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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 60
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Don't misunderstand. I will not harm your beloved.
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I just find Concubine Shun familiar at first sight .
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If she wishes, she may come to Shoukang Palace often.
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To accompany me for conversations.
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Yes, I'm willing.
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Shoukang Palace
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Yingluo, how is Concubine Shun?
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Nothing now .
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Let's go.
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What's happened, exactly?
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Today, I attended Princess's death anniversary.
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I had wanted to seek Empress Dowager's delight, but offering suddenly became inflamed.
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The shaman madam said I was ominous and pressed Empress Dowager to punish me.
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How did you escape it?
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I don't know either,
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but Empress Dowager was going to grant me death.
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But suddenly she changed her mind .
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Before, a palace maid accidentally dropped and broke He'an's childhood doll.
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Empress Dowager who's always been merciful,
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actually ordered for immediate flogging to death.
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That was the first time I ever saw Empress Dowager furious. Her complexion completely changed.
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Since that moment, I knew He'an wasn't just the beloved daughter of Empress Dowager,
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she is also her only sore spot. Today you ruined the memorial.
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She had to vent her anger at you, but how did she then uphold you?
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And letting you go so easily?
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I . . .
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I really don't know.
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I want to hear the truth.
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It was Consort Ling that saved me.
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- Consort Ling.
- Yingluo, what are you donig?
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Yingluo, what are you doing?
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- Saving your life.
- Where are you going?
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- Don't move.
- Hurts so much.
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Hurts? Better than having your head drop.
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What are you really doing?
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You're bleeding. Don't move. I'll stop your bleeding.
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Starting now, every word I say, you must remember clearly.
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If you remember half a word wrong, you're done.
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Indeed that was the case.
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Your Majesty, you guessed it?
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Yingluo was accompanying Empress Dowager all along.
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She is very familiar with all aspects of Empress Dowager.
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If she wanted to drive a wedge,
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that head of yours wouldn't be attached to your neck long ago.
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Then, you still blame her?
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I am happy.
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You're not happy.
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You know clearly Consort Ling is innocent.
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But you reprimand her on purpose still.
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You're clearly angry at her.
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Angry at her for what?
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Angry that she doesn't care about you, that she's still living her days continued as always.
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Acting blind to Your Majesty's act of pampering me on purpose.
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Chenbi.
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Don't talk nonsense.
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Your Majesty. Chenbi has eyes.
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I have a heart. I know how to decipher.
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Your Majesty treats me very very good.
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But in your heart, another woman has moved in long ago.
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Stop thinking wildly.
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Rest early.
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Your Majesty, Chenbi is willing to help you.
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To probe Consort Ling's heart.
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Your Majesty, you are the person I admire the most.
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I respect you like a God and I want you to be happy.
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Chenbi.
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I really don't quite understand you.
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In your heart, you must think the harem consorts envy each other.
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The dissension, it's all too natural.
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But I've always believed that consorts can live in harmony.
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No. I don't want to be friends with your other women.
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But Consort Ling.
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I am willing to accept her.
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She's someone with a cold face but a warm heart.
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Someone worthy to befriend, and your beloved woman, at that.
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Isn't that so?
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- Chenbi.
- Your Majesty.
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You try to probe Yingluo with all sorts of measures.
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Isn't it just to see if she values you?
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If I can coordinate well, you will surely find out her feelings.
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I can vouch for it .
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I've used you.
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You truly aren't angry?
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Your Majesty. You've given me much more than that.
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You respect my personal life and allow me to be unconstrained.
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Even the little horse outside.
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You selected it personally too.
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Someone like you is worthy for me to give my all to love.
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I never thought you would say such a thing.
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Your Majesty. I am willing to give you
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all the best things in the world.
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Thank you.
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However, I do this,
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not because I deem Yingluo especially valuable.
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I just can't allow that in her heart,
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I am not first. Do you comprehend that?
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Yes. I understand.
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My words. You're not allowed to tell anyone.
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Your Ladyship. Empress is inside.
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Greetings to Empress.
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Consort Ling, I've reminded you not to be close to Concubine Shun.
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But you let that just be passing wind to your ears?
