Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:10,000 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:16,990 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:16,990 --> 00:01:23,620 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:30,700 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:39,680 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:49,460 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 55 7 00:01:50,530 --> 00:01:55,260 His Majesty's passion won't be extinguished so fast. 8 00:01:55,260 --> 00:01:58,910 The human heart is the hardest to fathom. 9 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:01,650 His Majesty has pampered Consort Ling for so long. 10 00:02:01,650 --> 00:02:04,530 He's just furious for the time being but once calm, 11 00:02:04,530 --> 00:02:07,660 he might think of her again. 12 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:10,760 Then we busied ourselves for nothing. 13 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,040 Look at you. So foolish that it's adorable. 14 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,840 One ant hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dike. 15 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,030 A hundred rooms can be burned with just one lighting of one fire. 16 00:02:20,030 --> 00:02:24,170 Matters of the world don't see results overnight. 17 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:40,070 His Majesty has been sleeping at Yangxin Hall all along? 18 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:41,780 It's really true. 19 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:46,850 His Majesty came back from Changchun Palace and threw such a fiery fit of temper last time. 20 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,690 Since then, he's not gone to Yanxi Palace again. 21 00:02:51,690 --> 00:02:55,160 It's been so many days but the anger hasn't dissipated still. 22 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:56,440 That day at Changchun Palace . . . 23 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:57,970 Hailancha, follow me. 24 00:02:57,970 --> 00:02:59,590 Yes. 25 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,100 Your Majesty. Your Majesty! 26 00:03:04,910 --> 00:03:07,130 Your Majesty! 27 00:03:08,270 --> 00:03:09,740 Go. 28 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:14,700 Stop. Go. 29 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:19,520 Stop. Back, back. 30 00:03:20,830 --> 00:03:24,160 Erqing, on the day the late Empress died, 31 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,280 she exposed her liaison with Your Majesty completely, 32 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:33,390 causing the Empress to feel indignation and anger, completely disheartened. 33 00:03:33,390 --> 00:03:38,130 Hence, she must die. 34 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:42,300 Completely disheartened. Completely disheartened. 35 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,180 Stop. 36 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:50,020 Go. 37 00:03:50,020 --> 00:03:53,730 Your Majesty. Your Majesty! 38 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:55,610 Your Majesty! 39 00:04:07,030 --> 00:04:08,500 Go. 40 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:17,000 Whoa. Whoa! 41 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,660 Your Majesty, you've run your horse without half a word. 42 00:04:28,660 --> 00:04:33,680 I am not as smart as Fuheng, and I can't fathom what you're thinking. 43 00:04:37,390 --> 00:04:39,200 Hailancha. 44 00:04:41,420 --> 00:04:43,980 I made a mistake. 45 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:47,730 I owe a person. 46 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:54,310 Your Majesty, everyone in the world makes mistakes. 47 00:04:54,310 --> 00:04:56,830 Why must you be so strict with yourself? 48 00:04:56,830 --> 00:04:58,190 No. 49 00:05:00,470 --> 00:05:06,060 This mistake, I cannot make amends for it ever. 50 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:11,490 Your Majesty, we can't go back to the past. If we can't make amends, 51 00:05:11,490 --> 00:05:14,610 then we should forget it. 52 00:05:18,570 --> 00:05:20,210 No. 53 00:05:22,590 --> 00:05:24,660 You don't understand. 54 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:32,140 Rongyin. She became my legal wife at the age of fifteen. 55 00:05:33,060 --> 00:05:37,490 And I let her, she who was like a stem of flourishing flowers, 56 00:05:38,900 --> 00:05:41,940 slowly wither away in the Forbidden City. 57 00:05:44,230 --> 00:05:50,520 Your Majesty. You're shouldering all the hopes of all of Great Qing's citizens. 58 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,660 How can you adapt to every sentiment of the harem? 59 00:05:54,660 --> 00:05:58,380 As Your Majesty's consort, she must learn to divert herself from loneliness, 60 00:05:58,380 --> 00:06:02,920 or else she will be ache gravely, but that isn't Your Majesty's fault. 61 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,970 But she wasn't just any common woman. 62 00:06:08,790 --> 00:06:11,790 She's my legal wife, knotted by hair. 63 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,500 Knotted by hair and heart, together forever. 64 00:06:18,170 --> 00:06:20,570 On that journey, 65 00:06:26,030 --> 00:06:28,340 she broke that promise. 66 00:06:33,230 --> 00:06:35,820 Before Consort Ling interrogated me, 67 00:06:35,820 --> 00:06:40,660 I had been very disappointed by Rongyin's melancholy. 68 00:06:41,230 --> 00:06:43,570 She was a perfect wife. 69 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,770 But she wasn't a competent Empress. 70 00:06:47,770 --> 00:06:51,170 Her shoulders were just too weak. 71 00:06:52,190 --> 00:06:57,410 The Empress' phoenix crown made her unable to breathe. 72 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:01,790 Her death, 73 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,530 was perhaps the best relief for her. 74 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:11,990 But to me, 75 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,030 it's a scandal I must cover. 