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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 20
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Why?
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It clears heatiness and eliminates dampness.
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- Physician Ye.
- Here.
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Did that servant drank the medicine.
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With Your Majesty's verbal decree, she surely would drink it.
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It's just that I don't quite understand
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why you let her drink Gold Thread?
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That servant is full of evil tricks.
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She's already oozing with poisonous saps.
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Gold thread dampens heat and eliminates poison. It's just right for her.
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By the way,
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what other prescriptions are there which are even more bitter?
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Your Majesty, why don't you just kill her?
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How could you torment people like this?
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I'm a wise king.
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How could a wise king just casually kill a meritorious subject?
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If this spreads, won't I be criticized as having no tolerance.
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Yes... I was tactless.
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Replying to Your Majesty, in terms of the most bitter medicine,
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gold thread, akebia, and gentian are all very bitter plants,
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but the most bitter is still bitter ginseng.
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Starting from today, for her three meals,
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give her a different bitter medicine every meal.
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If she refuses to drink it, force her too.
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A bitter medicine is good for one's illness.
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I'm doing this in consideration for the life of my savior.
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Do you know what I mean?
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Yes, I will strictly abide the verbal decree of Your Majesty.
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Chief Steward Li, say, if His Majesty really hates Miss Yingluo,
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he could just give her poison and end it. Why must he torment her like this?
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Didn't His Majesty already say it?
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Although Wei Yingluo spouted disrespectful words, she cured his illness.
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She's a meritorious subject.
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Just say that she died because she didn't get treated,
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won't that be simpler?
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What do you mean?
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It's so hard to predict the might of the heaven.
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The temper of the emperor is not something that mere mortals like us can guess.
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Just do whatever His Majesty has instructed.
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Stop worrying.
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Got it.
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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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♫ 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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♫ Waving of the sleeves cannot carry it away ♫
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♫ Thinking about those worries ♫
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♫ After waking up from a pipe dream ♫
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♫ Gossips will last until old age ♫
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♫ Gossips will last until old age ♫
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Is it him?
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Miss Yingluo, it's me.
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Doctor Ye.
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This sulfur ointment is a cure for furunculosis.
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It's not right for your illness. Change it to this one.
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Thank you, doctor.
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- But, Miss Yingluo, there's one thing I don't understand and I want to ask you about it.
- Ask away.
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You clearly know that you're allergic to peanuts, so why did you still take it in
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and caused you to have so many rashes?
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You even asked me to fake a medical record with furunculosis.
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You really want to know?
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I deliberately angered His Majesty.
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Once he recovers from the shock, he surely will ask me to pay for it.
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If I get sick,
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no matter how angry he is,
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he wouldn't punish me anymore.
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After all, everyone knows that I got sick for taking care of him.
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So that's the case.
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Only you are able to scold the emperor that way
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and still retreat unharmed. I'm impressed.
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I scolded His Majesty
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just to cure him.
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But His Majesty said that you used the opportunity to vent your anger.
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See? As the old saying goes, "A loyal advice jars the ear. It's hard to be a loyal servant."
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I'm now being misunderstood.
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But I still have to thank you in helping me escape this disaster.
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I'm very impressed with your loyal heart.
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Don't worry. I surely will do my best
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not to show any lapses.
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Thanks.
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Where's that maidservant?
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Your Majesty is talking about Miss Wei?
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Miss Wei has fully recovered and has moved back to Changchun Palace.
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When?
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Just last night.
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Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have committed a mistake.
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Do you know what is your mistake?
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I...ask Your Majesty to clearly explain it.
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She clearly got infected after me.
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The course of her illness should have lasted for at least a month.
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How come she recovered before me?
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This...maybe, her illness is lighter?
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Stupid!
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Because she's not sick from the start!
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You actually let her go?
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Your Majesty, I saw it with my eyes.
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There are so many big red rashes.
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You'll get scared when you see it.
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Wrong. If those rashes were fake,
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Your Majesty, this would be a crime of deceiving the emperor!
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You must strictly punish her!
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Change my clothes. I'm going to Changchun Palace personally and punish her.
