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Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard,

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Examining love together with regret, both new and old.

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Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears,

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Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.

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Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 45

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Your Majesty!

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- Greetings, Your Majesty.- Rise.

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Why did you come?

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Seems like I haven't been here for a long time.

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For the past month, you've only called for Imperial Concubine Ling to attend to you in bed.

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I also haven't seen you for a long time.

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You don't blame me?

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If you come, I'll welcome you with a smile.

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If you don't come, I'll look forward and wait for you.

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Noble Consort Chun. Do you know what I like about you?

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What?

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Whatever time I get to see you,

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you're always gentle, caring, and considerate.

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Empress is virtuous. Imperial Concubine Jia is adorable.

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Imperial Concubine Shu is passionate. Noble Lady Qing is naive.

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- In this Forbidden City—- Your Majesty, please.

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Among a cloud-like number of beauties, I feel most relaxed when I see you,

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because you never request anything from me.

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I don't have any request.

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My only request is to make you happy.

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This latest Jinchuan victory has ended a problem of yours.

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Why then are you still frowning and your forehead still tightly knitted?

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Oh, right. You should tell this good news

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to Imperial Concubine Ling. Let her be happy too.

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Why would she be happy?

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While still in Changchun Palace,

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Fuheng took care of her a lot.

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Afterwards, he went to war. I'm sure Imperial Concubine Ling was very worried about him.

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Now that he has safely returned,

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she can put down that rock in her heart already.

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Your Majesty, what's wrong?

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Nothing.

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The night is deep. You sleep early too.

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Sending off Your Majesty.

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Go to Yanxi Palace.

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Go to Yanxi Palace!

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Lower down the sedan!

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Return to Yangxin Palace.

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Sister Mingyu!

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Sister Mingyu!

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- What's wrong?- I saw His Majesty earlier passing by Yanxi Palace.

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He didn't get off his sedan and just directly left. Why is that?

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Really?

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I saw it myself. His Majesty didn't went down and directly turn around and left.

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♫ Willow by the palace walls, jade hair clasp ♫

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♫ Slender rosy, soft hands ♫

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♫ The wine of solitude locks away the sorrows of spring ♫

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♫ It is hard to speak about matters of the past ♫

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- Is that true?- I don't know.- I heard that they all saw it.

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It's better to not casually talk about matters like that.

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It's true. Hey!

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Have you heard it?

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Imperial Concubine Ling and Lord Fuheng seem to have...

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- Yingluo.- Something's off.

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Go and ask around.

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Yes.

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- Is is true?- Looking at the two of them. It's really hard to say.

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Stop making up nonsense.

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Mistress, your restriction has been lifted. You should go out and have a stroll.

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Go out to do what? Let that vixen laugh at me?

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Now, the one people are laughing at isn't you.

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It's Imperial Concubine Ling herself.

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What?

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Mistress, we've been confined into our palace, hence, we're not updated with the news.

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This news has spread all over the palace.

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Good! See if I don't skin that vixen this time.

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Imperial Concubine Jia, His Majesty already said that he won't see you.

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You can't keep kneeling here, right?

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Does His Majesty

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despise me now?

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I really admit my mistake!

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I especially came to apologize! Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, if you won't forgive me,

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I will keep kneeling here!

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Your Majesty!

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Chief Steward Li, Imperial Concubine Jia was good to you.

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- Please beg for leniency in her behalf!- This...

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I'll give it a try then.

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Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Jia has been kneeling outside for more than 2 hours.

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Looking at her delicate built,

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if she continues to kneel,

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I fear that her body won't be able to take it.

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Let her in.

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Yes.

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Your Majesty,

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I admit my mistake. I really do.

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You really know your mistakes now?

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Your Majesty, since Imperial Concubine Ling entered the palace,

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there's no more women in your eyes.

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Who am I?

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I'm just a little lady who doesn't know anything.

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You're the only one in my heart.

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But you kept being with her all day.

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I got so upset, hence, my mind got muddled.

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Made a mistake of punishing her to kneel.

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I was wrong. I really was wrong.

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Your Majesty, I won't dare to make things difficult for her again.

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It means that you've figured things out?

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I did.

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Your Majesty, you know that everyone gets jealous.

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If you can just share with me

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even a tenth of your goodness to Imperial Concubine Ling,

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I'll be satisfied.

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Will all women in this world get jealous?

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Of course. As long as they have you in their heart, they will get jealous.

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Unless...

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What if a person never cared if I visit her or not?

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It can only mean that you were never in her heart to begin with.

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Your Majesty, you're not angry at me anymore?

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Get up.

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Thank you, Your Majesty!

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Then...I'll accompany you here to chat a little then.

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Your Majesty, you're painting a new courtyard?

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I plan to bestow Fuheng a new house with the Dong'an Gates

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and personally name this mansion.

