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♪Heavens strike with thunderous wrath♪
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♪Mountains and rivers shatter before my eyes♪
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♪Endless splendor cultivated through lifetimes♪
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♪Turns to dust between my fingers in an instant♪
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♪When the line between good and evil is clear♪
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♪Countless souls drift into the boundless wilds♪
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♪Carrying the spirit fire forward♪
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♪I defy fate♪
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♪Just to remain by your side♪
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♪Falling into love's abyss♪
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♪Like heavy rain pouring down♪
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♪Drunk on romance♪
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♪In a blink, love and hate vanish into illusion♪
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♪Falling into endless love♪
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♪Stirring waves upending a lifetime♪
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♪Even if this life leads to ruin♪
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♪I still choose to be entangled with you♪
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♪Through all lifetimes♪
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[When Destiny Brings The Demon]
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[Based on the JJWXC novel "When Destiny Brings The Demon" by Fu Hua]
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[Episode 31]
[The more we keep secrets, the more we look like a couple]
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In tales of the supernatural,
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fairies always love all living beings.
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But you're only devoted to me.
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You're devoted to one individual.
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Who exactly are you?
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What's your goal?
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What does Your Majesty think?
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So beautiful, are you trying to bewitch me
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and bring down my reign?
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Does this face of mine really look so wicked?
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Then you must want to use the dynasty's fortune to cultivate.
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But you chose me, a foolish emperor.
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I am no demon.
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Nor is Your Majesty a foolish emperor.
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I know you took the throne so young,
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unable to rule in person.
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Many wished you harm, scheming for power.
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You only played the fool
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to make your enemies drop their guard
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and keep your throne secure.
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How could you possibly know this?
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All Your Majesty needs to know is this:
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No matter how many enemies surround you,
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I will always stand by your side.
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This is how you slipped into my dreams, isn't it?
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Your dreams?
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Your Majesty has dreamed of me?
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Since you so want to know my purpose,
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then I shall tell you.
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We were once demon lovers,
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our fates bound across three lives.
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But Your Majesty died too soon,
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so I had to follow into the mortal realm
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to find you again.
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What kind of demon lovers?
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I was an otter, and Your Majesty was a black serpent.
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Absurd.
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If it were true,
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show me your true form.
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It's late. You still have morning court tomorrow.
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You should rest now.
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No rush. We have all the time in the world.
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Keep your words.
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Our days together are just beginning.
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Mother was right:
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trust your own heart.
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You two may go.
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I have matters to discuss. Please reveal yourself, Madam.
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So you've received my little gift.
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Yes. News just came from the prison.
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Wei Xianyu is dead.
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Then will you join hands with me?
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Of course.
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I am willing to work with you,
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each of us getting what we need.
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I've also heard
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that demon lady was wounded at the banquet.
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That must have been your doing.
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More than just wounded.
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I've planted a trace of my aura
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in her demon core.
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It will flare up bit by bit.
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Fed by the grudges of men,
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her core will swell.
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Once it's out of control, she'll help us
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kill Sima Jiao.
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Your Majesty, this incense soothes the mind
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eases pain,
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and relieves your headaches.
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How is Madam Yan?
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I changed her medicine today.
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But it seems
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Madam Yan
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is using her own secret remedies.
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Let her do as she wishes.
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Your Majesty, punish me.
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For what offense?
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I told Marquis of Nanyan about Madam Yan,
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but failed to learn
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what was planned at the banquet.
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That put Your Majesty in danger.
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Your Majesty bore no grudge,
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saved my parents, and even kept me in service.
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But I have been useless.
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I've told you many times:
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your parents are my subjects.
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Saving them was no favor to you.
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He has not suspected you
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of anything.
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That proves you've done well.
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Just keep hiding your identity.
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Thanks for Your Majesty's great kindness. I'll take my leave.
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Your Majesty, this was presented by Madam Yan.
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It's a record
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of Marquis of Nanyan pulling strings in Liyang.
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Why would she have it?
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By offering this to Your Majesty,
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Madam Yan is showing her loyalty.
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Your Majesty, Minister Chen seeks audience.
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Let him in.
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Your Majesty.
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Grave news!
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What is it?
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The jailers say Wei Xianyu is missing,
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vanished as if into thin air.
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Declare to the world he has died in prison.
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So...
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that was Your Majesty's doing?
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Yet the jailers swear since last night
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there's been no disturbance.
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How did Your Majesty pull it off?
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Sima Jiao, what are you doing?
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You call his name in your dreams,
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yet wouldn't let him stay the night.
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It's thanks to you that Wei Xianyu confessed
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about the Marquis.
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That account book in Sima Jiao's hands
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will surely aid him.
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Thank you both for saving me.
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You escaped this time,
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but beware the Marquis' men.
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Beware of him?
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What do you mean?
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Aren't you sent by the Marquis?
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Fool.
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He meant to kill you.
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Without His Majesty and Madam Yan,
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you'd already be a corpse.
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No way.
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My family are still with him.
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He must know
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I could never betray him!
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Only the dead keep silent.
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Since he cast you aside,
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why would he spare your family?
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Marquis of Nanyan! I swear I'll make you pay in blood!
