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The Scholar and the Emperor
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You little wretch.
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In such a hurry to see me?
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I never expected
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you'd still be alive.
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What?
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Come for revenge?
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Revenge is only the beginning.
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Do you remember what
you did to A-Xiang and me?
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A-Xiang?
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I'll repay you a thousandfold.
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What I did to A-Xiang...
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You know that better than anyone.
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That insignificant little bastard back then
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has grown even prettier than A-Xiang.
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-Come here.
-How dare you!
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You used to kneel and beg for mercy.
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Now you've learned to throw
your authority around.
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Didn't you come for revenge?
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The knife is right there.
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What?
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Too afraid to take it?
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Of course.
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That night, ten years ago,
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you also tried to kill me with a knife.
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Too bad I've lived another ten years.
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Your little friend wasn't so lucky.
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By now,
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she's a lonely ghost in an unmarked grave.
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What a pity when I think about it.
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The more she begged,
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the more excited I became.
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Let go of me! Let go!
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Let go of me!
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-Let go of me!
-Do it!
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I'm a law-abiding citizen now, Lao Zhai.
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And you're an imperial official.
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You can't kill me.
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Ten years have passed.
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I'm no longer the beggar
you could abuse at will.
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What you owe those children
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must now be repaid.
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These are white plum blossoms
from Mount Zhongnan.
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Placed in a music house,
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they symbolize pure
notes and refined charm.
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Careful. You'll cut your hand.
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I'm truly sorry.
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I'll compensate the proprietor
at three times the market price.
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It was only an ordinary ornament.
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No need to be so courteous,
Young Master He.
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But you, Young Master He,
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have been visiting Huiyin House
quite often lately.
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I wonder whether you're
interested in music and dance,
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or in me.
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Interested in me?
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Naturally, I'm interested in you.
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I've always found you
rather mysterious, Miss Situ.
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You don't seem to be merely
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the proprietor of a music house.
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The feeling is mutual.
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I've entertained many
sons of noble families
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and consider myself a
good judge of character.
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Yet your bearing is
exceptionally distinguished,
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and your knowledge extraordinary.
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You hardly seem,
as Young Master Shen claimed,
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to be an ordinary merchant.
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Wait.
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I clearly knew Proprietor Situ first,
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yet now I can't get a word in.
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You two are getting along so well
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that you seem more like kindred spirits.
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Then I hope Miss Situ and I
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will not suddenly go
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from kindred spirits to strangers.
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I might become a stranger to anyone,
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but with you, Young Master He...
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I'd be reluctant to.
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Has His Majesty dismissed his suspicions
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and started calling her a kindred spirit?
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She's the most renowned
music-house proprietor in the capital,
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smooth and flawless in every situation.
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You actually believe what she says?
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Then why did Your Majesty...?
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I was merely playing along.
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She has no sword wound on her body.
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Yet Your Majesty still suspects her?
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After testing her today,
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I am even more certain
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that her identity is anything but ordinary.
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Zhishu,
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follow the musicians'
convoy to the frontier.
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Whatever they purchase,
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investigate every detail thoroughly.
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I obey.
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Help!
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Meng Tinghui of the Bureau of
Intelligence has killed someone!
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Someone report this to the authorities!
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Help!
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Murder!
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Lord Meng Tinghui of the
Bureau of Intelligence
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is taking a life in broad daylight!
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She treats human life as worthless!
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Please, everyone,
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save this old man!
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Lord Meng!
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Spare me, Lord Meng! Please!
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I'm only a commoner.
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I've never done anything wicked in my life!
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Lord Meng,
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I only know that back in Shazhou,
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you were a swindler and thief,
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a petty thug with blood on your hands.
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But don't worry, Lord Meng.
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Spare my life,
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and I would never dare mention
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your dark past to anyone.
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That woman is Lord Meng
of the Bureau of Intelligence.
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That's right.
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She's actually abusing
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-a crippled old man while wearing official robes.
-Please spare me!
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-Spare me! Please spare me!
-How did this old man offend her?
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Stop pretending.
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Do you think this will help you escape?
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You little wretch.
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If you've got the nerve, kill me
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in front of everyone.
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I'm a law-abiding citizen now.
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Come on, then...
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Do it!
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This... Lord Meng, she...
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Back then,
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that persecuted little beggar
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truly could do nothing to you.
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I swore that if I ever held
a blade in my hand,
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I would cut you into a thousand pieces.
