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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 65

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Am I too strict with Yongqi?

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Mistress, this group of princes now.

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The Fourth Prince has an explosive temper. (T/N Yongcheng, by former Imperial Concubine Jia)

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The Eighth Prince is hedonistic with wine and women. (T/N Yongxuan, by former Imperial Concubine Jia)

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The Eleventh Prince is stingy by nature. None of them are favored. (T/N Yongxing, by former Imperial Concubine Jia)

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The Sixth Prince has been decreed to be adopted out. (T/N Yongrong, son of former Noble Consort Chun)

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His hope of succeeding the throne was cut off long ago. (T/N when his mother fell from power, so ended his hopes)

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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)

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Mistress, you ought to make yourself resolute early on.

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I promised Wei Yingluo

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not to harm the princes in the palace.

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Mistress. Now is not the same as before.

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With the situation now,

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it's the Fifth Prince who's probably mst valued.

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Once he becomes the successor

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and you being the Empress, he would naturally make you Empress Dowager.

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However, what about Twelfth Prince then?

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Did you think about this?

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The Empress has given birth to a legitimate prince but to allow another to get the throne?

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The future fate of the Twelfth Prince, (T/N technically the legal heir as eldest natural son of the reigning Empress)

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his fate might just become like this aging and dwindling parrot's.

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Step by step,

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slipping into an abyss of misfortune.

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Shut up!

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My words end here.

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May the Empress, my Mistress be prudent.

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What's wrong?

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What did you tell Her Highness the Empress just now?

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It's nothing. Just casual talk.

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Her Highness has always thought about Twelfth Prince's future.

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So don't add fuel to fire already!

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Her Highness the Empress has lived ten years of peaceful life.

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She forgot all about the fight for the throne that is pending now!

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Once the Fifth Prince becomes the successor of the throne,

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our Twelfth Prince's standing as the legitimate prince,

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will soon become the new Emperor's eyesore and thorn in his flesh!

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His Majesty is in good health

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and he has no intention to install the Crown Prince early, so what's your rush?

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You have to plan in order not to suffer defeat.

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Waiting for what? Wait for the proper decree naming someone else to be written and sealed in a box?

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Then it won't matter who's anxious then!

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I know. No matter who succeeds the throne,

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they will all need to honor Her Highness the Empress as the new Empress Dowager.

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But don't forget,

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since the Thirteenth Prince died early,

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the Twelfth Prince has become the Empress' sole support.

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Can she watch with her eyes open as her beloved son bows to the Fifth Prince as his subject?

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You understand the Empress. She's so proud.

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She would never allow that!

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At that time, the eggs are broken and the game's over.

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Zhen'er, I'm actually being considerate of our own future too.

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As for you,

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think carefully about what I have said.

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Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is here to greet you.

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Tell him I'm not here.

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It's too late. Your Highness, the Fifth Prince is already outside.

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You are so stupid!

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If he sees this icebox and he starts scolding,

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it'll never be the end again.

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Your Highness, it's too late.

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What is this?

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Your Highness, didn't you say to clean the storage in the backyard?

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We brought this in earlier and we haven't put it away yet.

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Quick, open it.

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Open it! Quick!

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Your Highness, be careful.

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I don't know what sweet benefit you got from him. I'll have to settle this with you later!

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Quick, hurry up.

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This chest is not bad. Where did it come from?

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This chest is huge. It can hold many things.

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Greetings to the Fifth Prince.

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Where is Mother Ling?

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Her Highness was resting here in the yard earlier.

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She had a headache,

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so now she's resting in the chamber room.

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Fifth Prince, she's resting.

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When I was young, Mother Ling would send people

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to watch over my food carefully in the Princes' quarters.

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How is it when it's her turn, she can't look after herself well?

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If you catch a cold in this weather, it's hard to recover from such a summer fever.

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She'll complain that she can't eat iced food again.

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She has three children now,

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to be so stubborn and reckless still!

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Look at this. It's only early summer.

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All the ice from the Ice Bureau must be coming to Yanxi Palace!

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These iced grapes and iced watermelon. Can she really eat it?

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She'll have stomach pain after eating it, and Royal Father will surely start scolding again.

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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)

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Yes, you are right, Your Highness.

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We will remember this.

