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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 11

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Stop always locking yourself up inside Yonghe Palace.

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When you're not doing anything, come often to Changchun Palace for a visit.

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Go to the garden too to look around.

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But you must instruct your servants

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that there must always be one person beside you.

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I will never be able to repay Your Highness the Empress

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for the grace you have given me.

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I am the Empress. It's just right for me to take care of the six palaces.

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No need for your gratitude.

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If everyone here in the palace

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could be as magnanimous as Your Highness,

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there wouldn't be so many conflicts anymore.

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Noble Lady Yu, no need to be too fearful.

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In this world, if there are good people,

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there surely will be bad people.

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As long as you frequently keep a good attitude, this way—

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- Your Highness!

- What's wrong?

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Xueqiu!

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Your Highness, look at how adorable Xueqiu is. It grew up to be a fine dog.

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Reward!

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Your Highness, I'm afraid of dogs. I'll take my leave now.

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Your Highness, the Empress is here with Noble Lady Yu.

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Escort Noble Lady Yu back first.

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- Yes.

- Your Highness, I will take my leave.

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Wait!

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How come you are rushing to leave after seeing me?

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I am not a tiger.

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You think I'll eat you?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort.

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Greetings to Your Highness the Noble Consort.

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Your Highness the Empress.

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Noble Lady Yu is not feeling well.

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We should let her go back and rest first.

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Talking about it, Your Highness theEmpress

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has gathered quite a strange lot around you.

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Either they are so cowardly like a mouse,

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or they are so bold as to encompass the heavens.

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What kind of fate is this?

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Sister Yu, stay and

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watch Xueqiu perform with us. It's quite fun.

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Your Highness, I'm not feeling well.

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I'll take my leave.

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- Noble Lady Yu!

- Don't come near me!

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Get rid of that dog!

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Don't come near me!

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Move away! Leave!

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Leave!

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Noble Lady Yu! What's to fear about a bad dog?

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Quickly come over here!

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Wei Yingluo, you're so bold!

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You dare hurt the favorite dog of Her Highness the Noble Consort?

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Quickly check its injuries.

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- Your Highness.

- How is it?

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Your Highness, there's a huge swelling on its abdominal skin.

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This lowly servant...you dared hurt my beloved pet?

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I want you to pay with your life.

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Noble Consort Gao, I did all that for your sake.

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Full of lies!

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You hurt my beloved pet

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and you still dare to quibble?

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Noble Lady Yu is pregnant with an Imperial child.

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She's especially valuable now.

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If your beloved dog harmed the Imperial child in Noble Lady Yu's womb,

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if not handled well, some blind person

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might accuse you of attempting to murder an Imperial descendant.

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Who dares to?

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Rumors are more ferocious than a tiger.

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There are so many of these blind people.

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Always bumping on others for no reason at all.

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If you get hurt because of it,

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it would be not good.

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Hence, earlier, I drove that bad dog away with one kick,

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to eliminate any possible disaster that can befall you.

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Although doing it like that is a bit reckless,

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I was able to preserve your reputation.

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- You—

- Earlier, I

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saw that dog to be behaving well.

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How come it suddenly created a ruckus?

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If my guess is right,

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I heard this dog earlier

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barking wildly. Go check

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if there's something wrong with the dog.

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Your Highness, I didn't discover anything wrong.

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Should we take it back to the palace and do a thorough check?

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Who dares to?

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If you dare touch my beloved dog by a hair,

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I will tear you apart.

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Your Highness the Empress, Your Highness the Noble Consort,

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they all say that dogs have natural instincts to defend their masters.

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Whenever they see an evil person, they would immediately pursue it.

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Hence, I'm guessing

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that maybe because Noble Lady Yu was leaving in a rush earlier,

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Xueqiu misunderstood it.

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Noble Lady Yu. Are you alright?

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Thank you for your concerns, Your Highness Imperial Concubine Jia.

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Noble Lady Yu just suffered some shock and will be fine.

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Your reflexes are quite fast. You're more nimble than a dog.

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I'm grateful for your praises, Your Highness Imperial Concubine Jia.

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Escort Noble Lady Yu back to Yonghe Palace.

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Yes.

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Noble Consort, what Yingluo said earlier is correct.

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If today, your beloved dog has indeed harmed Noble Lady Yu,

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this matter will surely create a huge wind and rain through the palace. (T/N big scandal)

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In my opinion, you should watch over the people around you better.

