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<i>Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, </i>

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<i>Examining love together with regret, both new and old.</i>

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<i>Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears,</i>

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<i>Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.</i>

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<i>Story of Yanxi Palace <br> Episode 57</i>

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I finally promised her that I would regard you as my own son

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and raise you with utmost devotion to be a talented person before she could close her eyes.

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Empress Dowager, are you telling the truth?

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Emperor,

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People says, it's better to be born than to be kind.

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Although I'm not your biological mother

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but I raised you for many years with utmost devotion.

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Please think carefully.

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All these years, have I ever neglected you?

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I treated you like a pearl in my hand

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just to let you interrogate me today?

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Empress Dowager, you are right.

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I was too rude. Please forgive me.

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Emperor, Lady Wenshu left a letter.

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Why wasn't it brought out for the past decade?

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This must be a fake.

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Her motive must be to estrange us.

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The other party knows you are filial to me.

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Upon reading the letter, it will definitely incite rage.

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Empress Dowager. I will investigate this.

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It was wrong for me to agitate you today.

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I will seek your forgiveness on another day.

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I'm taking my leave first.

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Emperor. Emperor!

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Empress Dowager.

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It's over. Everything's over.

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Empress Dowager, please forgive me.

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I didn't mean to eavesdrop

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but what you just said, is it really true?

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His Majesty definitely won't hold any animosity towards you

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just because his real mother is someone else.

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Just based on this letter,

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the Emperor's face wouldn't have turned that ugly.

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I'm worried that the content

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of that letter is not that simple.

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Greetings, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, what's wrong with you today?

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Zhen'er, leave first.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty. A husband and wife are as one.

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If you have any difficulties, please tell me.

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I will help you to share the worries.

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About this matter,

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I don't know who to tell

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and how to say it too.

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Your Majesty, regardless of what you want to say,

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I will be here with you to guard you.

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This is related to my personal background.

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I'm now...

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terribly upset

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and doesn't know who to believe too.

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Empress Dowager really said that?

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Empress, do you have something to tell me?

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In your heart,Empress Dowager is a loving mother to you.

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I don't want to have any malicious speculations about her.

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But I really want to hear the truth.

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Your Majesty, think about it.

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Although Lady Niohuru-hala is from a renowned family,

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Empress Dowager is still not from a direct blood line.

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Her father is just a fourth rank military official.

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The clan is not that distinguished and powerful.

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Empress, what are you trying to say?

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When Empress Dowager joined the House of Prince Yong of the First Rank, she was just a concubine.

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Above her, there was the main consort and secondary consort,

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especially Empress Xiaojing that came after her.

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During the 43rd year of Kangxi,

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Empress lost her son and had no child to become the crown prince.

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If the late Emperor really wanted to find a noble mother for you,

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why would he choose Lady Niohuru-hala?

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Empress Dowager said that I was entrusted to her by Lady Qian.

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Your Majesty.

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The main consort, secondary consort, and the other concubines were extremely jealous of her fate.

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If Concubine Qian was really weak and couldn't raise any children,

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wouldn't that attract intense disputes?

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Empress Dowager rose above others and leaped to be the mother of the emperor.

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For many years, no one queried about this.

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I find this unimaginable.

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Perhaps, there were no competitions and entrust in Prince Yong's manor

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and she acted the old story of substituting a raccoon for the Crown Prince.

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Could it be that Lady Wenshu's words are true?

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Lady Niohuru-hala killed the mother and took the child

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is the real truth.

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Is Imperial Concubine Shu still bullying you?

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Mistress is now not favored, but she's always with Empress Dowager.

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Who would dare to bully her?

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It's now not peaceful at Shoukang Palace too.

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Go advise Consort Ling not to stay too close to Empress Dowager

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or she will get into trouble.

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Why?

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Is it confidential and you can't tell me?

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Treat it as I didn't ask then.

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It's not that.

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It's regarding His Majesty's personal background. You will be danger if you know about it.

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But Consort Ling is attached to Empress Dowager. She will find out eventually.

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I will tell you everything so that she can plan early.

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His Majesty suspects that Empress Dowager is the mastermind behind the death of Lady Qian.

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Hence, Hailancha wanted me to tell you,

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not to go to Shoukang Palace or you will be implicated.

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My Lady. Imperial Guard Suolun is right.

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I can feel that the wind direction in Forbidden City has changed.

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We need to change the direction of our sail immediately.

