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Take them away. Hit them with thirty lashes
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I'm new to the palace, so I didn't know this cypress tree had a spirit.
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There is a reason for my behavior, however.
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Shut her mouth
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Let her talk
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I truly didn't know this cypress tree had a spirit.
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However,
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Last night a tree came to me in a dream.
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It said it had been here for a long time
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and it had an itch on its body.
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It asked me to come find it in the garden and scratch its back.
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Yes, that's it.
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I was scratching its back just now
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What the hell are you taking about?
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How can a tree manifest itself in your dreams?
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Well, since the tree has a spirit, it makes sense that it could manifest itself in my dreams.
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Your Majesty,
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every word of what I've just told you is the truth.
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I am not lying.
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Forget it
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Get out of here.
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Today is your lucky day
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Madam
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You hurt me.
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Hurt you, did I?
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You must think you were so clever just now. How dare you argue with the emperor?
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Do you want to get killed?
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Madam
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This tree...
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What kind of tree is it?
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Why is it so precious?
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One year the emperor donned a disguise and went out among the people to inspect the state of the kingdom. It was a blazing hot summer.
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All the ministers were sweating a lot.
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Only the emperor had no sweat at all
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Everybody thought it was bizarre
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The emperor often thought
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it was if there was a huge tree in the netherworld
that had followed him out of the Forbidden City
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and provided him with shade on his journey.
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Everybody said this cypress had a spirit.
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It knew the emperor was leaving and went forth to protect him on his travels.
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The Emperor only says that
so that the people will think he is special--the true son of Heaven
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A magic tree gave him shade?
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I think he is the one having dreams
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Cut it out
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Even a measly tree like this isn't allowed to be hit and cursed
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In this forbidden city
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people are treated worse than a tree
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That is correct
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In the forbidden city
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A tree that is favored by the emperor
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is better than a woman that has fallen out of favor.
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Look at Noble Lady Yu.
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If she gives birth to a son,
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she will have still have a chance to turn her fortunes around.
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But as for Concubine Yi...
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She has lost even her life.
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Madam
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Let's leave this place.
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What are you talking about now?
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I fooled the emperor just now. If he suddenly realizes it was an act, I'll be in big trouble. Let's go.
You think they won't find you?
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They won't. All servant girls wear the same clothes.
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Besides, I didn't lift up my head just now, so they couldn't see my face. Hurry.
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Good morning, mother.
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Come over here and let your mother get a look at you.
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Hey...
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You're not looking too well. Have affairs of state been wearing on you?
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Thanks for your concern, mother.
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There have been a lot of trifling matters recently, that's all. No problem.
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You used to drink a bowl of sugared bird's nest porridge every morning
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And in the evening you'd have food and wine
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But recently you haven't eaten anything at all.
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It's obvious your appetite is not very big.
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If you are overburdened by affairs of state,
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you should delegate some of tasks to somebody else
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Otherwise all of the responsibility will fall on you
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and those other people are useless！
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Mother, you are totally right. The problem is precisely that the people under me are useless.
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I will be more strict with them.
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This green tea is from Noble Lady Shu. It was grown in the Dongting mountains.
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I know you've always loved tea.
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After this, you can take the rest of the tea with you
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Last night, a tree came to me in a dream.
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It told me it had been here for a long time
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and had an itch. It wanted me to come find it in the garden and scratch it.
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Yeah, that's it. Just now, I was scratching the tree.
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Emperor
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Mmm.
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Oh, speaking of green tea, there's a story about it.
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One year, grandfather went to visit Southern China as the emperor.
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He heard this tea had a peculiar fragrance.
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The locals gave it a name that means "scary fragrance tea."
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Grandfather didn't like that name.
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He specifically changed the name to Biluochun, which means "green snail spring."
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Originally, the locals would send him some of the tea every year as tribute.
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However, once my father became emperor,
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he thought this tribute too burdensome for the people.
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So he put an end to it.
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Now, mother, seeing as you like this tea,
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I will order the tribute to resume as before.
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Don't try to change the subject. You know what my comment was implying.
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Huh?
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Don't you know who Noble Lady Shu is?
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Emperor,
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she's the one who was just selected among the beauties to become your new concubine.
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You gave her her new title yourself.
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Oh.
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Haha.
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You always spoke so highly of your Empress before.
She is your legal wife
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and birthed you a son,
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so I did not object when you showed her favoritism.
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Now, however, the queen is in ill health
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and you haven't gone to visit your concubines in weeks.
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Before, you said you were sick of seeing the same old faces.
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But now the harem is full of many new faces.
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How have you still not been to visit them?
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You're right, mother.
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I understand.
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Understand what?
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Mmm. This tea is delicious.
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There you go changing the subject again.
You're a grown man now. Stop making me have to worry about you so much.
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Mother,
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I have a lot of documents I need to read back in my study.
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I have to be going now.
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Emperor
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Emperor!
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What are you laughing at?
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The emperor is an interesting man.
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He says he understands.
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But I don't think he understands at all.
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No matter what kind of women come into this palace,
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they all turn out the same in the end.
