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Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard,
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Examining love together with regret, both new and old.
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Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears,
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Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.
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Story of Yanxi Palace
Episode 58
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Empress Dowager.
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What do you want to say?
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Empress Dowager, when did you recover?
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You should ask me when I gotten sick.
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Consort Ling, if Empress Dowager is not sick,
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would the Empress relax her vigilance?
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How would she win His Majesty's compassion?
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How would she also defeat the enemy by surprise?
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How did you escape from the eyes of the Imperial Physician?
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The Empress thinks she's smart.
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She bribed Medical Inspector Zhang,
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but she didn't expect that my Gugu Liu
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is also an expert in using medicines.
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Empress Dowager, you are overpraising me.
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The needle trick can fool for a short time but not forever.
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Hence, Empress Dowager must leave the Forbidden City.
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Empress Dowager uncovered the truth
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and suddenly left the Forbidden City.
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His Majesty's guilty conscience must be at his peak.
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Empress Dowager is indeed brilliant.
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Consort Ling, you relied on Gugu Liu's
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words and told a small story to His Majesty.
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Regarding this, great minds think alike.
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But your story is incomplete.
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Let me complete it for you.
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Consort Ling, do you know why Empress Dowager
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wants to leave with you?
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You have a quick brain
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but your methods are still too soft.
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You urged Noble Lady Qing to open her mouth.
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Helping her is also helping yourself.
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You were certain that His Majesty would guess that it was you
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and wanted to use this opportunity to turn around. But you
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are too trusting.
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You have offended His Majesty.
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If you sway in front of him every day, he will grow more tired of you.
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Hence, now, you need to make him think of you and miss you
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but he can't find and see you every day.
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Consort Ling, you should thank Empress Dowager now.
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She's helping you.
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Thank you, Empress Dowager.
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You are the most likable person in Forbidden City.
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I also wanted to find a companion for Yuanming Garden.
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Empress Dowager, may I be bold?
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I have another question.
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Are you asking how Madam Qian died?
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What do you think?
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His Majesty really chased after?
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Yes.
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Empress Dowager is indeed a sly old fox.
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Do you think His Majesty will pursue this matter?
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That letter was kept by Mrs Wenfu.
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Grand Imperial Consort hid it and Prince He found it.
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From the start till the end, how is it related to me?
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It's a pity that person from Yanxi Palace left with Empress Dowager.
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Mistress, you won't be able to eliminate the root
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before it becomes a big problem.
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Why do I feel that
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you hate Consort Ling more than I do?
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To reply Your Highness, she's just a palace maid who betrayed me.
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Naturally, she's not worthy of my thoughts.
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When His Majesty knew that Empress Dowager went to Yuanming Garden to recuperate from her illness,
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he immediately dispatched a large number of attendants to follow her.
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He's obviously very concerned about the Empress Dowager.
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If we take action during this period, wouldn't we be getting ourselves into trouble?
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Not to mention, I'm stable like a mountain.
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Consort Ling followed Empress Dowager to gain her favors.
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but she has lost the opportunity to compete.
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When she's back,
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the kingdom in Forbidden City would have changed.
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Your Majesty, it's a letter from Empress Dowager.
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Read it to me.
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I will abide.
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At Yuanming Garden, all is well . . .
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Your Majesty, all is well at Yuanming Garden.
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Don't worry about me. The day before, I obtained a book,
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Discretionary Comrades, Diet is Good, History is Slightly.
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Who dedicated this book to Empress Dowager?
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Your Majesty, this book was written by an eunuch in Late Ming.
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Some of it has been censored out.
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What Empress Dowager obtained, it should be the revised version.
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I think it's not serious.
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- Continue to read.
- Eating is a discipline.
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- mentioned that...
- The freshest herring should be eaten in July.
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Empress Dowager ordered Interior Bureau to make tribute and held an osmanthus festival.
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A marvelous event watching the palace maids set out river lantern.
