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00:00My mother and I lived in a remote village for 8 years.
00:03During those 8 years, my father never came once.
00:06Only two maidservants took care of us, but in fact, they were just guarding us.
00:10Not allowing us to run around freely or have contact with outsiders.
00:14The village was so remote that the job of guarding us was a hard one.
00:17The two maidservants were resentful and always took it out on my mother and me.
00:21They called my mother a whore and said that she should have killed herself after losing her virtue.
00:25They called me a bastard, claiming that I was the result of my mother's affair with another man.
00:30My mother would defend me and argue with them, but every time she was beaten until she was covered in
00:34bruises.
00:35Once, when my mother was beaten again, I sneaked under their bed at night, planning to pretend to be a
00:40ghost to scare them.
00:41But I overheard them chatting at night and learned that all the insults and beatings were ordered by the second
00:46wife of the manor.
00:47The purpose was to make my mother and me unable to bear the suffering and commit suicide.
00:51It wasn't that the second wife was afraid to kill us, but that she and my father were concerned about
00:56their reputation.
00:57If we were found dead and any clues were discovered, it would be a handle for others to use against
01:02them.
01:03My father's career was at its peak and he couldn't afford to take such a risk.
01:07So they could only slowly torture us like cutting with a blunt knife, and our suicide would be the best
01:12outcome for them.
01:13Of course, even if it was discovered that our suicide was caused by the torture of the servants,
01:17my father and the second wife could still claim that they lived far away and couldn't control their servants,
01:21thus washing their hands of the matter completely.
01:25I told my mother about this matter, but she didn't make a fuss.
01:29Instead, she began to secretly teach me to read and write, as well as some rules I didn't understand.
01:34I was not willing to accept this and wanted to ask my father for confirmation, but my mother sternly stopped
01:40me.
01:40Defiant, I tried to sneak away, and finally managed to get on the carriage when the manor was sending supplies
01:45to the village and followed it back to the manor.
01:47It was my first time seeing the Parker Manor.
01:50It was magnificent with carved beams and painted pillars.
01:53I was wearing tattered clothes, and was treated as a beggar and kicked out.
01:57Right at the entrance of the manor.
01:59I saw my father coming back in a sedan chair with a delicate and pretty little girl.
02:03I went up to call my father, but was kicked down by his guards.
02:06My father looked at me with disdain and ordered someone to send me back to the village.
02:10His tone was cold and he looked at me as if I were a disgrace.
02:13I heard the girl ask my father who I was.
02:16My father gently told her,
02:18Just a beggar.
02:19Beggars are dirty.
02:21Emily doesn't look at them, or she'll dirty her eyes.
02:23Later, I learned that the girl was the daughter of the second wife, named Parker Emily.
02:28At only 7 years old, she was already renowned for her talent and was my father's pride.
02:33At the age of 8, I still naively believed that as long as I studied hard,
02:37I could be as favored by my father as Parker Emily.
02:40So I studied hard with my mother.
02:42As I grew older and more beautiful year by year,
02:45my mother's brows became more and more furrowed.
02:47She didn't allow me to dress up.
02:49To prevent the two nannies who guarded us from noticing my appearance,
02:52she even made me deliberately look ugly.
02:54On the day of my coming-of-age ceremony,
02:56my mother said something to the nannies in charge of us,
02:59and they actually took her back to the manor.
03:01But it was only half a day before my mother returned.
03:04She came back very sad.
03:06I didn't know what had happened to her in the manor.
03:08My mother didn't tell me anything,
03:10but just kept teaching me the four arts of music,
03:12chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as needlework.
03:17Not long after, my mother committed suicide without any warning.
03:21She left a suicide note filled with her own remorse,
03:23saying that she had defiled herself and didn't deserve to live.
03:26I didn't believe what was written in my mother's note.
03:28Nor did I believe she had committed suicide.
03:31I fought with the two nuns who were guarding us,
03:33thinking they had forced her to do it,
03:35but they knocked me unconscious.
03:37When I woke up again,
03:38I rushed out of the estate and went to the county magistrate's office to ask for an autopsy.
03:42The result was that my mother had indeed committed suicide.
03:46The nuns guarding us told me,
03:47Stop causing trouble.
03:49Your slut of a mother committed suicide.
03:51She made a deal with the grand tutor and the second lady.
03:54Her suicide saved the face of the Parker family.
03:57In exchange, you'll be given a good family to marry into.
04:01The second lady is kind-hearted and has already found a good match for you.
04:05He's a lame widower who slaughters pigs.
04:07It's your good fortune to be able to marry him.
04:10Get ready, he'll come to take you in a few days.
04:13The nuns smiled smugly,
04:14seemingly happy that they wouldn't have to continue guarding me and my mother.
04:17This time, I didn't make a fuss or cause a scene.
04:20The two nuns thought I had resigned myself to my fate.
04:23But little did they know that in the middle of the night,
04:26after they fell asleep, I carried my mother's body and ran away.
04:30When I reached the capital, the brown was already high in the sky.
04:33I carried my mother's body to the Parker residence,
04:36determined to seek justice for her from Parker Michael.
04:39When I arrived at the gate of the Parker residence,
04:41I saw a long wedding procession coming out,
04:43a true ten miles of red, extremely grand.
