01x37 - Revenge for Shaoshang

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[Love Like the Galaxy]

[Love Like the Galaxy 2: Episode 10]

Fifth Prince, you can follow me to Changqiu Palace to change clothes.

With the way I look now,

if I follow you to Changqiu Palace and get seen by people,

who knows what lies they'll fabricate about us?

At that time, we won't be able to explain it.

What is it that we can't explain?

At that time, if anyone asks you, just tell the truth.

By telling the truth, we still need people to believe us.

There's nothing between us—

Just as Chun Tiao said,

Fifth Imperial Brother and Miss Cheng are meeting in a secret tryst. Are you not?

Old Fifth, what happened? How did you make yourself like this?

Imperial Father.

Why bother asking, Imperial Father? Chun Tiao said it already.

Fifth Imperial Brother and Miss Cheng are meeting in a secret tryst.

Miss Cheng, aren't you too greedy?

You already have Zisheng, why seduce my Fifth Imperial Brother?

Fifth Sister, you shouldn't spout nonsense.

I didn't meet Cheng Shaosheng for a secret tryst. It's clean between the two of us.

This is not the first time that Fifth Imperial Brother has met women secretly in the palace.

When have you ever been clean?

You probably fear Zisheng coming after you, that's why you don't dare to admit it.

Don't quibble anymore, Fifth Imperial Brother.

What you were doing with Miss Cheng, Chun Tiao saw it all.

Chun Tiao, tell everyone what you saw.

Chun Tiao, speak. Tell it honestly.

I didn't see it clearly.

I only heard Fifth Prince call Miss Cheng, "beauty".

I remember now. I was reciting from the Classic of Poetry at that time.

Fifth Imperial Brother can recite the Classic of Poetry?

Clearly, you were drunk and couldn't help but do obscene things with Miss Cheng.

Nonsense! Clearly, the woman you brought fooled me,

telling me a pretty woman wanted to see me and swindled me to go to Jingxin Lake.

Fifth Imperial Brother, you shouldn't randomly implicate me

just so you can cast suspicion away from yourself.

You all, stand forward.

Let's show FIfth Imperial Brother. Don't worry. If you can recognize her,

I will immediately have her caned to death.

This... Why isn't she here?

Fifth Imperial Brother, you probably drank too much and got muddle-headed.

Miss Cheng is clearly the one who asked you out.

As I see it,

women who disobey virtues in the palace should be beaten to death with sticks

so that our eyes don't get dirty.

Shut up!

Today is your empress mother's birthday banquet. Why are you clamoring for beating and k*lling here?

What is this? Do you still respect your empress mother?

Shaoshang, you speak.

What exactly happened?

Replying to Your Majesty.

When I passed by Jingxin Lake, I happened to save Fifth Prince who accidentally fell into the water.

That's right.

Who would believe what you said? Does anyone believe it?

Enough!

Your Majesty, I'm getting tired. I won't go back to the banquet

and will return to Changqiu Palace to rest. Pardon me for not accompanying you.

Today is the empress's birthday banquet, but someone is

actually inciting trouble here. I won't tolerate it.

- Guards!
- Your Majesty.

After all, today is the empress's birthday banquet. All the court officials are still waiting in the hall.

Right now is not the time to pursue this matter.

Let's wait for tomorrow to decide.

Considering that today is the empress' birthday banquet,

I will let all of you go for now.

After the birthday banquet, I will get you to account for everything.

I feel so happy today. Let's go back to keep drinking.

This matter isn't over yet, Cheng Shaoshang.

Just you wait.

It's really too cold now. I'm going back to change clothes.

Are you all right?

Do you believe me?

Of course.

That's good then.

I'm going to the empress.

Last night, you were in a bad mood and couldn't sleep even after much tossing and turning.

Don't worry about me. You, on the other hand, should get some good rest.

When Your Majesty got up so early, how could I oversleep?

It's fine. You should sleep a little more.

Why did you get up so early?

Shaoshang, you've worked hard lately for the birthday banquet.

You haven't returned home for several days, your parents must be missing you.

Hurry and pack up your things to go home.

Thank you, Empress and Your Majesty.

