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♫ Guarding an old dream in the empty hall,When opening my mouth, the words don't have their meaning ♫
♫ The leaves have already fallen downThe Love has already burnt to it's fullIt is beyond me ♫
♫ What I miss is the gracefulness in the night. Obviously I dare not touch anymore ♫
♫ Why does recalling makes my heart ache? ♫
♫ No trace was left of that time,Leaving into a dream and coming across again ♫
♫ despite the tearsdeparting the sprouting trees of the spring ♫
♫ The courtyard is profound, but not as profound as the pain.Each memory of sorrow or joy turns into a devil ♫
♫ Half of my life spending clinging onto us ♫
♫ It is our fate to ubruptly meet and departloving and hating like a dream, like a fire, harsh like the wind ♫
♫ Deep in the darkness, our mutual embracewill be endless, so I fear. ♫
♫ On bustling summer and spring, then on autumn and winterWe are all teased by passion and hatred ♫
♫ In our memories the "us" of those yearsis endless ♫
The Chronicle Of Life
Episode Eleven
I am paying my respect to you, Grandmother.
Enough.
Thank you, Grandmother.
I pay my respect to you, Mother.
Please rise.
Thank you, Mother.
Your Concubines pay our respect to the Emperor.
We wish Your Majesty to have had a great number of good fortunes in Jinan!
- All of you may stand up. - Thank you, Your Majesty!
Come over! Come over! Quick, come here!
Let Grandmother have a good look at you.
You've been out on a journey for a month.
You're darker.
Your complexion is a bit darker, but it actually looks good.
Your Empress Mother must have known that you would come back early today.
She's been here since early in the morning to pay respects.
But in reality, she just wanted to see you at an earlier time.
Grand Empress Dowager, even this intention of mine has been seen through by you.
Your Majesty certainly looks tired from traveling.
My coming here will make Your Majesty have less places to visit.
Thank you Empress Mother for your compassion.
Hurry and sit down.
Only a tender mother can raise an obedient son.
Empress Dowager, you
are certainly the most lucky Empress Dowager in Great Qing.
I owe it to the Grand Empress Dowager's words of good fortune..
Emperor, did you encounter anything amiss during your travel this time?
Why did you come back several days late?
It was very difficult for me to take a relaxing trip for a period of time.
So I just delayed the time to return to the palace.
Whether or not Your Majesty is being naughty,
how can Imperial Grandmother not know?
Rong Ruo!
Yes, Grand Empress Dowager!
You tell me.
During the Emperor's recent journey
can it be regarded as safe and sound?
Rong Ruo replying back to Grand Empress Dowager. The Emperor...
Imperial Grandmother,
if your Grandson wasn't well, would I be sitting here now?
Of course it was safe and sound.
Rong Ruo, you may withdraw first!
Yes!
Grand Empress Dowager!
Your Majesty has traveled outside the palace for so many days
but I wasn't able to accompany Your Majesty on his trip.
Therefore, I did some embroidery
to give to Your Majesty once he returned
to let His Majesty know how much I missed him.
Thank you for caring.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Grand Empress Dowager.
Your Majesty, I've given you so many embroidered pouches.
I couldn''t conceive another.So while this is not embroidery per se
it is a spring loaded arrow concealer for your sleeve. Your Majesty next time you can wear it
when going on a hunting trip.
This is really practical.Not bad at all.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Everyone was hoping for Your Majesty to come home early,
while Little Sister An PIng seems to be hoping for Your Majesty to go on a trip again.
The world belongs to Your Majesty.
Your Majesty naturally should go out frequently and look around.
- Let me see them.- Yes.
These are not bad.
But...
if we want to talk about sewing skills in the inner palace,
it's still Lady Hui who does the best work.
Speaking of Lady Hui,
she knows that Your Majesty will be coming back today.
Why is she not here yet?
Does she want us to wait for her instead?
Informing you, Grand Empress Dowager.Lady Hui is here to wish you good health.
- Come in...- Yes.
We were just discussing her and now she's here.
She's late.
Your Majesty, how should we punish her?
Lady Hui is here.
Greetings to Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, I wish you both good health.
