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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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Yanxi Palace Episode 52

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Why would I harm 5th Prince?

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That year, it was me who rescued this child.

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Because I am in good relations with Noble Consort Chun.

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So you deem with certainty that I betrayed Late Empress.

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You create all kinds of difficulties for me but I endured it all.

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I thought on Yongqi's account,

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we could get along in harmony.

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But I didn't imagine you'd develop such wicked heart.

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How old is Yongqi?

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He's utterly sincere with you and completely unguarded.

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But you actually put such a poisonous hand . . .

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Are you even human? Have you any humanity?

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Where did such medicine come from, into Yanxi Palace?

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Great question, Your Majesty.

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The entire Forbidden City.

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Other than Imperial Physician's Court, it's probably only Yanxi Palace that has it.

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Your Majesty, I hear Consort Ling was injured in the right hand upon falling off the horse.

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Senior Physician Ye prescribed a wolf's bane ointment.

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To treat pain of bone dislocation and bleeding from fracture.

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This ointment uses wolf's bane.

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So Yanxi Palace would have it naturally.

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Your Majesty. Consort Ling was granted royal grace but she does not repay it.

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Instead she is jealous of Consort Yu and tried to kill 5th Prince.

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A woman with such petty heart and venomous hand.

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She truly makes one's hair stand up in anger.

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I know that Your Majesty can't bear to punish Consort Ling.

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But if everyone follows suit, then Forbidden City would be such chaos.

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And just how chaotic would the imperial harem become?

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I dare to beg Your Majesty to punish severely.

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To serve as a stern warning to all.

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So everyone knows that killing a royal heir is unforgivable.

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Yanxi Palace has wolf bane's ointment.

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Consort Ling is indeed unable to be spared of implication.

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However, we can't just be certain

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that she is the one who tried to kill 5th Prince.

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Your Majesty is right.

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Consort Ling has no children.

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To kill 5th Prince with poison, other than venting of anger, what would she stand to gain?

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Empress, 5th Prince and I,

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we have been cared after by Noble Consort Chun generously.

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Hence Consort Ling has insulted me many times.

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Saying I am a social climber who knows no shame.

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Even that Mingyu by Consort Ling's side.

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She even gives me attitude before the crowd.

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5th Prince is young in age and couldn't stand his mother being harassed so he spoke back a few words.

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I didn't imagine it would court such deep grudge from Yanxi Palace.

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To result in a disaster of murder upon 5th Prince.

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Empress, you are merciful so you wouldn't know that such women exist in the world.

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Your Majesty, if this incident is publicized, it will rile many talks.

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It would be better to detain the Yanxi Palace personnel and interrogate each one slowly.

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Just the eunuchs and palace maids are detained?

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Consort Ling . . . how should she be handled?

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Consort Ling is a 4th ranked imperial concubine so she is to reside in Yanxi Palace for the time being.

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After the interrogations results come, we can make arrangements then.

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Empress, you are delaying time for Consort Ling?

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Now we have evidence and witness,

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what is there to interrogate or ask?

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Then by your account, we don't ask about it and just go straight to punishment?

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Your Majesty. I know,

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you pamper Consort Ling.

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But 5th Prince, he's your own son.

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Can you bear to see him suffer such pain? Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty!

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Yongqi, your mother is useless.

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Your mother can't protect you.

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And I can't set justice to your grievance. I should die . . .

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Truth is not revealed yet but you're so anxious?

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Your Majesty, I have always been useless.

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I can only use this method, to appeal for justice for Yongqi.

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If you insist on not punishing Consort Ling,

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I can only use my death to show my conviction.

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Your Majesty. You saw this yourself now.

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I told you before,

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that even if I don't cause trouble,

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as long as Your Majesty's favor exists by me, others won't leave me be.

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- Hurry. - Slower.

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- What is it? - Faster now.

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Consort Ling, you delude yourself thinking you can use your words to strip yourself from your crime.

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Look! 5th Prince remains unconscious.

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Consort Yu almost committed suicide. Haven't you sinned enough?

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In the end, having Yanxi Palace searched, your prestige will obliterate completely anyway.

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I urge you, instead of quibbling, you should acknowledge your wrong sooner.

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Consort Ling.

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I want to know. Did you do it?

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Of course not.

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Your Majesty, my witness will soon arrive.

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What witness can you have?

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You're just delaying time.

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We're already here so there's no urgency not to wait.

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Royal Physician Ye is here.

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I greet Your Majesty. Empress.

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- Get on up. - Thank you, Your Majesty.

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So Royal Physician Ye is your witness?

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Royal Physician Ye, it was you who prescribed wolf bane's ointment to Consort Ling?

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It is.

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Wolf's bane and fritillary bulb clash with each other.