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You?
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A mere beggar making empty threats?
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But today,
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I wear the robes of an imperial official
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and stand beneath the law of the realm.
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With this office and this life,
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I will personally bring you to justice.
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You dare?
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I'll kill you!
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Today is the day you die!
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Let go of me!
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I'm going to kill you!
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Save me!
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Save...
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Meng Tinghui!
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Number eighty-eight!
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-Over here!
-Welcome, honored guests. Please come inside.
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Please don't be impatient, everyone.
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We'll get to you very soon.
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Everyone, Bofeng House is full today.
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It will take another incense
stick before a table opens up.
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Guests whose numbers haven't been called
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may have a cup of ginger tea first.
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The wind is cold.
Take care not to catch a chill.
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What a ridiculous show.
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You're only acting smug
because you have court backing.
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Let's see how much longer
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you can keep hopping around
like a grasshopper in autumn.
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You couldn't hop even if you tried.
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May Bofeng House run into trouble soon.
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Shopkeeper!
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Shopkeeper!
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Shopkeeper, I saw Lord Meng...
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-What happened to Mengmeng?
-Lord Meng killed someone!
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-Watch the shop.
-So she finally killed someone.
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I told you she wouldn't last much longer.
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Miss Yan.
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Young Lord Shen.
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Where are you going, Miss Yan?
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I'm going to the Bureau of Intelligence.
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They said Mengmeng killed someone.
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His Majesty witnessed it himself.
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Lord Meng has already
been taken into the palace.
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Mengmeng would never
kill an innocent person.
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She must have had a reason.
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Then I'll go to the palace to find her.
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Without His Majesty's summons,
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no one can enter.
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Then I won't go in.
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I'll wait for her at the palace gate.
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-I'll take you.
-Young Lord Shen,
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we still have important business.
We cannot delay.
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You go ahead.
My horse is fast. I'll catch up later.
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Young Lord Shen,
the snow is falling hard and fast.
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It is far too dangerous
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for you to ride alone.
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Forget it. I'll find another way.
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Do as I say.
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Yes.
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Mount up.
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Your Majesty.
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The Ministry of Revenue has confirmed
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that the man's name is Lao Zhai.
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He is nearly fifty and has a lame leg.
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Though his family is poor,
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he has never broken the law.
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Meng Tinghui killed an innocent man.
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Her crime merits death.
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Everyone I killed deserved to die.
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Lao Zhai was no law-abiding citizen.
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He was a human trafficker
with countless crimes.
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Master Wen.
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Utter nonsense, Your Majesty.
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Lao Zhai's household registration
and his neighbors' testimony
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are enough to prove his innocence.
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If he was innocent,
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then no one in this world is innocent.
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-Summon Lao Zhai.
-Bring Lao Zhai in.
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This commoner, Lao Zhai,
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greets Your Majesty.
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Raise your head.
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What grievance exists
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between you and Meng Tinghui?
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Tell the truth.
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Your Majesty,
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this humble man is originally from Shazhou.
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Because Lord Meng and
I are from the same place,
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I know she once lived
on the streets of Shazhou
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as a thieving, deceitful
beggar who committed every evil.
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She once poisoned someone
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just to steal half a string of coins.
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She often gathered other young beggars
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to prey on passing merchants.
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Lord Meng,
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it has been ten years.
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Had you not rushed out to kill me,
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I never would have recognized you as
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the little beggar who once stole my silver.
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Do you think changing your name
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can erase your sins?
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Ten years ago,
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you made your living trafficking children.
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You forced them to steal
and beg for your profit.
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If they resisted,
you broke their hands and feet.
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You raped young girls.
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Then sold them into slavery.
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My elder sister, A-Xiang,
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died at your hands.
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Changing your name means nothing.
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Even if you were reduced to ashes,
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I...
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would still recognize you.
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Lord Meng,
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do you have evidence?
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Does wearing those official robes
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give you the right to accuse someone
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with nothing but your own words?
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I know
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I'm only a humble commoner.
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My words carry little weight.
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I am certainly not some Master Wen.
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I beg Your Majesty to investigate clearly.
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I am the evidence.
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I was one of the children
you trafficked back then.
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That leg of yours
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was crippled by me.
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How dare you, Meng Tinghui!
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You oppress a commoner
in the imperial court.
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What regard have you for
His Majesty and the assembled officials?
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Murder!
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Lord Meng!
