Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,020 --> 00:00:11,980 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,610 --> 00:01:17,220 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,220 --> 00:01:23,760 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:30,670 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:39,400 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:49,180 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 4 7 00:01:58,870 --> 00:02:01,350 Wei Yingluo, what are you doing? 8 00:02:01,350 --> 00:02:04,360 I should be asking you this question instead. 9 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,310 What woman doesn't want to pave a good path for herself? What did I do wrong? 10 00:02:07,310 --> 00:02:09,590 Your so-called "paving a good path for yourself" 11 00:02:09,590 --> 00:02:13,040 is to pretend to sprain your leg and make Fuca Fuheng support you, 12 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,510 and use this opportunity to climb up the social ladder? 13 00:02:14,510 --> 00:02:16,680 Yes. Can't I do that? 14 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,730 He is a powerful child of a noble family. 15 00:02:18,730 --> 00:02:21,210 He has seen many beautiful women. 16 00:02:21,210 --> 00:02:25,500 Just by relying on your face, do you think he will carry you in a red sedan to enter the door? (T/N Marry her) 17 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,810 If I want to be a wife and not someone else's fool, 18 00:02:28,810 --> 00:02:30,890 I'm willing to. 19 00:02:30,890 --> 00:02:35,390 These people have pig's brains. Even a person without any sense of shame will think the same way too. 20 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,200 What is this place? 21 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:43,430 The Forbidden City. If a palace maid and an Imperial Guard commit adultery 22 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:45,330 and this is exposed, 23 00:02:45,330 --> 00:02:49,200 he's the relative of the Imperial family and can easily get away with this. 24 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,860 As for you, 25 00:02:51,650 --> 00:02:53,170 it's a dead-end for you. 26 00:02:53,170 --> 00:02:56,580 I'm telling you this because we came out together today. 27 00:02:56,580 --> 00:02:58,330 I don't want to be implicated by you. 28 00:02:58,330 --> 00:03:00,050 If this were another time, 29 00:03:00,050 --> 00:03:02,540 I won't stop you if you want to seek death. 30 00:03:02,540 --> 00:03:05,300 The pot's calling the kettle black. You don't have the rights to lecture me. 31 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:07,270 - Say that again. - You! 32 00:03:08,950 --> 00:03:11,650 I'm going to deliver the clothes. Okay? 33 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,500 "People with pig's brains"? 34 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:33,440 "No sense of shame"? 35 00:03:37,410 --> 00:03:40,590 Isn't that so, Wei Yingluo? 36 00:03:42,570 --> 00:03:46,540 Miss Yingluo. It seems like you are biased towards men. 37 00:03:46,540 --> 00:03:49,990 What about me and His Majesty? 38 00:03:49,990 --> 00:03:52,480 Imperial Guard Fuca, you must be mistaken. 39 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,830 In this world, there are definitely many of those who deceive ignorant and gullible young women. 40 00:03:55,830 --> 00:03:58,990 They have pig's brains and are without any sense of shame. 41 00:03:58,990 --> 00:04:01,510 But His Majesty is the true Imperial Son of Heaven. 42 00:04:01,510 --> 00:04:03,830 You are among the brave and talented. 43 00:04:03,830 --> 00:04:06,700 How could you be mixed up with those people without any sense of shame? 44 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:09,160 Wei Yingluo, you are really good at weaseling your way out. 45 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,360 Imperial Guard Fuca, you are right in lecturing me. 46 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,870 I will be cautious, behave in the future 47 00:04:13,870 --> 00:04:15,710 and conform to the rules. 48 00:04:17,270 --> 00:04:18,860 Wei Yingluo. 49 00:04:20,690 --> 00:04:23,990 Imperial Guard Fuca, are there any further instructions? 50 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,290 Regardless of what bias you have, 51 00:04:28,290 --> 00:04:30,410 don't look down on men. 52 00:04:31,490 --> 00:04:35,160 Imperial Guards in the palace are warriors. 53 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,460 Yes, I accept your lesson with humility. 54 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,420 Imperial Guard Fuca is here. 55 00:05:24,740 --> 00:05:26,860 Fortunately, he's here. 56 00:05:26,860 --> 00:05:31,490 He can always enter and leave Changchun Palace. Mistress can have one more person to lean on. 57 00:05:31,490 --> 00:05:35,660 Do you think just anyone can enter and leave the Imperial palace? 58 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:38,960 Even if he's her younger brother, it's still a taboo. 59 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,710 His Majesty allows Her Highness and Imperial Guard Fuca to meet frequently 60 00:05:42,710 --> 00:05:45,710 because he is very kind to Her Highness. 61 00:05:50,110 --> 00:05:52,730 Fuheng, what are you trying to do? 62 00:05:53,970 --> 00:05:56,780 Fuheng, return it to me! 63 00:05:56,780 --> 00:05:59,840 Return it to me! Where is my item? 64 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,530 Where did you leave the longevity lock? 65 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:04,520 Help me to look for it! 66 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,560 No one is allowed to look for it! 67 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,520 Where's the longevity lock? 68 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,540 My longevity lock. 69 00:06:15,170 --> 00:06:17,300 My longevity lock. 70 00:06:18,610 --> 00:06:22,490 Who gave you the right to take my item? What gives you the right to mind my business? 71 00:06:22,490 --> 00:06:25,570 It has been three years since Yonglian had the tragedy. 72 00:06:25,570 --> 00:06:30,200 Three years have passed, and you are starting to cry and refusing to see people. 73 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,270 Even now, you are still not in your right state of mind and depressed. 74 00:06:33,270 --> 00:06:38,000 Elder Sister, when are you going to stop grieving? 75 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:41,200 - Imperial Guard Fuca... - Retreat. 