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Your Majesty. I interrogated the people who served at the Prince's manor.

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Someone could recall the previous Concubine Qian. She indeed came from Jiaxing.

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She was sold into the Prince's manor at nine years old.

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When she was sixteen years old, the Prince of the First Rank contracted an infectious disease.

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She meticulously tended to him and received grace.

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She...

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Does she still has a family...

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Hailancha?

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Qian Zhengyuan is her older brother.

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Qian Zhengyuan?

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Yes.

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It's as shown in the Chunhui drawing given to Your Majesty by the Vice Minister of Rites.

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The Qian family was poor. Fearing that their daughter would starve to death, they placed her under the care of a relative.

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Who knew there would be a major drought in that year. She was sold.

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Madam Qian searched for miles to find her daughter.

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She spent countless years before she found her at the Prince Yong Manor.

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But that time, she has already became a concubine couldn't be taken away.

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Qian Zhengyuan took the imperial examination later.

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That's how the Qian family could be promoted.

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Li Yu!

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<i>Spring Sunshine Painting.</i>

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<i>Spring Sunshine Painting.</i>

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Is Qian Zhengyuan trying to remind me in this drawing

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And that I should repay him?

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not Madam Niu Hulu?

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Deliver the Imperial decree to summon Qian Zhengyuan.

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I must clarify this.

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Empress Dowager, look at the time now.

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You should find a solution.

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If His Majesty meets Vice Minister Qian,

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all your years of hard work will be destroyed.

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Empress Dowager! What's wrong with you?

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Men!

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Where's Qian Chengyuan? Why isn't he here yet?

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Your Majesty, we have already sent someone to announce him.

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Please wait for a while more.

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Majesty!

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Your Majesty, Imperial Guard Feima is here to report that Vice Minister Qian was careless.

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He fell off his horse and broke his skull and died.

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Empress Dowager.

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The Imperial Physician said that it was an attack caused by something unpleasant and anxiety.

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He wants you to keep calm and recuperate.

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I'm fine.

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It's just seems like a heavy rock is pressing on my heart

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and I can't breathe.

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Is the Emperor back yet?

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He's back.

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He is busy with the Imperial court.

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<i>When he's free, he will definitely visit you.</i>

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In the past, when I coughed,

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he would immediately set aside his task and rush here.

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Now that I'm really sick,

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he doesn't care anymore.

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<i>Empress Dowager, you are mistaken.</i>

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The military ministers are at the West Hothouse having a conference.

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His Majesty really couldn't leave.

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<i>But when he found out that you were sick, he was very worried.</i>

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<i>Hence, he wanted me to come here immediately to serve you.</i>

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<i>Let me do it.</i>

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Empress Dowager, good medicine is bitter and good for one's illness.

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You should take this medicine so that you can recover.

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Empress.

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Did you deliver that letter to His Majesty?

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Empress Dowager, Prince He of the First Rank was the one who delivered the letter.

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Grand Imperial Consort Yu was the one who hid the letter. I'm not that brave.

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I finally understand now.

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What do you understand?

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You waited patiently for a long time

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just to find the opportunity to take revenge for your father.

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Madam Nara, I have really underestimated you.

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Empress Dowager, anxiety is a taboo for sick people.

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Don't let your imagination run wild. Take this medicine.

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Imperial Physician said that your middle energy lack harmonization.

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I think Empress Dowager is upset and agitated. That's why you are sick.

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I'll instruct the Royal hospital to do a new diagnosis.

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They must not delay the condition of your illness.

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Get lost.

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<i>I almost forgot something.</i>

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<i>Your nephew was prosecuted for participating in the corruption of food relief.</i>

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<i>He's being held in custody now because the corruption amount is huge.</i>

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<i> I fear he will be sentenced.</i>

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Your elder brother's wife rushed into the palace and is kneeling outside Shenwu Gate.

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His Majesty said Empress Dowager knows the principles of rights and wrong.

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Knowing that the relative has committed a crime, the first priority is

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to place righteousness above the Royal family

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Not going after your negligence in disciplining him as his aunt

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is already giving you great leniency.

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<i>Even if she kneels till the end of the world, he will still be beheaded.</i>

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Do you think when I first insisted on killing your father,

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it was to protect my nephew?

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Wasn't that so?

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Those who were greedy over the food relief,

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did you think he was the only one?

