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♫ Not meeting each other, not meeting each other
That one person, that one glance ♫
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♫ Not resenting the years we wasted ♫
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♫ In a certain year, that one gaze,
who is nostalgic, who is silent? ♫
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♫ Brushing past each other's shoulders, do not argue about our fate ♫
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♫ If not for that one look, the fleeting sense of yearning ♫
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♫ I would be unaware I had loved that person for a lifetime ♫
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♫ Until now, even if the city is abound with rumours, do not explain ♫
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♫ Using up the world's medicine, it is still hard to cure the affections of the mortal world ♫
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♫ The heavy rain is coming and the ground is damp
The memories are fading in front of my eyes ♫
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♫ Many years later, all the stories turn out to have similar endings♫
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♫ Don't say you love someone, don't say but
Please do not overdo the tears ♫
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♫ Gains and losses will always come around in a cycle ♫
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♫ Gains and losses will always come around in a cycle ♫
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The Imperial Doctress
Episode 43
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All the traditional herbal therapies and prescriptions are only intended for usage in this drama. Please do not test or imitate.
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Please take care, your Majesty. Do not misunderstand.
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How is it possible that I don't misunderstand after seeing them behave like that?
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Your Majesty, Official Hang and retired Empress Qian are like sisters.
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Besides, she managed to escape from the Oirats after suffering a lot with retired Emperor together.
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They just behaved that way after remembering the past.
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Though it's not suitable, it's still reasonable and understandable.
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Think about it. Official Hang even sacrificed her life for you.
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She walked thousands miles alone.
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How tough it must have been for her to finally arrive at the Capital!
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Your Majesty, what Eunuch Ma said is right.
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But you still have to be careful,your Majesty.
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Though Official Hang is still pure and noble,
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the retired Emperor still seems to hold bitter feelings towards you.
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What if he has some bad thoughts about Official Hang..
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What bitterness?
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There's someone in Southern Palace from Eastern Depot.
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The retired Emperor has been talking bad things about you with some officials these days.
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Sometimes he said you used some insidious scheme to force him retire.
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Sometimes he said he didn't fight for the position because he didn't care.
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Moreover, he said the people would say that you abandoned your brotherhood.
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Even those officials echoed his words that...
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What did they say?
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Ye Xian was hit by the lightning which is the wrath of heaven.
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Now you break your promise,
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they are afraid that you cannot escape from the punishment of God.
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Moreover, some officials even persuaded the retired Emperor
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to gather the army of Prince Qin and seize the throne.
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Official Cao, how could you tell his Majesty such nonsense?
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Are those words nonsense?
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I think his Majesty will know.
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So how did the retired Emperor answer?
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He didn't agree.
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He wouldn't dare to either.
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- Cao Jixiang.
- Present.
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Give me a list of the officials that have made
an audience with the retired Emperor.
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Whoever wishes to meet with the retired Emperor
needs to be approved by me in the future.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Xiao Ma'zi. Arrange for Yunxian to enter the palace tomorrow.
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Grant Liu Ping'an the title of Supervisor of the Imperial Bureau of Medicine, to be effective immediately.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Also, keep all the supplies to the Southern Palace
as they were before.
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There's no need to add extra maids and eunuchs.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Didn't he turn his nose up at this throne?
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I want to see, without eunuchs and maids,
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how will he act as a retired Emperor?
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I am very worried, hence I ask that Official Hang returns to the Inner Palace immediately.
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She will be given the residence Wan'an Palace.
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Leave now?
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Yes.
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Please leave immediately.
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This is an imperial edict. You cannot put it off.
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All right.
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Take care.
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Take care.
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Ruxiang, you must take good care of Qian jiejie.
T/N: "-jiejie" is an endearing term used to address older females
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I will return to visit you.
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The Emperor received her into the palace
in the imperial carriage?
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Your Highness, calm down.
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I will calm down.
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I must calm down.
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The Emperor is accepting her into the palace to show her favor.
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If I were to throw a tantrum,
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wouldn't I be giving the Emperor
something to be unhappy about?
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- Lancao.
- Present.
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Find a few ornaments and send them to Wanan Palace for me.
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Just say that I'm sick.
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I will see her in a few days.
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Yes.
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When the Emperor's enthusiasm is exhausted,
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that's when I'll deal with her.
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Yunxian,
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do you know why I received you into the palace so suddenly?
