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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 23

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I don't believe other people's words. You tell me.

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Do you wish to kill me?

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What are you doing?

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I will prove it to you.

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Yingluo!

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Will that do now?

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It's true. Last night, Noble Consort Gao,

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she did summon me to Chuxiu Palace.

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And she told me to kill the Empress with poison.

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Yingluo, did she threaten you?

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No. She told me,

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my sister A'Man was tarnished by Fuheng.

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And that the Empress, in trying to cover up the crime, chased my sister out of the palace and had her murdered secretly.

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I've never done such a thing.

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And I believe Fuheng is absolutely not such a person.

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Your Highness the Empress. I, Yingluo, am not blind.

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I know how to tell right from wrong.

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You taught me calligraphy and painting, with such devotion.

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Far beyond just master and servant.

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Even if I am so dull in deciphering right and wrong,

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I'm not blind in sight or mind, to believe whatever is told to me.

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You really never used the poison?

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That bird poison. I've already poured it out on the grass in the back garden.

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You may go see it, Consort Chun.

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That patch of grass is already dead.

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But why did you keep the medicine pouch then?

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I wanted to remind myself at all times

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to never forget the grudge of my sister's murder.

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I must find the real killer.

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This matter. Why didn't you tell me sooner?

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Your Highness the Empress, this is my private revenge.

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I do not dare to bring Your Highness into it.

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But I can help you investigate it.

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I, Yingluo, thank Your Highness.

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I will have a way to find the real killer.

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Consort Chun, was there anything else you wish to say?

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Since you never used the poison,

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I have nothing to say.

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Empress. I have chores left. I take my leave now.

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Sister. I have urgent matters waiting.

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I take my leave.

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Your Highness the Empress. That Wei Yingluo,

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she's brash and unpredictable in conduct.

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A person like her...it's best not to keep her by your side

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to prevent future disasters.

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Consort Chun, it's true that Yingluo has a brashness to her.

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But I am teaching her reading and writing.

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She's getting more calm.

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And as a person, she's upright and knows right and wrong.

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I reckon she should be nurtured.

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Also, in this matter,

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I am guiltless.

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I will not transfer her out no matter what.

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However--

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No need for more words.

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I've made up my mind.

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Yingluo.

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Do you still dare to say this matter is unrelated to you?

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Do you believe it was my doing?

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If I was positive it was you,

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I would have given the bird poison to you already,

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instead of standing and wasting words with you here!

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Thank you for trusting me.

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Even if you're not,

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you're not entirely innocent either.

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The jade pendant could be lost without awareness.

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But your court belt never leaves you.

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How can it be abandoned in the Imperial Garden for no reason?

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Unless it was for undressing?

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Tell me. Why, exactly?

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I guessed

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that on the day of the banquet, the tenth day of the first month,

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someone changed into your clothes and entered the Imperial Garden.

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If it's a palace guard, he wouldn't have to change his clothing.

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The motive for changing clothes is to evade the patrols.

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Hence, this person,

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must be an Imperial clansman that attended the Qianqing Palace banquet.

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As for Noble Consort Gao. She found that junior eunuch.

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He was afraid of the Imperial guardsmen.

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So he was afraid to get close and he never saw clearly who it was.

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Noble Consort Gao followed the logical order to make me believe.

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That the owner of the court belt must be the culprit.

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- Yingluo.

- Fuheng.

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By your authority and status, you're not even scared of Prince Yi,

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not to mention an ordinary Imperial clansman?

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I find it strange. Just who is this person

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that he has you protecting him, disregarding your own honor?

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Yingluo, I am not protecting him.

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I am protecting you.

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Protecting me?

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If you continue to investigate, more grievances may come out.

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I don't wish you to be in any danger.

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So...on the surface, you are supporting me.

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Helping me. But in reality,

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you have been blocking me in secret all along. Is that true?

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I am doing it for your sake.

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Fine. Fuheng. I ask you just one thing.

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Who is this person exactly?

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I'm sorry.

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Consort Chun was right.

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That tea of yours today. I did mess with it.

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But it wasn't bird poison, it was dish-washing water.

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My revenge on you for concealing things.

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I really regret now that I didn't just use the poison.

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Better than being the fool I am, kept in the dark all along.

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Yingluo. Please listen to me.

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Stop investigating.

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Don't worry. I don't need your help.

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Soon I will find out who the culprit was.

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Yingluo. Yingluo!