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Wei Yingluo offended His Majesty, yet she was able to come out of Yangxin Palace safely.
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She was still able to safely leave after offending His Majesty, that's quite a surprise.
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That day, at Yangxin Palace, even the table got destroyed.
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His Majesty was so angry.
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You don't know? Divine Doctor Ye tried to imitate Hua Tuo.
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He wanted to anger His Majesty so he could eliminate his bloody sputum, but no one dared to offend the emperor.
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Only Wei Yingluo dared to bravely step forward and speak, hence, saving His Majesty.
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- Really?
- She's so daring.
- Right.
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I even heard that this Wei Yingluo not only was bold to speak,
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- she even developed furunculosis because of attending to the sick emperor.
- Look at her fate.
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She is already the most favored palace maid of Changchun Palace.
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Now, she's a loyal servant that has saved the emperor. She mustn't be offended.
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If you ask me, our emperor was able to endure something that others couldn't endure.
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He's a magnanimous wise king. If this was others, they would have executed Wei Yingluo.
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If this matter gets out, who wouldn't praise our emperor as being benevolent and magnanimous?
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- Wei Yinglong's loyalty and bravely is worthy of praises.
- This can be considered to be a story of deed that would surely spread far and wide.
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Your Majesty, are we still going to Changchun Palace?
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Turn around.
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Didn't you hear it?
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She deliberately angered me to save me.
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She got infected with a grave illness because of attending to me when I was sick.
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Even if this gets out, people will praise her as being a loyal servant that didn't fear any power.
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Moreover, she's now fully recovered.
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We will never find any evidence anymore.
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If I punish her now,
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won't I become a muddled king who doesn't know to appreciate kindness?
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This time, I'm like a mute who has eaten a goldthread, unable to express my grievances!
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Your Majesty. Keep up!
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Your Majesty!
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Guess who I am.
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Yingluo, don't make such a joke.
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If others see it,
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it will taint your reputation.
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- That severe?
- Yes.
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Why then did someone secretly take care of me for a night?
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What did you say?
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Every time I have allergy, my body will itch all over.
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Doctor Ye increased the dose of my medicine, hence, I was dizzy and drowsy.
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But every night, there is a River Snail Prince
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that would come to my room to take care of me.
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Wasn't that River Snail Prince you?
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You're sick? Where do you feel unwell?
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Hasn't you've been taking care of me? How could you not know?
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Whenever I stay in the palace overnight, I surely will be on guard duty. How could I go take care of you?
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It's not you?
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Then..who could it be?
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Could it be that you dreamt of
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whom you've been thinking all day?
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Yingluo, I'm in your dream?
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I...
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How is that possible? Why would I dream of you?
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Really none?
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Forget it...
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Since it's not you, I'm going now.
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Miss Yingluo.
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Hey, I won't take your shift anymore. I've been on continuous duty for 10 nights.
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My bones are falling apart.
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Fuheng! You're shameless!
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- Shameless?
- Yingluo!
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Big mouth!
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I... What was that?
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Yingluo. Don't be mad.
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It was clearly you.
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Sneaking into my room and then pretending to not know.
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- Keep pretending. What do you want?
- I...
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You clearly are bullying me. I'll tell this to Her Highness Empress.
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Yingluo!
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Sorry... I didn't mean it.
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Tell me then, why did you pretend that it wasn't you?
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Recklessly entering your room is indeed against proper reasons.
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But you're sick. You need someone to take care of you.
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I could only do it then.
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So, you think you're a gentleman.
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Your actions are upright and aboveboard.
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I am.
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Why then did you kiss me?
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I...
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I...
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Your Highness Empress, the landscape painting
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has such smooth brush strokes, so open and vast.
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In the "Ode to the Goddess Luo" painting, you let the form depict the god. It was very clever.
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His Majesty will surely like whatever painting you choose to give him.
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I've thought about it for a long time, but was unable to decide.
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Hence, I want to ask you to judge them for me.
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But in the end, you also didn't have a choice.
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Yingluo, what do you think?
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Of course, the landscape painting!
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There were fewer brush strokes, but they were vigorous and brisk.