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She even followed the tone of Empress Dowager in the first sentence.
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None of the two sentences are original.
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Continue reading.
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There's it.
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- Just these few sentences?
- Just these few sentences.
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No need to deliver this in the future. I get upset when I see it.
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Your Majesty, Zhuo Zhong Chi said,
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cutting grapes during the Mid-Autumn festival
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Placing it in water and sealing it was said to preserve it until the first month of the next year,
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but in less than ten days, they rot.
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A book of misinformation is worse than no book.
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Empress Dowager deliberately kept a moon cake
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and order it to be delivered to Forbidden City and share it with His Majesty.
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to share some family love.
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- Where's the letter?
- Your Majesty didn't you say...
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I will read it to you.
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I will read it on my own.
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Quick. Over here, Empress Dowager. This flavor is not bad.
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Hurry up. Leave it here.
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Hurry up. Be quick.
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Mingyu, I told you many times.
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When doing the 'wasted eggplant', you should place the coins layer by layer.
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Look at your handiwork. It's like chicken feet. You are really beyond help.
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Gugu Liu, I have been making snacks for many years. Everyone praises my handiwork.
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Your Majesty, every year during the Double Nine festival, people in the palace must climb to a high height.
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Empress Dowager hasn't recovered her health yet.
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She's leading the palace maids and eunuchs to make vegetables.
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It's rather interesting.
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It's a pity Mingyu keeps trying and failing at it.
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She often stamps her feet.
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The embroidery maids are busy with making the winter clothes.
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As long as they rush it day and night, it won't cause any delay.
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Don't worry.
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Remember to frequently turn over the fabrics in the stockroom.
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I've already ordered them to do it.
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But, there's one thing I must ask your permission about.
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Today, Her Highness Consort Shu sent people to the Storage Office
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and insisted on looking for old white fox skin.
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After choosing among a hundred of them, she still wasn't satisfied.
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Isn't that deliberately nit picking? I'm afraid that...
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Empress Dowager has went to Yuanming Garden for such a long time and has been waiting for some joyous news.
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But this tenth prince died upon birth.
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Although His Majesty promoted Imperial Concubine Shu, it's still normal for her to be unhappy.
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Just try to avoid her as much from now on.
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Yes.
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The most important thing now is Her Highness Empress is about to give birth.
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The Imperial Household Department must make all the appropriate preparations.
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Yes. I understand. Don't worry.
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Who allowed you in here?
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I...was sent by Chief Steward Liu to attend to you.
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At first glance, you indeed look a bit like her.
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Get up! Get up!
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Hit me.
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Chief Steward Yuan...
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- Hit me...
- No!
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Hit me!
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I've hit you!
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I want you to hit me back, don't you understand?
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Why didn't you fight back?
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I didn't get any love anymore. Can't I even get your hate?
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Chief Steward Yuan, have mercy!
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Right, you're not her.
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You're like a quail.
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How could you be worthy to be compared to her?
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Leave.
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Tell Liu He that if he dares to pretend to be smart again next time,
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I'll have his life.
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Leave.
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Got it.
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His Majesty always just write those three words.
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Isn't that brushing you off?
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[Got it.]
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Every month, we send him a letter and have written 35 of them already.
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It was only starting from the 18th letter
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did His Majesty start to write back.
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This one today is already the 30th letter.
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Empress Dowager has said that you should return to Forbidden City,
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but you kept refusing to do so.
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Yingluo, what are you thinking?
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Yingluo, you're not writing any letter anymore?
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Right. I'm not sending one this month.
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Desheng, what's that?
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This one? The monthly letter from Yuanming Garden.
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Chief Steward Li, what is Empress Dowager thinking?
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She has lived in Yuanming Garden for such a long time.
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His Majesty has went there so many times this year,
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but Empress Dowager refused to see him whenever he arrives.
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Fine, if she doesn't want to see him.