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Erqing is gentle and Mingyu is lively and they both have served you for years.

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They are docile and rule-bound but too bad Wei Yingluo showed up suddenly.

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A slanted sword going astray and leaping over rules.

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But you love her the most. Why is that?

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Can't be that devoted servants of many years,

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they all don't compare to just one of her?

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Is it fun? Is it?

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His Majesty arrives.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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You may rise.

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I came to see Yongcheng.

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It's so late, how is it that nanny hasn't put him to sleep?

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Yongcheng whined about playing with the link puzzle.

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I ignored the rules. May Your Majesty forgive.

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What fault is there?

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Come. Let your royal father hold you.

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Yongcheng is so fond of you

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so he's so clingy to you.

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It must be that you look after him so well.

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Yongcheng is a very smart and good child.

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He's been asking when you'd come to visit him again.

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I know Your Majesty is busy with state affairs.

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But if you ever have a break, don't forget Yongcheng misses you.

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I understand. Is that right?

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Go. Go to sleep.

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But...

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Did Your Majesty come to Chengqian Palace today to tell me something?

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The Minister...

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The Minister of Rites told me

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that Yongcheng is very young

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and already lost her birth mother. He's really pitiful.

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He said Imperial Concubine Jia has a younger sister who

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has reached the age to join the selection for palace consorts.

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He plans to send her to the palace to take care of Yongcheng.

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Your Majesty, Her Highness has exerted a lot of effort for Fourth Prince. How could you...

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Zhen'er, don't be disrespectful.

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I was talkative. May Your Majesty forgive me.

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Yongcheng is, after all, just two years old.

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If he can have his biological aunt to take care of him,

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it surely will be better than an outsider like me.

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The Jin family will also be more at ease.

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But, I have one request.

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Say it.

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I hope that I can be allowed to frequently visit Yongcheng.

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I will allow it.

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Your Highness, how could you let His Majesty take away Fourth Prince?

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I'm after all not his birth mother.

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I would just be taking care of him for a period of time.

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His Majesty has never said

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to let Yongcheng acknowledge me as his mother.

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This is that hateful Jin Family's fault.

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They just took him away like that. Not giving any considerations to your painstaking efforts.

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The Jin family is placing huge hopes on Fourth Prince.

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How could they allow their grandson to acknowledge me as his mother?

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If he stays here in Chengqian Palace,

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would he still remember his birth mother,

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remember the merits of his maternal family, the Jin clan?

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Hence, they didn't mind sending in another woman

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just to take back Fourth Prince.

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Your Highness, why didn't you go beg His Majesty?

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On the outside, His Majesty might be treating Fourth Prince with indifference, but in reality, he cares about him a lot.

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Hence, he didn't let him stay in Chuxiu Palace.

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He was afraid that he'll become a tool of Noble Consort Gao to struggle for power.

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He didn't send him to Changchun Palace because he was afraid that once the Empress bears him a son,

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the situation of Fourth Prince might become awkward.

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On the outside, His Majesty might look as if he doesn't care,

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but in reality, how many people truly know what he's thinking?

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Blood is thicker than water. His Majesty trusts the Jin Family

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more than he trusts me.

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Zhen'er, go to the kitchen and see

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if the milk tea for Fourth Prince is ready.

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Yes.

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Don't be afraid...

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Don't be afraid, Yongcheng. Mother is here.

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It's just a nightmare...

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It's going to fine... Don't be afraid...

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Mother is here.

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness! Your foot!

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I didn't know what I hit earlier. I'm fine.

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I already told you not to panic.

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You always run here without wearing your shoes.

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The shoes are quite noisy.

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What if Yongcheng gets awakened by it?

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It's just a minor injury. No need to make a big fuss about it.

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Li Yu.

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I am here.

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Tomorrow, tell Consort Xian to take good care of Yongcheng.

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And then choose some nimble servants from the Imperial Household Department

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and deploy them here too.

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Your Majesty, you're not making Fourth Prince move to another palace anymore?

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I was talkative. I admit my mistake.

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Hurry! Hurry!

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Desheng!

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Miss Yingluo, where are you going?

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I'm going to the Imperial Household Department to get some things.

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Where are you going leading these people in such a rush?

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His Majesty suddenly had a whim to set up a tea banquet in the Imperial Garden.

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All the Princes of the first rank to the third rank are invited to join.

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I'm rushing to go there to set it up.

