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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 35

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I hate my teacher.

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He once gave me warmth,

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but during the juncture of life and death, he didn't hesitate to push me out!

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How could that Consort Xian who everyone respects do lowly tricks like this too?

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Scoundrel! You dare privately sell public items?

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I didn't do anything wrong!

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Still making excuses? You should be punished more!

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I didn't do anything wrong!

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I hate this evil heaven more.

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This laughable world.

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What did I do wrong?

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How come there are so many hardships that have fallen upon me?

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Those brothers of mine

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all have the same noble blood as I do.

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Each one of them is respected and set up on high,

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but I?

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I must endure.

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Endure the greatest insults in this world.

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Be the lowliest kind of servant.

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Crawling on the ground.

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Hence, Yingluo, the laws of the heaven aren't fair.

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The ways of the world are heartless.

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If you don't want to become the chopped meat, you must be the one holding the knife.

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But it's fine.

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I'm your brother.

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Little Sister, I'm swearing

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that I will protect you...

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because...

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because we are one.

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You are me.

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I am you.

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Your Highness Consort Chun.

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Yuhu, go outside and guard first.

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Yes.

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Consort Chun, why must you do that?

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Why are you marrying Erqing?

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It was the decree of His Majesty.

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No!

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It was to save Wei Yingluo, to help clear her name,

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so you agreed to this marriage.

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Just for a slave of the Workhouse, must you do this!

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This is my matter.

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No need for your concerns.

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Fuheng!

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You really don't remember me?

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Your Highness Consort Chun, what really are you saying?

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Your sister and I were close friends even before we got married off.

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In the past, I would frequently go to Fuca Manor to play.

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Jinghao, whatever you like to eat,

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I'll tell the kitchen to cook it for you.

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Green bean cake!

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How about white fungus?

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Sure!

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Jinghao.

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Miss.

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Fuheng!

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- Sister.

- Accompany me to the tea house on Zhengyang Road to listen to an opera.

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I also want to go to a newly-opened jewelry store at an inner road on its western side. Don't forget.

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Oh, right. Let's go ride horses on the day after.

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Later, go to the stable to check on Liuxing for me. (T/N "Shooting Star")

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I've remembered all of them.

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Look at your tassle. It's so old.

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I'll make you a new one tomorrow.

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Jinghao, let's go.

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Sister had a lot of close friends before.

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I don't remember anymore.

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I don't believe it.

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If you don't remember anymore, why do you keep wearing the tassle that I gave you?

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Wasn't this given by Sister?

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Miss, let's go.

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Just wait a while longer.

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Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I'll take my leave.

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Your Highness, Fuheng is an unfaithful man.

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Why must you keep thinking about him?

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Yes, regardless of how good he is,

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you still have already entered the palace and become an Imperial consort.

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You should focus on obtaining Imperial favor and stabilizing your position.

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But you, just for him, keep defending the Empress

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to the point of avoiding the Emperor.

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But in the end, what did you get?

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He has never placed you in his heart.

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Everything that you did was meaningless.

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Shut up.

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I really can't take it anymore.

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Even if you don't want to hear it, I'm telling you!

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You're a very smart person.

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Why must you be muddled because of him?

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Stop being sad for him.

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Stop doing stupid things, okay?

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I told you to stop saying that! Get out!

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Stop!

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Your Highness.

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Where's that letter of mine?

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Back then, I told you to give Fuheng a letter.

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Remember. You must personally hand it to him.

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I did it for your sake.

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All this time, I thought...

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he accepted that tassel because he liked me.

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It was only because I entered the house of Prince Bao of the First Rank,

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became a royal concubine there,

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that he deliberately distanced himself from me?

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But all along, that letter full of my loving thoughts,

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never reached him!

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Why?

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Why must you do this?

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Tell me, why!

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Your Highness! Old Master had told you long before this

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that he's going to marry you off to Prince Bao of the First Rank.

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You were destined to enter the Prince Bao Manor.

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If I handed that letter out,

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it would have destroyed you, destroyed the Su family!

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So you just watched me

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falling deeper and deeper!

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Watched me keep deceiving myself!

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And then in front of him,

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I became someone who doesn't even have a shred of dignity left. Is that it!

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Your Highness...

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You were so in love with Fuheng.