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I don't know.
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Yunxian, look who's here.
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Grandma!
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Yunxian, have you been well?
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Why have you become so thin?
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His Majesty knew Official Hang must miss her family,
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and especially brought Old Madam to the palace in a royal sedan.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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My Lady.
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- Dingxiang.
- Greetings, My Lady.
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Aren't you...?
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She used to serve Consort Quanli,
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and was the one punished because of the Feiyun pill.
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Since Consort Quanli has left the palace
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and the Emperor knew that she received your care,
he specially assigned her and I to serve you.
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Are you glad?
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Qiyu, thank you.
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Yunxian.
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I will go right away.
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Madam,
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Spend some time with Yunxian. Go back after dinner.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Yunxian, I have urgent matters. I'll leave first.
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Yunxian, you scared me to death.
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You actually hid from me that
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you coerced the prince into the palace. What guts you have.
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I was thinking for the Emperor.
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Didn't you also say that you didn't want
to restore the retired Emperor?
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You even have an excuse?
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Mother!
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What do you mean by this?
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Your Majesty!
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You're becoming gutsier.
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I forbade you from killing the retired Emperor,
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so you took the nephew to coerce him.
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Think about it.
What Emperor of any dynasty has done something like this?
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Aren't you afraid of what the historians will record
or the censure of the people?
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It was clearly Brother who withdrew from the position himself.
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I completely didn't know.
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Stop denying.
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Duke Wang is only an external minister.
Without your support,
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would he dare to do such a thing?
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Your Majesty, your actions are this despicable.
You're no match for your brother.
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So what?
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I am the Emperor now! Don't forget.
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It was you who imposed the Empress on me from the start.
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It was you that told me Duke Wang was loyal and trustworthy, and could enter the State Council as Prime Minister.
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It was you who wanted to be rid of Zhu Qizhen from the start.
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It was you who forced me to succeed the throne from the start!
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Now you're pretending to be a loving mother with me.
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My mother did do wrong,
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but it was all for my sake. But you?
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You repeatedly said that nothing will change when the
retired Emperor returns, but what are you doing now?
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Don't think that relying on Wang Ying's family means
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that you can disobey my discipline!
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The Emperor is wished a long life of ten thousand years.
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The Empress Dowager is a thousand years.
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Why must I be disciplined by you?
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Fine.
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I can't control you,
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but I can control the Inner Palace.
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Consort Wu, kneel!
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Mother, get up!
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She dares!
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Recite the edict that the former Empress Dowager gave you!
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Palace lady Wu is of lowly birth,
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and though she has caught the eye of the Emperor, she is the descendant of a traitorous official.
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Hence, she is not allowed to live within the Palace.
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She is hereby granted a separate residence outside the Palace
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so the social status quo will not be ignored.
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Enough!
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Mother, let's go!
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Remember it!
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Don't let me hear of the horrible things you've done again!
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I was able to make you the Emperor.
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I can also reduce you to a pariah!
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I thank you for your guidance.
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I wish to take my mother back to her palace.
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Your Highness!
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Sit quickly.
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Your body is so frail, why become so angry?
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Duke Wang is relying on his position of Imperial father-in-law,
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and hasn't come to pay his respects for a long time.
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In order to stay on the throne, the Emperor has been
walking more and more on the fallen path.
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If my person can no longer put fear into him,
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I really don't know what other irreparable things he will do.
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Grandma,
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I came so close to not being able to see you.
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Your father misses you too.
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He was injured by the Oirats and couldn't walk.
It took him days to walk here.
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You don't know. When he's at home,
he often sighs and sheds tears.
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He chides himself for being useless enough
to have fallen into the hands of the enemy
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and almost implicated you.
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It was clearly I who implicated Father.
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If the Wang Family hadn't wanted to eliminate me...
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No, Yunxian.
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Grandma.
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Are you all right now?
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I'm fine. I'm fine.
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I'm already this old and she made me kneel!
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What's the point of being an Empress Dowager?
I might as well die!
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Enough, Mother! Stop making a fuss!
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How am I making a fuss?
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I'm an Empress Dowager too! Why should I?
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You may all leave.
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Mother,
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If you hadn't taken the prince into the palace at first,
you wouldn't have provoked her.
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If I hadn't done that, would you be the Emperor now?
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Yu'er, whatever brotherly affections are fake.