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No matter how smart, no matter how pretty,
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no matter how precious...
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In the end,
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they all become worthless and neglected.
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They become just another nobody.
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Emperor, what are you looking for?
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What happened to that palace maid who was just here?
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Why are you looking for her?
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I just realized...
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Who is she?
Why would the spirit tree visit her dreams?
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This girl...
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She's too smart and clever for her own good.
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I was distracted thinking of court matters earlier.
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She caught me off guard.
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I didn't know what to say to her. That's why I Iet her go.
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Yes. That girl lies as soon as she opens her mouth.
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Lies upon lies upon lies.
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We need to apprehend her and kill her.
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Emperor
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Emperor, if I do something wrong, find someone else to hit me in your place.
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Don't allow my sordid buttocks
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to sully your honorable feet.
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Turn around.
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Some nerve you have.
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You told the empress dowager all about my affairs.
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
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This morning, Handmaiden Liu came by.
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She said the empress dowager was worried about your health.
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I couldn't hide the truth.
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
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In the future, don't bother my mother with my affairs.
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Don't make her worry about me.
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Yes, sir!
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Find that maid for me.
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My lady.
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Why did you shut out Concubine Yu?
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I knew that I would anger Your Majesty by acting this way.
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But I still did it.
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I did it for you!
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Tell me. How was it you did this for my sake?
I know Your Majesty has a good heart
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and is concerned about Noble Lady Yu.
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But with so much going on in the palace,
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do you have time to concern yourself with her? It's obvious those two concubines are not favored by the emperor.
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Noble Lady Yu finally becomes pregnant with a son
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and the emperor treats her no differently.
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What are your motives, stirring up the pot like this?
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My motives?
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As the mother of this nation, the leader of these palaces,
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I must concern myself with these things!
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Then what about your own health?
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Are you really not concerned about that?
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What's more, Noble Consort Gao is beginning to show her teeth.
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You can't control the situation any longer!
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Ming'yu!
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Your majesty...
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Shut your mouth!
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Calm down, your majesty.
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Your majesty,
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I'm saying this because I care about you. You can't handle all these problems on your own.
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If Noble Consort Gao gets taken down because of this, that's a separate matter entirely.
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Since you obviously don't have a plan of your own,
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I ask you please not to interfere!
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Your Majesty!
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What is it the Empress can not interfere with?
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Good day, Emperor.
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Get up, all of you.
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What were you talking about just now?
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The palace staff have been neglecting their duties of late.
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They didn't announce your arrival.
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I told them not to.
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I came here specifically to see
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what are you up to.
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Noble Lady Yu is pregnant with your heir.
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This is a great cause for celebration in the palace.
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I want to set up a stall at the northern palace gate to give out food to the people
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in order to bring good fortune for your son.
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These two, though, don't think I'm in adequate health
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to concern myself with these matters.
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They urged me not to do it.
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Is that true?
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Yes.
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Other than that,
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is there anything else
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that you'd like to say to me?
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You're mired in countless affairs of state every day.
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You must make sure to stay healthy.
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Yes.
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Your majesty...
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I have had a lot on my plate lately.
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I have to get back to work now. You should get some rest.
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Goodbye, my emperor.
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Your majesty...
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Why didn't you tell him the truth?
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What good would that do now?
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Concubine Yi is already dead.
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It wouldn't do any good now
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to look into
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whatever problems there might be with the Pei Pa Koa medicine.
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My greatest wish right now is that
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Noble Lady Yu can pull herself together
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and birth a son without incident.
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Good day, milady.
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How is it
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that the emperor told you
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to come present me with a gift?
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No.
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Please allow the lady to open it herself.
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What is it?
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The Diamond Sutra?
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Why would the emperor send me this?
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He sent it as a reply to what my lady said earlier.
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The emperor said that my lady was suffering from an imbalance of fire chi
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This sutra
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was specially selected by the emperor as a gift for you.
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He said that if you copy the sutra by hand one time
it would alleviate some of your internal heat and benefit your health.
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That's 5,000 words to copy!
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Your majesty, we've got all your writing supplies ready right over here.
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Just leave it there. I'll copy it when I have time.
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Forgive me, my lady.
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The emperor told us to wait here until you finished
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so we could personally witness you copying it
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and then report back.
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What?
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The emperor told you to monitor me?
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My lady, it's not like that.
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The emperor is doing this out of his immense love for you.
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Don't! My lady, that...
that's a gift from the emperor.
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It cannot be thrown.
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Okay. Fine.
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I'll copy it right now.
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You better keep your eyes open wide and get a good look!
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Yes, ma'am.
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Ji'xiang. Look.
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What's there to look at? They're just the imperial guards.
You idiot.
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You think the guards in the forbidden city are just normal people?
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The red walls of this forbidden city are a dividing line for these guards.
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What do you mean? I don't quite follow.
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You
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are really stupid.
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The imperial guards posted outside the red walls
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are all ranked among the lower five tiers of the Eight Banner army.
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But the guards within these red walls
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are all from noble families with some connection to the emperor. They comprise the top three tiers of the Eight Banner army.