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You so wanted to use death to resist your marriage.

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Only when you knew that the eldest lady of the Fuca Family would be married into the Prince Manor too to become the Princess Consort

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did you finally agree to go there.

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You said that you'd accompany and guard the Princess Consort

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on behalf of Fuheng. I saw how you

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pull yourself together again.

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How could I bear to tell you the truth?

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I only wanted for him to know my heart,

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so that he wouldn't disappoint my yearning.

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I saw him always wearing that tassel.

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I thought that he had a bit of affection towards me.

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Yuhu...

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I don't ask for much.

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I am not even asking that he loves me.

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I just hope that he remembers,

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that he thinks of my love, and that's enough.

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Unfortunately from the start,

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Fuheng didn't know anything.

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He didn't understand anything!

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These past years...all that protection,

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those many years of infatuation...

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were all a joke!

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Do you know that!

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Your Highness...

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Do you know how painful this part is?

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Do you know how unbearable it is!

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You don't know!

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Imagining how my love is being reciprocated like this...

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is entirely the greatest kind of humiliation!

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Your Highness...

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An icy heart is placed inside a jade pot. (T/N sincere heart)

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My name can be easily changed,

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but no one else has truly cherished your heart.

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You've been muddled for ten years.

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You should wake up now.

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Greetings to Your Highness the Noble Consort Xian.

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Your Highness, quickly wipe away your tears.

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You mustn't let anyone notice anything.

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Your Highness, even if it's not for yourself,

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think about the Su family and your siblings.

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Consort Chun, what important matter are you busy with that you made me wait for such a long time?

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Noble Consort Xian.

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The two of us get along well. Don't bother with the pretentious etiquette.

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Just call me what you called me before.

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Yes.

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Sister, why did you come today?

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Sister, why are you looking at me that way?

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Bring her in!

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This old servant is so useless.

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After taking some caning, she already blurted out everything.

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Consort Chun, do you want to know what she said?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort Xian, sly slaves like that one

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slander someone just for some measly things,

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but after being questioned, can't wait to blame other people for it.

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You mustn't believe her words.

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Yuhu, don't deny your involvement.

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It was clearly Consort Chun who forced me to frame Wei Yingluo. It was really Consort Chun!

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Rubbish!

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Her Highness and that palace maid have no grudge between them.

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Why would she frame her?

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You clearly were instructed by someone else

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and are slandering Her Highness.

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Consort Chun, what do you say?

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Sister, this is a false accusation.

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Sister, I know very well what kind of person you are.

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How can we allow a sly slave like this to behave atrociously here?

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Men!

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Cut off her tongue.

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No...! No!

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In dealing with servants like her who casually gossip and slanders her master,

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I can only employ strict punishment to warn others from imitating.

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From now on,

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no one will dare offend their superior,

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make casual remarks, and taint their master's reputation.

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Thank you for your trust, Sister.

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Little Sister, why is your hand so cold? Did I scare you earlier?

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Take her away!

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Little Sister, you have always been sickly and have a cold body.

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Now that the weather is getting cold, you must take good care of your health.

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Yes.

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She has changed.

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Noble Consort Xian has changed into another person.

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Your Highness.

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No matter what, we've safely survived it.

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No.

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She knows.

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I have an intuition that she knows everything.

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It's true.

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What is she doing?

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I don't know. Let's go look.

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- You scared me!

- What are you doing?

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- Waiting to watch a joke.

- What joke?

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You all don't know yet.

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For trying to climb up onto a high branch, Wei Yingluo fell and got badly battered.

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I'm waiting to watch her cry.

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What are you all doing?

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She said to wait here and watch you embarrass yourself.

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You...

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- Let go of me. What are you doing? Let go of me.

- Don't you want to laugh?

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Okay then. I'll help you.

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- Laugh!

- You're hurting me!

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Wei Yingluo, let go!

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Wei Yingluo, let me tell you

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that Lord Fuca is about to marry another! Just continue acting tough!

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Before laughing at me, try rubbing your own stomach.

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Is it so empty?

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The sun is already in the middle of the sky.

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If the supervising eunuch discovers that you all are here loitering around,

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you won't have any lunch. You can't even fill your own stomach,

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yet you still have the leisure to stay here to laugh at others.

