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Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

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Episode 47

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Since I ascended to the throne,

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I have been personally governing and loving my citizens, worshiping the Heaven.

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But how come my children are dying before me one by one,

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leaving me with grief?

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What mistakes have I done?

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I know that Yonghuang died of a mental illness.

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After Empress Xiaoxian died, I know that he developed intentions of obtaining the Crown Prince position.

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As a father, watching your son grow up is a happy thing.

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But if they grow up incompetent, it makes you worry.

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If they have wild ambitions, it makes you scared.

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Since time immemorial, princes fighting for power is the most feared matter

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of an emperor.

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Your Majesty, you are at the prime of your life, like the sun in high noon.

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After noontime, it will be sunset already.

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Just to guard against my own children being unfilial,

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hence, I guarded against Yonghuang and berated him.

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But I do love him.

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After all, among all my children,

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he is the one who was with me the longest.

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If Yonghuang knows about Your Majesty's thoughts,

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he will be resting in peace in the netherworld.

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Before leaving, Yonghuang kept calling for Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin.

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He was deeply sad that he was not able to be filial to her.

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Yonghuang also told me that it was Imperial Concubine Jia who told him

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that it was Empress Xiaoxian who caused the deaths of Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin and Second Princess.

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Hence, he bore a grudge against Empress Xiaoxian.

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That's why, he was disrespectful to her during her funeral, causing you to publicly lecture him.

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If not because Imperial Concubine Jia instigated him, he would not have lost your favor and died in depression.

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Before Empress Xiaoxian died,

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I did ask her about the death of Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin.

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She made an oath and refused to admit the crime.

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But after Imperial Consort Zhemin died, there was indeed such a rumor in the palace.

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If Imperial Concubine Jia indeed told Yonghuang such words,

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she most likely just believed the rumors.

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At the bottom of it all, other than Yonghuang having the desire to be the Crown Prince,

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my doubts also pushed Yonghuang to his death.

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Ruyi, I am above millions watching over them.

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But being above millions mean you are alone at the summit.

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I always felt alone.

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Come stay by my side. I want to be with you.

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Aren't I always by your side?

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Ruyi, from the start,

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you are the one that I have chosen to be my legitimate wife.

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After Empress Xiaoxian left, I have always wanted to give you the empress position.

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Your Majesty,

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I feel frightened for the empress position.

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Frightened? Why?

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Is it because of your aunt?

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Ruyi, you are different from your aunt.

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What makes us different?

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We both are the daughters of the Ula-Nara clan.

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The man we loved is the emperor.

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So what if you are from the Ula-Nara clan?

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For the past situations, I was left with no choice.

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But all those are in the past.

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I now get to decide who I want to be my empress.

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Listen. I am the emperor, and also a husband.

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The one by my side

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is my empress, and also my wife.

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Your Majesty, I have never wanted to be an empress.

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But before aunt died, she asked me one question.

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I hesitated.

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What question?

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Aunt asked me, "Do you want to share the same blanket while alive

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and be buried in the same tomb upon death with Hongli?"

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I do want to...

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but the only person who can share the same blanket and be buried on the same tomb with the emperor is the empress.

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Which means that we are destined to be together.

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Ruyi,

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in this no man summit, I feel so lonely.

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I want you to be by my side.

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I also only want you to be by my side.

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Okay?

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Okay.

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Good. Good.

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Since His Majesty made an announcement expressing his desires to make you the empress,

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I can see how all the people in this palace are being so respectful to the future leader of the harem.

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Enough. Stop beaming with joy, so as to not invite gossips.

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Yes.

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Xiangdai, go to the courtyard adjacent the garden.

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Baijuan, go to the side room. Hurry up.

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From where did those maidservants come from?

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Mistress, these maidservants have no more family, hence, they decided to stay in the palace and continue serving.

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They are all new servants that the Internal Affairs Department got from Yuanming Garden.

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I heard that they are very experienced and after training, they will be distributed to the different palaces.

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Eunuch Zhao! How come those that paid you bribes

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got distributed to the six palaces?

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We who have no money to give you got sent to the Clothes Washing Division.

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That is so unreasonable!

[Rongpei]

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Let me tell you that in this world, money is the highest.

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You still dared to complain?!

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Sanbao.

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Stop the carriage.

