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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.
00:1216 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,
00:29was 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 and her womb, she struggled to live on.
00:43My father, for the sake of his reputation, couldn't divorce her himself because it was
00:47my mother who saved him.
00:48If he divorced her, it would be seen as a breach of faith, which would hinder his official career,
00:53so he had my mother sent to a dilapidated and abandoned farm outside the capital,
00:57claiming 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.
01:25Only 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
01:43virtue. They called me a bastard, claiming that I was the result of my mother's affair with another
01:48man. My mother would defend me and argue with them, but every time she was beaten until she
01:53was covered in bruises. Once, when my mother was beaten again, I sneaked under their bed at night,
01:58planning to pretend to be a ghost to scare them, but I overheard them chatting at night and learned
02:02that all the insults and beatings were ordered by the second wife of the manor. The purpose was to
02:07make my mother and me unable to bear the suffering and commit suicide. It wasn't that the second wife was
02:12afraid to kill us, but that she and my father were concerned about their reputation. If we were found
02:17dead and any clues were discovered, it would be a handle for others to use against them. My father's
02:22career was at its peak and he couldn't afford to take such a risk. So they could only slowly torture
02:27us like cutting with a blunt knife, and our suicide would be the best outcome for them. Of course,
02:32even if it was discovered that our suicide was caused by the torture of the servants, my father and
02:36the 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. Instead, she began to secretly teach
02:50me to read and write, as well as some rules I didn't understand. I was not willing to accept this
02:55and
02:55wanted to ask my father for confirmation, but my mother sternly stopped me. Defiant, I tried to sneak
03:01away, and finally managed to get on the carriage when the manor was sending supplies to the village and
03:05followed it back to the manor. It was my first time seeing the Parker Manor. It was magnificent
03:10with carved beams and painted pillars. I was wearing tattered clothes, and was treated as a beggar and
03:15kicked out. Right at the entrance of the manor, I saw my father coming back in a sedan chair with
03:20a
03:20delicate and pretty little girl. I 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. I heard the girl ask
03:33my father who I was.
03:34My father gently told her, just a beggar. Beggars are dirty. Emily doesn't look at them,
03:41or she'll dirty her eyes. Later, I learned that the girl was the daughter of the second wife,
03:45named Parker Emily. At only 7 years old, she was already renowned for her talent and was my father's
03:51pride. At the age of 8, I still naively believed that as long as I studied hard, I could be
03:56as favored
03:57by my father as Parker Emily. So I studied hard with my mother. As I grew older and more beautiful
04:02year
04:03by year, my mother's brows became more and more furrowed. She didn't allow me to dress up.
04:08To prevent the two nannies who guarded us from noticing my appearance, she even made me
04:12deliberately look ugly. On the day of my coming of age ceremony, my mother said something to the
04:17nannies in charge of us, and they actually took her back to the manor. But it was only half a
04:21day
04:21before my mother returned. She came back very sad. I didn't know what had happened to her in the
04:26manor. My mother didn't tell me anything, but just kept teaching me the four arts of music,
04:31chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as needlework.
04:36Not long after, my mother committed suicide without any warning. She left a suicide note
04:41filled with her own remorse, saying that she had defiled herself and didn't deserve to live.
04:45I didn't believe what was written in my mother's note, nor did I believe she had committed suicide.
04:50I fought with the two nuns who were guarding us, thinking they had forced her to do it,
04:54but they knocked me unconscious. When I woke up again, I rushed out of the estate and went to the
04:59county magistrate's office to ask for an autopsy. The result was that my mother had indeed committed
05:04suicide. The nuns guarding us told me, stop causing trouble. Your slut of a mother committed suicide.
05:10She made a deal with the grand tutor and the second lady. Her suicide saved the face of the Parker
05:15family. In exchange, you'll be given a good family to marry into. The second lady is kind-hearted and has
05:22already found a good match for you. He's a lame widower who slaughters pigs. It's your good fortune to be
05:27able to marry him. Get ready, he'll come to take you in a few days. The nuns smiled smugly,
05:33seemingly happy that they wouldn't have to continue guarding me and my mother. This time,
05:37I didn't make a fuss or cause a scene. The two nuns thought I had resigned myself to my fate.
