Original subtitles

♪The top of the mountains where the snow never melts♪

♪The plains where the wind blows♪

♪What finds me in my sleep♪

♪Are the nightmares about you♪

♪In the endless abyss♪

♪Your face gradually emerges♪

♪A love that budded unknowingly to us♪

♪Continues to grow and blossom♪

♪Who risked his life♪

♪For mine?♪

♪I had braced myself for the end♪

♪But my heart frets for you♪

♪It turns out there is an end♪

♪To my waiting for you♪

♪At the hills where the grasslands end♪

♪Where it will always be spring♪

♪I find the boundless river of stars♪

♪In your eyes♪

♪Only with your hand in mine♪

♪Is this life worthwhile♪

[SHINING Just for You]

[Episode 24]

Young Master.

The Fan family is going to have their ancestral ceremony tomorrow.

Yu Xiuming will personally attend the ceremony.

Very good.

What about our people?

We've already sent someone to Fan's Residence.

When the time comes, Tianying and I will be on standby around the area.

Remember.

We are just going to sound them out this time.

If anything happens, retreat at once.

We understand.

If Yu Xiuming has really lost his divine power

just like Fan Ruhui said,

we can also defeat him once and for all.

Young Master.

How is it going with the preparation?

Don't worry, Second Young Master.

Everything is ready.

Everyone at the ancestral hall

is hired by you personally

to help with the ceremony.

Young Master.

Please forgive me for being frank.

But won't it bring attention to us

if we act in our own ancestral hall?

We have to do it in our place

and in our own ancestral hall

so that no one will suspect us.

Yes, you are right.

Make sure to take care of it well.

If it's a success,

I'll reward you handsomely.

Yes, Young Master.

Thank you very much, Supervisor Bai.

Let me congratulate you first on the birth of your grandchild.

Where is the child's mother?

Don't you know?

How can you let a woman attend this ancestral ceremony?

What do you mean?

You can't have a grandchild without a mother.

Moreover,

you are making it sound like

it's your loss for having me

as your rite official.

Quiet.

The Bureau of Astrology represents His Majesty

and the will of Heaven.

Why do you have to bring gender into this?

I wanted her to come with us.

But she has just given birth

and has yet to recover.

She doesn't want to come.

So, I asked her to rest at home.

You are right.

Let me congratulate you first, First Young Master.

Concubine Tian has arrived!

Your Highness.

I never thought that you would join us today, Your Highness.

I'm honored.

You've served the country well.

Now that you have a grandchild,

His Majesty has sent me to congratulate you in person.

I'm humbled.

This way, please, Your Highness.

Why is Leng Tianxi here? Where's the Emperor of Chao?

The auspicious time has arrived.

Now is the time for the blessing of pure water.

His Majesty has arrived!

Greetings, Your Majesty.

The Emperor of Chao is here.

Be at ease.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I am deeply grateful

that you are joining us today.

We are a family.

I'm here to join in the fun.

Okay now.

Let's not drag this out.

Rise now.

An assassin!

Protect His Majesty!

Hurry up! Protect His Majesty!

Protect His Majesty!

Protect His Majesty!

Protect His Majesty!

Bai Lu.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty!

Tianying.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Highness!

Protect His Majesty!

Yes!

Retreat now!

♪Lingering thoughts♪

Tianxi.

Tianxi.

♪The tears have dried up♪

♪The warm embrace that I can't have♪

♪The warmth of the flame♪

Why did you break the seal?

Your Majesty.

I didn't manage to protect you well.

Please forgive me.

Stop talking.

Stop talking.

Stop talking.

Tianxi.

Stop talking.

Your Majesty.

I can't protect you anymore after this.

Ever since I come to you,

I just want to watch over you

and protect you.

I've never betrayed you.

Never.

♪Caught between love and pain♪

♪I remain♪

Your Majesty.

♪What has bloomed has now wilted♪

(I always thought that after entering the palace,)

(I could spend more time with you.)

(But now that I think about it,)

(I should've stayed as your Winged Guard.)

