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<i>Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, </i>

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<i>Examining love together with regret, both new and old.</i>

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<i>Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears,</i>

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<i>Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.</i>

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<i>Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 23</i>

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I don't believe other people's words. You tell me.

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Do you wish to kill me?

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What are you doing?

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I will prove to you.

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Yingluo.

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Will it do now?

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It's true. Last night, Noble Consort Gao,

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she did summon me to Chuxiu Palace.

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And she told me to kill Empress with poison.

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Yingluo, did she threaten you?

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No. She told me,

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my sister A'Man was tarnished by Fuheng.

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And that Empress, in trying to cover up the crime, chased my sister out of the palace and had her murdered secretly.

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I've never done such a thing.

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And I believe Fuheng is absolutely not such a person.

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Your Highness the Empress. Yingluo is not blind.

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I know how to tell right from wrong.

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You taught me calligraphy and painting, with such devotion.

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Far beyond just master and servant.

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Even if I am so dull in deciphering right and wrong,

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I'm not blind in sight or mind, to believe whatever is told to me.

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You really never used poison?

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That bird poison. I've already poured it out on the grass in the back garden.

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You may go see it, Consort Chun.

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That patch of grass is already dead.

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But why did you keep the medicine pouch then?

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I wanted to remind myself at all times.

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Never forget the grudge of my sister's murder.

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I must find the real killer.

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This matter. Why didn't you tell me sooner?

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Empress, this is Yingluo's private revenge.

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Yingluo does not dare to bring your highness into it.

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But I can help you investigate it.

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Yingluo thanks your highness.

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Yngluo will have a way to find the real killer.

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Consort Chun, was there anything else you wish to say?

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Since you never used the poison,

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I have nothing to say.

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Empress. Yingluo has chores left. I take my leave now.

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Sister. Fuheng has urgent matters waiting.

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I take my leave.

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Empress. That Wei Yingluo.

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She's brash and unpredictable in conduct.

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A person like her. It's best not to keep her by your side.

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To prevent future disasters.

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Consort Chun, it's true that Yingluo has a brashness to her.

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But I am teaching her reading and writing.

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She's getting more calm.

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And as a person, she's upright and knows right and wrong.

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I reckon she should be nurtured.

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Also, in this matter,

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I am guiltless.

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I will not transfer her out no matter what.

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However.

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No need for more words.

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I've made up my mind.

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Yingluo.

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Do you still dare to say this matter is unrelated to you?

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Do you believe it was my doing?

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If am positive it was you,

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I would have put the bird poison on you already.

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Instead of standing and wasting words with you here.

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Thank you for trusting me.

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Even if you're not,

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you're not all innocent either.

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The jade pendant could be lost without awareness.

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But your court belt never leaves you.

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How can it be abandoned at Imperial Garden for no reason?

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Unless it was for undressing.

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Tell me. Exactly, why?

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I guessed,

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the day of the 10th day of the first month,

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someone changed into your clothes and entered Imperial Garden.

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If it's a palace guard, he wouldn't have to change his clothing.

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The motive for changing clothes is to evade the patrols.

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Hence, this person,

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must be an imperial clansman that attended the Qianqing Palace banquet.

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As for Noble Consort Gao. She found that junior eunuch.

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He was afraid of the imperial guardsmen.

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So he was afraid to get close and he never saw clearly who it was.

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Noble Consort Gao followed the logical order to make me believe.

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That the owner of the court belt must be the culprit.

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- Yingluo. <br>- Fuheng.

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By your authority and status, you're not even scared of Prince Yi.

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So not to mention an ordinary imperial clansman.

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I find it strange. Just who is this person?

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That he has you protecting him, disregarding your own honor.

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Yingluo, I am not protecting him.

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I am protecting you.

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Protecting me?

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If you continue to investigate, more grievances may come out.

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I don't wish you to be in any danger.

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Hence. On the surface, you are supporting me.

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Helping me. But in reality,

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you have been blocking me in secret all along. Is that true?

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I am doing it for your sake.

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Fine. Fuheng. I ask you just one thing.

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Who is this person exactly?

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I'm sorry.

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Consort Chun was right.

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That tea of yours today. I did mess with it.

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But it wasn't bird poison. It was dishwashing water.

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For my revenge on you for concealing.

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I really regret now that I should've just used the poison.

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Better than being the fool I am not, kept in the dark all along.

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Yingluo. Please listen to me.

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Stop investigating.

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Don't worry. I don't need your help.

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Soon I will find out who the culprit was.

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Yingluo. Yingluo!

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Erqing is gentle and Mingyu is lively and they both have served you for years.

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They are docile and rule-bound but too bad Wei Yingluo showed up suddenly.

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A slanted sword going astray and leaping over rules.

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But you love her the most. Why is that?

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Can't be that devoted servants of many years,

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they all don't compare to just one of her?

