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Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

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Episode 57

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For plans to drive away the boredom and sorrow, I reside in the imperial garden.

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Flipping for no reason at all dulls the extreme sorrow.

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But every time I encounter a scenery, I try to reminisce

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I dare not say how much miserable I feel.

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This is the poem that His Majesty wrote

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while mourning for Empress Xiaoxian when he went to Yuanming Garden.

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His Majesty never forgot about Empress Xiaoxian.

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Once I leave,

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will His Majesty also remember me?

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Mistress, why are you saying these ominous words?

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You are weak. You cannot bear tiring yourself this way.

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[But every time I encounter...]

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[Forgetting the worries...]

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Consort Shu,

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you must take good care of your health.

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There is not much that I can do for you.

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[Forgetting the worries until they are empty...]

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Give it back to me...

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You are still young. You will have a child again.

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I know that my body is weak and will be hard to get pregnant again.

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After drinking so many medicines for so many years,

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it was not easy to finally have 10th Prince,

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but I still wasn't able to make him stay.

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I'm sorry.

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It's because the child has very thin fortune. Do not blame yourself.

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I am unable to preserve the life of my child.

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I also am unable to repay you for you kindness in this life.

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What I can do is to copy your poems and make them into a book.

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In the future, if I really leave with my child,

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Your Majesty can look at my writing and remember me.

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Don't say nonsense.

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The people from the Bureau of Imperial Physicians prescribed some nerve calming medicine. I'll feed you to drink them.

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Consort Shu, once you have recovered. We'll start over.

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Your Majesty.

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Give her the prescription.

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Let Consort Shu take her medicine on time. I will visit her often when I get the time.

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Yes. Your Majesty really cares about Mistress.

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Your Highness Empress, you are in high spirit today. Look,

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you even reached the Wuling Spring Scenery in your stroll.

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About Consort Shu...I can only be at ease once she gets better.

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His Majesty will really come here?

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Eunuch Jinzhong already said that after His Majesty finishes his official work, he would do strolls at more distant places lately.

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Yesterday, he has come here and praised the scenery.

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I will sing here then. Anyway, there are no one around.

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- It would be best if His Majesty can hear it.

- Yes.

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It is also good to walk around more now that you are in the later months of your pregnancy.

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When the time comes, you will be able to give birth faster.

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♫ Like so

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♫ giving it all

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Tenth Prince has just died and His Majesty is grieving. Who is singing those kinds of songs here?

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It sounds like Consort Ling.

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Replying to Your Highness Empress, I heard that Consort Ling hired a master lately to teach her Kunqu opera singing.

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No wonder.

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Rongpei, go take a look.

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No matter who is it, for singing such happy songs and extravagant tunes during the mourning period of 10th Prince,

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she must kneel in front of the memorial table of 10th Prince for a whole day as punishment.

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Yes.

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♫ With the scenery

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♫ of the beautiful day

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♫ in delight

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Gugu Rong!

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The decree of Empress.

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Anyone who sings happy songs and extravagant tunes during the mourning period of 10th Prince will be punished to kneel in front of the memorial tablet of 10th Prince for a whole day.

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Mistress, don't be mad anymore. If you harm your body because of this, it's not worth it.

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Who would have thought that His Majesty wouldn't come and it was even Her Highness Empress who heard it.

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I have one body and no family.

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Eunuch Jinzhong?

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Jinzhong, what tip did you give Lancui?

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Now, I was caught singing by Empress and was punished to kneel in front of Tenth Prince.

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If I don't do that, you won't remember me, right?

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You deliberately gave Lancui a wrong tip.

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Since Ling Yunce returned, you have forgotten me.

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Do you not trust me this much?

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My heart have long forgotten about Ling Yunce.

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Really?

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If you do not believe me, I will swear.

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Don't do that.

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Look at how tender your hand is.

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It is a pity if no one will cherish it.

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Her Highness Empress is also a full moon that's about to wane.

