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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 35
I hated Teacher.
He once gave me warmth.
But during the juncture of life and death, he didn't hesitate to push me out.
How could the Consort Xian whom everyone respected do lowly tricks like this too?
Scoundrel! You dare privately sell public items?!
I didn't do anything wrong!
Still making excuses?! You should be punished more!
I didn't do anything wrong!
I hate this evil heaven more.
This laughable world.
What did I do wrong?
How come there were so many hardships that befall on me?
Those brothers of mine
all have the same noble blood as me.
Each one of them is respected and set up on high,
but I?
I must endure.
Endure the greatest insults in this world.
Be the lowliest kind of servant.
Crawling on the ground.
Hence, Yingluo, the laws of the heaven aren't fair.
The ways of the world are heartless.
If you don't want to become the chopped meat, you must be the one holding the knife.
But it's fine.
I'm your brother.
Little Sister, I'm swearing
that I will protect you,
because...
because we are one.
You are me.
I am you.
Your Highness Consort Chun.
Yuhu, go outside and guard first.
Yes.
Consort Chun, why must you do that?
Why are you marrying Erqing?
It was the decree of His Majesty.
No!
It was to save Wei Yingluo, to help clear her name,
hence, you agreed to this marriage.
Just for a slave of the Workhouse, must you do this?!
This is my matter.
No need for your concerns.
Fuheng!
You really don't remember me?
Your Highness Consort Chun, what really are you saying?
Your sister and I were close friends even before we got married off.
In the past, I would frequently go to Fuca Manor to play.
Jinghao, whatever you like to eat,
I'll tell the kitchen to cook it for you.
Green bean cake!
How about white fungus?
Sure!
Jinghao.
My Lady.
Fuheng!
- Sister. - Accompany me to the teahouse in Zhengyang Road to listen to an opera.
I also want to go to a newly opened jewelry store at an inner road on its western side. Don't forget.
Oh, right. Let's go ride horses on the day after.
Later, go to the stable to check on Liuxing for me.
I've remembered all of them.
Look at your tassle. It's so old.
I'll make you a new one tomorrow.
Jinghao, let's go.
Sister had a lot of close friends before.
I don't remember anymore.
I don't believe it.
If you don't remember anymore, why do you keep wearing the tassle that I gave you?
Wasn't this given by sister?
Miss, let's go.
Just wait a while more.
Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I'll take my leave.
Your Highness, Fuheng is an unfaithful man.
Why must you keep thinking about him?
Yes, regardless of how good he is,
you still have already entered the palace and became an imperial consort.
You should focus on obtaining imperial favor and stabilizing your position.
But you, just for him, kept defending the empress
to the point of avoiding the emperor.
But in the end, what did you get?
He has never placed you in his heart.
Everything that you did was meaningless.
Shut up.
I really couldn't take it anymore.
Even if you don't want to hear it, I'm saying them.
You're a very smart person.
Why must you be muddled because of him?
Stop being sad for him.
Stop doing stupid things, okay?
I told you to stop saying it! Get out!
Stop!
Your Highness.
Where's that letter of mine?
Before, I told you to give Fuheng a letter.
Remember. You must personally hand it to him.
I did it for your sake.
All this time, I thought...
...he accepted that tassel because he likes me.
It is only because I entered the house of Prince Bao of the First Rank,
became a royal concubine there,
hence, he deliberately distanced himself from me.
But all along, that letter full of my loving thoughts,
never reached him.
Why?
Why must you do this?!
Tell me, why?!
Your Highness! Master has said way before
that he's going to marry you off to Prince Bao of the First Rank.
You are destined to enter the Prince Manor.
If I handed that letter out,
it will destroy you, destroy the Su family!
Hence, you just watched me
falling deeper and deeper!
Watched me keep deceiving myself!
And then, in front of him,
I became someone who doesn't even have a slight dignity left. Is that it?!
Your Highness...
You were so in love Fuheng.
You so want to use death to resist your marriage.
Only when you knew that the eldest lady of the Fuca Family would be married into the Prince Manor too to become the princess consort,
you finally agreed to go there.