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I will definitely take good care of Mistress.

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We won't let her catch a cold.

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- Yes, yes!

- Prince, you must be busy with work. Why don't you go first?

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I received my mother's family letter today.

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I wanted to read it to Mother Ling.

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I will wait here for her to wake up.

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[ Yanxi Palace ]

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- Your son greets Royal Father.

- Your servants greet Your Majesty.

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Rise.

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Yongqi. I guessed you would be here.

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What's wrong? You came for nothing again?

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I can't hide anything from Royal Father.

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The servants said Mother Ling was eating grape halves,

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then she went to take a small nap.

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She's not awake yet.

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She didn't finish her grapes

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but she went napping?

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We didn't finish our chess game that day. Let's do it today.

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Alright.

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Your Majesty, I will go prepare the chess table now.

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May you move to the main hall.

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No need. We'll play here.

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Bring the chest here.

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Royal Father, I won.

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Let's have another round.

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Yes.

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Is there no end to this? I'm going to suffocate to death.

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Quick, open up the lid!

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- Mistress.

- Another round?

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Another round and I will surely suffocate to death!

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You are already a mother,

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how can you carry out this kind of conduct?

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You want the entire Forbidden City to laugh at you? Disrespectful as a mother.

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Your Majesty, you clearly knew I was in the chest,

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and deliberately tortured me.

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Disrespectful for a monarch!

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Mother Ling, can it be that you are hiding from me on purpose?

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When did I?

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If I hide once, you come ten times. What's the use of hiding?

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What are you saying?

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Yongqi is caring of you.

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I know that Yongqi has good intentions.

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But now that I'm at this age,

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I really don't want to be another's mother.

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When I was young, I was under the great care of Mother Ling.

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I've regarded you as my real mother since long ago.

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At the time you gave birth to Little Fifteenth,

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- Your Majesty.

-Your life was hanging on the line and Zhaohua came to me crying.

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At the time, I made up my mind.

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If gods would protect you and allow you to survive,

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I would surely urge you always to treasure your health.

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I...I usually take note. It's true.

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Last two years, your stomach disease has gotten worse.

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Royal Father has long instructed your palace kitchen

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to make a bowl of goat meat soup every day, but do you drink it?

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When you bore Zhaohua, you were left with postpartum illness.

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When you get wind on you, you get a headache.

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- Earlier you were sitting by the area with strong wind.

- I...

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Is this how you take care of your health?

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If your health were better, Zhaohua and the others could've been raised here at Yanxi Palace,

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and not end up with this parting of mother and children.

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Royal Father, I'm very angry.

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I-I fear I might disrespect Mother Ling, so I'll take my leave now.

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Yongqi!

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Y-Yongqi, I just couldn't endure it for a short time.

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I don't see you looking so flustered often.

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Your Majesty is happy?

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I do feel consoled indeed.

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Tell me.

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Yongqi, that child, who does he take after?

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He's scolding and nagging all day long.

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He wasn't like this when he was young.

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He doesn't know

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but I do.

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Your Majesty, what do you know?

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These last ten years, we've had two sons and two daughters.

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Pity that Yonglu wasn't preserved. (T/N Fourteenth Prince, their first son together)

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The night Yonglu died,

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you accompanied him all night.

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You never slept. I saw it all.

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A month later, you sent Zhaoyu (T/N 9th Princess Heke)

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to Shoukang Palace to accompany Zhaohua.

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You entrusted Yongyan to be raised by Consort Qing.

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Everyone says you are so harsh and selfish.

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To win Empress Dowager's favor and coax Consort Qing.

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But only I know.

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Zhaohua is your eldest daughter.

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You sent her to Shoukang Palace to console Empress Dowager.

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Yingluo, after the incident of Chenbi,

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you've always held great guilt towards Empress Dowager, right?

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Your Majesty, Zhaohua is a person.

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I would not use her to make amends for my guilt.

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But you are worried that you are not in good health,

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so you want to seek new backers for them. Isn't that so?

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I'm warning you.

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Wei Yingluo, you are not allowed to hold such ominous thoughts. Not even a speck of it.

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It's only because your body was harmed after giving birth to Yongyan.

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The Imperial Physician already said,

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if you focus on recuperating, you will slowly recover.

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I just want you to accompany me

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forever.