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Your Majesty,
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her claims grow more absurd by the moment.
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This humble man's leg
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was injured in an accident
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while unloading goods in Shazhou.
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That is why I came to the capital
to make a living, Your Majesty.
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Lord Meng,
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how can you frame me so casually?
275
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You human trafficker!
276
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You distort the truth
and accuse me instead.
277
00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,176
I regret not stabbing
you to death back then.
278
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Meng Tinghui,
279
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do you have any witness
or physical evidence
280
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proving he is the trafficker
you call Master Wen?
281
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I...
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do not.
283
00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,016
Your Majesty,
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I stake my life on this.
285
00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,976
Every word I said is true.
286
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He deliberately appeared
to lure me into a trap.
287
00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,820
I beg Your Majesty to
investigate thoroughly.
288
00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,296
Your Majesty,
289
00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,340
why would an old cripple like me
290
00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,940
put on such an elaborate act
291
00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,176
just to frame her?
292
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People often say
293
00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,176
officials protect one another.
294
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If you intend to shield her,
295
00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,380
what can a mere commoner like me
296
00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,860
possibly do against you?
297
00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:15,700
Your Majesty,
298
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since Meng Tinghui cannot produce evidence,
299
00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,736
I respectfully request that Your Majesty
300
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abolish the Bureau of Intelligence,
301
00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,216
immediately imprison Meng Tinghui,
302
00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,220
strip her of office, and investigate
her to uphold court discipline.
303
00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:29,416
Your Majesty,
304
00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,820
I know Your Majesty values
and cherishes talent.
305
00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:33,976
However, Meng Tinghui's actions this time
306
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have violated the law and
caused grave consequences.
307
00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:37,856
If this matter is mishandled
308
00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,976
and word spreads that
the court shields officials
309
00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,496
who kill innocent commoners,
310
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the court's authority may be damaged
311
00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:45,180
and the foundations of the realm shaken.
312
00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,100
I also respectfully
request that Your Majesty
313
00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:49,416
act according to the law,
314
00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,016
abolish the Bureau of Intelligence,
315
00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,456
severely punish Meng Tinghui,
316
00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:53,620
and reassure the realm.
317
00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,496
I second the motion.
318
00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,496
-I second the motion.
-I second the motion.
319
00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,700
-I second the motion.
-I second the motion.
320
00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,500
Raise your head and look.
321
00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,980
Do you recognize this dagger?
322
00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:39,656
This humble man does not.
323
00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,856
Then I shall help you remember.
324
00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,620
Left Chancellor, do you recall
325
00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,616
where I was ten years ago?
326
00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,140
Your Majesty,
327
00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,976
ten years ago, Your Majesty was fourteen
328
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,096
and first toured the realm
on behalf of the late emperor.
329
00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,496
You personally went to the
frontier prefecture of Shazhou
330
00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,380
and destroyed a local
human-trafficking ring.
331
00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,660
The young man who saved me back then
332
00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,816
was actually you?
333
00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:18,896
Could Your Majesty be...?
334
00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,580
That's right.
335
00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:22,620
It was I.
336
00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,536
Meng Tinghui used this very dagger
337
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,300
to wound your leg.
338
00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,336
I witnessed everything
you did with my own eyes.
339
00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:01,900
Are you saying...
340
00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:03,580
that I am falsely accusing you?
341
00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:06,456
You wanted evidence, did you not?
342
00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,136
Meng Tinghui has none, but I do.
343
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,696
I am the witness.
344
00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,096
And this dagger
345
00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:13,660
is the physical evidence.
346
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,656
Its triangular blade
347
00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:16,896
is unique.
348
00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,656
It matches the wound on your body.
349
00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,540
Must I personally examine
your injury to prove it?
350
00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,736
If Your Majesty closes the case so hastily
351
00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,336
and shows favoritism toward Meng Tinghui,
352
00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:28,096
the people will say
353
00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:29,696
that any official who
wins Your Majesty's favor
354
00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,216
may kill at will.
355
00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:33,380
Such a decision
356
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:35,856
will chill the hearts of all commoners.
357
00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:37,660
Di Nian.
358
00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,020
Bring in the witness.
359
00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,856
The condemned slave, Heiying,
360
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:58,100
pays his respects to Your Majesty.
361
00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,056
Ten years ago,
362
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,260
I helped Master Wen escape from Shazhou.
363
00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,856
At the time, he trafficked children,
364
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:10,376
forcing them to steal.
