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

Examining love together with regret, both new and old.

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

Watching others meet as promised, as twilight falls.

Story of Yanxi Palace Episode 10

There is only one possibility then.

Fuheng raped Sister.

Yingluo, you must not casually say such words.

I directly asked him today

if he knows A'Man.

He said he doesn't, but his expression changed.

Everything requires evidence. Do you have any?

I'm sure that he knows my sister but he denied it.

Doesn't that show the problem?

What problem can that show?

Yingluo, you clearly are a smart girl.

How come when it comes to A'Man, you become irrational?

Think about it.

Maybe that jade pendant was just accidentally picked up.

She couldn't find the owner, so she wasn't able to return it to him.

Or maybe, Fuheng indeed knew your sister,

but he had nothing to do with her death.

If his conscience is clear,

he should have been truthful with me.

Covering it up

clearly shows that he's guilty.

Yingluo,

can you stop being so stubborn?

Momo, you said that Sister lost her virginity,

but persistently refused to name the man.

Other than the Emperor, the only men in this palace are the Imperial guards.

If it was the Emperor, she was then favored. Why wouldn't she say it?

It can only be an Imperial guard.

On the outside, Sister looked gentle.

But inside, she was very tough.

If she suffered humiliation, she surely would seek justice.

She didn't say it,

not because she didn't want to,

but she didn't dare say it.

She was afraid to bring trouble to her family, to Father and I.

Who could make her be that scared?

Only a powerful and high-ranking Fuheng.

He is the precious and noble Young Master of the Fuca Clan.

He's the biological brother of the Empress. He's a trusted aide of His Majesty. A future Imperial court official.

How can he bear having such a scandal?

This is the reason why Sister was killed.

Okay.

But all this is just your deductions.

You dare say that I have no basis at all?

Very well.

Even if your deductions are true,

tell me then,

- what do you plan to do? - A life for a life.

Paying for one's debts

follows heaven's law and earth's principle.

Yingluo, you know the background of Fuheng.

Acting rashly is surely a moth flying into the flame.

Your sister painstakingly cared for you.

Was it just to let you kill yourself?

You...

Calm down first, and think about it.

Is it Yingluo?

Come in.

Help me grind the ink.

Yes.

This is the accounting book of the selling of stocks by the Imperial Household Department.

Why is Your Highness selling the stocks kept in the Imperial Household Department?

The six stockrooms are full of accumulated items from the past reigns.

I ordered them to transfer these items to Chongwen Gates and sell them.

All the money earned will be donated to the Virtuous Hall

to provide for those homeless orphans.

Your Highness, shouldn't the Virtuous Hall of the capital be funded by the state treasury?

The country is so vast. There is drought here, flood there. How can you have so much money?

Her Highness Empress suggested that the Virtuous Hall be revived and the funding will be shouldered by the Imperial Household Department.

But the Imperial Household Department kept delaying it.

They kept saying that their funding isn't enough, that they are in dire circumstances.

Hence, Her Highness decreed that the old stocks in the storage room be sold

and the usage of each palace be reduced, so we could come up with the fund.

The intention was initially good, but people are complaining.

They said that Her Highness is just fishing for fame and all the money is ending up with Changchun Palace.

Helping out the poverty-stricken is a good thing.

Why won't Your Highness just tell them the truth and instead opt to bear their criticisms?

If people can see your good desires, then that's not true kindness.

When a person is in a high position, he should help the poor.

He should do his best to give out all possible aid.

This should have been a matter of course.

Letting everyone know that you've done a good thing, announcing it left and right,

is not a true good deed.

If people can see your good desires, then that's not true kindness.

Your Highness, I'm not that well-educated.

However, I find this saying very reasonable.

I'll continue grind the ink for you.

You're just kissing up!

Mingyu, I ordered you to Yonghe Palace to check on the health status of Noble Lady Yu.

Did you pass the task to other people again?

I dare not.

I just came back from Yonghe Palace.

Noble Lady Yu is still like before.

Always crying all day. Frequently wakes up in the middle of the night.

She has grown so thin. I couldn't even recognize her anymore.

Didn't His Majesty visit her?

His Majesty is busy with state affairs. How could he still have time for her?

It's easy to obtain a priceless treasure, but it's hard to find a man who loves you.

Too bad, Noble Lady Yu isn't Consort Dong'e. (T/N "Consort Xian" - of the Shunzhi Emperor)

And where will we find another Emperor Shizu? (T/N Qianlong's great-grandfather, first Qing Emperor to rule over all of China)

Your Highness, His Majesty treats you so well.