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Yes.

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Consort Ling, what exactly did you want Royal Physician Ye to tell me?

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Royal Physician Ye, I don't know medicine.

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But if someone eats something wrongly, what's the first thing that should happen?

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Eating something wrong?

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Yes. A slight dosage of poison.

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Or eating food that clash each other.

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That's easy. Vomit.

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Dare I ask Royal Physician Liu, did you get 5th Prince to vomit earlier?

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5th Prince is weak and I don't dare to easily urge vomit.

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So I could only have him drink detoxing medicine.

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Has 5th Prince come out of critical stage?

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I . . .

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Of course not.

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Don't you see that 5th Prince is still unconscious?

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Since 5th Prince isn't out of critical stage yet,

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then it proves that detox medicine is useless.

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Why not try Physician Ye's method?

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Consort Ling! Haven't you harmed Yongqi enough?

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You want to torment him like this?

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Your Majesty. May you trust Physician Ye's medical skills.

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And may Your Majesty also trust that I have no intention to harm Yongqi.

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Ye Tianshi, do you have confidence?

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Be assured, Your Majesty. Allow me to check his pulse,

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and prescribe a warm vomit-inducer.

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Have 5th Prince take it and soon the poison will be rid of.

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Alright. You prescribe immediately.

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- Your Majesty. - I believe in Ye Tianshi's medical skills.

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Your Majesty, 5th Prince is so frail.

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How can he withstand such torment?

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If something happens to Yongqi . . .

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I couldn't live either.

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Consort Ling is a murderer. How can you listen to her?

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Escort Consort Yu to go rest.

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Your Majesty!

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- Your Majesty!- Your Ladyship.

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Your Majesty!

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Reporting to Your Majesty.

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5th Prince has already vomited all the food he took in today.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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There is no wolf's bane?

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Your Majesty, wolf's bane dissolved as soon as it enters the stomach.

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Even if he vomits, it's useless now.

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But 5th Prince also vomited lots of undigested ginseng slices.

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This, I find it very perplexing.

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5th Prince has a coughing disease resulting from lung deficiency, hence the partaking of ginseng.

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Even if you're deeming to restore 5th Prince's energy,

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you can just use it for brewing ginseng tea. Why use so much?

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Recklessly use of ginseng will cause harm to health.

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Furthermore, 5th Prince is young and healthy-bodied.

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Over-use of ginseng will instead cause energy obstruction.

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Trouble to circulation of stomach and blood, and grave defect to health.

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Hence he's unconscious.

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Physician Liu, aren't you versed in pediatric care?

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How did you commit such a grave wrong?

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You . . .

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Unless he was instructed by someone.

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To frame Consort Ling on purpose.

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Your Majesty, spare my life.

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It was Consort Yu who insisted on using ginseng slices.

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I already dissuaded her but she wouldn't listen.

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Now it was Consort Yu

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who was certain that 5th Prince took in wolf's bane,

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and so I misread the pulse.

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Wolf's bane and fritillaria clash. You misused ginseng for restorative.

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How did you muddle them together?

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Eating wolf's bane and fritiallaria together is fatal.

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Consort Yu wouldn't bear for 5th Prince to lose his life.

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So she could only bribe this royal physician to collude together for framing me.

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Consort Yu.

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Your Majesty. I didn't know overuse of ginseng is troublesome.

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I am wrong. I am ignorant.

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Your Majesty, it's all my fault.

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I harmed 5th Prince for no reason.

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And defamed Sister Ling too.

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You are with crime indeed.

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As the real mother,

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you actually allow Yongqi to be harmed in order to frame Consort Ling.

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You are unworthy of being Yongqi's mother.

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Speak. Who gave you the nerves!

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Consort Yu, you better confess the truth.

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Or else you will be the culprit.

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It was Noble Consort Chun. It was all Noble Consort Chun's instructions.

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The idea was thought of by her and the ginseng was given by her.

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Your Majesty, Yongqi is my flesh and bone.

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If it hadn't been her forcing, I wouldn't have spared.

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Your Majesty. It was Noble Consort Chun. All her doing.

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Consort Yu! Have you gone mad?

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I am very generous with you.

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You venting out your resentment of jealousy to Consort Ling is one thing.

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But I didn't imagine you'd pull me down to flee from your crime.

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Even the fierce tiger won't eat its own cub.

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How can a mother like you exist in the world?

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Your Majesty! You must never listen to her.

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Everything I said is true.

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I can swear to Heaven.

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Yes.

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Interior Bureau's storage.

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They will have record of Zhongcui Palace taking ginseng.

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Mother. Royal Father.

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Come.

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Yongqi. Are you better?

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Royal Father. I feel bad all over and very dizzy.

