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Ruyang's dance was truly captivating.
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Who is next to perform?
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- I'm Hu Yingrao.
- I'm Gu Qingshu.
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- We offer this dance to Your Majesty.
- We offer this dance to Your Majesty.
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Wonderful!
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Well danced!
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Why are you wearing a veil?
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Your Majesty,
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a rash suddenly broke out on my face.
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That's why I covered it with a veil.
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Please forgive my disrespect.
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(The verbena must've
been meant for her.)
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You performed despite being unwell.
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You've done nothing wrong.
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Rise,
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both of you.
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- Thank you, Your Majesty.
- Thank you, Your Majesty.
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That was the most unusual dance.
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Did you two choreograph it?
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Your Majesty,
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Yingrao choreographed it all by herself.
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Qingshu is a gifted musician.
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She composed the music for me.
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Qingshu,
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you really are a thoughtful young lady.
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I hadn't been sleeping well lately.
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Your sachet has been a great help.
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By hanging it in my bedchamber,
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I've finally been sleeping soundly.
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Your Majesty,
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I filled the sachet
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with a calming incense that aids sleep.
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Once its fragrance fades,
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I'll embroider another for you.
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Sit.
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Please, sit down.
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=Blossoms of Power=
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(Adapted from the novel, After My
Bloom, All Flowers Wither by Jin Huang)
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=Episode 22=
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Please wait, Your Highness.
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Princess Ruyang.
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I haven't had the chance
to congratulate you
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on your marriage to His Highness.
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Since we rarely have a chance to meet,
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I've had tea prepared
in the imperial garden.
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Would you do me the honor of joining me?
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I'd be delighted.
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I've long admired you
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and wanted to meet you.
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If I could learn even
a little of your grace,
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it would serve me well
for years to come.
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Your Highness, you flatter me.
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Crown Prince has arrived.
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There's no need for formalities.
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What brings you to the imperial garden?
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I had some time to spare,
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so I came for a stroll.
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I didn't expect to find you both here.
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I heard about the exam fraud case.
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You tightened the rules and introduced
a separate system to flag papers
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from candidates with no officials
in their families for three generations,
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ensuring they received at least
30 percent of the placements.
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It's greatly encouraged candidates
from humble backgrounds.
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I must say, I truly admire you.
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I recently acquired some excellent tea.
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We can all enjoy it together.
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Your Highnesses,
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this way, please.
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I used to think spring water
was best for making tea,
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but then I learned that
rainwater is even better.
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This rainwater
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is collected during rainfall
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using a rather elaborate process.
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When it's used to make tea,
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it leaves no scale in the pot
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or stains in the cups.
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You know your tea, Your Highness.
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Forgive me for asking,
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but are you and His Highness
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particularly close?
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What makes you ask?
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The way you prepare tea
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is remarkably similar to his.
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Even your tea sets are identical.
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You have a keen eye.
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I did pick up
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a few tea-making techniques
from Huayong.
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But we rarely see each other.
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My mother is His Majesty's cousin,
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so His Highness and I are cousins too.
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Looks like you often
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make tea for
Crown Princess yourself.
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How enviable.
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This tea
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has a rather distinctive fragrance.
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Did you add spices to it?
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The spices aren't added
while the tea is brewing.
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Instead, the tea cakes
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are roasted together with the spices.
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Once infused with the fragrance,
they're ground into powder.
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I see.
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I should try making tea
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this way sometime.
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You brewed this tea for too long.
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It tastes bitter,
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and its fragrance has turned stale.
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Thank you for your guidance.
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I'll be more careful next time.
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I have other matters to attend to,
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so I won't impose any longer.
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Then I'll visit you another day.
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I'll stay a while longer
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and teach Ruyang how
to prepare tea properly.
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All right.
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Ruyang,
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you shouldn't have
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deliberately used the same tea set
as mine today
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and given the Crown Princess
the wrong idea.
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Please forgive me.
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I did overstep today.
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But I only wanted to see
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what kind of lady
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could capture your heart.
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For your mother's sake,
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I'll let this go.
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Don't do it again.
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It seems
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your feelings for the Crown Princess
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run very deep indeed.
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I've always treated you like my sister.
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You're 20,
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which is considered late to marry.
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I hope you find a husband soon.
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Huayong,
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I've loved you since I met you
at Luotian Temple
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when I was 14.
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I've turned down countless proposals
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and waited faithfully for
you to return to the capital
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until I turned 20.
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I've endured endless
ridicule and mockery,
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but I've never regretted it.
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As long as I can be by your side,
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even as your consort,
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I'd gladly accept it.
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Don't waste any more of your life on me.
