E1 - An Unexpected Turn of Events
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SIGN Adapted from the novel Cinderella Chef by China Literature author Zi Yi 281
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SIGN Xia Chunyu: My name is Xia Chunyu.
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My name is Xia Chunyu.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: I'm here on the Emperor's orders to crush the Black Wind Hamlet.
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I'm here on the Emperor's orders
to crush the Black Wind Hamlet.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: But I didn't expect them to prepare a woman for me,
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But I didn't expect them
to prepare a woman for me,
SIGN Xia Chunyu: in order to win me over.
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in order to win me over.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: Her name is Ye Jiayao, and she's an amazing cook.
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Her name is Ye Jiayao,
and she's an amazing cook.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: I can't stop thinking about her.
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I can't stop thinking about her.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: But regardless,
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But regardless,
SIGN Xia Chunyu: I still need to crush the Black Wind Hamlet!
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I still need to crush the Black Wind Hamlet!
SIGN Ye Jiayao: Save me, Bonehead!
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SIGN Xia Chunyu: Where on earth did you go?
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Where on earth did you go?
SIGN Xia Chunyu: To the Heavenly House?
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To the Heavenly House?
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SIGN Xia Chunyu: Ah, you are at the Heavenly House.
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Ah, you are at the Heavenly House.
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SIGN Xia Chunyu: I never thought the one Chunfeng liked would be Liuli.
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I never thought the one
Chunfeng liked would be Liuli.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: That's my little brother for you.
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That's my little brother for you.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: Since Yaoyao rejected Jing,
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Since Yaoyao rejected Jing,
SIGN Xia Chunyu: I'm certain.
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I'm certain.
SIGN Xia Chunyu: She will choose me.
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She will choose me.
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An Imperial Edict has arrived!
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They managed to find us here?!
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Maybe the Emperor went back on his word?
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Servant, grant her the poison!
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Why don't we run away?
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Yaoyao.
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Huh?
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Don't worry. You have me.
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Why are you here, Chamberlain?
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Mistress Ye.
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Are you sure you don't know why I'm here?
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Huh? Don't tell me...
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Does the Emperor really want my head?!
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Uh, just one second, Chamberlain.
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A customer just ordered a takeaway meal.
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Let me sort that out first.
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There are still customers at this hour?
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The Emperor decrees thus:
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Ye Jiayao is a gifted chef.
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Fetch her to help Lu Yiming and his son.
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Have them hold a birthday banquet for Liuli.
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Most importantly, have her create
some novel dishes for Liuli.
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Certainly not for my own consumption!
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So it is written.
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I, Ye Jiayao, accept this duty!
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Mistress Ye.
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Princess Liuli's birthday is in seven days.
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Once you have devised some new dishes,
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we will come again to pick you up.
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Don't worry, Chamberlain.
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Leave the cooking to me!
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Who will turn the wheel of fate
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I want to ask now
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I close my eyes
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but couldn't sleep
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Tossing and turning
but could not dream
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I want to forget
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that you're in my heart
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Yearning at night
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The more I think, the
more confused I get
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I didn't expect it at all
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You must not have known
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The blue planet shining in the galaxy
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Millions of years of waiting
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Cannot solve the mystery
inside my heart
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Not some day
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but tell me the answer right now
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Perhaps I've fallen in love again
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Back and forth, twist and turn
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Time won't change
what the heart wants
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Shivers run through my soul
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I start to practice, to
explore the secrets of love
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Ride or die, you're the only one
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The wheel of fate
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Favors the the relentless
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The road to my heart
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Lies right beneath you feet
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What are your orders, your Highness?
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Come over.
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Sure.
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Don't let Helian Xuan get ahead.
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Be sure to follow!
SIGN Episode 25
An Unexpected Turn of Events
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"An Unexpected Turn of Events."
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I didn't expect that right after
approving our engagement,
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the Emperor would send me to hold
a birthday banquet for Liuli.
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Xia Chunyu,
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let me say this now.
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You and I aren't married yet.
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Don't get any funny ideas.
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Funny ideas?
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Are you perhaps thinking about...
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Food, of course!
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I'm actually marrying Bonehead.
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What should I do?
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I wonder if he'll treat me as an equal.
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Though...
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We've actually been together for a while,
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ever since the Black Wind Hamlet.
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If you upset me,
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I won't hesitate to kill you.
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Try it.
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She's putting on a show!
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Something weird will happen if
I stay with him for a long time,
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not to mention getting
married and having kids!
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But speaking of getting
married and having kids,
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there was that dream back then...
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Yaoyao.
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The kids are asleep.
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Why don't you come to bed, too?
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We just got married,
and you're not being honest!
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Maybe I should find another opportunity
to be alone with him and see what happens.
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Bonehead, do you want
to go on a trip with me?
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A trip?
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Right! We can explore the outside world
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and look for new ingredients together.
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First, we can go to the
mountains to see the snow.
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Then we can head to the
grasslands below to ride alpacas.
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Then we'll go see the iron eaters.
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The ones Chi You rode into war.
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Look! It's so cute!
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Also, the bamboo shoots there are the best.
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Finally, we'll go to Nanyue
to try their exotic cuisine.
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Yep.
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That's right.
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If only I could bring back
an iron eater as a souvenir.
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Huh? A "souvenir"?
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It's something that represents
the memories we made together.
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What are you hiding in there?
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Nothing.
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Are you secretly planning something?
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H-Honestly, it's nothing.
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Then let me see!
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Let me see!
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Let me see, already!
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Oops!
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Brother Yao! Bro—
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It's really nothing!
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I wanna see!
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Pah! Brother Yao? You mean Sister Yao.
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Let me see!
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Let me see!
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Huh?
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Your Highness and Sister Yao,
please continue!
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Come back, both of you!
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What's the matter?
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Sister Yao,
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the chamberlain from before is at the door,
waiting to take you to the palace.
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Huh?
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He's already here?!
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We'll talk about the trip later.
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Mistress Ye, I'll leave you here.
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Take care, Chamberlain!
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It's the same as always.
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The Royal Kitchen's so much bigger
than the kitchen in our house!
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You said it! The Emperor really is amazing!
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Hey, check this out!
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This really broadens one's horizons!
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Wow...
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Yep, yep.
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Welcome back, Mistress Ye.
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Master Lu.
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Have a look at the birthday banquet menu.
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Mistress Ye.
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Hi, Mr Lu.
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Father.
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Chamberlain Ping said that this year,
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the Nanyue Kingdom did not offer
freshwater crabs as tribute.
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No tribute?
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What on earth is going on?
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I don't know either.
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It's not written on the gift list.
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No idea what happened.
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There are many specialties missing
from the Nanyue's tributes this year.
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So we don't have freshwater crabs
from the Nanyue Kingdom...
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In that case, we'll have to
take this dish off the menu.
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You can't, Master Lu!
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This is the one dish the Princess
always orders every year!
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I caught a sea bass!
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Not fish paste.
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It's a sea bass!
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Amazing, Liuli!
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That's a whole basket of sea bass.
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Now tell your uncle,
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is there anything you'd like to eat at
the birthday banquet in two days' time?
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I know! I'd like to eat frozen crab!
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Frozen crab?
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Ah, frozen crab is good!
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The main dish for this year's birthday
banquet has been decided!
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Freshwater crab from the Nanyue Kingdom!
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Master Lu, isn't there
anything else we can do?
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Let's think about it, then.
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What other crab could we substitute
for Nanyue freshwater crab?
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The meat of the Nanyue
freshwater crab is firm and delicate.
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Let's use butter crab meat,
which is more tender.
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Freshwater crabs live in the river.
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Butter crabs live in the sea.
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According to Master Lu,
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sea crabs have looser meat
compared to river crabs.
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The two will taste completely different.
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If this dish is served every year,
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people will immediately notice
that the taste is different.
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And if the taste they expect is missing,
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even if the ingredients are good,
it's sure to end in disappointment.
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Mistress Ye is correct.
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I don't think we should
use butter crab either.
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But maybe we can consider
whether there are other ingredients
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from the river that we can use.
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Ingredients from the river...
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Hey, can't we use yellowtail instead?
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Yellowtail?
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I see.
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Mistress Ye intends to replace the meat,
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using another river-dwelling ingredient to
reproduce the taste of freshwater crab.
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So that's the plan.
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Mistress Ye, please show us how it's done.
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Use the highest-quality yellowtail:
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the Golden Loong.
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Leave the rest to me!
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Chilled
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The Racing Loong!
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This dish is perfectly cooked.
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It looks exquisite.
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It's fish, but it looks like crab.
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A dish truly worthy of
the name "Racing Loong."
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Thanks for the compliments, Master Lu.
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Serve the dishes, Pingzi!
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Okay!
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Princess.
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Mistress Ye personally
cooked this dish for you.
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Wow, I can't believe Sister Yaoyao came to
the palace just to cook this for me!
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My dear guests,
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let us eat!
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Freshwater crab...
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No, this isn't crab meat.
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It's an ingredient with a taste that is
indistinguishable from the best crab meat.
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This delicious meat carries two flavors.
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The first flavor is that of the wind,
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mixed with a subtle smoothness
you can feel through your teeth—
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a cool and sour breeze.
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Have some, have some!
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Yaoyao!
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Yaoyao!
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Is the second flavor that of river water?
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It's warm and quiet.
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Come, come over!
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A dragon that rides the wind and water.
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I didn't expect that
after the wind and water
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would come a purer crab flavor still.
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And in truth, this crab flavor...
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results from the unison of fish and egg.
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It's too delicious!
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The imagery this dish evokes...
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Does it represent places
where Yaoyao would like to go?
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If I could actually go there with her...
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I guess... that would be good.
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I think there's something
wrong with this taste.
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Wanting to be closer
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Get to the bottom of your heart
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Afloat like the monsoon
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Clear skies turns cloudy
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Caught me off guard
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Stay away
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You could never understand my heart
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My feelings are written on it
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You distress me so
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No need to say anything
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Why aren't you happy?
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Ask yourself
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Why can't you say it?
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Always hard to be on the same page
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Cannot escape from it
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Longing for an intimate relationship
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Instead of cold replies
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Wanting to get closer
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Get to the bottom of my heart
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Full of courage standing by you
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Emotions sometimes mixed
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But can always be filled with warmth
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Your heart is completely rigid
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My heart is too hard to explain
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Every moment we had sways in the wind
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