Rise...
Thank you Grand Empress Dowager.
Greetings Your Majesty, to your good health.
- Rise.- Thank you, Your Majesty.
I knew that Your Majesty would be coming back today, but I arrived late.
- I must indeed be punished.- You little girl...
Tell us why you came late?
I was rushing to make Xin Ren Luo for Your Majesty,
so I lost track of time.
Your Majesty loves to eat Lady Hui's Xin Ren Luo's the most.
If all of you have time, try to learn from her.
Yes.
Only the Emperor receives a share?
How can there be none for Grand Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager?
Chen Xiang
It's so fragrant.
Just a bowl of Xin Ren Luo
makes me not bear to punish you anymore.Isn't that right, Your Majesty?
Imperial Grandmother said it correctly.
Then I'm thankful for Your Majesty's forgiveness.
Grand Empress Dowager, the two of us today were able to eat something delicious because of the Emperor.
If Grand Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager liked it,
then I shall make you some frequently.
She's so filial.
I really cannot bear to punish you.
I will even reward you!
Then thank you, Grand Empress Dowager!
It's just that I don't know
what Grand Empress Dowager will reward me with?
Rong Ruo, come in.
Grand Empress Dowager.
You two siblings have not seen each other for so long.
Now that you're back.
I'm allowing you to see your sister.
The two of you should visit together.
Lady Hui, is this reward acceptable to you?
Thank you, Grand Empress Dowager!
Rise.
Rong Ruo.
You're serving beside the Emperor.
Remember to protect His Majesty all of the time.
Understand?
The Lady's teachings are correct.
This child is very much like you in the past.
She is a very sensible girl.
Even though you've been serving the Emperor for several days already,
being back at the palace,you still have to learn all the proper protocal.
All the instructions I've given you earlier,do you still remember them?
I remember.Serving beside the Emperor, one must be extra careful.
One must tolerate, endure and forbear.
Not bad.Offer me the water.
Not bad.
Gu Gu, when serving beside the Emperor,will one stay for very long?
That's hard to say.If the Emperor likes you,
you might be asked to stay in the palace forever.
Lin Lang...slightly lost concentration...
You're such a clumsy girl...
When you're beside the Emperor, be a little sharper.
If you keep being like this,you will be sent away sooner or later.
During His Majesty's recent trip,were his clothes and shelter well taken care of?
Responding to the Lady's question,even though outside cannot compare to the palace,
His Majesty really didn't mind.
He kept saying that everything must be simple and easy.
Since you stayed by his side,were there any interesting happenings?
What happened?
I saw Lin Lang.
Although I should have guessed it earlier,
letting Lin Lang enter the palace and hiding it from me
was sister's idea, right?
My Lady, this is the list of palace maids that will be entering this year.
Very good.
I will add this Wei Lin Lang girl.
Your servant knows.
Sister has done such a thing.
All this is for the good of both of you.
Rong Ruo thanks Sister for painstakingly separating him and Lin Lang.
At that time, when Lin Lang sought refuge with us,how did I help you?
Did you forget already?
I'm sorry, sister.
But I also won't just let Lin Lang stay in this palace.
I will definitely take her out of here.
Rong Ruo, how come you don't understand?
If you do that, you'll not only just destroy yourself.
Sister knows how I feel about Lin Lang.
If I didn't have Lin Lang, my life would be better off dead.
Please, sister help me.
Ill-fated relationship.
This is really an ill-fated destiny.
Da Zhong Zhi Zheng(Means being extremely fair, without any favoritism)
Your Majesty, please have some tea.
I'm tired already.
How about you accompany me for a walk?
Yes.
Raise your head up.
Look higher.
Do you feel like it looks familiar?
Isn't this...
This is the pear tree from the paddock.
That night, I first saw you under this tree.
Met you.
After we returned, I couldn't stop worrying about this tree.
So I asked people to transplant it here.
As long as I see this tree,
I then remember how you looked that night.
Why do all beautiful things in the world
not last forever?
If there is a flower that will not wither,that would be quite pleasant.
In this world,
there will definitely be a flower that does not wither.