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It easy for His Majesty to kill

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but can he really kill all the imperial relatives involved with the crime?

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He can't.

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You also wouldn't be able to. The one who I protected, it wasn't others.

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The one who I protected, it was His Majesty.

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What I protected, it was the country of the Great Qing.

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The person who is truly resentful,

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it's you.

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Empress Dowager, you have worked hard.

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Starting from today, you don't need to spend so much efforts again.

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You dare to?

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Why wouldn't I dare?

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I will make His Majesty alienate, hate you and never see you again.

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<i>You won't be able to do it!</i>

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It was I who raised him into an adult.

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It was I who taught him the foundation.

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It was I who taught him to be humane.

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No one can estrange our mother and son relationship.

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You won't be able to do this too!

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The personality of His Majesty is that when he loves someone, he wants them to live forever. But when he hates someone, he wants them to die.

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He now thinks that you killed his mother

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and deceived him for many years by using the face of a kind mother.

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Will he forgive you?

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His Majesty will never believe you.

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His Majesty didn't believe in the first place

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but Lord Qian Zhengyuan fell from his horse and died.

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Who do you think he will suspect?

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Poisonous woman, it was you!

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Empress Dowager, don't worry.

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His Majesty will not kill you

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but he will never forgive you.

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Starting from today, you can continue to be the noble and lofty Empress Dowager

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just like Buddha in Yinghua Temple.

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You will be just a noble woman on display.

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Enjoy the rest of your life.

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For the coming days, you will need to spend your time in repentance.

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Empress Dowager!

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Empress Dowager.

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Consort Ling, your biggest backer has collapsed.

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<i>What will you do in the future?</i>

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Empress Dowager. Help her to her bed now.

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- Call for Imperial Physician immediately. <br>- Yes.

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<i>His Majesty hates Empress Dowager now.</i>

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<i>After all, they have a deep affection as mother and son for many years.</i>

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<i>In the future, if they miss the benefits of the past,</i>

247
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,750
<i>wouldn't you have made an enemy?</i>

248
00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:37,790
Yuan Chunwang, what do you think?

249
00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,690
Your Highness, I heard Zhang Yuanpan had a son

250
00:20:41,690 --> 00:20:46,800
Zhang Yuanpan had a son who died young.

251
00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,840
But he left behind a grandchild who is extremely adorable.

252
00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,950
The entire family loves him very much.

253
00:21:10,420 --> 00:21:13,820
Zhang Yuanpan, how's the Empress Dowager?

254
00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,620
Empress Dowager has facial paralysis and her teeth are clenched.

255
00:21:22,620 --> 00:21:25,080
Her right hand twitches.

256
00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,410
From what I see, her meridians are blocked.

257
00:21:28,410 --> 00:21:30,640
What do you mean by that?

258
00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,130
It's a minor stroke.

259
00:21:32,130 --> 00:21:34,290
<i>Is it serious?</i>

260
00:21:34,290 --> 00:21:38,630
Before, Vice Minister Qi of the Ministry of Rites had paralysis of half his body and unable to swallow even soup.

261
00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:42,070
Compared to him, Empress Dowager's illness is milder.

262
00:21:42,070 --> 00:21:44,560
But I need to prescribe a soup to stimulate the circulation of the blood to relax the muscles and joints,

263
00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,910
<i>calm the liver and wind to clear the channels. This may heal her illness.</i>

264
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,470
Consort Ling, what is Empress Dowager trying to say?

265
00:21:57,470 --> 00:22:00,270
<i>With this kind of illness, we should avoid fire in her liver.</i>

266
00:22:00,270 --> 00:22:04,350
Remember not to make her angry again.

267
00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:08,150
Zhang Yuanpan, I will remember what you said.

268
00:22:08,150 --> 00:22:10,660
Please go and prescribe the medicine now.

269
00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,280
Yes.

270
00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:16,400
- Yuanpan, this way, please. <br>- Alright.

271
00:22:19,980 --> 00:22:22,040
Empress Dowager doesn't trust him.

272
00:22:24,270 --> 00:22:28,380
Gugu Liu, invite Imperial Physician Ye here.

273
00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:34,450
Imperial Physician Ye? Zhang Yuanpan has been a doctor for many years and he's upright too.

274
00:22:34,450 --> 00:22:36,930
<i>Why doesn't you trust Zhang Yuanpan?</i>

275
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,790
It's just in case. Go now.

