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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 5

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Delicious.

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Eat all these here before leaving.

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, you are too kind!

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You don't even mind that I've eaten so much.

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Thank you, Your Highness the Noble Consort!

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Looks like she's really a stupid one.

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Quickly make her leave. She's annoying me.

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Okay already. Stop eating. Her Highness wants you to leave.

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I still haven't finished eating!

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Take it and leave with it!

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Ask the Imperial Household Department...

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what kind of people are they hiring now?

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Isn't that person mentally-impaired?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, I don't think so.

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What you mean is...she's pretending to be dumb?

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Whether she is or not, we just need to send someone to monitor her, and we'll know.

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Stupid.

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Are you at ease now?

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Being careful will allow you to sail a boat for thousands of years.

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I'm tired too.

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You can withdraw.

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Yes.

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Your Highness, rest well. I'll take my leave.

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What's wrong, Your Highness?

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Don't know why, but I keep feeling something is off.

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Your Highness, you're still suspecting that Wei Yingluo as pretending to be dumb?

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If she is, then she's someone to watch out for.

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Who doesn't know to pretend to be dumb?

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Upon entering, she tripped.

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She started talking in a silly manner.

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This made Noble Consort assume that she's mentally-impaired.

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But the problem is, Noble Consort at that point had not even started to interrogate her yet.

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I don't understand.

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How long will it take for you to walk from the Embroidery Workshop to here?

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She has guessed that Noble Consort is planning to give her trouble.

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She then immediately thought of a countermeasure.

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It's not hard to pretend to be dumb. What's hard is how to dissipate the anger of Noble Consort.

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Those seven bowls of lotus-root powder balls just came in very handy.

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It's so late.

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Why is Yingluo still not back?

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Did something bad happen to her?

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No, I must go check.

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Where are you going?

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It's the Chuxiu Palace. You want to die?

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Yingluo has helped me before. How could I just leave her?

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Jixiang, you are really stupid.

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Does she need to spend such a long time in Chuxiu Palace?

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In my opinion, she might have gone dating.

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Jinxiu, this is the Forbidden City.

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At night, the ones left are just palace maids and eunuchs.

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Who will Yingluo be romantically meeting?

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Other than the Emperor, there are other men here in the Forbidden City.

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The four Imperial guards in the Qianqing Gates.

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The Report Officer at the Yuehua Gates.

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The two Imperial physicians in the Imperial Pharmacy.

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That's seven men. There must be one that's meeting her tonight.

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Shut up!

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If you continue to spout rubbish, I'll rip your mouth!

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Did I say anything wrong?

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Last time, she wouldn't let us see the Imperial Guards, while she secretly went out to have a date now.

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She thinks we don't have eyes?

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She's still not back.

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Good thing, Gugu Fang is sleeping now.

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Or else, she would be dead!

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You're still talking? You're still talking!

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- Are you crazy?

- Enough! Stop hitting!

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Yingluo, this time...might be in big trouble.

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Linglong, what did you say?

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This afternoon, I saw Sister Zhilan's face and it was so scary.

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Yingluo might have got into big trouble...

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and can never return.

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What?

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Yingluo's back. She's fine.

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Yingluo.

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Yingluo.

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Let's sleep.

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Jixiang, see, I wasn't wrong, right?

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Someone is guilty.

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She heard it, but isn't talking.

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She indeed has a lover.

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- You're still talking?!

- I didn't say anything wrong.

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Let's sleep.

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You go first.

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Yingluo, you two are not leaving?

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No rush. Linglong and I haven't finished eating.

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I'll get going then.

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Yingluo, I need to go to the Embroidery Workshop now.

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Linglong, on my way back last night, I kept thinking,

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"Who could have leaked this secret to Her Highness the Noble Consort?"

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How would I know?

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If you really didn't know, you should have asked, "What secret was leaked?"

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Even if you don't tell me, I know.

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That day, you were in Yonghe Palace.

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Yesterday, you and Jixiang even went out to deliver the spring clothes.

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Other than you, who else could it be?

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Yingluo...

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- Yingluo, listen to me.

- Say what?

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Say that you want Noble Consort Gao to kill me so you can vent your anger?

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Or you want to tell me the jealousy in your heart?

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Yingluo, I admit it.

