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♫The sounds from the sheng and xiao die away in the distance, in the sparse, declining light ♫

(T/N reed instrument made of vertical pipes; end-blown flute)

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♫ Memories of my past, my companions in youth. ♫

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♫ Over boundless years, old affairs have become difficult to recall. ♫

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♫ I’ve used a lifetime of truth to put up a pretense. ♫

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♫ Parting without opening these cupped hands full of tears. ♫

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♫ Clears my vision and permits me to resist ♫

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♫ Perhaps when targeted by love it is not wise to separate ♫

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♫ The morning wind can not dispel the aftermath. ♫

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♫ Whose hidden tears made the blooming flowers blush, ♫

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♫ And in the desolate and dreary torrential storms to painfully droop low, ♫

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♫ Unwilling to blossom again alone? ♫

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♫ The coming day belongs to the young. ♫

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♫ As the glimmer of dawn becomes again the setting sun. ♫

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♫ Who is this person who does not sleep soundly in the middle of the night? ♫

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♫Sitting and watching the autumn wind puff out and penetrate the palace curtains. ♫

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♫One strand held in remembrance, shackling sentiment and concern. ♫

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♫ Always submerged in the fragrant incense of fleeting time ♫

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Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

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Episode 20

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Yuhu.

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I'm here.

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Don't investigate further what I asked you to investigate.

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Your Majesty, is there a difficulty?

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Yes, and Royal Mother doesn't agree to it either.

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The waters of harem are too deep and one slip and you're muddy. I've dirtied you.

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There are two tasks I have for you.

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Concubine Jia is living in Yuxing Hall.

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I want you to look after Concubine Jia personally.

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Until the birth and both mother and child are safe.

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I will.

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Second, the cold palace holds all the abandoned consorts.

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But they are all palace people and I don't wish to see anyone die in there.

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I know what to do.

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- You can leave now.

- Yes.

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I am carrying out Your Majesty's order.

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I've relocated Yonghuang to Zhongcui Palace and Ula-Nara has been sent into Cold Palace.

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That's good too. Out of sight and out of worry.

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So His Majesty won't have to be reminded of Ula-Nara and get angry.

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Deer walks out of the desolate land and the strong man chases. Frog sounds and violets by the thorough man.

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He pulls up the mountain and shoulders it His does not abandon his will despite the toil of biting down his teeth.

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The world does not acknowledge the cry of pain but only sighs on his account.

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- It must be Yonghuang.

- Where is the end of protecting one's hometown.

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That child.

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Jin Zhong, have him come in.

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Yes.

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My, First Prince, what are you doing? Get on up, please. His Majesty summons you.

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Greetings to Royal Father and Royal Mother.

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Greetings to Attendant Shen.

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You are getting more unruly.

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Yonghuang, princes and princesses

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should be calling all step-mothers Niang Niang (Mother/ Lady).

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You should be calling Attendant Shen, Mother Shen.

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You are lacking in decorum.

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I used to serve First Prince's foster mother.

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First Prince unwilling to follow rules is understanding.

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I was raised thoughtfully by my mother.

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She never taught me wrong and she never incited me.

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Today, the poem I recited was taught to me by Mother personally.

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Mother always had Royal Father on her thought.

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Why would she murder Royal Father's heirs. May Royal Father investigate sagely.

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Ula-Nara harbored a sinister thought upon raising you.

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You really shouldn't plead her case.

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First Prince, Ula-Nara only cherished you to use you as a means to court royal favor.

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You were used and you're still blinded.

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You're spewing nonsense! It was you who betrayed your mistress for gain.

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You framed my mother. You will be punished.

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Yonghuang, you mustn't be rude.

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I will tell you and tell everyone.

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From now on, you will be raised by Concubine Chun.

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I don't allow anyone to plead Ula-Nara's case.

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Li Yu, bring him out.

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First Prince, let's go.

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His Majesty's arrangement is really so thorough.

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Noble Consort has her clan. If she were to raise First Prince,

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and it will be bad if she harbors the idea of stealing the main position.

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Concubine Chun is not favored and she has no clan power.

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Furthermore she has own biological son.

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She will cherish First Prince.

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My mother always warned me that I must preserve Yonglian and Fuca clan's future.

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I deem myself having done my best.

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Now Ula-Nara got the evil taste of her own sinistering.

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But I don't want to see Noble Consort get too pompous.

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Concubine Jia is pregnant and you assisted A'Rou to rise.

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Concubine Chun has two princes.

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No concubine is at an advantage over others.

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You can rest in the center without worrying.

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Yonglian, before he contracted the croup,

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I hadn't needed to worry so anxiously.

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Seeking the harmony of harem.

