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WRITTEN BY: HYUGA NATSU
ILLUSTRATION: TOUKO SHINO

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Did someone summon me?

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The palace woman from the clinic did?

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Yes, it seems she wants to see you.

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I’m sorry. I should have taken

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the medicine you prepared right here.

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But the palace woman
from yesterday saw me.

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That's a problem.

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Only medical officers are allowed
to make medicine, after all.

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I deeply apologize.

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Will you get in trouble?

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No, it’s just that…

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Tell me what’s going on.

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Yes…

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They’re asking to…

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borrow Maomao for a while.

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Maomao?

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Ailan, call Yinghua for me.

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Eh? O-Okay.

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I got summoned…

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Let’s hurry.

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They even sent someone
to keep an eye on me.

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My name is Shenlü.

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Eyes with a greenish hue…

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Is she, like Lady Gyokuyou,
from the western region?

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Yesterday, she seemed like
a strong-willed mother, but…

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now that we’re talking calmly,
she gives off an intelligent impression.

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In any case, being served tea
like this makes me feel awkward.

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I was rude to you yesterday. My apologies.

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I didn’t realize
you worked under the Consort.

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No, it’s fine.

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"Consort" refers to Lady Gyokuyou’s title.

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Palace women from outside often use
official titles to refer to them.

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I summoned you because there’s
something I’d like to ask of you.

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Go ahead.

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I want you to make a medicine

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for Wise Consort, Lady Lihua's

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maid at the Crystal Pavilion.

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Do you understand what that implies?

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If it gets out that someone other than
a medical officer is making medicine--

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I am fully aware of the consequences.

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There seems to be a reason.

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Maomao?!

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Please, you can tell me.

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Is it alright?

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Could you explain the circumstances?

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Thank you very much.

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She's a maid I became acquainted with

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at the laundry area.

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Since the caravan season,

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she's been experiencing fatigue
and a slight fever.

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Then it escalated into a strange cough.

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So I told her to take proper rest.

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But after that, she completely
stopped showing up.

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Maybe she switched laundry areas,

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or was reassigned?

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Even so,

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that cough needs
to be checked at least once.

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So, she hasn't gone to the clinic either?

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Yes.

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Perhaps she couldn't get
permission from her superiors.

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That's the problem
with the Crystal Pavilion.

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If the maid needed permission,

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it wouldn't be from Lady Lihua,
but from the head attendant.

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There's a high chance
her request was ignored.

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It's already been half a month
since I last saw her.

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Half a month!?

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This has turned into
a troublesome situation.

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Does such a maid even exist?

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It might be necessary to investigate.

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A strange cough, huh?

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If it's contagious,
we can't just leave it be.

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It might spread
outside of the Crystal Pavilion.

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I know you're the type that worries
about these kind of things, but…

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make sure to ask for permission properly.

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Rushing ahead is your bad habit.

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Yes.

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It won't help to rush.

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First, I'll have this issue passed
on to Lord Jinshi.

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What I can do right now is…

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Ah?

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Wait!

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Maomao!

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Geez, just as I was saying…

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Sorry. I found what I was looking for,
so I couldn't help myself.

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-What were you looking for?
-This.

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Unfortunately, the main body
managed to escape.

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I'm going to make medicine to grow it.
To do that…

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I'm trying to figure out

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why its tail grows back.

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Lady Yinghua?

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Where are you going?

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Lady Shin!

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You’re supposed to be
cleaning the main house.

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Are you going to
show your face there again?

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Ah, well…

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I told you, don’t do unnecessary things.

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I’m sorry.

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I’m really sorry…

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Lady Shin!

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The doctor has arrived
from the medical office.

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Doctor?

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What does he want?

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He couldn’t even help the Crown Prince.

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Do you need something?

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Well… I wanted to see the Wise Consort.

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I apologize.

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Lady Lihua likely

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doesn't wish to meet with you.

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Well, but…

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Such a tall woman.
Was there such a palace woman?

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I received a letter like this.

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JINSHI

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I understand. This way, please.

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Excuse me, but Lady Lihua
is in good health.

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Ah, that's good to hear.

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You must have excellent attendants

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to support the Wise Consort.

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Of course we do.

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All attendants of the Crystal Pavilion
come from distinguished families.

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They are all worthy
of serving the Emperor.

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Lady Lihua is also of noble birth,
and from the royal family.

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And so am I.

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For the sake of the family,

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it is important to gain
the Emperor's favor.

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Understood, Lihua and Shin.

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-Yes.
-Yes.