That's her. I heard that she's the new Lady-in-Waiting appointed by His Majesty.
So it was her.
How come her life (fortune) is that good?
That's right.
You don't need to say anything.Just listen to me.
I know that I'm sorry to His Majesty.
This is already a sin punishable by death.
But I'll still do this unethical act.
I...
I cannot just stand by and look at you staying at His Majesty's side and not do anything.
Honestly, I...
I'm going to make you leave this palace,by any means.
You just have to tell me now
if you are willing to leave here or will you stay by the Emperor's side?
The truth is, I never wanted to be a Court Lady.
I'm willing to leave.
Then good.
Just wait for me.I'll think of a way.
I will also find an opportunity to leave the Emperor's side.
Please believe me.
Lin Lang.
- Greetings, Your Majesty.- No need.
I have been thinking ever since you saved my life,
I must reward you handsomely.
Do you have anything you desire?Just say it.
Whatever I want, will Your Majesty grant it?
Of course.
Your Majesty, there's something I want to beg of you.
Alright...Come.
Stand first.
Say it.
I want to go back to Xin Zhe Ku.
Why?
I'm already used to my life there.
I want to go back.
Do you really want to experience hardship that much?
Well then.
Whatever you would be doing in Xin Zhe Ku,
you can just do the same tasks here in Qian Qing Palace (the Emperor's Personal Palace).
Fine.
Your Majesty, walk slowly (carefully).
♫ Blowing wind and rain, in the river bankSighing about humanity’s coldness and warmth ♫
♫ What’s gone yesterday is back againRain trickling down in a spring night ♫
♫ Flowers bloom and wither many timesIt’s difficult to be disappointed ♫
♫ Peach flowers all over the ground but no one cares ♫
♫ If one’s lifetime only has that first meeting ♫
♫ Not knowing what changes will happen next ♫
♫ The four seasons make the world perfectBut they are never timeless ♫
♫ Thinking about it nowSpring has gone and autumn has come many times ♫
♫ Hard to send to you my yearningsIt’s getting deeper and deeper by very much, ♫
♫ very much. ♫
Greetings, Concubine Duan.
Announce me.I want to see His Majesty
Responding to Your Ladyship,His Majesty is not inside.
Where did His Majesty go?
We also don't know.
Hurry, turn around.
Stay right there.
Greetings, My Lady.
Rise.
Where do you plan to hide?
Responding to My Lady,I didn't plan to hide anywhere.
I just suddenly remembered I'm going in the wrong direction.
Stop giving me that tired excuse.
Do you think I don't know those small moth bitten holes in your heart?(means secrets)
My Lady, please just spare me.
I really dare not lie to you.
Oh, you're delivering the name badges to His Majesty.
Responding to My Lady, these were just sent earlier by the Household Board.
I was just about to bring them to His Majesty.He most likely will choose one after dinner.
My Lady! You...
Shut your mouth.
Why should Concubine An be placed in such a good position?
I'm sure she has bribed some eunuch again.
I will not let her get what she wants.
Sister can just touch your own name badge.
Touching another's name badge is unacceptable.
Little Sister, I just feel that since His Majesty will not be visiting you anyway,
placing your name badge anywhere is just about the same.
Since placing it anywhere is just the same,all the more Sister should not move it here and there.
Listen to Sister's words...
putting your name badge here and
letting you get some of Lady Hui's good fortune might get you a chance to attract His Majesty's attention.
Listening to Sister's tone, it's seems like I'm full of bad luck.
Since it's like that,
isn't it better to place mine beside yours
so that I can offset Sister more.
Listen to my suggestion,your badge should be placed here.
I feel that placing SIster's badge here is better.
- Why are you moving my name badge?- You were the one who moved mine first.
Little Sister, your name badge should be placed here.
Sister's should be the one placed there.
Who allowed you to move my name badge?
It's you who obviously moved my name badge first!
- Yours should be placed here.- Mine should be the one placed here.
Yours...
Ladies please, grant me some mercy...
Emperor, the concubines' palace markers are here.
Get out. Get out.
Let's go.
Emperor.
Didn't I ask you to leave?
