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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:09,900 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:17,200 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:23,700 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:30,800 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:38,900 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,800 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 22 7 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,100 Yingluo, my heart almost jumped out of my chest earlier. 8 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:01,000 What's really going on here? 9 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,200 These past days, it's a trend in the palace to do dress-up games. 10 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,900 It has come to the point that everyone is doing it. 11 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:13,600 Today, Your Highness accompanied the Empress Dowager to tour the garden and a matter like this just has to happen. 12 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,600 Mingyu blocked Zhilan, so I was able to arrive before her. 13 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,200 I discovered that this palace maid had already fallen and died. 14 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,600 But her makeup was so flashy, and I heard the other two upstairs 15 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,100 whispering about Her Highness the Empress. 16 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:31,100 I then boldly guessed that this must be related to the dress-up games. 17 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:34,000 More importantly, Zhilan was so proactive. 18 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,100 I can't help but to suspect Noble Consort Gao is the one behind this. 19 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:43,100 Hence, you beat her to it and dragged her down first? 20 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,800 What's the story behind the greasepaint on the face of this palace maid then? 21 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,800 It's not greasepaint. 22 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,200 Just the juice of berries and garden balsamine. (T/N Himalayan balsam) 23 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,200 Good thing that palace maid's face was full of blood after she fell. 24 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,900 Others will also not look at it in detail. As long as we insist 25 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:06,400 that she's playing an opera character, we can then bluff our way out of this. 26 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,400 The dress-up trend here in the palace 27 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,000 has led to the death of a palace maid today. 28 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,400 The dress-up matter started with Changchun Palace. 29 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,200 Empress Dowager will surely blame Her Highness the Empress for it. 30 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,400 Wait. I'm a bit confused. 31 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,200 How did Noble Consort Gao know that the palace maid will fall 32 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,600 and especially lured Empress Dowager to look at it? 33 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,600 No person in this world can predict things. 34 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,100 Those three are sweepers of Yanhui Pavilion to begin with. 35 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:40,300 They surely know about this area very well. 36 00:03:40,300 --> 00:03:44,600 How could one just fall so suddenly? 37 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,800 Also, after it happened, they were dilly-dallying upstairs. 38 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,000 It's the same when they came down. They didn't show any grief. 39 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,700 Is that normal? 40 00:03:56,100 --> 00:04:00,600 So...they were not really playing around. 41 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,000 They've planned this for a long time, and directly just pushed that person down. 42 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,100 What you mean is Noble Consort Gao used the life of a person to frame Her Highness the Empress? 43 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:16,250 Not only Noble Consort Gao, 44 00:04:16,250 --> 00:04:18,400 Noble Lady Shu is also involved. 45 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,900 Yingluo, you finally did something right. 46 00:04:21,900 --> 00:04:26,900 If they had successfully framed Her Highness, our Changchun Palace would be in big trouble. 47 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,740 Stop saying it. 48 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,020 After such a huge thing happened, 49 00:04:34,020 --> 00:04:36,700 are you still harboring thoughts of getting by based on a fluke? 50 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,900 Was I too tolerant with you two? 51 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,200 Your Highness, slow down. 52 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,200 What's wrong with Her Highness the Empress? 53 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,400 We clearly have successfully got through it, but how come she's mad instead? 54 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,400 Could I have done something wrong? 55 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:05,200 Stop breaking it apart! What are you doing? 56 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,200 Stop destroying it! 57 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,600 Don't throw it! 58 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,400 Your Highness! Your Highness! 59 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,600 - They started demolishing it upon coming here. I couldn't stop them! - Move quickly. 