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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.
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.
01:12Of 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.
01:26I 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.
01:41Defiant, 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 a Parker manor. It 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, I saw my father coming back in a sedan chair with a delicate
02:02and 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, just a beggar.
02:19Beggars are dirty.
02:21Emily 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.
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, I could be as
02:38favored by my father as Parker Emily.
02:40So I studied hard with my mother.
02:41As I grew older and more beautiful year by year, my 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, 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 the day before my mother returned.
03:04She came back very sad.
03:05I didn't know what had 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.
03:21She left a suicide note filled with her own remorse, saying that she had defiled herself and didn't deserve to
03:25live.
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, thinking they had forced her to do it, but they
03:35knocked me unconscious.
03:37When I woke up again, I rushed out of the estate and went to the county magistrate's office to ask
03:41for an autopsy.
03:43The result was that my mother had indeed committed suicide.
03:46The nuns guarding us told me,
03:48Stop 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, seemingly happy that they wouldn't have to continue guarding me and my mother.
04:18This time, I didn't make a fuss or cause a scene.
04:21The two nuns thought I had resigned myself to my fate.
04:23But little did they know that in the middle of the night, after they fell asleep, I carried my mother's
04:28body 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, determined to seek justice for her from Parker Michael.
04:39When I arrived at the gate of the Parker residence, I saw a long wedding procession coming out, a true
04:44ten miles of red, extremely grand.
04:46I heard the people around me talking.
04:48It turned out that my dear sister, Parker Emily, was going to the palace today to accompany the emperor and
04:54become 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, it was even a cause for
05:09celebration.
05:10I stood in the crowd, carrying my mother's body, and just watched quietly.
05:14The silver coins and candies thrown by the servants and maids hit me, but 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, and there is nothing that the Treasures Building dares not auction.
05:45No one knows who is behind the Treasures Building, but neither the sons of nobles nor the descendants of noble
05:50families dare to be unruly here.
05:52At this moment, I am standing on the top floor of the Treasures Building, looking at the manager brown in
05:57front of me.
05:59Miss, what do you want to buy?
06:00I'm not buying anything. I'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, I can make the decision for Fiverland Tile.
06:17Please tell me what you want to do.
06:21I'm selling myself.
06:24Miss, no.
06:26Please don't erase.
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 tanks.
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.
06:44The 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.
06:58After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Brown 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, Harjit.
07:11The first thing's probably the new is that I'm selling myself to bury my moots in.
07:15And the new is that I'm Cheikh of Alsternur and the Dave Aeimbi known who are 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.
07:57I 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 day 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
08:14also came 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, the beneficiary, lived a carefree life.
08:25This was too unfair, so I had someone spread this story.
08:28Some people said that Parker Michael mistreated my mother and me,
08:31and even after our deaths.
08:32We 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, while Parker Emily was born to the second wife and was technically
08:53a concubine's daughter.
08:54It was only a short while before an enraged Parker Michael, accompanied by several fierce-looking
08:59servants armed with sticks, came to the treasure's building to take me away.
09:02They said they were taking me away, but their attitude clearly indicated that they were prepared
09:07to kill me on the spot.
09:08Fortunately, I had already hidden in a safe place.
09:11Parker Michael searched the treasure's 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 treasure's building,
09:21asking me not to show up.
09:23Besides, the palace had also sent people to keep an eye on the treasure's building,
09:26and many of Parker Michael's political rivals had also stationed people there.
09:30I wasn't surprised at all, as 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
09:40for the first time yesterday, but because of my incident, the emperor didn't even visit her
09:44quarters.
09:46I smiled slightly upon hearing this.
09:48This was just the beginning, the retribution for the Parker family was only just starting.
09:53Three days passed quickly.
09:54On the third day, the auction hall of the treasure's building was packed,
09:58and it was at this time that I made my appearance.
10:03I sat on the high platform, surrounded by customers who had come for the auction.
10:07I was being scrutinized like a commodity, but I remained calm and composed, not 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 treasure's building, perhaps he would have already ordered someone
10:22to come and kill me.
10:23I glanced at him and moved on without a second glance.
10:25My gaze finally rested on a private box on the second floor.
10:28The shopkeeper, Brown, had 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.
11:01I will bid 200,000 thailands today.
11:03I hope everyone will show me respect.
