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Why are you here?

It is Concubine Yun that is pregnant

but it is Imperial Concubine who has a weak stomach

and always wants to vomit.

As they say, tin sisters are of the same mind.

It really is so.

It is because of the recent heat.

I feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Maidservant has multiple skills.

Let this maidservant touch Imperial Concubine’s belly

to understand why Imperial Concubine is indisposed.

I made you talk again.

I let you be favoured again

but I can also make you vanish like a cloud of smoke.

If the emperor knew that

Pin Yu is pregnant with a child

that should not belong to you

and that you were deceiving him with Concubine Yun,

Concubine Yun will definitely lose her life.

Do you think that the emperor

will spare the child in your belly?

I won’t let anyone

hurt my child.

very well.

If you want to protect

the fetus in your body, there is a way.

You have to

listen to me in the future.

I will teach you how to use

this gold-rimmed glove.

Ziyuan is getting bolder and bolder.

How could she put something like this

on my dresser?

Pin Yu really did not lie to me.

It was you who traded our places

to have her serve the emperor, am I right?

What?

Does Imperial Concubine Yun want to report this maidservant?

What do you want?

Although Pin Yu loves you dearly

and she will give the child to you when it is born,

but have you ever thought whether

she will be able to live all her live

not recognizing her own child?

I have my way of dealing with it.

You cannot threaten me with this

There are some things that violate one’s conscience.

it is better to use

other hands rather than to do them yourself.

I do not understand what you mean.

Maidservant knows better than anyone else

what is Imperial Concubine thinking in her heart.

She understands what Imperial Concubine wants most.

What is it?

As long as Imperial Concubine does something

for this maidservant,

maidservant will get rid of Imperial Concubine’s

great worry one day

How?

Imperial Concubine, do not be afraid.

You should be

very interested in this gift.

What on earth is it?

This gold-rimmed glove

can read the emperor’s

mind.

Elder Sister Pin Yu,

it is your urn.

I do not know what is happening

at Minfu Palace.

Zhaoyi Nie,

It's been half a day since you came.

Not even a double-hour has passed.

Imperial Physician Du has been asked

to take Concubine Yun ‘s pulse every day.

I have privately learned

that Imperial Concubine Yun‘s fetus is very healthy.

That’s good then. That’s good.

You know that the last thing

in my heart that I can let go of

is my sister.

I have been distressed

ever since she got pregnant.

I guess

Elder Sister is in no mood to play chess today.

How about

Wushuang accompanies Elder Sister

to take a stroll outside and relax?

It is probably because I ate some

cold snacks in the morning

that I feel flustered and short of breath now.

My head is still faintly aching.

I have also been playing chess for a while.

I want to rest for a bit.

Elder Sister should rest first then.

Wushuang will come back another day.

Meiren Ya,

why don’t you send Zhaoyi Nie off?

I am unwell and cannot

venture out.

I have to trouble Meiren Ya.

Yes.

Why are you so thoughtless?!

Hurry up and go.

Hurry and send Zhaoyi Nie out.

My maidservants will clean it up.

Zhaoyi Nie, please.

Zhaoyi Nie...

Meiren Ya,

do you have anything to say?

No.

Zhaoyi Nie, take care.

Why was Pin Yu

treating me with such courtesy?

She never addressed herself as “bengong” before. (bengong -

this palace - a form of address of the superior concubine)

What exactly

happened in the Ziwei Palace?

This is not a long-term solution.

The risk is getting bigger with every

taking of the pulse.

This wench Nie Wushuang will definitely upset my scheme.

This place is sweltering.

I do not want to

say here any longer.

Imperial Concubine Yun is doing well.

Concubine Yun got pregnant after being

in the palace for so long.

It is only natural to be a little bit

absent-minded.

You must be more careful of what happens to the fetus

more than anyone else.

This humble official will pay more attention to it.

Concubine Du,

you grew up in the North since childhood.

If there is any discomfort

due to the summer heat,

do not hesitate to say so.

I thank Your Majesty for your concern.

It seems that this child

likes Lan palace very much.

He has been very obedient.

And he especially likes

Your Majesty's

bamboo fungus and white fungus soup.

Your Majesty,

this female servant cannot help

but put a fair word for Concubine Du.

