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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 68

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I've already stayed at the Prince Rong Manor for too long.

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I've really had my fill of it.

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Mother Noble Consort Ling says if I still won't come out and face reality,

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she might just tear apart that Prince Rong Manor,

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thus leaving me with no place to hide!

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As you know, Royal Father,

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Noble Consort Ling is someone who does what she says she will.

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Yingluo is acting too recklessly indeed.

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Mother Noble Consort Ling said Royal Physician Ye is in Jiangnan.

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I want to go and find him. Perhaps,

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perhaps my leg

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still has hope?

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Very well.

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Good! You go along too.

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I as your Royal Father am very happy

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that you can pull yourself together so fast.

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Royal Father, may you approve

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Royal Mother come with us too. Will you?

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Royal Mother. Royal Mother!

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Greetings to the Twelfth Prince.

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Royal Mother, greetings!

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Yongji.

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Royal Mother, Royal Father has approved!

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You can go along on the southern tour too!

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Royal Father consented. He did!

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Yongji, how are such a wreck?

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Zhen'er, hurry and pour water!

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Yes.

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Mistress, Your Highness. How filial is the Twelfth Prince

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to be able to persuade His Majesty to change his mind?

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I wasn't the one.

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I knelt for six hours outside the door and Royal Father wouldn't agree.

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But as soon as Fifth Brother went in, Royal Father changed his mind.

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Royal Mother, Fifth Brother is so good.

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It was all thanks to Fifth Brother this time.

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We need to thank him well.

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Thank him for what?

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What a loser you are,

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and to look so happy about it at that!

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Get out!

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Royal Mother. Did I, Yongji, do something wrong?

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Get out, get lost!

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Twelfth Prince, you should go out for now.

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Royal Mother. Everyone says you're ill.

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At first I didn't believe it, but now I see that

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you really are sick!

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- Twelfth Prince! Twelfth Prince!

- Don't go after him.

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Your Highness.

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He knelt for six hours but that's less than one word from another.

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And he actually stands there looking so happy? How funny.

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How funny is that!

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We as mother and son, to His Majesty,

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we are nothing.

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We are nothing.

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Fifteenth Prince!

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Slow down!

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Fifteenth Prince!

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Forgive me, Fifteenth Prince! Forgive me, Fifteenth Prince!

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- What's going on?

- Fifteenth Prince!

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Forgive me, Fifteenth Prince. I deserve death.

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- Alright, move aside.

- Yes.

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Fifteenth Prince, it's time to go to class.

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Sister Nalan, it's all my fault.

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This time, I beg your pardon most sincerely.

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We've been together for so long.

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In my heart, I've always respected you.

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Since you like Yongyan,

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let us look after him together in the future with no suspicion. Alright?

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By the way, the brush and ink stone you sent are truly great.

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Yongyan is so happy with them.

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He said Master Liu at the academy is a fool for good ink,

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he loves to collect good ink stones and brushes.

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Today, he took it to show off to the Master especially.

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When I see Yongyan now,

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I am more delighted than seeing His Majesty.

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Would I harm him?

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In the future, don't you calculate me with your pettiness.

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Next time,

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you watch if I will forgive you.

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Yes, yes, yes. It's all my fault. I'll never dare again.

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I will peel an apple for you personally.

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You eat it, and treat it as you've forgiven me.

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Your Highness Consort Qing, the Fifteenth Prince suddenly fell very ill!

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He's been sent back to Yanxi Palace.

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Let's go.

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Don't be anxious. Let's ask what happened.

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Noble Consort Ling. How is Yongyan?

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He was fine in the morning. How is he ill so suddenly? Is he alright now?

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Noble Consort Ling, what did the Royal Physician say?

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The Royal Physician said Yongyan was poisoned.

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Poisoned?

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Show it to Consort Qing.

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The Royal Physician already verified

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that the bristles were soaked in poison.

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The Prince has a habit. Before he starts to write,

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he likes to put the tip of the brush into his mouth to moisten it.

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Thankfully the Prince is lucky and he only wrote halfway

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and Master Liu saw and became fond of the brush, so he took it to admire it.

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What did you do?

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What did I do?

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How dare you use such a poisonous hand! You knew very well Yongyan is my only hope.

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Why did you do this? Why?

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How can you regard me as such?

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I didn't do it. I really didn't do it!