04:46I heard the people around me talking.
04:48It turned out that my dear sister, Parker Emily,
04:51was going to the palace today to accompany the emperor
04:53and become the new emperor's concubine.
04:55I saw my father standing at the gate to see her off.
04:58His face full of joy.
05:00Those officials were saying all kinds of flattering words to him.
05:03I saw a look of pride on his face.
05:05It was obvious that my mother's death had no effect on him at all,
05:08it was even a cause for celebration.
05:10I stood in the crowd, carrying my mother's body,
05:13and just watched quietly.
05:14The silver coins and candies thrown by the servants and maids hit me,
05:17but I felt no pain at all.
05:19I clenched my hands tightly, my nails digging into my palms.
05:23I silently swore that I would avenge my mother.
05:25I would make Parker Michael and everyone in the Parker residence pay for her death.
05:33The Treasures Building is the largest auction house in our dynasty.
05:37Here, there are all kinds of rare treasures in the world.
05:39There is nothing that the Treasures Building cannot obtain,
05:42and there is nothing that the Treasures Building dares not auction.
05:45No one knows who is behind the Treasures Building,
05:48but neither the Sons of Nobles nor the Descendants of Noble Families dare to be unruly here.
05:52At this moment, I am standing on the top floor of the Treasures Building,
05:56looking at the Manager Brown in front of me.
05:58Miss, what do you want to buy?
06:00I'm not buying anything.
06:01I'm selling something.
06:05What are you selling, Miss?
06:07A thing worth 500,000 tiles.
06:10Can you make the decision?
06:13Although I'm just the Manager,
06:14I can make the decision for Fiverland Tile.
06:17Please tell me what you want.
06:20I'm selling myself.
06:27I'm the eldest daughter of the current Prime Minister and the elder sister of the Imperial Convent.
06:32I'm worth 500,000 Tangs.
06:34Now I want to sell myself to bury my mother.
06:37This news will make the Treasures Bilk of the entire capital and your reputations even higher.
06:42This deal won't be a loss for you.
06:43The Treasures Building claims that there is nothing you dare not auction.
06:48Now, do you dare to take on this deal?
06:52Miss, please wait a moment.
06:54He left, obviously to consult the owner behind the Treasures Building.
06:57After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea,
07:00Brown returned and said,
07:03Miss, we'll take your deal.
07:05The auction will start in three days.
07:07Before the action, I hope the Treasures Hill can for me do three young things.
07:10Please tell me, Haji.
07:11The first thing's probably the new is that I'm I'm selling myself to bury my moots in.
07:15And the new is that I'm Cheikh of Alsternur and the Dave Ayinbe Noon who are her throughout the Sud,
07:20even in the Imperial Hallis.
07:22The second thing is to protect me for three days.
07:26During these three days, no matter who puts pressure on the Treasures Bill,
07:29you must not cancel this auction or hand me over.
07:31I said to Brown,
07:33Miss, you're going to have a life and death struggle with the Prime Minister.
07:37But the Treasures Building agrees.
07:39I smiled.
07:41Of course.
07:42Although Parker Michael is the top minister and has countless people fawning over him,
07:46there are still people who want to see him lose face.
07:48On the day of the auction,
07:50I want to make Parker Michael the laughingstock of the entire capital.
07:53But what I want is not just to make Parker Michael lose face.
07:56I want to seek justice for my mother.
08:02Sure enough,
08:03the news that I was going to sell myself to bury my mother spread throughout the capital in less than
08:06half a
08:07day and caused a huge stir.
08:08Along with this news,
08:10the story of how my mother was raped by bandits 17 years ago while trying to save Parker Michael also
08:14came to life.
08:15Although it had been 17 years and not many people remembered,
08:18I did.
08:19My mother died because of this.
08:21While Parker Michael,
08:22the beneficiary,
08:23lived a carefree life.
08:25This was too unfair,
08:26so I had someone spread this story.
08:28Some people said that Parker Michael mistreated my mother and me,
08:31and even after our deaths,
08:33we had no money for a proper burial,
08:34which was why I was selling myself to bury my mother.
08:37Others said that Parker Michael was ungrateful and had betrayed his original wife.
08:41There were also those who said that the position of the imperial concubine should have been mine,
08:45because the new emperor was originally going to marry the daughter of the prime minister,
08:48and I was the legitimate daughter,
08:50while Parker Emily was born to the second wife and was technically a concubine's daughter.
08:54It was only a short while before an enraged Parker Michael,
08:57accompanied by several fierce-looking servants armed with sticks,
09:00came to the Treasures Building to take me away.
09:03They said they were taking me away,
09:04but their attitude clearly indicated that they were prepared to kill me on the spot.
09:08Fortunately,
09:09I had already hidden in a safe place.
09:11Parker Michael searched the Treasures Building thoroughly but failed to find me,
09:15and could only leave in frustration.
09:17Manager Brown told me that Parker Michael had left spies around the Treasures Building,
09:21asking me not to show up.
09:22Besides,
09:23the palace had also sent people to keep an eye on the Treasures Building,
09:26and many of Parker Michael's political rivals had also stationed people there.
09:30I wasn't surprised at all,
09:31as I had expected.
09:33So I was prepared to stay hidden for three days.