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- Go.

- I'll teach you a lesson!

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Zhao Quancai!

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Imperial Noble Consort is here and you dare to be unruly?!

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Greetings, Imperial Noble Consort.

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Imperial Noble Consort gave instructions that Zhao Quancai was despotic.

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Go to the Office of Careful Punishment and get your 50 canning punishment.

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Starting today, you do not need to report for work in the Internal Affairs Department.

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Your Highness Imperial Noble Consort, please forgive me...

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Sanbao, bring that palace maid here.

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Yes.

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Come over for a while.

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Yes.

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Sanbao, inform the Internal Affairs Department to be more fair in their actions.

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Or else, Zhao Quancai will be the example.

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Yes.

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Thank you, Imperial Noble Consort for giving me justice.

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You are a straightforward person and are quite bold.

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But are you not afraid of being treated unfairly after saying all those words?

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It is fine for me to suffer, but I cannot let my sisters who has no money suffer too.

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You have your own stand. I like you.

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Come work at Yikun Palace then.

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Thank you, Imperial Noble Consort.

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- Let us go.

- Yes. Go back to the palace.

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In the end, it's still her turn.

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Mother, what did you say?

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Previously, His Majesty chose her as the main wife.

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It's just that the late Emperor and Empress Dowager pulled her down.

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Currently,

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will the seat of the Empress be given to her?

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Mother, don't worry. Even if she becomes the Empress,

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you still have me and Yongxuan. She doesn't has anyone else.

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Son. I can't count on the post of the Empress anymore

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but you must be the Crown Prince.

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Although the ceremony for the conferment of the empress have past examples to follow,

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the Department of Rites and House of Internal Affairs has the authority,

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no need for Sister to ask about the ritualistic formalities, I will still be by the side helping out.

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It's just like when I married His Majesty before his enthronement.

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I only needed to put on a wedding dress.

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That's right, Older Sister. The quantity of the gift has already been confirmed.

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The phoenix crown has already been made.

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Although there are still precedents to support,

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and His Majesty still feels awkward, they still need to be elaborately done.

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Mistress, Mistress Yu, please have some snacks.

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You even rushed from outside the palace. You are very considerate.

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The succession of Mistress as the Empress is a major event in the kingdom.

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I so want to be serving by your side every day and showing you my care.

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By the way, Older Sister, how's Rongpei?

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I saw that she didn't smile or talk.

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Rongpei is brave and resolute. She's agile in doing tasks.

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She is also cautious. She's not bad.

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What about the specific details? Did you investigate thoroughly?

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Sanbao has already investigated the specific details. She's an orphan and has no one to rely on.

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Her background is clean.

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Be careful with the details. These are for Qiankun Palace.

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Is the Royal Consort here?

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You are here. Our Mistress is in. Come in now.

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Head Supervising Eunuch Qin Li from the House of Internal Affairs

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is here to deliver the satin from Shanggong.

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Send these back.

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Royal Consort will never like such bright colored satin.

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You are...

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I'm the new maid, Rongpei, from Qiankun Palace.

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So, you are new here.

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I'm afraid that you don't know what the Royal Consort likes and the rules of the palace.

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These satin are to be worn before the conferment.

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These are naturally bright. If you don't use these, should plain satin be used then?

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Plain satin is better.

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You really don't understand the importance of taboos.

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Come, deliver these items inside and let the Royal Consort take a look.

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These dazzling items are not allowed to be brought into Qiankun Palace.

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- Who do you think you are?

- Eunuch Qin.

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Are you fit...

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Greetings, Royal Consort.

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My Lady, it was I who didn't allow these to enter the palace.

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Eldest Prince has just died and it has not been 100 days yet. Mistress is still grieving about it.

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How could we accept these colorful fabrics from Internal Affairs Department?

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Will that be against the benevolent maternal heart of Mistress?

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For this reason, I clashes with Eunuch Qin.

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I'm preparing these for the pre-conferment.

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His Majesty also said that these satin are tributes.

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But these are to be worn before the conferment. The best tapestry will be delivered after the conferment.

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Royal Consort, please accept this for the time being.

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Yonghuang just passed away. I don't want to accept this for the time being.

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Just replace these with those in plain colors.

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Yes. I'm taking my leave then.