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Princes of the first rank to the third rank?

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The Princes of the first rank to the third rank that can attend this tea banquet

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are all people with high positions among their Imperial clan.

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I won't say much to you anymore. Send my regards to Her Highness the Empress.

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Tell her that I'll visit her some time later.

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I'll get going now.

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Quickly move...

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Imperial Garden...

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Twelfth Uncle, when will Prince Yi of the First Rank get released from the Imperial Clan Court?

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He kept shouting and crying inside Imperial Clan Court claiming that he's innocent.

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His Majesty said that once he admits his crime

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and changes his wrong ways, that's when he'll get released.

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But regarding palace duties, he has no chances anymore.

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Never thought that Royal Brother would be this angry.

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If you ask me, the person that should be taught a lesson the most is your Fifth Brother.

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Ha? Fifth Brother?

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- What did he do now?

- You probably still not know yet.

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Hongzhou had a coffin made

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and let his wives, concubines, and servants weep for his soul.

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He then was sitting on the elevated area of their main hall with his leg raised,

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laughing while

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everyone was crying for him.

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Tell me, has he gone crazy?

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How can there be a person that will curse oneself like that?

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No one in this world can live for a hundred years.

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What's there to avoid?

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Fifth Brother.

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Fifth Brother, you really had a coffin made for yourself?

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Aren't I just enjoying in advance the honor and glory that I will experience after death?

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In passing, I want to see who would have the worst crying,

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who is the most sincere towards me.

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Ridiculous.

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What did you say?

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What did I say?

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I said that you're relying on being highly-favored by His Majesty, treating others with contempt,

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always acting absurdly, and are so shameless!

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You all see me like that?

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Hongzhou,

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when the court meeting was dismissed last time,

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why did you beat up Neqin?

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I just find him unpleasant to my eye.

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I then just hit him.

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Neqin is a high official of the government. He has been conferred the highest ducal rank!

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You just hit him for no reason at all. Totally acting like a scoundrel!

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Let me ask you, do you also want to get sent to the Imperial Clan Court?

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Is everyone here?

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Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.

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Rise.

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Today is a family banquet. All of you here are my blood family.

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Why be so formal?

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You caused trouble again?

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How could I, Royal Brother?

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I've always remembered your words

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and have been diligent in doing my tasks, do well in my behavior.

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Have a taste.

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What is this?

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Using snow water to irrigate the plum flowers, pine nut, and fingered citron,

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and then adding Longjng tea. This is called sanqing tea.

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Plum flowers, pine nuts, and fingered citrons are all refined plants.

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This caused the tea to have such a delicate fragrance.

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Clever. So clever.

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This dried plum flower has a sharp aroma.

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It's not your ordinary kind.

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Prince Ping of the Second Rank, those were fresh plum flowers

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picked from the flower nursery during the first moon.

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When it was taken out from the ice cellar, there were even ice crystals.

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As for the pine nuts,

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they were picked from a hundred-year-old pine tree

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in the Imperial Garden. Of course, they are extraordinary.

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Royal Brother, I heard that when you mix fingered citron and pine nuts,

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it can easily produce poison.

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Where did you hear such nonsense?

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When I was in the coffin yesterday,

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the God of Death told it to me!

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Just be at ease and drink your tea.

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Fifth Brother, if you drink it that fast like a bull, aren't you wasting the good tea of Royal Brother?

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Since we have good tea here, how could we not have some good poems?

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Let me go first.

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There are so many things in this world that's unpredictable, unlike a good wine which you can enjoy immediately.

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I drank cups and cups of my favorite tailang wine until I'm very drunk.

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It's hard to find a bosom friend in one's life.

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Let us have drinks and chat, be merry.

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Tea tasting is tea tasting.

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Why are you talking about having alcohol drinks and chats?

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Is this tea really poisonous?

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Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother! What's wrong?

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Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother!

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Could mixing pine nuts and fingered citron really be poisonous? Everyone, quickly vomit it out!

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Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother, wake up!

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Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother!

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Fifth Brother, wake up! Wake up, Fifth Brother!

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Prince Fu of the First Rank, Prince Shen of the Second Rank, and Prince Ping of the Second Rank, what's going on with you three?

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- Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother!

- Call the Imperial physician!

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Fifth Brother!

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What's going on with you three?

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Hongzhou, didn't you die from poisoning?

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The taste of that sanqing tea is too good!

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I momentarily forgot myself and fainted.

