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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,990 --> 00:00:09,990 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 2 00:01:10,650 --> 00:01:17,140 Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow haggard, 3 00:01:17,140 --> 00:01:23,690 Examining love together with regret, both new and old. 4 00:01:23,690 --> 00:01:30,690 Keeping watch still by a lantern though it is daybreak, drenched with tears, 5 00:01:30,690 --> 00:01:39,150 Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls. 6 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:49,390 Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 63 7 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:54,300 Greetings to my Mistress the Empress. 8 00:02:02,010 --> 00:02:06,010 I beg Your Highness, Mistress grant me a severe punishment. 9 00:02:07,390 --> 00:02:12,430 I've said nothing and you already know where you've gone wrong? 10 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,230 I punished Consort Ling without authorization. 11 00:02:16,230 --> 00:02:21,380 My Mistress the Empress, I am easing your worry by doing so. 12 00:02:21,380 --> 00:02:26,070 What a pompous servant! When did it become your turn to read the Empress' intention? 13 00:02:32,350 --> 00:02:35,200 You bribed the royal physician and faked a record 14 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,120 to have Consort Ling's medical history clearly structured. 15 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,180 Too bad it was too rushed, and thus leaving a trail of wild geese. (T/N live clues and talk) 16 00:02:41,180 --> 00:02:43,960 Surely now something is left that can be used against you. 17 00:02:45,490 --> 00:02:48,480 Mistress, you mean . . . 18 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:53,800 Even if Consort Ling is to die, she can't die by my hand. 19 00:02:54,870 --> 00:02:56,960 Hurry and prepare two items. 20 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,610 One item, send it to Yangxin Hall. The other... 21 00:03:05,580 --> 00:03:08,190 send it to Yangxin Hall as well. 22 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:19,110 - What are you doing now? - I just don't like such simple orchid painting. 23 00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:21,580 The more gaudy, the better. 24 00:03:21,580 --> 00:03:25,480 Your Majesty, look! This can't do? 25 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:28,870 You're being insensible. 26 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,430 Your Majesty. 27 00:03:42,620 --> 00:03:47,230 Your Majesty? Yanxi Palace has summoned the royal physician. 28 00:03:49,910 --> 00:03:54,320 Who told you to solicit Yanxi Palace news? Arrogant assertion. 29 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,780 I know my error. 30 00:03:59,420 --> 00:04:01,430 Go out. 31 00:04:01,430 --> 00:04:03,080 Yes. 32 00:04:05,690 --> 00:04:07,200 Come back. 33 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,040 Your Majesty. 34 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,800 What is the illness? 35 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,830 Replying to Your Majesty, Consort Ling has on a vegetarian diet for years. 36 00:04:18,830 --> 00:04:21,980 Her neglect to her diet has left a stomach illness. 37 00:04:21,980 --> 00:04:24,560 Royal Medicine Bureau has already made a prescription 38 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,450 to instruct her to drink clear porridge daily to nurse the stomach. 39 00:04:28,450 --> 00:04:30,690 Adjust slowly. 40 00:04:35,830 --> 00:04:38,570 A disaster lasts a millennium. 41 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:40,840 I just know she can't die. 42 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:43,060 Go now. 43 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:45,870 Yes. 44 00:04:49,460 --> 00:04:51,220 Your Majesty. 45 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,320 What now? 46 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,870 Consort Ling, when she left Yuanming Garden, she left behind the qin "Sound of Moonlight Dew". 47 00:04:58,870 --> 00:05:03,640 I am asking Your Majesty whether I should deliver it to Yanxi Palace now. 48 00:05:07,860 --> 00:05:10,040 Where is "Sound of Moonlight Dew" now? 49 00:05:20,410 --> 00:05:24,350 Your Majesty. The zither. 50 00:05:28,630 --> 00:05:30,120 Burn it. 51 00:05:30,570 --> 00:05:32,120 Burn it? 52 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,310 His Majesty's Imperial gift has left to neglect like this. 53 00:05:35,310 --> 00:05:38,370 It's clear Consort Ling doesn't even 54 00:05:38,370 --> 00:05:41,980 care about His Majesty. She brought it upon herself. Die! 55 00:05:41,980 --> 00:05:44,040 Burn it. Burn it. 56 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:45,350 I really should burn it? 57 00:05:45,350 --> 00:05:47,050 Burn it! 58 00:05:47,050 --> 00:05:51,520 [ Sound of Moonlight Dew ] 59 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:04,980 What is this? 60 00:06:04,980 --> 00:06:08,720 This is a letter Yanxi Palace wants to deliver to Yangxin Hall. 61 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,380 I intercepted it in the middle. 62 00:06:11,380 --> 00:06:16,330 That whore is expecting His Majesty to turn back to her so you must take precaution. 63 00:06:16,330 --> 00:06:21,240 If you don't remove the root of a weed, it will be future disaster. 64 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,710 Mistress, you must make the decision sooner. 65 00:06:27,030 --> 00:06:29,400 Everyone thinks... 66 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:32,970 that it is I who wants to kill Wei Yingluo. 