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It's even the copy of the 'Summer' part in the "Landscape of the Four Seasons" given by Imperial Guard Fuca.
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Mingyu, Consort Chun didn't ask you.
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How could you speak without permission?
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You're being unruly. Leave now.
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Your Highness, don't be angry.
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Mingyu is just being frank and outspoken.
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I'm worried that if she doesn't mend her old ways,
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it might lead to big problems in the future.
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Hence, I'm excessively strict with her.
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Hope that she can understand my painstaking intention.
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Yes.
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Yingluo, you still haven't talked.
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Consort Chun, if you're going to let me choose,
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I surely will choose the "Ode to the Goddess Luo" painting.
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Why?
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Goddess of Luo looks intelligent and refined, with such lingering sentiments.
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Her face is a bit similar to Your Highness Empress.
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Every time His Majesty looks at this painting, he'll remember the painter.
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Isn't that better?
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Clever! That's exactly what we want!
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Your Highness Empress, give the "Ode to the Goddess Luo" painting as a birthday present
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to His Majesty then.
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Your Highness Empress, the Changchun Palace has a copy of the "Landscape of the Four Seasons"
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by Liu Songnian during the Southern Song Dynasty. Can I borrow to see it?
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- Erqing.
- Here.
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Quickly get it and give to Consort Chun as a gift.
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Gift?
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Your Highness Empress, you mustn't.
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It's not some very precious item.
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Since you like it, just take it.
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Thank you, Your Highness.
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Aren't you going to be more nimble?
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Yes.
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Please wait. I'll go inside and inform Her Highness.
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What's going on?
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Sister Mingyu, Noble Lady Shu and First Class Attendant Qing
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are here to visit Her Highness Empress.
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I'll go inside to inform her now.
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Her Highness Empress is currently resting. It's inconvenient for her to see any guest.
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Miss Mingyu, I especially asked someone
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to bring me some blood swallow from Fujian.
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I want to gift it to Her Highness Empress. May miss go in and inform her about it.
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The Changchun Palace is highly favored by His Majesty.
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What precious item has we not yet seen?
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It's just a measly blood swallow. You think we haven't seen one?
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Miss Mingyu, that's not what we meant.
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I said it already that Her Highness is not seeing any guests.
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Please just come back next time.
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Please leave.
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You...
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Okay. We'll just come back next time to visit.
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Let's go.
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Sister Mingyu, this doesn't seem right.
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They are just two unfavored imperial consorts. I'm not afraid,
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so why are you?
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But...
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Don't you still understand?
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Nalan Chunxue has come here so many times.
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It's either giving gifts or appreciating flowers. You think she's sincere?
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Let me tell you that she just wants to use Her Highness Empress
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to seek for a chance to get near the emperor.
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Her Highness Empress is generous person, so she couldn't refuse her.
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Just let me be this evil person, so she would stop coming here.
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Not right. There must be someone inside,
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but she instead fooled us that Her Highness Empress is resting.
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This is such a huge insult and belittling.
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Sister Nalan, why bother inciting trouble? Forget it.
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If this place doesn't want us,
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there will be a place for us.
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Sister, where are you going?
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Wait for me.
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I've long heard that the daughter of Assistant Minister
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well-educated, a model of propriety, intelligent, and beautiful.
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I had been very curious.
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But you only came to visit me today.
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Your Highness, please forgive me.
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A few days ago, I was sick, hence, I dared not come here to disturb you.
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I was afraid to infect you. After I recovered, I immediately came to visit you.
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You're sick?
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Do you feel better?
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Of course, I've fully recovered before I dare to come here to Chuxiu Palace.
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Just because Changchun Palace didn't accept you, you come to my Chuxiu Palace.
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What do you treat this place?
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Leave!
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We've shouldn't have disturbed Your Highness. We'll leave right away.
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Sister.
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It's because Changchun Palace belittles people,
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that's why, I left in rage.
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But this Chuxiu Palace turns out to be the same, despising imperial consorts...
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...like us of lowly status.
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Yes, I'm indeed inconspicuous now,
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but how sure are you
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that I won't sky rocket to fame in the future?
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I'll take my leave.
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Stop right there.
