Ah Luo,
so this is your home.
I can recognise it now.
I really hope
I can stay with you in Mandra Hill forever.
Move!
Walk quickly!
Crown Prince Duan.
Please
Aunt,
I've paralysed their nerves.
They won't be able to fight you.
You can do whatever you want to them.
Ah Luo
Madam Wang,
after my work is done,
I will give Duan Zheng Chun to you.
You can do anything you want with him
Where is Duan Yu?
Bring that Duan fellow here!
Master!
Are you alright, Yu Er?
Don't move!
I've given Duan Yu
a sleeping potion.
He's not dead yet.
Prince Yan Qing
Do you want to check
to see if he's really Duan Yu or not?
It's him alright!
Ah Luo,
why did you capture my son?
He's done nothing to you!
Why not?
He seduced my cousin sister Yu Yan
and violated her.
What, he...
Aunt, he deserves to die!
Him and my daughter?!
Ah Luo
A daughter
named Yu Yan
Yes
You're a heartless beast!
You haven't just ruined my life,
but your daughter's life as well!
Yu Yan
Yu Yan is your daughter!
Yu Yan is my sister?!
You animal!
You worthless womaniser!
Even your own sister couldn't escape your clutches!
I wish to
kill you!
Stop, you bitch!
When my daughter and I came here
to kill you the other day,
you managed to escape,
and even sent people to oppose us.
I regret
not killing you.
He is my Master!
Kicking my Master is like kicking me!
Calling my Master an animal is
like calling me an animal as well!
You mad woman,
I'll break
your neck!
3rd Yue
Don't you dare be rude to Madam Wang!
That Duan is a bastard!
He tricked you
into calling him Master.
Today, you'll have a chance to kill him
and regain your honour.
He is my Master,
this is the truth.
He didn't trick me.
I cannot hurt my own Master.
3rd Yue
Listen to me,
use your blade
and cut his head off!
I can't!
Leader
I...
can't obey your commands today.
I have to save my Master.
You want to die?
Third Brother!
Bury him!
Whoever disobeys my command will be killed.
Don't!
Outside the Heavenly Dragon Temple
under a tree
a ragged beggar
The Goddess Guan Yin with a flowing mane.
The Goddess Guan Yin?
Do you know
who she is?
A beggar!
Wait!
Take this!
Goddess Guan Yin
You are the King of Zhen Nan
but I want to be with the
ugliest, dirtiest, lowliest person in the world.
You want to stop me from killing your son?
He isn't just my son.
There is a golden locket around his neck
with his birth date inscribed on it.
The Year of the Boar.
The 23rd day of the 11th month.
This is sinful.
Leader!
The Wind of Sorrow!
The Wind of Sorrow from Xi Xia!
Don't be afraid.
Why did you poison me as well?
Give me the antidote!
Aunt,
forgive me!
I will give you the antidote later.
Crown Prince Duan,
even though I've poisoned you,
I mean you no harm.
As long as you promise to do what you said,
I won't just give you the antidote,
but I will get down on my knees and kowtow to you for forgiveness.
I'm old.
I've been through a lot.
I'm not so easily threatened.
And promise anything
I wouldn't dare threaten you!
Everyone here can be my witness.
I can kowtow to you first,
then you can make your promise to me.
Why are you doing this?
You don't have a son.
Please take me as your adopted son.
Then we'll be able to work better together.
You really want to be my adopted son?
Yes!
But you'll have to follow my family name, Duan.
After you become the ruler of Dali,
you will not be able to rebuild the Yen Kingdom.
The Mu Rong family will lose its bloodline.
Would you do this?
Of course!
I will be your adopted son.
I will be loyal to the Duan family.
Good, good.
I'm not married,
but now I have son.
This is a joyous day!
You're young and handsome,
today, I'm happy indeed.
This is the happiest thing to have ever happened to me!
Goddess Guan Yin
I feel blessed indeed.
I'm willing to repay the Goddess Guan Yin
even if she wishes me
to sacrifice myself.
You're a hero.
You'll surely keep your promises.
Father,
I kowtow to you.
Nonsense, nonsense!
You can't.
Brother Bao
What do you mean?
Young Master, you are of the Yen Kingdom's royal bloodline!
How can you change your family name?
Even though rebuilding your kingdom is not an easy task,
we must keep on striving towards it.
It would be marvellous if we were to succeed,
but even if we don't,
we would still be
true heroes.
Young Master
If you become this person's
foster son,
we wouldn't be proud even if we did succeed.
Anyway, a Mu Rong
as the Emperor of Dali?
How embarrassing is that?
Brother Bao
There's something you still don't understand,
I'll tell you about it later.
Nonsense. Nonsense.
Young Master
I may be stupid
but I know what you're thinking.