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Your Majesty.

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Hongzhou, you clearly were deceiving us!

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Your Majesty, Hongzhou is too naughty!

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You must punish him!

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I'm innocent!

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I'm innocent. I'm being falsely accused!

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I...clearly was too excited.

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I momentarily lost myself, was too happy, and fainted.

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But they are instead blaming me now.

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- This...

- It was clearly you who made baseless conjectures.

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As the common saying goes, staying calm despite the Tai Mountain collapsing right in front of you

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is the test of a true hero.

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Look at you all. Do you look like noble members of the Imperial family at all?

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Each one trying to pull out the one's tongue.

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Saying that I forgot my bearing and am acting absurdly!

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I think that you are the ones who are without majestic presence and embarrassing.

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Hongzhou! You bastard!

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What?

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What, Big Brother!

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Sit down!

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Hongzhou, return to your seat.

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That scum. I so want to...

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Don't. That day, when he openly hit Neqin,

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His Majesty saw it and didn't make any comment.

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Today, he made fun of us.

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Did His Majesty scold him at all?

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Yes. His Majesty has always been doting

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on these two biological brothers of his. Especially him.

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After all, they are of similar age.

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They grew up together, hence their relationship is special.

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Even if Hongzhou would lift this whole Forbidden City,

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His Majesty will still turn a blind eye.

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We can't offend him.

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Let's just avoid him.

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Say...

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What evil idea are you all discussing now?

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You want to complain about me in front of His Majesty?

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Ghost! There's a ghost over there!

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I've played that kind of trick. Are you trying to scare me?

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Fifth Brother... It's true!

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Ghost!

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Don't...don't run!

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Don't come near me!

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Don't come near me!

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Don't come near me!

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Don't come near me!

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Help! Help!

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- Hongzhou!

- Help!

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- Hongzhou!

- A ghost!

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- Hongzhou!

- A ghost!

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Where?

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There! Over there!

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It's over there!

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How about it? Did you find anything?

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Nothing yet.

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It's here. That ghost must be in here.

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Earlier, just earlier, there was a palace maid with disheveled hair...

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I saw it with my own eyes.

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It's her...it's really her!

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How come there's no one?

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You come out here! Come out!

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Come out! Come out!

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Fifth Prince, who are you talking about?

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Do you know that female ghost?

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Hongzhou, I've already checked earlier.

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This is just a wall. There's nothing else.

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Fifth Prince, you must have seen it wrong.

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Earlier, I wasn't the only one here.

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There were so many people!

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This palace has ghosts...

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This palace has ghosts! Do you know that?

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Hongzhou! Stop saying such words! There are no ghosts in the Forbidden City.

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Even if there are, it's just inside your heart.

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You don't believe me? You don't believe me?

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Go ask the other people! You don't believe me?

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Fuheng, he said it like he was so sure.

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It doesn't seem like a lie.

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Moreover, you also saw the reaction of those other Imperial relatives.

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Could they be conniving with Fifth Prince to fool us?

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Enough.

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What's wrong, Fuheng?

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You go back first. I still have to do something.

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Fuheng!

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Fuheng, where are you going?

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You take good care of Prince He of the First Rank. (T/N Hongzhou, the Fifth Prince)

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Anytime Prince He of the First Rank feels a bit upset,

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you are the one who suffers more.

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When Royal Father was alive, he loved Sixth Little Brother the most. (T/N Hongzhou was originally the sixth son of the Yongzheng Emperor)

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Too bad, he wasn't able to grow up and become an adult.

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My other brothers also suffered the same fate.

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Among the ten sons of Royal Father,

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only I, Hongzhou, and Hongyan are left.

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Plus the fact that the previous fight among the nine princes for the crown prince position was so fierce.

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Emperor Shengzu died grieving.

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Royal Father didn't want to make the same mistakes

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and decided to secretly set the crown prince.

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But from the start, the sickly Hongzhou

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wasn't qualified.

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Your Majesty, since you ascended to the throne,

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you've been taking good care of Prince He of the First Rank.

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You even especially ordered the Imperial physician to nurse his health.

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These past years, he has rarely been sick.

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Li Yu, I've always suspected...

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that Hongzhou isn't sick.

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Your Majesty, what are you saying?

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The whole world knows

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that Fifth Prince has always been sickly.

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Hence, he's not good in either literary knowledge or fighting skills.