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Come in with me, Rongpei.

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Yes.

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My Lady, please forgive me.

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If you want to punish me for rebutting Qin Li, I have nothing else to say.

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But I feel that I didn't do anything wrong.

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Do you know who Qin Li is?

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- He's the Head Supervising Eunuch of the House of Internal Affairs. - Why did you still rebut him then?

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He brought those red and bright satin and said those flattering words

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But Your Highness, if you wear those newly tailored clothes, people might criticize you.

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They will say that you are not sad over the First Prince.

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Your conferment is a happy occasion.

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You will also be dragged into the whirlpool.

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I didn't wanted you to be gossiped about by others.

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Rongpei, you can discern things very well.

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The staff of House of Internal Affairs does things out of old habits.

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You could see these details and think on behalf of Older Sister.

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You are not neither servile or overbearing. You are a reliable person.

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With Mistress having someone like you, I'm relieved.

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Rongpei. When you were working at Yuan Mingyuan, you were looked upon with contempt.

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Hence, when someone argue with you, you won't accept and when you are being stepped on, you are not afraid.

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I like you being with me.

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Thank you very much for your compliment.

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You saved me from humiliations.

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Thus, other than you, I won't listen to or acknowledge others.

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Suoxin, take Rongpei and show her to everyone in the palaces.

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Let everyone know that Rongpei will be replacing you

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as the Aunt who will handle the matters at Qiankun Palace.

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Yes.

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Thank you, My Lady.

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Yongzhang.

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When you were studying in Shangshufang , I checked your work.

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Among the four of you, you are the laziest in studying.

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You have the most shallow knowledge. Tell me.

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How will you able to guide your younger brothers?

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Your Majesty, when I was waiting to study at Shangshufang,

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Fourth Brother was the most diligent and Third Brother was the wisest.

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Third Brother knows that Sixth Brother and I are very intelligent.

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We only studied hard.

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Hence, Third Brother would always stopped

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and explained to us. Isn't that so?

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That's right.

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Thus, please don't blame him anymore.

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As the younger brother, you even dare to plead for him.

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It's clear that his academic result is not up to par and he's still teaching you and Yongrong?

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Your Majesty. It's because Third Brother always guided me and Sixth Brother.

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That's why he fell back in his lessons.

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But in my heart, Third Brother is the kindest.

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Yongzhang, you love to protect your younger brothers. You are considerate.

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Be done with it. I won't tell you to progress.

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Go back and read up on filial piety. It's better for you to understand filial piety.

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Noble Consort Chun, what are you doing here?

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Greetings, Royal Consort.

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- Rise.

- Thank you. Older Sister.

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His Majesty called Yongzhang here to ask about his studies.

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I was afraid that His Majesty would reprimand Yongzhang

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but fortunately, Fifth Prince spoke on his behalf.

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I'm afraid His Majesty will still ask about their homework. Let's go back first.

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Thinking about before His Majesty became the Emperor and Yongzhang was just born,

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he was just a chubby baby.

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You also became a mother and I would often visit you.

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Yes, time really flies.

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I heard that you are reading the Buddhist scriptures and are eating vegetarian food now.

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Ever since the death of Empress Xiaoxian,

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I didn't know what mistakes I made

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to cause His Majesty to be unhappy with me.

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It's because you were eager to learn. That's why you were instigated by others.

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We have known each others for many years. How could I not know that you have a good disposition?

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I didn't expect that you would be the only one to comfort me at this moment.

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No wonder you will become the future Empress.

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I failed in family life and also succeeded in family life.

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Not only I wasn't wise, I wasn't filial to Empress Xiaoxian too.

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Perhaps, because of this, His Majesty chose me to be the Empress.

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Frankly, all these years, I didn't had any requests to seek from him.

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I only hope that my son can grow up in peace.

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But those who are pressurizing me are already gone.

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I was born with wishful thinking and also listened to Imperial Concubine Jia's sweet talks.

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I thought that I had the substance to fight for the post of the Empress

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to give my son an identity.

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I was really very clueless.,

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But I hope you can understand and forgive me.

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Get up.

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I understand. I'm not blaming you.

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I don't have a child from the Emperor. Thus, I won't be biased towards any sons of the Emperor.

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I won't argue with you over old matters too.

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Really?

