1 00:00:01,980 --> 00:00:10,020 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:17,000 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:23,720 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:30,720 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:39,550 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:41,130 --> 00:01:49,360 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 5 7 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,340 Delicious. 8 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:04,580 Eat all these here before leaving. 9 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:11,050 Your Highness the Noble Consort, you are too kind! 10 00:02:11,050 --> 00:02:13,990 You don't even mind that I've eaten so much. 11 00:02:13,990 --> 00:02:16,300 Thank you, Your Highness the Noble Consort! 12 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,120 Looks like she's really a stupid one. 13 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,690 Quickly make her leave. She's annoying me. 14 00:02:25,690 --> 00:02:29,020 Okay already. Stop eating. Her Highness wants you to leave. 15 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:31,090 I still haven't finished eating! 16 00:02:31,090 --> 00:02:33,010 Take it and leave with it! 17 00:02:33,010 --> 00:02:35,720 Ask the Imperial Household Department... 18 00:02:37,660 --> 00:02:41,200 what kind of people are they hiring now? 19 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,320 Isn't that person mentally-impaired? 20 00:02:44,970 --> 00:02:49,920 Your Highness the Noble Consort, I don't think so. 21 00:02:52,140 --> 00:02:57,050 What you mean is...she's pretending to be dumb? 22 00:02:57,050 --> 00:03:02,840 Whether she is or not, we just need to send someone to monitor her, and we'll know. 23 00:03:13,530 --> 00:03:15,660 Stupid. 24 00:03:19,860 --> 00:03:23,030 Are you at ease now? 25 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,580 Being careful will allow you to sail a boat for thousands of years. 26 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:32,660 I'm tired too. 27 00:03:32,660 --> 00:03:34,470 You can withdraw. 28 00:03:34,470 --> 00:03:36,130 Yes. 29 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,530 Your Highness, rest well. I'll take my leave. 30 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:46,650 What's wrong, Your Highness? 31 00:03:46,650 --> 00:03:50,490 Don't know why, but I keep feeling something is off. 32 00:03:50,490 --> 00:03:54,650 Your Highness, you're still suspecting that Wei Yingluo as pretending to be dumb? 33 00:03:56,550 --> 00:04:00,960 If she is, then she's someone to watch out for. 34 00:04:02,610 --> 00:04:05,600 Who doesn't know to pretend to be dumb? 35 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,640 Upon entering, she tripped. 36 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,680 She started talking in a silly manner. 37 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,280 This made Noble Consort assume that she's mentally-impaired. 38 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:19,720 But the problem is, Noble Consort at that point had not even started to interrogate her yet. 39 00:04:21,610 --> 00:04:23,780 I don't understand. 40 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:29,890 How long will it take for you to walk from the Embroidery Workshop to here? 41 00:04:29,890 --> 00:04:32,100 She has guessed that Noble Consort is planning to give her trouble. 42 00:04:32,100 --> 00:04:34,910 She then immediately thought of a countermeasure. 43 00:04:36,420 --> 00:04:41,420 It's not hard to pretend to be dumb. What's hard is how to dissipate the anger of Noble Consort. 44 00:04:42,330 --> 00:04:47,070 Those seven bowls of lotus-root powder balls just came in very handy. 45 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:15,040 It's so late. 46 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,470 Why is Yingluo still not back? 47 00:05:18,470 --> 00:05:21,110 Did something bad happen to her? 48 00:05:22,470 --> 00:05:25,060 No, I must go check. 49 00:05:25,060 --> 00:05:26,800 Where are you going? 50 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,430 It's the Chuxiu Palace. You want to die? 51 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:32,960 Yingluo has helped me before. How could I just leave her? 52 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:36,620 Jixiang, you are really stupid. 53 00:05:36,620 --> 00:05:39,350 Does she need to spend such a long time in Chuxiu Palace? 54 00:05:39,350 --> 00:05:42,850 In my opinion, she might have gone dating. 55 00:05:42,850 --> 00:05:45,730 Jinxiu, this is the Forbidden City. 56 00:05:45,730 --> 00:05:48,750 At night, the ones left are just palace maids and eunuchs. 57 00:05:48,750 --> 00:05:50,180 Who will Yingluo be romantically meeting? 58 00:05:50,180 --> 00:05:54,590 Other than the Emperor, there are other men here in the Forbidden City. 59 00:05:54,590 --> 00:05:56,990 The four Imperial guards in the Qianqing Gates. 60 00:05:56,990 --> 00:06:00,390 The Report Officer at the Yuehua Gates. 61 00:06:00,390 --> 00:06:02,850 The two Imperial physicians in the Imperial Pharmacy. 62 00:06:02,850 --> 00:06:06,440 That's seven men. There must be one that's meeting her tonight. 63 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:07,950 Shut up! 64 00:06:07,950 --> 00:06:10,650 If you continue to spout rubbish, I'll rip your mouth! 65 00:06:10,650 --> 00:06:12,310 Did I say anything wrong? 66 00:06:12,310 --> 00:06:15,480 Last time, she wouldn't let us see the Imperial Guards, while she secretly went out to have a date now. 67 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,500 She thinks we don't have eyes? 68 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:19,480 She's still not back. 69 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,630 Good thing, Gugu Fang is sleeping now. 70 00:06:22,630 --> 00:06:27,060 Or else, she would be dead! 71 00:06:27,060 --> 00:06:29,120 You're still talking? You're still talking! 72 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,980 - Are you crazy? - Enough! Stop hitting! 73 00:06:31,980 --> 00:06:38,030 Yingluo, this time...might be in big trouble. 74 00:06:38,030 --> 00:06:41,710 Linglong, what did you say? 75 00:06:42,410 --> 00:06:46,790 This afternoon, I saw Sister Zhilan's face and it was so scary. 