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I'll have only one wife
for the rest of my life,
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and that's Xihe.
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But when the Crown Princess
saw the tea set,
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she didn't seem jealous at all.
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Who says she wasn't jealous?
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My Crown Princess is quite
the jealous one.
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Your Highness,
it's still chilly in early spring.
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Shall I light some
warming incense for you?
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No need.
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The weather is perfectly pleasant today.
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The Crown Princess made it herself.
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If you don't want it,
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I'll return it to her.
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Light it.
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Yes, Your Highness.
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Has something good happened,
Your Highness?
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Something wonderful.
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My Crown Princess
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is utterly adorable.
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One more thing.
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Throw out that begonia-shaped tea set
with the twin-fish design.
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I don't ever want to see
an identical set in my palace again.
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Yes, Your Highness.
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Greetings, Crown Princess.
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Crown Princess!
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Greetings, Crown Princess.
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Your Highness,
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where did this parrot come from?
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It's so clever.
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It was a tribute from Java,
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brought here to entertain
the Crown Princess.
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I'd heard that parrots
could mimic human speech,
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but I'd never seen one in person.
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It speaks so clearly.
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Your Highness, you must've put
a lot of effort into training it.
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Of course.
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When it comes to making
the Crown Princess happy,
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His Highness spares no effort.
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Youyou and Luming, united forever.
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Youyou and Luming, united forever.
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Youyou and Luming, united forever.
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What a perceptive bird.
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Xihe loves me.
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This bird isn't fully trained yet.
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I'll take it back and
train it some more.
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This is your gift to me,
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and I accept it.
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It's mine now.
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Xihe is mine.
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I never knew
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you were such a dreamer.
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If a man goes through life
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without hopes or aspirations,
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he may as well be a walking corpse.
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I'm bored and blue.
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A day without Xihe is just unbearable.
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Tian Yuan, take it away.
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If you're angry,
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no matter the reason, it's my fault.
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All I wish for in this life
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is to spend every day by your side,
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happy and at peace.
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It's March, and the peach
blossoms are in full bloom.
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We're newlyweds,
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so I'd like to take you
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on a spring outing to Qujiang tomorrow.
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Would you do me the honor?
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When you draw the bow,
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turn your head toward your target.
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Keep both your drawing hand
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and the hand holding the bow
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level with your eyes.
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It seems I
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have little talent for archery.
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I'll have a training ground
built in my palace
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and teach you riding and archery.
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The deer call sweetly.
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How could I possibly harm one?
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Whatever you cherish
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is mine to protect.
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I'll hold you
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to your word.
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Her Highness has truly changed.
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How has she changed?
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She's so cheerful and radiant now,
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without a care in the world.
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She no longer looks as cold
and distant as she once did.
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It's all thanks to His Highness.
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Young Lady,
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everything has been taken care of.
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Father.
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Mother.
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I can't marry Prince Ning.
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I...
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I'm no longer a virgin.
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What...
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What?
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What did you just say?
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I...
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How could you...
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You disgrace!
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You disgrace!
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Honey!
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Honey!
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Father!
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Father!
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Honey!
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Honey!
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Qingshu,
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these
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are all yours now.
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You're giving them to me?
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I can't accept all this.
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I lost my virginity before marriage.
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Now I can't marry,
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can't run away,
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and can't even take my own life,
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because it would implicate
my entire family.
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Father told me to pretend to be ill.
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In a few days, he'll have
a physician play along
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and claim I've contracted consumption.
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They'll use my illness
to end the engagement.
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After a few years,
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they'll send me to a convent
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to live out the rest
of my miserable life.
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Yingrao,
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can you really accept that?
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What choice do I have?
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When you invited me
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to the Jielu Poetry Gathering,
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I met Young Master Wen.
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I fell for him at first sight.
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We met in secret a few
more times afterward,
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but we never crossed
the bounds of propriety.
280
00:18:54,944 --> 00:18:56,704
I don't know what came over me that day.
281
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Perhaps the intoxicating
scent of the flowers...
282
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In a moment of passion, we...
283
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I deserve to die!
284
00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,830
How could loving someone be a sin?
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Yingrao,
286
00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:16,920
what if
287
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I had a way
288
00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:20,640
to preserve your reputation,
289
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,310
honorably end your
engagement to the Second Prince,
290
00:19:23,590 --> 00:19:25,750
and let you be with Young Master Wen?
291
00:19:27,070 --> 00:19:28,400
Would you be willing to risk it?
292
00:19:29,590 --> 00:19:31,550
Is there really such a perfect plan?
293
00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:37,350
Yingrao,
294
00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:40,160
this drug will stop
your pulse completely.
