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Watching the person in the mirror's countenance pale and grow 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 PalaceEpisode 12

Why are you running around?

Your Highness, don't worry. Everything has been arranged.

I won't ever see that lowly servant again, right?

I guarantee to you

that you will never be bothered by her again.

Why did you choose to deliver the medicine on the day of the tea party?

The shell powder was especially washed with dye

to prevent getting found out. The amount of dye used was very minimal.

You need several months of taking it in for its poison to accumulate

enough to show symptoms.

But that Noble Lady Yu only used it for more than a month

but already showing abdominal pain and having consults with the imperial physician.

She's making such grand movements.

Don't you find it too deliberate?

What you mean is...

Empress recently has been quite close with the Yonghe Palace.

Wei Yingluo has also been delivered pearl powder frequently.

What if we indeed got found out?

More likely, she is setting us up so she can capture us on site.

But Noble Lady Yu suffering from excessive mental trauma leading to instability in her pregnancy

may be true too.

Are you sure about this? Don't mistake the shadow of a bow in one's cup as a snake.

This...I dare not be certain.

But the best method

is to go to the Imperial Academy of Medicine and ask for the medical records of Noble Lady Yu.

We surely can notice any clues.

If the medical records are not in sync with the words of Fangcao,

we then are being deceived.

If the result is similar with your guess,

how do you plan to handle it?

I heard that Empress trusts Wei Yingluo a lot.

She especially handed her the task

of taking care of the lychee trees.

Your Highness, don't you hate her very much?

I've thought of a way

that can make her disappear forever.

It can even cause the face of Empress to reach rock bottom (be extremely embarrassed).

Her mighty prestige completely destroyed.

What must I do now?

What happened?!

The lock got pried open. The lychee trees...

...are dead from being watered with very hot water.

Yingluo, what should we do?

Yingluo! Where are you going?

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Rise.

All of you, sit down.

Why are your hands very cold?

Have you not yet fully recovered?

Or your subordinates are tiring you too much?

Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with others.

I've always had cold hands and feet.

The imperial physician has already prescribed me medicines. Consort Chun

has also gave me a medicinal soup for dipping my hands and feet.

However, they all have been not that effective.

The imperial physicians in the palace indeed are highly skilled in medicine, but they are too conservative.

They don't know to be flexible. Just in prescribing medicines, they are usually trembling with fear.

How could they cure diseases?

A few days ago, I heard from Fuheng that there is a famous doctor in Jiangsu named Mister Nanyang.

He has divine-like medical skills.

He can cure dead people, revive skeletons.

I've already sent someone to get him and transport him rapidly back to the capital.

By then, I'll let him nurse your health.

Thank you for your care, Your Majesty.

Yingluo, let's quickly report it to Her Highness Empress.

Can't you see that the emperor is there too?

The emperor? So what if His Majesty is there too?

The tribute from Fujian got totally destroyed.

If you're the emperor, will you get mad?

Of course...

He might even have us beheaded.

Someone destroyed the lychee trees then frame it on us.

What should we do now?

What to do?

Of course, it's to start a war.

I don't understand.

Now, carefully listen to my words.

Choose a most acceptable looking batch among the lychee fruits.

Send it to the Imperial Kitchen and tell them

- that Empress is having a lychee banquet. Tell them to immediately think of a way.- Consort Chun.

Afterwards, inform Her Highness Empress

that the lychees from the two trees were made into food.

The fruits of the remaining tree will be picked on site.

Picked on site? No...

It's exactly if it's picked on site that we will get found out.

Her Highness Empress has already said that she's going to personally pick a lychee for His Majesty to eat.

Of course, she can't casually take it back.

There must be one that's going to be brought into the banquet.

Of course, we still have to think of a plan beforehand.

What plan...

Consort Xian, on my birthday last time,

you gave me a pair of jade ruyi.

After looking at it several times, I couldn't notice any unusual with it.

Afterwards, it was even Erqing who pointed it out

that you actually had the Heart Sutra carved on its handle.

Afterwards, I heard from imperial physician that your finger got injured

because you personally carved the Heart Sutra.

I really feel guilty about it.

For Your Highness Empress birthday, I only just exerted my measly effort.

I hope that Your Highness can have good health and a peaceful and smooth life.

Erqing.