09:36Manager Brown also informed me that Parker Emily had entered the palace to accompany the emperor for the first time
09:41yesterday,
09:41but because of my incident,
09:43the emperor didn't even visit her quarters.
09:46I smiled slightly upon hearing this.
09:48This was just the beginning,
09:50the retribution for the Parker family was only just starting.
09:53Three days passed quickly.
09:54On the third day,
09:56the auction hall of the Treasures Building was packed,
09:58and it was at this time that I made my appearance.
10:03I sat on the high platform,
10:05surrounded by customers who had come for the auction.
10:07I was being scrutinized like a commodity,
10:09but I remained calm and composed,
10:11not caring at all.
10:12I looked around and saw Parker Michael sitting in the middle,
10:15his face full of anger and his eyes burning with rage.
10:18If this weren't the Treasures Building,
10:20perhaps he would have already ordered someone to come and kill me.
10:22I glanced at him and moved on without a second glance.
10:25My gaze finally rested on a private box on the second floor.
10:29The shopkeeper, Brown,
10:30had told me that the person in that box was from the palace,
10:33but he didn't know exactly who it was.
10:36Today's auction isn't a public bidding.
10:38Instead, the starting price is 200,000 thailands.
10:41Each person would write down their price on a piece of paper,
10:44and this lady would be the one to check them all.
10:47The highest bidder would win.
10:49I saw a determined look flash in Parker Michael's eyes.
10:52At that moment, he stood up and said,
10:54I am the father of this scoundrel.
10:56He has done such a disgraceful thing today.
10:58It's my fault for not teaching him well.
11:00I will bid 200,000 thails today.
11:03I hope everyone will show me respect.
11:05After saying that,
11:07Parker Michael looked around
11:08as if trying to remember everyone's faces.
11:10I smiled.
11:11What he said was a threat.
11:13It seemed that not many people would dare to bid now.
11:16Fortunately, it was a secret auction.
11:18Maybe someone would really dare to bid higher
11:20than Parker Michael.
11:22Half an hour later,
11:23Brown handed me all the bidding slips.
11:25I opened them one by one and made notes.
11:27Daniel Wilson, the Vice Minister of Personnel,
11:30bid 1,000 thails.
11:33David Johnson, the Deputy Chief Justice
11:35of the Supreme Court, bid 8,000 thails.
11:37William Thomas, the Chancellor of the Imperial College,
11:40bid 10,000 thails.
11:42These people all showed respect to Parker Michael,
11:44the Grand Tudor,
11:45and didn't dare to bid too high.
11:47However, they still offered a decent price,
11:50not degrading the daughter of the Grand Tudor.
11:52They really managed to please both sides.
11:54I opened the last slip.
11:56It read, Parker Michael, 200,000 thails.
11:59The highest bid in the entire auction.
12:03Master Brown looked at the price above
12:05and whispered in my ear.
12:06Treasure's building only cares about the price.
12:08You can only hope for the best.
12:10I understood Master Brown's meaning.
12:12He thought that if I was bought by Parker Michael,
12:15it would surely be a bad outcome for me.
12:17But Treasure's building only recognized the price
12:19and wouldn't care about anything else.
12:21This was their code of conduct
12:23and they wouldn't break it for me.
12:25This time the highest bidder
12:26is Minister Parker Michael,
12:28who offered 500,000 thailangs.
12:31Parker Michael's face turned stiff
12:33and he was about to stand up to refute me.
12:35The second highest bid was 490,000 thails,
12:38just 1,000 thails short.
12:41Parker Michael opened his mouth
12:43but didn't say anything.
12:44I knew he might suspect that I was lying,
12:46but he didn't dare to bet
12:48because he was determined to get me.
12:49If I was bought by someone else today,
12:51Parker Michael, the Grand Tudor,
12:53would lose all face
12:54and I would be out of his control.
12:56That might cause endless trouble
12:57for him in the future.
12:58So now he could only suffer this silent loss.
13:01Parker Michael's face turned ashen,
13:03He took out 500,000 thails of silver notes
13:05from his pocket
13:06and handed them to the people
13:07from Treasure's building.
13:08Then he was about to come forward
13:10and pull me away.
13:11I shook off his hand
13:12and took the 400,000 thails of silver
13:14from Master Brown.
13:16Treasure's building took 20%
13:17of the auction price,
13:18so I only got 400,000 thails.
13:20You wretched girl.
13:22Come with me to the mansion.
13:23I'll deal with you when we get there.
13:25You can't take this 400,000 thails either.
13:28Minister Parker,
13:29I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.
13:32Then, without waiting for his reaction,
13:35I said to the private room
13:36on the second floor,
13:37This common,
13:38Grace Clark is willing to don't
13:39send right how into the Benjiing Shandals
13:41and off a priceless barbell
13:43can give oeuvres of patrons.
13:45I only hope to be allowed
13:46to serve in the palace.
13:48Clark was my mother's surname.
13:49I hated the surname Parker.
13:54As soon as I said this,
13:56Parker Michaels faced Mikhaila dramatically.
13:58He glared at me and shouted
13:59towards the private room
14:00on the second floor.
14:02This brat is just joking!
14:05The new emperor had just ascended the throne
14:07and the border was unstable.
