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Hal?
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We settled on this hour.
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Why are you?
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Trespassing,
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disturbing the throne—
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You know what you're in for?
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Sire.
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I come at Chancellor Xu's bidding,
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to present tea.
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I've walked
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on thin ice all the way,
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hoping you would taste it.
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But the moment I saw you,
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I lost my wits,
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and slipped into the water.
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I meant no offense.
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Sire.
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Ruomei is no wanton woman.
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It is only…
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I have long admired you.
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What is that scent?
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Was that Chancellor Xu, too?
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To serve you in the palace
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has been my dearest wish.
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The Chancellor saw
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my devotion to you.
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That's why he lent a hand.
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Madness.
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Please, sire,
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take pity on my heart,
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and let me stay by your side.
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I shall spare you just this once.
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Now, out of my sight.
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Sire.
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Coming here tonight
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was already beyond all bounds.
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If I was cast out now
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in this state,
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rumours will fly.
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My reputation would be ruined,
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and I would be undone.
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When you hatched this scheme,
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you should've
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seen it coming.
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Get out.
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Then I must die for my offense.
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If you must die,
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get as far away as you can.
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Steward You.
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Sire... Sire!
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Please, think twice.
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Are you in league with the Chancellor
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against me as well?
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Calm yourself, sire.
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It's all for
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your good.
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Enough.
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Sire.
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Sire!
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Sire...
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Sire.
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The rain is pouring harder.
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We'd better head back.
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How dare you lay hands upon
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an official!
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Do not pull that rank on us.
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You are in our hands now.
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You do as we say.
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I hear Lady Meng
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is the Emperor's sweetheart.
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Tonight, we are the emperors.
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One more step
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and you are damn dead meat.
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You freaking hit me? You mad dog!
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Feisty.
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Let go!
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Let us see how long
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you can keep that up.
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Scums!
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Let go!
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Get off me!
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Come on, my lady.
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Look,
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I like them
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with fire.
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They say you'd spend your life
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serving the people.
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Get off me!
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Now tonight,
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attend to the two of us
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like a servant.
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Come on, sweetie.
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Brother.
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You alright?
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Don't you dare!
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Hold her.
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Keep running, shall we?
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Go ahead.
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W-Witchcraft!
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Lady Meng!
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My lady?
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What happened?
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Qing.
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Leave it.
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Let's get back.
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Your Majesty!
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Your Majesty!
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Something's up.
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Lady Meng
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was attacked on her way
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back to the Bureau.
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Sire.
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Zhili says
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Lady Meng will not see anyone.
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Commandant.
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Find that villain for me,
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even if you had to
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tear the city apart.
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Miss!
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Miss.
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You haven't
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slept a wink tending for your father.
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You must be exhausted.
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Let me handle the tea
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and medicine.
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Xi'er.
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He has been
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in a daze lately.
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He can't even keep down his meds.
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I got a new prescription
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from a famed healer.
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I must find a way
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to get it into him.
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Miss...
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Oh, hello, Miss Yan.
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Congratulations.
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A match made in heaven.
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Xi'er.
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What's this supposed to be?
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Mr. Yan. Sir.
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Sir.
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Betrothal gifts from the Songs.
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A whole lot of them.
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I have been bed-ridden for weeks.
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The sight of this
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suddenly got me up and about.
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The master was right.
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A wedding charm works wonders.
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Father.
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Do you know how worried I was?
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I left my business behind, rushing
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all the way home.
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Yet you're faking illness to trap me into marriage!
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You left me no choice!
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Shazhou's already
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beneath you, isn't it?
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You had to follow Meng Tinghui to the capital.
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I didn't
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go there just for Tinghui.
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I have my own ambitions.
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What ambitions?
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Her reputation
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for open manslaughter
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has reached as far as Shazhou.
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If you keep running with her,
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who will marry you?
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Calm down, my lord.
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I heard the branch in the capital,
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is under Meng Tinghui's name.
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It's thriving.
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Though Fuzhi
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deals with men all day,
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she does
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know her business inside out.
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Meng Tinghui can
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soar all she wants,
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but we want none of it.
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And I won't have my daughter out there
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going up and down hawking.
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What an eyesore!
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Father.
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You'd taught me
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to read ledgers when I was little,
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saying I had a head for business.
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Now I've made Bofeng
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a well-run establishment,
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and expanded it.
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What's wrong with all that?
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I'm not after high approbation,
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but you've done me no justice.
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Fuzhi...
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What are you up to now?
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Fuzhi.
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Your father means well.
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Look,
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the gifts are accepted.
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Do not make this hard on him.
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We're well acquainted with the Songs.
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They are wealthy,
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and have been the best partner ever.
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Abreast of your marriage,
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our businesses
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will merge as one.
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Isn't it a safer bet than
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floundering on your own out there?
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Just admit it.
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The Songs must have been
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slipping you bribes
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to keep their business intact.
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That's why you've been
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urging Father to marry me off.
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Such accusations!
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Father,
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she is crazy about
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marrying me off,
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so that she can
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take over our estate,
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and pass my dowry
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to her own son.
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And you...
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Have you ever
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stood by me for just one second?
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If Mother were here,
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she'd never
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ask me to be who I'm not.
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Fuzhi...
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- Father!
- My dear.
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I go to all these lengths just so
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Fuzhi can
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settle down at a proper age,
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and bring you joy in your retirement.
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Who'd have thought she'd think so ill of me!
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All these years,
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I have run this household,
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worked myself to the bone.
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I deserve better than her whining!
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Well, forget it.
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Father!
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We should just call it off.
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Damn, we should!