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But how come the monthly letters never stopped?
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How could the anger of Empress Dowager dissipate that quickly?
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Regarding this letter, it's being written by Consort Ling
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to let His Majesty know the condition of Empress Dowager.
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This way, even if His Majesty is mad at Her Highness,
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he still has to accept this goodwill of hers.
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Learn from her.
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Walk slowly, Chief Steward Li.
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Clear Fragrance of Life Observed
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After 3 years, it's finally done.
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Li Yu, immediately send this painting to Jiaxing
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and bestow it to the descendants of the Qian Family.
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Yes, I will immediately handle it.
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Your Majesty, this is a letter from Empress Dowager.
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[Well.]
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Your Majesty...
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Li Yu, go ask what's going on.
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Yes, I will go right away.
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Greetings, Mistress.
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Your Highness Empress, Empress Dowager has already sent people to deliver
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things needed for the bathing ceremony of 13th Prince on his 3rd day.
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When Yongji was born, Empress Dowager didn't return to the palace.
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On Yongjing's third day bathing ceremony, Empress Dowager is also not attending.
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Looks like she has decided to stay for a long time in Yuanming Garden.
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It's good that she doesn't return.
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Once she's back, she'll keep making things difficult for you.
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In these 3 years that she wasn't in Forbidden Palace, you successively have given birth to 2 princes.
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You finally were able to live some comfortable days.
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Zhen'er, don't say rubbish.
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Yes.
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While Empress Dowager is staying in Yuangming Garden for a long time, the more the people of Imperial Household Department should be meticulous in their work.
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Don't let anyone say that you're slacking off.
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Yes.
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Your Majesty, I've asked around.
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Empress Dowager suddenly contracted some colds a few days ago.
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She was bedridden for 3 days. Good thing, the imperial physicians treated her on time
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and took good care of her. She's now fully recovered.
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It was Empress Dowager who was sick?
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No. Her Highness Consort Ling also got sick because of attending to her.
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Your Majesty, don't get anxious. When I was asking for information,
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the condition of Her Highness Consort Ling has already greatly improved.
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Yesterday, she's already able to leave her bed.
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As for the letter, it was written by her palace maid in her behalf.
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Your Majesty, don't get anxious.
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Your Majesty, our army in the front line attained great victory. The leader of the Huolan Tribe
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led 300 men to charge out of Mt. Balan in a flurry and eventually got captured by our army.
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The army would be returning in a few days.
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Great!
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Immediately give the instructions
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to prepare for the victorious return of our army. I must personally welcome them back.
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Yingluo, I've been rushing you to return to the Forbidden City since a year ago,
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but you kept refusing to.
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Why?
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I want to accompany you more.
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You... You're still playing tricks in front of me?
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I think you're
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too happy with these comfortable days.
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Just like a bird who flew out of a cage,
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you don't want to return to the cage anymore.
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Empress Dowager, what are you saying?
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Say, it's just the fifth month,
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yet you've started to set up preparations for the Dragon Boat Competition.
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Do you really have any plans to return to Forbidden City?
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I like it here.
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I like the days of admiring flowers during the spring,
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picking water lilies during the summer,
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welcoming the wind during autumn, and admiring snow during the winter.
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The more, I like accompanying Empress Dowager to light incenses and having occasional tours outside.
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Empress Dowager, if His Majesty never remembers me,
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I'll just stay here forever and not go anywhere.
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Yingluo, in one's life,
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it's like moving against the current. You should withdraw if you're not moving forward.
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Now, you have me looking after you.
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But if one day,
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you're the only one left, what would you do?
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Empress Dowager...
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You're the imperial consort of His Majesty. You must return to the Forbidden City sooner or later.
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Delaying it from day to day,
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aren't you afraid of His Majesty forgetting you?
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By then, you won't have any chance to make a comeback.
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Think about it, how long has it been since His Majesty wrote you a letter back?