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Only when you're sitting on the throne and
your mother is officially the Empress Dowager
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are we fit to be buried next to the previous Emperor.
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Unlike Zhu Qizhen's mother who was buried all alone
in the concubine mausoleum.
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I already suffered for over twenty years.
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I don't wish to suffer any longer. I really don't want to.
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Mother,
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don't bother about outside matters.
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I will not let you endure suffering again.
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We won't hold the morning court tomorrow.
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Summon Yu Dongyang into the palace.
I have urgent matters to discuss with him.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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Empress?
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Why are you here?
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I'm here to ask your forgiveness.
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What sin have you committed?
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I heard that Duke Wang coerced the Crown Prince into the Inner Palace with the Empress Dowager.
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I am very ashamed, and have come to apologise and ask for punishment.
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As a daughter-in-law, I have been unfilial to mother,
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and made her endure humiliation. This is my first crime.
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As the Empress, I couldn't restrain my family,
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and caused him to commit treason. This is my second crime.
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I have no son, and no children under me,
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causing the Emperor to lack heirs.
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I have no way to face you.
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Your Majesty, please depose me to further enforce the rules of the Inner Palace.
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Get up, Empress.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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You two may leave.
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Sit.
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This matter...
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you really didn't know?
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I can swear upon my life
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a husband's words are everything to the wife, and that officials must pay the price for their ruler's humiliation.
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Your Majesty suffered so much under the Empress Dowager today.
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I...I...I'm even contemplating killing the Empress Dowager.
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I saw the gifts you sent to Wan'an Palace.
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You did well.
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That is my duty.
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Sister Hang just entered the palace.
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I should have gone to see her,
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but...I was afraid Sister Hang would misunderstand,
so I said I was sick.
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I ask for your understanding.
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You are the Empress. She's a Minister.
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She should be paying respects to you,
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but her health has not been good lately.
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I am worried that she'll transmit her illness to you.
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So we'll talk about paying respects later.
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Yes.
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Keep your father in check.
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I know he is loyal. However, I am the Emperor.
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Tell him to stop doing things that exceed his authority.
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Yes. I apologise on behalf of my father.
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However, the Crown Prince's matter
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might be spread outside the Palace.
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Rather than hear the complaints of the ministers then, why not strike first to gain the initiative?
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How would I do that?
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The Empress Dowager has humiliated your birth mother. She should be punished accordingly.
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If the Emperor is willing, I will tell people to spread the news that
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the Empress Dowager is guilty of two crimes.
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The first is an assassination plot on the retired Emperor,
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and the second is using the Crown Prince's life to coerce the retired Emperor to fully abdicate.
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Empress, you are willing to do something like this?
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She is your biological aunt.
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Your Majesty, speaking frankly,
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even if you aren't the Emperor, you are still my husband.
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You are my sky, my earth.
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So no matter who opposes you, I surely won't let him off!
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All right.
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I know the pain you have for me.
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Tonight...
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Tonight, I still have to see Mother.
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When I'm free in two days, I'll go see you.
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Yes.
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Then...I take my leave.
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Greetings, Minister Hang.
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Senior, there is no need for such courtesy.
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I dare not take the title of Senior.
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Please let me feel your pulse.
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Your Highness' chi is weakened, with diminished levels of yin and toxic heat in the lungs, leading to a decrease in important nutrition.
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Though the pulse is thin, thankfully it is still strong.
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However, it is not serious.
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As long as you simmer soup with donkey hide gelatin,
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eaglewood, ginseng and the root bark of white mulberry,
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and drink the gelatin eaglewood soup every three days, you will recover.
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The Emperor has arrived!
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Welcome, Your Majesty.
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Rise quickly.
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Remember, in my presence, you never need to bow.
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Sit quickly.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Cheng Cunxia, you may rise.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Let me ask you. How is Yunxian's health now?
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Your Majesty. Her illness is severe,
but after recuperating for a while, she will surely recover.
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Good.
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I've been looking forward to your recovery sooner.
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Fine. You may all leave.
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Yes.
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Are you used to staying in the palace?
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Has your grandmother left?
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It's not like I haven't lived in the palace.
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Grandma has already left.
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In the future, can I let my grandmother
into the palace more often?
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Of course, you can.
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Yunxian,
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do you know how glad I am?
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I even dreamed in the past of a time
when we can be together like this.
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Now that dream has come true.
