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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:10,100 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:17,400 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:24,200 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:30,800 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:39,000 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:49,010 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 57 7 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,800 I finally promised her that I would regard you as my own son 8 00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,800 and raise you with utmost devotion to be a talented person before she could close her eyes. 9 00:02:03,780 --> 00:02:09,010 Empress Dowager, are you telling the truth? 10 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,400 Emperor, 11 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,450 people say it's easier to be born than to be kind. 12 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,600 Although I'm not your biological mother, 13 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:25,400 I raised you for many years with utmost devotion. 14 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,000 Please think carefully. 15 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:33,800 All these years, have I ever neglected you? 16 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:38,700 I treated you like a pearl in my hand (T/N idiom - means like her treasure, apple of her eye) 17 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:43,800 just to let you interrogate me today? 18 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Empress Dowager, you are right. 19 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,000 I was too rude. May the Empress Dowager please forgive me. 20 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Emperor, Lady Wenshu left a letter. 21 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,200 Why wasn't it brought out for the past decades? 22 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,200 This must be a fake. 23 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,200 Her motive must be to estrange us. 24 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,800 The other party knows you are filial to me. 25 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,800 Upon reading the letter, it would definitely incite rage! 26 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:31,300 Empress Dowager. I will investigate this. 27 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:34,500 It was wrong for me to agitate you today. 28 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:38,600 I will seek your forgiveness on another day, Empress Dowager. 29 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,870 I'm taking my leave now. (T/N he phrases it as her son still) 30 00:03:43,500 --> 00:03:46,700 Emperor. Emperor! 31 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,700 Empress Dowager. 32 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,100 It's all over. Everything's all over. 33 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,200 May the Empress Dowager please forgive me. 34 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,600 I didn't mean to eavesdrop 35 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,100 but what Your Highness just said, is it really true? 36 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,400 His Majesty definitely won't hold any animosity toward you 37 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,600 just because his real mother is someone else. 38 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,400 Just based on this letter, 39 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,200 the Emperor's face wouldn't have turned that ugly. 40 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,800 I'm worried that the contents 41 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,300 of that letter are not that simple. 42 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:45,010 Greetings, Your Majesty. 43 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,600 Your Majesty, what's wrong with you today? 44 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,000 Zhen'er, leave us. 45 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,600 Yes. 46 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,600 Your Majesty. A husband and wife are as one. 47 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,800 If you have any difficulties, please tell me. 48 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,200 I will help you to share the worries. 49 00:05:28,140 --> 00:05:30,050 About this matter, 50 00:05:31,350 --> 00:05:37,030 I...don't know who to tell... 51 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,080 and how to say it either. 52 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,400 Your Majesty, regardless of what you want to say, 53 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:49,400 I will be here with you to guard you. 54 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,900 This is related to my personal background. 55 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,000 I'm now... 56 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:05,600 terribly upset... 57 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:10,800 and doesn't know who to believe either. 58 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:19,260 Empress Dowager really said that? 59 00:06:25,730 --> 00:06:30,800 Empress, do you have something to tell me? 60 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,000 In your heart, the Empress Dowager is a loving mother to you. 61 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,200 I don't want to have any malicious speculations about her. 62 00:06:42,550 --> 00:06:45,840 But I really want to hear the truth. 63 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,200 Your Majesty, think about it. 64 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,600 Although the Lady of the Niohuru clan is from a renowned family, 65 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,100 the Empress Dowager is still not from a direct blood line. 66 00:06:56,940 --> 00:06:59,580 Her father is just a fourth-rank military official. 67 00:06:59,580 --> 00:07:02,870 The clan is not that distinguished and powerful. 68 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,000 Empress, what are you trying to say? 69 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:16,000 When this Empress Dowager joined the House of Prince Yong of the First Rank, she was just a concubine. 