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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:12,150 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,670 --> 00:01:17,130 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,130 --> 00:01:23,710 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,710 --> 00:01:30,820 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,820 --> 00:01:40,030 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:49,740 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 62 7 00:02:37,340 --> 00:02:39,500 Where did this come from? 8 00:02:40,690 --> 00:02:44,150 Your Highness, the day before Sister Mingyu was due to leave the palace, 9 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:46,600 Imperial Concubine Shun sent a senior palace maid to request an embroidery pattern. 10 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,070 At the time, I saw 11 00:02:48,070 --> 00:02:51,850 that she held a box of embroidery tools. 12 00:03:03,340 --> 00:03:06,970 Gugu Liu, Her Highness Imperial Concubine Shun is unwell. 13 00:03:06,970 --> 00:03:08,790 We fear she won't be able to accompany the Empress Dowager to listen to meditation. 14 00:03:08,790 --> 00:03:11,040 Is Imperial Concubine Shun alright? Have you summoned the royal physician yet? 15 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,130 I have urged her to do so many times, 16 00:03:13,130 --> 00:03:17,080 but Her Highness is worried His Majesty will worry if he found out, 17 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,220 so she will just drink some ginger soup and will be fine. 18 00:03:19,220 --> 00:03:21,620 She is also rushing on the embroidered scripture for Empress Dowager. 19 00:03:21,620 --> 00:03:23,640 She just won't rest, no matter how I urge her to. 20 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:26,910 You ought to persuade her more to cherish her health. 21 00:03:26,910 --> 00:03:29,020 I will go and inform the Empress Dowager now. 22 00:03:29,020 --> 00:03:30,540 Yes. 23 00:03:46,550 --> 00:03:48,180 Mistress! 24 00:03:48,180 --> 00:03:50,780 Mistress! Be careful of getting rained on! 25 00:03:50,780 --> 00:03:52,590 Mistress! 26 00:03:59,070 --> 00:04:01,000 Did you hear that clearly? 27 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,940 That's Consort Ling! 28 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,480 - The umbrella! - I'll get it! 29 00:04:08,660 --> 00:04:10,840 Your Highness! 30 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,070 Your Ladyship, it's raining so hard, so why are you here? 31 00:04:14,070 --> 00:04:16,130 I want to see His Majesty. 32 00:04:16,810 --> 00:04:19,080 His Majesty won't see anyone right now. 33 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:23,840 Supervisor Li, may you please make announcement for me. 34 00:04:24,650 --> 00:04:26,310 I have an urgent matter to see His Majesty about. 35 00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:29,880 Your Highness, it's not that I am not helping you, it's just-- 36 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,590 Supervisor Li, just announce me. 37 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:38,080 I will forever remember this kindness. 38 00:04:39,620 --> 00:04:43,760 Your Ladyship, I will try. Will try! 39 00:05:11,630 --> 00:05:14,490 Your Ladyship, you should return. 40 00:05:14,490 --> 00:05:19,070 His Majesty says he won't meet anyone and he won't meet you. 41 00:05:30,820 --> 00:05:32,200 Let's go! 42 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,120 Mistress! 43 00:05:51,910 --> 00:05:53,310 Mistress! 44 00:05:53,310 --> 00:05:56,190 Mistress, be careful of getting rained on! 45 00:06:51,190 --> 00:06:54,020 Mistress, Consort Ling is here to visit! 46 00:06:56,660 --> 00:06:58,500 Yingluo. 47 00:06:59,470 --> 00:07:01,470 You're here. 48 00:07:01,470 --> 00:07:04,030 I was just about to come see you. 49 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,760 Come see me? 50 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:20,510 After I returned, I thought for a long time. 51 00:07:20,510 --> 00:07:23,410 Mingyu's death. 52 00:07:23,410 --> 00:07:25,660 I am partially responsible too. 53 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:29,160 How are you responsible? 54 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,110 She told me about her illness, 55 00:07:32,110 --> 00:07:34,550 but she asked me to hide it for her. 56 00:07:34,550 --> 00:07:39,030 I didn't want you to be sad, so I dragged on, afraid of telling you. 57 00:07:39,030 --> 00:07:43,650 I didn't imagine she'd be so desperate to seek death. 58 00:07:49,490 --> 00:07:51,070 Yingluo. 59 00:07:52,310 --> 00:07:54,620 What are you laughing about? 60 00:08:02,690 --> 00:08:07,830 This. You gifted it to Mingyu. 61 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,980 I saw that Mingyu's tools were all old, 62 00:08:11,980 --> 00:08:14,930 so I gave her a gold set especially. 63 00:08:14,930 --> 00:08:18,340 I didn't imagine it would become her death sentence. 64 00:08:20,390 --> 00:08:22,580 If I hadn't asked you, 65 00:08:24,660 --> 00:08:26,670 were you planning on telling me? 66 00:08:32,710 --> 00:08:34,430 I wouldn't tell you. 67 00:08:34,910 --> 00:08:36,550 Why? 68 00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:39,190 I finally earned your trust after so much work. 69 00:08:39,190 --> 00:08:42,690 I don't want to be rifted from you over this. 70 00:08:42,690 --> 00:08:45,320 Yingluo. Mingyu did something foolish, 71 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:46,960 and I held a secret from you. 72 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,530 But we both did so out of protecting you! 73 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:52,050 Speak. 74 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:59,050 You became acquainted with me on purpose. 75 00:09:00,490 --> 00:09:03,180 What's your real motive? 76 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:10,590 I want to become your best friend. 77 00:09:12,050 --> 00:09:14,090 Best friend? 78 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,880 Someone who hides things? 79 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,390 I did so out of my best intention. 80 00:09:18,390 --> 00:09:19,550 You are lying! 