Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,640 --> 00:00:09,930 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:17,130 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,130 --> 00:01:23,730 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,730 --> 00:01:30,750 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,750 --> 00:01:39,750 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:41,940 --> 00:01:49,530 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 65 7 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:59,010 Am I too strict with Yongqi? 8 00:02:02,470 --> 00:02:06,690 Mistress, this group of princes now. 9 00:02:06,690 --> 00:02:09,770 The Fourth Prince has an explosive temper. (T/N Yongcheng, by former Imperial Concubine Jia) 10 00:02:09,770 --> 00:02:12,450 The Eighth Prince is hedonistic with wine and women. (T/N Yongxuan, by former Imperial Concubine Jia) 11 00:02:12,450 --> 00:02:17,510 The Eleventh Prince is stingy by nature. None of them are favored. (T/N Yongxing, by former Imperial Concubine Jia) 12 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:20,100 The Sixth Prince has been decreed to be adopted out. (T/N Yongrong, son of former Noble Consort Chun) 13 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:23,560 His hope of succeeding the throne was cut off long ago. (T/N when his mother fell from power, so ended his hopes) 14 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:29,640 What's left is Fifth Prince Yongqi, Twelfth Prince Yongji and Fifteenth Prince Yongyan. (T/N mothers of these princes: Imperial Concubine Yu, the current Empress, and Noble Consort Ling) 15 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:34,980 Mistress, you ought to make yourself resolute early on. 16 00:02:36,370 --> 00:02:38,370 I promised Wei Yingluo 17 00:02:38,370 --> 00:02:41,150 not to harm the princes in the palace. 18 00:02:41,770 --> 00:02:46,770 Mistress. Now is not the same as before. 19 00:02:46,770 --> 00:02:48,920 With the situation now, 20 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:52,090 it's the Fifth Prince who's probably mst valued. 21 00:02:52,090 --> 00:02:54,210 Once he becomes the successor 22 00:02:54,210 --> 00:02:58,550 and you being the Empress, he would naturally make you Empress Dowager. 23 00:02:58,550 --> 00:03:01,580 However, what about Twelfth Prince then? 24 00:03:01,580 --> 00:03:03,750 Did you think about this? 25 00:03:05,660 --> 00:03:10,630 The Empress has given birth to a legitimate prince but to allow another to get the throne? 26 00:03:10,630 --> 00:03:14,350 The future fate of the Twelfth Prince, (T/N technically the legal heir as eldest natural son of the reigning Empress) 27 00:03:14,350 --> 00:03:19,360 his fate might just become like this aging and dwindling parrot's. 28 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,120 Step by step, 29 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,350 slipping into an abyss of misfortune. 30 00:03:25,350 --> 00:03:26,870 Shut up! 31 00:03:28,630 --> 00:03:30,810 My words end here. 32 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:34,770 May the Empress, my Mistress be prudent. 33 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:56,480 What's wrong? 34 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,200 What did you tell Her Highness the Empress just now? 35 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,590 It's nothing. Just casual talk. 36 00:04:00,590 --> 00:04:03,450 Her Highness has always thought about Twelfth Prince's future. 37 00:04:03,450 --> 00:04:06,200 So don't add fuel to fire already! 38 00:04:08,540 --> 00:04:11,500 Her Highness the Empress has lived ten years of peaceful life. 39 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:14,900 She forgot all about the fight for the throne that is pending now! 40 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:17,600 Once the Fifth Prince becomes the successor of the throne, 41 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,670 our Twelfth Prince's standing as the legitimate prince, 42 00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:25,030 will soon become the new Emperor's eyesore and thorn in his flesh! 43 00:04:25,030 --> 00:04:26,520 His Majesty is in good health 44 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,890 and he has no intention to install the Crown Prince early, so what's your rush? 45 00:04:29,890 --> 00:04:33,400 You have to plan in order not to suffer defeat. 46 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:39,080 Waiting for what? Wait for the proper decree naming someone else to be written and sealed in a box? 47 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,660 Then it won't matter who's anxious then! 48 00:04:44,570 --> 00:04:48,460 I know. No matter who succeeds the throne, 49 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:51,880 they will all need to honor Her Highness the Empress as the new Empress Dowager. 50 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,560 But don't forget, 51 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,750 since the Thirteenth Prince died early, 52 00:04:55,750 --> 00:05:00,210 the Twelfth Prince has become the Empress' sole support. 53 00:05:00,870 --> 00:05:06,000 Can she watch with her eyes open as her beloved son bows to the Fifth Prince as his subject? 54 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,990 You understand the Empress. She's so proud. 55 00:05:08,990 --> 00:05:10,940 She would never allow that! 56 00:05:10,940 --> 00:05:15,910 At that time, the eggs are broken and the game's over. 57 00:05:15,910 --> 00:05:20,800 Zhen'er, I'm actually being considerate of our own future too. 58 00:05:22,780 --> 00:05:25,050 As for you, 59 00:05:26,030 --> 00:05:29,220 think carefully about what I have said. 60 00:05:39,650 --> 00:05:42,940 Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is here to greet you. 61 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:44,560 Tell him I'm not here. 62 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,710 It's too late. Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is already outside. 63 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,820 You are so stupid! 64 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:55,670 If he sees this icebox and he starts scolding, 65 00:05:55,670 --> 00:05:58,150 it'll never be the end again. 66 00:06:04,090 --> 00:06:06,760 Your Highness, it's too late. 67 00:06:08,470 --> 00:06:09,400 What is this? 68 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,970 Your Highness, didn't you say to clean the storage in the backyard? 69 00:06:11,970 --> 00:06:14,060 We brought this in earlier and we haven't put it away yet. 70 00:06:14,060 --> 00:06:16,010 Quick, open it. 71 00:06:16,010 --> 00:06:18,340 Open it! Quick! 72 00:06:18,340 --> 00:06:19,690 Your Highness, be careful. 73 00:06:19,690 --> 00:06:22,830 I don't know what sweet benefit you got from him. I'll have to settle this with you later! 