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If you pledge to His Majesty,
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he'll help you avenge them.
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Rest easy.
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I'll tell His Majesty
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everything I know.
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Had you not warned me to save Wei Xianyu first,
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he'd already be dead.
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What brings you here?
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Have you found You Yan?
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Yes.
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Nianjiu followed Beauty Tong's demonic energy.
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Though he found no trace of You Yan,
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he did discover before her downfall,
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Beauty Tong had met with Marquis of Nanyan.
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The Marquis...
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He ordered Wei Xianyu to assassinate Sima Jiao.
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Was he colluding with You Yan?
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Highly possible.
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If the Marquis seizes the throne,
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then Sima Jiao
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will never achieve whatever he seeks
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as emperor.
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Dream on!
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And I uncovered something crucial.
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Hearing is false and seeing is true.
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Come with me.
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But... Madam Yan was just resting here.
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[Hushan Hall]
Jiang Cha, guard Ziquan Palace with them.
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Let no one know Madam Yan is absent.
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Yes.
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Chi Anhe and I
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searched every corner of the Pavilion of Destiny.
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What the Hu Kingdom emperor
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most fears You Yan coveting
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is the worship ritual.
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And this is the very site of that rite.
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A barrier woven of spiritual power in the mortal realm?
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Clearly this rite
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is a key part of Sima Jiao's plan here.
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He must know something we don't,
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and rushed to stop it.
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Then You Yan aiding the Marquis
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must also be after this rite.
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We cannot let them succeed.
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Even the Spirit Fire can't break this barrier.
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There must be more to it.
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If I can enter,
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I may learn Sima Jiao's true plan.
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If only Sima Jiao
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can regain his memory now,
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then all will be clear.
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But he has lost his memory,
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and we cannot break this barrier.
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[Hushan Hall]
Who knows what he and You Yan truly plot.
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Why make him remember?
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Better he just stay an emperor.
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Yet whatever he and You Yan seek
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is tied to that throne.
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So I'll help him hold it steady.
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As for You Yan, he's a master of hiding.
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But we can use
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the Marquis as bait
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to drag him out.
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Madam,
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one thing puzzles me.
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That demon lady just entered Sima Jiao's side.
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Why is she
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so blindly devoted to him?
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You may not know this.
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Sima Jiao and Liao Tingyan
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were demon lovers in a past life.
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This life, they're fated to tangle again.
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If that's so,
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why not make use of it
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to our advantage?
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You mean
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to press Sima Jiao in court?
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An official proposed
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digging a canal
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between the Lan River and the Chi River.
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But the cost was far too great,
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so I shelved it.
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If we hang this
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on Sima Jiao,
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and brand him a foolish tyrant,
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it will serve us well.
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But we'll need your help, Madam.
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Speak freely.
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I'll stir pressure in court,
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forcing Sima Jiao to order the canal.
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While it's being dug,
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you need only create a disaster.
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Excellent.
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The grudges of the people will fester,
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topple his throne,
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and swell Liao Tingyan's demon core,
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so she'll finish him for us.
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Marquis of Nanyan is really a master of deceit.
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Just now in court,
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he went on and on about building the canal.
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He put on such an earnest face
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that I almost believed
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he was a loyal minister serving the realm.
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I suspect
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he means to trap Your Majesty
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in a dilemma.
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I grew up under his teaching.
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There isn't a single trick of his
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I don't know.
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I'll wait and see
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what new tricks he dares try.
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Your Majesty stayed at Ziquan Palace all night,
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then faced court affairs at dawn.
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Perhaps you should rest.
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No, I'll stay at Ziquan Palace,
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see when she returns.
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You think I'm so easy to fool?
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Nothing but lies.
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If I came here myself,
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I knew Madam Yan was inside.
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I dare not deceive.
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The madam truly isn't in the palace.
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You...
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Stop.
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Your Majesty.
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Si Xian, such temper.
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This must be Marquis of Nanyan's daughter.
285
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Here to pick faults with me?
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Your Majesty,
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[Noble Consort Si Xian]
I only thought
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Madam Yan is far from home
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and having just endured such misfortune,
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she must be unsettled.
291
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So I came especially to visit her.
292
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But this maid kept...
293
00:18:04,060 --> 00:18:05,190
Still, no need to use force.
294
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Yes.
295
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Don't hurt yourself.
296
00:18:30,820 --> 00:18:32,840
Weren't you to dine with me tonight?
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Yesterday His Majesty refused me.
298
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Why the sudden change today?
299
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Go prepare now.
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Understood.
301
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I'll return now to ready myself for Your Majesty's visit.
302
00:18:48,130 --> 00:18:48,630
Let's go.
303
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Greetings to Your Majesty.
304
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I especially prepared this tea for you.
305
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It restores energy and calms the mind.
306
00:19:18,170 --> 00:19:19,110
Having a headache again?
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00:19:23,610 --> 00:19:24,150
Yeah.
308
00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:26,950
Dealing with Noble Consort Si Xian's father in court by day,
309
00:19:27,820 --> 00:19:29,480
and coaxing her in the harem by night,
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00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:32,760
how can you not have a headache?
311
00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:37,040
And you weren't idle either.