295
00:19:40,830 --> 00:19:42,160
Even an imperial physician
296
00:19:42,590 --> 00:19:44,240
won't be able to tell anything is amiss.
297
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:46,350
You'll wake up on your own
298
00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,030
three days later.
299
00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,070
You want me to fake my death?
300
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,440
When His Highness
visits Ningchun Garden,
301
00:19:53,830 --> 00:19:55,200
I'll have someone ambush him.
302
00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,130
All you have to do is
take this drug beforehand
303
00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,350
and pretend you were
killed saving his life.
304
00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:01,410
Then you can vanish from
the capital without a trace
305
00:20:01,424 --> 00:20:03,240
and start a new life
with Young Master Wen.
306
00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:04,200
That way,
307
00:20:04,270 --> 00:20:06,750
the Second Prince will owe
your family a debt of gratitude.
308
00:20:07,270 --> 00:20:08,030
And you
309
00:20:09,070 --> 00:20:10,830
won't have let your family down.
310
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:16,680
Qingshu,
311
00:20:17,510 --> 00:20:19,270
thank you for everything
you've done for me.
312
00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:21,510
But the Second Prince is, after all.
313
00:20:22,064 --> 00:20:24,384
I'm willing to marry
the Second Prince in your place.
314
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,790
That way, even if something does
go wrong in the future,
315
00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,160
I'll be able to protect
you as a princess
316
00:20:30,272 --> 00:20:31,510
and protect your family, too.
317
00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,110
I know you've never
318
00:20:33,110 --> 00:20:35,350
had any feelings for the Second Prince.
319
00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,590
You've done more than enough for me.
320
00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:39,680
I don't want you
321
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,128
to sacrifice your lifelong
happiness for my sake.
322
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,590
As the daughter of a convicted official,
323
00:20:45,664 --> 00:20:46,830
I was shunned by everyone.
324
00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,240
Now even my brother-in-law
no longer protects me.
325
00:20:49,590 --> 00:20:50,640
Only you
326
00:20:50,864 --> 00:20:53,000
still treat me as you did
when we were children.
327
00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,160
If you leave,
328
00:20:56,224 --> 00:20:58,240
I'll have no one left
to rely on in the capital.
329
00:20:59,072 --> 00:21:00,680
Rather than let others mistreat me,
330
00:21:00,690 --> 00:21:02,990
I'd rather fulfill your duty
to your parents in your place
331
00:21:03,350 --> 00:21:05,110
and secure a future for myself as well.
332
00:21:07,590 --> 00:21:08,510
This way, the two of us
333
00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,480
can each have the life we want.
334
00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:12,550
Are you certain about this?
335
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:19,830
(Yingrao,)
336
00:21:19,984 --> 00:21:22,480
(you don't know what it's like
to be scorned and humiliated.)
337
00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:24,200
(Since power means so little to you,)
338
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:25,720
(let me have it then.)
339
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:39,440
Yingrao, look.
340
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,720
Has that flower just bloomed?
341
00:21:42,590 --> 00:21:43,350
It's beautiful.
342
00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:49,504
- Greetings, Your Highness.
- Greetings, Your Highness.
343
00:21:49,550 --> 00:21:52,110
Young Lady Hu, Young Lady Gu.
344
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,152
What a coincidence.
345
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:54,350
We didn't expect
346
00:21:54,350 --> 00:21:56,790
to run into you here
today, Your Highness.
347
00:21:57,008 --> 00:21:59,590
The maple leaves in Ningchun Garden
are beautiful right now.
348
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,750
Yingrao and I were
just going to see them.
349
00:22:02,070 --> 00:22:04,480
Would you care to join us,
Your Highness?
350
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,030
It would be my pleasure.
351
00:22:06,270 --> 00:22:07,000
Ladies,
352
00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:08,590
this way, please.
353
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,440
Your Highness.
354
00:22:33,350 --> 00:22:34,920
There's something in your hair.
355
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:36,350
Let me get it for you.
356
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:38,880
Thank you.
357
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:51,240
Watch out!
358
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:54,350
Young Lady Hu!
359
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:55,550
Young Lady Hu!
360
00:22:55,550 --> 00:22:56,240
Yingrao!
361
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,200
Guards!
362
00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:57,960
Assassins!
363
00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:58,790
Someone come quickly!
364
00:22:58,790 --> 00:22:59,440
Young Lady Hu!
365
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:00,000
Yingrao...
366
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,070
You were hurt protecting me.
367
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:03,750
I won't let anything happen to you.
368
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:05,960
Don't blame yourself.
369
00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:07,550
I did this
370
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,070
of my own free will.
