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.900
When this blows over,
00:27:03.430 --> 00:27:04.930
I'll give it back to you.
00:27:05.950 --> 00:27:07.410
You want me to hand it over
00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.490
because they've impeached me,
00:27:09.990 --> 00:27:11.010
or you can't bear me
00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:13.620
walking freely through the palace
00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.650
with the Phoenix Seal?
00:27:16.470 --> 00:27:17.730
What are you implying?
00:27:18.030 --> 00:27:19.250
You know very well.
00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:26.060
I did move your master's body.
00:27:26.270 --> 00:27:27.450
I didn't want you to find it.
00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.010
But it was also because
00:27:29.750 --> 00:27:32.140
I didn't want you dragged into this.
00:27:34.710 --> 00:27:36.010
My Begonia Pendant glows
00:27:36.710 --> 00:27:38.170
whenever it's near poison.
00:27:38.710 --> 00:27:40.490
When it was close to my master's body,
00:27:40.510 --> 00:27:41.540
it glowed.
00:27:41.990 --> 00:27:43.730
Is it because his body
00:27:45.710 --> 00:27:47.060
was hiding Moon-Eclipse?
00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.860
Did you already know
00:27:56.430 --> 00:27:57.450
he was the Ghost King,
00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:01.010
and kill him for that?
00:28:01.990 --> 00:28:02.990
Cangcang,
00:28:04.430 --> 00:28:06.970
there was more to your master
than just being the Ghost King.
00:28:07.750 --> 00:28:09.300
So moving his body
00:28:10.670 --> 00:28:13.250
was also to stop Moon-Eclipse
from harming the world?
00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.120
Is that it?
00:28:20.270 --> 00:28:21.270
Answer me.
00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.730
I gave your master my word.
00:28:32.750 --> 00:28:34.690
He had no right to decide for me!
00:28:37.190 --> 00:28:38.190
And neither do you.
00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:48.160
Fine.
00:28:49.510 --> 00:28:51.060
I'll take you somewhere now.
00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.880
Master...
00:30:18.990 --> 00:30:20.170
Master...
00:30:23.750 --> 00:30:24.750
Yes.
00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:26.360
It's your master.
00:30:29.270 --> 00:30:30.490
It's my master.
00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.920
Master...
00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:58.930
Why did you lie to me?
00:31:01.990 --> 00:31:03.250
Why?
00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:07.220
Why are you the Ghost King?
00:31:12.750 --> 00:31:13.750
Cangcang,
00:31:15.190 --> 00:31:16.190
I killed him
00:31:16.990 --> 00:31:18.010
because I had no choice.
00:31:25.470 --> 00:31:27.250
Because he was the Ghost King,
00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:31.580
that was
00:31:33.710 --> 00:31:35.730
why you approached me from the start,
00:31:37.230 --> 00:31:38.250
used me
00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:42.100
and lied to me?
00:32:00.710 --> 00:32:02.580
You say you had no choice,
00:32:03.750 --> 00:32:05.900
tossing out those few words so lightly.
00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:08.410
But do you know
00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:11.450
that I've endured
00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:13.690
this heart-rending pain,
00:32:14.230 --> 00:32:15.300
day and night,
00:32:16.560 --> 00:32:17.970
with no relief at all?
00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:22.650
Do you think I don't hurt too?
00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:26.690
You hurt?
00:32:29.430 --> 00:32:31.340
Every time I see you sad and in pain,
00:32:32.470 --> 00:32:33.860
see you misunderstanding me,
00:32:34.260 --> 00:32:35.380
hating me,
00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.250
it hurts every time.
00:32:39.190 --> 00:32:40.190
Cangcang,
00:32:41.750 --> 00:32:43.210
in this position,
00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:45.120
I truly have no say
00:32:45.710 --> 00:32:47.100
most of the time.
00:32:48.750 --> 00:32:50.140
Then keep hurting.
00:32:51.750 --> 00:32:53.210
And let me go on hating you.
00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:56.740
♪ Sky so vast... ♪
00:32:57.030 --> 00:32:58.060
You're the one
00:32:59.080 --> 00:33:00.650
who, from the very start,
00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:03.380
only ever lied to me and used me.
00:33:04.670 --> 00:33:05.670
Cangcang,
00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:08.690
I've always been sincere with you.