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If they keep being this incompetent,

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can't even keep watch of one dog

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and create troubles again,

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I won't tolerate it.

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Imperial Concubine Jia, how have I treated you?

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I came from a lowly family.

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Fourth Prince is also not being favored.

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Without your care, my son and I

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wouldn't have any footing here in the palace.

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I've always liked your intelligence and being quick-witted.

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Whenever I encounter any good matter, I will think about you and your son.

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I never mistreated you a bit.

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Yes. I will forever remember your graces.

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Who told you to betray me?

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Who told you to use Xueqiu to harm Noble Lady Yu? Who gave you the courage to do so?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort... I did that...

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I really did that for your sake!

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For me?

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No. You did it for your Fourth Prince.

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You're afraid that Noble Lady Yu will give birth to another prince

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and destroy your good fate.

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Your Highness, yes,

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I indeed am afraid that Noble Lady will bear another prince.

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But I really did it for your sake!

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Your Highness, you failed in the previous plan and has formed an irreconcilable grudge with Yonghe Palace.

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If you don't completely sever this hope of Noble Lady Yu,

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I fear that it will bring unending future troubles! Please believe me!

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You couldn't be really thinking that a dog

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can truly harm someone, right?

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What Your Highness said is very right.

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Why would I be that stupid?

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Xueqiu is just a start.

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Your Highness, just wait to watch a good show.

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Noble Lady Yu.

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Her Highness the Empress gave me some instructions.

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She said that the pearl powder she gave you last time surely must have been used up by now.

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She told me to deliver some today.

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Yingluo.

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You're here.

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These past days, it was really thanks to you.

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After getting traumatized by that bad dog, the Noble Lady kept having nightmares.

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She needs to take in some nerve-calming pills before she can sleep.

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But the Imperial Physician said that it's bad for the baby, so she mustn't take a lot of it.

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Good thing, Her Highness the Empress is taking care of her and would always send us high-grade pearl powder.

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Or else, the illness of Noble Lady Yu would have worsened.

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Fangcao, what's wrong with your hand?

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When I was preparing the pearl balls for Noble Lady earlier,

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I touched some of the powder. I'll go wash it off.

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Repeat what you said earlier.

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Yingluo, what's wrong?

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I told you to repeat what you said!

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- Noble Lady.

- Yingluo, what's wrong?

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Noble Lady, the color of pearl powder

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is pure white.

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The powder within the nails of Fangcao is clearly light yellow.

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This is completely not the color of pearl powder.

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Fangcao,

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what did you put in the pearl balls that you gave me?

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I don't know what's going on? This pearl powder

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were sent by the Empress.

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So, you're waiting here.

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Noble Lady Yu, this is the pearl powder sent by Her Highness the Empress.

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Look. Is it the same color with the powder on her finger?

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Look. These pearl balls are white on the outside.

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The powder inside

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would slightly shimmer under the light.

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This is not pearl powder at all.

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I'm not an Imperial physician. I can't identify it.

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The one that slightly shimmers

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isn't pearl powder.

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It's shell powder.

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Fangcao, why must you pass off fish eyes as pearls (T/N pass off fake as genuine),

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and switch out the pearl powder given by Her Highness the Empress?

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I have committed a crime!

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My mother is sick. I don't have the money to provide her treatment.

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I was really out of methods.

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I knew that pearl powder is very valuable,

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hence, I switched it to sell for a few taels.

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I beg Noble Lady to consider that I have meticulously cared for you

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and forgive me.

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Fangcao, you've been with me for so many years.

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If you told me that your mother is sick, you think I won't help?

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I was muddled for a moment. Noble Lady Yu, I won't do it again.

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Even you would do such a thing. You have greatly disappointed me.

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I beg Noble Lady to forgive me just this once.

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I'm willing to do extreme sacrifices just to repay you for a lifetime.

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Fangcao has served me for so many years.

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She probably didn't do it on purpose. Let us just let it pass this time.

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Noble Lady, don't believe her so easily.

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Switching a pearl powder with a cheap shell powder

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might look like stealing on the outside.

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Shell powder is yellow.

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The balls it makes will surely show some color.

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But the shell powder balls that Fangcao gave are clearly pure white.

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Only the one inside showed some shimmering powder.

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If one doesn't separate it, you totally wouldn't discern the difference.

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What did you add in it?

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None! I didn't!

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Did you or not? Go in front of the Empress to explain it!

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Let's go!

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You disloyal servant,

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you even dared to lie? That's an additional crime.

