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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 57

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I finally promised her that I would regard you as my own son

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and raise you with utmost devotion to be a talented person before she could close her eyes.

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Empress Dowager, are you telling the truth?

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Emperor,

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people say it's easier to be born than to be kind.

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Although I'm not your biological mother,

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I raised you for many years with utmost devotion.

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Please think carefully.

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All these years, have I ever neglected you?

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I treated you like a pearl in my hand (T/N idiom - means like her treasure, apple of her eye)

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just to let you interrogate me today?

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Empress Dowager, you are right.

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I was too rude. May the Empress Dowager please forgive me.

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Emperor, Lady Wenshu left a letter.

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Why wasn't it brought out for the past decades?

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This must be a fake.

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Her motive must be to estrange us.

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The other party knows you are filial to me.

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Upon reading the letter, it would definitely incite rage!

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Empress Dowager. I will investigate this.

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It was wrong for me to agitate you today.

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I will seek your forgiveness on another day, Empress Dowager.

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I'm taking my leave now. (T/N he phrases it as her son still)

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Emperor. Emperor!

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Empress Dowager.

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It's all over. Everything's all over.

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May the Empress Dowager please forgive me.

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I didn't mean to eavesdrop

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but what Your Highness just said, is it really true?

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His Majesty definitely won't hold any animosity toward you

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just because his real mother is someone else.

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Just based on this letter,

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the Emperor's face wouldn't have turned that ugly.

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I'm worried that the contents

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of that letter are not that simple.

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Greetings, Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, what's wrong with you today?

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Zhen'er, leave us.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty. A husband and wife are as one.

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If you have any difficulties, please tell me.

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I will help you to share the worries.

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About this matter,

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I...don't know who to tell...

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and how to say it either.

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Your Majesty, regardless of what you want to say,

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I will be here with you to guard you.

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This is related to my personal background.

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I'm now...

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terribly upset...

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and doesn't know who to believe either.

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Empress Dowager really said that?

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Empress, do you have something to tell me?

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In your heart, the Empress Dowager is a loving mother to you.

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I don't want to have any malicious speculations about her.

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But I really want to hear the truth.

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Your Majesty, think about it.

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Although the Lady of the Niohuru clan is from a renowned family,

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the Empress Dowager is still not from a direct blood line.

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Her father is just a fourth-rank military official.

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The clan is not that distinguished and powerful.

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Empress, what are you trying to say?

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When this Empress Dowager joined the House of Prince Yong of the First Rank, she was just a concubine.

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Above her were the Princess Consort (Lady Ula-Nara) and secondary wives, (T/N difujin and cefujin)

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especially when Empress Xiaojing came after her. (T/N aka Empress Ula-Nara, a royal third cousin)

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During the forty-third year of Kangxi,

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the future Empress lost her son and had no child to become the Crown Prince.

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If the late Emperor really wanted to find a noble mother for you,

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why would he choose the Lady of the Niohuru clan?

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Empress Dowager said that I was entrusted to her by Lady Qian.

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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)

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The Princess Consort, secondary consort, and the other concubines were extremely jealous of her fate.

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If Concubine Qian was really weak and couldn't raise any children,

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wouldn't that attract intense disputes?

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The Empress Dowager rose above others and sprang up to be the mother of the Emperor.

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For many years, no one queried about this.

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I find this unimaginable.

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Perhaps there was no competition and entrust in Prince Yong's manor

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and she acted the old story of substituting a raccoon for the Crown Prince.

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Could it be that Lady Wenshu's words are true?

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That the Lady of the Niohuru clan killed the mother and took the child

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is the real truth.

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Is Imperial Concubine Shu still bullying you?

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Mistress is now not favored, but she's always with Empress Dowager.

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Who would dare to bully her?

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It's now not peaceful at Shoukang Palace either.

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Go advise Consort Ling not to stay too close to the Empress Dowager,

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or she will get into trouble.

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Why?

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Is it confidential and you can't tell me?

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Treat it as if I didn't ask then.

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It's not that.

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It's regarding His Majesty's personal background. You will be danger if you know about it.

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But Consort Ling is attached to Empress Dowager. She will find out eventually.

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I will tell you everything so that she can plan early.

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His Majesty suspects that Empress Dowager is the mastermind behind the death of Lady Qian.

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Hence, Hailancha wanted me to tell you

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not to go to Shoukang Palace or you will be implicated.

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Your Highness, Imperial Guard Suolun is right.

