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<i>Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, </i>

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<i>Examining love together with regret, both new and old.</i>

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<i>Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears,</i>

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<i>Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.</i>

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<i>Story of Yanxi Palace<br>Episode 65</i>

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Am I too strict with Yongqi?

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Mistress, this group of princes now.

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4th Prince has an explosive temper.

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8th Prince is hedonistic in wine and women.

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11th Prince is stingy by nature. None of them are favored.

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6th Prince has been decreed to be adopted out.

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And his hope of succeeding the throne was cut off long ago.

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What's left is 5th Prince, 12th Prince and 15th Prince.

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Mistress, you ought to make your resolute early on.

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I promised Wei Yingluo

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not to harm the princes in the palace.

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Mistress. Now is not the same as before.

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but with the situation now,

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it's 5th Prince who's probably must valued.

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Once he becomes the successor,

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and you being the empress would naturally make you Empress Dowager.

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However, what about 12th Prince then?

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Did you think about this?

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Empress has birthed a legitimate prince but to allow others to get the throne?

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The future fate of 12th Prince,

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his fate might just become like this aging and dwindling parrot's.

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Step by step,

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slipping into an abyss of misfortune.

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Shut up.

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My words end here.

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May Empress the Mistress be prudent.

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What's wrong?

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What did you tell Her Highness just now?

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It's nothing. Just casual talk.

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Her Highness has always thought about Twelfth Prince's future.

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So don't add fuel to fire already.

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Empress has lived ten years of peaceful life.

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She forgot all about the fight for the throne is pending now!

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Once 5th Prince becomes the successor of the throne,

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our 12th Prince, standing as the legitimate prince,

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will soon become the new emperor's eyesore and flesh thorn.

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His Majesty is in good health

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and he has no intention to install the crown prince early so what's your rush?

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You have to plan in order not to suffer defeat.

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Waiting for what? Wait for the proper decree naming someone else written and sealed in a box?

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Then it won't matter who's anxious then.

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I know. No matter who succeeds the throne,

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they will all need to honor our mistress as empress dowager.

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But don't forget,

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since 13th Prince died early,

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12th Prince has become Empress's sole lean-on.

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Can she watch with her eyes open, her beloved son bowing to 5th Prince as his subject?

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You understand Empress. She's so proud.

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She would never allow that.

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At that time, the eggs are broken and the game's over.

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Zhen'er, I'm actually being considerate of our own future too.

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As for you,

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think carefully about what I said.

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Your Ladyship, 5th Prince is here to greet you.

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Tell him I'm not here.

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It's too late. Your Ladyship, 5th Prince is already outside.

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You are so stupid.

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If he sees this icebox and he starts scolding.

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It'll never be the end again.

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My Lady, it's too late.

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What is this?

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Your Ladyship, didn't you say to clean the storage in the backyard?

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We brought this in earlier and we haven't put it away yet.

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Quick, open it.

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- My Lady...<br>- Quick.

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My Lady, be careful.

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I don't know what sweet benefit you got from him. I'll have to settle this with you later.

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Quick, hurry up.

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This chest is not bad. Where did it come from?

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This chest is huge. It can hold many things.

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Greetings to 5th Prince.

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Where is Mother Ling?

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Her Ladyship was laying down here in the yard earlier.

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She had a headache,

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so now she's resting in the chamber room.

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5th Prince, she's resting.

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When I was young, Mother Ling would send people

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to watch over my food carefully in the prince quarter.

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How is it when it's her turn, she can't look after herself well?

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If you catch a cold in this weather, it's hard to recover from such summer fever.

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She'll complain that she can't eat iced food again.

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She has three children now.

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To be so stubborn and reckless still!

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Look at this. It's only early summer.

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All the ice from the ice bureau must be coming to Yanxi Palace.

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This iced grapes and iced watermelon. Can she really eat it?

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She'll have stomach pain after eating it and Royal Father will surely start scolding again.

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And what a bad example to Zhaohua and the three of them.

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Yes, you are right.

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We will remember this.

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I will definitely take good care of Mistress.

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We won't let her catch a cold.

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Prince, you must be busy with work. Why don't you go first?

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I received my mother's family letter today.

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I want to read it to Mother Ling.

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I will wait here for her to wake up.

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<i>[ Yanxi Palace ]</i>

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Greetings, Your Majesty.

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Rise.

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Yongqi. I guessed you would be here.

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What's wrong? You came for nothing again?

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I can't hide anything from Royal Father.

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The servants said Mother Ling was eating grapes half way,

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then she went to take a small nap.

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She's not awake yet.

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She didn't finish her grapes

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but she went napping?

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We didn't finish our chess game that day. Let's do it today.

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Alright.

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Your Majesty, I will go prepare the chess table now.

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May you move to the main hall.

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No need. We'll play here.

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Bring the chest here.

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Royal Father, I won.