05:42But little did they know that in the middle of the night, after they fell asleep,
05:46I carried my mother's body and ran away. When I reached the capital, the brown was already high in
05:52the sky. I carried my mother's body to the Parker residence, determined to seek justice for her
05:56from Parker Michael. When I arrived at the gate of the Parker residence, I saw a long wedding
06:01procession coming out, a true 10 miles of red, extremely grand. I heard the people around me
06:06talking. It turned out that my dear sister, Parker Emily, was going to the palace today to
06:11accompany the emperor and become the new emperor's concubine. I saw my father standing at the gate
06:16to see her off, his face full of joy. Those officials were saying all kinds of flattering words to him.
06:21I saw a look of pride on his face. It was obvious that my mother's death had no effect on
06:26him at all,
06:27it was even a cause for celebration. I stood in the crowd, carrying my mother's body, and just
06:32watched quietly. The silver coins and candies thrown by the servants and maids hit me, but I felt no pain
06:37at all. I clenched my hands tightly, my nails digging into my palms. I silently swore that I would
06:43avenge my mother. I 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. Here, there are all kinds
06:57of rare treasures in the world. There is nothing that the Treasures Building cannot obtain, and there
07:02is nothing that the Treasures Building dares not auction. No one knows who is behind the Treasures
07:06Building, but neither the sons of nobles nor the descendants of noble families dare to be unruly here.
07:11At this moment, I am standing on the top floor of the Treasures Building, looking at the Manager
07:16Brown in front of me.
07:17Miss, what do you want to buy?
07:19I'm not buying anything. I'm selling something.
07:24What are you selling, Miss?
07:26A thing worth 500,000 tiles. Can you make the decision?
07:32Although I'm just the Manager, I can make the decision for Fiverland Tile. Please tell me what you want
07:39to do. I'm selling myself.
07:44Miss, please don't erase.
07:46I'm the eldest daughter of the current Prime Minister and the elder sister of the Imperial
07:50Convent. I'm worth 500,000 Tangs. Now I want to sell myself to bury my mother. This news will make
07:57the Treasures Bilk of the entire capital and your reputations even higher. This deal won't be a loss for
08:02you. The Treasures Building claims that there is nothing you dare not auction. Now, do you dare to
08:09take on this deal?
08:11Miss, please wait a moment.
08:13He left, obviously to consult the owner behind the Treasures Building. After about the time it
08:17takes to drink a cup of tea, Brown returned and said,
08:22Miss, we'll take your deal. The auction will start in three days.
08:25Before the action, I hope the Treasures Hill can for me do Fuliang things.
08:29Please tell me, Harjit.
08:30The first thing's probably the new is that I'm I'm selling myself to bury my Mutsun. And the new
08:35is that I'm Cheikh of Alsternur and the Dave Ayinbe known who are throughout the Sud, even in the Imperial
08:39Hallis. The second thing is to protect me for three days. During these three days, no matter who puts
08:47pressure on the Treasures Bill, you must not cancel this auction or hand me over. I 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. I smiled. Of 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. On the day of the auction,
09:09I want to make Parker Michael the laughingstock of the entire capital. But what I want is not just to
09:14make Parker Michael lose face. I want to seek justice for my mother.
09:20Sure enough, the news that I was going to sell myself to bury my mother spread throughout the
09:24capital in less than half a day and caused a huge stir. Along with this news, the story of how
09:29my
09:30mother was raped by bandits 17 years ago while trying to save Parker Michael also came to light.
09:34Although it had been 17 years and not many people remembered, I did. My mother died because of this.
09:40While Parker Michael, the beneficiary, lived a carefree life. This was too unfair, so I had
09:45someone spread this story. Some people said that Parker Michael mistreated my mother and me,
09:50and even after our deaths. We had no money for a proper burial, which was why I was selling myself
09:55to bury my mother. Others 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, while Parker Emily was born to the second wife and was technically
10:12a concubine's daughter. It was only a short while before an enraged Parker Michael, accompanied by
10:17several fierce-looking servants armed with sticks, came to the Treasures Building to take me away.
10:21They said they were taking me away, but their attitude clearly indicated that they were prepared
10:25to kill me on the spot. Fortunately, I had already hidden in a safe place. Parker Michael searched the
10:31Treasures Building thoroughly but failed to find me, and could only leave in frustration.