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Yunxian,
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promise me. Take good care of your health.
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Keep yourself healthy and beautiful.
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I will hold the most magnificent ceremony
to welcome you into the palace.
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Then I can openly dote on you and openly love you.
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We have to bear a group of little princes.
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What do you say we should name our first prince?
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Yunxian.
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What are you thinking of?
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I was thinking...Why is it that Qian jiejie
T/N: "-jiejie" is an endearing term used to address older females
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has been unhappy these days?
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I was talking about the two of us.
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Why did you bring up someone else?
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How is Qian jiejie "someone else"?
T/N: "-jiejie" is an endearing term used to address older females
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If not for her, I wouldn't be here now.
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Qiyu, the day that the retired Emperor returned to the palace,
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did something happen between the two of you?
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Yunxian, you are someone who is to become my consort.
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Isn't it unsuitable for you to keep thinking
of the retired Emperor's family?
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These are two different matters. Also,
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I haven't decided if I'll marry you.
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Why?
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I know.
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Is it because the Empress' maidservant once hurt you,
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so you feel unhappy when you think of her?
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What do you think?
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Yunxian,
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the Empress didn't do those things.
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Can't you just forget it?
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I am the Emperor now.
I obviously hope that all is peaceful in the Inner Palace.
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I also wish to appoint you as the Empress,
but with the current situation, how can I do that?
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Empress Wang and I are just a married couple by name.
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She only has the noble title. Why must you be so...
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Just by name?
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Then why did you make a huge celebration a few months ago
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because she was expecting?
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Was it Ding Xiang who told you again?
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No.
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Is there anyone in the land who doesn't know?
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Carry the order!
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Court lady Ding Xiang is ordered to the changing rooms!
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Why are you punishing Ding Xiang?
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I'm the Emperor. Why can't I?
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If you punish Dingxiang, I will leave the palace immediately.
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Do you think you can leave?
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00:26:14,930 --> 00:26:19,460
Then I won't eat my medicine. Will that do?
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I see. You're just propped up by the fact that I like you.
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Order court lady Ding Xiang to the South Palace, and prevent entry to the main palace!
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Your Majesty.
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I will be leaving for Kunming Palace.
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Yes, Your Majesty.
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The Emperor has arrived!
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The Emperor?
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Your Majesty.
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Usually the Empress is dressed in a stately fashion. I do not see you in this casual dress often.
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Forgive me, Your Majesty.
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- Leave.
- Yes, Sir.
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00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,300
You're awake, Your Highness?
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00:28:35,060 --> 00:28:36,520
Where's His Majesty?
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00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:38,720
Minister Yu requested to see him, so His Majesty left already.
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00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,740
He told me not to disturb you.
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00:28:41,740 --> 00:28:43,670
Congratulations, Your Highness.
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00:28:44,540 --> 00:28:47,220
What's there to congratulate?
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00:28:47,220 --> 00:28:50,700
If the Buddha was able to send a prince last night
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that would be something to congratulate.
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00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,220
With the favor the Emperor has for you,
that will happen sooner or later.
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00:28:56,220 --> 00:28:58,920
I'm not like those concubines.
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Do you expect me to fight for the Emperor's grace?
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Ever since His Majesty saved me in Nanzhou,
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my heart
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has only been with His Majesty.
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00:29:12,590 --> 00:29:17,980
Those concubines just know how to dress in racy attire to appeal to His Majesty.
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00:29:17,980 --> 00:29:22,920
But he's not a perverted person, how could he like them?
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Only I can help the Emperor.
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00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:32,750
And only I can adorn the phoenix on my head.
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But of course.
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00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,950
Your Highness, don't worry.
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00:29:35,950 --> 00:29:40,580
As for the one in Wan'an Palace, the Emperor didn't agree to her pleas on the first night.
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He even punished Dingxiang.
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00:29:42,570 --> 00:29:47,390
The way I see it, His Majesty will eventually get tired of her.
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00:29:47,390 --> 00:29:49,840
Your Highness, try this.
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00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,820
These are the fresh tomatoes granted to you by his Majesty.
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00:29:55,910 --> 00:29:59,920
Is this...as effective as the Emperor says?
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00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,670
This is a treasure of the south.
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00:30:01,670 --> 00:30:04,570
The concubines in Annam rely on it to help them fall pregnant.
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00:30:04,570 --> 00:30:09,990
His Majesty presented them so that Your Highness could quickly conceive a Crown Prince.