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Mingyu, you say it.
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Three months ago, Her Highness Consort Ling sent someone to enter the palace to deliver a letter with the wrong 'well'.
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We didn't receive any reply letter ever since.
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Yingluo, you have lived your good days with such pleasure.
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You have totally forgotten the lurking dangers.
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Think about it well,
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why His Majesty isn't writing you back.
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[Strict Temperament, Upright Disposition]
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Mother.
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Mother.
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Fuheng.
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- Fuheng.
- Mother.
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Son.
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You are finally back.
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I'm back.
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You are finally back.
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Mother, sit.
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Son.
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I'm not filial. I didn't even rush back when you are sick.
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Please forgive me.
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You were fighting in the battle field.
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The messages were cut off.
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How could I blame you?
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Once again, you are successful in your battles.
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His Majesty has given orders to construct an ancestral memorial temple
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for the ancestors of the Fuca Clan,
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and even especially posthumously bestowed commendations to your father.
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His soul in heaven
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would surely be proud of you.
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Mother.
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I should have returned earlier with Jaohui's Army,
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but there were many matters to attend to. Thus, I could only return today.
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I would like to go to the mourning hall to light incense for Father.
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Alright.
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I will go with you.
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After we have paid our respects and lit the incense, I want to open the main door
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and hold a lively celebration.
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I want everyone in the capital to see
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that we not only have the benevolent Empress Xiaoxian,
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our Fuca Family
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also has a real gyrfalcon (a fierce bird).
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Mother, where is An'er and Fuqian?
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I told Fuqian to take An'er
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to get Hitara-hara
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a memorial tablet for reincarnation.
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What are you doing?
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The walnuts are delicious.
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Eat this.
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Do you want to die?
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You dare use a personally written letter of His Majesty as a waste bin for nut shell?
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Don't blame him.
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I did it.
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Empress Dowager wanted you to do self-reflection. Did you do it?
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I closed the door for three days. Wasn't it for self-reflections?
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Is this how you self-reflected?
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Empress Dowager left a problem for me.
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I'm trying to solve it now.
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Keep quiet.
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I think you're not giving it any serious thought.
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The people from the palace is here.
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Take a look and see what you should do.
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Consort Ling.
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I was ordered by His Majesty to deliver a gift to Empress Dowager for the Dragon Boat festival.
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Sir, Empress Dowager is with Buddha now.
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I'm afraid she can't meet you in person.
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I will leave the gift here and leave.
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I won't dare to disturb Empress Dowager
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but there's still someone else who would like to meet you.
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♫Softly falling into the hollow of my palm,♫
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♫Resting frozen in the center of my palm.♫
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♫Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable,♫
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Mingyu, what are you doing?
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Don't bother me.
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You are being rude. Come with me.
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You can stand here alone then. I'm leaving.
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I wanted to hear what they are saying.
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Why are you so angry?
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Whenever I have a free time, I come here. I think of every ways to visit you.
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But you? It was rare for us to see each other,
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but you are only concerned about others. Why aren't you concerned about me?
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Hailancha!
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Look at her. She's really a foolish girl.
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I wonder what she's worried about. She even hid there to sneak a peek.
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What do you think she is worried about?
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Fuheng.
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Erqing is dead.
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I know.
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If this is the reason you are here,
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let me tell you. She died for her sins.
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I won't be guilty conscious about this.
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I won't apologize to you.
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Yingluo, I'm not here for this.
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Go back. Go back to Forbidden City immediately.
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Why?
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- Because of someone.
- Someone?
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Yes, for a woman.
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Perhaps, with her appearance,
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will make everything that you meticulously devised
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to obtain turn to nothing.
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Think for your own sake.
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Go back. Depart immediately.
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Fuheng.
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What are you talking about?
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I don't understand.
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Yingluo, do you still remember the horizontal inscribed board that His Majesty granted to the six palaces?