76 00:07:19,510 --> 00:07:23,950 Now I see that it wasn't she who had too much heart. 77 00:07:27,340 --> 00:07:30,150 It was I who was too heartless. 78 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,570 Go. 79 00:07:35,570 --> 00:07:38,790 Stop. Give me your tag. 80 00:07:42,230 --> 00:07:44,910 I am Imperial Medicine's eunuch. 81 00:07:44,910 --> 00:07:47,110 I was ordered to dispose of old medicines. 82 00:07:47,110 --> 00:07:50,000 - Open for me to see. - Yes. 83 00:07:55,180 --> 00:07:57,700 These are all medicines damaged by insect. 84 00:07:57,700 --> 00:07:59,680 We are supposed to throw them all away. 85 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,370 But Imperial Medicine's royal physicians can't bear to. 86 00:08:02,370 --> 00:08:07,460 So they told me to deliver all these to Chongwen Gate to sell at a discount 87 00:08:07,460 --> 00:08:10,840 to subsidize usual expenditures at Imperial Medicine. 88 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:14,050 Officer, look at how the sun is already leaning to the west. 89 00:08:14,050 --> 00:08:16,590 I am in a rush to leave the palace. 90 00:08:16,590 --> 00:08:19,870 May you give me a convenience. 91 00:08:19,870 --> 00:08:21,500 Stop. 92 00:08:22,190 --> 00:08:23,150 Greetings to Your Majesty. 93 00:08:23,150 --> 00:08:25,790 Hailancha, go check. 94 00:08:31,820 --> 00:08:34,150 Check what's in the sack. 95 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:51,900 Your Majesty, it's perfectly fine caterpillar fungus. 96 00:08:52,870 --> 00:08:56,700 How dare you mix in precious caterpillar fungus in here. 97 00:08:56,700 --> 00:09:00,050 May Your Majesty dissipate your anger. I deserve to die. 98 00:09:00,050 --> 00:09:03,560 Who are you secretly transporting out the medicines for? 99 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:09,610 It's Physician Ye. Ye Tianshi. 100 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,210 Check Imperial Medicine Bureau thoroughly. 101 00:09:14,210 --> 00:09:19,260 I want to see if this insect is actually a human or a ghost. 102 00:09:20,290 --> 00:09:24,560 Your Highness, ten thousand good fortunes. Your Highness, ten thousand good fortunes. 103 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,680 This is? 104 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:31,860 This is parrot Lord Syge brought for you for entertainment. 105 00:09:31,860 --> 00:09:35,690 It was trained for a long time just to learn this one phrase. 106 00:09:36,570 --> 00:09:39,110 That paternal cousin of mine is always a yes-man. 107 00:09:39,110 --> 00:09:43,450 Even when a leaf drops from the tree, we are afraid it will hit him on the head. 108 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:47,820 A man like he has learned to fawn and encourage? 109 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:53,120 Since the Silkworm Ceremony, your father's elder brother, Lord Rodo, came to visit as well, 110 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,410 for no other reason than to aspire for your support. 111 00:09:55,410 --> 00:09:57,990 This is all understandable. 112 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,050 This is from Prince He. 113 00:10:03,050 --> 00:10:06,320 Prince He? How? 114 00:10:07,210 --> 00:10:08,920 Such a precious parrot. 115 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,170 Only the connoisseur who can coddle birds in Forbidden City, 116 00:10:12,170 --> 00:10:17,180 the most absurd prince of the Asin-Gioro clan can afford it. 117 00:10:17,180 --> 00:10:22,200 Your Highness, if Prince He wants to gift you, why the turn and coil? (T/N defensive posture like a snake) 118 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:23,650 Come. 119 00:10:23,650 --> 00:10:25,970 Greetings to Your Highness the Empress. 120 00:10:25,970 --> 00:10:28,170 What is it? 121 00:10:28,170 --> 00:10:31,320 Your Highness, Guard Suolun just brought a group of people, 122 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,930 marching toward the Imperial Medicine Bureau looking angry. 123 00:10:33,930 --> 00:10:37,500 I was worried something might happen, so I rushed to report. 124 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:42,060 Imperial Guards are all young and strong with good control of the sword. 125 00:10:42,060 --> 00:10:46,170 If they frighten the Imperial physicians, who would dare to treat illness and save people in the future? 126 00:10:46,170 --> 00:10:47,970 Then Your Highness means to say..? 127 00:10:47,970 --> 00:10:51,000 You're the head eunuch of Interior Bureau. 128 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,790 Forbidden City matters should be at your disposal. 129 00:10:54,790 --> 00:10:59,580 I obey Your Highness' will. I take my leave. 130 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:08,420 Your Highness, the people in the palace sure know how to read which way the wind is turning. 131 00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:11,560 After Silkworm Ceremony, even Supervisor Wu is more diligent. 132 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:14,700 He's still not someone I promoted. 133 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,000 His usage is not so convenient. 134 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,200 Three bowls of water boiled down to half a bowl. Once a day, for half a month. 135 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:22,730 Yes. 136 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,070 Oh, Guard Suolun. This..? 137 00:11:35,070 --> 00:11:37,290 What's happened? 138 00:11:37,290 --> 00:11:39,380 - Take him down. - What? 139 00:11:39,380 --> 00:11:41,790 What crime have I committed? W-What are you doing? 140 00:11:41,790 --> 00:11:44,950 We'll find out very soon whether you have committed a crime. 141 00:11:44,950 --> 00:11:46,850 Search. 142 00:11:46,850 --> 00:11:48,400 Wait. 143 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:51,360 What are you searching for? 144 00:11:53,820 --> 00:11:56,990 Officer Suolun, what's going on? 145 00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:06,910 Those herbs are very precious. Don't be reckless with them, Officer Suolun! 