14:09There had been several conflicts
14:11and the emperor intended to launch a war
14:13to intimidate the barbarians
14:14and establish his authority.
14:16However, the civil officials
14:17led by Parker Michael
14:18were opposed to the military
14:19taking too much power.
14:21and the treasury was empty,
14:22so the matter had been delayed.
14:24At this moment,
14:25I was willing to donate 400,
14:26000 tails of silver
14:28as provisions to support the emperor.
14:30This was like a shot in the arm
14:32and I believed that
14:33the emperor would be moved.
14:35Immediately after,
14:36a small eunuch hurriedly
14:37came downstairs to me.
14:39I took out something from my sleeve
14:40and handed it to the eunuch
14:42who rushed upstairs with it.
14:44By the grace of heaven,
14:46the emperor decrees
14:47that Grace Clark
14:48is to be enorbled
14:50as Concon's clerk
14:51and enter the palace today.
14:53I took the imperial edict
14:55and felt relieved.
14:56Parker Michael's face turned ashen.
14:57You bitch!
14:58You're just as disgusting
14:59as your bitch of a mother!
15:00You should have died long ago!
15:01I should have strangled you at birth!
15:04Do you really think
15:05that once I'm in the palace,
15:06you can't kill me?
15:08I didn't care about
15:09Parker Michael's curses at all.
15:11Instead,
15:12I found it rather amusing.
15:16Riding in a sedan chair
15:17to the palace,
15:18I was in a good mood.
15:19I had won today's confrontation,
15:21but it was just a stroke of luck.
15:23Parker Michael was unprepared,
15:25which allowed me
15:26to take advantage
15:26of the situation.
15:28The so-called treasure I had
15:29was the list of all the officials
15:30who had bid at the auction today,
15:32along with the amount
15:32of silver they had spent.
15:34The imperial treasury was empty,
15:36yet these officials
15:37had been trying poor to the emperor.
15:39Now,
15:39they were spending so freely
15:40at the auction.
15:41If they could spend
15:42so much money on a woman,
15:44they should also be willing
15:45to contribute that much
15:46to support the war on the border.
15:48With this list,
15:49the emperor could force
15:50those officials to donate money
15:51to support the war.
15:52Although it was just a list,
15:54it was indeed a treasure
15:55that could solve
15:56the emperor's immediate problem.
15:57I moved into the blessing palace.
15:59The first thing I did
16:00after entering the palace
16:01was to donate all the dowry
16:03that Parker Michael
16:03had given me
16:04to the imperial treasury.
16:06I found Parker Michael's
16:07things dirty
16:08and only kept
16:08my mother's dowry carefully.
16:10My action made
16:11the emperor very happy,
16:12and he immediately praised me
16:13for my righteousness
16:14and bestowed me
16:15with many treasures.
16:16Half a day after
16:17entering the palace,
16:18the head of the imperial
16:19household department
16:20came to my courtyard
16:21with several maids and eunuchs.
16:23Conscient clerk,
16:24these servants have all
16:26been well trained
16:26by the imperial
16:27household department.
16:28Please take a look
16:29and see if there is
16:30anyone you like.
16:32I glanced at the row
16:33of maids and eunuchs
16:34and then looked at the head
16:35of the imperial
16:36household department.
16:37You pick a few for me.
16:38I have only one requirement.
16:40The servants you pick
16:41can be the emperor
16:42and imperial consents spies,
16:43but they must not be spies
16:44for Parker imperial consents
16:46and Parker Michael.
16:47If I find out,
16:48I will kill you
16:49even if it costs me my life.
16:50Think it over carefully.
16:52Is the silver Parker Michael
16:54gave you more important
16:55than your life?
16:55Don't take my words lightly.
16:57I swear to heaven
16:58that I will never stop
16:59until I succeed.
17:00My words made the head
17:01of the imperial
17:02household department's
17:03face change.
17:04Contrabein Clark is joking.
17:05How could I dare?
17:08I continued drinking my tea
17:10and ignored him.
17:11The head of the imperial
17:12household department's
17:13face changed for a long time.
17:15Then he picked a few eunuchs
17:16and maids and led the others
17:17to leave with a bow.
17:20After entering the palace,
17:22I needed to pay my respects
17:23to the empress.
17:24When I arrived at the
17:25empress's phoenix palace,
17:26there were already
17:27quite a few people inside.
17:29The empress was sitting
17:30in the middle
17:30and I went forward
17:31to pay my respects.
17:33My movements were
17:34extremely standard
17:35as if I had practiced
17:36them thousands of times.
17:37The concubines who were
17:38waiting to see me
17:39make a fool of myself
17:40were all somewhat surprised
17:41because they all knew
17:41that I had been raised
17:42in a dilapidated manner
17:43and had never been
17:44disciplined since childhood
17:45and thus must be coarse
17:47and unfit for the palace.
17:48But they never expected
17:50me to be so dignified
17:51and refined.
17:53Conceivine Clark,
17:54please rise.
17:55Take a seat.
17:57I stood up
17:58and walked to the side
17:59to sit down.
18:00My gaze fell on
18:01a woman opposite me.
18:02I knew she was
18:02Parker Emily,
18:03the current emperor's
18:04concubine of high rank
18:05and the daughter
18:06of Parker Michael
18:06whom he was so proud of.