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I can feel that the wind direction in the Forbidden City has changed.

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We need to change the direction of our sails immediately.

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Your Majesty. I interrogated the people who served at the Prince's manor.

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Someone could recall the previous Concubine Qian. She indeed came from Jiaxing.

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She was sold into the Prince's manor at nine years old.

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When she was sixteen years old, the Prince of the First Rank contracted an infectious disease.

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She meticulously tended to him and received grace.

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She...

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Does she still have a family...

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Hailancha?

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Qian Zhengyuan is her older brother.

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Qian Zhengyuan?

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Yes.

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It's as shown in the Chunhui drawing given to Your Majesty by the Vice Minister of Rites.

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The Qian family was poor. Fearing that their daughter would starve to death, they placed her under the care of a relative.

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Who knew there would be a major drought in that year. She was sold.

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Madam Qian searched for miles to find her daughter.

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She spent countless years before she found her at the Prince Yong Manor.

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But by that time, she had already became a concubine and couldn't be taken away.

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Qian Zhengyuan took the Imperial examination later.

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That's how the Qian family could be promoted.

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Li Yu!

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"Spring Sunshine Painting"...

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"Spring Sunshine Painting"...

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Is Qian Zhengyuan trying to remind me in this drawing of this...

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and that I should repay him,

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not Lady Niohuru?

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Deliver the Imperial decree to summon Qian Zhengyuan.

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I must clarify this.

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Empress Dowager, look at the time now.

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You should find a solution.

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If His Majesty meets Vice Minister Qian,

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all your years of hard work will be destroyed.

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Empress Dowager? Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager, what's wrong with you?

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Men!

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Where's Qian Chengyuan? Why isn't he here yet?

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Your Majesty, we have already sent someone to announce him.

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Please wait a while longer.

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Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, Imperial Guard Feima is here to report that Vice Minister Qian was careless.

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He fell off his horse, and fractured his skull and died.

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Empress Dowager.

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The Imperial Physician said that it was an attack caused by something unpleasant and anxiety.

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He wants you to keep calm and recuperate.

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I'm fine.

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It just seems like a heavy rock is pressing on my heart

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and I can't breathe.

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Is the Emperor back yet?

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He's back.

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His Majesty is busy with the Imperial court.

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When he's free, he will definitely visit you.

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In the past, when I coughed,

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he would immediately set aside his task and rush here.

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Now that I'm really sick,

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he doesn't care anymore.

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Empress Dowager, you are mistaken.

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The military ministers are at the West Hothouse having a conference.

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His Majesty really couldn't leave.

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But when he found out that you were sick, His Majesty was very worried.

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Hence, he wanted me to come here immediately to serve you.

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Let me do it.

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Empress Dowager, good medicine is bitter and good for one's illness.

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You should take this medicine so that you can recover.

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Empress.

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Did you deliver that letter to His Majesty?

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Empress Dowager, Prince He of the First Rank was the one who delivered the letter.

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Imperial Consort Dowager Yu was the one who hid the letter. I'm not that brave.

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I finally understand now.

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What do you understand?

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You waited patiently for a long time

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just to find the opportunity to take revenge for your father.

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Lady Hoifa-Nara, I have really underestimated you.

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Empress Dowager, anxiety is forbidden for sick people.

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Don't let your imagination run wild. Take this medicine.

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Imperial Physician said that your central energy lacks harmonization.

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I think Empress Dowager is upset and agitated. That's why you are sick.

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I'll instruct the Royal Hospital to do a new diagnosis.

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They must not delay due to the condition of your illness.

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Get lost!

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Oh, I almost forgot something.

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Your nephew was prosecuted for participating in the corruption of food relief.

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He's being held in custody now because the corruption amount is huge.

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I fear he will be sentenced.

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Your elder brother's wife rushed into the palace and is kneeling outside Shenwu Gate. (T/N Gate of Divine Might)

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His Majesty said Empress Dowager knows the principles of right and wrong.

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Knowing that the relative has committed a crime, the first priority is

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to place righteousness above the royal family.

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Not going after your negligence in disciplining him as his aunt

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is already giving you great leniency.

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Even if she kneels until the end of the world, he will still be beheaded.

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Did you think...

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Did you think when I first insisted on killing your father

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it was to protect my nephew?

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Wasn't that so?

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Those who were greedy over the food relief,

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did you think he was the only one?

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It easy for His Majesty to kill,

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but can the Emperor really kill all the Imperial relatives involved with the crime?

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He can't.

