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=Glory Back=

=Episode 29=

Go fetch water.

Yes.

Your Highness, hang in there!

You and Noble Concubine Leng are as close as sisters.

You knew about her pregnancy but kept it hidden.

That's deceiving His Majesty.

Could it be that you were

also kept in the dark?

When she was banished to the Cold Palace,

she didn't know she was pregnant.

By the time she noticed it, months had passed.

It was only when I happened to visit the Cold Palace

that I learned she was carrying the heir.

No one knew when Noble Concubine Leng conceived.

Her sudden labor now is highly suspicious.

I've checked the Bedchamber Records.

The Imperial Medical Office records that Noble Concubine Leng

was summoned on lunar December 7th.

An eight-month pregnancy is normal. What's suspicious?

Your Majesty, that's true.

If she was carrying the imperial heir,

yet she never mentioned it for months?

If accident happened,

who could bear that responsibility?

Failing to report it earlier is indeed my fault.

I accept punishment.

Noble Concubine Leng must have had reasons to hide it.

Once she safely delivers, Your Majesty can ask her directly.

The most crucial thing now

is ensuring Noble Concubine Leng and the imperial heir's safety.

If anything happens to the heir, you will be held accountable!

(After the mourning hall fire,)

(Noble Concubine Leng requested to enter the Cold Palace.)

(Now it seems)

(it was all carefully timed.)

Her Highness has fainted!

Someone help!

(I wish she can't deliver)

(and both mother and child perish.)

Congratulations, Your Majesty. It's a prince!

I have a son!

- Congratulations, Your Majesty. - Congratulations, Your Majesty.

Noble Concubine Leng has birthed the imperial heir.

She is promoted to Noble Consort and resides in Yuzhu Palace.

(She soared using the prince.)

(Her ambitions must be vast.)

(She's nothing like her indifferent facade.)

(I was so careless that let her bear a prince.)

(I've never seen Wan look so vicious.)

(But I can't let her act recklessly anymore.)

Why is Noble Consort Wan so drunk?

You go brew some sobering soup.

What are you doing here?

At the banquet for the Grand Princess's return,

it was you who tampered with the qin, right?

So what then?

All women in the palace are ambitious or scheming.

Why couldn't I?

One can have selfish desires, but must not lose their conscience.

Wan.

Silence!

How dare you address me by my personal name!

The person who had the right to call me Wan is dead.

I'm not dead.

I'm Qing.

Haven't you pretended enough?

Don't think knowing a few facts about the late Empress could fool me.

Whenever it rains,

you apply that healing ointment for pain-relieving.

How do you know that?

This gilded incense burner inside was a gift from me.

The incense inside is made from mugwort mixed with aged tangerine peel.

This is the peace bracelet

we secretly made using Mother's silver ingots when we were ten.

Do I need to tell you more?

You're Qing?

Impossible!

I personally collected her body.

How could you possibly be her?

After that fire,

I revived within the body of a dying palace maid, Feng Qing.

Qing.

It's really you.

Am I dreaming?

Wan.

Let me massage your legs like before.

♪Once a lonely sail, without a guiding light♪

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

Qing, you're really back.

I will never be alone anymore.

But why didn't you tell me before?

Why didn't you reveal yourself?

The harem is treacherous.

I had to act discreetly to investigate the truth

about that fire,

so I couldn't reveal myself to you.

But

I could protect you in secret.

You mean

that fire was no accident?

Xuan and I planned to tell you the truth

after finding the culprit.

But the situation is unpredictable now.

So Xuan knows your identity?

Xuan has been secretly working with me.

Who is the culprit then?

It's Noble Consort Leng.

It was her?

Noble Consort Leng is cunning and deeply scheming.

I will come up with a thorough plan

to bring her to justice.

Wan, you must not act rashly.

Why are you always like this?

Shouldering every burden alone.

You think you're protecting me,

but I want to protect you too.

You invited me to Hualin Garden early this morning

just to feed the fish?

Since Noble Consort Leng gave birth to the prince,

you haven't left Lanzhi Palace.

Today, I wanted to ask you

if you keep hiding like a coward

or bravely

fight for survival.

Want to work with me?

Seems you're more impatient than me.

I heard your brother displeased His Majesty

over the Blood Gu.

My brother will resolve that issue soon.

But you

have neither His Majesty's favor

nor an heir to rely on.