371
00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:13,110
Your Highness,
372
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,880
not being able to marry you
373
00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:18,510
is my greatest regret in this life.
374
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:20,960
Qingshu
375
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,720
is like a sister to me.
376
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:28,000
Your Highness, I beg you
to grant my final wish.
377
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,030
Let her marry you in my place.
378
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:31,830
But...
379
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,310
Let her fulfill the wish I never could.
380
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:36,750
Please, Your Highness.
381
00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:38,240
All right. I promise.
382
00:23:38,590 --> 00:23:40,030
I'll grant you anything you ask.
383
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:41,550
Yingrao!
384
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:45,070
Yingrao!
385
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:46,590
Get a physician!
386
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:48,680
Get a physician!
387
00:23:58,750 --> 00:23:59,550
Yingrao!
388
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:01,160
Yingrao!
389
00:24:01,590 --> 00:24:02,830
Please stay with me!
390
00:24:03,350 --> 00:24:04,270
Yingrao!
391
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,590
Please!
392
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,350
Please stay with me, Yingrao!
393
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:12,510
Yingrao!
394
00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:19,860
(Serene and Clear)
395
00:24:19,870 --> 00:24:22,100
As soon as Young Lady Hu's
seven-day mourning period ended,
396
00:24:22,110 --> 00:24:24,260
Prince Ning asked the Empress Dowager
to arrange a marriage
397
00:24:24,272 --> 00:24:25,200
to fulfill her dying wish
398
00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:27,000
and make Gu Qingshu his new wife.
399
00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:29,550
The match was secured
at the cost of a life,
400
00:24:29,550 --> 00:24:31,250
and it was endorsed by
the Empress Dowager.
401
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,510
Naturally, His Majesty
had no reason to refuse.
402
00:24:33,590 --> 00:24:35,350
The Hu family even had Gu Qingshu
403
00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:36,830
officially adopted by Madam Hu.
404
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,200
She's no longer a concubine-born
daughter of the Gu family,
405
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,670
but a legitimate daughter
of the Hu family.
406
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,590
However, because the family
is still in mourning,
407
00:24:42,608 --> 00:24:44,450
the wedding must be
postponed for three months.
408
00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:47,200
How did I never realize before
409
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,510
just how ruthless Gu Qingshu could be?
410
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:55,750
Are you saying
411
00:24:56,350 --> 00:24:57,510
there may be more
412
00:24:57,750 --> 00:24:58,750
to Hu Yingrao's death?
413
00:24:59,510 --> 00:25:00,880
For now, it's only a suspicion.
414
00:25:02,270 --> 00:25:04,400
Gu Qingshu likes to
present herself as a savior
415
00:25:04,590 --> 00:25:06,310
to the people she targets.
416
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,680
She wins their trust by
showing them kindness.
417
00:25:10,510 --> 00:25:11,920
But those people never even realize
418
00:25:11,968 --> 00:25:13,350
that every misfortune they suffer
419
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,240
was caused by her in the first place.
420
00:25:15,790 --> 00:25:16,400
By the way,
421
00:25:16,410 --> 00:25:18,590
you asked me to investigate
the roses in Taiji Hall.
422
00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:20,350
It turns out
423
00:25:20,350 --> 00:25:22,960
Gu Qingshu planted
every one of them herself.
424
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,624
She even filled Yong'an Hall with them.
425
00:25:25,070 --> 00:25:26,640
Their fragrance was so overpowering
426
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,070
that it made sleeping difficult,
427
00:25:28,270 --> 00:25:30,200
causing the Empress Dowager's insomnia.
428
00:25:30,350 --> 00:25:31,550
Gu Qingshu then presented her
429
00:25:31,550 --> 00:25:33,232
with a sachet containing
calming incense,
430
00:25:33,270 --> 00:25:34,830
which cured her insomnia.
431
00:25:35,184 --> 00:25:37,536
So she causes the problem,
and then comes to the rescue.
432
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,510
She creates the very mess
she later fixes.
433
00:25:39,830 --> 00:25:41,790
We must investigate
Gu Qingshu thoroughly.
434
00:25:42,790 --> 00:25:45,000
Find everyone connected
to her and Hu Yingrao
435
00:25:45,168 --> 00:25:46,240
and uncover the truth.
436
00:25:46,368 --> 00:25:48,112
- Yes, Your Highness.
- Yes, Your Highness.
437
00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:05,510
Changqing.
438
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,310
I've had little luck in life.
439
00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:19,350
Everyone I've encountered
440
00:26:20,310 --> 00:26:21,750
has treated me heartlessly.
441
00:26:21,808 --> 00:26:23,680
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager
cares for me.