76 00:06:46,790 --> 00:06:50,500 Yingluo might have got into big trouble... 77 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:53,670 and can never return. 78 00:06:53,670 --> 00:06:55,590 What? 79 00:07:00,980 --> 00:07:02,320 Yingluo's back. She's fine. 80 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,060 Yingluo. 81 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,930 Yingluo. 82 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:11,730 Let's sleep. 83 00:07:14,170 --> 00:07:17,710 Jixiang, see, I wasn't wrong, right? 84 00:07:17,710 --> 00:07:19,960 Someone is guilty. 85 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,480 She heard it, but isn't talking. 86 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,170 She indeed has a lover. 87 00:07:26,170 --> 00:07:29,090 - You're still talking?! - I didn't say anything wrong. 88 00:07:29,090 --> 00:07:30,680 Let's sleep. 89 00:07:53,090 --> 00:07:54,900 You go first. 90 00:08:14,510 --> 00:08:18,000 Yingluo, you two are not leaving? 91 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,810 No rush. Linglong and I haven't finished eating. 92 00:08:24,450 --> 00:08:26,630 I'll get going then. 93 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,900 Yingluo, I need to go to the Embroidery Workshop now. 94 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:47,530 Linglong, on my way back last night, I kept thinking, 95 00:08:47,530 --> 00:08:51,180 "Who could have leaked this secret to Her Highness the Noble Consort?" 96 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:55,980 How would I know? 97 00:08:57,690 --> 00:09:03,530 If you really didn't know, you should have asked, "What secret was leaked?" 98 00:09:06,030 --> 00:09:08,360 Even if you don't tell me, I know. 99 00:09:09,250 --> 00:09:11,950 That day, you were in Yonghe Palace. 100 00:09:11,950 --> 00:09:16,430 Yesterday, you and Jixiang even went out to deliver the spring clothes. 101 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:19,580 Other than you, who else could it be? 102 00:09:19,580 --> 00:09:21,280 Yingluo... 103 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,420 - Yingluo, listen to me. - Say what? 104 00:09:24,420 --> 00:09:27,070 Say that you want Noble Consort Gao to kill me so you can vent your anger? 105 00:09:27,070 --> 00:09:29,820 Or you want to tell me the jealousy in your heart? 106 00:09:30,990 --> 00:09:34,860 Yingluo, I admit it. 107 00:09:34,860 --> 00:09:37,570 I didn't watch my mouth yesterday, but I— 108 00:09:37,570 --> 00:09:41,530 Do you know why I didn't confront you when I returned last night? 109 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,050 Because I'm too full. I'm too full that it hurts. 110 00:09:47,050 --> 00:09:50,300 Last night, I ate a lot of bowls of lotus-root powder balls. 111 00:09:51,450 --> 00:09:56,260 Yingluo, what do you want to do? 112 00:09:59,190 --> 00:10:00,890 Eat it. 113 00:10:02,020 --> 00:10:03,110 What is this? 114 00:10:03,110 --> 00:10:07,160 The lotus-root powder balls that I brought home last night. 115 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:10,290 Don't worry. These were not vomited up. 116 00:10:12,250 --> 00:10:16,470 Yingluo, we are good sisters that entered into the palace together. 117 00:10:16,470 --> 00:10:19,350 Yes! Good sisters! 118 00:10:19,350 --> 00:10:22,240 We should share the fortune and the misfortunes. 119 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,050 Hence, eat it. 120 00:10:25,820 --> 00:10:29,370 I'm not eating...I'm not eating... 121 00:10:30,010 --> 00:10:33,150 Eat it! Eat it! 122 00:10:33,150 --> 00:10:35,290 You like to tell on others behind their backs. 123 00:10:35,290 --> 00:10:39,830 If I don't block your mouth, you will do it again. 124 00:10:42,220 --> 00:10:45,320 Eat it. Eat it! 125 00:10:45,950 --> 00:10:48,370 Someone come! 126 00:10:48,370 --> 00:10:49,550 Shout! 127 00:10:49,550 --> 00:10:53,810 Make it louder! Let everyone hear it! 128 00:10:53,810 --> 00:10:56,720 Anyway, Momo Zhang hates talkative people the most. 129 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,590 Be careful or she'll cut off your tongue! 130 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:07,560 I don't know any grand principles. 131 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:11,820 I just know that if people don't offend me, I won't bother them either. 132 00:11:11,820 --> 00:11:15,500 If you don't finish this bowl today, don't even think of going out this door. 133 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:18,540 Eat! Eat it! 134 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,590 If you still don't eat them, I'll inform Momo Zhang 135 00:11:22,590 --> 00:11:26,720 that you've associated yourself with Chuxiu Palace, and the workshop will not be able to accommodate you from now on. 136 00:11:38,050 --> 00:11:40,300 You mustn't vomit one out! 137 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:55,790 Linglong, if you envy me, just directly tell me. We can openly compete through embroidery to determine the victor. 138 00:11:55,790 --> 00:12:00,330 Resorting to underhanded tactics just because of fear of losing will only make others look down on you. 139 00:12:00,330 --> 00:12:03,490 Hope that this bowl of lotus-root powder balls today 140 00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:07,660 can seal your mouth and make you remember this lesson. 141 00:12:25,670 --> 00:12:27,910 - Yingluo. - Gugu. 142 00:12:27,910 --> 00:12:30,230 How is your illness? 143 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,790 The sun has risen from the west. 144 00:12:34,790 --> 00:12:38,790 My back was almost completely broken because of you. You still dare to come here? 145 00:12:38,790 --> 00:12:43,460 Gugu, I've always felt guilty about this matter and want to make up for it, 146 00:12:43,460 --> 00:12:45,420 but we were too busy in the Embroidery Workshop. 147 00:12:45,420 --> 00:12:47,140 Today, I finally got some free time. 148 00:12:47,140 --> 00:12:49,150 No need. 149 00:12:49,150 --> 00:12:53,150 I'll just slowly make you pay for it. 150 00:12:53,150 --> 00:12:55,250 That is in the future. 151 00:12:55,250 --> 00:12:58,210 Just let me help now. 152 00:12:58,210 --> 00:13:01,370 - Sister Bingqing, let me do it. - No need. Just leave it to me. 153 00:13:01,370 --> 00:13:03,230 Give it to me. 154 00:13:03,230 --> 00:13:04,860 Wei Yingluo! 