74 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:25,600 Quick, hurry up. 75 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,860 This chest is not bad. Where did it come from? 76 00:06:27,860 --> 00:06:30,930 This chest is huge. It can hold many things. 77 00:06:32,420 --> 00:06:34,610 Greetings to the Fifth Prince. 78 00:06:36,890 --> 00:06:38,850 Where is Mother Ling? 79 00:06:38,850 --> 00:06:41,790 Her Highness was resting here in the yard earlier. 80 00:06:41,790 --> 00:06:43,190 She had a headache, 81 00:06:43,190 --> 00:06:46,190 so now she's resting in the chamber room. 82 00:06:47,630 --> 00:06:49,950 Fifth Prince, she's resting. 83 00:06:49,950 --> 00:06:52,820 When I was young, Mother Ling would send people 84 00:06:52,820 --> 00:06:55,120 to watch over my food carefully in the Princes' quarters. 85 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,250 How is it when it's her turn, she can't look after herself well? 86 00:06:58,250 --> 00:07:02,840 If you catch a cold in this weather, it's hard to recover from such a summer fever. 87 00:07:03,630 --> 00:07:06,390 She'll complain that she can't eat iced food again. 88 00:07:11,950 --> 00:07:13,780 She has three children now, 89 00:07:13,780 --> 00:07:16,360 to be so stubborn and reckless still! 90 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,770 Look at this. It's only early summer. 91 00:07:18,770 --> 00:07:22,580 All the ice from the Ice Bureau must be coming to Yanxi Palace! 92 00:07:22,580 --> 00:07:25,990 These iced grapes and iced watermelon. Can she really eat it? 93 00:07:25,990 --> 00:07:28,660 She'll have stomach pain after eating it, and Royal Father will surely start scolding again. 94 00:07:28,660 --> 00:07:31,140 What a bad example to Zhaohua and the other three! (T/N Another name for the 7th Princess, Hejing. Her other three surviving children, 9th Princess Heke, 15th Prince Yongyan, and 17th Prince Yonglin) 95 00:07:31,140 --> 00:07:33,790 Yes, you are right, Your Highness. 96 00:07:33,790 --> 00:07:35,400 We will remember this. 97 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,740 I will definitely take good care of Mistress. 98 00:07:37,740 --> 00:07:39,400 We won't let her catch a cold. 99 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,780 - Yes, yes! - Prince, you must be busy with work. Why don't you go first? 100 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:45,370 I received my mother's family letter today. 101 00:07:45,370 --> 00:07:48,030 I wanted to read it to Mother Ling. 102 00:07:48,030 --> 00:07:50,770 I will wait here for her to wake up. 103 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,570 [ Yanxi Palace ] 104 00:07:56,940 --> 00:08:00,800 - Your son greets Royal Father. - Your servants greet Your Majesty. 105 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,760 Rise. 106 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,360 Yongqi. I guessed you would be here. 107 00:08:06,940 --> 00:08:10,930 What's wrong? You came for nothing again? 108 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:14,550 I can't hide anything from Royal Father. 109 00:08:14,550 --> 00:08:18,150 The servants said Mother Ling was eating grape halves, 110 00:08:18,150 --> 00:08:20,770 then she went to take a small nap. 111 00:08:20,770 --> 00:08:22,790 She's not awake yet. 112 00:08:23,590 --> 00:08:25,550 She didn't finish her grapes 113 00:08:25,550 --> 00:08:27,740 but she went napping? 114 00:08:32,450 --> 00:08:36,240 We didn't finish our chess game that day. Let's do it today. 115 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,160 Alright. 116 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,470 Your Majesty, I will go prepare the chess table now. 117 00:08:40,470 --> 00:08:42,800 May you move to the main hall. 118 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,150 No need. We'll play here. 119 00:08:47,150 --> 00:08:49,590 Bring the chest here. 120 00:09:07,900 --> 00:09:10,990 Royal Father, I won. 121 00:09:13,490 --> 00:09:15,060 Let's have another round. 122 00:09:15,060 --> 00:09:16,560 Yes. 123 00:09:20,130 --> 00:09:23,410 Is there no end to this? I'm going to suffocate to death. 124 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:27,150 Quick, open up the lid! 125 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,330 - Mistress. - Another round? 126 00:09:35,330 --> 00:09:37,970 Another round and I will surely suffocate to death! 127 00:09:41,190 --> 00:09:43,020 You are already a mother, 128 00:09:43,020 --> 00:09:45,920 how can you carry out this kind of conduct? 129 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:50,860 You want the entire Forbidden City to laugh at you? Disrespectful as a mother. 130 00:09:50,860 --> 00:09:54,420 Your Majesty, you clearly knew I was in the chest, 131 00:09:54,420 --> 00:09:56,970 and deliberately tortured me. 132 00:09:56,970 --> 00:09:59,710 Disrespectful for a monarch! 133 00:09:59,710 --> 00:10:03,290 Mother Ling, can it be that you are hiding from me on purpose? 134 00:10:03,290 --> 00:10:05,400 When did I? 135 00:10:06,070 --> 00:10:10,180 If I hide once, you come ten times. What's the use of hiding? 136 00:10:10,180 --> 00:10:12,470 What are you saying? 137 00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:14,250 Yongqi is caring of you. 138 00:10:14,250 --> 00:10:18,460 I know that Yongqi has good intentions. 139 00:10:19,660 --> 00:10:22,760 But now that I'm at this age, 140 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,830 I really don't want to be another's mother. 141 00:10:27,390 --> 00:10:30,600 When I was young, I was under the great care of Mother Ling. 142 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,140 I've regarded you as my real mother since long ago. 143 00:10:33,140 --> 00:10:35,520 At the time you gave birth to Little Fifteenth, 144 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,540 - Your Majesty. -Your life was hanging on the line and Zhaohua came to me crying. 145 00:10:39,540 --> 00:10:42,700 At the time, I made up my mind. 146 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:44,950 If gods would protect you and allow you to survive, 147 00:10:44,950 --> 00:10:47,990 I would surely urge you always to treasure your health. 148 00:10:47,990 --> 00:10:51,880 I...I usually take note. It's true. 149 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,060 Last two years, your stomach disease has gotten worse. 150 00:10:55,060 --> 00:10:57,450 Royal Father has long instructed your palace kitchen 151 00:10:57,450 --> 00:11:00,360 to make a bowl of goat meat soup every day, but do you drink it? 152 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,520 When you bore Zhaohua, you were left with postpartum illness. 153 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,250 When you get wind on you, you get a headache. 154 00:11:05,250 --> 00:11:07,600 - Earlier you were sitting by the area with strong wind. - I... 155 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,020 Is this how you take care of your health? 