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You also wouldn't be able to. The one who I protected, it wasn't others.

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The one who I protected, it was His Majesty.

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What I protected, it was the country of the Great Qing.

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The person who is truly resentful,

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it is really only you!

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Empress Dowager, you have worked hard.

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Starting from today, you don't need to spend so much effort again.

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You dare to?

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Why wouldn't I dare?

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I will make His Majesty alienate, hate you and never see you again.

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You won't be able to do it!

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It was I who raised the Emperor into an adult.

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It was I who taught him the foundation.

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It was I who taught him to be humane.

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No one can estrange our mother and son relationship.

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You won't be able to do this either!

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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.

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He now thinks that you killed his mother,

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and deceived him for many years by using the face of a kind mother.

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Will he forgive you?

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His Majesty...will never believe you!

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His Majesty didn't believe in the first place

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but then Lord Qian Zhengyuan fell from his horse and died.

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Who do you think he will suspect?

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Poisonous woman, it was you!

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Empress Dowager, don't worry.

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His Majesty will not kill you

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but he will never forgive you.

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Starting today, you can continue to be the noble and lofty Empress Dowager,

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just like Buddha in the Yinghua Temple.

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You will be just a noble woman on display.

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Enjoy the rest of your life.

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For the coming days, you will need to spend your time in repentance.

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You..!

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- Empress Dowager!

- Empress Dowager!

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- Empress Dowager.

- Empress Dowager...

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Consort Ling, your biggest backer has collapsed.

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What will you do in the future?

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Empress Dowager. Help her to her bed now.

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- Call for Imperial Physician immediately.

- Yes.

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His Majesty hates the Empress Dowager now.

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After all, they had a deep affection as mother and son for many years.

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In the future, if they miss the benefits of the past,

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won't you have made an enemy?

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Yuan Chunwang, what do you think?

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Your Highness, I heard

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Medical Investigator Zhang had a son who died young.

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But he left behind a grandchild who is extremely adorable.

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The entire family loves him very much.

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Medical Investigator Zhang, how's the Empress Dowager?

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Empress Dowager has facial paralysis and her teeth are clenched.

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Her right hand twitches.

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From what I see, her meridians are blocked.

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What do you mean by that?

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It's a minor stroke.

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Is it serious?

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Before, Vice Minister Qi of the Ministry of Rites had paralysis of half his body and was unable to swallow even soup.

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Compared to him, Empress Dowager's illness is milder.

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But I need to prescribe a soup to stimulate the circulation of the blood to relax the muscles and joints,

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calm the liver and wind to clear the channels. This may heal her illness.

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Consort Ling, what is Empress Dowager trying to say?

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With this kind of illness, we should avoid fire in her liver.

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Remember not to make her angry again.

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Medical Investigator Zhang, I will remember what you said.

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Please go and prescribe the medicine now.

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Yes.

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- Medical Investigaor, this way please.

- Alright.

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Empress Dowager doesn't trust him.

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Gugu Liu, invite Imperial Physician Ye here.

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Imperial Physician Ye? Medical Investigator Zhang has been a doctor for many years and he's upright too.

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Why doesn't you trust Medical Investigator Zhang?

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It's just in case. Go now.

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Wait.

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[ Shou-An Gate ]

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Empress Dowager is agitated. We don't need so many to serve.

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You stay. The rest of you may leave.

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You come with me.

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Prescription: Astragalus root, angelica root, peony, etc.

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Two units of milk vetch root. (T/N aka Astragalus)

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Is there an issue?

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No issue.

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But this prescription doesn't aim to achieve merit, just not to make any mistakes.

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If Empress Dowager would follow this prescription, I don't think she has a chance to recover.

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Doesn't aim to achieve merit, just not to make any mistakes.

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It then means that Medical Investigator Zhang indeed can't be trusted.

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There has long been a saying here in the capital

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that the documents and prescriptions from the Imperial Medical Academy are all just sparkling on the outside.

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Her Highness the Empress Dowager is of such noble status. Who dares to use any fierce medicine?

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They can only slowly stabilize it.

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Moreover, if anyone investigates this prescription...

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Look, all the medicines here are good medicines.

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No one can speak any criticisms.

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Doctor Ye, I won't make it hard for you.

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If you were to prescribe, how would you do it?

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Your Highness, have you forgotten? I'm currently under suspension.

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I'm not even an Imperial Physician now.

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I brought you trouble.

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Oh, I so want His Majesty to immediately kick me out of the palace,

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so I can return to the world of the commoners and examine their illnesses.

