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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 13

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Young Master.

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You... What are you doing?

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Why did you fool Hailancha?

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Are you scheming something again?

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Tell me, what really is your motive?

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It's very painful!

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Let go of me!

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I don't understand what you're saying.

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Wei Yingluo, stop pretending.

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That fox skin you him gave has a black spot on its hind end.

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But I remember that Xueqiu is white all over.

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I'm sure that you tampered with it.

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Say it. Why did you do that?

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Are you planning to frame Hailancha?

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No!

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I really am not!

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I don't believe you. Come with me to see His Majesty now.

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Xueqiu. Don't bark.

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Why is it here?

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Young Master...

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The dog is just an animal.

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It doesn't know to discern right from wrong.

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If it meets a good master, it will guard your home and courtyard.

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If it meets a bad master, it will only get harmed and used.

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I don't want Xueqiu to innocently die like that.

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Hence, I switched it and secretly cared for it here.

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Now...can you let go of me?

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Sorry.

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Sorry...

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Sorry.

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Give him to me.

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Why should I?

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How big is the Forbidden City?

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If it gets discovered, you'll be sentenced for deceiving the Emperor.

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Don't you want your life anymore?

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But you still mustn't kill it.

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Who said that I'm killing it?

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I'll personally take it out of the palace.

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Really?

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Young Master, can you promise me one thing?

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What?

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Find Xueqiu a master that will truly care for it.

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Okay. I promise you.

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Young Master, you're such a good person.

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Xueqiu, you heard that?

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Young Master Fuheng said that he'll take you out of the palace.

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Are you happy? Are you happy?

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Your wrist...

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Young Master, you exerted too much strength earlier.

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Look. My wrist is all red.

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Sorry. I was too suspicious.

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I now believe that you didn't mean to do it.

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What?

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Nothing.

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Young Master...

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If you can blow it for me, my wrist won't hurt anymore.

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Sorry. You're too close to me.

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It's inappropriate!

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I remember it very clearly.

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After entering the Forbidden City, my knees seem to be not mine anymore.

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No matter if it's in the fake mountain or on the stone paths,

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as long as I meet the masters, I will automatically kneel.

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Momo.

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Try putting this cover over your knees.

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See if it's more comfortable.

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Your hands are really skillful.

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I also just saw those eunuchs wearing them.

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I just couldn't find a good animal skin.

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Once I was able to get one, I was able to change that.

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What's wrong?

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Yingluo, Xueqiu's skin is clearly white all over.

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Why did you choose one with a flaw on it.

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Because Imperial Guard Suolun and Fuheng are good friends.

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I don't understand anymore.

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Imperial Guard Suolun is careless and negligent, while Fuheng is very smart.

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He surely will quickly notice that I tampered with it and saved Xueqiu.

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But why did you want him to find out?

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Last time, I gave him a hog bladder.

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Although I bluffed my way out, once he was able to think about it,

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he surely would get suspicious. How then can I eliminate his suspicion?

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Only by making him feel that I'm kind

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- and safe to be with.

- Yingluo.

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Momo, I'm very evil to begin with.

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Just to seek vengeance for Sister, I will get more evil.

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Don't advise me against it anymore. I will never change.

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How could an evil person repeatedly save Noble Lady Yu?

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Even to the point of not hesitating to be enemies with Noble Consort Gao.

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How could an evil person save Xueqiu,

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even saving her own meals just to feed it?

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Just to clear myself from my crime,

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I used a dog. Of course I feel guilty.

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Yingluo,

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in this Forbidden City,

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if you want to be evil, then you should make it complete.

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Tough mouth but soft heart, leaving some kindness behind,

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would instead lead to greater disaster.

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[ Chuxiu Palace ]

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What is this!

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Your Highness, that is the West Lake Longjing tea that the Imperial Household Department sent earlier. (T/N "Dragon Well" tea - a premium pan-roasted green tea from a village of that name near Hangzhou)

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I've always loved drinking yunwu tea and everyone in the palace knows that. (T/N "cloud tea" - a premium green tea from specific high-altitude peaks in Hunan, harvested only during specific periods of the year)

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Right now, I haven't fallen out of favor yet,

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but the Imperial Tea House is already treating me in such a common fashion!