81 00:09:19,550 --> 00:09:21,440 I'm not. 82 00:09:22,090 --> 00:09:23,620 Then why did you force Mingyu to die? 83 00:09:23,620 --> 00:09:26,100 I didn't force her to. 84 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:28,410 She chose it herself. 85 00:09:28,410 --> 00:09:30,450 My biggest mistake... 86 00:09:30,450 --> 00:09:33,740 was that I couldn't stop her. 87 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:38,720 But actually, I've helped you get rid of pain as well. 88 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,660 What do you mean? 89 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:48,350 Yingluo. 90 00:09:52,980 --> 00:09:56,020 Mingyu was already beyond help... 91 00:09:56,020 --> 00:09:58,660 but you must live on well! 92 00:10:00,190 --> 00:10:02,400 A short pain is better than a long pain. 93 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,460 Even if she were alive, 94 00:10:04,460 --> 00:10:07,890 how long could she live for anyway? One day? 95 00:10:07,890 --> 00:10:09,220 Two days? 96 00:10:09,220 --> 00:10:11,110 Or a month? 97 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:14,060 After she married into Duolar manor, she'd just be in more pain. 98 00:10:14,060 --> 00:10:17,990 Now, she left free and easy. 99 00:10:17,990 --> 00:10:20,830 It's the biggest mercy to her! 100 00:10:20,830 --> 00:10:23,820 I have helped you in my own way, 101 00:10:23,820 --> 00:10:25,220 so how can you blame me? 102 00:10:25,220 --> 00:10:27,410 You're crazy! 103 00:10:27,410 --> 00:10:31,590 Yingluo, I'll say this one last time. 104 00:10:31,590 --> 00:10:34,800 Mingyu's life was painful. 105 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,090 Death was the best choice for her! 106 00:10:39,450 --> 00:10:41,250 You're not a god. 107 00:10:41,250 --> 00:10:43,020 You're a human. 108 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:46,540 You can't control everyone's happiness, anger, grief and joy. 109 00:10:47,050 --> 00:10:49,080 Let her go... 110 00:10:50,820 --> 00:10:52,930 and you're free. 111 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,430 Shut up! 112 00:10:57,230 --> 00:10:59,360 I did hide it from you, 113 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:02,470 and I even turned a blind eye to her death. 114 00:11:03,460 --> 00:11:06,300 If you can't forgive me . . . 115 00:11:11,340 --> 00:11:14,370 - What are you doing? - Then you take these scissors. 116 00:11:14,930 --> 00:11:17,720 Stab them into my heart! 117 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,670 Let go. You let go! 118 00:11:20,670 --> 00:11:22,500 Let go! 119 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:26,080 What are you doing? Help! 120 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,120 Your Highness! 121 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,720 - Your Ladyship. - Chenbi! 122 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,120 Chenbi! 123 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,150 Stop. 124 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:40,150 -Chenbi. Chenbi! - Empress Dowager. 125 00:11:40,150 --> 00:11:43,040 Move. Chenbi. 126 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,320 Empress Dowager. 127 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,550 Let me see. 128 00:11:47,550 --> 00:11:49,270 Hurry and summon the royal physician. 129 00:11:49,270 --> 00:11:52,120 - Summon the royal physician. - Chenbi. 130 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,040 Yingluo. 131 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,290 Why? 132 00:11:58,290 --> 00:12:01,790 Why did you treat me like this? 133 00:12:02,450 --> 00:12:04,520 Capture her! 134 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,800 Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager! 135 00:12:09,490 --> 00:12:11,760 - Chenbi. - Empress Dowager! 136 00:12:12,450 --> 00:12:14,640 Empress Dowager! 137 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,150 Empress Dowager! 138 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,310 Empress Dowager! 139 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:36,810 Royal Mother, what has happened? 140 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,590 Ask her. 141 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:41,710 Say it. 142 00:12:43,690 --> 00:12:48,150 Today, Consort Ling arrived very angrily. 143 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,400 She blames Imperial Concubine Shun as being connected with the death of Miss Mingyu. 144 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,980 Mistress knew that Mingyu was gravely ill and incurable. 145 00:12:56,980 --> 00:12:58,910 She pitied Mingyu 146 00:12:58,910 --> 00:13:03,110 and helped her cover up her illness, but got vented on with anger. 147 00:13:03,110 --> 00:13:07,250 Consort Ling was talking in a very agitated manner and accidentally 148 00:13:07,250 --> 00:13:09,460 stabbed Imperial Concubine Shun. 149 00:13:11,170 --> 00:13:12,890 I'll go check on Imperial Concubine Shun. 150 00:13:12,890 --> 00:13:14,360 Wait! 151 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:19,660 Royal Mother, I'm very worried about her injury. 152 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,780 I've already let the Imperial physician check it. 153 00:13:22,780 --> 00:13:27,020 Although there was a lot of bleeding, it was just superficial. 154 00:13:27,020 --> 00:13:30,120 Her life is not in danger. No need to worry, Your Majesty. 155 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:34,870 What you should think about now is how to handle the perpetrator. 156 00:13:34,870 --> 00:13:38,230 Royal Mother, have you interrogated the people at the scene? 157 00:13:38,230 --> 00:13:40,300 I've interrogated her. 158 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:42,490 There's also the palace maid, Zhenzhu. 159 00:13:42,490 --> 00:13:45,850 I've already sent her to the Office of Careful Punishment for interrogation. 160 00:13:45,850 --> 00:13:48,120 As for Consort Ling, 161 00:13:49,230 --> 00:13:52,750 I'll leave her to Your Majesty. 162 00:13:54,290 --> 00:14:00,520 Royal Mother, I thought you have always liked Yingluo? 163 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:04,820 But I can't allow her to hurt He'an! 164 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,120 Royal Mother, Imperial Concubine Shun isn't He'an. 165 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,680 If I say she is, then she is! 166 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:16,340 No matter if it was accidental or intentional, 167 00:14:16,340 --> 00:14:20,040 this act of Consort Ling is too overbearing! 