365
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,936
Those who refused were tortured,
killed, and buried.
366
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,056
This condemned slave was
once Master Wen's trusted subordinate.
367
00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,180
I abducted thirty-nine children for him.
368
00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,456
Lord Meng and her sworn sister
369
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,456
attempted to escape many times.
370
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,936
I was always ordered to bring them back.
371
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,496
I personally saw Master Wen in Shazhou
372
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,576
forge the identity of
a law-abiding citizen.
373
00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,656
Now he has changed his name again
374
00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,336
and hidden in the capital.
375
00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:31,136
We have had no contact for ten years.
376
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,416
Master Wen still bears
an arrow wound on his chest,
377
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,056
inflicted when Your Majesty toured Shazhou.
378
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,820
This man is unquestionably Master Wen.
379
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,136
You hid under a false
identity in the capital for years,
380
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,456
then suddenly appeared
to provoke her into violence.
381
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,500
None of this can be a coincidence.
382
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:52,860
Speak.
383
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,536
Who ordered you
384
00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,460
to frame Meng Tinghui?
385
00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,776
Spare me, Your Majesty!
386
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,616
Please spare me!
387
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,376
I hated Meng Tinghui
388
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:05,016
for crippling me back then.
389
00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,336
That is why I agreed to help
the leader of the Tiger Roar Gang
390
00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:09,380
get rid of her.
391
00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,780
The Tiger Roar Gang.
392
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,860
My ministers,
393
00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,976
the Tiger Roar Gang plotted to
frame an imperial official.
394
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,700
The truth has now been revealed.
395
00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:24,536
Do you still demand that I
abolish the Bureau of Intelligence
396
00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,220
and severely punish Meng Tinghui?
397
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,740
Study.
398
00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:37,416
Pass the imperial examination.
399
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,336
Enter the court as an official.
400
00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:41,696
How can I become as powerful as you?
401
00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,576
Study, pass the imperial examination,
402
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:45,820
and enter the court as an official.
403
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,540
Once authority is in your hands,
404
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:50,740
everything will be different.
405
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,020
You truly accomplished it all.
406
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,616
Step by step,
407
00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,300
you truly made your way before me.
408
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:40,736
As an imperial official, Meng Tinghui
409
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,216
should be severely punished
for privately assaulting someone.
410
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,216
However, considering the cruel
abuse you suffered at his hands
411
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,500
and the misery of your circumstances,
your actions are understandable.
412
00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,336
You are therefore fined
three months' salary.
413
00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,500
Take this as a lesson in the future.
414
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,060
Do not let hatred blind you.
415
00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:00,660
Thank you for Your Majesty's mercy.
416
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,060
I will remember your instruction
417
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,340
and never betray Your Majesty's grace.
418
00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,016
You trafficked children,
murdered innocents,
419
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,056
and framed an imperial official.
420
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,256
Under the Great Ning Code,
your crimes shall be punished together.
421
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:15,860
You are sentenced to death by beheading.
422
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,216
Spare me, Your Majesty!
423
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,536
Lord Meng!
424
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,096
Please spare me!
425
00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:25,336
Your Majesty,
426
00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:28,176
even if these men's crimes are unforgivable
427
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,136
and the Tiger Roar Gang deserves execution,
428
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,496
Your Majesty has still
429
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,256
placed the Bureau of
Intelligence in the hands
430
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,016
of a deceitful beggar
with a disgraceful past.
431
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,256
How can the people accept her authority?
432
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:37,856
This will never command respect.
433
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:38,776
Left Chancellor,
434
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,376
can a beggar not study
and enter official service?
435
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,576
Everything I did in the past
436
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,936
was forced upon me by Master Wen.
437
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,736
I studied diligently and earned
distinction in the examinations,
438
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,696
advancing step by step
to where I stand today.
439
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,380
If I am unqualified,
440
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,936
is Ding Chong, who treated
human life as worthless, qualified?
441
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,376
Is Wan Kai, who sheltered
the Tiger Roar Gang, qualified?
442
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,496
Or in the gambling-house case,
443
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,576
were Vice Minister Zheng
and the others who were arrested
444
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,096
qualified?
445
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,736
I nearly forgot.
446
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,176
They were all your prized disciples,
Left Chancellor.
447
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,016
-How dare you!
-As imperial officials,
448
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:09,816
you failed to judge men properly
449
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,860
and nearly became the
Tiger Roar Gang's claws and fangs.