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Is it fun? Is it?

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His Majesty arrives.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Get on up.

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I came to see Yongcheng.

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It's so late but how is it that nanny hasn't put him to sleep?

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Yongcheng whined about playing with the link puzzle.

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I ignored the rules. May Your Majesty forgive.

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What fault is there?

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Come. Let your royal father hold you.

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Yongcheng is so fond of you.

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So he's so clingy to you.

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It must be that you look after him so well.

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Yongcheng is a very smart and good child.

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He's been asking when you'd come to visit him again.

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I know Your Majesty is busy with state affairs.

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But if you ever have a break, don't forget Yongcheng misses you.

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I understand. Is that right?

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Go. Go to sleep.

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But . . .

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Did Your Majesty come to Chengqian Palace today to tell me something?

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The Minister...

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The Minister of Rites told me

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that Yongcheng is very young

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and already lost her birth mother. He's really pitiful.

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He said Imperial Concubine Jia has a younger sister

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that has reached the age to join the selection for palace consorts.

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He plans to send him to the palace to take care of Yongcheng.

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Your Majesty, Her Highness has exerted a lot of effort for Fourth Prince. How could you...

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Zhen'er, don't be disrespectful.

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I was talkative. May Your Majesty forgive me.

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Yongcheng is after all just 2-years-old.

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If he can have his biological aunt to take care of him,

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it surely will be better than an outsider like me.

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The Jin family will also be more at ease.

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But, I have one request.

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Say it.

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I hope that I can be allowed to frequently visit Yongcheng.

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I will allow it.

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Your Highness, how could you let His Majesty take away Fourth Prince?

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I'm after all not his birth mother.

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I would just be taking care of him for a period of time.

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His Majesty has never said

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to let Yongcheng acknowledge me as his mother.

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This is those hateful Jin Family's fault.

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They just took him away like that. Not giving any considerations to your painstaking efforts.

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The Jin family is placing huge hopes on Fourth Prince.

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How could they allow their grandson to acknowledge me as his mother?

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If he stays here in Chengqian Palace,

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would he still remember his birth mother,

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remember the merits of his maternal family, the Jin clan?

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Hence, they didn't mind sending in another woman

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just to take back Fourth Prince.

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Your Highness, why didn't you go beg His Majesty?

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On the outside, His Majesty might be treating Fourth Prince with indifference, but in reality, he cares about him a lot.

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Hence, he didn't let him stay in Chuxiu Palace.

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He was afraid that he'll become a tool of Noble Consort Gao to struggle for power.

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He didn't send him to Changchun Palace because he was afraid that once Empress bears him a son,

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the situation of Fourth Prince might become awkward.

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On the outside, His Majesty might look as if he doesn't care,

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but in reality, how many people truly knows what he's thinking?

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Blood is thicker than water. His Majesty trusts the Jin Family

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more than he trusts me.

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Zhen'er, go to the kitchen and see

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if the milk tea for Fourth Prince is ready.

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Yes.

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Don't be afraid...

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Don't be afraid, Yongcheng. Mother is here.

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It's just a nightmare...

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It's going to fine... Don't be afraid...

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Mother is here.

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Your Highness.

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Your Highness! Your foot!

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I didn't know what I hit earlier. I'm fine.

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I already told you not to panic.

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You always run here without wearing your shoes.

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The shoes are quite noisy.

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What if Yongcheng gets awakened by it?

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It's just a minor injury. No need to make a big fuss about it.

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Li Yu.

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I am here.

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Tomorrow, tell Consort Xian to take good care of Yongcheng.

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And then choose some nimble servants from the Imperial Household Department

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and deploy them here too.

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Your Majesty, you're not making Fourth Prince move to another palace anymore?

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I was talkative. I admit my mistake.

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Hurry! Hurry!

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Desheng!

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Miss Yingluo, where are you going?

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I'm going to the Imperial Household Department to get some things.

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Where are you going leading this people in such a rush?

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His Majesty suddenly had a whim to set up a tea banquet in the imperial garden.

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All the princes of the first rank to the third rank are invited to join.

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I'm rushing to go there to set it up.

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Princes of the first rank to the third rank?

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The princes of the first rank to the third rank that can attend this tea banquet

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are all people with high positions among their imperial clan.

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I won't say much to you anymore. Send my regards to Her Highness Empress.

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Tell her that I'll visit her some time later.

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I'll get going now.

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Quickly move...

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Imperial garden...

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12th Uncle, when will Prince Yi of the First Rank gets released from the Imperial Clan Court?

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He kept shouting and crying inside Imperial Clan Court claiming that he's innocent.

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His Majesty said that once he admits his crime

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and change his wrong ways, that's when he'll get released.

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But regarding palace duties, he has no chances anymore.

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Never thought that Royal Brother will be this angry.