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Then why is it that…

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What's the matter?

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Well…

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I was wondering what that
small building was.

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It's nothing, just a storage room.

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Have you been tending
to the garden recently?

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No, not particularly.

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Now that you mention it, were there always
those bushes in the garden?

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You're wearing perfume today.

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Huh?

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Lady Shin.

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Long time no see.

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I apologize for
what happened the other day.

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Are you the girl from that time?

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Wait a minute!

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What are you doing?!

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Young lady!

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Boil some water, now!

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All right.

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Drink this slowly.

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Why did you treat her like this?

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There's nothing to explain.

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It's to prevent the disease
from spreading.

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It's common sense
to isolate the patient, right?

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Indeed,

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but while the contagion risk is low,
this is still a transmissible illness.

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If such measures continue,
it will lead to her death.

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Of course, the death of a single maid

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may seem like a trivial matter to you.

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I remember when I first came here.

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It was when Lady Lihua was
bedridden due to illness.

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A fragrance was burned to mask
the smell of the sick person.

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What are you trying to say?

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This time, I felt it was the opposite.

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The sick person is being placed here

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to mask the smell of the fragrance.

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Wait!

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The Crystal Pavilion attendants

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really have many secrets, don't they?

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These are the goods from the caravan
that were banned recently.

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Once again, a poor eunuch
will be sentenced to lashes.

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Don't get shaken up.

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Each small bottle
may not be considered poisonous,

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but if you mix them together,
what could happen?

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A girl like her could never understand.

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What my true purpose is.

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Lady Shin.

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What are your intentions

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in creating an abortion pill?

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If I could find her on the first visit,
maybe I didn't need to disguise myself.

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My face is known,
so I was prepared for a long battle.

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Thank you for waiting.

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Thank you for the change of clothes.

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Of course.

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You shouldn't walk around
in the clothes you wore

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while caring for the sick,
as it could spread the illness.

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Shall we go? Everyone is gathered.

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What does this mean, Lady Shin?

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The items from the caravan

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were to be removed
because they were potentially toxic.

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I'm sure that was announced.

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Are you going to keep silent?

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Even when questioned by Lord Jinshi,
she acts like this?

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Lady Shin.

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She is the head
of the Crystal Pavilion's attendants,

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and also a cousin of Lady Lihua.

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Her features are somewhat similar,
attracting attention.

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She's an evidently proud
and beautiful woman.

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That is why she became
the head of the attendants.

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Beautiful flowers are more noticeable
when gathered in one place.

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Given her status, it is not surprising
she moved up to a middle-level consort.

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She must be aware of that herself.

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Let me change the question.

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What were you planning to do
with the prohibited goods?

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I don't know what you're talking about.

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Indeed, I did instruct that the sick maid
be laid down in the storage room.

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But that was to prevent
the spread of the disease.

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I didn't know what items were kept there.

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Does that make me guilty?

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It's not a crime to isolate
the maid in the storage room.

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It can't be helped.…that's how little
a maid's life is valued.

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Rather than that,

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you came out of nowhere

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and demanded to meet Lady Lihua.

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Isn't it more of a problem to go snooping
around in other palaces' storage rooms?

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After all, the storage room is a place
where no one goes,

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except for delivering food to the sick.

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To put it another way, anyone could
have approached the storage room.

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Do you have evidence that
these items belong to me?

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You should ask the maid
who was there in that room.

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Are you going to trust the words

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of a maid who was suffering
from a fever and was delirious?

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How reliable can she be?

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So, you knew she was
suffering from a fever?

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How kind of you.

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To go out of your way to check on
a lowly maid's condition.

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Then it's not surprising if the scent
of perfume oil lingers on your body.

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Before, there was no scent
of perfume oil on you, Lady Shin.

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I shouldn’t go any further…

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I understand that, but…

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There are things that make one angry.

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Today, Lady Shin,

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you smell just like this perfume oil.

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This bottle was found inside the chest.

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Is it really such a strong scent
that it can be picked up easily?

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Just to be sure,

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may I check?

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Don't touch me!

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Apothecary!

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It's nothing serious.

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You're right.

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I should have never touched you.

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Let's have someone else check you.

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Could you leave the rest to me?

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Lady Lihua.

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What crime will she be charged with?

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If she were trying to create
an abortion pill,

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it would be the same
as murdering the Emperor's child.

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Does that apply
no matter whose consort's child it is?

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Of course.

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Even if Shin's target was me?

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Lady Lihua! That's…

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So that’s what this is about.