11:05After saying that,
11:07Parker Michael looked around as 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,
11:17it was a secret auction.
11:18Maybe someone would really dare to bid higher than 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,
11:29the Vice Minister of Personnel,
11:30bid 1,000 thailands.
11:33David Johnson,
11:34the Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
11:36bid 8,000 thailands.
11:38William Thomas,
11:39the Chancellor of the Imperial College,
11:40bid 10,000 thailands.
11:42These people all showed respect to Parker Michael,
11:44the Grand Tudor,
11:45and didn't dare to bid too high.
11:47However,
11:48they 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,
11:57Parker Michael,
11:58200,000 thailands.
11:59The highest bid in the entire auction.
12:03Master Brown looked at the price above and 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 is Minister Parker Michael,
12:28who offered 500,000 thailands.
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 thailands,
12:38just 1,000 thailands short.
12:41Parker Michael opened his mouth but 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.
12:50If I was bought by someone else today,
12:52Parker Michael, the grand tutor, would lose all face
12:54and I would be out of his control.
12:56That might cause endless trouble for 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 from his pocket
13:06and handed them to the people from Treasure's building.
13:09Then he was about to come forward and pull me away.
13:11I shook off his hand and took the 400,000 thails of silver from Master Brown.
13:16Treasure's building took 20% of 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 thys either.
13:28Minister Parker, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.
13:33Then, without waiting for his reaction,
13:35I said to the private room on the second floor,
13:37This common, Grace Clark, is willing to don't send right how
13:40into the binging chandles and off a priceless barbell
13:43can give others to patrons.
13:45I only hope to be allowed to serve in the palace.
13:48Clark was my mother's surname.
13:50I hated the surname Parker.
13:54As soon as I said this,
13:56Parker Michael's face Mikula dramatically.
13:58He glared at me and shouted towards the private room on the second floor.
14:05The new emperor had just ascended the throne,
14:08and the border was unstable.
14:09There had been several conflicts,
14:11and the emperor intended to launch a war
14:13to intimidate the barbarians and establish his authority.
14:16However, the civil officials led by Parker Michael
14:18were opposed to the military taking 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 400 000 tails of silver
14:28as provisions to support the emperor.
14:30This was like a shot in the arm,
14:32and I believed that the emperor would be moved.
14:35Immediately after,
14:36a small eunuch hurriedly came 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 that Grace Clark
14:48is to be enorbled as Concon's clerk
14:51and enter the palace today.
14:53I took the imperial edict and felt relieved.
14:56Parker Michael's face turned ashen.
14:57You bitch!
14:58You're just as disgusting as 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 that once I'm in the palace,
15:06you can't kill me?
15:07No.
15:08I didn't care about Parker Michael's curses at all.
15:11Instead, I found it rather amusing.
15:16Riding in the sedan chair to 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 to take advantage of 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 of silver they had spent.
15:34The imperial treasury was empty,
15:36yet these officials had been trying for it to the emperor.
15:39Now, they were spending so freely at the auction.
15:41If they could spend so much money on a woman,
15:44they should also be willing to contribute that much
15:46to support the war on the border.
15:48With this list,
15:49the emperor could force those officials
15:50to donate money to support the war.
15:52Although it was just a list,
15:54it was indeed a treasure
15:55that could solve the emperor's immediate problem.
15:57I moved into the blessing palace.
15:59The first thing I did after entering the palace
16:02was to donate all the dowry
16:03that Parker Michael had given me to the imperial treasury.
16:06I found Parker Michael's things dirty
16:08and only kept my mother's dowry carefully.
16:10My action made the emperor very happy,
16:12and he immediately praised me for my righteousness
16:14and bestowed me with many treasures.
16:16Half a day after entering the palace,
16:19the head of the imperial household department
16:20came to my courtyard with several maids and eunuchs.
16:23Conscient clerk,
16:25these servants have all been well trained
16:27by the imperial household department.
16:28Please take a look and see if there is anyone you like.
16:32I glanced at the row of maids and eunuchs
16:34and then looked at the head
16:35of the imperial household department.
16:37You pick a few for me.
16:38I have only one requirement.
16:40The servants you pick can be the emperor
16:42and imperial constance spies,
16:43but they must not be spies
16:45for Parker imperial constance and Parker Michael.
16:47If I find out,
16:48I will kill you even if it costs me my life.
16:50Think it over carefully.
