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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 17

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Your Highness, please forgive me. I was incompetent.

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I also didn't expect put too much hope on those rumors

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to drag the Empress down.

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I just wanted to vent some anger.

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Too bad, Emperor still didn't discover anything.

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But regarding this matter, you actually called my attention to something.

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You told me Consort Chun is loyally attending the Empress all day.

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What is she after?

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I don't know.

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I will know this secret sooner or later.

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Miss Yingluo, why are you looking for the people on guard duty during the tenth day of the first month?

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I have use for it.

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- Hailancha, I have something to tell Yingluo.

- Okay.

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- I'll go out first.

- Okay.

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Don't look anymore.

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On the tenth day of the first month, the men in the palace are not just His Majesty and the Imperial guards.

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What does that mean?

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On the tenth day of the first month,

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His Majesty invited Imperial relatives into his Qianqing Palace.

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Feudal princes, Princes of the Third Rank, Princes of the Fourth Rank, and Imperial relatives with fourth rank and higher positions attended the banquet.

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Imperial relatives?

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Yingluo, if it's really as you said

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and A'Man was killed, then the person who silenced her

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surely didn't want that matter to spread.

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If you continue to investigate, in the first place, the scope is too big. It's hard to filter it.

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Second, if you are discovered, you'll end up in a very dangerous position.

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I understand.

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Thank you for your warning.

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Yingluo.

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Can't you just give it up?

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Young Master,

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if anything bad happened to Her Highness the Empress,

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what would you do?

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You and the Empress have a deep relationship,

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so did my sister and I.

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I must find out the truth.

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I will risk my life for it.

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If you ask me to give up, that will only happen when I die.

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What do you want to do?

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Since the banquet was held in Qianqing Palace,

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if anyone left that night,

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he surely would have left behind some clues.

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The eunuch on duty that night,

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the trusted aides around His Majesty,

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one of them might remember something.

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As long as I patiently investigate,

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I surely can find the killer.

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For the eunuchs in Qianqing Palace, I'll investigate them for you.

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Young Master...

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Promise me that you won't act recklessly.

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If you don't promise me,

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I'll tell Empress about this now

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and ask her to drive you out of the palace.

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Okay.

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I promise you...

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that I won't act recklessly.

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Say, what do you think His Majesty is doing now?

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At this time,

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His Majesty most likely reading memorials in the study at Yangxin Palace.

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I heard that Noble Consort Gao gave him the Wang Xizhi calligraphy, "Sunny after Snow".

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His Majesty was so happy and added it to his collection.

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He even renamed his study to "Three Rarities Hall,"

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pertaining to the collection of rare valuables. I also want to see them.

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Your Highness.

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Mingyu,

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play me a tune.

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Yes.

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Yingluo...

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Look at Her Highness.

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This tune is too sorrowful. It's making me cry.

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Yes. I think Her Highness is getting sadder by hearing it.

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Quickly think of a way.

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Your Highness, look over there.

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Wei Yingluo, you bad girl!

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Mingyu, you're so pitiful!

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- Your Highness the Empress, she's bullying me!

- Stop right there!

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You two be careful! Don't slip!

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- You dare to hit me?

- Stop right there!

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- Be careful not to slip.

- You dare to hit me?

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Who allowed you two to be laughing and shouting here in Changchun Palace?

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Your servants greet Your Majesty and wish you good health.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Empress,

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this servant is so unruly, yet you treat her like a treasure.

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May Your Majesty calm down.

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They just want to make me happy, thus they are deliberately joking around.

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Yingluo, Mingyu, you two may leave us.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty, why are you here?

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I was walking around and ended up coming here. I came to visit you.

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Your Majesty, you've been working all day. Are you tired?

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I'll instruct them to prepare some snacks for you.

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Empress, eat with me.

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Your Majesty, an Imperial consort mustn't eat together with the Emperor.

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This is a rule left by our ancestors.

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You're still like before,

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strictly abiding to etiquette, never breaking the rules.

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Erqing, close all the windows.

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The wind at night is strong. Don't let His Majesty suffer any cold.

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Yes.

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My chest feels stuffy. It's better to keep the windows open.

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Your Majesty, the heat in your heart is too strong.