168 00:14:20,790 --> 00:14:24,410 She must learn a lesson from this. 169 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:32,850 Leave. 170 00:14:32,850 --> 00:14:34,430 Yes. 171 00:14:49,700 --> 00:14:54,150 Your Highness the Empress, forgive me for being unable to get up 172 00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:56,360 because I'm gravely injured. 173 00:15:03,790 --> 00:15:06,190 You're great. 174 00:15:12,890 --> 00:15:14,480 What did you say? 175 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,760 Consort Ling spared no effort to attend to the Empress Dowager. 176 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,400 She the Empress Dowager had a relationship accumulated over three years in Yuanming Garden that no one could surpass. 177 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,910 In the Forbidden City, 178 00:15:23,910 --> 00:15:27,680 the Empress Dowager is her greatest backer. 179 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,070 But you, in less than three months, 180 00:15:31,070 --> 00:15:34,750 was able to get the Empress Dowager to treat you like her own daughter. 181 00:15:34,750 --> 00:15:39,980 Do everything to show her care to you. You have really changed my perception of you. 182 00:15:41,230 --> 00:15:42,760 You've overpraised me. 183 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,950 Consort Ling is very scheming and is a hard rival to deal with. 184 00:15:45,950 --> 00:15:51,310 You then made your move while she's grieving for the death of Mingyu, and her mind was still confused. 185 00:15:51,310 --> 00:15:55,520 You're superb in an extraordinary manner. 186 00:15:59,970 --> 00:16:05,610 Your Highness the Empress, are you willing to work with me? 187 00:16:05,610 --> 00:16:06,690 You and I? 188 00:16:06,690 --> 00:16:08,070 That's right. 189 00:16:08,070 --> 00:16:12,130 We are arch-rivals. How could we work together? 190 00:16:15,450 --> 00:16:18,130 Toward the common enemy, 191 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:23,950 people...can work together. 192 00:16:29,020 --> 00:16:33,550 Imperial Concubine Shun, I'm liking you more and more. 193 00:16:42,020 --> 00:16:43,620 No formality. 194 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:46,190 Your Majesty. 195 00:16:49,290 --> 00:16:50,940 The Imperial physician said 196 00:16:50,940 --> 00:16:54,260 that you haven't fully-recovered from an old injury and got injured again. 197 00:16:54,260 --> 00:16:58,760 You mustn't be willful anymore and recuperate in bed. 198 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,780 Empress Dowager asks that Consort Ling be strictly punished. 199 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:11,230 You have always been close to her. 200 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:15,550 I want to ask how you think she should be punished. 201 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:24,230 Your Majesty, Consort Ling lost a best friend and got instigated by others. 202 00:17:24,230 --> 00:17:25,900 Such a situation should be pitied. 203 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:30,050 But because of her agitation, she accidentally hurt another. Such a crime can't be pardoned. 204 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:34,820 In my opinion, we should heavily punish the servant that instigated her. 205 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:39,720 As for Consort Ling, just ground her to reflect on her actions. 206 00:17:44,070 --> 00:17:48,170 Chenbi, what do you think? 207 00:17:49,450 --> 00:17:51,270 I think that 208 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,770 Consort Ling didn't do it on purpose. 209 00:17:53,770 --> 00:17:57,930 Your Majesty, please be lenient to her. 210 00:18:00,540 --> 00:18:05,120 Okay. Just lock her in her palace to reflect on her actions. 211 00:18:07,570 --> 00:18:10,340 Who was the person instigating Consort Ling, 212 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:12,730 you had better stand out now. 213 00:18:15,230 --> 00:18:17,990 Her Highness the Empress is benevolent and giving you all a chance. 214 00:18:17,990 --> 00:18:20,650 Confess now or else if sent to the Office of Careful Punishment, 215 00:18:20,650 --> 00:18:23,130 each of you might lose your life. 216 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,500 Take them away! 217 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:33,850 Your Highness the Empress, he did it! He's the most favored eunuch of Consort Ling! 218 00:18:33,850 --> 00:18:36,020 He did it! It must be him! 219 00:18:36,020 --> 00:18:37,970 Don't slander me! 220 00:18:38,820 --> 00:18:41,590 Your Highness the Empress, I'm innocent. 221 00:18:41,590 --> 00:18:43,340 I never instigated Consort Ling. 222 00:18:43,340 --> 00:18:46,700 If it wasn't you, who did it? 223 00:18:47,950 --> 00:18:49,490 Think about it well. 224 00:18:49,490 --> 00:18:52,490 What has Consort Ling said or done? 225 00:18:52,490 --> 00:18:55,330 If you remember something, you might get punished lightly. 226 00:18:55,330 --> 00:18:59,190 If you can't, you can only be severely punished along with them. 227 00:19:00,780 --> 00:19:07,270 Your Highness the Empress, I frequently heard Consort Ling cursing Imperial Concubine Shun behind her back. 228 00:19:07,270 --> 00:19:08,370 What did she say? 229 00:19:08,370 --> 00:19:12,190 She said that she's a seductress and shameless. 230 00:19:12,190 --> 00:19:14,950 She's like Daji, a disaster that will harm the state and its citizens. (T/N King Zhou of Shang's wicked consort) 231 00:19:14,950 --> 00:19:17,610 That day, she learned that Imperial Concubine Shun hid the secret of Mingyu. 232 00:19:17,610 --> 00:19:20,280 Past and present anger accumulated in her heart. 233 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,320 Hence, she got so agitated and harmed others. 234 00:19:23,870 --> 00:19:28,550 So this means that Consort Ling had planned this beforehand? 235 00:19:28,550 --> 00:19:31,180 That, I dare not say. 236 00:19:31,180 --> 00:19:34,020 But Consort Ling bears a lot of hatred against Imperial Concubine Shun. 237 00:19:34,020 --> 00:19:36,330 That is the truth. 238 00:19:37,130 --> 00:19:40,940 Take them all away. Carefully interrogate each one of them, 239 00:19:40,940 --> 00:19:42,760 then hand them to the Imperial Household Department for their final sentence. 