67 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:37,750 Even you say so. 68 00:07:37,570 --> 00:07:40,590 Do you loathe me now? 69 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,760 Everything I've done was to help you. 70 00:07:48,410 --> 00:07:51,350 Look at my plight now. 71 00:07:53,060 --> 00:07:55,620 This is how you help me? 72 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,730 We fight desperately when confronting mortal danger. 73 00:08:05,730 --> 00:08:08,680 If I don't push you to the limit, 74 00:08:11,260 --> 00:08:14,570 how will you be willing to give up your life now? 75 00:08:15,070 --> 00:08:17,860 I don't know what you mean. 76 00:08:25,310 --> 00:08:30,030 Yingluo. Listen to me clearly. 77 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:33,860 The Forbidden City has fame, honor and riches. 78 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:36,620 But that is all just passing smoke and clouds. 79 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:42,870 Without His Majesty's favor with your fierce disposition, 80 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:45,120 how long can you live? 81 00:08:46,510 --> 00:08:51,300 Chenbi. How many faces do you really have? 82 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:55,200 I have said so already. I am helping you. 83 00:08:59,190 --> 00:09:01,680 A great woman like you. 84 00:09:02,330 --> 00:09:05,060 You should be cherished in one's palm. 85 00:09:05,470 --> 00:09:07,390 What do you wish to accomplish? 86 00:09:07,790 --> 00:09:12,180 Why don't you understand still? I'm helping you. 87 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:22,820 No, to be more precise, I am returning a kindness. 88 00:09:22,820 --> 00:09:24,720 Returning whose kindness? 89 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:33,590 Lord Fuheng's. If it hadn't been for him, I would've fallen into the deep abyss long ago. 90 00:09:34,790 --> 00:09:39,470 He's young and courageous, and gentle and attentive. 91 00:09:39,470 --> 00:09:42,500 A woman's dream husband. 92 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:50,670 All along, I've wanted to repay him, 93 00:09:51,250 --> 00:09:53,590 but I didn't know what to do. 94 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,790 Until I discovered... 95 00:09:57,820 --> 00:09:59,620 he loves you. 96 00:10:01,470 --> 00:10:03,030 That's all in the past. 97 00:10:03,030 --> 00:10:07,150 But he's loved you all along, never ever changing. 98 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:10,270 You forced Mingyu to die. 99 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:13,230 That was to repay a kindness too? 100 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,830 What a joke! 101 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,640 I've said it many times. 102 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,380 It's she who chose death herself. 103 00:10:29,380 --> 00:10:32,450 You can't always be fettered by affection. 104 00:10:33,930 --> 00:10:36,720 You should think about yourself more. 105 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,340 Think about myself? 106 00:10:40,990 --> 00:10:46,240 Someone used your name to send a dried gardenia to Yangxin Hall. 107 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,710 It came into my hands. 108 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,500 Do you want to know who sent it? 109 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:57,390 Empress. 110 00:10:57,390 --> 00:11:01,110 Yes. It was Empress. 111 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:10,470 If you don't go now, you will die here in the Forbidden City for sure. 112 00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:14,960 What place is the Forbidden City 113 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,580 that I can actually leave? 114 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,630 I will help you. 115 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:31,740 From now on, the world is wild and high and you can fly to your desire. 116 00:11:32,270 --> 00:11:35,790 You and Fuheng can be together forever. 117 00:11:39,930 --> 00:11:43,710 I was presented to His Majesty like a gift. 118 00:11:45,460 --> 00:11:48,940 I lost the love of my kin. 119 00:11:49,540 --> 00:11:52,390 I've lost freedom. 120 00:11:55,260 --> 00:11:57,460 I can't leave. 121 00:11:57,460 --> 00:12:00,290 I can never leave. 122 00:12:04,250 --> 00:12:06,360 But you're not the same. 123 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:09,770 You still have a chance. 124 00:12:19,990 --> 00:12:21,720 Yingluo. 125 00:12:23,190 --> 00:12:27,510 Before this frightening palace swallows you whole, 126 00:12:28,830 --> 00:12:30,760 go! 127 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,720 Go far away, 128 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,190 never to return! 129 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,930 As the days and years go by, 130 00:13:00,930 --> 00:13:04,990 you will wear shackles and proceed in such a toilsome manner. 131 00:13:04,990 --> 00:13:07,650 Why can't you just remove them 132 00:13:07,650 --> 00:13:11,260 and bravely strive for the thing that you want? 133 00:13:11,260 --> 00:13:15,320 Really live for yourself this time. 134 00:13:16,970 --> 00:13:19,410 Even if it's just for a day. 135 00:13:28,010 --> 00:13:29,940 Who did that? Who did that! 136 00:13:29,940 --> 00:13:33,450 - Who? - Your hands... 137 00:13:33,450 --> 00:13:35,210 You're awake? 138 00:13:38,820 --> 00:13:40,370 Your Majesty. 139 00:13:40,370 --> 00:13:44,970 Your Majesty. Greetings, Your Majesty. 