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I will not marry. I mean every word of it.
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Stop her now!
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Take Fuzhi back to her room.
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You stand guard outside.
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Without my word,
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she does not set one foot out.
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How long am I
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going to stay locked up?
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Until the day you marry.
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Sir, Ma'am, might we give it
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a second thought?
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If Fuzhi is dead set against this,
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maybe we should...
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Delay breeds trouble.
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Stick to the plan. On the date they chose.
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The sooner, the better.
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It is just three days away.
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So be it.
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Three days hence, she marries.
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Let us see
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without Meng Tinghui,
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who will come to your aid.
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Lock her up.
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Let me go.
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Sir.
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What brings you here?
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I heard about Meng Tinghui.
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I imagined you must be terrified.
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They say you haven't been home for nights,
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buried in files at the Bureau,
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hunting for those brigands.
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I just... cannot believe it.
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A woman as integral as her
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should suffer such a fate!
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I hate those villains.
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I wish they're gutted
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could strike them dead.
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Men like that
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shall not pass on his life,
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turning in hell.
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You grow to be
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just like Meng—
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harsh-tongued.
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Just saying it out loud
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what everyone is thinking.
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To use such vile methods
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against a defenseless person
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is contemptible.
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Now
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she has shut herself away,
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rejecting any visitor.
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What if she...
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hurt herself in there?
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Thank heaven you are safe.
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Zhili.
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I need your opinion on this:
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Chancellor Xu has always
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spoken ill of Meng.
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With her reputation tarnished,
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he will blow this out of proportion
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to undermine the Bureau.
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Suppose
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she loses her position at some point.
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I've been thinking I'd
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recommend you to His Majesty
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to take her place.
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You mean
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for me to replace Tinghui?
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I cannot.
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Do you know
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how she suffers at this moment?
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Just to think of it
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cuts me to the heart.
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This is a most horrible thought,
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when she is at her lowest.
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My dear.
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I feel extremely sorry for her pain.
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But I've always believed
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the Bureau needs a woman of
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your virtue and flair
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to uphold its integrity.
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You'll make
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a better chief than she does.
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Now that she has fallen,
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you've been shouldering it all.
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It pains me to see it.
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I want to help preserve
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what you and His Majesty
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have so painstakingly built.
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When Tinghui first took charge,
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voices were everywhere
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saying a woman could not lead.
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Now she is in dire straits,
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and you ask me to seize her power?
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How is that preserving anything?
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You always see reason.
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How come you fail to
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00:16:56,518 --> 00:16:57,678
understand it now?
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If Chancellor Xu doesn't move against her,
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so much the better.
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But what if he does?
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The Bureau exists only
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because Tinghui is in it.
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If you truly wish to help me,
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then stand firmly with me,
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whatever Xu's move is.
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I will share Tinghui's fate.
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This office...
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I can do without.
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I am useless, My Lady.
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I could not protect you.
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Sire.
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Will you teach me how to defend myself?
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Come on in. This way.
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Congratulations.
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And to you.
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Please, this way.
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Here, groom.
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Here, bride.
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Please don't make this difficult.
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I'm only doing what I am paid to do.
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Father.
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Mother.
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I shall take Fuzhi home now.
365
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Very well.
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Come, Fuzhi.
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00:21:12,799 --> 00:21:13,638
Get off me.
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A father
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00:21:16,839 --> 00:21:18,398
faking illness to sell his daughter;
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a mother stabbing her in the back.
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00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,398
You've thrown me to the wolves.
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Fuzhi, don't be dramatic,
373
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not on this occasion.
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Fuzhi...
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00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:27,198
And you, bastard.
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Had I known better
377
00:21:28,398 --> 00:21:29,678
and sliced you into pieces
378
00:21:29,678 --> 00:21:30,958
that day at Bofeng,
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00:21:31,079 --> 00:21:33,638
I wouldn't be suffering your stench now.
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00:21:33,638 --> 00:21:34,918
I'm the heir to my family estate.
381
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You should be shedding
382
00:21:36,198 --> 00:21:37,039
tears in ecstasy now.
383
00:21:37,198 --> 00:21:38,718
Ungrateful woman!
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Guards. Stop her!
385
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Let me go.
386
00:21:42,478 --> 00:21:43,279
Now!
387
00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:47,799
Now come and be a lamb.
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00:21:48,039 --> 00:21:48,878
Fuzhi.
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00:21:48,878 --> 00:21:50,398
Today is our wedding day.
390
00:21:50,638 --> 00:21:51,759
It's too late to back out now.
391
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Father.
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00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:54,839
Father!
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00:21:56,918 --> 00:21:58,079
Forgive this display, everyone.
394
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Let me go, bastards.
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00:22:00,198 --> 00:22:00,799
Father.
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00:22:01,039 --> 00:22:01,718
Mother.
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00:22:02,198 --> 00:22:03,878
I shall take Fuzhi home now.
398
00:22:03,878 --> 00:22:04,718
Go on, then.
399
00:22:04,718 --> 00:22:05,559
- Move!
- See yourself out.
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00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:07,079
Father...
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00:22:07,238 --> 00:22:08,039
Stop right there!
402
00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:31,759
No one
403
00:22:32,039 --> 00:22:33,238
is taking her away.
404
00:22:38,599 --> 00:22:39,718
Fuzhi.
405
00:22:39,718 --> 00:22:40,678
Sorry I am late.
406
00:22:46,999 --> 00:22:47,958
Governor Wang.
407
00:22:48,198 --> 00:22:50,559
To what do we owe the pleasure?
408
00:22:50,559 --> 00:22:52,238
We're in the middle of my daughter's wedding.