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I just haven't thought of the name yet.

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Why not Yujing Garden?

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Why?

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State of Shu with its flowers already exhausted.

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Gardenia with its blossom already bloomed.

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Beautiful like the fairy.

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Fragrant like Jade Capital.

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That Yujing  two characters,

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come from this poem.

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Jade Capital?

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It's chanting the gardenia flower.

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Yes. I hear Lord Fuheng,

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he's ordered men in search of esteemed gardenia everywhere.

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I imagine it's because he loves that flower so much.

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So to name his garden Jade Capital would be most suitable, no?

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Get out.

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Your Majesty. I . . . did I misspeak?

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You thought I couldn't hear through?

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That you're misdirectingly defaming Concubine Ling?

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Your Majesty.

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The one who truly loves you is before you.

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But you don't cherish it.

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You put that one who befools with tricks to your heart.

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Even if you want to kill me today, I must still say the truth.

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Concubine Ling. She owes you.

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Get lost.

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That vixen is done with.

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But His Majesty was clearly angry just now.

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What do you know?

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His Majesty is just using it to vent out his fury.

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Who is His Majesty?

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The king above everyone, high and lofty.

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His favorite concubine coveted by his subject.

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Can his pride swallow that?

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But if you do that, Mistress.

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That's still too risky.

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So what if it's risky?

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Before, I was His Majesty's favorite.

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I won't let that vixen snatch His Majesty from me.

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If she's rid of,

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His Majesty will surely return to my side again.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Empress.

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Rumors are rampant within the palace lately.

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Have you heard?

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Rumors?

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Can't be that Your Majesty is referring to Concubine Ling and Lord Fuheng?

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Even you've heard of it.

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It goes to show how the rumors are increasing.

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Lately, Your Majesty,

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you've pampered Concubine Ling continuously and it's brought upon jealousy in the palace.

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The rumors going around is hard to avoid.

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May you be at ease, Your Majesty. I will investigate the matter thoroughly.

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To return justice to Concubine Ling.

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In that sense,

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you trust that she's innocent?

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Lord Fuheng is away on campaign most of the time.

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And Concubine Ling is in the palace.

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If on rare occasion they run into each other and exchange a few words, that's only natural.

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Since Concubine Ling used to be a trusted handmaiden of Late Empress after all.

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Their relationship was already different from others before.

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Relationship?

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You misunderstand, Your Majesty.

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I mean, that's in the past.

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Since Late Empress passed away and Concubine Ling moved residence to Yuanming Garden,

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she never saw Lord Fuheng.

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And Concubine Ling is now Your Majesty's concubine.

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And she's cautious and bending to rules.

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What is there to criticize?

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Your Majesty is lenient and magnanimous. Such petty matter,

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it was never a real care to you in the past.

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From now on, if anyone discusses this matter again,

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they are to face the rod no matter who.

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- Your Majesty. - That's all I want to say.

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The rest,

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you see to it, Empress.

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Your Highness, do you think this matter . . .

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I've never seen His Majesty so worked out and hostile over a woman.

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This Concubine Ling, what trick did she use?

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Maybe it's because she's refreshing for the moment.

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Since His Majesty has never seen a woman like her before.

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After this period, she won't be so interesting anymore.

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I see then that Noble Consort Chun has met her life's biggest foe.

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I've already looked into it.

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Lately there are rumors about you and Lord Fuheng.

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They are saying the two of you already confirmed your love while at Changchun Palace.

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And saying that for the sake of promotion, Lord Fuheng,

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he spared his beloved to offer to His Majesty.

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And saying the two of you are still deeply entangled.

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All these nonsense spoken in such clear and detailed fashion.

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In that case, that makes sense.

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You mean His Majesty mistakenly trusts the rumors.

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So he's not coming to Yanxi Palace again?

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What other reason would there be?

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When I think about it, it's true that His Majesty never summoned you for sleep.

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Yingluo, what should we do?

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Rumors stop at wise men.

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I just didn't think even His Majesty would believe them.

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Your Ladyship, we've been out for so long. Let's go back.

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No. I can't go.

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If I leave now, then others will say I ran away frantic.

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But . . .

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Yingluo. I have something to say to you.

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Then say it here.

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I'm telling you.

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Why?

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I didn't want to be a palace maid anymore.

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Why didn't you wait for me to return? I could have . . .

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To become your concubine?

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No.

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If I were to go and become your concubine . . .

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It's better to be His Majesty's concubine. At least it's a rank higher.

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Yingluo. What you say now, I don't believe a word of it.

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Fuheng.

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Do you know there are rumors going around about us out there?

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They say you and I are soiled.

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You are an esteemed subject who's set high merits.

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His Majesty won't trouble you, naturally.

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But he's venting anger at me.

