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Palace Wall Vow Of Blood
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00:00Miss, what do you want to buy?
00:03I'm not buying anything, I'm selling something.
00:07What are you selling, miss?
00:10I'm selling myself.
00:1116 years ago, when my mother was pregnant with me,
00:14she went back to our hometown with my father to pay homage to our ancestors.
00:18However, they encountered bandits on the way.
00:21My mother, in order to save my father, led the bandits away by herself.
00:25My father was rescued, but my mother, although she was saved in the end,
00:28was violated by the bandits while she was pregnant with me.
00:32The bandits had no humanity.
00:34Everyone said that my mother should have hanged herself with a rope after losing her virtue,
00:38but she refused.
00:39For the sake of me in her womb, she struggled to live on.
00:43My father, for the sake of his reputation,
00:45couldn't divorce her himself because it was my mother who saved him.
00:48If he divorced her, it would be seen as a breach of faith,
00:51which would hinder his official career.
00:53So he had my mother sent to a dilapidated and abandoned farm outside the capital,
00:56claiming it was to let her rest in peace and avoid gossip while she was pregnant.
01:00But that farm was in a state of disrepair and long abandoned.
01:03It was far from a good place to rest and give birth.
01:06After half a year when my mother was forgotten by everyone,
01:09my father remarried his teacher's daughter in a grand ceremony.
01:12On the day of his new marriage, my mother gave birth to me.
01:18My mother and I lived in a remote village for 8 years.
01:21During those 8 years, my father never came once.
01:24Only two maidservants took care of us, but in fact, they were just guarding us,
01:29not allowing us to run around freely or have contact with outsiders.
01:32The village was so remote that the job of guarding us was a hard one.
01:36The two maidservants were resentful and always took it out on my mother and me.
01:40They called my mother a whore and said that she should have killed herself after losing her virtue.
01:43They called me a bastard, claiming that I was the result of my mother's affair with another man.
01:48My mother would defend me and argue with them,
01:51but every time she was beaten until she was covered in bruises.
01:54Once, when my mother was beaten again, I sneaked under their bed at night,
01:58planning to pretend to be a ghost to scare them,
02:00but I overheard them chatting at night and learned that
02:02all the insults and beatings were ordered by the second wife of the manor.
02:06The purpose was to make my mother and me unable to bear the suffering and commit suicide.
02:10It wasn't that the second wife was afraid to kill us,
02:13but that she and my father were concerned about their reputation.
02:16If we were found dead and any clues were discovered,
02:19it would be a handle for others to use against them.
02:21My father's career was at its peak and he couldn't afford to take such a risk.
02:25So they could only slowly torture us like cutting with a blunt knife,
02:29and our suicide would be the best outcome for them.
02:31Of course, even if it was discovered that our suicide was caused by the torture of the servants,
02:36my father and the second wife could still claim that they lived far away and couldn't control their servants,
02:40thus washing their hands of the matter completely.
02:44I told my mother about this matter, but she didn't make a fuss.
02:48Instead, she began to secretly teach me to read and write, as well as some rules I didn't understand.
02:53I was not willing to accept this and wanted to ask my father for confirmation,
02:57but my mother sternly stopped me.
02:59Defiant, I tried to sneak away,
03:01and finally managed to get on the carriage when the manor was sending supplies to the village and followed it
03:05back to the manor.
03:06It was my first time seeing the Parker Manor.
03:08It was magnificent with carved beams and painted pillars.
03:11I was wearing tattered clothes and was treated as a beggar and kicked out.
03:15Right at the entrance of the manor,
03:17I saw my father coming back in a sedan chair with a delicate and pretty little girl.
03:21I went up to call my father, but was kicked down by his guards.
03:25My father looked at me with disdain and ordered someone to send me back to the village.
03:29His tone was cold and he looked at me as if I were a disgrace.
03:32I heard the girl ask my father who I was.
03:35My father gently told her,
03:36Just a beggar.
03:38Beggars are dirty.
03:39Emily doesn't look at them, or she'll dirty her eyes.
03:42Later, I learned that the girl was the daughter of the second wife, named Parker Emily.
03:46At only seven years old,
03:48she was already renowned for her talent and was my father's pride.
03:52At the age of eight,
03:53I still naively believed that as long as I studied hard,
03:56I could be as favored by my father as Parker Emily.
03:58So I studied hard with my mother.
04:00As I grew older and more beautiful year by year,
04:03my mother's brows became more and more furrowed.
04:06She didn't allow me to dress up.
04:08To prevent the two nannies who guarded us from noticing my appearance,
04:11she even made me deliberately look ugly.
04:13On the day of my coming of age ceremony,
04:15my mother said something to the nannies in charge of us,
04:18and they actually took her back to the manor.
04:20But it was only half a day before my mother returned.
04:22She came back very sad.
04:24I didn't know what had happened to her in the manor.
04:27My mother didn't tell me anything,
04:28but just kept teaching me the four arts of music, chess,
04:31calligraphy and painting, as well as needlework.