146 00:12:06,910 --> 00:12:10,420 We found one bunch of insect-damaged medicines in the backyard and nothing else. 147 00:12:10,420 --> 00:12:12,930 So this is over that bunch of medicines? 148 00:12:12,930 --> 00:12:16,530 Officer Suolun, those herbs were all damaged by insects. 149 00:12:16,530 --> 00:12:19,820 The mistresses in the palace are precious. Who would use those damaged medicines? 150 00:12:19,820 --> 00:12:23,940 I had someone take them out, out of goodwill. This..! 151 00:12:23,940 --> 00:12:26,480 How did it become such a fuss? 152 00:12:27,730 --> 00:12:30,420 Royal Physician Ye, of course I trust you . 153 00:12:30,420 --> 00:12:34,600 But someone mixed in precious caterpillar fungus into it on purpose. 154 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,760 This is a theft of palace medicines. Not a light crime. 155 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,200 Caterpillar fungus? Why didn't I see it? 156 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,690 - Sir Suolun. -Sir Suolun. 157 00:12:45,990 --> 00:12:50,040 - Sir Suolun. - Supervisor Wu, what brings you here? 158 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,190 Interior Bureau manages small and big matters of the palace. 159 00:12:53,190 --> 00:12:55,910 This transport was done by an eunuch. 160 00:12:55,910 --> 00:12:59,480 As the supervisor, I can't just not act. 161 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,350 We've already searched here. 162 00:13:01,350 --> 00:13:04,690 You have searched, but I haven't. 163 00:13:04,690 --> 00:13:07,570 You mean, you don't trust Imperial Guards? 164 00:13:07,570 --> 00:13:09,720 Oh, I don't dare. 165 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,500 But Imperial Guards and His Majesty. 166 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:15,020 You all manage proper and upright grand matters. 167 00:13:15,020 --> 00:13:17,570 The trivial pettiness that happens in the palace, 168 00:13:17,570 --> 00:13:19,330 you won't decipher it clearly. 169 00:13:19,330 --> 00:13:23,030 Come. Search the entire place. 170 00:13:23,030 --> 00:13:25,610 Search all through the rooms of the royal physicians too. 171 00:13:25,610 --> 00:13:27,540 Since precious medicines got out, 172 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:29,940 we need to examine the ledger with the medicines in and out in the last year. 173 00:13:29,940 --> 00:13:34,120 Open your eyes wide and match them line by line. Not one miss! 174 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,110 - Hurry. - Yes. 175 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,840 What is the sighing for out of nowhere? 176 00:13:55,650 --> 00:13:58,250 Since the Changchun Palace incident, 177 00:13:58,250 --> 00:14:02,210 His Majesty hasn't come to Yanxi Palace for so long, right? 178 00:14:03,250 --> 00:14:06,820 It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so riled up. 179 00:14:06,820 --> 00:14:09,510 You said to be decisive and resolute at the time. 180 00:14:09,510 --> 00:14:11,310 So soon, and you've changed your thought? 181 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:15,940 Of course I don't regret it, but I'm afraid you might regret it. 182 00:14:15,940 --> 00:14:18,340 In the past, no matter how busy His Majesty was, 183 00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:21,050 he'd come and sit a bit at Yanxi Palace. 184 00:14:21,050 --> 00:14:23,210 - Now . . . - You know clearly it's of no avail, 185 00:14:23,210 --> 00:14:27,760 so don't regret over something that has happened. Waste of time. 186 00:14:29,950 --> 00:14:34,250 Yingluo. Maybe you can go soft on His Majesty? 187 00:14:34,250 --> 00:14:36,630 His Majesty is in the midst of his anger. 188 00:14:36,630 --> 00:14:38,470 If I go now to submit, 189 00:14:38,470 --> 00:14:41,560 that's waiting for him to throw me out of Yangxin Hall. 190 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,750 Why bother to bring that humiliation onto myself? 191 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:47,720 - But we can't just wait. - I'm just not going. 192 00:14:48,370 --> 00:14:52,400 If you really don't care, then why did you draw the branch crooked? 193 00:14:58,890 --> 00:15:01,990 Since I'm drawing a willow tree. 194 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,840 I concede. 195 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:24,560 Clear it. 196 00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:28,930 Your Majesty, I know your appetite isn't good, 197 00:15:28,930 --> 00:15:33,450 so all the food that was prepared are vegetable dishes. 198 00:15:33,450 --> 00:15:35,850 Look, this mushroom stewed with cabbage. 199 00:15:35,850 --> 00:15:40,920 Honey cake. Fruit congee. Egg soup. All very light. 200 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:48,310 Your Majesty. If this really won't do, this pine flower with candied mushroom. 201 00:15:48,310 --> 00:15:51,340 Light and fragrant, melts in your mouth. 202 00:15:51,340 --> 00:15:54,580 Or else, at least eat a couple bites of silk-thread noodles. 203 00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:57,800 Or else, I am worried. 204 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,700 Today's meal wasn't made by Zhang Dongguan, right? 205 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:02,730 Your Majesty, did you forget? 206 00:16:02,730 --> 00:16:06,680 Zhang Dongguan was sent to Yanxi Palace by you. 207 00:16:10,620 --> 00:16:12,300 No wonder I can't get used to it. 208 00:16:12,300 --> 00:16:13,670 Your Majesty, 209 00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:17,550 Chef Zhang's Suzhou cuisine is heavenly. 210 00:16:17,550 --> 00:16:20,220 Especially that Suzhou meat dish. 211 00:16:20,220 --> 00:16:23,130 That fragrant broth and that unending sweetness. 212 00:16:23,130 --> 00:16:25,990 No one can compare in the palace. 213 00:16:26,930 --> 00:16:30,480 Your Majesty, perhaps you can bear the fatigue, 214 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,640 and move to Yanxi Palace? 