16:52Is the silver Parker Michael gave you
16:54more important than your life?
16:56Don't take my words lightly.
16:57I swear to heaven
16:58that I will never stop until I succeed.
17:00My words made the head
17:01of the imperial household department's face change.
17:04Contrabein Clark is joking.
17:05How could I dare?
17:08I continued drinking my tea and ignored him.
17:11The head of the imperial household department's face
17:13changed for a long time.
17:15Then he picked a few eunuchs and maids
17:16and led the others to leave with a bow.
17:20After entering the palace,
17:22I needed to pay my respects to the empress.
17:24When I arrived at the empress's phoenix palace,
17:27there were already quite a few people inside.
17:29The empress was sitting in the middle
17:30and I went forward to pay my respects.
17:33My movements were extremely standard,
17:35as if I had practiced them thousands of times.
17:37The concubines who were waiting to see me
17:39make a fool of myself were all somewhat surprised
17:41because they all knew that I had been raised
17:42in a dilapidated manner
17:43and had never been disciplined since childhood
17:45and thus must be coarse and unfit for the palace.
17:48But they never expected me
17:50to be so dignified and refined.
17:53Contrabein Clark, please rise.
17:55Take a seat.
17:57I stood up and walked to the side to sit down.
18:00My gaze fell on a woman opposite me.
18:02I knew she was Parker Emily,
18:03the current emperor's concubine of high rank
18:05and the daughter of Parker Michael
18:07whom he was so proud of.
18:08Today is Confine Clark's first day in the palace.
18:12From now on, we are all sisters.
18:14We must get along harmonially.
18:17Parker Emily looked at me,
18:19her eyes full of resentment.
18:20Sister, you have quite the talent.
18:22Your mother just passed her three days ago
18:24and you can't wait to enter the palace.
18:26Selling yourself to bury your mother
18:28and pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy.
18:30What a good trick.
18:31I wonder if your mother can rest in peace
18:32knowing your behavior.
18:35I glanced at the empress.
18:37She had just said that we should get along harmoniously,
18:39but Parker Emily immediately started to mock me.
18:42It seemed that she was not giving the empress any face
18:44and was also trying to give me a warning.
18:46Parker Emily's eagerness to mock me
18:48must be because of what I did before.
18:50I first donated 400,000 tails to the national treasury
18:53and then sent the 100,000 tails of dowry
18:57given by Parker Michael to the national treasury as well.
18:59Everyone praised me for my loyalty and righteousness.
19:02But Parker Emily was put in a difficult position
19:04because as the daughter of Parker Michael,
19:06she had to decide whether to donate her dowry or not.
19:09If she didn't, it would make her look selfish.
19:12If she did, she would be reluctant to part with it.
19:15This was exactly the result I wanted.
19:17I wanted everyone in the Parker family to be restless.
19:20The other concubines all stared at me
19:22with a look of schadenfreude.
19:23I smiled.
19:24I was not a pushover.
19:28Sister, remember that my mother passed away
19:30just three days ago.
19:31When my mother, your stepmother, passed away,
19:33you, a conkin's daughter, could get married.
19:36Why can't I, a legitimate daughter, do the same?
19:40I don't know my much in band scenes,
19:42but I'm sure your mother, the conscient shriek and pole of me.
19:47Now everyone knows that the so-called second wife
19:49is just a self-deceiving calm.
19:52You will be a cup's daughter for the rest of your life.
19:55How pitiful.
19:56My words made Parker Emily'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 of high rank.
20:05The emperor hadn't visited her chambers
20:07in the past three days,
20:08making her a laughingstock.
20:10She was about to retort
20:11when the empress interrupted directly,
20:13enough.
20:14Concerbine Clark, stay.
20:16The rest of you, leave.
20:27Parker Emily was unwilling
20:28but had no choice
20:29but to leave with the other concubines.
20:31After they had all left,
20:33the empress turned to me and said,
20:35Concey Clark,
20:36the emperor and I know about your feud,
20:38the Grand Hunter Parker.
20:39You have helped the emperor this time,
20:41and I will remember your goodness.
20:43Although I am also wary of the Grand Hunter Parker
20:45in the palace and protect you.
20:47In the half day since I entered the palace,
20:49the emperor had already gone to the homes
20:50of various officials with the list I gave him,
20:52forcing them to donate.