You said that you'll accompany and guard the Princess Consort
in behalf of Fuheng. I saw how you
pulled yourself together again.
How could I bear to tell you the truth?
I only wanted for him to know my heart.
That he won't disappoint my yearning.
I saw him always wearing that tassel.
I thought that he had a bit of affection towards me.
Yuhu...
I don't ask for much.
I am not even asking that he loves me.
I just hope that he remembers,
that he thinks of my love, and that's enough.
But from the start,
Fuheng didn't know anything.
He didn't understand anything!
These past years...all those protection,
those many years of infatuation...
...were all a joke!
Do you know that?!
Your Highness...
Do you know how painful this part is?
Do you know how unbearable it is?!
You don't know!
Imagining how my love is being reciprocated like this...
is entirely the greatest kind of humiliation!
Your Highness...
An icy heart (sincere heart) is placed inside a jade pot.
My name can be easily changed,
but no one has truly cherished your heart.
You've been muddled for 10 years.
You should wake up now.
Greetings Your Highness Consort Xian.
Your Highness, quickly wipe away your tears.
You mustn't let anyone notice anything.
Your Highness, even if it's not for yourself,
think about the Su family and your siblings.
Consort Chun, what important matter are you busy with that you made me wait for quite a long time?
Noble Consort Xian.
The two of us get along well. Don't bother with those pretentious etiquette.
Just call me like how you called me before.
Yes.
Sister, why did you come today?
Why do you look at me that way?
Bring her in!
This old servant is so useless.
After taking in some caning, she already blurted out everything.
Consort Chun, do you want to know what she said?
Your Highness Noble Consort Xian, sly slaves like her
who have slandered someone just for some measly things,
but after being questioned, couldn't wait to blame other people for it.
You mustn't believe her words.
Yuhu, don't deny your involvement.
It was clearly Consort Chun who forced me to frame Wei Yingluo. It was really her.
Rubbish!
Her Highness and that palace maid have no grudge between them.
Why would she frame her?
You clearly were instructed by someone else
and is slandering Her Highness.
Consort Chun, what do you say?
Sister, this is false accusation.
I know very well what kind of person you are.
How could we allow a sly slave like this to behave atrociously here?!
Men!
Cut off her tongue.
No...!
In dealing with servants like her who casually gossips and slanders her master,
I can only employ strict punishment to warn others from imitating.
From now on,
no one would dare offend their superior,
make casual remarks, and taint their master's reputation.
Thank you for your trust, Sister.
Little Sister, why is your hand so cold? Did I scare you earlier?
Take her away!
Little Sister, you have always been sickly and have a cold body.
Now that the weather is getting cold, you must take good care of your health.
Yes.
She has changed.
Consort Xian has changed to another person.
Your Highness.
No matter what, we've safely survived it.
No.
She knows.
I have an intuition that she knows everything.
It's true.
What is she doing?
I don't know. Let's go look.
- You scared me!- What are you doing?
- Waiting to watch a joke.- What joke?
You all don't know yet.
For trying to climb up a high branch, Wei Yingluo fell and got badly battered.
I'm waiting to watch her cry.
What are you all doing?
She said to wait here and watch you embarrass yourself.
You...
- Let go of me. What are you doing? Let go of me.- Don't you want to laugh?
Okay then. I'll help you.
- Laugh!- You're hurting me!
Wei Yingluo, let go!
Wei Yingluo, let me tell you
that Lord Fuca is about to marry another! Just continue acting tough!
Before laughing at me, try rubbing at your own stomach.
Is it so empty?
The sun is already at mid sky.
If the supervising eunuch discovers that you all are here loitering around,
you won't even have any lunch. You can't even fill your own stomach,
yet you still have the leisure to stay here to laugh at others.
Let's quickly go.
You're really a cold-hearted woman!
Yes. I'm indeed cold-herated.
Do you want to continue laughing? I'll help you. Laugh! Laugh!
Let go! Crazy woman!
What are you laughing at?
Don't know who was crying so badly yesterday
and used cold water to wash her eyes today. Hey!