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Let's have another round.

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Yes.

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<i>Is there an end to this? I'm going to suffocate to death. </i>

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<i>Quick, open up the cover.</i>

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- Mistress. <br>- Another round?

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Another round and I will surely suffocate to death.

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You are already a mother

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To carry out this kind of conduct?

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You want the entire Forbidden City to laugh at you? Disrespectful as a mother.

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Your Majesty, you clearly knew I was in the chest,

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and deliberately tortured me.

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Disrespectful for a king!

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Mother Ling, can it be that you are hiding from me on purpose?

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When did I?

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If I hide once, you come ten times. What's the use of hiding?

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What are you saying?

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Yongqi is caring of you.

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I know that Yongqi has good intentions.

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But now that I'm at this age,

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I really don't want another mother.

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When I was young, I was under great care of Mother Ling.

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I've regarded you as my real mother since long ago.

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At the time you birthed Little 15th,

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- Your Majesty. <br><i>-Your life was hanging on the line and Zhaohua came to me crying. </i>

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At the time, I made up my mind.

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If Gods can protect and allow you to survive,

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I would surely urge you always to treasure your health.

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I...I usually take note. It's true.

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Last two years, your stomach disease has gotten worse.

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Royal Father has long instructed your palace kitchen

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to make a bowl of goat meat soup everyday but did you drink it?

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When you birthed Zhaohua, you were left with postpartum illness.

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When you get wind on you, you get a headache.

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- Earlier you were sitting by the area with strong wind.<br>- I...

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Is this how you take care of your health?

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If your health is well, Zhaohua and the others could've been raised here at Yanxi Palace.

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And not end up with this parting of mother and children.

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Royal Father, I'm very angry.

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I fear I might disrespect Mother Ling so I take my leave first.

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Yongqi.

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Yongqi, I just couldn't endure it for a short time.

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I don't see you looking so flustered often.

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Your Majesty is happy?

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I do feel consoled indeed.

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Tell me.

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Yongqi, that child, who does he take after?

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He's scolding and nagging all day long.

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He wasn't like this when he was young.

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He doesn't know

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but I do.

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Your Majesty, what do you know?

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These last ten years, we've had two sons and two daughters.

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Pity that Yonglu wasn't preserved.

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The night Yonglu died,

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you accompanied him all night.

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You never slept. I saw it all.

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A month later, you sent Zhaoyu

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to Shoukang Palace to accompany Zhaohua.

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You entrusted Yongyan to be raised by Consort Qing.

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Everyone says you are so harsh and selfish.

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To win Empress Dowager's favor and coax Consort Qing.

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But only I know.

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Zhaohua is your eldest daughter.

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You sent her to Shoukang Palace to console Empress Dowager.

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Yingluo, after the incident of Chenbi,

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you've always held great guilt towards Empress Dowager, right?

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Your Majesty, Zhaohua is a person.

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I would not use her to make amends for my guilt.

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But you are worried that you are not in good health

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so you want to seek new backings for them. Isn't that so?

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I'm warning you.

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Wei Yingluo, you are disallowed to hold such ominous thoughts. Not even a speck of it.

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It's only because your body was harmed after birthing Yongyan.

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The Imperial Physician already said,

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if you focus on recuperating, you will slowly recover.

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I just want you to accompany me.

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Ever so long.

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If you end up like Rongyin,

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leaving me halfway,

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I will never forgive you.

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Your Majesty, didn't you say

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that a disaster lasts a millennium?

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Yingluo will surely try hard.

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To live ever so long.

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Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?

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Your Highness, you're sweating quite a bit.

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I will prepare a new sleeping gown and help you change.

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No wonder you're not feeling well.

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Your menstruating.

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I've already prepared in advance and I'll go fetch it now.

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Your servant Yuan Chunwang greets Prince He of the First Rank.

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I haven't seen my royal sister-in-law for so long.

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But I do see Little 12th often.

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Have my sister-in-law be assured.

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With me watching Little 12th learning martial arts,

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I will not let him languish.

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Prince.

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Empress's favorite parrot died last night.

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She is heart-broken and downcast all day.

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I dare to ask Prince, where did that parrot come from back then?

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So I can find one the same for Mistress.

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Leave this to me.

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Thank you, Prince.

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If His Majesty would be so attentive to Mistress like you are, how great would that be?

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And Mistress wouldn't be left to worry so much.

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The last ten years, Noble Consort Ling has garnered the royal favor consistently and giving births in successions.

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His Majesty is seduced by her and it's hard to avoid languishing in attention to Empress.

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However, she is still the central palace, the empress.

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Noble Consort Ling cannot surpass her.

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Oh, Prince! Empress is heavy-clad with worries all day everyday.

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It's not just for the struggle of harem.

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Prince, you are the biological brother that His Majesty trusts the most.

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Has His Majesty ever mention to you?

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Talk about what?