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Although the symptoms of Empress Dowager suggest a stagnation in the energy flow in her liver meridian,

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with associated deficiency in her heart yin and blockage in blood flow, and thus unable to talk,

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it also shows that there is accumulation and clog of phlegm. I'll prescribe two medicines.

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One can relax her liver and nourish her blood.

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The other one can remove the stroke and sputum, so the Empress Dowager can talk.

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Oh, right. Empress Dowager's health is very weak.

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The medicine must be taken together with congee.

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Okay, Doctor Ye. Thank you.

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I'll go prescribe the medicine then.

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Doctor Ye, thank you.

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You're welcome.

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Your Highness Consort Ling, based on our current situation, Shoukang Palace won't be able to support you anymore.

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Leave while you still can,

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so you won't get affected. His Majesty...

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His Majesty doesn't want to see me anyway.

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What's there to be afraid of?

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Moreover, Empress Dowager once protected me

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from getting humiliated by others. If I leave at this time,

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what kind of person will I have become?

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Gugu Liu, since I've boarded this boat,

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I don't plan to disembark.

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As long as Empress Dowager is preserved, the boat may not capsize.

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Empress Dowager, Empress has planned this beforehand.

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She has come at you in such a fierce manner. Just to counter her attack,

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can you tell me what happened in the past?

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Your Highness, Noble Lady Qing has been waiting for you for a long time.

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Noble Lady Qing, why are you here?

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Greetings, Your Highness Consort Ling.

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- Sit.

- Your Highness Consort Ling,

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I heard that Empress Dowager is gravely ill.

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I especially brought some medicines with me that were taken by my grandfather before when he had a stroke.

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It's very effective in calming one's mind.

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This is an "amber enveloping the dragon" pill.

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It can remove the stroke and dissolve the sputum, calm the spirit and mind.

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Please give it to the Empress Dowager on my behalf.

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I can't stay long. I'll take my leave now.

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Wait!

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Why must you do this?

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Your Highness Consort Ling, my father is a subordinate of Lord Nalan.

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I have no choice but to follow Imperial Concubine Shu.

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But I do know how to discern right from wrong.

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No matter how huge the mistake of Empress Dowager is,

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she still has raised and cared for His Majesty. Once His Majesty realizes this in the future,

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he surely will regret it.

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I'm offering this prescription to Empress Dowager now just to create some good karma.

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If in the future...

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I am just leaving myself an alternate path.

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Since you want to create good karma,

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why not personally deliver it?

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It's easy to add a flower onto a brocade, but it's hard to deliver charcoal during the snow.

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But delivering charcoal must also be done in time. (T/N idioms about truly helping those in need)

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Empress Dowager already has a caring person by her side, that is Your Highness Consort Ling.

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Just a one step late and it's already a hundred li of difference.

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Since that's the case, why don't I just give you the prescription?

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As long as you can remember my kindness, I'm already content.

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Noble Lady Qing,

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never thought that even if you're usually quiet,

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you are smarter than everyone else.

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It's not being smart. It's being a coward.

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A person like me, when aggrieved,

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I can only lose a tooth or swallow the blood.

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When I see someone being bullied, I don't even dare say a word.

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It's not that I don't want to imitate you.

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It's just that I have parents and siblings.

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My whole clan has one hundred and thirty-two people.

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For their lives, I can only move with the flow,

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but this doesn't mean that I'm heartless or not righteous.

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What I can only do is to give as much small help I can

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within my limits.

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Your Highness, the Empress won't let the Empress Dowager off.

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Even more so, she won't let you off. Please be careful.

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What if you are given a chance to get into a higher position?

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In terms of beauty, scheming, and tricks,

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I'm completely inferior to the others.

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What right do I have to compete for His Majesty's favor?

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I can help you.

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Noble Lady Qing, if you want to protect your family,

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you must have the strength.

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Rather than relying on the strong person,

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why not become the strong one?

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Her Highness Consort Ling said she has already had this prescription checked by Doctor Ye.

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He gave permission that it can be given to Empress Dowager.

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Thank you for the concern of Her Highness Consort Ling.

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Your Majesty, a message came from Shoukang Palace,

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saying that Empress Dowager is unconscious

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and keeps having seizures. She can't even take in any sweetened water anymore.

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Should you...

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Respectfully greeting Your Majesty.

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Where is the Empress Dowager!

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Greetings, Your Majesty!

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I have some questions to ask the Empress Dowager.