155 00:13:04,860 --> 00:13:08,280 Gugu! Sorry! I didn't mean to! 156 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,310 You evil servant, leave! 157 00:13:10,310 --> 00:13:12,390 How about I accompany you to clean your clothes? 158 00:13:12,390 --> 00:13:13,670 No need! No need! Leave! 159 00:13:13,670 --> 00:13:15,880 Get out! Get out now! 160 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:24,090 Sorry! I really didn't mean it! 161 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,520 Other than Sister's knot, could there be other clues? 162 00:13:38,650 --> 00:13:40,450 What are you doing? 163 00:13:43,980 --> 00:13:49,330 How nice! You dare to steal things in my room? 164 00:13:49,330 --> 00:13:51,420 You're finally caught red-handed now. 165 00:13:51,420 --> 00:13:54,390 Gugu, what are you saying? 166 00:13:54,390 --> 00:13:56,460 Didn't your clothes get wet earlier? 167 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:59,670 I was looking for new clothes to give you. 168 00:14:04,690 --> 00:14:07,650 - Look. - Put down the clothes and get out! Get out! 169 00:14:07,650 --> 00:14:08,890 How about I help you put them on? 170 00:14:08,890 --> 00:14:10,520 Get out! 171 00:14:13,690 --> 00:14:16,600 When my older sister left the palace, she didn't have any items with her. 172 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,400 All her things were gone. 173 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,820 If she took them, where could she have 174 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:24,930 placed them? 175 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:28,890 You don't know? She came back so late last night. 176 00:14:28,890 --> 00:14:31,290 - Didn't she go to Chuxiu Palace? - I didn't know. 177 00:14:31,290 --> 00:14:35,000 You're stupid. She went out for a date. 178 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,220 - Who? - A date? 179 00:14:36,220 --> 00:14:39,530 Her lover is an Imperial Guard here in the Forbidden Palace. 180 00:14:39,530 --> 00:14:41,990 Is that true? 181 00:14:41,990 --> 00:14:44,360 You mustn't make groundless accusations like that. 182 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,460 Who's making groundless accusations? I saw it myself. 183 00:14:47,460 --> 00:14:50,660 If a palace maid gets involved in a scandal and Chief Steward Wu learns of it, 184 00:14:50,660 --> 00:14:52,300 she'll get flogged to death. 185 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:55,150 My eyes are not only for display. 186 00:14:55,150 --> 00:14:56,260 Tell us about it. 187 00:14:56,260 --> 00:14:59,020 Last time, Gugu Fang went there to catch them. 188 00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:02,730 It's just that she was too cunning. She was able to escape. 189 00:15:02,730 --> 00:15:04,450 Next time, if you... 190 00:15:04,450 --> 00:15:06,120 Yingluo. 191 00:15:07,650 --> 00:15:09,530 Come over here. 192 00:15:14,590 --> 00:15:17,990 What's there to be afraid of? We didn't say anything wrong. 193 00:15:17,990 --> 00:15:20,420 I'm guessing that she won't be able to return anymore. 194 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,710 Yingluo, everyone is saying that you have an Imperial Guard as a lover. 195 00:15:28,710 --> 00:15:30,750 Is there such a thing? 196 00:15:31,970 --> 00:15:36,010 Momo, do you believe rumors like that? 197 00:15:36,010 --> 00:15:39,660 Of course I don't, but three men talking makes it a tiger. (T/N as rumors are repeated, they grow larger) 198 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:42,830 The damaging effects of rumors is quite huge. 199 00:15:42,830 --> 00:15:44,200 It's better that you be careful. 200 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,520 I can walk and sit straight. There's nothing to be afraid of. (T/N innocent - "upright") 201 00:15:50,230 --> 00:15:54,200 I just fear that the rumors will get worse as they spread and get out of control. 202 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,010 One day, if it reaches the ears of Chief Steward Wu, 203 00:15:57,010 --> 00:15:59,430 I won't be able to help you even if I want to. 204 00:16:02,250 --> 00:16:05,280 These things I'm telling you are backed by evidence. 205 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:07,590 Thank you for warning me. 206 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:19,120 Yingluo, let's quickly go. 207 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:20,670 Let's go. 208 00:16:25,540 --> 00:16:27,670 Those are materials for the pottery workshop. 209 00:16:27,670 --> 00:16:29,950 Stop looking. Let's quickly go. 210 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:45,570 I just couldn't embroider a sunset cloud. So annoying. 211 00:16:45,570 --> 00:16:48,030 Although Yingluo has a bad temper, 212 00:16:48,030 --> 00:16:50,840 her embroidery skills are indeed superb. 213 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,250 Or else, Momo won't be favoring her a lot. 214 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:57,380 It shows that she is truly capable. 215 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:01,770 Are you saying that I'm not skilled? 216 00:17:01,770 --> 00:17:07,530 Jinxiu, I'm praising Yingluo. What does that have to do with you? 217 00:17:07,530 --> 00:17:12,520 So what if she's skilled? She keeps having illicit affairs with some Imperial Guard. 218 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:17,280 One day, the boat in the sewer will capsize! (T/N fail miserably) 219 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,700 What's the use of just saying it? 220 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:21,200 Where's your evidence? 221 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:26,170 Don't worry. I surely will get some. 222 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:01,750 You do not know? 223 00:19:03,090 --> 00:19:06,950 Gugu Fang, stop making it hard on me. 224 00:19:06,950 --> 00:19:09,760 I really don't know. 225 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:14,790 Do you really not know, or just afraid of Wei Yingluo and won't dare say it? 226 00:19:18,610 --> 00:19:22,710 Gugu, Linglong doesn't know, but I know. 227 00:19:23,420 --> 00:19:24,860 You know? 228 00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:28,250 Last night, I personally saw Wei Yingluo leaving our dormitory 229 00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:32,420 and only returned around dawn. She must have gone to meet her lover. 