409
00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:52,999
Just how big
410
00:22:52,999 --> 00:22:53,958
your mess is
411
00:22:53,958 --> 00:22:55,198
to cross Lord Shen!
412
00:22:55,839 --> 00:22:57,718
Ever heard of the famed Ear-Pimp,
413
00:22:57,999 --> 00:23:00,158
the son of the Grand Tutor?
414
00:23:00,158 --> 00:23:01,238
You're pitting yourself
415
00:23:01,238 --> 00:23:02,678
against His Majesty's favorite.
416
00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:03,878
I... I...
417
00:23:04,039 --> 00:23:05,398
I had no idea.
418
00:23:05,398 --> 00:23:06,359
No idea?
419
00:23:06,638 --> 00:23:08,438
Any idea, then,
420
00:23:08,438 --> 00:23:10,279
how miserable your life will look like
421
00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:11,359
after you force my betrothed
422
00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:12,599
to marry another man?
423
00:23:13,438 --> 00:23:14,638
Lord Shen.
424
00:23:14,638 --> 00:23:16,359
I'm befuddled...
425
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:19,839
Turns out
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00:23:19,839 --> 00:23:21,519
it's a family matter for Lord Shen.
427
00:23:21,799 --> 00:23:22,478
Guards.
428
00:23:22,638 --> 00:23:23,359
Your Lordship.
429
00:23:23,718 --> 00:23:24,799
Tell these pieces of trash
430
00:23:24,799 --> 00:23:25,839
to get out of here.
431
00:23:26,079 --> 00:23:26,839
Yes.
432
00:23:28,958 --> 00:23:29,478
Get a move on.
433
00:23:29,839 --> 00:23:30,319
Move!
434
00:23:31,438 --> 00:23:32,319
Mr. Song.
435
00:23:33,198 --> 00:23:33,878
See yourself out.
436
00:23:36,599 --> 00:23:37,599
I take my leave.
437
00:23:42,878 --> 00:23:44,119
Lord Shen.
438
00:23:44,319 --> 00:23:45,999
We haven't discussed this match
439
00:23:45,999 --> 00:23:47,359
with your parents yet.
440
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:48,198
Sir.
441
00:23:48,319 --> 00:23:49,839
Fuzhi and I are of one heart.
442
00:23:49,839 --> 00:23:51,039
We've pledged ourselves to each other,
443
00:23:51,918 --> 00:23:53,638
and we have lain together.
444
00:23:53,638 --> 00:23:55,158
Lain together?
445
00:23:56,999 --> 00:23:58,079
This is my fault.
446
00:23:58,279 --> 00:23:59,638
I was a wastrel before.
447
00:23:59,918 --> 00:24:01,359
Fuzhi had her doubts.
448
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:02,359
But I swear,
449
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:03,559
since I met Fuzhi,
450
00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:04,918
there has been no other in my heart.
451
00:24:08,398 --> 00:24:10,079
I meant to come with betrothal gifts
452
00:24:10,279 --> 00:24:11,958
on an auspicious day.
453
00:24:12,438 --> 00:24:13,279
But before I could,
454
00:24:13,279 --> 00:24:14,559
Fuzhi was back to Shazhou.
455
00:24:15,678 --> 00:24:16,999
If I hadn't made it here,
456
00:24:17,599 --> 00:24:18,839
she'd already be
457
00:24:18,839 --> 00:24:20,119
a Song bride, wouldn't she?
458
00:24:22,478 --> 00:24:23,319
Lord Shen.
459
00:24:23,718 --> 00:24:24,559
Had I known
460
00:24:24,559 --> 00:24:26,678
you and Fuzhi were so deeply in love,
461
00:24:26,678 --> 00:24:28,279
I'd tell the Songs to go fly a kite.
462
00:24:28,718 --> 00:24:29,238
Tomorrow...
463
00:24:29,238 --> 00:24:30,958
I will speak with the Songs tomorrow.
464
00:24:30,958 --> 00:24:31,718
Tomorrow?
465
00:24:31,839 --> 00:24:32,799
No, no, no, no.
466
00:24:32,799 --> 00:24:34,158
Actually, I'm talking to them right now
467
00:24:34,158 --> 00:24:35,478
to break off the engagement.
468
00:24:35,478 --> 00:24:36,438
I'm returning the gifts, too.
469
00:24:36,438 --> 00:24:37,839
At once.
470
00:24:38,158 --> 00:24:39,238
In that case,
471
00:24:39,238 --> 00:24:40,599
please rise, my father-in-law.
472
00:24:40,999 --> 00:24:42,559
Thank you.
473
00:24:43,238 --> 00:24:44,478
Lord Shen.
474
00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:45,799
We're just
475
00:24:45,799 --> 00:24:47,638
a household of merchants.
476
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:49,158
And Fuzhi
477
00:24:49,198 --> 00:24:50,158
has little learning
478
00:24:50,158 --> 00:24:51,238
and a stubborn nature.
479
00:24:51,238 --> 00:24:53,039
In birth, beauty, and learning,
480
00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:54,799
she cannot match you in any way.
481
00:24:54,799 --> 00:24:56,359
When you say you love her,
482
00:24:56,638 --> 00:24:57,918
surely you don't mean it?
483
00:24:57,918 --> 00:24:58,398
Indeed.
484
00:24:58,398 --> 00:24:59,878
Madam, this is both
485
00:24:59,878 --> 00:25:01,119
an insult to Fuzhi,
486
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:02,799
as well as to my heart.
487
00:25:03,478 --> 00:25:05,438
Fuzhi is my once in a lifetime.