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If you get exposed to the wind, you'll get sick more quickly.

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Go.

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Your Majesty, I can't see it.

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Sometimes, I really don't want to go attend Imperial court meetings.

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I want to be lazy for a day.

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If you want to be a wise ruler,

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you then must not slack off by even a bit.

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Or else, it would be my mistake.

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How is my not wanting to go to Imperial court meetings related to you?

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The Empress has the duty to advise you.

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If Your Majesty are lazy in governing,

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of course, it will be my fault.

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How many times have I told you this?

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You still keep thinking that way. I feel tired hearing you say it.

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Let me do it.

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A scholar studies. A farmer tills the field.

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A laborer do the heavy labor. A businessman runs a business.

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Everyone is doing their duty.

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I then must do my best

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in fulfilling the duty of an Imperial consort. There's nothing tiring about it.

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I know

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you are open-minded, kind and generous.

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I can't find any faults in you.

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Being able to have an Empress like you,

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makes me feel proud.

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Your Majesty, your compliments,

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I feel unworthy of them.

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During the past three years,

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I have had many deficiencies.

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I believe

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you will do very well.

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I'm going to the Imperial court.

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Respectfully sending off Your Majesty.

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By the way, Noble Lady Yu is going to give birth soon. Take good care of her.

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Your Majesty, don't worry.

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I will definitely do my best.

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Mingyu!

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What is this?

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These are Her Highness' favorite flowers.

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How could you abuse them?

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I did everything for Her Highness, but she's not grateful at all!

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If you have anything to say, do it nicely.

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Giving birth is risky for a woman.

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Other people can't avoid it.

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Her Highness insisted on bringing Noble Lady Yu to Changchun Palace.

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Isn't this looking for trouble?

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Enough.

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Noble Lady Yu has a blessed life. Heaven will help her.

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Fine. Even if the delivery goes without any hitches,

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what does this has to do with her? She's in such a rush.

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What if something happens? The people who will be unlucky

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will still be us..!

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Stop speculating.

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Noble Lady Yu.

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Yingluo, come.

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These are the clothes I made for the little prince.

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I still don't know if it's a prince or princess.

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Whether it's a prince or princess, it's still usable.

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Yingluo, thank you.

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By the way, try this.

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Noble Lady, this is...

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Miss Yingluo. Since our mistress became pregnant, she loves sweet food.

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She has been eating hot scones every day.

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She can eat three in a day!

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It's scary.

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Noble Lady.

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Look at me. Did I put on a lot of weight?

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Not really,

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but it's easy to put on weight from eating too many sweet foods.

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Hot foods will burn your throat too.

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Noble Lady, you must take more notice of this.

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Yingluo, these are Mongolian scones. It's a snack from my hometown.

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I thought I would never be able to eat this again when I entered the palace.

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I didn't expect a chef from the Imperial Kitchen could do this.

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It's so aromatic and crispy.

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Try it.

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Yingluo, what's wrong?

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It's nothing.

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Your Highness, I think you shouldn't have brought Noble Lady Yu to Changchun Palace.

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Why do you say this?

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Mingyu is right.

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Noble Lady is giving birth soon. There is a lot to worry about.

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Whether she's eating a lot or less,

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if we are not careful in taking care of her, everything will be blamed on you.

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Yingluo, you helped Noble Lady Yu many times.

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Why are you saying this today?

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Being unafraid doesn't mean there wouldn't be any stirred-up troubles.

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Are you saying that by having Noble Lady Yu here we will be stirring up troubles?

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I'm ignorant. May Your Highness please not be angry with me.

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[ Si (to manage) ]

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Do you know what this word is?

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No.

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There's a "kou" stroke on the lower left. (T/N: "mouth")

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On the upper right, there's a "shou" stroke. ( T/N: "hand")

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This is the origin of the word "Empress" in seal script.(T/N zhuànshū, ancient way of writing derived from Zhou Dynasty script in the latter half of the first millenium BCE)

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Forbidden Palace is such a big place

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where countless numbers of palace ladies reside.

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I'm the master, presiding over the six palaces.

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I have the responsibility and task to protect them.

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But they are here to compete with Your Highness for favors from His Majesty.

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They left their parents and families

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and have been closeted in the inner palace for life.