20:54He had solid evidence and,
20:55for the sake of the country,
20:57those people could no longer pretend
20:58they had no money.
20:59I looked at the empress,
21:01pondering her words.
21:12The empress sighed,
21:13Why go through all this trouble?
21:15You have no power or influence.
21:17How can you fight?
21:18I remained silent.
21:20In the end,
21:21the empress could only let me leave.
21:25On my first night in the palace,
21:27it was customary for me to sleep with the emperor.
21:29That was the unspoken rule in the palace.
21:32At the hour view,
21:33the emperor came to my blessing palace.
21:35I went forward and bowed,
21:37Your majesty, may you be well.
21:39Rise.
21:40And then walked to the table and sat down.
21:42I recognized this voice as the one I had heard
21:44in the private room earlier today.
21:46At this moment,
21:47the small eunuch by the emperor's side
21:49led everyone out.
21:50I knew the emperor had something to say.
21:53Consummate Clark,
21:55today,
21:55Grand Tutor Parker came to see me
21:57and asked me to send you to the cold palace.
21:59Nana, what did your majesty say?
22:02I have just done for throats
22:03and Chalting lets me distilled even.
22:06Ming were in the lavage and Chalf Parker.
22:09Chalf Parker's supports were
22:10Chalting would dim thin welling.
22:13After the emperor finished speaking,
22:15he looked troubled and took a sip of tea.
22:17Your majesty really sounded dying,
22:19but I just bumply
22:20wash one down the inns away, Pigs.
22:23The soldiers on the border
22:24will remember this favor.
22:26If your majesty punish me,
22:27not in knotting the Sherbing be disheart,
22:29in the Servie be disheart.
22:30I have always been loyal to your majesty.
22:35Concubine Clark, you are very smart.
22:37You have been calculating since the auction.
22:39You are so smart,
22:40I'm so smart.
22:41Can you guess if I agreed?
22:44Your majesty will not agree.
22:46Why?
22:47The reasons you just gave
22:48are not enough for me to reject
22:49Grand Tudor Parker's offer.
22:52Because I can just send you
22:53to the Cold Palace six months later
22:55when everything has calmed down
22:56and find any excuse I want.
23:00Because the emperor is the emperor,
23:01the son of Tevin.
23:02The emperor is not controlled by anyone.
23:05Parker Michael helped you once,
23:07but what about the second time,
23:08the third time?
23:10So the emperor will 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 into laughter.
23:21Concubine Clark,
23:22if you were a man,
23:22I would surely appoint you
23:23as the prime minister.
23:25I could tell that the emperor
23:27had a moment of murderous intent just 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 to make a deal with me?
23:38Tell me what you have in mind.
23:41I'll help you bring down Parker Michael.
23:44After Parker Michael falls,
23:46I hope your majesty
23:48will allow me to leave the palace
23:49and go to the Baisuan temple
23:51to 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 Parker Michael
23:58has in the court?
24:00How dare you speak so boldly?
24:02I nodded.
24:03Parker Michael is the grand tutor
24:05and all six ministries
24:06are under his control.
24:08It's like a solid iron 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
24:19for over an hour,
24:20the emperor finally left.
24:22Clearly,
24:22the emperor had saved my face.
24:24Everyone else would think
24:25that I had slept with him tonight.
24:30On the third day
24:31after entering the palace,
24:32the emperor would come to my quarters
24:33and stay for over an 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 every night.
24:42I heard that the porcelain
24:43and the bamboo garden
24:44had been replaced several times.
24:46The bamboo garden
24:47was where Parker Emily lived.
24:48I could tell that the emperor
24:50was doing this on purpose,
24:51just to provoke Parker Emily
24:52and her father,
24:53Parker Michael.
24:54Sure enough,
24:55on the fourth day,
24:56news came from the 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 was not allowed
25:05to be buried
25:06in the Parker family's
25:07ancestral tomb.
25:08I sneered.
25:09Who cared about
25:10the 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 palace
25:33for 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
25:57beside him.
25:57She was indeed beautiful,
25:59and Parker Emily
26:00inherited her looks.
26:02Minister Parker,
26:03you have such great authority.
26:05You don't even bow
26:06to the emperor's concumed.
26:07Are you defying
26:09the 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 expression
26:18was also very ugly
26:19as she began to bow.
26:21I took an object
26:22out of my sleeve
26:22and placed it
26:23on the table beside me.