276
00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:47,570
Wait.

277
00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:04,410
[ Shou-An Gate ]

278
00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:39,800
Empress Dowager is agitated. We don't need so many to serve.

279
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,050
You stay. The rest, leave.

280
00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:52,110
You come with me.

281
00:23:54,260 --> 00:23:56,760
<i> Milk vetch root, angelica tail, peony, etc. </i>

282
00:23:57,460 --> 00:24:00,280
Two grams of milk vech root.

283
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,620
Is there an issue?

284
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,320
No issue.

285
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:11,000
But this prescription doesn't aim to achieve merit, just not to make any mistakes.

286
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,420
If Empress Dowager would follow this prescription, I don't think she has a chance to recover.

287
00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:20,120
Doesn't aim to achieve merit, just not to make any mistakes.

288
00:24:21,070 --> 00:24:25,500
It then means that Medical Investigator Zhang indeed can't be trusted.

289
00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:27,770
There has long been a saying here in the capital

290
00:24:27,770 --> 00:24:32,110
that the documents and prescriptions from the Imperial Medical Academy are all just sparkling outside.

291
00:24:32,110 --> 00:24:35,680
Her Highness Empress Dowager is of such noble status. Who dares to use any fierce medicine?

292
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,990
They can only slowly stabilize it. Moreover,

293
00:24:37,990 --> 00:24:40,420
if anyone investigates this prescription...

294
00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:43,040
Look, all the medicines here are good medicines.

295
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,850
No one can say any criticisms.

296
00:24:45,850 --> 00:24:49,410
Doctor Ye, I won't make it hard for you.

297
00:24:49,410 --> 00:24:52,260
If you are to prescribe, how would you do it?

298
00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:56,650
Your Highness, have you forgotten? I'm currently under suspension.

299
00:24:56,650 --> 00:25:00,520
I'm not anymore an imperial physician.

300
00:25:01,620 --> 00:25:02,890
I brought you trouble.

301
00:25:02,890 --> 00:25:06,890
Jeez, I so want His Majesty to immediately kick me out of the palace,

302
00:25:06,890 --> 00:25:10,550
so I can return to the world of the commoners and examine their illnesses.

303
00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:15,310
Although the symptoms of Empress Dowager suggest a stagnation in the energy flow in his liver meridian,

304
00:25:15,310 --> 00:25:20,090
with associated deficiency in his heart yin and blockage in blood flow, hence, unable to talk.

305
00:25:20,090 --> 00:25:23,650
It shows that there is accumulation and clogged up phlegm. I'll prescribe two medicines.

306
00:25:23,650 --> 00:25:25,830
One can relax her liver and nourish her blood.

307
00:25:25,830 --> 00:25:31,420
The other one can remove the stroke and sputum, so Empress Dowager can talk.

308
00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:36,390
Oh, right. Empress Dowager's health is very weak.

309
00:25:36,390 --> 00:25:39,490
The medicine must be taken together with congee.

310
00:25:39,490 --> 00:25:42,450
Okay, Doctor Ye. Thank you.

311
00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:44,830
I'll go prescribe the medicine then.

312
00:25:44,830 --> 00:25:46,760
Doctor Ye, thank you.

313
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,470
You're welcome.

314
00:25:56,620 --> 00:26:01,370
Your Highness Consort Ling, based on our current situation, Shoukang Palace won't be able to support you anymore.

315
00:26:01,370 --> 00:26:03,880
Leave while you still can,

316
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:08,030
so you won't get affected. His Majesty...

317
00:26:08,030 --> 00:26:12,350
His Majesty doesn't want to see me anyway.

318
00:26:12,350 --> 00:26:14,320
What's there to be afraid of?

319
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,290
Moreover, Empress Dowager once protected me

320
00:26:18,290 --> 00:26:22,240
from getting humiliated by others. If I leave at this time,

321
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,120
what kind of person would I've become?

322
00:26:25,060 --> 00:26:28,390
Gugu Liu, since I've entered this boat,

323
00:26:28,390 --> 00:26:31,070
I don't plan of disembarking.

324
00:26:31,070 --> 00:26:36,380
As long as Empress Dowager is preserved, the boat may not capsize.

325
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,280
Empress Dowager, Empress has planned this beforehand.

326
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,080
She has come at you at such fierce manner. Just to counter her attack,

327
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,450
can you tell me what happened in the past?