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What messed-up thing did they send to brush me off?

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Your Highness, please calm down. This year, there was continuous rain in Lushan and the tea roots got damaged from getting soaked.

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It's not that the Tea House doesn't want to send us yunwu tea leaves, there really aren't any.

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I don't believe it.

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Go and get me the Tea House Head.

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- This...

- You're still not going to hurry!

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Yes.

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Greetings to Your Highness.

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You even dared to come at this time.

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You think you haven't caused me enough trouble?

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Your Highness, everything was my fault.

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I belittled that servant too much.

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Please forgive me just this time. I'm willing to repay you the best that I can.

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Your Highness.

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Why are you still not leaving?

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Can't I order you around now?

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I dare not disobey. When I just got out of the gates, I bumped into the messenger eunuch

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of Prince Yi of the First Rank.

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What did he say?

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Reply to Prince Yi of the First Rank

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that he can just handle it according to the law.

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Just relay my words to him.

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He will then understand what to do.

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Yes.

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I can forgive you.

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It's just that flea from Changchun Palace that keeps jumping to and fro

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is really such an eyesore.

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As long as Your Highness is willing to forgive me this once,

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I surely will make amends for my mistake.

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Your Highness, what are you thinking?

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I'm worried about Changshou. He's sick while in prison.

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No one's taking care of him.

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We've sent the money out.

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Madam will surely think of a way to let the doctor see him in prison.

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Be at ease.

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Changshou is indeed a good-for-nothing.

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Always creating troubles.

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But he's still my biological brother.

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When we were growing up,

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he always protected and respected me.

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When he knew that I was going to be married off to the manor of Prince Bao of the First Rank,

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he cried until his eyes were red.

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He kept asking to come with me.

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Afterwards, he got a hard beating from Father.

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While limping,

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he came to send my carriage off.

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When I refused to ask for leniency for him this time,

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maybe he will blame me.

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Your Highness, you've done everything that you can do.

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Young Master knows about your heart. He won't blame you.

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I'm only looking forward to Changshou getting better soon.

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He will. He surely will.

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Are you looking forward to Changshou getting better

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and continuing to destroy my empire?

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Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, why did you come?

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I didn't even go out to welcome you. Please forgive me.

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You still haven't answered my question.

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Your Majesty, Changshou is too young.

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Because of a thoughtless moment, he committed a mistake.

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But I know the laws, so I won't beg for leniency.

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I'm just worried of his suffering in prison.

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This is just normal human behavior. Your Majesty, why must you strongly denounce it?

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Your younger brother is young and muddled.

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What about that good father of yours?

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Are you going to say that he's too old

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that's why he's more muddled?

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Your Majesty, my father

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has always done his duty with fairness, justice, and caution.

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The only criticism about him is he wasn't strict in disciplining his son.

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Why then did Your Majesty say such a thing?

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Today, Prince Yi of the First Rank submitted a memorial saying that your father,

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Naerbu, personally offered him some silver.

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Impossible!

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Why would he give Prince Yi of the First Rank silver?

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Because I ordered Prince Yi of the First Rank to join the public trial.

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Naerbu requested Prince Yi of the First Rank

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to be lenient in sentencing Changshou.

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Your Majesty, my father is so honest and just.

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Where will he get the silver to bribe anyone?

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Consort Xian, the silver that Naerbu gave him

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was those five hundred taels that the Empress rewarded you during the lychee banquet.

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I sent those five hundred taels to them to get a doctor to treat Changshou.

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You're saying that Father used it to bribe people? I would never believe that even if you cane me to death!

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I completely believe the character of my father. What you should be doubting

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is the motive of Prince Yi of the First Rank.

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Why would I suspect him?

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Everyone in the Imperial court knows that Prince Yi of the First Rank

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is very close with the father of Noble Consort Gao.

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His slander of my father of bribing him

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might be the instruction of some person.

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Shut up.

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Your Majesty, I believe that my father would never bribe anyone.

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I'm willing to use my life as a guarantee.