312
00:19:39,170 --> 00:19:40,320
I came to Ziquan Palace
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and found you nowhere.
314
00:19:44,610 --> 00:19:45,350
Where were you?
315
00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:51,840
I didn't know Your Majesty would come so early.
316
00:19:53,820 --> 00:19:56,240
I shouldn't have gone to the Imperial Garden to practice.
317
00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,110
But I came last night.
318
00:20:05,020 --> 00:20:07,480
I couldn't sleep,
319
00:20:09,020 --> 00:20:11,520
so I wandered the Imperial Garden.
320
00:20:12,690 --> 00:20:13,590
And I got lost.
321
00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:18,240
Madam, His Majesty searched for you
322
00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:21,040
many times in the garden alone.
323
00:20:24,930 --> 00:20:26,840
Well, I fell down a well. Do you believe me?
324
00:20:36,780 --> 00:20:39,080
Deceiving the emperor is punishable by death.
325
00:20:39,860 --> 00:20:41,280
Choose your answer carefully, Madam.
326
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I don't wish to lie to Your Majesty.
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May I simply not speak?
328
00:21:06,060 --> 00:21:07,390
Have you thought of His Majesty?
329
00:21:07,780 --> 00:21:09,080
He worried over you so much.
330
00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:10,110
He waited here all night.
331
00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:11,590
He feared you might never return,
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00:21:11,890 --> 00:21:12,800
feared Si Xian
333
00:21:12,820 --> 00:21:14,150
would seize on your absence.
334
00:21:14,170 --> 00:21:15,040
So he kept it quiet,
335
00:21:15,650 --> 00:21:17,040
only sent men to search in secret.
336
00:21:17,970 --> 00:21:19,040
Why won't you tell me?
337
00:21:36,340 --> 00:21:37,720
If your head still aches,
338
00:21:38,740 --> 00:21:39,950
let me massage it for you.
339
00:21:40,860 --> 00:21:41,430
No need.
340
00:21:49,610 --> 00:21:51,350
I made Your Majesty wait all night.
341
00:21:51,970 --> 00:21:53,000
That was my fault.
342
00:21:53,890 --> 00:21:55,280
But I want you to know,
343
00:21:56,130 --> 00:21:59,000
all I've done is for you,
344
00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:01,110
not for anyone else.
345
00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:07,520
I never doubted your heart.
346
00:22:09,740 --> 00:22:12,590
I only wish you can be more open.
347
00:22:20,930 --> 00:22:21,320
Forget it.
348
00:22:21,780 --> 00:22:22,800
Do you know
349
00:22:23,740 --> 00:22:26,040
why I wept the first time I saw you?
350
00:22:27,410 --> 00:22:27,950
No.
351
00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:30,240
I've waited for you nineteen years,
352
00:22:31,820 --> 00:22:33,670
fearing I'd never see you again.
353
00:22:35,260 --> 00:22:37,590
I have so much to say,
354
00:22:39,260 --> 00:22:40,350
so much to ask...
355
00:22:42,580 --> 00:22:44,190
Where have you been all these years?
356
00:22:52,890 --> 00:22:53,670
Sima Jiao?
357
00:22:54,890 --> 00:22:55,950
Sima Jiao!
358
00:22:58,690 --> 00:22:59,720
Then why don't you ask?
359
00:23:00,970 --> 00:23:02,040
Seeing Your Majesty
360
00:23:02,260 --> 00:23:03,950
living well here now,
361
00:23:06,740 --> 00:23:07,480
that's enough for me.
362
00:23:14,020 --> 00:23:15,560
My headaches come from you.
363
00:23:16,890 --> 00:23:17,630
You must answer for them.
364
00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:26,150
Physicians have tried for years
365
00:23:27,650 --> 00:23:29,430
and found no cure.
366
00:23:31,650 --> 00:23:32,910
Yet you can ease it.
367
00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:34,390
Even now,
368
00:23:35,930 --> 00:23:37,350
you test me still.
369
00:23:37,580 --> 00:23:38,950
You always keep secrets from me,
370
00:23:40,580 --> 00:23:41,800
and won't let me wonder.
371
00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:43,850
So many worries,
372
00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:46,390
no wonder you ache.
373
00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:50,240
I am the emperor.
374
00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:53,320
How dare you be so bold with me.
375
00:23:54,210 --> 00:23:55,910
Even if you forbid it,
376
00:23:57,130 --> 00:23:58,800
I've been bold so many times.
377
00:24:02,170 --> 00:24:03,430
And you rather like it,
378
00:24:05,260 --> 00:24:05,870
don't you?
379
00:24:30,580 --> 00:24:31,670
At last, you smile.
380
00:24:32,610 --> 00:24:34,360
So your mood is lighter.
381
00:24:40,690 --> 00:24:42,240
You wished only for my happiness,
382
00:24:44,890 --> 00:24:45,590
yet I...
383
00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:48,320
What is it?
384
00:24:50,580 --> 00:24:54,000
I shouldn't have used Si Xian to provoke you.
385
00:24:55,860 --> 00:24:57,240
Even without her,
386
00:24:57,610 --> 00:24:59,630
there are concubines aplenty.