328
00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:29,610
Your Highness, Noble Lady Qing has been waiting for you for a long time.

329
00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:44,730
Noble Lady Qing, why are you here?

330
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,140
Greetings, Your Highness Consort Ling.

331
00:27:48,140 --> 00:27:50,930
- Sit.<br>- Your Highness Consort Ling,

332
00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:53,370
I heard that Empress Dowager is gravely ill.

333
00:27:53,370 --> 00:27:57,250
I especially brought some medicines with me that were taken by my grandfather before when he got a stroke.

334
00:27:57,250 --> 00:28:00,160
It's very effective in calming one's mind.

335
00:28:02,450 --> 00:28:07,150
This is an amber wrapping the dragon pill. It can remove the stroke and dissolve the sputum, calm the spirit and mind.

336
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,860
Please give it to Empress Dowager in my behalf.

337
00:28:09,860 --> 00:28:13,210
I can't stay long. I'll take my leave now.

338
00:28:19,980 --> 00:28:21,640
Wait!

339
00:28:23,490 --> 00:28:26,130
Why must you do this?

340
00:28:27,130 --> 00:28:31,680
Your Highness Consort Ling, my father is a subordinate of Lord Nalan.

341
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,740
I have no choice but to follow Imperial Concubine Shu.

342
00:28:34,740 --> 00:28:39,190
But I do know how to discern right from wrong.

343
00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:41,290
No matter how huge the mistake of Empress Dowager is,

344
00:28:41,290 --> 00:28:45,720
she still had raised and cared for His Majesty. Once His Majesty realizes this in the future,

345
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,380
he surely will regret it.

346
00:28:48,380 --> 00:28:52,920
I'm offering this prescription to Empress Dowager now just to make do some good karma.

347
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,910
If in the future...

348
00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:58,710
I am just saving myself some alternative path.

349
00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:03,230
Since you want to do good karma,

350
00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:07,380
why not personally deliver it?

351
00:29:07,380 --> 00:29:11,800
It's easy to add a flower into a brocade, but it's hard to deliver a charcoal during the snow.

352
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,890
But delivering charcoal must be done in time.

353
00:29:14,890 --> 00:29:18,720
Empress Dowager already has a caring person by her side, which is you.

354
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,330
Just a one step late and it's already several miles of difference.

355
00:29:22,330 --> 00:29:26,040
Since that's the case, why don't I just give you the prescription?

356
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,890
As long as you can remember my kindness, I'm already contented.

357
00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:33,300
Noble Lady Qing,

358
00:29:34,170 --> 00:29:37,150
never thought that even if you're usually quiet,

359
00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:40,780
you are smarter than everyone else.

360
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,350
It's not being smart. It's being a coward.

361
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,880
A person like me, when aggrieved,

362
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,840
I can only lose a tooth or swallow the blood.

363
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:58,070
When I see someone being bullied, I couldn't even dare say a word.

364
00:29:59,010 --> 00:30:01,720
It's not that I don't want to imitate you.

365
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,190
It's just that I have parents and siblings.

366
00:30:04,190 --> 00:30:07,090
My whole clan has 132 people.

367
00:30:07,090 --> 00:30:11,440
For their lives, I can only move with the flow,

368
00:30:12,180 --> 00:30:16,880
but this doesn't mean that I'm heartless or not righteous.

369
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:21,550
What I can only do is to give as much measly help I can

370
00:30:21,550 --> 00:30:23,950
within my limits.

371
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:39,300
Your Highness, Empress won't let Empress Dowager off.

372
00:30:40,020 --> 00:30:44,350
The more she won't let you off. Please be careful.

373
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,180
What if you are given a chance to get into position?

374
00:30:53,270 --> 00:30:56,870
In terms of beauty, scheming, and tricks,

375
00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:59,060
I'm all inferior to others.

376
00:30:59,060 --> 00:31:02,170
What right do I have to compete for His Majesty's favor?

377
00:31:02,170 --> 00:31:04,360
As long as I help you.

378
00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:14,210
Noble Lady Qing, if you want to protect your family,

379
00:31:14,210 --> 00:31:16,400
you must have the strength.

380
00:31:17,370 --> 00:31:19,480
Rather than relying on the strong,

381
00:31:20,290 --> 00:31:22,890
why not become the strong one?

382
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:35,220
Her Highness Consort Ling said she has already had this prescription checked by Doctor Ye.