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I didn't watch my mouth yesterday, but I—

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Do you know why I didn't confront you when I returned last night?

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Because I'm too full. I'm too full that it hurts.

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Last night, I ate a lot of bowls of lotus-root powder balls.

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Yingluo, what do you want to do?

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Eat it.

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What is this?

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The lotus-root powder balls that I brought home last night.

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Don't worry. These were not vomited up.

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Yingluo, we are good sisters that entered into the palace together.

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Yes! Good sisters!

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We should share the fortune and the misfortunes.

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Hence, eat it.

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I'm not eating...I'm not eating...

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Eat it! Eat it!

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You like to tell on others behind their backs.

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If I don't block your mouth, you will do it again.

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Eat it. Eat it!

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Someone come!

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Shout!

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Make it louder! Let everyone hear it!

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Anyway, Momo Zhang hates talkative people the most.

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Be careful or she'll cut off your tongue!

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I don't know any grand principles.

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I just know that if people don't offend me, I won't bother them either.

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If you don't finish this bowl today, don't even think of going out this door.

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Eat! Eat it!

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If you still don't eat them, I'll inform Momo Zhang

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that you've associated yourself with Chuxiu Palace, and the workshop will not be able to accommodate you from now on.

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You mustn't vomit one out!

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Linglong, if you envy me, just directly tell me. We can openly compete through embroidery to determine the victor.

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Resorting to underhanded tactics just because of fear of losing will only make others look down on you.

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Hope that this bowl of lotus-root powder balls today

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can seal your mouth and make you remember this lesson.

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- Yingluo.

- Gugu.

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How is your illness?

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The sun has risen from the west.

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My back was almost completely broken because of you. You still dare to come here?

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Gugu, I've always felt guilty about this matter and want to make up for it,

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but we were too busy in the Embroidery Workshop.

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Today, I finally got some free time.

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No need.

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I'll just slowly make you pay for it.

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That is in the future.

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Just let me help now.

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- Sister Bingqing, let me do it.

- No need. Just leave it to me.

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Give it to me.

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Wei Yingluo!

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Gugu! Sorry! I didn't mean to!

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You evil servant, leave!

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How about I accompany you to clean your clothes?

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No need! No need! Leave!

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Get out! Get out now!

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Sorry! I really didn't mean it!

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Other than Sister's knot, could there be other clues?

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What are you doing?

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How nice! You dare to steal things in my room?

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You're finally caught red-handed now.

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Gugu, what are you saying?

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Didn't your clothes get wet earlier?

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I was looking for new clothes to give you.

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- Look.

- Put down the clothes and get out! Get out!

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How about I help you put them on?

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Get out!

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When my older sister left the palace, she didn't have any items with her.

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All her things were gone.

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If she took them, where could she have

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placed them?

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You don't know? She came back so late last night.

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- Didn't she go to Chuxiu Palace?

- I didn't know.

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You're stupid. She went out for a date.

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- Who?

- A date?

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Her lover is an Imperial Guard here in the Forbidden Palace.

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Is that true?

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You mustn't make groundless accusations like that.

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Who's making groundless accusations? I saw it myself.

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If a palace maid gets involved in a scandal and Chief Steward Wu learns of it,

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she'll get flogged to death.

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My eyes are not only for display.

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Tell us about it.

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Last time, Gugu Fang went there to catch them.

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It's just that she was too cunning. She was able to escape.

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Next time, if you...

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Yingluo.

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Come over here.

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What's there to be afraid of? We didn't say anything wrong.

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I'm guessing that she won't be able to return anymore.

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Yingluo, everyone is saying that you have an Imperial Guard as a lover.

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Is there such a thing?

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Momo, do you believe rumors like that?

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Of course I don't, but three men talking makes it a tiger. (T/N as rumors are repeated, they grow larger)

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The damaging effects of rumors is quite huge.

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It's better that you be careful.

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I can walk and sit straight. There's nothing to be afraid of. (T/N innocent - "upright")

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I just fear that the rumors will get worse as they spread and get out of control.

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One day, if it reaches the ears of Chief Steward Wu,

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I won't be able to help you even if I want to.

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These things I'm telling you are backed by evidence.

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Thank you for warning me.

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Yingluo, let's quickly go.

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Let's go.

