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=Glory Back=

=Episode 7=

You wait here. Do not approach.

Why are you here?

I heard Your Majesty has been playing Go alone for a while.

I presume you haven't dined yet.

I've prepared some pastries for you.

Please try them.

Leave them there.

Your Majesty, if you place a stone here,

the white stones will find a way out.

You know how to play Go?

My father loves the game. I've been exposed to it since childhood.

Sit.

I've never been fond of any arts.

Though my father forced me to study Go for a while,

I'm far from proficient.

How can I play Go with His Majesty?

My Lady, you just need to play and pique his interest.

Once he comes here, you have a chance to regain his favor.

If you're lucky enough to get pregnant, what would there be to fear?

But won't I anger His Majesty by interfering with his Go game?

As long as you place the stone correctly to spark his curiosity,

you'll get your opportunity.

You only need to memorize this Go sequence.

Victory will then be in your grasp.

What a wise move.

I actually fell into your trap, giving you a chance to win.

Your Majesty, you let me win. I merely prevailed by luck.

You may leave. I shall visit your palace tomorrow.

Then it's settled.

I'll see you tomorrow.

(Su Dai, )

(this is your opportunity, but also your trap.)

Since you sought me out, the moment must be ripe.

His Majesty will see Junior Concubine Su at Yongfu Palace tomorrow.

Junior Concubine Su is eager to gain favor.

This opportunity will surely make her impatient.

If things go awry and cause her to lose composure,

she will take desperate risks, even falsifying menstrual records.

That is when your opportunity arrives.

Menstrual records?

For this act to ring true, you must also help fan the flames.

It is you working for me.

Now you ask for my cooperation?

Do not forget

I still possess the corpse of Eunuch Sun.

We have to work together to get the target into the trap.

Only then can you get the outcome you want.

It's Xuan.

Where is he hurrying off to so late at night?

That direction leads to the Cold Palace.

Privately meeting an imprisoned consort violates rules.

Aren't you afraid of getting yourself into trouble?

Your Highness, I'm the brother of the late Empress.

I came for the late Empress.

(Xuan has taken many risks since his return. He is too impulsive.)

(If Leng Yue reports him, he would be sentenced to death.)

Danger and family hexagram.

Heed my advice. Do not fixate on the past.

Why did you come to find me?

You're shut up here after the fire for introducing the master.

I presume you are innocent.

So, was this kind of silk thread used in setting up the mourning hall?

(Empress, mourning hall, and silk thread?)

(Is he investigating the ice silk)

(for the truth about the fire in the mourning hall?)

With the thread added to the hexagram,

it would change to the Fire hexagram.

This suggests emotional stirrings.

Lord Gu, excessive concern isn't good.

It's better to let go.

Just tell me. Could this item appear in the mourning hall?

Even ordinary silk thread is not needed,

let alone the priceless ice silk?

Thank you.

You followed me?

What did you hear?

Since you discovered me, I have but one question.

Is the ice silk connected to the late Empress's death?

Based on your actions and words, I could kill you a hundred times over.

Your sachet was from the late Empress. With an embroidered character "Qing".

How could you know that?

The late Empress saved my life.

She bestowed a meal upon me when I was near death.

So I'm not your enemy. There is no need to guard against me.

(Qing) The character was embroidered crookedly.

Her Majesty wanted to embroider another one,

but you insisted on keeping this flawed one.

You said that if you had this sachet,

you would surely listen to Her Majesty and no longer be so headstrong.

She mentioned me to you?

What else did she say?

♪ A lifetime of calamity, traded for a drunken stupor ♪

The wind in the frontier is sharp.

I wonder if it'll wear away the youthful spirit.

When you return,

you will have grown into a hero.

I fear I might not even recognize you when you're standing before me.

♪ A dream is but a single thought, shattered at a touch ♪

I didn't know about your plan before.

So I didn't tell you about the ice silk.

If the late Empress was truly murdered,

you seek vengeance, and I'll repay the favor.

Shall we let bygones be bygones?

Tell me. Who received the ice silk?

My Lord, please clarify if the ice silk relates to the fire.

(I found ice silk beneath the mourning hall ruins.)

I suspect someone used this to cause the fire.

(So that day, I was tripped by this ice silk.)

(Not a clumsy fall.)

Junior Concubine Su and Concubine Cao both received it for the month.

After that, no more ice silk remained at the Imperial Wardrobe Office.

Concubine Cao and Junior Concubine Su?

Since you serve at Yongfu Palace, keep close watch on both of them

and find out where the ice silk went.

Keep me updated on anything in the palace.

Here's the Scar Healing Ointment.

My Lord, does this mean

we're allies now?

(He's no longer my naive brother.)

(If I hadn't thought well on my feet, )

(would he really have killed me?)

How about this? Will His Majesty like it?

My Lady, you're beautiful.

Whichever you wear looks exquisite.

My Lady.

How about I weave you a gauze gown with ice silk?

It does well with your fair skin.

Wouldn't it be like cloaked in moonlight?

Exactly.

I'm the youngest and the most beautiful in the harem.

Pity Noble Consort Wan took the ice silk.