383
00:31:35,220 --> 00:31:38,110
He gave permission that it can be given to Empress Dowager.

384
00:31:38,110 --> 00:31:40,660
Thank you for the concerns of Her Highness Consort Ling.

385
00:31:58,230 --> 00:32:00,990
Your Majesty, a message came from Shoukang Palace,

386
00:32:00,990 --> 00:32:03,060
saying that Empress Dowager is unconscious

387
00:32:03,060 --> 00:32:06,770
and kept having seizures. She couldn't even taken in any sweetened water anymore.

388
00:32:06,770 --> 00:32:08,870
Should you...

389
00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:22,410
Greetings, Your Majesty.

390
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,180
Where is Empress Dowager?!

391
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:33,270
Greetings, Your Majesty!

392
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:40,960
<i> Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki.</i>

393
00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:45,810
I have some words to ask Empress Dowager.

394
00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:48,750
Empress Dowager, she knows about why you're here.

395
00:32:48,750 --> 00:32:52,210
Once you open this book, you'll understand everything.

396
00:32:52,210 --> 00:32:53,580
<i>[Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations]</i>

397
00:32:53,580 --> 00:32:57,550
This is just storytelling. What does Empress Dowager mean by this?

398
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:06,260
This is a collection of stories gathered by Ji Yuan, a first placer in his provincial exam during the 12th year of your reign.

399
00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:09,000
It talked about a beautiful farmer wife in Huai Town.

400
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,870
Her husband fled to another land and left his parents to her care.

401
00:33:11,870 --> 00:33:15,120
She tightly shut the gates of their house, weaving day to night, just to provide for her in-laws.

402
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,180
However, she was only able to earn so little that's hardly enough, and had to seek help from her neighbors.

403
00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:24,050
Everyone wanted to help, but didn't have the resources. She could only have a big cry, then stand by the door to smile on the guests (become a prostitute).

404
00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:28,790
What are you saying?

405
00:33:28,790 --> 00:33:31,440
What does that got to do with the questions I'm going to ask?

406
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,760
Madam Guo sold her body just to provide for her in-laws.

407
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:39,480
And used the money she earned to buy a beautiful maiden home. When her husband returned, she said,

408
00:33:39,490 --> 00:33:42,370
"You have safely returned and I'm returning your parents to you unscathed.

409
00:33:42,370 --> 00:33:45,710
And that fair maiden is a second wife I got for you."

410
00:33:45,710 --> 00:33:48,860
After saying it, she took a knife and killed herself.

411
00:33:53,150 --> 00:33:58,410
After her death, the county official branded her as being unchaste and allowed her to be buried in their ancestral tomb, but not with her husband.

412
00:33:58,410 --> 00:34:00,890
Only her in-laws cried for her.

413
00:34:00,890 --> 00:34:03,800
They said, "Our son was unfilial and abandoned his parents.

414
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,530
What mistake did a weak woman do in losing her chastity just to provide for her in-laws?"

415
00:34:07,530 --> 00:34:12,870
The public started to discuss what's more important, chastity or relationship ties?

416
00:34:28,390 --> 00:34:30,780
What else did Empress Dowager say?

417
00:34:33,420 --> 00:34:37,170
Your Majesty. That year of the great Shanxi drought.

418
00:34:37,170 --> 00:34:39,550
Madam of Qian clan accompanied Emperor Yongzheng on private tour.

419
00:34:39,550 --> 00:34:41,950
Due to the battle for the throne, they met with danger many times.

420
00:34:41,950 --> 00:34:44,840
Emperor Yongzheng was injured by arrow after having separated from the guards.

421
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,370
In order to evade from the attacker, he fell into the deep mountain.

422
00:34:47,370 --> 00:34:51,720
But misfortune did not come alone. He met bandits hidden in Mount Taihang.

423
00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:56,050
Madam Qian kept Emperor Yongzheng in a farm house and switched into his clothing.

424
00:34:56,050 --> 00:34:59,210
To lure away by herself the bandits who had chased after them.

425
00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:02,480
What did you say?

426
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,490
Someone said, Madam Qian was captured by the bandits.

427
00:35:06,490 --> 00:35:09,970
And someone else said she threw herself off of the mountain summit.

428
00:35:09,970 --> 00:35:14,740
But whether Madam Qian was actually captured by the bandits, or if she killed herself to preserve her chastity.

429
00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:16,640
It was all to protect Emperor Yongzheng.