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The truth is already like this, yet you still are covering your eyes with a leaf.

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Very well! I'm allowing you to go to prison,

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so you can ask that honest and dutiful father of yours!

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You are falsely-accusing a loyal subject. You surely will regret this.

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Can you let us see Hoifa-Nara Changshou?

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His Majesty has give orders that you can only see Naerbu.

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Father!

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Your Highness Consort Xian!

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Father, what time is it already and you're still caring about such things!

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No matter what, I'm forever your daughter.

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It's His Majesty who allowed you to come here?

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His Majesty let me come see you.

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I...am ashamed to face His Majesty.

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I indeed disappointed his graces.

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Father, this isn't your mistake.

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Prince Yi of the First Rank has always been colluding with the Gao family.

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I also keep refusing to bow down to Noble Consort Gao.

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This must be her throwing a stone onto our family who's already fallen into a well.

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I'm the one who dragged you down.

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Father, don't worry. I surely will do my best

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to clear your name.

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I'll go beg His Majesty now to reopen the case and give you justice.

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No. Don't go. You must not go.

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Why?

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Father.

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Could you have...

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I'm very sorry.

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I wronged our Hoifa-Nara clan!

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It was all my fault. It was because of a thoughtless moment...

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I have committed such a grave crime.

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Father, you have always

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looked down on those officials who harbor evil practices.

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For twenty years, you never received any dirty money.

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How could you go bribe?

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How is that possible?

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I also didn't want to do it,

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but your mother was threatening me with her life.

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She forced me to go and beg for leniency.

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Finally, they spared the life of Changshou.

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Changshou is my only son.

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He's the only descendant of our family. Tell me, I...

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Just to save Changshou,

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you bribed Prince Yi of the First Rank?

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What about the words you taught me before? You said that a person can lose anything

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except for his conscience. You said that as an official,

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you will never break the law and go against your initial character.

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You don't ask for a high position or salary, for wealth or a noble status,

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but just to be honest, upright, and have a guilt-free conscience.

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In the palace, no matter how hard my life is,

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I have followed your instructions. Now, you're telling me that

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you bribed someone?

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Father, I believed every word you said.

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I've always been proud of you.

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But today, you actually...

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It was my mistake! Shushen, forgive me!

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Sorry...

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Help me! Save me! Shushen...

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Zhen'er, let's go.

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Shushen? Shushen! Shushen!

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Shushen, don't go! Shushen...

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In this world, only you can save me now.

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Shushen...

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Your Highness, we're about to enter the Gate of Divine Might.

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Stop crying.

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Yes, I'm fine.

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No need to worry.

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Consort Xian, your mother is here.

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Shushen!

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Shushen, your father...

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It was you who forced Father to beg Prince Yi of the First Rank. Am I right?

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I can't watch your little brother just lose his head like that.

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I also was out of methods.

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I just wanted to beg Prince Yi of the First Rank to be magnanimous.

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Allow that he be transferred out, so he could be treated.

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The prison is so dark and moist.

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That's not a place for people.

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How could his body take it?

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For so many years, you kept pressuring Father to progress in status.

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Father wasn't willing to join alliances, you then forced Changshou.

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Now, you've forced him into the prison.

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But that's not enough, you even forced Father to bribe people.

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Now even he has gone in!

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This...is also not my fault.

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If it's not yours, who should we blame?

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Since I was little, I would hear you complain about how useless Father is

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or how I'm not thinking of improving my status.

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We both are useless people who couldn't bring you glory and wealth.

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Now, our whole family is gone. Are you satisfied?

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Shushen, your father has been an official all his life,

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but he's still just an Assistant Captain. He's really useless.

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I'm eager to excel. Although I kept blaming him,

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gave him supercilious looks, and ridiculed him, I still sold all my dowry

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to make up for our house needs. When I go back to my maiden family

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to drink some tea, I would suffer supercilious looks from them.

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Good thing, I was fortunate to have you.

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I didn't care about your brother and gave you all the good food and clothes.

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I only hoped to send you into the palace

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and that you can excel.

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I'm also a woman!

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I want a good future. I want wealth and splendor!