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If you end up like Rongyin,

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leaving me halfway,

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I will never forgive you.

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Your Majesty, didn't you say

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that a disaster lasts a millennium?

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I, Yingluo, will surely try hard...

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to live forever.

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Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?

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Your Highness, you're sweating quite a bit.

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I will prepare a new sleeping gown and help you change.

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No wonder Your Highness is not feeling well.

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You're menstruating.

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I've already prepared in advance and I'll go fetch it now.

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Your servant Yuan Chunwang greets Prince He of the First Rank.

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I haven't seen my royal sister-in-law for so long,

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but I do see Little Twelfth often.

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Please let my sister-in-law be assured.

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With me watching Little Twelfth learning martial arts,

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I will not let him languish.

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Your Highness.

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Her Highness the Empress' favorite parrot died last night.

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She has been heartbroken and downcast all day.

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I dare to ask Your Highness, where did that parrot come from back then,

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so I can find one the same for Mistress?

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Leave this to me.

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Thank you, Prince He.

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If His Majesty would be so attentive to Mistress like you are, how great would that be?

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Then Mistress wouldn't be left to worry so much.

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The last ten years, Noble Consort Ling has garnered the royal favor consistently and has given birth in succession.

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His Majesty is seduced by her, and it's hard to avoid languishing in attention to the Empress.

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However, she is still the central palace, the Empress.

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Noble Consort Ling cannot surpass her.

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Oh, Prince! Her Highness the Empress is heavily laden with worries all day every,day.

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It's not just for the struggle of harem.

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Your Highness is the biological brother that His Majesty trusts the most.

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Has His Majesty ever mentioned anything to you?

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Talk about what?

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Forgive me for speaking in error.

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Prince, Her Highness is waiting for me to return.

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I'm taking my leave.

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What's the stuttering about? He stops halfway?

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Even if he doesn't finish, I know what my royal sister-in-law is worried about.

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Medical Investigator Zhang, perhaps it's that the Empress' menstruation is not coming smoothly.

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Can you give her a prescription to restore it?

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I not only feel stuffy in my chest, I also can't sleep at night.

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What exactly is going on?

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Your Highness, I have already reminded you

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that humans have five viscera that turn into five vital energies.

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A lifetime's joy, anger, grief, worry and fright.

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Stop beating around the bush.

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Get to the point if you have anything to say.

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Empress, on the surface,

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you are weak in health with liver and spleen in disarray.

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And you upset your liver energy often which has built up knots.

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At times, it may cause a collapse in blood but nothing serious. (T/N anemia)

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As long as you take in aging tonic to adjust your blood and energy,

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you will see recovery.

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After I am recovered, will I be as good as before?

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Empress, no matter how we treat you,

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the root of the illness is still in your heart.

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I have something above my station to say.

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You are seated in the phoenix seat.

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By logic, you should set your mind at peace.

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Why do you fight with the other consorts for a temporary gain?

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Jealousy courts worry, and worry courts fright.

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When dragged out long, you can't evade getting ill.

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A momentary gain?

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You mean I am easily jealous?

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Your Highness, Your Highness!

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This is not what I meant.

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Get lost!

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When I look into the mirror,

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I keep feeling that I'm different from the past.

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It seems I've become haggard.

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Paled out, haven't I?

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Your Highness, there's no such thing.

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What did he just say?

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Jealousy courts worry, and worry courts fright?

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Everyone's discussing about me behind my back,

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that I am a crazed Empress who has mood swings?

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Is everyone saying that I'm crazy behind my back? Are they?

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Your Highness, they aren't.

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No.

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I have not gone crazy.

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I'm very normal.

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It's they, they who are crazy!

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Zhen'er, help me brush and put on makeup.

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I'm going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

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Your Majesty, why do you have two paintings exactly the same?

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This is Huang Gongwang's (T/N painting master who created this in 1350 CE)

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"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" which I received a copy of two years ago. (T/N original is now in 2 pieces)

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Fuheng sent another today.

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Come look. Which is the real one?

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I think this is the genuine piece.

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Is that so?

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Lord Fuheng is versed in battles.

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But he's not versed in examining paintings.

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Your Majesty, did you forget?

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Two years ago he sent a pair of jade vases.