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Empress. I've said this.
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This matter is not linked to me.
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Yuan Chunwang.
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Consort Ling. You just came out of Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace,
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and Empress Dowager rushed to find the head monk of Wanshou (Longevity) Temple.
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For what?
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Empress Dowager invited Grand Monk to come to the palace to hold a meditation.
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What's peculiar about that?
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Wei Yingluo. I thought you were
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someone crafty but someone who keeps her words.
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I didn't imagine you would break your promise and abandon the oath. At Shoukang Palace,
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not only did you not get rid of the future disaster as planned but you actually saved Concubine Shun instead. Are you mad?
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Concubine Shun's crime is not worthy of death.
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Seducing the king is deserving of death!
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Now the one who deserves death more is you! How dare you ruin my plan.
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I only agreed to cooperate with you.
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I didn't agree to kill Concubine Shun.
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Today, Consort Shu and Consort Jia both qualify to ask,
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Only you don't.
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What are you saying?
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Empress, do you really think I know nothing?
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If Empress Dowager really killed Concubine Shun over momentary anger,
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it will anger His Majesty.
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And His Majesty's is devoted to his mother,
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so he naturally wouldn't blame Empress Dowager over a woman.
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He would vent his anger at who?
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Empress? Consort Shu or Consort Jia? None of them.
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The first one he'll lash at would be me.
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Because I have been with Empress Dowager all along and deemed her confidante.
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Empress, your act of borrowing a knife to kill.
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The first is towards killing of Concubine Shun,
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the second would come towards me.
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You're a woman who's lost favor anyway. His Majesty would kill you?
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In the end, you just wanted to save Concubine Shun.
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I really don't understand, publicly she's a seductive woman who's deluding the emperor.
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Privately she should be your love rival.
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Saving her? What are you really after?
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I have said it already
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Concubine Shun's crime is not worthy of death.
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I already advised you that Imperial Concubine Shun is not that simple.
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You refused to listen and believe it. Sooner or later, your kind heart
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will cause to pay a painful price.
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I will wait for that day.
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Take care, Consort Ling.
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Yingluo, did you offend Her Highness badly?
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Once the Empress has taken care of Imperial Concubine Shun,
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she will target me.
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What's there to offend?
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But if you make enemies with the entire harem because of Imperial Concubine Shun, is it worth it?
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I already said, I'm not doing this to help her.
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I'm doing it to help myself.
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You are so stubborn and refuses to admit defeat.
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Your Highness, please calm down.
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It's not worth this for those petty people who breached my trust.
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Long live His Majesty. Long Live His Majesty.
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That Wei Yingluo.
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Before I took action on her, she has taken precautions first.
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Looks like she's going to join forces with Imperial Concubine Shu to go against me.
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Mistress, don't worry.
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Mrs Saman has made the arrangements.
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She won't leave any other future troubles.
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I'm not worried that this matter will leak out.
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I'm only worried about the Empress Dowager's protection.
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In the future, it will be harder to take actions on Imperial Concubine Shun.
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Mistress. If we can bribe Mrs Saman,
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why can't we bribe the abbot of Wanshou Temple?
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Master Guani is a person who supports just causes. He won't compromise his integrity for a small sum of money.
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As long as you remodel the golden statue of Buddha,
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and also provide some money, grains and silver
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to appease those displaced people in the temple
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and help the temple to tide over the crisis, I was thinking,
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when it's the appropriate time, we can let the abbot say a few righteous words.
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It's probably not a problem to be blinded by Your Highness.
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Yuan Chunwang, your brain moves very fast.
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Mistress, thank you for your praise. I'm willing to share your burden.
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Greetings, Empress Dowager.
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You suddenly wanted to see me?
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Do you have instructions for me?
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Master Guanji said that,
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only one or two out of tens of thousands people will be reincarnated.
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I thought about this for a long time.
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The more I think about this, I feel that it's not right.
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Let me ask you. Does the branding of Imperial Concubine Shun's face has anything to do with you?
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Empress Dowager, how could I dare to do that?
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You really didn't do it?
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His Majesty dotes on Imperial Concubine Shun.