387
00:25:03,020 --> 00:25:05,000
Behind each woman in the harem
388
00:25:05,890 --> 00:25:07,910
stands a faction with its schemes.
389
00:25:08,580 --> 00:25:09,670
Though I must balance them,
390
00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:13,240
I've never touched a single one.
391
00:25:18,580 --> 00:25:19,150
But...
392
00:25:20,260 --> 00:25:21,350
you are different.
393
00:25:22,890 --> 00:25:24,240
What makes me different?
394
00:25:25,650 --> 00:25:26,480
You are the one
395
00:25:27,450 --> 00:25:28,720
who wants nothing from me,
396
00:25:29,780 --> 00:25:30,910
the one who visits me in dreams.
397
00:26:01,690 --> 00:26:02,670
Time for dinner.
398
00:26:03,690 --> 00:26:05,430
Won't you eat with Si Xian tonight?
399
00:26:06,780 --> 00:26:07,390
No.
400
00:26:09,060 --> 00:26:10,720
The Marquis forced me to build the canal.
401
00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:15,630
Let Si Xian take that as my reply.
402
00:26:16,370 --> 00:26:18,590
If the Marquis really colludes with You Yan,
403
00:26:19,410 --> 00:26:21,390
then this canal is far from simple.
404
00:26:22,930 --> 00:26:24,760
What's he scheming now?
405
00:26:25,610 --> 00:26:26,430
About the canal,
406
00:26:27,860 --> 00:26:30,240
if we build it, the people suffer.
407
00:26:30,970 --> 00:26:33,800
If we don't, transport suffers.
408
00:26:34,340 --> 00:26:35,630
The Marquis' pressuring me,
409
00:26:36,410 --> 00:26:37,800
hoping to trap me in a dilemma,
410
00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:39,910
leaving me no way out.
411
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:41,280
It does sound like
412
00:26:42,060 --> 00:26:43,760
there's no winning move.
413
00:26:46,130 --> 00:26:48,590
But Your Majesty looks calm,
414
00:26:50,170 --> 00:26:51,760
so you must already have a plan.
415
00:26:54,020 --> 00:26:54,870
I've ordered
416
00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:59,350
the canal designed to suit the land,
417
00:27:00,580 --> 00:27:02,240
cutting costs by thirty percent.
418
00:27:02,860 --> 00:27:04,000
As for labor,
419
00:27:04,410 --> 00:27:06,520
we'll pay fair wages to willing hands.
420
00:27:07,050 --> 00:27:10,360
It may take longer to finish the canal,
421
00:27:12,740 --> 00:27:13,870
but its benefits will last for ages.
422
00:27:14,410 --> 00:27:16,750
The canal is truly a blessing for the nation.
423
00:27:17,850 --> 00:27:19,830
Your Majesty should follow through,
424
00:27:21,130 --> 00:27:22,990
perhaps even gain more than expected.
425
00:27:23,410 --> 00:27:24,760
You are Heaven's chosen.
426
00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:26,480
Heaven itself will aid you.
427
00:27:30,650 --> 00:27:34,040
You demon lady's sweet talk
428
00:27:34,890 --> 00:27:35,870
only clouds my mind.
429
00:27:36,820 --> 00:27:37,550
I told you,
430
00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:39,910
I'm a fairy.
431
00:27:41,300 --> 00:27:43,280
Even if you want stars from the sky,
432
00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:45,590
I'll pluck them down for you.
433
00:27:56,130 --> 00:27:57,550
I don't want stars.
434
00:27:59,130 --> 00:28:01,000
I only want a clear and steady court.
435
00:28:01,570 --> 00:28:02,590
That alone will satisfy me.
436
00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:04,390
If possible,
437
00:28:06,780 --> 00:28:08,720
I'd rather be an ordinary man,
438
00:28:09,410 --> 00:28:10,950
enjoy life's simple pleasures,
439
00:28:12,370 --> 00:28:13,280
carefree and free.
440
00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:17,830
Here, my lord.
441
00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:19,040
Smells nice!
442
00:28:29,190 --> 00:28:29,960
Still,
443
00:28:30,780 --> 00:28:32,200
I've known since birth
444
00:28:33,130 --> 00:28:34,830
that I bear the weight of Hu Kingdom.
445
00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:37,480
All I wish is to keep this land safe.
446
00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:41,910
Then let me see to your peace and comfort.
447
00:28:43,090 --> 00:28:44,480
So you may have both:
448
00:28:45,540 --> 00:28:46,520
the warmth of everyday life
449
00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:48,550
and the throne.
450
00:28:54,780 --> 00:28:57,310
Grand Preceptor, can't you see farther?
451
00:28:58,370 --> 00:29:01,520
The canal will divert the Lan River,
452
00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:04,070
stop the yearly floods,
453
00:29:04,820 --> 00:29:07,340
open the north-south waterway,
454
00:29:07,610 --> 00:29:09,110
and bring wealth to the counties along it.
455
00:29:09,930 --> 00:29:12,760
It will bless future generations!
456
00:29:13,930 --> 00:29:14,830
Future generations?
457
00:29:15,460 --> 00:29:17,720
Shouldn't you look to the present?