26:24Parker Michael
26:25and the second madam
26:26were bowing right
26:27in front of that object.
26:29When Parker Michael
26:29stood up and saw the object,
26:31Grace Clark,
26:32you are really too bold.
26:33The second madam's expression
26:35was also extremely ugly
26:36after seeing that thing.
26:37I, however,
26:38smiled and stroked
26:39the object beside me.
26:41It was my mother's
26:42memorial tablet,
26:43made rather small
26:44so that I could carry
26:45it into the palace.
26:46Parker Michael
26:47and the second madam's
26:48bowing just now
26:48was equivalent
26:49to bowing 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.
26:59Parker Michael
26:59was so angry
27:00that he couldn't speak.
27:01You made my lord
27:03bow to this slut.
27:04Does she deserve it?
27:06I sneered.
27:07Does a concubine like you
27:08have the right
27:08to question my mother's affairs?
27:10Garves!
27:11This concubine
27:12has been disrespectful to me.
27:13Slap her 30 size!
27:14The second madam
27:15looked at me
27:16with a smug expression.
27:17I stood up
27:18and slapped the second madam.
27:20I dare!
27:21You!
27:22Grand you to 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
27:32in 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 the second madam again.
27:46I was strong.
27:47While the second madam
27:48was used to a life of luxury,
27:50she was knocked to 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.
28:06I won't let you
28:06off the hook.
28:08Mr. Parker,
28:09when you forced
28:10my mother to death,
28:12we were already
28:13sworn 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 came
28:24to my courtyard
28:25and said,
28:26Let's go for a walk
28:27at the Watercloud Nunmery.
28:29Take your mother's
28:30mirion tape with you.
28:31The Watercloud 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 Watercloud Nunnery
28:39with my mother's
28:40memorial tablet.
28:41The empress lit
28:42the incense first
28:43and then said to me,
28:44Let's enshone your
28:45mother's memorial
28:46tobit in the
28:46Watercloud Nunmery.
28:47There are palace rules
28:49that permit setting up
28:50private memorial
28:50toads in the palace.
28:51I nodded.
28:53The empress had already
28:54been very kind to me.
28:56Concert clerk,
28:57this time you've
28:58caused too much trouble.
29:00The emperor
29:00has to punish you.
29:02I nodded again.
29:03I had already
29:04prepared myself.
29:05Today was the
29:06seventh day
29:06after my mother's
29:07death,
29:08and I did this
29:08to vent my
29:09anger for her.
29:10Seeing my reaction,
29:11the empress
29:12sighed and said,
29:13Fortunately,
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
29:36sighed again
29:36and pointed
29:37to the garden
29:37outside.
29:38Look at those
29:39little maidservants.
29:40I followed her
29:41finger and saw
29:41a group of
29:42little maidservants
29:43weeding the flowers
29:43in the garden.
29:45Perhaps because
29:46the water cloud
29:46nunnery was in
29:47the innermost part
29:48of the palace
29:48and few concubines
29:49came here,
29:50the maidservants
29:50were bold and
29:51played while working.
29:52Their laughter
29:53could be heard.
29:54This palace
29:54is full of
29:55darkness and
29:55treacherity,
29:56but there is
29:57also hope
29:57and peace.
29:59If you wait
29:59for a year
30:00when everyone
30:00has forgotten
30:01about you,
30:02I can ask the
30:03emperor to let
30:03you leave the
30:04palace and
30:04find a place
30:05to live in peace.
30:06I looked at
30:06the empress
30:07and asked the
30:07question in my
30:08heart.
30:08Why are you
30:09doing this?
30:10On my first
30:10day in the
30:11palace,
30:11I felt that
30:12the empress
30:13treated me
30:13differently.
30:14Now she was
30:15even saying
30:15she would ask
30:16the emperor
30:16to let me
30:17leave the
30:17palace.
30:18This wasn't
30:18something an
30:19empress
30:19should say.
30:20The empress
30:20smiled and
30:21said,
30:21You might not
30:22believe me,
30:23but I see in
30:24you the kind
30:24of rebellious
30:25spirit I've
30:25always wanted,
30:26the kind
30:26of determination
30:26to resist
30:27everything.
30:28I've had to
30:29be the empress
30:29for my family
30:30and the emperor
30:30all my life,
30:31but you're
30:32different.