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Nobles serve as guards, too?
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Of course. Remember, those who are by the emperor's side day in and day out
will naturally rise through the ranks.
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So, every year when people are competing to be among the next batch of imperial guards within these walls,
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it's not enough just to come from a noble background.
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You also need martial arts skills far exceeding the average soldier. Otherwise, you don't stand a chance.
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I heard
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the queen's younger brother Fu'heng serves among them. Which one is he?
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I don't know. I've never seen him, either.
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Madame said we need to hurry up and put the clothes away in their respective rooms.
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Stop wasting time. Let's go.
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Qing'xi.
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What are you looking at?
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Cover for me. I have something important to do.
You can't just leave like that! Qing'xi!
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Ying'luo, what's the matter?
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I think I dropped my handkerchief. I'm going to go look for it.
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You go ahead.
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Don't take too long.
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Come here.
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Madame Fang.
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Just now a guard suddenly came to find Ying'luo.
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He pulled her away in a hurry.
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Ying'luo is new to the palace. She doesn't know anyone yet.
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Do you think something happened?
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Very well.
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She just got here and she's already getting into trouble and having affairs with the guards.
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I'm going to skin her alive.
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Say what you have to say.
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Ying'luo, Uncle Wei told me you were in the palace.
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I didn't dare believe it.
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But you really are here.
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What does it matter to you
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whether I'm in the palace or not?
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I was as broken up about Ying'ning's death as anyone
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But this is the Forbidden City.
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This isn't a game.
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Who do you think you are?
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What right do you have to interfere with my own affairs?
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Because I was close to your sister
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so your business is my business.
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What are you laughing at?
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If you were so close to my sister
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then why did you abandon her without hesitation
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just when she needed you the most?
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She was born into the imperial household servant class.
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She was going to have to work in the palace sooner or later. What was I supposed to do? Wait for her until I was 25?
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No.
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It wasn't that you couldn't wait for her.
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It was because we are a lower class.
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No matter how beautiful, smart or virtuous my sister was
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a high class young lord such as yourself
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would never officially marry a low class woman.
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Ying'luo!
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What's the matter?
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Did I read your mind?
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I did, didn't I?
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Your last name is Qi'jia
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You're from a noble Manchu family.
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My sister may not come from a noble background
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but she has tremendous character.
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Now that you two are finished
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there is no bond left between you both.
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But I was always good to your sister.
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When my sister was in the palace
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did you ever look out for her at all?
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I'm an imperial guard.
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I can't have contact with the palace maids.
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Very well, then.
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Since we are no more than strangers,
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I don't blame you for turning a blind eye towards my sister's death.
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Just go on and act as if you never saw me in this Forbidden City.
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Ying'luo!
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I stand watch once every 5 days. If you get into trouble,
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Come find me at the guard post.
348
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That won't be necessary.
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I'm an inner palace maid.
If you keep blabbing on like this, aren't you afraid of being seen and losing your job?
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Thank heavens you and my sister broke up.
351
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A man like you is not worthy to be my brother-in-law.
352
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You're a worthless coward.
353
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You disgraceful slut! I've caught you in the act, haven't I?
354
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You have the nerve to liaison with men in the palace?
355
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Where do you get the guts?
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Come out! Can't follow the palace rules?
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Open up, right now!
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You scoundrel!
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You were spying on me?
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Spying like a disgraceful dog!
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Help me!
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I'll teach you to spy on me!
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I'll teach you to spy, you scoundrel!
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00:22:10,020 --> 00:22:11,020
Stop! Stop hitting!
365
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It's Madame Fang!
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Scoundrel
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You scoundrel of a person!
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You have some nerve on you.
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00:22:19,765 --> 00:22:21,765
How dare you beat Madame Fang!
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Madame Fang!
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I didn't know it was you!
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00:22:27,060 --> 00:22:29,660
You stupid girl. You dare...
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Madame. Didn't you say you were going to...
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Wei Ying'luo.
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Where is your adulterer?
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Adulterer?
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I'm the only one here.
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00:22:51,185 --> 00:22:52,895
What were you doing alone in the store room?
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00:22:55,345 --> 00:22:58,435
I dropped my handkerchief, I was looking for it.
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00:22:58,875 --> 00:23:02,045
On the way, though, I suddenly had to relieve myself.
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There's no bathroom in the forbidden city.
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I couldn't hold it!
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00:23:06,455 --> 00:23:09,265
Then I suddenly discovered someone was following me.
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You dare to lie to me?
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I'll tear your lying mouth off your face!
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Madame!
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Did you pull something in your back? You should go lie down!
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00:23:29,185 --> 00:23:31,425
Very well. I'll make you pay later... slowly.
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Be careful.
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Careful, Madame.
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Don't go too fast!
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Ying'luo, are you okay?
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You scared me.
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00:23:51,555 --> 00:23:53,035
I'm fine, aren't I?
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00:23:54,435 --> 00:23:56,865
But Madame was so angry just now.
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00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,660
What will you do if she doesn't leave it alone?