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Forgive me for speaking in error.

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Prince, Her Highness is waiting for me to return.

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I'm taking my leave.

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What's the stuttering about? He stops halfway?

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Even if he doesn't finish, I know what my royal sister-in-law is worried about.

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Examiner Zhang, perhaps it's Empress's menstruation that's not coming smoothly.

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Can you give her a prescription to restore?

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I not only feel stuffy in my chest, I also can't sleep at night.

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What exactly is going on?

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Your Highness, I have already reminded you

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that humans have five viscera that turn into five vital energies.

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A lifetime's joy, anger, grief, worry and fright.

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Stop beating around the bush.

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Get to the point if you have anything to say.

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Empress, on the surface,

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you are weak in health with liver and spleen in disarray.

251
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And you upset your liver energy often which has built up knots.

252
00:18:41,530 --> 00:18:45,210
At times it may cause a collapse in blood but nothing serious.

253
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As long as you take in aging tonic to adjust your blood and energy.

254
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And you will see recovery.

255
00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,810
After I am recovered, would I be as good as before?

256
00:18:54,810 --> 00:18:57,450
Empress, no matter how we treat you,

257
00:18:57,450 --> 00:19:00,230
the root of the illness is still in your heart.

258
00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,790
I have something usurping to say.

259
00:19:03,790 --> 00:19:06,070
You are seated in the phoenix seat.

260
00:19:06,070 --> 00:19:08,350
By logic you should set your mind to peace.

261
00:19:08,350 --> 00:19:11,430
Why do you fight with the other consorts for a temporary gain?

262
00:19:11,430 --> 00:19:14,960
Jealousy courts worry and worry courts fright.

263
00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,320
When dragged out long, you can't evade getting ill.

264
00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,680
A momentary gain?

265
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,390
You mean I am easily jealous?

266
00:19:22,390 --> 00:19:23,970
Your Highness, Your Highness.

267
00:19:23,970 --> 00:19:25,820
This is not what I meant.

268
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Get lost!

269
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,350
When I look into the mirror,

270
00:19:41,350 --> 00:19:44,150
I keep feeling that I'm different from the past.

271
00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,570
It seems I've gotten haggard.

272
00:19:46,570 --> 00:19:48,410
Paled out, haven't I?

273
00:19:48,410 --> 00:19:51,600
Your Highness, there's no such thing.

274
00:19:52,710 --> 00:19:54,700
What did he just say?

275
00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,870
Jealousy courts worry and worry courts fright?

276
00:19:57,870 --> 00:20:00,220
Everyone's discussing about me behind my back?

277
00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:02,810
That I am a crazed empress who mood swings?

278
00:20:02,810 --> 00:20:06,840
Is everyone saying that I'm crazy behind my back?

279
00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,280
Your Highness, they didn't.

280
00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:14,360
No.

281
00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:17,560
I have not gone crazy.

282
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,450
I'm very normal.

283
00:20:19,450 --> 00:20:22,660
It's them who are crazy.

284
00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:29,150
Zhen'er, help me brush and put on makeup.

285
00:20:29,150 --> 00:20:32,130
I'm going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

286
00:20:33,770 --> 00:20:38,760
Your Majesty, why do you have two paintings exactly the same?

287
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,450
This is Huang Gongwang's

288
00:20:40,450 --> 00:20:45,740
"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" which I received a copy two years ago.

289
00:20:45,740 --> 00:20:50,110
Fuheng sent another today.

290
00:20:51,610 --> 00:20:55,600
Come look. Which is the real one?

291
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:11,570
I think this is the genuine piece.

292
00:21:13,850 --> 00:21:15,510
Is that so?

293
00:21:18,220 --> 00:21:20,840
Lord Fuheng is versed in battles.

294
00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,030
But he's not versed in examining paintings.

295
00:21:23,590 --> 00:21:25,350
Your Majesty, did you forget?

296
00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:28,550
Two years ago he sent a pair jade vases.

297
00:21:28,550 --> 00:21:31,070
It was the work of Interior Bureau.

298
00:21:31,070 --> 00:21:33,570
It made a round in the glazed factory.

299
00:21:33,570 --> 00:21:35,970
And it somehow became a great work of Tang Dynasty!

300
00:21:35,970 --> 00:21:38,500
He got conned for a thousand taels.

301
00:21:38,970 --> 00:21:44,460
But I think this time, Fuheng's discernment is right.

302
00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:51,400
Look. These Yuan Dynasty painters, their titles are usually after they've painted.

303
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,260
Look at the old painting.

304
00:21:53,260 --> 00:21:56,930
Its title is on the upper side of the painting.

305
00:21:56,930 --> 00:21:59,700
Isn't this strange?

306
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,560
Well, that's just the act of someone who tried to make a fake into a genuine trick.

307
00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,340
How are yo deceived by it too?