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It was the work of Interior Bureau.

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They made a round in the glaze factory,

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and the vases somehow became a "great work of Tang Dynasty"!

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He got taken for a thousand taels!

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But I think this time, Fuheng's discernment is right.

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Look. These Yuan Dynasty painters, their titles are usually written after they've painted.

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Look at the old painting.

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Its title is on the upper side of the painting.

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Isn't this strange?

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Well, that's just the act of someone who tried to make a fake into a genuine trick.

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How are you deceived by it too?

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Your Majesty, take a look.

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This old painting. It's brush stroke is imposing but hazy.

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The change is unbounded.

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This new work can't compare.

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Is that so?

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Should you look more carefully?

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You are right too,

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but look at the fake one and it's not too bad either, right?

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Put away these two paintings.

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The genuine one, be careful with it and send it to Shanxi Hall.

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Give it to me.

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Your Majesty saw it wrong momentarily.

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Perhaps your eyes aren't clear.

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Maybe you should get a pair of Western glasses.

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I can still shoot with great precision.

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How am I to the point of being an elder with dazed eyes?

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I just saw it wrong for a moment and that's all.

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Talking about old, unclear eyes,

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I really feel that

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the Empress has aged quite a bit these last couple of years.

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You mean Her Highness the Empress?

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Yes.

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Her mood is becoming more unusual.

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When I chat with her, it just gets more unfocused.

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But when I leave, she throws a tantrum.

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She's a totally different person.

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Your Majesty...

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Your dragon health is well.

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Great and handsome appearance.

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You look no more than thirty-four or thirty-five.

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But it's quite different for women.

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At this age, women need to face

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haggard appearance and unhappy moods.

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it's also something normal.

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Wei Yingluo,

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you are getting old too!

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Even if I'm getting old,

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I'm still sixteen years younger than Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty...Your Majesty, forgive me.

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I know my mistake.

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I've really erred.

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At your age already!

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If you pinch me more, I'm really going to get wrinkles!

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- You know how to be scared?

- Let go.

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You said I was old earlier, but why weren't you scared then?

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Are you going to say more? Huh?

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- Your Majesty.

- Are you?

- I said just now that you're . . .

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thirty-four or thirty-five.

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Your Highness the Empress. Allow me to announce.

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No need.

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I wanted to discuss escaping to Yuanming Garden to escape the heat.

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Since His Majesty is still busy...

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I'm going back.

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This bowl of iced lotus seed soup. Be sure to watch so that His Majesty does not over-indulge in it,

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or it may harm his intestines or stomach.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty, Her Highness the Empress personally delivered this bowl of

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iced lotus seed soup.

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Leave it there.

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Be careful that you don't wet this painting.

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About this...

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Go.

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Take this

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and store it well.

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Your Majesty, didn't Noble Consort Ling say

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Lord Fuheng sent a counterfeit?

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When I was at the door, I accidentally overheard it.

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She did? She was afraid that I would be so worked-up again

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into putting stamps all over this painting,

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so she claimed this genuine painting as being a counterfeit.

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Her little petty thought?

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Actually, I already could see through it.

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I just didn't want to expose her.

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Your Highness, you made the genuine one into a counterfeit on purpose?

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That's right.

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But that's a crime of deceiving the Emperor.

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At any rate, he won't expose me.

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Why?

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His Majesty loves his dignity.

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If he admits the one Fuheng sent is a genuine one,

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then he's actually stored the counterfeit as a genuine one previously.

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And he even happily admired it numerous times,

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and put on so many stamps.

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Once it's known to the outside, wouldn't he become a joke?

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So even if he could right away which is the real one,

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he won't expose me no matter what.

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There is no wrinkle by the corner of the eye.

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And the skin is the same as before.

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I've tried all ways to preserve my current beauty.

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But my body is telling me,

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that everything was in vain..!

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Your Highness. Your Highness the Empress!

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Every woman grows old.

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Even that favored Noble Consort Ling will get old too.

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Her?

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Will she grow old too?

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Absolutely, Your Highness.

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But she's younger than I am by ten years.

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A whole decade!

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How many decades does a woman have?

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Did you hear them earlier?

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She was laughing at me there.

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She laughed about me being old!

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Your Highness.

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Also. Those consorts and concubines that were like flowers.