156 00:11:10,020 --> 00:11:14,120 If your health were better, Zhaohua and the others could've been raised here at Yanxi Palace, 157 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,940 and not end up with this parting of mother and children. 158 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:20,400 Royal Father, I'm very angry. 159 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:24,730 I-I fear I might disrespect Mother Ling, so I'll take my leave now. 160 00:11:24,730 --> 00:11:26,460 Yongqi! 161 00:11:28,290 --> 00:11:32,000 Y-Yongqi, I just couldn't endure it for a short time. 162 00:11:37,220 --> 00:11:39,820 I don't see you looking so flustered often. 163 00:11:39,820 --> 00:11:41,210 Your Majesty is happy? 164 00:11:41,210 --> 00:11:43,340 I do feel consoled indeed. 165 00:11:44,170 --> 00:11:45,910 Tell me. 166 00:11:46,860 --> 00:11:50,880 Yongqi, that child, who does he take after? 167 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:52,970 He's scolding and nagging all day long. 168 00:11:52,970 --> 00:11:55,860 He wasn't like this when he was young. 169 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:01,880 He doesn't know 170 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:04,840 but I do. 171 00:12:05,630 --> 00:12:07,970 Your Majesty, what do you know? 172 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,290 These last ten years, we've had two sons and two daughters. 173 00:12:14,850 --> 00:12:18,620 Pity that Yonglu wasn't preserved. (T/N Fourteenth Prince, their first son together) 174 00:12:20,050 --> 00:12:22,190 The night Yonglu died, 175 00:12:22,190 --> 00:12:23,530 you accompanied him all night. 176 00:12:23,530 --> 00:12:26,340 You never slept. I saw it all. 177 00:12:26,340 --> 00:12:29,500 A month later, you sent Zhaoyu (T/N 9th Princess Heke) 178 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:32,020 to Shoukang Palace to accompany Zhaohua. 179 00:12:32,020 --> 00:12:35,780 You entrusted Yongyan to be raised by Consort Qing. 180 00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:40,020 Everyone says you are so harsh and selfish. 181 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:43,250 To win Empress Dowager's favor and coax Consort Qing. 182 00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:46,550 But only I know. 183 00:12:46,550 --> 00:12:50,330 Zhaohua is your eldest daughter. 184 00:12:50,330 --> 00:12:54,740 You sent her to Shoukang Palace to console Empress Dowager. 185 00:12:56,470 --> 00:13:01,140 Yingluo, after the incident of Chenbi, 186 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,930 you've always held great guilt towards Empress Dowager, right? 187 00:13:07,750 --> 00:13:12,520 Your Majesty, Zhaohua is a person. 188 00:13:13,260 --> 00:13:16,610 I would not use her to make amends for my guilt. 189 00:13:20,870 --> 00:13:24,150 But you are worried that you are not in good health, 190 00:13:24,750 --> 00:13:28,660 so you want to seek new backers for them. Isn't that so? 191 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:38,000 I'm warning you. 192 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:44,310 Wei Yingluo, you are not allowed to hold such ominous thoughts. Not even a speck of it. 193 00:13:45,380 --> 00:13:49,590 It's only because your body was harmed after giving birth to Yongyan. 194 00:13:49,590 --> 00:13:51,360 The Imperial Physician already said, 195 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,200 if you focus on recuperating, you will slowly recover. 196 00:13:59,110 --> 00:14:03,100 I just want you to accompany me 197 00:14:03,100 --> 00:14:04,960 forever. 198 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,470 If you end up like Rongyin, 199 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,290 leaving me halfway, 200 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,840 I will never forgive you. 201 00:14:16,870 --> 00:14:19,570 Your Majesty, didn't you say 202 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,430 that a disaster lasts a millennium? 203 00:14:27,830 --> 00:14:30,130 I, Yingluo, will surely try hard... 204 00:14:33,690 --> 00:14:36,200 to live forever. 205 00:15:02,190 --> 00:15:06,030 Your Highness, are you feeling unwell? 206 00:15:10,050 --> 00:15:12,190 Your Highness, you're sweating quite a bit. 207 00:15:12,190 --> 00:15:15,990 I will prepare a new sleeping gown and help you change. 208 00:15:26,890 --> 00:15:28,800 No wonder Your Highness is not feeling well. 209 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,340 You're menstruating. 210 00:15:30,340 --> 00:15:33,810 I've already prepared in advance and I'll go fetch it now. 211 00:15:59,690 --> 00:16:03,320 Your servant Yuan Chunwang greets Prince He of the First Rank. 212 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,020 I haven't seen my royal sister-in-law for so long, 213 00:16:06,020 --> 00:16:08,520 but I do see Little Twelfth often. 214 00:16:09,870 --> 00:16:12,080 Please let my sister-in-law be assured. 215 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,900 With me watching Little Twelfth learning martial arts, 216 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:16,350 I will not let him languish. 217 00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:17,890 Your Highness. 218 00:16:18,690 --> 00:16:23,760 Her Highness the Empress' favorite parrot died last night. 219 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,710 She has been heartbroken and downcast all day. 220 00:16:27,710 --> 00:16:31,790 I dare to ask Your Highness, where did that parrot come from back then, 221 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:35,150 so I can find one the same for Mistress? 222 00:16:35,150 --> 00:16:37,540 Leave this to me. 223 00:16:37,540 --> 00:16:39,500 Thank you, Prince He. 224 00:16:41,310 --> 00:16:45,670 If His Majesty would be so attentive to Mistress like you are, how great would that be? 225 00:16:45,670 --> 00:16:49,030 Then Mistress wouldn't be left to worry so much. 226 00:16:52,730 --> 00:16:58,620 The last ten years, Noble Consort Ling has garnered the royal favor consistently and has given birth in succession. 227 00:16:59,250 --> 00:17:04,730 His Majesty is seduced by her, and it's hard to avoid languishing in attention to the Empress. 228 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,100 However, she is still the central palace, the Empress. 229 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:10,660 Noble Consort Ling cannot surpass her. 230 00:17:10,660 --> 00:17:14,710 Oh, Prince! Her Highness the Empress is heavily laden with worries all day every,day. 231 00:17:14,710 --> 00:17:18,180 It's not just for the struggle of harem. 232 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,620 Your Highness is the biological brother that His Majesty trusts the most. 233 00:17:28,620 --> 00:17:33,590 Has His Majesty ever mentioned anything to you? 234 00:17:35,170 --> 00:17:37,030 Talk about what? 235 00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:41,960 Forgive me for speaking in error. 