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Qianlong's 6th year February 2, 1741
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What are you all even looking at?
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Here is the Forbidden City.
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Really big!
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In this world, the first
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honorable place
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How can I tolerate you all indiscriminately looking at it?
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Sister Wuya is really pretty today.
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Sister Wuya
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Your hairpin is really good-looking.
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This hairpin is also good-looking.
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You all look! Look over there!
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Who are they?
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They all are elegant women who have passed repeated elections
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preparing for the hall election.
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Their clothes are very good-looking!
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If I can put on
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such good-looking clothes,
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I will certainly be very pretty.
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These are all noble women from famous families.
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Once they enter the palace, they are masters.
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Like us, this kind of family background,
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even if we passed the talent competition and training,
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we still can only be a palace maid.
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Daydreaming!
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Bastard despicable slave girl!
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This gambiered Guangdong gauze suit of mine
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is specially purchased from Jiangnan
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just is for the sake of
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the preparation of today's hall election.
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You now made it dirty.
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What do you want me to wear to go see the emperor?
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It's all my fault.
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I... I wipe it clean for you.
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Go!
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My Master spare my life! My Master spare my life!
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You explain.
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Should I spare her?
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Sister Wuya
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She also is not intentional.
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You just spare her.
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I didn't ask you.
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(Aunt Fang, senior lady-in-waiting๏ผ
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My Master Wuya
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These girls
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all are palace maids who just entered the palace.
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Stupid like pigs
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You must strike and must condemn until usable,
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but must not get angry and ruin
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your own body.
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Since you dirtied my clothes,
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then just use your hand in order to compensate.
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It hurts!
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Don't! Don't!
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Lady Wuya, please have mercy.
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You're just a measly palace mai
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You dare to ask me for mercy?
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I am just a maid; I know I am not qualified
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but today you will take the second-round test
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It is an important event
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so it is not good to see blood
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It may spoil your good mood and good luck.
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You're quite the sweet talker
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but
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now that my shoes are already ruined
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I am not happy.
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You worked hard carving a pair of lotuses on your bottom of your shoes
but you need one more thing.
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I would like to add it for you.
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How?
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Linglong!
Give me your sachet.
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Iโฆโฆ
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Hurry up.
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Please place your foot here, my lady.
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This servant girl is quite pretty.
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So what? She was born into a servant's family and is destined to be a maid.
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That's why she's assisting Sister Wuya with her shoes.
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Now please try to walk a little, my lady.
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Sister Wuya
there are lotuses printed on the floor!
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So beautiful!
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So unique!
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I'm not very educated but I heard from a street storyteller that
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an emperor's wife, Pan Fei, in the southern Qi Dynasty walked like a lotus floating on water.
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It was so beautiful that she won over the Emperor's affection.
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I, Yingluo, just used a small trick to cover the bottom of your shoes with a rosy powder.
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I hope you pass the interview and may your wish come true.
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Very well, you vile thing. Because of you, I shall spare her.
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Jixiang, why were you so stupid that you almost had all of us punished.
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How could you say that to me?
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If it weren't for you I wouldn't have made that mistake.
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Look!
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Alright, alright.
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Girls, if you want to stay as a maid in the Forbidden City
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you need to pass several tests, like embroidery.
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You need to have good skills, not just a silver tongue.
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Let's go.
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Quickly!
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Yingluo,
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that Wuya was so mean
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why did you help her to pass the audution?
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I have heard many things about the palace,
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both good and bad.
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Whether what I did was good or bad,
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I cannot be sure yet.
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Your majesty (wife of the emperor Qianlong), the palace audition will begin shortly.
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You should prepare.
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Your majesty
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(Empress Fucha)
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(Ming Yu)
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Today is their day.
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What do I need to prepare?
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I would rather stay here and tend to the flowers.
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If you dont go, it will give that woman in Chuxiu Palace a chance.
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Mingyu
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Your majesty, the audition is important,
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you should at least be present.
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Otherwise, your mother-in-law will blame you for not doing your duty.
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You younger girls. Each more nagging than the last.
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Very well. Let's go.
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Good. We will help you get ready.