(Wan?)

How goes the preparation of what I requested?

I had the Imperial Medical Office prepare your conception tonic early.

You'll surely bear a son and gain His Majesty's favor.

His Majesty should arrive soon.

Fetch the tonic quickly.

Yes.

(Yongfu Palace)

Follow me, please. Her Highness has awaited you.

His Majesty arrives!

Your Majesty.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, have you dined?

I'll have dinner served at once.

No need.

Bring the chessboard. I'll play a game with you.

Okay.

Yesterday, you hid your edge, seizing victory when I was unguarded.

Why do you seem reckless today? You left no way back.

Your Majesty.

I've waited all day for you.

Now that you're here, how could my mind be on chess?

It's getting late. You must be tired.

How about we go to bed?

We can play tomorrow.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, Concubine Cao fell ill after dinner.

She appears critical. Please come see her.

Shut up! How dare you!

How dare you disturb His Majesty over trifles?

Go to the Imperial Medical Office!

Your Majesty, I wished to share intimate words tonight.

I'll visit her first and be back later.

Junior Concubine Su gave the ice silk to Gu Wan?

Calling Noble Consort by her name is impolite, Lord Gu.

A murderous palace maid is lecturing me?

You defend Gu Wan because she's the Empress's sister?

Noble Consort Wan is kind and benevolent.

The whole palace knows this.

Yet you, her brother, show her such disrespect?

She is kind? Just trying to gain sympathy.

When she was little,

Gu Wan nearly let a Minister's son drown.

After returning home, somehow,

Qing took the blame for negligence.

(It was I who confessed to Mother.)

(Yet Xuan blamed Wan.)

Lord Gu.

Enough.

No need to tell you this.

I'll verify Junior Concubine Su's claim with Gu Wan.

Keep watching Yongfu Palace.

Then thank you, My Lord.

Your Majesty.

Why you?

Quick, present the tonic.

Anything else?

My Lady.

On my way here, I saw Concubine Cao's quarters.

I heard she fell gravely ill.

So, is she dying?

The lights are already out at her place. His Majesty has stayed there.

I can't believe this!

She planned this.

His Majesty indulges her, shaming me utterly.

Calm down. I'll help you regain favor.

Once you get pregnant, no one in the harem would slight you.

How long must I wait for that?

No matter how hard I strive, how could I stop her deliberate schemes?

Concubine Cao actually feigned illness to vie for favor.

It's utterly outrageous!

She can fake an illness.

Since I have no children, why can't I take a gamble?

(I will cooperate with you.)

(Yongfu Palace)

Have Concubine Cao intercept His Majesty's visit.

(Lanzhi Palace)

Your Highness, your health is delicate. I will prescribe some tonics.

Xuan, it's getting cold.

I personally made a pair of kneepads for you.

I wonder if Qing feels cold in her grave.

I didn't even get to see her one last time.

I couldn't even return in time to see her buried.

Qing surely hoped you would take good care of yourself.

Don't torment yourself anymore.

Your Highness, I have a request.

We're siblings. No need for formalities. What is it?

I wish to make a sachet to burn as an offering for Qing.

Ice silk is the most precious.

Only that is worthy of Qing's status. Your Highness, could you bestow some?

Currently, no ice silk is available.

I got some from Junior Concubine Su to make an undergarment for His Majesty.

But somehow, it got lost.

Lost?

What a coincidence.

Since that's the case, I shall take my leave.

Xuan!

Among all the people around me, you two are the most capable

and trustworthy.

Whoever helps me feign pregnancy will get the gold.

My Lady, please reconsider it! Feigning pregnancy is a grave crime!

So you refuse?

You've been pretending to be the most loyal.

Are you trying to use your face to climb the social ladder through me?

I wouldn't dare. I only think of you, My Lady.

If it's revealed...

Then devise a foolproof plan!

Otherwise, of what use are you to me?

I'm willing to follow your command.

And you?

If you prove useless, I won't keep you around.

I...

During Emperor Taizong's reign,

Noble Lady Chen took secret medicine to feign pregnancy.

But when it came to light later, she was executed.

What secret medicine? Speak quickly!

I only know it was forbidden medicine stored by the Imperial Medical Office.

After taking it, the physicians got a diagnosis of pregnancy.

My Lady, I'm acquainted with Lady Liu of the Imperial Pharmacy.

She is greedy and values profit, but she is cautious.

I'm confident I can obtain the medicine from her.

Excellent. That job is entrusted to you.

It's better to rely on myself.

If I get pregnant successfully, you two will get benefits too.

But if any mishap occurs,

we will suffer together. None of us will survive.

- I see. - I see.

♪ Once a lonely sail, without a guiding light ♪

♪ With the warmth you lent me, how could I fear loneliness ♪

♪ Day and night together, sharing joys and sorrows ♪

♪ Searching all under heaven, my heart won't change ♪

♪ Fate in haste, looking back countless times, you swayed for me ♪

♪ Among a vast sea of people, faintly seeing the old self ♪

♪ Scenery along the way, looking back, love finds its echo ♪

♪ Watching the bustling world together, we write more verses ♪