76 00:06:41,730 --> 00:06:44,580 Release me. Stop managing my business. 77 00:06:44,580 --> 00:06:46,530 I don't want to manage it, 78 00:06:47,170 --> 00:06:49,020 but I can't ignore it. 79 00:06:49,020 --> 00:06:51,180 As long as you are still the offspring of the Fuca family 80 00:06:51,180 --> 00:06:53,790 or the Empress of the Great Qing, 81 00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:56,300 you shouldn't indulge in private grievances 82 00:06:56,300 --> 00:06:57,800 and forget to shoulder your responsibilities. 83 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,110 I have never forgotten to shoulder my responsibilities. 84 00:07:00,110 --> 00:07:02,630 Do you still dare to say that? 85 00:07:02,630 --> 00:07:04,970 What the Empress ought to do? 86 00:07:04,970 --> 00:07:07,530 What the Empress should be like? 87 00:07:08,540 --> 00:07:12,430 Before you got married, what did your father repeatedly say, to avoid being embarrassed? 88 00:07:13,270 --> 00:07:16,240 Once you stepped over the threshold of the Aisin-Gioro family, (T/N married into the ruling family) 89 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,270 you should make preparations for your life. 90 00:07:21,210 --> 00:07:22,860 You! 91 00:07:23,730 --> 00:07:27,140 What gives you the right to criticize me? 92 00:07:27,140 --> 00:07:28,940 What gives you the right? 93 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:32,710 Just because I didn't manage the harem well? 94 00:07:32,710 --> 00:07:35,270 Because I lack the ability to do so? 95 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,360 Why is it still so sad to have lost Yonglian? 96 00:07:42,690 --> 00:07:45,750 I don't want to live with such extreme grief. 97 00:07:47,370 --> 00:07:49,830 I was pregnant with him for ten months. (T/N by the Chinese calendar) 98 00:07:49,830 --> 00:07:54,480 I was in pain for a day and a night before I gave birth to him. 99 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:59,040 He was the most important person in my life. My most beloved child! 100 00:08:01,430 --> 00:08:03,760 If I really could, 101 00:08:04,820 --> 00:08:08,190 I'd be willing to use my life to exchange for his life. 102 00:08:08,730 --> 00:08:12,180 You have never experienced this kind of pain. 103 00:08:12,180 --> 00:08:14,280 You don't have the right to criticize me! 104 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,460 - Elder Sister. - Stop calling me. 105 00:08:18,780 --> 00:08:23,120 You are standing here today. Did His Majesty tell you to come? 106 00:08:25,970 --> 00:08:28,090 Go and tell him. 107 00:08:29,350 --> 00:08:34,370 I will always be Yonglian's mother. Yonglian has left. 108 00:08:34,370 --> 00:08:39,150 He can be indifferent but I can't. 109 00:08:40,340 --> 00:08:44,760 So, you have always resented His Majesty. 110 00:08:45,710 --> 00:08:49,780 Do you think that regarding Yonglian's premature death, 111 00:08:49,780 --> 00:08:51,490 he has always been indifferent? 112 00:08:51,490 --> 00:08:55,250 Other than the five days after Yonglian passed away, 113 00:08:55,250 --> 00:08:58,790 when he was in deep sorrow and grief, 114 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:05,190 he subsequently seems to have forgotten about the child. 115 00:09:05,190 --> 00:09:08,140 He went to the Imperial court, as though nothing had happened, 116 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:11,730 to handle his government affairs. Of course, 117 00:09:12,990 --> 00:09:15,420 it didn't matter to him. 118 00:09:15,420 --> 00:09:18,950 He has many women to give birth to a child for him. 119 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:23,990 He can have many sons in the future, 120 00:09:23,990 --> 00:09:26,350 but I don't have any. 121 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,200 I don't have any. I only had Yonglian. 122 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,420 I only had one son. 123 00:09:41,370 --> 00:09:43,710 My lock. 124 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,890 My lock. 125 00:09:48,370 --> 00:09:51,350 My lock. 126 00:09:53,450 --> 00:09:55,080 Move aside. 127 00:10:20,070 --> 00:10:26,040 Elder Sister, I know you resent me a lot, 128 00:10:27,130 --> 00:10:32,540 but there are certain things which you detest but I still need to do them. 129 00:10:34,030 --> 00:10:36,370 It's because I'm your biological younger brother. 130 00:10:36,930 --> 00:10:40,460 Other than Father and Mother, I care about you the most. 131 00:10:43,690 --> 00:10:47,820 Erqing said you are fine during the day. 132 00:10:47,820 --> 00:10:52,420 When it's evening, you sit on the ground till daybreak. 133 00:10:52,420 --> 00:10:54,890 Mother is very worried about you. 134 00:10:56,210 --> 00:10:59,540 After she last saw you, she kept crying later. 135 00:10:59,540 --> 00:11:02,560 She said you have changed into another person. 136 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:04,750 Although you still love to talk and smile, 137 00:11:04,750 --> 00:11:07,130 none of your smiles are genuine. 138 00:11:07,130 --> 00:11:08,720 Elder Sister. 139 00:11:09,850 --> 00:11:12,370 She's our mother. 140 00:11:13,580 --> 00:11:16,830 How could your pretense escape her eyes? 141 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:20,960 Mother also said if she had known earlier, 142 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,460 even if she fought desperately for her life, 143 00:11:23,460 --> 00:11:26,020 she didn't want this splendor and wealth. 144 00:11:27,650 --> 00:11:30,740 When Father heard this, he quarreled with her. 145 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:34,940 He felt bad for entrusting you under His Majesty's care. 146 00:11:36,670 --> 00:11:39,070 He felt bad for the Aisin-Gioro family 147 00:11:40,050 --> 00:11:42,680 for raising such a weak daughter. 148 00:11:43,850 --> 00:11:49,220 When Gao Bin was the Governor of Jiangnan, the late Emperor trusted and re-used him. 149 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:53,980 He even rewarded Madam Gao and promoted her as Secondary Consort. (T/N lower than Princess Consort to Prince Bao) 150 00:11:54,860 --> 00:11:57,070 Second only to you. (T/N Empress Fuca was the Princess Consort Bao - the legal difujin over the two cefujin) 151 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,550 Now, the power of the Gao family has greatly increased. 152 00:11:59,550 --> 00:12:02,230 They are also involved in the internal strife between Zhang Tingyu's party and Ortai. 