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I have this vague this feeling that

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he has guessed that Emperor Shengzu and Royal Father had intentions to choose me,

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so he willingly yielded the throne to me.

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Fifth Prince?

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With Fifth Prince's absurd personality,

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even if he wants to pretend,

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he wouldn't be able to.

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Your Majesty, I was too talkative.

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I was too talkative.

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Get out of here.

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Yes.

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Where did you go?

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Just...feeling a bit stuffy, so I went out for a walk.

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Fuheng! You...

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Was it you who disguised as a ghost to scare people earlier?

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What did you say?

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I don't understand what you're saying?

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I found a sticky substance on the palace wall.

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The Imperial relatives claim that they bumped into a ghost.

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It's very obvious that someone posted an item that can reflect an image on the wall,

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and thus, the so-called ghost got projected.

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Because it's a thunderstorm night, lighting was quite dim.

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People couldn't see it clearly, so they thought that it was real.

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Reflection?

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Are you talking about a bronze mirror?

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How could one paste a mirror on the palace wall?

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Imperial Guard Fuca, your imagination is too large.

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It was not a bronze mirror, but a piece of glass.

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I just came from the Imperial Household Department.

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They said that you took some glass. Am I right?

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You really have misunderstood.

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I took some glass to change the damaged glass on the Her Highness' lamps in Changchun palace.

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Why would I disguise as a ghost to scare people?

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Stop letting your imagination run wild.

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Quickly go back to the Gate of Heavenly Purity,

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so as not to invite criticisms.

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Don't recklessly make a move on Hongzhou.

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You must know that he's the closest relative of His Majesty.

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As long as he doesn't commit any rebellious act,

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His Majesty will forgive him, no matter what.

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Impossible.

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There must be something wrong.

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You scared me!

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What were you doing behind me?

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You think I haven't been scared enough?

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What are you doing?

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Last night, I also thought that some ghost was haunting me.

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But after thinking about it well,

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there's something wrong with this matter.

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There must be someone pretending to be a ghost,

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trying to dig up the past.

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Once I find the evidence, I surely will skin this person!

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Are you talking about the matter that occurred on the tenth day of the first month?

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What?

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That night, I was supposed to be on duty. But Mother was sick.

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I have no choice but to exchange shifts.

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My clothes and belt were left in the Imperial Guard Office.

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Because I left in a hurry, I even forgot to remove my jade pendant.

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That night, you went to the Imperial Guard Office

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and even dressed up in my clothes, am I right?

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- Fuheng, this--

- Okay.

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No need to say it. I don't want to hear it.

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Do you want to know who the person was playing tricks last night?

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Of course.

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I can tell you.

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Who?

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Are there still no activities from Changchun Palace?

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Your Highness,

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this Wei Yingluo seemed to have seen through that little eunuch.

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Therefore, she is not doing anything.

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You're admitting defeat now?

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Your Highness, don't worry. Although Wei YIngluo and the Empress haven't turned hostile with each other yet,

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even if Fuheng isn't the real culprit,

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he surely is connected with this matter.

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With Yingluo's character,

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will she still be loyal to the Empress?

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What you mean is your sowing discord trick still worked?

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It's fine if it didn't.

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Your Highness, Wei Yingluo is just a measly palace maid.

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In just half a year from entering the palace, she has become the trusted aide of the Empress.

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And even became a renowned loyal servant just because she tended to the Emperor when he was sick.

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You don't know how many people admire and envy her.

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As the common saying goes, "the higher you go up, the harder you'll fall".

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Your Highness, just wait and see. See how long she can still be well-off.

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[ Changchun Palace ]

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So, you're the one behind all this.

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- Just with you—

- Enough.

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Last night, she scared me so much.

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I still haven't done anything to her and you're already defending her.

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Hongzhou, don't forget what you promised me.

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Okay. I remember.

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Amicably resolve this matter.

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Don't worry. I won't make things difficult for her.

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But her sister...

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What do you mean by this?

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I'm apologizing to you.

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Using gold?

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Yingluo, Hongzhou was just too drunk.

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He got out of control, hence, he committed such a grave mistake.

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Hongzhou.

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Okay...

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I apologize. Sorry.

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I indeed am very hateful. I hurt your older sister.

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But afterwards, I regretted it. I even went back to find her.

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Just to avoid the Imperial guards, I secretly sneaked into the Imperial Garden and changed into Fuheng's clothes.

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This...since I have no justification to be there, I can't really do it so openly, right?