140 00:13:46,830 --> 00:13:49,250 Borrowing wine to drown your sorrows. 141 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,640 Hailancha, you've got nerve. 142 00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:55,470 I also don't want to be like this. 143 00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:59,490 But when I got home, 144 00:14:01,430 --> 00:14:03,860 seeing that house full of red, (T/N wedding decorations are red for joy) 145 00:14:04,650 --> 00:14:07,110 it became more piercing. 146 00:14:07,540 --> 00:14:10,700 I'm a crude person. I only know how to fight. 147 00:14:11,230 --> 00:14:14,820 It's my first time knowing what heartbreak is. 148 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,780 Hailancha, you are a man. 149 00:14:24,870 --> 00:14:29,800 No matter how sad you are, you mustn't forget this. 150 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,120 An Imperial bodyguard has the duty to protect. 151 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,100 If everyone is like you, 152 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:42,750 being so drunk while on duty, 153 00:14:42,750 --> 00:14:45,190 then wouldn't my head already been taken 154 00:14:45,190 --> 00:14:47,790 without you knowing? 155 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,270 I have committed a crime! May Your Majesty punish me! 156 00:14:54,910 --> 00:14:56,550 I... 157 00:14:58,460 --> 00:15:00,750 can't let you stay here anymore. 158 00:15:03,460 --> 00:15:05,170 Your Majesty. 159 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:07,780 Your Majesty, I was wrong. 160 00:15:07,780 --> 00:15:09,730 I really know that I made a mistake! 161 00:15:09,730 --> 00:15:12,140 You can hit or scold me! 162 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:14,490 Don't drive me away, Your Majesty! 163 00:15:14,490 --> 00:15:17,700 Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I beg you to not drive me away! 164 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:22,400 Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I'm sorry! Your Majesty! 165 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:25,190 Do you still remember your promise? 166 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:36,360 You said that you will join the battlefield 167 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,620 and contribute great merit to the Great Qing Dynasty. 168 00:15:42,730 --> 00:15:44,680 I've received a military report 169 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,380 that in the northern region of the Huolan Tribe, a small army has appeared. 170 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:52,800 I suspect them of being the remnants of the rebel army. 171 00:15:54,590 --> 00:15:56,450 Do you dare go? 172 00:15:57,220 --> 00:15:59,440 I'm willing to sacrifice my life for Your Majesty, 173 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,900 and not have any regrets even if I die! 174 00:16:11,730 --> 00:16:14,150 No woman... 175 00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:21,170 is worthy enough for you to lose your heroic spirit. 176 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,660 Yes. 177 00:16:23,660 --> 00:16:26,050 If Mingyu can see you down there, 178 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:29,750 she also would look down on you. 179 00:16:35,050 --> 00:16:36,580 Lord Fuheng. 180 00:16:36,580 --> 00:16:39,900 Desheng, please inform His Majesty that I need to have an audience with him. 181 00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:43,730 I have an important matter to discuss and must see him now. 182 00:16:43,730 --> 00:16:46,090 His Majesty is currently meeting with Imperial Guard Suolun. 183 00:16:46,090 --> 00:16:47,990 Please wait for a while. 184 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,040 Lord Fuheng! 185 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,500 Why are you in a rush? 186 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:59,350 Desheng, please also inform His Majesty 187 00:16:59,350 --> 00:17:00,840 that I have an important matter to see him about. 188 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,560 Yes. 189 00:17:08,330 --> 00:17:13,060 Looks like your rationality won, Lord Fuca. 190 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:17,230 You'd rather watch her die... 191 00:17:19,770 --> 00:17:22,570 and stay loyal to His Majesty. 192 00:17:23,470 --> 00:17:25,120 That is... 193 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,170 She agreed. 194 00:17:30,420 --> 00:17:33,760 Fuheng, you've disappointed her once. 195 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,570 Are you going to fail her the second time? 196 00:17:42,210 --> 00:17:45,020 Your Highness Imperial Concubine Shun, His Majesty said that he still has something to attend to. 197 00:17:45,020 --> 00:17:50,290 Please return to Lijing Pavilion first. His Majesty will surely visit you this afternoon. 198 00:17:50,290 --> 00:17:53,100 Lord Fuheng, please go inside. 199 00:18:01,290 --> 00:18:04,760 Mistress, will he say it? 200 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:09,900 Fame, wealth, 201 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:13,450 power, and position, he has all of them. 202 00:18:13,450 --> 00:18:17,190 But he still is always melancholic. 203 00:18:18,110 --> 00:18:20,870 Being able to obtain the woman he wants 204 00:18:22,180 --> 00:18:25,330 is a great temptation for him. 205 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,900 No matter how he suppresses it, 206 00:18:29,850 --> 00:18:32,890 he won't be able to suppress the desire in his heart. 