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If you ask me, the person that should be taught a lesson the most is your Fifth Brother.

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Ha? Fifth Brother?

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- What did he do now?<br>- You probably still not know yet.

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Hongzhou had a coffin made

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and let his wives, concubines, and servants weep for his soul.

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He then was sitting on the elevated are of their main hall with his leg raised,

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laughing while

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everyone was crying for him.

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Tell me, has he gone crazy?

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How can there be a person that will curse oneself like that?

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No one in this world can live for a hundred years.

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What's there to avoid?

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Fifth Brother.

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Fifth Brother, you really had a coffin made for yourself?

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Aren't I just enjoying in advance the honor and glory that I would experience after death?

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In passing, I want to see who would have the worst cry,

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who is the most sincere towards me.

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Ridiculous.

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What did you say?

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What did I say?

251
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I said that you're relying on being highly favored by His Majesty, treating others with contempt, always acting absurdly, and is so shameless!

252
00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:23,520
You all look at me like that?

253
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Hongzhou,

254
00:19:26,190 --> 00:19:28,050
when the court meeting was dismissed last time,

255
00:19:28,050 --> 00:19:30,810
why did you beat up Necin?

256
00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,410
I just find him unpleasant to my eye.

257
00:19:34,410 --> 00:19:37,500
I then just hit him.

258
00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:41,500
Necin is a high official of the government. He has been conferred the highest duke rank.

259
00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:44,810
You just hit him for no reason at all. Totally acting like a scoundrel!

260
00:19:44,810 --> 00:19:48,940
Let me ask you, do you also want to get sent to the Imperial Clan Court?

261
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Is everyone here?

262
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Greetings, Your Majesty.

263
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Get up.

264
00:19:54,610 --> 00:19:58,660
Today is a family banquet. All of you here are my blood family.

265
00:19:58,660 --> 00:20:00,730
Why be so formal?

266
00:20:04,590 --> 00:20:06,560
You caused trouble again?

267
00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:08,900
How could I, Royal Brother?

268
00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:11,470
I've always remembered your words

269
00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:15,040
and was diligent in doing my tasks, do good in my behavior.

270
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Have a taste.

271
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,470
What is this?

272
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Using snow water to irrigate the plum flowers, pine nut, and fingered citron,

273
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and then adding longjng. This is called sanqing tea.

274
00:20:32,500 --> 00:20:35,840
Plum flowers, pine nuts, and fingered citrons are all refined plants.

275
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This caused the tea to have such delicate fragrance.

276
00:20:38,730 --> 00:20:41,510
Clever. So clever.

277
00:20:41,510 --> 00:20:43,730
This dried plum flower has a sharp aroma.

278
00:20:43,730 --> 00:20:45,400
It's not your ordinary kind.

279
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,730
Prince Ping of the Second Rank, those were fresh plum flowers

280
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picked from the flower nursery during the first moon.

281
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When it was taken out from the ice cellar, there were even ice crystals.

282
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As for the pine nuts,

283
00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,370
they were picked from a hundred year old pine tree

284
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in the imperial garden. Of course, they are extraordinary.

285
00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:08,050
Royal Brother, I heard that when you mix fingered citron and pine nuts,

286
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it can easily produce poison.

287
00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:14,670
Where did you hear such nonsense?

288
00:21:14,670 --> 00:21:16,870
When I was in the coffin yesterday,

289
00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:19,720
the God of Death told it to me.

290
00:21:21,630 --> 00:21:24,000
Just be at ease and drink your tea.

291
00:21:32,810 --> 00:21:37,710
Fifth Brother, if you drink it that fast like a bull, aren't you wasting the good tea of Royal Brother?

292
00:21:37,710 --> 00:21:42,040
Since we have good tea here, how could we not have some good poems?

293
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,780
Let me go first.

294
00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:52,870
There are so many things in this world that's unpredictable, unlike a good wine which you can enjoy immediately.

295
00:21:52,870 --> 00:21:56,650
I drank cups and cups of my favorite tailang wine until I'm very drunk.

296
00:21:57,590 --> 00:22:01,910
It's hard to find a bosom friend in one's life.

297
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Let us have drinks and chats, be merry.

298
00:22:06,830 --> 00:22:08,850
Tea tasting is tea tasting.

299
00:22:08,850 --> 00:22:12,610
Why are you talking about having alcohol drinks and chats?

300
00:22:12,610 --> 00:22:15,820
Is this tea really poisonous?

301
00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:28,150
Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother! What's wrong?!

302
00:22:28,150 --> 00:22:30,610
Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother!

303
00:22:30,610 --> 00:22:34,700
Could mixing pine nuts and fingered citron really be poisonous? Everyone, quickly vomit it out!

304
00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:37,380
Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother, wake up!

305
00:22:37,380 --> 00:22:39,450
Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother!

