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=Glory Back=

=Episode 6=

As I passed by, I heard quite a commotion inside the hall.

Who was speaking of filial piety?

Your Majesty, Junior Concubine Su told me

the late Empress Dowager once praised

the late Empress looked dignified in willow-leaf yellow.

Indeed.

Today, both Noble Concubine Meng and Junior Concubine Su wore this color

to honor the late Empress Dowager and the late Empress.

Your Majesty, that's not true.

The late Empress Dowager meddled in politics.

I hold no respect for her.

So it seems you hold no respect for the Empress Dowager,

nor any remembrance for the late Empress.

I-I didn't mean that.

Then what do you mean?

I...

Your Majesty, I truly show remembrance for the late Empress.

What about

the Empress Dowager?

Your Majesty,

the Empress Dowager's merits and faults are for you to judge.

Junior Concubine Su wouldn't dare to comment.

She merely upholds the propriety and maintains filial piety.

Your Majesty, today is the Empress Dowager's birthday.

Noble Concubine Meng and Junior Concubine Su

only show their filial piety.

No politics in the harem.

All the consorts of the harem remember this.

You, lift your head.

You have quite the nerve.

Dare to defend your master before me?

I am flattered.

I defend Your Majesty's dignity,

benevolence, filial piety,

and virtue.

(What a silver tongue.)

(She's even flattering me now.)

Enough.

Burying the Empress Dowager in the imperial mausoleum was my decree

and the late Empress's dying wish.

No more reckless talk.

- Yes. - Yes.

(He buried the Empress Dowager in the imperial mausoleum, )

(even claimed it was my dying wish?)

It's all your fault!

You've caused me to lose face!

My Lady, this fabric was prepared by Feng Qing.

Feng Qing prepared it.

She has connections in the Imperial Wardrobe...

Bihen, I only embroidered the patterns on this gown.

You had the Imperial Wardrobe prepare it.

My Lady, many palace servants can attest to this.

I heard Bihen say it herself.

She prepared this willow-leaf yellow gown herself.

I-I heard it too.

You wench! You set me up!

I've never suffered such humiliation!

I can't be relieved

if I keep your life.

Servants!

Get her out of my sight!

My Lady!

My Lady, spare me!

My Lady!

My Lady, spare me!

My Lady!

My Lady, even if Bihen had done wrong,

but it was out of loyalty.

With her gone, you could take her place.

Yet you speak for her now.

It seems you're loyal without ambition.

I only wish to serve you, My Lady.

Remember well the lesson learned today.

Another mistake, and I won't be lenient.

Thank you, My Lady.

Thank you, Feng Qing.

Feng Qing showed loyalty today. Deserve great reward.

You may serve me closely from now on.

(Junior Concubine Su, what did you do)

(in that great fire?)

My Lady, are you feeling unwell?

Thinking back on today's events still makes me terrified.

Noble Consort Wan is just a paper tiger,

couldn't handle Noble Concubine Meng at all.

Please calm, My Lady.

Here in the palace, no flower blooms forever.

If Noble Concubine Meng is down,

everyone will kick her.

Makes sense.

The late Empress governed the harem well,

yet she turned to ash in a great fire.

Everyone can be down some day.

If the late Empress were still alive,

Noble Concubine Meng wouldn't dare act so recklessly.

The late Empress was once very rigid,

but she treated everyone fairly.

When she governed the harem,

Concubine Cao and Noble Concubine Meng were restrained.

My Lady, you were frightened today.

I heard you have an incense from the Western Regions,

effective for calming the mind.

Shall I light it to help you relax?

Calming Incense from the Western Regions?

Alright. Fetch it from the shelf and light it.

(It's the incense from the mourning hall that day.)

This Calming Incense is quite different from ordinary incense.

It must be extremely rare and precious.

Others treasure it like gold.

But it's just an ordinary item

my Su family uses to distribute to all palaces.

You may keep the remaining half as a reward.

Thank you for your kindness.

You may leave now.

(She seems to harbor no ill will toward me.)

(She even casually gave this calming incense to others.)

(Seems I need to try another approach.)

You're now Her Ladyship's personal maid.

Let me handle these chores.

Feng Qing, yesterday when you attended Her Ladyship,

did she mention me?

Her Ladyship was mad at you because Noble Concubine Meng provoked her.

She said that

if the late Empress were still here,

Noble Concubine Meng wouldn't dare.

Her Ladyship always intended to please the late Empress,

so she commissioned a pure gold ruyi scepter,

intending to present it on her birthday.