308
00:22:09,510 --> 00:22:11,620
Your Majesty, take a look.

309
00:22:12,310 --> 00:22:17,030
This old painting. It's brush stroke is imposing but hazy.

310
00:22:17,030 --> 00:22:19,190
The change is unbounded.

311
00:22:19,890 --> 00:22:23,490
This new work can't compare.

312
00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:25,880
Is that so?

313
00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:30,160
Should you look more carefully?

314
00:22:32,990 --> 00:22:34,730
You are right too

315
00:22:34,730 --> 00:22:39,700
but look at the fake one and it's not too bad either, right?

316
00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,210
Put away these two paintings.

317
00:22:43,210 --> 00:22:46,410
The genuine one, be careful with it and send it to Shanxi Hall.

318
00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:51,970
Give it to me.

319
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,080
Your Majesty saw it wrong momentarily.

320
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,020
Perhaps your eyes aren't clear.

321
00:22:59,020 --> 00:23:01,660
Maybe you should get a pair of Western glasses.

322
00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:08,780
I can still shoot with great precision.

323
00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:11,930
How am I to the point of an oldie with dazed eyes?

324
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,750
I just saw it wrong for a moment and that's all.

325
00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:20,360
Talking about old, unclear eyes,

326
00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:24,380
I really feel that

327
00:23:25,020 --> 00:23:29,720
Empress has aged quite a bit these last couple of years.

328
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,360
You mean, Empress?

329
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,340
Yes.

330
00:23:37,810 --> 00:23:41,080
Her mood is becoming more weird.

331
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,310
When I chat with her, it just gets more unfocused.

332
00:23:45,310 --> 00:23:48,090
But when I leave, she throws a tantrum.

333
00:23:48,090 --> 00:23:50,780
She's a totally different person.

334
00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:52,850
Your Majesty...

335
00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:56,630
Your dragon health is well.

336
00:23:58,580 --> 00:24:01,560
Great handsome look.

337
00:24:02,410 --> 00:24:07,130
You look no more than 34 or 35.

338
00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:11,870
But it's quite different for women.

339
00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:16,880
At this age, women need to face,

340
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,880
haggard appearance and unhappy moods.

341
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,500
it's also something normal.

342
00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:26,780
Wei Yingluo,

343
00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:30,330
you are getting old too!

344
00:24:30,330 --> 00:24:33,090
Even if I'm getting old,

345
00:24:33,090 --> 00:24:36,480
I'm still sixteen years younger than you.

346
00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:43,480
Your Majesty...Your Majesty, forgive me.

347
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,250
I know my wrong.

348
00:24:46,250 --> 00:24:48,270
I've really wronged.

349
00:24:48,270 --> 00:24:50,160
At your age already!

350
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,490
If you squeeze me more, I'm really going to get wrinkles.

351
00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:54,950
- You know to be scared? <br>- Let go.

352
00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:58,220
You said I was old earlier but why won't you scared then?

353
00:24:58,220 --> 00:25:00,410
<i>Are you going to say more? Huh? </i>

354
00:25:00,410 --> 00:25:03,690
<i>- Your Majesty. <br>- Are you? <br>- I said just now that you're . . . </i>

355
00:25:03,690 --> 00:25:05,830
<i>34 or 35. </i>

356
00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:08,640
Your Highness the Empress. Allow me to announce.

357
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,270
No need.

358
00:25:11,130 --> 00:25:14,820
I wanted to discuss escaping to Yuanming Garden to escape the heat.

359
00:25:14,820 --> 00:25:17,120
Since His Majesty is still busy,

360
00:25:21,870 --> 00:25:23,970
I'm going back.

361
00:25:23,970 --> 00:25:28,330
This bowl of iced lotus seed soup. Be sure to watch so that His Majesty not over indulges in it.

362
00:25:28,330 --> 00:25:29,580
Or it may harm his intestines or stomach.

363
00:25:29,580 --> 00:25:31,010
I will abide.

364
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,700
Your Majesty, Her Highness Empress personally delivered this bowl of

365
00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:58,340
Iced lotus seed soup.

366
00:25:58,340 --> 00:25:59,910
Leave it there.

367
00:26:04,180 --> 00:26:06,320
Be careful that you don't wet this painting.

368
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,840
About this...

369
00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:14,340
Go.

370
00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:16,810
Take this

371
00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:20,270
and store it well.

372
00:26:22,930 --> 00:26:25,900
Your Majesty, didn't Noble Consort Ling say

373
00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:29,920
Lord Fuheng sent a counterfeit?

374
00:26:30,870 --> 00:26:35,430
When I was at the door, I accidentally overheard it.

375
00:26:39,370 --> 00:26:43,620
She? She was afraid that I would be so worked up again

376
00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:46,360
in putting stamps all over this painting,

377
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:49,900
hence, she claimed this genuine as being a counterfeit.