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00:24:01,860 --> 00:24:04,695
Judging from how hard I beat her,
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it's going to be a couple weeks before she recovers.
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When she does, let her come find me.
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00:24:10,295 --> 00:24:11,555
You did it on purpose?
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You think too much.
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00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,240
How beautiful!
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00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:38,760
Ying'luo!
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00:24:39,380 --> 00:24:40,380
What's wrong?
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00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,300
That pendant you just found, did Madame Fang drop it?
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00:24:47,435 --> 00:24:48,695
I'll give it back to in a little bit.
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00:25:00,085 --> 00:25:01,085
Madame.
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00:25:08,815 --> 00:25:10,185
Are you trying to burn me?
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00:25:11,155 --> 00:25:12,155
Pour another cup!
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00:25:12,755 --> 00:25:13,755
Yes, ma'am.
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Bing'qing.
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00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,265
What are you doing here?
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00:25:23,265 --> 00:25:25,320
If Madame sees you, she'll fly into a rage.
414
00:25:25,505 --> 00:25:28,035
She grinds her teeth just thinking about you now.
415
00:25:28,035 --> 00:25:29,685
You need to beware. She'll want to get you back eventually.
416
00:25:30,305 --> 00:25:32,935
Madame dropped this pendant.
I just wanted to give it back to her.
417
00:25:35,155 --> 00:25:38,565
Oh, you found it! Madame told Yu'jie to go look for it.
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00:25:39,065 --> 00:25:41,325
This pendant is especially exquisite.
419
00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,445
The thread is wound in a most peculiar way.
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00:25:44,445 --> 00:25:46,935
I would never be able to replicate it.
421
00:25:46,935 --> 00:25:49,345
Do you know who made this?
422
00:25:49,345 --> 00:25:52,385
It was that palace maid in the embroidery workshop I told you not to mention. A'man.
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00:25:52,855 --> 00:25:53,855
A'man.
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00:25:55,695 --> 00:25:56,995
Her name is A'man?
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00:25:57,605 --> 00:26:00,305
I'm relatively new to the palace. I just know that's what everyone calls her. Why?
426
00:26:02,035 --> 00:26:03,085
Where is she now?
427
00:26:05,945 --> 00:26:08,945
Don't talk about her. Madame doesn't allow us to mention her.
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00:26:08,945 --> 00:26:11,085
Tell me. Please.
429
00:26:11,455 --> 00:26:12,705
I won't tell anyone else.
430
00:26:13,845 --> 00:26:16,905
Later, I'll make you a beautiful perfume pouch.
431
00:26:16,905 --> 00:26:19,385
I know you love the "golden swallow chasing the moon" design the best.
432
00:26:21,675 --> 00:26:24,635
She must have committed some kind of offense and was expelled from the palace.
433
00:26:24,635 --> 00:26:27,985
Madame doesn't allow us to speak of it. Anyone who does would be in big trouble.
434
00:26:30,095 --> 00:26:32,615
So you're saying Madame Fang is the only one
435
00:26:32,615 --> 00:26:34,125
who has all the inside details on things like this.
436
00:26:34,125 --> 00:26:36,125
Bing'qing!
437
00:26:36,255 --> 00:26:39,055
Madame's calling me. I better hurry! Goodbye.
438
00:26:45,385 --> 00:26:46,825
I told you to pour me a cup of tea.
439
00:26:47,185 --> 00:26:48,395
Where did you go?
440
00:26:48,725 --> 00:26:50,675
Madame. I'm terribly sorry.
441
00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:53,425
I saw someone outside and talked to them for a minute.
442
00:26:54,625 --> 00:26:55,725
Who did you see?
443
00:26:57,035 --> 00:27:00,025
Ying'luo. She found your pendant.
444
00:27:00,045 --> 00:27:01,165
She wanted to give it back.
445
00:27:04,455 --> 00:27:06,425
Does she think I'm some kind of weak invalid?
446
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,600
What else did that filthy bitch have to say?
She asked who it was that made this pendant.
447
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,760
Then she asked about what happened to A'man.
448
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,600
A'man...
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00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:26,880
Madame, it's really none of my business. I didn't tell her anything.
450
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:31,240
I'm sure Ying'luo was just curious.
451
00:27:35,140 --> 00:27:36,400
Wei Ying'luo.
452
00:27:40,975 --> 00:27:42,055
Wei Ying'luo...
453
00:27:43,055 --> 00:27:45,255
Why does that name sound so familiar?
454
00:27:47,845 --> 00:27:49,385
Where have I heard that name before?
455
00:27:53,425 --> 00:27:54,615
Get Ling'long in here.
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00:27:57,415 --> 00:27:58,415
Take it!
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Show it to the emperor. Tell him
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I wrote it all myself. No one else did it for me.
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00:28:04,215 --> 00:28:07,635
Tell him my hand is nearly broken!
460
00:28:07,755 --> 00:28:08,755
Yes, ma'am.
461
00:28:09,265 --> 00:28:11,715
Goodbye, my lady.
462
00:28:14,945 --> 00:28:18,185
My lady, now that you've finished copying the sutra,
463
00:28:18,475 --> 00:28:20,295
you mustn't be angry with the emperor.