10:35Manager Brown told me that Parker Michael had left spies around the Treasures Building,
10:40asking me not to show up. Besides, the palace had also sent people to keep an eye on the Treasures
10:45Building, and many of Parker Michael's political rivals had also stationed people there. I wasn't
10:49surprised at all, as I had expected. So I was prepared to stay hidden for three days. Manager Brown also
10:56informed me that Parker Emily had entered the palace to accompany the emperor for the first time
11:00yesterday, but because of my incident, the emperor didn't even visit her quarters. I smiled slightly
11:06upon hearing this. This was just the beginning, the retribution for the Parker family was only just
11:11starting. Three days passed quickly. On the third day, the auction hall of the Treasures Building was
11:16packed, and it was at this time that I made my appearance.
11:22I sat on the high platform, surrounded by customers who had come for the auction. I was being scrutinized
11:27like a commodity, but I remained calm and composed, not caring at all. I looked around and saw Parker
11:33Michael sitting in the middle, his face full of anger and his eyes burning with rage. If this weren't
11:38the Treasures Building, perhaps he would have already ordered someone to come and kill me. I glanced at him
11:42and moved on without a second glance. My gaze finally rested on a private box on the second floor.
11:48The shopkeeper, Brown, had told me that the person in that box was from the palace,
11:52but he didn't know exactly who it was. Today's auction isn't a public bidding. Instead,
11:58the starting price is 200,000 thailands. Each person would write down their price on a piece of paper,
12:03and this lady would be the one to check them all. The highest bidder would win.
12:07I saw a determined look flash in Parker Michael's eyes. At that moment, he stood up and said,
12:13I am the father of this scoundrel. He has done such a disgraceful thing today. It's my fault for
12:18not teaching him well. I will bid 200,000 thails today. I hope everyone will show me respect.
12:24After saying that, Parker Michael looked around as if trying to remember everyone's faces. I smiled.
12:30What he said was a threat. It seemed that not many people would dare to bid now. Fortunately,
12:35it was a secret auction. Maybe someone would really dare to bid higher than Parker Michael.
12:41Half an hour later, Brown handed me all the bidding slips. I opened them one by one and made notes.
12:46Daniel Wilson, the vice minister of personnel, bid 1,000 thails. David Johnson, the deputy chief
12:53justice of the Supreme Court, bid 8,000 thails. William Thomas, the chancellor of the Imperial
12:59College, bid 10,000 thails. These people all showed respect to Parker Michael, the grand tutor,
13:04and didn't dare to bid too high. However, they still offered a decent price,
13:09not degrading the daughter of the grand tutor. They really managed to please both sides. I opened
13:14the last slip. It read, Parker Michael, 200,000 tails. The highest bid in the entire auction.
13:22Master Brown looked at the price above and whispered in my ear,
13:25The treasure's building only cares about the price. You can only hope for the best.
13:29I understood Master Brown's meaning. He thought that if I was bought by Parker Michael,
13:34it would surely be a bad outcome for me. But treasure's building only recognized the price
13:38and wouldn't care about anything else. This was their code of conduct and they wouldn't break it for me.
13:44This time the highest bidder is Minister Parker Michael, who offered 500,000 thailings. Parker
13:51Michael's face turned stiff and he was about to stand up to refute me. The second highest bid was
13:55490,000 tiles, just 1,000 tiles short. Parker Michael opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
14:03I knew he might suspect that I was lying, but he didn't dare to bet because he was determined to
14:08get me.
14:08If I was bought by someone else today, Parker Michael, the grand tutor, would lose all face,
14:13and I would be out of his control. That might cause endless trouble for him in the future.
14:17So now he could only suffer this silent loss. Parker Michael's face turned ashen. He took out
14:23500,000 tails of silver notes from his pocket and handed them to the people from treasure's building.
14:28Then he was about to come forward and pull me away. I shook off his hand and took the 400
14:32,000
14:33tails of silver from Master Brown. Treasure's building took 20% of the auction price,
14:37so I only got 400,000 tails. You wretched girl. Come with me to the mansion.
14:42I'll deal with you when we get there. You can't take this 400,000 ties either.
14:47Minister Parker, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.
14:52Then, without waiting for his reaction, I said to the private room on the second floor,
14:56This common Grace Clark is willing to don't send right how into the bending chandles
15:00and off a priceless barbell can give Irving patrons. I only hope to be allowed to serve in the palace.
15:06Clark was my mother's surname. I hated the surname Parker.