488
00:25:05,438 --> 00:25:06,198
Birth,
489
00:25:06,198 --> 00:25:07,119
beauty,
490
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:07,999
learning...
491
00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:09,559
None outweighs her.
492
00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:10,638
My feelings
493
00:25:11,158 --> 00:25:12,478
are no passing fancy,
494
00:25:13,398 --> 00:25:14,519
and I swear it on my life.
495
00:25:14,599 --> 00:25:15,918
If that is so,
496
00:25:15,918 --> 00:25:17,799
why don't you
497
00:25:17,799 --> 00:25:19,359
tie the knot tonight?
498
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:20,198
- Never.
- Great.
499
00:25:20,198 --> 00:25:21,678
Madam, are you asking me
500
00:25:21,999 --> 00:25:22,359
to
501
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:23,918
marry into your family?
502
00:25:24,319 --> 00:25:25,158
Why, no!
503
00:25:25,478 --> 00:25:26,519
I only fear that when
504
00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:27,839
the heat of the moment fades,
505
00:25:27,839 --> 00:25:29,759
Fuzhi would be left unwanted.
506
00:25:29,759 --> 00:25:31,319
If we are to wed,
507
00:25:31,319 --> 00:25:32,718
the six rites must each be observed,
508
00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:34,279
and the three letters in order.
509
00:25:34,878 --> 00:25:36,198
On the auspicious day,
510
00:25:36,599 --> 00:25:38,359
I will come with a sedan of eight bearers
511
00:25:38,918 --> 00:25:39,398
and
512
00:25:39,398 --> 00:25:41,279
take her home in full glory.
513
00:25:41,519 --> 00:25:43,478
It is Fuzhi's blessing
514
00:25:43,599 --> 00:25:45,039
to have caught your eye.
515
00:25:45,319 --> 00:25:46,718
My wife is ignorant.
516
00:25:46,718 --> 00:25:49,198
Pray forgive her, Lord Shen.
517
00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:52,039
Clueless!
518
00:25:52,319 --> 00:25:54,079
Apologize to Lord Shen at once.
519
00:25:56,878 --> 00:25:58,559
Apologies, Your Lordship.
520
00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:00,918
It is getting late.
521
00:26:00,918 --> 00:26:02,238
I will have the servants
522
00:26:02,238 --> 00:26:03,599
prepare a guest room
523
00:26:03,599 --> 00:26:05,718
for you to rest early.
524
00:26:05,718 --> 00:26:06,559
My lord.
525
00:26:07,158 --> 00:26:09,279
Since Lord Shen and Fuzhi
526
00:26:09,279 --> 00:26:10,678
have already lain together,
527
00:26:10,678 --> 00:26:11,839
what harm is there
528
00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:12,878
in sharing a bed?
529
00:26:12,878 --> 00:26:13,839
Madam, I...
530
00:26:13,999 --> 00:26:15,279
You have been apart for days.
531
00:26:15,279 --> 00:26:16,039
Surely you have
532
00:26:16,039 --> 00:26:17,638
much to catch up on.
533
00:26:17,918 --> 00:26:18,718
Xi'er.
534
00:26:20,319 --> 00:26:22,718
Escort Fuzhi and Lord Shen to their room.
535
00:26:24,079 --> 00:26:25,398
Now.
536
00:26:30,878 --> 00:26:31,759
My lady.
537
00:26:32,678 --> 00:26:33,718
How did this...
538
00:26:48,599 --> 00:26:49,238
Lady Meng.
539
00:26:50,238 --> 00:26:51,759
His Majesty grants you a carriage.
540
00:26:52,079 --> 00:26:53,158
You may ride
541
00:26:53,158 --> 00:26:54,238
everywhere you go.
542
00:26:54,398 --> 00:26:55,279
After you, My Lady.
543
00:26:58,638 --> 00:26:59,839
Tell His Majesty
544
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:01,999
I am grateful for his favor.
545
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:03,958
I haven't
546
00:27:04,438 --> 00:27:06,079
walked the streets for a while.
547
00:27:06,238 --> 00:27:07,279
I feel like taking a walk,
548
00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:09,079
buying a few things I need.
549
00:27:10,438 --> 00:27:10,999
My Lady.
550
00:27:12,559 --> 00:27:13,559
The Emperor's word is law.
551
00:27:14,198 --> 00:27:15,359
But rumors are wind.
552
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,158
If I got carried away,
553
00:27:19,238 --> 00:27:19,999
I'd be playing
554
00:27:19,999 --> 00:27:21,238
right into their hands.
555
00:27:22,279 --> 00:27:23,319
I
556
00:27:23,319 --> 00:27:24,718
have nothing to hide.
557
00:27:24,918 --> 00:27:26,559
My conscience is clear.
558
00:27:27,398 --> 00:27:28,198
Commander.
559
00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:30,238
Convey that to His Majesty.
560
00:27:30,438 --> 00:27:31,478
He won't hold it against you.
561
00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:51,359
The rain won't stop.
562
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:52,638
We're not having customers.
563
00:27:52,638 --> 00:27:53,638
Guess we'll have to queue up
564
00:27:53,638 --> 00:27:54,559
and live off raindrops.
565
00:27:56,678 --> 00:27:57,999
Is that not Lady Meng?
566
00:27:58,438 --> 00:27:59,438
After what happened,
567
00:27:59,438 --> 00:28:00,958
she's still showing her feathers?
568
00:28:01,238 --> 00:28:02,478
Do you think she knows
569
00:28:02,478 --> 00:28:03,559
how notorious she is now?
570
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:05,119
Madam.