215 00:16:34,490 --> 00:16:36,870 Who said I am going to Yanxi Palace? 216 00:16:36,870 --> 00:16:39,590 She poisoned the wife of a duke of the first rank in the palace. 217 00:16:39,590 --> 00:16:42,090 Clearly she didn't care about me! 218 00:16:43,890 --> 00:16:48,280 No sign of repenting afterward. A woman like her? 219 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,060 May Your Majesty's anger dissipate. 220 00:16:50,060 --> 00:16:53,070 But it's because Consort Ling is arrogant and despotic, 221 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:57,010 that you really shouldn't let Imperial Chef Zhang remain at Yanxi Palace. 222 00:16:57,010 --> 00:17:01,100 But Consort Ling's temperament can be unreasonable and we servants can't afford to serve her. 223 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,680 We really can't ask him back. 224 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:08,750 Who said you could usurp and slander Consort Ling? 225 00:17:08,750 --> 00:17:12,150 I deserve to die. Deserve to die. 226 00:17:14,450 --> 00:17:18,190 Your Majesty, so as for Yanxi Palace, 227 00:17:18,190 --> 00:17:21,140 - are you going or not? - I'm going! 228 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:24,500 Why should I leave the best chef in the world to her? 229 00:17:25,570 --> 00:17:28,180 Reporting to Your Majesty. Her Highness the Empress says she has an urgent matter. 230 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:31,030 She's asked you to come to Chengqian Palace. 231 00:17:32,530 --> 00:17:38,200 Wu Shulai, tell everything you found out to His Majesty. 232 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:44,890 Speak. I want to know as well 233 00:17:44,890 --> 00:17:47,440 how Imperial Medicine's embezzlement 234 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,280 is linked to Consort Ling? 235 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:53,590 Your Majesty, I searched through one year's worth of medicine ledgers of the royal physician's court. 236 00:17:53,590 --> 00:17:56,550 Ye Tianshi has been checking Consort Ling's wellness pulse all along. 237 00:17:56,550 --> 00:17:58,590 And he's prescribed tonic to restore the body. 238 00:17:58,590 --> 00:18:02,060 I compared the medicinal herb uses. 239 00:18:02,060 --> 00:18:05,060 Not only were ginseng and wolfberry used in large amounts, 240 00:18:05,060 --> 00:18:06,860 there was also . . . 241 00:18:07,610 --> 00:18:09,420 Continue. 242 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:11,470 Consort Ling . . . 243 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:15,340 She's been taking contraceptive tonic all along. 244 00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:27,550 Your Majesty, Consort Ling receives royal favor. 245 00:18:27,550 --> 00:18:29,550 By convention, she shouldn't do so. 246 00:18:29,550 --> 00:18:32,950 I think she may have her reason. 247 00:18:32,950 --> 00:18:35,910 May Your Majesty not be angry. We can check slowly. 248 00:18:35,910 --> 00:18:38,620 Don't be alarmed. 249 00:18:47,710 --> 00:18:55,620 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 250 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,460 Greetings to Your Majesty. 251 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:02,820 Get lost! 252 00:19:10,990 --> 00:19:11,950 Your Majesty. 253 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:14,840 The tonic you've been using long-term. 254 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,980 What medicine is it really? 255 00:19:20,890 --> 00:19:23,550 Looking at your expression, 256 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:26,310 you're acknowledging it. 257 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,280 Why? 258 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,290 Your Majesty. This matter . . . 259 00:19:46,290 --> 00:19:49,470 I am asking. Why? 260 00:19:52,510 --> 00:19:54,400 You won't speak? 261 00:19:55,780 --> 00:19:58,030 Then I will speak for you. 262 00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:04,920 Since Yuanming Garden, 263 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:09,250 you made up your mind to get rid of Noble Consort Chun, 264 00:20:09,250 --> 00:20:13,230 to avenge for Rongyin, is that right? 265 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:16,360 Yes. 266 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:20,430 You found ways and schemes to get on Empress Dowager's good side. 267 00:20:20,430 --> 00:20:25,320 It was directed at me. Wasn't it? 268 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:31,300 Yes. 269 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:35,590 You kept me neither close nor distant. Desire, then resist. 270 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:41,580 It's your intention to grasp me tight to your palm. No. 271 00:20:42,830 --> 00:20:45,660 You wanted to soar into the sky with few steps, 272 00:20:45,660 --> 00:20:50,420 to earn the right to be fight with Noble Consort Chun. Is that right? 273 00:20:55,490 --> 00:20:56,750 Yes. 274 00:20:56,750 --> 00:20:58,810 As you wished. 275 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,860 Su Jinghao is dead. 276 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:05,540 To your eyes, 277 00:21:06,770 --> 00:21:08,770 I am useless now. 278 00:21:08,770 --> 00:21:13,600 So you've gone cold completely. Isn't it? 279 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:19,590 Speak. Is it true or not? 280 00:21:23,890 --> 00:21:26,560 Since Your Majesty knows it all now. 281 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,820 What's there to ask? 282 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:32,460 I want to hear you say it personally. 283 00:21:39,490 --> 00:21:41,350 Yes. 284 00:21:43,250 --> 00:21:46,070 Your Majesty's supposition isn't wrong. 285 00:21:49,810 --> 00:21:52,930 It was precisely to avenge the late Empress... 286 00:21:54,430 --> 00:21:57,050 that I became your consort. 287 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,840 In order ruin Noble Consort Chun, 288 00:22:01,990 --> 00:22:04,520 I exhausted myself 289 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,900 to court your laughter. 