- Cheng Shaoshang! Cheng Shaoshang!
- Princess!

- I'm going to k*ll you!
- Princess, you can't barge in like this.

I'm going to k*ll you!

Evil creature, you are shouting out loud in Changqiu Palace. So improper!

Little Fifth?

Why is your appearance so unacceptable?

I am reckless, but it was because I was anxious.

What happened to you?

Last night, I got drunk.

So I stayed overnight in Yongle Palace's Long Garden and intended to leave the palace early in the morning.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Shaoshang actually... actually...

Imperial Father. Empress Mother. Cheng Shaoshang is to be blamed to have done this filthy thing.

I invited those noble ladies into the palace,

and they contributed efforts by dancing to congratulate Empress Mother's birthday.

But now we've been humiliated.

Empress Mother, you must uphold justice for me.

Uphold what justice?

How can you prove that Shaoshang did it?

I asked the nightwatch servants at Long Garden.

They said that Cheng Shaoshang went there before daybreak.

Did anyone see Shaoshang set those things up?

Even if no one saw it, but who else can it be except her?

Only she knows how to make those messy mechanisms.

May I ask Fifth Princess one thing?

Why would I do it? Why would I take such a great effort to do something like this?

Because, a few days ago, we—

Enough.

Since there's no evidence, don't randomly drag anyone in.

Hurry and go back. Wash up.

Hurry and go back. Look at yourself.

Empress Mother, you won't take my side

but will actually shield Cheng Shaoshang. I'm your biological daughter.

Who's shouting around?

When you dislike the empress's discipline,

you escape far to the princess manor to enjoy a carefree life.

I've never seen you serving your filial piety by your mother's side.

Now that you need the empress's support,

you've finally remembered you are the empress's biological daughter.

- A'Heng, why are you—
- Your Majesty,

this incident occurred in my Long Garden.

I can't overlook it and not intervene. That's why I've come.

Cheng Shaoshang set up a mechanism in Long Garden.

She used waste water to dirty up Long Garden.

Consort Yue, you can't let her off.

It's not your place to tell me how to do things.

This splash of waste water plus beating still can't wake up Fifth Princess?

If you are still dizzy-headed, I can bestow another bucket to you.

Consort Yue, even though you didn't give birth to me,

you still can't be so unreasonable.

You target me, isn't it because I don't want to marry into the Yue family?

Little Fifth.

What's so great about your Yue family?

Isn't it just to have made merits by following Imperial Father in raising an army?

Who among us hasn't? Even Empress Mother isn't arrogant and domineering like you!

Shut up!

Don't talk nonsense.

It's not your place to assess the achievements of the Xuan and the Yue families.

Imperial Father, you can shut me up, but can you shut the mouths of all the people in the country?

Even the advisers in my manor know that the Yue family relies on their past merits

to show off their mighty power, and they even try to oppress those of us from Changqiu Palace.

Shut up!

Immature child!

Sister A'Heng, I haven't taught my children well.

I feel ashamed toward you.

Empress Mother, don't take on the responsibility.

The more you yield to her, the more she'll take advantage.

You feel anxious around Imperial Father, so you always swallow the grievance you suffer.

I sure wouldn't tolerate it.

- All these years, do they still remember you are the empress?
- You...

Imperial Father is always loving with Yue Heng all day long.

Where is our Changqiu Palace?

Empress, I'm sorry.

Fifth Princess spoke rudely.

This younger sister disciplined her for you.

How dare you hit me?

At your empress mother's birthday banquet, you framed Cheng Shaoshang.

Shouldn't I hit you?

You are telling nonsense! Who has any evidence?

I do.

This...

Your Majesty, this woman was brought into the palace by Fifth Princess to dance.

Just now, she already confessed everything.

All of this was done by Fifth Princess.

Fifth Princess knows my bride was dispelling the effects of alcohol at Jingxin Lake.

So she deliberately lured Fifth Prince to go there.

She wanted to frame my bride as a secret rendezvous with Fifth Prince in order to ruin her reputation.

All of this, both Fifth Prince and this woman can testify.

Imperial Father. Empress Mother. She is the one!

Yesterday, she was the one who passed me the message to swindle me to go to Jingxin Lake.