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I won't do this. It's because we brought up Yonghuang together

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and also because we were close friends before His Majesty ascended the throne.

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If this is what you mean,

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please protect me and my son.

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[ Cining Palace ]

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Greetings to Empress Dowager.

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Get on up. Sit.

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You all leave.

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Yes.

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Tomorrow, by the first daylight, upon your greeting,

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you shall be calling me Royal Mother then.

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I am most displeased by you becoming Empress.

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But in the end it is you who's walked to this position.

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I have today all depending on you.

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I wouldn't dare to accept this dependence of yours.

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It's the emperor who insisted on selecting you.

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At the time back then, I've said this to you.

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I only wanted you to weigh it carefully.

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And not be like your aunt and bury yourself in your own cocoon.

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I remember.

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I remember back then I said to you.

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That I had no intention for the empress seat.

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Yes. Afterwards Emperor set you as Imperial Noble Consort.

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Now you are about to be Empress.

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How do you explain this now?

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I still dare to say I never begged for the empress seat.

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You should be pleased with yourself.

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Your empress position wasn't something you fought for.

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It was given to you on a platter by the emperor.

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His Majesty's love and generosity, I am deeply grateful.

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I don't dare to be so pleased. I only cherish it.

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Empress Dowager, I want to ask you one thing.

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Did Late Emperor ever shed a tear in your attendance?

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When Yonghuang passed away, His Majesty,

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fought back his tears before me.

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He said he didn't dare to face Yonghuang's death.

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His Majesty said he is joyed by the growth of the princes.

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But he also fears the growth of princes.

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He said he's above everyone but at the same time above no one.

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He's alone with no company.

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At the time, I only wanted to tell His Majesty.

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What he always said to me.

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With me here, you don't worry.

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Then the emperor said for you to accompany him.

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And become his empress?

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Yes.

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Then that's perfectly suitable to what you want.

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I do want to be shoulder to shoulder holding hands with whom I love.

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But as for the empress position, I was honest with His Majesty.

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Facing the seat of empress, I feel frightened.

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Because of your aunt?

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My aunt's aspiration for me, you are well aware.

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This aspiration, after all these years, I never understood.

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Until His Majesty mentioned the empress seat.

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I have kept evading it in my heart.

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But it was what His Majesty said that suddenly woke me.

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All these years, it might have been the aspiration of my aunt,

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that I became confined to the position of the central palace, the empress.

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Just that none of these is what I want or desire.

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What I really want and care about is only His Majesty's love.

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His Majesty's words. What were they?

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His Majesty said he is the emperor but also a father.

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He wants someone by him who is the empress but also his wife.

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Empress Dowager, my heart does not point to the empress seat.

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Rather it points to being His Majesty's wife.

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I had thought you were more progressed than your aunt.

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But you saying that makes you not much stronger than her.

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The emperor is the king of sky, above all.

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No one is higher than him. They will never truly become

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one woman's husband.

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Even the empress is their subject and their servant.

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Empress Dowager, did you never think,

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that you wanted to be Late Emperor's proper wife?

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I never was the empress.

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Of course it's impossible that I never thought to be empress.

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But I never really cared about being empress.

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Even more, I never obsessed about the king's heart.

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Because the king's heart always

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the hardest to grasp and understand in this world.

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Also the one you can least trust.

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Alright. Today you came and said so much.

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I understand your intention and your desire of love.

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You are the empress handpicked by the emperor.

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I have nothing else to add.

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Just that I warn you once again.

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Being the step empress of the emperor.

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It's not an easy task.

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Since the founding of Great Qing.

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Your Ula-Nara clan's empress, that much less easy.

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Perhaps I can't see the empress seat clearly or the path before me clearly.

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And I can't see His Majesty clearly enough.

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But I see my heart clearly.

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I don't want to be in the high position alone and cold.

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But His Majesty suffers loneliness and I only want to go and be by his side.

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Go then. Emperor's waiting for you.

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Step by step. Walk to his side.

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I thank Empress Dowager.

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It's been two years. Langhua, I've decided to set a step empress.

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I picked Ruyi. I came to tell you especially.

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I hope you can understand my decision from the under world.

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Royal Father.

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Jingse, you're back.

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I greet Royal Father.

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Hurry and get up.

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Come.