458
00:29:18,020 --> 00:29:20,870
Since the late emperor's passing, Yan Prefecture has suffered drought.
459
00:29:21,220 --> 00:29:23,500
Countless go hungry,
460
00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:25,090
families ruined,
461
00:29:25,170 --> 00:29:27,940
even children eaten by parents!
462
00:29:28,570 --> 00:29:30,310
And now you want a canal?
463
00:29:30,570 --> 00:29:32,200
Such a massive work,
464
00:29:32,650 --> 00:29:36,000
how many laborers will be dragged into it?
465
00:29:36,820 --> 00:29:37,870
And so what?
466
00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:39,760
Some sacrifice
467
00:29:40,170 --> 00:29:41,440
for glory lasting millennia.
468
00:29:41,700 --> 00:29:42,640
Which weighs more?
469
00:29:42,930 --> 00:29:45,000
My lord, you are wrong!
470
00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:46,960
The people are the foundation.
471
00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:48,630
Strong foundation makes a stable state.
472
00:29:48,780 --> 00:29:51,350
Drain the people
473
00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:53,740
will enrage Heaven and man!
474
00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,540
When the people rebel,
475
00:29:56,570 --> 00:29:58,910
what legacy remains?
476
00:29:59,410 --> 00:30:00,680
Enough, Grand Preceptor.
477
00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:02,240
You've grown too old,
478
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,880
confusing right and wrong.
479
00:30:05,650 --> 00:30:08,280
Better retire to your hometown.
480
00:30:08,300 --> 00:30:08,720
Hey!
481
00:30:09,740 --> 00:30:10,280
Your Majesty,
482
00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:13,070
the canal has been debated for days.
483
00:30:13,330 --> 00:30:15,000
Please, give a ruling.
484
00:30:15,410 --> 00:30:17,070
Your words show
485
00:30:19,610 --> 00:30:21,520
such devotion to the people,
486
00:30:21,850 --> 00:30:23,040
such tireless concern.
487
00:30:25,020 --> 00:30:26,350
Sharing Your Majesty's burdens,
488
00:30:26,650 --> 00:30:27,870
toiling for the people,
489
00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:29,590
that is my duty.
490
00:30:30,410 --> 00:30:31,150
For this,
491
00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:32,590
I will give my all,
492
00:30:33,060 --> 00:30:34,280
serve until death.
493
00:30:36,370 --> 00:30:38,040
Uncle, your diligence
494
00:30:38,780 --> 00:30:40,960
puts me to shame.
495
00:30:42,650 --> 00:30:43,350
Why not
496
00:30:44,090 --> 00:30:46,350
just take my throne yourself?
497
00:30:54,780 --> 00:30:56,590
Your Majesty is now the ruler of a nation.
498
00:30:57,300 --> 00:31:00,440
How can you still joke like this?
499
00:31:02,220 --> 00:31:03,680
Without the worship ritual,
500
00:31:05,130 --> 00:31:06,550
how can I call myself emperor?
501
00:31:08,260 --> 00:31:10,310
Please, mind your words.
502
00:31:15,610 --> 00:31:17,440
No need to take it so seriously, Uncle.
503
00:31:19,980 --> 00:31:20,550
All right.
504
00:31:21,330 --> 00:31:23,000
Since the Marquis insists,
505
00:31:24,260 --> 00:31:25,040
then let it be built.
506
00:31:32,820 --> 00:31:34,550
See Your Majesty off.
507
00:31:45,130 --> 00:31:47,040
Send Chi Anhe and two demon generals
508
00:31:47,170 --> 00:31:48,480
to help Sima Jiao with the canal.
509
00:31:50,820 --> 00:31:53,520
You'll use the power of the Immortal-Demon Ruler
510
00:31:54,260 --> 00:31:56,680
to aid a mere mortal emperor?
511
00:31:58,020 --> 00:31:59,720
He's not just any emperor.
512
00:32:00,130 --> 00:32:01,390
He's my sweetie.
513
00:32:03,060 --> 00:32:03,760
Fine.
514
00:32:05,540 --> 00:32:06,350
But seriously,
515
00:32:07,260 --> 00:32:08,350
what is your true aim?
516
00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:10,520
Sima Jiao told me
517
00:32:10,980 --> 00:32:13,150
Marquis of Nanyan is pushing hard on the canal.
518
00:32:13,930 --> 00:32:15,240
It must be a scheme
519
00:32:15,260 --> 00:32:16,440
he and You Yan have plotted.
520
00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:18,110
Then let's play along,
521
00:32:18,220 --> 00:32:19,440
see what they're plotting.
522
00:32:19,780 --> 00:32:21,870
Might even draw You Yan out.
523
00:32:33,460 --> 00:32:34,870
Avoid farmland and villages.
524
00:32:35,130 --> 00:32:36,280
That was Her Majesty's order.
525
00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:37,280
Understood.
526
00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:57,760
What... what's happening?
527
00:32:58,700 --> 00:33:00,000
This flash flood is strange.
528
00:33:00,570 --> 00:33:02,550
Why would it cross high ground to hit the village?
529
00:33:10,090 --> 00:33:10,830
It must be You Yan's doing.