236 00:17:42,790 --> 00:17:46,590 Prince, Her Highness is waiting for me to return. 237 00:17:46,590 --> 00:17:49,010 I'm taking my leave. 238 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:56,200 What's the stuttering about? He stops halfway? 239 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,300 Even if he doesn't finish, I know what my royal sister-in-law is worried about. 240 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:06,610 Medical Investigator Zhang, perhaps it's that the Empress' menstruation is not coming smoothly. 241 00:18:06,610 --> 00:18:10,020 Can you give her a prescription to restore it? 242 00:18:10,020 --> 00:18:14,280 I not only feel stuffy in my chest, I also can't sleep at night. 243 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,750 What exactly is going on? 244 00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:22,540 Your Highness, I have already reminded you 245 00:18:22,540 --> 00:18:24,320 that humans have five viscera that turn into five vital energies. 246 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,440 A lifetime's joy, anger, grief, worry and fright. 247 00:18:29,390 --> 00:18:30,880 Stop beating around the bush. 248 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,690 Get to the point if you have anything to say. 249 00:18:32,690 --> 00:18:35,750 Empress, on the surface, 250 00:18:35,750 --> 00:18:38,490 you are weak in health with liver and spleen in disarray. 251 00:18:38,490 --> 00:18:41,530 And you upset your liver energy often which has built up knots. 252 00:18:41,530 --> 00:18:45,210 At times, it may cause a collapse in blood but nothing serious. (T/N anemia) 253 00:18:45,210 --> 00:18:47,700 As long as you take in aging tonic to adjust your blood and energy, 254 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:49,930 you will see recovery. 255 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,810 After I am recovered, will I be as good as before? 256 00:18:54,810 --> 00:18:57,450 Empress, no matter how we treat you, 257 00:18:57,450 --> 00:19:00,230 the root of the illness is still in your heart. 258 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,790 I have something above my station to say. 259 00:19:03,790 --> 00:19:06,070 You are seated in the phoenix seat. 260 00:19:06,070 --> 00:19:08,350 By logic, you should set your mind at peace. 261 00:19:08,350 --> 00:19:11,430 Why do you fight with the other consorts for a temporary gain? 262 00:19:11,430 --> 00:19:14,960 Jealousy courts worry, and worry courts fright. 263 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,320 When dragged out long, you can't evade getting ill. 264 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,680 A momentary gain? 265 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,390 You mean I am easily jealous? 266 00:19:22,390 --> 00:19:23,970 Your Highness, Your Highness! 267 00:19:23,970 --> 00:19:25,820 This is not what I meant. 268 00:19:25,820 --> 00:19:27,320 Get lost! 269 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,350 When I look into the mirror, 270 00:19:41,350 --> 00:19:44,150 I keep feeling that I'm different from the past. 271 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,570 It seems I've become haggard. 272 00:19:46,570 --> 00:19:48,410 Paled out, haven't I? 273 00:19:48,410 --> 00:19:51,600 Your Highness, there's no such thing. 274 00:19:52,710 --> 00:19:54,700 What did he just say? 275 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,870 Jealousy courts worry, and worry courts fright? 276 00:19:57,870 --> 00:20:00,220 Everyone's discussing about me behind my back, 277 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:02,810 that I am a crazed Empress who has mood swings? 278 00:20:02,810 --> 00:20:06,840 Is everyone saying that I'm crazy behind my back? Are they? 279 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:09,280 Your Highness, they aren't. 280 00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:14,360 No. 281 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:17,560 I have not gone crazy. 282 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,450 I'm very normal. 283 00:20:19,450 --> 00:20:22,660 It's they, they who are crazy! 284 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:29,150 Zhen'er, help me brush and put on makeup. 285 00:20:29,150 --> 00:20:32,130 I'm going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. 286 00:20:33,770 --> 00:20:38,760 Your Majesty, why do you have two paintings exactly the same? 287 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,350 This is Huang Gongwang's (T/N painting master who created this in 1350 CE) 288 00:20:40,350 --> 00:20:45,740 "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" which I received a copy of two years ago. (T/N original is now in 2 pieces) 289 00:20:45,740 --> 00:20:50,110 Fuheng sent another today. 290 00:20:51,310 --> 00:20:55,600 Come look. Which is the real one? 291 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:11,570 I think this is the genuine piece. 292 00:21:13,850 --> 00:21:15,510 Is that so? 293 00:21:18,220 --> 00:21:20,840 Lord Fuheng is versed in battles. 294 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,030 But he's not versed in examining paintings. 295 00:21:23,590 --> 00:21:25,350 Your Majesty, did you forget? 296 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:28,550 Two years ago he sent a pair of jade vases. 297 00:21:28,550 --> 00:21:31,070 It was the work of Interior Bureau. 298 00:21:31,070 --> 00:21:33,570 They made a round in the glaze factory, 299 00:21:33,570 --> 00:21:35,970 and the vases somehow became a "great work of Tang Dynasty"! 300 00:21:35,970 --> 00:21:38,500 He got taken for a thousand taels! 301 00:21:38,970 --> 00:21:44,460 But I think this time, Fuheng's discernment is right. 302 00:21:45,220 --> 00:21:51,400 Look. These Yuan Dynasty painters, their titles are usually written after they've painted. 303 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,260 Look at the old painting. 304 00:21:53,260 --> 00:21:56,930 Its title is on the upper side of the painting. 305 00:21:56,930 --> 00:21:59,700 Isn't this strange? 306 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,560 Well, that's just the act of someone who tried to make a fake into a genuine trick. 307 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,340 How are you deceived by it too? 308 00:22:09,510 --> 00:22:11,620 Your Majesty, take a look. 309 00:22:12,310 --> 00:22:17,030 This old painting. It's brush stroke is imposing but hazy. 310 00:22:17,030 --> 00:22:19,190 The change is unbounded. 311 00:22:19,890 --> 00:22:23,490 This new work can't compare. 312 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:25,880 Is that so? 313 00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:30,160 Should you look more carefully? 