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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:10,020 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:17,160 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:23,790 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,790 --> 00:01:30,700 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:39,660 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:41,590 --> 00:01:49,200 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 23 7 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,570 I don't believe other people's words. You tell me. 8 00:01:54,570 --> 00:01:57,550 Do you wish to kill me? 9 00:02:13,750 --> 00:02:15,420 What are you doing? 10 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,740 I will prove to you. 11 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:22,160 Yingluo. 12 00:02:35,030 --> 00:02:37,520 Will it do now? 13 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,180 It's true. Last night, Noble Consort Gao, 14 00:02:41,180 --> 00:02:43,480 she did summon me to Chuxiu Palace. 15 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,320 And she told me to kill Empress with poison. 16 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,570 Yingluo, did she threaten you? 17 00:02:49,570 --> 00:02:53,200 No. She told me, 18 00:02:54,830 --> 00:02:58,930 my sister A'Man was tarnished by Fuheng. 19 00:02:59,850 --> 00:03:04,220 And that Empress, in trying to cover up the crime, chased my sister out of the palace and had her murdered secretly. 20 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:07,060 I've never done such a thing. 21 00:03:07,060 --> 00:03:11,990 And I believe Fuheng is absolutely not such a person. 22 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,310 Your Highness the Empress. Yingluo is not blind. 23 00:03:17,310 --> 00:03:19,810 I know how to tell right from wrong. 24 00:03:21,050 --> 00:03:25,600 You taught me calligraphy and painting, with such devotion. 25 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,120 Far beyond just master and servant. 26 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,220 Even if I am so dull in deciphering right and wrong, 27 00:03:30,220 --> 00:03:34,610 I'm not blind in sight or mind, to believe whatever is told to me. 28 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,730 You really never used poison? 29 00:03:40,540 --> 00:03:45,760 That bird poison. I've already poured it out on the grass in the back garden. 30 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,920 You may go see it, Consort Chun. 31 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,630 That patch of grass is already dead. 32 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:53,320 But why did you keep the medicine pouch then? 33 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,060 I wanted to remind myself at all times. 34 00:03:57,020 --> 00:04:00,260 Never forget the grudge of my sister's murder. 35 00:04:00,260 --> 00:04:03,010 I must find the real killer. 36 00:04:04,260 --> 00:04:07,890 This matter. Why didn't you tell me sooner? 37 00:04:07,890 --> 00:04:13,020 Empress, this is Yingluo's private revenge. 38 00:04:13,810 --> 00:04:15,610 Yingluo does not dare to bring your highness into it. 39 00:04:15,610 --> 00:04:18,110 But I can help you investigate it. 40 00:04:18,110 --> 00:04:20,610 Yingluo thanks your highness. 41 00:04:20,610 --> 00:04:24,400 Yngluo will have a way to find the real killer. 42 00:04:27,130 --> 00:04:31,600 Consort Chun, was there anything else you wish to say? 43 00:04:34,260 --> 00:04:37,180 Since you never used the poison, 44 00:04:37,180 --> 00:04:39,390 I have nothing to say. 45 00:04:44,110 --> 00:04:50,360 Empress. Yingluo has chores left. I take my leave now. 46 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,380 Sister. Fuheng has urgent matters waiting. 47 00:05:04,380 --> 00:05:06,170 I take my leave. 48 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,810 Empress. That Wei Yingluo. 49 00:05:21,810 --> 00:05:25,220 She's brash and unpredictable in conduct. 50 00:05:25,220 --> 00:05:29,380 A person like her. It's best not to keep her by your side. 51 00:05:29,380 --> 00:05:31,590 To prevent future disasters. 52 00:05:31,590 --> 00:05:35,690 Consort Chun, it's true that Yingluo has a brashness to her. 53 00:05:35,690 --> 00:05:40,130 But I am teaching her reading and writing. 54 00:05:40,130 --> 00:05:42,420 She's getting more calm. 55 00:05:42,420 --> 00:05:46,820 And as a person, she's upright and knows right and wrong. 56 00:05:46,820 --> 00:05:50,820 I reckon she should be nurtured. 57 00:05:50,820 --> 00:05:54,190 Also, in this matter, 58 00:05:54,190 --> 00:05:56,690 I am guiltless. 59 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:59,320 I will not transfer her out no matter what. 60 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,250 However. 61 00:06:01,250 --> 00:06:03,370 No need for more words. 62 00:06:04,100 --> 00:06:06,590 I've made up my mind. 63 00:06:11,130 --> 00:06:12,760 Yingluo. 64 00:06:14,930 --> 00:06:18,580 Do you still dare to say this matter is unrelated to you? 65 00:06:19,750 --> 00:06:21,120 Do you believe it was my doing? 66 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,740 If am positive it was you, 67 00:06:23,740 --> 00:06:25,750 I would have put the bird poison on you already. 68 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:28,810 Instead of standing and wasting words with you here. 69 00:06:28,810 --> 00:06:30,880 Thank you for trusting me. 70 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:32,850 Even if you're not, 71 00:06:33,690 --> 00:06:36,060 you're not all innocent either. 72 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:40,590 The jade pendant could be lost without awareness. 73 00:06:40,590 --> 00:06:42,490 But your court belt never leaves you. 74 00:06:42,490 --> 00:06:45,830 How can it be abandoned at Imperial Garden for no reason? 75 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:49,610 Unless it was for undressing. 76 00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:57,320 Tell me. Exactly, why? 77 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:01,980 I guessed, 78 00:07:03,130 --> 00:07:05,430 the day of the 10th day of the first month, 79 00:07:05,430 --> 00:07:08,750 someone changed into your clothes and entered Imperial Garden. 80 00:07:09,370 --> 00:07:13,690 If it's a palace guard, he wouldn't have to change his clothing. 81 00:07:13,690 --> 00:07:18,290 The motive for changing clothes is to evade the patrols. 82 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,870 Hence, this person, 83 00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:26,150 must be an imperial clansman that attended the Qianqing Palace banquet. 84 00:07:27,730 --> 00:07:32,380 As for Noble Consort Gao. She found that junior eunuch. 85 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:37,150 He was afraid of the imperial guardsmen. 86 00:07:37,150 --> 00:07:40,660 So he was afraid to get close and he never saw clearly who it was. 87 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:44,300 Noble Consort Gao followed the logical order to make me believe. 88 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:48,830 That the owner of the court belt must be the culprit. 89 00:07:48,830 --> 00:07:50,770 - Yingluo.