430
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,350
Loyal and devoted. So admirable.

431
00:35:19,350 --> 00:35:22,770
But if the words spread, Madam would be like the Guo clanswoman.

432
00:35:22,770 --> 00:35:26,070
Clearly carrying out justice but to suffer the reproof of the world.

433
00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:29,430
Your Majesty will likely be subject to absurd comments.

434
00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:32,680
This is why Empress Dowager has kept the secret all along.

435
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,630
If you don't believe, Emperor Yongzheng had a close servant.

436
00:35:36,630 --> 00:35:39,240
The one who found Emperor Yongzheng first back then.

437
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:42,890
Now he's retired to his hometown and he lives in Jiaozhou.

438
00:35:42,890 --> 00:35:44,780
Empress Dowager has already ordered him to be secretly invited in.

439
00:35:44,780 --> 00:35:48,150
He should arrive by tomorrow at the latest.

440
00:35:53,290 --> 00:35:56,140
If Empress Dowager's words are true.

441
00:35:56,980 --> 00:36:02,000
I will go to Shuokang Palace personally and kneel for forgiveness.

442
00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:26,670
Noble Lady Qing. You've worked hard.

443
00:36:26,670 --> 00:36:29,320
My heart's jumping so fast.

444
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:33,950
Consort Ling, why didn't you tell His Majesty personally?

445
00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:37,920
His Majesty isn't fond of seeing me.

446
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,310
I don't want to implicate Empress Dowager.

447
00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:45,710
But those words earlier. Can they really move His Majesty?

448
00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:56,390
Are you very tired?

449
00:36:56,390 --> 00:36:59,470
<i>Who are you? What are you trying to do? </i>

450
00:36:59,470 --> 00:37:01,780
<i>Who said you could come in. </i>

451
00:37:01,780 --> 00:37:04,050
<i>What are you doing? You can't move it. </i>

452
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,140
<i>Don't move it. </i>

453
00:37:07,140 --> 00:37:08,900
<i>You all come back. </i>

454
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,270
<i>Who are you guys? Put that down. </i>

455
00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:13,100
<i>Who said you can move that? Move it back now!</i>

456
00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,800
<i>Who sent you to move that? </i>

457
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,180
<i>Who said you can move it? </i>

458
00:37:16,180 --> 00:37:17,880
<i>Who are you guys exactly? </i>

459
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,030
<i>Put it back. </i>

460
00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:21,110
<i>- Let go! <br>- What are you doing? </i>

461
00:37:21,110 --> 00:37:24,430
<i>I said, stop. Stop!</i>

462
00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:28,700
Wang Tianyi, greets Your Majesty.

463
00:37:28,700 --> 00:37:30,230
Li Yu.

464
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:36,060
Your Majesty, Lord Wang's kneecaps were injured by firearms once, in protecting Late Emperor.

465
00:37:36,060 --> 00:37:40,440
It's been relapsing and repeating in his old age.

466
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:42,130
Grant him a seat.

467
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,730
Teacher Wang, you once taught me riding and archery personally.

468
00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:56,260
You are my teacher.

469
00:37:56,260 --> 00:38:00,770
What I ask you now, you must answer truthfully.

470
00:38:01,530 --> 00:38:03,920
Back when Late Emperor went on a private visit of Shanxi,

471
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,670
Madam Qian accompanied him. Were you aware?

472
00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:10,000
Your Majesty, that did indeed happen.

473
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,190
Then, when you escorted him back,

474
00:38:12,190 --> 00:38:16,020
did Late Emperor return with Madam Qian?

475
00:38:19,410 --> 00:38:21,660
That . . .

476
00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:23,760
Answer truthfully.

477
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,160
Yes.

478
00:38:29,650 --> 00:38:32,370
May you dissipate your anger, Your Majesty.

479
00:38:32,370 --> 00:38:34,970
Empress Dowager lied to me!

480
00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:55,180
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

481
00:38:58,350 --> 00:39:04,160
Teacher Wang, you served Late Emperor for decades.

482
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:11,730
When I was young, you'd run around wildly carrying me on your back.

483
00:39:11,730 --> 00:39:15,210
I was mischievous and got reprimanded by Late Emperor.

484
00:39:15,950 --> 00:39:19,920
You would take the scolding and punishments for me.

485
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,340
May you, on the account of our tie as teacher and disciple,

486
00:39:24,660 --> 00:39:27,570
do not let me live unclear and unwitting.