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He even ordered the calligraphy master to make 12 copies
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of the famous stories of ancestral virtuous imperial consorts
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as a palace guidance painting.
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I remember
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but how is that
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related to the matter you're talking about?
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Beauty, loyalty, humility, righteous, and brave.
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All these beautiful words can be used to describe her.
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I'm not exaggerating at all.
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With a woman like that by His Majesty's side,
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Wei Yingluo, what should you do in the future?
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I don't believe there's such a perfect woman in this world.
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Reality has proven you wrong.
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Fuheng.
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Are you helping His Majesty to persuade me to return to the palace?
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Wei Yingluo, you are an ambitious woman.
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Even if you entered the palace with a motive,
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since you have entered the palace,
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you must obtain His Majesty's favor and must monopolize it.
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This proves that you have definitely won His Majesty's heart
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letting him miss you so much.
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But from now on, you are already not that most unique woman.
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In this past 3 months, His Majesty has never remembered you by even a day.
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Maybe, the days here in Yuanming Garden made you feel comfortable.
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It numbed your sharp senses. Or maybe, you were too overconfident,
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that you forgot the saying,
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"There will always be another better person out there, another better sky out there."
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Then this better person,
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this better sky,
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who is she?
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The daughter of the governor of Huguang.
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His Majesty personally changed her name into...
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...Chenbi.
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All the mist completely disappeared. The bright moonlight shines on thousands of miles of land.
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The fluctuating light flashes some gold hue. The quiet moon shadow is like a jade that have sunken into the water.
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The songs of the fishermen are being sang by us. This kind of happiness is unending.
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This must be how one would imagine the scenery in the essay "On Yueyang Tower".
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Let's go.
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Where are we going?
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To say farewell to Empress Dowager.
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We are going back?
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Yes. Set off immediately.
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[ Yanxi Palace Gate ]
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Greetings, Consort Ling.
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Rise.
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Xiao Quanzi, you did well this time.
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I told you to return first and make the arrangements,
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and you were able to do so in such a short time.
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For this, I dare not take all the credit.
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When I returned to Yanxi Palace, everything has already been set up.
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Then, these servants...
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All were sent by the Imperial Household Department.
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Yingluo, His Majesty still misses you.
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You still haven't returned, but everything has already been prepared.
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How about it? Is Consort Ling satisfied with
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how Yanxi Palace was fixed up?
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Greetings, Consort Ling.
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Yuan Chunwang, it has been a long time.
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Consort Ling, the Empress is still waiting for you.
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May Your Highness Imperial Consort go to her now.
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I know that you were returning, so I immediately sent people to fix your place.
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I wonder whether you like it.
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If you need anything else, you can notify Chief Steward Yuan any time.
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Why are you looking at me this way?
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Your Highness. As the mistress of the six palaces,
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you gave birth to 12th Prince on the 17th year reign of Qianlong.
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This year, you gave birth to 13th Prince.
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The entire harem is under your control.
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What kind of woman,
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who has joined the palace for just three months,
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is already making you uneasy?
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When you see Imperial Concubine Shun,
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you will be just like me,
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bearing alarm in your heart.
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No, it's terror.
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There's such a beauty in the kingdom?
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How is she compared to the late Noble Consort Gao?
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Beauty is not only in the surface.
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His Majesty has seen so many beauties. How then could he
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get enchanted with just a beautiful face?
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Your Highness Empress, even if Noble Lady Chang is a one of a kind beauty,
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currently enjoying the favor of His Majesty,
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she is of no threat to your position.
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I don't understand what reason
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could make you lower yourself to show me kindness?
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Your Highness Consort Ling, Noble Lady Chang has now been promoted to Imperial Concubine Shun.
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She has an illustrious background.
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Her ancestor is one of the people who established this empire.
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Her grandaunt is the Empress Xiaozhaoren of Emperor Shengzhu.