- Fuheng. 90 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:55,150 By your authority and status, you're not even scared of Prince Yi. 91 00:07:55,150 --> 00:07:58,190 So not to mention an ordinary imperial clansman. 92 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,660 I find it strange. Just who is this person? 93 00:08:02,660 --> 00:08:05,670 That he has you protecting him, disregarding your own honor. 94 00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:08,030 Yingluo, I am not protecting him. 95 00:08:08,030 --> 00:08:10,640 I am protecting you. 96 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,100 Protecting me? 97 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:16,170 If you continue to investigate, more grievances may come out. 98 00:08:16,170 --> 00:08:18,830 I don't wish you to be in any danger. 99 00:08:18,830 --> 00:08:24,990 Hence. On the surface, you are supporting me. 100 00:08:24,990 --> 00:08:29,590 Helping me. But in reality, 101 00:08:29,590 --> 00:08:34,720 you have been blocking me in secret all along. Is that true? 102 00:08:35,820 --> 00:08:37,830 I am doing it for your sake. 103 00:08:40,170 --> 00:08:45,790 Fine. Fuheng. I ask you just one thing. 104 00:08:45,790 --> 00:08:48,210 Who is this person exactly? 105 00:08:50,650 --> 00:08:52,560 I'm sorry. 106 00:08:54,890 --> 00:08:57,590 Consort Chun was right. 107 00:08:57,590 --> 00:09:02,330 That tea of yours today. I did mess with it. 108 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:07,160 But it wasn't bird poison. It was dishwashing water. 109 00:09:08,190 --> 00:09:10,100 For my revenge on you for concealing. 110 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:13,860 I really regret now that I should've just used the poison. 111 00:09:13,860 --> 00:09:17,380 Better than being the fool I am not, kept in the dark all along. 112 00:09:17,380 --> 00:09:21,870 Yingluo. Please listen to me. 113 00:09:21,870 --> 00:09:23,410 Stop investigating. 114 00:09:23,410 --> 00:09:26,860 Don't worry. I don't need your help. 115 00:09:26,860 --> 00:09:31,220 Soon I will find out who the culprit was. 116 00:09:31,220 --> 00:09:34,400 Yingluo. Yingluo! 117 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:44,080 Erqing is gentle and Mingyu is lively and they both have served you for years. 118 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,920 They are docile and rule-bound but too bad Wei Yingluo showed up suddenly. 119 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,740 A slanted sword going astray and leaping over rules. 120 00:09:50,740 --> 00:09:53,920 But you love her the most. Why is that? 121 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,250 Can't be that devoted servants of many years, 122 00:09:56,250 --> 00:09:58,530 they all don't compare to just one of her? 123 00:10:03,770 --> 00:10:06,530 Is it fun? Is it? 124 00:10:07,790 --> 00:10:10,770 His Majesty arrives. 125 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:15,020 Greetings to Your Majesty. 126 00:10:15,020 --> 00:10:16,910 Get on up. 127 00:10:16,910 --> 00:10:19,010 I came to see Yongcheng. 128 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:24,100 It's so late but how is it that nanny hasn't put him to sleep? 129 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:26,700 Yongcheng whined about playing with the link puzzle. 130 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:29,720 I ignored the rules. May Your Majesty forgive. 131 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,260 What fault is there? 132 00:10:31,260 --> 00:10:33,810 Come. Let your royal father hold you. 133 00:10:38,090 --> 00:10:40,630 Yongcheng is so fond of you. 134 00:10:40,630 --> 00:10:42,320 So he's so clingy to you. 135 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,370 It must be that you look after him so well. 136 00:10:46,370 --> 00:10:48,960 Yongcheng is a very smart and good child. 137 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,360 He's been asking when you'd come to visit him again. 138 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,660 I know Your Majesty is busy with state affairs. 139 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:58,890 But if you ever have a break, don't forget Yongcheng misses you. 140 00:10:58,890 --> 00:11:02,610 I understand. Is that right? 141 00:11:07,250 --> 00:11:09,550 Go. Go to sleep. 142 00:11:13,390 --> 00:11:15,340 But . . . 143 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,760 Did Your Majesty come to Chengqian Palace today to tell me something? 144 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,610 The Minister... 145 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,250 The Minister of Rites told me 146 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:39,240 that Yongcheng is very young 147 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,930 and already lost her birth mother. He's really pitiful. 148 00:11:43,930 --> 00:11:46,660 He said Imperial Concubine Jia has a younger sister 149 00:11:46,660 --> 00:11:48,960 that has reached the age to join the selection for palace consorts. 150 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,850 He plans to send him to the palace to take care of Yongcheng. 151 00:11:51,850 --> 00:11:56,180 Your Majesty, Her Highness has exerted a lot of effort for Fourth Prince. How could you... 152 00:11:56,180 --> 00:11:58,480 Zhen'er, don't be disrespectful. 153 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,080 I was talkative. May Your Majesty forgive me. 154 00:12:02,710 --> 00:12:05,100 Yongcheng is after all just 2-years-old. 155 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:07,240 If he can have his biological aunt to take care of him, 156 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,030 it surely will be better than an outsider like me. 157 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:13,940 The Jin family will also be more at ease. 158 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,760 But, I have one request. 159 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,760 Say it. 160 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,420 I hope that I can be allowed to frequently visit Yongcheng. 161 00:12:23,380 --> 00:12:25,130 I will allow it. 162 00:12:36,930 --> 00:12:41,230 Your Highness, how could you let His Majesty take away Fourth Prince? 