571
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:06,319
You know what?
572
00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:07,398
Lady Meng
573
00:28:07,398 --> 00:28:08,398
is a real beauty.
574
00:28:08,398 --> 00:28:09,559
That's all you've got?
575
00:28:10,638 --> 00:28:11,718
A vixen
576
00:28:11,718 --> 00:28:12,678
is born with
577
00:28:12,678 --> 00:28:14,039
her seductive tricks.
578
00:28:14,878 --> 00:28:16,359
Have you heard?
579
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:17,678
Someone saw her the other night,
580
00:28:17,678 --> 00:28:18,478
luring those
581
00:28:18,478 --> 00:28:19,799
two brutes in, before
582
00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:20,678
bringing lightning
583
00:28:20,678 --> 00:28:21,839
down upon one of them.
584
00:28:21,839 --> 00:28:23,119
And then crack,
585
00:28:23,599 --> 00:28:24,438
the man was
586
00:28:24,438 --> 00:28:25,678
struck dead on the spot.
587
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:29,039
Then she...
588
00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:30,398
She can't really have sorcery, can she?
589
00:28:30,759 --> 00:28:31,759
Who knows?
590
00:28:31,958 --> 00:28:32,478
Lately,
591
00:28:32,478 --> 00:28:33,878
this endless rain
592
00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:35,279
is supposedly her doing, too.
593
00:28:35,718 --> 00:28:37,079
They say she beguiles all,
594
00:28:37,079 --> 00:28:38,398
a portent of great calamity.
595
00:28:39,918 --> 00:28:42,198
Good day, Lady Meng.
596
00:28:43,158 --> 00:28:44,519
Stop staring. Keep away.
597
00:28:44,519 --> 00:28:45,158
You don't want
598
00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:46,678
to yourself jinxed.
599
00:28:47,198 --> 00:28:47,799
Let's bail.
600
00:28:48,999 --> 00:28:50,958
It's raining all the time.
601
00:28:50,958 --> 00:28:52,958
It's such a nuisance to step out.
602
00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:54,999
My hem is soaked.
603
00:28:56,238 --> 00:28:57,839
The day after next is my birthday.
604
00:28:58,559 --> 00:28:59,878
Such ill luck.
605
00:29:01,319 --> 00:29:02,718
Bear with it, Wen.
606
00:29:03,279 --> 00:29:04,999
The rouge from Golden Glow
607
00:29:04,999 --> 00:29:06,878
is the finest in the capital.
608
00:29:07,478 --> 00:29:09,599
You'll need it for your birthday feast.
609
00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:12,559
Isn't that Meng Tinghui?
610
00:29:12,799 --> 00:29:14,039
What is she doing out?
611
00:29:14,438 --> 00:29:15,958
She's right at home in the rain, huh?
612
00:29:16,119 --> 00:29:16,918
She surely should.
613
00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:18,718
She's got nothing to lose now.
614
00:29:18,878 --> 00:29:19,759
Look at her get-up.
615
00:29:19,759 --> 00:29:21,158
"Nasty" written all over it.
616
00:29:21,398 --> 00:29:22,918
Can't believe she's still out strutting,
617
00:29:22,918 --> 00:29:24,158
when her name is mud.
618
00:29:24,759 --> 00:29:26,079
Funny how some literally
619
00:29:26,079 --> 00:29:27,839
think a dab of rouge
620
00:29:27,839 --> 00:29:29,638
can turn a sparrow into a phoenix.
621
00:29:30,079 --> 00:29:31,119
In terms of beauty,
622
00:29:31,119 --> 00:29:31,999
she is
623
00:29:31,999 --> 00:29:32,958
not a patch on Wen.
624
00:29:33,359 --> 00:29:35,039
How's a woman in office any different?
625
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:36,759
Making a good match is true skill.
626
00:29:36,958 --> 00:29:37,918
Indeed.
627
00:29:45,999 --> 00:29:46,839
Anyone here?
628
00:29:47,478 --> 00:29:48,599
This rouge is a delight.
629
00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:50,398
I will take the whole batch.
630
00:29:52,238 --> 00:29:53,999
Ladies, you are of noble birth.
631
00:29:54,198 --> 00:29:55,799
Such sharp tongues
632
00:29:55,999 --> 00:29:57,319
do not befit your station.
633
00:29:57,319 --> 00:29:58,678
The crime lies with the perpetrator,
634
00:29:58,799 --> 00:29:59,999
not the victim.
635
00:30:00,438 --> 00:30:01,319
I won't have anyone
636
00:30:01,319 --> 00:30:02,599
reveling in another's pain,
637
00:30:03,079 --> 00:30:04,279
twisting right and wrong,
638
00:30:04,478 --> 00:30:05,718
or spreading lies anymore.
639
00:30:05,958 --> 00:30:06,878
Well said.
640
00:30:09,039 --> 00:30:10,638
All this "paint and silk
641
00:30:10,799 --> 00:30:12,238
making a person" stuff
642
00:30:12,238 --> 00:30:13,438
is such folly.
643
00:30:13,599 --> 00:30:15,238
Birth doesn't make a hero.
644
00:30:15,238 --> 00:30:16,759
Marriage doesn't define success.
645
00:30:16,759 --> 00:30:18,438
That's a narrow way to see the world.
646
00:30:20,158 --> 00:30:21,478
You can't speak of ice to a summer insect.
647
00:30:21,999 --> 00:30:23,599
Don't waste your breath on them.
648
00:30:28,158 --> 00:30:28,638
I will not
649
00:30:28,638 --> 00:30:29,759
use the same as they do.