Your only way out is to work with me.

Do you have a plan?

She's weak after the difficult childbirth.

I will petition His Majesty

to gift her the century-old ginseng my brother brought back from the border

to help her recover.

At the prince's full moon banquet, you will present

dessert laced with trogopterus dung.

Premium ginseng combined with trogopterus dung

causes fatal hemorrhage in weakened new mothers.

Yet both of us appear innocent.

Brilliant plan!

Playing innocent suits you best.

Without extreme measures,

how can we fight our way to survival?

This is a perfect chance.

(This truly is a rare chance.)

Thank you, Noble Concubine De.

Thank you, Qing.

Congratulations, Noble Consort Leng.

I wove a golden-thread swaddling cloth,

worthy of the prince's noble status.

Thank you.

Why are you still so weak?

Are you taking the century-old ginseng I gifted you?

Thank you for your concern.

I drink ginseng soup daily and feel much better.

That ginseng was obtained by my brother from the military.

It's extremely rare.

Noble Consort Leng,

I've prepared almond paste

for the banquet.

May you and the prince have joy and health.

You're so kind, Noble Consort Wan.

Set it aside for now.

We'll taste it together when His Majesty arrives.

(Wan personally made this almond paste.)

(Is there something wrong with it?)

His Majesty has arrived.

- Greetings, Your Majesty. - Greetings, Your Majesty.

All be seated.

Now that His Majesty is here,

let's taste Noble Consort Wan's almond paste.

Feng Qing.

Noble Consort Wan excels at almond paste. Try it.

(This almond paste tastes different.)

(What did Wan add?)

Noble Consort Leng, stop!

There's trogopterus dung in the almond paste.

I've heard pregnant women shouldn't have trogopterus dung.

But Noble Consort Leng gave birth over a month ago.

Would such a small amount cause any problem?

Noble Consort Leng,

have you taken ginseng to replenish qi and blood?

I've been weak postpartum,

so I've been drinking ginseng soup.

Ginseng and trogopterus dung combined

causes fatal hemorrhage in weakened new mothers.

Noble Consort Wan, explain yourself.

It was

Noble Concubine Meng who forced me

to put trogopterus dung in the almond paste.

I'm innocent! Don't believe her.

Noble Consort Wan.

Noble Concubine Meng cast a Gu upon me.

She said it was Blood Gu sent by her brother.

She forced me to harm Noble Consort Leng.

How dare you!

Calm your anger, Your Majesty.

This is solely Gu Wan's claim.

She wants to frame me.

Yet the century-old ginseng in the daily tonic I consume

was indeed gifted by Noble Concubine Meng.

She claimed it was obtained by her brother

and asked me to take it daily.

Summon the physician!

Yes.

Summon Gu Xuan!

How are you, Wan?

What is in the blood?

Rest assured. I won't let anything happen to Wan.

Previously, many in the army perished from the Blood Gu.

I never imagined you'd use such a thing in harem schemes.

How dare you!

I am innocent!

I did not do that!

It was them! They conspired against me!

(Back then, you used Talented Lady Su as a pawn,)

(leading Qing to her death.)

(Did you ever expect this to come?)

(I will take revenge on you in the same way.)

With both witnesses and evidence present, how dare you quibble!

Would Noble Consort Wan hurt herself to frame you?

Would Noble Consort Leng risk her life to feign hemorrhage and falsely accuse you?

(How could I possibly consume anything sent by Meng Shu?)

(To harm me is to seek death.)

You lowly wretch! How dare you slander me?

You've disgusted me long enough. Drag her away!

Confine her to Xuanxiao Palace!

Your Majesty, spare me!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, spare me!

Noble Consort Wan.

(Spirit Tablet of the Late Empress Gu of Ning)

I got blessing from heaven.

I have long schemed and laid out this plan,

enduring humiliation in the Cold Palace for months.

All for

the Empress title.

(Spirit Tablet of the Late Empress Gu of Ning)

The Meng hexagram.

Villains at work.

I engineered the demise of the late Empress,

burning her to ashes in the mourning hall fire.

(Spirit tablet of the Meng Shu) Now, Meng Shu is down.

(Spirit tablet of Feng Qing) Feng Qing is the only one standing in my way.

Those who show no mercy to themselves

will show none to others.

Step in my path,

and you'll be the next one

wiped out.

♪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♪