314 00:22:32,990 --> 00:22:34,730 You are right too, 315 00:22:34,730 --> 00:22:39,700 but look at the fake one and it's not too bad either, right? 316 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,210 Put away these two paintings. 317 00:22:43,210 --> 00:22:46,410 The genuine one, be careful with it and send it to Shanxi Hall. 318 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:51,970 Give it to me. 319 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,080 Your Majesty saw it wrong momentarily. 320 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,020 Perhaps your eyes aren't clear. 321 00:22:59,020 --> 00:23:01,660 Maybe you should get a pair of Western glasses. 322 00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:08,780 I can still shoot with great precision. 323 00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:11,930 How am I to the point of being an elder with dazed eyes? 324 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,750 I just saw it wrong for a moment and that's all. 325 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:20,360 Talking about old, unclear eyes, 326 00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:24,380 I really feel that 327 00:23:25,020 --> 00:23:29,720 the Empress has aged quite a bit these last couple of years. 328 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,360 You mean Her Highness the Empress? 329 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,340 Yes. 330 00:23:37,810 --> 00:23:41,080 Her mood is becoming more unusual. 331 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,310 When I chat with her, it just gets more unfocused. 332 00:23:45,310 --> 00:23:48,090 But when I leave, she throws a tantrum. 333 00:23:48,090 --> 00:23:50,780 She's a totally different person. 334 00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:52,850 Your Majesty... 335 00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:56,630 Your dragon health is well. 336 00:23:58,580 --> 00:24:01,560 Great and handsome appearance. 337 00:24:02,410 --> 00:24:07,130 You look no more than thirty-four or thirty-five. 338 00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:11,870 But it's quite different for women. 339 00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:16,880 At this age, women need to face 340 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,880 haggard appearance and unhappy moods. 341 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,500 it's also something normal. 342 00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:26,780 Wei Yingluo, 343 00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:30,330 you are getting old too! 344 00:24:30,330 --> 00:24:33,090 Even if I'm getting old, 345 00:24:33,090 --> 00:24:36,480 I'm still sixteen years younger than Your Majesty! 346 00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:43,480 Your Majesty...Your Majesty, forgive me. 347 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,250 I know my mistake. 348 00:24:46,250 --> 00:24:48,270 I've really erred. 349 00:24:48,270 --> 00:24:50,160 At your age already! 350 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,490 If you pinch me more, I'm really going to get wrinkles! 351 00:24:52,490 --> 00:24:54,950 - You know how to be scared? - Let go. 352 00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:58,220 You said I was old earlier, but why weren't you scared then? 353 00:24:58,220 --> 00:25:00,410 Are you going to say more? Huh? 354 00:25:00,410 --> 00:25:03,690 - Your Majesty. - Are you? - I said just now that you're . . . 355 00:25:03,690 --> 00:25:05,830 thirty-four or thirty-five. 356 00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:08,640 Your Highness the Empress. Allow me to announce. 357 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,270 No need. 358 00:25:11,130 --> 00:25:14,820 I wanted to discuss escaping to Yuanming Garden to escape the heat. 359 00:25:14,820 --> 00:25:17,120 Since His Majesty is still busy... 360 00:25:21,870 --> 00:25:23,970 I'm going back. 361 00:25:23,970 --> 00:25:28,330 This bowl of iced lotus seed soup. Be sure to watch so that His Majesty does not over-indulge in it, 362 00:25:28,330 --> 00:25:29,580 or it may harm his intestines or stomach. 363 00:25:29,580 --> 00:25:31,010 Yes. 364 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,700 Your Majesty, Her Highness the Empress personally delivered this bowl of 365 00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:58,340 iced lotus seed soup. 366 00:25:58,340 --> 00:25:59,910 Leave it there. 367 00:26:04,180 --> 00:26:06,320 Be careful that you don't wet this painting. 368 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,840 About this... 369 00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:14,340 Go. 370 00:26:15,030 --> 00:26:16,810 Take this 371 00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:20,270 and store it well. 372 00:26:22,930 --> 00:26:25,900 Your Majesty, didn't Noble Consort Ling say 373 00:26:25,900 --> 00:26:29,920 Lord Fuheng sent a counterfeit? 374 00:26:30,870 --> 00:26:35,430 When I was at the door, I accidentally overheard it. 375 00:26:39,370 --> 00:26:43,620 She did? She was afraid that I would be so worked-up again 376 00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:46,360 into putting stamps all over this painting, 377 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:49,900 so she claimed this genuine painting as being a counterfeit. 378 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,700 Her little petty thought? 379 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:56,680 Actually, I already could see through it. 380 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,660 I just didn't want to expose her. 381 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:03,280 Your Highness, you made the genuine one into a counterfeit on purpose? 382 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,490 That's right. 383 00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:06,830 But that's a crime of deceiving the Emperor. 384 00:27:06,830 --> 00:27:08,920 At any rate, he won't expose me. 385 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,820 Why? 386 00:27:10,820 --> 00:27:12,540 His Majesty loves his dignity. 387 00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:15,570 If he admits the one Fuheng sent is a genuine one, 388 00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:18,660 then he's actually stored the counterfeit as a genuine one previously. 389 00:27:18,660 --> 00:27:21,850 And he even happily admired it numerous times, 390 00:27:21,850 --> 00:27:24,350 and put on so many stamps. 391 00:27:24,350 --> 00:27:28,530 Once it's known to the outside, wouldn't he become a joke? 392 00:27:28,530 --> 00:27:33,100 So even if he could right away which is the real one, 393 00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:35,660 he won't expose me no matter what. 394 00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:39,330 There is no wrinkle by the corner of the eye. 395 00:27:39,330 --> 00:27:42,190 And the skin is the same as before. 