60 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,400 - Don't demolish it! Don't demolish my opera stage! - Your Highness, be careful. 61 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,400 I'm ordering you to stop! Stop! 62 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,200 How dare you, servants! Do you know what place this is? You dare to act atrociously here! 63 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,100 May Your Highness the Noble Consort forgive us. This is the order of the Empress Dowager. 64 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:35,000 Empress Dowager's decree? 65 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,000 I'm ordering you to stop demolishing! You all stop! Stop, you hear me! 66 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,200 - That one, demolish it all. - Quickly stop! 67 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,000 - Stop! - And those, burn them all. 68 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,500 Your Highness the Noble Consort. 69 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:52,600 Your Highness, all those are your favorite opera costumes and opera scripts. 70 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,400 Sorry. Empress Dowager gave orders 71 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,600 that the inner palace consorts of Qing Empire should be reserved, prudent, 72 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,600 able, and virtuous. Applying makeup all day to seduce the Emperor 73 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,900 is really improper. 74 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:09,000 Just to make Noble Consort Gao concentrate on more appropriate matters, 75 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,300 all these opera costumes can't be allowed to stay. Burn them. 76 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:16,700 Momo Liu, these opera dresses are the favorites of Her Highness. 77 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:18,800 It's too pitiful to just burn them like this. 78 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,800 Can't you ask for leniency from Empress Dowager? 79 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:25,200 Your Highness the Noble Consort, don't blame me for not warning you. 80 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,960 As a noble consort, you should obey the etiquette of the royal family. 81 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,200 Become a model here in the palace. 82 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,590 If anyone would be allowed to do just as she wishes, not knowing how to restrain oneself, 83 00:06:34,590 --> 00:06:37,000 ruining the tone here in the Forbidden Palace, 84 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,600 Empress Dowager will not spare her. 85 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,700 Gugu Liu! 86 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,300 Continue burning! 87 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:50,100 Your Highness! Your Highness! 88 00:06:50,990 --> 00:06:55,260 Your Highness the Noble Consort, what are you doing? 89 00:06:58,310 --> 00:07:00,180 Gugu Liu... 90 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:03,860 That costume... 91 00:07:03,860 --> 00:07:06,900 is my absolute favorite. 92 00:07:06,900 --> 00:07:09,800 In the past, I didn't like the way it was sewed by the Embroidery House 93 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,800 and even personally sewed it, stitch by stitch. 94 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,150 I don't want those anymore. 95 00:07:17,150 --> 00:07:19,500 I don't want them all! 96 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:24,500 Just leave this one behind, okay? 97 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:30,300 I guarantee that I won't sing 98 00:07:30,300 --> 00:07:32,400 or dance. 99 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,000 From now on, I will just put these clothes away. 100 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,800 I won't bring them out anymore. 101 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,100 Just let me keep them, okay? 102 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,800 Gugu Liu. 103 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,400 I will forever remember this favor from you. 104 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:57,400 Your Highness the Noble Consort, don't. I can't bear such treatment. 105 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,200 As a noble consort, you had to imitate those commoner opera performers. 106 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,600 It caused the atmosphere in the palace to get corrupted 107 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,500 and even caused the loss of one life. Empress Dowager almost got sick from anger. 108 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:11,400 Tell me, can these dark and messy items be allowed to stay? 109 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,400 Not only must they be disposed of, anyone who dares to dress up and play around from now on 110 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,000 will be just like this opera costume, 111 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,600 be careful of inviting fire and burning yourself. 112 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:15,700 Her Highness still refuses to eat. 113 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:17,400 What did we do wrong? 114 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,900 It was clearly Noble Consort Gao who made a set-up to harm people. 115 00:09:19,900 --> 00:09:22,200 Now that we're able to turn the table around, why are we being blamed? 116 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,520 You're still talking. Her Highness has such an amiable personality, 117 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,000 but now, she's angry. 118 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,200 Tell me then, why is she mad? 119 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,400 Not only is she not minding us, she won't even eat. 120 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:39,200 We must know why she's mad, so we can cure the problem. 