How come you're also making that kind of rueful comment?

I'm really muddled.

Look at what I have said.

But the words of Mistress aren't wrong too.

In the past, when Consort Dong'e died, Emperor Shizu got very ill because of it.

He didn't mind converting into a monk. But a hopeless romantic like that

will never exist again.

Emperor Shizu was so infatuated with Consort Dong'e.

It is indeed worthy to be envied.

But looking it at another aspect, it will become completely different.

What do you know?

Let her speak. I want to hear it.

I dare not say.

Say it. I will forgive you for any crime.

Greetings to Your Majesty.

Her Highness the Empress will surely be happy if she learns that you're here.

- I'll go inform her now. - No need.

I'm here to chat with the Empress. You may all take your leave.

Yes.

When Consort Dong'e died, Emperor Shizu became inconsolably brokenhearted.

He cancelled Imperial court meetings for five days and burned two Imperial palaces and thousands of pieces of jewelry.

He also ordered the execution of thirty palace servants.

Towards Consort Dong'e,

it was indeed fortunate to have met such an infatuated Emperor.

But for those thirty palace servants, they also had their loved ones and family.

They were also human lives.

Moreover, just for Consort Dong'e, Emperor Shizu disregarded millions of citizens.

The political and military officials, the ordinary citizens, they all would rather the Emperor be heartless—

How preposterous!

Who allowed you to presumptuously comment about Emperor Shizu?

Your crime is punishable by death a thousand times over.

- Men! - Your Majesty, please calm down.

It was I who allowed her to talk bluntly, and didn't see it right to suddenly take it back.

In behalf of Yingluo, I humbly apologize.

I beg Your Majesty to forgive her.

Yingluo, hurry and apologize to His Majesty.

I admit my mistake.

You didn't finish, right? Come, continue speaking.

I want to hear what treacherous words you still have to say.

- Tell me. - Yingluo.

Speak!

Your Majesty, Emperor Shizu once left an edict admitting all his crimes.

He mentioned that he treated Consort Dong'e too well.

He wasn't able to stop his love with virtue, and felt regretful about it.

Earlier, I just repeated the words of Emperor Shizu.

Then you blaming Emperor Shizu for letting those palace servants be buried with her, did I hear that wrong?

Your Majesty, of course, you can't be mistaken.

But...Emperor Kangxi has already given a decree (T/N next Qing Emperor after Shunzhi, grandfather of Qianlong)

prohibiting the act of burying servants with their masters.

From then on, there are no more practice of burying live people with the dead.

So this means you also repeated the words of Emperor Shengzu? (T/N Emperor Kangxi)

My mouth is dumb.

I wasn't able to narrate it well, hence, led to a misunderstanding.

Okay. Let me ask you then. You said earlier

that the citizens would rather the emperor be heartless. What does that mean?

I heard that Your Majesty will wake up at the mao hour (3 to 5 am) every day.

During the summer season, the sky isn't bright yet.

During the winter season, that's only just after the fifth night watch hour.

When there is a military operation on the western frontier, whenever there are military reports,

even if it arrives at midnight, Your Majesty would still call the Grand Ministers of State over to discuss it.

Grand Ministers of State would be on duty every five to six days.

That's quite a toiling task.

The more Your Majesty, who is like that every day, every year.

Your diligence is worthy to be admired and praised.

But Your Majesty is busy with state affairs.

You have no time to care about the Imperial harem. It can't be helped for the Imperial consorts to feel lonely.

It shows that to be a wise emperor, you must have affection

to the nation, to the citizens, and can only be heartless to your consorts.

Your Majesty, I am dumb.

Did I say anything worng?

You're right.

Great love is indeed heartless.

His Majesty is a wise emperor that's diligent with governing the nation.

Your Majesty, please drink tea.

Aren't you going to hurry and leave? Are you waiting to be caned?

Thank you for Your Majesty's grace!

Wait.

This voice and manner of speaking, how come I keep finding it very familiar the more I listen to it?

I remember. You are—

Quickly go out and kneel.

Stop annoying His Majesty here.

Your Majesty, please calm down. Yingluo is a very intelligent and quick-witted servant.

She has helped me a lot.

May Your Majesty forgive her on my behalf.

Empress, I have seen that person.

A month ago, she's still a lowly palace maid.