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Your Highness, do you still have other instructions?
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You want to join my side but couldn't endure just a few cold words.
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What future are you still talking about?
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Your Highness.
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There is a bad dog in Changchun Palace
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that's always barking. So hateful.
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Since you want to defect,
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I'll then give you a chance.
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Your Highness, you want me to
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eliminate that bad dog?
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Your Highness, don't worry.
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I will surely not disappoint you.
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Sister Nalan, what are you trying to to exactly?
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Look at how cowardly you look.
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I brought you to pay respect to Noble Consort Gao.
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As for you, you are so scared that you are unable to speak.
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I'm very scared.
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Enough, I know you are scared.
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I will take care of this matter.
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You don't need to know.
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Sister. Sister Nalan, wait for me.
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Empress.
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Empress. The painting's been mounted.
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I didn't think Ruyi Hall worked so fast.
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I thought it would require a couple more days.
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Your Highness, are you thinking again . . .
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Now it feels like it's His Majesty's Birthday.
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Then that's the end of your sister's matter?
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I have no more leads.
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But as long as I can wait patiently,
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sooner or later the truth will be discovered.
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You are just so stubborn.
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I can't convince you.
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You just be careful though.
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Don't worry, Supervisor. I am aware of it.
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By the way,
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there used to be a bag of Lake Jili silk in the embroidery house.
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Sent as tribute from Huzhou.
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I went to look for it earlier. Where did you hide it?
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Look at how bold you're getting.
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That Lake Jili silk is a treasure.
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Why do you want it?
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Supervisor.
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I want to help Empress.
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Empress?
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Yingluo, I just don't understand you more as time goes.
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You went to Changchun Palace for your sister's matter.
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But how is it that you care so much about Empress now?
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I'll tell you but you can't laugh at me.
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I won't laugh.
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Empress is especially good to me.
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No matter how many times I commit wrongs, she tries to protect me as much as she can.
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She even teaches me to write and read personally.
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Every time I see Empress smile,
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I feel like I am seeing my sister.
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So I want to help her.
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Empress has a high status and she is the master of the six palaces.
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You? How do you help her?
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Don't underestimate me.
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A petty man can have mighty talent too.
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You are !
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I've been long anticipating your painting, Empress.
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Can we bring it out to see it now?
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Today you received the gifts of the ministers and subjects at Taihe Hall.
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What rare treasures haven't you seen already?
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Mine pales in comparison.
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When Royal Father was alive, he already complimented your calligraphy.
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This painting with thick ink and clear strokes.
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The strokes are sturdy and strong. Indeed displaying the aura of a master.
366
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Oh? You used a dry brush for the pavilion, I think.
367
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Your Majesty has good discernment.
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The calligraphy is elegant yet imposing.
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Great paiting. Li Yu, put it to care.
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Yes.
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Your Majesty, I have no talent matching Empress.
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I can't bring about a painting like that.
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I thought about it over and over and I can only borrow a flower to pay tribute.
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This tune.
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The sound of this instrument.
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Your Majesty. I am bold.
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May I ask Your Majesty to personally unveil this?
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What instrument are they holding?
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I don't recognize any of it.
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That long tube must be the flute.
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So fascinating.
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I've never seen it.
383
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These are Western instruments of Emperor Kangxi.
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Before, two Western musicians brought these instruments and came to the forbidden city.
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Emperor Kangxi even learned from them for a period of time.
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Once, by coincidence, at the interior bureau's storage,
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I saw these dusty instruments and thought how regrettable.
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So I put in effort to find two Western technicians for repair.
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And it turned out quite effective.
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These Western instruments laid idle in the interior bureau for so long.
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I didn't think I could witness these personally today.
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That flute was a gift from a French musician.
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This violin.
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This violin was made under the guidance of Emperor Kangxi's Western music teacher Thomas,
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by a Great Qing artisan.
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Emperor Kangxi cherished this.
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And he studied a couple of years under Thomas.
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He could even play a tune by himself.
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Noble Consort. Putting together this Western music orchestra.
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It sure required so much of your time and thought.
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Repairing wasn't the hardest part.
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The hard part was to find these people who can play the Western instruments.