378
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,700
Her little petty thought?

379
00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:56,680
Actually, I already could see through it.

380
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,660
I just didn't want to expose her.

381
00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:03,280
Your Highness, you made the genuine one into a counterfeit on purpose?

382
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,490
That's right.

383
00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:06,830
But that's a crime of deceiving the emperor.

384
00:27:06,830 --> 00:27:08,920
At any rate, he won't expose me.

385
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,820
Why?

386
00:27:10,820 --> 00:27:12,540
His Majesty loves his dignity.

387
00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:15,570
If he admits the one Fuheng sent is a genuine one,

388
00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:18,660
then he's actually stored the counterfeit as a genuine one previously.

389
00:27:18,660 --> 00:27:21,850
And he even happily admired it numerous times,

390
00:27:21,850 --> 00:27:24,350
and put on so many number of stamps.

391
00:27:24,350 --> 00:27:28,530
Once it's known to the outside, wouldn't he become a joke?

392
00:27:28,530 --> 00:27:33,100
So even if he could right away which is the real,

393
00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:35,660
he won't expose me no matter what.

394
00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:39,330
There is no wrinkle by the corner of the eye.

395
00:27:39,330 --> 00:27:42,190
And the skin is the same as before.

396
00:27:42,810 --> 00:27:47,080
I've tried all ways to preserve my current beauty.

397
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,410
But my body is telling me,

398
00:27:49,410 --> 00:27:54,550
that everything was in vain...

399
00:27:57,260 --> 00:28:00,330
Your Highness. Your Highness, the Empress.

400
00:28:00,330 --> 00:28:02,630
Every woman grows old.

401
00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:06,970
Even if the favored Noble Consort Ling will get old too.

402
00:28:09,550 --> 00:28:11,340
She?

403
00:28:11,340 --> 00:28:13,940
Will she grow old too?

404
00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:16,020
Yes, Your Highness.

405
00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:19,700
But she's younger than me by 10 years.

406
00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:21,840
A whole 10 years!

407
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,710
How many 10 years does a woman have?

408
00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,900
Did you hear them earlier?

409
00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:28,920
She was laughing at me there.

410
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,650
She laughed about me being old.

411
00:28:30,650 --> 00:28:32,150
Your Highness.

412
00:28:32,150 --> 00:28:36,210
Also. Those consorts and concubines that were like flowers.

413
00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:40,330
They're all laughing at me, this empress who is majestic.

414
00:28:40,330 --> 00:28:43,100
Her flesh rotting little by little.

415
00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,690
Zhen'er. Zhen'er, tell me.

416
00:28:46,690 --> 00:28:51,300
In a few years, will my face be full of blue veins?

417
00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:55,590
Will I be full of wrinkles and my whole head white?

418
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:58,970
And my face will never shine like satin.

419
00:28:59,870 --> 00:29:02,250
His Majesty will dislike me.

420
00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:07,180
Even the servants will pity me and laugh at me. Right?

421
00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:10,780
Will they? Will they?

422
00:29:10,780 --> 00:29:13,350
They won't, Your Highness.

423
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:15,180
They will.

424
00:29:19,710 --> 00:29:24,270
Mistress. Empress Dowager's old too.

425
00:29:24,270 --> 00:29:26,520
Stop talking. Stop talking.

426
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:31,410
Empress the mistress, the empress dowager is over 70.

427
00:29:31,410 --> 00:29:34,330
But she's never had to worry.

428
00:29:34,330 --> 00:29:38,560
Why? Because she has a son to depend on,

429
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,640
and not her husband.

430
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,110
These two have an enormous difference.

431
00:29:44,110 --> 00:29:48,040
Mistress, you should think carefully.

432
00:29:49,780 --> 00:29:52,450
When did it become a dog's turn,

433
00:29:52,450 --> 00:29:54,230
to teach me?

434
00:29:54,230 --> 00:29:55,810
Mistress.

435
00:29:55,810 --> 00:30:00,560
The old you was so decisive and sure.

436
00:30:01,310 --> 00:30:05,120
All these years, you were able to

437
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,020
govern all the ambitious consorts within your grasp.

438
00:30:08,020 --> 00:30:12,310
And a bunch of subjects in the royal court have come forward supporting 12th Prince.

439
00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:17,660
And look at Fuca House. Their family is deeply and glorious rooted with stars of generals.

440
00:30:17,660 --> 00:30:22,580
Producing a line of capable individuals, but their empress was weak.

441
00:30:22,580 --> 00:30:25,290
Mistress. You are the exact opposite.

442
00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:27,650
You basically rose all on your own.

443
00:30:27,650 --> 00:30:31,320
And you brought up the clan of Hoifa Nara to today's glory.

444
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,380
Imagine that skill and that resolute!

445
00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:37,590
Fuca Rongyin can never even come close to compare to you.