Speak.

What exactly happened?

That's right. Say it.

Did I order you?

You should speak carefully.

I...

Speak.

Imperial Father, she is the daughter of the Vice Censor.

I invited her to the palace to be an esteemed guest at Empress Mother's birthday banquet.

Now that she is falsely accused, she is so upset that she's fainted.

Guards, carry her back to her father to be strictly disciplined.

Imperial Father, clearly she got scared by Fifth Sister's threats that she passed out.

- All of this was schemed by Fifth Sister.
- That's enough!

You inferior breed, how dare you bite me!

- What did you call me?
- Shut up!

What did you say?

He is your fifth imperial brother.

How can you humiliate your sibling this way?

In your eyes, do you still have any affinity for blood relations?

Do you still see me, your imperial father?

Imperial Father, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about him.

What imperial brother? His mother is but a lowly palace servant.

She climbed into the imperial bed when Imperial Father was drunk.

Because of this incident, Imperial Father no longer allows maidservants to serve in the hall.

You also never step into the dirty place where he and his mother reside.

Imperial Father, I am your legitimate daughter from Changqiu Palace.

How can you deem me wrong by taking the side of these foul people?

Can anything truthful come out of these lowly people's mouths?

- Impudent!
- That's enough!

When I was young, I didn't live comfortably.

So I want my children to live a better life.

I didn't expect that I condoned you to be so unappreciative of the immensity of Heaven and Earth.

You are heartless toward your siblings.

You are disrespectful to Consort Yue and your imperial father.

You would even frame others at my birthday banquet.

Now, even if your imperial father forgives you, I won't tolerate you.

Servants!

Empress Mother, I am your flesh and blood.

How can you...

Imperial Father, you can't only fault me.

I have no grudges with Cheng Shaoshang.

Consort Yue's Long Garden is such an elegant place.

Not only did I and those daughters from renowned families get splashed with the waste water in Long Garden,

we also got hit with thorny twigs and even got wormwood ashes poured all over us.

Shouldn't she be convicted guilty?

What's this about no grudges?

The day before yesterday, you and those women pushed Cheng Shaoshang into the lake.

You thought no one would know?

You have no idea that there's nothing I, your fifth older brother, don't know in this palace!

Cheng Shaoshang, it appears that you've hidden quite a few things.

Your Majesty. Empress. I was wrong.

I did indeed set up those mechanisms this morning.

See? She admitted that she did it!

I am willing to receive punishment.

Fifth Princess knew that I couldn't swim

but still pushed me into the water.

She also threw rocks at me so that I couldn't reach the shore.

Therefore, I was just reciprocating her favor.

Since you always get revenge against a grievance, why did you wait till today?

Replying to Consort Yue. The empress's birthday banquet is an important event.

How can I disregard the imperial family's prestige to care about my personal matter?

After the empress's birthday banquet was concluded,

that's when I would repay for each grudge and grievance.

Fifth Princess, I poured waste water on you

because you made me swallow a bellyful of lake water.

I beat you with thorny twigs because you framed me and ruined Empress's birthday banquet.

Consider it as your pleading for forgiveness.

Lastly,

is your brain cleared of ashes yet?
[Are you thinking clearly yet?]

As I just saw, not yet.

Cheng Shaoshang, when I released the snakes that day, I should have released venomous snakes to bite you to death

instead of keeping you alive to humiliate me today!

You even dared to release snakes?

I...

Fifth Princess, you released snakes to bite my wife-to-be?

You're so vicious.

When you leave the palace,

I will definitely send you a big gift.

Don't try to scare me.

I'm a princess. What can you do to me?

Imperial Father. Empress Mother.

Cheng Shaoshang is just a daughter of a military general. So what if she is k*lled?

As a princess, if I k*ll a person, isn't it the same as crushing an ant?

How are their lives counted as lives?

Imperial Father. Empress Mother. Why do you take the side of outsiders instead of your own children?

You're crazy.

You're crazy!

Do you still deserve to be my daughter?

Do you still deserve to call Shen'an your empress mother?

When you treat Cheng Shaoshang this way,

she actually knows to endure it patiently

and wait till after the birthday banquet to deal with you.

But you?

You would actually commit such a vicious deed

to frame people at your empress mother's birthday banquet.

This is the worst disloyalty and unfilial piety.

- Scram! Get out of Changqiu Palace!
- Empress.

Scram back to your princess manor!

If you want to have any affection left between mother and daughter, get out right now!

Guards, detain Fifth Princess in the Imperial Mausoleum.

Make her face the ancestors to self-reflect for a half day.

Then, go back to your princess manor.

From this day on, without my decree,

you aren't allowed to step out of the princess manor!

Imperial Father, I didn't do wrong.

I am innocently accused, Imperial Father!

- Empress Mother!
- Get out!

Imperial Father! Imperial Father!

- Cheng Shaoshang, I won't let you off!
- Empress?

Empress!

- Empress!
- Empress!

Cheng Shaoshang, just you wait!

Quickly, help her inside.

Get out! Get out of here!

Shen'an...

Wait. Miss Luo.

Fifth Princess was punished by the emperor and empress.

What about Chun Tiao?

She came in and immediately shouted that Cheng Shaoshang and Fifth Prince were meeting in a secret tryst.

How should this kind of instigation be punished?

Replying to Consort Yue. I couldn't have imagined Chun Tiao would do something like this.

I definitely won't keep such a scheming and treacherous servant.

I'll ask my father and older brother tomorrow to sell her.

It's fine whether it's the northwestern or southwestern territory.

I never knew Miss Luo to be so decisive.

I've underestimated you.

It appears that the show at Changqiu Palace is getting better and better.

As for me, I'm waiting for you all to take your time performing.

That day, you cried and asked me to hug you.

Was it because you felt aggrieved from their humiliation?

If Fifth Princess hadn't let it slip,

how long were you going to keep hiding it from me?

The snake wasn't venomous.

It was just an ordinary water snake

that is seen often in the countryside.

What about falling into the water?

Why didn't you tell me?

What if they really want to k*ll you someday,

will you still not tell me?

Shaoshang, who do you see me as?

Why do you always act alone and not trust me?

It's not that I don't trust you.

- I just—
- You just don't take me to heart.

After we got engaged,

I often thought, if I can really become your confidante,

your protector, wouldn't that be wonderful?

You can tell me all about your fears and loneliness.

I don't want to control you.

I only want you to reciprocate my sincerity.

But I can never warm up your heart.

Why does a woman always have to wait for her man to save her when she encounters difficulties?

Why can't we women save ourselves?

That wasn't a huge incident to me.

I could deal with it all by myself.

It's just like when I was humiliated and fought with Wang Ling.

Did I tell anyone?

When I vented my anger by demolishing the bridge, did I tell anyone?

This is how I was before.

Why can't I be the same after meeting you?

Those are simply disputes inside the household.

This is the palace.

If you behave recklessly and lose your life, what will I do then?

I can get revenge for you after it's happened.

But at that time, will you still be alive?

You brought me into this palace.

I encountered all these dangers because of you.

Therefore, you think this is my wrongdoing?

These are your actual heartfelt thoughts.

You don't trust me, and sometimes you even fear me.

Yes.

I am scared of you.

But I also want to be close to you.

They don't contradict each other, right?

I have been cold-shouldered for so many years.

Even if I want to be close to you, I need to accept it gradually.

This cannot be rushed.

I just realized...

You previously liked Lou Yao because he couldn't hurt you.

You could be yourself when you were with him.

While I forced you to stay here,

so you fear me.

To the point where you hate me.

Even more, you don't treat me like someone you are close to.

I shouldn't have forced you to stay here.

I should have realized sooner.

Ling Buyi.

Ling Zisheng, I've always been like this.

I act alone and am vindictive.

Didn't you also say before that you loved me like this?

Why are you acting like this now? Why must you force me to change?

I am Cheng Shaoshang!

And not just a young miss who is called Ling Zisheng's wife-to-be!

I understand.

You don't need to change.

It's not like this.

I no longer despise the imperial palace, and I have also accepted you.

But why can't you accept me for who I am?

Cheng Shaoshang, in order to vent your vindictive anger,

look at what Yongle Palace has now become.