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But now with Yonglian ill,

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I have no choice but to be cautious in everything.

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If I had to watch Ula-Nara raising her power with the prince,

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or if someone else seeds a motive and puts Yonglian in difficulty,

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then I will not be suitable as a mother.

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I understand. You are all devoted to Fuca clan.

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All devoted to Second Prince.

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At any rate, His Majesty's cast Ula-Nara into Cold Palace.

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And we've relocated First Prince to Zhongcui Palace, so you can be assured now.

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Mother. Mother. Mother.

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Did you do everything I asked you to?

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Yes, I don't dare to let you down. I've done it all.

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Royal Father must have gotten angry.

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Yes, he reprimanded me and said I can't be with you anymore.

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He has Lady Chun raising me.

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That's good. Lady Chun is detailed and she knows how to raise you.

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You have a good place to go and I am assured now.

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First Prince, if there's anything in the future, you can come to me.

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Mistress, Eunuch Li is here.

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His Majesty's decree.

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His Majesty's decrees.

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Ula-Nara murdered royal heirs.

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Her crime is unforgiveable. She is to be stripped of her title.

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Deposed as commoner.

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To be spending

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entire life in Cold Palace.

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Com -- Commoner,

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Ula-Nara.

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Shall follow decree respectfully.

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Sister.

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Mistress.

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Sister.

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Forgive me, Mistress Yi. You no longer have a title.

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I can only call you that.

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Eunuch Li, let's go inside and talk.

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Yes.

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Eunuch Li, is there anyway to revoke this?

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Empress Dowager is behind this and His Majesty decreed.

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Plus A'Rou-- Attendant Shen is being favored.

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His Majesty is letting her accompany him often.

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No one can get a word in even if they wanted to, because of that.

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It seems His Majesty really believes it then.

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Concubine Yi died and that's adding oil to fire.

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Mistress Yi, since I'm here,

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and tomorrow, I will be sending you to Cold Palace,

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if there's anything valuable, hurry and pack them up.

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Once you're in a place like Cold Palace, you will still need money.

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Mistress, I will go with you to Cold Palace.

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I will go too.

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What will you do going to a place like that with me?

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You can find a better mistress out here to serve.

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I've said this, that I will serve you all my life.

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I will too.

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Mistress Yi, though you were stripped of title and demoted to commoner,

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you can't have no one looking after you either.

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You can bring one in.

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If for nothing else, A'Rou used to torment Shouxin.

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If you leave her out here, she might end up bullied more.

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Alright. Though Cold Palace is a toiling place,

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Shouxin coming with me is good too.

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Sanbao, you stay with Noble Lady Hai.

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- Sister.

- I know you will reject me.

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But you only have Yexin and Zezhi.

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Sanbao staying

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would be a good for looking after.

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Sister.

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Shouxin, you accompany Mistress Yi and pack up tidy.

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Tomorrow, I will come send you off.

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First Prince, you must go to Lady Chun's place.

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Yonghuang, go to Lady Chun's.

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And don't mention me to anyone ever again. Remember that.

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Go now.

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Mistress Yi, you cherish First Prince so much.

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I really don't believe you would harm another's baby.

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Li Yu, do me a favor.

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I want to see His Majesty one more time.

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Mistress Yi.

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The royal decree has been cast and the case is decided.

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What use is there to come see me again?

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I feel unjustified.

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I want to ask you one thing.

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Do you believe in fairness?

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I do.

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Why do you stare at me like that?

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I want to see you clearly but I can't see you clearly no matter what.

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This afternoon.

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I heard a poetry.

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The horse head.

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Upon the horse and head over wall.

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Upon seeing my fair man, my guts rip.

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I still remember.

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You and I listened to this poem.

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And we were connected emotionally.

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I even chose you as my main wife personally.

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Now,

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it's also me who sends you to Cold Palace.

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Is it your true intention?

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Whether it's my intention or not is no longer important.

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Ruyi,

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even I myself don't know.

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What little intention I have, just how much it means,

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before the big picture.

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Your intention back then was to choose me.

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But by coincidence my aunt was given a forbiddance order.

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Late Emperor was also not fond of me.

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No matter how bad the political scene, you managed to preserve me.

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I am the emperor.

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But I'm less than a prince.

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Emperor's impediments

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are a lot more than a prince.

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I --

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I'm in difficult situation.

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For these words of yours, I am willing to live in Cold Palce for long term.

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If time is truly helpful, I hope it will truly erase my resentment.

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Take care of yourself.

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Preserve your life.

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Let us meet again free and clear.

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I go now with only prayer of your health.

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Live a long and happy life.

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That pin suits you so well.

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This must be your new trick.