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00:30:15,820 --> 00:30:22,230
Help me dress. In a while, I still need to greet the one in Renshou Palace.
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00:30:35,270 --> 00:30:40,330
How do you have time to come visit me, Empress?
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00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,820
My father committed such treasonous acts.
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00:30:45,820 --> 00:30:49,310
What face do I have to visit Renshou Palace?
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00:30:49,310 --> 00:30:53,520
Since the Emperor accepted Miss Hang into the palace,
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I really don't know what to do.
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00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,260
I can only complain to Aunt.
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00:30:59,260 --> 00:31:01,950
Miss Hang has entered the palace?
401
00:31:03,270 --> 00:31:06,050
She returned with the retired Emperor.
402
00:31:06,050 --> 00:31:13,230
The Emperor wants to grant her the title of Noble Consort, and escorted her into the Palace with a royal sedan.
403
00:31:13,230 --> 00:31:17,440
The Emperor is becoming unreasonable.
404
00:31:18,170 --> 00:31:25,880
Aunt, you can't blame the Emperor.
You can only blame Miss Hang for being so bewitching.
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00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,830
She has put on airs in front of me already.
406
00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:33,400
In the future, how will I pass my days?
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00:31:36,890 --> 00:31:39,300
Come. Come here.
408
00:31:48,150 --> 00:31:54,150
As a woman of the palace, you must endure certain sufferings.
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00:31:54,150 --> 00:31:57,240
Which Emperor doesn't have numerous women in the Inner Palace?
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00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:03,260
Even I had to endure it as the deceased Emperor graced all the ladies with favours.
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00:32:03,260 --> 00:32:06,890
You did punish her once.
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00:32:06,890 --> 00:32:12,820
This time, let her feel special for now. You'll also be seen as a magnanimous Empress.
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00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:18,550
But...I can bear anyone else.
414
00:32:18,550 --> 00:32:21,770
Only Miss Hang...she's different.
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00:32:21,770 --> 00:32:24,120
What's different?
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00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,430
You are the Empress. She's a consort.
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00:32:27,430 --> 00:32:32,150
In your presence, she'll always have to lower her head.
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00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:36,740
Remember. You mustn't do anything foolish.
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00:32:36,740 --> 00:32:42,700
As long as I'm here, you'll forever be the Empress.
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00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:45,880
But...what I want
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00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,540
is not just the title of Empress.
422
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:55,580
I want the Emperor's heart to stay forever mine.
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00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:05,310
Then you should do your best to bear a prince.
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00:33:05,310 --> 00:33:10,190
For men, having heirs are the most important matter.
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00:33:10,190 --> 00:33:12,400
You must remember.
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00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,360
Don't cause trouble for Miss Hang.
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00:33:16,290 --> 00:33:20,810
It wasn't easy for her to return alive.
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00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,340
Yes.
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00:33:29,470 --> 00:33:32,500
Aunt, don't be mad at the Emperor.
430
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:37,860
His Majesty was lost for a moment,
but he will know that you mean him well.
431
00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:44,870
I don't care about the Emperor's matters.
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00:33:44,870 --> 00:33:47,040
I'm old.
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00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:53,360
If you have the time in the future,
come to Renshou Palace more often and accompany me.
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00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:58,470
As long as Aunt isn't angry with me, I will definitely come every day!
435
00:33:58,470 --> 00:34:02,950
Your Highness, the lotus seed soup you wanted is ready.
436
00:34:02,950 --> 00:34:05,160
- Bring it here.
- Yes.
437
00:34:07,870 --> 00:34:11,070
Aunt. This is freshly picked lotus seed.
438
00:34:11,070 --> 00:34:13,810
I made it specially for you.
439
00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:17,360
It has a pleasant fragrance.
440
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,110
Let me serve Her Highness.
441
00:34:28,750 --> 00:34:31,050
Come, Aunt.
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00:34:37,750 --> 00:34:39,650
It's not bad.
443
00:34:39,650 --> 00:34:44,050
It's good that you like it.
I'll make it for you more often in the future.
444
00:34:45,050 --> 00:34:46,050
Good.
445
00:34:58,850 --> 00:35:03,150
I plead Your Majesty to investigate
the assassination plot thoroughly.