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(Noble Consort Gao)
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Peace to your majesty.
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There is no need to stand on ceremony.
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Your majesty,
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some of the girls chosen this time are quite pretty,
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several remarkably so.
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Auditions in the Qing dynasty
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are different from before.
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Girls chosen should be from a noble family
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Only those who are both well-mannered and moral may stay around the emperor.
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It has nothing to do with appearance.
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Even so, we can't choose ugly girls in case the Emperor cannot stand to look at them,
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and it may also affect the appearances of the imperial descendants.
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Who could ever compete with Noble Consort Gao in terms of beauty?
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Your majesty, you flatter me.
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However even the peony, superior of all flowers, is not admired by all.
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His Majesty has arrived!
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Peace be upon you, your majesty.
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Don't be so ceremonious.
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(Emperor Qianlong)
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The selection may now commence.
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Daughter of Socoro Daojin, Minister of the Court of Judicature,
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Socoro Yuli
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Fifteen years of age.
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Today was very windy. She must be exhausted from standing up too long.
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Your majesty
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Your Highness, this one is too skinny.
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It seems like a single gust of wind could blow her away.
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Remove her name. Give her a flower.
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Daughter of Gan Tangling, Minister of the Imperial Stables,
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Gan Ruyu
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Age: 16 years
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Have you eaten five meals today?
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Remove her name. Give her a flower.
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Daughter of Zhangjia Sixian, Deputy Governor of Suncheon,
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Zhangjia Ruhong
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Age:16 years
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Does this one cover herself in soy sauce and sunbathe every day?
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His Majesty said you were dark
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Such a young age, and so many tan lines.
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Remove her name. Give her a flower.
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Daughter of Wuya Xiongshan, minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices,
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Wuya Qingdai
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Age: 17 years
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What is that on the ground?
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What is going on with your shoe?
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Replying to Your Majesty,
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I call it "lotus steps."
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Take her shoes off so I can see them.
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Yes Sir.
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I see you have carved lotuses on the bottom of your shoes.
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And she has added powder to the bottom of her shoes.
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How thoughtful.
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Take her away
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Your Majesty
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Your Majesty
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I
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I'm just pretending,
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I thought it would help me do well in the audition
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Your Majesty please forgive me
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Your Majesty
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I am innocent, I am innocent
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Your Majesty
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She only wanted to do well in the audition,
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If you don't like her, give her a flower and have done with it.
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We'll dismiss her from the palace, and she may still have some degree of dignity.
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I am desperate to be selected for the imperial harem,
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If I am expelled from the palace in this way,
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I will bring shame on my family.
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I don't know how I would live with myself.
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I have already given the order.
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Daughters of Han Bannermen are forbidden from binding their feet.
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In today's imperial auditions,
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there are many girls with bound feet.
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And not only is it girls from Han Bannermen families who indulge in such decadence,
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even the Wuya family (they are Manchu) has picked it up.
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Pan Yunu
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is wanton seductress
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Xiao Baojuan is an incompetent muddle-headed Emperor
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In imitating her,
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are you deliberately trying to disturb imperial court?
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If we allow such girls into the harem,
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it will doubtless cause trouble.
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Not only am I expelling her from the palace,
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I will also punish her father.
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As a warning to others.
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Take her away.
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Your majesty! Your majesty!
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I admit my mistake,
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it was all that evil servant's fault!
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Your majesty! Your majesty!
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It was all that servant!
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Spare me your majesty! Spare me!
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How frightful
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Your majesty I admit my mistake!
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It was all that servant's fault!
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What did she do wrong?
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Note: Han Chinese practiced footbinding of women's feet
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Manchu women do not bind feet
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Qing emperor banned Han Bannermen families from footbinding as well
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Because intermarrige between Manchu, Mongol and Han Bannermen is allowed
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But Bannermen not allowed to marry Han outside of the Banner System
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Manager Wu, welcome.
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I have come to have a look at this year's intake of ladies-in-waiting
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Manager Wu,
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there is still some time before the examination ends,
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why don't you go have some tea?
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Please show me the to the office.
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Of course. This way, please.
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In order to become a lady-in-waiting,
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one must be intelligent and dexterous.