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- Let's go!

- We're going.

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Let's quickly go.

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You're really a cold-hearted woman!

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Yes. I'm indeed cold-hearted.

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Do you want to continue laughing? I'll help you. Laugh! Laugh!

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Let go! Crazy woman!

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What are you laughing at?

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Don't know who was crying so badly yesterday

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and used cold water to wash her eyes today. Hey!

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Are you so afraid that they'll see how swollen your eyes were from crying?

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I cried because I was upset.

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But letting others see me cry,

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other than getting looks of disdain, it's all meaningless.

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Are you not upset anymore?

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Even if I am, I must continue working and eating.

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After getting upset, I should just do what I should do.

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Don't know who was crying last night to the point of fainting.

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Was it you? Was it you?

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For those who abandoned me,

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I mustn't let the past stay.

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No matter how upset I am, I must tell myself

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that it's fine.

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Anyway, one day, I will have something better.

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Good! You have drive.

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Brother Yuan, I know who killed Noble Consort Gao.

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Her Highness the Empress is awake! Her Highness is awake!

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Men! Men!

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Your Highness! Your Highness is finally awake!

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I want to get up.

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Mingyu, my legs...

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- Don't rush.

- My legs...

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- What happened to them?

- I'll immediately call the Imperial physicians.

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The Imperial physicians will be here soon.

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Don't call them.

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Call Fuheng to come here.

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I want to see him. Tell him to come here.

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You few, come over here.

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Do you know that the palace maid Jinxiu has escaped last night?

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Escaped? She actually fled?

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This is a tightly-guarded Forbidden City.

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Where can she escape to?

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That girl was too bold. Isn't she afraid to die?

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Everyone, listen well.

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Anyone who has any news about her must report it to me.

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Or else, he or she will be punished for the same crime with her.

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Okay already. Stop discussing about this matter.

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Go back to work.

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That girl was so audacious.

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Doesn't she want to live anymore?

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Indeed.

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Brother!

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You all go there first to look.

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Go.

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What is it?

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Has Jinxiu really gone missing?

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Which part did you hear me saying that she's missing?

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She escaped last night.

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If she escaped, why were there no signs beforehand?

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Moreover, the Forbidden City is tightly-guarded.

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She doesn't have wings, so where could she have escaped to?

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Why care so much?

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Look at the wound on your hand.

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Your hands have to be soaked in water every day. Your wound will just get worse.

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No, I can't let you stay here anymore.

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Go to the Heating Office instead.

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Heating Office?

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The Heating Office is under the jurisdiction of Xixinsi. (T/N Fuel Management Department)

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They are in charge of supplying the heating needs of the different palaces.

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It's still not yet winter.

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It's still not time to supply charcoal, so the work there is a bit lighter now.

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You can take the chance to idle around.

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From now on, you shouldn't be too diligent about working.

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You must learn to slack off. Got that?

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Okay already. I got it.

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Jinxiu...

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Stop mentioning her. Come.

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Remember to apply the medicines I gave you every day.

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You mustn't skip it for even a day. You hear me?

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As for those matters that doesn't concern you, don't take them to heart.

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Let's go.

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Empress, you're finally awake.

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I was really very worried.

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I could hear

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the words you said.

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I just...

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couldn't open my eyes.

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Just like...

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always being trapped in a dark nightmare.

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I couldn't wake up.

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Now, everything has passed.

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Empress,

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you don't need to worry.

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Ye Tianshi already said that these legs of yours couldn't move because you were unconscious for too long.

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They will surely recover after some time.

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Sister!

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Respectfully greeting Your Majesty!

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Empress, I still have state affairs to attend to and must return to Yangxin Palace.

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I'll accompany you later.

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- Fuheng.

- I'm here.

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- Accompany your sister well.

- Yes.

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After talking to Empress, come to Yangxin Palace to see me.

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I still have a task to give to you.

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The Empress just woke up. Don't tire her too much.

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Sister.

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Where's Erqing?

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Sister.

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Are you muddled!

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If I didn't agree with the marriage bestowed by His Majesty, I wouldn't have been able to save Yingluo.

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With Yingluo's personality, she would be willing to go through death with you.

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Did you know that

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at the moment you agreed to it,

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she would never forgive you?