290 00:22:09,620 --> 00:22:12,270 Since I've completed my revenge now, 291 00:22:12,990 --> 00:22:15,280 Your Majesty is to me 292 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,180 no longer holding value or use. 293 00:22:19,830 --> 00:22:22,110 So naturally, I don't need to continue to fawn on you. 294 00:22:22,110 --> 00:22:24,120 Since you don't need me, 295 00:22:25,470 --> 00:22:28,990 why did you personally make the mink fur hat for me? 296 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,200 Guilt. 297 00:22:38,020 --> 00:22:39,910 What did you say? 298 00:22:42,830 --> 00:22:45,750 Because Your Majesty treated me too well, 299 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:46,960 so well that I felt guilty. 300 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,930 But you still drank contraceptive tonic! 301 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,770 Because to your eyes, 302 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,680 I am nothing at all. 303 00:23:00,650 --> 00:23:03,020 I am a pawn in your hand. 304 00:23:03,020 --> 00:23:04,980 To be used by others. 305 00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:07,980 Do you feel compromised, Your Majesty? 306 00:23:09,610 --> 00:23:12,720 The late Empress was more compromised than you! 307 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:17,000 Wei Yingluo. What do you want to say exactly? 308 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,470 Pain. Once it starts, it's forever. 309 00:23:27,970 --> 00:23:30,630 Side by side, but unaware.... 310 00:23:32,820 --> 00:23:36,640 the parting of death that is grief above all griefs. 311 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,000 Compliance to lose yourself. 312 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,690 Your Majesty personally made a poem of grief for her. 313 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:47,930 Each word sincere, touching the reader thoroughly. 314 00:23:47,930 --> 00:23:49,780 The world will only know 315 00:23:49,780 --> 00:23:53,010 Your Majesty's devotion to the late Empress. 316 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,090 But no one knows, 317 00:23:56,930 --> 00:23:59,990 the late Empress, why she really died. 318 00:23:59,990 --> 00:24:01,170 You shut up! 319 00:24:01,170 --> 00:24:03,230 Your Majesty dares to act. 320 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:06,000 Why don't you dare to listen? 321 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,600 So many women in the world. 322 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,990 Why did you favor Hitara Erqing? 323 00:24:11,990 --> 00:24:15,100 She was the late Empress's sister-in-law. 324 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:17,560 New Year's Eve. 325 00:24:18,230 --> 00:24:21,350 Her Highness the Empress suffered the pain of losing a young child, 326 00:24:22,380 --> 00:24:25,400 and received such grave humiliation. 327 00:24:26,250 --> 00:24:28,400 If that can be tolerated, 328 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:31,670 what cannot be tolerated? 329 00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:36,090 You finally speak your true mind. 330 00:24:36,950 --> 00:24:39,280 In your heart, 331 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,170 I am just someone who tarnishes his subject's wife. 332 00:24:43,170 --> 00:24:46,380 A despicable lowlife who forgets loyalty over a woman! 333 00:24:49,980 --> 00:24:53,350 Your Majesty dares to say that you feel no guilt? 334 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,450 I do not. 335 00:24:57,450 --> 00:24:59,570 Whether that's true, 336 00:24:59,570 --> 00:25:02,230 Your Majesty's heart is most clear on it. 337 00:25:24,180 --> 00:25:28,820 When the Empress was alive, Your Majesty used her. 338 00:25:29,460 --> 00:25:34,690 When the Empress died, you still wouldn't let her go. 339 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,460 Thirteenth year in Qianlong's reign. 340 00:25:39,740 --> 00:25:42,520 Imperial Hanlin Academy, Ministry of Rites and Imperial Clan Court 341 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:47,500 all suffered heavy rebukes over the late Empress' funeral. 342 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:53,280 Liangjiang, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hubei and Hunan. Total of fifty-three officials. 343 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,830 Due to their letters asking to come to the capital to attend the ceremony, they were all punished. 344 00:25:57,830 --> 00:26:01,350 Shengjing, Ningxia, Hangzhou, many Eight Banners relatives in various places. 345 00:26:01,350 --> 00:26:05,100 They went against the national mourning and were granted hair-shaving, or granted suicide, 346 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:09,160 or removed from their posts. Your Majesty went on a slaughter campaign. 347 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,930 Other than your guilt toward the Empress, 348 00:26:12,770 --> 00:26:15,540 was it not really a case of finding pretext to make a fuss? 349 00:26:17,650 --> 00:26:21,500 These words must have been hidden in your heart for so long. 350 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:23,240 Yes. 351 00:26:24,740 --> 00:26:29,380 I have always wanted to seek an answer from you for the late Empress. 352 00:26:30,740 --> 00:26:34,230 When I ascended to the throne, 353 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,740 I obliged public sentiment and ruled with leniency. 354 00:26:40,430 --> 00:26:45,670 It was to pacify the wounds brought upon by the late Emperor's harshness, 355 00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:49,860 in order for Great Qing's hundreds of officials to be content with their duties, 356 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,000 to let the people be each one content with their own industry. 357 00:26:54,820 --> 00:26:57,110 Thirteen years passed. 358 00:26:57,710 --> 00:27:01,720 Great Qing's officials all depend on my leniency. 