04:36Not long after, my mother committed suicide without any warning.
04:39She left a suicide note filled with her own remorse,
04:42saying that she had defiled herself and didn't deserve to live.
04:45I didn't believe what was written in my mother's note,
04:47nor did I believe she had committed suicide.
04:50I fought with the two nuns who were guarding us,
04:52thinking they had forced her to do it,
04:54but they knocked me unconscious.
04:55When I woke up again,
04:57I rushed out of the estate and went to the county magistrate's office
05:00to ask for an autopsy.
05:01The result was that my mother had indeed committed suicide.
05:04The nuns guarding us told me,
05:06stop causing trouble.
05:08Your slut of a mother committed suicide.
05:10She made a deal with the grand tutor and the second lady.
05:13Her suicide saved the face of the Parker family.
05:16In exchange,
05:17you'll be given a good family to marry into.
05:20The second lady is kind-hearted
05:21and has already found a good match for you.
05:23He's a lame widower who slaughters pigs.
05:26It's your good fortune to be able to marry him.
05:29Get ready,
05:29he'll come to take you in a few days.
05:31The nuns smiled smugly,
05:33seemingly happy that they wouldn't have to continue guarding me and my mother.
05:36This time,
05:37I didn't make a fuss or cause a scene.
05:39The two nuns thought I had resigned myself to my fate.
05:42But little did they know that in the middle of the night,
05:44after they fell asleep,
05:46I carried my mother's body and ran away.
05:49When I reached the capital,
05:50the brown was already high in the sky.
05:52I carried my mother's body to the Parker residence,
05:55determined to seek justice for her from Parker Michael.
05:57When I arrived at the gate of the Parker residence,
06:00I saw a long wedding procession coming out,
06:02a true ten miles of red,
06:04extremely grand.
06:05I heard the people around me talking.
06:07It turned out that my dear sister,
06:09Parker Emily,
06:10was going to the palace today to accompany the emperor
06:12and become the new emperor's concubine.
06:14I saw my father standing at the gate to see her off.
06:17His face full of joy.
06:19Those officials were saying all kinds of flattering words to him.
06:22I saw a look of pride on his face.
06:24It was obvious that my mother's death had no effect on him at all,
06:27it was even a cause for celebration.
06:29I stood in the crowd,
06:30carrying my mother's body,
06:31and just watched quietly.
06:33The silver coins and candies thrown by the servants and maids hit me,
06:36but I felt no pain at all.
06:38I clenched my hands tightly,
06:40my nails digging into my palms.
06:41I silently swore that I would avenge my mother.
06:44I would make Parker Michael and everyone in the Parker residence pay for her death.
06:52The Treasures Building is the largest auction house in our dynasty.
06:55Here, there are all kinds of rare treasures in the world.
06:58There is nothing that the Treasures Building cannot obtain,
07:01and there is nothing that the Treasures Building dares not auction.
07:04No one knows who is behind the Treasures Building,
07:07but neither the sons of nobles nor the descendants of noble families dare to be unruly here.
07:11At this moment,
07:12I am standing on the top floor of the Treasures Building,
07:15looking at the Manager Brown in front of me.
07:17Miss, what do you want to buy?
07:19I'm not buying anything.
07:20I'm selling something.
07:24What are you selling, Miss?
07:26A thing worth 500,000 tiles.
07:29Can you make the decision?
07:31Although I'm just the Manager,
07:33I can make the decision for Fiverland Tile.
07:36Please tell me what you want.
07:39I'm selling myself.
07:44Missner, please don't erase.
07:46I'm the eldest daughter of the current Prime Minister
07:48and the elder sister of the Imperial Convent.
07:51I'm worth 500,000 tangs.
07:53Now I want to sell myself to bury my mother.
07:55This news will make the Treasures Bilk of the entire capital
07:58and your reputations even higher.
08:00This deal won't be a loss for you.
08:02The Treasures Building claims that there is nothing you dare not auction.
08:07Now, do you dare to take on this deal?
08:11Miss, please wait a moment.
08:13He left, obviously to consult the owner behind the Treasures Building.
08:16After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea,
08:19Brown returned and said,
08:22Miss, we'll take your deal.
08:23The auction will start in three days.
08:25Before the action,
08:26I hope the Treasures Hill can for me do three young things.
08:29Please tell me, Haji.
08:30The first thing's probably the new is that I'm I'm selling myself to bury my moots in.
08:34And the new is that I'm Cheikh of Alsternur
08:36and the Dave Ayinbe Noon who are throughout the Sud,
08:38even in the Imperial Hallis.
08:41The second thing is to protect me for three days.
08:45During these three days,
08:46no matter who puts pressure on the Treasures Bill,
08:48you must not cancel this auction or hand me over.
08:50I said to Brown,
08:52Miss, you're going to have a life and death struggle with the Prime Minister.
08:56But the Treasures Building agrees.