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It'll be alright. You will be better very soon.

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Don't worry. Royal Father won't forgive lightly those who schemed after you.

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Come. Take Noble Consort Chun to be confined to Zhongcui Palace.

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The rest, into Punishment Bureau.

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Before the sun sets today, I want the answer.

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Your Majesty, then Consort Yu?

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Detained as well.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty!

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Don't take my mother.

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Don't take my mother.

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Mother. Don't go.

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Yongqi. Listen to Mother.

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Later, you have to listen to Consort Ling.

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Don't go. Mother.

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- Don't take my mother. - Yongqi.

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Consort Ling, you were compromised today.

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Thank you, Empress, for easing my case.

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If you had done so, no one could save you.

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Since you didn't do it, the real culprit can't flee either.

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May Empress take charge.

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Your Highness, no matter how we interrogate, she won't confess.

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Your Highness the Empress, my mistress was framed.

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She really didn't frame Consort Ling and she also didn't . . .

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Yuhu. Consort Yu confessed and Noble Consort Chun can't be washed from implication either.

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As the close attendant, you should be punished first.

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Noble Consort Chun birthed 6th Prince.

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No matter what grave crime she commits, His Majesty won't kill him.

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But you?

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Your Highness the Empress.

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I am willing to use my death to make amend.

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But Noble Consort Chun.

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She really is innocent.

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What loyalty!

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Regrettably, loyalty and filial piety can't both be devoted.

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You have your parents too.

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You should think through for them.

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Your Majesty?

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Why did you startle me?

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I saw that you were in a daze alone so I didn't let them announce.

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What? You're allowed to startle me.

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But I can't startle you?

250
00:18:10,070 --> 00:18:12,300
Your Majesty said you'd protect me.

251
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But earlier when I was pressed by others.

252
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You didn't speak on my behalf.

253
00:18:23,370 --> 00:18:26,200
If I incline to you with everyone watching,

254
00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,960
then you'd really become the entire harem's target.

255
00:18:32,590 --> 00:18:35,290
So Your Majesty was supporting me?

256
00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:40,430
If I don't support you

257
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you wouldn't even have had the chance to quibble.

258
00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:47,190
Reporting to Your Majesty. Empress is here.

259
00:18:56,980 --> 00:18:59,030
Greetings to Your Majesty.

260
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Get on up.

261
00:19:01,060 --> 00:19:04,660
Your Majesty, I have interrogated the palace maids and eunuchs of Zhongcui Palace severely.

262
00:19:04,660 --> 00:19:06,520
I discovered a thorny issue.

263
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Because it is linked to 7th Prince, and I can't make the call.

264
00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,880
So I came to ask Your Majesty to decide.

265
00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:13,850
Bring her here.

266
00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,660
What you said to me earlier.

267
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:24,230
Repeat it to His Majesty.

268
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,620
Your Majesty.

269
00:19:33,820 --> 00:19:36,060
Noble Consort Chun ordered me,

270
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to get close to Fire Bureau's supervisor Wang Zhong.

271
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To bribe him to work for us.

272
00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,120
That year on the New Year's eve.

273
00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,010
Late Empress was merciful.

274
00:19:48,010 --> 00:19:51,820
She ordered all the servants to go and rest early.

275
00:19:51,820 --> 00:19:55,610
Noble Consort bribed the junior eunuch of Changchun Palace to work for her.

276
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To switch to chrysanthemum charcoal that bursts easily.

277
00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:03,320
And arranged Wang Zhong to mess with the bottom of the auspicious barrel.

278
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,750
Causing to fire rescue with melting ice to die out halfway.

279
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Causing 7th Prince to die in the raging fire.

280
00:20:16,450 --> 00:20:19,030
Your Majesty, I had tried to interrogate the case of Consort Yu.

281
00:20:19,030 --> 00:20:21,720
I didn't imagine by asking, the old incident came about.

282
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,590
7th Prince had a divine disposition of Heaven and enjoyed the confidence of everyone.

283
00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:27,190
Your Majesty and Late Empress both adored him.

284
00:20:27,190 --> 00:20:30,920
I never imagined Noble Consort Chun would hold malice over it.

285
00:20:31,890 --> 00:20:34,040
If nothing had happened to 7th Prince.

286
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,890
Late Empress also wouldn't have . . .

287
00:20:35,890 --> 00:20:40,530
It's a pity that everyone who served at Changchun Palace . . .

288
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,500
Your Majesty. My attendant Mingyu,

289
00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:48,640
once served at Zhongcui Palace.

290
00:20:49,250 --> 00:20:50,840
Mingyu.

291
00:20:52,580 --> 00:20:56,310
Your Majesty, I was at Zhongcui Palace for two years.

