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But I, Wei Ying, promise you that I will never degenerate into demonic cultivation.

favourite scene 《1/?》

Ya Ya, you are the world’s best listener.

Do you think I don’t know that this is a terrible idea? But you must also see, the Court is already a mess, the whole country looks nothing like what we wanted all those years ago. We helped this person seize the throne. Now that Brother Lin Xie is no longer here, I will be the one to put a stop to it all.

Snakes do like raw meat. But I do not!

- I promise you.

“From today onwards, me and you, husband and wife, shall be united as one. Even if the future years are chaotic and uncertain, I would still hold your hand tightly. Never leave and abandon you..meet death together with you.”

Everyone who doesn’t watch Chinese historical dramas is missing out big time

Yes, I am the empress of this nation. Since the day I was granted with this title, I have served the Empress Dowager well, treated Your Majesty with honour and respect, been kind and magnanimous to the other imperial concubines. I handle matters with care and caution, afraid that the whole nation would denounce me if I were to make a single misstep. I have been upright and virtuous, [because I was] afraid that Your Majesty would loathe and abandon me. I don’t harbour resentment, jealousy or even hatred. I managed the imperial concubines on your behalf and even treated their children as my own. But Your Majesty… what have I gained in return?

Consorts of Emperor Qian Long in The Story of Yanxi Palace 延禧攻略