487
00:39:29,390 --> 00:39:35,350
I ask you. How did Madam Qian really die?

488
00:39:36,990 --> 00:39:42,790
Did she really die at Mount Taihang.

489
00:39:45,260 --> 00:39:48,990
Or was she really killed by Empress Dowager instead?

490
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:56,450
Your Majesty, Madam Qian, back then, in order to save Late Emperor,

491
00:39:56,450 --> 00:40:01,750
her chastity was harmed and humiliated Late Emperor thoroughly.

492
00:40:01,750 --> 00:40:04,770
She was granted death.

493
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,910
- Greetings to Your Majesty.<br>- - Where is Empress Dowager?

494
00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:19,680
- Where is Empress Dowager? <br>- Empress Dowager . . .

495
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,920
Empress Dowager took Consort Ling with her and went out of the palace to recuperate.

496
00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:51,000
Noble Lady Qing.

497
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,650
Your Majesty.

498
00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:59,830
By order of Empress Dowager, I have been waiting here for Your Majesty to relay a few urgent words.

499
00:40:59,830 --> 00:41:02,600
May Your Majesty clear your surroundings.

500
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,630
What did Empress Dowager say?

501
00:41:15,630 --> 00:41:17,880
Empress Dowager had me tell Your Majesty,

502
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,620
that during the 13th years of Late Emperor's reign, he only rested one day on his royal birthday.

503
00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:24,620
He never went to Mulan Autumn Hunt and never engaged in hedonistic pleasures.

504
00:41:24,620 --> 00:41:27,860
Late Emperor governed with extreme strictness, all for the pursuit of being a good emperor.

505
00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:31,190
Late Emperor once said he shouldered the blame of being scheming against his father and pressuring on his mother.

506
00:41:31,190 --> 00:41:33,990
And the bad reputation of murdering his elder brothers and slaughtering his younger.

507
00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:36,840
As though carrying a majestic mountain and going against the wind.

508
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,490
He knew for an emperor,

509
00:41:39,490 --> 00:41:43,950
proper and right is too important. It's not that he didn't lament losing Madam Qian.

510
00:41:43,950 --> 00:41:46,790
He just didn't want Your Majesty to suffer shame.

511
00:41:46,790 --> 00:41:51,030
That day, Empress Dowager was ordered to bring poison wine to Madam.

512
00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:55,750
Madam said not one word and only bowed to Empress Dowager three times and sighed to death.

513
00:41:55,750 --> 00:41:59,760
Empress Dowager said since she received three bows from her, and it's the entrusting of three thousand weights on her.

514
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:04,620
And she would protect Your Majesty for life as a real mother.

515
00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:10,950
Where is Empress Dowager? I must go see her.

516
00:42:10,950 --> 00:42:13,700
Empress Dowager said Forbidden City isn't quiet.

517
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:16,260
She wants to find a quiet place to nurse her illness.

518
00:42:16,260 --> 00:42:21,210
Consort Ling will look after Empress Dowager well for you. May Your Majesty not worry.

519
00:42:27,910 --> 00:42:29,540
Your Majesty.

520
00:43:07,950 --> 00:43:11,790
Royal Mother. I am not filial.

521
00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:14,320
I have put to shame your kind mothering.

522
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:19,050
I forgot your grace of raising me and I deserve death.

523
00:43:19,050 --> 00:43:21,390
May Royal Mother forgive.

524
00:43:24,860 --> 00:43:27,500
I earnestly invite Royal Mother to return to Palace.

525
00:43:28,270 --> 00:43:32,430
Your Majesty, Empress Dowager states she will move to Yuanming Garden to nurse her illness.

526
00:43:32,430 --> 00:43:34,860
When the illness is recovered fully, she would return.

527
00:43:34,860 --> 00:43:37,160
May Your Majesty return now.

528
00:43:38,430 --> 00:43:40,420
Royal Mother.

529
00:43:40,420 --> 00:43:45,270
Mother, it's all my fault. I angered you.

530
00:43:45,270 --> 00:43:47,860
I know my wrong.

531
00:43:47,860 --> 00:43:51,680
May you pity our tie as mother and son for long,

532
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:56,130
unveil your screen and let me see you.

533
00:43:56,130 --> 00:43:58,960
Your Majesty, may you return.

534
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:19,960
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535
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:29,400
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