207 00:18:34,740 --> 00:18:36,980 What is it? 208 00:18:38,330 --> 00:18:40,780 You've disappointed her once. 209 00:18:40,780 --> 00:18:43,250 Are you going to fail her the second time? 210 00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:46,770 Your Majesty, I'm here for the military report regarding the Huolan Tribe. 211 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,840 I already know about that. 212 00:18:52,170 --> 00:18:55,420 Fuheng, His Majesty is sending me to lead an army 213 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:57,740 and help General Zhaohui to pacify the rebellion. 214 00:18:59,010 --> 00:19:01,490 It's good that you're able to prop yourself up. 215 00:19:03,430 --> 00:19:05,450 There's nothing more? 216 00:19:05,450 --> 00:19:08,140 Since Your Majesty has already made the arrangements, there's nothing more. 217 00:19:08,140 --> 00:19:10,100 Leave then. 218 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:13,520 I will take my leave. 219 00:19:25,610 --> 00:19:27,910 - Hailancha. - Yes. 220 00:19:27,930 --> 00:19:29,960 How is Fuheng's memory? 221 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,320 He has a photographic memory. 222 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,090 A person with a photographic memory 223 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,260 would forget that he has submitted a memorial last night? 224 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:47,610 Your Majesty, he's very serious with his job. 225 00:19:47,610 --> 00:19:50,030 He probably is just asking for your decision. 226 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:59,860 Hailancha, there's still one more thing 227 00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:01,980 that I want you to do for me. 228 00:20:15,330 --> 00:20:17,500 Imperial Concubine Shun made instructions 229 00:20:17,500 --> 00:20:19,730 that you mustn't be neglected. 230 00:20:19,730 --> 00:20:21,860 If I'm you, 231 00:20:21,860 --> 00:20:24,730 it's just deserving to die from starvation. 232 00:20:33,260 --> 00:20:35,390 Living like a dog. 233 00:20:35,390 --> 00:20:38,140 Don't know why you still want to live. 234 00:20:51,090 --> 00:21:01,140 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 235 00:21:14,220 --> 00:21:17,150 Your Highness, Imperial Concubine Shun went to Yanxi Palace today. 236 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:20,610 But after she left, Consort Ling was still alive. 237 00:21:22,780 --> 00:21:24,770 What are you smiling about? 238 00:21:26,140 --> 00:21:28,700 I can borrow a knife to kill someone. 239 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:31,440 Of course, Imperial Concubine Shun can do the same. 240 00:21:33,890 --> 00:21:37,510 Greetings to my Mistress the Empress. 241 00:21:37,510 --> 00:21:39,340 Your Highness. 242 00:21:48,550 --> 00:21:50,910 Mistress. 243 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:54,010 Look at that. 244 00:21:54,010 --> 00:21:55,940 It has come. 245 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,480 You know what to do, right? 246 00:22:12,730 --> 00:22:14,150 Zhen'er. 247 00:22:14,790 --> 00:22:16,720 Chief Steward Yuan. 248 00:22:17,390 --> 00:22:22,700 It's like this. I haven't thanked you yet for helping me last time. 249 00:22:22,700 --> 00:22:24,920 We are both working for Her Highness the Empress. 250 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,600 It's just right that we assist each other. 251 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,470 Moreover, 252 00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:33,350 I also won't help you for no reason. 253 00:22:34,340 --> 00:22:37,750 Say it. How do you want me to repay you? 254 00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:43,140 Yuan Chunwang, this year, 255 00:22:43,140 --> 00:22:45,490 I'm twenty-nine years old. (T/N palace maids as a rule are generally let out of the palace at 25 to marry) 256 00:22:51,650 --> 00:22:55,710 You're saying that Her Highness the Empress still hasn't let you out of the palace? 257 00:22:55,710 --> 00:22:57,380 Of course not. 258 00:22:57,380 --> 00:22:59,600 If Her Highness the Empress were that kind of person, 259 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:02,600 would I still loyally serve her? 260 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:05,330 Why then? 261 00:23:05,330 --> 00:23:09,150 Her Highness the Empress offered to reward me with a huge amount of money and choose a husband for me. 262 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,480 I refused them all. 263 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,620 Usually, a palace maid can leave the palace when she's twenty-five. 264 00:23:14,620 --> 00:23:17,870 But I've been serving Her Highness ever since. 265 00:23:17,870 --> 00:23:20,390 I couldn't bear to part with her. 266 00:23:20,390 --> 00:23:25,220 Moreover, if I leave, who will accompany her? 267 00:23:26,290 --> 00:23:28,350 Then... 268 00:23:28,350 --> 00:23:31,710 Hence, I told Her Highness 269 00:23:33,570 --> 00:23:35,850 that I chose you. 270 00:23:40,630 --> 00:23:42,200 Zhen'er. 271 00:23:43,310 --> 00:23:47,340 You didn't say that just to make Her Highness be at ease, right? 272 00:23:47,340 --> 00:23:49,520 Of course not. 273 00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:45,800 - Li Yu, call for an Imperial physician. - Yes. 274 00:24:47,890 --> 00:24:51,700 Dancing, but unfocused. 275 00:24:56,750 --> 00:24:59,910 You're still accompanying Empress Dowager to Yaowang Temple tomorrow, 276 00:25:00,510 --> 00:25:03,060 but your injury hasn't fully healed yet. 277 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:08,290 Your Majesty, didn't the Imperial physician already say 278 00:25:08,290 --> 00:25:11,570 that this injury is very shallow. 