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Is there anything wrong with that?

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I don't want to hear it anymore.

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Shushen! It's all my fault! I don't want anything anymore!

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I don't want wealth and splendor!

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But you must not ignore your father and your little brother.

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It's not that I don't want to save them.

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Now that the matter has come to this,

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I also can't do anything anymore.

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Madam, Young Master is gone.

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What?

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Your Highness Consort Xian, the condition of Young Master rapidly deteriorated.

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He didn't survive.

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He's dead?

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Changshou is dead...

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Your little brother is dead...

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If you cared about him,

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you would have begged His Majesty.

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- He then wouldn't have died in that cold prison.

- Mother...

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You want to be lofty.

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You want to be a good person.

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Even if I have committed so many mistakes,

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I'm able to face the Hoifa-Nara Clan.

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What about you? In this Forbidden City,

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you live worse than a dog!

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Who can you face?

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Mother...

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Listen well.

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Hoifa-Nara Shushen,

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your family was ruined and its members died...

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all because of your fault!

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The thing I regret the most in this life

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is to give birth to an incompetent daughter like you!

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Mother!

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Someone! Someone come here! Save my mother!

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Mother, it was all my fault.

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Come back!

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I don't want anything anymore.

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Come back, Mother.

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Mother...

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Mother...

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Yingluo, come write too.

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Yes.

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[ Wei ]

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[ Ying ]

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My god, is that writing a word or drawing some caterpillar?

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It is exactly because I couldn't write well,

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that's why I want to learn from Her Highness the Empress.

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You will never compare to the beautifully-written words of Her Highness even if you write for a hundred years.

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How could a student compare herself to her teacher?

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That's disrespectful.

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You're such a rascal. When did Her Highness say that she's taking you in as a student?

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I was bold and said the wrong words.

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Yingluo was right.

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It is exactly because she doesn't know how to,

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that's why she must be diligent in practicing how to write.

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Yingluo is very smart.

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I believe that in the future, your handwriting will become very good.

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I also am very happy to have a student like you.

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Your Highness, bad news!

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Chengqian Palace is in trouble.

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That face of Consort Xian right now must be so good to look at!

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What a pity I'm currently "reflecting". (T/N by order of His Majesty, grounded)

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I have no way to admire it.

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Your Highness, I don't understand.

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You initially could have used the bribery case of Naerbu to threaten Consort Xian.

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How come you did it like this?

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That woman is so stubborn.

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Can being content with poverty and striving for virtue be converted to food to eat?

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I repeatedly recruited her, but she didn't appreciate it.

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Why would I give her another chance?

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Your Highness said it right.

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That Consort Xian didn't know what's good for her. It is indeed time to teach her some lessons.

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But after all, it was the Empress who showed her grace first.

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No matter what you do now, she won't feel grateful.

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Why not kill the chicken to warn the monkeys

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and let the people here in the Forbidden City see your methods?

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Methods?

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If I have methods,

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I wouldn't have tolerated a lowly servant to behave atrociously.

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That is because the Empress keeps defending that servant.

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She's also a rascal who can do anything.

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Because we have some qualms, we are then sparing the rat to save the dishes. (T/N being cautious)

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But...we can't kill her,

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still someone can.

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Who?

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One matter shouldn't bother two masters. Your Highness, don't forget,

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there's still one Prince Yi of the First Rank.

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Him?

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Although Hongxiao inherited the noble title of the old Prince Yi of the First Rank,

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the power of the House of Prince Yi has dwindled after the death of the late emperor.

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Although he is also a legitimate member of the royal bloodline,

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he was only able to became an Imperial guard at the Gate of Heavenly Purity,

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and didn't even get promoted to Imperial bodyguard. He is bearing a huge grudge about this.

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Now, he and Young Lord Gao are best friends.

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He is bent on getting some promotions from you, so he surely will do everything to be on your good side.

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Or else, he wouldn't have sent you the news about Naerbu.

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But he is an Imperial guard of the Gate of Heavenly Purity.

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With so many eyes looking,

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could his hands extend into the Imperial harem?