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His Majesty personally named her Chenbi and is favoring her a lot.
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It's way more than how he favored you before.
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Hence, we must work together to resist her.
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I've already experienced your kindness.
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It's better to not proceed in joining forces this time.
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When she entered the palace, she's like a flawless white jade.
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I heard that when she was younger, she once wandered among the commoners.
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She grew up without worries within the mountains and fields.
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She only got found not long ago
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and became the most favored woman in the Forbidden City.
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Wei Yingluo, are you not worried?
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If you don't fear her, you wouldn't have immediately returned to Forbidden City.
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Here in the Forbidden City, there's no friends or foes, just self-interest.
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Only with us joining forces can we stand a chance against Imperial Concubine Shun.
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Or else, not long from now,
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you will leave Forbidden City dejected
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and return to the side of Empress Dowager to live the rest of your life.
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Think about it clearly.
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I'm sure that you'll give me a satisfactory answer.
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Your Highness Empress, say, will Consort Ling agree to work with you?
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Listening won't do. Seeing is believing.
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As long as she sees that Chenbi,
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she naturally would obediently return to beg me.
480
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Okay already. Let's go back for an afternoon nap.
481
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What are you laughing about?
482
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Have you seen her?
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You are a smart person.
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I know that once you saw her,
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you surely would turn around.
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That woman is too good.
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Anyone who has interacted with her would want to get close to her.
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That includes His Majesty up to the eunuchs and palace maids here in the palace.
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Maybe, that is her charm.
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Consort Ling, before we start working together, let me warn you
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to stay away from her and don't get bewitched by her.
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I won't.
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Hope so.
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For the first step, what to Empress plans to do?
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Of course, it's to support you up the ranks.
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You want to borrow my hands
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to divide the attention being enjoyed by Imperial Concubine Shun?
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Wei Yingluo, can you do it?
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As you wish.
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Okay. Let's wish our collaboration will be a success.
501
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Yingluo, are you really going to work together with Empress?
502
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Why not?
503
00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:57,210
But I don't understand. You've already refused it initially.
504
00:38:57,210 --> 00:39:01,540
But after seeing Imperial Concubine Shun, you immediately changed your mind.
505
00:39:01,540 --> 00:39:04,240
Is she that special?
506
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:06,720
Look at this face!
507
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:09,210
What's wrong?
508
00:39:11,350 --> 00:39:13,290
This face...
509
00:39:14,510 --> 00:39:16,590
...is not adorable at all.
510
00:39:16,590 --> 00:39:20,630
As if with just a blink of the eye, bad ideas would come out.
511
00:39:20,630 --> 00:39:23,800
How could you say such things about yourself?
512
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,340
I'm saying the truth.
513
00:39:28,290 --> 00:39:33,480
Sister once said that I have a quick-witted face.
514
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,790
It's a good thing, but also a bad thing.
515
00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:39,950
Good thing is no one would dare casually bully me.
516
00:39:39,950 --> 00:39:41,970
The bad thing is...
517
00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:46,110
Everyone thinks that I'm too scheming.
518
00:39:46,110 --> 00:39:50,360
What's different about the face of Imperial Concubine Shun?
519
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,670
Her face...
520
00:39:53,530 --> 00:39:55,380
...is what I want the most.
521
00:39:55,380 --> 00:40:00,730
Fairly white and flawless. Gentle and amiable.
522
00:40:00,730 --> 00:40:02,620
It makes people want to dote on her.
523
00:40:02,620 --> 00:40:04,930
This is the reason why you're working with Empress?
524
00:40:04,930 --> 00:40:07,200
Not only her looks.
525
00:40:08,170 --> 00:40:10,600
Also, that bearing.
526
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,610
Mingyu. Let me ask you this.
527
00:40:15,610 --> 00:40:19,260
What kind of woman is scariest in the imperial harem?
528
00:40:20,180 --> 00:40:24,140
Like Empress? Like you?