18:08Today is
18:09confine Clark's
18:10first day in the palace.
18:12From now on,
18:13we are all sisters.
18:14We must get along
18:16harmonially.
18:17Parker Emily
18:18looked at me,
18:19her eyes full of resentment.
18:20Sister,
18:21you have quite the talent.
18:22Your mother just passed
18:23her three days ago
18:24and you can't wait
18:25to enter the palace.
18:26Selling yourself
18:27to bury your mother
18:28and pretending to be pitiful
18:29to gain sympathy,
18:30what a good trick.
18:31I wonder if your mother
18:32can rest in peace
18:32knowing your behavior.
18:35I glanced at the empress.
18:36She had just said
18:37that we should get along
18:38harmoniously,
18:39but Parker Emily
18:40immediately started
18:41to mock me.
18:42It seemed that she was
18:43not giving the empress
18:44any face and was also
18:45trying to give me a warning.
18:46Parker Emily's eagerness
18:47to mock me must be
18:48because of what I did before.
18:50I first donated
18:51400,000 tales
18:52to the national treasury
18:53and then sent the 100,
18:55000 tales of dowry
18:56given by Parker Michael
18:57to the national treasury
18:58as well.
18:59Everyone praised me
19:00for my loyalty
19:01and righteousness.
19:01But Parker Emily
19:03was put in a difficult position
19:04because as the daughter
19:05of Parker Michael,
19:06she had to decide
19:07whether to donate
19:08her dowry or not.
19:09If she didn't,
19:10it would make her
19:11look selfish.
19:12If she did,
19:13she would be reluctant
19:14to part with it.
19:15This was exactly
19:16the result I wanted.
19:17I wanted everyone
19:18in the Parker family
19:19to be restless.
19:20The other concubines
19:21all stared at me
19:22with a look of schadenfreude.
19:23I smiled.
19:24I was not a pushover.
19:28Sister, remember
19:29that my mother
19:29passed away
19:30just three days ago.
19:31When my mother,
19:32your stepmother,
19:33passed away,
19:33you, a conkin's daughter,
19:35could get married.
19:35Why can't I,
19:36a legitimate daughter,
19:37do the same?
19:40I don't know
19:40my muchly band scenes,
19:41but I'm sure your mother,
19:43the conchette shriek
19:43and pole of me.
19:47Now everyone knows
19:48that the so-called
19:49second wife
19:49is just a self-deceiving calm.
19:52You will be a cup's daughter
19:53for the rest of your life.
19:54How pitiful.
19:55My words made Parker
19:57Emily's face turn ashen.
19:58Because of the previous rumors,
20:00she, a concubine's daughter,
20:02had replaced the legitimate daughter
20:03to become a concubine
20:04of high rank.
20:05The emperor hadn't visited
20:06her chambers
20:07in the past three days,
20:08making her a laughing stock.
20:10She was about to retort
20:11when the empress
20:12interrupted directly,
20:13Enough.
20:14Concervine Clark,
20:15stay.
20:16The rest of you,
20:17leave.
20:27Parker Emily was unwilling
20:28but had no choice
20:29but to leave
20:30with the other concubines.
20:31After they had all left,
20:32the empress turned to me
20:33and said,
20:35Concey Clark,
20:36the emperor and I know
20:37about your feud,
20:38the Grand Hunter Parker.
20:39You have helped
20:40the emperor this time
20:41and I will remember
20:42your goodness.
20:43Although I am also wary
20:45of the Grand Hunter Parker
20:45in the palace
20:46and protect you.
20:47In the half day
20:47since I entered the palace,
20:49the emperor had already
20:49gone to the homes
20:50of various officials
20:51with the list I gave him,
20:52forcing them to donate.
20:54He had solid evidence
20:55and,
20:55for the sake of the country,
20:57those people could no longer
20:58pretend they had no money.
20:59I looked at the empress,
21:01pondering her words.
21:03Empress,
21:04I appreciate your kindness,
21:06but I will never stop
21:07fighting with the entire
21:08Parker family
21:09until we are both dead.
21:12The empress sighed,
21:13Why go through
21:14all this trouble?
21:15You have no power
21:16or influence.
21:17How can you fight?
21:18I remained silent.
21:20In the end,
21:21the empress could only
21:22let me leave.
21:25On my first night
21:26in the palace,
21:27it was customary
21:28for me to sleep
21:28with the emperor.
21:29That was the unspoken rule
21:31in the palace.
21:32At the hour of you,
21:33the emperor came
21:34to my blessing palace.
21:35I went forward
21:36and bowed,
21:37Your majesty,
21:37may you be well.
21:39Rise.
21:40And then walked
21:41to the table
21:41and sat down.
21:42I recognized this voice
21:43as the one I had heard
21:44in the private room
21:45earlier today.
21:46At this moment,
21:47the small eunuch
21:48by the emperor's side
21:49led everyone out.
21:50I knew the emperor
21:51had something to say.
21:53Consumant clerk,
21:55today,
21:55Grand Tutor Parker
21:56came to see me
21:57and asked me
21:57to send you
21:58to the cold palace.
21:59Nana,
21:59what did your majesty say?
22:02I have just done
22:03for throats
22:03and chalting
22:04let's be the steedigen.
22:06Ming were in the
22:07labage
22:07and chalph Parker.