70 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Above her were the Princess Consort (Lady Ula-Nara) and secondary wives, (T/N difujin and cefujin) 71 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,400 especially when Empress Xiaojing came after her. (T/N aka Empress Ula-Nara, a royal third cousin) 72 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,500 During the forty-third year of Kangxi, 73 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,800 the future Empress lost her son and had no child to become the Crown Prince. 74 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,500 If the late Emperor really wanted to find a noble mother for you, 75 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:34,400 why would he choose the Lady of the Niohuru clan? 76 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:45,400 Empress Dowager said that I was entrusted to her by Lady Qian. 77 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:51,100 Your Majesty. At the time in the Prince of the First Rank Yong Manor, Cefujin of the Han Li clan then produced a son. (T/N This lady became Consort Qi, also the mother of Hongshi) 78 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:55,400 The Princess Consort, secondary consort, and the other concubines were extremely jealous of her fate. 79 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,400 If Concubine Qian was really weak and couldn't raise any children, 80 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,800 wouldn't that attract intense disputes? 81 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,000 The Empress Dowager rose above others and sprang up to be the mother of the Emperor. 82 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 For many years, no one queried about this. 83 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,900 I find this unimaginable. 84 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:20,200 Perhaps there was no competition and entrust in Prince Yong's manor 85 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,700 and she acted the old story of substituting a raccoon for the Crown Prince. 86 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,800 Could it be that Lady Wenshu's words are true? 87 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:45,200 That the Lady of the Niohuru clan killed the mother and took the child 88 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,100 is the real truth. 89 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,300 Is Imperial Concubine Shu still bullying you? 90 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,400 Mistress is now not favored, but she's always with Empress Dowager. 91 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,920 Who would dare to bully her? 92 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,400 It's now not peaceful at Shoukang Palace either. 93 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,700 Go advise Consort Ling not to stay too close to the Empress Dowager, 94 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:12,600 or she will get into trouble. 95 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,600 Why? 96 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,180 Is it confidential and you can't tell me? 97 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,300 Treat it as if I didn't ask then. 98 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:25,200 It's not that. 99 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:31,000 It's regarding His Majesty's personal background. You will be danger if you know about it. 100 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,800 But Consort Ling is attached to Empress Dowager. She will find out eventually. 101 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,900 I will tell you everything so that she can plan early. 102 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:48,400 His Majesty suspects that Empress Dowager is the mastermind behind the death of Lady Qian. 103 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,800 Hence, Hailancha wanted me to tell you 104 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:55,200 not to go to Shoukang Palace or you will be implicated. 105 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,900 Your Highness, Imperial Guard Suolun is right. 106 00:09:58,900 --> 00:10:02,700 I can feel that the wind direction in the Forbidden City has changed. 107 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:04,800 We need to change the direction of our sails immediately. 108 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,900 Your Majesty. I interrogated the people who served at the Prince's manor. 109 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:31,700 Someone could recall the previous Concubine Qian. She indeed came from Jiaxing. 110 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:33,690 She was sold into the Prince's manor at nine years old. 111 00:10:33,690 --> 00:10:36,800 When she was sixteen years old, the Prince of the First Rank contracted an infectious disease. 112 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,600 She meticulously tended to him and received grace. 113 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:45,700 She... 114 00:10:48,340 --> 00:10:50,490 Does she still have a family... 115 00:10:55,140 --> 00:10:56,640 Hailancha? 116 00:10:57,500 --> 00:11:00,700 Qian Zhengyuan is her older brother. 117 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,600 Qian Zhengyuan? 118 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:04,800 Yes. 119 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:09,400 It's as shown in the Chunhui drawing given to Your Majesty by the Vice Minister of Rites. 120 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:14,900 The Qian family was poor. Fearing that their daughter would starve to death, they placed her under the care of a relative. 121 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,800 Who knew there would be a major drought in that year. She was sold. 122 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,800 Madam Qian searched for miles to find her daughter. 123 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,400 She spent countless years before she found her at the Prince Yong Manor. 124 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:29,000 But by that time, she had already became a concubine and couldn't be taken away. 125 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,980 Qian Zhengyuan took the Imperial examination later. 126 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:34,700 That's how the Qian family could be promoted. 127 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,400 Li Yu! 128 00:11:57,580 --> 00:11:59,890 "Spring Sunshine Painting"... 129 00:12:03,180 --> 00:12:05,770 "Spring Sunshine Painting"... 130 00:12:09,150 --> 00:12:14,220 Is Qian Zhengyuan trying to remind me in this drawing of this... 131 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,630 and that I should repay him, 132 00:12:19,630 --> 00:12:22,230 not Lady Niohuru? 133 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:28,940 Deliver the Imperial decree to summon Qian Zhengyuan. 