359 00:27:02,510 --> 00:27:07,600 Each and every holding sinecure, ignoring their duty. (T/N easy position requiring little work for great glory) 360 00:27:09,310 --> 00:27:11,680 I needed a sword... 361 00:27:12,540 --> 00:27:16,670 to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, to purge my officialdom. (T/N make an example to get others to comply) 362 00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:19,840 And the late Empress... 363 00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:23,140 was my sword. 364 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:26,250 Your Majesty. 365 00:27:26,250 --> 00:27:30,870 Fuca Rongyin lived as Great Qing's Empress. 366 00:27:30,870 --> 00:27:33,170 Even in death, 367 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,040 I put her to her last use. 368 00:27:39,550 --> 00:27:41,780 You are really too heartless. 369 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:43,790 Wei Yingluo. 370 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,890 I am too good to you. 371 00:27:48,770 --> 00:27:51,540 I let you forget one important matter. 372 00:27:51,540 --> 00:27:53,860 I am an Emperor. 373 00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:57,480 The Emperor is naturally heartless. 374 00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:02,110 I can allow no one to challenge my authority. 375 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,850 Since the moment you entered the palace, you belong to me, 376 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,590 no matter if you are inclined or not. 377 00:28:10,590 --> 00:28:16,330 This entire life, you will be confined to the Forbidden City. 378 00:28:17,250 --> 00:28:19,050 Until your old age. 379 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,200 Until you die. 380 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,230 By the way, 381 00:28:42,230 --> 00:28:46,330 that medicine. You needn't take it anymore . 382 00:28:48,890 --> 00:28:51,200 You won't need it again. 383 00:28:55,030 --> 00:29:04,990 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 384 00:29:44,190 --> 00:29:46,610 [ Yanxi Palace Gate ] 385 00:30:09,980 --> 00:30:12,500 Yingluo, Supervisor Li just told me, 386 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,340 there was medicine theft in the palace. 387 00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:16,250 Imperial Medicine Bureau was searched thoroughly. 388 00:30:16,250 --> 00:30:18,470 Physician Ye has been jailed too. 389 00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:22,420 Can you tell me, what exactly has happened? 390 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,860 What did you say? 391 00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:29,980 His Majesty ordered for the capture of Ye Tianshi. 392 00:30:29,980 --> 00:30:33,640 He committed a mistake, but what does that have to do with you? 393 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,080 Yingluo. Tell me! 394 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,710 I have been taking contraceptive medicine all along. 395 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,810 His Majesty found out. 396 00:30:50,020 --> 00:30:51,960 You've gone mad. 397 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:57,930 All the consorts of the palace wish to give birth to a royal heir. 398 00:30:57,930 --> 00:30:59,690 Why are you still standing there? 399 00:30:59,690 --> 00:31:01,990 Go and beg His Majesty! 400 00:31:01,990 --> 00:31:03,450 Say you were confused, 401 00:31:03,450 --> 00:31:07,300 say you, I don't know what reason you should give either! 402 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:09,320 But you need to go and beg His Majesty! 403 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,790 Go on! 404 00:31:10,790 --> 00:31:12,530 Mingyu. 405 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,280 It's too late. 406 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,660 His Majesty favors you so much. Nothing is too late! 407 00:31:19,660 --> 00:31:21,820 I told His Majesty... 408 00:31:23,450 --> 00:31:25,560 about my revenge. 409 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:32,840 Yingluo. How can you say such a thing? 410 00:31:34,650 --> 00:31:36,720 I couldn't hold back. 411 00:31:38,070 --> 00:31:41,020 You use those words to dismiss me. 412 00:31:41,020 --> 00:31:43,540 Because they kept circling in my head, 413 00:31:43,540 --> 00:31:46,090 I just wanted to know the answer! 414 00:31:46,090 --> 00:31:49,550 Since I already asked, why not ask all the way? 415 00:31:49,550 --> 00:31:51,960 Now you're content? 416 00:31:55,670 --> 00:31:59,140 Then, did His Majesty say 417 00:31:59,140 --> 00:32:01,360 how he will handle you? 418 00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:19,640 I think this Yanxi Palace... 419 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:25,240 from now on will become a true cold palace. 420 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,250 Your Majesty. 421 00:32:36,250 --> 00:32:38,080 I am very tired. 422 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,340 I want to rest alone. 423 00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:43,980 Yes. 424 00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:24,830 Your Majesty, why are you standing alone in a daze? 425 00:33:25,650 --> 00:33:27,400 Empress. 426 00:33:41,460 --> 00:33:43,400 Empress. 427 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,620 Have you ever lamented me? 428 00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:49,050 Why does Your Majesty ask such? 429 00:33:49,930 --> 00:33:52,410 Answer me honestly. 430 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,700 I have. 431 00:34:03,770 --> 00:34:08,580 But you . . . have you hated me? 432 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,250 I have lamented you. 433 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:15,870 I have resented you. But only I've never hated. 