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

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Examining love together with regret, both new and old.

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

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Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.

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Story of Yanxi Palace

Episode 18

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We mustn't let the commoners know such a thing, right?

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Your Majesty, did you forget? During the lychee feast,

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there was mention of a physician in Jiangnan.

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- Why don't we invite him here to take a look?

- Consort Xian. Are you clueless too?

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How long are you going to procrastinate?

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Your Majesty, you must not delay this any further.

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Once it's daybreak, we won't be able to stop any gossip.

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His Majesty only has a small number of descendants.

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If this child merely contracts some strange illness and it's handled this way,

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it may harm the child.

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Your Majesty, Empress Dowager is not in the Forbidden City now.

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If she's here, she will be very sad.

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Relay this to Ye Tianshi.

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Is this the renowned physician from Jiangnan?

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Your Majesty. I think

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you shouldn't waste your time.

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Ye Tianshi sends his greetings to His Majesty. (T/N medical scholar, proponent of the "school of warm diseases" in TCM)

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Ye Tianshi.

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Present.

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Take a look at the little prince and check what's going on.

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Yes.

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His Majesty wants you to diagnose the illness.

- What are you doing?

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Your Majesty, please forgive me.

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The decorations here are very colorful.

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I was dumbfounded by them.

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Do your diagnosis now.

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Yes.

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To reply to Your Majesty,

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there's nothing serious with the little prince. It's just jaundice.

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It can't be. It's not like I have never seen jaundice in children.

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Even his pupils are golden yellow in color.

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That's because you are lacking in knowledge.

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A visiting physician even dares to make derogatory remarks.

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When a common jaundice shows up in a child,

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it will only appear on the face, neck and limbs. Why would it spread to the pupils?

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That jaundice you're talking about is congenital.

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Even if it's not treated, he would recover within seven days.

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The little prince's jaundice is pathological and related to the bile of the expectant mother.

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- It's usually connected with the pregnant mother having too much accumulation of bile.

- What congenital disease?

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He is clearly spouting nonsense.

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I come from three generations of physicians. They passed down their skills to me. I have never heard of this.

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Yes, I'm not that broad in my training compared to the Imperial Physicians,

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but I have been everywhere as a physician.

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I have seen many strange illnesses.

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So to say there's no problem with the Fifth Prince?

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He has only contracted some strange illness.

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Your Majesty. What do you think?

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I understand.

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Ye Tianshi, can he be cured?

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Your Majesty, don't worry. If I prescribe a formula to reduce the jaundice,

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in less than two weeks, the Fifth Prince's jaundice will subside.

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Men, take the Fifth Prince away now

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and attend to him carefully.

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Your Majesty, after the Fifth Prince has met a renowned physician,

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things have taken a new turn.

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I should be blamed for being ignorant and inexperienced.

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I couldn't even tell it's just a common jaundice

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and placed the little Fifth Prince's life in danger.

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Your Majesty, please forgive me.

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Even the Imperial Physician couldn't tell the difference.

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How could you blame yourself, Noble Consort?

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Your Majesty is merciful. I'm very thankful.

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It's just that...

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the rest will suspect my intention,

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that I wanted the little prince to die.

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Relay my decree.

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Ban others from talking about this again.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Consort Chun, rise.

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Are you here because of what happened to the Fifth Prince and to visit him?

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No, I'm here because of a major issue.

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What major issue?

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Carry him here.

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Consort Chun, what are you doing?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort. You are not afraid when you kill a person,

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so why are you afraid when you see a corpse?

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Your Majesty, listen to what Consort Chun said.

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I just said there must be someone

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who will misunderstand my intention.

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Look. Before I leave Changchun Palace,

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the news has already traveled out.

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Consort Chun is blaming me now.

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Noble Consort Gao.

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Do you really not recognize this body?

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How would I know him?

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He's the Mongolian chef from the Imperial Kitchen.

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He was also the one who cooked food for Noble Lady Yu.

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Consort Chun, what are you implying?

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This is a Mongolian scone. It's from my hometown.

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I thought I wouldn't be able to eat this again when I entered the palace.

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I didn't expect there would be a Mongolian chef in the Imperial Kitchen.

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The scones that he baked, they are fragrant and crispy.

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- Yingluo.

- Yes.

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Looking at you, something seems to be on your mind.

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Noble Lady Yu loves Mongolian scones.