Are you so afraid that they'll see how swollen your eyes were from crying?
I cried because I was upset.
But letting others see me cry,
other than getting looks of disdain, it's all meaningless.
Are you not upset anymore?
Even if I do, I must continue working and eating.
After getting upset, I should just do what I should do.
Don't know who was crying last night to the point of fainting.
Was it you?
For those who abandoned me,
I mustn't let the past stay.
No matter how upset I am, I must tell myself
that it's fine.
Anyway, one day, I will have something better.
Good! You have drive.
Brother Yuan, I know who killed Noble Consort Gao.
Her Highness Empress is awake!
Men! Men!
Your Highness, you're finally awake!
I want to get up.
Mingyu, my legs...
- Don't rush.- My legs...
- What happened to them?- I'll immediately call the imperial physicians.
The imperial physicians will be here soon.
Don't call them.
Call Fuheng to come here.
I want to see him. Tell him to come here.
You few, come over here.
Do you know that the palace maid Jinxiu has escaped last night?
Escaped? She actually fled?
This is a tightly guarded Forbidden City.
Where can she escape too?
That girl was too bold. Isn't she afraid to die?
Everyone, listen well.
Anyone who has any news about her must report it to me.
Or else, he or she would be punished for the same crime as hers.
Okay already. Stop discussing about this matter.
Go back to work.
That girl was so audacious.
Doesn't she want to live anymore?
Indeed.
Brother!
You all go there first to look.
Go.
What is it?
Has Jinxiu really gone missing?
Which part did you hear me saying that she's missing?
She escaped last night.
If she escaped, why were there no signs beforehand?
Moreover, Forbidden City is tightly guarded.
She doesn't have wings, so where could she have escaped to?
Why care so much?
Look at the wound on your hand.
Your hands have to be soaked in water everyday. Your wound would just get worse.
No, I can't let you stay here anymore.
Go to the Burning Oven Area instead.
Burning Oven Area?
Burning Oven Area is under the jurisdiction of the Xixin Office.
They are in-charge of supplying the warming needs of the different palaces.
It's still not yet winter.
It's still not time to supply charcoal, hence, the work there is a bit lighter now.
You can take the chance to idle around.
From now on, don't be too diligent on working.
You must learn to slack off. Got that?
Okay already. I got it.
Jinxiu...
Stop mentioning her. Come.
Remember to apply the medicines I gave you everyday.
You mustn't skip it for even a day. You hear me?
As for those matters that doesn't concern you, don't put it to heart.
Let's go.
Empress, you're finally awake.
I was really very worried.
I could hear
the words you said.
I just
couldn't open my eyes.
Just like
always being trapped in a deep nightmare.
I couldn't wake up.
Now, everything has passed.
Empress,
you don't need to worry.
Ye Tianshi already said that these legs of yours couldn't move because you were unconscious for too long.
They will surely recover after some time.
Sister!
Greeting, Your Majesty!
Empress, I still have state affairs to attend to and must return to Yangxin Palace.
I'll accompany you later.
- Fuheng.- I'm here.
- Accompany your sister well.- Yes.
After talking to Empress, come to Yangxin Palace to see me.
I still have a task to give to you.
Empress just woke up. Don't tire her too much.
Sister.
Where's Erqing?
Sister.
Are you muddled?!
If I don't agree with the marriage bestowed by His Majesty, I won't be able to save Yingluo.
With Yingluo's personality, she would be willing to go through death with you.
Do you know that
at the moment you agreed to it,
she would never forgive you.
Are you really ready
to accept eternally taking a separate path from her?
For you, for Yingluo,
and for Erqing, this matter
is so unfair.
No matter how much price I must pay,
I must beg His Majesty to take back his decree.
Sister, the imperial decree has been promulgated.
Erqing has already went out of the palace to prepare for the wedding.
This matter can't be reversed anymore.
If you go beg His Majesty to take back his order, you'll just destroy the reputation of the Fuca Clan.
Make Erqing unable to face other people.
Aren't you going to force her to die by doing that?
Also, she agreed to this marriage
just to help me.
In terms of affection and justice, I shouldn't do what you're asking.