153 00:12:02,230 --> 00:12:04,760 A slight change will affect the overall situation. 154 00:12:05,700 --> 00:12:09,820 Elder Sister. As the Empress, if you don't stand up again, 155 00:12:10,510 --> 00:12:12,980 you will only make it more difficult for His Majesty. 156 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,990 There's something which His Majesty wants me to hand over to you. 157 00:12:33,770 --> 00:12:37,040 Once you have regained your good mood, open it and take a look. 158 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:07,800 Your Highness Consort Chun. 159 00:13:11,230 --> 00:13:14,590 May I boldly ask Your Highness to help me. 160 00:13:18,370 --> 00:13:21,350 Mistress, Her Highness Consort Chun is here. 161 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:37,080 Greetings to Your Highness the Empress. 162 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,990 Rise. 163 00:13:45,300 --> 00:13:46,930 How is your body? 164 00:13:46,930 --> 00:13:51,750 I'm quite fragile, I fall ill whenever I catch a little breeze during the changing of seasons. 165 00:13:51,750 --> 00:13:54,680 After taking two batches of medicines, I'm feeling better now. 166 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:57,540 Those are old problems, Your Highness doesn't need to worry. 167 00:13:57,540 --> 00:14:01,600 That's good, I was going to visit you initially. 168 00:14:02,530 --> 00:14:04,510 When I was here the last time, 169 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:08,740 I noticed that your eyes were little red, I plucked some chrysanthemums, 170 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:11,280 I had Hongluo sieve them through boiling water. 171 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,560 Your Highness can put them under the eyes later on, and have some steam to infuse them. 172 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:16,370 You'll be feeling a lot better afterwards. 173 00:14:16,370 --> 00:14:19,660 But careful to not hurt your eyes. 174 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:24,390 Consort Chun is so meticulous. the last medicinal cushion you brought over, 175 00:14:24,390 --> 00:14:26,900 Her Highness has been using it well. 176 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:31,850 The wick grass and the peach tree branch need to be exchanged regularly. 177 00:14:32,610 --> 00:14:36,350 When the cushion gets old, I'll have someone bring over a new one. 178 00:14:38,630 --> 00:14:42,090 Consort Chun, you smell very fragrant. 179 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:44,990 Which fragrant powder are you using? 180 00:14:44,990 --> 00:14:47,500 My mistress never uses any fragrant powder. 181 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:51,570 The fragrance you mentioned, do you mean the one from the clothes? 182 00:14:51,570 --> 00:14:53,810 Besides the smell of soap on the clothes, 183 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:56,390 what fragrance is there? 184 00:14:56,390 --> 00:15:00,460 When washing clothes in our palace, we'd add washing fragrance. 185 00:15:00,970 --> 00:15:04,270 A powder made from peonies and spikenard essential oil. (T/N this oil comes from Nardostachys jatamansi) 186 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:08,540 Adding it during the rinsing phase, the clothes will have a natural scent afterwards. 187 00:15:08,540 --> 00:15:11,930 This is habit my mistress always had before entering the palace. 188 00:15:11,930 --> 00:15:13,760 Yuhu... 189 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,840 If Your Highness likes it, I'll have it sent over tomorrow. 190 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,860 Consort Chun, you are smart and talented. 191 00:15:22,860 --> 00:15:26,550 If you'd spend half as much effort on 192 00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:29,480 on His Majesty compared to me, 193 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,980 it would be such a good thing. 194 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:38,830 Your Highness, you are not a fish, how can you understand the happiness of being one? 195 00:15:38,830 --> 00:15:42,940 I'm already satisfied when I can spend time around you. 196 00:15:42,940 --> 00:15:45,380 I never have hoped for the graces from His Majesty. 197 00:15:46,140 --> 00:15:48,170 You... 198 00:15:52,030 --> 00:15:55,790 You only made a pot of tea, why are your eyes so red? 199 00:15:57,130 --> 00:16:00,160 It's nothing, when I used boiling water just now, 200 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,460 I accidentally steamed them. 201 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:04,980 You were crying? 202 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:07,590 I didn't, didnt. 203 00:16:08,330 --> 00:16:13,020 Empress, I'm speaking up boldly for Hongluo. 204 00:16:13,020 --> 00:16:17,680 No, no, I'm okay, Consort Chun, please don't say anything. 205 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,570 Consort Chun, continue. 206 00:16:21,570 --> 00:16:23,950 When I entered the inner court just now. 207 00:16:23,950 --> 00:16:27,280 I saw Hongluo being sullen. 208 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,470 I asked her about it, she was being incoherent. 209 00:16:30,470 --> 00:16:32,020 Later on, I found out 210 00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:36,320 she turned twenty-five last year, she's qualified to leave the palace. 211 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,460 But apparently her betrothed didn't want to wait, 212 00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:41,850 and wants to marry someone else. 213 00:16:41,850 --> 00:16:45,590 Hongluo, why didn't you talk to me? 214 00:16:45,590 --> 00:16:48,880 Your Highness, Hongluo by her age is qualified indeed to leave the palace. 215 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,740 - But... - They should normally report to Your Highness, 216 00:16:51,740 --> 00:16:53,910 to let Hongluo leave the palace and get married. 217 00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:57,850 But Your Highness was in a bad mood. 218 00:16:57,850 --> 00:17:01,010 No one wanted to disturb you with a small matter. 219 00:17:01,010 --> 00:17:03,660 One thing led to another, the matter has been put off. 220 00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:06,560 The female servants who reach the qualified age to leave the palace, 221 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,450 is a small matter to me indeed. 