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She would eat three pieces every day when she was pregnant.

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She even preferred them to be hot before she ate them.

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I was also astounded.

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Your Majesty. The food that was made by the chef,

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I instructed it to be brought here too.

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Your Majesty, let me take a look.

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It's very fragrant.

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I wonder what this scone is made of.

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Milk was added to the dough or perhaps ghee to the skin.

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You have mentioned that Noble Lady Yu loves to eat toasted scones.

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What else does she usually eat?

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Assorted confectionery to replace staple food.

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Then it's no wonder. No wonder.

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What do you mean?

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Your Majesty. Her child contracted jaundice

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mostly because the mother's body is moist and hot, so the bile gets accumulated. (T/N TCM diagnosis)

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I usually advise pregnant women to watch their food intake

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and not to eat too much sweet, hot and unpleasant smelling food

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to prevent damage to the spleen and stomach.

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Toasted scones can't be eaten either?

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No, you have misunderstood.

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Foods for pregnant women are not that restricted. They can eat whatever they like

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but they must not go overboard.

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If we take this toasted scone and ghee as an example,

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you can have it once a day as a meal.

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But if you have it twice a day as your meals, it's overboard.

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Mongolian women usually eat toasted scones.

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Hunan women like spicy food. They are safe and sound.

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You are ignorant and inexperienced.

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The spleen is a moist organ, hence, it's easy for moist air to enter the body.

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Taking in spicy food is to eliminate the moistness.

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As for the Mongolian wives, since they been taking these foods for a long time, their body has gotten used to it. So of course, they are fine.

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Eating habits, the local environment,

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and the state of one's health are intimately connected.

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Noble Lady Yu has been living in the Forbidden City and things suddenly became abnormal

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in her excessive diet. Naturally, it will cause disorders.

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Physician Ye is saying that,

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because of excessive usage of toasted scones and sweet cakes,

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the Fifth Prince contracted jaundice.

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Of course, this is possible.

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Consort Chun, how did this person die?

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Drawing from the lesson of the Fourth Prince,

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I was naturally worried about Noble Lady Yu's food and ordered someone to investigate this first.

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Who knew that when we just went into the Imperial Kitchen,

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he had already killed himself in order to escape punishment.

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If we're going to ask who the mastermind behind him is,

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we just have to look at who insisted on burying the Fifth Prince alive

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and we will know who it is.

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Consort Chun, you are making groundless accusations!

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He's already dead. On what basis are you accusing me then?

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Your Majesty, Fifth Prince is just a newborn.

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What crime did he commit?

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Unless...someone didn't want him to be born safely.

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Carefully thinking about it, since Noble Lady Yu got pregnant,

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Her Highness the Noble Consort has repeatedly made things difficult for her.

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First, the traumatic experience in the Imperial Garden.

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And then repeating it during the Lychee Banquet.

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When Noble Lady Yu gave birth,

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the first person to charge into Changchun Palace was also Her Highness the Noble Consort.

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She insisted on having Fifth Prince buried alive.

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To say that this matter has nothing to do with her, it's really hard for anyone to believe that.

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Your Majesty, it's really not like that. I really didn't know.

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You must not listen to the lies of this servant.

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Your Majesty, when Consort Chun and Consort Xian

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heard that prince was in trouble,

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the first thing they thought of was to ask for an Imperial physician.

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But Her Highness the Noble Consort wanted the prince to be executed.

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Even when Noble Lady Yu went up to her to stop her,

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she didn't spare her.

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If she doesn't have any intention to kill,

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why must she be so hasty and resolute?

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Your Majesty, the matter isn't like what she said.

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Sentencing me for a crime just based on a corpse,

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I will never accept such verdict.

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Moreover, the person is dead.

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Who knew if someone else forced him to kill himself so as to frame me?

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Your Highness the Noble Consort, at this point,

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you still aren't giving up defending yourself.

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When I sent my men to the Imperial Kitchen, they discovered one letter written in blood and twenty taels of gold.

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It shows that this person had sensed that something bad would happen to him.

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He left evidences beforehand.

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[ The person who will silence me will surely be the mistress of Chuxiu Palace. ]

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Your Majesty, it wasn't like this.

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It really wasn't like this. I really didn't know.

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I'm being framed. Framed!

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- Your Majesty.

- Enough.

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I don't want to hear your explanation.

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Men.