442
00:26:24,030 --> 00:26:25,480
She has now arranged
443
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:27,640
for me to marry Prince Ning.
444
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,310
I'm on my way to pay my respects to her.
445
00:26:31,552 --> 00:26:32,350
Congratulations.
446
00:26:35,070 --> 00:26:36,440
You once told me
447
00:26:37,184 --> 00:26:38,640
that marrying into the Chu family
448
00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:40,830
was the best someone
like me could hope for.
449
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:42,200
But now,
450
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,680
I'm about to become
your royal sister-in-law.
451
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,270
I wonder
452
00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:53,070
how you feel about that.
453
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,240
Personally, I think
454
00:26:58,160 --> 00:26:59,920
you've passed up your best chance.
455
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,000
The next time we meet,
456
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,680
you'd better show me proper respect!
457
00:27:23,550 --> 00:27:26,030
I heard you don't care
for overly sweet food,
458
00:27:26,590 --> 00:27:27,680
so I had the kitchen
459
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,070
prepare some lighter pastries for you.
460
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:31,400
Here.
461
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,400
Try some.
462
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:35,590
Thank you, Consort Rong.
463
00:27:36,384 --> 00:27:37,790
His Majesty and the Empress Dowager
464
00:27:37,790 --> 00:27:39,480
have always praised your intelligence.
465
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:41,070
They've even said
466
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,790
that the imperial household
can't be managed without you.
467
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,200
Now that
468
00:27:45,270 --> 00:27:46,790
you and the Crown Prince are married,
469
00:27:48,550 --> 00:27:49,350
I can finally
470
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:50,880
lighten my burden.
471
00:27:52,270 --> 00:27:54,680
What would you have me do, Consort Rong?
472
00:27:54,704 --> 00:27:55,830
On the fifth of this month,
473
00:27:56,030 --> 00:27:58,350
Fahua Temple will hold
a grand prayer ceremony.
474
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,030
I'd like to entrust
475
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,000
the preparations to you.
476
00:28:04,790 --> 00:28:06,480
It shouldn't be too difficult.
477
00:28:07,310 --> 00:28:09,070
The palace follows
much the same procedure
478
00:28:09,070 --> 00:28:10,160
every year,
479
00:28:10,590 --> 00:28:13,270
so there's no need to worry too much.
480
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,240
This is
481
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,840
the token authorizing you
to command the palace staff.
482
00:28:26,380 --> 00:28:29,220
(Rong)
483
00:28:36,340 --> 00:28:39,020
(Rong)
484
00:28:39,030 --> 00:28:40,624
Thank you for placing your trust in me.
485
00:28:41,030 --> 00:28:43,070
I'll do my best.
486
00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:48,580
(Hanzhang Hall)
487
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,000
Throw all of it away.
488
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:50,880
Yes, Your Highness.
489
00:28:55,270 --> 00:28:56,000
Your Highness,
490
00:28:56,510 --> 00:28:58,920
why did the Crown Princess
agree so readily
491
00:28:59,008 --> 00:29:00,270
without the slightest suspicion?
492
00:29:00,350 --> 00:29:03,000
Shen Xihe knew the Crown Prince
wouldn't live long,
493
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,680
yet she married into the East Palace
without hesitation.
494
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,880
Her true ambitions
are plain for all to see.
495
00:29:10,208 --> 00:29:12,750
She'll certainly fight for control
of the imperial household.
496
00:29:15,270 --> 00:29:17,160
I was waiting for her
to make the first move,
497
00:29:17,750 --> 00:29:20,110
but she proved far more
patient than I expected.
498
00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:22,070
Then are you planning
499
00:29:22,590 --> 00:29:23,830
to seize the advantage first?
500
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,510
Victory isn't decided
501
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,550
by who strikes first,
502
00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:29,350
but by who lands the decisive blow.
503
00:29:37,550 --> 00:29:38,310
Your Highness,
504
00:29:38,384 --> 00:29:40,790
here are the records you
requested for the prayer ceremony.
505
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,200
They cover the past five years.
506
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,110
Consort Rong said all the right things,
507
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,550
but I can't help feeling
she's up to no good.
508
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:50,160
I feel the same way.
509
00:29:50,830 --> 00:29:52,240
I just can't figure out
510
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:53,750
where she'll make her move.
511
00:30:02,310 --> 00:30:03,310
What's wrong?
512
00:30:03,552 --> 00:30:04,830
After a visit to Hanzhang Hall,
513
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,432
you've all returned looking upset.
514
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:07,510
It's nothing.
515
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,270
I've spoiled these two.
516
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,070
Even the slightest problem
517
00:30:12,070 --> 00:30:13,350
shows all over their faces.