279 00:25:11,570 --> 00:25:14,350 No need to be worried. 280 00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:17,610 One still mustn't neglect a superficial injury. 281 00:25:17,610 --> 00:25:21,230 What if it leads to sequelae? What then? 282 00:25:21,890 --> 00:25:26,400 Your Majesty, you're so good to me. 283 00:25:28,110 --> 00:25:30,800 You are my most beloved Imperial Concubine Shun. 284 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:34,750 If I don't treat you well, who should I be good to? 285 00:25:35,270 --> 00:25:39,640 But I'm not good to Your Majesty. 286 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:44,100 Based on what you said, you're hiding something from me? 287 00:25:49,790 --> 00:25:53,740 I've been hiding a secret from you. 288 00:25:53,740 --> 00:25:56,680 I don't know how to tell you about it. 289 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,610 But you treat me so well. 290 00:25:59,610 --> 00:26:02,270 If I still hide it from you, 291 00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:05,290 my conscience can't take it anymore! 292 00:26:07,810 --> 00:26:10,110 What has happened? 293 00:26:23,060 --> 00:26:26,150 Greetings, Your Majesty. 294 00:26:27,670 --> 00:26:29,720 Your Majesty! 295 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:36,080 On the tenth of next month, Empress Dowager will go to Yaowang Temple to pray. 296 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,000 She'll be taking most of the Imperial guards with her. 297 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:43,100 On that day, the Imperial guards inside the palace will be halved. This is your best chance. 298 00:26:47,030 --> 00:26:49,560 She agreed. 299 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,590 You've disappointed her once. 300 00:26:52,590 --> 00:26:55,980 Are you going to fail her this second time? 301 00:26:55,980 --> 00:26:58,340 She has offended so many people. 302 00:26:58,340 --> 00:27:02,590 Now that she ended up in this state, it's just natural for some to take advantage of it. 303 00:27:02,590 --> 00:27:06,560 Cutting off any news about her. Only serving her water every day. 304 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,720 How long can she still last? 305 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,710 You and she were supposed to be married, but you abandoned her. 306 00:27:14,710 --> 00:27:20,010 You're the mastermind that pushed her to her current situation. 307 00:27:20,010 --> 00:27:23,000 Yingluo was supposed to have a blissful life. 308 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:27,520 Because of you, it completely got destroyed. 309 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:40,720 [ Imperial Household Department Badge ] 310 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,430 Hurry up! Hurry up! 311 00:27:56,430 --> 00:27:59,940 The sky is about to get bright. Empress Dowager is going out of the palace today. 312 00:27:59,940 --> 00:28:02,200 Her breakfast must be served an hour earlier. 313 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,700 Be nimble! Be nimble! 314 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,240 Hurry up now! 315 00:28:13,670 --> 00:28:17,040 Every midnight, we have to go to Yuquan Mountain to get some spring water. 316 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,340 - Journeying from there to the Forbidden City, won't exhaustion simply kill you? - Indeed. 317 00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:26,780 Say, what's the difference between the groundwater here with the spring water of Yuquan Mountain? 318 00:28:26,780 --> 00:28:28,990 Isn't it all just water? 319 00:28:29,890 --> 00:28:31,790 Gonggong... 320 00:28:31,790 --> 00:28:37,830 Water that will be served to His Majesty and Empress Dowager must of course be the best kind of water in the world. 321 00:28:37,830 --> 00:28:40,710 The water of Yuquan Mountain is so refreshing and sweet. 322 00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:42,530 Can the well water even compare? 323 00:28:42,530 --> 00:28:43,720 You are right, Gonggong. 324 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,450 If you dare to speak nonsense again, I will pull out your tongue! 325 00:28:47,450 --> 00:28:52,550 Hurry up, all of you! Don't delay the meal time. 326 00:28:55,900 --> 00:29:01,280 The Cangzhen Gate by Yanxi Palace is where the daily water carriage must pass through.... 327 00:29:03,270 --> 00:29:06,070 and it's also your only chance. 328 00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:39,520 Hurry. 329 00:30:02,810 --> 00:30:06,380 Your Majesty, it's meal time. 330 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,520 Send my order. Seal off the Gate of Divine Might. 331 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:17,470 - Your Majesty, Empress Dowager is going to Yaowang Temple today, if I-- - Close it! 332 00:30:17,470 --> 00:30:21,520 Your Highness Imperial Concubine Shun, you can't go in! Imperial Concubine Shun! 333 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,530 Your Majesty. 334 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:35,770 Your Majesty. 335 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,950 Give Yingluo a path to life. 336 00:30:47,030 --> 00:30:52,450 Your Majesty. Consider it my plea. 337 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,320 Let her go. 338 00:31:00,710 --> 00:31:05,490 I really regret so much why I told you. 339 00:31:05,490 --> 00:31:10,030 For doing so, I am deserving of death. 340 00:31:11,420 --> 00:31:13,950 I cannot redeem myself from this crime. 