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Starting from today, Noble Consort Gao will be detained in Chuxiu Palace.

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Without my consent, no one is allowed to go in and out from there.

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Take her away.

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- Your Majesty. Your Majesty!

- Your Highness!

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I was framed!

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- Your Highness.

- I was framed, Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty, I want to report someone.

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How dare you? You even dare to block the way of His Majesty. Do you want to die?

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I know I'm guilty and I can be punished later,

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but this concerns a major matter. I dare not hide this.

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Noble Consort Gao wanted to kill the Fifth Prince.

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Wei Yingluo took out the golden seal of the Empress

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to scare Noble Consort but the actual truth is,

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the Empress didn't pass the golden seal to her. She used it to fake the order.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty, it was urgent.

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I didn't have a choice then.

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Could you fake the order even if you had no choice?

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Wei Yingluo, this is a penalty of death.

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Wei Yingluo, do you know your crime?

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Your Majesty, I deserve to die

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for deceiving Noble Consort.

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Deceiving the Noble Consort?

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Your Majesty, please punish me.

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What do you mean?

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Zhenzhu.

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Show everyone the golden seal

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that I gave you.

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How could I dare to use the Golden Seal of Her Highness the Empress?

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This is a major crime for using the seal to relay orders.

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But during that situation,

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if I didn't protect Noble Lady Yu and Fifth Prince,

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they wouldn't be able to wait for Your Majesty.

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For the sake of Noble Lady Yu and Prince's safety,

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I could only take that risk.

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Of course, I deceived the Noble Consort.

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I indeed committed a mistake. May Your Majesty forgive me.

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Your Majesty, Yingluo had good intentions behind it.

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Deceiving Noble Consort is a small matter, but saving Fifth Prince is a huge merit.

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With such a contribution, if you punish her, won't that sadden the hearts of a lot of people?

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Take her away and cane her fifty times.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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I'll go check on Noble Lady Yu and Fifth Prince.

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- I'll go with you.

- Okay.

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Your Highness Consort Chun.

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Can we talk privately?

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Let me boldly ask a question.

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Is the yellowing of Fifth Prince

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really due to Noble Consort Gao?

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Wei Yingluo, on what basis are you questioning me?

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Consort Chun's reaction

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exactly told me

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that everything isn't as simple as it seems.

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Why did you suspect me?

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One, excessive intake of roasted pancake and sugar cakes

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are voluntary actions of Noble Lady Yu.

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Noble Consort Gao can guide her to it, but not truly control her.

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Second, Doctor Ye only said

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that intake of these foods

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can increase the chances of Fifth Prince getting sick,

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but not really lead to an illness,

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why then would Noble Consort Gao risk that much danger

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for something that's uncertain?

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Third, if Noble Consort Gao really made her move,

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why then did she not search clearly

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and left a blood letter?

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Isn't that bringing oneself trouble?

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Since you know that there are inconsistencies,

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why then did you still help me?

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Because Noble Consort Gao has gone too far.

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The child is innocent, but she insists on having him killed.

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I only can bite back.

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Yingluo, the children who grow up in the Forbidden City

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are destined to get involved in the struggle for power.

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For those who die young, it's their fate.

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Even if they successfully grow up,

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they still have to face a fierce battle for the throne.

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If you want to enjoy a luxurious life, you then must pay a price.

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If they have to blame someone, they can only blame being reincarnated into the wrong family.

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I can understand your words, but I don't agree with them.

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Only a ferocious beast

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would eat young animals.

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If a person harms a young child,

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what is his difference from a beast?

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Your Highness Consort Chun, forgive me for taking my leave.

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If you continue to have such kind thoughts,

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your life will soon be in peril.

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Your Highness, eat something.

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Greetings, Lord Gao.

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Zhilan?

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Eunuch Desheng. Can I speak with Lord Gao alone for a while?

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His Majesty is still waiting for Lord Gao to discuss some state affairs. Don't delay it...

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It won't be too long.

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Why are you you here and not attending to Her Highness the Noble Consort?

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Replying to Old Master, Her Highness the Noble Consort has been locked up at Chuxiu Palace and has already become sick from anger.

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She won't eat all day and she's slowly getting thin.

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When I was talking to her earlier, she didn't have any reaction.

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As if she has completely changed into another person.

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I got it. You go back first.

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Old Master! Are you not going to visit Her Highness

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and urge her?