121 00:09:40,350 --> 00:09:43,390 Look. You also don't know. 122 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,300 You still have the nerve to come! 123 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:02,900 What a rotten idea you suggested, causing Her Highness to suffer in your stead. 124 00:10:02,900 --> 00:10:05,500 Miss Zhilan, everything was my fault. 125 00:10:05,500 --> 00:10:09,000 Can you allow me to see Her Highness? 126 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Her Highness will never see you again. Just go back! 127 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,900 Miss Zhilan! Miss Zhilan! 128 00:10:24,170 --> 00:10:30,110 [ Chuxiu Palace ] 129 00:11:03,670 --> 00:11:05,650 What is she doing? 130 00:11:06,310 --> 00:11:08,630 She seems to be praying to the gods. 131 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:13,560 Wrong. She's paying respects to Her Highness the Empress. 132 00:11:15,510 --> 00:11:19,320 Your Highness the Empress is like the deities in heaven, 133 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,520 beautiful, dignified, and kind. 134 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,280 However, the deity is angry today. 135 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,070 I then came to pray to her. 136 00:11:27,070 --> 00:11:29,740 May the deity guide mortals like me. 137 00:11:29,740 --> 00:11:32,670 Please tell us what we did that was wrong. 138 00:11:32,670 --> 00:11:34,820 Suck up. 139 00:11:34,820 --> 00:11:36,880 What do you mean, suck up? 140 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,760 Even if we did do something wrong, 141 00:11:40,460 --> 00:11:43,920 may the deity be benevolent and magnanimous to forgive all of us. 142 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,390 From now on, we surely will be careful with our words and actions, and will not make any more mistakes. 143 00:11:48,390 --> 00:11:52,320 I'm not Chang'eh, so why are you imitating Diandang? 144 00:11:52,940 --> 00:11:57,760 Your Highness the Empress, so you also know the story of Chang'eh from the book "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"? 145 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,440 Chang'eh imitated the four great beauties to have some fun. 146 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,490 You learned that. 147 00:12:03,490 --> 00:12:07,800 Diandang was mischievous and caused troubles. She then burned incense to ask for forgiveness. You also copied that. 148 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,330 I think you're about to become an immortal. 149 00:12:11,650 --> 00:12:13,320 Your Highness! 150 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,970 Your Highness, you're not mad anymore? 151 00:12:22,470 --> 00:12:24,840 Tell them to come in too. 152 00:12:32,060 --> 00:12:35,380 Your Highness, you can be mad at us, 153 00:12:35,380 --> 00:12:37,460 but you mustn't skip your meal. 154 00:12:37,460 --> 00:12:42,360 If you harm your health, we will have committed a great sin. 155 00:12:49,630 --> 00:12:51,900 I'm not blaming you. 156 00:12:54,770 --> 00:12:57,300 I'm blaming myself. 157 00:13:01,350 --> 00:13:04,470 Aren't you all curious 158 00:13:04,470 --> 00:13:07,610 why after I got married, 159 00:13:07,610 --> 00:13:11,390 I became very traditional and very cautious? 160 00:13:11,390 --> 00:13:13,990 Because a woman must take up the duty of bearing children and educating them, 161 00:13:13,990 --> 00:13:18,360 attending to one's in-laws, and managing one's household. 162 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,450 If you indulge in singing and dancing all day, 163 00:13:21,450 --> 00:13:23,740 enjoying the pleasures of life, 164 00:13:23,740 --> 00:13:28,130 that would bring disaster to your husband and to clan. 165 00:13:28,130 --> 00:13:30,800 In ancient times, you have Zhao Feiyan and Yang Yuhuai, 166 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,400 who even though they have beauty that can turn a state upside down, 167 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,920 because of acting frivolous 168 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:40,430 and immoral, they keep being criticized by the succeeding generations. 169 00:13:40,430 --> 00:13:44,280 Without an outstanding beauty, would the empire really last forever? 170 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,810 In my opinion, 171 00:13:45,810 --> 00:13:47,890 it is exactly because there are true beauties 172 00:13:47,890 --> 00:13:50,730 that fake heroes are exposed. 173 00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:53,270 Whenever an empire meets its downfall, 174 00:13:53,270 --> 00:13:57,380 they would either blame it on treacherous evil subjects or on seductive consorts bringing disasters to the nation. 175 00:13:58,060 --> 00:14:01,520 Why don't they say that the bed is too soft, the shoes are too bent, 176 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:02,910 they were in a bad mood, so they lost the empire. 177 00:14:02,910 --> 00:14:04,450 You... 178 00:14:04,450 --> 00:14:07,380 Full of unreasonable logic and you still say it as if you're so right. 179 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:13,270 I'm the Empress. I then must act in a dignified manner, be cautious with my words and actions. 180 00:14:14,330 --> 00:14:18,570 That way I can be an model for all of the six palaces. 181 00:14:20,370 --> 00:14:25,240 But I actually have forgotten proper decorum. 182 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,520 I started to linger on the happiness and freedom I had before I was married. 183 00:14:31,420 --> 00:14:37,380 I put on the fairy dress of River Goddess Luo and started dancing an inappropriate dance. 184 00:14:37,380 --> 00:14:42,400 It caused the whole palace to start imitating me and destroyed the proper palace atmosphere. 185 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,270 Hence, a huge disaster like this happened. 186 00:14:44,270 --> 00:14:48,360 Your Highness, this clearly was a mistake of Noble Consort Gao. 187 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,280 No. It's my fault. 