396 00:27:42,810 --> 00:27:47,080 I've tried all ways to preserve my current beauty. 397 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,410 But my body is telling me, 398 00:27:49,410 --> 00:27:54,550 that everything was in vain..! 399 00:27:57,260 --> 00:28:00,330 Your Highness. Your Highness the Empress! 400 00:28:00,330 --> 00:28:02,630 Every woman grows old. 401 00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:06,970 Even that favored Noble Consort Ling will get old too. 402 00:28:09,550 --> 00:28:11,340 Her? 403 00:28:11,340 --> 00:28:13,940 Will she grow old too? 404 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:16,020 Absolutely, Your Highness. 405 00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:19,700 But she's younger than I am by ten years. 406 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:21,840 A whole decade! 407 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,710 How many decades does a woman have? 408 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,900 Did you hear them earlier? 409 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:28,920 She was laughing at me there. 410 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,650 She laughed about me being old! 411 00:28:30,650 --> 00:28:32,150 Your Highness. 412 00:28:32,150 --> 00:28:36,210 Also. Those consorts and concubines that were like flowers. 413 00:28:36,210 --> 00:28:40,330 They're all laughing at me, this Empress who is majestic. 414 00:28:40,330 --> 00:28:43,100 Her flesh rotting, little by little. 415 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,690 Zhen'er. Zhen'er, tell me. 416 00:28:46,690 --> 00:28:51,300 In a few years, will my face be full of blue veins? 417 00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:55,590 Will I be full of wrinkles and my whole head of hair white? 418 00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:58,970 Will my face will never shine again like satin! 419 00:28:59,870 --> 00:29:02,250 His Majesty will dislike me. 420 00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:07,180 Even the servants will pity me and laugh at me. Right? 421 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:10,780 Won't they? Won't they? 422 00:29:10,780 --> 00:29:13,350 They won't, Your Highness. They won't! 423 00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:15,180 They will. 424 00:29:19,710 --> 00:29:24,270 Mistress. The Empress Dowager's old too. 425 00:29:24,270 --> 00:29:26,520 Stop talking. Stop talking! 426 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:31,410 Empress, my Mistress, the Empress Dowager is over seventy, 427 00:29:31,410 --> 00:29:34,330 but she's never had to worry. 428 00:29:34,330 --> 00:29:38,560 Why? Because she has a son to depend on, 429 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,640 and not her husband. 430 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,110 These two positions have an enormous difference. 431 00:29:44,110 --> 00:29:48,040 Mistress, you should think carefully. 432 00:29:49,780 --> 00:29:52,450 When did it become a dog's place 433 00:29:52,450 --> 00:29:54,230 to instruct me? 434 00:29:54,230 --> 00:29:55,810 Mistress. 435 00:29:55,810 --> 00:30:00,560 The old you was so decisive and sure. 436 00:30:01,310 --> 00:30:05,120 All these years, you were able to 437 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,020 govern all the ambitious consorts within your grasp. 438 00:30:08,020 --> 00:30:12,310 A bunch of subjects in the royal court have come forward supporting Twelfth Prince. 439 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:17,660 And look at Fuca House. Their family is deeply and gloriously rooted with stars of generals. 440 00:30:17,660 --> 00:30:22,580 They produced a line of capable individuals, but their Empress was weak! 441 00:30:22,580 --> 00:30:25,290 Mistress. You are the exact opposite! 442 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:27,650 You basically rose all on your own, 443 00:30:27,650 --> 00:30:31,320 and you brought up the clan of Hoifa Nara to today's glory! 444 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:34,380 Imagine that skill and that resolve! 445 00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:37,590 Fuca Rongyin could never even come close to compare to you! 446 00:30:37,590 --> 00:30:40,090 Never ever was she enough! 447 00:30:40,970 --> 00:30:43,740 Unfortunately, Mistress, recently... 448 00:30:45,180 --> 00:30:47,290 you have changed. 449 00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:50,760 Changed? 450 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,570 You've changed to faltering and being hesitant and soft. 451 00:30:55,570 --> 00:30:59,880 I swore that I wouldn't harm the princes in the Forbidden City. 452 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,290 Mistress, a great person like you. 453 00:31:04,290 --> 00:31:07,380 Would you hold true value to mere words? 454 00:31:07,970 --> 00:31:11,340 Forgive me for being bold. What you worry about, 455 00:31:11,340 --> 00:31:14,850 has never been Wei Yingluo. 456 00:31:14,850 --> 00:31:19,100 What you worry about is the current Emperor. 457 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:22,810 You are not afraid of failure. You're afraid of hurting his feelings, 458 00:31:22,810 --> 00:31:25,790 that you might lose him completely. 459 00:31:25,790 --> 00:31:27,590 Your Highness. 460 00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:30,530 Someone strong like you, 461 00:31:30,530 --> 00:31:33,600 why can't you put aside the petty love of a common woman, 462 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,960 and escape from emotional shackles? 463 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,110 You clearly could win beautifully, 464 00:31:38,110 --> 00:31:41,550 but you keep inuring yourself to bitterness. 465 00:31:41,550 --> 00:31:44,430 I feel you've cheated yourself, Mistress. 466 00:31:46,010 --> 00:31:48,630 My matters don't require your enlightening. 467 00:31:48,630 --> 00:31:51,710 Go to the Office of Careful Punishment and receive forty strokes of flogging! 468 00:31:53,910 --> 00:31:55,460 Yes. 469 00:32:02,990 --> 00:32:06,100 - Your Highness... - What he just said, if this leaks out, 470 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,350 it will surely implicate me. 471 00:32:08,350 --> 00:32:13,040 If not because I considered your feelings, I would have had him flogged to death! 472 00:32:27,780 --> 00:32:29,990 Why do you bother? 473 00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:31,840 Why are you crying? 474 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:38,640 She's so angry. It proves I've spoken of her pain. 475 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,160 You clearly know Her Highness the Empress is cold on the surface, 476 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,270 but she's fully devoted and infatuated with His Majesty. 