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The Scholar and the Emperor
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Shopkeeper.
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I wonder how Proprietor Yan is doing.
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Shopkeeper,
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you may compete fiercely in business
with Proprietor Yan,
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but you really do care about her.
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Business is business.
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But you saw how terrifying
people on the Infinity Pill can become.
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Master Zhao and Old Madam Zhao
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are both gone now.
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For a woman like Proprietor Yan,
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making her way in the world alone
is not easy.
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Fortunately, Lord Meng was there this time
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and managed to save her.
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My lord.
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Heaven has shown mercy.
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The poison in Miss Yan's body
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is gradually dissipating.
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With proper recuperation,
she will be fine.
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Thank goodness you're all right.
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Thank goodness you're back.
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Mengmeng.
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Fuzhi.
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Did I hurt you?
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This is all my fault.
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I dragged you into all this trouble.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry, Fuzhi.
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Don't cry.
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Thank you for coming so late,
Your Majesty.
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Fuzhi is out of danger.
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Since she's fine,
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why are you still crying?
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I'm afraid.
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Afraid this is all another dream.
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Afraid something worse
will happen again.
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I'm afraid that even if I give everything,
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I still can't protect those I love.
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These past days,
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watching you and Miss Yan
face life and death together,
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I finally understood.
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Without the lights of countless homes
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in these ordinary streets,
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a realm stretching thousands of miles
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is nothing but cold lines on a map.
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But I'm afraid
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I can't even protect
this one small light before me.
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The light you would die to protect
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is the realm I must protect.
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You protect it.
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I will protect you,
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and all the people of this realm.
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-Come out, Meng Tinghui!
-Come out, Meng Tinghui!
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-Come out here!
-Come out here!
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Stop hiding like a coward!
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Come out!
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Stop hiding like a coward!
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Meng Tinghui!
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Meng Tinghui!
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Don't move. Back away!
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Meng Tinghui!
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Calm down.
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My father and grandmother
aren't even buried yet,
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and you dare hide in there?
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A birthday feast has become a funeral.
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They died with grievances unresolved.
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If I can't give them justice,
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how can I lay them to rest?
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How could you let Ling Yunfei escape?
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Today, it was my Zhao family.
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What about tomorrow?
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Are we supposed to live
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in fear and misery every day?
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-Exactly!
-My son!
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You said you'd marry
once you'd saved enough.
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Now I, an old mother,
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must bury my own son.
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How am I supposed to go on?
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You beasts living off the court!
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You don't care
if commoners live or die!
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-Stone them!
-Stone them!
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-Stone them!
-Back away!
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And you still have the nerve to stop us!
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Yinqing.
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I'm fine, my lord.
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Everyone,
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everyone,
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I understand your pain and fear.
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I, Meng Tinghui,
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make this solemn pledge today:
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within ten days,
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I will eradicate the Infinity Pill,
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capture Ling Yunfei,
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and restore peace to the people.
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Ten days? Can she do it?
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Is she serious?
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My lord, please reconsider.
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Ten days is too short.
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A military pledge is no joke.
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You can't make one lightly.
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My mind is made up.
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I mean every word.
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Everyone here may bear witness.
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I give myself ten days.
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If I fail,
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I will surrender my office
and become a commoner,
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and accept punishment under the law
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without complaint.
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Your Majesty,
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the Tiger's Roar Gang leader escaped,
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and the Infinity Pill is still missing.
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If he is allowed to return,
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the capital will suffer greatly.
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I impeach her today
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because public anger is boiling over.
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If it is not calmed,
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chaos may erupt.
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I implore Your Majesty
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to strip her of office and punish her,
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to reassure the people.
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Your Majesty,
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the Left Chancellor and I often disagree,
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but this time
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his words are sound.
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Ling Yunfei has thrown
the capital into chaos
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all because of Meng Tinghui.
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Suspend her from office.
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It will calm the people,
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and force Ling Yunfei
to stay his hand for now.
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Absurd!
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The Tiger's Roar Gang caused this,
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yet you want to punish
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the head of the Office of Public Inquiry?
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A mere bandit chief
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and a single poison pill
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have thrown my entire court into chaos.
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If an enemy invades one day,
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will you all rush
to submit surrender petitions?
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Your Majesty.
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Your Majesty.
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I, Meng Tinghui,
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willingly accept punishment.