450
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,096
After this matter,
451
00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,620
all of you should return
home and reflect carefully
452
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,100
on what it truly means
to serve as a minister.
453
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,340
What are we going to do?
454
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,216
They've been questioning her all night,
455
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:27,820
and she still hasn't been released.
456
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,656
None of you know what
Master Wen did to her.
457
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,340
That beast deserved to be
cut into a thousand pieces long ago.
458
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:35,736
This is all my fault.
459
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,816
Mengmeng worked so
hard to become an official.
460
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,096
I should have noticed sooner
that something was troubling her
461
00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:41,776
and killed Master Wen for her.
462
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:42,940
I...
463
00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,700
Don't panic. Let's wait a little longer.
464
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:02,900
Where is she?
465
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,776
Could His Majesty have thrown
Mengmeng into the imperial prison?
466
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,056
Wait here and try not to worry.
467
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,420
I'll find out what's happening.
468
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,140
Mengmeng!
469
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,580
Mengmeng!
470
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,016
Thank heavens, you're finally out.
471
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:20,416
What happened?
472
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,820
Are you hurt?
473
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:23,656
How did His Majesty rule
474
00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:24,976
on Master Wen's case?
475
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,540
And did His Majesty punish you?
476
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:31,380
Fu Zhi,
477
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,380
I finally avenged Sister A-Xiang.
478
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:40,540
Back then,
479
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,180
I failed to kill him with my own hands.
480
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,460
Now His Majesty has permitted
me to supervise his execution.
481
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,180
I finally...
482
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,660
finally...
483
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,900
It's all over.
484
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,220
Your nightmare is over too.
485
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,660
From now on, I'll be by your side.
486
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,456
Lord Meng,
487
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,256
avenging such a deep wrong is a good thing.
488
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,740
But did His Majesty become
angry with you over this?
489
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:29,620
That's right.
490
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,820
Do you remember the young man
491
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,820
I told you saved me ten years ago?
492
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,456
Of course.
493
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,616
You even drew many portraits of him.
494
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,296
He turned out to be His Majesty.
495
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,020
His Majesty?
496
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,140
All of this
497
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,096
feels like a dream.
498
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:53,096
I never imagined
499
00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,416
that over these ten years,
500
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,536
His Majesty would become
even more handsome.
501
00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,736
You still have time to swoon over him?
502
00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:00,980
Then you must be fine.
503
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,216
Young Lord Shen,
504
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,136
why are you here?
505
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,056
She insisted on rushing
over to find you yesterday.
506
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,256
I feared her recklessness
would cause trouble,
507
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,376
so I came with her.
508
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,736
But now that I've seen you safe and sound,
509
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,420
I can set out with peace of mind.
510
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,096
Thank you, Young Lord Shen.
But rest assured,
511
00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,496
I will never fall for you
512
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,100
-just because you eagerly helped me.
-You'd better not.
513
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,500
Yan Fuzhi,
514
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,020
go home.
515
00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:59,216
It is three quarters past noon.
516
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,336
Carry out the execution.
517
00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:03,020
Behead him.
518
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,180
Sister Tinghui.
519
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,060
Sister A-Xiang.
520
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:47,820
My dear Sister Tinghui,
521
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,816
I saw everything you did for me.
522
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:52,060
You've suffered so much.
523
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,576
Sister A-Xiang,
524
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,740
in the end, I still couldn't save you.
525
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,420
I'm sorry.
526
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,416
I never regretted
527
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,180
saving you that day.
528
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,056
Now,
529
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,620
seeing the person you've become
530
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,140
brings me even greater comfort.
531
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:28,536
Let go
532
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:29,940
of the knot in your heart.
533
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:31,696
From now on,
534
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,060
you must see all the beautiful
sights in this world
535
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:36,740
on my behalf.
536
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,500
Sister A-Xiang.
537
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,260
Sister A-Xiang!
538
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,216
I heard
539
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,260
one was a young emperor
traveling incognito,
540
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,736
while the other was a lonely
orphan surviving in the streets.
541
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,536
Heaven tied a red thread between them
542
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,456
and brought together two people
543
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:48,536
as different as clouds and mud.
544
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,896
Tell me,
545
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,776
isn't that more exciting than a storybook?
546
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:52,896
It certainly is.
547
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,336
Fate truly is
548
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,460
impossible to explain.
549
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,140
I would love to see her beauty for myself.