464
00:28:20,955 --> 00:28:22,125
Angry with him?
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00:28:22,635 --> 00:28:24,815
Obviously he's the one angry with me!
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I heard
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that the Emperor went to the Palace of Eternal Spring in the morning
468
00:28:34,785 --> 00:28:35,785
So this is her doing...
469
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,520
Who else would be scheming behind the scenes like this?
470
00:28:41,740 --> 00:28:44,680
So what should we do next, ma'am?
471
00:28:47,075 --> 00:28:48,975
I drove that bitch Yi to her death
472
00:28:49,775 --> 00:28:52,515
and received no rebuke from the emperor.
473
00:28:54,865 --> 00:28:55,865
Yes.
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00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,640
The emperor doesn't care what happens to people who aren't in his favor.
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00:29:03,820 --> 00:29:05,400
He's the son of Heaven.
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00:29:05,885 --> 00:29:07,365
The ruler of the great Qing empire.
477
00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:11,585
How would he have time to get mixed up in the affairs of his concubines
478
00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:14,605
and sort out who's right and who's wrong?
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00:29:14,605 --> 00:29:16,915
That would be a joke!
480
00:29:19,535 --> 00:29:21,385
If the emperor got involved with things like that,
481
00:29:21,825 --> 00:29:23,245
what use would the empress be?
482
00:29:23,945 --> 00:29:27,195
So he's not concerning himself with these matters.
483
00:29:27,825 --> 00:29:30,775
If he did concern himself
484
00:29:30,775 --> 00:29:31,985
that'd be like telling the entire palace
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00:29:32,765 --> 00:29:35,835
that the empress is useless
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and can't keep the concubines under control.
487
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,720
Then the sutra...
488
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:42,880
In the Palace of Eternal Harmony,
489
00:29:43,375 --> 00:29:46,205
isn't there a concubine pregnant with a son?
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00:29:47,845 --> 00:29:49,055
The emperor
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00:29:49,575 --> 00:29:51,515
is trying to remind me
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00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,080
to cultivate myself through meditation.
493
00:29:58,620 --> 00:30:00,600
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
494
00:30:04,660 --> 00:30:06,620
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
495
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,760
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
496
00:30:13,860 --> 00:30:16,900
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch. I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
497
00:30:17,295 --> 00:30:18,885
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
498
00:30:19,365 --> 00:30:20,365
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
499
00:30:20,555 --> 00:30:23,115
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
500
00:30:23,115 --> 00:30:26,115
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
501
00:30:26,115 --> 00:30:28,815
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
502
00:30:28,815 --> 00:30:29,815
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
503
00:30:32,035 --> 00:30:33,555
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
504
00:30:34,625 --> 00:30:36,285
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
505
00:30:36,915 --> 00:30:39,195
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
506
00:30:39,195 --> 00:30:42,035
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
507
00:30:42,575 --> 00:30:45,805
Madame Fang, I really did see Wei Ying'luo together with a guard that day.
508
00:30:46,895 --> 00:30:48,825
I wasn't trying to trick you.
509
00:30:49,535 --> 00:30:50,535
Very well.
510
00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:54,085
I believe you. Get up.
511
00:30:57,875 --> 00:30:59,045
However,
512
00:30:59,695 --> 00:31:01,685
there's something fishy about that Wei Ying'luo girl.
513
00:31:02,685 --> 00:31:05,465
You must help me keep an eye on her, Ling'long.
514
00:31:05,985 --> 00:31:08,855
Madame, I don't understand.
515
00:31:08,855 --> 00:31:10,045
You don't need to understand.
516
00:31:10,365 --> 00:31:11,855
You just need to remember.
517
00:31:12,555 --> 00:31:14,895
If you see anything going on with her
518
00:31:15,165 --> 00:31:18,045
just report back to me immediately.
519
00:31:21,695 --> 00:31:23,255
If you don't cooperate,
520
00:31:23,845 --> 00:31:26,905
I'll tell her that you're the one who tipped me off that day.
521
00:31:27,945 --> 00:31:29,255
If she has the guts to strike me...
522
00:31:32,180 --> 00:31:33,180
just think what she'll do to you.
523
00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:37,620
Yes, ma'am.
524
00:31:50,180 --> 00:31:51,820
Who's in charge here?
525
00:31:55,825 --> 00:31:57,825
Good day, my ladies.
526
00:31:58,265 --> 00:31:59,485
You know me?
527
00:32:00,545 --> 00:32:03,435
I took your measurements for your clothes when you first came into the palace.
528
00:32:03,795 --> 00:32:07,055
You're a natural beauty, Noble Lady Shu. It is hard to forget you.
529
00:32:08,675 --> 00:32:10,715
I remember you as well, Female Attendant Qing
530
00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:16,535
Well then... are our new clothes ready yet?
531
00:32:16,765 --> 00:32:18,935
Yes. We were just arranging to have someone take them to you.
No need. I'm already here, aren't I?
532
00:32:22,055 --> 00:32:23,545
This way, then, my lady.