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I'll decide once I've seen His Majesty.

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Gonggong! Let's go.

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- Yes.

- Lord Gao! Lord Gao!

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Yongqi has grown so white and fat.

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He's really so cute.

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Replying to Your Highness the Empress, it's all thanks to Doctor Ye's meticulous care

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and...Miss Yingluo risking her life to save us.

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If not because of her, our lives

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would have been gone.

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I will remember Yingluo's contributions.

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I dared not forget the instructions of Her Highness the Empress.

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If not because everyone worked together, we wouldn't have deterred Noble Consort Gao.

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What merit did she do? Always trying to be the center of attention!

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So wanting everyone to know how good she is.

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Kneel.

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I can't order you around anymore now, is that it?

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When I was not around,

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what have you done?

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I thought you would repent on your mistakes,

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but never thought that I thought too highly of you.

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The previous caning of fifty strokes isn't enough.

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You want it to be one hundred strokes of caning

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before you'll understand your mistake, is that it?

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With your attitude,

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I am to lazy to care about you.

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Go out and kneel.

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Your Highness, the lower palace maids are around.

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Give Mingyu some dignity.

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Mingyu, let me ask you,

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do you know that you did wrong?

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I'll just go out and kneel.

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Mingyu!

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Your Highness, Mingyu just has that kind of personality.

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You're magnanimous, so just overlook it.

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I'll go get her now, to ask for your forgiveness.

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Your Highness the Empress, I've disturbed you for too long.

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I should go back now.

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Why not stay a while longer?

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That is not appropriate according to the rules.

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But Your Highness, don't worry,

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I will frequently bring the Fifth Prince over.

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It's just that...don't know if the Fifth Prince

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can still stay by my side in the future.

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You're worried that because your status isn't high enough,

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the Fifth Prince can't stay by your side and be raised by you, is that it?

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I've already asked His Majesty on your behalf.

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His Majesty considered that you've contributed merit by bearing him a child, hence, he promoted your status.

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He'll make a decree tomorrow to make you Imperial Concubine Yu, the mistress of Yonghe Palace.

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I will never forget the great grace given to me

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by Your Highness the Empress!

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Rise.

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Fifth Prince.

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Look at this little thing, he looks so handsome.

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Doesn't he look like His Majesty?

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Greetings to Your Majesty.

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Rise.

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Thank you, Your Majesty.

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There is a lot of discussion about your proposed water management proposal.

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I need a reason to support you.

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Explain it in detail.

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I've been managing the river systems for a long time.

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I noticed that the Yellow River flows in a rapid manner from its origin to the Qing River.

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It is closely connected to the Neibi Canal.

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Please build up the southern dike to become the far dike of the northern bank of the Yellow RIver.

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This way, we can prevent the Yellow River from overflowing.

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Continue speaking.

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Jiangdu cuts through the river and its topography is quite low.

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Have its gates redone, not to make it deeper but it should surpass the Yellow River,

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to decrease the amount of the Huai River getting into main river.

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Doing that can decrease the chances of the Huai River causing any calamities.

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Continue.

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Yongding River is at the tail-end and is unobstructed.

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I ask that it be made into a triangular lake with open side channels and irrigation canals.

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The upper part would be connected the the Zheng family reservoir. The lower will be connected to the old river head of the Daqing River.

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Remove the soil.

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As for the northern bank, surround it with sloping dikes

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to guard against the north bank getting exceeded.

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For the southern bank, we also would build some dikes to restrict the water from slipping southwards.

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The low river mouth underneath must always be clear.

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What about the upstream?

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The upstream should have bleeders.

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On Shuangying at the southern bank,

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and on Hulindian and Xiaohuijia Village at the northern bank,

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each should build a mortar dam,

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and the embankment should be decreased to be lower than the dam.

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On the southern bank, the Guojia Dike is just an old grass dam.

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It also should be rebuilt.

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Gao Bin, do you know how many human and material resources

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this series of operations will use up

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and who can dare accept such a huge project?

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Your Majesty, our Qing Empire

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frequently suffers flooding and the affected areas are so vast.

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Every year, there are hundreds of thousands of citizens

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whose fields are completely destroyed, they are forced to leave their homes and wander, their families are left devastated!

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Hence, this waster disaster must be put under control.

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It must not be delayed.