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You are a flower that is about to blossom fully.

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Stop smooth talking me. You're not the one being punished to kneel.

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So what if you'll be kneeling?

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She's now at her prime. You should endure as much as you can. Or else, what can you achieve?

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Jinzhong, I can only depend on you.

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Don't say that. It's me who will be depending on you.

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You said that I'm in your heart.

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I do, but I still am just a servant. You should strive to climb up by yourself,

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so I can use my shoulder to steady your climb.

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But how do I climb up?

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I am unable to do so right now.

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If you are unable to climb up, observe the situation around you first.

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Presently, Tenth Prince has just died and His Majesty dotes on Consort Shu a lot.

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He would visit her every time he gets the time. Empress also is very close with her.

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If Consort Shu is able to survive this ordeal,

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the more you will get ignored in the future.

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What then must I do?

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With the health of Consort Shu, just lightly pushing it and she will be gone.

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Don't you also frequently worry about her? Do not let all your hard work go in vain.

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It's not even your child. Why are you here?

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Older Sister, are you here to cry for Tenth Prince?

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I'm here to cry for my child.

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What child do you have?

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Older Sister, you are grieving over Tenth Prince. You don't even take care of your health.

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But compared to me, you are much better.

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Much better?

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When this baby was in your stomach,

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he was delivered and survived for a day.

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You cried and laughed with him.

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But where is my child?

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Your child?

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That's right.

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Fortunately, Tenth Prince lived for a day.

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While I wish.

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Wish for.

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Wish for until my eyes have gone numb.

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But my child can't come.

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He can't come to my belly.

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He can't come to the world either.

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Do you know why?

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Why?

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The taste of this soup,

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Older Sister, you must be very familiar with it.

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This is...

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Where did you get my anti-miscarriage medicine from?

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I was stupid and greedy too.

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I wanted a baby.

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Hence, I picked up the residue of your medicine

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and blended the exact ingredients for the anti-miscarriage medicine and secretly drank it.

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You drank it too?

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That's right.

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I drank it more diligently than you and I still couldn't get pregnant.

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You stopped for a while and got pregnant.

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Older Sister,

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don't you find it strange?

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What's so strange?

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The medicine didn't make us pregnant. Don't you find it strange?

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Hence, I got someone to leave the palace

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to check the medicine and its formula. I realized...

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Realized what?

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Didn't Her Highness tell you what this was?

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Her Highness rarely take this medicine.

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What would she tell me?

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Fine.

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Let me tell you then.

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What we have been drinking all these years, it's not anti-miscarriage medicine.

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It's medicine to prevent pregnancy.

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I don't believe it.

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You don't believe it?

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Older Sister, take a look

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and check if there is a mistake in this formula.

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What's written here, it's from several renowned physicians in the capital.

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This can't be a mistake.

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[ Ingredients in the medicine stated by physicians ]

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Tenth Prince. What a pitiful child.

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It can't be. It can't be.

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No way. You are spouting nonsense!

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Yongcheng, the errands that I gave you for today,

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you did a decent job. I'm extremely pleased.

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The errands that you gave me, I did them with dedication.

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Consort Shu, what are you doing?

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Your Majesty.

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Why are you here?

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I have something to ask you.

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The rest, leave first.

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- Yes.

- I'm taking my leave.

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Was Your Majesty sincere in treating me well?

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Why are you suddenly asking this?

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What was in the anti-miscarriage medicine that you have been giving me all those years?

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It's from the Imperial pharmacy. Of course, it's to prevent miscarriage.

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Why then? When I had it investigated outside the palace,

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it was not so.

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It was medicine to prevent pregnancies.

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Those physicians in the community can't be trusted.

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I would like to know. Those physicians are also renowned.

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Why are their opinions different from the Imperial pharmacy?

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Ever since Tenth Prince passed away, I have been having doubts

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about why I have been taking this for a long period and didn't get pregnant.