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Your Highness, if you're going to hit a snake, you should hit its weak spot.

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I've already sent men to the Embroidery House to ask around regarding Wei Yingluo.

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I discovered that she once had a scandal with an Imperial guard.

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Your Highness the Empress, please forgive me.

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When my mistress returned, she locked herself in her room and wouldn't come out regardless who calls her.

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- I'll tell her now that you're here.

- No.

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Since Consort Xian is not in the mood,

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I will not force it anymore.

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You must take good care of her. You understand?

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Yes.

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Go now.

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Let's go...to Yangxin Palace Hall.

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Your Highness, why are we going to Yangxin Palace?

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Naerbu bribed an official, and Consort Xian suffered because of it.

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His Majesty is currently very angry about this matter.

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You must not make him unhappy too.

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How could I not know that His Majesty is very angry right now?

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But if even I don't meddle in this matter,

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Naerbu will then indeed be beyond redemption.

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If he couldn't be saved, that's their family's matter.

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What's that got to do with Changchun Palace, with Your Highness?

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Yingluo, what is your opinion?

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Your Highness the Empress isn't really meddling with state affairs,

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but pitying Her Highness Consort Xian.

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Right. Consort Xian and I have been together for so many years.

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I deeply know her personality.

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She's generous and magnanimous.

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She strictly adheres to the righteous principles and has helped a lot of people.

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If a person like that would have this kind of fate,

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isn't that the heavens being blind?

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That's why I want to help her

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save her father.

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Then you must not be too frank with your words.

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Don't anger His Majesty.

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His Majesty is very intelligent.

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If one makes circular reasoning in front of him, that's inviting trouble.

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- What do you suggest then?

- Of course, you should be direct and blunt.

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But you must say it in another way.

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You're not begging for leniency in behalf of Naerbu,

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but begging for Consort Xian.

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What's the difference?

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The difference is very big.

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Your Majesty, Her Highness the Empress is here.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Empress, why did you come here?

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I heard that you've eaten a lot of lychees today

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and didn't even eat much of your meal.

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If you dry the leaves of the lychee and make it into tea,

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it can reduce internal heat and exhaustion. Your Majesty, give it a try.

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Yingluo.

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If this was in the past, you surely will urge me against giving into my food cravings,

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so that my health won't get affected.

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How come today, you didn't mention that at all

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and even made me some tea?

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Of course, it's to

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fawn on you and make you happy.

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Why are you really here?

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I...

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want to ask for leniency on behalf of Consort Xian.

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Empress.

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Your Majesty, I know that the Imperial harem mustn't meddle with state affairs.

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But I came here not for Lord Naerbu,

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it's for Consort Xian.

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Consort Xian entered the Manor of Prince Bao of the First Rank when she was fourteen.

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Calculating it, it has been nine years.

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Your Majesty, a woman who has been by your side and has attended to you for nine years

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now lost her mother and younger brother in quick succession.

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If Naerbu gets sentenced to be executed,

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Consort Xian will truly become alone from now on.

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Empress, I mustn't waive implementing the law just for personal reasons.

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I know.

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For Lord Naerbu to bribe Prince Yi of the First Rank when the wind and waves are the highest

(T/N at the peak of the scandal)

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is indeed a reckless act and unpardonable.

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But Your Majesty, those five hundred taels

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were given by me to Consort Xian.

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If that time, I instead sent the Imperial Physician to the prison,

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maybe the situation would be different today.

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But I was worried that time

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that there would be people gossiping.

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Saying that I was deliberately recruiting Consort Xian to my side, so I showed her grace.

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Never thought that because of avoiding suspicions

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it instead led to Changshou's death.

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Empress, everything that happened has nothing to do with you.

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Don't assume responsibility for all the offenses.

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I earnestly beg Your Majesty

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to give Naerbu a chance to live.

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Even if it's just leaving Consort Xian some decency.

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Or else, not only will Consort Xian be overwhelmed with grief that she won't desire to live anymore,

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even I will feel guilty for the rest of my life.

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Your Highness! Your Highness!

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Your Highness, I got news from Yangxin Palace that the Empress personally went there to beg for leniency.