306
00:22:39,450 --> 00:22:44,530
Fifth Brother, wake up!

307
00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:48,530
Prince Fu of the First Rank, Prince Shen of the Second Rank, and Prince Ping of the Second Rank, what's going on with you three?

308
00:22:48,530 --> 00:22:50,300
- Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother!<br>- Call the imperial physician!

309
00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:51,870
Fifth Brother!

310
00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:01,560
What's going on with you three?

311
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,750
Hongzhou, didn't you die from poisoning?

312
00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:11,160
The taste of that sanqing tea is too good!

313
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,020
I momentarily forgot myself and fainted.

314
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Your Majesty.

315
00:23:15,170 --> 00:23:17,880
Hongzhou, you clearly was deceiving us!

316
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,690
Your Majesty, Hongzhou is too naughty!

317
00:23:20,690 --> 00:23:22,220
You must punish him!

318
00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:23,810
I'm innocent!

319
00:23:23,810 --> 00:23:27,410
I'm innocent. I'm being falsely accused!

320
00:23:27,410 --> 00:23:30,700
I...clearly was too excited.

321
00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:33,510
I momentarily lost myself, was too happy, and fainted.

322
00:23:33,510 --> 00:23:36,020
But they are instead blaming me now.

323
00:23:36,020 --> 00:23:39,110
- This...<br>- It was clearly you who made baseless conjectures.

324
00:23:39,110 --> 00:23:44,660
As the common saying goes, staying calm despite the Tai Mountain collapsing right in front of you

325
00:23:44,660 --> 00:23:47,320
is the test of a true hero.

326
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,030
Look at you all. Do you look like a noble member of the imperial family at all?

327
00:23:50,030 --> 00:23:52,310
Each one trying to pull out one's tongue.

328
00:23:52,310 --> 00:23:55,100
Saying that I forget my bearing and acts absurdly.

329
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:59,550
I think that you are the ones who are without majestic presence and embarrassing.

330
00:23:59,550 --> 00:24:03,010
Hongzhou! You bastard!

331
00:24:03,010 --> 00:24:04,480
What?!

332
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:05,490
What?!

333
00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:07,270
Sit down!

334
00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:17,090
Hongzhou, return to your seat.

335
00:24:42,990 --> 00:24:46,460
That scum. I so want to...

336
00:24:46,460 --> 00:24:49,960
Don't. That day, when he openly hit Necin,

337
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,360
His Majesty saw it and didn't make any comment.

338
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,420
Today, he made fun of us.

339
00:24:55,420 --> 00:24:57,150
Did His Majesty scold him at all?

340
00:24:57,150 --> 00:25:00,300
Yes. His Majesty has always been doting

341
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:03,330
on these two biological brothers of his. Especially him.

342
00:25:03,330 --> 00:25:04,760
After all, they are of similar age.

343
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,720
They grew up together, hence, their relationship is special.

344
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,050
Even if Hongzhou would lift this whole Forbidden City,

345
00:25:11,050 --> 00:25:13,630
His Majesty will still turn a blind eye.

346
00:25:13,630 --> 00:25:15,180
We can't offend him.

347
00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:18,090
Let's just avoid him.

348
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,620
Say...

349
00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,940
What evil idea are you all discussing now?

350
00:25:26,540 --> 00:25:30,030
You want to complain about me in front of His Majesty?

351
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,520
There's a ghost over there.

352
00:25:38,090 --> 00:25:41,070
I've played that kind of trick. Are you trying to scare me?

353
00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:45,230
Fifth Brother... It's true.

354
00:25:49,670 --> 00:25:51,650
A ghost!

355
00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:54,810
Don't...don't run!

356
00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:08,100
Don't come near me!

357
00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:13,320
Don't come near me!

358
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:14,990
Don't come near me!

359
00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:18,240
Don't come near me!

360
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,240
Help! Help!

361
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,520
- Hongzhou!<br>- Help!

362
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:24,820
- Hongzhou!<br>- A ghost!

363
00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:28,300
- Hongzhou!<br>- A ghost!

364
00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:29,940
Where?

365
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,050
There! Over there!

366
00:26:34,050 --> 00:26:36,930
It's over there!

367
00:26:43,140 --> 00:26:45,570
How about it? Did you find anything?

368
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,730
Nothing yet.

369
00:26:47,730 --> 00:26:51,590
It's here. That ghost must be in here.

370
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,850
Earlier, just earlier, there was a palace maid with disheveled hair...

371
00:26:57,850 --> 00:27:00,210
I saw it with my own eyes.

372
00:27:00,210 --> 00:27:02,940
It's her...

373
00:27:02,940 --> 00:27:05,600
How come there's none?

374
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,940
Come out! Come out!

375
00:27:08,940 --> 00:27:11,480
Come out! Come out!