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And a fool like you
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will be kicked out of the palace as soon as you enter.
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If you ask me,
you don't need to waste your energy.
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What a shame.
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Linglong
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the two of us, we grew up together
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hurry, help me think of something.
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Please?
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What do you want me to do?
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I haven't finished my embroidery either.
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Dry your eyes.
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Don't let Auntie Zhang see.
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Are you crazy?!
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We have to embroider a golden koi,
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she's stained it with blood,
there's nothing you can do to save it now.
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There's only a short amount of time left,
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you won't be able to start over.
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I have two stitches left
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can you help me finish it off?
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What a suck up.
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No, I can't get you involved,
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give me back mine.
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Time is up.
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Please put down your embroidery.
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Manager Wu,
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Your embroidery is delicate and elegant.
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Not bad.
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This is..?
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Replying to Manager Wu,
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this is double-sided embroidery.
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Good. Very good.
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Not bad.
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Sloppy.
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What is this supposed to be?
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This peony looks so lifelike,
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in both shape and spirit.
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This embroidery is extraordinary.
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I think she is the best.
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Yes, sir.
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Manager Wu
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Why don't you look at Wei Yingluo's embroidery next?
She took the longest,
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so hers should be the best.
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Let me see.
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Auntie Zhang,
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So delicate,
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the needlework is not bad either.
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Manager Wu,
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these girls really are something special.
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Manager
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Wei Yingluo cheated!
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What?
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Daughter of Shilang Nalanyongshou,
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Nalan Chunxue
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Age: 16 years
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What happened to your ears?
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Replying to your majesty,
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My grandmother says,
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wearing three earrings
and wearing flowers on the shoes,
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is a long-standing tradition in my family.
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It is to remind us
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that even though we may no longer be in our native lands,
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we should not forget out roots.
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Well said.
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The Qing dynasty has existed for many years now,
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this old Manchu habit
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has gradually been forgotten.
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I have made them study Mandarin,
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and learn our ways
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but I haven't told them to forget who they are
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Keep her name.
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Thank you, your majesty!
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Daughter of Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments, Lu Shilong,
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Lu Wanwan
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Age: 16 years
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I have many things to do.
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I'm leaving.
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Your majesty,
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then, what shall we do about the audition?
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Empress
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you can take it from here.
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I trust your judgement.
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Since his majesty has left,
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there is nothing left to see.
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I'm leaving too.
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I saw it with my own eyes!
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There was blood on the cloth.
327
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And Wei Yingluo swapped them
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and helped her finish it.
329
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The palace has rules,
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if two people cheat,
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both must be dismissed.
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Is that true?
333
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I..
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00:24:44,420 --> 00:24:45,320
What?
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Manager Wu asked you a question,
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spit it out!
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Auntie Zhang
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it was just bad luck
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Who says we cheated?
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If you don't believe me, look.
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Look
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This was an embroidered peony,
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but since that takes a long time,
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it required both myself and Jixiang
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to complete it together
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But you -
If I may ask,
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When I gave it to Jixiang,
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was the peony not completely embroidered?
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Also,
When Jixiang gave me her embroidery,
350
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it was only missing a few stitches.
351
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Isn't that so?
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Since both were incomplete,
353
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how can it be said that we cheated?
354
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I've never seen anything like it.
355
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Manager Wu, look
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Very well.
357
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,520
That's certainly a good idea.
358
00:26:06,340 --> 00:26:08,340
You must all remember,
359
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:12,880
when you work in the palace,
360
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you must speak little, work a lot.
361
00:26:16,380 --> 00:26:20,160
the concubines detest tale telling.
362
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,160
Take her away.
363
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,160
Strike her off.
364
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Manager Wu, I would never dare -
365
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,160
Manager Wu I was wrong. Forgive me!
366
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,160
Frogive me! Manager Wu!
367
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,080
Jixiang, get up.
368
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These two are excellent embroiderers,
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they will become seamstresses.
370
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,640
Yes, sir.
371
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,540
Your majesty,
372
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you are too forgiving.
373
00:27:13,540 --> 00:27:15,540
Watching Noble Consort Gao today,
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she was full of it.