00:33:10.990 --> 00:33:11.990
Sincere?
00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:14.420
♪ Snow so white... ♪
00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.860
What counts as sincerity?
00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.060
Even Master
00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:23.650
I was closest to and trusted most
00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:26.340
was lying to me.
00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:32.060
♪ Pale moonlight... ♪
00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.300
In this world,
00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:36.660
♪ Drifting far... ♪
00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:38.730
who else can I trust?
00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:41.020
♪ Sword on my back ♪
00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:46.060
♪ I can't let go of this
lingering longing... ♪
00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.560
Master,
00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.300
tell me...
00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:54.490
in this world,
00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:58.340
♪ Partings never paid in full... ♪
00:33:58.670 --> 00:34:01.140
who can I still believe in?
00:34:10.030 --> 00:34:11.450
Tell your disciple,
00:34:13.070 --> 00:34:14.070
who
00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.700
can I still trust?
00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:30.620
♪ A few strokes of history's ink ♪
00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:40.300
♪ Bury the boy I once was... ♪
00:34:43.150 --> 00:34:44.150
Cangcang,
00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.050
believe it or not,
00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:48.660
it's up to you.
00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:51.380
But I will spend this life
00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:54.820
giving everything to shield you
00:34:55.990 --> 00:34:57.530
and keep you safe and sound.
00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:01.260
♪ Singing to the vast sky ♪
00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:05.260
♪ As tears fall in countless lines ♪
00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.300
Father,
00:35:10.630 --> 00:35:12.220
Cangcang saw Li Lu's body.
00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:14.660
It seems Moon-Eclipse is still in him.
00:35:15.550 --> 00:35:16.700
Other than that,
00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:18.450
what else did Cangcang find?
00:35:19.190 --> 00:35:20.190
I don't know.
00:35:21.150 --> 00:35:22.700
Sound Cangcang out for me.
00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.820
Find out
00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.300
how far she's gotten
00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:28.090
with Li Lu's case.
00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:30.280
Understood.
00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.880
Your Majesty.
00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.320
You may go.
00:35:46.950 --> 00:35:47.950
Your Majesty,
00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:50.050
Heaven rewards the diligent.
00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:53.490
Our people have finally caught
something on the Empress.
00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:06.060
[Changyue Tavern]
00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:19.820
[Xijiang Moon]
00:36:23.150 --> 00:36:24.150
Cangcang.
00:36:29.990 --> 00:36:30.990
Cangcang,
00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:33.220
why not meet at the Ling Manor?
00:36:34.110 --> 00:36:35.490
Did he forbid you to go home?
00:36:38.070 --> 00:36:39.650
I just don't want to worry Father.
00:36:43.150 --> 00:36:44.150
Have a seat now.
00:36:55.590 --> 00:36:56.590
Master
00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.570
really was the Ghost King.
00:37:02.550 --> 00:37:03.550
If that's true,
00:37:04.030 --> 00:37:06.030
then the Sword Cottage
incident wasn't a frame-up.
00:37:11.030 --> 00:37:12.030
Are you sure?
00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:15.610
I saw Master's body.
00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:18.490
Moon-Eclipse really is inside him.
00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.800
So Xiao Huan
00:37:20.190 --> 00:37:21.300
hid the body
00:37:21.710 --> 00:37:23.090
because of Moon-Eclipse.
00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:25.050
He only didn't want it
00:37:25.070 --> 00:37:26.570
falling into the wrong hands.
00:37:26.590 --> 00:37:27.590
Cangcang,
00:37:27.670 --> 00:37:28.990
how can you take his word for it?
00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:30.360
If you ask me,
00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.650
you still need to find a way
00:37:31.710 --> 00:37:33.740
to get Moon-Eclipse in your own hands.
00:37:34.670 --> 00:37:36.610
If that booklet is telling the truth,
00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:37.920
then in your pendant
00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:39.280
is Wanwei Herb,
00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:41.740
the perfect vessel for Moon-Eclipse.
00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.360
Cangcang,
00:37:48.510 --> 00:37:49.340
this concerns the lives
00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.690
of people across the land.
00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:52.010
You must think it through.
00:37:56.510 --> 00:37:57.820
You mean
00:37:58.150 --> 00:37:59.690
he covets Moon-Eclipse,
00:37:59.710 --> 00:38:00.460
rather than...?