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It's lotus that's abundant but you must choose rose?

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Roes are full of thorns but one can't help but to pick it.

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How lovely is it?

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Mistress.

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These are --

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I'm not longer a wife of His Majesty.

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These gold jewelry must all be returned.

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Yes.

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After going to Cold Palace, it will be hard to adjust.

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We need to prepare for everything.

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You've packed up so many bags of snacks.

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We have today's and tomorrow's but the day after tomorrow, we will still go hungry.

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Let's bring extra clothes.

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Yes.

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Mistress, after going into Cold Empress, maybe you needn't wear nail armors anymore.

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Though I will be in Cold Palace, I still need to live dignified.

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Yanxi Palace

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Sister. I don't want you to leave.

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Noble Lady Hai, please don't put me in difficulty.

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Sister, First Prince is doing well at my place.

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May you rest assure. I will come visit Noble Lady Hai too.

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You two must take care.

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I will escort Mistress Yi.

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Sister, you take care.

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Sister.

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Sister, take care.

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Sister Ruyi, you must take care.

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Jingren Gate

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I want you to wear this.

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To attend Hongli's wife selection.

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Ula-Nara clan already has one abandoned woman.

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It cannot have a second abandoned woman.

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Today is promotion ceremonies of Concubine Jia, Concubine Mei, and Attendant Shen.

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Kneel.

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Royal announcement.

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I praise the glory and virtue of the palace.

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The titles are divided and glories brilliant.

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Working in tandem, raising the silk,

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Noble Lady Er of Clan Jin entered the family early on.

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Soft and reverent, virtuous as wife.

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On the account of Her Highness the Empress's nurturing, she is to be promoted as Imperial Concubine Jia.

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Noble Lady of Clan Bai is promoted as Imperial Concubine Mei.

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Of clan Sucuolun is to be titled First Attendant Shen.

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Signed by Royal Emperor personally.

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Announce our gratitude.

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Your wives thank the Heaven's mercy and bliss upon us.

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Gratitude to His Majesty for the deep grace.

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This used to be a vacant courtyard controlled by Cuiyun Pavilion.

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Generations of wives who lost favor and were abandoned were sent here.

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This place is someone shunned by all. No one mentions it.

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Open the gate.

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Yes.

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Since His Majesty became Emperor, this is the first one coming into Cold Palace.

- Lin Yunche / - Zhao Jiuyi

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How hapless.

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It's so cold. This place is so shady.

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The cold palace is indeed shady and wet.

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You can easily contract chills and cold here.

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Mistress Yi and Shuoxin living here.

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You need to take out your daily blankets and things out to the sun often.

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Also, you must be careful of those by you.

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They are all old and peculiar.

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The food in Cold Palace will be hard to adjust to.

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But Mistress Yi, you must endure and eat.

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The days are long and you must eat to preserve yourself.

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Li Yu, thank you for sending us here.

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You should hurry and return.

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Mistress Yi. I can't serve you anymore.

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You and Shuoxin living here. You must be careful of everything.

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Hurry and go back.

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I take my leave.

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Li Yu. Li Yu.

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Shouxin.

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This is for you.

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This was what I gave you in secret before on Mistress Yi's birthday.

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Yes. Mistress had a celebration and I put this on for some auspicious energy too.

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Now, my mistress is framed and I can't wear it anymore.

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Then I will take it back for you for now.

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Sooner or later I will return it to you and put it on you.

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No need. You go.

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I will watch you go.

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Take care.

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- Monster.

- What's wrong, Shouxin?

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Monster.

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Don't be scared. Let's get the candles lighted.

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Don't worry.

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Anyone there?

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Don't go out.

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Don't worry.

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Anyone there?

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Ula-Nara clanswoman, bidding well-wish to everyone.

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Shuoxin, go get some snacks. Hurry.

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Put it there.

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Everyone, have some snacks.

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My.

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My.

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My.

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My.

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Elderly, you have a piece of snack too.

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Late Emperor's Consort, Consort Ji.

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Elderly?

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Am I that old?

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Forgive me for being rude. I just didn't know how to address you.

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I am Late Emperor's Imperial Concubine Ji.

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But I have never been prosperous like the word Ji means.

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My title still stands.

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But I got locked in here.

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It's already eight or nines years in a fleeting moment.

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The current emperor's person is already in here.

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Greetings to Dowager Ji.

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You said you've been here for some 8 or 9 years?

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- Then, you --

- Do I look to be 70 or 80?

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That Empress Dowager, that old witch,

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framed me and sent me in here and I was only 26.

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Now, I am only 35 years old.

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- You said earlier you're a Ula-Nara?

- Yes.