222 00:17:08,450 --> 00:17:12,430 But to them, it's no small matter. It's a matter that impacts their entire lives. 223 00:17:12,430 --> 00:17:16,490 Go to the Imperial Household Department immediately and sign up Hongluo! 224 00:17:16,490 --> 00:17:17,350 Yes. 225 00:17:17,350 --> 00:17:20,370 Hongluo, I will grant you a set dowry, 226 00:17:20,370 --> 00:17:23,310 so that you can get married extravagantly. 227 00:17:24,390 --> 00:17:27,500 I will never forget about Your Highness' benevolence and mercy! 228 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,420 Rise. 229 00:17:32,820 --> 00:17:34,990 You can leave now. 230 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,490 Your Highness is very tolerant, and leads the harem diligently. 231 00:17:41,490 --> 00:17:44,030 There's no one better than you. 232 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:49,580 Hongluo is walking in front of me every day. 233 00:17:50,110 --> 00:17:53,780 I was totally in the dark... 234 00:17:53,780 --> 00:17:56,630 Changchun Palace is under my eyes, 235 00:17:56,630 --> 00:17:59,320 how could such a mistake have happened? 236 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,030 Let alone, the entire Forbidden Palace? 237 00:18:02,030 --> 00:18:06,130 How many mistakes are happening every day? 238 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,560 I'm an Empress who has neglected her duty. 239 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,990 Consort Chun, I understand now. 240 00:18:22,650 --> 00:18:24,520 What? 241 00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:27,940 Fuheng has asked you to help, 242 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,290 but you could not tell me directly. 243 00:18:30,290 --> 00:18:34,020 So you let me see through this matter 244 00:18:34,020 --> 00:18:36,460 the consequences of neglecting one's duty. 245 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:42,700 Your Highness, Young Master Fuca said 246 00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:45,700 that you have to take a look at the box he left for you. 247 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:50,200 Maybe it'll open your mind. 248 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,040 The Emperor who was chosen by heaven proclaims 249 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,120 Yonglian, my legitimate child, 250 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,610 is intelligent, precious and extraordinary. 251 00:19:26,610 --> 00:19:31,280 Implicitly showing the signs of bearing great responsibilities. 252 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:34,230 After I ascended to the throne, he kept to the established laws and regulations. 253 00:19:34,230 --> 00:19:39,650 I hereby personally write down that he is to be named the crown prince, 254 00:19:39,650 --> 00:19:41,970 this decree is to be hidden behind the "Open and Above Board" plaque at Qianqing Palace. 255 00:19:41,970 --> 00:19:45,520 Qianlong, seventh (lunar) month, second day, first year of reign 256 00:19:51,070 --> 00:19:55,390 Your Highness, what's wrong? 257 00:19:55,390 --> 00:19:57,010 Your Highness. 258 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:15,560 He named Yonglian, 259 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:19,310 as the Crown Prince. 260 00:20:21,670 --> 00:20:25,030 When Yonglian was alive, 261 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,110 he was already Qing Dynasty's Crown Prince. 262 00:20:32,990 --> 00:20:35,550 This is a good thing. 263 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:41,930 The day he ascended to the throne, he had already named his successor. 264 00:20:43,020 --> 00:20:45,650 For Yonglian, 265 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:48,690 he had high hopes. 266 00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:55,010 But I hated him, blamed him. 267 00:20:56,140 --> 00:20:59,320 I wanted him to be like me. 268 00:21:00,230 --> 00:21:02,610 But he is the Emperor. 269 00:21:04,170 --> 00:21:07,330 He's the Emperor of Great Qing. 270 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:11,620 He is the Emperor... 271 00:21:11,620 --> 00:21:13,590 Your Highness... 272 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,190 His Majesty must have been heartbroken as well. 273 00:21:18,190 --> 00:21:20,560 Please don't blame him any longer. 274 00:21:24,590 --> 00:21:26,960 It's all my fault. 275 00:21:29,020 --> 00:21:32,320 I couldn't protect Yonglian. 276 00:21:33,550 --> 00:21:37,230 He didn't only lose a son, 277 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,760 he also lost his Crown Prince he just named. 278 00:21:45,290 --> 00:21:49,750 And I... All these years... 279 00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:53,720 I only let myself live in pain. 280 00:21:54,460 --> 00:21:58,820 I didn't fulfill my duty as an Empress. 281 00:22:05,420 --> 00:22:10,250 I was wrong, I was wrong... 282 00:22:10,250 --> 00:22:13,430 I was so completely wrong... 283 00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:16,390 My father was right, 284 00:22:18,190 --> 00:22:22,160 I'm a sinner in the Aisin-Gioro family. 285 00:22:23,660 --> 00:22:26,950 In the Aisin-Gioro family, 286 00:22:28,470 --> 00:22:29,770 I'm the sinner... 287 00:22:29,770 --> 00:22:34,560 No, Your Highness, you weren't at fault. 288 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,360 It's destiny's fault, it took the Second Prince away. 289 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:42,030 The destiny took away your life. 290 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:53,820 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 291 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,000 Your Majesty, it's already san-geng hour. (T/N 11:00 pm to 1:00 am. Twelve "hours", each two hours long) 292 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,200 You should rest. 293 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,600 Yes. 294 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,400 Erqing, Empress should be awake. 295 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,600 Her Highness is unwell in her health. Let her rest more. 296 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,400 But the consorts will come to pay respect to her soon. 297 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,000 Then do as usual, spare it. 298 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 All of you, come in. 299 00:23:58,430 --> 00:24:08,850 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 300 00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:16,290 Dress me. 301 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:19,470 Yes. 302 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,100 Usually when I have invited you for tea, 303 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:35,200 you'd put it off and won't come. 304 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,300 But now you're quite diligent. 