518
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:15,590
You may leave.
519
00:30:22,576 --> 00:30:23,720
Even if you don't tell me,
520
00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:25,480
I can guess most of what happened.
521
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:27,750
I'll speak to Changying later
522
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:29,648
and have him talk some sense
into his mother.
523
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,110
Consort Rong is his mother.
524
00:30:32,070 --> 00:30:33,960
What could he possibly
do to rein her in?
525
00:30:34,590 --> 00:30:35,750
Besides,
526
00:30:35,824 --> 00:30:37,790
this is a struggle within
the imperial harem.
527
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,510
You really shouldn't get involved.
528
00:30:40,510 --> 00:30:41,790
Why shouldn't I get involved
529
00:30:41,790 --> 00:30:43,312
in the affairs of the imperial harem?
530
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:44,590
We're married.
531
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,310
Anyone who makes an enemy of you
532
00:30:46,310 --> 00:30:47,510
makes an enemy of me.
533
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,030
You've spent all this time
534
00:30:49,270 --> 00:30:51,160
studying the imperial household records.
535
00:30:51,712 --> 00:30:53,350
You didn't start preparing only after
536
00:30:53,510 --> 00:30:54,550
Consort Rong made her move.
537
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,960
The shifting tides of the imperial harem
and the royal court
538
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,350
have always followed the same rules.
539
00:31:00,416 --> 00:31:02,240
Every smile and frown
of an imperial consort
540
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,350
reflects the balance of power at court.
541
00:31:05,510 --> 00:31:07,550
From the moment I decided to marry you,
542
00:31:07,750 --> 00:31:08,590
I knew
543
00:31:08,750 --> 00:31:11,200
that to keep northwest peaceful
and my family safe,
544
00:31:11,590 --> 00:31:12,830
I would have to take control
545
00:31:13,310 --> 00:31:14,440
of the imperial harem.
546
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:15,830
Besides,
547
00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:18,544
you've been investigating the
poisoning through the royal court.
548
00:31:18,750 --> 00:31:20,680
If I gain control of the imperial harem,
549
00:31:21,310 --> 00:31:23,640
I can search for new clues from within.
550
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:25,550
So your plans
551
00:31:26,290 --> 00:31:27,310
include me too?
552
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,440
That was our agreement,
553
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,310
to support each other and
help each other succeed.
554
00:31:31,310 --> 00:31:31,830
All right.
555
00:31:32,064 --> 00:31:33,110
We'll do it your way.
556
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,790
What... What happened?
557
00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:00,510
Abbot Xu Qing,
558
00:33:01,270 --> 00:33:03,680
why did His Majesty's incense go out?
559
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:04,400
Well...
560
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:05,160
It's all right.
561
00:33:06,432 --> 00:33:08,310
Perhaps the wind is
simply too strong today.
562
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:10,480
Abbot,
563
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:12,750
bring me three more incense sticks.
564
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,310
Yes, Your Majesty.
565
00:34:01,510 --> 00:34:02,640
Abbot Xu Qing,
566
00:34:03,104 --> 00:34:04,940
Director of the Imperial
Astronomical Bureau,
567
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:05,960
Minister of Rites,
568
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:07,880
this is how you carry out your duties?
569
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,430
- Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty!
570
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:10,760
I failed in my duties.
571
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:11,960
Please punish me!
572
00:34:12,030 --> 00:34:12,710
Your Majesty,
573
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:14,630
I am also at fault.
574
00:34:15,070 --> 00:34:15,800
I...
575
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:18,070
will accept any punishment.
576
00:34:24,150 --> 00:34:24,960
Consort Rong,
577
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:26,840
what do you mean by this?
578
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:28,360
Your Majesty,
579
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:31,760
I thought
580
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,190
the Crown Princess was
exceptionally capable.
581
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,440
That's why I entrusted
582
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:37,800
this blessing ceremony to her.
583
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,030
But before the gods and Buddhas,
584
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,360
such a suspicious
incident has occurred.
585
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,110
I'm also to blame
586
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,928
for rushing the arrangements
and failing to oversee them properly.
587
00:34:47,660 --> 00:34:48,944
Your Majesty, please mete out
588
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:50,590
strict punishment.
589
00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:58,800
Your Majesty,
590
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,030
although the incense sticks broke,
591
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,360
you needn't worry about
any rumors of a bad omen.
592
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,070
What do you mean?
593
00:35:07,550 --> 00:35:08,672
I reviewed the procedures
594
00:35:08,704 --> 00:35:10,670
for the past five years'
prayer ceremonies.
595
00:35:11,110 --> 00:35:12,960
Every one of them went smoothly,
596
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,840
yet something went
wrong this year alone.