Although both concubines are pregnant,

Concubine Du keeps a low profile while Concubine Yun is arrogant.

Whenever there is a new tribute

it is being sent to Minfu Palace first.

There are not many imperial physicians in the palace

and she has taken over all of them.

Your Majesty,

this female servant is accustomed

to being taken care of by the people around me since childhood.

Your Majesty

does not have to worry about this female servant.

It is just that Elder Sister Concubine Yun

has just gotten pregnant.

She has to be more careful.

Concubine Du is wise,

never competing for the first place.

Concubine Shu should learn more from Concubine Du.

Since Imperial Physician Du happens to be here,

please take Imperial Concubine Du’s pulse as well.

Although it is past the first trimester,

I will be more a ease

if you personally consult her.

Yes.

Imperial Physician Du,

is Concubine Du’s fetus stable?

Imperial Concubine Yun has arrived.

Paying respects to Your Majesty.

There is no need for courtesy when you are pregnant.

Rise.

Xue Ke,

give Imperial Concubine Yun a bowl of tremella soup.

Concubine Yun, you seem to be uncomfortable.

To tell the truth

Your Majesty should know form the experience

how she suffered from pregnancy for ten months.

This is only the second month

and this female servant cannot sleep at night at all.

This humble official will prescribe additional medicine

to soothe the nerves and nourish the fetus

for Imperial Concubine

Maybe my affectionate feelings are rising

because I will become a mother.

There is no relative

by my side that I can talk to.

Your mother home is far away,

it is inconvenient for them to come.

This female servant’s sister Pin Yu

has lived in seclusion for many years.

This female servant has been indifferent to it for a long time.

This female servant wants to use this occasion

to dissolve the previous ill will.

His majesty has mentioned this to this female servant as well.

Concubine Yun means...

I ask Your Majesty

to let Pin Yu move to the Minfu Palace

to keep this female servant company.

It's a good thing that the harem is harmonious.

I will agree for His Majesty's sake.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Concubine Yun became pregnant

after so many years in the palace,

I have especially called

the monk from Donglin Temple to pray in the palace.

Concubine Du, you should also come.

Yes.

Imperial Physician Du,

your medicine is ready.

Go.

Yes.

Father, are you in a bad mood?

No.

It is just that I didn’t sleep well

these two days.

Do you have something on your mind?

As an imperial physician,

there are many things

in the palace that cannot be known

or told to others.

Daughter did not know it at first.

She learned it after she became

the imperial physician.

Father, I want to go to our old home

and teach in the medical school.

Why?

There are some people I do not want to encounter.

You do not want to meet King of Rui, am I right?

I don't want to be someone else's shadow.

I don’t want to be used either.

There is also a fight in the palace

and many secrets

that I do not want to be a part of

or learn about them either.

Maybe leaving the palace would be a good thing.

If this continues,

you become like Father

and start killing innocent people in the palace fights.

Father, no matter what happens,

daughter will always support Father.

In order to frame King of Rui, Empress Dowager

has sent someone to Imperial Medical Bureau

to fetch some colourless and odourless poisons

to poison the head of the clothing department.

Although I did not kill anyone,

someone died because of me.

Father, I think that the secret

that your daughter is aware of

is much more scary.

What secret do you know?

I took the pulse of the fetus

in Imperial Concubine Du’s womb.

It was conceived before entering the palace.

This secret can

get you killed.

Is Concubine Du aware

of your doubts?

No, no.

Daughter played her role very well that day

and she did not realize it.

Ruo'er,

have this bowl of soothing soup first.

The dose is too small

to have any effect on your father.

Do you think

that Du Ruo can detect that my fetus

is more than three months old?

Du Ruo was acting calmly.

Even if she knows,

she should keep her mouth shut.

I also think

Du Ruo is a wise person.

There have been

discussions about our Guanju Palace

these past two days.

What did they say?

They said that

Concubine Yun got pregnant at the same time as the Princess

and that she is going to compete with us

for a preferential treatment

because we are Li State’ citizens.

The better they treat me,

the more on guard should I be.

Imperial Concubine seems to be interested

in the various forces guarding the palace recently.

Why do you ask about it?