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The Infinity Pill case
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is the Tiger's Roar Gang's crime,
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but the Office of Public Inquiry
bears responsibility,
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and I bear the greatest responsibility.
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I have made a military pledge
to the people.
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Within ten days,
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if I fail to eradicate the Infinity Pill
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and capture Ling Yunfei,
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I will accept any punishment.
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Meng Tinghui,
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given your determination
to catch the culprit,
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I grant you ten days.
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Your Majesty, Meng Tinghui's pledge
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merely fulfills her duty.
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The present situation
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was caused by her dereliction.
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Under the Laws of Daning,
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she should receive twenty strokes
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as a warning to others.
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Enough.
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Meng Tinghui has made her pledge.
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As court officials,
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instead of working together
to suppress the bandits,
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you attack a colleague
over street gossip.
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I think you deserve
twenty strokes yourselves.
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Your Majesty.
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I saw the people's suffering
with my own eyes.
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It pains me deeply.
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I will bear the twenty strokes alone
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to apologize to the people.
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-Your Majesty.
-Your Majesty.
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-Your Majesty.
-Your Majesty.
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-We will share Lord Meng's punishment.
-We will share Lord Meng's punishment.
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I head the Office of Public Inquiry.
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I should bear it alone.
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I am its deputy.
I share the responsibility.
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I serve there too.
We stand together in hardship.
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The case remains unsolved.
I cannot shirk my duty.
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I share the responsibility too.
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That must hurt terribly.
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You've been frail since childhood.
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Though they're only surface wounds,
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you still need proper rest and care.
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What I did this time
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wasn't a rash impulse.
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I understand.
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Back then,
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I placed seventeenth in the first class
of the metropolitan examination.
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When I first entered the Hanlin Academy,
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I was just as full of youthful zeal.
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Then I met your father,
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became a wife and mother,
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and had no regrets.
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But today,
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seeing you stand
with the Office of Public Inquiry,
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I saw my younger self in you.
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And compared with me,
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you have an even greater sense of duty.
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Mother.
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I'm truly proud of you.
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Mother.
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Because I've walked this road,
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I know how hard it is.
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I only did what I should.
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Precisely because the road ahead is hard,
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Lord Meng is all the more admirable.
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As a woman,
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she leads the Office of Public Inquiry
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and pledged before everyone.
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She is a model for all women.
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I need to recover quickly
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and go help her.
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My Li'er.
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You've truly grown up.
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I wonder
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how Brother and A-Nian's injuries are.
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Father.
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Why can Zhili eat in her room
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while I have to come to the hall?
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I only walked a few steps,
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and my back already hurts again.
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If it's too much,
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go back and rest.
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How could I?
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Pain is pain,
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but I still have to eat.
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Besides, Father cooked this himself.
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It'd be a shame not to eat it.
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Easy, Brother.
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They hit your back.
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Why? Does your rear hurt too?
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I took a full twenty strokes!
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It takes a hundred days
for bone and sinew to heal.
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My back
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probably doesn't have
a patch of good skin left.
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A-Nian, sit down.
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All right.
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Look at you.
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You've spent too long in pleasure houses,
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and your martial skills are getting rusty.
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You need more practice.
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Look at A-Nian.
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He took the same twenty strokes.
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When have you heard him complain?
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I'm used to rough treatment.
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Unlike Brother,
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who runs between Changle Street
and the Office every day.
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It's exhausting enough.
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That's the responsibility
a Shen man should have.
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Leading the Divine Guard
at such a young age,
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charging into battle,
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yet attentive and caring at home.
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Well done. Come, drink.
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Thank you, Father.
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Father.
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Your fine Shen son here
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is tough as old leather.
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I can't compete with him in toughness.
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But I'm much stronger than Zhili.
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She still can't get out of bed.
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My son has really accomplished something.
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As her elder brother,
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you're actually comparing yourself
to your sister?
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Aren't you ashamed?
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I wonder how Zhili's injuries are.
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Your mother is caring for her.
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She'll be fine.
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Eat.
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Grand Tutor.
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The tonics you asked for are ready.
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Father.
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Let me take them to Zhili.
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All right.
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Thank you, Father.
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A-Nian really is
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made of sturdy stuff.
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Father, look.
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My standing in this family
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is lower than dust.
282
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With all this good food and drink,
283
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you still can't keep your mouth shut?
284
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Just eat.