163 00:12:41,230 --> 00:12:44,050 I'm after all not his birth mother. 164 00:12:44,050 --> 00:12:46,140 I would just be taking care of him for a period of time. 165 00:12:46,140 --> 00:12:47,930 His Majesty has never said 166 00:12:47,930 --> 00:12:51,220 to let Yongcheng acknowledge me as his mother. 167 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:53,340 This is those hateful Jin Family's fault. 168 00:12:53,340 --> 00:12:56,450 They just took him away like that. Not giving any considerations to your painstaking efforts. 169 00:12:56,450 --> 00:12:59,330 The Jin family is placing huge hopes on Fourth Prince. 170 00:12:59,330 --> 00:13:02,820 How could they allow their grandson to acknowledge me as his mother? 171 00:13:03,790 --> 00:13:05,840 If he stays here in Chengqian Palace, 172 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,900 would he still remember his birth mother, 173 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,960 remember the merits of his maternal family, the Jin clan? 174 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:14,200 Hence, they didn't mind sending in another woman 175 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,310 just to take back Fourth Prince. 176 00:13:16,310 --> 00:13:20,810 Your Highness, why didn't you go beg His Majesty? 177 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:26,770 On the outside, His Majesty might be treating Fourth Prince with indifference, but in reality, he cares about him a lot. 178 00:13:26,770 --> 00:13:29,470 Hence, he didn't let him stay in Chuxiu Palace. 179 00:13:29,470 --> 00:13:33,580 He was afraid that he'll become a tool of Noble Consort Gao to struggle for power. 180 00:13:33,580 --> 00:13:38,870 He didn't send him to Changchun Palace because he was afraid that once Empress bears him a son, 181 00:13:38,870 --> 00:13:42,020 the situation of Fourth Prince might become awkward. 182 00:13:42,020 --> 00:13:45,510 On the outside, His Majesty might look as if he doesn't care, 183 00:13:45,510 --> 00:13:49,400 but in reality, how many people truly knows what he's thinking? 184 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:54,410 Blood is thicker than water. His Majesty trusts the Jin Family 185 00:13:54,410 --> 00:13:57,300 more than he trusts me. 186 00:14:00,860 --> 00:14:03,890 Zhen'er, go to the kitchen and see 187 00:14:03,890 --> 00:14:06,860 if the milk tea for Fourth Prince is ready. 188 00:14:06,860 --> 00:14:08,440 Yes. 189 00:14:38,790 --> 00:14:40,670 Don't be afraid... 190 00:14:40,670 --> 00:14:43,140 Don't be afraid, Yongcheng. Mother is here. 191 00:14:43,140 --> 00:14:45,200 It's just a nightmare... 192 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,060 It's going to fine... Don't be afraid... 193 00:14:48,060 --> 00:14:50,380 Mother is here. 194 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:55,680 Your Highness. 195 00:14:58,420 --> 00:15:01,110 Your Highness! Your foot! 196 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,540 I didn't know what I hit earlier. I'm fine. 197 00:15:05,540 --> 00:15:07,750 I already told you not to panic. 198 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:11,110 You always run here without wearing your shoes. 199 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:13,710 The shoes are quite noisy. 200 00:15:13,710 --> 00:15:15,960 What if Yongcheng gets awakened by it? 201 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,580 It's just a minor injury. No need to make a big fuss about it. 202 00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:40,170 Li Yu. 203 00:15:41,060 --> 00:15:42,760 I am here. 204 00:15:43,350 --> 00:15:48,230 Tomorrow, tell Consort Xian to take good care of Yongcheng. 205 00:15:48,230 --> 00:15:51,520 And then choose some nimble servants from the Imperial Household Department 206 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:52,950 and deploy them here too. 207 00:15:52,950 --> 00:15:56,750 Your Majesty, you're not making Fourth Prince move to another palace anymore? 208 00:15:58,450 --> 00:16:01,210 I was talkative. I admit my mistake. 209 00:16:51,890 --> 00:16:54,140 Hurry! Hurry! 210 00:16:54,140 --> 00:16:55,650 Desheng! 211 00:16:56,790 --> 00:16:59,410 Miss Yingluo, where are you going? 212 00:16:59,410 --> 00:17:01,410 I'm going to the Imperial Household Department to get some things. 213 00:17:01,410 --> 00:17:04,180 Where are you going leading this people in such a rush? 214 00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:07,730 His Majesty suddenly had a whim to set up a tea banquet in the imperial garden. 215 00:17:07,730 --> 00:17:09,810 All the princes of the first rank to the third rank are invited to join. 216 00:17:09,810 --> 00:17:12,690 I'm rushing to go there to set it up. 217 00:17:12,690 --> 00:17:14,800 Princes of the first rank to the third rank? 218 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,230 The princes of the first rank to the third rank that can attend this tea banquet 219 00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:20,530 are all people with high positions among their imperial clan. 220 00:17:20,530 --> 00:17:23,990 I won't say much to you anymore. Send my regards to Her Highness Empress. 221 00:17:23,990 --> 00:17:26,210 Tell her that I'll visit her some time later. 222 00:17:26,210 --> 00:17:27,840 I'll get going now. 223 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,500 Quickly move... 224 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,490 Imperial garden... 225 00:17:38,030 --> 00:17:43,180 12th Uncle, when will Prince Yi of the First Rank gets released from the Imperial Clan Court? 226 00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:48,000 He kept shouting and crying inside Imperial Clan Court claiming that he's innocent. 227 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,010 His Majesty said that once he admits his crime 228 00:17:51,010 --> 00:17:55,310 and change his wrong ways, that's when he'll get released. 229 00:17:55,310 --> 00:17:58,550 But regarding palace duties, he has no chances anymore. 230 00:17:58,550 --> 00:18:00,550 Never thought that Royal Brother will be this angry. 231 00:18:00,550 --> 00:18:04,780 If you ask me, the person that should be taught a lesson the most is your Fifth Brother. 232 00:18:04,780 --> 00:18:07,190 Ha? Fifth Brother? 233 00:18:07,190 --> 00:18:10,570 - What did he do now?