08:58I smiled.
08:59Of course.
09:01Although Parker Michael is the top minister and has countless people fawning over him,
09:05there are still people who want to see him lose face.
09:07On the day of the auction,
09:09I want to make Parker Michael the laughingstock of the entire capital.
09:12But what I want is not just to make Parker Michael lose face.
09:15I want to seek justice for my mother.
09:20Sure enough,
09:21the news that I was going to sell myself to bury my mother spread throughout the capital in less than
09:25half a day and caused a huge stir.
09:27Along with this news,
09:29the story of how my mother was raped by bandits 17 years ago while trying to save Parker Michael also
09:33came to life.
09:34Although it had been 17 years and not many people remembered,
09:37I did.
09:38My mother died because of this.
09:40While Parker Michael,
09:41the beneficiary,
09:42lived a carefree life.
09:43This was too unfair,
09:45so I had someone spread this story.
09:47Some people said that Parker Michael mistreated my mother in me,
09:50and even after our deaths.
09:51We had no money for a proper burial,
09:53which was why I was selling myself to bury my mother.
09:56Others said that Parker Michael was ungrateful and had betrayed his original wife.
10:00There were also those who said that the position of the imperial concubine should have been mine,
10:04because the new emperor was originally going to marry the daughter of the prime minister,
10:07and I was the legitimate daughter.
10:09While Parker Emily was born to the second wife and was technically a concubine's daughter,
10:13it was only a short while before an enraged Parker Michael,
10:16accompanied by several fierce-looking servants armed with sticks,
10:19came to the treasure's building to take me away.
10:21They said they were taking me away,
10:23but their attitude clearly indicated that they were prepared to kill me on the spot.
10:27Fortunately,
10:28I had already hidden in a safe place.
10:30Parker Michael searched the treasure's building thoroughly but failed to find me,
10:34and could only leave in frustration.
10:35Manager Brown told me that Parker Michael had left spies around the treasure's building,
10:40asking me not to show up.
10:41Besides,
10:42the palace had also sent people to keep an eye on the treasure's building,
10:45and many of Parker Michael's political rivals had also stationed people there.
10:49I wasn't surprised at all,
10:50as I had expected.
10:52So I was prepared to stay hidden for three days.
10:55Manager Brown also informed me that Parker Emily had entered the palace to accompany the emperor for the first time
11:00yesterday,
11:00but because of my incident,
11:02the emperor didn't even visit her quarters.
11:05I smiled slightly upon hearing this.
11:07This was just the beginning,
11:08the retribution for the Parker family was only just starting.
11:12Three days passed quickly.
11:13On the third day,
11:15the auction hall of the treasure's building was packed,
11:17and it was at this time that I made my appearance.
11:22I sat on the high platform,
11:24surrounded by customers who had come for the auction.
11:26I was being scrutinized like a commodity,
11:28but I remained calm and composed,
11:30not caring at all.
11:31I looked around and saw Parker Michael sitting in the middle,
11:34his face full of anger and his eyes burning with rage.
11:37If this weren't the treasure's building,
11:39perhaps he would have already ordered someone to come and kill me.
11:41I glanced at him and moved on without a second glance.
11:44My gaze finally rested on a private box on the second floor.
11:48The shopkeeper,
11:49Brown,
11:49had told me that the person in that box was from the palace,
11:51but he didn't know exactly who it was.
11:55Today's auction isn't a public bidding.
11:57Instead,
11:58the starting price is 200,000 Thailand's.
12:00Each person would write down their price on a piece of paper,
12:03and this lady would be the one to check them all.
12:06The highest bidder would win.
12:07I saw a determined look flash in Parker Michael's eyes.
12:11At that moment,
12:12he stood up and said,
12:13I am the father of this scoundrel.
12:15He has done such a disgraceful thing today.
12:17It's my fault for not teaching him well.
12:19I will bid 200,000 towels today.
12:22I hope everyone will show me respect.
12:24After saying that,
12:26Parker Michael looked around as if trying to remember everyone's faces.
12:29I smiled.
12:30What he said was a threat.
12:32It seemed that not many people would dare to bid now.
12:35Fortunately,
12:36it was a secret auction.
12:37Maybe someone would really dare to bid higher than Parker Michael.
12:41Half an hour later,
12:42Brown handed me all the bidding slips.
12:44I opened them one by one and made notes.
12:46Daniel Wilson,
12:47the Vice Minister of Personnel,
12:49bid 1,000 tails.
12:52David Johnson,
12:53the Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
12:55bid 8,000 tails.
12:56William Thomas,
12:57the Chancellor of the Imperial College,
12:59bid 10,000 tails.
13:01These people all showed respect to Parker Michael,
13:03the Grand Tudor,
13:04and didn't dare to bid too high.
13:06However,
13:07they still offered a decent price,
13:09not degrading the daughter of the Grand Tudor.
13:11They really managed to please both sides.
13:13I opened the last slip.