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When I stopped taking it, I was pregnant with Tenth Prince.

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Consort, there are certain matters you should not pursue and get to the bottom of it.

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A blind speculation will only bring pain.

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Pursue and get to the bottom of it?

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So, Your Majesty is afraid of this too?

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Please allow me to pursue this matter.

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Your Majesty, did you fake your affections for me all those years

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or did you not want me to get pregnant?

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Is the reason because Empress Dowager recommended me?

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Yes, I wanted to be with you.

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I was sincerely grateful to Empress Dowager

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this doesn't mean that I will accept the directions of Empress Dowager.

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All these years,

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I have been sincere towards you. Don't tell me that you couldn't tell?

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I could see your sincerity only after many years.

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I only just realized it when you forced me to answer.

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Consort Shu, could it be that our fate has already ended.?

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There's no room for it anymore?

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Your Majesty.

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I have been in a dilemma for all many years.

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I have never said more than what I shouldn't to Empress Dowager.

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I wasn't willing to make it difficult for you.

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But I didn't imagine that

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an innocent woman

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who was willing to enter the palace to be with the one she loves,

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unexpectedly, became a pawn between you and your mother.

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It was difficult for you. Did you think it wasn't difficult for me too?

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In this world, who can know what's truly in my heart?

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Who can also truly understand my situation?

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It's my fault.

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I always thought if I treated you truly.

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You would treat me with some measures of truth too.

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In the end, dreams of youth were all just elusive flowers in mirrors only.

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Consort Shu, Tenth Prince has already passed away.

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I wanted to continue to get along with you.

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But, today, it was you who disregarded my kind intention.

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Yes, it was my fault.

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I shouldn't have fell in love with you when you went out from the place that year.

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Your Majesty, you should know that when I entered here and saw you,

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so handsome and charming.

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It was just like when I first saw you.

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It was the first time I have seen someone so perfect like you in my life.

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Mistress.

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Mistress, what's wrong with you?

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Everyone, leave. Don't follow me.

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Mistress.

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Today is 10th Prince's 37th.

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You are not allowed to wait here. Go to the Buddhist temple to be with him.

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Go now.

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Yes.

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♫ Misty clouds. ♫

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♫ Everlasting worries. ♫

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♫ Fragrance burning in golden urn. ♫

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♫ A happy festival ♫

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♫ repeating again. ♫

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♫ Jade pillow in the yarn closet ♫

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♫ Its chill coming through at night. ♫

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♫ Drinking the wine by the eastern fence. ♫

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♫ Upon dusk. ♫

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Only now I know my wrong of then. My mood chilled.

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Red tears sneaking to fall.

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Only the spring breeze pass by and all for nothing.

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Only now I realize the wrong of then.

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It was all a mistake.

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♫ And the yellow flower thins. ♫

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Hurry up! The water is leaking.

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Quick, get more water from there.

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Over there.

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Pour it over there.

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The water is leaking.

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Go and get more now.

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Your Highness, slowly.

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Li Yu!

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Eunuch Li!

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- Your Highness, why are you here?

- Where is Consort Shu?

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She sent her staff away.

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When we discovered the fire, it was already too late. She's in there now and there are no movements at all.

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Can't they charge in to save her?

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They can't. The fire is too strong. They can't charge in.

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Moreover, it was Consort Shu who started the fire.

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Why would she do that?

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No matter what, you must save Consort Shu.

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It's burned through. How do we rescue it?

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness, what's wrong with you?

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Your Highness.

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She's going to give birth.

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She's going to give birth. Move aside!

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Empress Dowager. Spring Rain Hall is on fire.

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Is she okay?

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Everyone is fine. Consort Shu has locked herself inside the hall.

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What?

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I said that she's stupid. She is indeed stupid. She's of no use anymore.

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Fujia, this sounds fishy. Go and investigate this.

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Yes.

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- Your Highness.

- Older Sister. She's not waking up.

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- Your Highness.