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So please stay far away from me.

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Do you understand?

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I just want to see you. I just want to help you.

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But not only can't you help me,

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you will also implicate me.

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This is your sincere words?

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Do you still remember that day with heavy snow?

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You and Erqing stood together.

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A pair of beautiful people.

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From that day on, I swore to myself.

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From now on, I will wield out my sword and cut off ties.

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- Strangers upon meeting.- Strangers upon meeting?

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Yes.

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Hence, the farther you stay away from me the better.

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But if I say, I cannot do it?

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00:19:56,220 --> 00:19:58,700
I can't not think of you.

257
00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:00,900
I can't not be concerned about you.

258
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,320
In my heart you are not His Majesty's Concubine Ling.

259
00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,790
You are the Wei Yingluo in my heart.

260
00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:11,120
The very stubborn one from before, the Wei Yingluo full of sense of justice.

261
00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:12,710
Justice?

262
00:20:14,890 --> 00:20:18,350
You are a gentleman with the disposition of fine jade.

263
00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:21,310
I am a petty person who seeks revenge for the smallest grievance.

264
00:20:22,550 --> 00:20:25,360
You and I were never of same kind.

265
00:20:28,550 --> 00:20:30,660
Your praise of me.

266
00:20:31,770 --> 00:20:34,050
That's just too touching.

267
00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:36,960
I am right, aren't I?

268
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,110
Switching to a different place to play chess is a change of mood.

269
00:20:40,110 --> 00:20:42,680
Soon, the willows will recede and the flowers bloom.

270
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,970
You all set up the chess over in that gazebo.

271
00:20:55,620 --> 00:20:59,060
Your Highness, there's already someone in the gazebo.

272
00:21:03,540 --> 00:21:05,720
Isn't that Concubine Ling?

273
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,180
The one by her is . . .

274
00:21:08,180 --> 00:21:10,550
It's Lord Fuheng.

275
00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:18,030
Your Majesty, Concubine Ling used to be a palace maid at Changchun Palace.

276
00:21:18,030 --> 00:21:21,650
Naturally she is well acquainted with Lord Fuheng.

277
00:21:21,650 --> 00:21:25,720
They are speaking in public and with a palace maid in attendance.

278
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,030
It's surely all very candid.

279
00:21:29,060 --> 00:21:31,380
Even if it's all candid,

280
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,660
why does it require you to explain it?

281
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,370
Your Majesty, I am just worried you might miscast blame on Concubine Ling.

282
00:21:40,370 --> 00:21:42,580
Since she's still quite young after all.

283
00:21:42,580 --> 00:21:44,940
She is ignorant of palace rules.

284
00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:49,610
A rare mishap in conduct is all too understandable.

285
00:22:00,750 --> 00:22:03,580
When Her Ladyship is back and sees you, she'll be upset.

286
00:22:03,580 --> 00:22:06,750
Alright, Zhenzhu, stop crying. It's all spread around the palace.

287
00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:10,580
How will Her Ladyship not know? Don't cry.

288
00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:12,390
What has happened?

289
00:22:14,630 --> 00:22:16,800
Mistress. Today, I . . .

290
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,980
I accidentally knocked and hurt myself.

291
00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:26,420
- Who did this? - I tripped myself.

292
00:22:26,420 --> 00:22:30,010
You can fall like this yourself? You think we're dummies?

293
00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:37,340
Zhenzhu, tell me the truth.

294
00:22:39,140 --> 00:22:42,290
Today, I went to Imperial Tea House to get snacks.

295
00:22:42,290 --> 00:22:44,670
I ran into Chuxiu Palace's Lan'er.

296
00:22:44,670 --> 00:22:48,790
That's clearly a snack Imperial Tea House made for you.

297
00:22:48,790 --> 00:22:51,720
But Lan'er kept saying Chuxiu Palace needs it urgently.

298
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,060
And snatched it.

299
00:22:54,060 --> 00:22:58,000
The people at Imperial Tea House all helped her.

300
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,630
Alright. Don't cry anymore.

301
00:23:07,630 --> 00:23:12,130
Later, I will send a bottle of ointment to you. We can't have you have a scar.

302
00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:26,610
Why are we missing a pair of bracelets?

303
00:23:26,610 --> 00:23:29,410
Yingluo, how do you still have the mood to water the flower?

304
00:23:29,410 --> 00:23:31,630
Didn't you see Zhenzhu getting bullied?

305
00:23:31,630 --> 00:23:33,620
What should I do then?

306
00:23:33,620 --> 00:23:36,660
Storm into Chuxiu Palace and beat up the junior Concubine Jia?

307
00:23:36,660 --> 00:23:39,980
You still can't just let the wild rumors spread everywhere though.

308
00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:43,170
You finally received the favor and it's only been a few days.