(That way, I could protect you at all times.)

♪With a sigh of nostalgia♪

♪I wrap the memory into a cocoon♪

♪I've never forgotten the unchanging promise♪

♪We made together♪

♪Caught between love and pain♪

♪I remain♪

Please don't be mad, Your Majesty!

I deserve to die.

It was my fault that you were attacked

in the Fan's ancestral hall.

Get lost!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

What's the result of the investigation?

Fan Zheng has indeed hired a batch of odd jobbers.

And the assassins are the Winged People.

And I found the body of these odd jobbers

in the backyard of the ancestral hall.

Winged People.

This is fishy.

Investigate this matter properly.

One more thing.

Keep a close eye on Fan Ruhui.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Why are you here?

Concubine Tian was kind to me when she was still alive.

I'm here to mourn for her.

Here. Take a seat.

I've brought Concubine Tian's

favorite food, dried cheese and flower tea.

Concubine Tian had been by your side for decades.

She had served you all her life.

She died proving her loyalty to you.

I don't need her to die for me.

Maybe it's not about what you need.

It's more about what she wanted.

You were the target of the assassination.

In my opinion,

we have to arrest the culprit soon.

For your safety

and to make sure that Concubine Tian can rest in peace,

I want to do something.

What is it?

I want us to get married soon

so that the culprit can walk right into our trap.

Official Fan.

I've already arranged everything with the prison.

No one will treat Second Young Master harshly.

But the Bureau of Justice

wants to interrogate him before they release him.

You've been loyal, and you've served the country well.

And Second Young Master is not involved in this incident.

His Majesty won't blame you for everything

just because he was attacked

in your ancestral hall.

He was attacked at my ancestral hall.

I am ashamed to face His Majesty

and our fellow officials.

I've already sent my resignation letter to the palace.

If you resign as the Great Steward,

the imperial court

will be dominated by the Bureau of Astrology.

You can't do this.

His Majesty and I share the same blood.

And I've helped him for years.

If I beg for His Majesty's mercy,

I'm sure he'll give me a free pass for old time's sake.

And the Bureau of Astrology will not be too harsh on me.

But in the future, it'll be hard for those of you

who've supported me for so long.

I will never forget the kindness that you've shown me

all these years.

No matter what happens to you in the future,

just give me an order

and I'll do my best to fulfill it.

Official Yao,

don't do this.

I'm right about you.

I'm thankful that we've been friends for so many years.

Are you really going to retire?

Are you doing this

on purpose?

You are brilliant.

Old Master.

What's the progress?

Feel free to talk.

Everyone in this room right now

is people we can trust.

Give me the report.

Yes, Old Master.

Like what you've ordered,

I've hired a group of mercenaries

in Wanzhou.

If we can help them infiltrate the imperial army,

we'll be able to take over the Imperial City.

Excellent.

Go and find me

a more powerful arcanist.

Let's plan a coordinated attack with Yi Wuyou from the inside.

Yes, Old Master.

Your Majesty, I've become old and fragile.

I'm no longer fit enough for my position.

Please allow me to retire from my position

and go back to live the rest of my retirement life in my hometown.

You've served the country very well.

And you've spent a lot of time and energy to help

with the governing of our country.

If you want to retire today,

I'll permit it.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

But it's too early for you to go back

to your hometown.

From now on, you can join our court meeting

as a duke.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

From today onward,

the Great Steward's Residence will be taken out of the equation.

From now on, the Bureau of Astrology, the Bureau of Justice,

the Bureau of Public Works, the Bureau of Ceremonial ,

the Bureau of Sima, and the Bureau of Situ will take part in the court meeting.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I have something to announce today.

After the unfortunate passing

of the Princess of Yebei, Princess Zhuyan,

The Great Chao has not had an empress in a long time.

I've decided to follow Heaven's intention to find an empress for us

in order to stabilize our country.

Who is the Empress that you are going

to marry?

Of course she's someone who's compatible with me in terms of our life star.