- You probably still not know yet. 234 00:18:10,570 --> 00:18:13,370 Hongzhou had a coffin made 235 00:18:13,370 --> 00:18:16,870 and let his wives, concubines, and servants weep for his soul. 236 00:18:16,870 --> 00:18:21,310 He then was sitting on the elevated are of their main hall with his leg raised, 237 00:18:21,310 --> 00:18:23,880 laughing while 238 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,920 everyone was crying for him. 239 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,190 Tell me, has he gone crazy? 240 00:18:29,190 --> 00:18:31,810 How can there be a person that will curse oneself like that? 241 00:18:31,810 --> 00:18:34,530 No one in this world can live for a hundred years. 242 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:36,870 What's there to avoid? 243 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,890 Fifth Brother. 244 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:48,570 Fifth Brother, you really had a coffin made for yourself? 245 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:54,720 Aren't I just enjoying in advance the honor and glory that I would experience after death? 246 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,820 In passing, I want to see who would have the worst cry, 247 00:18:58,820 --> 00:19:01,900 who is the most sincere towards me. 248 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:04,120 Ridiculous. 249 00:19:05,580 --> 00:19:07,270 What did you say? 250 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,480 What did I say? 251 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:15,940 I said that you're relying on being highly favored by His Majesty, treating others with contempt, always acting absurdly, and is so shameless! 252 00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:23,520 You all look at me like that? 253 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,260 Hongzhou, 254 00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:28,050 when the court meeting was dismissed last time, 255 00:19:28,050 --> 00:19:30,810 why did you beat up Necin? 256 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,410 I just find him unpleasant to my eye. 257 00:19:34,410 --> 00:19:37,500 I then just hit him. 258 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:41,500 Necin is a high official of the government. He has been conferred the highest duke rank. 259 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:44,810 You just hit him for no reason at all. Totally acting like a scoundrel! 260 00:19:44,810 --> 00:19:48,940 Let me ask you, do you also want to get sent to the Imperial Clan Court? 261 00:19:48,940 --> 00:19:51,350 Is everyone here? 262 00:19:51,350 --> 00:19:53,280 Greetings, Your Majesty. 263 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:54,610 Get up. 264 00:19:54,610 --> 00:19:58,660 Today is a family banquet. All of you here are my blood family. 265 00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:00,730 Why be so formal? 266 00:20:04,590 --> 00:20:06,560 You caused trouble again? 267 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:08,900 How could I, Royal Brother? 268 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:11,470 I've always remembered your words 269 00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:15,040 and was diligent in doing my tasks, do good in my behavior. 270 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,880 Have a taste. 271 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,470 What is this? 272 00:20:24,430 --> 00:20:27,790 Using snow water to irrigate the plum flowers, pine nut, and fingered citron, 273 00:20:27,790 --> 00:20:31,530 and then adding longjng. This is called sanqing tea. 274 00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,840 Plum flowers, pine nuts, and fingered citrons are all refined plants. 275 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,730 This caused the tea to have such delicate fragrance. 276 00:20:38,730 --> 00:20:41,510 Clever. So clever. 277 00:20:41,510 --> 00:20:43,730 This dried plum flower has a sharp aroma. 278 00:20:43,730 --> 00:20:45,400 It's not your ordinary kind. 279 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,730 Prince Ping of the Second Rank, those were fresh plum flowers 280 00:20:48,730 --> 00:20:51,990 picked from the flower nursery during the first moon. 281 00:20:51,990 --> 00:20:55,880 When it was taken out from the ice cellar, there were even ice crystals. 282 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,480 As for the pine nuts, 283 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,370 they were picked from a hundred year old pine tree 284 00:21:00,370 --> 00:21:03,180 in the imperial garden. Of course, they are extraordinary. 285 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:08,050 Royal Brother, I heard that when you mix fingered citron and pine nuts, 286 00:21:08,050 --> 00:21:10,400 it can easily produce poison. 287 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:14,670 Where did you hear such nonsense? 288 00:21:14,670 --> 00:21:16,870 When I was in the coffin yesterday, 289 00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:19,720 the God of Death told it to me. 290 00:21:21,630 --> 00:21:24,000 Just be at ease and drink your tea. 291 00:21:32,810 --> 00:21:37,710 Fifth Brother, if you drink it that fast like a bull, aren't you wasting the good tea of Royal Brother? 292 00:21:37,710 --> 00:21:42,040 Since we have good tea here, how could we not have some good poems? 293 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,780 Let me go first. 294 00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:52,870 There are so many things in this world that's unpredictable, unlike a good wine which you can enjoy immediately. 295 00:21:52,870 --> 00:21:56,650 I drank cups and cups of my favorite tailang wine until I'm very drunk. 296 00:21:57,590 --> 00:22:01,910 It's hard to find a bosom friend in one's life. 297 00:22:01,910 --> 00:22:06,830 Let us have drinks and chats, be merry. 298 00:22:06,830 --> 00:22:08,850 Tea tasting is tea tasting. 299 00:22:08,850 --> 00:22:12,610 Why are you talking about having alcohol drinks and chats? 300 00:22:12,610 --> 00:22:15,820 Is this tea really poisonous? 301 00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:28,150 Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother! What's wrong?! 302 00:22:28,150 --> 00:22:30,610 Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother! 303 00:22:30,610 --> 00:22:34,700 Could mixing pine nuts and fingered citron really be poisonous? Everyone, quickly vomit it out! 304 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:37,380 Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother, wake up! 305 00:22:37,380 --> 00:22:39,450 Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother! 306 00:22:39,450 --> 00:22:44,530 Fifth Brother, wake up! 307 00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:48,530 Prince Fu of the First Rank, Prince Shen of the Second Rank, and Prince Ping of the Second Rank, what's going on with you three? 308 00:22:48,530 --> 00:22:50,300 - Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother!