Your Majesty, I've said before

that I will choose my most favorite among all my birthday gifts

and then reward the person who gave it.

Initially, it was Your Majesty's gift that is the most unique.

But, you are the emperor of Qing and you already have the empire.

I have no way of rewarding you.

Hence, I want to give this reward to Consort Xian.

What do you think?

Your Highness Empress, I don't deserve it.

The reward of Empress shows her sincere appreciation to you.

You mustn't refuse it.

Thank you for your reward, Your Highness Empress.

I will accept it.

Hurry and rise.

Just trying to win people's hearts. Fishing for fame and compliments.

So pretentious.

Hurry and get it back.

Yingluo, will this work?

Of course, not.

Not?

Guard here. You must not leave a step.

You also must not let anyone get near.

Just go there when it's time to offer the lychees.

You understand?

Yes.

But...

Noble Lady, today is the lychee party that Her Highness Empress organized.

If you keep hiding like this and refusing to see people,

it will really hurt the heart of Her Highness Empress.

With me being like this,

it's better to not go there and kill the joy for everyone.

All the members of the harem have went there. Only you are not going.

What if others learn of it? They will again say that you're using your pregnancy

- to look down on everyone else.- I already told you that I won't go. Can't you understand that?

Yingluo.

What are you doing?

I'm here to invite Noble Lady Yu to attend the lychee banquet.

Even you are going to put me in a difficult spot?

You clearly know that I'm afraid of seeing those people.

I don't want to go. I don't want to see Imperial Concubine Jia.

The more I don't want to see Noble Consort Gao.

Leave first.

What are you doing?

Aren't you afraid?

Once you're dead, then everything will be over. No one will try to harm you again.

Yingluo...

Noble Lady Yu, Noble Consort Gao and Imperial Concubine Jia

repeatedly tried to harm you.

You think that by hiding here, you'll be fine?

The more you're afraid of trouble, the more they will bully you.

Think about the tragic death of Imperial Concubine Yi.

Think about how you almost got strangled to death.

This palace is not a safe harbor.

It's just a tomb that can be sealed anytime.

This place buried Imperial Concubine Yi. The next one...

...is you.

You're right.

I'm afraid.

I'm so afraid.

Every time I remember those people,

remember the things they've done,

I would tremble in fear.

But Yingluo, I did fight once.

You also saw what happened

to Sister Imperial Concubine Yi.

Noble Lady Yu, when I was eight,

I got bit by a bad dog.

It was so painful that I cried the whole night.

The next day, I took a bamboo rod

and chased after that bad dog.

I chased it around to almost half of the capital. Towards bad dogs,

you must become braver and fiercer,

so you can scare them away. With the same reasoning,

evil people bully the weak but scared of the strong.

The more you are afraid, the more they will bully you.

For your child,

for the unfortunate Imperial Concubine Yi,

life your weapon

and face your enemies.

Weapon...

Me?

What weapon do I have?

Your weakness,

your tears,

your imperial child,

are all your weapons.

If you want to fight back,

today is your best chance.

Your Highness Empress, these are the White Snow Red Plum

especially prepared by the Imperial Kitchen.

The Imperial Kitchen really toiled for this.

The look itself is refined enough.

Your Highness Empress, it's easy to have excessive internal heat with lychees.

Hence, they especially soaked them on salted water

and even paired it with wolfberry to neutralize its effects.

A lychee being used in a meal is quite common.

After all, there are dried lychees being sent here every year.

But if you add other ingredients with the lychees,

its taste would be different.

People who really know lychees

are only interested with the fresh ones.

Your Highness Empress, didn't you say that you're going to personally pick the fruits today?

How come we still haven't seen that yet?

Where's Yingluo?

She...

Where is she now?

Your Highness,

Yingluo—

Noble Lady Yu has arrived!

Noble Lady Yu.

I came late. May Your Majesty and Your Highness Empress forgive me.

Noble Lady Yu, you're here.

Quickly rise.

Your Highness Empress has set up a banquet.

It's just right that I come.

Your Highness Empress is caring, the more I shouldn't be idling around.

Noble Lady Yu, how's your health?

Thank you for your concerns, Your Majesty.

My health has recovered a lot.

That's good. You must take good care of your health,

so that Empress won't be worrying and tiring herself just for you.

Yes.

Hurry and sit down.

Your Highness Empress, where's Miss Yingluo?