375
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,300
She really overstepped the mark,
376
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with her snide comments.
377
00:27:20,260 --> 00:27:22,260
Are you not angry with her?
378
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,240
You have been in the palace for many years,
379
00:27:25,980 --> 00:27:27,980
do you still not know
380
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,980
what kind of person she is?
381
00:27:29,980 --> 00:27:31,980
Today was the day of the imperial audition.
382
00:27:31,980 --> 00:27:33,980
We cannot afford to irritate each other
383
00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:35,980
because of such trifles.
384
00:27:35,980 --> 00:27:37,340
What trifle?
385
00:27:37,340 --> 00:27:40,060
I'm not used to seeing such arrogance.
386
00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:42,440
You are the mother of the nation,
387
00:27:42,580 --> 00:27:43,600
mother of all under heaven.
388
00:27:43,660 --> 00:27:45,020
And what is she?
389
00:27:45,020 --> 00:27:47,460
She wants to be queen of the Changchun palace,
390
00:27:47,460 --> 00:27:49,020
Mingyu,
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My lady,
392
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I am uneasy for you.
393
00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:56,400
Take a step back,
394
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:57,740
and examine the great blue sky.
395
00:27:58,620 --> 00:28:00,620
We must control ourselves.
396
00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:03,680
In the palace,
397
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,680
if we squabble over everything,
398
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,680
how can we live?
399
00:28:08,540 --> 00:28:10,540
But the person his majesty most values
400
00:28:10,540 --> 00:28:12,540
is you, my lady.
401
00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:14,540
The favour he shows you is deepest in the palace,
402
00:28:14,540 --> 00:28:16,040
why should you have to put up with this?
403
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,040
Mingyu,
404
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,040
our lady is tired.
405
00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:28,840
Your majesty,
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00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,060
His majesty has instructed us
407
00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:32,300
to bring this board,
408
00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:34,300
along with a painting of "Lady Taisi instructing her Son"
409
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,560
Does her majesty wish to see them now?
410
00:28:39,780 --> 00:28:41,000
Okay.
411
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000
Please take them away.
412
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,000
But the board, and the painting...
413
00:28:48,340 --> 00:28:50,340
You may hang up the board.
414
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,320
As for the painting,
415
00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:57,900
choose an auspicious day to hang it.
416
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,500
Please get to it.
417
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:01,140
Yes.
418
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000
You may also leave.
419
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,080
I wish to rest on my own for a while.
420
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,400
What are you doing?
421
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,800
Can you not see that our mistress is unhappy?
422
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,800
What are you playing at?
423
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,720
His majesty only gave her a painting.
424
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,160
Why should that make her unhappy?
425
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,960
Do you know what "Lady Taisi instructing her Son" signifies?
426
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:43,100
Taisi,
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00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,400
was King Wen's concubine
428
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,780
King Wu's mother.
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00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,240
She was intelligent and virtuous,
430
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,520
moral and noble.
431
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,520
So much so that she was loved by both the king and the people,
432
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:53,920
Isn't that a good thing?
433
00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:56,100
It means that his majesty
434
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,520
wants our lady to become like Taisi.
435
00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:01,340
The second prince died three years ago,
436
00:30:01,340 --> 00:30:03,340
her majesty has been depressed ever since.
437
00:30:03,340 --> 00:30:05,340
Nothing makes her happy any more.
438
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:07,420
Today,
439
00:30:07,420 --> 00:30:09,420
his majesty is reminding the empress
440
00:30:09,420 --> 00:30:11,720
to not forget her duty to the country.
441
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,260
No.
442
00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:15,260
His majesty is telling her
443
00:30:15,260 --> 00:30:17,260
that no matter what happens,
444
00:30:17,260 --> 00:30:18,880
she fully deserves her position
445
00:30:18,940 --> 00:30:20,240
as head of the imperial harem.
446
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,240
You shouldn't forget
447
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,240
his majesty worries about the Changchun Palace
448
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,040
Because of what happened with the second prince,
449
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,040
her majesty has distanced herself from the emperor.
450
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,920
"Lady Xiling and the silkworms"!?
451
00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:40,960
Why are you so angry, my lady?