341 00:31:25,020 --> 00:31:29,100 At this hour, the Yuquan Mountain water carriage should be out of the palace, right? 342 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:33,020 Yes, probably out of Gate of Divine Might already. 343 00:31:34,150 --> 00:31:39,070 What a pity that I won't get to see this great show. 344 00:31:39,070 --> 00:31:42,280 Your Highness already can fathom how it will play out on stage. 345 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,370 What is there to really see? 346 00:31:44,370 --> 00:31:46,970 Well said! 347 00:31:46,970 --> 00:31:54,280 I just think I'm feeling a bit empty after losing a thorn from my eye... 348 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:58,250 His Majesty's order. Seal off the Gate of Divine Might! Close the Gate! 349 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:01,760 Hurry and stop the water carriage leaving the palace! 350 00:32:05,620 --> 00:32:07,050 What's happened? 351 00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:09,380 Yes, what's happened exactly? 352 00:32:09,380 --> 00:32:12,340 We need to rush to leave from the Xizhi Gate still. 353 00:32:12,340 --> 00:32:18,740 Nothing really. Some palace property is missing, and we were afraid it's smuggled in this water carriage. 354 00:32:18,740 --> 00:32:22,890 So the supervisors said to have a look. 355 00:32:31,690 --> 00:32:34,760 Empress Dowager. Gate of Divine Might has been sealed. 356 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,060 What's happened? 357 00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:42,080 - Stolen? - Yes. 358 00:32:43,130 --> 00:32:44,980 This matter isn't right. 359 00:32:44,980 --> 00:32:49,680 Unless a precious item was stolen, why would His Majesty get involved personally? 360 00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:56,190 The greater the fanfare, the greater the cover-up. 361 00:33:00,140 --> 00:33:04,730 Reporting to Your Majesty, the water carriage has been recovered. 362 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:14,840 Your Majesty, Yingluo has always been proud and arrogant. 363 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,630 How can she withstand the Yanxi Palace in dismal cold. 364 00:33:19,910 --> 00:33:25,640 That plea of hers, asking me to save her. 365 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:30,970 I...I really can't bear to turn on her. 366 00:33:30,970 --> 00:33:34,100 I also owe Lord Fuheng a favor for saving me too, 367 00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:37,800 so that's why I agreed to help the two elope. 368 00:33:38,770 --> 00:33:42,230 But since I agreed, 369 00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:46,170 I have been tormented. 370 00:33:46,170 --> 00:33:52,380 I feel I owe Your Majesty, and that's why I told you the truth. 371 00:33:54,870 --> 00:34:00,990 Your Majesty. May you consider the old days, 372 00:34:00,990 --> 00:34:03,950 and spare the two lives. 373 00:34:34,030 --> 00:34:35,990 Your Majesty. 374 00:34:42,590 --> 00:34:44,340 You do it. 375 00:34:44,340 --> 00:34:45,950 Yes. 376 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,350 Greetings to Your Majesty. 377 00:35:00,350 --> 00:35:01,940 How is it you? 378 00:35:01,940 --> 00:35:04,740 Your Majesty, may your anger dissipate. I was ordered by my mistress 379 00:35:04,740 --> 00:35:07,280 to hide in the water barrel. 380 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:08,530 Your mistress? 381 00:35:08,530 --> 00:35:12,760 Yes. My mistress Consort Ling, naturally. 382 00:35:14,330 --> 00:35:18,340 She's playing this ghostly trick for what reason? 383 00:35:18,340 --> 00:35:21,220 Your Majesty, Mistress has said 384 00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:23,740 someone in the Forbidden City is trying to harm her. 385 00:35:23,740 --> 00:35:28,120 In order to lure this person out, she had me hide in the water carriage. 386 00:35:29,820 --> 00:35:31,490 - Summon Consort Ling. - Yes. 387 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:34,500 No need, Your Majesty. I'm here. 388 00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:45,450 Greetings to Your Majesty. 389 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,470 What's going on exactly? 390 00:35:53,470 --> 00:35:57,830 Imperial Concubine Shun first lured me to run away for love, 391 00:35:57,830 --> 00:36:01,210 then installed a plan to catch me in the act. 392 00:36:01,210 --> 00:36:05,660 Such a simple trick, how can that deceive Your Majesty? 393 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:21,260 Yingluo. Did you figure out that the plan wasn't going well, 394 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:23,440 so you prepared this in advance? 395 00:36:24,610 --> 00:36:26,490 But even so, 396 00:36:26,490 --> 00:36:29,520 you shouldn't frame me. 397 00:36:31,650 --> 00:36:35,200 Your Majesty, this incident happened suddenly. 398 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,440 Even if Consort Ling figured it out, 399 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,100 that something strange was happening in the palace, 400 00:36:40,930 --> 00:36:44,930 her contacts to the outside world all depended on my help. 401 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,660 If you want to know who is lying between she and I, 402 00:36:48,750 --> 00:36:52,640 go see if Lord Fuheng is still waiting outside Xizhi Gate 403 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,490 and you'll know clearly. 404 00:36:54,490 --> 00:36:58,580 Imperial Concubine Shun, you are an eloquent speaker. 405 00:36:58,580 --> 00:37:00,590 I, Wei Yingluo, admire you. 406 00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:06,000 Yingluo. 