650
00:30:30,438 --> 00:30:31,238
I am not buying.
651
00:30:35,678 --> 00:30:36,359
Zhili.
652
00:30:37,638 --> 00:30:38,599
Miss Situ.
653
00:30:39,398 --> 00:30:40,759
I'm grateful for your help.
654
00:30:41,678 --> 00:30:42,878
Don't mention it, Lady Meng.
655
00:30:42,878 --> 00:30:44,158
It was nothing.
656
00:30:44,519 --> 00:30:45,438
The rain
657
00:30:45,438 --> 00:30:46,638
won't let up for a while.
658
00:30:46,958 --> 00:30:48,319
My Huiyin Studio is nearby.
659
00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:49,878
We offer sound therapy.
660
00:30:50,158 --> 00:30:52,039
Might I have the honour
661
00:30:52,039 --> 00:30:52,878
of your company?
662
00:30:52,878 --> 00:30:53,878
I have heard much of it.
663
00:30:54,039 --> 00:30:54,958
The honour is mine.
664
00:30:56,079 --> 00:30:57,638
My brother has spoken of it, too.
665
00:30:58,158 --> 00:30:59,238
I must see it.
666
00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:00,918
Please.
667
00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:23,079
- I...
- I...
668
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:27,478
You go fir...
669
00:31:27,478 --> 00:31:28,559
No, you first.
670
00:31:29,759 --> 00:31:30,638
Still nervous?
671
00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:32,039
W-Why would I?
672
00:31:33,839 --> 00:31:34,918
Well, then, would you mind...
673
00:31:39,478 --> 00:31:39,878
Ah,
674
00:31:40,279 --> 00:31:40,999
it is as if...
675
00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:42,158
the sky has a hole in it.
676
00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:43,878
It's been leaking since forever.
677
00:31:44,958 --> 00:31:45,638
The entire realm
678
00:31:45,638 --> 00:31:46,999
is drenched in this downpour.
679
00:31:47,878 --> 00:31:49,398
If this keeps on,
680
00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:51,119
life
681
00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:52,158
will be hard for the people.
682
00:31:52,678 --> 00:31:53,438
So...
683
00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:56,478
what brings you to Shazhou?
684
00:31:59,119 --> 00:32:00,599
His Majesty sent me on business.
685
00:32:00,599 --> 00:32:01,438
Got nothing going on today.
686
00:32:01,438 --> 00:32:02,878
I thought I should stop at Bofeng.
687
00:32:02,878 --> 00:32:04,519
I saw Haitang blocked by several men,
688
00:32:04,519 --> 00:32:05,438
with a letter in hand.
689
00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:06,878
I intervened,
690
00:32:08,678 --> 00:32:09,718
and only then did I learn
691
00:32:10,438 --> 00:32:11,478
of your situation.
692
00:32:11,878 --> 00:32:13,638
I had written a secret letter
693
00:32:14,079 --> 00:32:16,359
and asked Haitang to seek help.
694
00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:17,918
Apparently,
695
00:32:18,678 --> 00:32:20,359
she's been tailed by my stepmother.
696
00:32:22,279 --> 00:32:23,478
I owe you one today.
697
00:32:23,759 --> 00:32:24,638
I can't even imagine...
698
00:32:26,039 --> 00:32:27,599
You always seem carefree, bold,
699
00:32:27,599 --> 00:32:28,478
overbearing, even.
700
00:32:28,839 --> 00:32:29,319
I had no idea
701
00:32:29,319 --> 00:32:30,878
you grew up in such a household.
702
00:32:34,198 --> 00:32:35,678
Hey, it's just a
703
00:32:35,999 --> 00:32:37,638
stubborn, grasping father,
704
00:32:38,238 --> 00:32:39,438
and a stepmother with
705
00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:40,678
the face of a fairy
706
00:32:40,678 --> 00:32:42,158
and the heart of a snake.
707
00:32:42,158 --> 00:32:43,839
And a little brat of a stepbrother.
708
00:32:43,958 --> 00:32:45,039
That's what it is to be a woman.
709
00:32:46,718 --> 00:32:47,438
Does it still hurt?
710
00:32:49,319 --> 00:32:49,958
No.
711
00:33:14,319 --> 00:33:15,079
I will be gentler.
712
00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:19,759
You are, after all,
713
00:33:19,759 --> 00:33:21,478
a lady from one of Shazhou's finest families.
714
00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:22,918
For some,
715
00:33:23,039 --> 00:33:24,478
marriage would be a fine choice.
716
00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:26,478
Why are you so firmly against it?
717
00:33:26,799 --> 00:33:27,759
What do you know?
718
00:33:28,158 --> 00:33:29,198
I did go to Jingdu
719
00:33:29,198 --> 00:33:30,678
to keep Tinghui company.
720
00:33:31,238 --> 00:33:31,599
Still,
721
00:33:31,599 --> 00:33:33,238
my own ambitions are just as important.
722
00:33:33,238 --> 00:33:34,478
I love doing business.
723
00:33:37,759 --> 00:33:39,039
They say
724
00:33:39,158 --> 00:33:39,999
a woman is supposed
725
00:33:39,999 --> 00:33:41,319
to be the angel in the house.
726
00:33:41,759 --> 00:33:42,638
But I'll never be.
727
00:33:43,119 --> 00:33:44,359
I will expand Bofeng House
728
00:33:44,438 --> 00:33:45,398
across all of Great Ning.
729
00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:46,519
I will carve out
730
00:33:46,519 --> 00:33:47,559
a world of my own.