In less than a month, she's already in Changchun Palace.

She even earned your trust. It shows that this person harbors evil intentions and unfathomable motives.

Empress, how could you have such a person at your side?

As her mistress,

I know very well her character.

I'm willing to vouch for her.

Empress, being overly-generous

is nurturing a tiger to invite calamity.

Replying to Your Majesty, you mustn't doubt the people you use or don't use the people you doubt.

I believe in her character.

Yingluo surely isn't like the person that Your Majesty describes.

For the sake of Empress, I forgive you today.

If you dare to make clever talks, show ingratiating manner, or show off your smartness again,

I'll take off your head.

Your Majesty, please forgive me.

Turn around.

Go to the Office of Careful Punishment and ask for twenty hits of the cane.

Your Majesty... I didn't do anything wrong.

The person I asked you to find is just wobbling right under your eyes.

However, you never noticed her. Are you blind?

She...is that servant who scratched the itch of the spiritual tree?

Thirty.

Your Majesty, it was just twenty earlier. How come it became thirty?

Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It was all your fault!

You...I'm remembering you! Your Majesty!

Get up.

What's wrong? What just happened?

I spoke without hesitation and His Majesty heard it.

Control your mouth from now on.

You even dared to make fun of His Majesty. Be careful of inviting trouble. Got it?

Your Highness the Empress, you heard what His Majesty said.

That Wei Yingluo should be kicked out of Changchun Palace as soon as possible,

so that she won't bring you trouble.

I know about His Majesty's personality the most.

If he loves something, he will desire for it to live. If he hates something, he will want it dead.

Once he develops prejudice against someone, he would become very harsh towards him.

Wei Yingluo risked her life to save Noble Lady Yu even though they are not related in anyway.

A character like that is very hard to come by.

I will never drive her away.

Your Highness.

Okay already. I have made my decision. Say no more.

Your Highness!

Your Highness, I got news from outside the palace that Eldest Young Master contracted a noxious illness in prison.

Madam said that you must think of ways to send silver out.

Silver?

Every year, I only have three hundred taels of palace allowance.

Deducting those we spent for food, clothes, and other needs, I've sent more than half back home already.

Your Highness, it isn't easy to be a capital official.

Master has always been upright and clean.

More than half of his salary must sustain the expenses in the manor.

Last time, when the Ministry of Justice went there to search and confiscate items, they took away the remaining money.

Right now, the manor has exhausted all its savings. Master has been going left and right to borrow money from his colleagues.

However, Master has offended a lot of officials when he was still in office.

These people not throwing stones at him when he's already down is already quite generous of them.

Madam has run out of ideas already, so she wrote you a letter.

Zhen'er, go with me to the Imperial Household Department.

Your Highness, why are you going there?

I'll ask if I can advance my allowance for next year. Let's go.

Your Highness Consort Xian, for this matter, it's not that I don't want to help you,

I just can't do it.

Her Highness the Empress once said that if we encounter any urgent matter, we can request for a six months' advance in our allowance.

We just need to personally make the request.

How come you're saying now that you can't do anything?

Your Highness, there's something that you don't know. The new Grand Chancellor of the Imperial Household Department,

Lord Gao, has just taken office.

He ordered the sealing and inventory of all warehouses.

During this period, no one is allowed to open the warehouses.

Even if His Majesty needs something,

we still have to wait for the high officials of the Imperial Household Department

and the other managers to gather

before the warehouses can be opened.

When then will you be finished with your inventory?

That's hard to say.

The Imperial Household Department has six Imperial warehouses namely, silver, ceramics, leather, fabrics, clothes, and tea.

A complete inventory would at least take two months,

or at most six months.

Aren't you joking with Consort Xian?

It's an urgent need to begin with, who could wait for that long?

Your Highness, I'm just following orders.

- May Your Highness be magnanimous and forgive me. - You...

Forget it, Zhen'er. Do not make it hard for Eunuch Liu.

Let's go.

Her Highness Noble Consort said that she wants the best leather for the horse armor of Xueqiu.

- Is it ready now? - Yes.

For the orders of Her Highness the Noble Consort, how could I dare delay it?

Yesterday, I immediately opened the warehouse and chose the best leathers for her.

Please carefully choose.

What a scoundrel.

He couldn't open the warehouse for you, but he can do it for Noble Consort Gao.

What the hell? I will go argue with him.

Forget it, Zhen'er. Do not make additional trouble.