I initially thought
that at the very least, you and Yingluo
will be blissful.
Never thought...
...that the ending is the same.
- Sister.- Leave.
I don't want to see you.
Sister.
Leave.
Fuheng!
This matter concerns your lifetime of happiness.
Have you really decided?
Yes.
I'm really worried about you.
You will regret this for the rest of your life.
Sister, everyone must take responsibility for their decision.
Please forgive me.
Greetings, Your Highnesses.
Your Highness Empress just woke up.
The imperial physician said that she shouldn't see any guests for now.
I surely will relay to her your good intentions.
Please go back first.
Won't Her Highness Empress see me too?
I thought that the rumors were fake.
So, there was a basis for them.
Rumors?
Haven't you heard of it?
Empress isn't satisfied with the marriage of Imperial Guard Fuca. She would be gloomy all day long.
She wouldn't even see His Majesty now.
But no matter what, this is a familial matter of the Fuca Clan.
It's just right for Her Highness Empress to be worried.
If you have the time, why don't you come to my place and sit for a while?
I would love to.
Your Highness, eat a little.
Your Highness!
Leave now.
No matter for what reason you're being angry about, you mustn't harm your health.
You're here.
Yes.
I'm here.
But it's very obvious
that your thoughts have long flew out of this palace.
Empress,
can you tell me
what you're thinking about?
Your Majesty,
I want to beg you. Can you cancel the marriage you bestowed?
Impossible.
Since you said that you can't, I have nothing more to say.
Empress,
I don't understand.
Erqing is composed, decent, good-looking, and intelligent.
Her grandfather is the minister of the Ministry of Justice.
I even raised the banner status of her whole clan.
Whether in terms of personality and status, it's not unworthy of Fuheng.
Everyone is happy about it.
How come only you can't stop frowning about it?
Everyone is happy?
Your Majesty,
you really think so?
Isn't it like that?
Your Majesty, you are the ruler of the empire.
Every word you said are as precious as gold.
No one would dare resist it.
I've served by your side for so many years.
I want to ask you one question.
Why must you break apart Fuheng and the woman he loves?
I said many times.
She's not qualified.
Your Majesty. Whether she's qualified or not,
Fuheng doesn't even care.
Who would Your Majesty mind then?
When it comes to marrying, one must choose a virtuous wife.
Fuheng is my chosen assistant and confidante.
He will be of great use in the future.
I won't allow his wife to be sinister and manipulative.
I'm protecting him
from a vicious woman and committing the biggest mistake in his life.
What are you laughing at?
Aren't you doing this for your own selfishness?
What selfishness would I have?
Perhaps, Your Majesty, likes Yingluo
and wants her for yourself.
Empress, have you been disorientated for too long a period?
Even your brain is not clear.
Let me tell you. This is just your wishful imagination. A delusion.
Your Majesty!
I'm begging you.
This will never happen.
Your Majesty, Fuheng is not someone who empathizes easily.
If not, I would never interfere.
I'm his biological older sister. I know him.
Your Majesty. You are rich and doesn't lack women.
I'm begging you. Can't you be broad minded and give him a way out
to complete his infatuation?
Your Majesty!
Get the Imperial Hospital to treat her. She must recover well from her illness.
I will abide.
Your Highness, why did you do this?
There's no turning back now.
Fuheng is my most important family member.
I thought,
at least, the both of them could be happy.
But...
Your Highness.
But...
Miss Mingyu, what are you trying to do?
Because of Imperial Guard Fuca, Her Highness is heart-broken
and he is totally indifferent. How could he do that?
This is a marriage sanctioned by the Emperor. What do you expect him to do? Resist it?
I...
What's wrong? Even you are speechless, right?
Stop forcing him and giving him a hard time.
You men are such useless creatures.
How could you simply kick me?
You didn't give me any warning at all.
Miss Mingyu, Fuheng is not marrying. Why are you crying?
I'm angry. I'm sad.
Why are you angry and sad?
I'm angry that Fuheng didn't fight for it.
I'm sad. Why did I initially liked him?
What are you laughing at?