309
00:23:43,170 --> 00:23:45,300
Yanxi Palace becomes the Cold Palace.

310
00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:48,370
And even the servants are implicated.

311
00:23:48,370 --> 00:23:50,920
I have no way of not thinking of you.

312
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,120
I have no way not to be concerned about you.

313
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:56,080
In my heart, you are not His Majesty's Imperial Concubine Ling.

314
00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:00,520
You are the Wei Yingluo of my heart. The old very stubborn one.

315
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,390
But the Wei Yingluo full of sense of justice.

316
00:24:02,390 --> 00:24:04,200
Yingluo.

317
00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:14,490
Greetings to Concubine Ling.

318
00:24:14,490 --> 00:24:18,360
Desheng, does His Majesty have some instructions?

319
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,520
What are you doing?

320
00:24:23,980 --> 00:24:26,830
Imperial Concubine Ling, His Majesty has stated.

321
00:24:26,830 --> 00:24:30,660
The smell of chamber pots at Yongxiang Alley is too strong.

322
00:24:30,660 --> 00:24:33,960
We'll borrow your gardenia to fumigate.

323
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:38,300
How can you do that? These flowers are diligently selected by my mistress.

324
00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:40,820
You are going to use it fumigate Yongxiang?

325
00:24:41,340 --> 00:24:43,360
Don't move them.

326
00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:45,350
Don't move them.

327
00:24:49,450 --> 00:24:50,920
Let them go.

328
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,200
Imperial Concubine Ling, His Majesty is angry at you.

329
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,760
After his anger is dispersed in a bit,

330
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,400
naturally it will be better.

331
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:03,680
I am just carrying out order cast on me. May you not blame.

332
00:25:10,730 --> 00:25:13,820
Imperial Concubine Ling, I take my leave.

333
00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:18,060
That's too much!

334
00:25:18,060 --> 00:25:20,780
Hurry. Hurry up now.

335
00:25:21,820 --> 00:25:24,010
How are they taking them all away?

336
00:25:24,010 --> 00:25:26,850
Our mistress has lost favor completely then.

337
00:25:26,850 --> 00:25:31,450
When our mistress was favored before, His Majesty knew how much she loved gardenia

338
00:25:31,450 --> 00:25:33,660
He picked out the most precious specie to deliver them here.

339
00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:38,960
Now they are all moved out and used to fumigate Yongxiang at that. That's outright shaming her.

340
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,610
Yingluo, what does His Majesty mean by this?

341
00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:52,190
Go ask. Has His Majesty gone to Imperial Garden today?

342
00:25:53,050 --> 00:25:57,770
Oh no. Then he must have seen you and Sir Fuheng meeting.

343
00:25:59,930 --> 00:26:04,390
He's only showing me this to warn me.

344
00:26:08,330 --> 00:26:09,580
Really?

345
00:26:09,580 --> 00:26:11,890
Yes. From Yanxi Palace.

346
00:26:11,890 --> 00:26:12,880
Wow.

347
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,630
So fragrant.

348
00:26:40,790 --> 00:26:42,020
Sister Mingyu.

349
00:26:42,020 --> 00:26:44,710
It's in the middle of the night. Why are you running around?

350
00:26:44,710 --> 00:26:47,430
I am on duty tonight but my tummy hurts suddenly.

351
00:26:47,430 --> 00:26:48,470
I need to go relieve myself.

352
00:26:48,470 --> 00:26:50,060
Wait.

353
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,560
What's hiding in your belly?

354
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,960
I can't endure anymore. Sister, I'm going.

355
00:27:03,780 --> 00:27:06,150
So you're the thief.

356
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:10,220
Imperial Concubine Ling, I know my wrong.

357
00:27:10,220 --> 00:27:13,360
I was a fool momentarily to steal the treasure.

358
00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:16,730
I really know my wrong now. May you spare my life.

359
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:22,270
You are not momentarily foolish. You knew I lost favor.

360
00:27:22,270 --> 00:27:26,860
So you thought of seizing the opportunity to steal items from Yanxi Palace to sell off outside.

361
00:27:27,540 --> 00:27:31,700
Your Ladyship, if you wish to beat me or scold me, please do so.

362
00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:35,160
Just that, please don't send me into Punishment Bureau.

363
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,450
I would be dead for sure.

364
00:27:37,450 --> 00:27:41,250
If I didn't discover you, would you come clean?

365
00:27:41,250 --> 00:27:43,620
Now people outside are bullying Yanxi Palace.

366
00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:45,560
And you are acting like an ingrate too.

367
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,070
Stealing your mistress's items. Where were you planning to sell them too?

368
00:27:49,070 --> 00:27:52,070
Well . . .

369
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:56,770
If you don't say, I have no other way but to send you to Punishment Bureau.