13:15It read,
13:16Parker Michael,
13:17200,000 tails.
13:18The highest bid in the entire auction.
13:22Master Brown looked at the price above and whispered in my ear,
13:25Treasure's building only cares about the price.
13:27You can only hope for the best.
13:29I understood Master Brown's meaning.
13:31He thought that if I was bought by Parker Michael,
13:34it would surely be a bad outcome for me.
13:36But Treasure's building only recognized the price
13:38and wouldn't care about anything else.
13:40This was their code of conduct
13:42and they wouldn't break it for me.
13:44This time the highest bidder
13:45is Minister Parker Michael
13:47who offered 500,000 Tileings.
13:50Parker Michael's face turned stiff
13:52and he was about to stand up to refute me.
13:54The second highest bid was 490,000 Tiles,
13:57just 1,000 Tiles short.
14:00Parker Michael opened his mouth
14:02but didn't say anything.
14:03I knew he might suspect that I was lying,
14:05but he didn't dare to bet
14:07because he was determined to get me.
14:08If I was bought by someone else today,
14:11Parker Michael, the Grand Tudor,
14:12would lose all face
14:13and I would be out of his control.
14:15That might cause endless trouble for him in the future.
14:17So now he could only suffer this silent loss.
14:20Parker Michael's face turned ashen.
14:22He took out 500,000 Tiles of Silver notes from his pocket
14:25and handed them to the people from Treasure's building.
14:28Then he was about to come forward and pull me away.
14:30I shook off his hand
14:31and took the 400,000 Tiles of Silver from Master Brown.
14:35Treasure's building took 20% of the auction price,
14:37so I only got 400,000 Tiles.
14:39You wretched girl.
14:41Come with me to the mansion.
14:42I'll deal with you when we get there.
14:45You can't take this 400,000 Tiles either.
14:47Minister Parker, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.
14:52Then, without waiting for his reaction,
14:54I said to the private room on the second floor,
14:56This common Grace Clark is willing to don't
14:58send right towing to the Benjing Shandals
15:00and offer priceless barbell can give Irving patrons.
15:04I only hope to be allowed to serve in the palace.
15:06Clark was my mother's surname.
15:09I hated the surname Parker.
15:13As soon as I said this,
15:15Parker Michaels faced Mickaela dramatically.
15:17He glared at me and shouted towards the private room
15:19on the second floor.
15:21This brat is just joking!
15:24The new emperor had just ascended the throne
15:26and the border was unstable.
15:28There had been several conflicts
15:30and the emperor intended to launch a war
15:32to intimidate the barbarians and establish his authority.
15:34However, the civil officials led by Parker Michael
15:37were opposed to the military taking too much power
15:40and the treasury was empty,
15:41so the matter had been delayed.
15:43At this moment, I was willing to donate 400,000 Tiles of Silver
15:47as provisions to support the emperor.
15:49This was like a shot in the arm
15:51and I believed that the emperor would be moved.
15:54Immediately after,
15:55a small eunuch hurriedly came downstairs to me.
15:58I took out something from my sleeve
15:59and handed it to the eunuch,
16:01who rushed upstairs with it.
16:03By the grace of heaven,
16:05the emperor decrees that Grace Clark
16:07is to be enorbled as Concon's clerk
16:10and enter the palace today.
16:12I took the imperial edict and felt relieved.
16:15Parker Michael's face turned ashen.
16:17You bitch!
16:17You're just as disgusting as your bitch of a mother!
16:19You should have died long ago!
16:20I should have strangled you at birth!
16:23Do you really think that once I'm in the palace
16:25you can't kill me?
16:27I didn't care about Parker Michael's curses at all.
16:30Instead, I found it rather amusing.
16:35Riding in the sedan chair to the palace,
16:37I was in a good mood.
16:38I had won today's confrontation,
16:40but it was just a stroke of luck.
16:42Parker Michael was unprepared,
16:44which allowed me to take advantage of the situation.
16:47The so-called treasure I had was the list
16:49of all the officials who had bid at the auction today,
16:51along with the amount of silver they had spent.
16:53The imperial treasury was empty,
16:55yet these officials had been trying for it to the emperor.
16:58Now, they were spending so freely at the auction.
17:01If they could spend so much money on a woman,
17:03they should also be willing to contribute that much
17:05to support the war on the border.
17:07With this list,
17:08the emperor could force those officials
17:09to donate money to support the war.
17:11Although it was just a list,
17:13it was indeed a treasure that could solve
17:15the emperor's immediate problem.
17:16I moved into the blessing palace.
17:18The first thing I did after entering the palace
17:21was to donate all the dowry
17:22that Parker Michael had given me
17:23to the imperial treasury.
17:25I found Parker Michael's things dirty
17:27and only kept my mother's dowry carefully.
17:29My action made the emperor very happy,
17:31and he immediately praised me for my righteousness
17:33and bestowed me with many treasures.
17:35Half a day after entering the palace,
17:38the head of the imperial household department
17:39came to my courtyard with several maids and eunuchs.