240 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,060 Take them away! 241 00:19:45,060 --> 00:19:47,420 - Empress, have mercy! - Get up! 242 00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:49,570 - Move! Hurry and move! - Empress, have mercy! 243 00:19:49,570 --> 00:19:52,910 Move! Hurry! 244 00:19:52,910 --> 00:19:54,620 Move! 245 00:19:55,620 --> 00:19:59,020 So, Your Highness the Empress has colluded with Imperial Concubine Shun. 246 00:19:59,590 --> 00:20:02,660 Consort Ling, the favor of His Majesty, 247 00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:05,550 the trust of theEmpress Dowager, the accompaniment of a best friend, 248 00:20:05,550 --> 00:20:08,500 freedom in this life, you're losing them all, one by one. 249 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:13,830 If I were you, I'd better think about how I ended up in this state. 250 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:24,000 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 251 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:51,020 May Your Highness Consort Ling have your meal. 252 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:04,770 Your Highness, you've contracted a cold. 253 00:21:04,770 --> 00:21:07,780 Do you want me to ask for an Imperial physician? 254 00:21:09,090 --> 00:21:13,650 How is there still an Imperial physician who's willing to come here? No need to go to such trouble. 255 00:21:13,650 --> 00:21:15,760 For a person as kind as Your Highness, 256 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,750 that hateful servant Xiao Quanzi 257 00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:20,110 has now been transferred to Qianqing Palace 258 00:21:20,110 --> 00:21:24,040 by ruining Your Highness' reputation. 259 00:21:24,590 --> 00:21:28,580 A person will go up to higher places. Water will flow downward. 260 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,100 There's nothing to be surprised about. 261 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:33,250 But a person still must have a conscience. 262 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:36,460 Everyone here in Yanxi Palace 263 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:39,620 got caned, except him. 264 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:42,160 Chief Steward Yuan. 265 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,090 Get out. 266 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:14,870 Was Mingyu that important? 267 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,720 She's just a servant. 268 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,580 Is it worth it? 269 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,300 Just for her, 270 00:22:24,300 --> 00:22:29,420 the distinguished and intelligent Consort Ling went to confront Imperial Concubine Shun? 271 00:22:29,420 --> 00:22:32,200 And in the end, didn't you just fall into her trap? 272 00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:42,600 Starting today, you're not allowed to deliver food to Consort Ling. 273 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,030 He'll be in charge of everything here 274 00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:47,590 in Yanxi Palace. 275 00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:52,540 Chief Steward Yuan, Her Highness Consort Ling— 276 00:22:52,540 --> 00:22:55,050 For palace matters, 277 00:22:55,050 --> 00:22:58,480 you should just not ask what shouldn't be asked. 278 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:00,810 That is the way to survive. 279 00:23:00,810 --> 00:23:04,450 Understand? Leave. 280 00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:06,140 Yes. 281 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:17,730 Before, you kept contradicting me. 282 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,630 Do you know why I'm still using you? 283 00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:23,550 I've betrayed Consort Ling. If she's still alive, 284 00:23:23,550 --> 00:23:25,800 I surely won't have good days. 285 00:23:27,060 --> 00:23:32,010 Smart. I like making deals with smart people. 286 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:42,070 Thank you, Chief Steward Yuan. 287 00:23:42,070 --> 00:23:48,520 Remember, I don't want to hear any rumors. 288 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,140 Yes. 289 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:56,970 It's you. 290 00:23:57,710 --> 00:24:01,820 Consort Ling. The mountain doesn't turn, but water turns. 291 00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:04,150 I came back. 292 00:24:04,970 --> 00:24:10,020 We as master and servant are truly fated. 293 00:24:10,020 --> 00:24:12,500 This is my meal? 294 00:24:13,910 --> 00:24:15,600 These past two months, 295 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,690 you have suffered stomach troubles. 296 00:24:17,690 --> 00:24:19,830 The Royal Physician has said long ago 297 00:24:19,830 --> 00:24:23,360 every day, just one bowl of clear porridge. 298 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:27,210 This is clear porridge or clear water? 299 00:24:28,130 --> 00:24:30,690 People need to be sensible. 300 00:24:30,690 --> 00:24:32,980 The present isn't the past anymore. 301 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:35,320 A clear porridge is pretty good already. 302 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,720 Xiao Quanzi, how did I treat you before? 303 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,590 Now you repay my kindness with grudge? 304 00:24:43,250 --> 00:24:44,760 "Repay kindness with grudge"? 305 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,690 Consort Ling. Look clearly. 306 00:24:47,690 --> 00:24:49,900 Look around! Other than me now, 307 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:53,010 who is willing to come to this ghostly place? 308 00:24:56,090 --> 00:24:58,320 I give you respect and you don't want it! 309 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,850 You don't want to drink it, then starve. 310 00:25:04,540 --> 00:25:12,180 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 311 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,540 Dog of a servant. 