You're willing to be patient
so that you can
achieve success in the future.
You plan
to change your name to Duan first,
then change it back to Mu Rong later,
and change the name of the country to Yen as well.
Or you could wage war on some other country
to rebuild the Yen Kingdom.
Your intentions are noble
but
you will be both disloyal and dishonourable
And you will feel guilty about it.
No one will look up to you,
so there's no point even if you do become a ruler.
Brother Bao
What do you mean I will be disloyal and dishonourable.
You've gone too far.
After you become a citizen of Dali,
You're disloyal if you rebel
you'll become Duan Yan Qing's adopted son.
At that time, you would already be disloyal to the Mu Rong family.
And you will be dishonourable when you decide
to kill the ruler of Dali later.
You...
Brother!
What's wrong? Are you alright?
Brother!
Let me finish what you were saying.
I'm also disloyal for killing my friend, aren't I?
Brother!
Young Master!
Is that Duan Yan Qing really
more important than Bao Bu Tong, your loyal follower?
Are you thinking of avenging Brother Bao?
You bastard!
Father,
they are my most loyal followers,
and have been with me for a long time.
I have killed them
to show you my loyalty to Dali and the Duan family.
I will become a citizen of Dali,
be loyal to you.
And honour the name Duan
Good.
Excellent!
Father
Now I think
Duan Yu should be killed
so as to end Duan Zheng Chun's bloodline.
Then he'll definitely have to abdicate the throne to you.
Yu Yan is my sister,
I don't want to live anymore anyway.
It would be best
if you just killed me.
Yu Er
I'm glad you've proven your loyalty to me.
But he is too much a thorn in my side.
He's incurred my wrath countless times,
His uncle and father wrested the throne that is rightfully mine
and caused me to become handicapped.
I would like to kill him myself.
Only then would I feel relieved.
Yes.
How silly of me,
I should have given you the antidote first.
King of Zhen Nan,
when you return to Dali,
how long will it be before you are crowned?
After you're crowned,
when will you abdicate your throne so that my father can ascend to it?
My brother's inner-force is powerful.
His stamina is good
He will last for around 30 years.
After that,
I will strive to make
my country peaceful and prosperous.
So that will take about 30 years.
After 60 years,
my son Duan Yu will already be 80 years old.
If he can rule for, say, 20 years,
then your father will have to wait at least 80 years.
Bullshit!
You can't do that!
I limit your period of rulership to one month.
After that one month you must
abdicate and install my father in his rightful place.
My throne
can only be passed down to my son.
If I wanted to pass it down earlier,
that wouldn't be a problem.
But it cannot be passed down to anyone else.
Fine.
Then I'll kill Duan Yu first.
You can pass your throne down to his ghost if you like.
Who do you think I am?
Do you think that after you kill my son
you would be able to threaten me
and go ahead with your insidious schemes?
He's a stubborn one.
If he kills himself,
then our plans will be ruined.
We'll not kill Duan Yu first.
He's already in our clutches,
and I doubt he'll be able to escape.
Give me the antidote first.
Mu Rong Fu,
you promised
that you would give me the antidote first,
and only then would you take him as your adopted father,
but now you're trying to win him over instead.
Look at him!
He's hideous!
Father,
that's my aunt for you.
She wants to make you angry,
but please forgive her.
To stop her from whining,
I'll give her the antidote first,
and then let you have it.
Auntie,
be careful!
Fu Er
Kill these four bitches!
Ah Luo
King of Zhen Nan
My aunt wants them killed.
Ah Luo
I will obey
your every command.
I will listen to every word you say.
Do you want me
to be vengeful towards you?
You've asked that my lovers be killed.
How can I treat you lovingly
in the future if that happens?
My good nephew,
don't kill them yet.
King of Zhen Nan
as long as you promise to pass the throne to me,
I will not kill them
or injure them.
King of Zhen Nan
We true men must always keep our promises.
As long as you swear this to me,
I will give you the antidote,
and will hold a banquet to ask your forgiveness.
If you don't promise me this,
I will kill her!
I'm going to count to three.
If you don't promise me by then,
don't blame me for anything.
One
Two
Three
You really don't want to promise me?
Ah Sing
Brother Chun,
please don't promise him anything!
Save her!
I didn't really want you to kill her!
I just wanted to scare him!
Hurry up and help her!
Hung Mian
Don't worry about me!
Don't promise him anything!
Don't let his evil scheme become a reality!
King of Zhen Nan
Everyone says you're loyal and honourable,
but now you refuse to make this promise
in order to save your lovers.
Go ahead and kill me!
Don't think you can threaten the King of Zheng Nan.
I am Chong Wan Chou's wife!