17:51I glanced at the row of maids and eunuchs
17:53and then looked at the head
17:54of the imperial household department.
17:56You pick a few for me.
17:57I have only one requirement.
17:59The servants you pick can be
18:00the emperor and imperial constance spies,
18:02but they must not be spies
18:04for Parker imperial constance and Parker Michael.
18:06If I find out,
18:07I will kill you even if it costs me my life.
18:09Think it over carefully.
18:11Is the silver Parker Michael gave you
18:13more important than your life?
18:15Don't take my words lightly.
18:16I swear to heaven that I will never stop
18:18until I succeed.
18:19My words made the head of the imperial
18:21household department's face change.
18:23Contrabein Clark is joking.
18:24How could I dare?
18:27I continued drinking my tea and ignored him.
18:30The head of the imperial household department's
18:32face changed for a long time.
18:34Then he picked a few eunuchs and maids
18:36and led the others to leave with a bow.
18:39After entering the palace,
18:41I needed to pay my respects to the empress.
18:43When I arrived at the empress's phoenix palace,
18:46there were already quite a few people inside.
18:48The empress was sitting in the middle,
18:50and I went forward to pay my respects.
18:52My movements were extremely standard,
18:54as if I had practiced them thousands of times.
18:56The concubines who were waiting to see me
18:58make a fool of myself were all somewhat surprised
19:00because they all knew that I had been raised
19:01in a dilapidated manner
19:03and had never been disciplined since childhood
19:05and thus must be coarse and unfit for the palace.
19:07But they never expected me
19:09to be so dignified and refined.
19:12Contrabein Clark, please rise.
19:14Take a seat.
19:16I stood up and walked to the side to sit down.
19:19My gaze fell on a woman opposite me.
19:21I knew she was Parker Emily,
19:22the current emperor's concubine of high rank,
19:25and the daughter of Parker Michael,
19:26whom he was so proud of.
19:27Today is Confine Clark's first day in the palace.
19:31From now on, we are all sisters.
19:34We must get along harmonially.
19:36Parker Emily looked at me,
19:38her eyes full of resentment.
19:39Sister, you have quite the talent.
19:41Your mother just passed away three days ago,
19:44and you can't wait to enter the palace.
19:46Selling yourself to bury your mother
19:47and pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy,
19:49what a good trick.
19:50I wonder if your mother can rest in peace
19:52knowing your behavior.
19:54I glanced at the empress.
19:56She had just said that we should get along harmoniously,
19:58but Parker Emily immediately started to mock me.
20:01It seemed that she was not giving the empress any face
20:03and was also trying to give me a warning.
20:05Parker Emily's eagerness to mock me
20:07must be because of what I did before.
20:09I first donated 400,000 tales to the national treasury,
20:13and then sent the 100,000 tales of dowry
20:16given by Parker Michael to the national treasury as well.
20:18Everyone praised me for my loyalty and righteousness.
20:21But Parker Emily was put in a difficult position
20:23because as the daughter of Parker Michael,
20:25she had to decide whether to donate her dowry or not.
20:28If she didn't, it would make her look selfish.
20:31If she did, she would be reluctant to part with it.
20:34This was exactly the result I wanted.
20:36I wanted everyone in the Parker family to be restless.
20:39The other concubines all stared at me
20:41with a look of schadenfreude.
20:42I smiled.
20:44I was not a pushover.
20:47Sister, remember that my mother passed away just three days ago.
20:50When my mother, your stepmother, passed away,
20:53you, a Conkin's daughter, could get married.
20:55Why can't I, a legitimate daughter, do the same?
20:59I don't know my much in band scenes,
21:01but I'm sure your mother, the Conchit Shriek and Pearl of May.
21:06Now everyone knows that the so-called second wife
21:09is just a self-deceiving calm.
21:11You will be a cup's daughter for the rest of your life.
21:13How pitiful.
21:15My words made Parker Emily's face turn ashen.
21:18Because of the previous rumors,
21:19she, a concubine's daughter,
21:21had replaced the legitimate daughter
21:22to become a concubine of high rank.
21:24The emperor hadn't visited her chambers in the past three days,
21:28making her a laughingstock.
21:29She was about to retort when the empress interrupted directly,
21:32Enough.
21:33Concervine Clark, stay.
21:35The rest of you, leave.
21:46Parker Emily was unwilling but had no choice
21:48but to leave with the other concubines.
21:50After they had all left,
21:52the empress turned to me and said,
21:54Concey Clark,
21:55the emperor and I know about your feud,
21:57the Grand Hunter Parker.
21:58You have helped the emperor this time,
22:00and I will remember your goodness.
22:03Although I am also wary of the Grand Hunter Parker
22:05in the palace and protect you.
22:06In the half day since I entered the palace,
22:08the emperor had already gone to the homes of various officials
22:10with the list I gave him, forcing them to donate.