312 00:25:25,070 --> 00:25:27,630 Sister, look at you. 313 00:25:27,630 --> 00:25:30,820 Just a few days, and you've thinned out so much. 314 00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:32,920 Your complexion is so pale too. 315 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,870 It's so painful to see. 316 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,060 Only that venomous woman Consort Ling 317 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:41,620 could do such a ferocious act! 318 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:50,890 Sister Shun, these here 319 00:25:50,890 --> 00:25:53,620 are all medicines I've stored preciously. 320 00:25:53,620 --> 00:25:56,870 They're most suitable to be used by those with a weak body. 321 00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:59,620 Whatever you lack, let me know. 322 00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:03,220 Whatever I have, I will not spare. 323 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,970 [ Luminous like Dew ] 324 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:26,540 Sister! Now, I've thought it through. 325 00:26:26,540 --> 00:26:29,720 You just reunited with your parents and family not long ago. 326 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,860 It's understandable that His Majesty and Empress Dowager would favor you. 327 00:26:33,860 --> 00:26:36,340 But Sister, you're also an honest person. 328 00:26:36,340 --> 00:26:41,160 So that's how you became the subject of a petty person's jealousy and victim of dissension. 329 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,720 Sister. In the past, 330 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,550 I also suffered instigation by that crafty one, 331 00:26:45,550 --> 00:26:48,320 so I misunderstood you. 332 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:53,090 Yes. I did make a lot of mistakes in the past. 333 00:26:53,090 --> 00:26:56,430 May you be understanding, Sister. 334 00:26:56,430 --> 00:27:00,380 Since we are all sisters and that's such a great fate, 335 00:27:00,380 --> 00:27:04,090 we'll need to get along well in the future. 336 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,410 You saw Consort Jia and Consort Ling 337 00:27:10,410 --> 00:27:12,680 both getting punished in a row. 338 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,830 You're worried that calamity is near you now. 339 00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:23,490 Imperial Concubine Shun. Sister Nalan is sincerely seeking peace. 340 00:27:23,490 --> 00:27:26,240 Why do you press her so? 341 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,570 Addressing me as "Sister Shun"? 342 00:27:29,610 --> 00:27:31,780 The likes of you? 343 00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:35,000 Unworthy. 344 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,800 You! 345 00:27:39,670 --> 00:27:41,490 Savage! 346 00:27:51,540 --> 00:27:53,710 You're still not leaving? 347 00:27:55,690 --> 00:27:59,500 Now that you're the most popular in Forbidden City, 348 00:27:59,500 --> 00:28:02,720 Consort Ling couldn't be compared to you since long ago. 349 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,740 Can you be graciously lenient, and let her go? 350 00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:10,880 You plead on behalf of Consort Ling? 351 00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:15,590 Yes. I plead on her behalf. 352 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:21,150 I thought the women of the Forbidden City 353 00:28:21,150 --> 00:28:23,680 only knew to envy and be bitter, 354 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,040 to fight against each other. 355 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:32,020 We are all women the same. There exists someone like you, 356 00:28:32,030 --> 00:28:35,270 pampered and rising to soar high. 357 00:28:35,270 --> 00:28:40,260 But there exists also those like me, of limited ability and meek to survive. 358 00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:45,420 But to me, Forbidden City is no different than His Majesty's court. 359 00:28:45,420 --> 00:28:48,040 The Empress is the master. Consorts and concubines are colleagues. 360 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,490 The Inner Court is boring and lonely. 361 00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:55,190 To have another friend to enjoy flowers and play chess, 362 00:28:55,190 --> 00:28:57,690 peacefully and harmoniously. Isn't that good? 363 00:29:01,410 --> 00:29:03,460 Did I say something wrong? 364 00:29:10,390 --> 00:29:12,960 As you said, 365 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,130 it's not that you don't dare to fight. 366 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,550 It's that you can't. 367 00:29:19,550 --> 00:29:21,570 What qualifications do you have 368 00:29:21,570 --> 00:29:24,290 to plead with me? 369 00:29:24,290 --> 00:29:26,100 Very well. 370 00:29:27,090 --> 00:29:29,720 I cannot fight. 371 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,300 But Consort Ling is in this plight already, 372 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,680 can't you let her go? 373 00:29:36,340 --> 00:29:39,030 The one who wishes her dead.... 374 00:29:39,030 --> 00:29:41,420 it has never been me. 375 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,540 Yizhu, send off our guest. 376 00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:52,740 Fuheng. Liu Dezhao's punishment, you set it as exile. 377 00:29:52,740 --> 00:29:54,250 Why? 378 00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:58,830 Per my investigation, though Liu Dezhao lied and acted deranged, 379 00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:02,420 he is merely just a madman who can't figure out cold and heat. 380 00:30:02,420 --> 00:30:04,600 Shandong's river commissioner, Bai Zhongshan. 381 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,990 He searched and found anti-Qing and pro-Ming resurrection tonsure literature. 382 00:30:08,990 --> 00:30:12,490 Can a madman accomplish such an act? 383 00:30:12,490 --> 00:30:16,290 Fuheng. Don't let that treacherous criminal fool you. He's lying. 384 00:30:16,290 --> 00:30:19,050 Your Majesty. This man has really gone mad 385 00:30:19,050 --> 00:30:21,060 and totally illiterate. 386 00:30:21,060 --> 00:30:25,150 By my supposition, this so-called anti-Qing and pro-Ming resurrection and tonsure literature 387 00:30:25,150 --> 00:30:28,990 was completely a calculated planting by the local governor in pursuit of promotion! 