- Call the imperial physician! 309 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:51,870 Fifth Brother! 310 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:01,560 What's going on with you three? 311 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,750 Hongzhou, didn't you die from poisoning? 312 00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:11,160 The taste of that sanqing tea is too good! 313 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,020 I momentarily forgot myself and fainted. 314 00:23:14,020 --> 00:23:15,170 Your Majesty. 315 00:23:15,170 --> 00:23:17,880 Hongzhou, you clearly was deceiving us! 316 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,690 Your Majesty, Hongzhou is too naughty! 317 00:23:20,690 --> 00:23:22,220 You must punish him! 318 00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:23,810 I'm innocent! 319 00:23:23,810 --> 00:23:27,410 I'm innocent. I'm being falsely accused! 320 00:23:27,410 --> 00:23:30,700 I...clearly was too excited. 321 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:33,510 I momentarily lost myself, was too happy, and fainted. 322 00:23:33,510 --> 00:23:36,020 But they are instead blaming me now. 323 00:23:36,020 --> 00:23:39,110 - This...
- It was clearly you who made baseless conjectures. 324 00:23:39,110 --> 00:23:44,660 As the common saying goes, staying calm despite the Tai Mountain collapsing right in front of you 325 00:23:44,660 --> 00:23:47,320 is the test of a true hero. 326 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,030 Look at you all. Do you look like a noble member of the imperial family at all? 327 00:23:50,030 --> 00:23:52,310 Each one trying to pull out one's tongue. 328 00:23:52,310 --> 00:23:55,100 Saying that I forget my bearing and acts absurdly. 329 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:59,550 I think that you are the ones who are without majestic presence and embarrassing. 330 00:23:59,550 --> 00:24:03,010 Hongzhou! You bastard! 331 00:24:03,010 --> 00:24:04,480 What?! 332 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:05,490 What?! 333 00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:07,270 Sit down! 334 00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:17,090 Hongzhou, return to your seat. 335 00:24:42,990 --> 00:24:46,460 That scum. I so want to... 336 00:24:46,460 --> 00:24:49,960 Don't. That day, when he openly hit Necin, 337 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,360 His Majesty saw it and didn't make any comment. 338 00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,420 Today, he made fun of us. 339 00:24:55,420 --> 00:24:57,150 Did His Majesty scold him at all? 340 00:24:57,150 --> 00:25:00,300 Yes. His Majesty has always been doting 341 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:03,330 on these two biological brothers of his. Especially him. 342 00:25:03,330 --> 00:25:04,760 After all, they are of similar age. 343 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,720 They grew up together, hence, their relationship is special. 344 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,050 Even if Hongzhou would lift this whole Forbidden City, 345 00:25:11,050 --> 00:25:13,630 His Majesty will still turn a blind eye. 346 00:25:13,630 --> 00:25:15,180 We can't offend him. 347 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:18,090 Let's just avoid him. 348 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,620 Say... 349 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,940 What evil idea are you all discussing now? 350 00:25:26,540 --> 00:25:30,030 You want to complain about me in front of His Majesty? 351 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,520 There's a ghost over there. 352 00:25:38,090 --> 00:25:41,070 I've played that kind of trick. Are you trying to scare me? 353 00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:45,230 Fifth Brother... It's true. 354 00:25:49,670 --> 00:25:51,650 A ghost! 355 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:54,810 Don't...don't run! 356 00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:08,100 Don't come near me! 357 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:13,320 Don't come near me! 358 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:14,990 Don't come near me! 359 00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:18,240 Don't come near me! 360 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,240 Help! Help! 361 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,520 - Hongzhou!
- Help! 362 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:24,820 - Hongzhou!
- A ghost! 363 00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:28,300 - Hongzhou!
- A ghost! 364 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:29,940 Where? 365 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,050 There! Over there! 366 00:26:34,050 --> 00:26:36,930 It's over there! 367 00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:45,570 How about it? Did you find anything? 368 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,730 Nothing yet. 369 00:26:47,730 --> 00:26:51,590 It's here. That ghost must be in here. 370 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,850 Earlier, just earlier, there was a palace maid with disheveled hair... 371 00:26:57,850 --> 00:27:00,210 I saw it with my own eyes. 372 00:27:00,210 --> 00:27:02,940 It's her... 373 00:27:02,940 --> 00:27:05,600 How come there's none? 374 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,940 Come out! Come out! 375 00:27:08,940 --> 00:27:11,480 Come out! Come out! 376 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,870 Fifth Prince, who are you talking about? 377 00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:17,880 Do you know that female ghost? 378 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,610 Hongzhou, I've already checked earlier. 379 00:27:20,610 --> 00:27:22,920 This is just a wall. There's nothing else. 380 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,880 Fifth Prince, you must have seen it wrong. 381 00:27:26,910 --> 00:27:29,220 Earlier, I wasn't the only one here. 382 00:27:29,220 --> 00:27:32,030 There were so many people! 383 00:27:32,030 --> 00:27:34,410 This palace has ghosts... 384 00:27:34,410 --> 00:27:37,020 This palace has ghosts! Do you know that?! 385 00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:42,230 Hongzhou! Stop saying such words! There are no ghosts in the Forbidden City. 386 00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:45,510 Even if there is, it's just inside your heart. 387 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:49,760 You don't believe me? You don't believe me? 388 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,340 Go ask the other people! You don't believe me?! 389 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:03,990 Fuheng, he said it like he was so sure. 390 00:28:03,990 --> 00:28:05,590 It doesn't seem like a lie. 391 00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:08,870 Moreover, you also saw the reaction of those other imperial relatives. 392 00:28:08,870 --> 00:28:11,450 Could they be conniving with Fifth Prince to fool us? 393 00:28:11,450 --> 00:28:13,010 Enough. 394 00:28:13,010 --> 00:28:15,260 What's wrong, Fuheng? 395 00:28:17,170 --> 00:28:20,420 You go back first. I still have to do something. 