452
00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,940
Is his majesty trying to remind me
453
00:30:43,940 --> 00:30:46,240
to be a diligent little concubine?
454
00:30:46,420 --> 00:30:48,420
My lady,
455
00:30:48,420 --> 00:30:50,220
Since entering the palace
456
00:30:50,420 --> 00:30:52,680
she's been such a high and mighty
457
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,420
Qing empress
458
00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:56,420
Her annual gifts
459
00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:58,420
include a thousand ounces of silver,
460
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,880
four hundred more than me!
461
00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:03,660
The Changchun palace uses golden plates,
462
00:31:04,660 --> 00:31:06,660
whereas the Chuxun palace only has silver plates.
463
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:09,740
She uses an Yijia sedan chair,
464
00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:12,100
I have to use an Yizhang.
465
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:14,100
And at the new year festival
466
00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:16,920
she was much better rewarded than I.
467
00:31:17,580 --> 00:31:19,580
I have put up with all of this,
468
00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:22,300
but his majesty,
469
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,440
what am I to him?
470
00:31:25,380 --> 00:31:27,380
His majesty doesn't even look at me
471
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,440
There is only room for her in his eyes and his heart.
472
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,680
How am I to stand this?
473
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,680
Giving me that stupid painting,
474
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,440
is him telling me that I'm going too far,
475
00:31:40,180 --> 00:31:43,080
and bullying his precious empress.
476
00:31:45,140 --> 00:31:47,140
My lady,
477
00:31:47,140 --> 00:31:49,140
why are you so upset?
478
00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:51,140
You have misunderstood.
479
00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:56,980
Misunderstood?
480
00:31:56,980 --> 00:31:57,920
What have I misunderstood?
481
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,340
My lady,
his majesty has given gifts to all of the palaces,
482
00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:04,220
and has instructed the imperial artists
483
00:32:04,220 --> 00:32:06,220
to create these twelve paintings
484
00:32:06,220 --> 00:32:08,220
depicting historical concubines
485
00:32:08,220 --> 00:32:10,220
so that we may hang them in the palace.
486
00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:12,220
The Zhongcui palace
487
00:32:12,220 --> 00:32:14,220
has been given the "Xuhoufeng'an" painting.
488
00:32:14,220 --> 00:32:15,320
The Qixiang palace
489
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,320
has been given the "Jianghoutuozan" painting.
490
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:22,720
Does this not tell you that the emperor values the two of you above the empress?
491
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,880
If you ask me
492
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,880
his majesty is excited.
493
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,880
He wants everbody
494
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,880
to imitate the pious concubines of history.
495
00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:35,620
My lady,
496
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,620
you need not be upset.
497
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,220
You are gifted with a smooth tongue.
498
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,960
Sit down.
499
00:32:49,180 --> 00:32:50,480
I have no gift.
500
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:51,860
I merely reflect my lady's brilliance.
501
00:32:52,460 --> 00:32:53,440
Then,
502
00:32:54,220 --> 00:32:56,220
what do you think his majesty means by this?
503
00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,840
If I had to guess,
504
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,840
I would say that the twelve paintings
505
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:02,860
taken together,
506
00:33:03,060 --> 00:33:06,460
represent the ideal concubine in his majesty's eyes.
507
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,320
For example, "Lady Xu's Complaint"
508
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,120
means we should emulate Lady Xu
509
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:16,600
who was brave and outspoken when the Taizong emperor made mistakes
510
00:33:19,620 --> 00:33:21,620
Then does "Lady Cao in the fields"
511
00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:23,620
mean he wants us all
512
00:33:23,620 --> 00:33:24,840
to go and plant rice in a field?
513
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,160
My lady,
514
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,160
His majesty
515
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,160
wants the concubines to be like
516
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,620
the Renzong emperor's empress.
Modest and thrifty, with respect for the importance
517
00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:34,180
of agriculture.
518
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:35,800
In "Jieyu and the bear"
519
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,800
he hopes that someone
520
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,360
will protect him in times of distress,
521
00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:43,400
like Feng Jieyu did for Emperor Yuan.