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The weasel-hair brush and the ink stone were both from you!

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If it was not you, who would it be?

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Yes, I did gift the weasel-hair brush and the ink stone.

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But I bought them at high price!

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I can swear to heaven. I really didn't do anything to them.

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It's true. I . . !

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I know now. It was your incompetence in caring for him,

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but you want to push off the blame onto me here!

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Alright, Lu Wanwan. (T/N Consort Qing's real name...)

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What kind of a mother are you?

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If I were the one looking after Yongyan,

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this would've never happened!

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I have not looked after him well indeed.

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But you who have poisoned him,

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don't you think about getting out of this one. Let's go!

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Go with me to His Majesty to testify.

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- Let's go.

- I'm not going.

- Go!

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- I didn't do it.

- Enough!

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Let go!

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Yongyan is still resting.

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You two want to wake the child?

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Consort Qing, you lost composure.

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How many years have I been in the palace?

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I finally got a son after so much trouble.

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If someone dares to touch Yongyan,

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I will seek their life!

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Why don't you use that brain and think about it?

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I gifted you the brush and the ink and if something happened, could I escape implication?

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Someone framed me, clearly.

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Right! That was a frame-up!

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Brush and ink were only touched by you and I. Who would frame us?

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Th Fifth Prince was met with misfortune.

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And the Fourth Prince was sent to the Imperial Clan Court.

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If Yongyan is gone too--

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Shut your mouth! Yongyan is fine.

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I'm just saying, in the case...

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If the Fifteenth Prince also loses the strength to fight,

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who would benefit?

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It's the Twelfth Prince!

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The Twelfth Prince.

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Great. They harm one and another.

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Now, they've dragged me into it too.

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No. This time, I must go to His Majesty and lodge a complaint on her!

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Lodge a complaint? Where is your evidence?

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Brush and ink were gifted by you.

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How is that linked to the Empress? No cause and no proof.

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How will you confront the Empress?

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Then . . . well I can't just sit and be framed like this!

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Yingluo. Consort Shu is right.

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We can't just sit idly about this.

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You all be quiet.

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This matter has too many slip-ups.

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It doesn't seem to be the Empress' action.

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The one with best reason to harm Yongyan in the Forbidden City

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is the Empress. If it's not her, who would it be?

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Think about it.

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First, the Fifth Prince met with misfortune.

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Then Fourth Prince was exposed, and now Yongyan is poisoned?

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These incidents in a row happened all too smoothly.

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The Empress always conducts herself prudently and cautiously.

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She would have no need to rush to invite suspicion.

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Wei Yingluo.

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If someone tried to offend you in the past,

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you would poke a hole in the sky.

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Now that you're a Noble Consort,

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you're so easily scared by wolves and tigers now?

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I think you're getting more and more useless.

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You won't go, is that right? If you don't go, I'll go.

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Even if His Majesty knows and doesn't do anything,

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I still need to let the Empress know!

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Consort Shu. Don't beat the grass to warn the snake. (T/N Thirty-Six Stratagems - premature actions warn enemy)

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Consort Shu! Consort Shu!

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Say...the Empress still hasn't hit the target. Will she act again?

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[ Shoukang Palace ]

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Greetings to the Empress Dowager.

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Greetings to Your Highness the Empress.

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Empress Dowager, if there's nothing else, I'll be taking my leave.

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Empress Dowager suddenly called me for an audience. May I ask for what reason?

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When...Rongyin left,

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the Emperor was so heart-broken.

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He kept delaying naming a new Empress.

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It was I who reminded him

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that you are dignified and virtuous.

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Qualified to be a motherly model of the empire. Do you still remember?

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I wouldn't dare forget that it was you who helped my promotion.

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Kneel.

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I told you to kneel!

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I don't know what mistake I have done that made you so mad, Empress Dowager.

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May Empress Dowager enlighten me.

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If you stayed contented with your lot,

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focused in managing the inner palace, I would have stayed quiet

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about the other things.

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But never thought

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that you've grown tired of being an Empress.

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Always just giving importance to your Twelfth Prince.

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Are you planning to continue with your success

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and progress further?

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Empress Dowager, I dare not even think of such a treacherous act.

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Don't know who is the one instigating behind my back.

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This is groundless accusation and slander!

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I've devoted all my attention to taking care of the inner place and attending to you.

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I have never had any disloyalty!