530
00:33:11,060 --> 00:33:11,910
Tingyan warned us
531
00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:13,520
the villagers' safety comes first.
532
00:33:14,090 --> 00:33:14,760
I'll go after him.
533
00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:16,630
You guys stay here and guard the people.
534
00:33:17,220 --> 00:33:17,630
Yes, sir.
535
00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:32,310
This useless body...
536
00:33:35,020 --> 00:33:36,110
He caught up so fast!
537
00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:46,110
Oh no, he got away.
538
00:33:57,460 --> 00:33:57,960
Nianjiu,
539
00:33:58,220 --> 00:33:59,440
did you find You Yan?
540
00:33:59,850 --> 00:34:00,480
He escaped.
541
00:34:01,220 --> 00:34:02,110
Tingyan was right.
542
00:34:02,570 --> 00:34:03,350
The canal project
543
00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:05,070
is no doubt a trap set by You Yan.
544
00:34:06,060 --> 00:34:06,630
No wonder.
545
00:34:07,060 --> 00:34:08,720
Anhe and I were working.
546
00:34:08,740 --> 00:34:09,600
Everything went smoothly.
547
00:34:10,140 --> 00:34:11,600
But just as we neared completion,
548
00:34:12,010 --> 00:34:12,950
the dike was destroyed,
549
00:34:13,330 --> 00:34:13,990
and the flood burst out.
550
00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:16,990
We nearly lost it all.
551
00:34:37,530 --> 00:34:38,600
Madam...
552
00:34:45,330 --> 00:34:46,030
Liangchen.
553
00:34:46,410 --> 00:34:47,120
I'm sorry.
554
00:34:48,260 --> 00:34:48,990
Are you hurt?
555
00:34:49,930 --> 00:34:50,560
I'm fine.
556
00:34:51,140 --> 00:34:53,310
Madam, were you having a nightmare?
557
00:34:55,890 --> 00:34:56,510
It seems...
558
00:34:57,490 --> 00:34:59,800
the demonic energy You Yan left in me
559
00:34:59,820 --> 00:35:00,990
has begun to stir.
560
00:35:02,330 --> 00:35:02,870
Your Majesty,
561
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:04,350
urgent reports have arrived from every province.
562
00:35:04,780 --> 00:35:06,280
The canal was finished overnight!
563
00:35:08,410 --> 00:35:09,160
Overnight?
564
00:35:09,450 --> 00:35:09,870
Yes.
565
00:35:10,580 --> 00:35:11,720
Villagers saw divine figures
566
00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:13,600
guiding the flood into the channel.
567
00:35:13,930 --> 00:35:15,760
And at once the canal was formed.
568
00:35:16,820 --> 00:35:18,280
The officials' reports
569
00:35:18,490 --> 00:35:19,870
even included drawings of it.
570
00:35:29,780 --> 00:35:30,910
Now the people believe
571
00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:33,390
it's due to Your Majesty's blessing,
572
00:35:34,050 --> 00:35:34,990
a great fortune for all.
573
00:35:37,620 --> 00:35:38,390
I told you,
574
00:35:39,370 --> 00:35:40,720
I'm a fairy.
575
00:35:41,050 --> 00:35:42,720
Even if you want stars from the sky,
576
00:35:43,330 --> 00:35:44,990
I'll pluck them down for you.
577
00:35:46,490 --> 00:35:47,870
She really did pluck a star for me.
578
00:36:07,890 --> 00:36:09,760
At least hide yourselves better next time.
579
00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:14,470
Got it.
580
00:36:15,890 --> 00:36:16,510
Grandmaster...
581
00:36:18,820 --> 00:36:19,910
He's not dead.
582
00:36:24,180 --> 00:36:25,030
Really, you guys.
583
00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:26,910
Why barge into the palace?
584
00:36:28,050 --> 00:36:30,120
I finally got Sima Jiao to trust me,
585
00:36:31,180 --> 00:36:32,640
and now he'll start doubting again.
586
00:36:34,850 --> 00:36:35,430
Your Majesty,
587
00:36:36,140 --> 00:36:38,120
when we were working on the canal,
588
00:36:38,140 --> 00:36:38,830
a sudden flood struck.
589
00:36:40,370 --> 00:36:42,240
It was indeed You Yan's doing.
590
00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:44,760
He possessed Bi'an's body.
591
00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:46,310
But...
592
00:36:46,890 --> 00:36:49,030
but I failed to catch him.
593
00:36:50,740 --> 00:36:51,950
He escaped again.
594
00:36:52,620 --> 00:36:54,390
We'll need another way to trap him.
595
00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:55,680
Don't worry, Your Majesty.
596
00:36:57,220 --> 00:36:58,600
Once Grandmaster regains his memory,
597
00:36:59,220 --> 00:37:01,080
perhaps we'll know his plan.
598
00:37:01,180 --> 00:37:01,910
It's too late.
599
00:37:03,580 --> 00:37:05,200
Sima Jiao hides things from us all.
600
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:07,390
This must be deadly serious.
601
00:37:08,820 --> 00:37:10,640
I must learn his plan soon.
602
00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,080
Next time,
603
00:37:14,330 --> 00:37:15,430
send word to me first.
604
00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:16,950
Don't barge into my chambers.