292
00:20:56,310 --> 00:20:59,890
Noble Consort Chun held a gentle attitude and was considerate.

293
00:20:59,890 --> 00:21:02,690
But who knew, that one day,

294
00:21:02,690 --> 00:21:05,520
I saw Wang Zhong and Yuhu together.

295
00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,670
Then Noble Consort Chun mistreated me.

296
00:21:07,670 --> 00:21:09,660
And wanted to kill me to keep the secret.

297
00:21:09,660 --> 00:21:12,770
- Why didn't you speak back then?- I . . .

298
00:21:12,770 --> 00:21:16,370
Your Majesty, Mingyu held it in for long.

299
00:21:16,370 --> 00:21:20,080
But because she had no evidence. With just her own words,

300
00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,600
to point out Noble Consort Chun was heavily favored at the time.

301
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,340
It would be akin to knocking a stone with an egg.

302
00:21:25,340 --> 00:21:27,560
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

303
00:21:28,510 --> 00:21:31,290
Your Majesty, palace maids have parents and relatives too.

304
00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:33,430
Even if she won't value her own life,

305
00:21:33,430 --> 00:21:36,490
she has to consider for her family still.

306
00:21:36,490 --> 00:21:38,930
Everything I said is true.

307
00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:42,790
I am willing to testify against my mistress and meet my death.

308
00:21:42,790 --> 00:21:45,210
Your Majesty, I beg you,

309
00:21:45,210 --> 00:21:49,650
spare my family on the account that I repaid some misgiving with my testimony.

310
00:21:49,650 --> 00:21:54,500
After Yuhu's confession, I summoned Wang Zhong and indeed it was true.

311
00:21:56,260 --> 00:21:58,390
What about Consort Ling's falling off the horse?

312
00:21:58,390 --> 00:22:01,220
Consort Ling used to be at Changchun Palace.

313
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She was devoted to Late Empress and she's garnered Your Majesty's pampering.

314
00:22:05,730 --> 00:22:08,420
Noble Consort Chun was worried the old incident would come to light.

315
00:22:08,420 --> 00:22:12,040
So she pushed Consort Yu to get rid of Consort Ling.

316
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,860
Horse falling didn't work so a second method was used.

317
00:22:17,980 --> 00:22:20,430
To use 5th Prince's coughing disease,

318
00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:28,420
as a way to frame Consort Ling for self preserving.

319
00:22:28,420 --> 00:22:30,080
Alright.

320
00:22:31,210 --> 00:22:34,420
Alright, that Noble Consort Chun!

321
00:22:34,420 --> 00:22:37,070
Such evilness.

322
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,130
Take her down.

323
00:22:40,130 --> 00:22:43,690
Your Majesty. Your Majesty, spare my entire family.

324
00:22:43,690 --> 00:22:46,690
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

325
00:22:46,690 --> 00:22:48,940
Your Majesty.

326
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,280
Noble Consort Chun killed 7th Prince.

327
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,220
Her crime is not forgivable.

328
00:22:55,220 --> 00:22:58,280
Starting today, strip her title.

329
00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,290
Demoted to a second class attendant.

330
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Confined to Cold Palace.

331
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,050
Your Majesty is sage.

332
00:23:10,580 --> 00:23:15,120
Consort Ling, this time, I've helped you.

333
00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,660
Your Highness isn't helping me.

334
00:23:18,380 --> 00:23:20,720
- You're helping yourself.- Huh?

335
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,430
Noble Consort Chun is only second to you.

336
00:23:25,430 --> 00:23:27,930
And she's bore 6th Prince.

337
00:23:27,930 --> 00:23:30,180
If she falls,

338
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,990
the greatest one to gain is you, Empress.

339
00:23:35,590 --> 00:23:39,280
Consort Ling was loyal and devoted to Late Empress.

340
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,820
How touching.

341
00:23:54,820 --> 00:23:58,260
Yingluo, Her Highness who is above,

342
00:23:58,260 --> 00:24:00,870
if she knew the killer of 7th Prince got punished.

343
00:24:00,870 --> 00:24:04,870
She would be so happy. Let's go prepare tribute items.

344
00:24:04,870 --> 00:24:07,050
To go and pray to Empress at Changchun Palace.

345
00:24:07,050 --> 00:24:10,270
So she can be happy too. Alright?

346
00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:30,980
Hailan Cha.

347
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,770
May Your Majesty instruct.

348
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:43,340
Do all women have two faces?

349
00:24:43,340 --> 00:24:48,350
Well . . . I am not yet married.

350
00:24:48,350 --> 00:24:50,390
So I can't be clear.