22:09Chalph Parker's
22:10supports were
22:10chalting with dimth
22:13after the emperor
22:14finished speaking,
22:15he looked troubled
22:15and took a sip of tea.
22:17Your majesty
22:18really sounded dying
22:19but I just bumply
22:20wash one down
22:20the inns away pigs.
22:23The soldiers on the border
22:24will remember this favor.
22:26If your majesty
22:27punish me,
22:27not in knotting
22:28the sherbing
22:28be disheart
22:28and the serve
22:29you be disheart.
22:30I have always been
22:31loyal to your majesty.
22:35Concubine clerk,
22:36you are very smart.
22:37You have been calculating
22:38since the auction.
22:39You are so smart,
22:40so smart.
22:41Can you guess
22:42if I agreed?
22:43Your majesty
22:44will not agree.
22:46Why?
22:47The reasons you just gave
22:48are not enough
22:48for me to reject
22:49Grand Tudor Parker's offer.
22:52Because I can just
22:53send you to the
22:53Cold Palace
22:54six months later
22:54when everything
22:55has calmed down
22:56and find any
22:56excuse I want.
23:00Because the emperor
23:00is the emperor,
23:01the son of Tevin.
23:02The emperor
23:03is not controlled
23:03by anyone.
23:05Parker Michael
23:06helped you once
23:07but what about
23:07the second time,
23:08the third time?
23:10So the emperor
23:11will not agree.
23:12Then looked at the emperor.
23:13The emperor didn't speak,
23:15his cold eyes staring at me.
23:16After a while,
23:17he suddenly burst
23:18into laughter.
23:21Conservant clerk,
23:21if you were a man
23:22I would surely appoint
23:23you as the prime minister.
23:25I could tell that
23:26the emperor had a moment
23:27of murderous intent
23:28just now.
23:29Serving the emperor
23:30is like serving a tiger.
23:31The emperor doesn't allow
23:32smart people in the harem.
23:34Your majesty,
23:35would you like
23:36to make a deal
23:36with me?
23:38Tell me what you have
23:39in mind.
23:41I'll help you
23:42bring down
23:42Parker Michael.
23:44After Parker Michael
23:45falls,
23:46I hope your majesty
23:48will allow me
23:48to leave the palace
23:49and go to the
23:50Baisuan temple
23:50to practice Buddhism.
23:52I finished speaking
23:53and looked at the emperor.
23:54I agree with you,
23:55but do you know
23:56the influence
23:57Parker Michael
23:57has in the court?
24:00How dare you
24:01speak so boldly?
24:02I nodded.
24:03Parker Michael
24:04is the grand tutor
24:05and all six ministries
24:06are under his control.
24:08It's like a solid
24:09iron bucket
24:09and even the emperor
24:10can't pry it open
24:11for the time being.
24:16Then I'll wait and see.
24:17After sitting in my palace
24:18for over an hour,
24:20the emperor
24:20finally left.
24:22Clearly,
24:22the emperor
24:23had saved my face.
24:24Everyone else
24:25would think
24:25that I had slept
24:26with him tonight.
24:30On the third day
24:31after entering the palace,
24:32the emperor
24:32would come to my quarters
24:33and stay for over
24:34an hour every day.
24:35Most of the time,
24:37we played chess.
24:38But in the eyes of others,
24:39I was extremely favored
24:40and slept with the emperor
24:41every night.
24:42I heard that the porcelain
24:43in the bamboo garden
24:44had been replaced
24:45several times.
24:46The bamboo garden
24:47was where Parker Emily lived.
24:48I could tell that
24:49the emperor
24:49was doing this on purpose,
24:51just to provoke
24:51Parker Emily
24:52and her father,
24:53Parker Michael.
24:54Sure enough,
24:55on the fourth day,
24:56news came from
24:56the Parker family
24:57that Parker Michael
24:58had divorced my mother
24:59on the grounds
24:59that she was unchaste.
25:00My mother and I
25:01had no connection
25:02with the Parker family
25:03from then on,
25:04and my mother
25:04was not allowed
25:05to be buried
25:06in the Parker family's
25:07ancestral tomb.
25:08I sneered.
25:09Who cared about
25:09the Parker family's
25:10ancestral tomb?
25:12My mother would have
25:12thought it dirty
25:13to be buried there.
25:14But Parker Michael
25:15had made his move,
25:16so I had to respond.
25:18That afternoon,
25:19I asked the emperor
25:20to issue an order
25:20for Parker Michael
25:21and his second wife
25:22to come to the palace.
25:23The emperor
25:24was reluctant at first,
25:25but when I told him
25:26that this could help him
25:27break up the alliance
25:28of the civil officials,
25:29he reluctantly agreed.
25:32I waited in the blessing
25:33palace for an hour.
25:34Then a young eunuch
25:35led Parker Michael
25:36and his second wife in.
25:38Parker Michael
25:38was the second
25:39most powerful person
25:40in the court,
25:41and the eunuchs
25:41and maidservants
25:42all bowed to him.
25:43Parker Michael
25:43clearly enjoyed this feeling
25:45and was smug all the way.
25:46When Parker Michael
25:47saw me,
25:47there was still anger
25:48in his eyes.