285
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Thank you, Father.
286
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Brat.
287
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Here.
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How did you get beaten this badly?
289
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Fuzhi, please don't cry.
290
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I've been hurt
291
00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,720
much worse than this before.
292
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I'll be fine in a couple of days.
293
00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,080
No matter how badly you were hurt before,
294
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you always smiled and said you were fine.
295
00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,480
Those learned male officials at court
296
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don't help you investigate
the Tiger's Roar Gang,
297
00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:42,080
and they treat you like this?
298
00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:43,640
I'm going to ask His Majesty myself.
299
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:45,960
You only want what's best for Daning.
300
00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,440
Why couldn't he protect you?
301
00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,720
Miss Yan was looking for me?
302
00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,200
Your Majesty.
303
00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:03,040
Mengmeng is my only family.
304
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All this way,
305
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,160
she's been framed and bullied,
306
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,880
humiliated and threatened,
307
00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:09,960
and nearly killed time and again.
308
00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:12,520
The people who targeted her
were all vicious criminals.
309
00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,520
But this time,
310
00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,440
Your Majesty personally
ordered her punished.
311
00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,960
-Fuzhi.
-To give the officials an answer,
312
00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,840
so you used my Mengmeng as your weapon.
313
00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,240
But she's precious to me too.
314
00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:24,440
If after ten days
315
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she still hasn't solved it,
316
00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,280
I only ask Your Majesty to spare her life.
317
00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:29,280
Strip her of rank
and make her a commoner.
318
00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:31,040
I'll take her back to Shazhou.
319
00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:32,200
From then on,
320
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,440
I won't let anyone hurt her again.
321
00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,360
I've said what I came to say.
322
00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:36,880
Please punish me, Your Majesty.
323
00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:39,840
Miss Yan.
324
00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:41,640
I promise you.
325
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What you fear will not happen.
326
00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,320
Your Majesty's word is absolute.
327
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I'll remember it for Mengmeng.
328
00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,320
I won't disturb
Your Majesty and Mengmeng.
329
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Your Majesty.
330
00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:15,080
Fuzhi
331
00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,200
is worried for my safety.
332
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,480
Please don't blame her.
333
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:21,520
She's right.
334
00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:23,320
This is my fault.
335
00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:27,960
I failed to protect you.
336
00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,640
I brought wound medicine
sent as tribute from Beijian.
337
00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,520
It relieves pain and prevents scarring.
338
00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:36,400
I'll apply it for you.
339
00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:43,640
I...
340
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,120
dare not trouble Your Majesty.
341
00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,800
You won't even let me
do this small thing for you?
342
00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:57,240
It may sting at first.
343
00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,160
There may be a burning sensation.
344
00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,120
I'll be careful.
345
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,200
This mark on your back
346
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:49,240
is rather unusual.
347
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:50,440
A mark?
348
00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,160
Which one do you mean, Your Majesty?
349
00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,000
I was beaten often as a child
350
00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,360
and have many scars.
351
00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:01,080
I don't remember them all.
352
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:03,760
Your Majesty.
353
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,920
The ten-day deadline is close.
354
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,040
Perhaps only by finding the valley
355
00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,640
can we stop the Infinity Pill spreading.
356
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,360
Tomorrow, I want to search
the outskirts with Yinqing.
357
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,320
Don't concern yourself with anything.
358
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,360
I've ordered Huang Bo to find the valley.
359
00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:19,960
Your priority now
360
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,800
is to rest and recover your strength.
361
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:23,400
Otherwise,
362
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,320
I may truly take away
that official robe of yours.
363
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,000
I obey.
364
00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,200
The Mystic Bird guards Zhongwan.
365
00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,920
Royal descendants bear a secret mark
on the shoulder from childhood,
366
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,240
which becomes clearer with age.
367
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:47,640
Your Majesty saw it clearly.
368
00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,080
The mark on Lord Meng's shoulder
369
00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,640
is indeed the Mystic Bird totem.
370
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,800
Though the mark overlaps with scars,
371
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:53,800
it is unmistakable.
372
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,320
I vaguely remember
373
00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,880
the Zhongwan royals Father executed
374
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:00,320
also bore such a mark.
375
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,360
But I was young then.
376
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,200
As for what happened back then,
377
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,320
only the Grand Tutor knows clearly.