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Let's see if the Empress won't skin you if she learns of it.

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- Quickly go!

- No!

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- Go!

- I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!

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Say it!

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Noble Lady,

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it was Imperial Concubine Jia who ordered me to do this.

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What did you say?

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Imperial Concubine Jia?

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Yes.

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Since Imperial Concubine Yi died, you were the only mistress left here in Yonghe Palace.

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But you kept staying in your bedroom and wouldn't go out. Always living in fear.

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Imperial Concubine Jia said that even if you give birth to a prince,

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he surely will not be favored. Our Yonghe Palace

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should just wait to become an ice cellar.

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Hence...

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even you betrayed me?

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A person should move towards higher places.

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Imperial Concubine Jia promised me that after the task is done,

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she'll transfer me to Chuxiu Palace.

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No wonder when Noble Lady had you leave last time,

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you were so obedient to leave.

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No wonder that day at the garden, you clearly were the person nearest to her,

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you pretended to be afraid of dogs. So from the start,

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you have been bribed. An unfaithful servant.

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Noble Lady, I had no other choice.

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Imperial Concubine Jia has Noble Consort Gao behind her. Who would dare offend her?

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What did you add to the shell powder?

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To change the color of the shell powder,

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you must wash it with dye.

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Noble Lady Yu is pregnant. Dyes have poison.

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If she takes it in for a long time, would she be able to bear a healthy child?

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That is such an evil heart!

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Fangcao!

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How dare you! Aren't you afraid that this matter will get exposed?

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Even if this matter gets exposed,

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they have two others as backup.

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Either they would say that the servants from Imperial Household Department

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switched the pearl powder with a low-grade shell powder

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and reaped profits from it. Or they would say that the pearl powder was from the Empress.

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Blame everything on Her Highness the Empress.

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After all, it was the Empress who invited Noble Lady Yu to tour the Imperial Garden

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last time. It was only after being frightened by Xueqiu

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that you started taking in the pearl powder.

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How then did they know

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that Her Highness the Empress will send pearl powder over?

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Not only the pearl powder,

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even the ginseng and nerve-calming pill.

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As long as Fangcao is around,

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would they fear of having no chance to make a move?

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- I'm going to report this to Her Highness the Empress and ask her to immediately punish Imperial Concubine Jia!

- Noble Lady Yu!

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Noble Lady, please wait.

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Fangcao, when Imperial Concubine Jia gave you the items,

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were there any witnesses?

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- None.

- Without any evidence,

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if you rashly make a complaint, not only would you be unable to drag Imperial Concubine Jia down,

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you would even invite yourself more trouble.

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What should I do now?

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To prevent Imperial Concubine Jia from making any more evil attacks,

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you must keep this disloyal servant

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by your side. Let Imperial Concubine Jia think

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that you're still continuously taking in the poisonous shell powder.

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You're saying...

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After half a month, tell Imperial Concubine Jia

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that the shell powder has been used up. Ask her to send a new batch over.

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You understand?

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Do you have any eyes? How come you dare to hit just anyone?

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- Indeed. Not looking at where he's going.

- Are you alright?

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I'm fine.

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This lad...

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Wait.

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What do you want?

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Oh, isn't this Brother Chunwang?

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When he was following Steward Zhao, he had such an impressive reputation.

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Now, how come you're in such pitiful state?

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Emptying commodes?

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Don't you know yet? He privately smuggled valuable items out of the palace

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and got caned one hundred times by the Office of Careful Punishment.

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Now, he's already an unfavored eunuch.

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This little thing is quite pitiful.

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No wonder Steward Zhao liked you. Seeing you now,

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- I also couldn't help touching you.

- Get lost!

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You turtle bastard, you couldn't even do a task like this well?

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- Quickly clean this up!

- Indeed. Hurry up!

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Why must I be the one to clean it up?

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Lick it. Lick all those dirty things off the ground. Lick it!

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Quickly get off me.

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If you don't lick it clean, I'll report it to Chief Steward.

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I'll tell him that you deliberately dirtied the corridor of the palace and let him take your head off!

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- Why are you all just standing there? Attack!

- Let's go!

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Hit him! Hit him until he dies!

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You dog-like thing.

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Hit him!

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Enough already. Don't really kill him.

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Let's go.

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Let's go.

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My dog ancestor, stop picking.

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What you eat is the best dried meat. I even added some sesame oil.

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We can't even eat such food.

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Quickly eat.

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Get lost. Let me eat this.

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Who is there? Who's there!

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Which scoundrel are you that you didn't even spare the food for the dog?

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Keep up. Keep up.

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Hold it stably.

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What are they doing?

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What's going on?

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What's inside those wooden casks?

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I don't know. Being so mysterious.

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What could it be?

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There's even a red cloth covering it.

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So many of them.

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Lightly. Lower it down.

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Lower it.

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Put it down lightly.

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Greetings to Your Majesty and Your Highness the Empress.

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Informing Your Majesty and Your Highness the Empress, we have delivered the tributes.

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Your Majesty, these are...

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Open them.

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Yes.

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Open them.

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Lychee?

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How could there be a lychee tree in this season?

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This is the "third month red", the lychee tree species that matures the earliest.

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Looking back at Mt. Li from Chang'an, you see piles of beautiful brocades.

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The thousand doors of Huaqing Palace on top of the mountain successively opened.

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The coming galloping horse created rolls of dust and made one's wife so happy.

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No one knew that someone from the south has arrived to bring some lychees over.

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Your Majesty, before, we only had people riding their horses as fast as they can to deliver us fresh lychees.

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Now, these lychee trees...

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Fujian is thousand of miles from the capital.

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If they are to take the land route,

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these lychees would have lost their freshness upon arriving in the capital.

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What's still the fun in that?

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Hence, I ordered them that once these lychee trees bear fruit,

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they are to transfer the tree with its soil into a wooden cask.

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Then, take the water route so that they'll arrive in the capital in a month's time.

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By then, the fruits would be ripe for picking. Fresh and flavorful.

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This time, although the Fujian Governor gave a total of one hundred casks as tribute,

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other than rewarding them to some high officials,

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I ordered people to choose the best lychee trees and deliver them here to Changchun Palace.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, I was also planning to hold a tea party.

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These lychees came at the right time.

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If Empress loves them, my efforts were not in vain.

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Your Highness, these lychee trees are very precious. Just leave them to me.

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Yingluo.

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Yingluo!

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Your Highness the Empress.

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These lychees are very precious. Take good care of them.

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Your Highness, I'm negligent and careless. I might not be able to care about them very well.

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Other than Erqing, you're the next person here in Changchun Palace that I'm very at ease with in doing one's job.

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Erqing has to personally attend to me and won't have the time.

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Help me take good care of these.

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Don't slack off.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty, when do you think is the best time to do the lychee party?

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You can do it whenever you want.

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Li Yu, remember the items that Empress needs. Urge the Imperial Household Department to deliver them as soon as possible.

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Yes.

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Erqing, look at her.

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She has won the favor of Her Highness the Empress so quickly.

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- What trick did she employ?

- Mingyu.

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How long has she just been here in Changchun Palace? She quickly—

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Okay already.

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Let's just do whatever our mistress tells us.

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There are a lot of things that we can never question.

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Chief Steward Wu, may I ask how many lychees are there in these trees?

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Just to make the transport convenient, we used the smallest kinds.

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In the hundred trees that were transported, it was recorded that there are a total of eight hundred ninety-five fruits.

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On the journey here, don't know how many fruits have fallen along the way.

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Honestly, regarding the number, we currently also...

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Earlier, I did some rough counting.

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- There are a total of three trees and a total of forty-eight fruits.

- Yes.

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May Chief Steward Wu count it too so we can make our hand-over.

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Miss Yingluo is young, but you do things very appropriately.

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Chief Steward Wu, you're making me laugh.

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The lychees were transported for thousand of miles to reach the capital. They are too precious.

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Let's verify the numbers so that if there is anything missing in the future,

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we don't need to put blame or wrangle for that would be unsightly.

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Why are you all just standing there?

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Quickly count the lychees.

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Yes.

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See? While you are complaining, she has already done her task.

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You think Her Highness will hand this matter to you?

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It really worked?

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Probably yes.

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Fangcao said that Noble Lady Yu kept having nightmares and abdominal pain.

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She then are taking in that pearl powder to calm her nerves.

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She quietly exchanged it and no one has discovered it yet.

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Our Xueqiu just barked a few times

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and she already got scared like that.

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She's so useless.

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First, Imperial Concubine Yi has died. Then, she almost went to see the God of Death.

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Adding Xueqiu's provocation, she surely would have gotten so scared.

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I think that she won't even dare to go to the Imperial Garden again.

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What else did she say?

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Fangcao said that the shell powder you gave last time is almost used up. She needs some new powder delivered.

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I promised her that after reporting it to you, I would quickly deliver them to her.

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Go then. You must be careful.

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Yes.

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Wait.

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Your Highness, do you still have any orders?

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You said earlier that Noble Lady Yu has very obvious abdominal pain.

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She said that Noble Lady Yu would have frequent severe abdominal pains.

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They've asked Medical Investigator Zhang to check her. He prescribed him some pregnancy preserving medicine and didn't notice anything strange.

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He only thought that it was from psychological trauma. The dosage of the pearl powder was also increased.

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Her symptoms are so obvious.

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That's what Fangcao said.

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If Your Highness has no more additional instructions, I'll go deliver her the new stocks of shell powder.

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Wait.

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Tell her that the shell powder must be meticulously manufactured.

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We still need two days to prepare it.

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Just invite her...

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to meet during the Lychee Party.

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But we clearly still have some shell powder.

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Just do as I say.

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Yes.

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What's wrong?

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Yingluo, why don't we pick the fruits now,

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clean them, and just deliver them during the Lychee Party?

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Mistress said that she wants to pick them on site tomorrow

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so it would be very fresh.

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I also want to taste these lychees.

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Too bad that which Imperial consort will eat each fruit has already been decided.

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This is the yearly tribute of Fujian. Of course, it's very precious.

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If you really want to eat it,

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once you get out of the palace, just personally ride a boat to Fujian.

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You can then eat as much as you want. Isn't that more fun?

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You really can dare to imagine things.

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Quickly go do your other task.

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I'll just verify it again.

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Yingluo.

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Yingluo, you said that as long as I do merit to make up for my crime, my crime would be pardoned.

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Is that true?

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You have my word.

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Imperial Concubine Jia said that she'll let Ashuang give me some shell powder tomorrow.

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You only said that Noble Lady Yu is taking in the pearl powder, right?

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You didn't mention anything else?

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You didn't add any more details?

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Add any more details? I didn't.

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You are rushing to make up for your mistake. Be careful of making it too exaggerated which will be as bad as lacking.

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Don't worry. I surely didn't make any mistake.

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But you also must do as you said.

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Okay.

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I'll report it to Her Highness the Empress.

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Let's catch a turtle in a jar. (T/N set a trap to catch someone)

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Ungrateful. Don't you remember how Her Highness helped you when you were in need?

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Forget it.

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Your Highness, what do you mean, "forget it"?

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Before, Noble Lady Ying had such austere days. You gave her half of your palace allowance.

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You didn't even forget to send her food every meal.

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How come it's that to hard to ask her to help you?

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Zhen'er, stop saying it.

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Consort Chun, these are...

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Sister, you're going everywhere to borrow money.

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But those people that you once helped are mostly of lower rank.

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Although they want to, they don't have the means to help.

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While the other Imperial consorts hate you for having an illustrious and respected name here in the palace,

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they surely will not generously give you charity.

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I think that you've been borrowing money for three days.

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After experiencing three days of getting refused, you surely know it clearly now.

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Hence, I personally delivered some money for you.

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Your Highness, you don't need to worry about it anymore. We now have money.

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Consort Chun, what really is the motive

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behind this money?

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Sister, don't worry. Noble Consort Gao and I are different.

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I wouldn't let you disobey your heart and do things that will harm others.

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But at the moment I accept this money,

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I will never have my own stand anymore.

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I must always stand by the side of Her Highness the Empress?

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The Empress is virtuous, wise, and magnanimous. She's kind and gentle.

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How come you can't stand on her side?

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When people are caught in the whirlpool of fighting, they will just keep falling deeper.

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It would get harder to differentiate right from wrong.

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You will keep lowering your limit.

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In the end, when left with no other choice, you will harm others.

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Hence, since the day I entered the palace, I swore

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that I would never get involved in any fights.

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I'll only guard my Chengqian Palace and quietly live my days.

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If I accept your offer,

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that's going against my initial intention.

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But you lack money, isn't it?

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Yes.

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Changshou is currently in prison waiting for me to save him.

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Sister, we entered the palace together.

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We've accompanied each other for so many years. Let's just treat it as I'm lending money from you.

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I would return it to you double the amount in the future.

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No, three times. Is that okay?

503

Sister, what I'm lending you is not money

504

but favor.

505

If you insist on refusing it,

506

I can only apologize then.

507

Your Highness, we can't make any more delays.