370
00:27:56,770 --> 00:27:59,600
Your Ladyship, I will tell you.

371
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:04,150
Palace eunuchs stealing treasures is a common occurrence.

372
00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:08,260
Qianqing Palace and Yangxin Hall included.

373
00:28:08,260 --> 00:28:11,830
As long as the master doesn't discover, there are channels to send them out.

374
00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:17,710
Find a known contact at Glaze Factory to sell off quickly.

375
00:28:17,710 --> 00:28:20,970
- Is that so? - Every word is true.

376
00:28:20,970 --> 00:28:23,400
If you would spare my cheap life,

377
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,650
from now on, I will climb the mountain of knives,

378
00:28:25,650 --> 00:28:29,220
and enter the sea of fire for you without half a complaint.

379
00:28:30,770 --> 00:28:33,510
I can forgive you.

380
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:38,130
But what you said earlier, don't ever forget.

381
00:28:38,130 --> 00:28:41,050
Thank you, Your Ladyship. Thank you, Your Ladyship.

382
00:28:41,860 --> 00:28:43,800
Leave the item.

383
00:29:00,470 --> 00:29:03,830
No one ever pays attention to these wares usually.

384
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:06,730
He's actually stole so much while we were unaware!

385
00:29:06,730 --> 00:29:10,360
Yingluo, how can you just let him go so easily?

386
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,250
Didn't he say before?

387
00:29:18,250 --> 00:29:21,220
That he's willing to climb up the mountain of knives and into the sea of fire?

388
00:29:21,220 --> 00:29:24,270
You believe in such little splashy words?

389
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,880
I do.

390
00:29:35,380 --> 00:29:38,970
How are you so incompetent, to be discovered!

391
00:29:38,970 --> 00:29:42,190
Miss Lan'er, please don't be mad.

392
00:29:42,190 --> 00:29:45,570
It's all that Mingyu. She's too vigilant.

393
00:29:46,390 --> 00:29:48,320
And my fault for being careless.

394
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,610
But don't worry now.

395
00:29:49,610 --> 00:29:52,380
I've already used stealing goods as my excuse

396
00:29:52,380 --> 00:29:54,860
to muddle through. She won't discover.

397
00:29:54,860 --> 00:29:56,550
But what use is that?

398
00:29:56,550 --> 00:29:59,040
What my mistress wanted is gone.

399
00:29:59,870 --> 00:30:04,530
Miss Lan'er, you should look and see who I am.

400
00:30:07,530 --> 00:30:09,670
Will I disappoint you?

401
00:30:10,430 --> 00:30:12,180
What you promised me?

402
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,550
Thank you. I'll leave first then.

403
00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:31,670
Miss Mingyu. You were looking for me?

404
00:30:31,670 --> 00:30:33,590
I troubled you last time.

405
00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:36,170
I came to thank you.

406
00:30:36,170 --> 00:30:38,090
I didn't help with anything.

407
00:30:38,090 --> 00:30:42,080
Hailan Cha. Can I call you that?

408
00:30:42,630 --> 00:30:47,240
Of course you can. Come look for me anytime you need something.

409
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,970
What are they doing?

410
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,490
It's Noble Consort Chun's instructions. She's preparing a special gift for Empress Dowager.

411
00:30:58,490 --> 00:30:59,680
Special gift?

412
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:04,420
It was supposed to be a secret but you're not an outsider so I'll tell you.

413
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,640
Suzhou Street?

414
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,900
Our opportunity has come.

415
00:31:18,690 --> 00:31:21,690
Empress Dowager, careful now.

416
00:31:27,670 --> 00:31:29,720
It's so bustling. My.

417
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,490
I can't see a thing.

418
00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:35,000
It's so bustling.

419
00:31:37,340 --> 00:31:42,110
Noble Consort Chun, what mystery are you pulling now?

420
00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:45,120
Empress Dowager, listen.

421
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,990
Hurry. Take it of of me. Off.

422
00:31:56,990 --> 00:31:58,620
Please look.

423
00:32:05,380 --> 00:32:08,810
Noble Consort Chun, what all is this?

424
00:32:08,810 --> 00:32:12,990
Empress Dowager, haven't you always been pulled towards Jiangnan's scenery?

425
00:32:12,990 --> 00:32:15,640
Our Forbidden City is absent of the small bridge and flowing water.

426
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,850
So I relied on my childhood memory,

427
00:32:18,850 --> 00:32:23,460
to have the eunuchs and the palace maids dressed as commoners to open the palace market.

428
00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:27,490
Though we lack the willows swaying and the murmur of flowing water,

429
00:32:27,490 --> 00:32:31,670
we nevertheless have floating wine flags and pedestrians weaving through.

430
00:32:31,670 --> 00:32:35,200
Regard it as me inciting a joy out of Empress Dowager.