♪I had witnessed the grand fireworks several times♪

♪Flashing in the air♪

♪I had witnessed several beautiful sunsets♪

♪Eyes filled with warmth when you passed by♪

♪Just like a lost amber, waiting for you to pick it up♪

♪A cold and lonely moonlight♪

♪That dissipates with the night breeze♪

♪I'm willing to lie in your arms♪

♪So, I was gazing at the nearest distance all along♪

♪Pouring everything into your heart♪

I,

Bai Lu,

has been on the receiving end of your kindness.

I'm here today to greet you as a woman.

♪Never fearing time, which passes slowly♪

♪I invite you to watch the splendid galaxy♪

♪It started as ripples and slowly turned into waves♪

♪I'll never forget the ups and downs I went through♪

♪I'm full of hope, waiting for you to drop by♪

Is she really going to marry the Emperor of Chao?

You've been betrayed by her.

She's living a great life with the Emperor.

I'm sure she has her own reasons.

Maybe

I have to become the Emperor

to be worthy enough for her.

When we've gathered all the families of the Winged Clan,

I'll ascend to the throne as an emperor.

Su.

Stay back.

What's wrong?

I've managed to master part of the Guxuan occult skills.

I'm afraid that I'll hurt you.

So, it's better if you keep a distance

from me.

Su.

The moment that we've been waiting for has come.

Tell me about it.

Fan Ruhui has been looking for arcanists in secret.

That's strange.

If he's trying to revolt,

we can use him to kill His Majesty.

Are you willing to do it?

As long as I can seek my revenge,

I'm willing to do anything to achieve that.

Someone.

Old Master.

Go and invite the master to come in.

Yes, Old Master.

Old Master, he's here.

At first, I thought that you were an ambitious man.

That was why I decided to join you.

I never thought

that you would be like a commoner

who refused to act due to your own cowardice.

Since I'm of no use here,

I should leave.

Who are you?

Who do you think you are talking to?

Someone.

Drag him out.

Yes.

If you don't want to achieve greatness,

I can leave.

Please don't do that.

My son offended you just now.

Please forgive us.

Let's sit down and discuss this matter together.

He managed to repair the Qionghua Spear.

I wonder where he got the Starstone.

Looks like the Qionghua Spear

has chosen Yu Linkong as the Winged Emperor.

That's good.

That way, the Xue family

will be given merits for being his true supporter.

And Father,

you can become his right-hand man.

Now that it has come to this,

we can only collaborate with the Fan family to achieve our goal.

Please accept our humble greetings, Your Majesty!

You may rise.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Ningzhou has already received

the news of my enthronement.

I'm sure the Emperor of the Human Clan will find out about it soon.

I've already notified the head of each family

to gather their troops

to wage war against the Emperor of the Human Clan.

Head of the Xue family.

Go back to Ningzhou at once.

I'll leave it to you to work

on our defense.

Yes,

Your Majesty.

When are you going back to Ningzhou?

I still have things to do in Tianqi.

You are the ones who want to eliminate the Emperor of the Human Clan, right?

Now, you have the perfect opportunity.

Please explain it further to us.

The Emperor of the Human Clan is busy preparing for his wedding now.

He won't have time to set troops to Ningzhou.

But he's cunning and has a lot of experience on the battlefield.

He's the nemesis of our Winged Clan.

If we don't get rid of him,

do you think you can live in peace?

Do you have a way to defeat him?

This Qionghua Spear

is a powerful weapon against the Emperor of the Human Clan.

I will kill him

this time.

Chao will perish!

May Your Majesty rule over the Nine States soon!

This is of good quality.

Take a look at this.

Take a look at these fresh hazelnuts.

Sang Dan.

I'll let you be in charge of the traders' path in Wanzhou this time.

Chu Ye.

Come up with a way

to improve the pearl business of the merfolks.

That way, we won't have to worry about our food supply.

No problem. You can rest assured, Your Highness.

Lian.

Zhu Ying?

You can leave first.

Yes, Your Highness.

What is it? What happened?

We've received news from Tianqi.

