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=Glory Back=

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=Episode 2=

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The design of this robe is quite unique.

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Your Highness, why not put it on?

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So we can marvel at it.

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Your Highness, please try it.

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This robe is magnificent.
Only Your Highness's grace can match it.

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You will surely shine radiantly
when wearing it.

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(Could it be Concubine Cao)

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(who wants to harm Wan?)

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(I remember seeing
snake-tongue grass here before.)

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(Its roots can neutralize
the toxicity of corydalis pollen.)

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This was meant for my elder sister.

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Seeing this reminds me of her.
Forgive my sentimentality.

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Yinsheng, put this away for now.

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Yes.

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Wait.

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(Meng Shu, Noble Concubine)

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The nation's vital affairs
lie in rites and warfare.

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You're as frail as a feather now.

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You likely cannot manage
the Silkworm Ceremony.

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It would be better if I took charge.

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The Silkworm Ceremony
has always been the Empress's duty.

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Now that my elder sister
has just passed,

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how could I bear
to delegate this rite to another

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and still face her memory?

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The Empress is gone.

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And you're unwell.

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I think only of the greater good.

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Let go. It's Her Highness's
sericulture robe.

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Noble Concubine Meng.

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This breaches propriety.

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(Yingzhu, Palace Maid)

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How dare you, insolent wretch!

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Your Highness,

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Head Chen specifically instructed

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that this robe
must not be handled by others.

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You wretch!

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Am I inferior to some lowly head
of Imperial Wardrobe Office?

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Slap her!

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Please calm your anger. This robe
was tailored for Noble Consort Wan.

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It likely won't fit you.

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Please allow Imperial Wardrobe Office
to sew a new one for you.

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That sounds sensible enough.

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Very well, as you say.

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Hurry and make a new one for me.

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Yes, as you order.

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Since there's no further business,
I take my leave.

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I take my leave.

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Don't sully our palace any longer.

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Get out of here. Go make a new robe
for Noble Concubine Meng.

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Yinsheng.

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Yes.

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Enough.

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My quarrel with Noble Concubine Meng

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isn't about which of us a maid chooses.

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Don't make it hard for her.

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Your Highness is kind.

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(Yinsheng, Palace Maid)

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If Her Majesty were still here,

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she'd never let you suffer like this.

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Yinsheng,

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I will never be as capable as her.

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I am weary. Let's return to my chambers.

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Yes.

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Rise.

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Your Highness, please understand.

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I acted out of necessity
in that urgent moment.

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I wasn't flattering
Noble Concubine Meng.

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It's fine.

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Why is your face dirty?

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Wipe it. This is yours.

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Thank you.

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(The one who orchestrated the fire
remains unknown.)

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(It could endanger Wan)

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(by revealing myself recklessly now.)

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(Better to stay hidden,
with Feng Qing's identity,)

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(and wait for the chance.)

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(Though we cannot
acknowledge each other yet,)

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(I will reclaim the Silkworm Ceremony)

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(that is)

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(rightfully yours for you.)

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His Majesty returns to the palace!
Clear the way!

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♪Flowers bloom and fade,
gone without return♪

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♪Time rushes by, flowing towards decay♪

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♪Earthly entanglements,
ever-changing, helpless yet♪

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♪No right or wrong♪

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This bracelet was placed
on my wrist by Your Majesty.

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I thought it held Your Majesty's love,

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so I wore it day and night.

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But I never imagined

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it concealed musk inside.

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If I hadn't damaged the bracelet today,

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I might have been deceived
my entire life.

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Why?

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I'll explain the reasons to you in time.

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Alright.

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Then let me say it.

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Because Your Majesty
fears the Gu family.

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Because I bear the Gu surname.

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Because Your Majesty dares not
let Gu Empress bear an imperial heir.

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Do you think it suitable for us
to have an heir now?

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If you were to bear an heir,

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would the Gu clan threaten me?