378
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:07,600
More than ten years ago,
379
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,280
the Zhongwan royal house
coveted Daning's riches
380
00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:11,480
and provoked us repeatedly.
381
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,040
The late Emperor had enough
382
00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:14,240
and led the campaign himself.
383
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,040
The Zhongwan royals resisted to the end,
384
00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:19,480
but were crushed by his iron hand.
385
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,560
The four-year-old Zhongwan princess
386
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,240
also died inside the palace.
387
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,480
Only a band of death-sworn guards
388
00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,320
broke through with a general's son.
389
00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:31,360
Judging by their ages,
390
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,440
Lord Meng and the Zhongwan princess
would be the same age.
391
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,480
But wasn't the Zhongwan princess dead?
392
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,120
It now appears
393
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,320
the dead princess may have been a decoy.
394
00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,000
Perhaps Zhongwan remnants
395
00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,320
wanted to restore their nation
396
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,480
and preserve a line of royal blood.
397
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,160
Huiyin House and the Blood Moon Society
398
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,600
were already plotting a restoration.
399
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:51,720
Situ Xue is also very close to Lord Meng.
400
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,240
Perhaps
401
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,280
Lord Meng is one of them,
sent to infiltrate the court.
402
00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,240
Daning's ancestral law still states
403
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,600
that Zhongwan survivors
must live as slaves or servants
404
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,920
and may never serve as court officials.
405
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,480
The late Emperor enacted this to prevent
406
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,400
traitors from disrupting the court
and harming the people.
407
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,920
Now a Zhongwan restoration
is stirring in secret.
408
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:12,760
Its royal bloodline
409
00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,120
must be eradicated completely.
410
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,160
Grand Tutor, are you asking me
to execute Lord Meng?
411
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,280
I have long since retired.
412
00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:34,480
I should not interfere in court affairs.
413
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,960
But Your Majesty and Meng Tinghui
414
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:36,880
have grown exceedingly close.
415
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,400
There is already criticism outside.
416
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:39,920
I am deeply concerned.
417
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,640
Please think carefully, Your Majesty.
418
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,000
Be more cautious with Meng Tinghui,
419
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,880
and remain vigilant
420
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,360
against the Blood Moon Society.
421
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,480
Only then
422
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:51,920
can we guard against the unforeseen
423
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,640
and keep the court stable.
424
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,360
Father, don't worry.
425
00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,080
His Majesty already told me
to watch Huiyin House
426
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:00,520
and secretly investigate
the Blood Moon Society.
427
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,520
His Majesty would never put
private feelings before public duty.
428
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,840
Still, Lord Meng's identity
429
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:08,640
truly warrants renewed scrutiny.
430
00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,680
This concerns an old feud
between two states.
431
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,520
I will not take it lightly
432
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:17,600
or act on emotion.
433
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,520
Meng Tinghui and the Office
of Public Inquiry,
434
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,320
I will consider everything carefully.
435
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:23,680
Your Majesty is wise.
436
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,360
Until there is a conclusion,
437
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,120
we will keep this strictly secret.
438
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,240
Zhishu, especially you.
439
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,720
Father, I have enough self-control
440
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:34,760
to know better.
441
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:09,800
The Tiger's Roar Gang's storerooms,
442
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:10,720
hidden cellars,
443
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:12,400
even the caves behind the mountain
444
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:13,400
have all been searched.
445
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,200
Not a single Infinity Pill was found.
446
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,560
And for dozens of miles
around their stronghold,
447
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:19,960
there is nothing but sand and stone.
448
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:21,360
It cannot be where the poison is made.
449
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:22,320
Logically,
450
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,680
Ling Yunfei is badly wounded.
451
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:25,640
If he doesn't want to bleed to death,
452
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:26,960
his hiding place
453
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:28,280
shouldn't be far from the capital.
454
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,960
A-Nian, you searched
the valleys outside the capital.
455
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,440
Did you truly find no clues at all?
456
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,720
We searched seventeen valleys.
457
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,320
Each was compared with the painting.
458
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:40,840
Huang Bo has led the Divine Guard
459
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,160
deep into the miasma forest.
460
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,840
No word has come back yet.
461
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,120
Though the gang's stronghold is destroyed,
462
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,720
as long as Ling Yunfei lives,
463
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,480
given that madman's nature,
464
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,800
he will plot an even crueler revenge.
465
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:56,960
My lord.
466
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:57,880
Your wounds...