533
00:32:26,195 --> 00:32:27,195
It's you...
534
00:32:32,965 --> 00:32:34,405
Good day, my lady.
535
00:32:35,325 --> 00:32:36,355
I remember you.
536
00:32:36,845 --> 00:32:38,375
Aren't you the girl from last time...
537
00:32:38,785 --> 00:32:40,275
Female Attendant has a good memory.
538
00:32:43,525 --> 00:32:45,125
The impression you leave on others
539
00:32:45,465 --> 00:32:46,465
is really quite deep.
540
00:32:47,775 --> 00:32:49,185
I'll always remember
541
00:32:49,580 --> 00:32:54,080
how Lady Wu'ya was expelled from the palace.
542
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,800
Lady Wu'ya was expelled from the palace?
543
00:33:01,915 --> 00:33:03,035
How can that be?
544
00:33:04,425 --> 00:33:05,505
You...
545
00:33:06,335 --> 00:33:07,335
Really don't know?
546
00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:09,755
I'm just a humble maid in the embroidery shop.
547
00:33:09,765 --> 00:33:11,605
How can I know the affairs of those such as Wu'ya and yourself?
548
00:33:13,945 --> 00:33:16,085
You really didn't have anything to do with it?
549
00:33:16,835 --> 00:33:18,065
Me? Have something to do with it?
550
00:33:20,735 --> 00:33:21,805
Sister Na'lan
551
00:33:22,345 --> 00:33:24,845
It appears that she really didn't know.
552
00:33:31,925 --> 00:33:32,995
I hope
553
00:33:33,505 --> 00:33:34,745
that I was simply overthinking it
554
00:33:36,315 --> 00:33:37,375
and not that I'm underestimating you.
555
00:33:39,135 --> 00:33:40,135
My lady,
556
00:33:40,625 --> 00:33:41,895
I really don't understand
557
00:33:42,215 --> 00:33:43,855
what you're talking about.
558
00:33:45,925 --> 00:33:47,915
I'm not as foolish as Lady Wu'ya.
559
00:33:48,505 --> 00:33:50,375
Don't keep thinking yourself clever.
560
00:33:51,515 --> 00:33:52,785
Beware
561
00:33:53,405 --> 00:33:54,505
of trying to get clever with me.
562
00:33:56,625 --> 00:33:59,635
Didn't I say we wanted to see the new clothes? What are we standing around for?
563
00:33:59,635 --> 00:34:00,635
This way, my lady.
564
00:34:08,475 --> 00:34:11,115
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
565
00:34:11,114 --> 00:34:13,404
I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch.
566
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,379
Chief Steward Li, you've seen all of the maids we gathered here.
567
00:34:19,620 --> 00:34:20,960
But we still haven't found the one you're looking for.
568
00:34:22,195 --> 00:34:24,585
That damned wench...
569
00:34:24,585 --> 00:34:27,545
If I find her, I swear I'm going to skin her alive!
570
00:34:32,135 --> 00:34:34,955
Is this it? Are these all the palace maids?
571
00:34:34,975 --> 00:34:37,625
We've had all the maids from every palace sent out here already.
572
00:34:37,625 --> 00:34:40,720
Unless... the maid you're looking for is a high ranking personal servant of the emperor's wife or concubines
573
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:42,200
If that's the case, we haven't the authority to call them out here.
It couldn't be a high ranking maid.
574
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,515
I remember her voice clear as day.
575
00:34:46,514 --> 00:34:47,904
It was a voice I'd never heard before.
576
00:34:48,745 --> 00:34:51,225
Then that just leaves the maids in the artisanal workshops.
577
00:34:51,225 --> 00:34:54,095
Like the leather shop... the embroidery shop...
578
00:34:54,094 --> 00:34:56,824
the filigree shop...the art studio...
579
00:34:56,885 --> 00:34:59,695
Check every one of them.
580
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:03,340
The emperor has ordered that we must apprehend her!
581
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,480
Sew this part a little further down.
582
00:35:08,420 --> 00:35:10,220
Look. Here.
583
00:35:10,715 --> 00:35:11,715
Are you going to tie a knot there?
584
00:35:13,315 --> 00:35:14,315
And here.
585
00:35:20,465 --> 00:35:23,445
Everyone step outside and form a line.
586
00:35:23,445 --> 00:35:25,475
Every one of you will be inspected.
587
00:35:26,655 --> 00:35:29,215
Chief Steward Li, what's going on here?
588
00:35:29,715 --> 00:35:32,275
Madame Zhang, call all the maids that work for you outside.
589
00:35:32,275 --> 00:35:35,555
I'm going to inspect every one of them.
590
00:35:36,525 --> 00:35:39,575
Chief Li, we're rushing to finish up the spring clothes for all the palace mistresses.
If we make them all come outside right now
591
00:35:42,095 --> 00:35:43,965
it will waste too much time.
592
00:35:44,335 --> 00:35:46,795
How about this--just tell me whatever orders you have
593
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,580
and I'll make sure they're carried out.
594
00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:51,920
Of course, it would not be the same coming from you.