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They are already pitiful enough.

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If I'm jealous and fight against the dissidents,

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they will follow the examples set by their superior.

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Everything will be in disorder.

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Although my power is weak

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I believe that

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I can bring them some warmth and kindness

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in their times of sadness and sorrow, so that they have a place to air their tearful grievances.

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Yingluo, you must remember this.

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I'm Empress first before I'm a woman.

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Yingluo, it's tough to survive.

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You must do your best to help others.

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Understand?

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Yingluo, what's wrong with you?

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Yingluo.

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Your Highness the Empress.

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I had an older sister.

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What Your Highness just said,

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when I was young, she taught me the same thing. It's exactly the same.

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Your Highness, please forgive me.

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I feel that

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Your Highness and my older sister are alike. Both of you are kind people.

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God will definitely protect you.

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Yingluo.

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I told you this today

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to ask for help from you.

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Your Highness, how do you want me to help you?

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I must accompany Empress Dowager to Changchun Garden to pray to Buddha.

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Erqing will be going with me.

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Hence, I would like to leave Changchun Palace in your care.

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Your Highness, I can't handle such a heavy responsibility.

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Mingyu has been with me for many years.

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There is a deep affection but she's impatient.

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I want you to help me guard Changchun Palace.

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I will do my best.

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Don't be so nervous.

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There are still two weeks to go before Noble Lady Yu gives birth.

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I will rush back by then.

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Starting from today, everyone in Changchun Palace must listen to my assignments.

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Sister Mingyu. Before Her Highness left, she distinctly said that

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we should listen to Yingluo.

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Sister Mingyu has served the Empress for many years.

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She's naturally the first to supervise. Where did you get your arrogance from?

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It doesn't matter who says what.

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What's more important is when Her Highness is not around, we must guard Changchun Palace.

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Do we still need you to say this? I will naturally do that.

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How could Sister Mingyu do this? It was distinctly an order from Her Highness.

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Yingluo, why didn't you say anything just now?

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Mingyu has more experience in Changchun Palace than I do.

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Everyone will listen to her.

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Will it be important whatever I say?

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Since no one wants to listen, why would I waste my breath?

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Actually, as long as nothing happens to Noble Lady Yu,

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whoever can have a say in other matters, it doesn't concern us.

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The Internal Affairs department has hired a wet nurse and midwife.

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Has everything been arranged?

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There are still a few more days before Noble Lady Yu gives birth.

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Why is it so urgent?

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It's just that Her Highness left so suddenly.

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We must be careful about everything.

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Don't think just because Her Highness is not here, you can slack off.

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Feicui, Zhenzhu, water the flowers.

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Hupo, replace the flowers in the house.

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Manao, why are you still dreaming? Scrub the floor.

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As for the three of you, air the bedding.

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Did you remember everything I said?

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Yes.

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Noble Lady Yu is giving birth! Quickly call a midwife!

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Hurry!

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Hupo, quickly call the midwife!

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- Zhenzhu! Zhenzhu!

- I'm here.

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Go prepare the things that will be needed later.

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What are they?

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Scissors, hot water. As for others, just ask the midwife.

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- Feicui, tell the nurse maid to be ready anytime.

- Yes.

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- You two, bring over the water basin.

- Yes.

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You, go get some cloth.

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You are not needed inside. Immediately make some ginger soup.

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Mingyu, will there really be no problem?

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I've attended Her Highness for so many years. I personally saw the birth of Second Prince. You think I won't be better than you?

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Immediately go make the soup.

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♫ Flourishing flowers ♫

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♫ So lush and beautiful ♫

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♫ like a beautiful face ♫

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♫ The clouds look like ♫

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♫ brightly-colored clothes ♫

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Your Highness, our Changchun Palace spy suddenly sent news

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that Noble Lady Yu is having contractions and will be giving birth soon.

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Isn't there supposed to be another half-month?

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Things like that can't be predicted accurately.

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Stop singing.

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The Empress is currently not in the palace. My position among the six palaces is the highest.

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Naturally, I should go show my concern.

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Yes.

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With your huge waist, once you sing the part

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"Delicate and afraid, hard to straighten the waist of the willow tree",

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how then will you do it?

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Noble Lady!