396 00:28:21,140 --> 00:28:22,560 Fuheng! 397 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,840 Fuheng, where are you going? 398 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,330 You take good care of Prince He of the Firth Rank. 399 00:28:31,330 --> 00:28:34,490 Anytime Prince He of the First Rank feels a bit upset, 400 00:28:34,490 --> 00:28:37,060 you are the one who suffers more. 401 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:43,240 When father was alive, he loves Sixth Little Brother the most. 402 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,980 Too bad, he wasn't able to grow up and become an adult. 403 00:28:46,930 --> 00:28:50,870 My other brothers also suffered the same fate. 404 00:28:50,870 --> 00:28:53,080 Among the 10 sons of Royal Father, 405 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:57,920 only I, Hongzhou, and Hongyan were left. 406 00:29:01,910 --> 00:29:06,260 Plus the fact that the previous fight among the nine princes for the crown prince positions was so fierce. 407 00:29:06,260 --> 00:29:09,690 Emperor Shengzu died grieving. 408 00:29:09,690 --> 00:29:14,400 Royal Father doesn't want to make the same mistakes 409 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,000 and decided to secretly set the crown prince. 410 00:29:19,580 --> 00:29:25,040 But from the start, the sickly Hongzhou 411 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,100 wasn't qualified. 412 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:29,940 Your Majesty, since you ascended to the throne, 413 00:29:29,940 --> 00:29:32,770 you've been taking good care of Prince He of the First Rank. 414 00:29:32,770 --> 00:29:36,450 You even especially ordered the imperial physician to nurse his health. 415 00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:39,900 These past years, he has rarely gotten sick. 416 00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:44,310 Li Yu, I've always suspected 417 00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:49,510 that Hongzhou isn't sick. 418 00:29:52,010 --> 00:29:55,460 Your Majesty, what are you saying? 419 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,580 The whole world knows 420 00:29:58,580 --> 00:30:00,720 that Fifth Prince has always been sickly. 421 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,320 Hence, he's not good in either literary knowledge or fighting skills. 422 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,580 I vaguely has this feeling that 423 00:30:06,250 --> 00:30:11,700 he has guessed that Emperor Shengzu and Royal Father have intentions to choose me, 424 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:14,520 hence, he willingly yielded the throne to me. 425 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,070 Fifth Prince? 426 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:23,780 With Fifth Prince absurd personality, 427 00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:24,990 even if he wants to pretend, 428 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:27,720 he won't be able to. 429 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,700 Your Majesty, I was too talkative. 430 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:39,020 I was too talkative. 431 00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:42,830 Leave. 432 00:30:43,690 --> 00:30:45,210 Yes. 433 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,520 Where did you go? 434 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:19,330 Just...feeling a bit stuffy, so I went out for a walk. 435 00:31:23,210 --> 00:31:26,540 Fuheng! You... 436 00:31:28,090 --> 00:31:31,190 Was it you who disguised as a ghost to scare people earlier? 437 00:31:31,190 --> 00:31:32,960 What did you say? 438 00:31:34,430 --> 00:31:36,870 I don't understand what you're saying. 439 00:31:36,870 --> 00:31:39,460 I found a sticky substance on the palace wall. 440 00:31:39,460 --> 00:31:42,210 The imperial relatives claim that they bumped into a ghost. 441 00:31:42,210 --> 00:31:46,260 It's very obvious that someone posted an item that can reflect image on the wall, 442 00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:48,630 hence, the so called ghost got projected. 443 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,790 Because it's a thunderstorm night, lighting was quite dim. 444 00:31:52,790 --> 00:31:56,890 People couldn't see it clearly, hence, they thought that it was true. 445 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,840 Reflection? 446 00:32:02,290 --> 00:32:04,890 Are you talking about a bronze mirror? 447 00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:08,260 How could one paste a mirror on the palace wall? 448 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:14,600 Imperial Guard Fuca, your imagination is too abundant. 449 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,820 It's not a bronze mirror, but a piece of glass. 450 00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:23,600 I just came from the Imperial Household Department. 451 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,220 They said that you took some glass. Am I right? 452 00:32:26,220 --> 00:32:29,340 You really have misunderstood. 453 00:32:29,340 --> 00:32:35,840 I took some glass to change the damaged glass on the lamps in her palace. 454 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,530 Why would I disguise as a ghost to scare people? 455 00:32:38,530 --> 00:32:40,290 Stop letting your imagination run wild. 456 00:32:40,290 --> 00:32:42,100 Quickly go back to the Gate of Heavenly Purity, 457 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:44,470 so as not to invite criticisms. 458 00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:46,880 Don't recklessly make a move on Hongzhou. 459 00:32:47,730 --> 00:32:52,200 You must know that he's the closest relative of His Majesty. 460 00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:55,510 As long as he doesn't commit any rebellious act, 461 00:32:55,510 --> 00:32:58,050 His Majesty will forgive him no matter what. 462 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,030 Impossible. 463 00:33:13,030 --> 00:33:15,330 There must be something wrong. 464 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,870 You scared me! 465 00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:28,760 What were you doing behind me? 466 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,920 You think I haven't been scared enough? 467 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,740 What are you doing? 468 00:33:36,130 --> 00:33:40,060 Last night, I also thought that some ghost was haunting me. 469 00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,780 But after thinking about it well, 470 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,050 there's something wrong with this matter. 471 00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:51,300 There must be someone pretending to be a ghost, 472 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:54,330 trying to dig up the past. 473 00:33:54,330 --> 00:33:58,160 Once I find the evidence, I surely will skin this person. 474 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,390 Are you talking about the matter that occurred on the 10th of the first month? 475 00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:02,010 What? 476 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,770 That night, I was supposed to be on duty. But mother was sick. 477 00:34:07,770 --> 00:34:10,370 I have no choice but to exchange shifts. 478 00:34:10,370 --> 00:34:13,380 My clothes and belt were left in the Imperial Guard Office. 479 00:34:13,380 --> 00:34:18,250 Because I left in a hurry, I even forgot to remove my jade pendant. 480 00:34:18,250 --> 00:34:20,910 That night, you went to the Imperial Guard Office 481 00:34:20,910 --> 00:34:23,920 and even dressed up in my clothes, am I right? 482 00:34:24,870 --> 00:34:26,560 - Fuheng, this--