446
00:30:37,590 --> 00:30:40,090
Never ever is she enough.

447
00:30:40,970 --> 00:30:43,740
But, Mistress,

448
00:30:45,180 --> 00:30:47,290
you have changed.

449
00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:50,760
Changed?

450
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,570
You've changed to faltering and hesitant and soft.

451
00:30:55,570 --> 00:30:59,880
I swore that I wouldn't harm the princes in the Forbidden City.

452
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,290
Mistress, a great person like you.

453
00:31:04,290 --> 00:31:07,380
Would you hold true value to mere words?

454
00:31:07,970 --> 00:31:11,340
Forgive me for being bold. What you worry about,

455
00:31:11,340 --> 00:31:14,850
has never been Wei Yingluo.

456
00:31:14,850 --> 00:31:19,100
What you worry about is the current emperor.

457
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:22,810
You are not afraid of failure. You're afraid of hurting his feelings.

458
00:31:22,810 --> 00:31:25,790
That you might lose him completely.

459
00:31:25,790 --> 00:31:27,590
Your Highness.

460
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:30,530
Someone strong like you.

461
00:31:30,530 --> 00:31:33,600
Why can't you put aside the petty love of a common woman.

462
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,960
And escape from emotional shackles?

463
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,110
You clearly could win beautifully.

464
00:31:38,110 --> 00:31:41,550
But you keep enduring yourself to bitterness.

465
00:31:41,550 --> 00:31:44,430
I feel you've cheated yourself.

466
00:31:46,010 --> 00:31:48,630
My matters don't require your enlightening.

467
00:31:48,630 --> 00:31:51,710
Go to Punishment Bureau and receive 40 floggings.

468
00:32:02,990 --> 00:32:06,100
- Your Highness...<br>- What he just said, if this leaks out,

469
00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,350
it will surely implicate me.

470
00:32:08,350 --> 00:32:13,040
If not because I considered your feelings, I would have had him flogged to death.

471
00:32:27,780 --> 00:32:29,990
Why do you bother?

472
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:31,840
Why are you crying?

473
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:38,640
She's so angry. It proves I've spoken of her pain.

474
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,160
You clearly know Empress is cold on the surface,

475
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,270
but she's fully devoted and infatuated with His Majesty.

476
00:32:45,270 --> 00:32:47,370
To see herself getting haggard in age,

477
00:32:47,370 --> 00:32:49,600
what a cruelty it is.

478
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,730
How can you poke her where it hurts?

479
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:59,570
If I don't do so, how can I wake her completely?

480
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,450
You...what are you trying to do?

481
00:33:05,470 --> 00:33:08,810
I want her to see herself clearly.

482
00:33:08,810 --> 00:33:13,680
See the emperor clearly and see clearly the road under her feet.

483
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:18,030
But Empress won't bear to give up His Majesty.

484
00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:20,670
If she can't spare the tough act,

485
00:33:22,980 --> 00:33:25,400
I will do it myself.

486
00:33:28,950 --> 00:33:31,010
What did you say?

487
00:33:31,010 --> 00:33:35,240
Prince. These last ten years,

488
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,450
I have seen to clarity now.

489
00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:42,790
In the entire Forbidden City, only you Prince

490
00:33:42,790 --> 00:33:45,190
cares about Empress the most.

491
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:49,630
And only you care about what's best for her.

492
00:33:49,630 --> 00:33:52,280
If you still don't help her,

493
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:56,950
her future path will only get that more more difficult.

494
00:33:58,890 --> 00:34:01,680
I will find an opportunity to persuade His Majesty.

495
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,720
Persuade what?

496
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,690
Persuade him to be kind to Royal Sister-in-law and 12th Prince.

497
00:34:09,690 --> 00:34:14,680
That's a dream Empress has been waiting for for long.

498
00:34:15,550 --> 00:34:18,240
It has been thirty years.

499
00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:21,130
Was it achieved?

500
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:27,520
The so-called kind treatment would only be pity.

501
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,940
Empress is such a prideful person.

502
00:34:30,940 --> 00:34:35,520
She'd never care for the pity of others.

503
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,000
Prince. Allow me to overly speak once.

504
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,430
Now we can't count on His Majesty anymore.

505
00:34:42,430 --> 00:34:47,430
Only you can help Mistress and 12th Prince.

506
00:34:47,430 --> 00:34:52,120
And only you have the ability to do so.

507
00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,870
Let me think about it.

508
00:34:58,030 --> 00:34:59,920
Let me think about it.

509
00:35:02,210 --> 00:35:07,990
To help them is to help yourself too.

510
00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:12,330
5th Prince and Yanxi Palace are close.

511
00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:15,890
And also in alliance with Fuheng.

512
00:35:15,890 --> 00:35:21,080
Don't you forget now. These last 10 years, you and Fuheng,

513
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,290
are already like water and fire.