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Empress Dowager told me that knows about why you're here.

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Once you open this book, you'll understand everything.

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[ Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations ]

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This is just storytelling. What does Empress Dowager mean by this?

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This is a collection of stories gathered by Ji Yun, (T/N the other great Qing scholar, "Ji of the north")

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a first place finisher in his provincial exam during the twelfth year of Your Majesty's reign. (T/N CE 1747)

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It talked about a beautiful farmer's wife in Huai Town.

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Her husband fled to another land and left his parents to her care.

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She tightly shut the gates of their house, weaving day and night, just to provide for her in-laws.

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However, she was only able to earn so little that it was hardly enough, and had to seek help from her neighbors.

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Everyone wanted to help, but didn't have the resources.

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She could only have a big cry, then stand by the door to smile at the guests. (T/N become a prostitute)

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What are you saying?

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What does that got to do with the questions I'm going to ask?

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Madam Guo sold her body just to provide for her in-laws,

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and used the money she earned to buy and bring a beautiful maiden home. When her husband returned, she said,

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"You have safely returned, and I'm returning your parents to you unscathed.

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And that fair maiden is a second wife I got for you."

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After saying this, she took a knife and killed herself.

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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.

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Only her in-laws cried for her.

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They said, "Our son was unfilial and abandoned his parents.

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What mistake did a weak woman do in losing her chastity just to provide for her in-laws?"

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The public started to discuss what's more important, chastity or relationship ties?

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What else did Empress Dowager say?

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Your Majesty. That year of the great Shanxi drought,

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the Lady of the Qian clan accompanied Emperor Yongzheng on a private tour.

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Due to the battle for the throne, they met with danger many times.

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Emperor Yongzheng was injured by an arrow after having been separated from the guards.

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In order to evade the attackers, he went deep into the mountains.

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But misfortune did not come alone. He met bandits hidden in Mount Taihang.

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Madam Qian kept Emperor Yongzheng in a farm house and switched into his clothing,

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to lure away by herself the bandits who had chased after them.

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What did you say?

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Someone said, Madam Qian was captured by the bandits.

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And someone else said she threw herself off of the mountain summit.

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But whether Madam Qian was actually captured by the bandits, or if she killed herself to preserve her chastity.

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it was all to protect Emperor Yongzheng.

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Loyal and devoted. So admirable!

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But if the word spread, Lady Qian would be like the Guo clanswoman.

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Clearly carrying out justice, but suffering the reproof of the world.

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Your Majesty would also likely be subjected to absurd comments.

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This is why Empress Dowager has kept the secret all along.

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If you don't believe it, Emperor Yongzheng had a close servant.

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The one who found Emperor Yongzheng first back then.

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Now he's retired to his hometown, and he lives in Jiaozhou.

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The Empress Dowager has already ordered him to be secretly invited in.

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He should arrive by tomorrow at the latest.

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If the Empress Dowager's words are true,

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I will go to Shoukang Palace personally and kneel for forgiveness from the Empress Dowager.

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Noble Lady Qing. You've worked hard.

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My heart's jumping so fast.

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Consort Ling, why didn't you tell His Majesty personally?

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His Majesty isn't fond of seeing me.

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I don't want to implicate Empress Dowager.

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But those words earlier. Can they really move His Majesty?

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Are you very tired?

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Who are you? What are you trying to do?

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Who said you could come in here!

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- What are you doing?

- You can't move that!

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Don't move it.

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You all come back here

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Who are you people? Put that down.

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Who said you can move that? Move it back now!

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Who sent you to move that?

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Who said you can move it?

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Who are you people exactly?

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Put it back.

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- Let go!

- What are you doing?

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I said, stop. Stop!

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Wang Tianyi, greets Your Majesty.

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Li Yu.

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Your Majesty, Lord Wang's kneecaps were injured by firearms once in protecting the late Emperor.

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It's been relapsing and recurring in his old age.

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Grant him a seat.

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Teacher Wang, you once taught me riding and archery personally.

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You are my teacher.

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What I ask you now, you must answer truthfully.

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Back when the late Emperor went on a private visit of Shanxi,

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the Lady of the Qian clan accompanied him. Were you aware of this?

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Your Majesty, that did indeed happen.

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Then when you escorted him back,

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did the late Emperor return with Lady Qian?

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That . . .

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Answer truthfully.

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Yes.

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- May you dissipate your anger, Your Majesty.

- Please calm your anger, Your Majesty!

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Empress Dowager lied to me!