597
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,030
The only difference this year
598
00:35:18,630 --> 00:35:20,150
is my involvement.
599
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,190
Your Majesty, I ask for permission
600
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,590
to inspect the incense.
601
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,400
If there's nothing wrong with it,
602
00:35:26,670 --> 00:35:28,440
it simply proves I'm unworthy
of my position.
603
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,320
But if it has been tampered with...
604
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,000
It means someone tried to
frame the Crown Princess,
605
00:35:33,230 --> 00:35:34,710
disgrace the imperial family,
606
00:35:35,550 --> 00:35:37,150
and undermine your authority, Father.
607
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,110
They must be severely punished.
608
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,280
Fragrant ingredients form
the core of an incense stick.
609
00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:48,590
They determine the quality
and character of its scent.
610
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,510
In addition, they're mixed with large
amounts of fir powder
611
00:35:51,510 --> 00:35:52,550
or powdered nanmu bark.
612
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,280
A binding agent is then added,
613
00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:55,824
along with saltpeter, to help it burn.
614
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,280
Once lit, a normal incense stick
615
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:11,320
will burn all the way down
616
00:36:11,550 --> 00:36:12,920
without going out.
617
00:36:13,190 --> 00:36:15,030
Its ash should also be gray.
618
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,710
But the incense His Majesty used
619
00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:21,190
left behind white ash.
620
00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:24,208
When it was lit, it immediately gave off
a shower of sparks
621
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:25,400
before suddenly going out.
622
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,070
This means these thick incense sticks
623
00:36:28,070 --> 00:36:29,648
contain something that cannot burn.
624
00:36:56,630 --> 00:36:58,000
These are pieces of waste earth,
625
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,670
which cannot burn at all.
626
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:02,440
They're what caused
the incense to go out.
627
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:05,590
Please examine them, Abbot.
628
00:37:11,230 --> 00:37:12,110
Your Majesty, this...
629
00:37:13,150 --> 00:37:14,480
This is indeed waste earth.
630
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:15,504
The ceremonial incense
631
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,150
has always been made under
the supervision of Fahua Temple.
632
00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:21,880
How dare you use such shoddy incense
633
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,480
for the prayer ceremony?
634
00:37:23,590 --> 00:37:24,710
It's all my fault.
635
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,070
Please punish me, Your Majesty.
636
00:37:27,104 --> 00:37:29,280
Arrest every monk involved
in making the incense.
637
00:37:29,312 --> 00:37:30,580
They will be severely punished!
638
00:37:30,590 --> 00:37:32,220
- Yes, Your Majesty.
- Yes, Your Majesty.
639
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:34,920
Your Majesty,
640
00:37:34,930 --> 00:37:37,000
if the monks who made the
incense did this themselves,
641
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,190
once their actions were exposed,
642
00:37:38,190 --> 00:37:40,304
wouldn't they be bringing
disaster upon themselves?
643
00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:41,710
I believe
644
00:37:42,070 --> 00:37:43,840
they've been framed.
645
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:44,800
Precisely.
646
00:37:45,712 --> 00:37:47,070
There's more to this waste earth
647
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:48,590
than meets the eye.
648
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:50,630
Bring it here.
649
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:01,590
It's gold dust.
650
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:02,590
That's right.
651
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:05,000
My guess is that
652
00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:06,630
whoever tampered with the incense
653
00:38:06,710 --> 00:38:08,320
accidentally mixed in some gold dust.
654
00:38:21,510 --> 00:38:22,440
Your Majesty,
655
00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:24,880
seven monks were responsible
for applying the gold paint.
656
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:25,920
After questioning them,
657
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,700
we discovered that this man
tampered with the incense.
658
00:38:27,710 --> 00:38:30,060
He also accepted 20 taels of gold
from the palace maid Yu Wan.
659
00:38:30,070 --> 00:38:31,030
Yu Wan?
660
00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:34,320
Isn't she your personal maid?
661
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,550
How could you do such a thing?
662
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:47,840
I deserve to die!
663
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,190
I deserve to die!
664
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,630
You were devastated
by Duke of Ying's death.
665
00:38:51,710 --> 00:38:53,510
It pained me to see you suffer.
666
00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:55,630
That's why I came to
resent the Crown Princess.
667
00:38:55,630 --> 00:38:57,920
I lost my senses and
made a terrible mistake.
668
00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,110
Your Majesty!
669
00:38:59,110 --> 00:39:00,550
Your Majesty, I'm innocent!
670
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:01,880
You stupid wretch!
671
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,800
You'll be the death of me!
672
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:05,400
Stop!