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But as long as Your Majesty is happy,
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no matter how much effort I put it, it's all worthwhile.
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I'm happy. I've not been this joyful for long.
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Continue.
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Sister Nalan, these are just some Western instruments.
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How is His Majesty so happy?
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What do you know?
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Our Majesty was Emperor Kangxi's favorite back then.
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He brought him into the palace to cultivate him personally.
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When it comes to His Majesty's Grandfather, Emperor Kangxi,
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His Majesty adored him more than Late Emperor.
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Think about it. How many years has it been since Emperor Kangxi passed away?
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Now, His Majesty is seeing again these Western instruments that Emperor Kangxi was fond of.
416
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How can he not be touched?
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Sister Nalan, you are so resourceful.
418
00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:27,290
So what though? The interior bureau isn't just anywhere.
419
00:31:27,290 --> 00:31:31,510
To put together this orchestra was extremely hard.
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It's just regrettable that such a great idea.
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I had to concede to another.
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Your Majesty, it is not just I who put in effort for your birthday ceremony.
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Noble Lady Shu put in all her effort too.
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Would you like to see her gift?
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Noble Lady Shu?
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Your Majesty, I prepared a glazed Buddhist tower for you.
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May you cast your royal gaze.
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It is delicately made.
429
00:32:24,750 --> 00:32:26,760
This is Buddhist stone?
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Your Majesty, a common Buddhist stone is nothing astonishing.
431
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But the Buddhist stone on the tower is translucent.
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It looks like a lotus flower.
433
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It was from Tang Dyansty's High Monk after his ascension from this world.
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The most precious stone among the over 700 stones.
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00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:45,030
It is legendary that it was transformed from his heart.
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So it was later dubbed, the Buddhist lotus.
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Your Majesty, isn't Empress Dowager looking for this Buddhist lotus?
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I've dispatched people to Suzhou numerous times before.
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00:32:56,530 --> 00:32:58,770
They never found the Buddhist lotus.
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I had thought it was only a vain legend.
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I never thought this was actually true.
442
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Put it to care.
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I was lucky too.
444
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That I received this by coincidence at a mountain temple on Mount Tai.
445
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Buddhist Lotus is a rare treasure.
446
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It should belong to someone who is linked to Buddha.
447
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Naturally I don't dare to keep to myself.
448
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May Your Majesty present it to Empress Dowager.
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You're thoughtful.
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Empress. Other than this glazed Buddhist tower,
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pick a few gifts that are interesting
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and send them along to Empress Dowager.
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Yes.
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Yingluo. Look after well,
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this glazed Buddhist tower.
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Yes.
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One figurine of Wise Longevity Buddha.
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A pair of celestial crane and deer vases.
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A pair of everlasting life brocade patterned lamps.
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What are you doing?
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Registering and preserving treasures.
462
00:34:33,350 --> 00:34:35,190
It's always been my task.
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I don't need you to meddle beyond your duty.
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It was Her Highness the Empress that instructed me to register.
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Didn't you hear His Majesty's instructions?
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Select two or three items that Empress Dowager would like.
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Do you know Empress Dowager's liking?
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Since you know nothing, don't get in the way here.
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Zhenzhu, continue.
470
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It hasn't been too long since I entered the palace so I indeed don't know what Empress Dowager's inclinations are.
471
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I shall trouble you, Mingyu,
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to register clearly in detail.
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Select carefully one by one.
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You're just throwing the chores at me and leave like that?
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00:35:23,620 --> 00:35:27,600
You're exerting yourself to perform so I shouldn't snatch your merit.
476
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Don't worry. I will report to Her Highness the Empress that all the work was done by you.
477
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,470
Wisecrack!
478
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,390
If the night Sister died,
479
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someone went from Qianqing Palace to Imperial Garden to commit the murder,
480
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how much time does one need to make the round trip?
481
00:35:55,380 --> 00:35:57,780
Can one evade the patrol?
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It's me.
483
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Young Master?
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My foot's about broken by your stamping.
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00:36:31,620 --> 00:36:34,540
Who told you to frighten me on purpose then?