Lady Duan Ping wants to see you.
What is she here for?
Ask her to go back.
I am here to pay my respect to you, Emperor.
Get up.
Thank you, Emperor.
Emperor, I have prepared night snacks for you.
There is fish cake and chestnut cake.
Please give me face and try my food.
This...
Emperor, Lady An Pin would like to see you.
Emperor,
I am here to pay my respect to you.
Fine, get up.
Thank you, Emperor.
Emperor, I have prepared
Nan Pei, lotus leaf dessert,
dried deer meat, Eight Treasure Pudding, aloe vera cake,
and this soup that I have simmered for the last five hours.
Sister, Emperor has already eaten his dinner.
He should be eating something light for snacks.
You have made so much. Aren't you afraid of causing the Emperor indigestion?
This is a show of my sincere intention.
Emperor, you only have to try them,
I will be eternally grateful as long as you try them.
The Emperor has just come back from his hunting trip.
This deer meat and lamb meat, do you think the Emperor has the appetite to eat them?
Sister's intention is really crude!
Sister, you are right.
This deer meat and lamb meat were both brought back to the palace by the Emperor.
Don't tell me that you threw them away instead of eating them!
You!
Where are you going, Emperor?
It is too noisy here so I need to go out to get some peace. Is that alright?
Emperor, we are sorry.
Gong Gong, why aren't you resting at night but cutting meat instead?
Shall I help you to cut them?
No need.
Who are you cooking for?
No one, you can leave first.
Yes.
Paying my respect to the Emperor.
Get up quickly.
Thank you, Emperor.
I knew that you were coming,
so I have prepared your favourite dish.
Good.
How did you know that I would be coming here?
I have a heart to heart connection with the Emperor.
I am here to get some peace.
I understand.
Emperor, I will leave now.
I will leave too.
Brother Chang Qing.
Brother Chang Qing,
Brother Chang Qing, are you here?
Brother Chang Qing, I know that you are here.
Why were you hiding from me recently?
Have I done something wrong to upset you?
You can tell me and I will change.
If you continue to hide from me.
I can't eat or sleep.
Yun Chu,
I am not qualified to love you.
Dog Emperor...
You are the one that is responsible for my current situation.
I want to kill you!
A thousand swords to kill you, ten thousand swords to kill you, kill, kill, kill.
It is late now, you should have your rest.
Yes, Emperor.
Sending off the Emperor.
Lady, whenever the Emperor returns from a trip, you are the first one that he will visit.
This is really a show of his liking for you.
You are good, but why didn't you ask him to stay?
Rather than to be his favourite for the moment,
I am more interested in a long term relationship.
In the back palace, I am the only woman who understands the Emperor.
I am his only soulmate.
We think along the same lines and we are solid like gold and stone.
I would like to return to Xin Zhe Ku.
- Why? I am used to the life there.
Just because I am the Emperor...
You naughty girl, see how I will punish you.
Brother, you can't catch me.
Brother!
No matter what happens, I want to be with you.
Shall we both leave here?
Shall we not come back ever again?
Ok.
If I want to kill the Emperor,
I will have to get close to him.
I know such a big secret of yours,
how shall I use it?
I have a question for you.
I… do I have a brother?
No, why do you ask this suddenly?
I... really don't have a brother?
Could you have remembered wrongly?
Or do you not know either?
Brother Rong Ruo, why does Emperor want to kill my whole family?
Because...
Because your father has done the wrong thing.
Just because my father didn't visit the Emperor,
he wants to kill my entire family?
Sister, don't ask, you won't understand the adults.
When you grow up, you will understand.
I don't understand. I only know that father, mother and elder brothers are all good people.
The Emperor is bad and I hate him.
Lin Lang.
What is it?
You can't continue to stay beside the Emperor.
I know, don't worry.
I will try my best to leave here.
Emperor please, put me down quickly!
Are you alright?
I am sorry if I have offended you!
Please forgive me. Please forgive me.
Enough.
You can go back to Xin Zhe Ku.
I have permitted you.
Thank you, Emperor for your permission.
Chang Lou,
I will go with you.