407 00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:10,500 We are close sisters. 408 00:37:11,570 --> 00:37:13,460 I didn't imagine 409 00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:16,120 we'd have this happen. 410 00:37:17,220 --> 00:37:19,330 In my heart, 411 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,930 it's just too agonizing. 412 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:31,050 Greetings to Your Majesty. 413 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,000 You've seen it now. 414 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,020 We've caught him outside Xizhi Gate on the spot. 415 00:37:38,020 --> 00:37:41,860 Now this proves I told the truth, right? 416 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,050 You tell His Majesty. 417 00:37:45,070 --> 00:37:47,030 Reporting to Your Majesty. 418 00:37:47,030 --> 00:37:49,440 There was only an empty carriage outside Xizhi Gate. 419 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:53,160 It was on my way to report to duty at the palace that I ran into His Lordship at the Gate of Divine Might. 420 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,730 Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Shun presented herself to me suddenly one day, 421 00:37:57,730 --> 00:38:00,490 saying I should take Consort Ling and run away. 422 00:38:00,490 --> 00:38:04,140 I could not bear it and wanted to report it to Your Majesty. 423 00:38:04,140 --> 00:38:08,660 But when I thought about it, I had no evidence so if I were to accuse her, 424 00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:11,480 it would be difficult to believe, so I had no choice, 425 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,790 but to set out a longer rope to catch a bigger fish, and feigned my consent to her. 426 00:38:13,790 --> 00:38:17,620 Your Majesty, you must not listen to Lord Fuca's wild words! 427 00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:19,560 He's just lying! 428 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:24,070 Earlier you said I had no access to news. 429 00:38:24,070 --> 00:38:27,300 But that Lord Fuheng would surely be waiting at Xizhi Gate? 430 00:38:28,170 --> 00:38:30,570 How is it that your tune's changed now? 431 00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:38,030 Yingluo. I finally realize it now. 432 00:38:38,030 --> 00:38:39,640 You realize what? 433 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:44,040 Since the day you hurt me accidentally and His Majesty punished you, 434 00:38:44,060 --> 00:38:47,330 you must resent me so much. 435 00:38:47,330 --> 00:38:50,330 - So? - So you colluded with this bastard servant 436 00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:52,260 to put on a show of injury to gain my confidence! 437 00:38:52,260 --> 00:38:57,070 To use your tears and our affection of the past, 438 00:38:57,070 --> 00:39:01,290 to force me...force me to help you with your elopement! 439 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:05,860 Actually, it was you and Fuheng all along. 440 00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:08,370 You two put on this show. 441 00:39:09,060 --> 00:39:11,220 His Majesty didn't find the person in his search, 442 00:39:11,220 --> 00:39:15,460 so naturally he would suspect me! You two... 443 00:39:16,430 --> 00:39:18,130 you two joined hands, 444 00:39:18,130 --> 00:39:20,630 joined hands to cast me as unjust! 445 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:29,590 You figured out an excuse so fast? My admiration to you. 446 00:39:37,970 --> 00:39:41,430 Your Majesty, you must believe me. 447 00:39:41,430 --> 00:39:43,890 Even if I were to frame Consort Ling, 448 00:39:43,890 --> 00:39:46,590 why would I implicate Lord Fuheng too? 449 00:39:46,590 --> 00:39:51,610 He is my savior! Consort Ling's words, 450 00:39:51,610 --> 00:39:53,880 they hold no value. 451 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:58,820 I also want to know just why you tried to frame your savior. 452 00:40:02,260 --> 00:40:04,970 Even if a million people won't believe me, (T/N note this is as her personal name and not speaking as her rank) 453 00:40:06,130 --> 00:40:08,310 I, Chenbi, am not afraid. 454 00:40:09,220 --> 00:40:11,510 But Your Majesty. 455 00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:16,010 You must believe me. (T/N back to speaking with her rank in the "me" here) 456 00:40:20,730 --> 00:40:27,070 Li Yu. Present the box Hailancha rushed eight hundred li to bring. 457 00:40:44,570 --> 00:40:46,560 Fuheng. 458 00:40:47,650 --> 00:40:51,360 These are the reasons why Imperial Concubine Shun framed you. 459 00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:54,840 Your Majesty. These are? 460 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,640 The Huolan Tribe remnants have been pacified, 461 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,170 but Hailancha went to investigate Imperial Concubine Shun's past by the Imperial edict. 462 00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:03,840 Aibida's young daughter went missing. 463 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:09,320 For many years she was searched for tirelessly and only recently was she found and presented to the royal palace. 464 00:41:09,990 --> 00:41:12,300 This is a lie? 465 00:41:12,300 --> 00:41:14,460 The finding of the daughter is true. 466 00:41:14,460 --> 00:41:19,490 But this precious daughter they found wasn't happy to oblige coming into the palace. 467 00:41:19,490 --> 00:41:26,300 Back then when she reached the marriageable age (fifteen), her foster father presided over her wedding. 