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I'm not talented, but I'm willing to exert my small effort

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in bending to a task and sparing no effort for the Qing Empire and for Your Majesty,

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until the day I die!

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Okay. I will then make you the governor of Zhili,

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so you can supervise the river channels.

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As for the several criticisms in the court,

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I will suppress them all for you.

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I won't let anyone destroy your proposed river management system.

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You...should not disappoint me.

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Even more so, you mustn't disappoint the citizens of the Great Qing Empire.

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I'm accepting the decree and am thankful for your grace!

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Dismissed.

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What else?

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Your Majesty, I heard that Her Highness the Noble Consort...

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Gao Bin, this is my private matter.

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I'm scared. I dare not interfere with your family matters.

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But this eldest daughter is the person that I most cared about.

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I'll be leaving to manage the river channels.

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I don't know when I can be back to the capital.

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May Your Majesty have mercy and allow me to visit Her Highness the Noble Consort.

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Old Master.

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I asked His Majesty to allow me to visit Noble Consort. I can only stay here for an incense stick of time. (T/N about 15 minutes)

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Yes, I'll tell Her Highness the Noble Consort right away. She'll surely be very happy.

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Your Highness, Old Master is here to visit you.

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This is the grace of His Majesty. It means that His Majesty still cares about you.

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I don't want to see anyone.

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You and that man outside,

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you all leave.

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Get lost!

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Old Master, Her Highness...

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I heard everything.

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Her Highness is in a bad mood. Don't take it to heart. Wait for me to convince her.

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No need.

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Ningxin'er, you can be willful and behave unscrupulously,

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decadent and dejected, but don't forget

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that I have four daughters.

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Other than my second daughter who married Orongshi,

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you still have third and fourth sisters.

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They are currently in the prime of their youth with outstanding beauty!

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Old man, you stop right there!

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Your daughter is currently being locked up in Chuxiu Palace.

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Everyone in this palace is trampling on me.

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Are you also looking down on me?

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Also giving up on me?

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I've been a government official for so many years.

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From a little sixth-ranked director of Imperial Household Department,

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to a current first-rank high official.

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Throughout my journey, you don't know how many storms and waves I've encountered,

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but I am still standing and keep getting promoted.

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What I relied on is

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just striving my utmost effort

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and swearing loyalty until death to the Qing Empire,

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to His Majesty!

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Towards my children, I treated you all equally

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and meticulously cultivated each one.

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I only have one request.

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That is you must give everything you have and aim for the best

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in doing anything, wherever you are.

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Go back and look at yourself in the mirror. Look at your useless self!

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How are you like a daughter of my Gao family?

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Such awe-inspiring righteousness.

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Your political career now is so successful, rapidly going up the ranks.

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But have you ever thought about my mother?

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Have you every thought of me?

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Have you ever felt any guilt towards us?

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Could you have forgotten?

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How did my mother die?

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Your mother...was washed away by the Yellow River!

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No! She wasn't!

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You clearly know very well

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that she died for you!

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Old man, you remember this.

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As long as I'm around, don't even think of sending those two bitches into this palace!

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Don't that Ma woman ever think of replacing my mother!

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Never.

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If you want to fulfill that dream,

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I fear that you must stabilize your foothold here in the palace more.

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Old man, let me tell you this!

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I haven't fallen yet and will never fall!

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You want to easily replace me?

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You had better give up on that idea right now!

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Your Highness.

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It must be that woman who is sowing discord.

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- Who are you talking about, Your Highness?

- Who else?

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That bitch Ma.

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Third and Fourth Little Sisters are both her daughters.

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Even if I die,

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I won't let her and her daughters get their way!

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Your Highness, she's currently the main madam of the Gao family.

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I must pull myself together. I mustn't give them any chance to exploit.

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♫ A human life is akin to a spring dream

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Wait.

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Stop.

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[ Chuxiu Palace ]

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♫ Help yourself

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Lower the carriage.

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♫ drink your fill

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Your Highness, please have some wine.

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Your Highness.

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Your Majesty.

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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How come what she drank was real wine?

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Replying to Your Majesty, Her Highness the Noble Consort was in a bad mood.

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She said that she wanted to drown her sorrow with alcohol,

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so she ordered me to prepare a jar of wine.

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I dared not stop her.

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Preposterous!

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Noble Consort.

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Your Majesty.

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Let me assist you back to your room.

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Gonggong Li.