Maidservant dared to take over

this letter to Prime Minister Gu

and hope that Imperial Concubine will think thrice before acting again.

Give it to me!

You… you are truly daring.

Although I treat you friendly,

you are just

a maidservant after all.

How dare you make decisions for me.

I am pregnant with his child.

I naturally want him to know.

Does Imperial Concubine hopes that Prime Minister Gu

will be moved by this?

Maybe… maybe he will come

and get me out of here.

If Imperial Concubine walks away and evades your responsibility

you will be labelled as Lan State abandoned wife.

Is there a chance to escape back to Li State?

Will King of Li allow Imperial Concubine

get what you want?

I just want to fight

for a stable future for my child.

Imperial Concubine wants to get away

but what’s the use of keeping

a worthless princess?

No matter whether it is in the Li State or Lan State,

only Jiao Tong

really thinks of the Imperial Concubine.

Then what do you think I should do?

I cannot have this child

in Lan State.

I also don't know

how Xiao Fengming will deal with me.

King of Li has ostensibly married princess

for the Lan State’

troops.

As a matter of fact, an ancient treasure map

is hidden in the Lan Palace

was the actual purpose of King of Li’s move.

Legend has it that old King of Lan

only told Xiao Fengming this secret

with his dying breath.

Imperial Concubine should find

that treasure map as soon as possible.

Then the way back to Li State

will be unimpeded.

Beloved official Gu,

I have been thinking

why the feelings between you and Yan’er

became different

after I have ordered you

to wipe out the Miao Family

and what has caused this misunderstanding.

You started making mistakes after starting to work for me

and you are making mistakes again and again.

Your Majesty, don’t be suspicious.

Do you think I am unaware of the phrase

that one has to trust

the people one wants to use?

But Prime Minister Gu retired by resignation.

You didn't

stab Miao Minghu

with that poisoned sword

at Jiuliao's victory party,

so I really wanted to

investigate it properly.

You drank too much that night, Prime Minister Gu.

Your Majesty...

Thanks to the Grand Tutor’s

golden gloves,

I was able to understand

what is Prime Minister Gu thinking.

The truth finally came out.

Your Majesty...

it turned out that Prime Minister Gu

has long known that I used Xie Family

as a chess piece.

Yes.

I did all this to

attract the attention of the world

to the supreme treasure map.

It was just a strategy.

The lives of

30 people in Huainan Xie’ family

and more than

120 lives in Miao family

were just a part of a strategy

to you.

So what?!

To sacrifice for my supremacy

is their

supreme blessing!

I should have gouged out my eyes a long time ago.

You personally designed the tragedy

of our Xie Family in Huainan

and used my hatred

to slaughter the Miao Family.

But I regarded you,

my true enemy,

as my reverend benefactor.

At that time, Miao Weicheng was willing

to work as hired thug

but he was also eyeing the half of the treasure map

that was in the hands of the Xie Family in Huainan.

What treasure map?

It is probably nothing but a pure myth!

You just wanted to hunt our Xie Family down!

Let me tell you about it then.

There is no difference between right and wrong means,

there is only a difference between superiority and inferiority.

Which real monarch

does not play with political tricks?

History books will only record

your success

when you keep yourself high above others

and not suffer a defeat.

Your Majesty,

you and princess have lost

your original temperaments after being fed

poison by Gui Jiao.

Prime Minister Gu has also

taken Yan’er medicine

to save your

pretty and charming appearance.

As long as Miao siblings

can live safely,

it does not matter what fame,

what appearance

or even life will I have.

You are willing to give your life

to Miao Minghu

to wash away your inner guilt.

You are truly pathetic.

The woman you love...

the woman that loved you

is now

in the hands of another man.

She belongs to King of Lan, Xiao Fengming.

No.

I made a slip of tongue.

It was you who gave her away.

Save your life

for Miao Minghu that hates you to the marrow.

Is Prime Minister Gu really going to break away

from me, from Yan'er

and from Great Li?

Yes.

Yan'er is now installed as

Lan Palace’ Concubine Du

And she is pregnant

with King of Lan’s own flesh and blood.

I have nothing

to worry about now.

I am telling you,

killing you is as easy as turning my hand over,

but it is not that easy for you

to break away from me.