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Although I don't blame her,
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but I wouldn't help her to fool you too.
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Yingluo, you have been with me for three years.
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I know you better than anyone else.
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Your entire body is full of thorns.
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You think very fast.
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Maybe, you would lie just to save Imperial Concubine Shun.
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Empress Dowager, I wouldn't dare.
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Empress Dowager, Imperial Concubine Shun is here.
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Since you don't want to tel the truth, I can only summon Imperial Concubine Shun here.
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You can confront each other. She's not that delicate.
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If I find anything from my interrogation,
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I will definitely punish according to the law. Tell her to come in.
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Yes.
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Greetings, Empress Dowager.
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Imperial Concubine Shun, were you telling the truth?
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Empress Dowager, please forgive me.
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I didn't lie at all.
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Fine.
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Be honest. Did anyone teach you to say this?
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If this is the case, I'm going to mete out punishments.
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Empress Dowager, I did lie.
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They are right. I'm unlucky.
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What are you trying to say?
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When I was born, everything was normal.
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When I was older, I kept being sick.
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I kept saying that I lived in a crystal house.
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I would even ask for my Nanny Wen and dancing dolls all day.
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Everyone was scared. A visiting Lama passed by.
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He did an exorcism on me, hence, I returned to being normal.
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He said that this is called 'stolen reincarnation'. Good thing, it was found out early on.
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If not, he couldn't have preserved my life.
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Empress Dowager. When Mrs Saman brought this out in the open on that day,
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I was terrified. That's why I denied it.
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Yes. I'm not normal like others
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but I have never done anything bad
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to harm anyone.
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I know that concealment equals deception.
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If Empress Dowager wants to punish me,
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punish me severely then.
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Empress Dowager.
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Imperial Concubine Shun, Empress Dowager is a kind person.
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She won't blame you. Why would she pursue this matter? Get up now.
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Come here now.
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Child,
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it's rare to have such an encounter in life.
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This is God's gift to you.
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How could I blame you for this?
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Don't be afraid, child.
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Thank you, Empress Dowager.
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What you said just now, I didn't even know that.
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Who taught you that?
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- His Majesty.
- His Majesty?
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He was afraid the beans would be spilled.
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You are always sloppy in the way you do things.
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You don't reconsider first. You will get into trouble sooner or later.
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Are you saying...
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When He An was young and taking her medicines,
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she would always bawl her eyes out.
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Empress Dowager sent the staff to place many glass objects in her room.
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It was to shift her attention.
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It's just like...
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It's just like a crystal house.
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She also relied too much on her Nanny Wen.
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Once its sunset, she'll start looking for her.
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No one could coax and stop her.
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Empress Dowager even customized a puppet for her.
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When she looked at the puppet, she would be very happy
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and danced for joy.
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His Majesty takes care of you very well.
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Perhaps, he's really not doing this for me.
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My mistress was even worried that she won't say it so naturally.
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She couldn't sleep last night
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and dragged me to practice with her.
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Fortunately, it's due to you that
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Empress Dowager didn't pursue this.
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Yingluo lied for me.
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Of course, I can't conceal it anymore.
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He protected me and I protected you.
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I must act well.
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The less you talk, the less there is to expose.
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Remember this.
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Yes, I will remember this.
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Empress Dowager doesn't hate Imperial Concubine Shun at all.
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She totally changed her attitude today.
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Your method used drastic measures to deal with the situation.
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It's a real life saver.
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Empress Dowager is powerful and sits in a high position
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but she is also human. A human will have weaknesses.
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Even if she has doubts in her heart,
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she will still be on intimate terms with Imperial Concubine Shun.
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This is your merit in teaching her.
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I will teach her how to read and write.
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From the look of it today, Imperial Concubine Shun is the smartest student.
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She can pick up a lot of things.
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She can also deduces from many cases.
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Yingluo, there seems to be a hidden meaning in what you said.
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No, she's a good person.
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It's I who's vigilant against others
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and couldn't fully trust others.
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No matter what, by helping her, it will only cause the harem to be more jealous.
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In the past, you have His Majesty's protection.
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You have now lost favors with him. I fear it will be tough for you with every step.
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Don't worry, the sky will not fall.