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Push harder! Go and get some more water.

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How is it going?

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It will be out soon.

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Push harder.

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It will be out soon. Where's the water?

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Water! Water!

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Where's the water?

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Hold this well and get more water.

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I'll deliver this myself.

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Go and wash the dirty clothes in the back courtyard. Don't be an eyesore here.

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Push harder, Noble Lady!

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Where's the water? How come it's not here yet?

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Noble Lady, push hard. It will be over soon.

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Push harder.

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I can see the head now.

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Hurry... Get some more cloth. Hurry and get more cloth.

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Hurry! Quickly go!

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Noble Lady, it will be over soon. Just hold on a little while more.

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Push harder.

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Push hard.

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Noble Lady!

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It's a prince...

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Momo...

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Is it a prince or a princess?

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It's...a small prince.

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It's a prince.

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This child...

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Hurry.

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Quickly let me see it.

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Noble Lady Yu, this...

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What's wrong?

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Sister Mingyu, Noble Consort Gao is coming this way.

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You all take good care of Noble Lady Yu.

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Noble Consort is here. Don't let them see the little prince!

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Greetings to Your Highness the Noble Consort.

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I heard that Noble Lady Yu is about to give birth,

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but Her Highness the Empress just happens to be not in the palace.

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As the Noble Consort, I must show concern on her behalf.

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, please wait in the main receiving hall.

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I'll go make you tea now.

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No need. I'll personally go over there to take a look.

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, the birthing room is quite dirty. You mustn't go in!

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Your Highness the Noble Consort! Don't go in!

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Your Highness the Noble Consort!

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, you mustn't go in!

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Your Highness the Noble Consort!

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Your Highness Noble Consort, you can't go in!

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Your Highness the Noble Consort!

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Your Highness the Noble Consort!

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Noble Lady Yu, the child...

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Greetings to Your Highness the Noble Consort.

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Your Highness...

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Bring it over here for me to look at.

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Your Highness.

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Noble Lady Yu gave birth to a child with golden pupils?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, what did you say?

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What golden pupils?

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Noble Lady Yu, the eyes of little prince are golden-yellow.

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His whole body is also very yellow.

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I've delivered so many children.

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I've never such a condition before.

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Rubbish. Give me my child! Give it to me!

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Based on palace rules,

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if one gives birth to a golden child, it can't be allowed to live.

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- Noble Lady.

- Give him to me.

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- Noble Lady...

- Give it to me!

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Noble Lady Yu gave birth to child with golden eyes, so she's a sinner of the Qing dynasty.

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If any of you dare to help her, you'll be dealt with by the same punishment!

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Noble Lady...

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Your Highness.

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- Really?

- Completely true.

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Noble Lady Yu gave birth to a child with golden pupils.

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Looks like we won't be able to finish this game anymore.

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Golden pupils?

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Let's go and take a look.

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Yuhu, you said earlier that Noble Consort Gao is already there.

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Noble Consort will surely deal with him according to palace laws.

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Your Highness, let's quickly to save her.

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Wait. How come Noble Lady Yu

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will suddenly give birth to a child with golden eyes?

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Sister, what do you mean?

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Noble Consort has always been domineering.

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Why don't we give her a huge present?

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What do you plan to do?

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I have another matter to do.

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Have to trouble Sister to go to Yangxin Palace first.

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- Are we really not intervening?

- How are we going to interfere?

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If you are that capable, you go in by yourself.

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You can't go in!

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Didn't you hear what's happening inside?

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Noble Lady Yu gave birth to a child with golden pupils.

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Noble Consort is handling it according to palace rules. No one can hinder her.

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If you want to look for trouble, don't drag us with you.

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Are you crazy!

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Yingluo, try to settle things amicably.

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Towards a person who doesn't know to speak humane words,

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why bother reasoning with her?

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Let me tell you that in these past two days since Her Highness the Empress left the palace,

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I didn't make a fuss about your tyrannical acts

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because I wanted Noble Lady Yu to be at ease during her pregnancy.

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It's not because I'm afraid of you. Now that the lives of Noble Lady Yu and the Fifth Prince are in danger,

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you actually chose to not meddle. Just stay on the side!

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Wei Yingluo, you can't meddle in this matter!