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They're all laughing at me, this Empress who is majestic.

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Her flesh rotting, little by little.

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Zhen'er. Zhen'er, tell me.

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In a few years, will my face be full of blue veins?

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Will I be full of wrinkles and my whole head of hair white?

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Will my face will never shine again like satin!

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His Majesty will dislike me.

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Even the servants will pity me and laugh at me. Right?

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Won't they? Won't they?

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They won't, Your Highness. They won't!

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They will.

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Mistress. The Empress Dowager's old too.

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Stop talking. Stop talking!

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Empress, my Mistress, the Empress Dowager is over seventy,

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but she's never had to worry.

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Why? Because she has a son to depend on,

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and not her husband.

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These two positions have an enormous difference.

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Mistress, you should think carefully.

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When did it become a dog's place

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to instruct me?

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Mistress.

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The old you was so decisive and sure.

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All these years, you were able to

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govern all the ambitious consorts within your grasp.

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A bunch of subjects in the royal court have come forward supporting Twelfth Prince.

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And look at Fuca House. Their family is deeply and gloriously rooted with stars of generals.

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They produced a line of capable individuals, but their Empress was weak!

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Mistress. You are the exact opposite!

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You basically rose all on your own,

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and you brought up the clan of Hoifa Nara to today's glory!

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Imagine that skill and that resolve!

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Fuca Rongyin could never even come close to compare to you!

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Never ever was she enough!

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Unfortunately, Mistress, recently...

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you have changed.

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Changed?

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You've changed to faltering and being hesitant and soft.

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I swore that I wouldn't harm the princes in the Forbidden City.

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Mistress, a great person like you.

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Would you hold true value to mere words?

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Forgive me for being bold. What you worry about,

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has never been Wei Yingluo.

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What you worry about is the current Emperor.

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You are not afraid of failure. You're afraid of hurting his feelings,

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that you might lose him completely.

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Your Highness.

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Someone strong like you,

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why can't you put aside the petty love of a common woman,

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and escape from emotional shackles?

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You clearly could win beautifully,

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but you keep inuring yourself to bitterness.

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I feel you've cheated yourself, Mistress.

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My matters don't require your enlightening.

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Go to the Office of Careful Punishment and receive forty strokes of flogging!

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Yes.

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- Your Highness...

- What he just said, if this leaks out,

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it will surely implicate me.

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If not because I considered your feelings, I would have had him flogged to death!

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Why do you bother?

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Why are you crying?

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She's so angry. It proves I've spoken of her pain.

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You clearly know Her Highness the Empress is cold on the surface,

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but she's fully devoted and infatuated with His Majesty.

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To see herself getting haggard in age,

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what a cruelty it is.

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How can you poke her where it hurts?

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If I don't do so, how can I wake her completely?

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You...what are you trying to do?

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I want her to see herself clearly.

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See the Emperor clearly, and see clearly the road under her feet.

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But Her Highness the Empress won't bear to give up His Majesty.

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If she can't take the tough action,

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I will do it myself.

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What did you say?

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Your Highness. These last ten years,

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I have seen it clearly now.

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In the entire Forbidden City, only you, Prince He of the First Rank,

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care about the Empress the most.

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And only you care about what's best for her.

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If you still don't help her,

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Her Highness' future path will only get that more more difficult.

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I will find an opportunity to persuade His Majesty.

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Persuade him to what?

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Persuade His Majesty to be kind to Royal Sister-in-law and the Twelfth Prince.

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That's a dream that the Empress has been waiting for too long.

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It has been thirty years.

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Was it achieved?

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The so-called "kind treatment" will only be pity.

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The Empress is such a proud person.

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She'd never care for the pity of others.

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Your Highness Allow me to speak overly much once.

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Now we can't count on His Majesty anymore.

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Only you can help my Mistress the Empress and the Twelfth Prince,

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and only you have the ability to do so.

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Let me think about it.

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Let me think about it.

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To help them is to help yourself too.

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The Fifth Prince and Yanxi Palace are close,

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and also in alliance with Fuheng.

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Don't you forget now. These last ten years, you and Fuheng

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are already like water and fire.

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Only one top subject for one Emperor.

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If the Fifth Prince really ascends,

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Fuca House will be more fierce than tigers.