376
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,870
Fifth Prince, who are you talking about?

377
00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:17,880
Do you know that female ghost?

378
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,610
Hongzhou, I've already checked earlier.

379
00:27:20,610 --> 00:27:22,920
This is just a wall. There's nothing else.

380
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,880
Fifth Prince, you must have seen it wrong.

381
00:27:26,910 --> 00:27:29,220
Earlier, I wasn't the only one here.

382
00:27:29,220 --> 00:27:32,030
There were so many people!

383
00:27:32,030 --> 00:27:34,410
This palace has ghosts...

384
00:27:34,410 --> 00:27:37,020
This palace has ghosts! Do you know that?!

385
00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:42,230
Hongzhou! Stop saying such words! There are no ghosts in the Forbidden City.

386
00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:45,510
Even if there is, it's just inside your heart.

387
00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:49,760
You don't believe me? You don't believe me?

388
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,340
Go ask the other people! You don't believe me?!

389
00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:03,990
Fuheng, he said it like he was so sure.

390
00:28:03,990 --> 00:28:05,590
It doesn't seem like a lie.

391
00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:08,870
Moreover, you also saw the reaction of those other imperial relatives.

392
00:28:08,870 --> 00:28:11,450
Could they be conniving with Fifth Prince to fool us?

393
00:28:11,450 --> 00:28:13,010
Enough.

394
00:28:13,010 --> 00:28:15,260
What's wrong, Fuheng?

395
00:28:17,170 --> 00:28:20,420
You go back first. I still have to do something.

396
00:28:21,140 --> 00:28:22,560
Fuheng!

397
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,840
Fuheng, where are you going?

398
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,330
You take good care of Prince He of the Firth Rank.

399
00:28:31,330 --> 00:28:34,490
Anytime Prince He of the First Rank feels a bit upset,

400
00:28:34,490 --> 00:28:37,060
you are the one who suffers more.

401
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:43,240
When father was alive, he loves Sixth Little Brother the most.

402
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,980
Too bad, he wasn't able to grow up and become an adult.

403
00:28:46,930 --> 00:28:50,870
My other brothers also suffered the same fate.

404
00:28:50,870 --> 00:28:53,080
Among the 10 sons of Royal Father,

405
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:57,920
only I, Hongzhou, and Hongyan were left.

406
00:29:01,910 --> 00:29:06,260
Plus the fact that the previous fight among the nine princes for the crown prince positions was so fierce.

407
00:29:06,260 --> 00:29:09,690
Emperor Shengzu died grieving.

408
00:29:09,690 --> 00:29:14,400
Royal Father doesn't want to make the same mistakes

409
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,000
and decided to secretly set the crown prince.

410
00:29:19,580 --> 00:29:25,040
But from the start, the sickly Hongzhou

411
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,100
wasn't qualified.

412
00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:29,940
Your Majesty, since you ascended to the throne,

413
00:29:29,940 --> 00:29:32,770
you've been taking good care of Prince He of the First Rank.

414
00:29:32,770 --> 00:29:36,450
You even especially ordered the imperial physician to nurse his health.

415
00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:39,900
These past years, he has rarely gotten sick.

416
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:44,310
Li Yu, I've always suspected

417
00:29:46,940 --> 00:29:49,510
that Hongzhou isn't sick.

418
00:29:52,010 --> 00:29:55,460
Your Majesty, what are you saying?

419
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,580
The whole world knows

420
00:29:58,580 --> 00:30:00,720
that Fifth Prince has always been sickly.

421
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,320
Hence, he's not good in either literary knowledge or fighting skills.

422
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,580
I vaguely has this feeling that

423
00:30:06,250 --> 00:30:11,700
he has guessed that Emperor Shengzu and Royal Father have intentions to choose me,

424
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:14,520
hence, he willingly yielded the throne to me.

425
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,070
Fifth Prince?

426
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:23,780
With Fifth Prince absurd personality,

427
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:24,990
even if he wants to pretend,

428
00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:27,720
he won't be able to.

429
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,700
Your Majesty, I was too talkative.

430
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:39,020
I was too talkative.

431
00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:42,830
Leave.

432
00:30:43,690 --> 00:30:45,210
Yes.

433
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,520
Where did you go?

434
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:19,330
Just...feeling a bit stuffy, so I went out for a walk.

435
00:31:23,210 --> 00:31:26,540
Fuheng! You...

436
00:31:28,090 --> 00:31:31,190
Was it you who disguised as a ghost to scare people earlier?

437
00:31:31,190 --> 00:31:32,960
What did you say?

438
00:31:34,430 --> 00:31:36,870
I don't understand what you're saying.

439
00:31:36,870 --> 00:31:39,460
I found a sticky substance on the palace wall.

440
00:31:39,460 --> 00:31:42,210
The imperial relatives claim that they bumped into a ghost.