468 00:41:26,950 --> 00:41:29,470 Aibida realized her beauty was outstanding. 469 00:41:29,470 --> 00:41:32,240 So he wouldn't spare her from being his great pawn. 470 00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:40,920 So you already long suspected me. 471 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,510 Wei Yingluo would never over a momentary fury 472 00:41:43,510 --> 00:41:45,990 raise her hand to harm someone. 473 00:41:51,250 --> 00:41:55,110 Chenbi. You've married before. 474 00:41:55,110 --> 00:41:58,100 She's married before and given birth to a child. 475 00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:00,340 Yes. 476 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:06,630 I have married before and I have bore a child before, but I still had to come to the palace. 477 00:42:06,630 --> 00:42:10,550 No matter how unwilling I was, I still had to come to the palace. 478 00:42:11,340 --> 00:42:14,240 How did you pass the body check? 479 00:42:15,090 --> 00:42:17,690 I had my way for that. 480 00:42:17,750 --> 00:42:19,940 Do you wish to know? 481 00:42:21,230 --> 00:42:23,990 Why didn't you say it sooner? If you had told me -- 482 00:42:23,990 --> 00:42:26,240 Told you what? 483 00:42:34,050 --> 00:42:37,630 You're the lofty Emperor. 484 00:42:40,730 --> 00:42:45,350 And you. Fuheng. 485 00:42:45,350 --> 00:42:49,780 I wanted to end everything with my death, why did you have to save me? 486 00:42:49,780 --> 00:42:51,420 So you fell off the cliff on purpose? 487 00:42:51,420 --> 00:42:53,400 Yes. 488 00:42:54,660 --> 00:42:56,540 Your meddling act, 489 00:42:56,540 --> 00:43:00,760 pushed me into an endless abyss completely. 490 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,910 So when I discovered that scented pouch, 491 00:43:07,370 --> 00:43:10,070 I purposely got closer to Wei Yingluo 492 00:43:10,070 --> 00:43:14,200 to earn her trust and plot your reunion. 493 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,320 Then, lure His Majesty to misunderstand. 494 00:43:19,730 --> 00:43:22,510 I wanted to use your elopement, 495 00:43:22,510 --> 00:43:26,020 to throw you into a net together. 496 00:43:26,020 --> 00:43:28,050 What a pity... 497 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,170 What a pity indeed. 498 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,130 The entire incident. 499 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,380 It has nothing to do with me. 500 00:43:38,380 --> 00:43:40,060 Yes. 501 00:43:40,650 --> 00:43:43,460 It is indeed unrelated to you whatsoever. 502 00:43:44,650 --> 00:43:49,570 But too bad you were Fuheng's beloved 503 00:43:49,570 --> 00:43:52,140 and His Majesty's pampered consort. 504 00:43:52,740 --> 00:43:55,100 I just couldn't imagine 505 00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:57,890 that this Fuheng was such a big fool. 506 00:43:57,890 --> 00:44:01,710 He was so tempted by my suggestion, 507 00:44:01,710 --> 00:44:04,720 but he still abandoned it. 508 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:14,580 What he abandoned was himself... 509 00:44:14,580 --> 00:44:18,830 in order to help you. 510 00:44:20,990 --> 00:44:24,200 Why are you always so lucky? 511 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:33,620 Subtitles brought to you by The Gentle Empress Team @ Viki. 512 00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:40,970 Forgetting Each Other 513 00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:49,830 ♫It's very likely that recalling vivid images will throw me into upheaval,♫ 514 00:44:49,830 --> 00:44:56,690 ♫The past graceful, concerning passions have gone only into hibernation.♫ 515 00:44:56,690 --> 00:45:03,580 ♫Along with my lord, my original aspirations are now distant, the promises and wishes to accompany each other♫ 516 00:45:03,580 --> 00:45:11,160 ♫Are proof of yearning endured, trembling in the endless night.♫ 517 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:17,240 ♫How true our feelings were, even though our fate was shallow,♫ 518 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:24,090 ♫Hearts locked away in dark halls from the light, difficult to find and recover.♫ 519 00:45:24,090 --> 00:45:31,000 ♫Other people envy my splendid, bright clothing, the warmth beside my pillow, (T/N the love of her lord)♫ 520 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:37,800 ♫Then turning round sigh admiringly, through wet tears in somber-colored robes.♫ 521 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:44,760 ♫Who clearly would cling to a moment of being in love and inseparable?♫ 522 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:51,420 ♫The end of passion becomes merely a sentimental entanglement.♫ 523 00:45:51,420 --> 00:45:58,440 ♫If one uses separation to cut away the bindings,♫ 524 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:05,190 ♫Forgetting one another is also difficult in the depths of one's dreams.♫ 525 00:46:05,190 --> 00:46:12,070 ♫Who clearly would still cling to these deep feelings and desire them again,♫ 526 00:46:12,070 --> 00:46:18,960 ♫And give free rein to this state of mind over and over in their dreams?♫ 527 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:26,470 ♫Glory and splendor give shelter to appearing to forget the pain,♫ 528 00:46:26,470 --> 00:46:32,460 ♫From dreams awakening after a time, with nothing new to worry about.♫ 529 00:46:34,990 --> 00:46:41,820 ♫Treating them like smoke dissipating, ashes flying away, cold hoarfrost under the moonlight...♫ 530 00:46:41,820 --> 00:46:46,740 ♫All the memories of love, memories of hate....♫ 531 00:46:48,350 --> 00:46:56,000 ♫All the memories completely vanish.♫ 45078