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Those are materials for the pottery workshop.

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Stop looking. Let's quickly go.

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I just couldn't embroider a sunset cloud. So annoying.

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Although Yingluo has a bad temper,

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her embroidery skills are indeed superb.

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Or else, Momo won't be favoring her a lot.

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It shows that she is truly capable.

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Are you saying that I'm not skilled?

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Jinxiu, I'm praising Yingluo. What does that have to do with you?

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So what if she's skilled? She keeps having illicit affairs with some Imperial Guard.

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One day, the boat in the sewer will capsize! (T/N fail miserably)

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What's the use of just saying it?

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Where's your evidence?

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Don't worry. I surely will get some.

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You do not know?

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Gugu Fang, stop making it hard on me.

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I really don't know.

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Do you really not know, or just afraid of Wei Yingluo and won't dare say it?

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Gugu, Linglong doesn't know, but I know.

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You know?

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Last night, I personally saw Wei Yingluo leaving our dormitory

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and only returned around dawn. She must have gone to meet her lover.

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You didn't follow her to have a look?

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Gugu, I wasn't able to catch up with her.

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Linglong, last time when she met that Imperial Guard,

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what did he look like?

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Do you still remember?

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No, I don't remember anymore.

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Don't worry. Just this one time.

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From now on, I won't bother you anymore.

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I'm unable to describe it.

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But if you let me see him, I surely can recognize him.

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That's easy. I'll let Yujie take you to identify him.

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No, you must not.

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This...

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Without any evidences, how could I just go and point him out?

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Linglong, it's fine. Just go and identify him.

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Once you do, your task with me is done.

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Okay. Treat it as me helping you.

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But I will only identify the person.

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As for other matters, I dare not get involved anymore.

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Don't worry. For this matter, I have my plans.

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You won't get involved.

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You sure?

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It was indeed that person that Linglong said.

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Was he in the palace last night?

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The Imperial Guards go on duty every five days.

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Last night,, he was indeed on duty guarding the Qianqing Gates.

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It's like having a sore on the back of one's head. She thinks that everyone else is blind!

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If there's a first time, then there will be a second one.

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She''ll get in trouble sooner or later.

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Just you wait!

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Qingxi, you're something.

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You were able to fool around with some beautiful palace maid without even making a sound!

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The ancestral rules forbid us from having affairs with palace maids.

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For matters like this, as long as no one complains, the officers will not investigate it.

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The palace maids will be sent out sooner or later.

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If you like her, then just marry her in the future.

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It'd be just for a concubine, not the main wife, so what's the fear?

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But in taking in concubines, you must still consider their background.

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Lord Fuheng.

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Hand the item out.

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Lord Fuheng, I...

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A palace maid and an imperial guard must not exchange items. This is the palace rule.

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You should have known it on your first day here.

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She gave you a stone?

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This represents that her heart is like a stone.

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You got rejected!

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Is it funny?

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Hold it.

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Everyone must memorize the Imperial Guard rules one hundred times.

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Yes.

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Lord Fuheng! We're innocent!

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Fuheng, say, could he had been falsely accused?

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How could anyone gift someone a stone?

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What does Yingluo mean by this?

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I told you to monitor her, but it's already three months.

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You just keep telling me these minor things.

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Gugu, Wei Yingluo is a very crafty person.

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I currently am unable to catch any of her weaknesses.

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That is because you're stupid.

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Then, how about you personally try it?

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Don't you dare challenge me.

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My back will recover soon.

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I will deal with her then.

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Watch her closely!

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Yes.

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Complete. Let's eat.

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We're eating these again?

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I want to eat fish.

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If we smell like fish when we walk in front of our masters,

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be careful of getting caned. Quickly eat.

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I'm just thinking about it. Can't I do that too?

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What's going on with her?

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Yingluo. Are you alright?

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Do you have a stomach upset?

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When my sister-in-law got pregnant, she was like that too.

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I'm fine.

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It's just that my gut has not been feeling well after eating that many lotus-root powder balls.

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For people like us, we'd better just endure it.

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Okay already. Hers will be the same as before.

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Jixiang.

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Let me see.

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Look at you. You've grown bigger again.

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Say, we've just done your summer clothes.

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You probably won't be able to wear it now.

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We all would eat up to eighty-percent full.