441
00:31:42,210 --> 00:31:46,260
It's very obvious that someone posted an item that can reflect image on the wall,

442
00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:48,630
hence, the so called ghost got projected.

443
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,790
Because it's a thunderstorm night, lighting was quite dim.

444
00:31:52,790 --> 00:31:56,890
People couldn't see it clearly, hence, they thought that it was true.

445
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,840
Reflection?

446
00:32:02,290 --> 00:32:04,890
Are you talking about a bronze mirror?

447
00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:08,260
How could one paste a mirror on the palace wall?

448
00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:14,600
Imperial Guard Fuca, your imagination is too abundant.

449
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,820
It's not a bronze mirror, but a piece of glass.

450
00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:23,600
I just came from the Imperial Household Department.

451
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,220
They said that you took some glass. Am I right?

452
00:32:26,220 --> 00:32:29,340
You really have misunderstood.

453
00:32:29,340 --> 00:32:35,840
I took some glass to change the damaged glass on the lamps in her palace.

454
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,530
Why would I disguise as a ghost to scare people?

455
00:32:38,530 --> 00:32:40,290
Stop letting your imagination run wild.

456
00:32:40,290 --> 00:32:42,100
Quickly go back to the Gate of Heavenly Purity,

457
00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:44,470
so as not to invite criticisms.

458
00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:46,880
Don't recklessly make a move on Hongzhou.

459
00:32:47,730 --> 00:32:52,200
You must know that he's the closest relative of His Majesty.

460
00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:55,510
As long as he doesn't commit any rebellious act,

461
00:32:55,510 --> 00:32:58,050
His Majesty will forgive him no matter what.

462
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,030
Impossible.

463
00:33:13,030 --> 00:33:15,330
There must be something wrong.

464
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,870
You scared me!

465
00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:28,760
What were you doing behind me?

466
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,920
You think I haven't been scared enough?

467
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,740
What are you doing?

468
00:33:36,130 --> 00:33:40,060
Last night, I also thought that some ghost was haunting me.

469
00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,780
But after thinking about it well,

470
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,050
there's something wrong with this matter.

471
00:33:48,060 --> 00:33:51,300
There must be someone pretending to be a ghost,

472
00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:54,330
trying to dig up the past.

473
00:33:54,330 --> 00:33:58,160
Once I find the evidence, I surely will skin this person.

474
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,390
Are you talking about the matter that occurred on the 10th of the first month?

475
00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:02,010
What?

476
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,770
That night, I was supposed to be on duty. But mother was sick.

477
00:34:07,770 --> 00:34:10,370
I have no choice but to exchange shifts.

478
00:34:10,370 --> 00:34:13,380
My clothes and belt were left in the Imperial Guard Office.

479
00:34:13,380 --> 00:34:18,250
Because I left in a hurry, I even forgot to remove my jade pendant.

480
00:34:18,250 --> 00:34:20,910
That night, you went to the Imperial Guard Office

481
00:34:20,910 --> 00:34:23,920
and even dressed up in my clothes, am I right?

482
00:34:24,870 --> 00:34:26,560
- Fuheng, this--<br>- Okay.

483
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,180
No need to say it. I don't want to hear it.

484
00:34:29,180 --> 00:34:33,060
Do you want to know who's the person playing tricks last night?

485
00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:34,380
Of course.

486
00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:35,700
I can tell you.

487
00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:37,300
Who?

488
00:34:40,830 --> 00:34:43,850
Are there still no activities from Changchun Palace?

489
00:34:43,850 --> 00:34:45,900
Your Highness,

490
00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:49,770
this Wei Yingluo seemed to have seen through that little eunuch.

491
00:34:49,770 --> 00:34:52,570
Hence, she kept not doing anything.

492
00:34:53,820 --> 00:34:56,370
You're admitting defeat now?

493
00:34:57,980 --> 00:35:02,000
Your Highness, don't worry. Although Wei YIngluo and Empress hasn't turned hostile with each other yet,

494
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,530
even if Fuheng isn't the real culprit,

495
00:35:04,530 --> 00:35:07,050
he surely is connected with this matter.

496
00:35:07,050 --> 00:35:08,720
With Yingluo's character,

497
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:12,040
will she still be loyal to Empress?

498
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:17,430
What you mean is your sowing discord trick still worked?

499
00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:19,510
It's fine if it didn't.

500
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:23,230
Your Highness, Wei Yingluo is just a measly palace maid.

501
00:35:23,230 --> 00:35:26,950
In just half a year from entering the palace, she has become the trusted aide of the empress.

502
00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:30,900
And even became a renowned loyal servant just because she tended to the emperor when he was sick.

503
00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,470
You don't know how many people admire and envy her.

504
00:35:33,470 --> 00:35:37,350
As the common saying goes, the higher you go up, the harder you'll fall.