230 00:19:32,420 --> 00:19:34,510 You didn't follow her to have a look? 231 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:37,940 Gugu, I wasn't able to catch up with her. 232 00:19:41,490 --> 00:19:45,930 Linglong, last time when she met that Imperial Guard, 233 00:19:45,930 --> 00:19:48,160 what did he look like? 234 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,360 Do you still remember? 235 00:19:51,330 --> 00:19:53,660 No, I don't remember anymore. 236 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:57,160 Don't worry. Just this one time. 237 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,490 From now on, I won't bother you anymore. 238 00:20:02,690 --> 00:20:04,070 I'm unable to describe it. 239 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:07,020 But if you let me see him, I surely can recognize him. 240 00:20:07,020 --> 00:20:10,050 That's easy. I'll let Yujie take you to identify him. 241 00:20:10,050 --> 00:20:11,590 No, you must not. 242 00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:13,080 This... 243 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,620 Without any evidences, how could I just go and point him out? 244 00:20:16,620 --> 00:20:21,420 Linglong, it's fine. Just go and identify him. 245 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:26,750 Once you do, your task with me is done. 246 00:20:28,230 --> 00:20:31,930 Okay. Treat it as me helping you. 247 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:34,350 But I will only identify the person. 248 00:20:34,350 --> 00:20:39,670 As for other matters, I dare not get involved anymore. 249 00:20:40,460 --> 00:20:46,010 Don't worry. For this matter, I have my plans. 250 00:20:46,010 --> 00:20:48,200 You won't get involved. 251 00:20:52,910 --> 00:20:53,930 You sure? 252 00:20:53,930 --> 00:20:56,990 It was indeed that person that Linglong said. 253 00:20:56,990 --> 00:21:00,020 Was he in the palace last night? 254 00:21:00,020 --> 00:21:02,000 The Imperial Guards go on duty every five days. 255 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,230 Last night,, he was indeed on duty guarding the Qianqing Gates. 256 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:13,160 It's like having a sore on the back of one's head. She thinks that everyone else is blind! 257 00:21:14,610 --> 00:21:17,880 If there's a first time, then there will be a second one. 258 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,310 She''ll get in trouble sooner or later. 259 00:21:20,930 --> 00:21:22,580 Just you wait! 260 00:21:25,310 --> 00:21:35,060 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 261 00:21:40,990 --> 00:21:43,100 Qingxi, you're something. 262 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:45,810 You were able to fool around with some beautiful palace maid without even making a sound! 263 00:21:45,810 --> 00:21:49,240 The ancestral rules forbid us from having affairs with palace maids. 264 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,230 For matters like this, as long as no one complains, the officers will not investigate it. 265 00:21:51,230 --> 00:21:53,040 The palace maids will be sent out sooner or later. 266 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,890 If you like her, then just marry her in the future. 267 00:21:54,890 --> 00:21:58,250 It'd be just for a concubine, not the main wife, so what's the fear? 268 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:01,250 But in taking in concubines, you must still consider their background. 269 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,400 Lord Fuheng. 270 00:22:07,190 --> 00:22:09,120 Hand the item out. 271 00:22:10,380 --> 00:22:11,970 Lord Fuheng, I... 272 00:22:11,970 --> 00:22:17,600 A palace maid and an imperial guard must not exchange items. This is the palace rule. 273 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,640 You should have known it on your first day here. 274 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,350 She gave you a stone? 275 00:22:27,020 --> 00:22:30,370 This represents that her heart is like a stone. 276 00:22:31,690 --> 00:22:34,210 You got rejected! 277 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:36,640 Is it funny? 278 00:22:37,650 --> 00:22:38,950 Hold it. 279 00:22:38,950 --> 00:22:42,730 Everyone must memorize the Imperial Guard rules one hundred times. 280 00:22:42,730 --> 00:22:44,260 Yes. 281 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,270 Lord Fuheng! We're innocent! 282 00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:50,230 Fuheng, say, could he had been falsely accused? 283 00:22:50,230 --> 00:22:52,950 How could anyone gift someone a stone? 284 00:22:54,470 --> 00:22:58,620 What does Yingluo mean by this? 285 00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:10,450 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 286 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,090 I told you to monitor her, but it's already three months. 287 00:23:21,090 --> 00:23:24,220 You just keep telling me these minor things. 288 00:23:24,220 --> 00:23:28,120 Gugu, Wei Yingluo is a very crafty person. 289 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,400 I currently am unable to catch any of her weaknesses. 290 00:23:34,250 --> 00:23:36,220 That is because you're stupid. 291 00:23:36,220 --> 00:23:40,540 Then, how about you personally try it? 292 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:45,860 Don't you dare challenge me. 293 00:23:46,770 --> 00:23:50,320 My back will recover soon. 294 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,280 I will deal with her then. 295 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,620 Watch her closely! 296 00:23:54,620 --> 00:23:56,750 Yes. 297 00:23:56,750 --> 00:23:59,370 Complete. Let's eat. 298 00:24:00,490 --> 00:24:03,270 We're eating these again? 299 00:24:03,270 --> 00:24:05,800 I want to eat fish. 300 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:09,720 If we smell like fish when we walk in front of our masters, 301 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,400 be careful of getting caned. Quickly eat. 302 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,700 I'm just thinking about it. Can't I do that too? 303 00:24:21,180 --> 00:24:23,700 What's going on with her? 304 00:24:36,180 --> 00:24:39,890 Yingluo. Are you alright? 