605
00:37:17,410 --> 00:37:20,200
I... I just missed Grandmaster.
606
00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:21,720
And you didn't miss me?
607
00:37:21,930 --> 00:37:22,510
Of course I did!
608
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:24,760
If I didn't,
609
00:37:26,260 --> 00:37:28,390
why would I bring you your favorite
610
00:37:28,660 --> 00:37:29,510
Spirit Dew?
611
00:37:30,660 --> 00:37:31,720
Thoughtful of you!
612
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:07,390
Earlier...
613
00:38:08,930 --> 00:38:10,160
was someone else here?
614
00:38:10,820 --> 00:38:11,680
No, no one.
615
00:38:12,370 --> 00:38:13,390
You must've dreamed it.
616
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:42,830
Sima Jiao!
617
00:39:11,890 --> 00:39:12,470
Is it because
618
00:39:14,410 --> 00:39:16,240
of that past-life bond she spoke of,
619
00:39:17,010 --> 00:39:18,870
that I feel so at peace beside her?
620
00:39:23,580 --> 00:39:24,310
But maybe,
621
00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:27,560
at her side,
622
00:39:30,410 --> 00:39:32,080
there are things I don't know.
623
00:39:35,010 --> 00:39:36,160
You must've all heard
624
00:39:36,820 --> 00:39:39,390
the tale of the canal forming overnight.
625
00:39:40,890 --> 00:39:41,720
Marquis,
626
00:39:43,370 --> 00:39:44,160
what say you?
627
00:39:47,220 --> 00:39:50,160
Surely it was Your Majesty's blessing.
628
00:39:50,740 --> 00:39:51,830
A fortune for the people.
629
00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:53,470
And the rest of you?
630
00:39:54,050 --> 00:39:59,430
It must be Your Majesty's blessing, a fortune for the people!
631
00:40:00,370 --> 00:40:01,030
Good.
632
00:40:02,010 --> 00:40:03,680
Then we are agreed.
633
00:40:05,140 --> 00:40:06,350
But speaking of blessings,
634
00:40:06,820 --> 00:40:08,950
since Madam Yan came to me,
635
00:40:09,530 --> 00:40:11,510
everything has gone my way.
636
00:40:12,220 --> 00:40:13,350
Even this canal's success
637
00:40:14,450 --> 00:40:15,760
seems owed to her.
638
00:40:16,330 --> 00:40:17,240
Indeed.
639
00:40:17,780 --> 00:40:19,120
All thanks to Madam Yan.
640
00:40:19,530 --> 00:40:22,240
Your Majesty's Heaven's chosen, blessed without limit.
641
00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:25,990
How can the credit go to her?
642
00:40:27,180 --> 00:40:28,080
Why not?
643
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:32,990
Or do you, Grand Minister of Works,
644
00:40:34,180 --> 00:40:35,240
have another explanation?
645
00:40:36,220 --> 00:40:36,800
I...
646
00:40:40,140 --> 00:40:41,080
What say you, ministers?
647
00:40:52,330 --> 00:40:53,200
If so...
648
00:40:53,740 --> 00:40:54,430
Your Majesty!
649
00:40:55,970 --> 00:40:57,120
It proves
650
00:40:57,410 --> 00:40:59,680
Your Majesty's Heaven's chosen,
651
00:41:00,050 --> 00:41:03,030
and Madam Yan a goddess descended!
652
00:41:03,220 --> 00:41:06,680
Madam Yan's a goddess descended!
653
00:41:07,180 --> 00:41:10,680
Your Majesty's Heaven's chosen!
654
00:42:13,660 --> 00:42:15,310
You promised me it.
655
00:42:16,530 --> 00:42:17,950
Why have you failed it?
656
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:20,160
Are you upset about the canal?
657
00:42:21,050 --> 00:42:22,680
It's more than that!
658
00:42:25,220 --> 00:42:27,350
My daughter is suffering.
659
00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:30,600
Now everyone out there
660
00:42:31,620 --> 00:42:33,640
calls that demon lady a goddess.
661
00:42:34,260 --> 00:42:35,240
I don't even know
662
00:42:36,330 --> 00:42:39,080
are you helping me,
663
00:42:39,820 --> 00:42:41,240
or helping Sima Jiao?
664
00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:44,310
Of course I stand with you.
665
00:42:45,450 --> 00:42:47,910
Though the canal didn't cause disaster as we wished,
666
00:42:48,620 --> 00:42:50,910
the rest proceeds as planned.
667
00:42:51,660 --> 00:42:53,560
I'll feed on the grudges of the people
668
00:42:53,580 --> 00:42:55,160
to swell Liao Tingyan's demon core,
669
00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:57,310
bend her mind,
670
00:42:57,850 --> 00:42:59,390
and have her kill Sima Jiao for us.
671
00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:01,800
If she resists,
672
00:43:02,410 --> 00:43:04,310
she'll have to burn away all her power.
673
00:43:04,890 --> 00:43:07,720
Either way, we'll see him dead.
674
00:43:08,010 --> 00:43:09,760
Your plan is so thorough.
675
00:43:11,010 --> 00:43:12,280
Why come to me again?