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Unlike her, eating with so much fun. How can she not get fat?

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Eat less. If you are unable to properly bow in front of our masters, you'll get caned. Other measurements are the same.

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I'm hungry.

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Yingluo, come. Let me see.

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For the sleeves, just follow the one before.

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Yingluo.

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How come your waist is an inch larger?

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Did you get fat?

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I...

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How is that possible?

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Yingluo recently will vomit out what she eats.

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She totally couldn't eat anything.

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Didn't you say last time that you got indigestion after eating lotus-root powder balls?

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I have some medicines for indigestion. Get them from me later.

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Thank you, Momo.

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Sewing it like that is quite pretty. Just do that then.

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Momo said that we must rush the production of the spring clothes for the palace,

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before we do ours.

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Hence, let's just alter the ones in the stockroom and make do with it for now.

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- Here.

- This one looks new.

- Thanks.

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- Look if this fits me.

- More or less.

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- This part is a bit tight.

- Yes, it is indeed.

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Isn't it too long?

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Let me see.

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Let me see.

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Let me see.

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Gugu.

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Good. That is what you truly call getting caught with both human and material evidences!

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Where are they?

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Wei Yingluo.

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Someone filed a complaint that you have committed a scandalous act.

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Do you admit to your crime?

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May I ask the Gonggong who is the complainant?

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It is I!

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What scandalous act?

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You even have the nerve to ask?

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You are having illicit affair with an Imperial Guard and got pregnant out of wedlock.

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Where's your evidence?

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Jinxiu is the witness.

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As for the material evidence, we all will know clearly after taking off your clothes.

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Chief Steward Wu, Gugu Fang has always disliked me.

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Do you believe the words she speaks?

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Then it means...that you are denying it?

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Of course, I will never admit something that is non-existent.

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It's fine if you admit it or not.

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Just remove her clothes and you'll know.

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Her stomach is quite big!

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Wei Yingluo, if you really did it then honestly confess,

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so that you won't be more embarrassed after the examination.

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I told you

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that I didn't do it, so I will never admit anything.

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Debauchery in the palace must be caned to death.

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Chief Steward Wu, stop wasting time talking with her.

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Immediately have someone check her.

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- Momo Zhang.

- Yes.

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No.

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Yingluo is the favorite palace maid of Momo Zhang.

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This makes it unfair.

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Momo Yan, you go examine her with Momo Zhang.

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Yes.

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Yingluo, let's go.

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Wait.

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You want to plead for mercy now? It's too late.

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Chief Steward Wu, even though we're palace maids,

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we still came from good families.

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My clean reputation just got tainted like that.

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If it was other people, they would be committing suicide by now.

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This complainant clearly wants me dead.

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Let me ask then.

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If I were proven to be not guilty, how should the complainant be handled?

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The palace has its rules.

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People who make groundless accusations

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would get caned and expelled out of of the Forbidden City!

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Okay. It's a deal then.

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Just wait to watch a good act.

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What's going on?

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Look at her.

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Here they come.

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Momo Yan, she did do a scandalous act, right?

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I didn't falsely accuse her.

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Momo Yan, were you able to examine her properly?

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We did.

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Tell us.

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Miss Wei's stomach indeed has grown bigger.

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See? What did I say?

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She really did a scandalous act?

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I told you so. She frequently behaves sneakily.

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So she was going out for some romantic rendezvous.

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So what if her embroidery skills are good. With such an immoral character, she brought shame to us!

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Impossible. This is impossible.

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- Yingluo isn't that kind of person.

- Why is it impossible?

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The matter has come to this. Even the gods can save her now. Stop saying it.

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Gugu, in my opinion, cutting people like her into pieces

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is not enough punishment.

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Stop being noisy.

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Wei Yingluo is a virgin.

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What did you say?

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Chief Steward Wu, I said that Wei Yingluo is innocent and still a virgin.

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I told you so. It's impossible for her to have done such things.

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Her stomach is already big. How could she still be a virgin?

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Jinxiu, you clearly saw her stomach being big, right?

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That's right, Chief Steward Wu, I personally saw it.

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Yingluo kept saying that she had stomach upset from eating too many lotus-root powder balls.

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She always feel bloated. You all didn't believe her.

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Impossible! I'm not stupid.