His Majesty is going to get married soon.

And he'll take Bai Lu as the Empress.

Ye?

She's going to be the Empress?

In the past, I already noticed that His Majesty was treating her differently.

Now, he's going to take her as his empress.

I think this is

both good for her and Yuezhou, right?

Looks like we need to get ready to depart to Tianqi

to congratulate His Majesty and Bai Lu on their marriage.

I'm afraid

that I can't go this time.

Are you feeling unwell?

I...

I'll get a physician right now.

Zhu Ying.

The physician

had already taken a look at me.

What did the physician say?

You are going to be a father.

I'm going to be...

I'm going to be a father?

We have a child now?

-I'm going to be a father! -Let me down.

Let me down.

Don't hurt the baby.

I'm sorry, baby. I'm sorry, baby's mother.

From now on,

I'll protect you

and our child forever.

We already have a tentative flow chart of the wedding.

Please take a look at it.

Are you sure everything is ready?

Yes.

Since it's your wedding, you should send an envoy to go in your stead.

And you can wait at Guangyang Palace.

When the Empress has arrived, you can go out

and enter Qianyuan Hall together with the Empress.

And the officials will wait for you at the meeting hall.

When you and the Empress have taken your seats,

the officials will come out from the meeting hall

to hear you confer the title to Her Majesty.

What do you think?

Very good.

We'll do that.

Your Majesty.

According to tradition, the city gate has to be opened for three days

so that the people can celebrate your wedding with you.

But...

But what?

Concubine Tian was killed

and we haven't caught the culprit yet.

As a precaution,

shouldn't we cancel that?

Isn't it better for them to come?

We have His Majesty and the Winged Guards.

We don't have to be afraid of those sneaky rats.

By opening the city gate,

it can show how close you are to your people.

We'll do that then.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Have mercy!

Greetings, Winged Emperor.

Now that I've seen the legendary artifact today,

I can see that it's indeed extraordinary.

What is the meaning of this?

I just wanted to verify something.

I'm sure it didn't do you any harm.

Official Fan, you don't trust my capability?

Winged Emperor, you've misunderstood.

I just wanted to see

how powerful the Guxuan occult skills can be.

Guxuan occult skills?

I'm fortunate enough

to have hired a master who is an expert

in the Guxuan occult skills

to help us.

After I mastered the Guxuan occult skills,

I thought that I'm invincible.

And I once boasted to the Great Steward

that even the master of an artifact

wouldn't be able to defeat me.

After fighting with you today,

I realized that the weapon made by the Truth Master

is indeed extraordinary.

I'm impressed.

Are you planning to kill Yu Xiuming

with the power of this arcanist who has mastered the Guxuan occult skills?

That was my plan before this.

I've been at his side for many years.

And I've seen him fight more than 100 times on the battlefield.

He could always turn the tables

when he was in an adverse situation.

He had done that many times.

Although he has lost his divine power now,

I'm still cautious of him.

Although you have an artifact with you,

if you want to win this battle,

do hear me out on my plan and strategy.

I'm here in person today

because I want to listen to your brilliant plan.

For Yu Xiuming's wedding this time,

the city gate will open and there'll be no curfew.

The mercenaries I've hired will take over the city gate of Tianqi.

We'll take control of the imperial army.

When the time comes, this arcanist

will help you get straight to Qianyuan Hall.

To make sure that everything is kept a secret,

this will be the only meeting

between us.

From today onward,

there's no need to contact me at all.

Official Fan.

You sound so sure.

But how can we trust you?

If you change your mind,

are you going to let our emperor raid the palace himself?

Now that it has come to this,

neither the Winged Emperor

nor me

can take it anymore. And there is no going back either.

Even without your help,

my plan will go on.

I also believe that with the city gate wide open,

you'll be able to enter the palace without any hiccups.

I'm truly sincere in this collaboration.

Farewell, Winged Emperor.

Master.

Based on your observation,

who will win?

Yu Xiuming or Yi Wuyou?

It's a fight between the two masters of artifacts.

I'm just a commoner.

