JOURNEY TO THE WEST Episode 31
Elder sect brother...
Come back...
they've already left.
Hey, elder sect brother.
Master...
Did you find out anything?
Master, the Queen is at the river now
and will try the water herself to prove that its not poisonous
I have to go and stop her.
Tripitaka, where are you going?
Step aside, I need to save the Queen
You can't leave here.
If you move, we'll shoot you.
Amitabha
Shoot!
Shoot again!
Freeze!
Master!
Master, hang on.
Demon, how dare you use your powers
Charge!
Freeze!
Master... Help him up.
Master, be careful.
Let's go.
I'll go by myself.
Let's go.
Don't drink it!
Amitabha
Your Majesty, please listen to my advise
Don't risk you own life
Imperial Brother... Sage monk
I have to do this to pacify my people
For all my citizens of Women Country
I should try the water myself
Even if I have to die, its my duty
to love my citizens like my own children
Our empire has always been ruled by men
but I have not seen any King who will die for their citizen
I admire you for doing this for them
Thanks for your praise
I will have no regrets even if I die
But are you really doing this for your citizen
or are you trying to escape from your problems?
How dare you!
Who are you to judge my way of governing?
As a ruler, you shouldn't seek death
unless its the last resort
In my country, there's no difference between
the value of a Queen or a commoner's life
Now, somebody have to test the water
Or else... our country will be destroyed
How could i stand aside and
watch other people test the water?
If this is necessary, I have a plan to resolve this
What plan?
Its your plan to allow men into this country
to continue the life-line
What? Allow men into this country?
Lust monk, you have stated your real intention
Your purpose here is to gain this country and the Queen
If our Queen died, your dream will be shattered
You have ruined the purity of this country
What a crime!
Kill him, he's the murderer
he's the one who poisoned the river
Kill him... kill him!
Silence everyone!
Without my order, those who dare to touch him will die
Sage monk, I'm grateful for your sincerity
This river is the mother of our country
and helps us to carry on our life-line
its our ancestor and foundation of this country
Even if it takes my life, I need to protect the
foundation of our country
You foolish woman, my Master risked his life to save you
But you didn't heed his advise
My Master has never been so seriously injured
Why would he try to plot against your country?
What a foolish woman!
Stop saying it.
I'm useless for not been able to save the Queen
No, Imperial Brother... listen to me
I'm quite confident that I'll not die
because I believe in the river
That my ancestor will reward me for my good deeds
If I'm poisoned, I won't die immediately
I could return the travel pass to you
And with my last breath... I could safely send you away
Advisor, bring me the water
Yes.
The water has turned red!
What?! The water is red?!
Look, elder sect brother.
The water has turned red!!
It's the smell of blood.
The Child-Mother River is ruined.
It's really ruined!
Its this monk...
he proposed to allow men into our country
and offended our ancestor
Its all his fault
He caused the river to become red
Let's hit him
Oh no... the women are going crazy
Come on, let's protect Master.
Stop it
Master...
Stop it
Stop!
Master, are you okay?
Help me over there.
If I really offended your ancestor
I will take the responsibility
Please do not harm my disciples
I will surrender myself
Master...
Don't, Master.
We don't want to separate from you. We rather be imprisoned together.
Wujing...
Don't touch my Master!
Wujing!
Send him to prison for his death
Just follow everybody's will
Hurry!
Take him to the prison
Yes
Master!
Tripitaka, I wanted to kill you before you confuse our Queen again
You are going to die soon
Give yourself a chant before that
Master...
Wukong?
Master, you have suffered.
Wukong, thank you.
It's fine now. Let us leave here.
Let's leave...
If I leave, others will die
But it's dangerous staying here.
Escape on your own
If not, I will chant the head-tightening chant
Alright, I will find a way to clear your name
Majesty,
The last words: Sink in the river to cleanse all crimes
What could that mean?
It means someone should drown in the river to cleanse his crime
That's easy, we only need to drown the monk
Drown him?
Do you want to drown me too?
Why did you say that?
I am the cause of all those 'crime'
Your Majesty is pure and chaste
its not true that you did those things
Those words on the stone are not the truth at all
Whether is it about the poisonous water or the blood river
I'm sure that there's a good explanation for those happenings
Don't be so superstitious
In my opinion, we should solve this case first
Instead of sentencing the monk to death
Your Majesty, look at the travel document carefully
What is the name of Tang monk
Its Jiang Liu (River flow)
Its the same words on the stone and has double meaning
No one else except Tang monk could cleanse the crime
As it means that only the person named
Cheng Jiang Liu can do that
That's only an coincidence.
Your Majesty, I've always followed your orders
But since the appearance of the stone
all those happenings are too strange
You could not claim that its a coincidence
I support Grand Master on her idea
Select a date to drown Tang monk as offering to our ancestor
Yes, we should select a date and time
We should do it now
Right... we should appease the ancestor and restore our river
Or else we will have to end our family line
Silence!
I forbid it... Do you dare to disobey me?
Please do reconsider and kill Tang monk
Why isn't elder sect brother back yet?!
I'm not getting my confinement rest
No one cares about my meals and I cannot get anything sour
I could only get some onions
No one is watching you now
You may do whatever you want
They know that they cannot do anything if we want to leave
Elder sect brother, how is Master?