15:13As soon as I said this, Parker Michael's face Michela dramatically. He glared at me and shouted
15:18towards the private room on the second floor.
15:21This brat is just joking!
15:24The new emperor had just ascended the throne, and the border was unstable. There had been several
15:29conflicts, and the emperor intended to launch a war to intimidate the barbarians and establish his
15:34authority. However, the civil officials led by Parker Michael were opposed to the military taking
15:39too much power, and the treasury was empty, so the matter had been delayed. At this moment,
15:44I was willing to donate 400,000 tails of silver as provisions to support the emperor.
15:49This was like a shot in the arm, and I believed that the emperor would be moved.
15:54Immediately after, a small eunuch hurriedly came downstairs to me. I took out something from
15:59my sleeve and handed it to the eunuch, who rushed upstairs with it.
16:03By the grace of heaven, the emperor decrees that Grace Clark is to be enorbled as Concon's
16:10clerk and enter the palace today. I took the imperial edict and felt
16:14relieved. Parker Michael's face turned ashen. You bitch! You're just as disgusting as your
16:19bitch of a mother! You should have died long ago! I should have strangled you at birth!
16:23Do you really think that once I'm in the palace you can't kill me?
16:27I didn't care about Parker Michael's curses at all. Instead, I found it rather amusing.
16:35Riding in a sedan chair to the palace, I was in a good mood. I had won today's confrontation,
16:40but it was just a stroke of luck. Parker Michael was unprepared, which allowed me to take advantage
16:46of the situation. The so-called treasure I had was the list of all the officials who had bid at
16:50the
16:50auction today, along with the amount of silver they had spent. The imperial treasury was empty,
16:55yet these officials had been trying poor to the emperor. Now, they were spending so freely at the
17:00auction. If they could spend so much money on a woman, they should also be willing to contribute
17:05that much to support the war on the border. With this list, the emperor could force those officials
17:09to donate money to support the war. Although it was just a list, it was indeed a treasure that
17:14could solve the emperor's immediate problem. I moved into the blessing palace. The first thing
17:19I did after entering the palace was to donate all the dowry that Parker Michael had given me to the
17:23imperial treasury. I found Parker Michael's things dirty and only kept my mother's dowry carefully.
17:29My action made the emperor very happy, and he immediately praised me for my righteousness
17:33and bestowed me with many treasures. Half a day after entering the palace,
17:37the head of the imperial household department came to my courtyard with several maids and eunuchs.
17:42Conscient Clark, these servants have all been well trained by the imperial household
17:47department. Please take a look and see if there is anyone you like.
17:51I glanced at the row of maids and eunuchs and then looked at the head of the imperial
17:55household department. You pick a few for me. I have only one requirement. The servants you pick
18:00can be the emperor and imperial constant spies, but they must not be spies for Parker imperial
18:04Constance and Parker Michael. If I find out, I will kill you even if it costs me my life.
18:09Think it over carefully. Is the silver Parker Michael gave you more important than your life?
18:15Don't take my words lightly. I swear to heaven that I will never stop until I succeed.
18:19My words made the head of the imperial household department's face change.
18:22Conturbine Clark is joking. How could I dare?
18:27I continued drinking my tea and ignored him. The head of the imperial household department's face
18:32changed for a long time. Then he picked a few eunuchs and maids and led the others to leave with
18:37a bow.
18:39After entering the palace, I needed to pay my respects to the empress.
18:43When I arrived at the empress's phoenix palace, there were already quite a few people inside.
18:47The empress was sitting in the middle, and I went forward to pay my respects. My movements were
18:53extremely standard, as if I had practiced them thousands of times. The concubines who were waiting
18:57to see me make a fool of myself were all somewhat surprised because they all knew that I had been
19:01raised in a dilapidated manner and had never been disciplined since childhood, and thus must be coarse
19:06and unfit for the palace. But they never expected me to be so dignified and refined.
19:16I stood up and walked to the side to sit down. My gaze fell on a woman opposite me. I
19:21knew she was
19:21Parker Emily, the current emperor's concubine of high rank, and the daughter of Parker Michael whom
19:26he was so proud of. Today is Confine Clark's first day in the palace. From now on, we are all
19:32sisters.
19:33We must get along harmonially. Parker Emily looked at me, her eyes full of resentment.