188 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,020 It was I who committed a mistake first, 189 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:57,520 and gave her an opportunity to use it. 190 00:14:58,290 --> 00:15:02,710 Tell me, is today just about the loss of one life? 191 00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:06,440 Did those two palace maids refuse to admit what they've done, 192 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,360 and insist that it was an accident? 193 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:12,010 Yes. 194 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:17,520 Just to pacify the anger of Empress Dowager, the Office of Careful Punishment 195 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:22,430 had them caned fifty times and then sent to the Xinzheku (Workhouse). 196 00:15:22,430 --> 00:15:25,250 Aren't all these matters a result 197 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:27,870 of my portraying Goddess Luo? 198 00:15:27,870 --> 00:15:29,390 Your Highness. 199 00:15:29,390 --> 00:15:33,230 You really think Empress Dowager didn't see through it? 200 00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:37,120 She just didn't want to expose me 201 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,130 and left me some dignity. 202 00:15:42,210 --> 00:15:46,000 If this matter would happen again, 203 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,980 what face do I have to continue holding the position of Empress? 204 00:15:49,980 --> 00:15:53,250 But Your Highness the Empress was so happy when you dressed up as the goddess. 205 00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:55,030 - Are you willing— - As a woman, 206 00:15:55,030 --> 00:15:58,800 we can't break new ground and defend our country. 207 00:15:59,930 --> 00:16:02,580 I can only manage well the six palaces. 208 00:16:02,580 --> 00:16:06,650 Free the Emperor from any unnecessary worries. 209 00:16:06,650 --> 00:16:10,040 This is the only thing that I can do 210 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,310 for the country and the citizens. 211 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,690 Doing my best to fulfill the duty of an empress 212 00:16:16,690 --> 00:16:21,360 is more important than winning the favor of His Majesty. 213 00:16:23,830 --> 00:16:28,530 Yingluo, thank you. 214 00:16:31,530 --> 00:16:34,550 But I'm the Empress of the Qing Dynasty. 215 00:16:35,730 --> 00:16:38,500 Don't ever forget that. 216 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:55,060 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 217 00:17:24,110 --> 00:17:27,460 Madam, the rules. 218 00:18:14,710 --> 00:18:16,580 Your Highness the Noble Consort! 219 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:19,700 What's the use of kneeling? 220 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:24,510 Even if you bleed from kneeling, I won't pity you. 221 00:18:24,510 --> 00:18:28,830 Whenever I see you, I will remember my lost treasures. 222 00:18:29,530 --> 00:18:34,000 Get lost. Stay as far away as possible. 223 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:40,750 Your Highness the Noble Consort, I keep disappointing you and am indeed ashamed to return. 224 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:43,930 But I've knelt here and reflected on my actions all night. 225 00:18:43,930 --> 00:18:48,630 After thinking about it, I'm to blame for belittling my enemies. 226 00:18:48,630 --> 00:18:51,540 An evil dog is an evil dog. 227 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:56,570 But Your Highness, if a person would lower herself to the level of a dog, that's truly being silly. 228 00:18:56,570 --> 00:19:01,680 To deal with a dog, just one piece of meat is enough. 229 00:19:03,990 --> 00:19:06,960 I think you've become crazy from kneeling. 230 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,150 You're starting to spout crazy words. 231 00:19:09,150 --> 00:19:10,750 Your Highness! 232 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:14,090 Your Highness, every person has a weakness. As long as she desires something, 233 00:19:14,090 --> 00:19:16,190 let's not be afraid of not catching her weakness. 234 00:19:16,190 --> 00:19:19,720 Your Highness, by that time, 235 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,780 won't she still end up being ordered around by you? 236 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,990 What you mean is... 237 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:33,380 to get that bad dog to work for me? 238 00:19:36,090 --> 00:19:37,900 Yes. 239 00:19:40,940 --> 00:19:42,840 What are you doing? 240 00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:54,750 Your Highness the Noble Consort. 241 00:20:00,190 --> 00:20:05,400 Your Highness the Noble Consort, may I know why you had me come here? 242 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:10,580 Momo Zhang, I heard that Wei Yingluo is your disciple. 243 00:20:12,610 --> 00:20:14,740 Noble Lady Shu, you're joking. 244 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:18,010 Wei Yingluo indeed stayed in the Embroidery House for some time. 245 00:20:18,010 --> 00:20:21,740 I'm the gugu who is directly in charge of the Embroidery House. 246 00:20:21,740 --> 00:20:25,200 Technically, we can be said to have a teacher-disciple relationship. 247 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,230 But in reality, we don't have any direct relationship. 248 00:20:29,230 --> 00:20:34,060 Now, she already has made connections with the Changchun Palace. 249 00:20:34,060 --> 00:20:37,360 Even more so, she won't put any importance on me anymore. 250 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:40,970 Momo Zhang, when you speak, you really don't leave anything out. 251 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:45,310 Too bad, when a goose passes, it will always leave marks. 252 00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:50,130 If we didn't have any bit of evidence, we wouldn't have tracked you. 253 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,190 Noble Lady Shu, what really do you want to say? 254 00:20:55,190 --> 00:20:57,410 I'm confused. 