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Or would you rule secretly
like your aunt?

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Your Majesty actually thinks this way?

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Fine.

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It seems Your Majesty

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has never regarded me as a partner
to walk through life with.

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♪Wake to see once more♪

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(Past events are all like dreams.)

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(Given another chance,)

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(I will never endure
as meekly as before.)

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(The board is set,
and pieces await placement.)

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(Even if it seems a hopeless game,)

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(I will break the stalemate.)

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I wonder how thoroughly
the mourning hall was burned.

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Right.

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If we could find
the late Empress's jewels,

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we'd be set for life.

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(Gu Xuan, Military Physician)

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Coveting the Empress's relics

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and disrespecting the Empress
is a death-worthy offense.

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I thought returning to the capital
to mourn my aunt

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would let me see you.

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But though I traveled day and night,

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all I found was a handful
of your cold ashes.

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Qing,

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it's been five years since we last met.

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Why didn't you wait for me?

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(Ice silk is exceptionally sharp.)

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(It's rarely used
in ordinary embroidery.)

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(Why is it at the mourning hall
after the fire?)

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Darling, what took you so long?

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Let go! What are you doing?

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It's the palace maids' quarters.

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Palace maids' quarters, is it?

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(Eunuch Sun, Imperial Ritual Bureau)

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Imperial Wardrobe Office
has always been under my jurisdiction.

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I've come specifically looking for you.

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(Among Directors of Imperial Wardrobe,)

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(only one was Eunuch Sun,
who later joined)

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(Imperial Ritual Bureau.)

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Sir, please let go of me.

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Since you're here for me,

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why don't you take a seat

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and allow me to serve you properly?

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Head Chen said you'd come around.

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Sure enough, after nearly dying once,

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you've transformed completely.

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(So Eunuch Sun colluded
with Head Chen to ruin Feng Qing.)

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(No wonder she attempted suicide.)

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Sir, I have a new technique.

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I wonder if you

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would like to try it.

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Sure.

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I must try it.

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The moment I came in,

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I smelled that wanton smell

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of yours, you vixen.

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Don't rush, sir.

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Or

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you might spoil the mood.

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What's this?

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What kind of move is this?

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Why can't I see anything?

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Do you like it?

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I do.

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Strangulation

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hates haste most of all.

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You wretch! How dare you!

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Within the palace,

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there is nothing I, the Empress,
dare not do.

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The Empress?

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You are?

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Eunuch Sun, corrupt in office
and debauched within the palace,

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you've violated palace rules
and shall be strangled immediately.

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I'll grant you a swift end.

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In my eyes, there is no vengeance
in the next life,

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only karma in this one.

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Being a military physician
all these years,

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I saved countless soldiers,

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yet I couldn't save you,
trapped within the palace.

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Qing,

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the imperial family is cold.

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If there is a next life, may you become
a crane carrying clouds,

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no longer confined to a cage.

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(As I left the capital,)

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(you gave me this sachet.)

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(I carried it with me every day.)

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(I never imagined that our farewell)

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(would become an eternal separation.)

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(Qing)

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Qing,

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if someone harmed you,

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even if I must shatter
these nine-layered palaces,

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I will make the entire harem
your funeral retinue.

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(Palace Service Bureau)

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(Xuan? Isn't he supposed
to be at the military camp?)

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You must be from Imperial Wardrobe
Office, given your attire.

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A mere palace maid dares to kill
at night and dump a body in the well?

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Do you know it warrants death?

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Your attire suggests
you're not from the palace.

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An outsider man appears
in the inner palace during curfew hours.

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Do you know it warrants death too?

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(This palace maid shows no fear)

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(and even dares to retort.)

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(Should I reveal myself to Xuan?)

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Since you've discovered me,

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maybe I should follow your example
and silence you.

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♪Once a lonely sail,
without a guiding light♪

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

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♪Day and night together,
sharing joys and sorrows♪

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

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

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

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

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