- Okay. 483 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,180 No need to say it. I don't want to hear it. 484 00:34:29,180 --> 00:34:33,060 Do you want to know who's the person playing tricks last night? 485 00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:34,380 Of course. 486 00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:35,700 I can tell you. 487 00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:37,300 Who? 488 00:34:40,830 --> 00:34:43,850 Are there still no activities from Changchun Palace? 489 00:34:43,850 --> 00:34:45,900 Your Highness, 490 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:49,770 this Wei Yingluo seemed to have seen through that little eunuch. 491 00:34:49,770 --> 00:34:52,570 Hence, she kept not doing anything. 492 00:34:53,820 --> 00:34:56,370 You're admitting defeat now? 493 00:34:57,980 --> 00:35:02,000 Your Highness, don't worry. Although Wei YIngluo and Empress hasn't turned hostile with each other yet, 494 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,530 even if Fuheng isn't the real culprit, 495 00:35:04,530 --> 00:35:07,050 he surely is connected with this matter. 496 00:35:07,050 --> 00:35:08,720 With Yingluo's character, 497 00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:12,040 will she still be loyal to Empress? 498 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:17,430 What you mean is your sowing discord trick still worked? 499 00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:19,510 It's fine if it didn't. 500 00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:23,230 Your Highness, Wei Yingluo is just a measly palace maid. 501 00:35:23,230 --> 00:35:26,950 In just half a year from entering the palace, she has become the trusted aide of the empress. 502 00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:30,900 And even became a renowned loyal servant just because she tended to the emperor when he was sick. 503 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,470 You don't know how many people admire and envy her. 504 00:35:33,470 --> 00:35:37,350 As the common saying goes, the higher you go up, the harder you'll fall. 505 00:35:37,350 --> 00:35:40,970 Your Highness, just wait and see. Look at how long she can still be well-off. 506 00:35:43,390 --> 00:35:46,000 [Changchun Palace] 507 00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:00,420 So, you're the one behind all this. 508 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,600 - Just with you—
- Enough. 509 00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,620 Last night, she scared me so much. 510 00:36:07,620 --> 00:36:10,630 I still haven't done anything to her and you're already defending her. 511 00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:13,930 Hongzhou, don't forget what you promised me. 512 00:36:17,580 --> 00:36:20,670 Okay. I remember. 513 00:36:20,670 --> 00:36:23,590 Amicably resolve this matter. 514 00:36:23,590 --> 00:36:26,800 Don't worry. I won't make things difficult for her. 515 00:36:27,830 --> 00:36:29,810 But her sister... 516 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,760 What do you mean by this? 517 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,620 I'm apologizing to you. 518 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:46,760 Using gold? 519 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:50,490 Yingluo, Hongzhou was just too drunk. 520 00:36:50,490 --> 00:36:53,220 He got out of control, hence, committed such a grave mistake. 521 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:55,980 Hongzhou. 522 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:57,580 Okay... 523 00:36:58,150 --> 00:37:02,780 I apologize. Sorry. 524 00:37:02,780 --> 00:37:07,360 I indeed am very hateful. I hurt your older sister. 525 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,540 But afterwards, I regretted it. I even went back to find her. 526 00:37:11,540 --> 00:37:16,230 Just to avoid the imperial guards, I secretly sneaked into the imperial garden and changed into Fuheng's clothes. 527 00:37:16,230 --> 00:37:21,610 This...since I have no justification to be there, I can't really do it so openly, right? 528 00:37:21,610 --> 00:37:25,660 When I arrived, she has already left the palace. 529 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:30,840 Hongzhou, but after that matter, 530 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,520 Miss A'Man lost her life. 531 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,440 I can swear that it wasn't my doing. 532 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:42,450 It's true. I'm a very straightforward person. 533 00:37:42,450 --> 00:37:46,370 If I want to kill her, there's no need to do it covertly. 534 00:37:46,370 --> 00:37:48,810 The more I won't be disguising it as committing suicide. 535 00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:52,900 Yingluo, Hongzhou indeed acts absurdly. 536 00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:55,570 But he definitely won't have the intention to kill anyone. 537 00:37:55,570 --> 00:37:58,620 I can vouch that he didn't kill your sister. 538 00:37:58,620 --> 00:38:01,390 You tainted the chastity of a palace maid. 539 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,920 What's the difference of that with killing her? 540 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,320 Do you know that when my sister died, 541 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,000 she couldn't even enter the memorial tomb of the Wei family. 542 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,690 She could only be buried in a mass grave. 543 00:38:14,690 --> 00:38:16,220 I can make up for it. 544 00:38:16,220 --> 00:38:20,980 How could you make up for one human life? 545 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:29,010 Miss Wei, I'll take your sister in as a concubine. 546 00:38:29,010 --> 00:38:32,590 I'll give her a status. Is that okay now? 547 00:38:32,590 --> 00:38:34,530 What did you say? 548 00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:38,530 Take her in? 549 00:38:39,830 --> 00:38:42,920 Correct. I'll take her in as a concubine. 550 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,090 The main wife must be documented. 551 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:49,170 Your Wei Family is still not qualified for that. 552 00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:52,100 But she can be a concubine. 553 00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:55,370 This way, no one will comment anymore that she 554 00:38:55,370 --> 00:38:59,170 lost her virginity while unmarried and doubt her integrity. 555 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,390 - Yingluo!