255 00:20:57,410 --> 00:21:01,600 Wei Yingluo was born among the Baoyi of the Plain Yellow Banner. 256 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,910 She has a father and a sister. 257 00:21:03,910 --> 00:21:07,390 Her sister's original name was Wei Yingning. 258 00:21:07,390 --> 00:21:11,430 Since it's the same as the name of Noble Consort, it was you 259 00:21:11,430 --> 00:21:15,850 who personally changed her name to A'Man. 260 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,900 A'Man got expelled out of Forbidden City for breaking palace rules. 261 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:24,790 Afterwards, she hanged herself. In less than three months, 262 00:21:24,790 --> 00:21:29,340 Wei Yingluo entered the palace and became your favored disciple. 263 00:21:29,340 --> 00:21:33,210 Tell me, isn't that too coincidental? 264 00:21:33,210 --> 00:21:35,470 - Noble Lady Shu— - You must know 265 00:21:35,470 --> 00:21:38,540 that since I'm able to investigate the background of Wei Yingluo, 266 00:21:38,540 --> 00:21:42,490 I then know about yours too. 267 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:49,570 Noble Lady Shu, my parents are both dead. 268 00:21:49,570 --> 00:21:52,350 I'm the only one left in my family. 269 00:21:52,350 --> 00:21:55,110 All my life, I've served in the Forbidden City. 270 00:21:55,110 --> 00:21:57,850 There's nothing to investigate about. 271 00:21:58,710 --> 00:22:02,820 Momo, maybe because you're old, you tend to forget things. 272 00:22:02,820 --> 00:22:07,170 What? You even forgot your own older brother? 273 00:22:07,170 --> 00:22:08,810 You... 274 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,620 That older brother of yours 275 00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:14,070 is currently living at... 276 00:22:15,590 --> 00:22:18,510 the main street outside Yongding Gates. 277 00:22:18,510 --> 00:22:21,410 Too bad, he left too early. 278 00:22:21,410 --> 00:22:24,470 He only left one descendant. 279 00:22:24,470 --> 00:22:26,700 And all your savings 280 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:30,600 were being used to support that child. 281 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,230 Your Highness the Noble Consort. 282 00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:34,680 Your Highness the Noble Consort, that child 283 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,630 is only six years old. He doesn't know anything. 284 00:22:37,630 --> 00:22:39,000 I beg Your Highness the Noble Consort... 285 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,030 I beg you to let him go. 286 00:22:41,030 --> 00:22:42,540 I beg you. 287 00:22:42,540 --> 00:22:45,270 You're an old servant of the palace. 288 00:22:45,270 --> 00:22:48,830 And you have been attentive to your duty. 289 00:22:48,830 --> 00:22:53,090 As long as you tell me everything you know, 290 00:22:54,020 --> 00:22:57,710 of course, I will not treat you badly. 291 00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:13,360 Sister Yingluo, what instructions do you have for me? 292 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,940 This is the Empress' informal dress. 293 00:23:15,940 --> 00:23:18,600 The collar here needs adjustment. 294 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:23,340 Don't worry, Sister. We will tend to it now and get it delivered to Changchun Palace by noon. 295 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,050 Where's Supervisor Zhang? 296 00:23:27,140 --> 00:23:29,110 The Empress has more instructions. 297 00:23:29,110 --> 00:23:32,470 Supervisor Zhang never came to the embroidery house. 298 00:23:32,470 --> 00:23:36,100 She is always up at Tiger Hour (3-5am) and starts work at Rabbit Hour (5-7am). 299 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:39,440 Even when she's sick she will exert herself to check the embroidery house. 300 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:40,670 How can she be absent? 301 00:23:40,670 --> 00:23:44,220 Perhaps she's gravely ill? 302 00:23:44,220 --> 00:23:45,850 Let me go see. 303 00:23:45,850 --> 00:23:48,230 Sister Yingluo. 304 00:23:48,230 --> 00:23:50,020 Supervisor Zhang. 305 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,480 Yingluo. 306 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,010 What brings you here? 307 00:23:56,010 --> 00:23:59,030 Momo, are you alright? 308 00:23:59,030 --> 00:24:02,890 I thought you were sick. I was about to come see you. 309 00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:07,370 I did have a cold earlier but I'm well now. 310 00:24:07,370 --> 00:24:08,960 Really? 311 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,620 Silly girl. Why would I lie to you? 312 00:24:11,620 --> 00:24:14,470 Look. I'm perfectly fine. 313 00:24:14,470 --> 00:24:16,020 Your cold is recovered. 314 00:24:16,020 --> 00:24:19,470 But your leg joint pain, you need to take care of it. 315 00:24:19,470 --> 00:24:22,530 Don't think it's now so it's nothing. 316 00:24:22,530 --> 00:24:25,890 When the winter comes, the pain will start again. 317 00:24:25,890 --> 00:24:29,420 Last time I made the knee pads for you, but they are too thick for use now. 318 00:24:29,420 --> 00:24:33,000 Tomorrow I will make another pair of thinner ones. 319 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,850 Alright then. Yingluo, I've got work piled up. 320 00:24:36,850 --> 00:24:40,220 I need to go and busy myself. You go back first. 321 00:24:42,750 --> 00:24:45,060 Yingluo. 322 00:24:45,060 --> 00:24:48,610 You need to watch out at Changchun Palace too. 323 00:24:48,610 --> 00:24:52,430 Supervisor, you seem very strange today. 324 00:24:52,430 --> 00:24:54,680 Did something happen? 325 00:24:55,350 --> 00:24:59,570 I'm old, so I nag a lot. Hurry and go back too. 326 00:25:25,470 --> 00:25:27,340 Wei Yingluo. 327 00:25:28,010 --> 00:25:31,420 Do you want to know about A'man's death? 328 00:25:40,950 --> 00:25:46,280 Tonight at midnight, come to Chuxiu Palace alone. Remember. 329 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,710 If the word gets out, 330 00:25:48,710 --> 00:25:51,760 you can count on never learning the truth. 