25:49Did you ask me
25:49to come to the palace
25:50so that your mother
25:51could be buried
25:51in the Parker family's
25:52ancestral tomb?
25:53I gave Parker Michael
25:54a cold look
25:55and then glanced
25:56at the second wife
25:56beside him.
25:57She was indeed beautiful,
25:59and Parker Emily
26:00inherited her looks.
26:01Minister Parker,
26:03you have such great authority.
26:05You don't even bow
26:06to the emperor's concund.
26:08Are you defying
26:08the imperial family?
26:10I sneered.
26:13Parker Michael's face
26:14froze for a moment,
26:15then he gritted
26:16his teeth and bowed.
26:17The second madam's
26:18expression was also
26:19very ugly
26:19as she began to bow.
26:20I took an object
26:21out of my sleeve
26:22and placed it
26:23on the table beside me.
26:24Parker Michael
26:25and the second madam
26:26were bowing
26:27right in front
26:27of that object.
26:29When Parker Michael
26:29stood up and saw
26:30the object,
26:31Grace Clark
26:32you are really too bold.
26:33The second madam's
26:34expression was also
26:35extremely ugly
26:36after seeing that thing.
26:37I, however,
26:38smiled and stroked
26:39the object beside me.
26:40It was my mother's
26:42memorial tablet,
26:43made rather small
26:44so that I could
26:44carry it into the palace.
26:46Parker Michael
26:47and the second madam's
26:48bowing just now
26:48was equivalent to
26:49bowing to my mother,
26:50which was why
26:51they were so angry.
26:52I just like to talk
26:53to my mother.
26:54How is that being bold?
26:56Mr. Parker,
26:57please explain.
26:58Parker Michael
26:59was so angry
27:00that he couldn't speak.
27:01You made my lord
27:02bow to this slut.
27:04Does she deserve it?
27:06I sneered.
27:07Does a concubine
27:08like you have the right
27:08to question my mother's
27:09affairs?
27:10Garves!
27:11This concubine
27:12has been disrespectful
27:13to me.
27:13Slap her 30 size!
27:15The second madam
27:15looked at me
27:16with a smug expression.
27:17I stood up
27:18and slapped
27:18the second madam.
27:20I dare!
27:21You!
27:22Grand Duta Parker,
27:24have you thought it through?
27:26This slap is equivalent
27:27to slapping the face
27:28of the imperial family.
27:30Your reputation
27:31will be ruined
27:31in an instant.
27:33Parker Michael
27:33had spent his entire life
27:35protecting his reputation.
27:36How could he break
27:37his own rules
27:38for a second madam?
27:39Parker Michael
27:40was shaking with rage
27:41but in the end
27:42he didn't hit me.
27:43Instead,
27:44I slapped
27:44the second madam again.
27:46I was strong.
27:47While the second madam
27:48was used to a life
27:49of luxury,
27:50she was knocked
27:50to the ground
27:51by my two slaps
27:52and was completely stunned.
27:53Grace Clark,
27:54I have many ways
27:55to make your life
27:56a living hell.
27:57I didn't do anything
27:58to you yesterday
27:58because of that little bit
28:00of father-daughter affection
28:01but today
28:02you have humiliated me
28:04like this.
28:05I won't let you
28:06off the hook.
28:07Mr. Parker,
28:09when you forced
28:10my mother to death,
28:11we were already
28:12sworn enemies.
28:16Not even half an hour
28:17after Parker Michael
28:18left with the second concubine,
28:19a stack of memorials
28:20impeaching me
28:21was delivered
28:21to the imperial study.
28:23In the evening,
28:24the empress
28:24came to my courtyard
28:25and said,
28:26Let's go for a walk
28:27at the Water Cloud Nunnery.
28:29Take your mother's
28:30miry on tape with you.
28:31The Water Cloud Nunnery
28:32was a Buddhist temple
28:33in a secluded part
28:34of the palace,
28:34a place where some
28:35of the concubines
28:36would go to pray.
28:37I followed the empress
28:38to the Water Cloud Nunnery
28:39with my mother's
28:40memorial tablet.
28:41The empress lit the incense
28:43first and then said to me,
28:44Let's enshone your mother's
28:45memorial tobit
28:46in the Water Cloud Nunnery.
28:47There are palace rules
28:49that permit setting up
28:50private memorial toads
28:51in the palace.
28:51I nodded.
28:52The empress had already
28:54been very kind to me.
28:56Concert clerk,
28:57this time you've caused
28:58too much trouble.
29:00The emperor
29:00has to punish you.
29:01I nodded again.
29:02I had already
29:04prepared myself.
29:05Today was the seventh
29:06day after my mother's
29:07death, and I did this
29:08to vent my anger
29:09for her.
29:10Seeing my reaction,
29:11the empress sighed
29:12and said,
29:12Fortunately,
29:13you've foredone
29:14some good deeds,
29:15and I've pleaded
29:15with the emperor.
29:16So this time,
29:17it will be a minor
29:18schmidt as a warning.
29:19You'll be punished
29:20by copying
29:21Buddha scriptials.
29:22Concorbite Clark,
29:23I can see from
29:24the memorial tablet
29:25you're carrying
29:25that you and your
29:26mother have a deep
29:27bond.
29:28Your mother's
29:28spirit in heaven
29:29wouldn't want you
29:30to take such risks.