- Where are you going? 556 00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:10,400 Father? 557 00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:13,990 I, Wei Qingtai, 558 00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:17,760 greets Your Highness Empress and Prince He of the First Rank. 559 00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:23,400 Why did you com here? 560 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,800 Isn't it your father has never been given any good post? 561 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,830 I personally wrote a recommendation. 562 00:39:29,830 --> 00:39:33,920 Today, he would be going to the Imperial Household Department to be an internal manager. 563 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,800 As long as he does his job well, he will surely get promoted. 564 00:39:40,030 --> 00:39:41,310 You agreed to it? 565 00:39:41,310 --> 00:39:43,770 He would be starting work now. 566 00:39:48,410 --> 00:39:49,980 Father, 567 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,440 you used the life of your own daughter 568 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,400 in exchange for a promising career. 569 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:00,530 How does it feel? 570 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,850 Yingluo, you are still this stubborn. 571 00:40:06,850 --> 00:40:12,000 Are you really going to watch as the soul of your sister will have no resting place? 572 00:40:12,580 --> 00:40:14,260 Yingning didn't have a good death. 573 00:40:14,260 --> 00:40:17,390 She ended up with an unchaste reputation. 574 00:40:17,390 --> 00:40:20,030 She can never enter our family tomb. 575 00:40:20,030 --> 00:40:25,050 Our family will never be able to life our head up. 576 00:40:25,050 --> 00:40:29,990 But now Prince He of the First Rank has agreed to make your sister her concubine. 577 00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:33,750 This way, no one in the whole Wei Clan 578 00:40:33,750 --> 00:40:36,060 can dare to talk bad about us. 579 00:40:36,060 --> 00:40:39,020 Your sister's soul in the netherworld 580 00:40:39,780 --> 00:40:42,190 can now rest in peace. 581 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,740 Miss Wei, don't worry. 582 00:40:48,740 --> 00:40:52,270 I surely will find your sister an auspicious land 583 00:40:52,270 --> 00:40:57,200 to bury her. I definitely won't let her become a wandering lonely ghost. 584 00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,170 This counts as my sincere apology. 585 00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:05,650 Yingluo. 586 00:41:05,650 --> 00:41:09,590 Yingluo, if you stop now, 587 00:41:09,590 --> 00:41:14,660 I'll forgive your willful actions back then. We can go back to how we were before. 588 00:41:14,660 --> 00:41:18,960 If you insist on persisting with your wrong ways, I can only expel you out of our family, 589 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,850 so that you won't bring me bigger trouble. 590 00:41:21,850 --> 00:41:24,370 You must think about this carefully. 591 00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:30,880 Is you venting your anger more important or your sister resting in peace 592 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,410 and our father and daughter affection? 593 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:47,130 Your Highness Empress, you've always taught me 594 00:41:47,130 --> 00:41:49,690 that I must be forgiving. 595 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,830 I want to ask you 596 00:41:54,970 --> 00:42:01,780 if this time, will being forgiving be appropriate? 597 00:42:03,130 --> 00:42:09,130 Yingluo, I can't decide for you 598 00:42:09,990 --> 00:42:12,360 if you should forgive him. 599 00:42:13,410 --> 00:42:15,590 I understand. 600 00:42:18,570 --> 00:42:23,140 For my sister's soul to get peace, 601 00:42:24,490 --> 00:42:26,400 Prince He of the First Rank, 602 00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:29,740 I dare not bear any more grudge against you. 603 00:42:31,270 --> 00:42:32,830 But... 604 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,810 ...you must fulfill your promises today. 605 00:42:37,810 --> 00:42:40,120 Don't ever forget it. 606 00:42:43,380 --> 00:42:45,330 That's more like it. 607 00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:50,110 It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive. 608 00:42:50,110 --> 00:42:54,360 From now on, the Wei family is considered an in-law of mine. 609 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:58,900 Just leave to me the promotion of Lord Wei and your marriage 610 00:42:58,900 --> 00:43:00,490 when you eventually leave the palace. 611 00:43:00,490 --> 00:43:04,280 Thank you Prince He of the First Rank then. 612 00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:12,020 See? What did I say? 613 00:43:12,020 --> 00:43:15,030 In this world, there aren't forever enemies. 614 00:43:15,030 --> 00:43:17,150 As long as you're willing to invest... 615 00:43:17,150 --> 00:43:21,130 Wrong, as long as you're willing to earnestly ask forgiveness, 616 00:43:21,130 --> 00:43:23,360 everything can be resolved amicably. 617 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:32,000 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 618 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:41,000 BYPASS this - new OST draft coming soon
Softly falling into the hollow of my palm, 619 00:43:43,850 --> 00:43:52,000 Resting frozen in the center of my palm. 620 00:43:54,640 --> 00:44:02,930 Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable, 621 00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:13,960 Joined together, deeply experiencing and holding onto the end of happiness. 622 00:44:16,770 --> 00:44:24,960 5
Though plainly given words of discouragement, 623 00:44:27,530 --> 00:44:36,020 6
Pretending to hear nothing but exhortation. 624 00:44:38,530 --> 00:44:49,590 7
Endless tears, believing it cannot be true, 625 00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:58,170 8
In this life, being born under an unlucky star. 626 00:45:00,630 --> 00:45:06,190 9 627 00:45:06,190 --> 00:45:10,910 10 628 00:45:10,910 --> 00:45:17,370 11 629 00:45:17,370 --> 00:45:22,330 12 630 00:45:22,330 --> 00:45:27,950 13 631 00:45:27,950 --> 00:45:32,650 14 632 00:45:32,650 --> 00:45:40,590 15
Opening your eyes to a sky filled with merciless snow falling, 633 00:45:40,590 --> 00:45:48,980 16 51210