134 00:12:28,940 --> 00:12:31,950 I must clarify this. 135 00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:50,990 Empress Dowager, look at the time now. 136 00:12:50,990 --> 00:12:53,700 You should find a solution. 137 00:12:56,900 --> 00:13:00,380 If His Majesty meets Vice Minister Qian, 138 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:04,920 all your years of hard work will be destroyed. 139 00:13:13,070 --> 00:13:15,660 Empress Dowager? Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager, what's wrong with you? 140 00:13:15,660 --> 00:13:17,560 Men! 141 00:13:23,820 --> 00:13:26,930 Where's Qian Chengyuan? Why isn't he here yet? 142 00:13:26,930 --> 00:13:29,790 Your Majesty, we have already sent someone to announce him. 143 00:13:29,790 --> 00:13:31,970 Please wait a while longer. 144 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,820 Your Majesty! 145 00:13:36,820 --> 00:13:41,020 Your Majesty, Imperial Guard Feima is here to report that Vice Minister Qian was careless. 146 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:45,100 He fell off his horse, and fractured his skull and died. 147 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,760 Empress Dowager. 148 00:13:56,110 --> 00:14:00,760 The Imperial Physician said that it was an attack caused by something unpleasant and anxiety. 149 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,050 He wants you to keep calm and recuperate. 150 00:14:05,050 --> 00:14:07,940 I'm fine. 151 00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:11,340 It just seems like a heavy rock is pressing on my heart 152 00:14:11,340 --> 00:14:14,290 and I can't breathe. 153 00:14:14,290 --> 00:14:16,700 Is the Emperor back yet? 154 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:17,920 He's back. 155 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,910 His Majesty is busy with the Imperial court. 156 00:14:19,910 --> 00:14:23,810 When he's free, he will definitely visit you. 157 00:14:25,270 --> 00:14:30,150 In the past, when I coughed, 158 00:14:30,150 --> 00:14:34,170 he would immediately set aside his task and rush here. 159 00:14:34,170 --> 00:14:37,070 Now that I'm really sick, 160 00:14:37,070 --> 00:14:40,100 he doesn't care anymore. 161 00:14:40,100 --> 00:14:42,610 Empress Dowager, you are mistaken. 162 00:14:42,610 --> 00:14:45,440 The military ministers are at the West Hothouse having a conference. 163 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,540 His Majesty really couldn't leave. 164 00:14:47,540 --> 00:14:50,780 But when he found out that you were sick, His Majesty was very worried. 165 00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:53,960 Hence, he wanted me to come here immediately to serve you. 166 00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:57,110 Let me do it. 167 00:15:03,110 --> 00:15:06,120 Empress Dowager, good medicine is bitter and good for one's illness. 168 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:10,790 You should take this medicine so that you can recover. 169 00:15:14,090 --> 00:15:16,040 Empress. 170 00:15:16,860 --> 00:15:22,910 Did you deliver that letter to His Majesty? 171 00:15:22,910 --> 00:15:26,620 Empress Dowager, Prince He of the First Rank was the one who delivered the letter. 172 00:15:26,620 --> 00:15:32,020 Imperial Consort Dowager Yu was the one who hid the letter. I'm not that brave. 173 00:15:35,610 --> 00:15:38,260 I finally understand now. 174 00:15:38,260 --> 00:15:40,630 What do you understand? 175 00:15:40,630 --> 00:15:43,480 You waited patiently for a long time 176 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:48,720 just to find the opportunity to take revenge for your father. 177 00:15:49,450 --> 00:15:55,940 Lady Hoifa-Nara, I have really underestimated you. 178 00:15:55,940 --> 00:15:59,580 Empress Dowager, anxiety is forbidden for sick people. 179 00:15:59,580 --> 00:16:03,290 Don't let your imagination run wild. Take this medicine. 180 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,890 Imperial Physician said that your central energy lacks harmonization. 181 00:16:10,890 --> 00:16:15,750 I think Empress Dowager is upset and agitated. That's why you are sick. 182 00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:19,440 I'll instruct the Royal Hospital to do a new diagnosis. 183 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,990 They must not delay due to the condition of your illness. 184 00:16:21,990 --> 00:16:24,070 Get lost! 185 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,550 Oh, I almost forgot something. 186 00:16:32,550 --> 00:16:36,510 Your nephew was prosecuted for participating in the corruption of food relief. 187 00:16:36,510 --> 00:16:40,520 He's being held in custody now because the corruption amount is huge. 188 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:42,670 I fear he will be sentenced. 189 00:16:42,670 --> 00:16:46,330 Your elder brother's wife rushed into the palace and is kneeling outside Shenwu Gate. (T/N Gate of Divine Might) 190 00:16:46,330 --> 00:16:49,700 His Majesty said Empress Dowager knows the principles of right and wrong. 191 00:16:49,700 --> 00:16:54,030 Knowing that the relative has committed a crime, the first priority is 192 00:16:54,030 --> 00:16:56,210 to place righteousness above the royal family. 193 00:16:56,210 --> 00:16:59,190 Not going after your negligence in disciplining him as his aunt 194 00:16:59,190 --> 00:17:02,020 is already giving you great leniency. 195 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:06,830 Even if she kneels until the end of the world, he will still be beheaded. 196 00:17:07,370 --> 00:17:09,140 Did you think... 197 00:17:10,270 --> 00:17:15,010 Did you think when I first insisted on killing your father 198 00:17:15,010 --> 00:17:18,360 it was to protect my nephew? 199 00:17:20,020 --> 00:17:22,190 Wasn't that so? 200 00:17:22,190 --> 00:17:25,790 Those who were greedy over the food relief, 201 00:17:25,790 --> 00:17:29,010 did you think he was the only one? 202 00:17:29,950 --> 00:17:33,260 It easy for His Majesty to kill, 203 00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:38,380 but can the Emperor really kill all the Imperial relatives involved with the crime? 204 00:17:38,380 --> 00:17:40,640 He can't. 205 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:47,070 You also wouldn't be able to. The one who I protected, it wasn't others. 206 00:17:47,070 --> 00:17:50,220 The one who I protected, it was His Majesty. 207 00:17:50,220 --> 00:17:53,930 What I protected, it was the country of the Great Qing. 208 00:17:53,930 --> 00:17:56,600 The person who is truly resentful, 209 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:00,160 it is really only you! 210 00:18:01,780 --> 00:18:03,660 Empress Dowager, you have worked hard. 211 00:18:03,660 --> 00:18:08,100 Starting from today, you don't need to spend so much effort again. 