331 00:26:00,860 --> 00:26:03,710 [ Chuxiu Gate ] 332 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:09,470 Greetings to Your Highness the Noble Consort 333 00:26:09,470 --> 00:26:11,960 and Noble Lady Shu. 334 00:26:15,230 --> 00:26:17,970 Wei Yingluo. 335 00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:24,270 I was just making bets with Noble Lady Shu about whether you'd dare to come. 336 00:26:24,270 --> 00:26:26,670 Allow me to be bold and ask. 337 00:26:26,670 --> 00:26:29,040 Did you win, Noble Consort. 338 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,480 Or did Noble Consort Shu win? 339 00:26:33,970 --> 00:26:38,030 I always hate a sharp tongue. 340 00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:40,610 Especially yours. 341 00:26:40,610 --> 00:26:43,680 You ruined so many of my great plans. 342 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:48,230 But today you can come alone to Chuxiu Palace. 343 00:26:48,230 --> 00:26:52,280 I admire your guts too. 344 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,940 I am easily scared. 345 00:26:54,940 --> 00:26:58,130 Before coming to Chuxiu Palace, I left a letter. 346 00:26:58,130 --> 00:27:00,650 If I am not back in two hours, 347 00:27:00,650 --> 00:27:04,040 then I asked the Empress to come fetch me. 348 00:27:05,390 --> 00:27:08,160 Stop your tongue-wagging here. 349 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,340 I summoned you here today 350 00:27:16,930 --> 00:27:20,150 to have you meet someone. 351 00:27:21,410 --> 00:27:23,660 Come on in. 352 00:27:29,030 --> 00:27:29,960 Who is he? 353 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:34,840 I am Xiao Zhangzi, a junior sweeping eunuch of Imperial Garden. 354 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,010 Tell us what you saw the night of the first tenth day of the first month. 355 00:27:39,010 --> 00:27:43,540 That night, His Majesty was entertaining the royal clansmen at Qianqing Palace. 356 00:27:43,540 --> 00:27:47,500 Imperial Garden's supervisors were all loafing and went to play cards. 357 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,690 Only I was on guard duty. 358 00:27:49,690 --> 00:27:54,440 Later, I heard a movement at the rock garden so I sneaked over. 359 00:27:55,010 --> 00:27:56,920 What did you see? 360 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,300 I saw....I saw... 361 00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:04,020 Let go of me. 362 00:28:09,380 --> 00:28:11,490 Let me go. 363 00:28:11,490 --> 00:28:13,980 Save me. Let go. 364 00:28:13,980 --> 00:28:15,430 Let go of me. 365 00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:17,080 Why didn't you save her? 366 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,040 I didn't dare. 367 00:28:21,380 --> 00:28:25,420 That person. Who was it? 368 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:27,400 I don't dare to say. 369 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:28,880 Say it. 370 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,770 I will give you justice. 371 00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:36,100 It was Fuheng. It was Fuheng. 372 00:28:41,340 --> 00:28:43,380 You heard that clearly, right? 373 00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:47,310 The one that raped A'Man was Fuheng. 374 00:28:55,850 --> 00:28:59,640 Are you nuts? Is this funny? 375 00:29:00,780 --> 00:29:03,210 A great story you knotted. 376 00:29:06,690 --> 00:29:11,330 You mean, we are telling you a story to deceive you? 377 00:29:11,330 --> 00:29:16,160 My sister's incident. My goal of coming into the palace. 378 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,580 Supervisor Zhang is most aware of it. 379 00:29:18,580 --> 00:29:22,400 She is always so assiduous, but she was missing in the morning. 380 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,140 If she were sick and couldn't get out of bed, that's understandable. 381 00:29:26,140 --> 00:29:30,030 But her footsteps are light and no sign of illness. 382 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:35,910 But her speech was evasive and concealing, and halting. 383 00:29:35,910 --> 00:29:38,180 Isn't that strange? 384 00:29:38,180 --> 00:29:41,640 Wei Yingluo, you are so suspicious. 385 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,630 You admit it? 386 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:47,590 The Noble Consort summoned Supervisor Zhang that day. 387 00:29:47,590 --> 00:29:50,050 It was only to ask a couple of questions. 388 00:29:50,050 --> 00:29:53,890 You found out from her my secret. 389 00:29:53,890 --> 00:29:56,310 So you want to use this to frame Fuca Fuheng. 390 00:29:56,310 --> 00:29:58,960 Force me to be a pawn of Chuxiu Palace. 391 00:30:01,110 --> 00:30:03,350 Wei Yingluo. 392 00:30:03,350 --> 00:30:07,190 You thought the evidence was just one jade pendant? 393 00:30:07,190 --> 00:30:09,020 What do you mean? 394 00:30:09,770 --> 00:30:11,810 Bring it out. 395 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,860 Later, I picked up this. 396 00:30:17,860 --> 00:30:19,570 This court band. 397 00:30:19,570 --> 00:30:23,790 It was by the rock garden. He probably left in such a haste, 398 00:30:23,790 --> 00:30:25,760 that he didn't attend to it. 399 00:30:31,460 --> 00:30:32,830 Go on. 400 00:30:32,830 --> 00:30:34,410 Yes. 401 00:30:36,110 --> 00:30:39,990 Fuca Fuheng. 402 00:30:42,230 --> 00:30:45,890 If it's just a jade pendant, 403 00:30:45,890 --> 00:30:48,660 it could be just a coincidence. 404 00:30:48,660 --> 00:30:52,030 But even his court band is here. 405 00:30:52,030 --> 00:30:56,420 This is a personal item of a first-ranking guard. 406 00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:02,480 Can't be that this is also a coincidence? 407 00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:11,310 Fuheng ruined A'Man's chastity. 408 00:31:11,310 --> 00:31:13,940 And the upright and virtuous Empress. 409 00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:17,140 In order to protect her own brother's reputation, 410 00:31:17,140 --> 00:31:21,090 she chased that pitiful palace maid out of the palace. 411 00:31:21,090 --> 00:31:24,520 Even so, she still didn't feel at ease. 412 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:29,990 If this palace maid went out and talked in an unruly fashion, it would affect the Fuca reputation. 