- Older Sister, wake up.

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- This...

- Your Highness.

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Her Highness has passed out. How could she wake up?

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- Your Highness.

- Imperial Physician Jiang.

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Older Sister gave birth prematurely. She received a shock and can't regain consciousness now. Think of a solution now.

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My Lady, I have already done acupuncture on her.

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The fetus is pushing through. My estimate is that she will soon deliver.

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Don't worry. She will be able to give birth without any hitches.

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- Your Highness.

- Older Sister, wake up now.

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Your Highness, wake up.

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She's moving.

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Older Sister.

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- Your Majesty.

- Older Sister.

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The Empress is not due for delivery yet. How could she has a premature birth?

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Spring Rain Hall was on fire and Consort Shu couldn't be rescued.

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Her Highness was worried and it affected her fetus. I deserve to die.

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You deserve to die. Her Highness due soon. How could she witness this? The attendants are too careless.

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Don't tell Her Highness about Consort Shu's death.

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Her health wouldn't be able to take it. Let the Internal Affairs Department handle Consort Shu.

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Yes.

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It's coming out.

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It really wasn't easy.

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What an adorable baby.

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Greetings, Your Majesty.

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- Greetings, Your Majesty.

- Rise.

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- Has Her Highness regained consciousness?

- Yes.

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Congratulations, Your Majesty. Her Highness has given birth to a princess.

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Your Majesty, look. The princess is smiling at you.

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Wonderful. This is my fifth princess.

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Since I birthed Princess Hejia, it's been 8 years.

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There is finally another princess. Congratulations, Your Majesty.

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Since she came at a timely moment, I will confer her as Princess Heshi.

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Thank you, Your Majesty, on behalf of Her Highness and the princess.

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How is Her Highness?

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She is fine.

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Fifth Princess was just born. Take a look at her situation.

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Yes.

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Congratulations, Your Majesty, for having a princess.

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Your Majesty.

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Do you feel better?

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Our daughter is very adorable. She even smiled at me just now.

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What about Consort Shu?

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Just take care of yourself first.

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Internal Affairs Department will handle her funeral.

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It wasn't easy for Older Sister to give birth to this child.

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That's right. It was tough for Her Highness.

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Imperial Physician Jiang, why is the baby's face a bit purple?

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That's right. Wasn't she fine just now?

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Is she gasping for air?

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I have conferred the title of Princess Heyi to our child. Let's name her Jingsi.

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Si meaning, a female rhino.

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- I hope she will be strong like a rhinoceros.

- Fine.

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Your Majesty, I have something important to report.

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What's so important?

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The face of the princess is purple and she's gasping for air.

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When I listened to her heartbeat, it was rather slow.

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- I fear...

- What do you fear?

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I deserve to die. I fear the princess has a heart problem.

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What heart problem?

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When a baby is newly born with such an example,

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Whimpering and sweating. Purple coloring on the face. Slow sucking.

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When she grows up, her health will be fragile.

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Can she be cured?

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There is no cure for the time being. We can only raise her carefully and there must not be any accidents.

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Why do you say this?

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This is to say, if the princess grows up, she must not exhaust herself.

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She should not receive any shocks. If she does, she will...

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You must be wrong. Get all the Imperial Physicians here!

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Yes.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty.

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What is today?

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The day 5th Princess is born.

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It's the day Consort Shu leaves the world.

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Then did Consort Shu bring this ominousness to 5th Princess?

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10th Prince was weak and left the world.

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5th Princess is born with a heart disease.

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It's not Consort Shu's fault.

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Don't blame Consort Shu.

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I won't argue. I won't argue about anything.

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Just as long our princess can be preserved and she can grow up safely.

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Then I won't argue about anything. Alright?

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Don't cry anymore.

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Each and every one of you midwives and royal physicians contributed merit in delivery.

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Princess if born and you were supposed to be rewarded well.

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But since Consort Shu just passed away,

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and we have flooding in the south.