529
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,190
I don't know anymore.
530
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:33,440
A woman that's so naive to the point of being free of impurities is the scariest,
531
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:37,160
because she can easily obtain a man's heart.
532
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,390
Especially for a very complicated man like the emperor.
533
00:40:43,030 --> 00:40:47,700
How good will it be if I have a face just like hers?
534
00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:51,770
Right. It would be way much easier to seduce His Majesty with a face like that.
535
00:40:51,770 --> 00:40:53,530
Wrong!
536
00:40:54,950 --> 00:41:00,610
Having a face like that, it would be more convenient for me to do evil things.
537
00:41:00,610 --> 00:41:03,800
You, you, why waste so much effort?
538
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:08,200
Isn't he not bothering you exactly what you want?
539
00:41:11,380 --> 00:41:16,650
Yingluo, could you have just discovered
540
00:41:16,650 --> 00:41:21,100
that you have fallen in love with His Majesty?
541
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,020
No way.
542
00:41:24,020 --> 00:41:27,890
Why then did you immediately return and is this mad?
543
00:41:28,890 --> 00:41:32,970
This concerns my dignity and this competitive drive.
544
00:41:34,660 --> 00:41:38,560
But His Majesty just like women who are like Imperial Concubine Shun.
545
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,510
Why don't you imitate her?
546
00:41:41,510 --> 00:41:45,640
Wei Yingluo is Wei Yingluo! Why must I imitate others?
547
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:49,950
You can then only sit here and wallow in self-pity.
548
00:41:54,170 --> 00:41:57,880
Your Majesty, I've already arranged for a guidance momo
549
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,820
and would send her to Lijing Pavilion soon.
550
00:42:00,820 --> 00:42:02,930
No need to force it.
551
00:42:02,930 --> 00:42:06,430
I find Imperial Concubine Shun already good and very unique.
552
00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:11,350
It's her great fortune that Your Majesty loves her so much.
553
00:42:11,350 --> 00:42:13,440
But she still must learn the rules.
554
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,660
What if in the future, she has to welcome the Empress Dowager or attend some ceremony?
555
00:42:16,660 --> 00:42:19,930
It can't be helped for her to feel uncomfortable.
556
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,660
You are more thorough in thinking things like that.
557
00:42:25,450 --> 00:42:28,080
Just send Imperial Concubine Shun to Yanxi Palace.
558
00:42:28,090 --> 00:42:30,930
Tell Consort Ling to teach her well. Just make such arrangement.
559
00:42:30,930 --> 00:42:32,570
Yes.
560
00:42:36,890 --> 00:42:40,580
That is a Dragon Boat Festival gift that Consort Ling gifted Yongjing.
561
00:42:40,580 --> 00:42:43,640
Everyone else gave gold and silver ingots, bracelets, or lockets.
562
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,940
while Consort Ling gave something more appropriate.
563
00:42:52,980 --> 00:42:56,320
Zhen'er, instruct Medical Investigator Zhang
564
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,420
to examine the health of Consort Ling.
565
00:42:58,420 --> 00:43:00,890
She had been in Yuanming Garden serving Empress Dowager.
566
00:43:00,890 --> 00:43:04,670
Not minding any illness, being unable to sleep well, and not taking in delicious food.
567
00:43:04,670 --> 00:43:07,120
He must do his best to nurse her health.
568
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:08,760
Yes.
569
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:35,350
Your Highness Empress, say, can Consort Ling succeed?
570
00:43:36,430 --> 00:43:39,690
It will now depend on her abilities.
571
00:43:48,540 --> 00:43:51,030
She had been in Yuanming Garden serving Empress Dowager.
572
00:43:51,030 --> 00:43:55,600
Not minding any illness, being unable to sleep well, and not taking in delicious food.
573
00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:15,600
Greetings, Your Majesty.
574
00:44:22,530 --> 00:44:28,970
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