305 00:24:39,890 --> 00:24:42,170 Do you have a stomach upset? 306 00:24:42,170 --> 00:24:47,130 When my sister-in-law got pregnant, she was like that too. 307 00:24:47,130 --> 00:24:49,130 I'm fine. 308 00:24:49,130 --> 00:24:54,440 It's just that my gut has not been feeling well after eating that many lotus-root powder balls. 309 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,680 For people like us, we'd better just endure it. 310 00:24:59,790 --> 00:25:03,140 Okay already. Hers will be the same as before. 311 00:25:03,140 --> 00:25:04,930 Jixiang. 312 00:25:06,030 --> 00:25:08,010 Let me see. 313 00:25:08,010 --> 00:25:10,810 Look at you. You've grown bigger again. 314 00:25:12,350 --> 00:25:14,780 Say, we've just done your summer clothes. 315 00:25:14,780 --> 00:25:17,390 You probably won't be able to wear it now. 316 00:25:19,130 --> 00:25:21,440 We all would eat up to eighty-percent full. 317 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:25,540 Unlike her, eating with so much fun. How can she not get fat? 318 00:25:25,540 --> 00:25:32,040 Eat less. If you are unable to properly bow in front of our masters, you'll get caned. Other measurements are the same. 319 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,570 I'm hungry. 320 00:25:33,570 --> 00:25:36,800 Yingluo, come. Let me see. 321 00:25:43,210 --> 00:25:46,190 For the sleeves, just follow the one before. 322 00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:48,590 Yingluo. 323 00:25:48,590 --> 00:25:52,090 How come your waist is an inch larger? 324 00:25:52,090 --> 00:25:53,910 Did you get fat? 325 00:25:53,910 --> 00:25:55,350 I... 326 00:25:56,430 --> 00:25:58,580 How is that possible? 327 00:25:58,580 --> 00:26:02,600 Yingluo recently will vomit out what she eats. 328 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,600 She totally couldn't eat anything. 329 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,730 Didn't you say last time that you got indigestion after eating lotus-root powder balls? 330 00:26:09,730 --> 00:26:13,180 I have some medicines for indigestion. Get them from me later. 331 00:26:13,180 --> 00:26:15,190 Thank you, Momo. 332 00:26:18,620 --> 00:26:20,590 Sewing it like that is quite pretty. Just do that then. 333 00:26:20,590 --> 00:26:23,510 Momo said that we must rush the production of the spring clothes for the palace, 334 00:26:23,510 --> 00:26:25,220 before we do ours. 335 00:26:25,220 --> 00:26:29,760 Hence, let's just alter the ones in the stockroom and make do with it for now. 336 00:26:33,030 --> 00:26:36,090 - Here. - This one looks new. - Thanks. 337 00:26:36,090 --> 00:26:39,370 - Look if this fits me. - More or less. 338 00:26:39,370 --> 00:26:42,230 - This part is a bit tight. - Yes, it is indeed. 339 00:26:42,230 --> 00:26:43,980 Isn't it too long? 340 00:26:43,980 --> 00:26:46,560 Let me see. 341 00:26:52,630 --> 00:26:55,070 Let me see. 342 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:58,450 Let me see. 343 00:27:02,990 --> 00:27:04,670 Gugu. 344 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:17,660 Good. That is what you truly call getting caught with both human and material evidences! 345 00:27:17,660 --> 00:27:19,640 Where are they? 346 00:27:29,330 --> 00:27:31,640 Wei Yingluo. 347 00:27:33,410 --> 00:27:36,200 Someone filed a complaint that you have committed a scandalous act. 348 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,670 Do you admit to your crime? 349 00:27:37,670 --> 00:27:40,430 May I ask the Gonggong who is the complainant? 350 00:27:40,430 --> 00:27:42,150 It is I! 351 00:27:42,150 --> 00:27:44,710 What scandalous act? 352 00:27:44,710 --> 00:27:46,810 You even have the nerve to ask? 353 00:27:46,810 --> 00:27:50,710 You are having illicit affair with an Imperial Guard and got pregnant out of wedlock. 354 00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:52,670 Where's your evidence? 355 00:27:52,670 --> 00:27:55,660 Jinxiu is the witness. 356 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:02,380 As for the material evidence, we all will know clearly after taking off your clothes. 357 00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:05,710 Chief Steward Wu, Gugu Fang has always disliked me. 358 00:28:05,710 --> 00:28:07,880 Do you believe the words she speaks? 359 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,010 Then it means...that you are denying it? 360 00:28:11,010 --> 00:28:13,860 Of course, I will never admit something that is non-existent. 361 00:28:13,860 --> 00:28:16,250 It's fine if you admit it or not. 362 00:28:16,250 --> 00:28:18,250 Just remove her clothes and you'll know. 363 00:28:18,250 --> 00:28:21,590 Her stomach is quite big! 364 00:28:27,650 --> 00:28:32,340 Wei Yingluo, if you really did it then honestly confess, 365 00:28:32,340 --> 00:28:35,710 so that you won't be more embarrassed after the examination. 366 00:28:35,710 --> 00:28:37,520 I told you 367 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,530 that I didn't do it, so I will never admit anything. 368 00:28:41,530 --> 00:28:45,070 Debauchery in the palace must be caned to death. 369 00:28:45,070 --> 00:28:47,570 Chief Steward Wu, stop wasting time talking with her. 370 00:28:47,570 --> 00:28:49,830 Immediately have someone check her. 371 00:28:50,410 --> 00:28:53,120 - Momo Zhang. - Yes. 372 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,980 No. 373 00:28:54,980 --> 00:28:58,090 Yingluo is the favorite palace maid of Momo Zhang. 374 00:28:58,090 --> 00:29:01,600 This makes it unfair. 375 00:29:06,290 --> 00:29:10,170 Momo Yan, you go examine her with Momo Zhang. 376 00:29:10,170 --> 00:29:11,330 Yes. 377 00:29:11,330 --> 00:29:13,730 Yingluo, let's go. 378 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:19,790 Wait. 379 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,370 You want to plead for mercy now? It's too late. 380 00:29:25,850 --> 00:29:28,840 Chief Steward Wu, even though we're palace maids, 381 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,800 we still came from good families. 