676
00:43:19,820 --> 00:43:21,310
I need you to gather
677
00:43:21,330 --> 00:43:22,760
a hundred boys and girls.
678
00:43:27,140 --> 00:43:29,080
You might as well
679
00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:31,030
hand my head to Sima Jiao yourself.
680
00:43:34,970 --> 00:43:36,030
Don't be hasty, Marquis.
681
00:43:38,180 --> 00:43:39,760
I'll conjure a great drought,
682
00:43:40,660 --> 00:43:43,280
and use those children for the rite.
683
00:43:44,620 --> 00:43:46,430
Drought and their deaths
684
00:43:47,850 --> 00:43:49,310
will throw the people into chaos.
685
00:43:53,180 --> 00:43:54,310
I never thought
686
00:43:54,410 --> 00:43:55,680
you'd be more ruthless
687
00:43:55,850 --> 00:43:58,030
than that demon lady.
688
00:44:01,220 --> 00:44:02,600
Great deeds
689
00:44:02,970 --> 00:44:03,990
need sacrifice.
690
00:44:04,820 --> 00:44:07,240
We'll use that disaster's resentment
691
00:44:07,620 --> 00:44:09,120
to feed her demon core.
692
00:44:09,820 --> 00:44:10,600
Then...
693
00:44:10,620 --> 00:44:11,460
Then,
694
00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:13,580
I'll back your petition
695
00:44:13,970 --> 00:44:17,390
to brand Liao Tingyan a demon, right?
696
00:44:17,780 --> 00:44:18,640
Exactly.
697
00:44:20,890 --> 00:44:24,470
I'll face the court openly,
698
00:44:24,930 --> 00:44:27,200
but if anything goes wrong,
699
00:44:27,660 --> 00:44:29,390
I'll take the blame
700
00:44:29,970 --> 00:44:33,800
for killing children and spreading lies!
701
00:44:38,450 --> 00:44:40,080
Don't you trust me anymore, Marquis?
702
00:44:41,890 --> 00:44:43,390
Before the canal,
703
00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:45,310
I did trust you.
704
00:44:46,300 --> 00:44:47,280
But now,
705
00:44:48,180 --> 00:44:48,990
I'm not so sure.
706
00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:54,990
We'll discuss it later.
707
00:45:04,140 --> 00:45:06,160
You're just a mortal, after all.
708
00:45:07,820 --> 00:45:08,350
Fine.
709
00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:11,870
If you don't follow my plan,
710
00:45:13,780 --> 00:45:16,030
I'll make the choice for you!
711
00:45:26,060 --> 00:45:26,680
What's this?
712
00:45:26,930 --> 00:45:28,670
Look! Dead birds everywhere.
713
00:45:28,740 --> 00:45:29,680
Why are they falling?
714
00:45:29,700 --> 00:45:30,310
What's happening?
715
00:45:30,330 --> 00:45:31,350
They're dead!
716
00:45:31,540 --> 00:45:32,030
How...?
717
00:45:51,970 --> 00:45:52,950
I'm not hurt.
718
00:45:55,010 --> 00:45:56,310
Then whose blood is this?
719
00:45:59,580 --> 00:46:01,310
The demonic energy in me has driven me to kill?
720
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,360
♪Autumn winds sigh♪
721
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,160
♪Moon and stars dapple the sky♪
722
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,760
♪Brushing the loneliness of bygone days♪
723
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:48,120
♪Candlelight flickers low♪
724
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,320
♪Shadows sway♪
725
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,760
♪Shimmering in the night♪
726
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,040
♪With a brush I draw♪
727
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,240
♪The color of light♪
728
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,920
♪To warm your frozen soul♪
729
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,120
♪Memories anchor here♪
730
00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:06,240
♪Longing is engraved♪
731
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,320
♪Yet cannot be touched♪
732
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,960
♪Following♪
733
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,360
♪The veins of gravel♪
734
00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:17,400
♪I turn into spirit fire♪
735
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:19,880
♪Burning away♪
736
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:25,680
♪All these karmic ties♪
737
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,120
♪To save you♪
738
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:30,160
♪To save me♪
739
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:33,560
♪To cross over all suffering, I'll break through♪
740
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,280
♪The laws of heaven♪
741
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:38,240
♪The vortex of reincarnation♪
742
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:42,120
♪What of life and death?♪
743
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:44,280
♪To save you♪
744
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:46,320
♪To save me♪
745
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,760
♪To redeem all beings, I'll let pass♪
746
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,240
♪Right and wrong♪
747
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,160
♪Rumors and tales♪
748
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:57,800
♪To seize fate♪
749
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,000
♪With my own hands♪
750
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:04,240
♪For you♪
751
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,240
♪For me♪
752
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,640
♪For the healing of wounds♪
753
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,160
♪I'll stir the murky seas♪
754
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,160
♪And strive against the heavens♪
755
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,760
♪To protect the vastness♪
756
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:19,720
♪For you♪
757
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:21,920
♪For me♪
758
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,320
♪For the light of dawn♪
759
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:27,760
♪I'll face promises♪
760
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:29,800
♪Like a moth to a flame♪
761
00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:33,400
♪And use my body to shine♪
762
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,480
♪On even more♪
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