446
00:35:04,150 --> 00:35:05,750
This is the badge that Guard Zhouqiang
447
00:35:05,850 --> 00:35:09,550
risked his life to pull off from the assassin.
448
00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:12,760
Left Defense of the Imperial Guard?
449
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,340
Is this true?
450
00:35:17,150 --> 00:35:20,750
I'll have the Eastern Depot investigate this right away.
451
00:35:20,780 --> 00:35:25,920
Your Majesty. This is related to your honour.
452
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:31,220
I plead Your Majesty to investigate this matter carefully.
453
00:35:31,220 --> 00:35:36,510
I will keep your words in mind.
454
00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:41,250
It's just that the criminal can be found, but a punishment is hard to mete out.
455
00:35:42,150 --> 00:35:44,850
So you must give me a little more time.
456
00:35:44,850 --> 00:35:48,750
Your Majesty, the retired Emperor has returned to the Capital,
457
00:35:48,790 --> 00:35:52,470
yet His Highness the Crown Prince was suddenly brought into the Inner Palace.
458
00:35:52,510 --> 00:35:55,900
There are many rumors circulating in Beijing.
459
00:35:55,940 --> 00:35:59,080
Now, with the assassin plot...
460
00:35:59,150 --> 00:36:03,750
this issue must be investigated thoroughly and quickly.
461
00:36:03,750 --> 00:36:08,550
The longer you drag it, the difficult it will be to resolve rumors.
462
00:36:08,550 --> 00:36:11,050
It's not that I don't know.
463
00:36:11,130 --> 00:36:14,430
It's just that you cannot expect a son to spill his mother's treasonous actions.
464
00:36:14,430 --> 00:36:18,720
Forget it. The honesty between ruler and official is more important than the relationship between mother and son.
465
00:36:18,750 --> 00:36:20,850
Even if I will be blamed for this,
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00:36:20,850 --> 00:36:24,350
I must bring justice to imperial brother.
467
00:36:36,380 --> 00:36:39,830
my Lady, you should eat some breakfast.
468
00:36:40,890 --> 00:36:42,550
I'm not hungry.
469
00:36:42,550 --> 00:36:45,290
The Emperor may have gone to Kunming Palace last night,
470
00:36:45,330 --> 00:36:47,790
but he still favors you.
471
00:36:47,830 --> 00:36:51,470
Look, today's breakfast includes imperial Zipao tea.
472
00:36:51,470 --> 00:36:54,160
There is only one in the palace, and it's with the Emperor.
473
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,220
Not even the Empress Dowager could taste it often.
474
00:36:57,220 --> 00:37:01,540
Do you think I'm sad because I might lose favour?
475
00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:06,390
Accompany me to Changshou Palace.
476
00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:09,050
You can't, My Lady. His Majesty has instructed
477
00:37:09,090 --> 00:37:12,130
that you must stay in the palace to recuperate.
478
00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:14,050
Although my illness entails recuperation
479
00:37:14,050 --> 00:37:18,290
I still need to be active and be exposed to the sun.
480
00:37:38,650 --> 00:37:40,350
I only left for a year,
481
00:37:40,350 --> 00:37:42,650
why is there no one here in the Imperial Pharmacy?
482
00:37:42,650 --> 00:37:45,550
How did it become like this?
483
00:37:45,550 --> 00:37:47,350
Since the Empress was enthroned,
484
00:37:47,450 --> 00:37:51,450
she said there were too many people without fixed duties,
so she released many maids and eunuchs.
485
00:37:51,460 --> 00:37:54,120
The Imperial Pharmacy was dissolved.
486
00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:56,850
Currently, there are only a few eunuchs remaining.
487
00:37:56,850 --> 00:38:01,250
The remaining maids in the pharmacy have been sent to take care of the Imperial Garden.
488
00:38:03,090 --> 00:38:06,100
As long as I'm still in charge of the Imperial Pharmacy,
489
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:09,250
I cannot just leave it be.
490
00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:13,050
Lvxiang. Go find the remaining maids for me.
491
00:38:13,050 --> 00:38:15,950
- I wish to see them.
- All right.
492
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,800
Minister! Minister Hang! You're back.
493
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,160
I already heard.
494
00:38:25,250 --> 00:38:26,550
I couldn't believe it was actually you.
495
00:38:26,580 --> 00:38:29,120
This is great. Ah Yun, Ah Chan, you two are still here.
