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=Glory Back=

=Episode 12=

Your Majesty,

the last person Liu saw

was her.

(That day I left at Hai hour when she rushed over.)

(About what happened afterward, )

I do not know.

Your Majesty, I know nothing.

It must be this wretched maid harming me.

Your maid met the servant who stole the medicine late at night.

You think by shifting the blame onto her,

you can absolve yourself?

Please be discerning.

By Concubine Su's order, I went to fetch medicine

for a headache from the Imperial Pharmacy.

I did see Liu.

But I did not know what the Amenorrhea Pill was.

Your Majesty, according to the Imperial Medical Office records,

at Hai hour that day, Yongfu Palace did fetch pain-relieving medicine.

There is the signed receipt as proof.

No wonder you volunteered to get the medicine.

So you took the Amenorrhea Pill from Liu

and put it into our lady's pain-relieving medicine.

I had a headache for a long time

before Feng Qing finally returned.

When I drank the medicine, the taste felt off.

But the headache was unbearable, so I slept.

It happened to rain that day. The roads were slippery.

That's why I returned late.

You returned covered in mud and distraught that day.

Clearly something was off.

Could it be that you silenced Liu by killing her?

Your Majesty, the Imperial Pharmacy only reported Liu missing.

Nothing is conclusive yet.

Missing for so long, isn't her death obvious?

It must be you.

When you first came here,

you cut your face over me. You held a grudge due to that.

So you got the Amenorrhea Pill, giving me false hope,

and killed Liu to silence her.

How venomous your heart is!

If I secretly gave you the Amenorrhea Pill,

when the false pregnancy succeeded, the credit wouldn't go to me.

And if it failed,

I, the last to see Liu, would be the prime suspect.

The act would bring me only harm, no benefit.

Why would I take such a huge risk to do it?

I beg Your Majesty to investigate and uphold justice for me.

Your Majesty, this wretched maid is always glib-tongued.

Her words can't be trusted.

The three of you tell different stories.

Whom should we believe?

Your Majesty, I have a method.

Fingers connect to the heart.

Women subjected to finger-pressing torture

always tell the truth.

Then let's start with you.

Confess everything to me now,

and it's not too late.

I have only one thing to say.

I have never done anything wicked.

Someone!

Bring the torture device!

Tell me, who ordered you?

If you report them meritoriously, you can avoid this pain.

No one ordered me. I'm framed and can't defend myself.

My death as a maid matters little.

I only hope the truth will come out.

Apply the torture.

(Will I be the next?)

No, it wasn't me.

It wasn't me.

Who ordered you to do it? Speak!

How stubborn.

Then increase the force.

I'm giving you one last chance.

Do you have anything to say?

I am

wronged.

Apply maximum force.

Your Majesty, Chief Li requests an audience.

Your Majesty, I've found crucial evidence.

Let her go.

She...

Liu, a guilty servant, bows to Your Majesty.

You didn't expect me to be alive, did you?

Sir, how is she?

Saved in time, she's barely clinging to life.

If she survives tonight, she might live.

When will she wake?

Being alive is already fortunate.

When she'll wake up is still uncertain.

She is the key witness to bring down Su Dai.

Please, sir, ensure her safety.

Was she the one who harmed you?

I once saw her at the Imperial Pharmacy.

She came to fetch pain-relieving herbs.

Why did you steal the Amenorrhea Pill? Confess truthfully.

It was her.

She said Concubine Su offered 1,000 taels

for the fake pregnancy pill from the Imperial Medical Office.

A few days later, I gave her the Amenorrhea Pill.

Who knew this vile woman would stab me in the back?

I... I don't know you.

You're lying.

Do you have proof that she tried to kill you?

My lord,

during my struggle with her,

I scratched her neck with a hairpin.

You...

No, it wasn't me.

I was only following orders.

I don't want to die.

Your Majesty, Concubine Su forced me to do it.

Su Dai ordered a murder, framed Cao Zhen, and faked a pregnancy to fool Majesty.

Now we have both witnesses and evidence.

What else can you say?

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, I know I was wrong.

I only wanted to earn Your Majesty's favor.

Remove this wretched maid and execute her!

Your Majesty, it was Concubine Su!