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His Majesty has agreed to pardon Master.

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Get out.

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- Your Highness.

- I told you to go out.

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Yes.

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In this Forbidden City,

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you lived worse than a dog!

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Who can you face?

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Listen well.

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Our Hoifa-Nara Clan getting ruined and its members dying...

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is all your fault!

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The thing I regret the most in this life

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is to give birth to an incompetent daughter like you!

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Your Highness, where are you going to this early?

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To thank Her Highness the Empress for her grace.

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Yes, we should indeed thank Her Highness the Empress.

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Greetings, Your Highness Consort Xian.

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I came to greet Her Highness the Empress.

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Her Highness is currently reading books.

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I'll take you to see her now.

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Thank you, Miss Erqing.

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What are you looking at? Quickly go back to work!

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There's something different about Her Highness Consort Xian.

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A person who is in mourning will naturally look different.

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Quickly go back to work!

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The matter is more or less like that.

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I will go back then.

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Prince Yi of the First Rank!

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Prince Yi of the First Rank, who were you talking to?

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That palace maid earlier looks familiar.

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I lost the sheath of my fan.

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I asked her if she saw it.

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Really?

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Are you suspecting that a distinguished Prince of the First Rank like me

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will have any affairs with a palace maid?

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Of course, I dare not.

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Fuheng, don't think that because His Majesty favors and trusts your Fuca Clan,

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you are not going to give me any importance.

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I inherited my noble rank when I was nine. I'm an "iron-cap" prince based on the rule of inheritance. (T/N Qing dynasty tradition reduces hereditary titles of princes one rank each generation, except these twelve perpetual heritable titles)

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You want to surpass me?

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It's too early.

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Greetings, Prince Yi of the First Rank.

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Rise.

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Qingxi, I heard that you're preparing to get promoted.

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Your Highness is joking with me. I'm currently just a second-grade Imperial guard.

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Who doesn't want to be on the top level?

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If I recommend you,

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it surely will not be difficult.

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Your Highness is helping me?

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As long as you help me with one task,

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I'll immediately see the Grand Minister in Attendance to promote you

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once you're done with it.

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Don't ask for just one task.

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Even if you ask me to go up a blade mountain or go down into the sea of fire, (T/N the most extreme task)

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I will do so to repay you for appreciating my skills.

549

It's just stepping on a little ant to kill it.

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I will just need you to exert some effort by lifting your leg.

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No need for you to go up a blade mountain or go down into a sea of fire.

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One who owns the world is the world's master.

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One who heads a country is the country's ruler.

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I am already its master.

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What does this mean?

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I am already its master...

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King Wen of Zhou saw a decaying bone by the road. (T/N late Shang Dynasty ruler, 1152 – 1056 BCE, an epic hero)

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He then ordered his men to give it a proper burial.

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His officer asked him, "Why must we bother with a decaying bone which no one is claiming?"

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King Wen answered,

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"If you're blessed to have the world, then you're the world's master.

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If you have a territory, then you're that country's ruler.

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Now that I have seen this bone, I then am its owner.

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How could I bear to see it just exposed out here in the wilderness?

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What this story means is an emperor who has the world

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is responsible for the all the citizens in its territory.

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He should give them adequate care.

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Am I right, Your Highness the Empress?

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But I'm just a lowly palace maid.

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What's the use of learning grand principles like this?

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Each of us have a different status and position.

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We then have to bear their corresponding responsibilities. For example, the emperor.

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He must be diligent in governing, love his citizens, and share his blessings to everyone.

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For example, me. I should manage the six palaces and be a motherly model to the world.

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And you, other than doing well on your designated duty,

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what else is there that you can do for others?

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I feel that just having self-discipline

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is enough.

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If you're lacking, then pay attention on your moral uplift despite getting isolated.

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If you're eminent, share it with the world.

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Let's just talk about that once I'm really well-off.

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Yingluo, your elbow keeps trembling.

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How could you write well like that?

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Whenever I lift a brush,

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my elbow just involuntarily trembles.

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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♫

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

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♫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.♫

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

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♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

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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.♫

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

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♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

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♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