496
00:38:29,150 --> 00:38:33,850
I wanted to ask you if you're be willing to revitalize the Imperial Pharmacy.
497
00:38:33,850 --> 00:38:35,950
Of course, we're willing!
498
00:38:35,950 --> 00:38:38,150
I still haven't forgotten the medical text
the Imperial Physician taught.
499
00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:39,150
That's great!
500
00:38:39,210 --> 00:38:41,710
Then tomorrow, I'll ask the Emperor
501
00:38:41,710 --> 00:38:43,390
to reopen the Imperial Pharmacy.
502
00:38:43,390 --> 00:38:45,770
Ask me to do what?
503
00:38:45,770 --> 00:38:48,300
Greetings, Your Majesty.
504
00:38:50,770 --> 00:38:53,820
It's the third month, so it's still quite cold.
505
00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:56,280
Why don't you wear more?
506
00:39:02,730 --> 00:39:06,350
My temper was poor yesterday.
507
00:39:06,350 --> 00:39:08,630
Don't take it too personally.
508
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,730
I know Dingxiang has always disliked me,
509
00:39:13,730 --> 00:39:15,940
so leaving her in the palace
510
00:39:15,940 --> 00:39:19,490
did make me unhappy.
511
00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:22,110
But since she is your closest companion,
512
00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:26,350
what is the harm in assisting the former Emperor in the South Palace?
513
00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:29,120
Don't worry.
514
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,580
I have granted her the position of female historian.
515
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,570
Being a female official in the South Palace
516
00:39:33,570 --> 00:39:37,170
is still more desirable than being a court lady, isn't it?
517
00:39:40,540 --> 00:39:43,800
All right. Don't be mad.
518
00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:53,090
Forgive me this one time.
519
00:39:56,110 --> 00:39:57,900
All right.
520
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,080
You came at a good time.
521
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,970
I wish to ask Your Majesty to reopen the Imperial Pharmacy
522
00:40:05,010 --> 00:40:08,060
and recall all the scattered palace maids.
523
00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:11,250
What are you busying yourself with this for?
524
00:40:11,250 --> 00:40:14,450
We'll talk about it after you've recuperated, all right?
525
00:40:14,450 --> 00:40:16,550
Promise me now.
526
00:40:17,550 --> 00:40:20,040
You know that I'm a workaholic.
527
00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:22,950
Now suddenly having me recover in the palace
528
00:40:22,950 --> 00:40:27,350
and not having anything to do will definitely make me more ill.
529
00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:32,360
Qiyu, promise me.
530
00:40:34,780 --> 00:40:37,620
All right. I promise you.
531
00:40:37,620 --> 00:40:40,160
Do what you wish.
532
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,320
Thank you, Your Majesty.
533
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,950
There are definitely not enough people in the Imperial Pharmacy.
534
00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:47,540
Could I appoint court ladies and not eunuchs
535
00:40:47,550 --> 00:40:50,950
and choose from the court ladies educated in medicine?
536
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:52,640
It's all up to you.
537
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,340
Whoever you want, whatever you need,
538
00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:58,640
just instruct the Chief Eunuch.
539
00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,360
There's just one thing.
540
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,490
You mustn't tire yourself out.
541
00:41:05,490 --> 00:41:09,560
Taking care of your health is the most important thing right now.
542
00:41:10,850 --> 00:41:12,050
Yes.
543
00:41:14,550 --> 00:41:16,550
Reopen the Imperial Pharmacy?
544
00:41:16,550 --> 00:41:19,550
Even selecting people on a grand scale in the palace?
545
00:41:19,550 --> 00:41:22,350
The Emperor still really favors her.
546
00:41:22,350 --> 00:41:25,950
She originally entered the palace as an Imperial Pharmacist.
547
00:41:27,050 --> 00:41:31,350
If I don't control her, she'll become triumphant.
548
00:41:32,330 --> 00:41:36,310
It looks like I must find someone to remind her.
549
00:41:36,310 --> 00:41:38,310
Otherwise, everyone in and out of the palace
550
00:41:38,350 --> 00:41:41,210
will take me for a puppet.
551
00:41:42,330 --> 00:41:45,370
Quickly find my father to send someone to investigate.
552
00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:48,150
Let's see what good things she did
553
00:41:48,150 --> 00:41:50,620
while she was with the Oirats.
554
00:41:50,660 --> 00:41:52,060
Yes.