550
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,256
Unfortunately, Bofeng House
551
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,176
-won't open its doors.
-Here.
552
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,296
-I came early this morning.
-Make way, please.
553
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:05,976
-Here, Shopkeeper.
-There are many things in this world
554
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,456
that are impossible to explain.
555
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,256
Far too many.
556
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:10,616
Some people
557
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:11,936
have no respect for the law.
558
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,976
She actually dared kill
someone in the street.
559
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,856
Tell me, how is that any different
560
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,576
from a common butcher?
561
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,056
She's merely relying on imperial favor.
562
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,540
What genuine ability does she have?
563
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,336
Shopkeeper, when those noble ladies
564
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,936
came to Spring House for tea the other day,
565
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,056
didn't you have a delightful
conversation with them?
566
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,176
You must know the inside story, don't you?
567
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,536
-Inside story?
-There's more to it?
568
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,136
Shopkeeper Yu, tell us.
569
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,816
Those noble young ladies are all saying
570
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,096
that Meng Tinghui is Daji reincarnated.
571
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,296
-Daji?
-Daji reincarnated?
572
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,940
She has bewitched the emperor.
573
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,696
-Shopkeeper, are you all right?
-Yan Fuzhi!
574
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,340
How dare you splash water on me?
575
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,736
Listen carefully. Say one more
bad word about Mengmeng,
576
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,696
and I'll smash your Spring House to pieces.
577
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,416
And if you keep spreading
gossip behind her back,
578
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,016
aren't you afraid His Majesty
will cut off your head?
579
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:58,256
-I...
-Come on, then!
580
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,136
-Come on!
-Just you wait!
581
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:01,300
Let's go.
582
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,896
How could Teacher say such a thing?
583
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,216
Father,
584
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,256
you weren't at court.
585
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:07,656
The report must be mistaken.
586
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:08,860
Father,
587
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:10,860
if you don't believe me,
588
00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:13,420
then listen to A-Nian.
589
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:17,856
Sister Zhili,
590
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,216
I witnessed it with my
own eyes in the great hall.
591
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,656
The Right Chancellor indeed declared...
592
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,460
his support for abolishing
the Bureau of Intelligence
593
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,336
and severely punishing Lord Meng.
594
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,736
Teacher has always supported
women taking the imperial examination
595
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,856
and repeatedly spoke on Lord Meng's behalf.
596
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,536
Why would he suddenly change his position
597
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:33,300
-and contradict his own actions?
-Sister,
598
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,696
the Right Chancellor appears
upright and honorable,
599
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,056
but think carefully.
600
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,016
Why have his actions in recent
years always pleased both sides?
601
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,336
A-Nian,
602
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,176
you only misunderstand Teacher
603
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,376
-because you don't truly know him.
-A-Nian,
604
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,336
go change your clothes
605
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:46,820
and sit down to eat.
606
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:52,376
Father,
607
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,896
Teacher must have his
reasons for acting this way.
608
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:55,816
I'll go ask him myself.
609
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,380
Stop.
610
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:03,016
I allowed you to study painting
under him back then
611
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,980
because you loved the art
and had a natural gift.
612
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,736
Now that you are grown,
613
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,576
you must remember even more clearly
614
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,376
that the bond between teacher
and student requires proper boundaries.
615
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,740
Your conduct must remain measured.
616
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,256
Father,
617
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,896
I deeply respect Teacher.
618
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:21,336
That is why I do not want
others to misunderstand him.
619
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,060
Zhili,
620
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:27,856
my child,
621
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:28,896
within the court,
622
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,056
the human heart is an unfathomable abyss.
623
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,656
Many matters are not simply black or white.
624
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,576
Whether you question him
today and whether he answers
625
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,180
will make no difference.
626
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,136
What you have seen is
merely the tip of the iceberg.
627
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,656
Only by stepping outside the game
628
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:46,220
can you glimpse the whole picture.
629
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,300
Come and eat.
630
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:09,860
Thank you, Father.
631
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,536
Lord Meng,
632
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:48,900
please
633
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,780
accept all of these.
634
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,456
Aren't these things
635
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,340
your usual favorites?
636
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,096
I never knew
637
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,020
you suffered so much as a child.
638
00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:59,576
I thought the matter with Jiang Mei'er
639
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,256
had already caused you enough injustice.
640
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,620
I never imagined Master Wen was so vicious.