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I have seen pregnant women.

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Her stomach has grown a lot bigger and she frequently vomits!

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Also, when she was changing her clothes that day,

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I personally saw it. How could it be fake?

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Shut your mouth, you lying servant!

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You even dared to pretend to be experienced in front of me?

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- How many women have you seen

- I...

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that you dare to conclude that she's pregnant?

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I've been in the palace for thirty years.

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How many palace maids or embroidery maids have I seen?

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Won't I be able to discern a pregnant woman from one who is not?

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That's now what I meant.

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You didn't mean it that way? What do you mean then?

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A good respectable lady

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was splashed by you two with dirty water. Such an immoral act! (T/N tainting one's reputation)

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Those palace rumors before

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were being narrated in such a vivid manner.

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I also thought they were true.

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Looks like they were just spread by you two.

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So shameless!

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Chief Steward Wu, the truth is now out.

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I was proven to be innocent.

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Please deal with those people harboring evil intentions.

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Chief Steward Wu, there must be something wrong in this.

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It's impossible that she's not pregnant!

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I don't believe it.

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Gugu Fang, the truth is right in front of us.

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It's fine if you don't trust Momo Zhang.

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Momo Yan has been working in the palace for thirty years.

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For women matters, even the supervisors of the Imperial Academy of Medicine can't be as experienced as she is.

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Several pairs of eyes saw it.

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Wei Yingluo was indeed falsely accused.

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As an Administrator Gugu, you have done such a shameful act.

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Chief Steward Wu, I also just believed the lies of that maidservant Jinxiu.

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I didn't know that she's sick!

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Chief Steward Wu, it's not like that!

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Gugu Fang, how could you blame everything on me?

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It was you who told me to monitor Yingluo.

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It's all your fault! You said that she's pregnant!

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She said it like chopping the nail and slicing the iron, (T/N with much determination and courage)

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or else I wouldn't have taken the bait and got fooled by her!

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Chief Steward Wu, it's not like that!

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It's her. It's Gugu Fang. She bears a grudge towards Yingluo!

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- She used this chance to seek vengeance! I'm innocent!

- You servant...

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You dare spout rubbish?

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- You dare spout rubbish? Say it again!

- I'm not saying rubbish!

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Enough!

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You two stop it!

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- Enough! Stop fighting! So unruly.

- I'm not lying!

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Chief Steward Wu, I really was just ordered by Gugu.

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I didn't do anything.

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Chief Steward Wu,

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she made up a story.

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That's why I had the misunderstanding.

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Right. This is a misunderstanding. Chief Steward Wu, these are all just a misunderstanding!

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Wei Yingluo. You are the victim.

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What do you say?

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Yingluo, I was wrong.

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It was all my fault.

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I was too harsh.

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For this matter, it wasn't my fault. It's all hers.

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She sowed discord between us!

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You are a good lady. She's the evil one!

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Yingluo... Don't listen to her.

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She only wants you to forgive her.

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- I'm not making up things!

- We entered the palace together. You know me well.

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You know that I'm a coward.

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For such a huge matter, I dare not plan it by myself!

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Yingluo, I would never do such a thing! It's all her!

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- You still are talking?!

- Shut up!

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No matter if it's inside or outside the palace,

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how many people have been destroyed by gossip?

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You want to easily pass this off

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as a misunderstanding? Absolutely not.

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As for Jinxiu, she was just a lackey and an accomplice.

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This was not the first time that you've done things to harm others without benefit to yourself.

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This time, I have nothing more to say.

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Chief Steward Wu, I've long heard that you're fair in rewarding and punishing. You follow the rules very strictly.

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If in the future, people will all follow Gugu Zhang,

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just casually throwing dirty water onto other people

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and then slapping one's mouth afterwards as if nothing happened,

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will there still be any discipline here in this huge Forbidden City?

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Have you two heard it clearly?

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This is the Forbidden City.

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If everyone will imitate you two,

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this palace will have turned upside down.

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Men!

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Palace maid Jinxiu envied a colleague and sowed discord.

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- She is to caned twenty times and demoted to be a state bondservant.

- No...

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Don't! Chief Steward Wu!

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Take her away!

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No! No! Chief Steward Wu!

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No! Chief Steward Wu! I was wrong!