212 00:18:13,270 --> 00:18:14,890 You dare to? 213 00:18:14,890 --> 00:18:16,460 Why wouldn't I dare? 214 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:19,910 I will make His Majesty alienate, hate you and never see you again. 215 00:18:19,910 --> 00:18:22,180 You won't be able to do it! 216 00:18:22,180 --> 00:18:24,480 It was I who raised the Emperor into an adult. 217 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,470 It was I who taught him the foundation. 218 00:18:27,470 --> 00:18:30,360 It was I who taught him to be humane. 219 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:34,420 No one can estrange our mother and son relationship. 220 00:18:34,420 --> 00:18:36,080 You won't be able to do this either! 221 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:41,110 The personality of His Majesty is that when he loves someone, he wants them to live forever. But when he hates someone, he wants them to die. 222 00:18:41,110 --> 00:18:43,570 He now thinks that you killed his mother, 223 00:18:43,570 --> 00:18:47,050 and deceived him for many years by using the face of a kind mother. 224 00:18:47,050 --> 00:18:49,470 Will he forgive you? 225 00:18:49,470 --> 00:18:55,400 His Majesty...will never believe you! 226 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,820 His Majesty didn't believe in the first place 227 00:18:57,820 --> 00:19:00,460 but then Lord Qian Zhengyuan fell from his horse and died. 228 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:03,810 Who do you think he will suspect? 229 00:19:06,850 --> 00:19:12,030 Poisonous woman, it was you! 230 00:19:12,030 --> 00:19:14,060 Empress Dowager, don't worry. 231 00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:16,480 His Majesty will not kill you 232 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,500 but he will never forgive you. 233 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:21,700 Starting today, you can continue to be the noble and lofty Empress Dowager, 234 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:24,740 just like Buddha in the Yinghua Temple. 235 00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:27,660 You will be just a noble woman on display. 236 00:19:28,450 --> 00:19:30,940 Enjoy the rest of your life. 237 00:19:30,940 --> 00:19:35,580 For the coming days, you will need to spend your time in repentance. 238 00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:37,450 You..! 239 00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:46,490 - Empress Dowager! - Empress Dowager! 240 00:19:46,490 --> 00:19:50,040 - Empress Dowager. - Empress Dowager... 241 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:54,030 Consort Ling, your biggest backer has collapsed. 242 00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:56,990 What will you do in the future? 243 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,820 Empress Dowager. Help her to her bed now. 244 00:20:01,820 --> 00:20:04,270 - Call for Imperial Physician immediately. - Yes. 245 00:20:09,050 --> 00:20:17,000 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 246 00:20:24,430 --> 00:20:26,520 His Majesty hates the Empress Dowager now. 247 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,420 After all, they had a deep affection as mother and son for many years. 248 00:20:29,420 --> 00:20:32,160 In the future, if they miss the benefits of the past, 249 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,750 won't you have made an enemy? 250 00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:37,790 Yuan Chunwang, what do you think? 251 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,690 Your Highness, I heard 252 00:20:41,690 --> 00:20:46,800 Medical Investigator Zhang had a son who died young. 253 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,840 But he left behind a grandchild who is extremely adorable. 254 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,950 The entire family loves him very much. 255 00:21:10,420 --> 00:21:13,820 Medical Investigator Zhang, how's the Empress Dowager? 256 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,620 Empress Dowager has facial paralysis and her teeth are clenched. 257 00:21:22,620 --> 00:21:25,080 Her right hand twitches. 258 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,410 From what I see, her meridians are blocked. 259 00:21:28,410 --> 00:21:30,640 What do you mean by that? 260 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,130 It's a minor stroke. 261 00:21:32,130 --> 00:21:34,290 Is it serious? 262 00:21:34,290 --> 00:21:38,630 Before, Vice Minister Qi of the Ministry of Rites had paralysis of half his body and was unable to swallow even soup. 263 00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:42,070 Compared to him, Empress Dowager's illness is milder. 264 00:21:42,070 --> 00:21:44,560 But I need to prescribe a soup to stimulate the circulation of the blood to relax the muscles and joints, 265 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,910 calm the liver and wind to clear the channels. This may heal her illness. 266 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,470 Consort Ling, what is Empress Dowager trying to say? 267 00:21:57,470 --> 00:22:00,270 With this kind of illness, we should avoid fire in her liver. 268 00:22:00,270 --> 00:22:04,350 Remember not to make her angry again. 269 00:22:05,070 --> 00:22:08,150 Medical Investigator Zhang, I will remember what you said. 270 00:22:08,150 --> 00:22:10,660 Please go and prescribe the medicine now. 271 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,280 Yes. 272 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:16,400 - Medical Investigaor, this way please. - Alright. 273 00:22:19,980 --> 00:22:22,040 Empress Dowager doesn't trust him. 274 00:22:24,270 --> 00:22:28,380 Gugu Liu, invite Imperial Physician Ye here. 275 00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:34,450 Imperial Physician Ye? Medical Investigator Zhang has been a doctor for many years and he's upright too. 276 00:22:34,450 --> 00:22:36,930 Why doesn't you trust Medical Investigator Zhang? 277 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,790 It's just in case. Go now. 278 00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:47,570 Wait. 279 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:04,410 [ Shou-An Gate ] 280 00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:39,800 Empress Dowager is agitated. We don't need so many to serve. 281 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,050 You stay. The rest of you may leave. 282 00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:52,110 You come with me. 283 00:23:54,260 --> 00:23:56,760 Prescription: Astragalus root, angelica root, peony, etc. 284 00:23:57,460 --> 00:24:00,280 Two units of milk vetch root. (T/N aka Astragalus) 285 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,620 Is there an issue? 286 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,320 No issue. 