Never imagined the Empress passed away unexpectedly.

(She prepared a birthday gift)

(before my birthday.)

(The one who set up the fire might not be Junior Concubine Su.)

You've suffered.

I thought Her Ladyship treated you differently.

She wouldn't treat you like Wentang.

How do you know about Wentang?

She was just unlucky.

She accidentally pulled out strands while combing Her Ladyship's hair.

Out of anger,

Her Ladyship stabbed her neck with a hairpin.

Are servants' lives that worthless?

Exactly.

We must please our master.

I'll go get some crabapple petals

to make rouge for her.

Could you get some peach petals?

I'm leaving.

(Wentang died tragically just for a few strands?)

(Su Dai, you are so indifferent to human life.)

(I'll seek justice for Wentang.)

Stop.

Greetings, Your Majesty. May you enjoy blessings.

I remember you.

The one who defended Junior Concubine Su.

Why are you here?

I came to get peach petals to make rouge.

How dare you!

His Majesty decreed this peach tree is off-limits for picking.

Violators receive thirty cane strikes.

What do you have to say for yourself this time?

I don't want to pluck flowers.

This time, I'm just here

to collect fallen petals.

You can still defend yourself?

Silver tongue.

Flowers bloom and wither in their own time.

Fate is beyond human control.

I don't pluck flowers

because I can't bear to disrupt their brief bloom.

♪ Flowers bloom and fade, gone without return ♪

Don't pluck it.

Flowers bloom and wither in their own time.

Why pluck it then?

When the wind blows, the fallen petals are just as beautiful.

♪ Through the thick siege of fate ♪

♪ How many can return? ♪

You may leave.

I take my leave.

♪ A lifetime of calamity, traded for a drunken stupor ♪

♪ A dream is but a single thought, shattered at a touch ♪

Fate is beyond human control.

Did our fate end here?

No one solves this stalemate for me anymore?

Lady,

is Feng Qing here?

Feng Qing has gone to serve Junior Concubine Su.

What? She went to Yongfu Palace?

If it's urgent, I can relay a message to Feng Qing for you.

(She seems quite close to Feng Qing.)

Have you found what Feng Qing asked you to investigate?

She never asked me to investigate anything.

You're lying.

What do you know?

I-I know nothing.

Stay back!

Tell me everything you know.

Lord Gu, so overwhelming.

Bullying a defenseless woman.

Where's your grace and dignity?

What's this scar about?

You were hiding something when you asked me for ointment.

Have you considered the consequences?

I can explain this.

Lord Gu, don't involve the innocent.

Wenxin, leave now.

Tell me, what did you uncover?

(He wants the truth so desperately.)

(If he knew the truth, he might do something even more dangerous.)

Nothing has been found yet.

Nothing?

Lord Gu, please trust me.

Give me more time.

You've already wasted one chance to earn my trust.

If you fail, I'll take her life.

A physician wields the blade to save the people.

Lord Gu, as a physician,

how can you use a life-saving blade to harm others?

A physician wields the blade to save the people.

Xuan, remember this.

A physician wields the blade to save lives, not to harm.

I want results within three days.

Otherwise, I will show no mercy to those undeserving of trust.

Sorry for getting you involved.

It's fine. It's not a big deal.

How did you manage to provoke him?

It's a long story.

If you ever see him again, stay far away.

Feng Qing, what brings you here so late?

I've found out about your sister Wentang.

She just pulled out a few strands of hair,

then she had to pay with her life?

She's only sixteen!

Su Dai has a violent temper.

She takes her anger out on others easily.

I will make her pay

and get punished.

Thank you for helping me so much.

From now on, no matter what happens, I'll do as you say.

His Majesty didn't even pursue that event.

How dare Noble Concubine Meng withdraw my attendance token?

His Majesty is so busy.

Last month, it took me a lot to get him to stay once.

Now, he'll forget me entirely.

Do not fret, My Lady.

I have a plan for you to win back His Majesty's favor.

What is your plan?

In my humble opinion,

you should try to cater to his interests.

♪ Once a lonely sail, without a guiding light ♪

♪ With the warmth you lent me, how could I fear loneliness ♪

♪ Day and night together, sharing joys and sorrows ♪

♪ Searching all under heaven, my heart won't change ♪

♪ Fate in haste, looking back countless times, you swayed for me ♪

♪ Among a vast sea of people, faintly seeing the old self ♪

♪ Scenery along the way, looking back, love finds its echo ♪

♪ Watching the bustling world together, we write more verses ♪