My mouth is watering for that fresh lychee.

Empress, where really did she go?

- Your Majesty—- I was making some preparations.

Sorry to have you all wait.

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Your Highness Empress, please personally pick the fruits.

Your Highness!

Xueqiu!

Your Highness Empress!

Help! Don't bite me!

Catch that dog!

Men! Catch that dog!

Quickly go after it!

Don't come near me!

Don't be afraid...

It's alright now. The dog has been caught.

It's fine now.

Are you alright, Noble Lady Yu?

Noble Consort Gao , you've frightened me last time in the imperial garden.

Today, you're frightening me again!

Are you deliberately trying to kill me!

What's going on here?

What is Noble Lady Yu talking about?

Replying to Your Majesty, a month ago, at the imperial garden,

Xueqiu suddenly charged out and scared Noble Lady Yu badly.

Because no one got hurt that time, Her Highness Empress was magnanimous and didn't investigate it further.

It's just that Noble Lady Yu had to drink nerve calming soup every night since before she can sleep.

Today, she's in a much better spirit, but unfortunately, encountered the dog again.

Consort Chun, what do you mean by that?!

Are you saying that I ordered that beast to harm people?

Everyone saw it.

Noble Consort Gao, why bother denying it?

Consort Chun, you are so good in making unfounded remarks.

Did you see Xueqiu only charging towards Noble Lady Yu?

Your Majesty...save me.

I really couldn't endure it anymore.

Your Majesty, if this continues,

I fear that it will end up with one corpse and two lives lost.

Your Majesty, save me...

Assist Noble Lady up first.

Your Majesty.

- I beg Your Majesty to give me justice.- Stay on the side and rest first.

I will decide on this.

Noble Lady Yu, get up first.

Your health is more important.

Noble Lady Gao, you repeated disturbed Noble Lady Yu.

I let it pass. But today is my lychee banquet,

yet you indulged your pet to act wildly.

You caused Noble Lady Yu to get traumatized again. What is your motive?

Noble Consort Gao, hurry and answer the question of Empress.

Your Majesty, I really don't know what's going on.

Xueqiu is very obedient. It never caused any trouble.

- The one in the imperial garden last time was just a misunderstanding. Today—- Misunderstanding?

My lychee tree has already been destroyed to that state and you still say that it's a misunderstanding?

I repeatedly warned you

to not indulge your bad dog to bite people.

Today, the dog actually didn't bite anyone.

It just took interest on the tribute product of Fujian,

the gift that His Majesty gave me.

Your Majesty, if you could just have delivered a tree to Chuxiu Palace,

how could this matter today even happen?

At the bottom of it all, it was because Noble Consort Gao harbored resentment

and vented her anger on this innocent lychee tree.

It was just quite a suffering for Noble Lady Yu.

She had to remember that fearful past again.

Then it means that Noble Consort Gao feels

that I'm biased towards Empress and harbored resentment for it,

deliberately used this dog to launched an attack on Empress, and show me your might?

Your Majesty...

Xueqiu is a beast to begin with.

It disturbed everyone's enjoyment today.

I'll skin it when I go back.

It is just a dog.

How could it know about right or wrong?

You're going to blame all the mistakes

on a dog?

A tiger and a rhinoceros got out of thier cage,

the tortoise shell and jade offerings got destroyed while in their container,

who is to blame then?

Your Majesty, the tiger and rhinoceros coming out of their cages,

the tortoise shell and jade ornaments getting destroyed in their container,

is of course the mistake of the person in-charged to keep watch of them. When we were transporting the tree today,

Xueqiu was running around by her feet.

But it happens to be a beloved pet of Her Highness Noble Consort,

so the servants wouldn't dare pursue or drive it away, hence, causing this kind of matter to happen.

It was my fault for not properly watch the tree. I'm willing to accept punishment.

Wei Yingluo,

you indeed committed a mistake. I'm punishing you—

Punishing you to have no salary for half a year.

Thank you for your grace, My Mistress.

I'm going to be bold and ask in behalf of Noble Lady Yu.

The person watching the lychee tree has been punished. What about the one that destroyed it?

How dare you servant! Do you have a place to talk here?!

Can't the person involved defend herself?

Moreover, she's asking in behalf of Noble Lady Yu.

Doesn't the victim have any right to ask anymore?