641
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,656
You wandered from place
to place since childhood,
642
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,696
yet still ranked first in
all three examinations.
643
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:09,700
I truly admire you beyond words.
644
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,860
I do not know how to express what I feel.
645
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:17,900
I only hope these gifts
646
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,220
can bring some warmth
to your once-cold past.
647
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:28,740
Zhili,
648
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,140
why are your eyes turning red?
649
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,216
It is all in the past.
650
00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,940
Everything ahead will be new.
651
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:51,736
Lord Meng,
652
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,576
you were so young,
653
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:54,980
with no one to rely on,
654
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,340
yet you had to face
655
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,176
the blades of human traffickers alone.
656
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,420
How did you endure it?
657
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,340
If your family knew,
658
00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:08,540
their hearts would ache terribly.
659
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,540
For as long as I can remember,
660
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,020
I wandered the streets.
661
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:15,860
I became used to it.
662
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,820
Simply surviving was already great fortune.
663
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,500
This is all my fault.
664
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,780
Had I met you sooner,
665
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:27,660
I would have risked my life
666
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,380
rather than let you
suffer in the slightest.
667
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:36,816
After surviving a great calamity...
668
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,260
-good fortune is sure to follow.
-Good fortune is sure to follow.
669
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,056
Am I not perfectly well now?
670
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,340
My lord, from this day forward,
671
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,140
on every road you must walk,
672
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:47,456
I will go first.
673
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:48,980
Anyone you wish to kill,
674
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:50,816
-I will strike first...
-Enough.
675
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,416
I know both of you mean well.
676
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,456
Master Wen acted under
orders from the Tiger Roar Gang.
677
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,100
Ling Yunfei,
678
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,416
after targeting me again and again,
679
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,456
will never stop here.
680
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:03,696
We must act quickly.
681
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:05,620
Ling Yunfei,
682
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,980
this time, we will settle
683
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:10,776
both old and new scores together.
684
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:13,136
Master Wen was remarkably tight-lipped.
685
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:14,816
He admitted only that the
Tiger Roar Gang ordered him,
686
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,900
but refused to reveal their
stronghold no matter what.
687
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,456
Where exactly
688
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:21,736
is the Tiger Roar Gang's lair?
689
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,460
The Tiger Roar Gang is
not what it once was.
690
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,180
It is no longer hidden so deeply.
691
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:30,460
I...
692
00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:32,616
have something to attend to today
693
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:33,816
and must leave first.
694
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,500
-Where are you going?
-Where are you headed?
695
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:37,900
To meet an old acquaintance.
696
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,540
Your Majesty recognized me long ago.
697
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,380
Why did you wait so long to say it?
698
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,180
I was wondering
699
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,020
whether you had already forgotten me.
700
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,100
You didn't draw this, did you?
701
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,576
I thought that if one day
702
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:30,820
I ever met that young man again,
703
00:39:31,720 --> 00:39:33,460
I would give it to him myself
704
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:36,940
and thank him for saving me back then.
705
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:39,540
So in your heart,
706
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,420
I was this handsome in those days.
707
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:50,860
Young man.
708
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:54,260
He Du.
709
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,060
Your Majesty.
710
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,820
Over these ten years,
under different identities,
711
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,020
you have witnessed the course of my life.
712
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,580
Sister A-Xiang, hurry and eat.
713
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,740
Thank you.
714
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,376
I was still young then
and handled matters poorly.
715
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,540
I failed to arrange a proper home for you.
716
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,060
That was my fault.
717
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,780
Your Majesty has already helped me greatly.
718
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:02,816
I am doing very well now.
719
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:04,260
You are doing well.
720
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,900
But I believe you can do even better.
721
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,580
I also believe you can
eradicate the Tiger Roar Gang
722
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,380
and restore integrity to the court.
723
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,336
I also believe Your Majesty
724
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,180
is Great Ning's enlightened ruler
725
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,900
and will surely usher in
an age of prosperity.
726
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:31,580
Excellent wine.
727
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:38,656
As the ruler of a nation,
728
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:39,736
I am revered by all the people
729
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,416
and worshiped by every official.
730
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:42,496
They stand in awe of me,
731
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,176
fear me, and scheme against me.
732
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,620
Only you
733
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,420
dare challenge me
734
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,580
and also drink with me
and speak from the heart.
735
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,296
You and I...
736
00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,900
Are we truly speaking from the heart?
737
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,100
Are we not?
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