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Let me take a good look at you.

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Royal Father's promoting the new empress and you wanted me to come and watch.

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Hence I am happy to rush back.

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It's been two years since we parted. Are you living well in the border land?

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Everything's well with me.

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Good. Sit.

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Royal Father, I heard the empress my mother recommended before her death,

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wasn't actually Mother Xian.

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Perhaps to your mother, Ruyi isn't the best choice.

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But to me it is.

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I heard from Royal Mother that Mother Xian was someone you were fond of early on.

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But Mother Xian has no family power and no children.

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I fear other mothers wouldn't feel it's right.

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It's precisely because she doesn't have family influence or children that she won't have to be like your mother.

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For her clan and for children, to exhaust herself.

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Royal Father's made up the mind.

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I can't say much more.

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Just that I heard you let Uncle

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be the envoy for the coronation.

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Yes. Your uncle's presence can add to Ruyi's glory.

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But Uncle is my mother's real younger brother.

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How can he be the envoy of the coronation of step empress?

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He's my subject and this is his duty.

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What is can and what is cannot.

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Your uncle is well aware.

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It's your decision.

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Then that's good.

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You stay and talk to your royal mother a bit.

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I will return to my palace first.

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Sending off Royal Mother with respect.

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Royal Mother. You left.

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Royal Father is finally going to make Ula-Nara the step empress.

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But don't be sad. If there's favor, there's loss of favor.

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You have son and daughter and family influence.

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But you still had sorrow.

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I will bear it. Wait it out.

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Until Ula-Nara has her day of despair and sorrow.

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Sister.

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You've finally walked upon this day.

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You dressed in Empress court attire is truly beautiful.

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Sister. I really want to accompany you like this forever.

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Regrettably Suoxin and I still need to go make ceremony preparations.

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We can't walk you out of the door.

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You all go prepare.

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Don't worry. I will walk step by step well until I reach His Majesty's side.

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[ Fuheng ]

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Worship.

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Kneel.

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Proclamation.

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My central palace has been suspending for a long time.

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Imperial Noble Consort of Ula-Nara clan.

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Graced with nobility and blessed with virtues.

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Since her entrance to the Prince's Manor, she's shown expertise in house-managing.

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With mercy of blessing from Empress Dowager,

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By the gold books, set as Empress.

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Signed personally by Emperor. Receive your book.

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Proclamation of treasure. The treasure of Empress.

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I bowfully thank Your Majesty's royal grace.

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Carry out the six rituals of three bows and three kneels.

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His Majesty personally set the second of August as the day of you are Empress.

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This is a good day.

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When I joined the prince manor, it was also the second of August.

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May Empress proceed to Taihe Hall.

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I, Ula-Nara, by Emperor's royal grace, ascend as Central Palace.

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I vow to uphold my highest to manage the harem.

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I bow to thank Your Majesty's royal grace.

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Congratulations to Your Majesty and Your Highnesss.

[ Prince He ]

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Upon the soaring of the phoenix and cry of bells, the bliss of heaven and eternal harmony of hearts.

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Kneel.

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Long live Your Majesty ten thousand years.

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Long live Empress a thousand years.

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First bow.

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Second bow.

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Third bow.

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Emperor and Empress join and all things flourish.

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♫ Being your favorite and being forgotten both are argued in my heart, at a loss to arrive at an explanation. ♫

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♫ You bear witness to constant changes in my well-being, my sorrows and my joys, the path of my dreams forever cut off. ♫

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♫ You draw my hand to embroider all alone in my loneliness, silken clothes pile up under the moonlight. ♫

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♫ Telling myself they might be used for warmth, but who would dare? ♫

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♫ Whose life after life is filled with paired images of love and resentment? ♫

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♫ One side is beautiful, the other expressionless and silent. ♫

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♫ From a distance, visits come around without word of your approach, ♫

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♫ filling time between acts perhaps? ♫

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♫ Feelings fracture, forgive and wistfully anticipate, forgetting they’re part of the paired image, ♫

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♫ One day in cold indifference, the next in warm recollection. ♫

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♫ If only we might perpetually walk in the brilliant sunlight ♫

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♫ This lifetime has been so dismally overcast. ♫

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♫ From now on, this lifetime will be... ♫

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♫ without clouds. ♫