I have nothing to do with the King of Zhen Nan
Don't taint the reputation of the Chong family.
Fine!
Ah Luo
I've known you for so long,
but you still don't understand.
In this world,
it's only you that I love.
I know I like to fool around,
but that's all just a game.
I don't love them.
Your nephew has killed the three of them.
As long as he doesn't do anything to you,
I'll feel relieved.
Don't listen to him!
He's lying!
You can't trust him!
Mister Duan,
Do you really hate me that much
to want to trouble me so?
You're insane!
You envied them so much
that you had them killed!
I can't move now,
if not I would kill you with my own hands.
Mu Rong Fu
Kill her!
Mister Duan,
do you remember what you said?
You've forgotten?
Why aren't you even the least bit concerned about me?
Mister Duan,
I was always faithful to you.
We've been apart for so many years.
Now that I've gotten the chance to see you again,
why are you treating me this way?
Our daughter Yu Yan.
You've met her, haven't you?
Don't you like her?
Shut up!
You caused the death of three women I love.
I hate you.
We haven't had a relationship
in decades!
I feel like kicking you right now
to release my anger.
Ah Luo
Duan Lang
Do you really hate me that much?
I scolded you just now,
so that I could save you.
I'm glad that
I could see you here today.
I don't hate you at all.
My feelings for you
are exactly the same
as they were the day I gave you those Camellias.
Wonderful!
I knew I would be in your heart
forever and ever.
You've never forgotten me,
and I've never forgotten you either.
Once, you promised me that
you would follow me
to the cave where I once lived with my mother,
and stay there with me,
never to emerge.
Do you still remember?
Of course I remember!
Let's leave tomorrow.
We'll go and see that sculpture of your mother.
Excellent!
There's the outline of a sword
on the wall that
just glimmers with light.
It's beautiful!
Can you see it?
Ah Luo
King of Zheng Nan,
I'll count to three again.
If you still don't promise
to let my father inherit the throne,
I will kill your concubine.
Don't kill her yet.
We need to talk about this.
Father, this is an important matter!
If he doesn't promise you this,
our plans will be ruined!
One...
If you want me to promise you this,
you'll have to promise me something in return.
If you promise me, then promise me.
If you don't, then say you don't.
I will not be deceived by you.
Two
I have committed too many sins.
I still feel blessed
that we will be able to die together.
That means you don't promise me?
Three
Hurry up and kill Duan Yu,
don't let him use the 6 Divine Nerve Swords.
Mother, Father!
Madam
Forgive me.
They hold the same place in my heart as you do.
They are all women that I loved.
I really did love them.
And I really do love you.
Brother Chun, don't!
Don't!
Brother Chun,
even though you had many lovers,
I still loved you!
I love you!
I was mad at you once,
but that's in the past!
No! No!
Mother!
You can't die!
Mother!
Yu Er
We're,
going now.
You have to
take good care of yourself.
Mother!
You must learn everything your uncle has to teach you
and become a good ruler.
Mother, please don't die!
Give me the antidote!
I will save your mother!
You're a criminal!
You caused my father's death!
I'll kill you!
No, don't!
But why, Mother?
You must not commit this sin.
I must not commit this sin?
I have to kill this villain!
Yu Er
He is your father.
Mother,
tell me
this isn't true?!
Yu Er
Duan Yan Qing
is your father.
Your father did me wrong,
and I, too,
did your father wrong.
When I gave birth to you,
your father didn't know this.
He thought you were his son,
but he is your real father.
So please don't kill him.
Or you would have committed patricide.
I've never loved him
but I can't let you commit such a grave sin.
I didn't want to tell you at first,
but now,
I'm forced to do it.
Mother!
Please don't die!
Give me the antidote,
let me save her.
Mother!
Yu Er
Don't come any closer!
I forbid you to touch me!
Yu Er
I want to tell you this.
This man,
even though he has the same surname as your father,
But,
they weren't brothers.
You can marry any of
your father's daughters, whether it's
Miss Chong, Miss Mu or Miss Wang.
Maybe the laws in China forbid
those with the same surnames from marrying,
but that's not the case
in Dali.
If you want to,
you can marry all of them.
You
Would you like to do that?
My son,
I'm so sorry that I won't be able to see you
attired in imperial robes
sitting on the imperial throne
and taking your place
as the supreme ruler.
But I know
that my son
will become a virtuous person.
My son...
Mother!
Please don't die!
My son,
I am your father.
Didn't you hear
what your mother said?
Get lost!
No, I didn't hear!
I only want my mother and father!
You don't want me?
No, I don't!
I don't believe you!
Of course I don't want you!
Why don't you just kill me?
Just kill me!
I will not kill my own son.
You don't want me,
so why don't you kill me instead?
Then you can avenge your mother and father.