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Then the late emperor's Empress Ula-Nara is related to you how?

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She is my aunt.

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The old empress.

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That's strong.

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But no matter how formidable she is,

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she couldn't be tougher than today's empress dowager.

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Or else how could you have

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fallen to this Cold Palace too?

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Ones who enter this Cold Palace.

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Not many endure until they can leave.

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Those you saw earlier.

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They are all crazed.

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And those who can't endure it and hang themselves. More of them.

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I will wait and see.

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Just how a girl of Ula-Nara

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can endure for how long.

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You...

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Mistress, let's hurry and go back in.

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You're not scared anymore, right?

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Let's go.

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Come here.

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A'Rou, today's your first day upon promotion.

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Are you happy?

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I'm happy. I can finally service Your Majesty in bed.

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But if I were to say I'm not so happy?

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I will make you happy.

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Hurry up.

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Eunuch Ma, you're delivering food?

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Food delivery.

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Wait. There's some for everyone.

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Don't rush.

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Don't rush. There's some for everyone.

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Don't grab.

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Wait. You all have it.

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Wait.

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Don't grab.

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That's mine.

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Yours.

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Next.

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Line up well. Don't rush. There's some for everyone.

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Mine.

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Mine.

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Next.

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Where's mine?

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Steamed bun.

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New?

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Yes.

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Next.

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This steamed bun has mold already.

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Don't take mine.

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Mine.

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Dowager Ji.

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Don't look. Find some money.

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Eunuch Wang will find a way to give you something fresh.

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I can exchange money for things?

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Who hates the silvers?

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Same goes for Cold Palace.

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This pin is so bright and the bracelet is so elaborate.

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This is His Majesty's special gift for you. Try them on.

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What a small-world servant. When did His Majesty not grant gifts to me?

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Acting like you've never seen anything good.

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This is because His Majesty favors you.

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Go and pick out some nice ones to give to my two younger brothers outside the palace.

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I didn't have anything nice before but now I do, so I have to look after them first.

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I shall do that now.

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Congratulations, Attendant Shen.

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His Majesty flipped your tag again today.

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Thank you for His Majesty's grace.

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The Spring phoenix wagon is already waiting outside.

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Attendant Shen, this way.

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I've puked for so long. When will it end?

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This is a happy thing.

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It means the fetus is strong in your womb.

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You endure it more.

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Whose tag did His Majesty flip today?

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I already know though.

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It's that little A'Rou.

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What does His Majesty see in her?

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You're the mistress of Qixiang Palace.

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No matter how favored Attendant Shen is, she still needs to bow before you.

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Once I give birth,

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I will take proper care of that one.

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This child in my womb, will it be favored by His Majesty?

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Mistress, His Majesty lost two heirs in a row.

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As long as you have a prince in there, His Majesty will surely love him.

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Plus, besides the main heir from Empress,

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Concubine Chun is also a Han Banner.

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You can be assured.

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I spent so much energy on this.

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Just so I can give birth to the first heir upon His Majesty's succession.

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This child is our hope.

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This child is also the hope of Crown Prince.

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These years,

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I can give birth to a prince.

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To become our pride.

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Repsectfully sending Attendant Shen.

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♫Intoxicated by the falling flower petals in the plum garden♫

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♫ as if this life were our first time we have met. ♫

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♫ Black silken hair reflecting the frosty moonlight, ♫

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♫ Hands joined together, for our innumerable mortal lives. ♫

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♫ The burden of concern on my mind has paled rose-kissed cheeks, ♫

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♫ Yearning now turns into confusion. ♫

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♫ Glistening teardrops cover the pledge, ♫

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♫ joining hands for a lifetime, when in the past did he change it? ♫

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♫ Flowers start out blossoming in splendor, but are easily destroyed ♫

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♫ Who is that plucking on qin (zither) strings? ♫

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♫ When love becomes deep, people are prone to separate. ♫

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♫ Alone, I sing the sad song of parting. ♫

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♫ Twilight is tardy, spring is late. ♫

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♫ With graceful reasoning, like it had been empty dream, with sighs. ♫

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♫ Let it flow away with the river of time. ♫

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♫ Vast years apart, with no clear date of return or hope, ♫

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♫ Regretfully not admitting the care held deep within my heart. ♫

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♫ Moonlight flows like water, washing away the pretentiousness of the past affairs. ♫

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♫ Sincerity now is the only thing left to depend upon. ♫

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♫ In the endless night, I cannot put down the gray hairs to pursue youth. ♫

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♫ Nor dare to look at you quietly from afar. ♫

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♫ If we can have another lifetime together, may we both be commoners. ♫

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♫ Reunited, and again pledging faithfully to stand by each other. ♫