731
00:33:48,158 --> 00:33:48,958
Even if I grow
732
00:33:49,319 --> 00:33:50,438
interested into marriage,
733
00:33:51,079 --> 00:33:52,359
I will find a kindred soul,
734
00:33:52,678 --> 00:33:53,839
who loves me,
735
00:33:53,839 --> 00:33:55,119
and whom I love back.
736
00:33:55,478 --> 00:33:57,238
We will earn our living together,
737
00:33:57,359 --> 00:33:58,599
travel alongside each other,
738
00:33:58,999 --> 00:34:00,478
and live our life to the fullest.
739
00:34:03,759 --> 00:34:04,478
Turns out...
740
00:34:06,678 --> 00:34:08,238
I have never truly known you.
741
00:34:12,678 --> 00:34:13,198
I'm tired.
742
00:34:13,839 --> 00:34:15,119
After three days locked up,
743
00:34:15,238 --> 00:34:16,599
I can finally sleep properly.
744
00:34:16,919 --> 00:34:18,278
There... there is
745
00:34:19,079 --> 00:34:20,318
only one bed here.
746
00:34:20,318 --> 00:34:21,278
I... we...
747
00:34:21,399 --> 00:34:22,559
I almost forgot.
748
00:34:22,559 --> 00:34:24,158
You have to have it comfortable.
749
00:34:24,358 --> 00:34:25,959
You take the bed.
750
00:34:26,039 --> 00:34:27,079
I will sleep on the floor.
751
00:34:27,079 --> 00:34:28,718
I am a man.
752
00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:29,798
How can I let you
753
00:34:29,798 --> 00:34:30,439
take the floor?
754
00:34:31,079 --> 00:34:31,879
You take the bed.
755
00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:32,399
I...
756
00:34:32,399 --> 00:34:34,758
Fuzhi, still up?
757
00:34:34,758 --> 00:34:35,678
I will get the door.
758
00:35:11,158 --> 00:35:12,358
Why did you hit me?
759
00:35:12,479 --> 00:35:13,599
You told me to act the part!
760
00:35:13,599 --> 00:35:14,198
I told you to act,
761
00:35:14,198 --> 00:35:15,439
not to lose yourself in it!
762
00:35:15,439 --> 00:35:16,638
I... lost myself?
763
00:35:16,638 --> 00:35:17,559
You closed your eyes!
764
00:35:19,519 --> 00:35:20,919
I was helping you out!
765
00:35:20,919 --> 00:35:21,798
If anyone's
766
00:35:21,798 --> 00:35:23,198
getting the wrong idea, it's you.
767
00:35:23,559 --> 00:35:23,879
I...
768
00:35:24,318 --> 00:35:25,439
You flatter yourself.
769
00:35:25,718 --> 00:35:27,439
I was afraid my stepmother would find out.
770
00:35:27,838 --> 00:35:29,278
And you were using me as a shield!
771
00:35:30,718 --> 00:35:31,879
I panicked!
772
00:35:32,198 --> 00:35:33,158
My apologies.
773
00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:41,599
Was that your first kiss?
774
00:35:45,638 --> 00:35:46,838
Of course not.
775
00:35:47,158 --> 00:35:48,879
Go ask around the capital.
776
00:35:49,238 --> 00:35:50,119
Shen Zhishu has
777
00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:51,798
never lacked for admirers.
778
00:35:52,358 --> 00:35:53,838
The ladies of the capital
779
00:35:53,838 --> 00:35:55,838
throw themselves at me.
780
00:35:56,079 --> 00:35:57,158
I have always
781
00:35:57,718 --> 00:35:59,278
walked among the flowers
782
00:35:59,559 --> 00:36:01,238
and savoured every fragrance.
783
00:36:04,399 --> 00:36:05,718
Then why are you blushing?
784
00:36:05,718 --> 00:36:06,399
I'm not.
785
00:36:06,758 --> 00:36:07,158
I...
786
00:36:09,039 --> 00:36:09,559
Well...
787
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:11,399
The room is too warm!
788
00:36:12,079 --> 00:36:13,318
If that's the case,
789
00:36:13,439 --> 00:36:14,718
I'm not taking the fall for
790
00:36:14,718 --> 00:36:16,079
that desperate kiss.
791
00:36:18,278 --> 00:36:19,718
Who needs you to?
792
00:36:19,718 --> 00:36:20,999
It was such a bad kiss.
793
00:36:20,999 --> 00:36:22,158
I'll have forgotten it
794
00:36:22,318 --> 00:36:23,399
when I wake up.
795
00:36:24,519 --> 00:36:25,439
Splendid.
796
00:36:25,519 --> 00:36:26,678
My stepmother
797
00:36:26,838 --> 00:36:27,718
is suspicious.
798
00:36:27,959 --> 00:36:29,399
So tonight
799
00:36:29,399 --> 00:36:31,079
I may need to trouble you
800
00:36:31,079 --> 00:36:32,278
to share the bed with me.
801
00:36:32,758 --> 00:36:33,119
What...
802
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:34,039
Quiet.
803
00:36:34,079 --> 00:36:35,119
You startled me.
804
00:36:35,718 --> 00:36:37,318
This is getting on my nerves.
805
00:36:37,599 --> 00:36:38,758
See the act through.
806
00:36:38,758 --> 00:36:40,039
Help all the way.
807
00:36:41,838 --> 00:36:42,638
I'm going to bed.
808
00:37:05,599 --> 00:37:06,879
Don't get under the covers.
809
00:37:08,879 --> 00:37:09,439
I...
810
00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:28,479
I'm quite tired too.
811
00:37:37,119 --> 00:37:37,638
Miss Yan?