I am aware of my guilt.

I am willful to the core. I just wanted to vent my anger.

But I forgot my actions would defile Yongle Palace.

I will think of ways to atone for my guilt.

No need.

Consort Yue just informed me Zisheng already sent guards

to restore Yongle Palace.

No, no need! I committed these acts.

One must handle the consequences of their actions! No need for Zisheng–

Married couples act as one.

If you truly take Zisheng as your husband-to-be,

then His Majesty and I

are considered half of your mother and father-in-law.

You were framed and plotted against.

You shouldn't have covered it up and acted on your own.

If you do not take His Majesty and me

as parents-in-law and Zisheng as

your true love, we will all feel bitterly disappointed.

It would have been better...

if Empress had explained this to me sooner.

But now, I've already offended him.

These words are useless now.

Shaoshang,

when will you learn to treat Zisheng

considerately? [Lit. to know if others are hot or cold]

It's not too late.

How is Your Majesty planning on punishing

the young misses who pushed Shaoshang into the lake?

Even though Shaoshang already took it upon herself to seek revenge,

they dared to behave insolently in the palace.

It must mean that in their daily lives outside the palace,

they must be impertinent and unruly.

Little Fifth feels secure with the knowledge of her backing.

Simply because I was negligent in her education and spoiled her too much.

Those young misses who dared to bully you in the palace

must also lack strict parenting.

Their fathers and brothers must also be thoroughly investigated!

Let's see if they are also secretly taking advantage of their status to bully others like this!

Can't see me. Can't see me. Can't see me.

Can't see me. Can't see me.

Can't see me. Ling Buyi! What are you trying to do?

This is the imperial palace! You want to harm a prince?

What's more, I already told you everything this morning.

Cheng Shaoshang and I really did not have a secret tryst.

Didn't you investigate everything already today?

I really do not have improper thoughts about your Cheng Shaoshang.

Even if I did, with you like this, I wouldn't dare!

What are you—you doing? You're hitting a prince!

Fifth Prince,

can you recognize all the young misses who pushed Shaoshang into the lake?

I can! Of course I can.

Fifth Sister only has those few playmates. How would I not know them?

Good.

Then I must trouble you with accompanying me out of the palace today.

Ling Buyi!

Are you insane? What right do you have to tie me up?

I... I... When have I offended you?
[Censorate]

- Don't think that you've made achievements,
- Help.

- so you can be lawless!
- Help!

I won't let you go! Just you wait!

So painful! Hurry and get the physicians!

It hurts!

Lord Zuo, if you feel wronged,

you could ask your precious daughter about what she did exactly.

I–I just complied with Fifth Princess's commands

and pushed Cheng Shaoshang.

Was it his daughter that pushed General Ling's bride-to-be into the water?

Not just that!

She also released a venomous snake into the water to bite my bride.

It's just... It was just a small joke amongst the young misses!

You fought your way to the Censorate for this trivial incident.

Do you even have respect for imperial law?

I am only just playing a joke amongst men with Lord Zuo.

Lord Zuo! Strike back. [Lit. return your hand]

Strike back?

I– How can I retaliate?

I'm a civil official. Ling Buyi,

don't think that just because His Majesty dotes on you,

you can act as you please. This place

is the Censorate, and I'm the Vice Censor.

I make proclamations to Heaven and Earth, and I admonish the emperor and the officials.

If you dare harm me, I will definitely report you to His Majesty,

and have him act impartially to punish you by law!

Act impartially to enforce the law?

Am I not doing just that?

You–

No, No, don't! Don't!

No!

Don't hit me!

Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me!

Lord Yuan, as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice,

how could you watch without acting?

As the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, of course I have to judge cases fairly by the law.

Lord Zuo, don't worry. In my hands, I have a scroll and brush.

If he hits you once. I'll record it once.

If he hits you twice, I will record it twice.

Are you going to let him continue to hit me?

Of course! He must hit you. And he must hit you harder.

The harder he hits you, the larger his crime.

Lord Zuo, just endure it a bit longer.

Shanjian will record this person's crimes, one by one.

I'll definitely let him get harshly convicted by the Ministry of Justice.