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If a person doesn't stay content,

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he will become insatiable.

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Kneel here for an incense stick's time so you can be more awake.

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Empress Dowager, even if I've made any mistakes,

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allow me to defend myself.

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Right now, I just want you to remember one thing.

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An Empress has the duty of taking care of the royal descendants.

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From now on, if anything bad happens to any princes or princesses,

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no matter who did it,

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I will punish you for neglect of duty!

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Your Highness, be careful. Your Highness.

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[ Shoukang Gate ]

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Regarding the Fifteenth Prince getting poisoned,

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Empress Dowager and His Majesty are filled with a lot of misunderstandings.

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Her Highness the Empress isn't able to defend herself no matter what she says. She has suffered so many grievances.

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Think about it. Even if my Mistress the Empress indeed would make a move,

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why would she time it when the Fifth Prince has just been hurt?

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Of course, this is just a thief framing someone else as the thief.

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Noble Consort Ling.

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People say that even an evil tiger won't eat her own children.

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But she's more sinister than an evil tiger!

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She actually used the Fifteenth Prince to set up a trap!

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Noble Consort Ling keeps pressing hard.

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Her Highness the Empress has no more room to retreat to.

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She doesn't know what else to do.

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I surely will talk with Royal Brother again.

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Talk? Your Highness, no matter how much you try to convince him,

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will it work?

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His Majesty is venting his anger on Her Highness the Empress.

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He surely won't make the Twelfth Prince into the Crown Prince.

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Once the Fifteenth Prince ascends to the throne,

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would he let Empress and her son go?

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What you mean is...

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Your Highness, do you still remember the previous Prince-Regent? (T/N Power struggle where First Prince Dorgon became Emperor's Uncle and Prince-Regent, then Emperor's Father and Prince-Regent over Taizong' (Hong Taiji) son Fulin, Emperor Shunzhi)

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Scoundrel!

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You want me to follow Dorgon in acting as a regent and monopolizing the government's power?

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That is rebelling!

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Your Highness, don't speak of it as such.

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Don't speak?

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You disloyal and unfilial servant.

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You should be immediately dragged out and sliced into pieces!

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Prince He, stand in this doorway and shout

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that I, Yuan Chunwang, am scheming to rebel.

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You!

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Crazy!

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If our discussion earlier gets out,

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my death is not to be pitied.

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But Prince, I'm just a servant.

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Even if my master succeeds in obtaining power, I'm just a useless being.

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I will never be able to man the court and overturn clouds and rains. (T/N he cannot take power as a eunuch)

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Your Highness, I risked danger to give you such advice

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not for myself.

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I'm doing this for my Mistress, Her Highness the Empress.

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I'm doing this for your sake.

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No. I can't.

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I will never do it.

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My words end here. May Prince He take care of yourself.

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Prince He, do you want to be a hero of the Aisin-Gioro clan

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or a dog just getting trampled on?

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You decide.

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Lord Fuheng.

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Prince He of the First Rank, His Majesty has made clear orders

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to strictly prohibit the eunuchs of the inner palace from having close interaction with high court officials.

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I don't need to remind you that, right?

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Lord Fuheng, you probably are having some misunderstanding.

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I gifted the Twelfth Prince a parrot that can talk.

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Chief Steward Yuan just came to thank me by his command.

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Whether it's just a misunderstanding, you know it very well.

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If I bump into it again, I can only enforce the law accordingly.

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Hope you can understand.

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You yourself aren't clean, so what right do you have

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to lecture me?

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What did you say?

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Those fishy secrets between you and Noble Consort Ling,

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you think people don't know?

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Hongzhou, stop spouting lies.

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Oh? What?

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Angry now?

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You've been guarding me for so long, wasn't it all because you're afraid that I'll harm her?

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Too bad. She hasn't put any importance on you.

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She's just focused on clambering over the dragon and following the phoenix, continue on her rise in position. (T/N fawning on the powerful)

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Because of what Your Highness said, you looked guilty.

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Why would I feel guilty?

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Before, I never suspected it. But rethinking it now,

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there is indeed a talking parrot in Chengqian Palace.

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It doesn't seem to have been gifted to the Twelfth Prince.

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Prince He of the First Rank is doing acts to cover your true intentions.

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If you're not guilty, what could it be then?

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How dare you!

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Hongzhou, you're using force right inside the palace. Do you want to die?