382 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,000 My clean reputation just got tainted like that. 383 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,890 If it was other people, they would be committing suicide by now. 384 00:29:36,890 --> 00:29:40,180 This complainant clearly wants me dead. 385 00:29:40,180 --> 00:29:41,860 Let me ask then. 386 00:29:41,860 --> 00:29:46,230 If I were proven to be not guilty, how should the complainant be handled? 387 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,850 The palace has its rules. 388 00:29:49,850 --> 00:29:52,990 People who make groundless accusations 389 00:29:53,770 --> 00:29:56,730 would get caned and expelled out of of the Forbidden City! 390 00:29:56,730 --> 00:29:59,860 Okay. It's a deal then. 391 00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:17,750 Just wait to watch a good act. 392 00:30:17,750 --> 00:30:21,430 What's going on? 393 00:30:22,510 --> 00:30:26,950 Look at her. 394 00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:30,370 Here they come. 395 00:30:38,490 --> 00:30:41,520 Momo Yan, she did do a scandalous act, right? 396 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,640 I didn't falsely accuse her. 397 00:30:45,810 --> 00:30:49,780 Momo Yan, were you able to examine her properly? 398 00:30:49,780 --> 00:30:51,470 We did. 399 00:30:51,470 --> 00:30:53,260 Tell us. 400 00:30:53,260 --> 00:30:56,800 Miss Wei's stomach indeed has grown bigger. 401 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,540 See? What did I say? 402 00:31:00,540 --> 00:31:02,110 She really did a scandalous act? 403 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:04,970 I told you so. She frequently behaves sneakily. 404 00:31:04,970 --> 00:31:07,330 So she was going out for some romantic rendezvous. 405 00:31:07,330 --> 00:31:11,640 So what if her embroidery skills are good. With such an immoral character, she brought shame to us! 406 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,860 Impossible. This is impossible. 407 00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:16,540 - Yingluo isn't that kind of person. - Why is it impossible? 408 00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:21,160 The matter has come to this. Even the gods can save her now. Stop saying it. 409 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,260 Gugu, in my opinion, cutting people like her into pieces 410 00:31:24,260 --> 00:31:26,180 is not enough punishment. 411 00:31:26,180 --> 00:31:27,840 Stop being noisy. 412 00:31:28,350 --> 00:31:30,900 Wei Yingluo is a virgin. 413 00:31:32,870 --> 00:31:34,130 What did you say? 414 00:31:34,130 --> 00:31:39,370 Chief Steward Wu, I said that Wei Yingluo is innocent and still a virgin. 415 00:31:39,370 --> 00:31:42,390 I told you so. It's impossible for her to have done such things. 416 00:31:42,390 --> 00:31:46,110 Her stomach is already big. How could she still be a virgin? 417 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:51,110 Jinxiu, you clearly saw her stomach being big, right? 418 00:31:51,110 --> 00:31:53,670 That's right, Chief Steward Wu, I personally saw it. 419 00:31:53,670 --> 00:31:57,710 Yingluo kept saying that she had stomach upset from eating too many lotus-root powder balls. 420 00:31:57,710 --> 00:32:00,460 She always feel bloated. You all didn't believe her. 421 00:32:00,460 --> 00:32:03,100 Impossible! I'm not stupid. 422 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:04,730 I have seen pregnant women. 423 00:32:04,730 --> 00:32:07,800 Her stomach has grown a lot bigger and she frequently vomits! 424 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,130 Also, when she was changing her clothes that day, 425 00:32:10,130 --> 00:32:12,410 I personally saw it. How could it be fake? 426 00:32:12,410 --> 00:32:15,660 Shut your mouth, you lying servant! 427 00:32:15,660 --> 00:32:17,970 You even dared to pretend to be experienced in front of me? 428 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:19,600 - How many women have you seen - I... 429 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,730 that you dare to conclude that she's pregnant? 430 00:32:23,730 --> 00:32:25,700 I've been in the palace for thirty years. 431 00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,400 How many palace maids or embroidery maids have I seen? 432 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:32,290 Won't I be able to discern a pregnant woman from one who is not? 433 00:32:32,290 --> 00:32:33,690 That's now what I meant. 434 00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:36,670 You didn't mean it that way? What do you mean then? 435 00:32:36,670 --> 00:32:39,160 A good respectable lady 436 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,460 was splashed by you two with dirty water. Such an immoral act! (T/N tainting one's reputation) 437 00:32:43,460 --> 00:32:46,420 Those palace rumors before 438 00:32:46,420 --> 00:32:48,940 were being narrated in such a vivid manner. 439 00:32:48,940 --> 00:32:50,540 I also thought they were true. 440 00:32:50,540 --> 00:32:53,210 Looks like they were just spread by you two. 441 00:32:53,210 --> 00:32:56,130 So shameless! 442 00:33:04,210 --> 00:33:08,630 Chief Steward Wu, the truth is now out. 443 00:33:08,630 --> 00:33:10,420 I was proven to be innocent. 444 00:33:10,420 --> 00:33:13,730 Please deal with those people harboring evil intentions. 445 00:33:13,730 --> 00:33:16,720 Chief Steward Wu, there must be something wrong in this. 446 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,180 It's impossible that she's not pregnant! 447 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:21,010 I don't believe it. 448 00:33:21,010 --> 00:33:25,380 Gugu Fang, the truth is right in front of us. 449 00:33:25,380 --> 00:33:27,430 It's fine if you don't trust Momo Zhang. 450 00:33:27,430 --> 00:33:30,760 Momo Yan has been working in the palace for thirty years. 451 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:36,620 For women matters, even the supervisors of the Imperial Academy of Medicine can't be as experienced as she is. 452 00:33:36,620 --> 00:33:39,460 Several pairs of eyes saw it. 453 00:33:39,460 --> 00:33:42,110 Wei Yingluo was indeed falsely accused. 454 00:33:42,110 --> 00:33:46,520 As an Administrator Gugu, you have done such a shameful act. 455 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,460 Chief Steward Wu, I also just believed the lies of that maidservant Jinxiu. 