Now that the new Grand Chancellor of the Imperial Household Department is the father of Noble Consort Gao,

it is just normal that they would be biased towards her.

Your Highness! Xueqiu is just a dog of Noble Consort Gao.

Could it be that in their eyes, the mistress of Chengqian Palace couldn't even compare to...

Your Highness, sorry. I deserve to die.

I said the wrong words. Sorry.

Let's go. I will think of another way.

The early spring air is quite chilly. You have to accompany His Majesty every day.

Sometimes you have to guard for several hours at night.

You must wear more clothes to avoid catching a cold.

Sister, don't worry, I will be more careful.

You don't know how to take care of yourself.

The weather is getting colder. If you keep being like this, I will tell Father and Mother

to get you a wife.

Sister.

Okay already. I know that you have your own stand. I won't force you.

But, if you have any lady that you like, tell me.

I'll go ask His Majesty to betroth her to you.

If you keep being like this, I'm not coming back next time.

Got it. Leave now.

I will take my leave.

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Young Master!

Young Master, please wait!

Yingluo.

Young Master, you said last time that it was improper.

What about this distance?

Is this proper now?

What do you need from me?

- This is for you. - What is it?

Her Highness the Empress keeps saying

that she's worried that you'll feel cold when you stand by the gates.

But men are different from women and would usually not use a little warmer.

I then asked for a hog bladder from the kitchen

then placed warm water inside it

and sealed it with a rope.

If you put it inside your clothes, it can keep you very warm.

Hog bladder?

I washed it very cleanly. I guarantee that it's not dirty.

- If you don't believe it, you can smell it. - No need. I'm not cold.

Young Master, you don't want it?

Fine then. I'll go back and report it to Her Highness the Empress. Let's just see what she'll say.

Okay already. I'll take it. Don't tell the Empress.

Then, Young Master, will you use it?

I will use it.

If that's the case, I'm at ease.

Young Master, take care.

Thank you.

Fuca Fuheng,

even though I cannot kill you now,

I must at least vent some of my anger.

Fuheng, what time is it already?

The chilling wind inside the Forbidden Palace is still so strong.

It's blowing right onto my neck.

Is it? It's rather warm.

Warm? How warm?

What are you hiding in your clothes?

- Let me see. - It's nothing.

Let me have a look.

- Wow - Give it back.

What is this, it's so warm.

Hailancha, give it back!

You call yourself a brother? You don't even share the nice things with me.

This thing doesn't look very special.

But it's very thoughtfully made.

It doesn't look as if it was made by a man.

- Tell me, is it a servant girl who's offering her love again? - There isn't one.

- Really? - There isn't any one.

In this case, I don't care any more. Lend it to me for a while to warm up a little.

- I'm freezing to death. - Give it to me!

- Let me borrow it for a bit. - Give it back!

- Give it back! - Ouch!

Hailancha!

Yingluo, Guard Fuca is waiting by the water well behind the palace.

He said he has questions for you.

What deep grudge do you hold against me for you to harm me so?

What are you saying?

I was just messing with you.

Who knew you were this fast.

It really scared me!

Even if it was a joke,

you hurt someone, was it a misunderstanding as well?

Don't move.

- What are you doing? - I wanted to see if you are hurt.

It's not me, it's Hailancha.

He took the pouch from me and got burned.

It's good that you didn't get hurt.

I was too impatient.

I probably didn't close the opening securely enough.

The guard you just mentioned, is he okay?

It's not a big problem, but the burn is rather deep.

You... really didn't know?

Young Master,

I can't foresee the future.

How could I have known?

Perhaps I'm overthinking.

You are really not hurt?

Let me see.

Stay there!

Why are you so afraid of me?

I told you, a woman shouldn't do this.

You are still suspecting me, aren't you?

- I believe you. - Let me take a look, then.

I really do believe you.

Young Master, is this decent?

My apologies.

You face seems to be blushing.

Are you feeling unwell somewhere?

- Shall I take a look? - No need.

Young Master, put some ice in the pouch.

It will be cooling during the summer days.

Fuheng, you are lucky.

Next time, you won't be this lucky.

Exchange the medicine every three days, the wound can't be in contact with water, do you remember?

Imperial Physician, I understand.

- Thank you, Imperial Physician. - Thank you.

What kind of luck is this.

Bad luck came out of nowhere.

You shouldn't have robbed my warming pouch.