486
00:36:40,530 --> 00:36:42,590
Where is this place?
487
00:36:42,590 --> 00:36:47,590
Huh?
488
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In the depth of the stone beam, a night of hiding play.
489
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Mist and fog shielding the moonlight.
490
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Catch the royal clothes and let go.
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00:37:00,030 --> 00:37:03,260
Fragrance of flowers flying out of your sleeve.
492
00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:07,050
Young Master, you clearly know I've not studied much.
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00:37:07,050 --> 00:37:12,040
But you recite an old poem to me. Isn't that akin to playing music to a cow?
494
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,140
A Ming Dynasty Emperor loved to play and hide here.
495
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But he kept getting discovered by palace maids.
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Because he always kept scented pouches hidden in his sleeves.
497
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:26,390
I think the one fitting for a scented pouch is actually the pretty young palace maid.
498
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:29,950
The Ming emperor got caught by her on purpose.
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00:37:30,690 --> 00:37:34,770
The rules of forbidden city were strict during Ming Dynasty.
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All the eunuchs and palace maids had no authority to walk on the terrace or the royal road.
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They passed through these tiger holes instead.
502
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:47,190
When it came to our dynasty, slowly, no one uses them anymore.
503
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,640
Then why did you ask me to come here?
504
00:37:51,190 --> 00:37:54,080
To play hide and seek with you?
505
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:59,400
Earlier, you wanted to retrace the path between Qianqing Palace and Imperial Garden, right?
506
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,430
Yes.
507
00:38:01,430 --> 00:38:03,290
I've asked Li Yu.
508
00:38:03,290 --> 00:38:06,150
That night, no one left Qianqing Palace.
509
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:11,040
But I thought, there were over 400 people present. Very possible for omission.
510
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,200
What if someone sneaked out.
511
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,670
And that person took less than an hour back and forth?
512
00:38:16,670 --> 00:38:21,000
I've walked this path many times. The round trip is quick.
513
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,840
But if you won't want to be discovered by the patrol guards,
514
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,420
that's impossible.
515
00:38:26,380 --> 00:38:29,850
What if that person is of high ranking with guards who can help to conceal?
516
00:38:29,850 --> 00:38:31,980
Guards are only allegiant to His Majesty.
517
00:38:31,980 --> 00:38:33,820
They only mobilize by one person's order.
518
00:38:33,820 --> 00:38:36,310
A mere clansman won't have the power to do so.
519
00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:37,950
That's not an absolute.
520
00:38:37,950 --> 00:38:42,860
That Prince Yi listened to Noble Consort Gao's urging and gave me trouble on purpose.
521
00:38:47,140 --> 00:38:49,230
What's that noise?
522
00:38:49,230 --> 00:38:50,960
Look.
523
00:38:58,090 --> 00:39:00,100
So pretty.
524
00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:06,260
Your Majesty, look over there. How pretty the fireworks.
525
00:39:06,260 --> 00:39:07,960
Empress.
526
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:14,560
Such beautiful scenery is a rarity. Enjoy with me.
527
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:16,130
Yes.
528
00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:24,950
Look over there.
529
00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:29,590
Noble Consort. Hurry and look.
530
00:39:29,590 --> 00:39:32,990
The fire blossoms rising up into air, like countless flowers.
531
00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:35,800
Blooming between clouds and ocean.
532
00:39:36,390 --> 00:39:39,090
What a wondrous view.
533
00:39:41,660 --> 00:39:45,640
Consort Chun, then you enjoy.
534
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,760
Give me one.
535
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,720
Sister, give me one.
536
00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:15,990
Sister, one more.
537
00:40:17,940 --> 00:40:19,060
Alright.
538
00:40:19,060 --> 00:40:21,630
Here, giving you one.
539
00:40:22,380 --> 00:40:23,550
So pretty.
540
00:40:23,550 --> 00:40:25,520
Yes.
541
00:40:27,730 --> 00:40:30,990
Sister, what's wrong?
542
00:40:32,890 --> 00:40:36,670
The fireworks are so beautiful.
543
00:40:42,530 --> 00:40:44,280
Over there.
544
00:40:46,470 --> 00:40:48,390
Hey, where did you go earlier?