522
00:33:44,620 --> 00:33:46,620
In "The Case of Lady Xu"
523
00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:48,620
well, it goes without saying,
524
00:33:48,620 --> 00:33:51,080
it means we should be filial to the empress dowager.
525
00:33:52,860 --> 00:33:54,860
So you mean to say that
526
00:33:54,860 --> 00:33:56,860
his majesty
527
00:33:56,860 --> 00:33:58,860
wants us to be virtuous and moral,
528
00:33:58,860 --> 00:34:00,860
beautiful and elegant,
529
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,160
hardworking and filial,
530
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,120
as well as brave and outspoken?
531
00:34:08,219 --> 00:34:10,219
Exactly, my lady.
532
00:34:10,219 --> 00:34:12,219
My lady is truly wise.
533
00:34:12,219 --> 00:34:14,219
534
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,760
Does he want a woman
535
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:19,159
or a goddess?
536
00:34:47,940 --> 00:34:49,940
Give it a rest, mother.
537
00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:51,200
I don't want to hear it.
Don't want to hear it?
538
00:34:53,420 --> 00:34:55,420
Then what do you want to hear?
539
00:34:56,460 --> 00:34:58,460
You've been by his majesty's side for many years,
540
00:34:58,460 --> 00:35:00,460
and you are still only a consort.
541
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,400
His majesty never comes to the Chengqian palace,
542
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:04,940
so there is no difference between here
543
00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:06,940
and the cold palace.
544
00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:09,420
The Gao family are rising through the ranks,
545
00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:11,420
and you're not fighting for his affections.
546
00:35:11,420 --> 00:35:13,420
And you're not fighting for the glory of your family.
547
00:35:13,420 --> 00:35:15,420
What is the point of you even being here then?
548
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,960
Mother
549
00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:20,620
Woe is me
550
00:35:20,620 --> 00:35:22,820
I've been working hard for all these years,
551
00:35:22,820 --> 00:35:25,620
twenty years!
552
00:35:26,780 --> 00:35:28,780
Can't you ask the emperor for a favour
553
00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:30,780
for your poor mother?
554
00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:32,780
Ask him to promote you, won't you?
555
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,760
Mother, we cannot interfere with the workings of the imperial harem
556
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,760
And I will not make his majesty feel akward.
557
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:38,300
Zhen'er!
558
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:39,900
Awkward?
559
00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:41,900
Very well.
560
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:43,900
You stay here and be bitter then.
561
00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,240
I'll see if the emperor will take pity on you.
562
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:47,900
And pay more attention to you.
563
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:59,560
Why did I have to have such a gutless daughter as you?
564
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,880
My lady,
565
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,880
why didn't you try to mollify her?
566
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,880
What is your aim in all this?
567
00:36:27,260 --> 00:36:29,260
I wish a long life for my husband
568
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,400
I wish him health
569
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,760
I wish for a long and happy marriage,
570
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,760
like the legendary swallow.
571
00:36:51,260 --> 00:36:54,800
Your majesty, if I may be so bold,
572
00:36:56,420 --> 00:36:58,800
Are these twelve paintings
573
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:01,060
meant to show your hopes for the concubines?
574
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,460
Your majesty,
575
00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:13,160
I am but half a man,
576
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,160
but I have been observing the women
577
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,160
in the Forbidden City for some time.
578
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,160
These women
579
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,160
are truly enchanting.
580
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,160
Their figures are alluring
581
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,160
They can compose poetry and songs,
582
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,160
they can play instruments and sing
583
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,160
which is really quite extraordinary.
584
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,320
If you are seeking thousands of virtues
585
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,320
within one person,
586
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,320
where can you expect to find them?
587
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,440
I think they're idle.
588
00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:42,720
But
589
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:43,860
Idle.
590
00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:45,860
They have no concerns.
591
00:37:45,860 --> 00:37:47,860
So I gave them the paintings,
592
00:37:49,380 --> 00:37:51,380
that they may reflect on them for a while.
593
00:37:51,380 --> 00:37:53,380
Reflect on them?
594
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:56,520
What's the point of that?
595
00:37:57,860 --> 00:37:59,860
Because they
596
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,520
are nearly as foolish as you are.
597
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,880
I am just reminding them
598
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,620
that they have to be virtuous.
599
00:38:12,140 --> 00:38:14,140
And if they are to live up to my imagination,
600
00:38:14,140 --> 00:38:17,080
they will need to take a few days,
601
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,380
to figure out how to please me.
602
00:38:20,140 --> 00:38:22,140
Which should give us a few days of peace and quiet.
603
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:24,460
Your majesty,
604
00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:26,460
have you gone to all this effort,
605
00:38:26,460 --> 00:38:28,460
just to play a trick on them?
606
00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:36,120
Hand out the provisions!
607
00:38:37,420 --> 00:38:39,420
Shut the gates!
608
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,560
Be careful of the torches!
609
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,280
Kneel down, quickly!
610
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,520
Avert your eyes!
611
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,200
So that's the Yijia sedan chair?
612
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,760
You idiot.
613
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,560
The sedan chair of the empress is called "Yijia"
614
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,640
That was Noble Consort Gao.
615
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:28,640
Hers is called "Yizhang"
616
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,040
What about the other concubines?
617
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,040
What they use is called "Caizhang"
618
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,560
But only one palace may use it.
619
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,700
Lingluo, aren't you curious?
620
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:45,180
Auntie,
621
00:39:45,180 --> 00:39:47,560
where is Noble Consort Gao going?
622
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,440
You needn't worry where the concubines go.
623
00:39:52,260 --> 00:39:54,260
Put your eyeballs back in.
624
00:39:54,260 --> 00:39:56,260
You don't need to know.
625
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,320
Let's go.
626
00:40:08,340 --> 00:40:09,620
Your majesty
627
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,160
Everyone is here.
628
00:40:26,180 --> 00:40:26,940
My lady,
629
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,100
Consort Chun has a cold
630
00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:30,100
and has not yet recovered.
631
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:36,280
She is ill for half the days of the year.
632
00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:38,620
She truly is a sickly beast.
633
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:41,820
My lady is correct.
634
00:40:42,180 --> 00:40:43,280
Consort Chun
635
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:44,080
is ill every few days.
Her constitution is weak
636
00:40:47,140 --> 00:40:48,520
Yesterday
637
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,520
we discussed it,
638
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,520
and we want to go and visit her.
639
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,640
The empress looks after Consort Chun when she's ill,
640
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,680
there's no need for you.
641
00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:00,280
Yes.
642
00:41:08,740 --> 00:41:10,740
You are so often inseparable,
643
00:41:11,780 --> 00:41:13,780
why are you a lonely shadow today?
644
00:41:17,340 --> 00:41:18,220
Lady Yi,
Noble Consort Gao is speaking to you.
645
00:41:20,220 --> 00:41:22,220
Where is Lady Yu?
646
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,140
Replying to Noble Consort Gao,
Lady Yu is not well.
647
00:41:29,140 --> 00:41:29,840
So is absent.
648
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:34,300
She's unwell again?
649
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,920
I don't know what evil wind
650
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:43,920
is blowing through the Forbidden City.
651
00:41:44,540 --> 00:41:45,940
Everyone is ill.
652
00:41:46,660 --> 00:41:51,380
Should we invite an imperial doctor?
653
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,080
I also said the same thing.
654
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:56,960
But Lady Yu does not like taking medicine.
655
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:00,040
She just has a light cough.
656
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,040
It isn't that serious.
657
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:05,920
Are you sure we don't need to call a doctor?
658
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,040
She will be better in a few days
659
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,600
Noble Consort needn't worry
660
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,600
We needn't cause a fuss
661
00:42:16,900 --> 00:42:17,740
Everyone,
today's imperial audition has finished.
662
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,080
The new concubines
663
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,080
will enter the palace in a few days.
664
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,080
If you are ill,
665
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:28,560
I suggest you get better.
666
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:29,920
If you are not ill,
667
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:31,420
I sugest you buck your ideas up.
668
00:42:31,420 --> 00:42:33,420
Don't let the new girls
669
00:42:33,420 --> 00:42:35,420
surpass you.
670
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,400
Yes
671
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:46,100
Break it up.46337
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