505
00:35:37,350 --> 00:35:40,970
Your Highness, just wait and see. Look at how long she can still be well-off.

506
00:35:43,390 --> 00:35:46,000
<i>[Changchun Palace]</i>

507
00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:00,420
So, you're the one behind all this.

508
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,600
- Just with you—<br>- Enough.

509
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,620
Last night, she scared me so much.

510
00:36:07,620 --> 00:36:10,630
I still haven't done anything to her and you're already defending her.

511
00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:13,930
Hongzhou, don't forget what you promised me.

512
00:36:17,580 --> 00:36:20,670
Okay. I remember.

513
00:36:20,670 --> 00:36:23,590
Amicably resolve this matter.

514
00:36:23,590 --> 00:36:26,800
Don't worry. I won't make things difficult for her.

515
00:36:27,830 --> 00:36:29,810
But her sister...

516
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,760
What do you mean by this?

517
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,620
I'm apologizing to you.

518
00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:46,760
Using gold?

519
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:50,490
Yingluo, Hongzhou was just too drunk.

520
00:36:50,490 --> 00:36:53,220
He got out of control, hence, committed such a grave mistake.

521
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:55,980
Hongzhou.

522
00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:57,580
Okay...

523
00:36:58,150 --> 00:37:02,780
I apologize. Sorry.

524
00:37:02,780 --> 00:37:07,360
I indeed am very hateful. I hurt your older sister.

525
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,540
But afterwards, I regretted it. I even went back to find her.

526
00:37:11,540 --> 00:37:16,230
Just to avoid the imperial guards, I secretly sneaked into the imperial garden and changed into Fuheng's clothes.

527
00:37:16,230 --> 00:37:21,610
This...since I have no justification to be there, I can't really do it so openly, right?

528
00:37:21,610 --> 00:37:25,660
When I arrived, she has already left the palace.

529
00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:30,840
Hongzhou, but after that matter,

530
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,520
Miss A'Man lost her life.

531
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,440
I can swear that it wasn't my doing.

532
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:42,450
It's true. I'm a very straightforward person.

533
00:37:42,450 --> 00:37:46,370
If I want to kill her, there's no need to do it covertly.

534
00:37:46,370 --> 00:37:48,810
The more I won't be disguising it as committing suicide.

535
00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:52,900
Yingluo, Hongzhou indeed acts absurdly.

536
00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:55,570
But he definitely won't have the intention to kill anyone.

537
00:37:55,570 --> 00:37:58,620
I can vouch that he didn't kill your sister.

538
00:37:58,620 --> 00:38:01,390
You tainted the chastity of a palace maid.

539
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,920
What's the difference of that with killing her?

540
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,320
Do you know that when my sister died,

541
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,000
she couldn't even enter the memorial tomb of the Wei family.

542
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,690
She could only be buried in a mass grave.

543
00:38:14,690 --> 00:38:16,220
I can make up for it.

544
00:38:16,220 --> 00:38:20,980
How could you make up for one human life?

545
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:29,010
Miss Wei, I'll take your sister in as a concubine.

546
00:38:29,010 --> 00:38:32,590
I'll give her a status. Is that okay now?

547
00:38:32,590 --> 00:38:34,530
What did you say?

548
00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:38,530
Take her in?

549
00:38:39,830 --> 00:38:42,920
Correct. I'll take her in as a concubine.

550
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,090
The main wife must be documented.

551
00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:49,170
Your Wei Family is still not qualified for that.

552
00:38:49,170 --> 00:38:52,100
But she can be a concubine.

553
00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:55,370
This way, no one will comment anymore that she

554
00:38:55,370 --> 00:38:59,170
lost her virginity while unmarried and doubt her integrity.

555
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,390
- Yingluo!<br>- Where are you going?

556
00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:10,400
Father?

557
00:39:12,340 --> 00:39:13,990
I, Wei Qingtai,

558
00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:17,760
greets Your Highness Empress and Prince He of the First Rank.

559
00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:23,400
Why did you com here?

560
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,800
Isn't it your father has never been given any good post?

561
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,830
I personally wrote a recommendation.

562
00:39:29,830 --> 00:39:33,920
Today, he would be going to the Imperial Household Department to be an internal manager.

563
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,800
As long as he does his job well, he will surely get promoted.

564
00:39:40,030 --> 00:39:41,310
You agreed to it?

565
00:39:41,310 --> 00:39:43,770
He would be starting work now.

566
00:39:48,410 --> 00:39:49,980
Father,

567
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,440
you used the life of your own daughter

568
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,400
in exchange for a promising career.

569
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:00,530
How does it feel?

570
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,850
Yingluo, you are still this stubborn.

571
00:40:06,850 --> 00:40:12,000
Are you really going to watch as the soul of your sister will have no resting place?