- Come with me.- Where are we going?
We are reaching soon. Be careful.
Where are you taking me to?
Come here.
Miss Mingyu, take a look.
No matter what problems you have, climb to a high place and take in the view.
It will improve your mood and all your problems
will be gone.
What do you know?
When one is in a bad mood, they may want to jump down.
Everything will end then.
Didn't you want to die? I'm fulfilling your wish.
Why are you holding so tightly?
You are crazy. I was just citing an example.
Citing an example. Understand?
I don't like Fuca Fuheng now.
Who wants to die just because of his marriage?
A woman's heart changes very fast.
In the past, you even gifted him with a scented sachet.
You don't like him now?
It's because of Wei Yingluo that I'm indignant at the injustice.
Fuca Fuheng changes his heart without any signs.
I'm indignant at the injustice on behalf of Her Highness too. She's clearly thinking on behalf of her brother and clashed with His Majesty.
No one is grateful at all.
Miss Mingyu. As humans, is love only worth pursuing?
There are many good men around. Does a woman need to be so obsessed with love?
You sound so righteous. What are you trying to do?
Me?
I want to be in the battle field.
I want to contribute in my career.
I want to leave behind a good reputation in history.
You don't want a family?
I don't. One can die any time in the battle field.
If I'm alive, I will cause my wife to defend for herself and wait alone for countless years.
It's even more terrible to die. She will become a widow.
Whether one is alive or death, it's a great disaster.
I want someone to live happily.
There will come a day when I will command thousands of mounted and foot soldiers
into an impressive battle for the Great Qing.
Miss Mingyu, don't be sad for what you have lost.
When you look back at this ten years later, this will be a minor matter.
Smile and everything will pass.
You are right.
- What are you doing? - You just pushed me and I stepped on your foot.
We are even now.
Smile and everything will pass.
You are really something.
Younger Sister, you are not young anymore.
You should start planning for yourself.
Life is lonely in the palace. Give birth to a son.
No. A girl is fine too.
Time will fly quickly.
When you wake up every day, you will hear the child laughing and crying.
It will become livelier in the vast palace
I know you have been with the Empress but the harem is without a male offspring.
The Empress is again...
What's wrong with the Empress?
Zhang Yu diagnosed that the Empress has ruined her health.
Thus, it will be hard for her to bear an offspring again.
Look at me. Why am I talking about this?
I have caused you to worry.
Yongcheng.
Come, this is for you.
Do you like this?
Fourth Prince is lively and adorable.
Come, over here.
Eh.
Your hair is messy.
Let me comb it for you.
Zhen'er, take Yongcheng back.
Yes.
Younger Sister is outstanding
and talented.
If you are willing, everything is still not too late.
No matter how well the Empress treats and tolerates you,
she still can't live your life for you.
You are young and beautiful now
but a year will pass after a year.
If there's an influx of beautiful women into the harem,
the beauty will wane along the years. A year,
ten years, twenty years,
one will be trapped in this place and live a lonely and boring life.
If you don't have a child of your own,
the days will be cold and cheerless.
You may not have listened when I told you this in the past.
But now,
you are in pain, right?
You must remember this. Pain will wake up your senses.
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♫Softly falling into the hollow of my palm,♫
♫Resting frozen in the center of my palm.♫
♫Our meeting across past incarnations was inevitable,♫
♫Joined together, deeply experiencing and holding onto the end of happiness.♫
♫Though plainly given words of discouragement,♫
♫Pretending to hear nothing but exhortation.♫
♫ Endless tears, believing it cannot be true,♫
♫ In this life, being born under an unlucky star.♫
♫I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫
♫ Though I close my eyes, it's impossible to stop the vision.♫
♫ Nothing you can do about being approached, not being inconsistent in love,♫
♫ Though merely holding onto it from the outside, prone to this sort of circumstance.♫
♫ I hear the sound of the snow slowly falling♫
♫ As though you are holding me closely, and speaking sweetly.♫
♫ Opening your eyes to a sky filled with merciless snow falling,♫
♫ Who, after suffering this loss for a lifetime, is fond of this scene?♫