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And you, a royal uncle,

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will have to make way and stand aside.

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Not just the Fifth Prince. Even if it's His Majesty.

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Has he even trusted you whole-heartedly?

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Lord Fuheng.

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Your Majesty, since you've left to me

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this Imperial Examination, may you return now and rest.

525

I will see to it earnestly and select the best qualified scholars to serve the court.

526

I will watch a little longer.

527

It's past the meal time.

528

Why do you labor by yourself bitterly here?

529

It's not urgent.

530

Your Majesty, do you suspect that I might use personal relations to promote,

531

or try to make the scholar my own man?

532

You want this hat?

533

I, your younger brother, would never dare!

534

You wouldn't dare?

535

Based on what you just said,

536

I can behead you.

537

Your Majesty, I, your brother....your brother just misspoke.

538

I deserve to die. May Your Majesty please forgive me!

539

I heard what you just said.

540

You hold a complaint against me but you don't dare to speak up,

541

so I'm giving you the opportunity now.

542

Speak.

543

Your Majesty. I, your brother, don't dare to begrudge you.

544

Even if you gave me one hundred times the nerve,

545

I wouldn't dare to.

546

Rise.

547

I gave you the opportunity and you wouldn't tell me,

548

so never say it ever then.

549

Head to Yanxi Palace.

550

Your Majesty, Her Highness the Empress has delivered some snacks again,

551

saying she invites you to Chengqian Palace if you have time.

552

Your Highness, His Majesty is here.

553

Greetings to Your Majesty.

554

Rise.

555

You're looking rosy today, Empress.

556

Your mood seems better too.

557

Your Majesty surely likes to make fun of me.

558

I am busy with ordinary matters of the harem all day.

559

I've already become an ordinary person.

560

What great delicacy are you enjoying?

561

What is this?

562

Your Majesty loves to hunt deer but you can't tell?

563

Deer fetus?

564

Deer fetus boiled with dark sugar.

565

This makes it deer fetus soup.

566

It's a great tonic that repairs the kidney.

567

I will instruct them to deliver some to Yanxi Palace later.

568

Fine. No need.

569

She doesn't need this.

570

Yingluo isn't like you.

571

You're always stressed out working on various palace matters.

572

She is happy-go-lucky all day.

573

Painting and boating and going around wildly with the kids everywhere.

574

She won't need it.

575

Your Majesty. Seventh Princess and Ninth Princess have grown up.

576

In a few years, I will have to select their prince consorts.

577

They should be drawn in and learn the rules now.

578

Because they are Imperial Princesses,

579

they can't be the laughing-stocks of the subjects.

580

The Fifteenth Prince is already six years old.

581

He should be like his older brothers,

582

learn the books in the morning, then riding and archery in the afternoon.

583

But Noble Consort Ling tries all ways

584

of teaching him to pretend to be sick, and then run out there to play.

585

The teachers have complained about it so many times,

586

but Noble Consort Ling isn't giving it any importance.

587

Maybe that's an exaggeration.

588

Your Majesty, I speak these words and you don't like to hear them,

589

but for the sake of a child's future, I must say them.

590

It's one thing with the princesses,

591

since with their lofty backgrounds we won't worry that the subjects might languish in their treatments of them.

592

But as for Fifteenth Prince,

593

he's chasing after cats and dogs, and climbing up onto the roofs to pull apart the shingles.

594

Other than having a strong body, he has no skills.

595

He was able to recite and read poems at the age of three.

596

But now, his studies have been cast aside onto the back-burner.

597

A great potential going to waste.

598

It's quite painful to watch.

599

You're right about this. I will scold her well.

600

But regarding the marriage of both princesses,

601

there's no need to get involved.

602

I will personally choose the candidates.

603

An ordinary foolish boy.

604

can't match with my precious princesses.

605

Since Your Majesty is willing to persuade Noble Consort Ling,

606

I don't have to worry then.

607

You are going back now?

608

I remember that I have something to do. I will visit you on another day.

609

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610

Forgetting Each Other

611

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

612

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

613

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

614

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

615

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

616

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

617

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

618

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

619

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

620

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

621

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

622

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

623

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

624

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

625

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

626

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

627

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

628

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

629

♫All the memories completely vanish.♫