Then I'll thank you for your trouble, Vice Minster Yuan.

A'Fei, serve the tea.

Stop hitting me!

Give me a cup, too.

Don't worry. Shanjian will definitely clearly record this.

Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! Stop–Stop hitting me!

Those who bullied Miss Cheng were not only just my daughter.

Ling Buyi, why are you only hitting me?

We have already punished the other seven officials.

Rest assured, my young lord

always acts fairly. He never favors one and discriminates against another.

I want you to drag them and parade them around the city.

Today, I want all the commoners to know

that if you don't properly discipline your children

this is the result!

Lord Yuan! You must listen carefully.

This is an important matter! It involves

eight high-ranking officials!

I have recorded it all! Seven officials.

I'm running out of bamboo scrolls to write.

I already investigated that these other seven officials took bribes and abused the law.

I'll be forwarding the evidence to the Ministry of Justice for the trial.

Don't worry.

If I record one less offense,

I will change my name to Yuan Shanliang. [Yuan Kindhearted]

But it was all ordered by Fifth Princess.

That's right! Clearly, it was all instigated by Fifth Princess.

Yet, you're taking your anger out on us!

Ling Buyi! You are clearly fearing power!

Clinging abjectly to life!

Ling Buyi! What are you doing now?

I'll take care of Fifth Princess.

My leg...

Lord Zuo doesn't need to worry.

My leg is broken!

Ling Buyi, I won't let you go.

Is everything arranged over at Fifth Princess's place?

It's all arranged.

We'll make sure to let the entire city know

and totally embarrass Young Marquis Yue.

[Princess Manor]

Fifth Princess, please.

Why don't you leave yet?

His Majesty ordered this servant to watch Princess return to the manor with my own eyes.

Please.

How can Imperial Father and Empress Mother bear to lock me up for such a long time?

They just want to give me a scare out of anger.

His Majesty ordered this servant to watch Princess return to the princess manor.

His Majesty's determination is clear.

What a joke!

How dare you, a castrated person, do anything to me?

Even though I am a castrated person,

His Majesty is standing behind me.

My backbone is strong.

My body isn't maimed either.

Whatever duty I need to perform, I will definitely do it well.

Fifth Princess, please.

The unrighteous advisers instigated Princess to behave inappropriately.

Their crimes deserve capital punishment.

His Majesty's instruction says:

Fifth Princess is a member of the imperial family

and should not behave willfully again.

As a princess, in order to be worthy of tribute from the fief,

you should set an example of filial piety to all the people.

If Princess still doesn't understand to self-reflect and make corrections, those who die in the future

won't just be these advisers.

This child will respectfully adhere to your teaching!

- Scram!
- Marquis, please quell your anger.

It's me.

Why is Marquis so upset?

Ling Buyi advised His Majesty

to bestow death to those handsome playmates kept in the princess manor.

Handsome playmates!
[T/N: aka male escort, social companion]

This promiscuous Xuan woman is the biggest laughingstock in the world.

Look at it now.

Everyone in the country knows that Fifth Princess has kept handsome playmates.

She has made the entire Yue family lose face!

Marquis, please quell your anger.

They were advisers, not handsome playmates.

- They weren't what Marquis said—
- Just shut up!

Clearly, that's what Xuan...

Clearly, that's what the Xuan family used to cover up Fifth Princess's dirty deeds.

You'd believe that?

A young woman

doesn't stay home and learn how to serve her husband and teach children,

but she had to recruit scholars as guests and keep handsome playmates.

What is her intention?

If it isn't for having frivolous fun, could it be...

that she intends to overthrow the crown prince and take over the throne herself?

Fifth Princess is upset that Crown Prince is a disappointment.

It's fine if he is only a disappointment.

I'm afraid that if he really ascends the throne,

he'd be a disaster to the country and the people.

I heard that Third Prince is righteous and upright.

Even His Majesty has praised him often.

Don't mention that nephew of mine.

He is an idiot.

In the incident of Lady Wenxiu minting coins,

he had to drag Third Princess out.

He said he only abided by the law and not sentiments.

Isn't he stupid?

Marquis, it's precisely because of that,

Third Prince is truly destined to be the son of Heaven.