305 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:42,200 It's my duty to greet the Her Highness the Empress and wish her health. 306 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:50,000 If Empress won't wake up, she shouldn't let us wait in vain. 307 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,900 Imperial Concubine Jia, let's go. 308 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:53,600 Yes, Your Highness. 309 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:57,900 I haven't arrived and someone wants to leave? 310 00:24:57,900 --> 00:25:00,800 Are we too much in a rush? 311 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,300 Greetings to Your Highness the Empress. 312 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:36,400 I thought Your Highness forgot again about the greeting. 313 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,200 Noble Consort Gao. 314 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,100 I remember when you first came into the manor, 315 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:45,700 you were so good at pouring tea. 316 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:50,500 How come you're getting more unruly as the years pass? 317 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:52,800 Maybe once we came into the palace 318 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:58,500 and you were installed as the Noble Consort, you forgot what the hierarchy of status means? 319 00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:03,600 All of my sisters, you are excused from formality. 320 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,200 Thank you, Your Highness. 321 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,600 Since we're all gathered today, 322 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:23,400 there are a few things I need to bring up. 323 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,800 I am usually sick. 324 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,500 So many things in the palace have gone undone despite my care. 325 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:33,700 Now I am much better, 326 00:26:33,700 --> 00:26:37,900 so these matters should be tended to. 327 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,300 - Noble Lady Yu. - Yes. 328 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:45,700 You're pregnant with a royal heir but you've always suffered from weak health. 329 00:26:45,700 --> 00:26:48,300 You need someone capable watching over you. 330 00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:51,300 Other than the royal physicians required to check your pulse daily, 331 00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:56,400 the Internal Affairs Bureau will send a few sharp and skilled hands to care after you. 332 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,500 Of course, if someone continues to be blind 333 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:03,600 and be offensive, you can come to me all you want. 334 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,700 I will seek justice for you. 335 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,700 Thank you, Empress, for your care. 336 00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:12,400 Rise. 337 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,380 Also, Imperial Concubine Yi. 338 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:23,400 So young in age and she left. 339 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,500 Such a regrettable and lamentable matter. 340 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:30,700 I will ask His Majesty to bury her honorably. 341 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:36,100 As for her family, they will be settled well too. 342 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,600 Your Highness the Empress. 343 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,800 Imperial Concubine Yi killed herself. 344 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:48,000 If I am to speak ugly words, if it were a palace maid committing this grave offense, 345 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,800 the family would be beheaded or exiled. 346 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,800 Today you are speaking of an honorable burial? 347 00:27:57,540 --> 00:27:59,540 Could it be that 348 00:28:00,380 --> 00:28:06,030 Empress wants everyone to follow suit? 349 00:28:07,300 --> 00:28:11,800 I said Imperial Concubine Yi died from illness. 350 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,600 But you claim she hung herself, Noble Consort Gao. 351 00:28:19,820 --> 00:28:22,460 Who is really right? 352 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,400 Consort Chun? 353 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,900 Surely Your Highness the Empress is right. 354 00:28:28,660 --> 00:28:30,810 Consort Xian? 355 00:28:30,810 --> 00:28:32,590 Yes. 356 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:36,000 And all you other sisters? 357 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,600 How would the Empress be wrong? Naturally it was death due to illness. 358 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,300 Look then. 359 00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:55,900 Even a newly-entered Noble Lady is more aware of the rules than Noble Consort Gao. 360 00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:58,600 How shocking. 361 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,600 Empress! 362 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:13,840 Sure. If Empress says she died from illness, then we’ll regard it as such. 363 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,000 I may be able to forgive and move on from what’s happened in the palace already. 364 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,000 However from now on, if anyone should cause disturbance 365 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,700 I shall absolutely not overlook it. 366 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:29,600 Is that all clear to you, Sisters? 