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Empress has ordered that the reward will be halved for everyone.

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To contribute merit on behalf of Princess.

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Thank you, Your Majesty and Empress for the grace.

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We suffered in helping with delivery.

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But not only did not add to the reward, they halved it?

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Yes, Nanny Tian, you ought to speak for us.

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You need money urgently, don't you?

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His Majesty and Empress made the rule so what can we say?

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It's because 5th Princess has a heart disease.

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We just worked hard for nothing.

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Nanny Tian.

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Greetings to Consort Ling.

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Get on up.

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What's wrong, Nanny Tian? Why are you crying now?

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5th Princess has an ill health.

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Empress halved the rewards to us servants after labor.

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But --

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But my daughter's health isn't well either.

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She's been taking Royal Physician Bao's medicine.

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And I'm out of silvers to buy the medicine now.

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For your own daughter, you will have to spend it somehow.

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Claim note

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I can't take your reward for no reason.

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Take it. I will trouble you later on.

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No, no.

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I don't dare.

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You don't dare?

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Then what about your daughter's illness?

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Nanny Tian, just take it.

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I thank you.

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Nanny Tian, you're being aloof now.

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Who's good to you and who treats you well sincerely. We just need you to be aware of it.

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Later on, if you need money again, just tell us.

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Yes. Yes.

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Consort Ling is kind.

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Then I will take my leave.

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Your Highness.

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His Majesty is so concerned about our 5th Princess.

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He's too busy with state affairs to come over but he had Eunuch Li bring this amber wrap.

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To have 5th Princess sleep soundly.

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Bring it to the princess.

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Yes.

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Take it there.

- Yes.

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Your Highness, Eunuch Li said that day, before going to see His Majesty, Consort Shu went to 10th Prince's memorial.

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At the time, Consort Ling was there too.

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Then Consort Ling said something to her?

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I can't tell.

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Tomorrow, summon Consort Ling for me. I need to ask her.

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Yes.

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Your Highness, you shouldn't worry about others now.

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You should nurture your health back first.

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You've been kneeling for an hour and now you can't anymore?

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I don't dare.

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Consort Ling. Let me borrow your ears to listen.

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What is this tune?

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It's Kun Opera's "Startling Dream."

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I heard you're learning to sing "Peony Pavilion" lately.

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I am just learning it as leisure activity since I'm bored.

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You're not eager to court the emperor's favor.

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You've set your mind to leisure instead.

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It's unlike you.

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I am incompetent. I can't earn His Majesty's favor.

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You're incompetent.

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Your skills are something no one can compete with.

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Consort Shu and 10th Prince's life were in your grasp.

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You're still incompetent?

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Forgive me, Empress Dowager. I don't dare.

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You don't dare?

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Consort Shu asked about conception tonic before her death.

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The tonic is strange.

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The emperor knows of it and Qi Ru knows of it and I sort of do.

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Consort Shu suddenly asks about it.

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It's clearly not from us that she caught wind of it.

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Mistress Ling, you once secretly learned Consort Shu's conception medicine recipe to drink.

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Later on you suddenly stopped drinking it.

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Naturally you found out the strangeness of it

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Consort Shu, before she went to see His Majesty,

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she saw you at 10th Prince's memorial briefly.

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Other than you, who else would've told her the truth?

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Empress Dowager. I --

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You told her the conception medicine was linked to her losing her child.

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That's why Consort Shu was upset and went mad.

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Is that right?

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I didn't. I wouldn't dare. I really did nothing.

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Fujia. What goodness did you find out?

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Bring it and let Consort Ling have a look.

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Yes.

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Consort Ling. When Consort Shu was pregnant.

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What you fed her. It's all here.

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Everyday a bag. You eat it yourself.

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Then I will feign ignorance of everything.

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I --

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Mistress Ling, you were willing to let others eat it.

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Why can't you eat it yourself?

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Eat it.

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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. ♫