351
00:24:55,910 --> 00:24:59,160
Before, when I saw Noble Consort Chun,

352
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,760
I only thought she was gentle, likable and talented above others.

353
00:25:04,770 --> 00:25:06,740
I never imagined,

354
00:25:07,850 --> 00:25:11,260
under such gentle exterior skin,

355
00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:14,370
hides such heart of a poisonous snake.

356
00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,840
Yongcong was so little.

357
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,520
But she could do that.

358
00:25:22,670 --> 00:25:27,550
All these years. To mention Yongcong,

359
00:25:27,550 --> 00:25:30,370
not a sign of guilt at all.

360
00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:36,180
A woman like her staying by my side all along.

361
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,290
How scary is that?

362
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,530
Your Majesty, no matter how beautiful the painted skin,

363
00:25:44,530 --> 00:25:47,280
the real face will show eventually.

364
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,890
Noble Consort Chun is punished but she courted it upon herself.

365
00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,810
I keep thinking,

366
00:25:56,990 --> 00:26:02,030
that Consort Ling has been guiding me all along.

367
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,220
To investigate the truth.

368
00:26:05,220 --> 00:26:07,610
To punish Noble Consort Chun.

369
00:26:08,510 --> 00:26:12,340
Your Majesty, Consort Ling is an old member of Changchun Palace.

370
00:26:12,340 --> 00:26:15,110
She is dispositioned to hate evil.

371
00:26:15,110 --> 00:26:18,640
If she did so, that's not strange at all.

372
00:26:21,090 --> 00:26:24,280
Late Empress was as gracious to her as the deep ocean.

373
00:26:25,610 --> 00:26:30,350
I am not surprised that she would return the grudge.

374
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,620
But whether she . . .

375
00:26:38,750 --> 00:26:43,940
Your Majesty, what are you worried about?

376
00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:55,750
Nothing. You may go.

377
00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:57,270
Yes.

378
00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:07,690
Your Majesty. 5th Prince.

379
00:27:07,690 --> 00:27:09,880
He's kneeling outside the hall and unwilling to stand.

380
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,710
Saying he wants your leniency on Consort Yu.

381
00:27:13,710 --> 00:27:15,770
Tell him,

382
00:27:15,770 --> 00:27:19,500
Consort Yu is not worthy to be a mother.

383
00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:21,440
Go now.

384
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,240
Yes.

385
00:27:36,940 --> 00:27:42,400
Yongqi, you are too stubborn.

386
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,810
Consort Yu's sins are not forgivable.

387
00:27:44,810 --> 00:27:47,680
I won't plead her case.

388
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,740
Mother may have ten thousand wrongs,

389
00:27:49,740 --> 00:27:52,730
but she's my mother who gave me life no matter what.

390
00:27:52,730 --> 00:27:55,860
Watching over me to grow. Yongqi's every meal and drink,

391
00:27:55,860 --> 00:27:58,780
every word and conduct were all prepared by her meticulously.

392
00:27:58,780 --> 00:28:02,620
She has taught me earnestly. Even if the world scorns at her,

393
00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:04,600
only Yongqi cannot.

394
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,730
Empress Dowager has always adored her grandson.

395
00:28:06,730 --> 00:28:10,890
May you forgive my mother's life on my account.

396
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:13,320
I beg you.

397
00:28:15,150 --> 00:28:18,500
I beg you, Royal Grandma.

398
00:28:19,350 --> 00:28:22,370
Royal Grandma, I beg you.

399
00:28:22,370 --> 00:28:27,570
Alright. Alright. Get on up now.

400
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,820
Royal Grandma, only you can save my mother now.

401
00:28:32,820 --> 00:28:35,370
I beg you.

402
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,390
Allow me to think it more.

403
00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:03,830
What's really wrong with you?

404
00:29:06,430 --> 00:29:08,100
I can't sleep.

405
00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:10,080
His Majesty summoned the military officers to discuss affair.

406
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,360
He says he won't come.

407
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:15,740
I'm not talking about that.

408
00:29:15,740 --> 00:29:18,120
Then why can't you sleep?

409
00:29:19,710 --> 00:29:22,380
I just find that something's off.

410
00:29:22,380 --> 00:29:25,600
You are just too worried.

411
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,180
Careful even if you're still young,

412
00:29:28,180 --> 00:29:30,500
your hair will grow white from worrying.

413
00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:52,460
Where are you going?

414
00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:54,170
Wait for me.

415
00:29:55,580 --> 00:29:57,450
Don't get chills.

416
00:30:27,420 --> 00:30:32,740
Spring

417
00:31:02,020 --> 00:31:06,790
I had thought, the one who comes here tonight,

418
00:31:06,790 --> 00:31:09,170
would be Wei Yingluo.