477 00:32:45,270 --> 00:32:47,370 To see herself getting haggard in age, 478 00:32:47,370 --> 00:32:49,600 what a cruelty it is. 479 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,730 How can you poke her where it hurts? 480 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:59,570 If I don't do so, how can I wake her completely? 481 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,450 You...what are you trying to do? 482 00:33:05,470 --> 00:33:08,810 I want her to see herself clearly. 483 00:33:08,810 --> 00:33:13,680 See the Emperor clearly, and see clearly the road under her feet. 484 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:18,030 But Her Highness the Empress won't bear to give up His Majesty. 485 00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:20,670 If she can't take the tough action, 486 00:33:22,980 --> 00:33:25,400 I will do it myself. 487 00:33:28,950 --> 00:33:31,010 What did you say? 488 00:33:31,010 --> 00:33:35,240 Your Highness. These last ten years, 489 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,450 I have seen it clearly now. 490 00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:42,790 In the entire Forbidden City, only you, Prince He of the First Rank, 491 00:33:42,790 --> 00:33:45,190 care about the Empress the most. 492 00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:49,630 And only you care about what's best for her. 493 00:33:49,630 --> 00:33:52,280 If you still don't help her, 494 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:56,950 Her Highness' future path will only get that more more difficult. 495 00:33:58,890 --> 00:34:01,680 I will find an opportunity to persuade His Majesty. 496 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,720 Persuade him to what? 497 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,690 Persuade His Majesty to be kind to Royal Sister-in-law and the Twelfth Prince. 498 00:34:09,690 --> 00:34:14,680 That's a dream that the Empress has been waiting for too long. 499 00:34:15,550 --> 00:34:18,240 It has been thirty years. 500 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:21,130 Was it achieved? 501 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:27,520 The so-called "kind treatment" will only be pity. 502 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,940 The Empress is such a proud person. 503 00:34:30,940 --> 00:34:35,520 She'd never care for the pity of others. 504 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,000 Your Highness Allow me to speak overly much once. 505 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,430 Now we can't count on His Majesty anymore. 506 00:34:42,430 --> 00:34:47,430 Only you can help my Mistress the Empress and the Twelfth Prince, 507 00:34:47,430 --> 00:34:52,120 and only you have the ability to do so. 508 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,870 Let me think about it. 509 00:34:58,030 --> 00:34:59,920 Let me think about it. 510 00:35:02,210 --> 00:35:07,990 To help them is to help yourself too. 511 00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:12,330 The Fifth Prince and Yanxi Palace are close, 512 00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:15,890 and also in alliance with Fuheng. 513 00:35:15,890 --> 00:35:21,080 Don't you forget now. These last ten years, you and Fuheng 514 00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:24,290 are already like water and fire. 515 00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:28,190 Only one top subject for one Emperor. 516 00:35:28,190 --> 00:35:31,730 If the Fifth Prince really ascends, 517 00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:35,180 Fuca House will be more fierce than tigers. 518 00:35:35,180 --> 00:35:37,610 And you, a royal uncle, 519 00:35:37,610 --> 00:35:40,640 will have to make way and stand aside. 520 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:51,440 Not just the Fifth Prince. Even if it's His Majesty. 521 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,080 Has he even trusted you whole-heartedly? 522 00:36:02,530 --> 00:36:04,880 Lord Fuheng. 523 00:36:55,850 --> 00:36:59,420 Your Majesty, since you've left to me 524 00:36:59,420 --> 00:37:02,890 this Imperial Examination, may you return now and rest. 525 00:37:02,890 --> 00:37:08,750 I will see to it earnestly and select the best qualified scholars to serve the court. 526 00:37:09,290 --> 00:37:11,340 I will watch a little longer. 527 00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:18,110 It's past the meal time. 528 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:20,900 Why do you labor by yourself bitterly here? 529 00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:24,660 It's not urgent. 530 00:37:27,630 --> 00:37:31,040 Your Majesty, do you suspect that I might use personal relations to promote, 531 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,840 or try to make the scholar my own man? 532 00:38:18,420 --> 00:38:22,840 You want this hat? 533 00:38:24,910 --> 00:38:27,000 I, your younger brother, would never dare! 534 00:38:28,060 --> 00:38:29,740 You wouldn't dare? 535 00:38:31,380 --> 00:38:34,440 Based on what you just said, 536 00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,990 I can behead you. 537 00:38:36,990 --> 00:38:40,780 Your Majesty, I, your brother....your brother just misspoke. 538 00:38:40,780 --> 00:38:44,480 I deserve to die. May Your Majesty please forgive me! 539 00:39:02,430 --> 00:39:05,460 I heard what you just said. 540 00:39:06,140 --> 00:39:11,570 You hold a complaint against me but you don't dare to speak up, 541 00:39:15,030 --> 00:39:17,640 so I'm giving you the opportunity now. 542 00:39:19,110 --> 00:39:20,710 Speak. 543 00:39:21,990 --> 00:39:27,330 Your Majesty. I, your brother, don't dare to begrudge you. 544 00:39:28,420 --> 00:39:30,530 Even if you gave me one hundred times the nerve, 545 00:39:30,530 --> 00:39:32,630 I wouldn't dare to. 546 00:39:35,810 --> 00:39:37,470 Rise. 547 00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:25,280 I gave you the opportunity and you wouldn't tell me, 548 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,070 so never say it ever then. 549 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,470 Head to Yanxi Palace. 550 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,860 Your Majesty, Her Highness the Empress has delivered some snacks again, 551 00:40:42,860 --> 00:40:46,440 saying she invites you to Chengqian Palace if you have time. 552 00:40:49,730 --> 00:40:52,630 Your Highness, His Majesty is here. 553 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,320 Greetings to Your Majesty. 554 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:02,900 Rise. 555 00:41:04,250 --> 00:41:07,660 You're looking rosy today, Empress. 556 00:41:08,370 --> 00:41:12,270 Your mood seems better too. 557 00:41:12,270 --> 00:41:15,150 Your Majesty surely likes to make fun of me. 558 00:41:15,150 --> 00:41:17,720 I am busy with ordinary matters of the harem all day. 559 00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:21,130 I've already become an ordinary person. 