545
00:40:48,390 --> 00:40:50,660
I went to Dongci Hall to take inventory of the gifts.
546
00:40:50,660 --> 00:40:52,060
But that's . . .
547
00:40:52,060 --> 00:40:55,480
Look at that one. Looks like a goldfish.
548
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,450
So pretty.
549
00:41:00,390 --> 00:41:01,800
Why are you here too?
550
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,930
I told you to continue the inventory taking at Dongci Hall.
551
00:41:03,930 --> 00:41:06,640
Sister Mingyu, but I want to be in the action too.
552
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,380
Hurry and go back.
553
00:41:08,380 --> 00:41:12,150
If something goes amiss, I might skin you.
554
00:41:16,190 --> 00:41:17,560
What?
555
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,340
The sheriffs can set fires but the people can't light a lamp?
556
00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:23,700
No wonder they all like Wei Yingluo and dislike you.
557
00:41:23,700 --> 00:41:28,160
Yingluo, Yingluo. Why do you keep mentioning Yingluo too?
558
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,360
I don't ever want to talk to you again.
559
00:41:34,490 --> 00:41:36,240
So pretty.
560
00:41:38,470 --> 00:41:40,560
Where's Sister Nalan?
561
00:42:00,290 --> 00:42:02,160
So pretty.
562
00:42:04,540 --> 00:42:06,220
Look at that one.
563
00:42:07,470 --> 00:42:09,180
So pretty.
564
00:42:09,180 --> 00:42:10,940
Look over there.
565
00:42:22,810 --> 00:42:26,270
I told you to watch Dongci Hall but you sneak out to see fireworks.
566
00:42:26,270 --> 00:42:28,610
Now, what are we supposed to tell His Majesty?
567
00:42:28,610 --> 00:42:31,650
I didn't know this would happen either.
568
00:42:31,650 --> 00:42:33,130
You . . .
569
00:42:36,310 --> 00:42:37,690
What happened?
570
00:42:37,690 --> 00:42:39,690
Why are you protecting her still?
571
00:42:39,690 --> 00:42:41,620
Look for yourself.
572
00:42:48,510 --> 00:42:51,770
If you hit Zhenzhu, can you get the Buddhist stone back?
573
00:42:51,770 --> 00:42:54,800
Wei Yingluo, don't think you can talk as a bystander.
574
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,800
Empress told you to take inventory of the gifts.
575
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,050
But didn't you snatch that from me?
576
00:43:04,330 --> 00:43:06,550
You were no where to be found.
577
00:43:06,550 --> 00:43:08,660
Now you can blame it on others?
578
00:43:08,660 --> 00:43:10,430
Not a chance!
579
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:21,050
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580
00:43:41,130 --> 00:43:48,560
♫The Forbidden Palace's walls surround them, feeling like a good place to reside.♫
581
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:55,970
♫As the walls sever the setting sun's rays, they lose their past dreams as it grows cold.♫
582
00:43:55,970 --> 00:44:03,350
♫Decaying leaves cover the neglected shuttered window, that remembers the cold winds of twenty harvests.♫
583
00:44:03,350 --> 00:44:09,770
♫ Knowing only how to go with the flow and pass the years.♫
584
00:44:09,770 --> 00:44:12,440
♫Unmarried and hopeful, the heavy, dark gates are locked, ♫
585
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:17,140
♫Cultivated and proud, gem-like beauties, and yet somehow♫
586
00:44:17,140 --> 00:44:20,000
♫Flowers who stay may endure breakage, causing them ask to change their karma♫
587
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:25,460
♫Can not an empty branch give them a carefree place to rest upon?♫
588
00:44:25,460 --> 00:44:32,870
♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫
589
00:44:32,870 --> 00:44:40,120
♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫
590
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:47,600
♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫
591
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:54,890
♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫
592
00:44:54,890 --> 00:45:02,450
♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫
593
00:45:02,450 --> 00:45:09,620
♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫
594
00:45:09,620 --> 00:45:17,160
♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫
595
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:23,630
♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫
596
00:45:24,590 --> 00:45:34,890
♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫ff