E10 - Bloodstained Banquet

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    Hurry up,
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    the guests will be arriving soon.
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    Yes, sir.
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    Long time no see.
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    How could I miss
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    the Prince's seventeenth birthday banquet?
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    Absolutely,
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    we're all here!
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    Wait, isn't he...?
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    Why is that troublemaker from the Xianle clan still lingering?
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    He always shows up uninvited to our family feasts.
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    Well, what can we do?
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    If it weren't for the grace of the emperor and empress,
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    this outsider would have been wiped out long ago.
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    What are you whispering about?
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    Why don't you
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    share it with me too?
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    Auntie!
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    I didn't say anything.
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    I'll go inside first, alright?
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    Can't even say it when prompted,
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    always badmouthing others.
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    He knows he's talking nonsense
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    and making a fool of himself.
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    Your Majesty?
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    Anle,
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    you've worked hard for this the Luxurious Golden Hall.
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    Not hard,
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    just doing my duty.
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    Let's go,
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    Anle.
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    Let's head inside.
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    Uh,
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    shouldn't His Highness join us?
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    Qianqiu has been acting mysterious since this morning.
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    Couldn't find him for half the day.
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    I bet
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    he's planning another surprise for you.
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    This child,
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    who gives gifts on their own birthday?
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    Well, hasn't it always been like this in previous years?
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    Qianqiu is so filial,
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    thanks to the guidance of the Imperial Preceptor.
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    Anyway,
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    just let him be.
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    But it's still His Highness's birthday banquet.
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    We can't leave you waiting outside
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    waiting for Qianqiu alone.
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    That's just not right!
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    Alright.
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    Let's go inside now.
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    We're missing one more,
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    hold on for a moment!
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    Anle?
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    Coming.
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    It's getting chilly,
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    look,
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    your face is turning blue.
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    Have a drink later to warm up, okay?
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    Okay.
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    Your Highness,
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    Crown Prince.
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    Imperial Preceptor.
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    Is his Highness the Prince here?
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    I'll look for him somewhere else.
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    Imperial Preceptor.
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    You're back?
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    Yes.
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    About Qianqiu,
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    sorry to trouble you again.
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    There's never a day
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    without official documents to go through.
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    By the way,
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    I heard about the Luxurious Golden Hall.
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    Why didn't the Imperial Preceptor
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    attend?
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    Imperial Preceptor?
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    I promised you to govern diligently and thriftily,
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    and I meant every word!
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    But this Luxurious Golden Hall.
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    I understand.
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    Your Majesty intends to use the royal family feast
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    to boost the prosperity of the gold workshops.
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    How did you know?
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    Today, while accompanying the Crown Prince on an outing,
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    I accidentally wandered into the Xianle Manor
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    and learned about it.
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    His Highness encountered so many Xianle descendants for the first time
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    and quite liked it.
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    I...
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    I see.
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    That's good.
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    Nowadays, the people in the imperial city are living happily,
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    and the situation of the Xianle descendants has greatly improved.
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    The animosity between Yong An and XianLe clans is no longer as strong as before.
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    It's all because Your Majesty set an example of sincerity and mutual respect,
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    and the people followed suit and changed.
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    The Imperial Preceptor praises me too much.
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    Even though I've withstood the pressure from courtiers
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    and royal relatives these five years.
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    But here,
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    even if it's the words of my ancestors,
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    I've never agreed with them.
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    Still, whenever I hear the words "Xianle,"
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    my heart is uneasy
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    and restless.
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    The prejudice and hostility passed down through generations of the royal family,
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    how can they
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    ever be eradicated completely?
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    If I honestly ask myself,
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    if Qianqiu were to be harmed by the Xianle descendants today.
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    I!
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    Imperial Preceptor,
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    I'm just an ordinary person after all.
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    Your Majesty.
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    But.
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    Qianqiu can be different.
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    Mother,
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    do you know what I discovered today?
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    The Xianle musicians sing and dance gracefully,
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    He and Anle grew up together.
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    and their craftsmanship is exquisite.
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    It's truly fascinating,
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    I quite like it.
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    In Qianqiu's heart,
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    Anle,
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    the people of Xianle are no longer the cruel tyrants and villains
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    next time we should go together.
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    Alright, Qianqiu,
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    that previous generations portrayed them to be...
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    Mother?
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    They are dear companions,
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    stop holding on to Anle.
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    like brothers,
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    Anle,
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    he has a lot of things to attend to.
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    and close friends.
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    Understand?
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    It's alright, I'm not in a rush.
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    Only this way,
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    I made arrangements for someone to come to the mansion later.
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    Can the grudges of past dynasties
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    be truly broken in our generation.
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    don't keep people waiting!
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    Then go quickly,
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    I am getting old, getting old,
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    I can't change much anymore, can I?
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    Your Majesty, just having such thoughts
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    is already the most difficult step.
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    Imperial Preceptor.
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    For Qianqiu's birthday banquet.
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    I hope you can come.
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    Where did the Crown Prince run off to?
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    Your Highness,
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    Crown Prince.
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    Your Highness,
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    you hid too well!
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    I've been looking for you forever!
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    Did you
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    get it?
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    Let me take the hairpin for the Queen Mother.
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    Come to pick it up tomorrow afternoon.
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    Thank you in advance!
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    It's been a while since my mother received new jewelry;
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    I hope she'll like this one.
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    She'll definitely like it!
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    Everyone is probably waiting for Your Highness in the Luxurious Golden Hall,
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    let's go!
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    Quick!
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    Stay close!
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    Anle,
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    you need to keep up...