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Are you really ready

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to accept eternally taking a separate path from her?

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For you, for Yingluo,

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and for Erqing, this matter

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is so unfair.

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No matter how high a price I must pay,

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I must beg His Majesty to take back his decree.

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Sister, the Imperial decree has been promulgated.

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Erqing has already gone out of the palace to prepare for the wedding.

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This matter can't be reversed anymore.

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If you go beg His Majesty to take back his order, you'll just destroy the reputation of the Fuca Clan.

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Make Erqing unable to face other people.

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Aren't you going to force her to die by doing that?

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Also, she agreed to this marriage

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just to help me.

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In terms of affection and justice, I shouldn't do what you're asking.

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I initially thought...

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that at the very least, you and Yingluo...

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would be blissful.

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Never thought...

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that the ending is the same.

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- Sister.

- You should go.

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I don't want to see you.

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Sister.

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Please leave.

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Fuheng!

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This matter concerns your lifetime of happiness.

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Have you really decided?

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Yes.

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I'm really worried about you.

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You will regret this for the rest of your life.

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Sister, everyone must take responsibility for their decision.

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Please forgive me.

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Greetings to both Mistresses.

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Your Highness the Empress just woke up.

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The Imperial physician said that she shouldn't see any guests for now.

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I surely will relay to Her Highness your good intentions.

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Please go back first.

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Won't Her Highness the Empress see me either?

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I thought that the rumors were fake.

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So there was a basis for them.

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Rumors?

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Haven't you heard of it?

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The Empress isn't satisfied with the marriage of Imperial Guard Fuca. She is gloomy all day long.

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She won't even see His Majesty now.

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But no matter what, this is a familial matter of the Fuca Clan.

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It's just right for Her Highness the Empress to be worried.

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If you have the time, why don't you come to my palace and sit for a while?

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I would love to.

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Your Highness, eat a little.

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Your Highness!

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Your Highness!

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You may leave us.

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No matter for what reason you're being angry, you mustn't harm your health.

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You're here.

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Yes.

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I'm here.

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But it's very obvious

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that your thoughts have long flown out of this palace.

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Empress,

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can you tell me

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what you're thinking about?

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Your Majesty,

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I want to beg you. Can you cancel the marriage you bestowed?

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Impossible.

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Since Your Majesty said that you can't, I have nothing more to say.

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Empress,

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I don't understand.

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Erqing is composed, decent, good-looking, and intelligent.

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Her grandfather is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

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I even raised the banner status of her whole clan.

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Whether in terms of personality and status, it's not unworthy of Fuheng.

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Everyone is happy about it.

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How come only you can't stop frowning about it?

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Everyone is happy?

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Your Majesty...

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do you really think so?

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Isn't it like that?

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Your Majesty, you are the ruler of the empire.

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Every word you speak is as precious as gold.

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No one would dare resist it.

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I've served by your side for so many years.

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I want to ask you one question.

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Why must you break apart Fuheng and the woman he loves?

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I have said this many times.

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She's not qualified.

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Your Majesty. Whether she's qualified or not,

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Fuheng doesn't even care.

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Who would Your Majesty mind then?

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When it comes to marrying, one must choose a virtuous wife.

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Fuheng is my chosen assistant and confidant.

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He will be of great use in the future.

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I won't allow his wife to be sinister and manipulative.

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I'm protecting him

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from a vicious woman and committing the biggest mistake in his life.

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What are you laughing at?

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Is not Your Majesty doing this for your own selfishness?

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What selfishness would I have?

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Perhaps Your Majesty likes Wei Yingluo...

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and wants her for yourself.

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Empress, have you been disorientated for too long a period?

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Even your brain is not clear.

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Let me tell you. This is just your wishful imagination. A delusion!

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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- Your Highness!

- I'm begging you.

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This will never happen.

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Your Majesty, Fuheng is not someone who empathizes easily.

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If not, I would never interfere.

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I'm his biological older sister. I know him.

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Your Majesty. You are rich and do not lack women.

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I'm begging you. Can't you be broad-minded and give him a way out

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to complete his infatuation?

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Get the Imperial Hospital to treat her. She must recover well from her illness.

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Yes.

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Your Highness, why did you do this?

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There's no turning back now.

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Fuheng is my most important family member.