431
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,550
Noble Consort Chun, you are thoughtful.

432
00:32:38,550 --> 00:32:41,880
Noble Consort Chun, your thoughtfulness is quite clever.

433
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,550
But this is not real, after all.

434
00:32:44,550 --> 00:32:48,720
I have already decided I will have the two shores of Royal Rivers connected in front of Longevity Temple,

435
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,120
Install especially for Empress Dowager, a Suzhou Street.

436
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,650
When it's done building, Empress Dowager can personally witness the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan.

437
00:32:55,650 --> 00:33:00,830
Emperor. That's too much work involved.

438
00:33:00,830 --> 00:33:02,680
As long as Empress Dowager is happy,

439
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,720
your son is content.

440
00:33:06,730 --> 00:33:08,910
Empress Dowager, do you wish to go down and see?

441
00:33:08,910 --> 00:33:10,300
Alright.

442
00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:11,560
Not bad.

443
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,020
Really.

444
00:33:15,170 --> 00:33:16,710
Good.

445
00:33:19,550 --> 00:33:20,770
I like this fabric.

446
00:33:20,770 --> 00:33:22,940
Empress Dowager, Noble Consort Chun is so smart indeed.

447
00:33:22,940 --> 00:33:26,250
The way I see it, since the palace market is already set up,

448
00:33:26,250 --> 00:33:28,100
we shouldn't just look at it.

449
00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:31,390
We should really put it to use.

450
00:33:31,890 --> 00:33:34,000
How do we put it to use?

451
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,380
Since the Jinchuan war is just subsided.

452
00:33:36,380 --> 00:33:40,260
Though the royal court won victoriously, we did lose so many soldiers.

453
00:33:40,260 --> 00:33:43,470
The pensions received by families of the deceased soldiers are very limited.

454
00:33:43,470 --> 00:33:45,760
Widows and orphans displaced.

455
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,260
I suggest we ask every palace concubine and up,

456
00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:51,510
to donate some jewelries and treasures for charity sale.

457
00:33:51,510 --> 00:33:54,690
Of course, since it's a charity sale, we shouldn't limit to inside the palace only.

458
00:33:54,690 --> 00:33:57,170
We can put these stalls outside the palace gate.

459
00:33:57,170 --> 00:34:01,070
The monies in exchange can be used for casualty compensation.

460
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,030
Empress, you are very thorough.

461
00:34:05,030 --> 00:34:06,530
This is indeed a great idea.

462
00:34:06,530 --> 00:34:12,080
That way, we won't just bury away the diligent work by Noble Consort Chun.

463
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:16,420
Since Emperor and Empress both say so,

464
00:34:16,420 --> 00:34:19,860
then let's not build Suzhou Street yet.

465
00:34:19,860 --> 00:34:24,940
Let's put that money where it should be spent first.

466
00:34:24,940 --> 00:34:26,940
Empress Dowager.

467
00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:31,780
When the national treasury is abundant, it's not too late to build Suzhou Street then.

468
00:34:31,780 --> 00:34:37,090
Then, your son will thank Empress Dowager for her kind concern on behalf of Great Qing's soldiers.

469
00:34:40,090 --> 00:34:42,540
Empress is indeed so thorough in thought.

470
00:34:42,540 --> 00:34:45,590
I only thought about making Empress Dowager happy.

471
00:34:45,590 --> 00:34:48,360
I didn't think about a deeper layer.

472
00:34:49,090 --> 00:34:51,230
Since that's the case,

473
00:34:52,590 --> 00:34:56,060
I will put in some thought too.

474
00:35:11,250 --> 00:35:15,160
Actually we don't all need to be like this. Just some sincerity.- Come buy some wine.

475
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,000
As long as Empress Dowager sends out decree,

476
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,920
all the officials of the court will follow suit in succession.

477
00:35:22,510 --> 00:35:24,870
Hurry and come buy wine.

478
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,920
Hurry and come buy wine now.

479
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,460
Thank you.

480
00:35:34,540 --> 00:35:36,040
What are you doing here?

481
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,060
Dear customer.

482
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,820
Do you want some wine? Try it.

483
00:35:41,820 --> 00:35:43,820
Customer.

484
00:35:43,820 --> 00:35:46,840
Mulberry wine. Xinfeng.

485
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,110
Chrysanthemum. Bamboo leaf. Red rice wine.

486
00:35:50,110 --> 00:35:52,040
Customer, which wine would you like to drink?

487
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,060
Concubine Ling?

488
00:35:54,660 --> 00:35:57,060
What is this you're dressed as?

489
00:35:57,060 --> 00:36:01,510
There's no Concubine Ling today. Only the wine-peddling woman.

490
00:36:01,510 --> 00:36:05,050
These are all rare great wines of Jiangnan.