572
00:40:12,580 --> 00:40:14,260
Yingning didn't have a good death.

573
00:40:14,260 --> 00:40:17,390
She ended up with an unchaste reputation.

574
00:40:17,390 --> 00:40:20,030
She can never enter our family tomb.

575
00:40:20,030 --> 00:40:25,050
Our family will never be able to life our head up.

576
00:40:25,050 --> 00:40:29,990
But now Prince He of the First Rank has agreed to make your sister her concubine.

577
00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:33,750
This way, no one in the whole Wei Clan

578
00:40:33,750 --> 00:40:36,060
can dare to talk bad about us.

579
00:40:36,060 --> 00:40:39,020
Your sister's soul in the netherworld

580
00:40:39,780 --> 00:40:42,190
can now rest in peace.

581
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,740
Miss Wei, don't worry.

582
00:40:48,740 --> 00:40:52,270
I surely will find your sister an auspicious land

583
00:40:52,270 --> 00:40:57,200
to bury her. I definitely won't let her become a wandering lonely ghost.

584
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:01,170
This counts as my sincere apology.

585
00:41:04,810 --> 00:41:05,650
Yingluo.

586
00:41:05,650 --> 00:41:09,590
Yingluo, if you stop now,

587
00:41:09,590 --> 00:41:14,660
I'll forgive your willful actions back then. We can go back to how we were before.

588
00:41:14,660 --> 00:41:18,960
If you insist on persisting with your wrong ways, I can only expel you out of our family,

589
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,850
so that you won't bring me bigger trouble.

590
00:41:21,850 --> 00:41:24,370
You must think about this carefully.

591
00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:30,880
Is you venting your anger more important or your sister resting in peace

592
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,410
and our father and daughter affection?

593
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:47,130
Your Highness Empress, you've always taught me

594
00:41:47,130 --> 00:41:49,690
that I must be forgiving.

595
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,830
I want to ask you

596
00:41:54,970 --> 00:42:01,780
if this time, will being forgiving be appropriate?

597
00:42:03,130 --> 00:42:09,130
Yingluo, I can't decide for you

598
00:42:09,990 --> 00:42:12,360
if you should forgive him.

599
00:42:13,410 --> 00:42:15,590
I understand.

600
00:42:18,570 --> 00:42:23,140
For my sister's soul to get peace,

601
00:42:24,490 --> 00:42:26,400
Prince He of the First Rank,

602
00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:29,740
I dare not bear any more grudge against you.

603
00:42:31,270 --> 00:42:32,830
But...

604
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,810
...you must fulfill your promises today.

605
00:42:37,810 --> 00:42:40,120
Don't ever forget it.

606
00:42:43,380 --> 00:42:45,330
That's more like it.

607
00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:50,110
It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive.

608
00:42:50,110 --> 00:42:54,360
From now on, the Wei family is considered an in-law of mine.

609
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:58,900
Just leave to me the promotion of Lord Wei and your marriage

610
00:42:58,900 --> 00:43:00,490
when you eventually leave the palace.

611
00:43:00,490 --> 00:43:04,280
Thank you Prince He of the First Rank then.

612
00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:12,020
See? What did I say?

613
00:43:12,020 --> 00:43:15,030
In this world, there aren't forever enemies.

614
00:43:15,030 --> 00:43:17,150
As long as you're willing to invest...

615
00:43:17,150 --> 00:43:21,130
Wrong, as long as you're willing to earnestly ask forgiveness,

616
00:43:21,130 --> 00:43:23,360
everything can be resolved amicably.

617
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:32,000
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618
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:41,000
BYPASS this - new OST draft coming soon<br>Softly falling into the hollow of my palm,

619
00:43:43,850 --> 00:43:52,000
Resting frozen in the center of my palm.

620
00:43:54,640 --> 00:44:02,930
Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable,

621
00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:13,960
Joined together, deeply experiencing and holding onto the end of happiness.

622
00:44:16,770 --> 00:44:24,960
5<br>Though plainly given words of discouragement,

623
00:44:27,530 --> 00:44:36,020
6<br>Pretending to hear nothing but exhortation.

624
00:44:38,530 --> 00:44:49,590
7<br> Endless tears, believing it cannot be true,

625
00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:58,170
8 <br> In this life, being born under an unlucky star.

626
00:45:00,630 --> 00:45:06,190
9

627
00:45:06,190 --> 00:45:10,910
10

628
00:45:10,910 --> 00:45:17,370
11

629
00:45:17,370 --> 00:45:22,330
12

630
00:45:22,330 --> 00:45:27,950
13

631
00:45:27,950 --> 00:45:32,650
14

632
00:45:32,650 --> 00:45:40,590
15<br>Opening your eyes to a sky filled with merciless snow falling,

633
00:45:40,590 --> 00:45:48,980
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