19:39Sister, you have quite the talent. Your mother just passed her three days ago, and you can't wait to
19:44enter the palace. Selling yourself to bury your mother and pretending to be pitiful to gain sympathy,
19:49what a good trick. I wonder if your mother can rest in peace knowing your behavior.
19:54I glanced at the empress. She had just said that we should get along harmoniously,
19:58but Parker Emily immediately started to mock me. It seemed that she was not giving the empress any
20:03face and was also trying to give me a warning. Parker Emily's eagerness to mock me must be because
20:08of what I did before. I first donated 400,000 tales to the national treasury, and then sent the 100
20:14,000
20:15tales of dowry given by Parker Michael to the national treasury as well. Everyone praised me for my loyalty
20:20and righteousness. But Parker Emily was put in a difficult position because as the daughter of
20:24Parker Michael, she had to decide whether to donate her dowry or not. If she didn't,
20:29it would make her look selfish. If she did, she would be reluctant to part with it. This was exactly
20:35the result I wanted. I wanted everyone in the Parker family to be restless. The other concubines
20:40all stared at me with a look of schadenfreude. I smiled. I was not a pushover.
20:47Sister, remember that my mother passed away just three days ago. When my mother, your stepmother,
20:52passed away, you, a Conkin's daughter, could get married. Why can't I, a legitimate daughter,
20:56do the same? I don't know my much in band scenes, but I'm sure your mother, the conscious shriek and
21:03pole of me. Now everyone knows that the so-called second wife is just a self-deceiving calm.
21:11You will be a cup's daughter for the rest of your life. How pitiful. My words made Parker Emily's
21:16face turn ashen. Because of the previous rumors, she, a concubine's daughter, had replaced the
21:22legitimate daughter to become a concubine of high rank. The emperor hadn't visited her chambers in
21:26the past three days, making her a laughing stock. She was about to retort when the empress interrupted
21:32directly. Enough. Concubine Clark, stay. The rest of you, leave.
21:46Parker Emily was unwilling but had no choice but to leave with the other concubines. After they had
21:51all left, the empress turned to me and said, Concy Clark, the emperor and I know about your feud,
21:57the Grand Hunter Parker. You have helped the emperor this time, and I will remember your goodness.
22:03Although I am also wary of the Grand Hunter Parker in the palace and protect you.
22:06In the half day since I entered the palace, the emperor had already gone to the homes of various
22:10officials with the list I gave him, forcing them to donate. He had solid evidence and, for the sake
22:15of the country, those people could no longer pretend they had no money. I looked at the empress, pondering
22:20her words. Empress. I appreciate your kindness. But I will never stop fighting with the entire Parker
22:27family until we are both dead. The empress sighed. Why go through all this trouble? You have no power
22:35or influence. How can you fight? I remained silent. In the end, the empress could only let me leave.
22:44On my first night in the palace, it was customary for me to sleep with the emperor. That was the
22:49unspoken rule in the palace. At the hour of you, the emperor came to my blessing palace. I went forward
22:55and bowed. Your majesty, may you be well. Rise. And then walked to the table and sat down. I recognized
23:02this voice as the one I had heard in the private room earlier today. At this moment, the small eunuch
23:07by
23:07the emperor's side led everyone out. I knew the emperor had something to say. Consummate Clark,
23:14today, Grand Tutor Parker came to see me and asked me to send you to the cold palace.
23:18Nana, what did your majesty say? I have just done for throats, and Chowting lets me this
23:24did even. Ming were in the labage and Chowf Parker. Chowf Parker's supports were Chowting with
23:30Dim Thunweli. After the emperor finished speaking, he looked troubled and took a sip of tea.
23:36Your majesty really sounded dying, but I just bumply wash one down the inns away pigs.
23:42The soldiers on the border will remember this favor. If your majesty punish me, not in knotting
23:47the Sherbing be disheart, and the Servie be disheart. I have always been loyal to your majesty.
23:54Concubine Clark, you are very smart. You have been calculating since the auction.
23:58You are so smart, so smart. Can you guess if I agreed?
24:03Your majesty will not agree.
24:05Why? The reasons you just gave are not enough for me to reject Grand Tutor Parker's offer.
24:11Because I can just send you to the cold palace six months later when everything has calmed down
24:15and find any excuse I want.
24:19Because the emperor is the emperor, the son of Tevin. The emperor is not controlled by anyone.
24:25Parker Michael helped you once, but what about the second time, the third time?
24:29So the emperor will not agree.