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[...hope the Dharma Realm ]
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Mingyu, where's the Wujin stone I brought back from Hall of Mental Cultivation?
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I think it's in the storeroom.
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- I'm going to look for it.
- Go then.
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Your Lady, do you have instructions for me?
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Yes. It's a happy matter.
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Sister Mingyu! Sister Mingyu! What's wrong?
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I'm fine. I walked too fast earlier and felt a bit of chest tightness.
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Do you need me to assist you to rest?
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I already said that I'm fine. Go back to work.
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But you look very pale.
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Just go.
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Go.
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Come. All of you come in.
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Place it inside that room.
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All of you, be careful. Slow down.
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Come. Come. Hurry up!
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Xiao Quanzi, what are these?
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Sister Mingyu, congratulations.
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- Congratulations for what?
- Of course, it's for your joyous event.
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All of you, slow down. Be careful!
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Mingyu?
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Why are you here?
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You sent people to deliver so many gifts. What are they for?
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Consort Ling didn't tell you?
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Those gifts are my betrothal gifts.
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Who said that I'm marrying you?
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You'll reach the age to leave the palace by the 6th month of this year. Have you forgotten?
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Consort Ling is anxious about it.
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She even sent an envoy to my house to talk about our wedding.
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She didn't tell me anything!
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She said that if she told you, you surely will refuse to leave the palace.
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Of course, I can't leave her alone here in the Forbidden City.
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Mingyu, are you then willing to make me wait forever?
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I'm the only son in my family.
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Because I kept refusing to marry, my mother is already very worried.
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You two have arranged my marriage behind my back.
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I still haven't agreed to it.
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I'll tel Consort Ling that the marriage is canceled.
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Wait!
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You were deliberately fooling me.
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Mingyu, I'm earnestly asking you now,
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are you willing to marry me?
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- I...
- I would eventually join the battlefield one day.
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Maybe, the ending that's waiting for me—
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Don't say inauspicious words.
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Even so,
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are you still willing to marry me?
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Hailancha, I'm willing to be your wife.
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You can go fulfill your wish, but remember,
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no matter what happens, I'll wait for you.
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I'll wait until you return.
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I can only find the needles hiding under her skin.
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It's possible that some have traveled into her lungs. I fear...
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Miss Mingyu, you must be very careful.
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When the needle enters your lungs, even the deities can't save you.
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This is the scent of jasmine flowers.
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This is jasmine oil.
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The way to make it is similar to making osmanthus fragrance that I taught you last time.
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It's just that the fragrance won't last as long as that of osmanthus flowers.
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But I still like more the white lily fragrance you gave me last time.
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After applying it, the scent can still be appreciated after a month.
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You're done checking the betrothal gifts?
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I won't marry.
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Yingluo,
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I think the flowers outside are in full bloom.
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I'll go pick some flowers to make fragrance, okay?
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Let me borrow this fragrance manual too.
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[Hong Zhou's Notes on Fragrances]
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Mingyu, you and Haiilancha have been together for a long time.
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Although it's not official given the hindrance of your statuses,
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you two love each other.
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Now, you're able to wait for the clouds and disperse and the moon to shine through.
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Why are you suddenly saying that you're not marrying?
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We've been together for a long time.
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I can't bear to part with you.
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I don't want to leave the palace anymore. I also don't want to get married.
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I'll just stay and accompany you forever. Okay?
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What silly words are you saying?
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Once you marry, we still can see each other.
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Also, you are after all a palace maid. Your identity is special.
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Although you've reached the right age and can have your own marriage,
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Hailancha still officially expressed it
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to the emperor just to show his respect.
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Now, you mustn't change your mind.
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I don't care! Anyway,
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I can't marry him! I can't!
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If you won't marry, you must give me an acceptable reason.
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I can't get married.
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I will never marry Hailancha!
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- Mingyu!
- This one then.
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Yes.
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Imperial Concubine Shun? Why are you here?
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What has happened?
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What could happen? Just that I don't want to get married.
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If you're not willing to marry him, why are you still making him shoe sole?
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You deliberately angered Yingluo.
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What are you hiding?
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I'm not!