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    Why is it
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    so quiet?
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    Your Majesty!
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    Your Majesty.
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    Hold on,
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    I'll go call the imperial physician.
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    Imperial Preceptor.
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    I can't survive this.
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    It's Lord Anle!
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    I want him to be buried with me!
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    I want all the Xianle people to be buried with me!
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    Your Highness,
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    hurry!
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    Coming!
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    Qianqiu,
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    Qianqiu?
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    I'll kill all the Xianle people!
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    I'll exterminate every last one of them!
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    Imperial Preceptor!
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    Summon everyone!
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    I want to slaughter all the Xianle people in the country!
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    Right now!
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    Immediately!
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    I want them to be buried with me!
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    Anle wiped out a whole group in front of him.
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    That old guy did want to spare any of the Xianle people, didn’t he?
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    When your beloved Master thought about it,
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    how could he let him live?
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    Naturally, he'd deliver a killing blow,
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    give him a chill to the core.
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    Our saintly cousin loves indulging in such harmful and selfish deeds.
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    And the result?
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    Pissing off both sides,
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    ending up with nothing.
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    Qi Rong,
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    shut up!
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    Why should he shut up?
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    So what he's saying is the truth?
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    One killed all my relatives,
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    the other finished off my father,
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    and all of you have been lying to me!
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    Don't listen to him.
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    If not for my intervention,
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    you would have been dead at the hands of the Xianle people
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    when you were twelve,
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    how could you have lived to ascend?
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    Are you saying,
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    the ones who abducted me that year were also...
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    Obviously!
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    Fine,
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    very well.
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    I understand.
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    Friends are fake,
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    brothers are fake too.
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    The Xianle people never cared about our overtures;
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    they only wanted our lives.
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    That's right!
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    The supposed reconciliation between Yong An and XianLe,
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    the idea that if our generation resolves the enmity,
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    the two clans could...
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    Now it seems,
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    it was all a lie,
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    they've been deceiving me!
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    No, it's not true.
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    Think about it carefully!
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    In your hands...
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    Haven't things really changed?
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    The XianLe descendants are willing to let go of their hatred and settle in Yong An.
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    The conflicts between the two clans have also decreased over time,
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    and you've really accomplished that!
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    But what about my father and mother?
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    The fusion of Yong An and XianLe
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    was their greatest wish.
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    And now their wish has come true,
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    but what fate awaits them?
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    Why is everyone here so fond of crying!
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    You want your parents?
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    I haven't gone asking for mine yet!
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    And what's with crowning Anle as the King of Happiness?
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    “An” in the front, “Le” in the back!
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    You Yong An folks want to step on the heads of Xianle people forever, huh?
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    Qi Rong,
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    you better shut up!
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    The Luxurious Golden Hall killed my relatives,
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    and you were the one pulling the strings behind it?
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    That's right!
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    Me,
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    Anle,
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    your Master,
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    the three of us Xianle people,
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    all had a hand in it!
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    It doesn't hurt,
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    It doesn't hurt,
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    doesn't hurt at all!
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    Compared to a slap from the Crown Prince cousin,
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    you're far inferior!
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    Your stupid parents aren't capable at all.
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    They were just having big dreams.
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    Damn it!
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    Qianqiu, what are you trying to do?
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    Yong An dogs deserve to be fatherless and motherless!
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    Is this how you usually devour people with your ruthless tactics?
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    That's right.
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    What are you going to do about it?
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    Qianqiu!
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    What?
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    Green Immor Qi Rong has eaten so many people.
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    Can't I let him taste what it's like to be cooked alive?
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    He's the enemy of my clan.
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    Can't I make him suffer a bit too?
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    Cousin,
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    congratulations!
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    Your good disciple has grown wings!
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    He knows how to
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    torture people now!
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    Qi Rong.
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    Crown Prince,
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    my cousin!!
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    No one in this world can compare to you, my Crown Prince cousin!
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    Pah!
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    To hell with the Prince of Xianle!
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    Burn him to ashes!
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    He's not dead.
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    Do you think this is enough to avenge your clan?
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    At most, you've destroyed one of his avatars.
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    If you truly want to eliminate Qi Rong,
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    you'll have to find his ashes.
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    Thanks for the reminder.
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    I'll make sure to use them to pay my respects to my father and mother.
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    After that,
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    I'll come find you to settle things.
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    Imperial Preceptor!
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    Qian
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    Qianqiu.
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    He just found out the truth;
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    it's better to let him calm down first.
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    Is the truth
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    so important?
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    It is.
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    He needs to understand
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    what you did
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    and what you didn't do.
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    And why you did it.
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    What's the use of him knowing all that?
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    Does it change anything?
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    If I killed a few less people,
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    would that make my reasons more justified?
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    But what reasons could I possibly have?
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    Lang Qianqiu’s father wanted to unite the two clans,
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    did I kill him?
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    Lord Anle is the last remaining member of the Xianle royal family,
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    did I kill him?
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    I deserve whatever punishment I get,
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    and I can't die anyway.
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    So why not put all the blame on me?
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    It was originally my own wrongdoing,
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    and I alone should bear the consequences.
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    Now Anle is included,
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    and so is Qi Rong,
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    and all the Xianle people are involved.
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    Isn't it easier to hate just one person
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    than a whole group?
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    Do I have to make him realize
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    that everything I taught him before
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    is really all fake,
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    empty
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    worthless
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    nonsense?
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    I'm sorry.
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    San Lang,
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    I'm sorry.
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    I think I've gone mad.
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    I'm sorry.
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