388 00:30:28,990 --> 00:30:30,260 What do you mean by that? 389 00:30:30,260 --> 00:30:32,450 To capture a madman 390 00:30:32,450 --> 00:30:35,340 or to capture a traitor: which is the greater merit? 391 00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:40,350 Fuheng. You don't suspect the traitor, but you suspect our own people instead? 392 00:30:40,350 --> 00:30:44,580 I really wonder if you are truly a subject of Great Qing. 393 00:30:44,580 --> 00:30:46,700 It's black and white, and clear justice. 394 00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:48,460 Don't quibble. 395 00:30:48,460 --> 00:30:53,210 Making absurd remarks on my dynasty in clear daylight, it's an act that is unfilial and rebellious. 396 00:30:54,050 --> 00:30:58,550 Even if he's a madman, his crime isn't forgivable. 397 00:30:58,550 --> 00:31:01,820 Send my decree. Liu Dezhao, 398 00:31:01,820 --> 00:31:06,030 he's to be cut into a thousand pieces. Pledge to all the provincial governors. 399 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:09,890 Consider this a warning. Anyone who tries to usurp or slander the court. 400 00:31:09,890 --> 00:31:11,490 will be killed without exception. 401 00:31:11,490 --> 00:31:13,790 Your Majesty is sage. 402 00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:16,630 There's another urgent matter. 403 00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:21,220 In Jiangsu's Tongshan County, the dike on the south bank of the Yellow River is breached. 404 00:31:21,220 --> 00:31:23,870 Tongshan Minister Li Dun and General Zhang Bin 405 00:31:23,870 --> 00:31:27,100 have encroached upon state treasury and delayed work, hence they should be beheaded in accordance by law. 406 00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:31,530 But Gao Bin's punishment still awaits Your Majesty's words. 407 00:31:31,530 --> 00:31:36,260 Your Majesty. Gao Bin is indeed suspected of sheltering his underlings, 408 00:31:36,260 --> 00:31:38,600 but he did not fail his own duty. 409 00:31:39,490 --> 00:31:44,340 Gao Bin retrieves money to renovate the dikes yearly. 410 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,630 Come this key moment, 411 00:31:47,260 --> 00:31:49,230 and he repays me with such? 412 00:31:49,230 --> 00:31:53,060 Gao Bin has governed the rivers for years, and he's always been earnest and diligent. 413 00:31:53,470 --> 00:31:56,590 Now we are amid the heart of a struggle between river management and defense against natural disasters, 414 00:31:56,590 --> 00:31:59,140 it's better to remove him from his post for the time being, but retain him for future work. 415 00:31:59,140 --> 00:32:02,820 Gao Bin has not been stern with his underlings and turned his back against your royal grace. 416 00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:07,890 Now the river dike is destroyed and as the river supervisor, he is duty bound. 417 00:32:07,890 --> 00:32:12,190 Lord Fuheng, what favor has he given you 418 00:32:12,190 --> 00:32:14,150 that you plead his case like this? 419 00:32:14,150 --> 00:32:17,320 The House of Gao and I have always been as incompatible as fire and water. 420 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,720 If you say I received a benefit from him, that is the biggest joke in the world. 421 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,960 To kill Gao Bin, then who will control the river? Prince He, do you even know? 422 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:27,920 - You! - Enough. 423 00:32:29,070 --> 00:32:33,230 Tongshan Minister Li Dun and General Zhang Bin are to be executed on the spot. 424 00:32:33,230 --> 00:32:35,390 As for Gao Bin... 425 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,420 - Bind him for the execution grounds as well. - Your Majesty! 426 00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:44,830 What you is said is right. Gao Bin is useful and I cannot kill him. 427 00:32:45,710 --> 00:32:48,520 However, though he can be spared death, he must suffer the live punishment. 428 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,260 Let him watch it, then release him. 429 00:32:52,260 --> 00:32:56,980 Do not tell him in advance. Have him deem his head is not secure, 430 00:32:56,980 --> 00:33:00,760 so he can remember this teaching. Kneel for dismissal. 431 00:33:02,470 --> 00:33:04,000 I take my leave. 432 00:33:12,750 --> 00:33:14,070 Is there something else? 433 00:33:14,070 --> 00:33:15,190 Regarding Gao Bin's punishment. 434 00:33:15,190 --> 00:33:19,360 You believe I am too cruel to him? 435 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,390 Your Majesty, why must you frighten him? 436 00:33:21,390 --> 00:33:24,230 Hongze and Gaoyou floods. 437 00:33:24,230 --> 00:33:28,470 As the river supervisor, he delayed the situation but I spared him. 438 00:33:28,470 --> 00:33:31,360 Henan External River Governor, Chen Keji. 439 00:33:31,390 --> 00:33:36,020 He was found to have caused a shortfall in the treasury and he harbored him, but I pardoned him once again. 440 00:33:37,130 --> 00:33:39,970 This time, Tongshan's breaching. 441 00:33:39,970 --> 00:33:42,150 Not only does it threaten the dike for the higher ground, 442 00:33:42,150 --> 00:33:46,190 but it threatens Huayang with flooding from below. 443 00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:50,200 That extreme incompetence cannot be pardoned. 444 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,730 My not killing him is already being very merciful. 445 00:33:53,730 --> 00:33:57,030 Your Majesty. You already know 446 00:33:57,030 --> 00:33:59,070 Gao Bin is a competent subject. 447 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:01,730 As for controlling the rivers, it's a serious matter. 448 00:34:01,730 --> 00:34:03,400 He could not pull strongly against a crazy situation, 449 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,260 but he's tried with all sincerity. Furthermore, 450 00:34:06,260 --> 00:34:09,310 he's the biological father of the late Noble Consort Huixian. 451 00:34:09,310 --> 00:34:11,560 His age is already over seventy. 452 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,330 Your Majesty can kill or release, but you cannot humiliate him 453 00:34:15,330 --> 00:34:17,360 or the world might misunderstand. 454 00:34:27,790 --> 00:34:29,400 Fuheng. 