Most monarchs in the world have been unwavering in their righteousness.

Marquis Yue, there must be good news in the future.

As long as Crown Prince remains a stumbling block,

I don't plan to hear any good news for the rest of my life.

I'd already said that Fifth Sister behaved absurdly

and would definitely cause a great disaster.

See? Look at how she's angered Empress Mother so?

Crown Prince was in the big camp last night but worried so much that he couldn't sleep.

Luckily, Eleventh Young Master advised Imperial Father to handle all of Fifth Sister's advisers.

Empress Mother has no idea how ugly the talks are outside.

I really don't have the heart to tell you.

I heard that those advisers had pretty faces and strong bodies.

Fifth Princess was very fond of them.

They frequently feasted with music at night and had fun hunting.

All of those renowned families with strict discipline

wouldn't let their daughters enter the Fifth Princess's manor.

Why would you say these things to Empress Mother?

Empress Mother, don't take it to heart.

Perhaps Fifth Sister is momentarily muddle-headed.

She'll be fine once we exhort her a bit in the future.

Crown Prince is considerate to Empress Mother and doesn't want you to know.

But I think, without a strong reprimand, there won't be a good result.

It's not good to spoil her.

Crown Princess Consort, just stop talking.

Other people console to bring happiness.

The way Crown Princess Consort is consoling would just make people more annoyed.

You know that Empress is kind and won't be angry with you.

Why don't you try Consort Yue?

Empress, don't think too much about these talks.

All of you should talk less.

I know that Fifth Sister is domineering and hasn't been respectful to you.

But you shouldn't take the opportunity to take revenge.

Do you know how we, the children, should be compassionate to our parents?

It means not to add oil to fire when they are feeling down.

I just momentarily misspoke.

I didn't mean to make Empress Mother sad on purpose.

Your Highness has misunderstood me.

Why would I harbor a malicious intent toward Fifth Sister?

Whether you harbor malicious intent,

only you know.

If I really wanted to get revenge,

the person I should get revenge against isn't Fifth Sister,

but Qu Lingjun who caused the death of my child.

Back then, if it weren't because she and Your Highness stayed entangled,

I wouldn't have miscarried and lost my child.

All these years, whenever I think of this, I am sleepless at night.

Why are you involving her here?

When has she provoked you?

It's true that she hasn't provoked me

other than giving you a few extra looks at the palace banquet.

But because of those looks, Your Highness has appeared to be in a trance.

When have I been in a trance?

She is a married woman.

I also treat her openly and sincerely.

It's one thing that you always become unreasonable over this matter.

But why do you need to...

Why do you need to ruin an innocent person's reputation?

In Your Highness' heart,

she is the innocent and harmless bright moon.

I am the jealous, muddy swamp.

As things are, Your Highness shouldn't have married me.

I knew that I was a village woman and didn't deserve a match with Your Highness.

If Your Highness still cares for her,

just summon her into the palace as a concubine,

instead of missing her day and night to torment me.

You are always this way.

No one has ever looked down on you because of your background.

It's you who feels sorry and despises yourself, and you are so suspicious over nothing.

I don't want to have these meaningless arguments with you.

I also won't marry Qu Lingjun.

At the banquet that day, I saw that her husband was considerate to her.

The couple is loving and harmonious.

You should quit worrying.



♪ The flames of w*r strike against the frost and snow ♪

♪ It lightly covers the lingering illness of the past ♪

♪ Your back is against the light,
the galaxy reflected in your eyes ♪

♪ I hum a tune, the sun and the moon respond ♪

♪ The brilliance that penetrates the eyes ♪

♪ was extinguished by dust and lit again ♪

♪ The edges of earth, Kunlun, and netherworld
feel remorse for someone ♪

♪ The ocean is waking, the forest of steles
are like a mountain range ♪

♪ There are veiled criticisms in the corridor, a narrow door cannot easily close off one’s intentions ♪

♪ The challenges of one’s life become advice for the future ♪

♪ You and I will be in the same galaxy ♪

♪ We’ll use our absolute sincerity to
bring radiance to the ordinary ♪

♪ Bring radiance to the ordinary ♪