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Lady Lihua's clothes

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are similar to the clothes that
Lady Gyokuyou is wearing.

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That explains why there aren’t
any decent attendants.

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It’s not Lady Lihua's fault.

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Those attendants
were gathered intentionally

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by the head attendant, Shin.

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Shin, you’ve never treated me
as a consort, have you?

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You thought I wasn’t worthy of being

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the mother of the nation.

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That’s what you must have thought.

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You and I,

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we never knew who would become a consort…

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until the very end.

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Speaking to me as if I'm inferior to you.

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I’ve always hated that about you!

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I was better at studying and etiquette!

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And many other things!

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I was better than you in so many ways!

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Why does everyone around me…!

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The size of their chests… No.

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The difference in capacity
between them is simply too vast.

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"Lihua" and "Shin," "Pear" and "Apricot."

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Both were born with beautiful names,
having a good background and education.

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Still, there are plenty of foolish people
who are ruled by their emotions

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and make mistakes.

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Lady Shin is likely one of them.

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Because you’re the daughter
of the head of the family?

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Does that make you better than me?

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That can't be!

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I’ve always been

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raised to become the mother of the nation!

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Can I take that as a confession?

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May you wither in the flower garden,
unable to bear children!

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Lihua!

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Don’t touch me!

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How disgusting, a mere eunuch!

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Let go of me! Let go of me!

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Lady Shin,

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you really do hold the Emperor
in high regard, don’t you?

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-Of course I do! What are you saying?
-No.

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I just…

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simply thought you seemed to love
the position of the mother of the nation.

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Unlike Lady Lihua.

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You thought that way, Shin?

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Lord Jinshi,

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this head attendant has
spoken violent words.

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To the point where I had to step in.

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Therefore, I will dismiss this person.

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Lady Lihua, that is…

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Oh, is a slap not enough?

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Then, let me do it…

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Please wait!

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I won’t!

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She's really changed. She's not
the old Lady Lihua anymore.

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A woman waiting for
her own life to fade away

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is nowhere to be found.

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From now on,

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please forbid her
from entering the rear palace.

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What a light punishment…

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But for this woman,
it will be enough humiliation.

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Even if she bears a grudge,

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she can’t do anything, as she was
driven out of the rear palace by scandal.

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I'm sure they will never
stand beside each other.

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-Use it.
-Huh?

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You're bleeding.

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It’s fine, it’s just a scar.

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Just use it!

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Fine.

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To stain such fine silk with blood…

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How did you know the sick maid
was in the storage room?

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Since you were in disguise,

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I’m sure you didn’t know
from the start, right?

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I had a rough idea.

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Since she was ill,

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she had to be somewhere out of sight,
away from everyone’s sleeping areas.

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I didn’t think it would be
the storage room, though.

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And there was a clue.

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Those bushes?

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Yes.

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Normally those flowers are red.

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But only white flowers are blooming.

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Someone must have chosen and planted them.

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In Feng Shui, the combination of green
and white is said to be good for health.

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I see…

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And the name…

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'Marvel-of-Peru' is rather ironic.

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Marvel-of-Peru?

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The white powder in the seeds

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can also be used as an abortion drug.

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Those flowers are everywhere!

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As long as you don’t misuse them,
it won’t do any harm.

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Just like today’s perfume.

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00:20:40,155 --> 00:20:41,531
How did Lady Shin know

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that perfume could be used
as an abortion drug?

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Also, being that it was one of
the trade goods brought in by the caravan.

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Even if I interrogate her,
I don’t know if she’ll spill anything.

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Apothecary, may I ask you something.

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Within this rear palace,

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is there someone who spread the idea that
perfume could be used as an abortion drug?

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I don't know.

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00:21:06,348 --> 00:21:10,060
However, it would be best
to stay cautious.

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00:21:14,731 --> 00:21:16,274
Um…

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Marvel-of-Peru.

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What happened to the maid
in the storage room?

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She will be leaving the rear palace
and will receive treatment.

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That was what Lady Lihua suggested.

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She feels responsible for what happened,

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so she will bear the cost as well.

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00:21:36,044 --> 00:21:37,129
I see…

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00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:51,101
It seems that the apothecary has visited.

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00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:55,105
Yes. You seem to know everything.

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00:21:55,188 --> 00:21:57,607
I've been saved by her countless times.

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00:22:04,031 --> 00:22:05,365
Is something the matter?

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00:22:08,785 --> 00:22:09,911
No…

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Next episode…

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"Shrine of Choosing."
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