00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.480
Cangcang,
00:38:02.030 --> 00:38:03.820
just because Mr. Li Lu is the Ghost King,
00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.860
you're going to forgive him again?
00:38:09.150 --> 00:38:10.150
I'm not.
00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.050
I have thought he might have
had no choice about killing Master,
00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:17.300
but lying to me
00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:19.410
and using me to get close to Master,
00:38:19.430 --> 00:38:20.970
that was his own choice.
00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:24.280
I...
00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.840
I don't know...
00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:31.300
I don't know who I can trust anymore.
00:38:32.550 --> 00:38:34.380
Even Master lied to me.
00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:37.740
Can I trust you?
00:38:40.550 --> 00:38:41.970
You've never lied to me,
00:38:41.990 --> 00:38:43.180
right, Luo?
00:38:52.510 --> 00:38:53.510
Of course not.
00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:55.280
Cangcang,
00:38:55.630 --> 00:38:56.660
have you forgotten?
00:38:57.200 --> 00:38:58.200
My life
00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:59.570
was saved by you and Father.
00:39:00.110 --> 00:39:01.300
How could I ever lie to you?
00:39:09.430 --> 00:39:10.660
How is Father?
00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.920
Aside from worrying
00:39:13.430 --> 00:39:15.220
that you're being bullied in the palace,
00:39:15.430 --> 00:39:16.430
he's fine.
00:39:21.950 --> 00:39:23.780
At least I still have you and Father.
00:39:32.510 --> 00:39:33.510
Cangcang,
00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:34.970
even if Father keeps saying
00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:36.960
you should hold tight
to the Empress's seat,
00:39:37.070 --> 00:39:38.490
you must think it through.
00:39:39.550 --> 00:39:41.490
Remember how he tricked you in Southern Chu
00:39:41.510 --> 00:39:42.510
and used you.
00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:44.700
Don't let him cloud your judgment again.
00:39:50.030 --> 00:39:50.860
Here we are!
00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.490
Come with me!
00:39:51.510 --> 00:39:52.510
Yes!
00:39:57.430 --> 00:39:58.430
Find them!
00:40:01.720 --> 00:40:02.720
Officers...
00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:05.050
Aunt Chan?
00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.780
Palace guards on royal orders!
00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:10.700
How did she find this place?
00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.490
Your Majesty,
00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:27.086
the Empress Dowager heard
you left the palace without leave
00:40:27.110 --> 00:40:28.490
and sent this maid
00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:30.570
to remind you of the rules.
00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:37.170
I brought the Empress out to drink tea.
00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:38.800
Do I now
00:40:38.990 --> 00:40:41.130
need the Empress
Dowager's permission as well?
00:40:43.590 --> 00:40:44.590
This maid deserves death!
00:40:45.070 --> 00:40:46.070
This maid deserves death!
00:40:46.510 --> 00:40:48.490
For disturbing our pleasant outing,
00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:50.010
you certainly do.
00:40:51.070 --> 00:40:52.300
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
00:40:52.590 --> 00:40:53.530
Forgive me, Your Majesty...
00:40:53.550 --> 00:40:54.550
Get lost!
00:40:54.630 --> 00:40:56.176
I'll deal with your offense
back at the palace.
00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:57.200
Yes, Your Majesty.
00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:26.010
Why did you come here?
00:41:28.110 --> 00:41:28.970
I heard Aunt Chan
00:41:28.990 --> 00:41:30.660
had brought guards here
00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:32.300
and came out of curiosity.
00:41:32.590 --> 00:41:33.590
I didn't expect
00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.840
to run into you.
00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:38.380
Their tea and snacks are good.
00:41:38.950 --> 00:41:39.950
I came to try them.
00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.970
Drinking tea alone,
00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:47.760
yet two cups on the table?
00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:53.050
Since you know I'm not here alone,
00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:54.780
why cover for me?
00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.880
I told you
00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:59.340
I'd keep you safe.
00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:11.130
Since I'm rarely
00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:12.490
out of the palace incognito,
00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:16.260
why not stroll around with me?
00:42:20.520 --> 00:42:21.580
Watch this!
00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:26.260
Look at that!
00:42:28.530 --> 00:42:29.860
Lanterns!
00:42:30.560 --> 00:42:31.680
Lanterns!