287 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:11,000 But this prescription doesn't aim to achieve merit, just not to make any mistakes. 288 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,420 If Empress Dowager would follow this prescription, I don't think she has a chance to recover. 289 00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:20,120 Doesn't aim to achieve merit, just not to make any mistakes. 290 00:24:21,070 --> 00:24:25,500 It then means that Medical Investigator Zhang indeed can't be trusted. 291 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:27,770 There has long been a saying here in the capital 292 00:24:27,770 --> 00:24:32,110 that the documents and prescriptions from the Imperial Medical Academy are all just sparkling on the outside. 293 00:24:32,110 --> 00:24:35,680 Her Highness the Empress Dowager is of such noble status. Who dares to use any fierce medicine? 294 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,090 They can only slowly stabilize it. 295 00:24:37,090 --> 00:24:40,420 Moreover, if anyone investigates this prescription... 296 00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:43,040 Look, all the medicines here are good medicines. 297 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,850 No one can speak any criticisms. 298 00:24:45,850 --> 00:24:49,410 Doctor Ye, I won't make it hard for you. 299 00:24:49,410 --> 00:24:52,260 If you were to prescribe, how would you do it? 300 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:56,650 Your Highness, have you forgotten? I'm currently under suspension. 301 00:24:56,650 --> 00:25:00,520 I'm not even an Imperial Physician now. 302 00:25:01,620 --> 00:25:02,890 I brought you trouble. 303 00:25:02,890 --> 00:25:06,890 Oh, I so want His Majesty to immediately kick me out of the palace, 304 00:25:06,890 --> 00:25:10,550 so I can return to the world of the commoners and examine their illnesses. 305 00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:15,310 Although the symptoms of Empress Dowager suggest a stagnation in the energy flow in her liver meridian, 306 00:25:15,310 --> 00:25:20,090 with associated deficiency in her heart yin and blockage in blood flow, and thus unable to talk, 307 00:25:20,090 --> 00:25:23,650 it also shows that there is accumulation and clog of phlegm. I'll prescribe two medicines. 308 00:25:23,650 --> 00:25:25,830 One can relax her liver and nourish her blood. 309 00:25:25,830 --> 00:25:31,420 The other one can remove the stroke and sputum, so the Empress Dowager can talk. 310 00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:36,390 Oh, right. Empress Dowager's health is very weak. 311 00:25:36,390 --> 00:25:39,490 The medicine must be taken together with congee. 312 00:25:39,490 --> 00:25:42,450 Okay, Doctor Ye. Thank you. 313 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:44,830 I'll go prescribe the medicine then. 314 00:25:44,830 --> 00:25:46,760 Doctor Ye, thank you. 315 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,470 You're welcome. 316 00:25:56,620 --> 00:26:01,370 Your Highness Consort Ling, based on our current situation, Shoukang Palace won't be able to support you anymore. 317 00:26:01,370 --> 00:26:03,880 Leave while you still can, 318 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:08,030 so you won't get affected. His Majesty... 319 00:26:08,030 --> 00:26:12,350 His Majesty doesn't want to see me anyway. 320 00:26:12,350 --> 00:26:14,320 What's there to be afraid of? 321 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:18,290 Moreover, Empress Dowager once protected me 322 00:26:18,290 --> 00:26:22,240 from getting humiliated by others. If I leave at this time, 323 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,120 what kind of person will I have become? 324 00:26:25,060 --> 00:26:28,390 Gugu Liu, since I've boarded this boat, 325 00:26:28,390 --> 00:26:31,070 I don't plan to disembark. 326 00:26:31,070 --> 00:26:36,380 As long as Empress Dowager is preserved, the boat may not capsize. 327 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,280 Empress Dowager, Empress has planned this beforehand. 328 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,080 She has come at you in such a fierce manner. Just to counter her attack, 329 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,450 can you tell me what happened in the past? 330 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:29,610 Your Highness, Noble Lady Qing has been waiting for you for a long time. 331 00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:44,730 Noble Lady Qing, why are you here? 332 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,140 Greetings, Your Highness Consort Ling. 333 00:27:48,140 --> 00:27:50,930 - Sit. - Your Highness Consort Ling, 334 00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:53,370 I heard that Empress Dowager is gravely ill. 335 00:27:53,370 --> 00:27:57,250 I especially brought some medicines with me that were taken by my grandfather before when he had a stroke. 336 00:27:57,250 --> 00:28:00,160 It's very effective in calming one's mind. 337 00:28:02,450 --> 00:28:04,130 This is an "amber enveloping the dragon" pill. 338 00:28:04,130 --> 00:28:07,150 It can remove the stroke and dissolve the sputum, calm the spirit and mind. 339 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,860 Please give it to the Empress Dowager on my behalf. 340 00:28:09,860 --> 00:28:13,210 I can't stay long. I'll take my leave now. 341 00:28:19,980 --> 00:28:21,640 Wait! 342 00:28:23,490 --> 00:28:26,130 Why must you do this? 343 00:28:27,130 --> 00:28:31,680 Your Highness Consort Ling, my father is a subordinate of Lord Nalan. 344 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,740 I have no choice but to follow Imperial Concubine Shu. 345 00:28:34,740 --> 00:28:39,190 But I do know how to discern right from wrong. 346 00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:41,290 No matter how huge the mistake of Empress Dowager is, 347 00:28:41,290 --> 00:28:45,720 she still has raised and cared for His Majesty. Once His Majesty realizes this in the future, 348 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,380 he surely will regret it. 349 00:28:48,380 --> 00:28:52,920 I'm offering this prescription to Empress Dowager now just to create some good karma. 350 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,910 If in the future... 351 00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:58,710 I am just leaving myself an alternate path. 352 00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:03,230 Since you want to create good karma, 353 00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:07,380 why not personally deliver it? 354 00:29:07,380 --> 00:29:11,800 It's easy to add a flower onto a brocade, but it's hard to deliver charcoal during the snow. 355 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,890 But delivering charcoal must also be done in time. (T/N idioms about truly helping those in need) 356 00:29:14,890 --> 00:29:18,720 Empress Dowager already has a caring person by her side, that is Your Highness Consort Ling. 357 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,330 Just a one step late and it's already a hundred li of difference. 