456 00:33:51,460 --> 00:33:53,560 I didn't know that she's sick! 457 00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:56,580 Chief Steward Wu, it's not like that! 458 00:33:56,580 --> 00:33:59,300 Gugu Fang, how could you blame everything on me? 459 00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:01,320 It was you who told me to monitor Yingluo. 460 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,660 It's all your fault! You said that she's pregnant! 461 00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:06,030 She said it like chopping the nail and slicing the iron, (T/N with much determination and courage) 462 00:34:06,030 --> 00:34:08,680 or else I wouldn't have taken the bait and got fooled by her! 463 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:12,570 Chief Steward Wu, it's not like that! 464 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,750 It's her. It's Gugu Fang. She bears a grudge towards Yingluo! 465 00:34:16,750 --> 00:34:19,350 - She used this chance to seek vengeance! I'm innocent! - You servant... 466 00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:21,100 You dare spout rubbish? 467 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:25,060 - You dare spout rubbish? Say it again! - I'm not saying rubbish! 468 00:34:25,060 --> 00:34:26,980 Enough! 469 00:34:26,980 --> 00:34:28,880 You two stop it! 470 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:33,510 - Enough! Stop fighting! So unruly. - I'm not lying! 471 00:34:33,510 --> 00:34:36,970 Chief Steward Wu, I really was just ordered by Gugu. 472 00:34:36,970 --> 00:34:39,510 I didn't do anything. 473 00:34:40,610 --> 00:34:42,620 Chief Steward Wu, 474 00:34:42,620 --> 00:34:44,800 she made up a story. 475 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,580 That's why I had the misunderstanding. 476 00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:51,830 Right. This is a misunderstanding. Chief Steward Wu, these are all just a misunderstanding! 477 00:34:53,190 --> 00:34:56,440 Wei Yingluo. You are the victim. 478 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,350 What do you say? 479 00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:05,020 Yingluo, I was wrong. 480 00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:07,640 It was all my fault. 481 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:10,360 I was too harsh. 482 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,720 For this matter, it wasn't my fault. It's all hers. 483 00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:14,700 She sowed discord between us! 484 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:17,910 You are a good lady. She's the evil one! 485 00:35:17,910 --> 00:35:21,900 Yingluo... Don't listen to her. 486 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:23,570 She only wants you to forgive her. 487 00:35:23,570 --> 00:35:26,210 - I'm not making up things! - We entered the palace together. You know me well. 488 00:35:26,210 --> 00:35:28,630 You know that I'm a coward. 489 00:35:28,630 --> 00:35:31,550 For such a huge matter, I dare not plan it by myself! 490 00:35:31,550 --> 00:35:34,660 Yingluo, I would never do such a thing! It's all her! 491 00:35:34,660 --> 00:35:36,770 - You still are talking?! - Shut up! 492 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,530 No matter if it's inside or outside the palace, 493 00:35:47,530 --> 00:35:52,160 how many people have been destroyed by gossip? 494 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:54,850 You want to easily pass this off 495 00:35:54,850 --> 00:35:58,930 as a misunderstanding? Absolutely not. 496 00:35:58,930 --> 00:36:03,420 As for Jinxiu, she was just a lackey and an accomplice. 497 00:36:03,420 --> 00:36:07,380 This was not the first time that you've done things to harm others without benefit to yourself. 498 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:11,380 This time, I have nothing more to say. 499 00:36:13,580 --> 00:36:19,650 Chief Steward Wu, I've long heard that you're fair in rewarding and punishing. You follow the rules very strictly. 500 00:36:19,650 --> 00:36:22,780 If in the future, people will all follow Gugu Zhang, 501 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:24,980 just casually throwing dirty water onto other people 502 00:36:24,980 --> 00:36:28,210 and then slapping one's mouth afterwards as if nothing happened, 503 00:36:28,210 --> 00:36:32,630 will there still be any discipline here in this huge Forbidden City? 504 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,140 Have you two heard it clearly? 505 00:36:37,140 --> 00:36:39,560 This is the Forbidden City. 506 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,980 If everyone will imitate you two, 507 00:36:41,980 --> 00:36:45,040 this palace will have turned upside down. 508 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:46,770 Men! 509 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:51,990 Palace maid Jinxiu envied a colleague and sowed discord. 510 00:36:51,990 --> 00:36:55,030 - She is to caned twenty times and demoted to be a state bondservant. - No... 511 00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:56,760 Don't! Chief Steward Wu! 512 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:57,880 Take her away! 513 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:02,360 No! No! Chief Steward Wu! 514 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,200 No! Chief Steward Wu! I was wrong! 515 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,570 As for palace maid Fang Yizi, 516 00:37:07,570 --> 00:37:10,900 she gave false evidence against others and committed repeated offenses with her speech. 517 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:15,970 Cane her forty times and expel her from the palace! 518 00:37:18,950 --> 00:37:21,350 Chief Steward Wu, don't! 519 00:37:21,350 --> 00:37:23,390 Chief Steward Wu! 520 00:37:24,310 --> 00:37:28,730 Chief Steward Wu! 521 00:37:30,190 --> 00:37:34,860 What place is the palace? You people dare to create rumors? 522 00:37:35,570 --> 00:37:38,720 Whoever dares to gossip again and create trouble, 523 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:40,870 their ending will be your ending too! 524 00:37:40,870 --> 00:37:41,950 Yes! 525 00:37:41,950 --> 00:37:43,790 Yes! 526 00:37:44,380 --> 00:37:48,500 I'm so busy. You even dare invite me to handle such a mess? 527 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:50,310 Momo Zhang. 