29:31Empress,
29:32there's no need
29:32to persuade me.
29:33It's a fight to death.
29:35The empress sighed
29:36again and pointed
29:37to the garden outside.
29:38Look at those
29:38little maidservants.
29:40I followed her finger
29:41and saw a group
29:42of little maidservants
29:43weeding the flowers
29:43in the garden.
29:45Perhaps because
29:45the water cloud nunnery
29:47was in the innermost
29:47part of the palace
29:48and few concubines
29:49came here,
29:50the maidservants
29:50were bold and
29:51played while working.
29:52Their laughter
29:52could be heard.
29:53This palace is full
29:55of darkness and treacherity,
29:56but there is also
29:57hope and peace.
29:59If you wait for a year
30:00when everyone has
30:00forgotten about you,
30:02I can ask the emperor
30:03to let you leave
30:03the palace
30:04and find a place
30:05to live in peace.
30:06I looked at the empress
30:07and asked the question
30:07in my heart.
30:08Why are you doing this?
30:10On my first day
30:10in the palace,
30:11I felt that the empress
30:13treated me differently.
30:14Now she was even saying
30:15she would ask the emperor
30:16to let me leave the palace.
30:17This wasn't something
30:18an empress should say.
30:20The empress smiled
30:21and said,
30:21You might not believe me,
30:23but I see in you
30:24the kind of rebellious spirit
30:25I've always wanted,
30:25the kind of determination
30:26to resist everything.
30:28I've had to be the empress
30:29for my family
30:30and the emperor
30:30all my life.
30:31But you're different.
30:33You have more possibilities.
30:36All the way back,
30:38I was lost in thought
30:39about the empress's words.
30:40When I returned
30:41to the blessing palace,
30:42I saw Parker Emily
30:43leading people
30:44to guard my courtyard.
30:45As soon as Parker Emily
30:46saw me,
30:47she wanted to come
30:48and fight with me.
30:49You bitch!
30:50But was held back
30:51by the maidservant
30:52beside her.
30:53Your highness,
30:54please calm down.
30:54You are of noble birth
30:56and don't need
30:56to confront her head down.
30:58Your highness,
30:58please be don't beat it.
31:00Taisha's the easing
31:01swissor's mother
31:01to tease I funkum.
31:03Everyone's persuasion
31:04made Parker Emily
31:04calm down as well.
31:06I looked at Parker Emily
31:07and said,
31:07Do you also want to taste
31:09the flavor of a slap?
31:10Don't you just rely
31:11on the emperor's favor?
31:12I tell you,
31:13I will definitely
31:14take away your favor.
31:15Just wait and see.
31:17After saying that,
31:18Parker Emily left
31:19with her maids and eunuchs
31:20in a fierce manner.
31:22Later,
31:22it was heard that
31:23Parker Emily
31:23voluntarily went to
31:24the imperial study
31:25to serve soup.
31:26This was impossible
31:27in the past.
31:28Parker Emily
31:29always thought of herself
31:30as the daughter
31:30of the prime minister
31:31with a noble status
31:32and looked down
31:33upon other concubines
31:34in the palace,
31:35thinking that their
31:36serving of tonics
31:37and soup to the emperor
31:38was just flattery.
31:39She never expected
31:40that she would now
31:41lower herself
31:41to do such a thing.
31:43But she didn't expect
31:44that the emperor
31:44still came to my
31:45courtyard that night.
31:49Miss,
31:50what do you want to buy?
31:52I'm not buying anything,
31:53I'm selling something.
31:56What are you selling,
31:57miss?
31:58I'm selling myself.
32:00Sixteen years ago,
32:01when my mother
32:02was pregnant with me,
32:03she went back
32:03to our hometown
32:04with my father
32:05to pay homage
32:05to our ancestors.
32:07However,
32:07they encountered
32:08bandits on the way.
32:09My mother,
32:10in order to save my father,
32:12led the bandits
32:12away by herself.
32:14My father was rescued,
32:15but my mother,
32:16although she was saved
32:17in the end,
32:17was violated by the bandits
32:19while she was pregnant
32:20with me.
32:20The bandits
32:21had no humanity.
32:23Everyone said
32:24that my mother
32:24should have hanged herself
32:25with a rope
32:25after losing her virtue,
32:27but she refused.
32:28For the sake of me
32:29in her womb,
32:30she struggled to live on.
32:31My father,
32:32for the sake of his reputation,
32:34couldn't divorce her himself
32:35because it was my mother
32:36who saved him.
32:37If he divorced her,
32:38it would be seen
32:39as a breach of faith,
32:40which would hinder
32:40his official career.
32:42So he had my mother
32:42sent to a dilapidated
32:44and abandoned farm
32:44outside the capital,
32:45claiming it was
32:46to let her rest in peace
32:47and avoid gossip
32:48while she was pregnant.
32:49But that farm
32:50was in a state
32:50of disrepair
32:51and long abandoned.
32:52It was far from
32:53a good place
32:53to rest and give birth.
32:55After half a year
32:56when my mother
32:56was forgotten by everyone,
32:58my father remarried
32:59his teacher's daughter
33:00in a grand ceremony.
33:01On the day
33:02of his new marriage,
33:03my mother gave birth to me.
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