24:31Then looked at the emperor. The emperor didn't speak, his cold eyes staring at me. After a while,
24:36he suddenly burst into laughter.
24:40Concubine Clark, if you were a man, I would surely appoint you as the prime minister.
24:44I could tell that the emperor had a moment of murderous intent just now. Serving the emperor
24:49is like serving a tiger. The emperor doesn't allow smart people in the harem.
24:53Your majesty, would you like to make a deal with me?
24:57Tell me what you have in mind.
25:00I'll help you bring down Parker Michael. After Parker Michael falls, I hope your majesty will
25:07allow me to leave the palace and go to the Baisuan temple to practice Buddhism.
25:11I finished speaking and looked at the emperor.
25:13I agree with you, but do you know the influence Parker Michael has in the court?
25:19How dare you speak so boldly?
25:21I nodded. Parker Michael is the Grand Tutor, and all six ministries are under his control.
25:27It's like a solid iron bucket, and even the emperor can't pry it open for the time being.
25:35Then I'll wait and see.
25:36After sitting in my palace for over an hour, the emperor finally left.
25:41Clearly, the emperor had saved my face. Everyone else would think that I had slept with him tonight.
25:49On the third day after entering the palace,
25:51the emperor would come to my quarters and stay for over an hour every day.
25:54Most of the time, we played chess. But in the eyes of others, I was extremely favored and slept with
26:00the emperor every night. I heard that the porcelain in the bamboo garden had been replaced several
26:04times. The bamboo garden was where Parker Emily lived. I could tell that the emperor was doing
26:09this on purpose, just to provoke Parker Emily and her father, Parker Michael. Sure enough, on the fourth
26:14day, news came from the Parker family that Parker Michael had divorced my mother on the grounds that
26:19she was unchaste. My mother and I had no connection with the Parker family from then on, and my mother
26:24was not allowed to be buried in the Parker family's ancestral tomb. I sneered. Who cared about the
26:29Parker family's ancestral tomb? My mother would have thought it dirty to be buried there. But Parker
26:34Michael had made his move. So I had to respond. That afternoon, I asked the emperor to issue an order
26:40for Parker Michael and his second wife to come to the palace. The emperor was reluctant at first,
26:45but when I told him that this could help him break up the alliance of the civil officials,
26:48he reluctantly agreed. I waited in the blessing palace for an hour. Then a young eunuch led Parker
26:55Michael and his second wife in. Parker Michael was the second most powerful person in the court,
27:00and the eunuchs and maidservants all bowed to him. Parker Michael clearly enjoyed this feeling and
27:04was smug all the way. When Parker Michael saw me, there was still anger in his eyes. Did you ask
27:08me
27:09to come to the palace so that your mother could be buried in the Parker family's ancestral tomb?
27:12I gave Parker Michael a cold look and then glanced at the second wife beside him. She was indeed
27:17beautiful, and Parker Emily inherited her looks. Minister Parker, you have such great authority.
27:24You don't even bow to the emperor's concund. Are you defying the imperial family? I sneered.
27:32Parker Michael's face froze for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and bowed.
27:36The second madam's expression was also very ugly as she began to bow. I took an object out of my
27:41sleeve and placed it on the table beside me. Parker Michael and the second madam were bowing
27:46right in front of that object. When Parker Michael stood up and saw the object. Grace Clark you are
27:51really too bold. The second madam's expression was also extremely ugly after seeing that thing.
27:56I, however, smiled and stroked the object beside me. It was my mother's memorial tablet. Made rather
28:03small so that I could carry it into the palace. Parker Michael and the second madam's bowing just
28:07now was equivalent to bowing to my mother, which was why they were so angry. I just like to talk
28:12to
28:12my mother. How is that being bold? Mr. Parker, please explain. Parker Michael was so angry that he
28:19couldn't speak. You made my lord bow to this slut. Does she deserve it? I sneered. Does a concubine like
28:27you have the right to question my mother's affairs? Garves, this concubine has been disrespectful to me.