30:33You have
30:34more possibilities.
30:37All the way
30:37back, I was
30:38lost in thought
30:39about the
30:39empress's words.
30:40When I returned
30:41to the blessing
30:41palace, I saw
30:42Parker Emily
30:43leading people
30:44to guard my
30:44courtyard.
30:45As soon as
30:46Parker Emily
30:46saw me, she
30:47wanted to come
30:48and fight with
30:48me, but was
30:51held back by the
30:52maidservant beside
30:52her.
30:53Your highness,
30:54please calm
30:54down.
30:55You are of
30:55noble birth
30:56and don't
30:56need to
30:57confront her
30:57head down.
30:58Your highness,
30:58please be
30:59don't beat
30:59it.
31:00Tysha's the
31:00easing
31:01special's
31:01mother to
31:02tease I
31:02funk him.
31:03Everyone's
31:03persuasion made
31:04Parker Emily
31:04calm down as
31:05well.
31:06I looked at
31:06Parker Emily
31:07and said,
31:08Do you also
31:08want to taste
31:09the flavor
31:09of a slap?
31:10Don't you
31:11just rely on
31:11the emperor's
31:12favor?
31:12I tell you,
31:14I will definitely
31:14take away your
31:15favor.
31:16Just wait and
31:16see.
31:17After saying
31:18that, Parker
31:19Emily left
31:19with her maids
31:20and eunuchs
31:20in a fierce
31:21manner.
31:22Later, it
31:22was heard that
31:23Parker Emily
31:23voluntarily went
31:24to the imperial
31:25study to serve
31:26soup.
31:26This was
31:27impossible in
31:27the past.
31:28Parker Emily
31:29always thought
31:30of herself as
31:30the daughter of
31:31the prime
31:31minister, with
31:32a noble status,
31:33and looked down
31:33upon other
31:34concubines in
31:34the palace,
31:35thinking that
31:36their serving
31:36of tonics and
31:37soup to the
31:37emperor was
31:38just flattery.
31:39She never
31:40expected that
31:40she would now
31:41lower herself to
31:42do such a
31:42thing.
31:43But she didn't
31:43expect that the
31:44emperor still
31:45came to my
31:45courtyard that
31:46night.
31:49Miss, what
31:50do you want
31:50to buy?
31:52I'm not
31:52buying anything,
31:53I'm selling
31:53something.
31:56What are you
31:57selling, miss?
31:59I'm selling
31:59myself.
32:00Sixteen years
32:01ago, when my
32:02mother was
32:02pregnant with
32:03me, she went
32:03back to our
32:04hometown with
32:04my father to
32:05pay homage to
32:06our ancestors.
32:07However, they
32:08encountered bandits
32:09on the way.
32:10My mother, in
32:11order to save my
32:11father, led the
32:12bandits away by
32:13herself.
32:14My father was
32:15rescued, but my
32:16mother, although
32:16she was saved in
32:17the end, was
32:18violated by the
32:19bandits while she
32:19was pregnant with
32:20me.
32:20The bandits had
32:21no humanity.
32:23Everyone said
32:24that my mother
32:24should have
32:24hanged herself
32:25with a rope
32:26after losing
32:26her virtue, but
32:27she refused.
32:28For the sake of
32:29me in her womb,
32:30she struggled to
32:31live on.
32:31My father, for
32:33the sake of his
32:33reputation, couldn't
32:34divorce her himself
32:35because it was my
32:36mother who saved
32:37him.
32:37If he divorced
32:38her, it would be
32:39seen as a breach
32:39of faith, which
32:40would hinder his
32:41official career.
32:42So he had my
32:42mother sent to a
32:43dilapidated and
32:44abandoned farm outside
32:45the capital, claiming
32:46it was to let her
32:46rest in peace and
32:47avoid gossip while
32:48she was pregnant.
32:49But that farm was
32:50in a state of
32:50disrepair and long
32:51abandoned.
32:52It was far from a
32:53good place to rest
32:54and give birth.
32:55After half a year
32:56when my mother was
32:57forgotten by everyone,
32:58my father remarried
32:59his teacher's daughter
33:00in a grand ceremony.
33:01On the day of his
33:02new marriage, my
33:03mother gave birth to
33:04me.
33:05comoosa
33:05o
33:05he
33:05her
33:06in
33:07there
33:07on
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