Your Highness Empress, you are kind. Forgive me for being disrespectful.

Noble Lady Yu is carrying an imperial child. Her status is very honorable.

The lychee was the yearly tribute of Fujian, and was bestowed by His Majesty.

Her Highness Empress is magnanimous.

Her position is to be revered and any provocation shouldn't be tolerated.

All these matters are connected with Xueqiu,

but Xueqiu is an animal. It doesn't understand etiquette or rules.

If we're going to blame anyone, it's it master.

She didn't discipline or controlled it.

I boldly ask Your Majesty to make judgement.

Noble Consort Gao,

what do you have to say?

Your Majesty,

it was all my fault.

Her Highness Noble Consort knew that Xueqiu is quite naughty

and that it might destroy the banquet of Her Highness Empress, hence, she especially instructed me to keep watch of it.

It was me who was careless. A moment of negligence almost caused such a huge mistake.

It totally has nothing to do with Her Highness Noble Consort.

Noble Consort Gao is the main mistress of Chuxiu Palace.

Imperial Concubine Jia, if you've committed a mistake, can she exclude herself from the crime of not disciplining you well?

Your Majesty, it's all my fault. If you want to punish anyone, just punish me.

Your Majesty, please forgive me.

This lychee three is the annual tribute of Fujian.

It had to travel thousand of miles to arrive here in the capital.

I personally gifted it to Empress,

so that she can be happy.

But because of this negligence of yours, all my hard work was gone.

You shouldn't be apologizing to me.

You should be apologizing to Her Highness Empress.

Your Highness Empress, it was all my fault.

I'm incompetent and didn't discipline the dog well.

May Your Majesty Empress have mercy. Please forgive me.

May Your Majesty Empress have mercy. Please forgive me.

What got destroyed for me is just a banquet.

But Noble Lady Yu this time

suffered another huge trauma.

If anything bad happens to her,

if her imperial child is harmed,

how are you going to pay for it?

I fear that no matter how many head you have, you won't be able to make up for it.

Imperial Concubine Jia,

what Her Highness Empress means is

you should be apologizing to Noble Lady Yu.

Imperial Concubine Jia, what else are you waiting for?

Could it be you are not contented with the judgment of His Majesty,

or, you're not sincere in repenting?

I...dare not.

Noble Lady Yu,

it's because of a moment of my negligence

that a grave mistake almost happened.

Please forgive me.

I...

...am not worthy to accept your bow.

Of course, you do. It's all my fault!

May little sister forgive me.

Hope that you're repenting sincerely.

Stop tolerating that bad dog in harming others.

I won't. I won't anymore.

What about you Noble Consort Gao?

Your Highness Empress,

Although it was just a moment of negligence from Imperial Concubine Jia and she wasn't able to discipline it well,

I also have a fault.

From now on, I surely will restrict Xueqiu more.

I won't let that dog commit any mistakes again.

No need!

I don't want to see that dog again.

Due to a moment of negligence, Imperial Concubine Jia committed a grave mistake.

She's demoted to a noble lady and grounded for 3 months.

- Your Majesty...- As the headmistress of Chuxiu Palace, Noble Consort Gao

couldn't discipline her people and her dog.

You're really so incompetent.

I'm punishing you to have no allowance for 1 year and go back to your palace to reflect on your actions.

Your Majesty!

Respectfully sending off Your Majesty.

Your Highness...

Sister, how come the punishment was so severe?

What do you know? Destroying the tribute item from Fujian,

disturbing the banquet of the Empress,

plus traumatizing Noble Lady Yu which almost harmed the imperial child,

after committing those series of crimes, who can escape punishement?

No matter how smart that Xueqiu is, it's still just a dog.

If you don't make its mistress pay, who would?

Isn't that matter in the Imperial Garden already in the past?

It's not that she didn't seek vengeance, the timing is just not right yet.

Today, didn't the new and past debts all get paid?

Your Highness Empress, that's the complete detail of what happened.

What?

Quickly get him back.

Xueqiu! Xueqiu!

Xueqiu! Xueqiu!

What are you looking for?

Have you seen Xueqiu owned by Her Highness Noble Consort?

- It seems to have went that way.- Xueqiu!

I decided on my own. May Your Highness Empress forgive me.

Yingluo...

You even dare think of such an idea.