22:13He had solid evidence and,
22:15for the sake of the country,
22:16those people could no longer pretend they had no money.
22:19I looked at the empress, pondering her words.
22:22Empress, I appreciate your kindness,
22:25but I will never stop fighting with the entire Parker family
22:28until we are both dead.
22:31The empress sighed,
22:33Why go through all this trouble?
22:34You have no power or influence, how can you fight?
22:38I remained silent.
22:39In the end,
22:40the empress could only let me leave.
22:44On my first night in the palace,
22:46it was customary for me to sleep with the emperor.
22:49That was the unspoken rule in the palace.
22:51At the hour of you,
22:52the emperor came to my blessing palace.
22:54I went forward and bowed,
22:56Your majesty, may you be well.
22:58Rise.
22:59and then walked to the table and sat down.
23:01I recognized this voice as the one I had heard
23:04in the private room earlier today.
23:05At this moment,
23:06the small eunuch by the emperor's side
23:08led everyone out.
23:09I knew the emperor had something to say.
23:12Contribent clerk,
23:14today,
23:14Grand Tutor Parker came to see me
23:16and asked me to send you to the cold palace.
23:18Nana, what did your majesty say?
23:21I have just done the throats
23:23and Chalting lets me this delusion.
23:25Ming were in the labor and Chalf Parker.
23:28Chalf Parker's supports were
23:30Chalting with dim thin welling.
23:32After the emperor finished speaking,
23:34he looked troubled and took a sip of tea.
23:37Your majesty really sounded dying,
23:38but I just bumply
23:39wash one down the inns away pigs.
23:42The soldiers on the border
23:44will remember this favor.
23:45If your majesty punish me,
23:46not in knotting the Sherbing,
23:47be disheart,
23:48in the Servie,
23:49be disheart.
23:50I have always been loyal
23:51to your majesty.
23:54Concubine clerk,
23:55you are very smart.
23:56You have been calculating
23:57since the auction.
23:58You are so smart,
24:00I'm so smart.
24:00Can you guess if I agreed?
24:03Your majesty will not agree.
24:04Why?
24:06The reasons you just gave
24:07are not enough for me
24:08to reject Grand Tudor Parker's offer.
24:11Because I can just send you
24:12to the Cold Palace six months later
24:14when everything has calmed down
24:15and find any excuse I want.
24:19Because the emperor is the emperor,
24:20the son of Tevin.
24:21The emperor is not controlled by anyone.
24:25Parker Michael helped you once,
24:26but what about the second time,
24:27the third time?
24:29So the emperor will not agree.
24:31Ben looked at the emperor.
24:33The emperor didn't speak.
24:34His cold eyes staring at me.
24:35After a while,
24:36he suddenly burst into laughter.
24:40Consulant clerk,
24:41if you were a man,
24:42I would surely appoint you
24:43as the prime minister.
24:45I could tell that the emperor
24:46had a moment of murderous intent
24:47just now.
24:48Serving the emperor
24:49is like serving a tiger.
24:51The emperor doesn't allow
24:52smart people in the harem.
24:53Your majesty,
24:54would you like to make a deal with me?
24:57Tell me what you have in mind.
25:00I'll help you bring down
25:02Parker Michael
25:03after Parker Michael falls.
25:06I hope your majesty
25:07will allow me to leave the palace
25:09and go to the Baisuan temple
25:10to practice Buddhism.
25:11I finished speaking
25:12and looked at the emperor.
25:13I agree with you,
25:14but do you know
25:15the influence
25:16Parker Michael has in the court?
25:20How dare you speak so boldly?
25:22I nodded.
25:23Parker Michael is the grand tutor
25:24and all six ministries
25:26are under his control.
25:27It's like a solid iron bucket
25:29and even the emperor
25:30can't pry it open
25:30for the time being.
25:35Then I'll wait and see.
25:37After sitting in my palace
25:38for over an hour,
25:39the emperor finally left.
25:41Clearly,
25:42the emperor had saved my face.
25:44Everyone else would think
25:45that I had slept with him tonight.
25:49On the third day
25:50after entering the palace,
25:51the emperor would come to my quarters
25:53and stay for over an hour every day.
25:55Most of the time,
25:56we played chess.
25:57But in the eyes of others,
25:58I was extremely favored
25:59and slept with the emperor every night.
26:01I heard that the porcelain
26:02and the bamboo garden
26:03had been replaced several times.
26:05The bamboo garden
26:06was where Parker Emily lived.
26:08I could tell that the emperor
26:09was doing this on purpose,
26:10just to provoke Parker Emily
26:12and her father,
26:12Parker Michael.
26:13Sure enough,
26:14on the fourth day,
26:15news came from the Parker family
26:16that Parker Michael
26:17had divorced my mother
26:18on the grounds
26:19that she was unchaste.
26:20My mother and I had no connection
26:21with the Parker family
26:22from then on,
26:23and my mother was not allowed
26:24to be buried
26:25in the Parker family's
26:26ancestral tomb.