419
00:31:09,950 --> 00:31:12,440
I didn't think it would be you.

420
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,440
Wei Yingluo?

421
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,030
I finally fathom it.

422
00:31:18,250 --> 00:31:21,350
Wei Yingluo fought for favor with all her might.

423
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,510
She didn't care if the harem hated her. What it was really for.

424
00:31:28,190 --> 00:31:29,880
Of course it was for,

425
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,510
you to grow jealous and grow anxious.

426
00:31:33,510 --> 00:31:37,880
No. And let you be frightened.

427
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,260
Frightened that she would use royal pampering,

428
00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:43,680
to dismantle what happened to 7th Prince back then.

429
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,020
The more ostentatious Wei Yingluo became,

430
00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:49,570
the more you might act. As long as you act,

431
00:31:49,570 --> 00:31:52,170
there will be a loophole somewhere.

432
00:31:53,860 --> 00:31:57,110
She spread news of horseback riding on purpose.

433
00:31:57,110 --> 00:32:02,440
And lured me to act. Actually, even if I didn't act,

434
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,910
she would still create a situation,

435
00:32:04,910 --> 00:32:07,300
to plant suspicion in His Majesty.

436
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,990
One step wrong and all steps wrong.

437
00:32:10,990 --> 00:32:14,090
She waited for this chance precisely.

438
00:32:14,090 --> 00:32:16,150
But Empress?

439
00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:20,260
You were in the middle.

440
00:32:20,260 --> 00:32:22,520
What role did you play?

441
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:27,220
Me? Noble Consort Chun and Consort Ling begrudging.

442
00:32:27,220 --> 00:32:29,140
I am the empress of Great Qing.

443
00:32:29,140 --> 00:32:32,220
Of course my role is to be just.

444
00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:38,460
I am such a fool.

445
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:46,650
I have been your pawn all along.

446
00:32:50,490 --> 00:32:53,690
Late Empress's death.

447
00:32:53,690 --> 00:32:56,850
It is really not linked to you?

448
00:32:56,850 --> 00:32:59,630
- Of course. - You're lying!

449
00:33:02,620 --> 00:33:06,090
You saw my affection for Fuca Fuheng.

450
00:33:06,090 --> 00:33:10,700
You planted a rift in my devotion to Late Empress. That was the first step.

451
00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:12,760
You told me the harem is lonely.

452
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,580
You told me to have a child.

453
00:33:14,580 --> 00:33:17,840
You lured me to develop intention to fight favor on purpose. That was the second step.

454
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,110
After I had Yongrong, it was also you who told me.

455
00:33:21,110 --> 00:33:23,170
Later when 7th Prince is grown,

456
00:33:23,170 --> 00:33:26,560
he will be the most suitable to succeed the throne.

457
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,830
How His Majesty adored Yongcong above all.

458
00:33:29,830 --> 00:33:34,040
That he would make him the heir for sure. That was the third step!

459
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:38,560
These are just your suppositions. Have you any proof?

460
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,290
I guess . . .

461
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:46,710
Interior Bureau switched to the easily explosive chrysanthemen charcoal that year.

462
00:33:46,710 --> 00:33:49,040
It was your doing as well.

463
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,330
Don't forget.

464
00:33:51,330 --> 00:33:56,040
Late Empress was in post-partum at the time. You managed the six palaces.

465
00:33:56,040 --> 00:34:00,370
Interior Bureau's every move. Can it be unseen by you?

466
00:34:00,370 --> 00:34:05,690
It was you! You put the dagger in my hand.

467
00:34:05,690 --> 00:34:08,430
You made me before your errand girl!

468
00:34:08,430 --> 00:34:11,700
No! Not just those.

469
00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:15,910
You knew 7th Prince was Late Empress's everything.

470
00:34:15,910 --> 00:34:19,980
If he died, Late Empress would be done with.

471
00:34:20,780 --> 00:34:22,990
Nara!

472
00:34:22,990 --> 00:34:25,080
You entrenched yourself at every step.

473
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,790
Step by step you forced Empress to die.

474
00:34:27,790 --> 00:34:30,180
And from the very beginning,

475
00:34:30,180 --> 00:34:33,450
you were waiting to remove and replace.

476
00:34:38,820 --> 00:34:41,000
Continue.

477
00:34:43,220 --> 00:34:45,530
You killed Seventh Prince

478
00:34:47,210 --> 00:34:50,400
and forced the late Empress to kill herself.

479
00:34:51,130 --> 00:34:54,210
You lured me and Wei Yingluo to fight each other to death

480
00:34:54,210 --> 00:34:56,950
and in the end, used her

481
00:34:56,950 --> 00:34:59,330
to force me into the abyss.