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I so want to see who's the one who doesn't want his life!

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[ Internal Right Gates ]

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Stop!

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- Your Majesty.

- Greetings to Your Majesty.

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How are your injuries?

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Hongzhou, what is this place?

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You are getting more and more unruly!

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Your Majesty, I your subject brother—

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Your Majesty, Prince He of the First Rank and I just had a sudden whim

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to exchange some fighting stances.

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Exchanging stances?

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Yes. I was excessively reckless.

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I almost hurt Lord Fuheng.

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You're exchanging fighting stances not in the practice arena,

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but here at an the important office of the Council of State.

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Fuheng, as the head of the Council of State,

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you openly fought with another person.

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I'm punishing you to have no salary for half a year. Do you accept your punishment?

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I accept it.

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You! Come in with me.

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Respectfully sending off Your Majesty.

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I didn't punish you in public because I took into account of the dignity of the Aisin-Gioro family.

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Go and punish yourself at the residence of the clan!

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Imperial Brother, Fuheng is just an outsider.

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As for we two, we grew up together.

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We studied together. I'm your biological brother!

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Beating up Neqin, insulting the clan (T/N Aka "Naquin" - the brother of the Second Empress)

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and even daring to tamper with military equipment.

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If you weren't my biological brother, I wouldn't have repeatedly been lenient with you!

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Imperial Brother!

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Hongzhou.

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Since young, you grew up at the knee of the Empress Dowager.

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I regarded you has having been born from the same mother and entrusted you with an important post.

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But as for you,

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you conducted a grand funeral for the living in the He mansion.

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Those were minor disturbances.

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For the past two years, you even dared to invite the civil and military officials,

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sat on the coffin and laughed out loud.

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You were wild, arrogant and took the law into your own hands.

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You wanted to tell everyone

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of hidden pain in your heart, resentment and the unfairness!

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You wanted everyone in the kingdom to know that you have received unfair treatments. Isn't that so?

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Imperial Brother, conducting a funeral for the living was merely just for fun.

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You didn't do it to vent yourself. It was pretending to be absurd!

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You used the live funeral as a cover-up to secretly commit a crime!

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Imperial Brother, I can swear to heaven.

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I didn't do such a devious deed!

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The Imperial censures against you are piling up like a mountain!

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If I don't keep covering up for you,

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you...!

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Hongzhou, remember this.

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This is the last time.

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If you dare to touch my limit again,

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don't blame me for disregarding our brotherhood.

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Starting from today, I will speak and act cautiously.

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May Imperial Brother please forgive me!

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Empress Dowager, do you still remember

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when I squeezed myself into a cabinet?

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Everyone thought something bad happened to me and panicked.

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You were six years old then.

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Everyone was jumping up and down the whole day.

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You caused your mother to panic and she almost fainted.

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It's just a cabinet and

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you could even curl up in there.

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Wasn't it just to skip classes?

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I remember that Imperial Brother, in order to cover up for me,

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he was punished with me.

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Your Imperial Brother was beaten and punished many times because of you,

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but you simply refused to mend your ways!

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What are you talking about that is making you so happy?

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Greetings to Imperial Brother.

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The older and younger brothers have become cautious towards each other.

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I'm not used to seeing this.

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Why are you so free today to come to Shoukang Palace to chat with the Empress Dowager?

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I already know about the matter.

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Emperor, Hongzhou is now sincere about his mistake.

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Spare him on this old lady's account.

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You are sincere in admitting your mistake?

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Imperial Brother.

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Those thousand of mistakes were due to my absurdity.

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Starting from today, if I commit a mistake again,

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I request Your Majesty to personally issue the death sentence

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and flog me to death.

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I won't ask for clemency.

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Emperor.

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You are close relatives

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with deep feelings.

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When the late Emperor passed away, I repeatedly advised you

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to take good care of Hongzhou.

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Did you forget that?

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Whatever happened in the past, I will let bygones be bygones.

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Let's be close again just like in the past.

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Okay?

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Imperial Brother.

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Enough.

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It's already in the past.

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No one is allowed to mention this again.

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Imperial Brother,

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There will be thousands of people going for the southern tour.

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It's extremely complex. The subordinates are doing a sloppy job.

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I understand the kind intention of the Empress Dowager.

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Why not let me have the authority to do it?

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I will guarantee the Empress Dowager that the journey will be smooth-sailing.