413 00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:33,330 So for the guaranteed security, she-- 414 00:31:33,330 --> 00:31:34,990 Enough! 415 00:31:36,390 --> 00:31:39,280 Look at you. I haven't said anything. 416 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,180 You're already shaking in anger. 417 00:31:44,630 --> 00:31:47,020 But I do understand. 418 00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:51,660 You put in so much effort to enter the palace. 419 00:31:51,660 --> 00:31:54,770 It was all to find the enemy that murdered your sister. 420 00:31:54,770 --> 00:31:56,210 But in the end? 421 00:31:56,210 --> 00:32:00,730 You yourself became the best sword in your enemy's hand. 422 00:32:00,730 --> 00:32:06,150 Devoting yourself to her cause and putting yourself to shield danger from her. 423 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,470 That pair of pretentious sister and brother, 424 00:32:09,470 --> 00:32:12,900 maybe they are laughing at you behind your back? 425 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:17,570 Saying you're such a fool to acknowledge the criminal as your master. 426 00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:23,640 Noble Consort. You're telling me this secret. 427 00:32:24,470 --> 00:32:27,100 What exactly do you want me to do? 428 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:30,590 The Empress is most versed in putting on a tranquil pose. 429 00:32:30,590 --> 00:32:34,550 She used her upright and virtuous-looking face, 430 00:32:34,550 --> 00:32:39,270 to deceive the entire world to ascend to the Empress seat. 431 00:32:39,270 --> 00:32:42,710 Now, the truth is out. 432 00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:46,620 I hope you can renounce the dark and join the light. 433 00:32:46,620 --> 00:32:49,490 Work for me. 434 00:32:50,870 --> 00:32:52,860 Work for you how? 435 00:32:53,660 --> 00:32:56,230 The Empress fooled and deceived you. 436 00:32:56,230 --> 00:32:59,010 Don't you want revenge? 437 00:33:01,970 --> 00:33:06,560 Just put this in the Empress' daily food and beverage. 438 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,940 And you can kill her without even the ghosts being aware of it. 439 00:33:09,940 --> 00:33:11,450 You want to me kill the Empress with poison? 440 00:33:11,450 --> 00:33:14,620 What? You're scared now? 441 00:33:14,620 --> 00:33:16,570 Or maybe . . . 442 00:33:16,570 --> 00:33:21,090 You never wanted to seek revenge for your real sister A'Man. 443 00:33:21,090 --> 00:33:23,640 Of course I do. 444 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:29,350 So then, Yingluo, this empress is Fuheng's biggest dependence. 445 00:33:29,350 --> 00:33:35,130 In order to cover up for her own brother, she didn't hesitate to kill A'Man. 446 00:33:35,130 --> 00:33:40,900 But poor A'Man. First she loses her virtue and is chased out of the palace. 447 00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:45,480 Then at last, she was strangled to death. 448 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,730 All these misfortunes. 449 00:33:49,730 --> 00:33:53,100 All done by Empress and her brother. 450 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:57,990 But you remain compassionate and soft like this? 451 00:34:10,050 --> 00:34:12,170 Take it. 452 00:34:15,610 --> 00:34:21,610 Wei Yingluo. This is the final chance I'll give you. 453 00:34:21,610 --> 00:34:26,010 I hope you don't disappoint me. 454 00:34:26,010 --> 00:34:31,320 For A'Man. And for yourself. 455 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,040 Think about it clearly. 456 00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:01,970 Yingluo, I'll tell you once again. 457 00:35:01,970 --> 00:35:06,570 I, Fuheng, do not engage in harm and immorality. I never have. 458 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,100 Guard Fuca. 459 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,600 Yingluo. 460 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,880 You're here, Young Master. I'll go report to the Empress. 461 00:36:06,410 --> 00:36:09,680 Hey. What's wrong? 462 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,090 You're the first one to run up and greet him usually. 463 00:36:12,090 --> 00:36:15,990 He's not waiting to see me, so why should I go seek boredom? 464 00:36:15,990 --> 00:36:19,370 Didn't you see where his eyes were? 465 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:48,050 - Zhenzhu. - What are you doing here? 466 00:36:48,050 --> 00:36:50,700 I came to see how the tea preparation is going. 467 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:52,540 It's almost done. 468 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:56,470 Yesterday, the Empress ate an extra sachima. (T/N Manchu sweet, fluffy bands of dough bound with stiff syrup) 469 00:36:56,470 --> 00:36:58,640 She feels it was too much. 470 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,340 Today, present pu'er tea. (T/N type of fermented tea from Yunnan province) 471 00:37:00,340 --> 00:37:03,290 Pu'er? Which pu'er? 472 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,900 Yunnan's tribute. Jinghua tea. (T/N pressed into shape of a melon/pumpkin, best Yiwu Mountain leaves) 473 00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:12,530 As for Guard Fuca, 474 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:15,840 he usually loves Tieguanyin from Anxi. (T/N "Iron Goddess of Mercy" - an oolong tea) 475 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,450 The biluochun you prepared isn't his usual. 476 00:37:19,450 --> 00:37:21,660 How do you know? 477 00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:26,380 Not only do I know that Guard Fuca likes to drink tieguanyin tea from Anxi, 478 00:37:26,380 --> 00:37:29,140 I also know Consort Chun lates drinking milk tea. 479 00:37:29,140 --> 00:37:32,280 She likes jasmine tea from Suzhou. 480 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:37,860 Consort Xian used to like enshiyulu, but now she likes biluochun. (T/N "white jade revealed", a rare steamed tea) 481 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:39,020 What about His Majesty then? 482 00:37:39,020 --> 00:37:41,160 His Majesty? 