560 00:41:21,130 --> 00:41:23,470 What great delicacy are you enjoying? 561 00:41:32,130 --> 00:41:34,290 What is this? 562 00:41:34,970 --> 00:41:39,260 Your Majesty loves to hunt deer but you can't tell? 563 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:44,320 Deer fetus? 564 00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:48,070 Deer fetus boiled with dark sugar. 565 00:41:48,070 --> 00:41:50,550 This makes it deer fetus soup. 566 00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:53,630 It's a great tonic that repairs the kidney. 567 00:41:53,630 --> 00:41:56,380 I will instruct them to deliver some to Yanxi Palace later. 568 00:41:56,380 --> 00:41:58,850 Fine. No need. 569 00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:01,360 She doesn't need this. 570 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,040 Yingluo isn't like you. 571 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,210 You're always stressed out working on various palace matters. 572 00:42:06,210 --> 00:42:08,450 She is happy-go-lucky all day. 573 00:42:08,450 --> 00:42:12,500 Painting and boating and going around wildly with the kids everywhere. 574 00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:14,410 She won't need it. 575 00:42:17,300 --> 00:42:22,030 Your Majesty. Seventh Princess and Ninth Princess have grown up. 576 00:42:22,660 --> 00:42:26,530 In a few years, I will have to select their prince consorts. 577 00:42:26,530 --> 00:42:30,000 They should be drawn in and learn the rules now. 578 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,010 Because they are Imperial Princesses, 579 00:42:33,010 --> 00:42:36,550 they can't be the laughing-stocks of the subjects. 580 00:42:36,550 --> 00:42:40,240 The Fifteenth Prince is already six years old. 581 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,560 He should be like his older brothers, 582 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,960 learn the books in the morning, then riding and archery in the afternoon. 583 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,140 But Noble Consort Ling tries all ways 584 00:42:48,140 --> 00:42:51,450 of teaching him to pretend to be sick, and then run out there to play. 585 00:42:51,450 --> 00:42:54,270 The teachers have complained about it so many times, 586 00:42:54,270 --> 00:42:57,440 but Noble Consort Ling isn't giving it any importance. 587 00:43:00,570 --> 00:43:03,960 Maybe that's an exaggeration. 588 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:08,140 Your Majesty, I speak these words and you don't like to hear them, 589 00:43:08,140 --> 00:43:12,480 but for the sake of a child's future, I must say them. 590 00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:15,230 It's one thing with the princesses, 591 00:43:15,230 --> 00:43:19,560 since with their lofty backgrounds we won't worry that the subjects might languish in their treatments of them. 592 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,620 But as for Fifteenth Prince, 593 00:43:21,620 --> 00:43:25,630 he's chasing after cats and dogs, and climbing up onto the roofs to pull apart the shingles. 594 00:43:25,630 --> 00:43:30,250 Other than having a strong body, he has no skills. 595 00:43:30,250 --> 00:43:33,160 He was able to recite and read poems at the age of three. 596 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,160 But now, his studies have been cast aside onto the back-burner. 597 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,620 A great potential going to waste. 598 00:43:38,620 --> 00:43:41,830 It's quite painful to watch. 599 00:43:41,830 --> 00:43:45,990 You're right about this. I will scold her well. 600 00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:48,600 But regarding the marriage of both princesses, 601 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,100 there's no need to get involved. 602 00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:52,870 I will personally choose the candidates. 603 00:43:52,870 --> 00:43:55,060 An ordinary foolish boy. 604 00:43:55,060 --> 00:43:58,230 can't match with my precious princesses. 605 00:43:59,260 --> 00:44:01,720 Since Your Majesty is willing to persuade Noble Consort Ling, 606 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:04,340 I don't have to worry then. 607 00:44:12,590 --> 00:44:14,540 You are going back now? 608 00:44:15,070 --> 00:44:19,100 I remember that I have something to do. I will visit you on another day. 609 00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:32,610 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 610 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:41,740 Forgetting Each Other 611 00:44:43,210 --> 00:44:49,150 ♫It's very likely that recalling vivid images will throw me into upheaval,♫ 612 00:44:49,150 --> 00:44:55,990 ♫The past graceful, concerning passions have gone only into hibernation.♫ 613 00:44:55,990 --> 00:45:03,090 ♫Along with my lord, my original aspirations are now distant, the promises and wishes to accompany each other♫ 614 00:45:03,090 --> 00:45:10,670 ♫Are proof of yearning endured, trembling in the endless night.♫ 615 00:45:10,670 --> 00:45:16,650 ♫How true our feelings were, even though our fate was shallow,♫ 616 00:45:16,650 --> 00:45:23,500 ♫Hearts locked away in dark halls from the light, difficult to find and recover.♫ 617 00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:30,390 ♫Other people envy my splendid, bright clothing, the warmth beside my pillow, (T/N the love of her lord)♫ 618 00:45:30,390 --> 00:45:37,170 ♫Then turning round sigh admiringly, through wet tears in somber-colored robes.♫ 619 00:45:37,170 --> 00:45:44,080 ♫Who clearly would cling to a moment of being in love and inseparable?♫ 620 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:50,840 ♫The end of passion becomes merely a sentimental entanglement.♫ 621 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:57,650 ♫If one uses separation to cut away the bindings,♫ 622 00:45:57,650 --> 00:46:04,520 ♫Forgetting one another is also difficult in the depths of one's dreams.♫ 623 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:11,450 ♫Who clearly would still cling to these deep feelings and desire them again,♫ 624 00:46:11,450 --> 00:46:18,270 ♫And give free rein to this state of mind over and over in their dreams?♫ 625 00:46:18,270 --> 00:46:25,160 ♫Glory and splendor give shelter to appearing to forget the pain,♫ 626 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:32,950 ♫From dreams awakening after a time, with nothing new to worry about.♫ 627 00:46:34,270 --> 00:46:41,140 ♫Treating them like smoke dissipating, ashes flying away, cold hoarfrost under the moonlight...♫ 628 00:46:41,140 --> 00:46:46,200 ♫All the memories of love, memories of hate....♫ 629 00:46:47,650 --> 00:46:55,880 ♫All the memories completely vanish.♫ 55049