491
00:36:05,050 --> 00:36:07,490
A rare for a taste test.

492
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,820
You actually dressed yourself as a wine peddling woman?

493
00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:17,450
Looking at you, I can't contain myself from laughing.

494
00:36:17,450 --> 00:36:22,220
This wild idea. Only she can think of and carry it out.

495
00:36:22,220 --> 00:36:26,180
Your Highness Empress Dowager.  So if you're not buying?

496
00:36:26,180 --> 00:36:30,720
I'll need to sell it to someone else.

497
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:34,040
Mulberry wine, 20 wen for a crock.

498
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:38,370
Xifeng, 40 wen. Chrysanthemum, 30 wen.

499
00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:42,240
Bamboo leaf, 20 wen.

500
00:36:42,240 --> 00:36:47,030
Red rice wine, 25 wen. Hurry and buy now.

501
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,700
What accent are you speaking with?

502
00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:54,560
Noble Consort, didn't you grow up in Suzhou?

503
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,300
Your Suzhou dialect should be most native.

504
00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:01,410
Hers? Isn't she showing poor skills before the master?

505
00:37:02,380 --> 00:37:04,140
Try it.

506
00:37:05,650 --> 00:37:08,180
Concubine Ling, you are so skilled.

507
00:37:08,180 --> 00:37:12,230
These hometown words. I can't even remember well.

508
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:15,490
Buy wine. Come and buy wine now.

509
00:37:15,490 --> 00:37:17,160
Concubine Ling is so full of ideas.

510
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,460
Look at her attire. So amusing.

511
00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:25,120
Are you dumb? Don't you see her seducing His Majesty?

512
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,840
Look at His Majesty's pupils. So intense.

513
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,830
But because she's got ideas. If it's someone else,

514
00:37:31,830 --> 00:37:35,410
even if they can think of it, they can't let off their guard.

515
00:37:35,980 --> 00:37:38,400
What is this wine?

516
00:37:41,940 --> 00:37:44,250
I think it's Dukang.

517
00:37:46,610 --> 00:37:50,710
The mulberry wine and the bamboo leaf wine are from Shanxi.

518
00:37:50,710 --> 00:37:53,010
When did they run over to Suzhou?

519
00:37:53,010 --> 00:37:55,360
If you want to sell wine, you should check market price.

520
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,580
Who dares to buy your wine?

521
00:38:02,090 --> 00:38:04,040
Hurry and buy.

522
00:38:09,820 --> 00:38:12,520
My wine ladle. Mine.

523
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,950
Hurry and give me back my ladle.

524
00:38:15,510 --> 00:38:17,500
This wine is undrinkable.

525
00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:19,420
Give me wine money.

526
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:23,930
I gave you wine money.

527
00:39:00,180 --> 00:39:02,590
Greetings to Your Majesty.

528
00:39:05,650 --> 00:39:08,610
Come. Do you know rules?

529
00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:13,150
You saw His Majesty and you still don't go and tell your mistress to come receive?

530
00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:16,370
Mistress said His Majesty will surely pass by and not come in.

531
00:39:16,370 --> 00:39:19,250
So she won't expend energy for nothing.

532
00:39:21,710 --> 00:39:23,950
She's so clever again?

533
00:39:29,570 --> 00:39:32,770
Your mistress, is she trying to scheme against His Majesty?

534
00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:35,570
Look at how you speak. My mistress,

535
00:39:35,570 --> 00:39:37,980
she only tells truth as is.

536
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,090
Pretend. You go pretend more.

537
00:39:41,090 --> 00:39:44,560
But I must tell you. His Majesty came angry.

538
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,310
Even if Concubine Ling lured His Majesty to come.

539
00:39:47,310 --> 00:39:50,070
It may not necessarily be a good thing.

540
00:39:50,070 --> 00:39:53,050
Greetings to Your Majesty.

541
00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:30,640
Your Majesty.

542
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:37,310
I treat you with all my heart and devotion.

543
00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:40,800
But you are fond of that vixen instead.

544
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:45,010
Throwing me aside.

545
00:40:48,820 --> 00:40:53,030
I couldn't get over it for the time.

546
00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:55,850
So I targeted her on purpose.

547
00:40:55,850 --> 00:40:59,140
Your Majesty, even if I have,

548
00:40:59,140 --> 00:41:01,880
a thousand flaws,

549
00:41:03,070 --> 00:41:06,090
that's all because I love you.

550
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:16,520
Concubine Ling likes gardenia.

551
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:20,870
Lord Fuheng likes gardenia too.

552
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,350
How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

553
00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:28,210
The way I see it, the two of them,

554
00:41:28,210 --> 00:41:30,440
they are clearly soiled.

555
00:41:31,090 --> 00:41:35,250
You pampered her for nothing.