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Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

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Teacher Wang, you served the late Emperor for decades.

487

When I was young, you'd run around wildly, carrying me on your back.

488

I was mischievous and got reprimanded by the late Emperor.

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You would take the scolding and punishments for me.

490

May you, on the account of our tie as teacher and disciple,

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not let me live on unclear and unwitting.

492

I am asking you...

493

how did Lady Qian really die?

494

Did she really die... at Mount Taihang.

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Or was she really killed by the Empress Dowager instead?

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Your Majesty, Lady Qian, in order to save the late Emperor back then,

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her chastity was harmed and this humiliated the late Emperor thoroughly.

498

She was granted death!

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- Greetings to Your Majesty.

- - Where is the Empress Dowager?

500

- Where is Empress Dowager?

- Empress Dowager . . .

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The Empress Dowager took Consort Ling with her and went out of the palace to recuperate.

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Noble Lady Qing.

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Your Majesty.

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By order of the Empress Dowager, I have been waiting here for Your Majesty to relay a few urgent words.

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May Your Majesty clear your surroundings.

506

What did the Empress Dowager say?

507

The Empress Dowager wants me to tell Your Majesty

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that during the thirteen years of the late Emperor's reign, he only rested one day, on his royal birthday.

509

He never went to the Mulan Autumn Hunt and never engaged in hedonistic pleasures.

510

The late Emperor governed with extreme strictness, all in the pursuit of being a good emperor.

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The late Emperor once said he shouldered the blame of being scheming against his father and pressuring his mother,

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along with the bad reputation of murdering his elder brothers and slaughtering his younger ones.

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It was as though carrying a majestic mountain and going against the wind.

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He knew that for an emperor,

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being proper and right are too important. It's not that he didn't lament losing Lady Qian.

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He just didn't want Your Majesty to suffer shame.

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That day, the Empress Dowager was ordered to bring poisoned wine to Lady Qian.

518

Lady Qian said not one word, and only bowed to the Empress Dowager three times and sighed as she died.

519

Empress Dowager said since she received three bows from her, the entrusting of three thousand weights were upon her.

520

She will protect Your Majesty for life as a real mother would.

521

Where is the Empress Dowager? I must go see her.

522

The Empress Dowager said the Forbidden City isn't quiet.

523

She wants to find a quiet place to nurse her illness.

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Consort Ling will look after Empress Dowager well for you. May Your Majesty not worry.

525

Your Majesty!

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Royal Mother. I, your son, am not filial.

527

I have put to shame your kind mothering.

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I forgot your grace of raising me and I deserve death.

529

May Royal Mother please forgive me.

530

I earnestly invite Royal Mother to return to the palace!

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Your Majesty, Empress Dowager states she will move to Yuanming Garden to nurse her illness.

532

When the illness is recovered fully, she will return to the palace.

533

May Your Majesty please return now.

534

Royal Mother.

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Royal Mother, it's all my fault. I upset you.

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I know my mistake.

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May you pity our tie as mother and son for long,

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roll up your screen and let me see you, please?

539

Your Majesty, may you please return.

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541

Forgetting Each Other

542

♫It's very likely that recalling vivid images will throw me into upheaval,♫

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♫The past graceful, concerning passions have gone only into hibernation.♫

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♫Along with my lord, my original aspirations are now distant, the promises and wishes to accompany each other♫

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♫Are proof of yearning endured, trembling in the endless night.♫

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♫How true our feelings were, even though our fate was shallow,♫

547

♫Hearts locked away in dark halls from the light, difficult to find and recover.♫

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♫Other people envy my splendid, bright clothing, the warmth beside my pillow, (T/N the love of her lord)♫

549

♫Then turning round sigh admiringly, through wet tears in somber-colored robes.♫

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♫Who clearly would cling to a moment of being in love and inseparable?♫

551

♫The end of passion becomes merely a sentimental entanglement.♫

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♫If one uses separation to cut away the bindings,♫

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♫Forgetting one another is also difficult in the depths of one's dreams.♫

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♫Who clearly would still cling to these deep feelings and desire them again,♫

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♫And give free rein to this state of mind over and over in their dreams?♫

556

♫Glory and splendor give shelter to appearing to forget the pain,♫

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♫From dreams awakening after a time, with nothing new to worry about.♫

558

♫Treating them like smoke dissipating, ashes flying away, cold hoarfrost under the moonlight...♫

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♫All the memories of love, memories of hate....♫

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♫All the memories completely vanish.♫