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Mingyu, you're sick.
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I'll go tell Yingluo right away.
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No! Don't tell her.
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You must not tell her.
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I beg you.
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00:31:38,020 --> 00:31:39,840
Why?
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There is a silver needle
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hiding in my body for a long time.
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Moving with my blood, it has reached my heart.
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I don't know how long I can still last.
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Maybe a year.
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Maybe a few months.
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Maybe tomorrow.
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Or maybe, in the next moment,
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I'll just fall down.
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If you tell Yingluo,
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she surely won't be able to take it.
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But you need treatment.
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It can't be cured.
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Ye Tianshi said that it's incurable.
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Since that's the case, why waste time?
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This is the reason why you won't marry?
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If I marry Hailancha now,
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I'm just going to let him watch me die right in front of him.
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Mingyu,
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Hailancha personally reported this matter to His Majesty.
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That once you reached the right age to leave the palace, and regain your freedom,
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he will immediately hold your wedding ceremony.
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Yingluo knew that your family background is poor.
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She even personally prepared your dowry,
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so that you can be married off in a grand manner.
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Now, you're just saying that you won't marry anymore.
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How would Hailancha face people from now on?
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But I can't tell them.
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When Yingluo learns about this, how sad would she be?
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I can't say anything.
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Mingyu, the wood has been made into a boat.
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As long as you're alive,
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you then must enter the marriage sedan.
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Yingluo, let Minyu get calm.
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You don't understand.
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Of course I understand.
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You granted her a marriage because you feel it's not safe by your side.
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You want to protect her, isn't it?
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Chenbi. Don't presume recklessly.
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If Mingyu hears you, she's overthink it.
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00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:33,920
It's because of me. Bcause of me you offended Empress.
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You're afraid you've courted her revenge so you're sending Mingyu out of the palace.
447
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Mingyu fulfilling her age to leave the palace is a good thing.
448
00:34:40,780 --> 00:34:42,690
You're overthinking it.
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Also, I've never been scared of anyone.
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You're not afraid but you always want to protect others.
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You guys are both thinking for each other.
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But you won't come honest with each other.
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Yingluo, you protected me and I've marked that in my heart.
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Don't worry. I will never let Empress harm you.
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What are you dong?
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Your Majesty.
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I greet Your Majesty.
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Get on up.
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Hong Chu's Notes on Fragrances
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This is Hong Chu's "Notes on Fragrances".
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When did you become interested in making fragrance?
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I was just looking at it.
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To kill time. Nothing much.
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At Yanxi Palace, how are the rule learning coming along?
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00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:31,060
Consort Ling is teaching me rules.
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Teaching me embroidery and admire painting.
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She seems to know how to do everything.
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She does know how to do everything.
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But nothing is refined. I've said to her many times before,
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to focus on just one thing but she would argue with conviction.
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She said she didn't want to become an expert, but a miscellaneous-er.
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All absurd talk.
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I think she just doesn't have patience.
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She learns everything but learns nothing to refinement.
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If you scold her,
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she will argue with full conviction and that sharp tongues she was born with leaves you to no avail.
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00:37:21,770 --> 00:37:26,820
Your Majesty. Why did you stop?
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You go to Yanxi Palace daily.
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Consort Ling, has she mentioned me half a time?
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Of course.
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What did she say?
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She said . . .
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She . . .
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She never mentioned me at all, right?
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Your Majesty, don't blame Yingluo at all.
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You're always treating her coldly over and over.
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00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,550
She's making effort to disobliging you.
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00:38:04,550 --> 00:38:09,080
Disobliging or perhaps uncaring at all?
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It's not possible that she is uncaring.
490
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She's your consort. She only has you in her heart.
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00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,430
Of course she misses you and longs for you.
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She won't say it now but it doesn't mean she doesn't.
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One day you will force her to speak her heart.
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Will I?
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You will. Of course.
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Then that requires that she really has me in her heart.
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Your Majesty, no matter what,
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I will always treat you as my first priority.
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Your Majesty. Don't be upset.
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If you're upset, I can't be happy either.
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00:39:24,530 --> 00:39:26,870
You're like a child.