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If you meddle, that's going against the rules of the ancestors!

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You will drag Her Highness the Empress down!

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Her Highness the Empress has instructed that we must protect Noble Lady Yu. I only acknowledge that rule.

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Who doesn't know to talk big? Are you really that capable!

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Yingluo, where are you going?

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Let me see how you're going to interfere.

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Yingluo! Yingluo! Do you have a way or not?

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Let go of me! Let go of me!

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Noble Consort Gao, I beg you to let my child go!

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Let go of me!

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, in consideration of Her Highness the Empress, please have mercy.

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Let go of me!

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Do it.

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No! Let go of me!

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No!

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No! Don't!

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Wake her up with water.

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I want her to personally see

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what the ending is

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for people who go against me.

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Continue burying the baby.

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Let me go! Let go!

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I beg you, I beg you!

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Noble Consort Gao, I beg you...

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I beg you to let my child go.

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Weren't you very pleased with yourself during the Lychee Banquet?

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I was wrong.

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How come now, you're begging me?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort can do anything to me.

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The child is innocent. Your Highness,

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I beg you to let go—

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Let him go!

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Sister Mingyu, you can't just do nothing.

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No... I can't interfere.

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Sister Mingyu!

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The palace consort that gave birth to a child with golden pupils must be put to death too.

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I'll grant you a gift then.

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I'll let you and your son die together.

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Stop!

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Move out of the way!

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Noble Lady Yu.

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Don't touch me!

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I was just thinking about you earlier and you delivered yourself to me.

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What? You're afraid that the two of them

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will be too lonely? You want to accompany them?

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This is the Changchun Palace.

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You are not allowed to make a huge fuss here.

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Noble Lady Yu gave birth to a child with golden pupils.

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That will harm the fortune of the Qing Dynasty. Of course, it must be immediately dealt with.

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Our mistress is just implementing the law in a fair manner, enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens.

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Whether it's really a child with golden pupils,

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the words of Her Highness the Noble Consort don't count.

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We must wait for Her Highness the Empress to come back and let her handle it.

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A child naturally born to have golden pupils, whoever saw such kind of a child.

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Even if the Empress is here, she also won't be able to protect them.

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However, a lowly palace maid like you

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keeps defending them at all cost.

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What is your intention?

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Men, tie her up.

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Why are you all just standing there!

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Get lost! Get lost!

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Why are you all just standing there!

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Have you all forgotten the instructions of Her Highness the Empress?

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If today anything bad happens to Noble Lady Yu and Fifth Prince today,

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we all will die!

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Quickly come over here!

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Come over here!

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What are you doing?

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Each one offending their superior,

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are you planning to rebel?

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Although we are servants,

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we represent the reputation of Changchun Palace.

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Today, if you all take a step back,

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not only will you be ruining the prestigious name of Her Highness the Empress,

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the whole Forbidden Palace

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will ridicule Changchun Palace as being weak and easily bullied!

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From now on, let's see who else will respect any of you!

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Empress is the head of the six palaces.

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She must implement the palace rules.

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If she doesn't do so,

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that is going against the ancestors.

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This bunch of dog-like slaves,

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you're easily trusting the bewitching words of this servant.

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Do you all know what will happen to you in the end?

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You all will lose your heads,

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one by one, along with her.

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Don't listen to Yingluo!

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Her Highness the Empress did instruct us to protect Noble Lady Yu,

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but she didn't say that we must protect the child.

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When she returns, she might even regret it.

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Sister Mingyu is right.

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What if Her Highness returns and instead punishes us for this?

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Quickly retreat!

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The golden seal of Empress is here! Who dares to take a step back!

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Seeing this golden seal is like seeing Her Highness the Empress herself!

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Whether Fifth Prince is indeed sick,

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and how Noble Lady Yu should be dealt with,

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we must all wait for the decree of Her Highness the Empress. Any person

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isn't allowed to take any arbitrary action!

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His Majesty has arrived!

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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- Your Majesty...

- What has happened?

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Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty! Fifth Prince...

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Your Majesty,

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the little prince was born with golden pupils. His whole body is yellow.

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The Empress isn't in the palace. I'm enforcing the palace law on her behalf.