556
00:41:35,910 --> 00:41:38,160
That Concubine Ling.

557
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:41,850
She really deserves to die.

558
00:41:43,700 --> 00:41:45,480
Wei Yingluo.

559
00:41:46,410 --> 00:41:49,000
What in the world are you trying to do?

560
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,430
Concubine Ling and Lord Fuheng.

561
00:42:03,430 --> 00:42:06,420
They were acquainted before.

562
00:42:06,420 --> 00:42:10,960
So they meet by coincidence and exchanged a couple words.

563
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,520
Even if there's indecent feelings,

564
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:15,960
that's all in the past regardless.

565
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:20,810
Now that Concubine Ling has entered the palace, the past is just passing clouds and fog.

566
00:42:20,810 --> 00:42:22,700
I believe,

567
00:42:22,700 --> 00:42:25,400
Concubine Ling isn't the type that shoots her red apricot over the wall,

568
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,540
such shameless woman.

569
00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:29,090
You . . .

570
00:42:39,820 --> 00:42:42,650
Your Majesty, be at ease.

571
00:42:42,650 --> 00:42:46,670
I, as the empress of the six palaces,

572
00:42:46,670 --> 00:42:50,460
will surely investigate strictly who is behind the rumors.

573
00:42:50,460 --> 00:42:53,170
To return justice of innocence to Concubine Ling.

574
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,310
You entered the palace not long ago.

575
00:42:56,310 --> 00:43:00,210
But you comprehend each and all of them so well?

576
00:43:01,740 --> 00:43:04,730
What you said earlier.

577
00:43:04,730 --> 00:43:07,900
It seems as though you heard them say something for real.

578
00:43:09,870 --> 00:43:12,400
If you want to talk about understanding of women.

579
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,260
Your Majesty is worse than me.

580
00:43:14,260 --> 00:43:16,840
You know what they will discuss in private.

581
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,940
But you still dare to meet Fuheng in the garden?

582
00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:23,630
If I turn around and leave right away,

583
00:43:23,630 --> 00:43:25,860
then they will say again.

584
00:43:26,910 --> 00:43:31,150
Concubine Ling, as soon as she saw Lord Fuheng, she turned and left.

585
00:43:31,150 --> 00:43:34,250
It's clearly a case of guilty showing.

586
00:43:42,180 --> 00:43:45,760
Your Majesty, rumors confuse everyone.

587
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:47,880
It takes only three people to say there's tiger for it to be believed.

588
00:43:48,420 --> 00:43:52,070
I hope the same time you favor me,

589
00:43:52,070 --> 00:43:54,690
you can give me more trust too.

590
00:43:54,690 --> 00:43:58,410
Or else, even if I am made of bones of steel,

591
00:43:58,410 --> 00:44:01,810
I will be ground to tofu still.

592
00:44:03,570 --> 00:44:06,030
In the harem,

593
00:44:06,580 --> 00:44:09,560
only you are the one with most tricks.

594
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,960
Always plucking me.

595
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,390
Then, do you like me?

596
00:44:23,730 --> 00:44:28,320
I just love bad women like you!

597
00:44:29,970 --> 00:44:36,060
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598
00:44:37,110 --> 00:44:45,010
♫Softly falling into the hollow of my palm,♫

599
00:44:47,950 --> 00:44:56,590
♫Resting frozen in the center of my palm.♫

600
00:44:58,740 --> 00:45:07,600
♫Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable,♫

601
00:45:09,860 --> 00:45:19,140
♫Joined together, deeply experiencing and holding onto the end of happiness.♫

602
00:45:20,830 --> 00:45:29,330
♫Though plainly given words of discouragement,♫

603
00:45:31,710 --> 00:45:40,460
♫Pretending to hear nothing but exhortation.♫

604
00:45:42,570 --> 00:45:51,560
♫ Endless tears, believing it cannot be true,♫

605
00:45:53,620 --> 00:46:02,270
♫ In this life, being born under an unlucky star.♫

606
00:46:04,650 --> 00:46:10,180
♫I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫

607
00:46:10,180 --> 00:46:14,940
♫ Though I close my eyes, it's impossible to stop the vision.♫

608
00:46:14,940 --> 00:46:21,590
♫ Nothing you can do about being approached, not being inconsistent in love,♫

609
00:46:21,590 --> 00:46:26,520
♫ Though merely holding onto it from the outside, prone to this sort of circumstance.♫

610
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:32,170
♫ I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫

611
00:46:32,170 --> 00:46:36,930
♫ As though you are holding me closely, and speaking sweetly.♫

612
00:46:36,930 --> 00:46:44,710
♫ Opening your eyes to a sky filled with merciless snow falling,♫

613
00:46:44,710 --> 00:46:52,370
♫ Who, after suffering this loss for a lifetime, is fond of this scene?♫