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Mingyu. The wedding dress is here. Try it on.
503
00:39:36,220 --> 00:39:38,740
I've already said everything that needs to be said.
504
00:39:38,740 --> 00:39:41,550
Yingluo, don't force me.
505
00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:44,710
I am not forcing you. I am worried.
506
00:39:44,710 --> 00:39:46,850
You're worried about what?
507
00:39:48,650 --> 00:39:52,170
I am worried you'd miss out on your own happiness.
508
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,440
I won't marry Hailan Cha at any rate.
509
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,170
You should forget that thought.
510
00:40:01,290 --> 00:40:03,040
Mingyu.
511
00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:39,970
How did you come in?
512
00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:42,060
I climb the wall.
513
00:40:44,530 --> 00:40:46,640
What exactly are you doing here?
514
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:50,170
I can't sleep so I wanted to come chat with you.
515
00:41:20,690 --> 00:41:23,090
I am not used to sleeping next to someone.
516
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,480
- You sleep over there.
- I don't believe you.
517
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:32,090
If His Majesty were here, you'd still push him out?
518
00:41:32,090 --> 00:41:34,900
Hey, go sleep there.
519
00:41:34,900 --> 00:41:37,350
Go there.
520
00:41:43,900 --> 00:41:49,350
- What are you doing?
- How are your feet so cold? I'll warm them for you.
521
00:41:49,350 --> 00:41:50,960
No need.
522
00:41:52,020 --> 00:41:53,480
- No need.
-What is that sound?
523
00:41:59,690 --> 00:42:02,360
Today is the lunar eclipse.
524
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,520
His Majesty will dress unadorned to evade the moon.
525
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:08,540
The high ministers will also burn incense and bow. And assist with moon ceremony.
526
00:42:08,540 --> 00:42:11,540
What you heard was the sound of gong and drum.
527
00:42:11,540 --> 00:42:13,930
And people banishing the heavenly dog.
528
00:42:13,930 --> 00:42:15,780
To save the moon.
529
00:42:19,650 --> 00:42:21,280
You don't believe it?
530
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,630
You also don't believe it.
531
00:42:27,140 --> 00:42:30,270
The first time I saw you, I already knew.
532
00:42:30,270 --> 00:42:33,360
You are not someone who believes in gods or ghosts.
533
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,420
On the exterior you're speaking so seriously.
534
00:42:37,050 --> 00:42:39,450
But in your heart, you must despise it.
535
00:42:41,370 --> 00:42:44,240
You speak as though you know me so well.
536
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:47,060
You are clearly a cold face with warm heart.
537
00:42:47,060 --> 00:42:50,430
But you always keep people a thousand miles at bay.
538
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,420
At this rate,
539
00:42:57,420 --> 00:43:00,300
you will push those who care about you farther and farther.
540
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:03,190
Sometimes, women,
541
00:43:03,190 --> 00:43:05,610
need to learn to show a soft side.
542
00:43:05,610 --> 00:43:09,000
That way more will care about you.
543
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:13,100
You coax His Majesty in all ways.
544
00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:16,510
But you won't say one word out of your heart to him.
545
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:21,670
Someone like you, a tough mouth with a soft heart.
546
00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:25,080
You'll lose out big time.
547
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,130
Why do you always pester me?
548
00:43:32,660 --> 00:43:36,760
You and I both don't belong to Forbidden City.
549
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,930
But we have to be confined here forever.
550
00:43:39,930 --> 00:43:43,560
You're so lonely but I am also so lonely.
551
00:43:46,530 --> 00:43:49,570
Why can't we seek warmth from each other?
552
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:54,910
I have Mingyu.
553
00:43:57,740 --> 00:43:59,590
Your words.
554
00:43:59,590 --> 00:44:04,400
Your actions. You have to explain to her repeatedly.
555
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:08,620
She follows you but she doesn't understand you.
556
00:44:09,620 --> 00:44:11,730
Isn't it regrettable?
557
00:44:14,530 --> 00:44:16,810
Without reciprocity,
558
00:44:16,810 --> 00:44:19,540
you cannot be true friends.
559
00:44:21,970 --> 00:44:28,000
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