With Prime Minister Gu being tied up,

Yan'er

will be more willing

get

the other half

of Xiao Fengming’s treasure map for me.

The child in Yan'er’s womb

is not the royal heir of the Lan State.

His Majesty has not shared the pleasure

of writing or drawing pictures with me for a long time.

Do you think

I should draw cranes

or daffodils today?

Both are fine.

Paying respects to Concubine Yun

Has His Majesty come?

Eunuch Li specially asked this humble one

to bring a message.

His Majesty cannot bear to disturbImperial Concubine

when she is pregnant

so he asks the Imperial Concubine to rest early.

He did not come?

No, His Majesty did come.

He somehow went to

the heating room where Pin Yu

is currently staying.

Withdraw.

Yes.

Withdraw, everyone. Withdraw!

Placed her

under my eyelid

and now she is taking advantage of it!

Child...

This is the future

of the Lan State and the whole world.

You are the crown prince

and now father is giving it to you.

Son will definitely store it well.

No. You have to learn it by heart.

You can only

keep it in your mind,

so that the others cannot take it,

cannot steal it.

Do you understand?

Did you learn it by heart?

Child,

This scroll

contains the secret of the supreme treasure.

The other half of it

should be in the Li State in the north.

Promise father

that you will find

the other half of the treasure map

and unify the world.

Imperial Father...

Go.

Burn it in front of me.

Yes.

Why are you not sleeping?

This female servant was watching Your Majesty.

To have Your Majesty beside me

feels like a dream.

Hurry back to sleep.

Come.

Xiao Fengming,

what makes you

defend this memory to your last breath?

Is Your Majesty still worried

about Jade Pavilion possessing the dragon robes?

Now that Mama Ling has confessed her crime

and she was taken care of,

all the parties concerned can finally reconcile.

Did Empress Dowager

let you say it?

No, this is this female servant’s own opinion.

Mama Ling saved Fifth Younger Brother’s life.

Just because she was

watching over Fifth Younger Brother since childhood,

they felt like very close relatives.

Hurting Mama Ling

equals hurting Fifth Younger Brother.

Your Majesty’s concern for King of Rui

exceeds a typical

brotherly affection.

Since childhood

Your Majesty would help King of Rui

whenever he wanted something.

King of Rui was the same towards Your Majesty.

Does Zitong have any good suggestions?

This female servant knows that Your Majesty is worrying about King of Rui

How about letting this female servant

arrange a marriage for him?

When he has his own family,

he will have another relative

who can care for him.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Minfu Palace has sent a message

that Concubine Yun is suddenly suffering from abdominal pain.

How do matters stand?

Did you not

take her pulse a few days ago?

How did it happen so suddenly?

It is not a miscarriage, is it?

Maidservant does not know it either.

Where is Meiren Ya?

Whys is she not here

at such time?

Elder Sister, don’t worry.

Concubine Yun will be fine.

His Majesty has arrived!

This female servant pays respects to Your Majesty.

- Paying respect to Your Majesty. - Forego with all ceremonies.

Your Majesty...

How is Concubine Yun?

Reporting to Your Majesty,

this humble official gave acupuncture

to Imperial Concubine Yun.

Imperial Concubine Yun pulse is moderate,

there are no signs of miscarriage.

Did you see the blood?

Fortunately, it was stabilized.

Was it caused by her diet?

Did she eat something wrong?

This female servant asks Your Majesty for punishment

Concubine Yun drank

the broth that this female servant sent to her this morning.

You say

that it was caused by you?

This female servant

was ordered by Pin Yu to do it.

Pin Yu started to get jealous

since Concubine Yun became pregnant.

because of Concubine Yun’s aloofness in the past

she hated her even more.

Pin Yu was insincere towards Concubine Yun

in rebuilding their sisterhood

but in fact she wanted Concubine Yun

to lose her child.

There is a small amount

of safflower in this broth.

Pin Yu said

that if one takes a little bit of it every day,

then within a month

Concubine Yun would miscarry

and that it will be difficult to detect.

Do you know how serious this matter is?

If there is even a half a lie in what you said,

I will use hundreds of ways

to punish you.