514
00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:28,190
One subject for one emperor.

515
00:35:28,190 --> 00:35:31,730
If 5th Prince really ascends,

516
00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:35,180
Fuca House will be more fierce than tigers.

517
00:35:35,180 --> 00:35:37,610
And you, a royal uncle,

518
00:35:37,610 --> 00:35:40,640
would have to make way and stand aside.

519
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:51,440
Not just 5th Prince. Even if it's His Majesty.

520
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,080
Has he even trusted you full-heartedly?

521
00:36:02,530 --> 00:36:04,880
Lord Fuheng.

522
00:36:55,850 --> 00:36:59,420
Your Majesty, since you've left to me,

523
00:36:59,420 --> 00:37:02,890
this Imperial Examination. May you return now and rest.

524
00:37:02,890 --> 00:37:08,750
I will see to it earnestly and select the best qualified scholars to serve the court.

525
00:37:09,290 --> 00:37:11,340
I will look at it more.

526
00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:18,110
It's past the meal time.

527
00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:20,900
Why do you toil yourself bitterly here?

528
00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:24,660
It's not urgent.

529
00:37:27,630 --> 00:37:31,040
Your Majesty, do you suspect that I might use personal relations to promote?

530
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,840
Or try to make the scholar my own man?

531
00:38:18,420 --> 00:38:22,840
You want this hat?

532
00:38:24,910 --> 00:38:27,000
I would never dare.

533
00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:29,740
You don't dare?

534
00:38:31,380 --> 00:38:34,440
Based on what you just said,

535
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,990
I can behead you.

536
00:38:36,990 --> 00:38:40,780
Your Majesty, your brother just misspoke.

537
00:38:40,780 --> 00:38:44,480
I deserve to die. Your Majesty, please forgive me.

538
00:39:02,430 --> 00:39:05,460
I heard what you just said.

539
00:39:06,140 --> 00:39:11,570
you hold a complaint against me but you don't dare to speak up,

540
00:39:15,030 --> 00:39:17,640
but I'm giving you the opportunity now.

541
00:39:19,110 --> 00:39:20,710
Speak.

542
00:39:21,990 --> 00:39:27,330
Your Majesty. Your brother doesn't dare to begrudge you.

543
00:39:28,420 --> 00:39:30,530
Even if you give me 100 nerves.

544
00:39:30,530 --> 00:39:32,630
I wouldn't dare to.

545
00:39:35,810 --> 00:39:37,470
Rise.

546
00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:25,280
I gave you the opportunity and you wouldn't say.

547
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,070
So never say it ever then.

548
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,470
Head to Yanxi Palace.

549
00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,860
Your Majesty, Empress has delivered some snacks again.

550
00:40:42,860 --> 00:40:46,440
Saying she invites you to Chengqian Palace if you have time.

551
00:40:49,730 --> 00:40:52,630
Your Highness, His Majesty is here.

552
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,320
Greetings, Your Majesty.

553
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:02,900
Rise.

554
00:41:04,250 --> 00:41:07,660
You're looking rosy today, Empress.

555
00:41:08,370 --> 00:41:12,270
Your mood seems better too.

556
00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:15,150
Your Majesty surely likes to make me the joke.

557
00:41:15,150 --> 00:41:17,720
I am busy with ordinary matters of the harem all day.

558
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:21,130
I've already become an ordinary person.

559
00:41:21,130 --> 00:41:23,470
What great delicacy are you enjoying?

560
00:41:32,130 --> 00:41:34,290
What is this?

561
00:41:34,970 --> 00:41:39,260
Your Majesty loves to hunt deer but you can't tell?

562
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,320
Deer fetus?

563
00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:48,070
Deer fetus boiled with dark sugar.

564
00:41:48,070 --> 00:41:50,550
And it will make deer fetus soup.

565
00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:53,630
It's a great tonic that repairs the kidney.

566
00:41:53,630 --> 00:41:56,380
I will instruct them to deliver some to Yanxi Palace later.

567
00:41:56,380 --> 00:41:58,850
Fine. No need.

568
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:01,360
She doesn't need this.

569
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,040
Yingluo isn't like you.

570
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,210
You're always stressed working on various palace matters.

571
00:42:06,210 --> 00:42:08,450
She is happy go lucky all day.

572
00:42:08,450 --> 00:42:12,500
Painting and boating and going around wildly with the kids everywhere.

573
00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:14,410
She won't need it.

574
00:42:17,300 --> 00:42:22,030
Your Majesty. Seventh Princess and Ninth Princess have grown up.

575
00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:26,530
In a few years, I will have to select their prince consorts.

576
00:42:26,530 --> 00:42:30,000
And they should draw in and learn the rules now.

577
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,010
Though they are imperial princesses,

578
00:42:33,010 --> 00:42:36,550
they can't be the laughing stocks of the subjects.