358 00:29:22,330 --> 00:29:26,040 Since that's the case, why don't I just give you the prescription? 359 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:30,890 As long as you can remember my kindness, I'm already content. 360 00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:33,300 Noble Lady Qing, 361 00:29:34,170 --> 00:29:37,150 never thought that even if you're usually quiet, 362 00:29:38,020 --> 00:29:40,780 you are smarter than everyone else. 363 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,350 It's not being smart. It's being a coward. 364 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,880 A person like me, when aggrieved, 365 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,840 I can only lose a tooth or swallow the blood. 366 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:58,070 When I see someone being bullied, I don't even dare say a word. 367 00:29:59,010 --> 00:30:01,720 It's not that I don't want to imitate you. 368 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,190 It's just that I have parents and siblings. 369 00:30:04,190 --> 00:30:07,090 My whole clan has one hundred and thirty-two people. 370 00:30:07,090 --> 00:30:11,440 For their lives, I can only move with the flow, 371 00:30:12,180 --> 00:30:16,880 but this doesn't mean that I'm heartless or not righteous. 372 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:21,550 What I can only do is to give as much small help I can 373 00:30:21,550 --> 00:30:23,950 within my limits. 374 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:39,300 Your Highness, the Empress won't let the Empress Dowager off. 375 00:30:40,020 --> 00:30:44,350 Even more so, she won't let you off. Please be careful. 376 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,180 What if you are given a chance to get into a higher position? 377 00:30:53,270 --> 00:30:56,870 In terms of beauty, scheming, and tricks, 378 00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:59,060 I'm completely inferior to the others. 379 00:30:59,060 --> 00:31:02,170 What right do I have to compete for His Majesty's favor? 380 00:31:02,170 --> 00:31:04,360 I can help you. 381 00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:14,210 Noble Lady Qing, if you want to protect your family, 382 00:31:14,210 --> 00:31:16,400 you must have the strength. 383 00:31:17,370 --> 00:31:19,480 Rather than relying on the strong person, 384 00:31:20,290 --> 00:31:22,890 why not become the strong one? 385 00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:35,220 Her Highness Consort Ling said she has already had this prescription checked by Doctor Ye. 386 00:31:35,220 --> 00:31:38,110 He gave permission that it can be given to Empress Dowager. 387 00:31:38,110 --> 00:31:40,660 Thank you for the concern of Her Highness Consort Ling. 388 00:31:58,230 --> 00:32:00,990 Your Majesty, a message came from Shoukang Palace, 389 00:32:00,990 --> 00:32:03,060 saying that Empress Dowager is unconscious 390 00:32:03,060 --> 00:32:06,770 and keeps having seizures. She can't even take in any sweetened water anymore. 391 00:32:06,770 --> 00:32:08,870 Should you... 392 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:22,410 Respectfully greeting Your Majesty. 393 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,180 Where is the Empress Dowager! 394 00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:33,270 Greetings, Your Majesty! 395 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:41,860 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 396 00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:45,810 I have some questions to ask the Empress Dowager. 397 00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:48,750 Empress Dowager told me that knows about why you're here. 398 00:32:48,750 --> 00:32:52,210 Once you open this book, you'll understand everything. 399 00:32:52,210 --> 00:32:53,580 [ Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations ] 400 00:32:53,580 --> 00:32:57,550 This is just storytelling. What does Empress Dowager mean by this? 401 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,870 This is a collection of stories gathered by Ji Yun, (T/N the other great Qing scholar, "Ji of the north") 402 00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:06,260 a first place finisher in his provincial exam during the twelfth year of Your Majesty's reign. (T/N CE 1747) 403 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:09,000 It talked about a beautiful farmer's wife in Huai Town. 404 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,870 Her husband fled to another land and left his parents to her care. 405 00:33:11,870 --> 00:33:15,120 She tightly shut the gates of their house, weaving day and night, just to provide for her in-laws. 406 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:19,180 However, she was only able to earn so little that it was hardly enough, and had to seek help from her neighbors. 407 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:20,600 Everyone wanted to help, but didn't have the resources. 408 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,050 She could only have a big cry, then stand by the door to smile at the guests. (T/N become a prostitute) 409 00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:28,790 What are you saying? 410 00:33:28,790 --> 00:33:31,440 What does that got to do with the questions I'm going to ask? 411 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,760 Madam Guo sold her body just to provide for her in-laws, 412 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:39,480 and used the money she earned to buy and bring a beautiful maiden home. When her husband returned, she said, 413 00:33:39,490 --> 00:33:42,370 "You have safely returned, and I'm returning your parents to you unscathed. 414 00:33:42,370 --> 00:33:45,710 And that fair maiden is a second wife I got for you." 415 00:33:45,710 --> 00:33:48,860 After saying this, she took a knife and killed herself. 416 00:33:53,150 --> 00:33:58,410 After her death, the county official branded her as being unchaste and allowed her to be buried in their ancestral tomb, but not with her husband. 417 00:33:58,410 --> 00:34:00,890 Only her in-laws cried for her. 418 00:34:00,890 --> 00:34:03,800 They said, "Our son was unfilial and abandoned his parents. 419 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,530 What mistake did a weak woman do in losing her chastity just to provide for her in-laws?" 420 00:34:07,530 --> 00:34:12,870 The public started to discuss what's more important, chastity or relationship ties? 421 00:34:28,390 --> 00:34:30,780 What else did Empress Dowager say? 422 00:34:33,420 --> 00:34:37,170 Your Majesty. That year of the great Shanxi drought, 423 00:34:37,170 --> 00:34:39,550 the Lady of the Qian clan accompanied Emperor Yongzheng on a private tour. 424 00:34:39,550 --> 00:34:41,950 Due to the battle for the throne, they met with danger many times. 425 00:34:41,950 --> 00:34:44,840 Emperor Yongzheng was injured by an arrow after having been separated from the guards. 426 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,370 In order to evade the attackers, he went deep into the mountains. 427 00:34:47,370 --> 00:34:51,720 But misfortune did not come alone. He met bandits hidden in Mount Taihang. 428 00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:56,050 Madam Qian kept Emperor Yongzheng in a farm house and switched into his clothing, 429 00:34:56,050 --> 00:34:59,210 to lure away by herself the bandits who had chased after them. 430 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:02,480 What did you say? 431 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:06,490 Someone said, Madam Qian was captured by the bandits. 432 00:35:06,490 --> 00:35:09,970 And someone else said she threw herself off of the mountain summit. 433 00:35:09,970 --> 00:35:14,740 But whether Madam Qian was actually captured by the bandits, or if she killed herself to preserve her chastity. 434 00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:16,640 it was all to protect Emperor Yongzheng. 435 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,350 Loyal and devoted. So admirable! 436 00:35:19,350 --> 00:35:22,770 But if the word spread, Lady Qian would be like the Guo clanswoman. 437 00:35:22,770 --> 00:35:26,070 Clearly carrying out justice, but suffering the reproof of the world. 438 00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:29,430 Your Majesty would also likely be subjected to absurd comments. 439 00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:32,680 This is why Empress Dowager has kept the secret all along. 440 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,630 If you don't believe it, Emperor Yongzheng had a close servant. 441 00:35:36,630 --> 00:35:39,240 The one who found Emperor Yongzheng first back then. 442 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:42,890 Now he's retired to his hometown, and he lives in Jiaozhou. 443 00:35:42,890 --> 00:35:44,780 The Empress Dowager has already ordered him to be secretly invited in. 444 00:35:44,780 --> 00:35:48,150 He should arrive by tomorrow at the latest. 445 00:35:53,290 --> 00:35:56,140 If the Empress Dowager's words are true, 446 00:35:56,980 --> 00:36:02,000 I will go to Shoukang Palace personally and kneel for forgiveness from the Empress Dowager. 447 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:26,670 Noble Lady Qing. You've worked hard. 448 00:36:26,670 --> 00:36:29,320 My heart's jumping so fast. 449 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:33,950 Consort Ling, why didn't you tell His Majesty personally? 450 00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:37,920 His Majesty isn't fond of seeing me. 451 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,310 I don't want to implicate Empress Dowager. 452 00:36:40,310 --> 00:36:45,710 But those words earlier. Can they really move His Majesty? 453 00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:56,390 Are you very tired? 454 00:36:56,390 --> 00:36:59,470 Who are you? What are you trying to do? 455 00:36:59,470 --> 00:37:01,780 Who said you could come in here! 456 00:37:01,780 --> 00:37:04,050 - What are you doing? - You can't move that! 457 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:07,140 Don't move it. 458 00:37:07,140 --> 00:37:08,900 You all come back here 459 00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:10,270 Who are you people? Put that down. 460 00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:13,100 Who said you can move that? Move it back now! 461 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,800 Who sent you to move that? 462 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,180 Who said you can move it? 463 00:37:16,180 --> 00:37:17,880 Who are you people exactly? 464 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,030 Put it back. 465 00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:21,110 - Let go! - What are you doing? 466 00:37:21,110 --> 00:37:24,430 I said, stop. Stop! 467 00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:28,700 Wang Tianyi, greets Your Majesty. 468 00:37:28,700 --> 00:37:30,230 Li Yu. 469 00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:36,060 Your Majesty, Lord Wang's kneecaps were injured by firearms once in protecting the late Emperor. 470 00:37:36,060 --> 00:37:40,440 It's been relapsing and recurring in his old age. 471 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:42,130 Grant him a seat. 472 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,730 Teacher Wang, you once taught me riding and archery personally. 473 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:56,260 You are my teacher. 474 00:37:56,260 --> 00:38:00,770 What I ask you now, you must answer truthfully. 475 00:38:01,530 --> 00:38:03,920 Back when the late Emperor went on a private visit of Shanxi, 476 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,670 the Lady of the Qian clan accompanied him. Were you aware of this? 477 00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:10,000 Your Majesty, that did indeed happen. 478 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,190 Then when you escorted him back, 479 00:38:12,190 --> 00:38:16,020 did the late Emperor return with Lady Qian? 480 00:38:19,410 --> 00:38:21,660 That . . . 481 00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:23,760 Answer truthfully. 482 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,160 Yes. 483 00:38:29,650 --> 00:38:32,370 - May you dissipate your anger, Your Majesty. - Please calm your anger, Your Majesty! 484 00:38:32,370 --> 00:38:34,970 Empress Dowager lied to me! 485 00:38:51,500 --> 00:38:55,180 Your Majesty. Your Majesty. 486 00:38:58,350 --> 00:39:04,160 Teacher Wang, you served the late Emperor for decades. 487 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:11,730 When I was young, you'd run around wildly, carrying me on your back. 488 00:39:11,730 --> 00:39:15,210 I was mischievous and got reprimanded by the late Emperor. 489 00:39:15,950 --> 00:39:19,920 You would take the scolding and punishments for me. 490 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,340 May you, on the account of our tie as teacher and disciple, 491 00:39:24,660 --> 00:39:27,570 not let me live on unclear and unwitting. 492 00:39:29,390 --> 00:39:31,170 I am asking you... 493 00:39:32,130 --> 00:39:35,350 how did Lady Qian really die? 494 00:39:36,990 --> 00:39:42,790 Did she really die... at Mount Taihang. 495 00:39:45,260 --> 00:39:48,990 Or was she really killed by the Empress Dowager instead? 