This female servant is unwilling to be Pin Yu’s butcher’s knife

and much less to hurt the imperial heir.

You slut! Slut!

Confusing right and wrong to frame me!

Your Majesty,

do not believe these lies.

I am Concubine Yun! She is Pin Yu!

Although your appearance is identical,

you can poison and bewitch everybody

but not the imperial heir.

Imperial Physician Du can tell right here

who is pregnant

and who is the real Concubine Yun.

Pin Yu,

Concubine Yun has earnestly pleaded with me

to let you live in Minfu Palace

and keep her company.

Concubine Yun wanted to forego the former disputes.

How could she expect

your hatred to be so deeply hidden.

Even is she was cruel to you in the past,

you are real sisters

with the ties of blood.

Your Majesty, Pin Yu did that

because she has fallen from favour for many years.

Her heart was not reconciled with it.

Moreover, she became mute so it was hard for her

to voice her thoughts

and that is why she harboured this ill will.

I ask Your Majesty to have mercy.

Imperial Physician Du has cured your illness.

You should choose to be inclined to goodness.

Your Majesty,

this female servant is the real Concubine Yun.

this female servant does not want to see

another identical person like her in the world

that will be serving Your Majesty with the same face

and rob me off Your Majesty’s love.

Therefore now...

Your Majesty, you have to believe this female servant!

I always thought you were bearing

Concubine Yun’ capriciousness patiently.

I used to feel guilty

for the years that Concubine Yun

was snubbing you.

But now it seems

you spun the cocoon around yourself. (you were just asking for trouble)

Your Majesty, this female servant wants to ask you.

If one of us twin sisters

did something wrong

because of love, hatred and jealousy

and you can only

choose one of us,

who would you choose?

I

would choose a person with a pure heart.

So

It makes no difference

for Your Majesty whether it is Concubine Yun

or Pin Yu as long

as she is good-hearted.

Because the both have the same face.

The monarch is ruthless to his concubine.

Why is the concubine in love with the monarch then?

You did not win.

We have both lost.

“Oh that I be a breeze blowing south and west

that travels a long distance into your breast”...

Only the hardest-hearted people

can survive

in this palace.

Pin Yu, don’t!

Imperial Concubine… Imperial Concubine!

Imperial Concubine…

You did not win.

We have both lost.

For so many years

Elder Sister Pin Yu and I

have been suffering together.

She is so

heartbroken that I am afraid

she won’t talk to me in the future.

Concubine Yun has died.

Pin Yu’s heart has died as well.

You should never

fancy yourself clever.

Pin Yu has lost

more than a sister.

Zhaoyi Nie, I had no choice.

If I didn’t have

Concubine Yun’s blood on my hands,

I would have Pin Yu’s blood on them.

Ever since Pin Yu has lost her voice

Concubine Yun threatened me

to stay by Pin Yu’s side

in case Pin Yu

would steal the favour from Concubine Yun.

Concubine Yun wanted Pin Yu to move to Minfu Palace

because she had no intention

to keep her alive.

Over the years

me and Elder Sister Pin Yu helped each other to pull through our plight

and I had a change of heart

Was Concubine Yun not worried

about hurting the child

when she forced you

to drug Pin Yu’s soup?

There is no safflower in the soup

but a small amount of prunella spike.

The abdominal pain was caused by its cold attribute.

Pi Yu will sooner or later

learn about your consideration towards her.

I dare not expect

Imperial Concubine’s forgiveness.

It was me

who destroyed her after all.

Meiren Ji,

Wushuang failed to live up to your entrustment.

I did not take proper care of your body.

Where are you these days?

You said that Fengqing will protect everyone,

but everyone in the palace

wants him dead.

He took so much on himself

but he cannot

tell anyone about it.

Somehow

Wushuang is worried that Fengqing

will end up like Meiren Ji one day

and suddenly disappear.

It is too unfair to him.

Wushuang hopes that Fengqing

can be like ordinary people

and live a peaceful and joyful life.

Wushuang will make a wish to the moon here.

If Meiren Ji can hear it,

please give some advice to Wushuang.

May King of Rui settle down and get his own family.

May there be a better woman in this world

that can love him.

Only this way

Fengqing will not be in danger

because of Wushuang.