367 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:36,200 Whore! 368 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,400 The Empress usually never pays attention to the inner palace matters. 369 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,300 Why did she go against the usual and suddenly appear today? 370 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:47,200 If you ask me, who do I ask? 371 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,800 In my opinion, if the Empress really gets back up... 372 00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:59,300 A sickly cat is always still a sickly cat. 373 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:03,800 A rare roar, and that still doesn’t make her the tigress. 374 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,300 She’s not paid heed to matters for so long already. 375 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:10,400 She wants to reclaim the authority to mind matters now? 376 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,300 That’s not so easily done. 377 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:15,800 Your Highness' words are so precise. 378 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:21,000 However with the Empress watching now, 379 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,700 we may need to be more vigilant in our conduct. 380 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,400 We will see about that. 381 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:35,600 Let’s see how long she can make that breath last. 382 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,400 Your Highness, are you alright? 383 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,300 Forgive me, Consort Xian. I am with offense! 384 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:51,000 Where are your eyes? You bumped into her straight on! 385 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000 You’ve dirtied up her nice clothes. 386 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,500 That’s enough, Zhen’er. 387 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:57,000 You’re not injured? 388 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:57,900 Rise. 389 00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:00,700 Yes. Thank you, Your Highness. 390 00:31:03,450 --> 00:31:06,210 Be careful walking in the future. 391 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,000 What’s wrong? 392 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,400 Consort Xian. My mother is gravely ill. 393 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,320 But the supervising ward won’t let me visit her. 394 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:23,190 I am so worried I won’t get to see my mother for the last time. 395 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,900 That’s why I walked in a daze. 396 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:27,800 Which palace do you belong to? 397 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,600 I am from Ruyi Hall. 398 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,420 If you’re telling the truth, 399 00:31:32,420 --> 00:31:35,800 I will speak with Supervisor Wu to release you for a sick visit. 400 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,100 Thank you, Your Highness! 401 00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:42,000 Your Highness Consort Xian, I will never forget your merciful grace! 402 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:46,600 Sister, you are titled as Consort Xian, meaning "virtue". 403 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,000 Everyone in the Forbidden City knows this, 404 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,000 And I have found out. 405 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,600 You are revered and loved by everyone in the palace. 406 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,600 That is not a title you earned for no reason. 407 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,000 Just a helping hand. Nothing worth mentioning. 408 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,080 Many helping hands added together. 409 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,000 Everyone in the palace sees it. 410 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,300 No wonder Noble Consort Gao wants to be on your good side too. 411 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:12,000 You are making a joke. 412 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,800 Today the Empress was drastically different than before. 413 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,200 I believe it’s your merit. 414 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,600 Sister, you are overthinking. 415 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:26,400 Before, Her Highness didn't like to manage the affairs because she's sick. 416 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:30,400 Now that her health has greatly improved, she surely must return in managing the harem. 417 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,400 In the past, when the eight of us were still attending at the Prince Bao Manor, 418 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,400 other than the deceased Consort Zhe, 419 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:41,300 there were Empress, Noble Consort Gao, Imperial Concubine Jia, Noble Lady Yu, and Noble Lady Wan. 420 00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:44,600 I actually can see clearly what each one wants, 421 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,800 except for you, Consort Chun. 422 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,900 Until now, I can't see it clearly. 423 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:56,500 What exactly do you want to point at, Consort Xian? 424 00:32:56,500 --> 00:33:00,300 Among we eight, in terms of appearance and talent, 425 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:03,300 you are the most outstanding. 426 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:06,800 But within a year, I never saw you showcasing this even once. 427 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,400 It's as if you're always sick. 428 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,600 My health is weak and it has dragged me down. 429 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,470 But when Empress needs you to be around, 430 00:33:17,470 --> 00:33:20,000 you will be by her side. 431 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,700 I understand. Empress is the mother of the nation. She commands the six palaces. 