467
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,200
I'm fine.
468
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,240
Zhili, draft a memorial now.
469
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:03,880
Ask His Majesty for reinforcements.
470
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,040
We must find where the poison is made
as soon as possible.
471
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:07,520
Otherwise,
472
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,680
the consequences are unthinkable.
473
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,800
Lock the chains tighter.
474
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:47,720
Yes.
475
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,440
Chief.
476
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,160
As you ordered,
477
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,440
the dose of Fuqing Grass
478
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:57,400
has been tripled.
479
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,320
What an intoxicating fragrance.
480
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,080
But it is still not enough.
481
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,280
Increase the dose.
482
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:09,320
Within ten days,
483
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,560
harvest every stalk of Fuqing Grass
in Wangxian Valley.
484
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:12,560
This time,
485
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:14,680
either Meng Tinghui dies,
486
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,480
or I, Ling Yunfei, do.
487
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,600
Then you should prepare your funeral.
488
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,080
Mr. Shangguan honors us with a visit.
489
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,680
It seems you've finally lost patience.
490
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,360
To get revenge on Meng Tinghui,
491
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,480
you spread the Infinity Pill
at Bofeng Tavern.
492
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,360
Now the whole city is under lockdown.
493
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,800
Do you intend to ruin
our business with your own hands?
494
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,200
You hide in the shadows all day
495
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:37,680
to make petty profits.
496
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,280
Is that
497
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:41,920
all you cowards aspire to?
498
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,120
Listen carefully.
499
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,880
If you dare trouble Meng Tinghui again,
500
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,960
I don't mind sending you
to your grave first.
501
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,840
What exactly is your relationship
with Meng Tinghui?
502
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,040
Every other sentence is about her,
503
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,240
and you protect her at every turn.
504
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:56,800
Our business
505
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:58,320
together
506
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,240
ends here.
507
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,920
You think I'll just sit and wait to die?
508
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,320
Look. This is the Infinity Pill's
true power.
509
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,520
I'll use an army of poisoned men
510
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,280
to bathe the capital in blood.
511
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:21,840
Meng Tinghui, prepare to die.
512
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,200
(Bofeng Tavern Temporary Closure Notice)
513
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:41,680
I wanted to save enough silver
514
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,000
to buy a large house.
515
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:44,320
The two of us
516
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,640
could live comfortably there.
517
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:48,400
Now I've lost everything.
518
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,880
I snatched my life back from death
519
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,200
thanks to you, Mengmeng.
520
00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:58,880
It was thanks to Lord Shen.
521
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,520
To get medicine for you,
522
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,560
he even pawned the jade pendant
gifted by the late Emperor.
523
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,120
His Majesty knew he was saving a life
and did not punish him.
524
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,320
But Zhili told me
525
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,960
Grand Tutor Shen made him kneel
in the ancestral hall for three days.
526
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:17,600
He truly cares about you.
527
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,320
After narrowly escaping death,
528
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:25,400
I realized wealth is easy to find,
529
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:26,520
but a true friend is rare.
530
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,200
Since you all gave everything for me,
531
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,160
I should live well.
532
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:34,800
Bofeng Tavern will close for two months.
533
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,600
I'll create more new dishes
534
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,120
so when we reopen,
535
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,240
the capital's diners will be amazed.
536
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:43,760
But you're not fully recovered.
537
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,000
Bofeng Tavern still isn't safe.
538
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:46,880
Stay at the Office for now.
539
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:47,920
I'll be there to look after you.
540
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,920
You...
541
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,960
You've been buried in chasing Ling Yunfei.
How could you possibly look after me?
542
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,920
The military pledge deadline is near,
543
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,280
but every lead on Ling Yunfei is gone.
544
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,400
The Light Riders have searched for days,
545
00:30:58,480 --> 00:30:59,720
yet no one has reported back.
546
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,760
Even His Majesty hasn't come
to the Office for days.
547
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,040
Something feels strange.
548
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:07,480
All right.
549
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,240
Enough thinking. Let's go out.
550
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,160
-Yinqing.
-Lord Meng.
551
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,800
-Proprietor Yan.
-You went to Huiyin House.
552
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,600
Mistress Situ often travels
to the frontier.
553
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,080
She has rare medicines, candles,
and incense not found in the capital.
554
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,040
Proprietor Yan has only just recovered
and needs to rebuild her strength.