455 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,080 Just for whom, 456 00:34:35,380 --> 00:34:38,030 do you really plead? 457 00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:40,620 I don't understand what Your Majesty means. 458 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:43,270 You want me to consider an old tie. 459 00:34:44,330 --> 00:34:47,190 You don't seem to be speaking for Noble Consort Gao. 460 00:34:48,170 --> 00:34:50,590 You seem to be helping Yanxi Palace. 461 00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:54,540 Your Majesty, I don't dare to meddle in inner palace affairs. 462 00:34:57,970 --> 00:34:59,800 It's best if you don't. 463 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,400 You may go. 464 00:35:02,250 --> 00:35:03,990 I take my leave. 465 00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:23,680 Lord Fuca. Officer Hailancha drinks all day. 466 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,190 May Your Lordship seek a way to help. 467 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,360 Lord Fuheng, may you hold your step. 468 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,390 Imperial Concubine Shun, you plotted to lure an external subject here. 469 00:35:40,390 --> 00:35:43,820 Aren't you afraid others will find out and ruin your reputation? 470 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:49,850 You're not afraid Consort Ling's life is in danger? 471 00:35:49,850 --> 00:35:52,340 Then you see to your own convenience. 472 00:36:05,370 --> 00:36:11,440 Imperial Concubine Shun, if this your scheme to win favor, you've already outshone everyone among the six palaces. 473 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,390 Why do you still try to eliminate Yingluo? 474 00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:19,540 Wei Yingluo. She's your beloved, is she? 475 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:26,590 That day, I saw your beloved scented pouch. 476 00:36:26,590 --> 00:36:29,270 I saw the special pattern on it. 477 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:33,790 After I entered the palace, I started to understand. 478 00:36:33,790 --> 00:36:39,920 So Wei Yingluo was actually Lord Fuheng's beloved. 479 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:44,160 But why then did you lose her? 480 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,940 Just get to the point if you want to say something, instead of talking in circles. 481 00:36:50,090 --> 00:36:53,010 Everything that was supposed to be yours, 482 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:56,070 you watched someone snatch them away. 483 00:36:56,650 --> 00:37:00,380 Now, you're abandoned and defeated. 484 00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:04,790 How do you feel now? 485 00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:09,050 Absurd. 486 00:37:09,050 --> 00:37:13,660 That Wei Yingluo now is just holding on by one breath. 487 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,090 What did you say? 488 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,640 She offended just too many. 489 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,090 Now that she has fallen to this plight, 490 00:37:26,090 --> 00:37:29,020 naturally someone will settle scores with her. 491 00:37:30,730 --> 00:37:34,710 She's cut off from news and served clear water only daily. 492 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,240 How long can she really last? 493 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,330 This is all thanks to you. 494 00:37:42,330 --> 00:37:45,220 No. It was because of you. 495 00:37:45,220 --> 00:37:46,310 Because of me? 496 00:37:46,310 --> 00:37:50,670 You and she had a marriage promise and she was destined to be your wife. 497 00:37:50,670 --> 00:37:56,250 But you? You abandoned her without reservation. 498 00:37:57,630 --> 00:38:00,480 She falls to this plight today... 499 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,520 and you're the true mastermind behind it. 500 00:38:07,770 --> 00:38:10,190 You've got nothing to say now, right? 501 00:38:11,890 --> 00:38:17,640 So many years, every time you hear the name, "Wei Yingluo", 502 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,960 your heart, has it been very painful? 503 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,920 Very sad? Very regretful? 504 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,660 Since I chose this path, 505 00:38:29,660 --> 00:38:31,650 I have nothing to regret. 506 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,580 You're scared! 507 00:38:34,580 --> 00:38:36,260 Scared of what? 508 00:38:36,260 --> 00:38:40,200 You're scared of facing the past. Scared of facing yourself. 509 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:45,320 Clearly you can't bear the heartache, but you keep telling yourself 510 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,430 that you don't regret. 511 00:38:47,430 --> 00:38:49,640 It's all in the past. 512 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,960 Everything will get better. 513 00:38:53,060 --> 00:38:55,710 Are you actually deceiving others, 514 00:38:55,710 --> 00:38:58,890 or are you deceiving yourself? 515 00:38:58,890 --> 00:39:02,000 Yingluo should have had a happy life. 516 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:06,270 But because of you, she's completely ruined! 517 00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:13,870 Look at you. You are clearly very furious. 518 00:39:13,870 --> 00:39:16,130 If it were another man, 519 00:39:16,130 --> 00:39:18,480 you'd be cursing me by now. 520 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:23,200 But you? You are clearly very angry, 521 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,980 but you won't forget the morality and cultivation engraved into your bones. 522 00:39:26,980 --> 00:39:29,680 But just for that precisely, 523 00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,880 you've lost your true love. 524 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,540 Are you done speaking? I've got work. 525 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:39,150 Why do you have to concede your love to another? 526 00:39:39,150 --> 00:39:42,920 Because he's the Emperor, the master of the world, 527 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,420 so he can just snatch one's beloved? 