432 00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:28,600 Being close to her will indeed be beneficial. 433 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,800 But Sister, you never asked for anything. 434 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:35,100 Tell me, what do you really want? 435 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:42,400 Aren't you the one who is truly without worldly desires? 436 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:47,100 Glory, splendor, wealth, and fame, all those desires, you don't get involved with any of them. 437 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:51,200 In your heart, His Majesty is the most important. 438 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,300 Look at you. You can clearly see through everyone. 439 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,800 But what about you? I just couldn't fully understand you. 440 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:02,000 Since you're not attending the tea gathering of Noble Consort Gao, 441 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,400 will you accept my invitation to admire the flowers? 442 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,070 If it's purely just to admire the flowers, 443 00:34:08,070 --> 00:34:10,400 of course, I will be happy too. 444 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,400 But if it involves others, then forgive for disrespectfully refusing it. 445 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,000 Sister, while living in the Forbidden City, 446 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:22,400 it won't be easy to isolate one's self for preservation of integrity. 447 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:26,700 I don't ask for that, but I ask to have a guilt-free conscience. 448 00:34:26,700 --> 00:34:29,800 Sister, I'll take my leave. 449 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,200 Sister Zhilan. 450 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:39,520 You are? 451 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:43,740 We are embroidery maidens. Supervisor Zhang told us to bring the finished spring clothes here. 452 00:34:43,740 --> 00:34:45,790 Is there an issue? 453 00:34:45,790 --> 00:34:48,180 Look how we're all wearing the same palace maid outfits, 454 00:34:48,180 --> 00:34:50,950 but when you wear it, you stand out so much. 455 00:34:50,950 --> 00:34:54,660 And the embroidered flower by the collar is so pretty. 456 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:56,950 I can tell right away you're a skillful person. 457 00:34:56,950 --> 00:34:59,210 You're pretty good at talking. 458 00:35:00,470 --> 00:35:02,430 But pity that scented pouch. 459 00:35:02,430 --> 00:35:06,140 If it's touched up with some cyan threads, it'd be prettier. 460 00:35:06,140 --> 00:35:10,390 Sister, I actually have cyan-colored threads on me. 461 00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:13,160 If you don't mind, 462 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,250 I'll add it on for you now. 463 00:35:15,250 --> 00:35:18,550 Linglong, we need to rush back to the embroidery house. 464 00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:21,520 What's there to be scared of? Go back and tell your Momo Zhang 465 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,520 that I thought this girl was pretty sharp, so I kept her for a chat. 466 00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,830 You come with me. 467 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,030 The skills of the embroidery house maidens are good indeed. 468 00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:39,960 The added color adds more balance. 469 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,640 This is nothing though. There's a girl named Yingluo in our house. 470 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:48,440 She's not only exceptional in her embroidery skills, she's also a sharp mind. 471 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:53,570 Last time, if it weren't for her, none of us would have known the loquat ointment was so complicated! 472 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:58,700 What did you say? Loquat ointment? 473 00:35:58,700 --> 00:35:59,820 Yes. 474 00:35:59,820 --> 00:36:04,590 Yingluo mentioned in Yonghe Palace last time about her childhood days, when she accidentally ate a loquat pit. 475 00:36:04,590 --> 00:36:10,050 If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have known the young leaves are poisonous and can't be used for medicine. 476 00:36:11,450 --> 00:36:15,570 Sister, did I say something wrong? 477 00:36:16,630 --> 00:36:20,820 Of course not. We're just chatting. 478 00:36:20,820 --> 00:36:22,690 I am relieved then. 479 00:36:22,690 --> 00:36:26,760 Sister, I thought you'd be bored by me coming to chat out of nowhere. 480 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,330 I didn't realize what a nice person you really are. 481 00:36:29,330 --> 00:36:33,430 By the way, that palace maid you mentioned. 482 00:36:33,430 --> 00:36:35,680 Her name is Yingluo? 483 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,600 Wei Yingluo. 484 00:36:44,790 --> 00:36:46,760 Pretty good. 485 00:36:51,130 --> 00:36:56,820 - Yingluo, what are you embroidering? - I'm embroidering the clouds tinged with sunset hues. 486 00:36:56,820 --> 00:36:59,240 You can embroider all things in the world, 487 00:36:59,240 --> 00:37:01,320 except that the clouds at sunset are hard to embroider. 488 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:05,810 Every time you embroider it, it just looks like a cloud. How meaningless. 489 00:37:05,810 --> 00:37:07,950 You all come look. 490 00:37:19,670 --> 00:37:22,900 She embroidered it so well. 491 00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:27,450 Yingluo, you used the full embroidery technique? 492 00:37:27,450 --> 00:37:31,360 I thought only the full embroidery technique can show the clouds tinged with sunset hues. 493 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:36,960 Look. This is red, gradually fading to white. 494 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,180 Then progressing to blue. 495 00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:42,230 Then you can experience the gradation of the sunset clouds. 