673
00:39:06,030 --> 00:39:09,190
Take Yu Wan and this colluding monk
674
00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:10,280
out immediately.
675
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:11,360
Flog them to death!
676
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:11,990
- Yes, Your Majesty.
- Yes, Your Majesty.
677
00:39:12,070 --> 00:39:13,800
- Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty!
678
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:14,760
Please forgive me!
679
00:39:15,030 --> 00:39:15,800
Your Highness!
680
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:16,800
Your Highness!
681
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:17,480
Your Majesty!
682
00:39:17,590 --> 00:39:19,400
- Move!
- Please forgive me, Your Majesty!
683
00:39:19,510 --> 00:39:20,840
Please show me mercy!
684
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,270
- Father, please show Mother mercy!
- Spare me!
685
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,400
Consort Rong failed to
discipline her servants.
686
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:25,312
Effective immediately,
687
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:28,000
she is stripped of her authority
over the imperial harem.
688
00:39:28,110 --> 00:39:29,440
Your Majesty!
689
00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:31,150
I knew nothing about this!
690
00:39:31,230 --> 00:39:33,400
I had no part in it, Your Majesty!
691
00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:35,590
The Empress Dowager is advanced in years
692
00:39:35,590 --> 00:39:36,800
and must not overexert herself.
693
00:39:37,030 --> 00:39:38,190
Effective immediately,
694
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:39,670
the Crown Princess is hereby appointed
695
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,150
to assist in overseeing
the imperial harem.
696
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,800
Crown Princess, from this day forward,
697
00:39:44,864 --> 00:39:47,200
you must not only maintain
order in the imperial harem,
698
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,280
but also uphold the rules
laid down by our ancestors.
699
00:39:53,312 --> 00:39:54,624
Thank you, Your Majesty.
700
00:39:55,110 --> 00:39:56,960
I will attend to my duties
morning and night,
701
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,150
and share the burdens
of Grandmother.
702
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,110
I won't fail you, Father.
703
00:40:27,150 --> 00:40:28,710
Once you see what I can do,
704
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,760
I'm afraid you'll never
be able to do without me.
705
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:31,800
I see you as someone
706
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,590
I can weather any storm with.
707
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,400
I don't want to weather storms with you.
708
00:40:35,590 --> 00:40:36,760
I'd rather
709
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:38,960
share your bed.
710
00:40:39,110 --> 00:40:39,960
What's this?
711
00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:41,150
The line.
712
00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:42,800
If you keep looking at me like that,
713
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,070
I might not be able
714
00:40:44,110 --> 00:40:45,520
to restrain myself much longer.
715
00:40:49,591 --> 00:40:52,531
♪I've hidden so many words♪
716
00:40:53,151 --> 00:40:55,951
♪Too reluctant to tell you♪
717
00:40:56,821 --> 00:41:03,791
♪So never uncover♪
718
00:41:03,981 --> 00:41:06,341
♪The sand that slips away
with one grasp♪
719
00:41:07,471 --> 00:41:10,201
♪The flower that withers
after one bloom♪
720
00:41:11,161 --> 00:41:16,501
♪Silently buried deep inside my heart♪
721
00:41:18,261 --> 00:41:21,081
♪Every answer I gave♪
722
00:41:21,881 --> 00:41:24,731
♪Was both bittersweet and absurd♪
723
00:41:25,521 --> 00:41:28,891
♪Hiding my tear-filled eyes
when I hurt you♪
724
00:41:29,151 --> 00:41:32,461
♪How hard it truly was?♪
725
00:41:35,431 --> 00:41:38,871
♪The wounds that healed
with just a little comfort♪
726
00:41:39,861 --> 00:41:42,191
♪The lies made whole
with a single embrace♪
727
00:41:43,461 --> 00:41:49,221
♪Pretending to be brave
as if I'd never been hurt♪
728
00:41:50,631 --> 00:41:53,761
♪It's a shame I never could♪
729
00:41:54,211 --> 00:41:57,221
♪Give you a moon in return♪
730
00:41:57,331 --> 00:42:03,971
♪With the same open heart you loved me♪
731
00:42:03,971 --> 00:42:07,641
♪I've crossed the wasteland of memories♪
732
00:42:08,511 --> 00:42:11,271
♪Never knowing I was lost♪
733
00:42:11,711 --> 00:42:14,841
♪Why don't you take me away?♪
734
00:42:15,281 --> 00:42:21,231
♪Lead me out of this endless game
of hide-and-seek♪
735
00:42:22,631 --> 00:42:26,181
♪You'll never♪
736
00:42:26,461 --> 00:42:35,931
♪Know how much I long to, long to♪
737
00:43:02,101 --> 00:43:05,581
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