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I was just about to punish the mother and child,

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but who knew that the servants of Changchun Palace would publicly stop me.

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Your Majesty, I dare not hinder Noble Consort in implementing the law.

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It's just that Her Highness the Empress repeatedly instructed

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that we all must protect Noble Lady Yu.

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Before the Empress returns, no one is allowed to make punishments without permission.

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Moreover, whether little prince is indeed sick or not,

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how could we just make conclusion based on what we see?

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We should at least have it checked by an Imperial physician, right?

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This action of Her Highness the Noble Consort is too hasty!

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Your Majesty, there's nothing impossible in this vast world.

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Maybe Fifth Prince's golden pupils are just because of some strange illness.

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Your Majesty, my child most likely has some weird illness.

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I beg Your Majesty...

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I beg Your Majesty to immediately have him treated. Your Majesty...

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- Li Yu.

- I am here.

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Call the Imperial Medical College for a consult.

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Yes.

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Thank you, Your Majesty!

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Noble Lady, it's fine now.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Is the Prince sick?

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I've seen a lot of babies with yellowish faces, but I've never seen a case

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- where the pupils are also golden yellow.

- Don't!

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Medical Investigator Zhang, is there really no way to cure him?

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This is not an illness, so there's no way to cure it.

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There is no such thing as a child with golden pupils in this world.

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- Nonsense! Your Majesty!

- Noble Lady...!

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Prince isn't sick! Your Majesty!

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I beg you to save my little prince!

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Assist Noble Lady Yu out of here.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, please save the little prince!

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- Your Majesty!

- Noble Lady...

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Your Majesty...

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Give me back my child!

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Your Majesty!

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- Your Majesty, you've heard it yourself.

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- Your Majesty!

- I know that Your Majesty is unwilling to do it.

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But if we don't resolve it today,

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if the sun rises tomorrow,

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the news that a Noble Lady of the Forbidden Palace has given birth to a child with golden pupils

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will spread to the empire as if it has wings.

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I fear that people will be in panic and it will be hard to handle the consequences.

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Hence, I hardened my heart

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all for Your Majesty's sake, for the Qing Empire.

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Even if everyone will blame me for it, I won't mind.

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Your Majesty, why are you still hesitating?

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Your Majesty!

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Look. Although the little prince

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is yellowish all over, his cry is very strong.

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Your Majesty, he's a live person.

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He is connected with Your Majesty by blood.

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How could you just kill him so easily?

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Isn't the Empress being too kind?

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How could she have indulged a palace maid to act like this?

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When your masters are talking, how could you interfere?

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Hand over the child.

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Your Majesty, the Imperial physicians

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have been on duty in the palace throughout the year.

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Although their medical skills are exquisite, the cases they've seen may not be that many.

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Maybe they just committed a misdiagnosis.

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Nonsense! Could a distinguished Imperial physician of the Imperial Medical College

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have less knowledge and experience than a palace maid like you?

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Your Majesty, although I'm well-versed in children's illnesses,

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there is nothing truly impossible in this vast world.

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Maybe there are still a lot of strange illnesses that I've never had a chance to be in contact with.

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Just because you haven't seen it, you can't deny its existence.

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Medical Investigator Zhang, are you old and muddled!

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A matter that you yourself isn't sure of, you dare report it to His Majesty?

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If a problem indeed occurs, a natural calamity or a human-made disaster,

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can you bear the crime?

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Your Majesty, this concerns the fortune of the Qing Empire.

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You mustn't be soft-hearted.

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Your Majesty, Noble Lady Yu suffered hardships just to give birth to the Fifth Prince.

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The little prince has just opened his eyes.

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The Imperial harem is made up of thousands of Imperial consorts.

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Must you worry of not having any descendants in the future?

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If there is a problem, it will lead to unending future trouble.

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Your Majesty, you must not hesitate anymore.

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Other than Imperial physicians, there are still commoner doctors.

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They tend to travel all over the world, so maybe they've seen a strange illness like this.

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Fifth Prince then will have a glimmer of hope!

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What you mean is you want Your Majesty

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to post bulletins announcing to the whole empire

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that the little prince was born to have golden eyes?

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We mustn't let the commoners

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know such a thing, right?

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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.♫