812
00:38:16,959 --> 00:38:18,678
Liangzhou has seen seven days of rain.
813
00:38:18,678 --> 00:38:19,879
The city walls are flooding.
814
00:38:19,879 --> 00:38:21,119
The dams in Qingzhou have burst,
815
00:38:21,119 --> 00:38:22,119
flooding the farmlands.
816
00:38:22,119 --> 00:38:22,999
Jizhou reports
817
00:38:23,039 --> 00:38:24,439
starving refugees blocking the roads.
818
00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:26,039
Issue my decree.
819
00:38:26,519 --> 00:38:28,379
The Ministry of Works will prepare dredging tools
820
00:38:28,399 --> 00:38:29,758
and distribute them as needed tonight.
821
00:38:30,198 --> 00:38:31,358
The Ministry of War will send 30,000 guards
822
00:38:31,358 --> 00:38:32,718
to clear the rivers and reinforce the embankments.
823
00:38:32,718 --> 00:38:33,519
No time to lose.
824
00:38:33,758 --> 00:38:34,439
The Ministry of Revenue
825
00:38:34,559 --> 00:38:36,238
may conscript refugees for the work,
826
00:38:36,238 --> 00:38:37,198
paying them wages,
827
00:38:37,318 --> 00:38:38,278
and set up soup kitchens
828
00:38:38,919 --> 00:38:39,919
so the elderly, women, and children
829
00:38:39,919 --> 00:38:41,119
may have two bowls of gruel a day.
830
00:38:41,358 --> 00:38:42,079
Yes.
831
00:38:42,838 --> 00:38:44,599
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
832
00:38:44,758 --> 00:38:46,358
You must take care of yourself!
833
00:38:46,838 --> 00:38:49,039
In such time of the day, in such weather,
834
00:38:49,039 --> 00:38:50,318
you cannot keep on like this!
835
00:38:50,318 --> 00:38:50,999
Huang Bo.
836
00:38:51,318 --> 00:38:52,278
As a commander,
837
00:38:52,278 --> 00:38:54,519
you should put His Majesty's health first.
838
00:38:54,519 --> 00:38:55,198
Steward You.
839
00:38:55,198 --> 00:38:55,638
I...
840
00:38:55,798 --> 00:38:56,758
Look at this rain.
841
00:38:57,519 --> 00:38:58,519
Will it pause
842
00:38:58,519 --> 00:38:59,519
if I retire?
843
00:38:59,999 --> 00:39:01,158
Will the dams in Qingzhou
844
00:39:01,678 --> 00:39:02,798
burst any later
845
00:39:02,798 --> 00:39:03,919
because it is night?
846
00:39:04,358 --> 00:39:05,079
But I...
847
00:39:05,079 --> 00:39:05,758
Huang Bo.
848
00:39:06,238 --> 00:39:07,119
See to it.
849
00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:07,718
Yes.
850
00:39:11,638 --> 00:39:12,439
This rain
851
00:39:13,278 --> 00:39:14,198
shows no sign
852
00:39:14,198 --> 00:39:15,999
of stopping.
853
00:39:35,999 --> 00:39:37,079
What are you doing?
854
00:39:37,278 --> 00:39:37,919
Sorry...
855
00:39:37,919 --> 00:39:39,758
I was caught off guard.
856
00:39:40,399 --> 00:39:41,399
Do you know
857
00:39:41,879 --> 00:39:43,278
I tossed and turned all night
858
00:39:43,278 --> 00:39:44,399
before I finally slept?
859
00:39:44,919 --> 00:39:46,439
You did not sleep at all?
860
00:39:47,599 --> 00:39:50,238
Are you awake, Lord Shen?
861
00:39:52,678 --> 00:39:53,678
Yes.
862
00:39:58,798 --> 00:40:00,278
Just now I was outside
863
00:40:00,479 --> 00:40:02,599
and heard quite a commotion in here.
864
00:40:02,959 --> 00:40:05,158
I know it's just newly-weds being newly-weds.
865
00:40:05,278 --> 00:40:06,758
But you should take it slow.
866
00:40:07,798 --> 00:40:08,599
I have
867
00:40:08,838 --> 00:40:10,678
prepared a tonic.
868
00:40:10,678 --> 00:40:11,678
In it are
869
00:40:11,678 --> 00:40:13,318
ginseng, antler, and cinnamon.
870
00:40:13,318 --> 00:40:14,439
He does not need that.
871
00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:16,278
Keep it for yourself.
872
00:40:17,999 --> 00:40:19,758
Later, then.
873
00:40:21,039 --> 00:40:22,879
I will take my leave.
874
00:40:25,439 --> 00:40:26,119
Miss.
875
00:40:26,638 --> 00:40:27,838
Letter from Jingdu.
876
00:40:27,838 --> 00:40:28,919
It seems urgent.
877
00:40:28,919 --> 00:40:29,678
Jingdu?
878
00:40:38,999 --> 00:40:40,079
It is from Tinghui.
879
00:40:41,798 --> 00:40:42,838
Tinghui is in trouble!
880
00:40:43,999 --> 00:40:44,879
We leave at once.
881
00:40:44,879 --> 00:40:46,198
Ride hard for the capital.
882
00:40:46,278 --> 00:40:46,838
Yes.
883
00:40:58,638 --> 00:40:59,358
Your Majesty.
884
00:40:59,758 --> 00:41:00,919
This man has confessed.
885
00:41:01,198 --> 00:41:02,798
He was sent by the Tiger Roar Gang.
886
00:41:02,919 --> 00:41:03,678
Your Majesty.
887
00:41:04,278 --> 00:41:05,158
Mercy.
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