434 00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:24,940 Why? 435 00:34:27,610 --> 00:34:30,080 If Rongyin were still alive, 436 00:34:30,950 --> 00:34:33,050 she would hate me for sure. 437 00:34:33,050 --> 00:34:35,140 Your Majesty is the owner of Great Qing. 438 00:34:35,140 --> 00:34:37,110 The Empress is the master of the six palaces. 439 00:34:37,110 --> 00:34:40,300 Emperor and Empress were never a common pair of spouses. 440 00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:43,990 If they spend all day indulged in sentiments and petty feelings, 441 00:34:43,990 --> 00:34:46,570 it would court the laughter of others. 442 00:34:47,220 --> 00:34:52,800 Your Majesty, forgive me. I wasn't blaming the late Empress. 443 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,530 It's just that everyone should have self-awareness. 444 00:34:55,530 --> 00:34:59,530 I received Your Majesty's grace and thus I must manage this house for you well. 445 00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:02,580 If not, I would be first to be ashamed to meet you. 446 00:35:02,580 --> 00:35:04,900 How can I even discuss lamenting or resentment? 447 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:21,770 But Consort Ling must denounce me as heartless and cold. 448 00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:26,250 From nation to logic to righteousness, 449 00:35:26,250 --> 00:35:28,760 where is Your Majesty's fault? 450 00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:31,780 Your Majesty toils day and night to manage state affairs. 451 00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:34,460 You can't even manage to take care of your royal body. 452 00:35:34,460 --> 00:35:37,550 The establishment of the six palaces, the existence of harem. 453 00:35:37,550 --> 00:35:40,740 It's solely to care for Your Majesty, to produce heirs. 454 00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:43,540 It is not to add trouble to you. 455 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,300 Others say the palace is lonely. 456 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:53,030 But if one leaves these red walls, can theydo as they wish? 457 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,560 Scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants. Husbands busy working. 458 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:00,900 Wives managing the households, toiling day in and day out. 459 00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:04,750 Compared to them, what does the harem lament about? 460 00:36:04,750 --> 00:36:09,060 The late Empress was the example to six palaces, but she acted unfilial to her parents with her self-inflicted death. 461 00:36:09,060 --> 00:36:11,540 I dare to say, 462 00:36:11,540 --> 00:36:14,230 you owe nothing to Empress Xiaoxian. 463 00:36:14,230 --> 00:36:18,040 It was she who disappointed your trust. 464 00:36:25,510 --> 00:36:29,730 I know, Rongyin, 465 00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:33,630 she innately did not want restraint. 466 00:36:40,870 --> 00:36:44,570 Of course, every person wants that. 467 00:36:44,570 --> 00:36:48,530 Your Majesty, you are the ruler of all, the one with most authority, 468 00:36:48,530 --> 00:36:51,410 but you don't have a day of freedom. 469 00:36:52,010 --> 00:36:55,850 Real freedom is paid with irresponsibility. 470 00:36:57,310 --> 00:37:00,850 Your Majesty, Consort Ling can hate you. 471 00:37:00,850 --> 00:37:05,520 Late Empress can lament you. Only I will not. 472 00:37:12,030 --> 00:37:17,290 Even...if I caused Lord Naerbu's death? 473 00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:21,980 For my father's incident, 474 00:37:21,980 --> 00:37:24,570 I did cross you. 475 00:37:25,220 --> 00:37:28,590 But after I was calmer, I regretted it immensely. 476 00:37:28,590 --> 00:37:31,110 Even if everyone in the world hurts your feelings, 477 00:37:31,110 --> 00:37:34,730 I am your Empress, so how can I hurt you? 478 00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:37,860 Hence, if you have the Empress, 479 00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:40,640 the likes of Consort Ling, why hold an exception for them? 480 00:37:44,850 --> 00:37:46,820 Empress. 481 00:37:47,730 --> 00:37:51,080 No one ever said these words to me. 482 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:54,860 You're the first. 483 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:02,420 Your Majesty, even if everyone misunderstands you, 484 00:38:02,420 --> 00:38:05,040 I will always stand by your side. 485 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:09,920 Understand and support you. You are the Emperor as high as sky. 486 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:14,190 No one has the authority to criticize you. 487 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:26,640 Starting today, you all can leave. 488 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:30,850 Mistress. You...you are telling us to go where? 489 00:38:30,850 --> 00:38:36,260 Go to the Interior Bureau and ask Supervisor Wu to arrange a new duty for you. 490 00:38:36,260 --> 00:38:40,760 My palace will never need servants again. 491 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,030 What . . . 492 00:38:43,030 --> 00:38:46,420 Such a big Yanxi Palace. How can there be no servants? 493 00:38:46,420 --> 00:38:51,660 Starting today, His Majesty will never come again. 494 00:38:51,660 --> 00:38:54,040 Don't doubt my words. 495 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:58,290 This Yanxi Palace will never be able to shield you. 496 00:38:59,290 --> 00:39:02,960 Those who are to leave should leave quickly. 497 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,980 Mistress, but every palace mistress 498 00:39:05,980 --> 00:39:07,390 has a set number of servants. 499 00:39:07,390 --> 00:39:10,880 I said I don't need them, and it means I don't need them! 500 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,020 Leave no one behind. 501 00:39:16,830 --> 00:39:18,830 If you don't leave, you will remain 502 00:39:18,830 --> 00:39:21,140 and suffer with Mistress. 503 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,490 Your Ladyship. 