528 00:39:47,780 --> 00:39:53,370 Fuheng. That person snatched your most beloved from you, 529 00:39:53,370 --> 00:39:55,540 but he won't cherish her. 530 00:39:55,540 --> 00:40:00,290 And you have to cower and bow, and lower yourself to him. 531 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,720 That's not fair. 532 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:12,320 What you said just now. Once heard by His Majesty, 533 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,760 what kind of an ending will that be? 534 00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:22,820 Will he believe it? 535 00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:27,130 Now, he's certain you and Consort Ling have unresolved love. 536 00:40:27,130 --> 00:40:29,970 Everything you say, 537 00:40:29,970 --> 00:40:32,900 will all just become excuses for her. 538 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:40,240 What? I guessed right? 539 00:40:41,990 --> 00:40:47,030 Fuheng. You have been fettered by rules to your superior for so long. 540 00:40:47,030 --> 00:40:49,530 How much suffering must you hold back, 541 00:40:50,290 --> 00:40:53,180 enough to make you suffocate? 542 00:40:54,410 --> 00:40:57,360 To make you tormented, about to go mad. 543 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,750 Wake up already! 544 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:29,940 Water. 545 00:41:32,260 --> 00:41:34,440 Water. 546 00:41:39,730 --> 00:41:41,440 What is it? 547 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,350 Water. 548 00:41:45,850 --> 00:41:48,770 You and I have been servant and master. 549 00:41:48,770 --> 00:41:51,170 How did I treat you usually? 550 00:41:57,930 --> 00:42:02,510 His Majesty only ordered for my confinement. 551 00:42:02,510 --> 00:42:05,240 If I die, 552 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:07,540 will you survive? 553 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,390 Supervisor Yuan. 554 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:28,420 Every day, one cup of clear water. 555 00:42:28,420 --> 00:42:32,410 Today, she's already had it. 556 00:42:32,410 --> 00:42:35,170 Yes. Yes, yes. 557 00:42:35,170 --> 00:42:39,610 You may go. There's no business left for you here. 558 00:42:39,610 --> 00:42:41,390 Yes. 559 00:42:44,020 --> 00:42:47,280 Yuan Chunwang, you loathe me so much. 560 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,760 You can't wait for me to die? 561 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,590 What do you think? 562 00:42:52,590 --> 00:42:55,390 Every day, one cup of clear water. 563 00:42:55,390 --> 00:42:58,170 You are trying to kill me. 564 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:06,440 Yingluo. Do you know what I want to hear? 565 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,150 You won't say it? 566 00:43:08,150 --> 00:43:10,550 You want me to beg you for forgiveness? 567 00:43:11,430 --> 00:43:13,160 Never! 568 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:18,140 Supervisor Yuan. 569 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,210 Starting today, 570 00:43:25,210 --> 00:43:29,120 the clear water is ended. 571 00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:33,240 Supervisor Yuan, you can't do that! If she dies-- 572 00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:37,400 Just a consort who's lost favor completely. 573 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:42,570 If she stays in this cold palace, it's death sooner or later. 574 00:43:42,570 --> 00:43:47,510 No one cares about something that's bound to happen. 575 00:43:47,510 --> 00:43:51,630 Consort Ling. She's so fierce. 576 00:43:51,630 --> 00:43:55,590 She falls to repression greatly and never regains her stance. 577 00:43:55,590 --> 00:43:58,490 Despondent, and falls ill. 578 00:43:58,490 --> 00:43:59,920 But Supervisor Yuan... 579 00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:01,930 What's the nervous fuss for? 580 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,130 Even the royal physician's court won't say otherwise! 581 00:44:07,130 --> 00:44:10,220 Yes, I got it. Got it. 582 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:31,970 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 583 00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:39,050 Forgetting Each Other 584 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:48,610 ♫It's very likely that recalling vivid images will throw me into upheaval,♫ 585 00:44:48,610 --> 00:44:55,500 ♫The past graceful, concerning passions have gone only into hibernation.♫ 586 00:44:55,500 --> 00:45:02,430 ♫Along with my lord, my original aspirations are now distant, the promises and wishes to accompany each other♫ 587 00:45:02,430 --> 00:45:10,050 ♫Are proof of yearning endured, trembling in the endless night.♫ 588 00:45:10,050 --> 00:45:16,170 ♫How true our feelings were, even though our fate was shallow,♫ 589 00:45:16,170 --> 00:45:22,910 ♫Hearts locked away in dark halls from the light, difficult to find and recover.♫ 590 00:45:22,910 --> 00:45:29,870 ♫Other people envy my splendid, bright clothing, the warmth beside my pillow, (T/N the love of her lord)♫ 591 00:45:29,870 --> 00:45:36,590 ♫Then turning round sigh admiringly, through wet tears in somber-colored robes.♫ 592 00:45:36,590 --> 00:45:43,510 ♫Who clearly would cling to a moment of being in love and inseparable?♫ 593 00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:50,300 ♫The end of passion becomes merely a sentimental entanglement.♫ 594 00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:57,370 ♫If one uses separation to cut away the bindings,♫ 595 00:45:57,370 --> 00:46:03,990 ♫Forgetting one another is also difficult in the depths of one's dreams.♫ 596 00:46:03,990 --> 00:46:10,950 ♫Who clearly would still cling to these deep feelings and desire them again,♫ 597 00:46:10,950 --> 00:46:17,690 ♫And give free rein to this state of mind over and over in their dreams?♫ 598 00:46:17,690 --> 00:46:24,580 ♫Glory and splendor give shelter to appearing to forget the pain,♫ 599 00:46:24,580 --> 00:46:31,420 ♫From dreams awakening after a time, with nothing new to worry about.♫ 600 00:46:33,770 --> 00:46:40,580 ♫Treating them like smoke dissipating, ashes flying away, cold hoarfrost under the moonlight...♫ 601 00:46:40,580 --> 00:46:45,950 ♫All the memories of love, memories of hate....♫ 602 00:46:47,260 --> 00:46:54,950 ♫All the memories completely vanish.♫ 50744