482
00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:01,630
As for your hands,

483
00:35:01,630 --> 00:35:05,370
they were clean from the beginning till now.

484
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,130
What a joke.

485
00:35:16,090 --> 00:35:18,030
What a joke!

486
00:35:18,810 --> 00:35:20,960
What a joke.

487
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,760
I...

488
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,680
Who was I fighting for?

489
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,810
Who was I working for?

490
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,890
It was just a big empty dream.

491
00:35:33,890 --> 00:35:36,560
I made his wedding clothes for him!

492
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:41,180
Madam Nara, why are you so ruthless?

493
00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:43,990
- Why?! - Why?

494
00:35:43,990 --> 00:35:47,490
Because Fuca Rongyin is too hypocritical and hateful.

495
00:35:47,490 --> 00:35:49,770
As for you,

496
00:35:49,770 --> 00:35:51,510
I merely want serve and be by His Majesty's side

497
00:35:51,510 --> 00:35:54,670
but you kept bribing, threatening

498
00:35:54,670 --> 00:35:57,320
and ordering me to be wedged between Madam Fuca and Madam Gao.

499
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,160
I couldn't take it till I couldn't breathe.

500
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,500
Who was ever kind to me?

501
00:36:02,010 --> 00:36:03,740
My mother died.

502
00:36:03,740 --> 00:36:05,920
Every night, I would dream of her lying in bed,

503
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,160
full of blood and interrogating loudly.

504
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,370
Who would know this kind of pain?

505
00:36:11,370 --> 00:36:15,030
It's obviously inhumane people like you who wants me to be righteous.

506
00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:18,090
This is the greatest joke in the kingdom.

507
00:36:20,630 --> 00:36:24,610
Second Class Attendant Su. Your hatred for the Empress

508
00:36:24,610 --> 00:36:28,390
stemmed from your love for Fuheng.

509
00:36:28,390 --> 00:36:31,620
The deeper the love, the greater the hatred.

510
00:36:31,620 --> 00:36:35,240
You still say this was for the future of Yongrong?

511
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:37,830
Don't make yourself sound so noble.

512
00:36:37,830 --> 00:36:42,510
You did it because of hatred and discontent!

513
00:36:42,510 --> 00:36:45,840
No, I did it for Yongrong.

514
00:36:46,420 --> 00:36:48,560
Everything I did, it was for her.

515
00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:52,550
Then...are you now...

516
00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:57,290
thinking of Yongrong...

517
00:36:57,290 --> 00:37:01,330
or Fuheng? Or perhaps, what you did to Fuca Yongrong?

518
00:37:01,330 --> 00:37:03,820
She fell from the corner of the pavilion

519
00:37:03,820 --> 00:37:06,090
and was badly mutilated.

520
00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:08,450
When you dreamed of her,

521
00:37:08,450 --> 00:37:14,130
did she ask you why you wanted to kill her son?

522
00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:27,290
Yes.

523
00:37:28,910 --> 00:37:31,080
I was discontented.

524
00:37:32,490 --> 00:37:35,050
I was very discontented.

525
00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:39,700
I did so much

526
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,680
and in the end, I had nothing.

527
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,730
I hated Fuheng.

528
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:49,950
I hated the late Empress.

529
00:37:49,950 --> 00:37:53,090
I hated them

530
00:37:53,090 --> 00:37:57,560
for regarding me as nothing. Thus,

531
00:37:58,970 --> 00:38:03,630
I personally killed Seventh Prince.

532
00:38:04,390 --> 00:38:07,170
I wanted them to regret

533
00:38:09,270 --> 00:38:11,860
This was a sin.

534
00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:17,140
It was a lifetime sin.

535
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,990
But fortunately,

536
00:38:29,650 --> 00:38:33,150
I will be seeing her soon.

537
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,850
Tonight...

538
00:38:44,390 --> 00:38:48,060
aren't you seeing me off?

539
00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:50,290
It's good that you understand.

540
00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:56,060
Take action.

541
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,290
Mother Consort Ling.

542
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,180
- Where did you go? - I just came back from Shou-An Palace.

543
00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:32,930
Mother Consort Ling, do you have something on?

544
00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:37,310
Everything's fine.

545
00:39:41,830 --> 00:39:43,470
Yongqi.

546
00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:53,350
Your mother said some final words to you.

547
00:39:54,390 --> 00:39:55,810
Is that right?

548
00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:57,150
Yes.

549
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,370
What did she say?

550
00:40:08,770 --> 00:40:11,220
Can you tell me?

551
00:40:33,750 --> 00:40:37,440
Your Majesty, it's daylight soon.

552
00:40:40,930 --> 00:40:44,590
No matter how important the affairs of the country are, you should still take care of your health.