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I'm happy that you have this good intention.

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Assist the Internal Affairs Department with the preparations then.

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I'm going there now.

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Empress Dowager, Your Majesty. I'm taking my leave.

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Hongzhou. Hongzhou!

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Look at how old he is now.

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He still does whatever he wants.

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Royal Mother, what I previously discussed with you,

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what do you think about it?

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Imperial Noble Consort is equal to another Empress.

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The Empress is still here.

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Rushing to establish an Imperial Noble Consort,

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I fear it's inappropriate.

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I...

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want to use Noble Consort Ling to manage the harem.

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It doesn't need the establishment of an Imperial Noble Consort to manage the harem.

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When the Empress was Consort Xian,

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she also managed the affairs of the palace.

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Emperor, what's going on?

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Mishaps keep happening to Yongqi.

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I think the Empress is bad at management.

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It's hard not to be blamed.

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I think it's still better to replace the person in managing the harem.

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It's more appropriate.

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Emperor, you are suspicious about what happened to Yongqi?

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There is no concrete evidence.

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I will not suspect anyone.

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The Empress is definitely sick.

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I can't count on a sick person to manage the harem.

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It's still better for her to recuperate in peace.

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Prince He of the First Rank?

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I, Hongzhou, was clueless.

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I forgot the snuff bottle that was rewarded to me by Empress Dowager.

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Why are the faces so solemn after I have just left?

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What happened?

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Leave now.

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Just manage the southern tour well and I will be very grateful.

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I'm really leaving now.

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Establishing an Imperial Noble Consort is just like letting the Empress become a mere figurehead.

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What will the civil and military officials think?

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How will the commoners criticize us?

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Emperor, this must be carefully considered.

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Carefully consider this again.

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Royal Mother is circumspect.

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I will go according to your opinion.

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We will discuss this again when we are back from the southern tour.

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Giving respectful greetings to Your Highness the Empress.

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Mistress, there is news from Prince He.

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Prince He said that,

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His Majesty has the intention to establish Noble Consort Ling as Imperial Noble Consort Ling.

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What did you say?

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His Majesty wants to establish Noble Consort Ling as Imperial Noble Consort Ling!

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No. Impossible...

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Impossible!

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I'm the Empress of Great Qing.

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Why would the Great Qing want to establish an Imperial Noble Consort?

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Mistress, I have always thought that in the Great Qing Empire,

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other than Empress Xiaoxian who was Consort Donggo, (T/N Beloved consort of Emperor Shunzhi, who promoted her when she grieved to death up the ranks to Empress Xiaoxian two days after her passing, he was inconsolable and failed to attend court)

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if the Noble Consort were gravely ill and difficult to heal,

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granting the title of Imperial Noble Consort would show consolation.

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If there is no Empress in the Forbidden City,

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by establishing an Imperial Noble Consort as a replacement to manage the harem,

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it means that there is no Empress in place.

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What other reasons could there be to establish an Imperial Noble Consort?

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His Majesty also said...

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What did he say?

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His Majesty also said that you are seriously ill,

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and must take care to recuperate well.

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His Majesty wants to completely remove your power.

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If this information goes out,

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what will the civil and military officials think? What will the commoners of Great Qing think?

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They will think that Your Highness the Empress has committed an unpardonable sin.

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Your Highness will be deprived of your glory as Empress!

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When will it be?

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When will it be officially established!

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When he's back from the southern tour.

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- Yuan Chunwang.

- Here.

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Relay a message to Prince He of the First Rank on my behalf. Say that...

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Mistress! Look at the time now!

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Noble Consort Ling is going to take over your power.

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Mistress, you must not hesitate any longer!

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Tell Hongzhou,

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no matter what, I must see him today.

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Yes!

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Why?

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Hongli, why must you do this to me? (T/N the personal name of the Emperor, if overheard, a grave offense)

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Why!

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Your subject brother greeting Your Highness the Empress.

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This Empress seat is already just in name.

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Empress.

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Can you help me?

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How do you wish me to help you?

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These last ten years,

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I have managed the harem earnestly without committing any grave errors.

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His Majesty blames me and distances himself from me so much,

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and he's carrying out the installation of an Imperial Noble Consort.

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This is all illogical.

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Now you are Prince He of First Rank that everyone respects.

