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