595
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,260
I know your shop here is under the supervision of Eunuch Wu.
596
00:35:55,375 --> 00:35:58,645
You speak to me in such a casual manner.
597
00:35:58,645 --> 00:36:01,505
Is that because you don't take my authority seriously?
598
00:36:01,505 --> 00:36:03,855
What are you saying? I wouldn't dare.
599
00:36:04,405 --> 00:36:07,905
Chief Li, what kind of person are you looking for exactly?
600
00:36:08,355 --> 00:36:11,005
A young maid with a clever tongue
601
00:36:11,005 --> 00:36:12,635
a wicked schemer!
602
00:36:12,955 --> 00:36:16,035
When I get my hands on her, I'm going to skin her alive!
603
00:36:18,335 --> 00:36:19,915
Very well. Please wait a moment.
604
00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:25,420
Madame, all the palaces are breathing down our necks trying to get us to finish these clothes. We don't have time for this.
605
00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,640
Chief Li is not someone you want to cross lightly.
606
00:36:31,485 --> 00:36:34,655
Chief Li, I have to take these two mistresses to look at some clothing.
607
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:35,675
I will not be able to stay for the inspection.
608
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,280
Move to the back.
609
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,880
Come on. Form a line and say, one at a time,
610
00:36:48,885 --> 00:36:51,925
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
611
00:36:53,575 --> 00:36:55,505
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
612
00:37:00,135 --> 00:37:02,045
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
613
00:37:03,135 --> 00:37:04,765
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
614
00:37:06,515 --> 00:37:08,485
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
615
00:37:10,780 --> 00:37:13,140
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
616
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:14,875
What the hell are you laughing at?
617
00:37:14,875 --> 00:37:17,295
That's right, I'm talking to you!
618
00:37:17,295 --> 00:37:20,355
The one with the stupid-looking face!
619
00:37:21,335 --> 00:37:24,715
The girl I'm looking for is clever like a fox. You are obviously not her. Go away.
620
00:37:27,985 --> 00:37:30,135
Don't just stand around after you're done being inspected.
621
00:37:30,135 --> 00:37:32,455
Come help me attend to the two mistresses.
622
00:37:35,455 --> 00:37:37,145
Chief Li.
623
00:37:43,615 --> 00:37:44,615
Ji'xiang.
624
00:37:45,035 --> 00:37:48,035
Looks like you've rallied all the troops. Who are you looking for?
625
00:37:48,305 --> 00:37:50,265
Do you need us to help?
626
00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:53,785
I wouldn't want to waste any of my lady's precious time with such trifling matters.
627
00:37:55,385 --> 00:37:57,305
No need to be so formal with me.
628
00:37:58,005 --> 00:38:00,315
I've invited you to my chambers
629
00:38:00,315 --> 00:38:02,865
several times, Chief Li. But you never come.
630
00:38:03,455 --> 00:38:06,485
My lady must be joking. My lady is new to the palace
631
00:38:06,485 --> 00:38:08,665
and does not know the emperor's temperament.
632
00:38:08,915 --> 00:38:11,115
If the emperor discovered
633
00:38:11,115 --> 00:38:12,635
that my lady had invited me to her chambers
634
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,660
he might be inclined to think that my lady was trying gain information about his majesty's affairs
635
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,040
I wouldn't dream of it! You worry too much, Chief Li.
636
00:38:27,825 --> 00:38:29,145
Well, I had better be going.
637
00:38:40,575 --> 00:38:41,575
Ling'long!
638
00:38:47,655 --> 00:38:48,655
Stupid girl! Where were you?
639
00:38:48,655 --> 00:38:49,725
I looked everywhere for you.
Madame, I...
640
00:38:50,260 --> 00:38:52,260
You! Come over here!
641
00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:53,660
Yes, you!
642
00:38:55,215 --> 00:38:58,135
We're over here looking for someone and you just happen to be gone.
643
00:38:58,575 --> 00:39:00,285
You are now our main suspect.
644
00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:01,605
Say the following:
645
00:39:02,075 --> 00:39:04,645
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
646
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,960
"I was helping the magic tree scratch an itch."
647
00:39:10,380 --> 00:39:12,380
Go away. Continue.
648
00:39:15,955 --> 00:39:19,415
Lady Na'lan, were you really trying to get information about what the emperor is up to?
649
00:39:20,845 --> 00:39:22,195
Don't be such a baby.
650
00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:27,300
We've been here a month and we still haven't seen the emperor.
651
00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:32,500
What then was the point of going through all the effort of being picked out of the beauty competition?
652
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:34,940
Are we just here to sunbathe in the palace?
653
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,520
Don't say that. Be patient.
654
00:39:38,965 --> 00:39:40,375
Your chance will come.
655
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,440
But resorting to intrigue like this...
656
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,780
If you're going to join the army, you might as well be a general.
657
00:39:44,780 --> 00:39:47,880
If you're going to be in the palace, you might as well be at the top.
658
00:39:48,140 --> 00:39:51,340
If everyone was like you... laying low,
659
00:39:51,345 --> 00:39:53,875
head down like a cowardly quail... where's the fun in that?