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As for palace maid Fang Yizi,

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she gave false evidence against others and committed repeated offenses with her speech.

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Cane her forty times and expel her from the palace!

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Chief Steward Wu, don't!

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Chief Steward Wu!

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Chief Steward Wu!

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What place is the palace? You people dare to create rumors?

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Whoever dares to gossip again and create trouble,

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their ending will be your ending too!

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Yes!

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Yes!

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I'm so busy. You even dare invite me to handle such a mess?

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Momo Zhang.

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Yes.

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Discipline these palace maids of yours.

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Yes.

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Gugu, Chief Steward gave a little leniency and allowed you to pack your things.

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You have to leave the palace in an hour.

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It's all your doing.

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If not because of you, just half a year more,

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I would be able to leave the palace.

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Now, I got expelled. Not only did I lose my compensation,

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even my family won't dare accept me.

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How is this my fault? This was all a misunderstanding.

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Say it. What's the truth

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behind your stomach?

541

You two kept spreading rumors about me here in the palace.

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You caused me to have no place to hide myself from shame.

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The best way to eliminate the rumors

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is to escalate the matter and let people know the truth.

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But how could I get you all to believe me?

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First, I must rendezvous often.

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I would make sure that you don't catch me. After several times, you would surely get very anxious.

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Second, without a real bulging abdomen, how could I fool anyone?

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Hence, I asked for some kaolin clay from the pottery craftsman.

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If you take it in small amount, it won't kill you and can bloat your stomach.

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I only looked a bit like one, but you took the bait.

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Can't wait to eliminate me.

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You bitch. You are like your older sister.

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A naturally-born lowly ruffian!

555

You finally admitted that you knew my sister!

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Say it! How did my sister die?

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- How come her knot accessory is with you? Say it!

- I...

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I don't know.

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You really won't say it?

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Chief Steward Wu got played earlier.

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He actually planned to let you leave with nothing.

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If I inform him now the usual crimes you do against the palace maids,

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tell me, what would he do to you?

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Don't tell him.

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Do you still remember that white ceramic pot?

566

Above it is a level of soil.

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What's hidden under that is my sister's ashes.

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I brought her into the palace to seek justice for her!

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Say it! Tell me! How did my sister die?

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How did she die? Is it connected with you?

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I really don't know.

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Don't go! Don't go!

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I only know that your sister committed a major mistake and was sentenced to be expelled from the palace.

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She gave me that knotted accessory as a remembrance.

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You still dare to lie!

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That knotted accessory was

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personally made by me for my sister.

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On the night before my sister entered the palace,

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I didn't sleep all night. I made twelve of them.

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I gave her the most beautiful one.

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My sister never removed that item.

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Why then would she give it to you?

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I am wrong...

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I only secretly stole some of her items and money.

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There's nothing more.

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Is that the truth!

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It's true. I can swear by the heavens.

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Your sister's cloth bag is over there.

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I'll leave them all to you. I won't get any of them.

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I beg you to let me go.

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- Just these?

- The other money got spent by me.

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When I heard your name,

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I already found it familiar. After giving it much thought,

594

Wei Yingning changed her name upon coming into the palace.

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Everyone got used to calling her A'Man.

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Hence, I didn't remember it right away.

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If I said any lies, I will be hit by lightning!

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Yingluo, let me give you a warning.

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Stop investigating the cause of your sister's death.

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She committed a huge scandalous act. No one would dare mention it.

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Liar! My sister was not that kind of person!

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If you don't believe me, you can ask Momo Zhang.

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♫The Forbidden Palace's walls surround them, feeling like a good place to reside.♫

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♫As the walls sever the setting sun's rays, they lose their past dreams as it grows cold.♫

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♫Decaying leaves cover the neglected shuttered window, that remembers the cold winds of twenty harvests.♫

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♫Knowing only how to go with the flow, and pass the years.♫

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♫Unmarried and hopeful, the heavy, dark gates are locked, ♫

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♫Cultivated and proud, gem-like beauties, and yet somehow♫

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♫Flowers who stay may endure breakage, causing them ask to change their karma

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♫Can not an empty branch give them a carefree place to rest upon?♫

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♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫

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♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫

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♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫

615

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

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♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫

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♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫

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♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫

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♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

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♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