579
00:42:36,550 --> 00:42:40,240
Fifteenth Prince is already six years old.

580
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,560
<i>He should be like his older brothers,</i>

581
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,960
learn the books in the morning, then riding and archery in the afternoon.

582
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,140
But Noble Consort Ling tries all ways

583
00:42:48,140 --> 00:42:51,450
<i>teaching him to pretend to be sick and run out there to play.</i>

584
00:42:51,450 --> 00:42:54,270
The teachers have complained about it so many times,

585
00:42:54,270 --> 00:42:57,440
but Noble Consort Ling isn't giving it any importance.

586
00:43:00,570 --> 00:43:03,960
Maybe that's an exaggeration.

587
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:08,140
Your Majesty, I speak these and you don't like to hear them.

588
00:43:08,140 --> 00:43:12,480
but for the sake of a child's future, I must say these.

589
00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:15,230
It's one thing with the princesses,

590
00:43:15,230 --> 00:43:19,560
since with their lofty backgrounds we won't worry that the subjects might languish in their treatments of them.

591
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,620
But as for Fifteenth Prince,

592
00:43:21,620 --> 00:43:25,630
he's chasing after cats and dogs and climbing up to the roofs to pull apart the shingles.

593
00:43:25,630 --> 00:43:30,250
Other than having a strong body, he has no skills.

594
00:43:30,250 --> 00:43:33,160
He was able to recite and read poems at the age of 3.

595
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,160
But now, his studies were cast aside on the back burner.

596
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,620
A great potential going to waste.

597
00:43:38,620 --> 00:43:41,830
It's quite painful to watch.

598
00:43:41,830 --> 00:43:45,990
You're right about this. I will scold her well.

599
00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:48,600
But regarding the marriage of both princesses,

600
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,100
there's no need to get involved.

601
00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:52,870
<i>I will personally choose the candidates.</i>

602
00:43:52,870 --> 00:43:55,060
An ordinary foolish boy.

603
00:43:55,060 --> 00:43:58,230
Can't match to my precious princess.

604
00:43:59,260 --> 00:44:01,720
Since Your Majesty is willing to persuade Noble Consort Ling,

605
00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:04,340
I don't have to worry then.

606
00:44:12,590 --> 00:44:14,540
You are going back now?

607
00:44:15,070 --> 00:44:19,100
I remember that I have something to do. I will visit you on another day.

608
00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:32,610
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609
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:41,740
<i>Forgetting Each Other</i>

610
00:44:43,210 --> 00:44:49,150
♫<i>It's very likely that recalling vivid images will throw me into upheaval,</i>♫

611
00:44:49,150 --> 00:44:55,990
♫<i>The past graceful, concerning passions have gone only into hibernation.</i>♫

612
00:44:55,990 --> 00:45:03,090
♫<i>Along with my lord, my original aspirations are now distant, the promises and wishes to accompany each other</i>♫

613
00:45:03,090 --> 00:45:10,670
♫<i>Are proof of yearning endured, trembling in the endless night.</i>♫

614
00:45:10,670 --> 00:45:16,650
♫<i>How true our feelings were, even though our fate was shallow,</i>♫

615
00:45:16,650 --> 00:45:23,500
♫<i>Hearts locked away in dark halls from the light, difficult to find and recover.</i>♫

616
00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:30,390
♫<i>Other people envy my splendid, bright clothing, the warmth beside my pillow, (T/N the love of her lord)</i>♫

617
00:45:30,390 --> 00:45:37,170
♫<i>Then turning round sigh admiringly, through wet tears in somber-colored robes.</i>♫

618
00:45:37,170 --> 00:45:44,080
♫<i>Who clearly would cling to a moment of being in love and inseparable?</i>♫

619
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:50,840
♫<i>The end of passion becomes merely a sentimental entanglement.</i>♫

620
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:57,650
♫<i>If one uses separation to cut away the bindings,</i>♫

621
00:45:57,650 --> 00:46:04,520
♫<i>Forgetting one another is also difficult in the depths of one's dreams.</i>♫

622
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:11,450
♫<i>Who clearly would still cling to these deep feelings and desire them again,</i>♫

623
00:46:11,450 --> 00:46:18,270
♫<i>And give free rein to this state of mind over and over in their dreams?</i>♫

624
00:46:18,270 --> 00:46:25,160
♫<i>Glory and splendor give shelter to appearing to forget the pain,</i>♫

625
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:32,950
♫<i>From dreams awakening after a time, with nothing new to worry about.</i>♫

626
00:46:34,270 --> 00:46:41,140
♫<i>Treating them like smoke dissipating, ashes flying away, cold hoarfrost under the moonlight...</i>♫

627
00:46:41,140 --> 00:46:46,200
♫<i>All the memories of love, memories of hate...</i>♫

628
00:46:47,650 --> 00:46:55,880
♫<i>All the memories completely vanish.</i>♫