26:27I sneered.
26:28Who cared about
26:29the Parker family's
26:30ancestral tomb?
26:31My mother would have
26:32thought it dirty
26:32to be buried there.
26:33But Parker Michael
26:35had made his move,
26:36so I had to respond.
26:37That afternoon,
26:38I asked the emperor
26:39to issue an order
26:40for Parker Michael
26:40and his second wife
26:41to come to the palace.
26:43The emperor was reluctant
26:44at first,
26:45but when I told him
26:46that this could help him
26:47break up the alliance
26:47of the civil officials,
26:49he reluctantly agreed.
26:51I waited in the blessing palace
26:53for an hour.
26:54Then a young eunuch
26:55led Parker Michael
26:56and his second wife in.
26:57Parker Michael
26:58was the second most powerful
26:59person in the court,
27:00and the eunuchs
27:01and maidservants
27:01all bowed to him.
27:02Parker Michael
27:03clearly enjoyed this feeling
27:04and was smug all the way.
27:05When Parker Michael saw me,
27:07there was still anger
27:07in his eyes.
27:08Did you ask me
27:09to come to the palace
27:10so that your mother
27:10could be buried
27:11in the Parker family's
27:12ancestral tomb?
27:13I gave Parker Michael
27:14a cold look
27:14and then glanced
27:15at the second wife
27:16beside him.
27:17She was indeed beautiful,
27:18and Parker Emily
27:19inherited her looks.
27:21Minister Parker,
27:22you have such great authority.
27:24You don't even bow
27:25to the emperor's concund.
27:27Are you defying
27:28the imperial family?
27:29I sneered.
27:32Parker Michael's face
27:33froze for a moment,
27:35then he gritted
27:35his teeth and bowed.
27:36The second madam's expression
27:38was also very ugly
27:39as she began to bow.
27:40I took an object
27:41out of my sleeve
27:42and placed it
27:42on the table beside me.
27:44Parker Michael
27:44and the second madam
27:46were bowing
27:46right in front
27:47of that object.
27:48When Parker Michael
27:49stood up and saw the object,
27:51Grace Clark,
27:51you are really too bold.
27:53The second madam's expression
27:54was also extremely ugly
27:56after seeing that thing.
27:57I, however,
27:58smiled and stroked
27:59the object beside me.
28:00It was my mother's
28:01memorial tablet,
28:02made rather small
28:03so that I could carry
28:04it into the palace.
28:05Parker Michael
28:06and the second madam's
28:07bowing just now
28:08was equivalent to
28:08bowing to my mother,
28:09which was why
28:10they were so angry.
28:11I just like to talk
28:12to my mother.
28:13How is that being bold?
28:16Mr. Parker,
28:17please explain.
28:18Parker Michael
28:19was so angry
28:19that he couldn't speak.
28:21You made my lord
28:22bow to this slut.
28:24Does she deserve it?
28:25I sneered.
28:26Does a concubine like you
28:27have the right
28:28to question my mother's affairs?
28:30Garves,
28:30this concubine
28:31has been disrespectful to me.
28:33Slap her 30 size.
28:34The second madam
28:35looked at me
28:35with a smug expression.
28:36I stood up
28:37and slapped
28:37the second madam.
28:39I dare!
28:41You!
28:42Grand you to Parker.
28:43Have you thought it through?
28:45This slap
28:46is equivalent
28:46to slapping the face
28:47of the imperial family.
28:49Your reputation
28:50will be ruined
28:51in an instant.
28:52Parker Michael
28:53had spent his entire life
28:54protecting his reputation.
28:56How could he break
28:57his own rules
28:57for a second madam?
28:59Parker Michael
28:59was shaking with rage,
29:01but in the end,
29:01he didn't hit me.
29:03Instead,
29:03I slapped
29:04the second madam again.
29:05I was strong.
29:06While the second madam
29:07was used to a life of luxury,
29:09she was knocked
29:10to the ground
29:10by my two slaps
29:11and was completely stunned.
29:13Grace Clark,
29:13I have many ways
29:14to make your life
29:15a living hell.
29:16I didn't do anything
29:17to you yesterday
29:18because of that little bit
29:19of father-daughter affection,
29:21but today,
29:22you have humiliated me
29:23like this.
29:25I won't let you
29:26off the hook.
29:27Mr. Parker,
29:28when you forced
29:29my mother to death,
29:31we were already
29:32sworn enemies.
29:35Not even half an hour
29:36after Parker Michael
29:37left with the second concubine,
29:39a stack of memorials
29:40impeaching me
29:40was delivered
29:41to the imperial study.
29:42In the evening,
29:43the empress came
29:44to my courtyard
29:44and said,
29:46Let's go for a walk
29:47at the Water Cloud Nunnery.
29:48Take your mother's
29:49muriel tape with you.
29:50The Water Cloud Nunnery
29:51was a Buddhist temple
29:52in a secluded part
29:53of the palace,
29:54a place where some
29:55of the concubines
29:56would go to pray.