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I thought,

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at least the both of them could be happy.

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But...

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Your Highness.

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Unfortunately...

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Miss Mingyu, what are you trying to do?

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Because of Imperial Guard Fuca, Her Highness is heart-broken

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and he is totally indifferent. How could he do that?

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This is a marriage sanctioned by the Emperor. What do you expect him to do? Resist it?

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I...

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What's wrong? Even you are speechless, right?

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Stop forcing him and giving him a hard time.

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You men are such useless creatures!

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How could you simply kick me?

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You didn't give me any warning at all.

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Miss Mingyu, Fuheng is not married yet. Why are you crying?

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I'm angry. I'm sad.

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Why are you angry and sad?

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I'm angry that Fuheng didn't fight for it.

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I'm sad. Why did I initially like him?

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What are you laughing at?

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- Come with me.

- Where are we going?

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We are reaching it soon. Be careful.

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Where are you taking me to?

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Come here, Miss Mingyu.

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Miss Mingyu, take a look.

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No matter what problems you have, climb to a high place and take in the view.

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It will improve your mood and all your problems

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will be gone.

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What do you know?

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When one is in a bad mood, they may want to jump down.

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Everything will end then.

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Didn't you want to die? I'm fulfilling your wish.

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Why are you holding so tightly?

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You are crazy. I was just citing an example.

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Citing an example. Understand?

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I don't like Fuca Fuheng now.

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Who wants to die just because of his marriage?

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A woman's heart changes very fast.

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In the past, you even gifted him with a scented sachet.

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You don't like him now?

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It's because of Wei Yingluo that I'm indignant at the injustice.

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Fuca Fuheng changes his heart without any signs.

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I'm indignant at the injustice on behalf of Her Highness too.

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She's clearly thinking on behalf of her brother and clashed with His Majesty.

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No one is grateful at all.

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Miss Mingyu. As humans, is love only worth pursuing?

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There are many good men around. Does a woman need to be so obsessed with love?

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You sound so righteous. What are you trying to do?

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Me?

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I want to be on the battlefield.

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I want to contribute in my career.

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I want to leave behind a good reputation in history.

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You don't want a family?

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I don't. One can die any time on the battlefield.

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If I'm alive, I will cause my wife to fend for herself and wait alone for countless years.

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It's even more terrible to die. She will become a widow.

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Whether one is alive or death, it's a great disaster.

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I want someone to live happily.

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There will come a day when I will command thousands of mounted and foot soldiers

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into an impressive battle for Great Qing.

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Miss Mingyu, don't be sad for what you have lost.

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When you look back at this ten years later, this will be a minor matter.

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Smile and everything will pass.

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You are right.

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- What are you doing?

- You just pushed me and I stepped on your foot.

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We are even now.

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Smile and everything will pass.

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You are really something.

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Little Sister, you are not young anymore.

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You should start planning for yourself.

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Life is lonely in the palace. Give birth to a son.

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No. A girl is fine too.

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Time will fly quickly.

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When you wake up every day, you will hear the child laughing and crying.

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It will become livelier in the large expanse of your palace.

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I know you have been with the Empress, but the harem is without male offspring.

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The Empress is again...

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What's wrong with the Empress?

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Medical Investigator Zhang diagnosed that the Empress has ruined her health.

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Thus, it will be hard for her to bear any offspring again.

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Look at me. Why am I talking about this?

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I have caused you to worry.

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Yongcheng.

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Come, this is for you.

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Do you like this?

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Fourth Prince is lively and adorable.

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Come, over here.

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Hey.

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Your hair is messy.

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Let me help comb it for you.

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Zhen'er, take Yongcheng back.

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Yes.

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Sister is outstanding

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and talented.

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If you are willing, everything is still not too late.

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No matter how well Her Highness the Empress treats and tolerates you,

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she still can't live your life for you.

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You are young and beautiful now,

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but year after year is now passing by.

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If there's an influx of beautiful women into the harem,

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the beauty will wane along the years.

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A year, ten years, twenty years,

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one will be trapped in this palace and live a lonely and boring life.

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If you don't have a child of your own,

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the days will be cold and cheerless.

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You may not have listened when I told you this in the past.

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But now,

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you are in pain, right?

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You must remember this. Pain will wake up your senses.

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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?♫