555
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:30,280
Thank you for taking the trouble.
556
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,160
Any progress from Commandant Di's
search of the valleys?
557
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,280
Why has not a single message
reached the Office from the Light Riders?
558
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,560
His Majesty personally deployed
the Divine Guard.
559
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:40,680
All intelligence
560
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:42,720
is reported directly to the throne.
561
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:45,760
But I did hear some good news.
562
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:46,840
I happened to hear
563
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,520
the Light Riders found a valley
564
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,680
somewhat like the one in the painting.
565
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,440
But the memorial you submitted
566
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:54,960
requesting reinforcements
567
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:56,640
still has not been approved.
568
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,320
The Divine Guard should assist
the Office in its investigations.
569
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,480
Yet now they are bypassing me.
570
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:05,080
Lend me this candle.
571
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,160
Your Majesty, the Light Rider units report
572
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:09,680
that Huang Bo disappeared
573
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,840
at the last valley still unsearched,
574
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:12,840
Wangxian Valley.
575
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,360
The terrain there is treacherous,
576
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:15,640
and mist shrouds it year-round,
577
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:16,560
obscuring all visibility.
578
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:17,960
At the valley entrance, the Light Riders
579
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,320
found Huang Bo's dagger.
580
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,760
Huang Bo never loses
anything he carries.
581
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:23,640
Could something have happened to him?
582
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,160
Take the Light Riders
and search the mountain at once.
583
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:26,880
Should we inform Lord Meng?
584
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:28,880
As for this valley,
585
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,920
we have no proof yet
that Fuqing Grass grows there.
586
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,160
Do not alarm her for now.
587
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:34,880
-Investigate it thoroughly first.
-I understand.
588
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,360
Your Majesty, this old servant has sinned!
589
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:38,840
Not again.
590
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,240
With Huang Bo away these past few days,
591
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,480
he has nagged my ears raw.
592
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:45,120
Go help me
593
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,400
stop Chief Steward You before you leave.
594
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:48,320
Yes.
595
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,720
Your Majesty personally risked yourself
at the Tiger's Roar Gang.
596
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,560
This old servant fears for your safety.
597
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,000
Every day my heart
598
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,360
is in my throat.
599
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,640
I have failed the late Emperor.
600
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,320
Commandant Di,
601
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:08,640
lend me your sword.
602
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,840
I'll go meet the late Emperor first!
603
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,320
Commandant Di, I was beside myself.
604
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,520
His Majesty has stayed up late
reviewing memorials.
605
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,960
It seems he caught a chill.
606
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,320
The physician prescribed this remedy.
607
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,240
Your Majesty,
608
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,280
you must take care of yourself.
609
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,360
-Your Maj...
-Go back.
610
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,000
Your Majesty.
611
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,360
You must take good care of yourself.
612
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:47,560
Your Majesty.
613
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:48,640
Your Majesty.
614
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,720
Can you stop bothering me?
615
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,960
So Your Majesty finds me bothersome.
616
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:09,840
Is that why you haven't visited
the Office lately?
617
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,640
I thought it was Chief Steward You.
618
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,920
This is from Huiyin House.
619
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,160
Miss Situ specially blended it.
620
00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:18,040
She said it calms the mind
and restores the spirit.
621
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,960
You've exhausted yourself lately
over the Infinity Pill.
622
00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:22,560
You should try it.
623
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:24,360
You came here specifically today
624
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,200
not just to bring this gift, did you?
625
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,040
The memorial I submitted
626
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,200
requesting more staff for the Office
627
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:31,920
has yet to receive imperial approval.
628
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:38,360
This drawing...
629
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:40,440
do you recognize it?
630
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:49,760
I do not.
631
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:52,200
This is the Heaven-ordained Mystic Bird
revered in Zhongwan.
632
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,480
It is said to foretell good and ill
633
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,000
and protect the nation's destiny.
634
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,400
Later, Zhongwan submitted to Daning.
635
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,200
Do you think Daning's policy
toward Zhongwan survivors
636
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:02,280
should be reformed?
637
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:03,520
Your Majesty.
638
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,040
I've only read about Zhongwan's past
in historical texts.
639
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:09,400
I don't know what truly happened.
640
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,080
Miss Yan only just escaped danger.
641
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:17,160
I don't want you risking yourself again.
642
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,200
I have decided on another plan.
643
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,520
-The Office should leave this case.
