"the Official Inn to await orders." "should know who I am." "and welcome the Emperor." "before the Empress." "for the hour is ready." "to their chambers." "diverted his retinue to the Official Inn." "of the Empress and the two princes... tomorrow morning." "to the frontier... in Heaven and Earth... her medicine... by my daughter, Chan." "about the new ingredient." "unchanged?" "so many chrysanthemums?" "remember?" "and see your brothers?" "the Crown Prince Wan." "and welcomed you in person." "what is wrong with Mother?" "her medicine regularly." "emboidering chrysanthemums." "with the Crown Prince again?" "taken over a few months... all their mental faculty." "before the Empress." "is ready." "seems a little pale lately." "Your Majesty's medicine." "with His Highness's state of health." "my brothers ascend... without berries in his hair.'" "as a family?" "of the ninth month... the Chrysanthemum Festival." "and harmony of the family... on this high terrace." "The table is square." "The Earth is square." "within the square... ritual and righteousness... to the frontier?" "in the outside world." "if it would be appropiate... in the right measure at the right time." "for years. they have to be treated." "of the Chrysanthemum Festival... the Imperial Guards." "protect our private palaces." "before the Emperor." "but cutting remarks." "with Your Majesty's treatment." "were not the King of Liang... for the entire country." "that I am prepared to tolerate.... in the home." "before the Empress." "is served." "when you were small.... much of the time." "a distance between us.... my favourite son." "a heavy resposibility tonight." "to appoint another heir." "to leave for Qingzhou?" "was entirely my fault." "not you." "difficult for you." "in the palace." "in your prescription... all reason." "to avenge me." "three days ago." "of the events of this night." "you were only a lowly captain... to become Emperor." "to have my entire family put in prison." "I should have married?" "loyalty and honesty." "to Governor of Suzhou... for his gracious favour." "kneels before the Emperor." "one last time." "would willingly give his life... to your new post." "command the pharmacist... before the Emperor." "to the Crown Prince's birth mother." "has kept Your Majesty company." "last night... spent a long time interrogating him." "medicine for over ten years." "as your father intends - a cretin." "in rebellion against his father!" "in an untenable position." "you do not want." "this chrysanthemum specially." "of the Chrysanthemum Festival... are you trying to do?" "everything I know." "is emboidering so many chrysanthemums?" "has made ten thousand flowers for her." "to General Wu." "Please hide!" "at the Palace." "before the Crown Prince." "welcome the Crown Prince!" "in this way?" "enter the Palace." "is going to happen tonight." "about your past." "have you been hiding from me?" "I am the new Governor of Suzhou!" "something of great consequence." "of the Chrysanthemum Festival." "nothing to do with me?" "that I planned this!" "with this plan... fortunately the wound is not fatal." "something else from me." "how I might feel?" "plant." "of your birth mother." "RITUAL, RIGHTEOUSNESS" "by our Commanding Officer." "We thank our gracious Prince." "our entire family." "Emperor, Empress... beg an audience." "I have come to you still alive." "under the cloak of darkness." "for the Empress." "a long time ago?" "have been planning." "or I will kill you myself!" "as Crown Prince..." "I could have won." "before the Empress." "is ready." "your mother's medicine."