Coming back to the palace means that we have come back to endless chores.
Just be satisfied, it is better than clearing the ashes or cleaning the slop jars (chamber pots).
I am afraid that before I see the Emperor, my hands
will have already been destroyed.
When is Lin Lang coming to rescue me?
Have you finished cleaning all the clothes from Zi Ren Palace?
Mo Mo.(A senior Palace maid)
Isn't Yun Chu the one in charge of cleaning clothes from Zi Ren Palace?
Yun Chu, where are the clothes from Zi Ren Palace?
Oh dear, I have forgot...
I am sorry but I have forgotten about them.
I will go and iron them now.
What is your name?
Who is the Gu Gu in charge of you?
Such an important matter and you dare to forget about it?!
I am Yun Chu and the Gu Gu in charge is Yu Zhu.
But she…she is already...
I'd say a mountain without a tiger has caused the monkeys to become kings!
Quickly finish ironing and send them to me.
Also, I am punishing you by banning you from eating for a day.
This is already considered a light punishment.
Yes.
Emperor, have some tea.
The water has been boiled for too long.
The taste has gone off, please leave.
Emperor, let me change another cup for you.
Please try.
Have you even boiled the water?
Xiao De Zhi.
- Emperor? - This is too light.
Too much.
Why are you so lacking?
Emperor, I am incompetent.
How about if I call Lin Lang here?
No need.
If she is happy, let her continue to stay in Xin Zhe Ku.
Yes.
What is it? Have you burnt your finger?
I am fine.
I didn't finish my task and I panicked.
Don't panic, have a meal first. I will get food for you.
Sister, I am not hungry.
Please eat my share too.
You already don't have enough to eat daily,
Why aren't you interested in eating recently?
Sister, I am really not hungry.
What is this?
Yun Chu, come and see, there are meat cakes!
It's him!
It must be him.
Who is it?
Is this from your Brother Chang Qing?
Brother Chang Qing,
I don't know why you are ignoring me suddenly.
But it is fine if you are ignoring me.
Why are you still concerned about me secretly?
You hiding from me has really affected my appetite.
So, I am returning this to you,
These past few days I have been trying to think
of what it is that I have done wrong.
I have upset you.
So I was distracted in all the tasks that were given to me.
This time, I got punished by a Mo Mo.
You sent me food.
I am feeling very grateful.
But I would rather you tell me why you began to ignore me so suddenly?
I don't wish to be tortured everyday like this.
I can't sleep well or eat well.
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♫ Winter died, spring has also passed; ♫
♫ Summer has ended, autumn's wind;Raindrops caused the peach flowers to fall ♫
♫ Clear water with green waves; ♫
♫ Clear water with green waves;She's humming softly a song, with some tender feelings ♫
♫ Fragrant snow is like a dream,the start of lingering sorrow, ♫
♫ it's like never ending turns and bends ♫
♫ Fate in the previous lifetime ♫
♫ Doing it in this lifetime ♫
♫ Drunk after drinking a thousand cups, ♫
♫ Looking at a red candle turning colorless,Hearing a familiar tune ♫
♫ Bamboo shadow rocks the window waking me up.Is it a letter you asked the wind to sent me? ♫
♫ The one written down is that one unforgettable tenderness inside one's heart ♫
♫ Seeing the words is like seeing you in person ♫
♫ Pain piercing through the bottom of my heart ♫
♫ Wants to see you ♫
♫ My heart's been slashed open by time ♫
♫ Galloped ten thousand miles of road but we can't see each other anymore ♫
♫ Didn't get in time ♫
♫ Hate that when we first met, love is already too late ♫
♫ Wanting to go back to that first meeting, ♫
♫ just looking at you, secretly admiring ♫
♫ Loving you ♫
♫ Wants to see you ♫
♫ My heart's been slashed open by time ♫
♫ Galloped ten thousand miles of road but we can't see each other anymore ♫
♫ Didn't get in time ♫
♫ Hate that when we first met, love is already too late ♫
♫ Wanting to go back to that first meeting, ♫
♫ just looking at you, secretly admiring ♫
♫ Loving you ♫