29:57I followed the empress
29:58to the Water Cloud Nunnery
29:59with my mother's
30:00memorial tablet.
30:01The empress lit
30:02the incense first
30:02and then said to me,
30:04Let's enshone your
30:04mother's memorial
30:05tobed in the Water Cloud
30:06Nunnery.
30:07There are palace rules
30:08that permit setting up
30:09private memorial
30:10toads in the palace.
30:11I nodded.
30:12The empress had already
30:13been very kind to me.
30:16Consicclerc,
30:17this time you've
30:18caused too much trouble.
30:19The emperor
30:20has to punish you.
30:21I nodded again.
30:22I had already
30:23prepared myself.
30:24Today was the seventh
30:26day after my mother's
30:27death,
30:27and I did this
30:28to vent my anger
30:29for her.
30:29Seeing my reaction,
30:30the empress sighed
30:31and said,
30:32Fortunately,
30:33you've foredone
30:33some good deeds,
30:34and I've pleaded
30:35with the emperor.
30:36So this time,
30:37it will be a minor
30:38schmidt as a warning.
30:39You'll be punished
30:40by copying
30:40Buddha scriptials.
30:42Concorbite Clark,
30:43I can see from
30:44the memorial tablet
30:44you're carrying
30:45that you and your
30:46mother have a deep bond.
30:47Your mother's spirit
30:48in heaven wouldn't
30:49want you to take
30:50such risks.
30:51Empress,
30:51there's no need
30:52to persuade me.
30:53It's a fight to death.
30:54The empress sighed
30:55again and pointed
30:56to the garden outside.
30:57Look at those
30:58little maid servants.
30:59I followed her finger
31:00and saw a group
31:01of little maid servants
31:02weeding the flowers
31:03in the garden.
31:04Perhaps because
31:05the water cloud nunnery
31:06was in the innermost
31:07part of the palace
31:08and few concubines
31:09came here,
31:09the maid servants
31:10were bold and played
31:11while working.
31:11Their laughter
31:12could be heard.
31:13This palace is full
31:14of darkness and treacherity,
31:16but there is also
31:16hope and peace.
31:18If you wait for a year
31:19when everyone
31:20has forgotten about you,
31:21I can ask the emperor
31:22to let you leave the palace
31:23and find a place
31:24to live in peace.
31:25I looked at the empress
31:26and asked the question
31:27in my heart.
31:28Why are you doing this?
31:29On my first day
31:30in the palace,
31:31I felt that the empress
31:32treated me differently.
31:33Now she was even saying
31:35she would ask the emperor
31:35to let me leave the palace.
31:37This wasn't something
31:38an empress should say.
31:39The empress smiled
31:40and said,
31:41You might not believe me,
31:42but I see in you
31:43the kind of rebellious spirit
31:44I've always wanted,
31:45the kind of determination
31:46to resist everything.
31:48I've had to be the empress
31:49for my family
31:49and the emperor
31:50all my life,
31:51but you're different.
31:53You have more possibilities.
31:56All the way back,
31:57I was lost in thought
31:58about the empress's words.
32:00When I returned
32:00to the blessing palace,
32:02I saw Parker Emily
32:03leading people
32:03to guard my courtyard.
32:04As soon as Parker Emily
32:06saw me,
32:07she wanted to come
32:07and fight with me,
32:08You bitch!
32:10but was held back
32:11by the maidservant
32:12beside her.
32:12Your highness,
32:13please calm down.
32:14You are of noble birth
32:15and don't need
32:16to confront her head down.
32:17Your highness,
32:18please be don't beated.
32:19Tysha's the easing
32:20special smother
32:21to Tizo Funkham.
32:22Everyone's persuasion
32:23made Parker Emily
32:24calm down as well.
32:25I looked at Parker Emily
32:26and said,
32:27Do you also want
32:28to taste the flavor
32:29of a slap?
32:30Don't you just rely
32:31on the emperor's favor?
32:32I tell you,
32:33I will definitely
32:34take away your favor.
32:35Just wait and see.
32:37After saying that,
32:38Parker Emily
32:39left with her maids
32:39and eunuchs
32:40in a fierce manner.
32:41Later,
32:42it was heard
32:42that Parker Emily
32:43voluntarily went
32:44to the imperial study
32:45to serve soup.
32:46This was impossible
32:47in the past.
32:48Parker Emily
32:49always thought of herself
32:49as the daughter
32:50of the prime minister
32:51with a noble status
32:52and looked down
32:53upon other concubines
32:54in the palace,
32:55thinking that their
32:55serving of tonics
32:56and soup to the emperor
32:57was just flattery.
32:58She never expected
33:00that she would now
33:00lower herself
33:01to do such a thing.
33:02But she didn't expect
33:03that the emperor
33:04still came to my courtyard
33:05that night.
33:06in the past.
33:07The 15 Qu giorn Heights
33:07of the Pink
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