28:33Slap her 30 size. The second madam looked at me with a smug expression. I stood up and slapped the
28:37second madam. I dare! You! Grand you to Parker. Have you thought it through? This slap is equivalent to
28:46slapping the face of the imperial family. Your reputation will be ruined in an instant. Parker Michael had spent
28:53his entire life protecting his reputation. How could he break his own rules for a second madam? Parker Michael
28:59was shaking with rage, but in the end, he didn't hit me. Instead, I slapped the second madam again. I
29:05was strong,
29:06while the second madam was used to a life of luxury. She was knocked to the ground by my two
29:11slaps and
29:11was completely stunned. Grace Clark, I have many ways to make your life a living hell. I didn't do
29:17anything to you yesterday because of that little bit of father-daughter affection, but today you have
29:22humiliated me like this. I won't let you off the hook. Mr. Parker, when you forced my mother to death,
29:31we were already sworn enemies.
29:35Not even half an hour after Parker Michael left with the second concubine, a stack of memorials
29:40impeaching me was delivered to the imperial study. In the evening, the empress came to my courtyard and
29:44said, Let's go for a walk at the Water Cloud Nunnery. Take your mother's mary on tape with you.
29:50The Water Cloud Nunnery was a Buddhist temple in a secluded part of the palace,
29:54a place where some of the concubines would go to pray. I followed the empress to the Water Cloud
29:58Nunnery with my mother's memorial tablet. The empress lit the incense first and then said to me,
30:03Let's enshone your mother's memorial tobit in the Water Cloud Nunnery.
30:07There are palace rules that permit setting up private memorial tolls in the palace.
30:11I nodded. The empress had already been very kind to me.
30:15Concert Clark, this time you've caused too much trouble. The emperor has to punish you.
30:21I nodded again. I had already prepared myself. Today was the seventh day after my mother's death,
30:27and I did this to vent my anger for her. Seeing my reaction, the empress sighed and said,
30:32Fortunately, you've foredone some good deeds, and I've pleaded with the emperor. So this time,
30:37it will be a minor schmidt as a warning. You'll be punished by copying Buddha scriptuals.
30:41Concorbite Clark, I can see from the memorial tablet you're carrying that you and your mother have a deep
30:46bond. Your mother's spirit in heaven wouldn't want you to take such risks.
30:51Empress, there's no need to persuade me. It's a fight to death.
30:54The empress sighed again and pointed to the garden outside.
30:57Look at those little maidservants. I followed her finger and saw a group of
31:01little maidservants weeding the flowers in the garden. Perhaps because the Water Cloud Nunnery
31:06was in the innermost part of the palace and few concubines came here,
31:09the maidservants were bold and played while working. Their laughter could be heard.
31:13This palace is full of darkness and treacherity, but there is also hope and peace.
31:18If you wait for a year when everyone has forgotten about you,
31:21I can ask the emperor to let you leave the palace and find a place to live in peace.
31:25I looked at the empress and asked the question in my heart.
31:28Why are you doing this?
31:29On my first day in the palace, I felt that the empress treated me differently.
31:33Now she was even saying she would ask the emperor to let me leave the palace.
31:37This wasn't something an empress should say. The empress smiled and said,
31:41You might not believe me, but I see in you the kind of rebellious spirit I've always wanted,
31:45the kind of determination to resist everything. I've had to be the empress for my family and
31:49the emperor all my life, but you're different. You have more possibilities.
31:56All the way back, I was lost and thought about the empress's words.
31:59When I returned to the blessing palace, I saw Parker Emily leading people to guard my courtyard.
32:04As soon as Parker Emily saw me, she wanted to come and fight with me.
32:08You bitch!
32:10But was held back by the maidservant beside her.
32:12Your highness, please calm down. You are of noble birth and don't need to confront her head down.
32:17Your highness, please be don't beated.
32:19Teisha is the easing swish or smother to tease I funk him.
32:22Everyone's persuasion made Parker Emily calm down as well.
32:25I looked at Parker Emily and said, Do you also want to taste the flavor of a slap?
32:29Don't you just rely on the emperor's favor?
32:32I tell you, I will definitely take away your favor.
32:35Just wait and see.
32:36After saying that, Parker Emily left with her maids and eunuchs in a fierce manner.
32:41Later, it was heard that Parker Emily voluntarily went to the imperial study to serve soup.
32:45This was impossible in the past.
32:47Parker Emily always thought of herself as the daughter of the prime minister,
32:51with a noble status, and looked down upon other concubines in the palace,
32:54thinking that their serving of tonics and soup to the emperor was just flattery.
32:58She never expected that she would now lower herself to do such a thing.
33:02But she didn't expect that the emperor still came to my courtyard that night.
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