What warming pouch, it's obviously gunpowder!

I'm thick-skinned and yet I'm badly burned like this.

If it were you, Young Master Fuca, you'd lose a layer of skin.

Are you saying that I'm not as good as you?

Do you want to put it to the test?

Ouch, it hurts...

That's why people say "the most unbearable thing is the grace of a beautiful woman".

This kind of alluring blessing isn't for me, I can't bear it.

What are you rambling about. She's just caring.

Caring?

Why is no one caring for me?

Although this thing blew up,

but I must impartially say this, its handling process is very complicated.

One must also use a hemp rope to secure the opening.

It's at least two evenings' work.

She did this for you,

if it's not love, what else could it be?

Nonsense.

I wager, the girl who made it for you,

has her eyes on you!

Shut your mouth.

Where are you going? Don't go.

Let me borrow the pouch again in the summer!

You've been selecting for two hours now, is there any one you like?

What's wrong anager Liu, are you unhappy?

I dare not be.

Don't you worry, Lord Gao is

Noble Consort Gao's father.

We are thus Noble Consort Gao's house servants.

The dog of our master is like our brother.

We mustn't let our brother wear a bad fur.

Manager Liu, I didn't expect you to be a funny one.

You are smiling so my effects weren't in vain.

Manager Liu, what was Consort Xian doing here?

She wants to apply for her allowance in advance for the coming year.

Your Highness, what are you doing?

Those are your favorite pieces of jewelry.

These are important but not as important as Changshou's life.

Take them and find someone to bring them pass the Gate of Divine Might.

Find an pawnshop and exchange them for money.

Your Highness, you mustn't do this.

If I say it's okay, it will be okay.

Don't waste any time, hurry and leave.

No, wait.

Your Highness, what's wrong?

This matter is utterly important, I'll go myself.

Really?

Looks like Consort Xian is very short of money indeed.

Keep an eye on the Chengqian Palace.

Yes.

Is this one reliable?

Normally the eunuchs going in and out the Gate of Divine Might cannot take anything with them.

But the ones who know the way know how to get past the guards,

Zhao Qing is Qianqing Palace's lead administrative palace eunuch.

Considering that he has control over the group, he can be trusted to find creative methods to carry things out.

They are here.

Greetings to the Consort.

No need.

Take the bag, and sell the things inside.

Take out twenty percent according to the rules.

Those are Your Highness' things, we dare not.

Taking these things out of the palace isn't without risks. You earned this money.

But I want to say this.

When the things leave your hands and enter the pawnshop,

you mustn't mention anything about Chengqian Palace.

You mustn't use my title to push the merchants around.

The sum should be as much as it's meant to be. Otherwise, I won't let you off easily.

Don't worry, Your Highness, I understand.

How great is your daring!

How dare you to steal from the palace!

How can Consort Xian who is respected by all do such a thing?

Greetings to Your Highness the Noble Consort.

You scoundrel! You dare to steal from the palace?

Haven't I taught you?

Did you forget everything?

Master?

Noble Consort, all the fault

is due to this scoundrel!

Opened his eyes wide at the sight of profit, and saw profit and forgot morality! (T/N two idioms back to back)

I saw that he was suspicious and followed him here.

Then I discovered this! It's all due to the lack of discipline!

Please forgive us.

No, it wasn't like this!

Noble Consort, it wasn't my idea!

If you don't shut your mouth, you'll have to worry about your head!

Consort Xian, it's all my fault. I was blinded by wealth.

if you didn't stop me here, I'd be committing a grave mistake.

Zhen'er, this...

Noble Consort, it was all my fault.

I was collaborating with him in the dark.

It doesn't concern my master one bit!

Until my master discovered something was wrong,

she secretly followed me and discovered everything.

- Please don't misunderstand my master! - Zhen'er.

Your Highness. It was all my fault!

I deserve the punishment of death.

I deserve the punishment of death!

Consort Xian.

These two slaves, behind your back,

stole items from Chengqian Palace.

Is that so?

Yes, we did it.

Your Highness, I know you have a good heart

but with regards to the stolen items,

I'm at fault. Please do not plead for mercy on my behalf.

I deserve to die.

Zhen'er.

Did you hear how considerate she is?

Confess your crime to Her Highness the Noble Consort now!

It's not that way at all, Your Highness! They are lying!

- Confess your crime now! - I didn't commit any crime!

You are still not confessing? Confess your crime now.

I didn't commit any crime.