Noble Consort Gao used Xueqiu to scare Noble Lady Yu.

Having her pay for an old debt today

is not really aggrieving her.

It's a small matter for me to admit my mistakes and accept punishment.

The action of Noble Consort Gao and Imperial Concubine Jia

is to completely embarrass you. How could I let them succeed?

I wasn't able to watch the trees properly.

It is considered a major offense that the lychee tress got destroyed.

But compared to Noble Consort Gao instigating that bad dog to harm Noble Lady Yu,

and destroying the lychee tree to spoil your banquet,

my crime was way smaller.

Noble Consort Yu kept shouting and asking for justice.

His Majesty has not time to care about your mistake anymore.

He focused his attention on Noble Lord Yu instead.

But Yingluo, you told me

that you didn't study much.

How come you were able to continue His Majesty's words?

The tiger and rhinoceros escaping out of their cages,

the tortoise shell and jade offering getting destroyed while in their containers, who is at fault?

Your Highness Empress, are you talking about these words?

His Majesty said it too fast.

I wasn't able to react immediately.

His Majesty was trying to go after the perpetrators.

Your Highness Empress, in the "Analects of Confucius",

I only know 3 statements,

"Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?";

"When I walk along with two others, I surely will learn from one of them.";

and lastly "The tiger and rhinoceros escaping out of their cages,

the tortoise shell and jade offering getting destroyed while in their containers, who is at fault?"

Those three statements were even heard by me from the Cultivated Talent neighbor of ours.

I only guessed half of the time.

Yingluo,

you are very quick-witted.

It's just that

you didn't get taught well when you were at home.

I came from a poor family.

Being able to have a full meal and warm clothes are already great fortune for us.

How could I still have luxurious hope of studying?

Your Highness, most women in this empire

are like that.

Starting tomorrow, I will teach you.

Your Highness Empress.

You're so intelligent. I'll teach you

to read books and know the proper etiquette.

We must not waste the talent and intelligence

given to you by the heaven.

I thank Your Highness Empress!

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Your Highness Consort Xian.

It was you who told Her Highness Empress that I urgently need money, am I right?

Yes.

Why did you do that?

I only mentioned it as some idle gossip.

Who knew that Her Highness took it to heart and especially granted you a gift today.

I know that you aren't willing to be of one group with me.

But today, let me tell you some sincere words.

Her Highness Empress has never had intentions to recruiting or roping in people to her side.

She also never demanded anyone to repay her kindness.

She just helped you because she heard that you're in trouble.

She was afraid that you'll have some mental burden, hence, she looked for a reward as an excuse.

She even especially did it in front of His Majesty to make it more legitimate.

This money is now officially yours.

No one will comment about it now.

Sister, now that you have the money, quickly save your brother.

Your Ladyship, you're assured now, right?

Why not?

Can't be that you're still suspicious of Empress's intention?

I never suspected Empress.

If she really wanted to cast mercy on me, she could've easily summoned me quietly to Changchun Palace.

Today she rewarded me under proper measures.

Because she didn't want me to carry a burden.

But Consort Chun.

What's wrong with Consort Chun?

Consort Chun is very sharp.

She knew I wouldn't accept money so she told Empress.

In doing so, this favor of hers, even if I don't want to owe, I must.

Your Ladyship, your servant can't comprehend your words.

I only know that Young Master can be saved now.

Alright. Since it's already like this, I can only repay the favor slowly.

Hurry and deliver the silvers out of the palace.

Yes.

Eunuch Li.

Guard Suolun. His Majesty has cast an order.

To dispose this dog.

We are all His Majesty's close attendants.

If we get blood on us and there's a clash, that wouldn't be good.

It's best for the guards to carry it out.

Eunuch Li.

What fear of blood taint?

He's just worried that Noble Consort Gao would come after him.

You guys go patrol elsewhere.

Guard Suolun.

You are . . .

Oh, the one in Yonghe Palace last time.

I am a palace maid of Changchun Palace.

I know. Your name is Wei Yingluo.

When you hit that junior eunuch last time.

That was so fierce. I'll never forget it.

To preserve myself, I had no choice. May you understand, my lord.

I am here today because Snowball hurt Noble Lady Yu.

And ruined Empress's banquet and caused me to be punished.

I want to take this dog back with me.

Take it back to Changchun Palace?