00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:34.040
[Lanterns]
Take a look, miss.
00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:39.680
Fireworks!
00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.700
Honey puffs!
00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:43.490
Fresh honey puffs!
00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:45.180
Try before you buy!
00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:46.780
Cheap and tasty!
00:42:46.990 --> 00:42:48.090
These are from our Yuan family,
00:42:48.110 --> 00:42:49.610
[Yuan's Honey Cake Shop]
made with our secret recipe!
00:42:49.630 --> 00:42:50.860
Come have a taste!
00:42:51.030 --> 00:42:52.600
Honey puffs!
00:42:52.770 --> 00:42:54.010
Come on, sir, have a bite!
00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:56.320
Sir,
00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:57.410
one serving of honey puffs.
00:42:57.430 --> 00:42:57.970
Got it.
00:42:57.971 --> 00:42:59.300
Pack one piece separately for me.
00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:00.320
Sure.
00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.560
- Please try it. - All right.
00:43:05.150 --> 00:43:06.150
Come catch me!
00:43:06.510 --> 00:43:06.860
Here.
00:43:07.070 --> 00:43:08.070
Have a taste.
00:43:12.550 --> 00:43:13.550
All right.
00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.880
Thank you.
00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:15.970
You're too kind, sir.
00:43:15.990 --> 00:43:16.990
So sweet.
00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:21.050
This was my favorite treat as a child.
00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:23.320
Why?
00:43:25.630 --> 00:43:27.090
I had a cold sickness growing up.
00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:29.660
When my mother was alive,
00:43:30.070 --> 00:43:31.350
every time she gave me medicine,
00:43:31.680 --> 00:43:33.280
she'd give me a piece of honey puff too.
00:43:33.510 --> 00:43:35.030
No matter how bitter the medicine was,
00:43:35.320 --> 00:43:36.600
as long as there was honey puff,
00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:38.860
all I could taste was sweetness.
00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:42.820
But I've hardly ever seen it in the palace.
00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:46.180
After my mother died,
00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:47.780
I swore off sweets.
00:43:48.430 --> 00:43:50.610
I wanted to remember that bitterness
00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.930
and remind myself
00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:53.410
never to slack off.
00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:56.360
But later,
00:43:56.680 --> 00:43:58.200
when I tasted your pear blossom honey,
00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:59.240
I realized
00:43:59.630 --> 00:44:00.630
sweetness
00:44:01.110 --> 00:44:02.430
still beats bitterness after all.
00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:26.460
♪ Dust gathers on the lost paths of time ♪
00:44:28.020 --> 00:44:33.220
♪ A red candle keeps the
dusk company in solitude ♪
00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:38.660
♪ Blurred words on faded bamboo slips ♪
00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:43.060
♪ Broken speech in twisted time ♪
00:44:44.220 --> 00:44:49.180
♪ The heart still hums
its old song of longing ♪
00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:56.420
♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the
seasons weave their tales in turn ♪
00:44:58.060 --> 00:45:00.420
♪ Tears fall, nourishing
all living things ♪
00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:04.660
♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪
00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:09.140
♪ The annual rings carve
deep and shallow scars ♪
00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:13.020
♪ In the end, silence is the only reply ♪
00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:18.740
♪ Oh, broken-hearted one,
still you wander the world ♪
00:45:22.140 --> 00:45:27.140
♪ The setting sun listens
to the tide's confession ♪
00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:35.220
♪ A beam of moonlight keeps
the hesitant poet company ♪
00:45:38.180 --> 00:45:41.580
♪ Amid the swirling mortal dust, love
and hate are hopelessly entwined ♪
00:45:41.700 --> 00:45:45.060
♪ Empty cups greet the dawn of parting ♪
00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:52.060
♪ The heart still hums
its old song of longing ♪
00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:59.300
♪ On Phoenix Terrace, the
seasons weave their tales in turn ♪
00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:03.300
♪ That iridescent soul gleams
through the drifting past ♪
00:46:03.580 --> 00:46:07.340
♪ Be it cloud or rain, sea or flower ♪
00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:11.500
♪ The annual rings carve
deep and shallow scars ♪
00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:15.380
♪ When will the old friend answer? ♪
00:46:16.580 --> 00:46:21.700
♪ Oh, wandering soul, one
day you'll find your way home ♪49452
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