Still quibbling?

- You are doubly guilty. - I'm not guilty.

- Confess your crime now. - I'm not guilty.

Enough.

Your Highness.

These two slaves committed evil deeds.

How should we handle this? We will listen to your punishment.

Stealing items from the palace

is a major crime.

Just drag them to the Office of Careful Punishment

to be caned a hundred times.

This was not my idea. I'm not guilty. I'm not guilty!

- Your Highness! - Let go of your hand.

Zhen'er didn't steal anything from the Chengjian palace.

I told her to do that.

Regarding your action,

why did you do that?

I was short of money and sold my jewelry.

Consort Xian, Consort Xian.

Are you confused?

Your jewelry? Since when do you have any jewelry?

These were given to you by His Majesty.

I didn't touch any of the palace rewards.

My mother prepared these for me before I entered the residence of His Majesty before he ascended to the throne.

None of these are from the palace. I'm short of money now

and used them to trade for money. What's wrong with this?

If anyone were to find out about this,

they will be astonished.

Consort Xian of the Great Qing dynasty

is that poor.

Such shabby jewelry,

how much can you trade them for?

This is my business. - Your business?

If this is your business, naturally, I will not ask any questions.

But you should know there are rules in the Forbidden City.

Stealing items from the palace

is a major crime.

Regardless of who the jewelry belongs to, as long as they leave the palace,

they belong to the palace.

The eunuch took these via the Shengwu Gate to peddle them.

This is smuggling.

It's theft!

Noble Consort, my younger brother

who was in prison is very ill.

He needs money for treatments.

Hence, I'm forced to sell my jewelry.

I didn't violate any intent of the palace.

Could you be magnanimous

and let me go out to sell the jewelry. Regard this as saving a person's life.

I will always remember your kindness.

So to say...

Consort Xian, you are begging me?

Yes, I'm begging you.

If one wants to beg,

she must have the right attitude. Isn't that so?

Fine.

Today, I, Hoifa-Nara Shushen...

- Your Highness. - Kneel.

beg Noble Consort to be magnanimous.

Fine. Since you have put it this way,

I'm not devoid of feelings.

From today, we sisters

are compatriots who will help each other.

Noble Consort, these are two different matters.

I won't participate in the strife in the harem. I won't do that.

So to say, you won't follow my lead.

I'm ungrateful and incapable. I'm not fit to be your assistant.

Fine.

I can only handle this according to the rules of the palace then.

Noble Consort, these are my personal belongings.

These are not considered stolen goods from the palace.

How will you handle this?

Hence, I'm

going to destroy these smuggled goods

according to the rules.Take action.

Don't, Noble Consort.

These are her favorite items.

Don't!

- Zhen'er. - These are her...

Zhen'er. Forget about it.

Let's go back.

Say "Royal Father".

- Royal Father. - Royal Father.

- Royal Father. - Royal Father.

Your son repectfully greets Royal Father.

You are a prince. Understand? Yongcheng.

Look at me.

Your son respectfully greets Royal Father.

Wish him: "Long live the Emperor, long live, long live, long live the Emperor".

I have already taught you many times. You are a prince. Understand?

You must say this, "Your son respectfully greets Royal Father".

Your son respectfully greets Royal Father.

If you do this again, I'm going to be angry.

Your Highness.

Fourth Prince is still young. You can slowly teach him.

You are still young. Carry him out.

Come. Wet nurse.

So disappointing.

- Carry him out. - Yes.

He's still young and only two years old.

He can't even speak clearly.

Thinking of when Second Prince was at his age,

he could recite the Snow Poem to His Majesty. He was smart and witty.

Your Highness, it's said that those whom the gods love die young.

Second Prince's talent was too outstanding.

He will die prematurely. In contrast,

our Fourth Prince may not be a great talent

but he's healthy. He will be blessed in the future.

Your words make sense.

By the way, I told him to check the movements at Yonghe Palace. How is it?

His Majesty treats Noble Lady Yu very well.

He's taking her for a stroll in the garden tomorrow.

The Imperial Physician already said her health has improved.

Her Highness the Empress is such a busybody.

If Noble Lady Yu gives birth to a smart and witty child,

Yongcheng won't have a place then.

Your Highness, are you saying...

Ashuang, I think the weather will be great tomorrow.

It has been a long time since we invited Noble Lady Yu to the garden.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

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

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

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

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫

♫A pretentious, showy vision on a stage.♫