496 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:56,450 Your Majesty, Lady Qian, in order to save the late Emperor back then, 497 00:39:56,450 --> 00:40:01,750 her chastity was harmed and this humiliated the late Emperor thoroughly. 498 00:40:01,750 --> 00:40:04,770 She was granted death! 499 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,910 - Greetings to Your Majesty. - - Where is the Empress Dowager? 500 00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:19,680 - Where is Empress Dowager? - Empress Dowager . . . 501 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,920 The Empress Dowager took Consort Ling with her and went out of the palace to recuperate. 502 00:40:49,100 --> 00:40:51,000 Noble Lady Qing. 503 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,650 Your Majesty. 504 00:40:55,140 --> 00:40:59,830 By order of the Empress Dowager, I have been waiting here for Your Majesty to relay a few urgent words. 505 00:40:59,830 --> 00:41:02,600 May Your Majesty clear your surroundings. 506 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,630 What did the Empress Dowager say? 507 00:41:15,630 --> 00:41:17,880 The Empress Dowager wants me to tell Your Majesty 508 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,620 that during the thirteen years of the late Emperor's reign, he only rested one day, on his royal birthday. 509 00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:24,620 He never went to the Mulan Autumn Hunt and never engaged in hedonistic pleasures. 510 00:41:24,620 --> 00:41:27,860 The late Emperor governed with extreme strictness, all in the pursuit of being a good emperor. 511 00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:31,190 The late Emperor once said he shouldered the blame of being scheming against his father and pressuring his mother, 512 00:41:31,190 --> 00:41:33,990 along with the bad reputation of murdering his elder brothers and slaughtering his younger ones. 513 00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:36,840 It was as though carrying a majestic mountain and going against the wind. 514 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,490 He knew that for an emperor, 515 00:41:39,490 --> 00:41:43,950 being proper and right are too important. It's not that he didn't lament losing Lady Qian. 516 00:41:43,950 --> 00:41:46,790 He just didn't want Your Majesty to suffer shame. 517 00:41:46,790 --> 00:41:51,030 That day, the Empress Dowager was ordered to bring poisoned wine to Lady Qian. 518 00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:55,750 Lady Qian said not one word, and only bowed to the Empress Dowager three times and sighed as she died. 519 00:41:55,750 --> 00:41:59,760 Empress Dowager said since she received three bows from her, the entrusting of three thousand weights were upon her. 520 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:04,620 She will protect Your Majesty for life as a real mother would. 521 00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:10,950 Where is the Empress Dowager? I must go see her. 522 00:42:10,950 --> 00:42:13,700 The Empress Dowager said the Forbidden City isn't quiet. 523 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:16,260 She wants to find a quiet place to nurse her illness. 524 00:42:16,260 --> 00:42:21,210 Consort Ling will look after Empress Dowager well for you. May Your Majesty not worry. 525 00:42:27,910 --> 00:42:29,540 Your Majesty! 526 00:43:07,950 --> 00:43:11,790 Royal Mother. I, your son, am not filial. 527 00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:14,320 I have put to shame your kind mothering. 528 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:19,050 I forgot your grace of raising me and I deserve death. 529 00:43:19,050 --> 00:43:21,390 May Royal Mother please forgive me. 530 00:43:24,860 --> 00:43:27,500 I earnestly invite Royal Mother to return to the palace! 531 00:43:28,270 --> 00:43:32,430 Your Majesty, Empress Dowager states she will move to Yuanming Garden to nurse her illness. 532 00:43:32,430 --> 00:43:34,860 When the illness is recovered fully, she will return to the palace. 533 00:43:34,860 --> 00:43:37,160 May Your Majesty please return now. 534 00:43:38,430 --> 00:43:40,420 Royal Mother. 535 00:43:40,420 --> 00:43:45,270 Royal Mother, it's all my fault. I upset you. 536 00:43:45,270 --> 00:43:47,860 I know my mistake. 537 00:43:47,860 --> 00:43:51,680 May you pity our tie as mother and son for long, 538 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:56,130 roll up your screen and let me see you, please? 539 00:43:56,130 --> 00:43:58,960 Your Majesty, may you please return. 540 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:19,960 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 541 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:29,400 Forgetting Each Other 542 00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:37,210 ♫It's very likely that recalling vivid images will throw me into upheaval,♫ 543 00:44:37,210 --> 00:44:44,070 ♫The past graceful, concerning passions have gone only into hibernation.♫ 544 00:44:44,070 --> 00:44:51,080 ♫Along with my lord, my original aspirations are now distant, the promises and wishes to accompany each other♫ 545 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:58,630 ♫Are proof of yearning endured, trembling in the endless night.♫ 546 00:44:58,630 --> 00:45:04,660 ♫How true our feelings were, even though our fate was shallow,♫ 547 00:45:04,660 --> 00:45:11,370 ♫Hearts locked away in dark halls from the light, difficult to find and recover.♫ 548 00:45:11,370 --> 00:45:18,400 ♫Other people envy my splendid, bright clothing, the warmth beside my pillow, (T/N the love of her lord)♫ 549 00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:25,140 ♫Then turning round sigh admiringly, through wet tears in somber-colored robes.♫ 550 00:45:25,140 --> 00:45:32,120 ♫Who clearly would cling to a moment of being in love and inseparable?♫ 551 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:38,850 ♫The end of passion becomes merely a sentimental entanglement.♫ 552 00:45:38,850 --> 00:45:45,790 ♫If one uses separation to cut away the bindings,♫ 553 00:45:45,790 --> 00:45:52,360 ♫Forgetting one another is also difficult in the depths of one's dreams.♫ 554 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:59,510 ♫Who clearly would still cling to these deep feelings and desire them again,♫ 555 00:45:59,510 --> 00:46:06,290 ♫And give free rein to this state of mind over and over in their dreams?♫ 556 00:46:06,290 --> 00:46:13,140 ♫Glory and splendor give shelter to appearing to forget the pain,♫ 557 00:46:13,140 --> 00:46:20,010 ♫From dreams awakening after a time, with nothing new to worry about.♫ 558 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:29,200 ♫Treating them like smoke dissipating, ashes flying away, cold hoarfrost under the moonlight...♫ 559 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:34,070 ♫All the memories of love, memories of hate....♫ 560 00:46:35,710 --> 00:46:43,360 ♫All the memories completely vanish.♫ 53424