508

If we delay it any longer, Young Master will be dead.

509

No.

510

I can't take it.

511

Your Highness!

512

Yuhu, let's go.

513

Your Highness Consort Chun!

514

Your Highness, what then will we do?

515

That Consort Xian is really a wooden-head. She just wouldn't agree.

516

Go to Changchun Palace.

517

It's so late. Why are you still going to Changchun Palace?

518

Let's go.

519

Greetings, Your Highness the Empress!

520

Forego the formalities.

521

Everyone, please sit down.

522

Fujian just sent a batch of lychees as tribute.

523

For the tea party today, just right,

524

you all can have a taste of them.

525

His Majesty really loves the Empress a lot.

526

I haven't seen even one fruit, but he sent you the whole tree.

527

It's not the first time for His Majesty to show how much he loves Her Highness the Empress.

528

Noble Consort Gao, you're still not used to it?

529

Where are the lychees?

530

Noble Consort Gao, don't rush.

531

Lychees can cause excessive internal heat.

532

Let's drink some light chrysanthemum tea first.

533

Everyone, just be at ease.

534

Sister Nalan, are lychees really that precious?

535

They are indeed. Being separated by thousands of li of mountains and rivers,

536

they had to transport it from Fujian.

537

I heard that a lot of fruits of those long batch of trees

538

have already fallen off because of not getting used to the new soil and water.

539

The rest must still be distributed to Empress Dowager, Empress, and the Imperial consorts.

540

And those highly-favored officials and relatives.

541

Each one being able to taste just one fruit

542

is already utmost fortune.

543

You dare secretly switch the pearl powder of Noble Lady Yu?

544

You're attempting to kill an Imperial child.

545

What are you saying?

546

You are the personal attendant of Imperial Concubine Jia.

547

You have been arrested. Imperial Concubine Jia can't also escape.

548

At this point, what else do you have to say?

549

Sorry, Sister Ashuang.

550

I've told them everything.

551

You think that Imperial Concubine Jia ordered me

552

to switch the pearl powder of Noble Lady Yu?

553

Isn't that the case?

554

This is a blessing pouch that Imperial Concubine Jia

555

personally sewed for the future prince.

556

There are only some fragrant herbs inside.

557

Impossible.

558

How come it's this way?

559

Imperial Concubine Jia is really vigilant. So she already prepared for this.

560

Wei Yingluo, if you have no evidence, don't make irresponsible remarks.

561

When you take night roads too often, it can't be helped to bump into a ghost.

562

You've escaped this time. What about next time?

563

You...

564

Wei Yingluo!

565

Don't go! Explain this to me clearly!

566

What's there to explain?

567

You wanted to arrest me for no reason at all.

568

Don't you need to explain that?

569

Did I hit

570

or tie you up?

571

You indeed didn't use force, but you still threw me a basin of muddied water.

572

You must apologize to me.

573

Also, you must apologize to Her Highness Imperial Concubine Jia.

574

Why do you keep hindering me?

575

Of course, it's to argue with you.

576

Imperial Concubine Jia asked you to lure me away.

577

Now, you're trying to delay time.

578

What are you two planning?

579

What do you mean, lure you away? It was clearly you who followed me.

580

You're the one who falsely accused me first.

581

Wei Yingluo!

582

You're a coward! You wouldn't even dare to argue with me!

583

Wei Yingluo!

584

Fence sitter! I'll handle you later.

585

Imperial Concubine Jia has already noticed that something was wrong. Why then did she still ask Fangcao to meet?

586

Unless...

587

Why are you running around?

588

Your Highness, don't worry. Everything has been arranged.

589

I won't ever see that lowly servant again, right?

590

I guarantee to you that you won't need to be bothered by her again.

591

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♫The Forbidden Palace's walls surround them, feeling like a good place to reside.♫

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♫As the walls sever the setting sun's rays, they lose their past dreams as it grows cold.♫

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♫Decaying leaves cover the neglected shuttered window, that remembers the cold winds of twenty harvests.♫

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♫ Knowing only how to go with the flow and pass the years.♫

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♫Unmarried and hopeful, the heavy, dark gates are locked, ♫

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♫Cultivated and proud, gem-like beauties, and yet somehow♫

598

♫Flowers who stay may endure breakage, causing them ask to change their karma♫

599

♫Can not an empty branch give them a carefree place to rest upon?♫

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♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫

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♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫

602

♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫

603

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

604

♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫

605

♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫

606

♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫

607

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

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♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