496 00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:45,540 The red glow against the blue sky, contrasting each other. 497 00:37:45,540 --> 00:37:47,410 It's indeed quite beautiful. 498 00:37:47,410 --> 00:37:52,160 Supervisor, I want to embroider it on clothing. 499 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,680 Maybe the noble women would like them. 500 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,830 Miss Zhilan, what brings you here? 501 00:38:07,830 --> 00:38:10,930 Is Her Highness unhappy with the spring attire? 502 00:38:10,930 --> 00:38:12,750 We needn't have troubled you for your personal trip here. 503 00:38:12,750 --> 00:38:16,990 You could send a palace maid with word and I'd come to Chuxiu Palace right away. 504 00:38:16,990 --> 00:38:21,930 Noble Consort is indeed unhappy with the embroidery, so she wants a different look. 505 00:38:21,930 --> 00:38:26,390 I hear you've got a Wei Yingluo here with exceptional skills. 506 00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:28,800 Have her come with me. 507 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,790 Alright then. Let me give her some instructions. 508 00:38:31,790 --> 00:38:34,300 Noble Consort sent an order, so we don't dare to delay. 509 00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:36,000 Let's go, hurry up! 510 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:47,390 Yingluo. Yingluo! 511 00:38:50,290 --> 00:38:54,060 Supervisor Zhang, I feel like something's off! 512 00:38:54,060 --> 00:38:58,970 Did that Wei Yingluo commit some grave crime? 513 00:39:00,050 --> 00:39:01,960 Who knows. 514 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:09,160 I guess the good show is about to begin. 515 00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:21,320 What's going on? 516 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:26,270 I bid the two mistresses wellness! 517 00:39:26,270 --> 00:39:28,360 You are Wei Yingluo? 518 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,310 Yes. Your Highness! 519 00:39:30,310 --> 00:39:33,110 Why are you so loud? I'm not deaf. 520 00:39:36,090 --> 00:39:37,780 Quieter. 521 00:39:39,030 --> 00:39:42,970 I have been a loud talker since I was young. 522 00:39:42,970 --> 00:39:46,010 Supervisor hit me many times already. 523 00:39:46,010 --> 00:39:48,790 No. No. 524 00:39:48,790 --> 00:39:51,940 I can't change. 525 00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:56,990 You said young leaves of loquat are poisonous? 526 00:39:58,910 --> 00:40:00,400 Yes. 527 00:40:01,090 --> 00:40:04,920 It's poisonous. You can't eat it. 528 00:40:06,350 --> 00:40:09,380 Noble Consort, look. 529 00:40:09,380 --> 00:40:11,350 It really is her. 530 00:40:12,750 --> 00:40:16,430 Noble Consort, you want to eat loquat too? 531 00:40:16,430 --> 00:40:20,750 But you can't eat the pit and don't touch the young leaves. 532 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:22,760 They are both poisonous. 533 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,530 When I was little, I loved to eat so much. Once... 534 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,140 I accidentally ate too much. 535 00:40:36,940 --> 00:40:40,070 Vomiting and diarrhea. 536 00:40:40,070 --> 00:40:44,950 I almost died. Last time! 537 00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:49,380 The mistress in Yonghe Palace wanted to eat loquat too. 538 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:52,260 I told her not to. 539 00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:55,060 So dangerous. 540 00:40:55,060 --> 00:40:57,050 What is this mess? 541 00:40:57,050 --> 00:40:59,950 Incoherent and unintelligible! 542 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,710 What are you staring at? 543 00:41:05,710 --> 00:41:10,920 Noble Consort, what are you eating? 544 00:41:13,450 --> 00:41:18,330 I've never eaten rice glue balls before. 545 00:41:21,030 --> 00:41:23,810 This is lotus-root powder balls. 546 00:41:26,790 --> 00:41:30,050 I'm talking to you, stop sidetracking. 547 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:36,660 Noble Consort, this foolish maid seems to be a little stupid. 548 00:41:39,050 --> 00:41:40,990 You, approach me. 549 00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:45,470 Have you ever eaten lotus-root powder balls before? 550 00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:48,950 I will grant this bowl to you. 551 00:42:22,350 --> 00:42:25,030 Do you want more? 552 00:42:31,330 --> 00:42:33,100 So delicious! 553 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:50,950 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 554 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:17,630 ♫The Forbidden Palace's walls surround them, feeling like a good place to reside.♫ 555 00:43:17,630 --> 00:43:24,950 ♫As the walls sever the setting sun's rays, they lose their past dreams as it grows cold.♫ 556 00:43:24,950 --> 00:43:32,400 ♫Decaying leaves cover the neglected shuttered window, that remembers the cold winds of twenty harvests.♫ 557 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:38,830 ♫Knowing only how to go with the flow, and pass the years.♫ 558 00:43:38,830 --> 00:43:41,600 ♫Unmarried and hopeful, the heavy, dark gates are locked, ♫ 559 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:46,260 ♫Cultivated and proud, gem-like beauties, and yet somehow♫ 560 00:43:46,260 --> 00:43:50,770 ♫Flowers who stay may endure breakage, causing them ask to change their karma♫ 561 00:43:50,770 --> 00:43:54,560 ♫Can not an empty branch give them a carefree place to rest upon?♫ 562 00:43:54,560 --> 00:44:01,950 ♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫ 563 00:44:01,950 --> 00:44:09,120 ♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫ 564 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:16,680 ♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫ 565 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:24,080 ♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫ 566 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:31,490 ♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫ 567 00:44:31,490 --> 00:44:38,760 ♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫ 568 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:46,240 ♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫ 569 00:44:46,240 --> 00:44:52,380 ♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫f 570 00:44:53,620 --> 00:45:04,000 ♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫ 50185