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When I arrived, she had already left the palace.

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Hongzhou, but after that matter,

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Miss A'Man lost her life.

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I can swear that it wasn't my doing.

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It's true. I'm a very straightforward person.

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If I wanted to kill her, there's no need to do it covertly.

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Even more so, I wouldn't be disguising it as committing suicide.

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Yingluo, Hongzhou indeed acts absurdly.

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But he definitely wouldn't have the intention to kill anyone.

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I can vouch that he didn't kill your sister.

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You tainted the chastity of a palace maid.

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What's the difference of that with killing her?

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Do you know that when my sister died,

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she couldn't even enter the memorial tomb of the Wei family.

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She could only be buried in a mass grave.

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I can make up for it.

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How can you make up...for one human life?

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Miss Wei, I'll take your sister in as a concubine.

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I'll give her a status. Is that okay now?

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What did you say?

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Take her in?

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Correct. I'll take her in as a concubine.

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The main wife must be documented.

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Your Wei Family is still not qualified for that.

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But she can be a concubine.

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This way, no one will comment anymore that she

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lost her virginity while unmarried and doubt her integrity.

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- Yingluo!

- Where are you going?

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Father?

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I, Wei Qingtai,

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greet Your Highness the Empress and Prince He of the First Rank.

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Why did you come here?

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Isn't it that your father has never been given any good post?

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I personally wrote a recommendation.

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Today, he will be going to the Imperial Household Department to be an internal manager.

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As long as he does his job well, he will surely get promoted.

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You agreed to it?

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He should be starting work now.

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Father,

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you used the life of your own daughter

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in exchange for a promising career.

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How does it feel?

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Yingluo, you are still this stubborn.

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Are you really going to watch as the soul of your sister will have no resting place?

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Yingning didn't have a good death.

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She ended up with an unchaste reputation.

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She can never enter our family tomb.

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Our family will never be able to lift our heads up.

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But now Prince He of the First Rank has agreed to make your sister his concubine.

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This way, no one in the whole Wei Clan

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can dare to talk bad about us.

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Your sister's soul in the netherworld

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can now rest in peace.

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Miss Wei, don't worry.

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I surely will find your sister an auspicious piece of land

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and bury her. I definitely won't let her become a wandering, lonely ghost.

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This counts as my sincere apology.

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Yingluo.

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Yingluo, if you stop now,

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I'll forgive your willful actions back then. We can go back to how we were before.

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If you insist on persisting with your wrong ways, I can only expel you out of our family,

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so that you won't bring me bigger trouble.

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You must think about this carefully.

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Is you venting your anger more important or your sister resting in peace,

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and our father-daughter affection?

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Your Highness the Empress, you've always taught me

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that I must be forgiving.

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I want to ask you

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if this time, will being forgiving be appropriate?

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Yingluo, I can't decide for you

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if you should forgive him.

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I understand.

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For my sister's soul to get peace,

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Prince He of the First Rank,

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I dare not bear any more grudge against you.

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But...

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you must fulfill your promises today.

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Don't ever forget it.

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That's more like it.

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It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive.

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From now on, the Wei family is considered an in-law of mine.

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Just leave to me the promotion of Lord Wei and your marriage

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when you eventually leave the palace.

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In that case, thank you, Prince He of the First Rank.

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See? What did I say?

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In this world, there aren't any eternal enemies.

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As long as you're willing to invest...

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Wrong, as long as you're willing to earnestly ask forgiveness,

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everything can be resolved amicably.

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♫Softly falling into the hollow of my palm,♫

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♫Resting frozen in the center of my palm.♫

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♫Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable,♫

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♫Joined together, deeply experiencing and holding onto the end of happiness.♫

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♫Though plainly given words of discouragement,♫

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♫Pretending to hear nothing but exhortation.♫

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♫ Endless tears, believing it cannot be true,♫

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♫ In this life, being born under an unlucky star.♫

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♫I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫

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♫ Though I close my eyes, it's impossible to stop the vision.♫

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♫ Nothing you can do about being approached, not being inconsistent in love,♫

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♫ Though merely holding onto it from the outside, prone to this sort of circumstance.♫

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♫ I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫

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♫ As though you are holding me closely, and speaking sweetly.♫

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♫ Opening your eyes to a sky filled with merciless snow falling,♫

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♫ Who, after suffering this loss for a lifetime, is fond of this scene?♫