483 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,910 He won't let you decipher what he likes or dislikes. 484 00:37:45,910 --> 00:37:47,780 But from what I have seen, 485 00:37:47,780 --> 00:37:50,660 it seems the Longjing tea (dragon well) pleases the royal mind the most. 486 00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:53,920 Of course, it depends also on His Majesty's mood. 487 00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,140 If you find him unhappy today, 488 00:37:56,140 --> 00:37:59,510 forget the Longjing, even if you present a jewel nectar, 489 00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:02,910 you will be unlucky no matter what. 490 00:38:02,910 --> 00:38:05,200 Hurry and teach me how you figured. 491 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:10,530 Every time a guest comes, look at the tea cup they used and you'll know. 492 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:16,440 You should go and check on the snacks in the kitchen now. 493 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,860 I'll wait for you and we'll prepare the tea together. 494 00:38:18,860 --> 00:38:20,320 Alright. 495 00:38:42,990 --> 00:38:45,710 Greetings to Consort Chun. 496 00:38:46,650 --> 00:38:48,150 You may rise. 497 00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,550 Are you here to see the Empress, Consort Chun? Her Highness is holding an audience with Guard Fuca. 498 00:38:53,550 --> 00:38:56,460 I will go and report it first. 499 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:59,830 Since Guard Fuca is in the main hall, there's no need. 500 00:38:59,830 --> 00:39:03,250 I will return first and come back after noon. 501 00:39:03,250 --> 00:39:04,730 Yes. 502 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:46,640 Didn't I tell you 503 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,260 not to frequent Changchun Palace if nothing is the matter? 504 00:39:49,260 --> 00:39:52,940 His Majesty gave you a decree of mercy but that's not for you to waste recklessly. 505 00:39:53,590 --> 00:39:57,590 Don't worry, Sister. This time, it was Mother asking me to come. 506 00:39:57,590 --> 00:40:00,200 She prayed for a peace charm from Huguo Temple 507 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,360 She asked me to bring it to you, no matter what. 508 00:40:04,180 --> 00:40:08,160 Yingluo. Help me fetch my fan. 509 00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:09,710 Yes. 510 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:13,970 Mother is too much. 511 00:40:13,970 --> 00:40:17,060 From Longfu Temple to Guanghua Temple to Huguo Temple. 512 00:40:17,060 --> 00:40:20,350 Is she bent on going to all the temples, 513 00:40:20,350 --> 00:40:22,710 and praying for peace charms? 514 00:40:23,460 --> 00:40:26,730 For your sake, even if Mother wears out her legs, 515 00:40:26,730 --> 00:40:28,860 she does so willingly. 516 00:40:32,110 --> 00:40:34,550 I think not just for me though. 517 00:40:34,550 --> 00:40:38,600 Probably for you, for a match. 518 00:40:40,060 --> 00:40:42,630 Matches are set by God. I believe... 519 00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:45,800 maybe God has already delivered my fated match to me. 520 00:40:59,470 --> 00:41:03,420 Consort Chun, what are you doing? 521 00:41:03,420 --> 00:41:06,640 You should ask, Your Highness, what she is trying to do. 522 00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:12,270 What do you mean by that, Consort Chun? 523 00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:15,970 Noble Consort Gao, in order to win royal favor, she exhausts in seeking medicine to scent her body. 524 00:41:15,970 --> 00:41:19,590 Everyday she takes a pill, not just to scent her body, 525 00:41:19,590 --> 00:41:22,930 even the clothing she's worn and the room she's stayed in 526 00:41:22,930 --> 00:41:24,970 are all extremely fragrant. 527 00:41:24,970 --> 00:41:28,960 In order to prevent others to snatch her favor, she bans the palace personnel from copying her. 528 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,690 Wei Yingluo, 529 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:34,650 why do you have this scent on you? 530 00:41:45,010 --> 00:41:48,680 Consort Chun, maybe... 531 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,080 she got it on her unconsciously? 532 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,800 Your Highness, you and I see Noble Consort Gao daily. 533 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,570 But we never contracted the fragrance. 534 00:41:57,570 --> 00:41:59,730 There's only one possibility. 535 00:41:59,730 --> 00:42:01,930 You went to Chuxiu Palace 536 00:42:01,930 --> 00:42:04,690 and you stayed there for quite some time. 537 00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:09,600 Because the incense burner in Chuxiu Palace fumigates the same fragrance 538 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,120 and it doesn't dissipate. 539 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:14,460 Now, Changchun Palace and Chuxiu Palace are in discord of water and fire. 540 00:42:14,460 --> 00:42:17,620 Wei Yingluo, why did you go to Chuxiu Palace? 541 00:42:23,250 --> 00:42:27,290 Yingluo. You should say something. 542 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:33,310 She has nothing to say. I smelled her scent earlier, 543 00:42:33,310 --> 00:42:35,000 I wasn't sure, 544 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,460 so I had Yuhu go and search her room. 545 00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:42,010 And I found this. 546 00:42:44,750 --> 00:42:46,720 What is this? 547 00:42:47,330 --> 00:42:50,810 The medicine pouch contained a strong poison. It's empty. 548 00:42:50,810 --> 00:42:54,800 I am certain that the tea earlier, if you drank it, 549 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,010 you'd be dead immediately! 550 00:43:00,970 --> 00:43:02,510 Yingluo. 551 00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:05,520 I don't trust the words of others. 552 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:10,610 You tell me yourself. 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