553
00:40:44,590 --> 00:40:46,620
I know this very well in my heart.

554
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:57,060
Your Majesty. Second Class Attendant Su...she...

555
00:41:00,420 --> 00:41:03,440
I heard the blood were all over the place.

556
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,830
Her neck was broken.

557
00:41:06,830 --> 00:41:08,330
Broken?

558
00:41:08,330 --> 00:41:10,940
This is what I heard too

559
00:41:11,630 --> 00:41:14,750
but I heard that the palace maid who was responsible for cleaning,

560
00:41:14,750 --> 00:41:18,320
fainted from shock.

561
00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:23,620
What could it be that could break a person's neck?

562
00:41:32,510 --> 00:41:35,810
Your Majesty, this is a string from a kite.

563
00:41:37,150 --> 00:41:39,590
This case ends here.

564
00:41:39,590 --> 00:41:42,350
Forbid anyone in the Forbidden City to talk about this.

565
00:41:42,350 --> 00:41:45,190
If there's any violation, punishing according to the palace's law.

566
00:41:45,190 --> 00:41:46,600
I will abide.

567
00:41:47,650 --> 00:41:49,470
You can leave now.

568
00:41:49,470 --> 00:41:50,940
I will abide.

569
00:42:03,930 --> 00:42:06,260
The string of the kit may seem like it's nothing

570
00:42:06,260 --> 00:42:10,780
but once it's tightened, it can break a person's neck.

571
00:42:10,780 --> 00:42:13,340
What's going on?

572
00:42:13,340 --> 00:42:15,200
This way,

573
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:19,460
everyone will suspect that it's Yingluo who killed Noble Consort Chun.

574
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:24,650
Yingluo.

575
00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:28,180
Why aren't you saying anything?

576
00:42:36,350 --> 00:42:41,470
Why? Could it be because...

577
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:49,280
Mother said that I must listen to you in the future.

578
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:54,450
Yingluo, where are you going?

579
00:42:54,450 --> 00:42:55,810
Yingluo!

580
00:43:02,790 --> 00:43:04,430
Wait a moment.

581
00:43:16,770 --> 00:43:19,900
Consort Ling, Empress Dowager has ordered me

582
00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:22,390
to see Consort Yu off to cultivate Buddhism.

583
00:43:22,390 --> 00:43:25,450
The Empress Dowager wants Consort Yu to leave and cultivate Buddhism?

584
00:43:25,450 --> 00:43:27,850
It's for mediation.

585
00:43:28,730 --> 00:43:32,840
Momo, I would like to talk to you for a while.

586
00:43:44,850 --> 00:43:46,350
Why?

587
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,870
The spoils go to the victor.

588
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:54,510
You won. You should be happy.

589
00:43:54,510 --> 00:43:56,930
Do you still need to get to the heart of matters?

590
00:43:56,930 --> 00:43:58,830
I can't figure it out.

591
00:44:00,530 --> 00:44:02,180
Consort Yu,

592
00:44:03,570 --> 00:44:05,880
you lost too quickly

593
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,100
and easily.

594
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:12,160
It's making me suspicious that you have already found out earlier.

595
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:21,640
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596
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:31,160
♫Softly falling into the hollow of my palm,♫

597
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:41,720
♫Resting frozen in the center of my palm.♫

598
00:44:43,890 --> 00:44:53,310
♫Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable,♫

599
00:44:54,910 --> 00:45:03,870
♫Joined together, deeply experiencing and holding onto the end of happiness.♫

600
00:45:05,980 --> 00:45:13,940
♫Though plainly given words of discouragement,♫

601
00:45:16,790 --> 00:45:25,890
♫Pretending to hear nothing but exhortation.♫

602
00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:36,520
♫ Endless tears, believing it cannot be true,♫

603
00:45:38,730 --> 00:45:47,290
♫ In this life, being born under an unlucky star.♫

604
00:45:49,910 --> 00:45:55,310
♫I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫

605
00:45:55,310 --> 00:46:00,110
♫ Though I close my eyes, it's impossible to stop the vision.♫

606
00:46:00,110 --> 00:46:06,410
♫ Nothing you can do about being approached, not being inconsistent in love,♫

607
00:46:06,410 --> 00:46:11,510
♫ Though merely holding onto it from the outside, prone to this sort of circumstance.♫

608
00:46:11,510 --> 00:46:17,240
♫ I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫

609
00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:21,890
♫ As though you are holding me closely, and speaking sweetly.♫

610
00:46:21,890 --> 00:46:29,810
♫ Opening your eyes to a sky filled with merciless snow falling,♫

611
00:46:29,810 --> 00:46:36,870
♫ Who, after suffering this loss for a lifetime, is fond of this scene?♫