What are you going to do with it?

First, I will air my anger, then I'll kill it.

You're just a miss and can you bear to?

You're funny, my lord.

This dog almost made me lose my life.

Though I got to keep my post barely, I got scolded by my mistress harshly.

If I don't skin it!

Fine. I'll let you handle it then.

Wait.

What is it?

If His Majesty asks about it later?

Don't worry, my lord. Naturally, I wouldn't cause you to seem derelict of your duty.

Alright. That's a deal.

You're so bold! You dare to pass off your duty?

She asked me for it herself. Not like I forced it on her.

Don't pretend.

You were worried Noble Consort Gao would wake up later,

and ask about how her beloved dog died.

She can't do anything about His Majesty but not so with guards.

A woman's hatred is the scariest. It's best not to touch it.

Then you just push it on Wei Yingluo?

She's a Changchun Palace maid. Changchun Palace and Chuxiu Palace were always enemies.

Adding more hate to enemies isn't anything to be scared of.

I just worry that she couldn't bare to do it since she's a girl afterall.

Maybe you underestimate Wei Yingluo too much.

Your Majesty, what's wrong?

It's not right.

What's not right?

Do you still remember how that lychee tree looked at the end?

I don't understand what Your Majesty means.

That lychee tree was ruined by Snowball, wasn't it?

The lychees on the lower part could be ruined.

But the ones on the higher part?

That?

Go to Changchun Palace right away and bring me that girl. I am going to seek her crime!

Yes.

Wait.

Come back.

Your Majesty.

No need to go again.

Your Majesty, you . . .

That audacious girl! She played a game of redirecting disaster.

What's the use to go now? When all the dust's settled already.

Your Majesty, for that precise reason,

we can't let that girl off. I will go and carry her here at Changchun Palace immediately.

Carry what?

I just finished punishing Concubine Jia and Noble Consort Gao.

Then in less than four hours I revoke myself?

Your Majesty, then you don't blame her,

for framing Noble Consort Gao and Concubine Jia?

Seeing how apprehensive Noble Lady Yu was,

Chuxiu Palace must have had something to do with the lychee and Noble Lady Yu matter.

Now, we'll just consider it as her own karma.

Your Majesty.

You are just going to let her go like that?

That girl put all her mind into it,

for the sake of protecting Empress.

If nothing else, on the account of the empress, I can't be too harsh.

Just that she actually used my hand to take her revenge.

Despicable. So despicable.

Supervisor Li, what's wrong?

Desheng.

How is our emperor usually?

Diligent in governing and loving of his people?

No, I don't mean that.

Then . . . oh.

He's decisive in killing and punishing.

Yes. Look. Who is His Majesty?

The emperor of Great Qing. The master of the world.

He can just ka-ka and it's done if he's not fond of someone.

When did he ever spare someone? That's courting trouble to yourself.

Supervisor, maybe His Majesty has some reservations.

What reservations can there be?

Osan. So cherished and so many begged for his mercy.

In the end, he was killed when he was needed to without a blink of an eye.

What are you laughing about?

No, not the same.

- That depends on if it's a man or woman. - Woman.

Now, if it's a woman, it depends on if she's pretty or ugly.

She's very despicable looking. When I think about it . . .

Slower here.

You. What did you mean?

Actually when I think about it in detail, she's very good looking.

You mean . . .

Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Supervisor Li. The world is so vast so how is anything impossible?

You . .

His Majesty's intention. You think I can't grasp it?

If I say it's impossible, then it's impossible.

Then it's impossible.

I am the one deluding myself in trying to fathom His Majesty.

Impossible.

Did you kill it?

It ruined the mistress's banquet.

I beat him up to air my anger.

Then I killed it.

Where's the flesh?

At first I was going to send it to the imperial kitchen.

But I heard before Great Qing was established here,

our banner men all hunted for living accompanied by hunting dogs.

So since the days of Taizu, the law was set to ban the consumption of dog meat.

Though Snowball was ordered by His Majesty to be killed, we still can't eat it.

I was so angry I just decided to bury it right then and there.

Then afterwards, I remembered I need to preserve evidence for you, my lord.

So I delivered the fur here.

Alright. Then, you keep it.

If Eunuch Li asks about it, I will answer to him fittingly.

Thank you, Lord Guard.

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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♫

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

♫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.♫