528 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:51,110 Yes. 529 00:37:51,110 --> 00:37:55,740 Discipline these palace maids of yours. 530 00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:57,380 Yes. 531 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,350 Gugu, Chief Steward gave a little leniency and allowed you to pack your things. 532 00:38:13,350 --> 00:38:15,750 You have to leave the palace in an hour. 533 00:38:15,750 --> 00:38:18,230 It's all your doing. 534 00:38:19,270 --> 00:38:22,470 If not because of you, just half a year more, 535 00:38:22,470 --> 00:38:25,540 I would be able to leave the palace. 536 00:38:25,540 --> 00:38:30,790 Now, I got expelled. Not only did I lose my compensation, 537 00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:33,000 even my family won't dare accept me. 538 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:37,240 How is this my fault? This was all a misunderstanding. 539 00:38:41,190 --> 00:38:45,730 Say it. What's the truth 540 00:38:45,730 --> 00:38:48,350 behind your stomach? 541 00:38:50,170 --> 00:38:53,150 You two kept spreading rumors about me here in the palace. 542 00:38:53,150 --> 00:38:55,090 You caused me to have no place to hide myself from shame. 543 00:38:55,090 --> 00:38:57,320 The best way to eliminate the rumors 544 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:01,490 is to escalate the matter and let people know the truth. 545 00:39:02,910 --> 00:39:06,130 But how could I get you all to believe me? 546 00:39:06,130 --> 00:39:08,570 First, I must rendezvous often. 547 00:39:08,570 --> 00:39:12,960 I would make sure that you don't catch me. After several times, you would surely get very anxious. 548 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:18,530 Second, without a real bulging abdomen, how could I fool anyone? 549 00:39:18,530 --> 00:39:23,600 Hence, I asked for some kaolin clay from the pottery craftsman. 550 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,530 If you take it in small amount, it won't kill you and can bloat your stomach. 551 00:39:27,530 --> 00:39:30,670 I only looked a bit like one, but you took the bait. 552 00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:33,260 Can't wait to eliminate me. 553 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:37,000 You bitch. You are like your older sister. 554 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,210 A naturally-born lowly ruffian! 555 00:39:40,210 --> 00:39:42,260 You finally admitted that you knew my sister! 556 00:39:42,260 --> 00:39:45,720 Say it! How did my sister die? 557 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:49,160 - How come her knot accessory is with you? Say it! - I... 558 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,360 I don't know. 559 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,580 You really won't say it? 560 00:39:54,610 --> 00:39:57,240 Chief Steward Wu got played earlier. 561 00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,560 He actually planned to let you leave with nothing. 562 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,820 If I inform him now the usual crimes you do against the palace maids, 563 00:40:02,820 --> 00:40:05,340 tell me, what would he do to you? 564 00:40:05,340 --> 00:40:06,530 Don't tell him. 565 00:40:06,530 --> 00:40:09,260 Do you still remember that white ceramic pot? 566 00:40:09,260 --> 00:40:11,790 Above it is a level of soil. 567 00:40:11,790 --> 00:40:15,780 What's hidden under that is my sister's ashes. 568 00:40:15,780 --> 00:40:19,800 I brought her into the palace to seek justice for her! 569 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,270 Say it! Tell me! How did my sister die? 570 00:40:23,270 --> 00:40:26,570 How did she die? Is it connected with you? 571 00:40:26,570 --> 00:40:28,930 I really don't know. 572 00:40:30,660 --> 00:40:34,420 Don't go! Don't go! 573 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:40,900 I only know that your sister committed a major mistake and was sentenced to be expelled from the palace. 574 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:45,980 She gave me that knotted accessory as a remembrance. 575 00:40:49,770 --> 00:40:51,900 You still dare to lie! 576 00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:54,580 That knotted accessory was 577 00:40:54,580 --> 00:40:57,310 personally made by me for my sister. 578 00:40:57,310 --> 00:40:59,760 On the night before my sister entered the palace, 579 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,130 I didn't sleep all night. I made twelve of them. 580 00:41:03,130 --> 00:41:06,560 I gave her the most beautiful one. 581 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:10,320 My sister never removed that item. 582 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,400 Why then would she give it to you? 583 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,530 I am wrong... 584 00:41:14,530 --> 00:41:17,860 I only secretly stole some of her items and money. 585 00:41:17,860 --> 00:41:20,050 There's nothing more. 586 00:41:20,050 --> 00:41:22,030 Is that the truth! 587 00:41:22,030 --> 00:41:24,750 It's true. I can swear by the heavens. 588 00:41:24,750 --> 00:41:27,870 Your sister's cloth bag is over there. 589 00:41:27,870 --> 00:41:30,680 I'll leave them all to you. I won't get any of them. 590 00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,160 I beg you to let me go. 591 00:42:00,130 --> 00:42:04,840 - Just these? - The other money got spent by me. 592 00:42:05,970 --> 00:42:08,770 When I heard your name, 593 00:42:08,770 --> 00:42:13,190 I already found it familiar. After giving it much thought, 594 00:42:13,190 --> 00:42:16,800 Wei Yingning changed her name upon coming into the palace. 595 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,390 Everyone got used to calling her A'Man. 596 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,980 Hence, I didn't remember it right away. 597 00:42:22,980 --> 00:42:27,200 If I said any lies, I will be hit by lightning! 598 00:42:32,290 --> 00:42:37,830 Yingluo, let me give you a warning. 599 00:42:37,830 --> 00:42:41,290 Stop investigating the cause of your sister's death. 600 00:42:41,290 --> 00:42:44,830 She committed a huge scandalous act. No one would dare mention it. 601 00:42:44,830 --> 00:42:48,980 Liar! 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