555
00:41:56,750 --> 00:41:58,550
Look. Take those medicine
556
00:41:58,550 --> 00:42:00,750
Grind the medicine into powder.
557
00:42:00,750 --> 00:42:04,350
When you're finished, just place the medicine in the cloth with your name on it.
558
00:42:04,350 --> 00:42:07,150
Let's start with the first row.
559
00:42:07,150 --> 00:42:08,850
Go.
560
00:42:15,050 --> 00:42:23,950
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561
00:43:28,250 --> 00:43:29,760
Yu Xiang,
562
00:43:29,850 --> 00:43:33,450
inform everyone of the results.
563
00:43:36,150 --> 00:43:37,350
The results are out.
564
00:43:37,350 --> 00:43:39,750
Cai Xia, Hui Xing, Cai Yun,
565
00:43:39,780 --> 00:43:41,350
Ming Zhu, Zhi Ling,
566
00:43:41,350 --> 00:43:44,450
follow the Minister inside.
567
00:43:44,450 --> 00:43:45,950
Yes.
568
00:43:45,950 --> 00:43:50,550
As for the remaining people, just go to the entrance of the court to receive your money, and you can return.
569
00:43:50,580 --> 00:43:52,990
We... weren't selected?
570
00:43:53,050 --> 00:43:56,750
Yes. Grinding the medicine was the criteria.
571
00:43:56,750 --> 00:44:00,350
Having you all grind medicine was a test to see your patience
572
00:44:00,350 --> 00:44:02,550
and how thoroughly you work.
573
00:44:02,550 --> 00:44:05,150
Look. The few who were chosen
574
00:44:05,150 --> 00:44:07,150
If it wasn't the finest powdered medicine,
575
00:44:07,150 --> 00:44:09,350
then it was the least wasteful.
576
00:44:09,350 --> 00:44:11,950
So you must study more.
577
00:44:11,950 --> 00:44:16,350
The court ladies selected this time usually came from households that sold medicine.
578
00:44:16,350 --> 00:44:20,950
There were also a few who know how to read, or worked in the Imperial Hospital before.
579
00:44:20,990 --> 00:44:22,360
Good.
580
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,430
Get Ah Yun and the more experienced ones to mentor them first.
581
00:44:25,450 --> 00:44:27,550
Teach them all the herbs first.
582
00:44:27,550 --> 00:44:28,750
Yes.
583
00:44:28,750 --> 00:44:32,750
Minister, why did you test the maids on so many things this time?
584
00:44:32,750 --> 00:44:36,350
From what I heard from Dingxiang jie,
we didn't have these rules in the past.
T/N: "-jie" is an endearing term used to address older females
585
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:39,150
Because I don't only wish for them to become palace maids,
586
00:44:39,150 --> 00:44:43,880
I also have other hopes for them.
587
00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:10,350
♫ Used to think the winter had always been this cold, ♫
588
00:45:10,370 --> 00:45:17,750
♫ unrelated to my stubborn obsession ♫
589
00:45:17,750 --> 00:45:24,570
♫ If the heavy snow froze everything ♫
590
00:45:24,610 --> 00:45:32,920
♫ I will wait at the beginning, waiting for you to appear. ♫
591
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:36,580
♫ Perhaps our vows will change, ♫
592
00:45:36,620 --> 00:45:39,970
♫ as will the times. ♫
593
00:45:40,010 --> 00:45:44,000
♫ Constant, yet ever changing ♫
594
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,940
♫ even if the world changes ♫
595
00:45:47,940 --> 00:45:51,720
♫ Even if my complexion ages with time ♫
596
00:45:51,720 --> 00:45:55,390
♫ I am still the young one in white ♫
597
00:45:55,430 --> 00:46:05,200
♫ until the day I return to meet you ♫
598
00:46:07,150 --> 00:46:13,950
♫ When that day arrives, we will return to familiar places ♫
599
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:22,200
♫ Appreciating the colourful world, and watching the light dance across your face ♫
600
00:46:22,250 --> 00:46:28,150
♫ When that day arrives, we will return to the first snowfall ♫
601
00:46:28,150 --> 00:46:36,750
♫ Forgetting our obsessions and the past we have lost ♫
602
00:46:36,750 --> 00:46:44,050
♫ Even if my complexion ages with time I am still the young one in white ♫
603
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:54,890
♫ until the day I return to meet you ♫