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ADAPTED FROM
QING LINGYUE'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME
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The marriage arrangement
between Youzhou and Jizhou
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has been set.
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Now,
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both states are gathering
their forces in secret.
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Looks like they are going
to declare war on Qingzhou.
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My beloved officials.
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What do you think
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we should do?
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I think that
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even with the combined forces
of Jizhou and Youzhou,
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Qingzhou is more than capable enough
to defend its state.
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Moreover,
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this union between Youzhou and Jizhou
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is a double-edged sword.
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Lord of Youzhou
will be wary of Huang Chao.
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Huang Chao will try his best
to take over Youzhou as well.
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I think
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Yongzhou can just
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observe for now.
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I don't think it's appropriate to do that.
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Qingzhou is our neighboring state.
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If Jizhou and Youzhou
manage to conquer Qingzhou,
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Yongzhou will be stuck in the middle.
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Then it will become hard
for us to survive.
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I think
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we should join hands with Qingzhou
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to disrupt Jizhou and Youzhou's plan.
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I heard that these days,
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Qingzhou is being governed
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by Prince Xieyue.
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If that's the case,
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it will be even easier
for Jizhou and Youzhou
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to defeat Qingzhou.
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Feng Xingtao is the backbone of Qingzhou.
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If he falls right now,
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Qingzhou will be in grave danger.
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If that's the case,
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the best way is to join hands
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with Qingzhou right now
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just like what Minister Qin had proposed.
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We can't just let them take away
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such a prosperous land.
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Yesterday,
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we received the memorandum from Feng Ju.
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Their military advance
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is going smoothly.
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They've managed to eliminate
the bandits in the south.
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Besides raising his rank,
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we have to reward his army.
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Thank you, Your Lordship.
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After we reward his army,
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replenish their food supply at once.
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Be ready to set out at any time.
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I will ask the Ministry of Rite
and Ministry of Works
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to handle it at once.
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I'll ask the Ministry of Revenue
to prepare more food supplies.
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Rewarding the army is a serious matter.
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I will go to the Ministry of War
at once to get it done.
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My beloved officials.
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I'm very glad that both of you
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can understand me so well.
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The power on this land is volatile.
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It all depends
on pre-emptive opportunities.
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After rewarding the army,
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have them set out to Qingzhou at once
and encamp there.
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We'll play it by ear.
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-Yes, Your Lordship.
-Yes, Your Lordship.
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-The moon will always be bright.
-The mountains will always be standing.
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Why are you here?
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An elder of my friend is gravely ill.
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I'm here to ask
for the 1,000-year-old Red Lingzhi.
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Hold on. I'll pass on the request.
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He's quite good at martial arts.
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He's a tip-top fighter
in the Imperial City.
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He has killed before.
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He has a fierce aura to him.
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I think he has been to war.
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He practices external martial arts.
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I'm afraid the only ones
who have these qualities
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in the Imperial City…
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The Imperial Guards.
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Looks like
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we found the right person this time.
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It will be 3,000 taels.
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We'll meet again.
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This Supreme Physician is very mysterious.
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Transactions are done through his guard.
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He rarely meets anyone.
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He hides his identity.
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But he can't hide
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the smell of Lingxiang Herb on this box.
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It's a fragrance specially used
by the people in the palace
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to hide their own smell.
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I think this high-quality Red Lingzhi
is a tribute.
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Normal people can't get their hands on it.
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Maybe he's a eunuch who is in charge
of the Imperial Apothecary.
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Who are you?
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Do you know who I am?
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Since we are here for you,
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of course we know.
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You don't have to be afraid.
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My young master just wants to meet you.
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I don't care who he is.
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I will never meet him. Get lost.
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What are you doing?
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Are you going to kidnap me?
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We are here to invite you.
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If you refuse to cooperate,
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please forgive us for being rude.
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Do you really think
that I'm all by myself?
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Guards.
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If you are talking about those guards
in the courtyard,
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they are all unconscious now.
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Please come with us, Eunuch Hu.
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Listen.
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Since you are so accommodating,
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we will have to be polite.
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-Take him away.
-Yes, sir.
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Who are you?
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Why did you kidnap me?
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Should I call you Eunuch Hu
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or the Supreme Physician?
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Supreme Physician?
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What Supreme Physician?
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I don't understand.
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You don't understand?
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If that's the case,
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I'll kill you.
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Yes. I am the Supreme Physician.
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Who are you?
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When we bought the Red Lingzhi yesterday,
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you sent someone to tail us, didn't you?
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Since you already know,
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why did you let them follow you?
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If they hadn't followed us,
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how would we know where you were?
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You are right.
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No.
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What do you want?
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I have money.
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-I can give it all to you.
-It's not the money.
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We invited you here today
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to check something.
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Do you know anything
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about Nux Vomica?
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Are you here for Nux Vomica?
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I sell it.
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No.
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I'll give it to you for free.
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You are cautious.
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We just want to know
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if someone has bought it recently.
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No.
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Aren't you going
to give it a good thought?
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It's true.
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Nux Vomica is rare
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even in the palace.
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So it's extremely expensive.
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And not many know about it.
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All these years,
I've only sold two of them.
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Who did you sell it to?
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As per the rules of the black market,
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I don't ask for their identities.
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You really don't know?
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Yes.
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However,
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as a safety measure,
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I send my men to tail those buyers
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to draw a portrait of them.
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Where are the portraits?
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They are for my own safety.
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Or course I'll keep them
in the safest place.
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The safest place in Dadong Empire
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is of course the Imperial Palace.
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Then we'll have to trouble you
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to take us there.
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Sir.
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Are you all right, sir?
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The Sacred Jade Moon
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can only suppress part of the blood curse.
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If I want to break the curse,
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our top priority
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is to get the Empyrean Token.
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We don't have much time.
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We have to take action.
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Yes, sir.
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This way, please.
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This is my record over the years.
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RED LINGZHI
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MEAT LINGZHI
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NUX VOMICA, MEAT LINGZHI
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What's wrong?
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This Longevity Amulet
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is from the royal harem of Yongzhou.
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If he's not lying,
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then it's true
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that no one has bought
the Nux Vomica recently.
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Eunuch Hu.
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There is a medical record
for the palace too, right?
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Yes, there is.
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Let me get it for you.
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MEDICAL RECORD
OF DADONG IMPERIAL APOTHECARY
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Well…
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My subordinates are in charge of this.
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I don't do these menial tasks now.
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YIKUN PALACE, HEAD OF SERVANT,
JINGREN PALACE, 12TH OF FEBRUARY
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"Zhang Jin"?
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Where is he from?
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Yuqian Palace.
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Is he the personal servant of the Emperor?
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Eunuch Hu, I need the Nux Vomica.
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-Well…
-Don't worry.
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I'll pay you according to the rules
of the black market.
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If you don't sell it to me
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or if you give me the fake one,
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your secret will be exposed.
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I'll get it for you now.
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Keep it well.
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NUX VOMICA
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Thank you.
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Let's go.
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Guards! Assassin!
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It's really not me.
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I've been with you all the time.
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I don't have time to sound the alarm.
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-Father.
-Your Majesty.
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-Summon the imperial physician!
-Summon the imperial physician!
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Summon the imperial physician!
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Father!
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Guards! Summon the imperial physician!
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Summon the imperial physician now!
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Father.
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Father!
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Are you Mr. Yu?
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My master asked me
to wait for you here at this time.
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It's me.
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I completed my mission
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after hiding here for so long.
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Are you sure he is dead?
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I am sure.
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Don't worry.
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I'll get you out from here.
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Yes, sir.
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General Dong Shufang.
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Why are you here so late at night?
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His Majesty has been assassinated.
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I've been ordered
to search for the assassin.
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His Majesty has been assassinated?
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-This…
-His Majesty was assassinated just now?
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This is too much of a coincidence.
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Eunuch Hu.
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Have you seen any suspicious-looking men?
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General, how is His Majesty now?
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I'm so anxious now.
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The imperial physician
is treating him now.
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Eunuch Hu, I was asking you.
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Have you seen any suspicious-looking men?
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No.
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Do you know what I'm thinking?
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If I can be with you,
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I don't mind
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staying here longer.
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No.
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-Search the place!
-Yes, General!
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I have a report!
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The personal servant in Yuqian Palace,
Zhang Jin, has gone missing.
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Lock down the Imperial Palace at once.
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We have to find him.
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The Crown Prince has summoned you
to the imperial hall.
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All right.
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Follow me.
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Let's go.
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You can come out now.
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If the Crown Prince has summoned him,
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it means that His Majesty is already dead.
277
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It looks like Zhang Jin
278
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:12,760
knows a lot of secrets.
279
00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:15,160
It's too much of a coincidence
for him to go missing now.
280
00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:18,840
The palace is in lockdown now.
281
00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,400
Let's find a way to get out first.
282
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,840
Sirs, can you please do me a favor?
283
00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,920
After we pass the watchtower,
we'll be able to leave.
284
00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,840
It takes 30 breaths for the guards
to finish a rotation on the watchtower.
285
00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:54,520
I have an idea.
286
00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,240
Who is it?
287
00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:15,240
Your Highness,
288
00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:16,680
Mr. Yu is waiting in the side hall.
289
00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:20,920
-Sorry for being late.
-Rise.
290
00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,079
Wuyuan.
291
00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,800
My father is in fatal danger now.
292
00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,160
If something happens to him,
293
00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:27,599
this country, this position…
294
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,880
You have to help me.
295
00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,640
Mr. Yu, have you been in the Imperial City
296
00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,600
these past few days?
297
00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:35,840
His Highness invites me
298
00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,080
to visit him at the palace every month
to study together.
299
00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,360
I just reached here yesterday.
300
00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,120
Are you suspecting me, General?
301
00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,800
His Majesty was assassinated today.
302
00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,480
Everyone who entered the palace
will become a suspect.
303
00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,360
What is it? Can't I suspect you?
304
00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:51,960
General Dong Shufang.
305
00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,720
Wuyuan is devoted to the Dadong Empire.
306
00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,200
Although the Empyrean Yu family
307
00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:57,680
has never joined the court,
308
00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,120
we are always there for the emperor.
309
00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,360
We are loyal to the emperor.
310
00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,880
But every state knows
311
00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,520
that you are close
to Huang Chao of Jizhou.
312
00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,720
Everyone knows
313
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,320
that Huang Chao has never given up
314
00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,200
on his ambition to rule over the world.
315
00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,800
I've never hidden my relationship
with Jizhou from anyone.
316
00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,960
But I have my own reasons
for not talking about it.
317
00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,280
But don't worry,
Your Highness and General.
318
00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:21,880
Everything that I do
319
00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,240
will be for the people.
320
00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:24,840
I won't betray the people.
321
00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,200
All right, Mr. Yu.
322
00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,320
Remember
323
00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:30,880
what you said today.
324
00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:32,840
His Majesty has passed away!
325
00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:37,760
-Father.
-Your Majesty.
326
00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:40,200
Your Majesty.
327
00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:42,120
Father.
328
00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,120
-Your Majesty.
-Father.
329
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:46,720
Your Majesty.
330
00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,040
-The Empyrean Token
-Father!
331
00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:51,480
will be mine.
332
00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,000
The Imperial Guards are on high alert.
We are not allowed through.
333
00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,240
Let's find an inn to rest for the night.
334
00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:02,320
All of you must be tired.
335
00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,120
All right.
336
00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:07,880
Fengxi.
337
00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:12,120
Fengxi!
338
00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:15,880
Why are you here?
339
00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:17,240
You visited my father.
340
00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,120
I saw the liquor you left
341
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,320
in front of his grave.
342
00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,600
Fengxi, are those guards
chasing after you?
343
00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:25,680
We can't stay here for long.
344
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:26,960
Let's talk at another place.
345
00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:38,720
Your Highness.
346
00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,400
You have to lock down the Imperial City.
347
00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,400
We can't let people know that His Majesty
348
00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,600
has passed away.
349
00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:44,640
No.
350
00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:45,920
Why not?
351
00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,840
I think that
we shouldn't keep this a secret.
352
00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,520
We should tell the people about it.
353
00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:52,440
Do you know
354
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,240
who the assassin is?
355
00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,720
Who is he working for?
356
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,640
How many spies are lurking in the city?
357
00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:58,880
Do you think
358
00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,000
that we can keep it a secret?
359
00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,000
Yu Wuyuan.
360
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,640
What are you plotting?
361
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,680
All Six States are watching us
with ill intent.
362
00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,160
With the passing of His Majesty,
they will all attack the Imperial City.
363
00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,400
That's why we should spread the news.
364
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:15,520
A hero is born in troubled times.
365
00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,400
Only when the Six States are at war
366
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,120
that His Highness will get
a slim chance of survival.
367
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,920
How can he survive?
368
00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,720
Don't worry, General and Your Highness.
369
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,960
I have a solution.
370
00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:26,960
Enough.
371
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,080
Pass down my order.
372
00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:31,320
Inform the Six States
373
00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,520
about my father's passing.
374
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,120
General Dong Shufang.
375
00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:40,480
Yes, Your Highness.
376
00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,320
Continue to search for the assassin.
377
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,040
Yes, Your Highness.
378
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,280
The silver needle is not reacting to it.
379
00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:15,320
My father told me
380
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:16,680
that this poison is very rare.
381
00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:18,960
It's used by the Imperial Army
of the Dadong Empire.
382
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,520
Not many know about it.
383
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,960
This kind of poison really exists.
384
00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,280
Fengxi, I've misunderstood you.
385
00:21:30,360 --> 00:21:31,200
Get up.
386
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,000
I don't blame you.
387
00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,680
Under those circumstances,
388
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,160
anyone would panic.
389
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:37,840
But I hurt you.
390
00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,080
If something happened to you,
I would've done a grave mistake.
391
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:42,880
Fengxi, I'm sorry.
392
00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:45,640
There's no need to apologize.
393
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,720
I'm still alive and doing well, right?
394
00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:49,640
Let bygones be bygones.
395
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:51,840
Don't mention it again, all right?
396
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:53,520
It's already in the past.
397
00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:55,440
Fengxi won't take it to heart.
398
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,040
When did Master offend someone
from the Imperial Palace?
399
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,160
Why did they poison him?
400
00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,760
I think it's because our master
was investigating
401
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,160
the fake Empyrean Token in secret.
402
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,080
Your Highness,
a report from Fountain Abode.
403
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,040
They found a corpse
in front of the palace gate.
404
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,520
That corpse belongs
405
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:12,640
to the missing eunuch,
406
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:13,640
Zhang Jin.
407
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,840
Zhang Jin is dead?
408
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,200
What is his cause of death?
409
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,560
Who killed him?
410
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:19,960
There was a cut on his body.
411
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:21,080
Based on the wound,
412
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,560
it's a skill of the Soultaker Sect.
413
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,000
Was Zhang Jin a member
of the Soultaker Sect?
414
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,640
They silenced him with death.
415
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,520
If that's true,
416
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,120
then this is not as simple as we think.
417
00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:33,640
They lured us here with Nux Vomica.
418
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,600
The Emperor was assassinated
at the same time.
419
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,840
What is the mastermind planning?
420
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,120
Is the Soultaker Sect responsible
for my father's death?
421
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,360
I think Master Bai
must have discovered something.
422
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:47,680
That's why he was killed.
423
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,040
But now,
we are sure that the Soultaker Sect
424
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,160
is responsible for the Emperor's death.
425
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,600
Fengxi, let's seek the Soultaker Sect.
426
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:57,800
Yes, we have to avenge our master.
427
00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,800
No. Now that
the Emperor of Dadong is dead,
428
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,760
everyone will try to attack this place.
429
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:04,600
War is going to break out soon.
430
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,320
It will be dangerous out there.
431
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:07,480
Don't worry.
432
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,760
I'll find the real culprit.
433
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,640
I'll find the person who killed our master
434
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:12,920
and avenge him.
435
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,160
-But--
-Langhua.
436
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,520
Master is gone.
437
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,240
You are his only daughter.
438
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,200
I'm sure he doesn't want to see you
putting yourself in danger.
439
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:21,600
Moreover,
440
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,920
you've been entrusted
with the duty to revive our sect.
441
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,000
Protect our juniors.
442
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:27,200
Understand?
443
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,240
Yes, Fengxi.
444
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,080
Why are you here?
445
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,200
No one saw you, right?
446
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,400
I've already taken care
of the people outside.
447
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:52,880
They won't wake up so soon.
448
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,640
I sent you a letter with a pigeon
two days ago.
449
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,240
When Lord of Yongzhou knew
Jizhou and Youzhou were joining hands,
450
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,240
he sent his troops to head toward
the border of Qingzhou.
451
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,080
He wants to reap the benefits from it.
452
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,680
What is the plan
of Mr. Yu and Prince Huang?
453
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,320
Mr. Yu is more ambitious than that.
454
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:11,360
Everything is going smoothly.
455
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,320
He is going to reopen
456
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:14,760
the old case of Yongzhou.
457
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,320
We train our subordinates at length
for one single use.
458
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,960
He wants you to make your move now.
459
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:21,920
I'll do as he commands.
460
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:24,840
Could it be
461
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,440
that he is confident
462
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,040
in taking down Yongzhou as well?
463
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:31,960
Yongzhou is nothing to speak of.
464
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,000
After all,
he has planned this for so long.
465
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:35,480
Let's talk about you for example.
466
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:37,000
Who would have thought
467
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:38,440
that the Prime Minister of Yongzhou
468
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,360
is the spy of Jizhou?
469
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,240
Mr. Yu has planned ahead of time
470
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:43,880
just for this moment.
471
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,560
He is indeed wise.
472
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:46,520
That's it for now.
473
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,600
Feng Ju is gathering his forces right now.
474
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,080
You can make use of him.
475
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,480
I'll follow up with you later.
476
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:54,640
Wait.
477
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,600
How is my mother in Jizhou?
478
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,880
I can't be by her side
to take care of her.
479
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,200
I miss her so much.
480
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:05,160
Don't worry.
481
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,480
Prince Huang Chao knows
you are a citizen of Jizhou
482
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,000
who is working for Jizhou out here.
483
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,520
His Highness will make sure
she is well taken care of.
484
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,320
After we succeed
and everything is in place,
485
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,040
you can come back to Jizhou.
486
00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:18,800
I promise you can reunite
with your mother.
487
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,440
Thank you for His Highness' kindness.
488
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,600
STILL ALIVE AND RESIDES IN YONGZHOU
489
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,040
Is there any news?
490
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:55,640
I've found her.
491
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,360
Not long after my mother passed away,
someone did leave the harem.
492
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,080
Her appearance
493
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:01,360
is the same as in the portrait.
494
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,400
And she's still alive.
495
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,800
-I have to go back to Yongzhou.
-I'll go with you.
496
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,040
What do you want?
497
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,560
Nux Vomica.
498
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,200
Lady Yige.
499
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:24,960
I don't know what you are talking about.
500
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,720
Looks like you don't want to see
your husband and son ever again.
501
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,400
Please don't hurt them.
502
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:33,680
In that incident,
503
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,600
you were just a pawn who was being used.
504
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,040
You are still alive now.
505
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:38,320
I'm sure you don't want to die.
506
00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:39,280
Besides,
507
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,080
you have a husband and son.
508
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,000
How painful it is for your son
509
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:44,800
to lose his mother.
510
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,080
I'll tell you everything.
511
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:48,600
Back then,
512
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,640
I was seduced by Lady Baili's money.
513
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,240
So I obeyed her order
514
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,920
to buy medicine from the black market.
515
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,240
But back then,
516
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,040
I didn't know what the medicine was for.
517
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,160
NUX VOMICA
518
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,040
After that,
Lady Yige suddenly passed away.
519
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,480
Only then did I realize
520
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,240
that the two incidents were connected.
521
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,720
Out of fear,
I asked for permission to leave.
522
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,680
That's all I know.
523
00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:14,920
You know such a huge secret about Baili.
524
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,480
Why did she let you leave the palace
525
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,480
instead of killing you?
526
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,600
Someone saved me in secret.
527
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:21,120
Who?
528
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,720
-I don't know.
-Tell me!
529
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:24,520
I really don't know.
530
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:32,960
Continue.
531
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:35,040
After that, everything was fine.
532
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,800
I thought that no one
would never know about it.
533
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,920
But I still can't run away from it.
534
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,040
But who are you?
535
00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:45,280
Yige's son.
536
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,560
Your Highness, please spare my life.
537
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:50,920
I was wrong.
538
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,480
I have been repenting.
539
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,000
Please have mercy on me.
540
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:57,800
You are
541
00:27:58,880 --> 00:27:59,960
still useful to me.
542
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,640
Prime Minister,
Feng Lanxi has found Du Xian.
543
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:10,800
The fish
544
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,400
has finally bitten the bait.
545
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:17,160
Notify Jizhou
546
00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:20,480
that everything
is going according to plan.
547
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:21,400
Yes, sir.
548
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,960
What are you thinking about? Tell me.
549
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,680
I'm just thinking about the past.
550
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:58,280
I've always lived
551
00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:59,760
in a conspiracy.
552
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:01,960
It's going to be exposed soon.
553
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,000
Now, I finally understand
554
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,560
why they fear me so much.
555
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:25,120
But I don't know
556
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:27,800
whether or not my father knows about it.
557
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,760
If he already knew,
558
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:33,600
what should I do?
559
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:35,960
No matter what happens after this,
560
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,600
let's face it together.
561
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:45,280
Don't worry.
562
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,120
I won't let them succeed.
563
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,640
Your Highness, as per your order,
564
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:53,760
I've put Du Xian and her family
under our protection.
565
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,080
Also, I've sent out our men.
566
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,560
But the incident of the late Lady Yige
happened so long ago.
567
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,760
I'm afraid we won't be able
to find much evidence on it.
568
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,440
We found Nux Vomica this time.
569
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,040
I believe that with this progress,
570
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,240
together with the evidence
Fountain Abode has found,
571
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,120
we can find out the truth.
572
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,080
Yes, Your Highness.
573
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,320
Another thing, keep a close eye
on Feng Ju's residence.
574
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,280
He'll come back from the south soon.
575
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:18,880
Yes, Your Highness. I'll handle it now.
576
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,080
What should we do next?
577
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,160
Expose their crime.
578
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,800
Let them deal with the consequences
of their actions
579
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,160
and bring justice to my mother.
580
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,440
I thought that my mother's death
581
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,200
was due to the rivalry of the royal harem.
582
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:38,960
Now, it's not that simple.
583
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,640
I'm afraid the officials in the court
584
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:43,640
were involved in it as well.
585
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,640
Why would the officials of the court
586
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,280
work with Baili to murder Lady Yige?
587
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:51,600
Profits.
588
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,640
I think my mother was too secure
in her position.
589
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,360
So she was in their way
of gaining profits.
590
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:00,480
Now,
591
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,680
we can only follow this lead
592
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,120
to uproot them.
593
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,560
Sorry for interrupting,
Ms. Feng and Your Highness.
594
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,760
Qiwu, how have you been?
595
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:13,760
I'm fine.
596
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,040
His Highness had helped me before he left.
597
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,880
Moreover, the Feng family
has a strong influence in Yongzhou.
598
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,880
His Lordship won't attack us simply.
599
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:23,680
When we left Yongzhou,
600
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,320
I worried about you the most.
601
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,160
Qiwu.
602
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,680
Did something happen
in the capital lately?
603
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,360
This is the record of what had happened
in the capital recently.
604
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:33,560
Please take a look.
605
00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,840
REWARD FOR THE ARMY
606
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,640
"Rewarding the army of the south."
607
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,320
Why are there so many soldiers?
608
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:45,440
You've realized it too.
609
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,560
I suspect that His Lordship's target
610
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,000
is Qingzhou.
611
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,680
My father wants to attack Qingzhou?
612
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,600
I think he wants to prevent
Jizhou and Youzhou
613
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,000
from attacking Qingzhou together.
614
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,560
If Qingzhou is taken down,
615
00:32:58,640 --> 00:32:59,680
Yongzhou will be in danger.
616
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,200
So His Lordship sent out his troops
617
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:02,760
in the name of rewarding the army.
618
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,640
He wants to gauge the situation
before making a decision.
619
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,760
Most of our troops are heading
toward the border of Qingzhou now.
620
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:10,800
The capital of Yongzhou is at its weakest.
621
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:12,880
If anyone decides to attack us,
622
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:14,920
it will be a dire situation for us.
623
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:16,880
Qiwu.
624
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,320
Report to me at once
if anything happens in the court
625
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,440
-these days.
-Yes, Your Highness.
626
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,600
How are you, Father and Xieyue?
627
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,000
I heard Qingzhou is under the attack
of Jizhou and Youzhou.
628
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:44,920
I miss both of you so much.
629
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,400
I don't know the whole situation yet.
630
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,920
I can't wait to be back.
631
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,440
Your Highness, according to our scout,
632
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:56,640
the army of Youzhou
633
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,960
will reach the border of Qingzhou soon.
634
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,120
Within half a month,
635
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,440
they'll reach Lang City.
636
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,440
What about their military forces?
637
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,640
Is the Skyrider Cavalry of Jizhou
with them?
638
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:07,120
Based on our intel,
639
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,199
Youzhou has sent out 50,000 soldiers.
640
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,280
The Skyrider Cavalry of Jizhou
is not among them.
641
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,360
But Huang Chao is with them.
642
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,719
I think
the Skyrider Cavalry is on its way.
643
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,800
The Lord of Youzhou is determined
to take down Qingzhou.
644
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:22,760
But
645
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,520
he has forgotten who abandoned his city
and surrendered ten years ago.
646
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,520
Even if he has the Skyrider Cavalry,
647
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,159
we have the Fengyun Cavalry.
648
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,239
We don't have to be afraid of him.
649
00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:33,080
Your Highness,
650
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:34,560
aside from the soldiers of Youzhou,
651
00:34:34,639 --> 00:34:37,520
the army of Yongzhou has reached
the south of Yongzhou a few days ago.
652
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,080
However, the Lord of Yongzhou
has sent us a letter
653
00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:42,360
stating that Yongzhou will lend us a hand
654
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,880
if we ask for their help.
655
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,199
Yongzhou?
656
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,480
They are just another ambitious party
with ill intent.
657
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:51,520
What's their target?
658
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,000
They want to take over our state too.
659
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:55,560
We can't work together
660
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:57,200
with those cunning snakes.
661
00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,600
I agree.
662
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,600
Yongzhou is watching from the sideline
to reap the benefits of this war.
663
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,920
If we ask Yongzhou for help
to go against Youzhou,
664
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,880
it wouldn't be good
665
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,120
for Qingzhou.
666
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,600
General Xu, bring 30,000 soldiers
from the Fengyun Cavalry
667
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:14,600
to Lang City first.
668
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,840
Defend Lang City together
with the garrison there.
669
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,040
Yes, Your Highness.
670
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:21,200
General Qi.
671
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,840
Get a team to Ling City in secret.
672
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,840
If Huang Chao's Skyrider Cavalry
is to come,
673
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,560
they'll have to pass through Ling City.
674
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,080
Send a team to stop them.
675
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,080
Yes, Your Highness.
676
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:34,840
I want to meet
677
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:36,840
this fearsome Skyrider Cavalry too.
678
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,960
I'll leave it to you then,
my fellow generals.
679
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,160
-Yes, Your Highness.
-Yes, Your Highness.
680
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,920
Your Highness,
we have news from Princess Xiyun.
681
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,680
Her Highness is in Yongzhou now.
682
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,400
Send her a letter at once.
683
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:54,360
Yes, Your Highness.
684
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,200
YONGZHOU
685
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,000
Are you saying that Feng Lanxi
has found out about Nux Vomica?
686
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:03,760
How is that possible?
687
00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:06,960
It's true.
688
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,920
And Prince Lanxi already knows
689
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,960
that you are the one behind it.
690
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,280
He's gathering evidence now.
691
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,880
Soon, he'll report it to His Lordship.
692
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,560
I am the mastermind?
693
00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:24,920
Have you forgotten
694
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,480
who was the one
who dragged me into this back then?
695
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:34,000
But your dream came true
696
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,520
when you moved
into this Phoenix Palace, didn't it?
697
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,560
But if His Lordship finds out
698
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:44,360
you are the one
699
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:46,840
who plotted the murder of Yige back then,
700
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,080
what will he think of you?
701
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,800
Are you threatening me, Your Highness?
702
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,120
Since you are here to inform me about it,
703
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,640
I'm sure you want us to survive this.
704
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,640
If this secret is exposed,
705
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,920
it won't do us any good.
706
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,400
It will affect Feng Ju's position
as the heir of the Lord too.
707
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,480
So let me ask you.
708
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:17,960
Do you have a plan?
709
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,760
I heard Prince Ju managed
to defeat the bandits in the south.
710
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,200
It was a fruitful victory.
711
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:30,000
He is also in charge
of a large troop right now.
712
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,520
Now, most of Yongzhou's military forces
713
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:37,680
have been sent to the border of Qingzhou
by His Lordship.
714
00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:43,080
If Prince Ju can arrest Feng Lanxi
at that time
715
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,400
in the name of cleaning up the court
for His Lordship,
716
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:50,360
then no one can ever compete
with Prince Ju
717
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,480
for the title of the heir.
718
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,120
Also,
719
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:58,240
you can stop anyone from finding out
about the death of Lady Yige.
720
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,000
So your plan all along is to ask Feng Ju
721
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,320
to overthrow His Lordship.
722
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,400
What if we fail?
723
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,440
This is the only way.
724
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:13,040
Besides, Prince Ju can now
get his wish fulfilled earlier.
725
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,640
Killing multiple birds with one stone.
726
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,320
But how should we do it?
727
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,480
What is your plan?
728
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,760
It will be His Lordship's birthday
in seven days.
729
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:31,240
I hope you can help me
730
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,560
get His Lordship's Military Tally.
731
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,240
I'll use the Military Tally
732
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:40,000
to let the city defense garrison
take over the Royal Army under Zhao Hai
733
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,480
for the safety of the palace.
734
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:43,680
At the same time,
735
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:47,040
you'll receive a secret letter
736
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:51,360
stating that Feng Lanxi
wants to use this chance to revolt
737
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,720
by sending his soldiers
to storm the palace.
738
00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:58,720
This is where Feng Ju will come in
to save the court.
739
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:01,600
That's indeed a good plan.
740
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:05,040
This is a grave matter.
741
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,720
I have to think about it.
742
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:09,400
I'll wait for you
743
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,440
to come to a decision then, Your Highness.
744
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:14,720
I'll take my leave now.