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Gonggong Li, why are you so idle tonight

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to visit this cold and cheerless palace of ours?

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Miss Zhilan, you're joking with me.

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This is the Chuxiu Palace of Her Highness the Noble Consort. How could it be cold and cheerless?

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A few days ago, I repeated asked for your help, but you kept refusing.

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Today, you're quite eager.

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If not because His Majesty personally entered here, I think you wouldn't think of coming.

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It's all my fault, okay?

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Miss Zhilan, this..forgive me, okay?

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What's the use of me forgiving you?

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It depends on Her Highness.

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Noble Consort, why are you crying?

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Your Majesty, why don't you call me "Ningxin'er" anymore?

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Didn't you used to like calling me that?

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I don't want to be a noble consort anymore.

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I just want to be your Ningxin'er.

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Noble Consort, you're drunk.

519

I'm not.

520

Before, I...loved to sing.

521

I also danced.

522

Your Majesty also loved to come watch me.

523

But now...

524

Your Majesty isn't coming anymore.

525

You also have become distant from me.

526

I am not the one who changed.

527

It's you.

528

I changed?

529

I'm your noble consort.

530

The Noble Consort of the Qing Empire.

531

If I just continue to sing and dance,

532

everyone will laugh at me

533

for not acting appropriately.

534

Hence, I can't sing.

535

I also can't dance.

536

Your Majesty, is it because of this that you don't love me anymore?

537

I don't want to be well-behaved or act in proper decorum.

538

Without Your Majesty's tender affection, what's the point of all this?

539

Your Majesty, don't leave me.

540

In this huge Forbidden City,

541

you're the only one

542

that I can rely on.

543

The floor is cold.

544

Your Majesty, Father came to visit me yesterday.

545

I remembered my mother.

546

Your mother got washed away by the Yellow River when she was accompanying your father in mitigating the flood.

547

No. It wasn't like that, Your Majesty.

548

That time, Yellow River kept causing flooding.

549

There was a group of water pirates that settled there and frequently robbed the nearby houses.

550

Father advocated the elimination of the pirates and flood prevention.

551

This invited revenge from the water pirates.

552

That year, I was just five years old.

553

I floated on the river for a long time.

554

I got saved by a fisherman.

555

And they searched for seven days, seven nights.

556

What they found was the pitiful corpse of my mother.

557

If a woman falls into the hands of the water pirates, what can happen to her?

558

Anyone can imagine it.

559

And the Gao family denied her being buried in their tomb on the estate,

560

denied her a place in the ancestral chamber.

561

My mother bore my father children and raised them all her life.

562

She was filial to her in-laws, maintained the household well, and supported the family's career.

563

In the end, she died without a full corpse.

564

And Father then actually said that since he's always out,

565

he needed a new wife to run the house.

566

In less than a year,

567

he married that Ma woman into the home.

568

Then what happened?

569

Since she entered our home, she repeatedly abused me and my siblings.

570

From then on, my days felt so long like they were years.

571

It was living hell, Your Majesty.

572

I know that you've suffered.

573

Your Majesty, I didn't harm the Fifth Prince.

574

I really didn't.

575

I can swear.

576

I believe you.

577

Really, Your Majesty? You really believe me?

578

I'm not lying to you.

579

You've drunk too much.

580

Be careful of hurting your health. Rest early.

581

Your Majesty, don't leave tonight.

582

Okay?

583

Your Majesty.

584

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585

♫The Forbidden Palace's walls surround them, feeling like a good place to reside.♫

586

♫As the walls sever the setting sun's rays, they lose their past dreams as it grows cold.♫

587

♫Decaying leaves cover the neglected shuttered window, that remembers the cold winds of twenty harvests.♫

588

♫ Knowing only how to go with the flow and pass the years.♫

589

♫Unmarried and hopeful, the heavy, dark gates are locked, ♫

590

♫Cultivated and proud, gem-like beauties, and yet somehow♫

591

♫Flowers who stay may endure breakage, causing them ask to change their karma♫

592

♫Can not an empty branch give them a carefree place to rest upon?♫

593

♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫

594

♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫

595

♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫

596

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

597

♫Longing to be together with him, separated as the illumination in the western window declines,♫

598

♫At leisure to be melancholy, also perplexed and worried about it all.♫

599

♫Who will pity her, and record her lifetime full of misery?♫

600

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

601

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