-Your Majesty.
644
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,600
I know the difference
between public and private.
645
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:25,920
What happened to Fuzhi
646
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,280
torments me day and night.
647
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,160
Even if I do harbor selfish motives,
648
00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:30,560
so what?
649
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:31,800
The Ling Yunfei case
650
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,000
has been pursued by the Office all along,
651
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,760
and I am the best person for it.
652
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,200
Please withdraw your order.
653
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,360
Ling Yunfei will not stop pursuing you.
654
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:40,640
I am worried for your safety.
655
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:42,480
Take some time to rest.
656
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,560
Consider that my own selfishness.
657
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:47,400
I feel Your Majesty
658
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,120
has been acting strangely lately.
659
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,800
Are you hiding something from me?
660
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:51,920
Do not overthink it.
661
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,880
Follow my decree.
662
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,120
Your Majesty, of all the court officials,
663
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:03,920
who knows Ling Yunfei
better than the Office?
664
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,560
If Your Majesty is worried about me,
665
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,640
you may send people with me.
666
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,680
But if the Office is forced off this case,
667
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,080
then I will go myself.
668
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:14,600
If Your Majesty does not trust me,
669
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,320
I need not wait for your decree.
670
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:21,040
I already know where Wangxian Valley is.
671
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,000
From the day we met,
672
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:25,920
I knew this was your nature.
673
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:33,720
I trust you.
674
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:36,120
But that means allowing you
to place yourself in danger.
675
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,480
I want this realm kept safe,
676
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:40,520
but I also want you, Meng Tinghui,
677
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,480
to return safe and whole.
678
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:44,800
Wangxian Valley's terrain is complex.
679
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,120
I will go with you.
680
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:26,760
You're awake.
681
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,600
Thank goodness.
682
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,520
I was afraid you'd keep sleeping forever.
683
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,040
Don't move.
684
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,040
I'm only listening to your heartbeat,
685
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,800
to see how well you're recovering.
686
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:52,680
After taking my medicine,
687
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,200
the snake venom is gone.
688
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:56,360
However,
689
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,320
your injured leg needs
a few more days of rest.
690
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:00,840
Be good these next few days.
691
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,480
Don't rush out and run around.
692
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,600
Thank you for saving my life, miss.
693
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:34,920
You're welcome.
694
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,840
I'm A-Luo, a resident of Wangxian Valley.
695
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:39,400
You...
696
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:41,280
what is your name?
697
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,040
My name is Huang Bo.
698
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:45,560
Huang Bo.
699
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:58,840
Miss A-Luo.
700
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:00,640
Let me help you.
701
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:01,760
Your leg hasn't healed yet.
702
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:02,800
Don't move around.
703
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:07,120
Old Huang!
704
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:08,240
Old Huang!
705
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:10,760
Young Master.
706
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:11,680
Careful.
707
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:13,840
How did you all get here?
708
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:20,600
Miss A-Luo.
709
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:21,920
There are so many of us,
710
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,160
and we came to stay at your home
without warning.
711
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:24,200
I'm sorry to impose.
712
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:25,520
Not at all.
713
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,640
Few outsiders ever come here.
714
00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:29,480
It's rare for my home
to be this lively.
715
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:30,920
Besides,
716
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,720
you're all so handsome,
717
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:34,920
and dressed much better than we are.
718
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:44,800
Miss A-Luo.
719
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,800
The scenery shown in this painting,
720
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,480
is it somewhere inside the valley?
721
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,240
Our peaks are beautiful,
722
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:52,360
wrapped in clouds and mist.
723
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,080
From the valley floor,
it looks like an immortal realm.
724
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,440
The scenery in this painting
725
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,160
does indeed resemble our valley.
726
00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:03,200
Then, Miss A-Luo,
727
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:05,360
-do you know of a kind of...
-Miss A-Luo.
728
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:07,320
I see your courtyard
729
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,960
is full of flowers.
What are they used for?
730
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,320
Tomorrow is our valley's Flower Festival.
731
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,600
I'm preparing flower cakes
for the celebration.
732
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:16,240
Make yourselves comfortable.
733
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,400
Have a good chat.
734
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:18,360
If you need anything,
735
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:19,400
just call me.
736
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:28,480
Lord Meng.
737
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,640
I was about to ask
where the Fuqing Grass is.
738
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:32,320
Why did you stop me?
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