I wouldn't dare to predict the outcome.

You have a lot of trusted subordinates in the palace.

If you wanted to overthrow him,

you could've done so.

But Yu Xiuming is too powerful

and can't be subdued.

So,

what you need

is a person who can wound him badly.

With me here,

we have a 50% success rate.

Moreover, we have the artifact of the Winged Emperor now.

You are right.

Yi Wuyou just needs to cause serious injury to Yu Xiuming.

You just need to hold back Yu Xiuming's covert guards.

The imperial army has been taken over by my people.

With the city gate wide open, the imperial city will be a goner.

But make sure not to use your power too much.

When Yi Wuyou and Yu Xiuming are both badly injured,

please kill them both.

Young Master.

I've found a magical weapon for you for tomorrow's assassination.

Thank you.

You don't have to thank me.

Let's go.

(That person is from Yebei.)

I know who you are.

Although you are powerful,

if you act rashly,

I guarantee

that I can behead you faster

than you can chant your spell.

Who are you?

Come with me.

Father.

Ping'er, what is it?

Just now, I saw

Fan Zheng with an arcanist in a black robe.

And I saw Fan Yu

gather a group of mercenaries in secret.

What are they trying to do again?

I'm the one who asked Fan Yu to hire mercenaries.

Father,

no matter what,

His Majesty is your cousin.

Even if someone is trying to frame us,

I'm sure His Majesty will get to the bottom of it.

As long as you don't encourage

Fan Zheng to dream of getting the throne for himself.

Stop putting our family in danger.

What did you say?

Who's putting our family in danger?

Don't you know

why Shengnan died?

You...

Your life is too carefree!

You never contribute to our family.

You just know how to enjoy your life

with your loved ones without worrying about anything!

Now, you are criticizing me for being greedy for money and power.

Without me to provide a safe harbor for you,

how can you enjoy the life that you have today?

I...

Let me tell you, Fan Ping.

Now, our family

can no longer enjoy our wealth and fortune.

If I don't fight for our future generation,

our family will be lost forever!

Father!

Enough!

Go back and protect your own son.

Protect him and watch him grow.

When the time comes, you'll understand

the love and effort of a father.

Father...

(Ping.)

(I am actually from the Xue family of Ningzhou.)

(Now that my family is in trouble, I can't just abandon them and save myself.)

(Farewell, my dear.)

(May you have a good life)

(after our separation.)

(Tang Yuan.)

This day has eventually come.

How could you do this?

Your Majesty.

What is it?

I found Fengyin.

Where is he?

Where is he?

He's dead.

I found his body in the wilderness.

Fengyin had a much keener eye and better martial arts skills than me.

And he had always been cautious.

How did he...

Who did it?

♪The earth as a plaque♪

♪The sun and the moon as poems♪

♪Turn the skies into the palace under the plaque♪

♪Time as a scroll♪

♪The stars as the inkstone♪

♪Writing with the light of the sea♪

♪Through several lives and reincarnations♪

♪I search the world for wisdom♪

♪To smooth the folds of the years♪

♪There is a hole in my heart♪

♪Void of someone♪

♪Now I know what forever tastes like♪

♪I'll trade my youth for yours♪

♪I'll trade my youth for your kiss♪

♪We enter the battlefield for the peace♪

♪Of the world♪

♪Draw the lines of fate♪

♪Carve destinies♪

♪And our roles in the world♪

♪With me♪

♪All worldly desires♪

♪Fall from your fingertips♪

♪The mountains and rivers between your brows♪

♪Orbit the seas like a song♪

♪I'll trade my youth for yours♪

♪I'll trade my youth for your kiss♪

♪We enter the battlefield for the peace♪

♪Of the world♪

♪Draw the lines of fate♪

♪Carve destinies♪

♪And our roles in the world♪

♪With me♪

♪All worldly desires♪

♪Fall from your fingertips♪

♪The mountains and rivers between your brows♪

♪Orbit the seas like a song♪

♪The stars shine brightly♪

♪For you and me♪