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If His Majesty wishes to install an Imperial Noble Consort,

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but the Imperial clansmen and high-ranking military and scholarly ministers join hands to oppose,

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then His Majesty can't just carry it out stubbornly either.

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Even now...

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You still hold out hope for him?

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Hongli's methods are unyielding.

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Our only hope,

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it's to remove and replace.

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What are you saying?

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I said, remove and replace.

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You're crazy.

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Treat it as if I never came today!

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All these years, how have you treated him?

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Why can't we rebel against him?

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Why can't we go after all that we deserve?

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What do you want to do?

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Kill him.

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You . . .

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You've lost all your reason.

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He's the Emperor! This is scheming a revolt!

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Even if I am mad, I'm mad because he pushed me into becoming a madman!

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After the return from southern tour,

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you...

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You will become just a puppet.

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Treated as fish-flesh by others, all day long.

529

Only Yongji.

530

Yongji is still a prince, no matter what.

531

Even if he can't ascend the throne--

532

My life today.

533

It's Yongji's tomorrow!

534

Yongji will be more wretched than I. Do you know that?

535

Shushen.

536

The time of the southern tour is our best time to make our move.

537

For you. For Twelfth Prince.

538

You need to think about what I said thoroughly.

539

Your Highness the Empress!

540

Your Highness, you've been distracted all day.

541

What's happened?

542

Nothing.

543

You say it's nothing,

544

but I've served Your Highness for so many years.

545

I've never seen Your Highness looking so anxious and distracted.

546

Earlier, I've suddenly gained

547

an opportunity to stand back up.

548

Your Highness, you mean . .?

549

Prosperity to Your Majesty. Prosperity to Your Majesty.

550

A small mind makes not a gentleman, and a real man lacks not in venom.

551

Desperate times need desperate measures.

552

Zhen'er. How many times have I told you?

553

You stop doing those chores.

554

These chores can be left for the lower servants.

555

I am willing.

556

Our Empress really said that?

557

The Empress, has she really made up her mind

558

to cooperate with Prince He of the First Rank?

559

Our mistress, you know,

560

she needs your help to push her a bit.

561

Me?

562

Zhen'er, from Empress' jewelry box,

563

help me retrieve an item.

564

Lord Fuheng. Is there an urgent matter today?

565

Usually when you see me, you'll just nod and leave.

566

But today you saw me from afar

567

and you came up to me especially,

568

so I can see that there's urgent matter.

569

I am about to go to battle.

570

Aren't you supposed to escort His Majesty on the southern tour?

571

Two days ago, Myanmar soldiers launched a fierce surprise attack.

572

Now they're pressing us at Simao City.

573

They intend to take away twelve autonomous prefectures.

574

His Majesty has ordered me to leave for battle right away

575

to help the Yungui governor in his war efforts. I leave tomorrow.

576

So suddenly?

577

May we talk in private, Noble Consort?

578

You have to watch out for Prince He of the First Rank.

579

Prince He?

580

A few days ago, he and I had an exchange of blows.

581

Today in the royal court, he disregarded our past enmity

582

and recommended me to His Majesty.

583

Why did you fight?

584

I saw personally a meeting between Yuan Chunwang and Prince He.

585

Prince He was furious from the humiliation and resorted to physical action.

586

I understand now.

587

Thank you for your consideration.

588

Lord Fuheng, I wish you a smooth journey.

589

May you win victoriously.

590

Is there anything else?

591

These years, small and big battles.

592

You won them all.

593

Everyone says you're a lucky general.

594

His Majesty is only full of praises as well.

595

This time, it won't be an exception either, of course.

596

I will await the great news of your great victory.

597

Thank you for trusting me.

598

Yingluo.

599

Take care of yourself.

600

Xiao Quanzi.

601

Your Highness.

602

Go take my badge and leave the palace right away, and investigate a person for me.

603

Your Highness, the southern tour is in three days.

604

If I leave now,

605

I'm afraid I won't be back in time to serve you.

606

After you find out, you will rush to join us.

607

Tell others your family member is ill and I allowed you to leave to visit.

608

Yes.

609

Mistress. It's time to attend the banquet.

610

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611

Forgetting Each Other

612

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

613

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

614

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

615

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

616

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

617

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

618

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

619

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

620

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

621

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

622

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

623

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

624

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

625

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

626

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

627

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

628

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

629

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

630

♫All the memories completely vanish.♫