660
00:39:54,245 --> 00:39:56,015
Lady Na'lan, keep your voice down.
661
00:39:56,665 --> 00:39:57,785
What are you afraid of?
662
00:39:58,105 --> 00:40:00,965
I came to this palace to become the emperor's favorite concubine.
663
00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:04,155
I want to soar to the top. Why lay low?
664
00:40:04,305 --> 00:40:06,955
Don't be fooled by those other concubines
665
00:40:06,955 --> 00:40:09,225
acting so virtuous and aloof.
666
00:40:09,225 --> 00:40:11,515
If they're really so virtuous, let them spend a lifetime never sharing the emperor's bed!
667
00:40:11,515 --> 00:40:13,255
Lady Na'lan, don't talk like that.
668
00:40:13,825 --> 00:40:17,025
The other concubines I've seen are all of fine character.
669
00:40:17,265 --> 00:40:19,595
I think you're just stupid.
670
00:40:20,685 --> 00:40:22,725
I merely speak a few words of truth
671
00:40:22,725 --> 00:40:24,295
and you become afraid.
672
00:40:26,495 --> 00:40:29,415
Let me tell you. Inside or outside the palace,
673
00:40:29,415 --> 00:40:32,655
anyone that walks on two legs
674
00:40:32,655 --> 00:40:34,295
is the same as any other.
675
00:40:34,855 --> 00:40:37,345
Anyone who parades themselves around, looking full of themselves,
676
00:40:37,345 --> 00:40:40,345
boasting of themselves... don't hesitate.
677
00:40:40,345 --> 00:40:42,155
Spit on them mercilessly.
678
00:40:42,475 --> 00:40:43,475
They're fake. Totally fake.
679
00:40:43,735 --> 00:40:46,495
If you want to be a pure hearted saint with no earthly desires...
680
00:40:46,675 --> 00:40:48,145
then simply
681
00:40:48,145 --> 00:40:50,405
slit your own throat and go to heaven!
682
00:40:51,345 --> 00:40:54,205
Lady Na'lan, today we still need to go pay our respects to Concubine Jia.
683
00:40:54,205 --> 00:40:56,405
Let's hurry.
684
00:40:56,855 --> 00:40:57,855
Hey. Wait a second.
685
00:41:00,095 --> 00:41:02,295
Did you all hear that?
686
00:41:02,295 --> 00:41:05,205
Take my clothes to my chambers.
687
00:41:05,405 --> 00:41:06,405
Yes, ma'am.
688
00:41:07,025 --> 00:41:08,245
Let's go.
689
00:41:16,305 --> 00:41:17,615
Hurry, look! It's imperial guard Fucha!
690
00:41:19,940 --> 00:41:21,220
Imperial guard Fucha!
691
00:41:26,140 --> 00:41:27,140
Imperial guard Fucha!
692
00:41:34,580 --> 00:41:37,580
It's imperial guard Fucha! I saw imperial guard Fucha just now.
693
00:41:37,580 --> 00:41:38,820
Imperial guard Fucha?
694
00:41:39,020 --> 00:41:39,520
Fucha Fuheng.
695
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:40,420
He's the younger brother of the empress.
696
00:41:40,420 --> 00:41:44,680
He's the real deal... a master soldier and scholar, a noble kinsman of the emperor!
Oh, okay then. So now we can get on with dropping these clothes off, huh?
697
00:41:46,180 --> 00:41:49,175
Ying'luo! Wait a second. I have to go to the bathroom. Help me out.
698
00:41:49,175 --> 00:41:50,175
Thanks!
699
00:41:50,655 --> 00:41:51,655
Jin'xiu!
700
00:42:25,125 --> 00:42:27,515
Wei Ying'luo. What are you doing?
701
00:42:27,515 --> 00:42:29,875
I'm the one who should be asking what you're doing!
702
00:43:01,855 --> 00:43:04,625
703
00:43:05,545 --> 00:43:06,545
704
00:43:06,675 --> 00:43:08,105
705
00:43:09,385 --> 00:43:11,895
706
00:43:12,505 --> 00:43:13,715
707
00:43:16,765 --> 00:43:19,215
708
00:43:20,315 --> 00:43:22,105
709
00:43:24,515 --> 00:43:26,585
710
00:43:28,375 --> 00:43:29,375
711
00:43:30,725 --> 00:43:33,725
712
00:43:33,725 --> 00:43:36,735
713
00:43:38,345 --> 00:43:41,345
714
00:43:41,345 --> 00:43:44,135
715
00:43:44,925 --> 00:43:45,925
716
00:43:47,795 --> 00:43:48,795
717
00:43:51,015 --> 00:43:52,425
718
00:43:56,705 --> 00:43:57,705
719
00:44:04,315 --> 00:44:05,345
720
00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:12,815
721
00:44:16,525 --> 00:44:17,525
722
00:44:31,875 --> 00:44:32,875
723
00:44:47,505 --> 00:44:48,505
724
00:44:50,865 --> 00:44:52,895
725
00:44:58,305 --> 00:44:59,305
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