504 00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:01,440 I have the reputation of betraying my mistress. Where do I go? 505 00:40:01,950 --> 00:40:06,650 Starting today, may Your Ladyship please continue to watch over me. 506 00:40:17,830 --> 00:40:20,140 You're practical. 507 00:40:28,180 --> 00:40:29,770 Zhenzhu. 508 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:32,660 Go. 509 00:40:32,660 --> 00:40:36,510 No. I will stay with Sister Mingyu and them. 510 00:40:36,510 --> 00:40:38,460 Stay and serve you. 511 00:40:38,460 --> 00:40:43,670 There's laundry in the backyard. No one's here anymore. I will go and hang them to dry them. 512 00:40:49,390 --> 00:40:51,520 I will go do work too. 513 00:41:13,370 --> 00:41:16,030 You come with me to a place. 514 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,410 Your Highness the Empress, Consort Ling is here. 515 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,930 Greetings to Your Highness the Empress. 516 00:41:41,340 --> 00:41:45,610 Consort Ling, how are you looking so pale after a day? 517 00:41:45,610 --> 00:41:49,250 Your Highness, let us not talk in darkness. 518 00:41:49,250 --> 00:41:53,080 Everything is already in your grasp anyway. 519 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,650 Consort Ling is quite confused 520 00:41:55,650 --> 00:41:58,790 to say such a peculiar thing. 521 00:41:58,790 --> 00:42:04,010 - I urged you to take contraceptive medicine? - No. 522 00:42:04,010 --> 00:42:07,660 - I told you to fight with Noble Consort Chun? - No. 523 00:42:07,660 --> 00:42:09,920 I ordered you to kill Hitara clanswoman? 524 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:15,050 No! Everything was done willingly by me. 525 00:42:15,050 --> 00:42:18,530 From start to finish, you never said half a word too many. 526 00:42:18,530 --> 00:42:20,830 You did not taint your hands with one drop of blood. 527 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:24,080 Lightly and leisurely you got rid of that fatal enemy, Noble Consort Chun. 528 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:28,080 In the end, you gave me the final blow. 529 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,960 Consort Ling, you are not sick. 530 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,420 You've contracted hysteria instead. 531 00:42:33,420 --> 00:42:37,470 I really am getting more confused by what you're saying. 532 00:42:41,540 --> 00:42:43,300 Him. 533 00:42:45,180 --> 00:42:49,020 Isn't he your must trusted supervisor by your side? 534 00:42:49,020 --> 00:42:52,390 No. Starting today, 535 00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:56,030 he will be Your Highness' most loyal dog by your side. 536 00:42:56,030 --> 00:42:59,310 Consort Ling. What do you mean? 537 00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:01,660 I should have known much sooner. 538 00:43:01,660 --> 00:43:03,790 Hupo was sent to me. 539 00:43:03,790 --> 00:43:06,080 It was your first step, Empress, 540 00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,360 bringing about His Majesty's fury and suspicion, 541 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,780 along with using the case of palace medicine theft case, 542 00:43:10,780 --> 00:43:13,510 to expose that I have been using contraceptive tonic all along. 543 00:43:13,510 --> 00:43:16,380 Completely exposing my secret reason for coming into the palace. 544 00:43:16,380 --> 00:43:19,870 How proud is His Majesty? No matter how I explain, 545 00:43:19,870 --> 00:43:21,610 he cannot forgive me. 546 00:43:21,610 --> 00:43:26,410 But Empress, how did you know I had been taking the tonic? 547 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,110 Other than your having planted by my side 548 00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:35,910 a spy all along. 549 00:43:35,910 --> 00:43:39,170 Yingluo, you suspect I'm the spy? 550 00:43:39,170 --> 00:43:41,920 Those who know I take the contraceptive tonic. 551 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:45,580 Other than Ye Tianshi, it's only you. 552 00:43:45,580 --> 00:43:49,190 Mingyu can be quick-tempered and I was afraid she couldn't keep the secret. 553 00:43:49,190 --> 00:43:53,670 So every time I took the medicine, I evaded her. 554 00:43:53,670 --> 00:43:56,230 Since the first day you entered Yanxi Palace, 555 00:43:56,230 --> 00:43:59,120 I entrusted everything to you with full trust. 556 00:43:59,930 --> 00:44:04,640 I never imagined this is how you'd repay me. 557 00:44:06,530 --> 00:44:14,000 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 558 00:44:15,910 --> 00:44:23,930 ♫Softly falling into the hollow of my palm,♫ 559 00:44:26,830 --> 00:44:34,920 ♫Resting frozen in the center of my palm.♫ 560 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:46,460 ♫Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable,♫ 561 00:44:48,650 --> 00:44:57,240 ♫Joined together, deeply experiencing and holding onto the end of happiness.♫ 562 00:44:59,710 --> 00:45:07,950 ♫Though plainly given words of discouragement,♫ 563 00:45:10,490 --> 00:45:18,680 ♫Pretending to hear nothing but exhortation.♫ 564 00:45:21,420 --> 00:45:30,630 ♫ Endless tears, believing it cannot be true,♫ 565 00:45:32,310 --> 00:45:41,630 ♫ In this life, being born under an unlucky star.♫ 566 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:49,110 ♫I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫ 567 00:45:49,110 --> 00:45:53,830 ♫ Though I close my eyes, it's impossible to stop the vision.♫ 568 00:45:53,830 --> 00:45:59,860 ♫ Nothing you can do about being approached, not being inconsistent in love,♫ 569 00:45:59,860 --> 00:46:05,280 ♫ Though merely holding onto it from the outside, prone to this sort of circumstance.♫ 570 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:10,890 ♫ I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫ 571 00:46:10,890 --> 00:46:15,640 ♫ As though you are holding me closely, and speaking sweetly.♫ 572 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:23,520 ♫ Opening your eyes to a sky filled with merciless snow falling,♫ 573 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:32,610 ♫ Who, after suffering this loss for a lifetime, is fond of this scene?♫ 48455