Concubine Su ordered me to do it!

It was Concubine Su!

As for you,

out of regard for our years together, I spare your life.

You're under palace arrest.

Your Majesty, the imperial heir matters most.

Su Dai's deception regarding it is a capital offense.

How can a palace arrest suffice?

For the meritorious report, Chief Li is now Palace Disciplinary Chief.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, what about Noble Lady Cao?

Lift her palace arrest.

In this matter, you were indeed falsely accused.

(Su Dai, )

(I'll give you another push soon.)

Your Majesty, you showed me mercy.

You must still remember our good times, right?

Now I have nothing left.

Only this face remains.

Which set should I wear to please you?

This one?

Or this one?

Or this one?

Which one would you like me to wear?

Stop dreaming.

You deceived His Majesty about the heir, silenced witnesses by murder,

and framed me.

Don't even think of regaining His Majesty's favor ever again.

You think you can mock my fall?

If I'm forever trapped in Yongfu Palace,

you'll have to stay here with me,

never seeing daylight again, until we die.

I never meant to harm you.

I was forced into it.

You're so clever.

You must have a way to bring His Majesty here.

Help me!

His Majesty will come soon.

Really?

But not for you.

He has a question in his heart.

He needs an answer for it.

And that answer

will be the last straw that breaks you.

What do you mean?

Do you remember Wentang?

You are so lofty.

How could you care about a lowly palace maid you killed?

Have you gone mad?

I gave you so many rewards.

You harmed me only for a lowly servant?

What is lowly?

What is noble?

I only know that good and evil meet their due.

Those who do evil deserve to fall hard.

You got what you deserved.

It was you who ruined me.

I will tell His Majesty.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, you've finally come.

Your Majesty, I am innocent.

This wretched maid harmed me.

Your Majesty, you still have affection for me, right?

I will grant you one last chance.

Play one final chess game with me.

P-Play chess?

Win, and you live.

Lose, and you die.

Die?

Your Majesty, I admit my fault.

I don't know how to play chess.

I'll study chess hard in the future to play with Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Banish Su Dai to the Cold Palace.

Drag her away.

No!

No!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

I beg forgiveness.

I beg forgiveness.

Your Majesty, I beg forgiveness.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

That game she played against me in Hualin Garden

was taught by you, right?

Yes.

The same for you.

Win, and you live. Lose, and you die.

In this game, I saw through everyone.

But you alone remain inscrutable.

I don't know what Your Majesty means.

Su Dai, Cao Zhen, and Meng Shu each harbor their own schemes.

You appear detached.

Yet you've been at the center all along.

Is that not so?

A lone pawn struggles even to make an eye.

In chaos, one seeks only survival.

You played behind Su Dai's back,

helping her vie for favor

and knowing her fake pregnancy yet pretending ignorance.

Is that not so?

When at a disadvantage,

one seeks only corners and edges.

Managing one's own territory is difficult enough.

First, you reconstructed the board.

Then, while I was drunk, you placed the crucial piece,

hinting that you were the one playing against me.

All so that at the critical moment,

I might spare your life.

Is that not so?

When trapped,

one can only use the dragon's strength to turn the tables.

Your Majesty, I won.

Within the harem,

to beat me by half a point,

you are the second.

Your Majesty's skill is masterful, but today your mind wasn't on the game.

That's how I managed to win this incomplete game by luck.

Why didn't you reveal sooner that you were the player

to seek my protection?

Every step in the harem is perilous.

I seek only to preserve my life and live peacefully.

I've never dared to seek the imperial favor.

Rare to find you so forthright.

Since you've bested me,

tell me what reward you desire.

I lack a chess attendant by my side.

Previously, I was but a palace maid to Concubine Su.

My low status and little say blocked me at every turn.

I beg Your Majesty's grace

to appoint me as Head of Yongfu Palace.

Granted.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

(She doesn't wish to be by my side?)

(Her actions are unfathomable, like her moves on the board.)

(Xiao Luo was distracted just now. That's how I won by half a point.)

(From now on, I must tread with utmost caution.)

(Any small flaw could invite great disaster.)

♪ A drifting life, stained with hardship, mottled into the past ♪

♪ Countless thoughts, all settled because of you ♪

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

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