Forget it! I healed his wound.
But he won't leave with me no matter what.
That demon said that they will drown our Master tomorrow
I'm so agitated now
I said this before...
Master should change his name to Cheng Jiang Di (River Bottom)
That's right, they claim that Master's name is Cheng Jiang Liu
and it coincide with the words on the stone
The name has its reason
and Master's name
has bought him misfortune
Second senior, stop complaining
Big Senior, think of a way to save Master
Your Majesty, why do you want to see me?
I want you to help me
I will die for you
I thought I'm fighting alone
I'll use my life to protect you
Just give me your orders
I want to see Tang monk
Your Majesty, Tang monk is here
You may go
Yes, all of you follow me
Imperial Brother
My respect to your Majesty
Please raise
How is your wound?
Wukong healed my wound already.
You don't need to worry.
As a Queen, I cannot even save a person
Please don't say that
You placed your people in first place and cares about them
that shamed a lot of men
No...
It's...
Its all my fault
Your Majesty, no one should be responsible for my plight
Its my tribulation
Imperial Brother... if I knew
I would have given you the travel pass that day
I shouldn't keep you here
and even got you into trouble
Its my fate
Buddhism has only taught you to accept your fate?
No.
Buddhism didn't teach people to accept fate
But after you have done your best
One must learn to let it go
One shouldn't hang on to thoughts and regrets
Even if it means death
One shouldn't lament about it
No!
If it means that the good are not rewarded
How is Buddhism good?
Your Majesty, you shouldn't judge Buddhism by what happened
With our wisdom, we don't know the past nor the future
Just like when your Majesty thought that
its a good thing to have men to carry on the family line
I said this before
Pain may override any happiness gained
The pain may also be more
If the world where male and female co-exist is beautiful
Why should I journey to the west for the Sutras?
Imperial Brother
Did you feel...
any love towards me?
I could only say that we have no affinity this lifetime
No...
I want you to answer me.
Is there any slight sense of love?
Your Majesty, I admire you
To me... you are just like my followers
Even if I'm considered your bosom friend
I'm satisfied
Imperial Brother, we are not at the end of our wits yet
Follow me now
Follow you? Yes
Master!
You?
I am Wukong.
I am Wujing.
It's you two?
I got them to transform into palace maids
and escort you out with my pass
I see... go quickly
Let's hurry and leave.
Who are you?!
We are acting on Her Majesty's order
This is the Queen's pass, please check
We are just about to close the city gate
Alright, you may go
Stop the carriage.
Majesty...
It's okay to get off.
Majesty, you're not leaving with us?
If all those troubles started with you
those troubles will be resolved after you left
If the target is Women Country
You shouldn't stay either
In future, whatever happens to our country and me
Its all fate
Am I wrong to think that?
Don't move!
We are monks on our way to the west, please step aside
Wukong?
No one can leave here.
Your Majesty, everybody is equal in front of law
Are you trying to imprison me?
After the monk died, you have to proclaim your crimes too
And beg your people for their forgiveness
I don't want to be the Queen anymore
You will take over the throne
Make me a commoner
I want to be locked away with Imperial brother
At noon, we will be drown together
Majesty, it really hurts me to hear you say that.
For a man, you are forsaking your duties and your life?
That's right, I prefer to died with him
I don't want to be a puppet Queen
Your Majesty, you have full power and we dare not offend you
But its against Heaven's will for you to marry a man
We won't offend you if you didn't do that
Since the people no longer supports me
I can't rule anymore
Guards.
Yes.
Present the documents
Your Majesty, after you sentenced Tripitaka to his death
you may release his disciples
Stop!
I won't let you kill him.
Either let him leave or let me die!
Majesty!!!
Let go!!!
Majesty!
Majesty! Summon for the royal doctor!
- Hurry! - Royal doctor!
Its all my fault
If I didn't tell my second sister about it
the secret will not be leaked
This is not your fault.
Master, don't worry.
We'll think of a way to save you.
Huh?! Do you have any other ideas?
Elder sect brother, stop sleeping.
Think of some way to get us out.
Ideas?
Idea!
What about me?!
Then what about Master?
We will look for Pigsy to discuss a plan
Master, don't worry.
We'll be back soon.
Yes, we'll be back soon.
- Ah! Ghost! - Ah! Demons!
Stop yelling.
Stop bothering me, monkey
I shouldn't be in the open during my confinement period
Idiot, we should save Master first
What do you want? Let's go
Brother Monkey... look!
I saw it...
It seems that they wanted to drown Master
Bajie... Wujing...
You are stronger in water
Swim upstream to find a rusty iron
Senior, I was not affected because
I didn't drink from the river the other time
It seems that I cannot escape this time
Just hold your breath and avoid drinking the water
We can always get some abortion water from Granny...
if necessary!
Big senior is right... I'm not afraid
We will get used to it
Fool!
Elder sect brother, what about you?
I'll find the mastermind...
its either the Advisor or the Grand Master
It must be one of them
Are you so sure about this?
The Queen has a will that gave the throne
to the Grand Master if she dies
She's trapped in the palace now
and its the best time to kill the Queen
Junior Sha, let's get the material first
Let's go
She looks really like her
Is this her transformation?
Why didn't I sense any demon aura?
Open it.
Tang monk, its time for you to die
Let's go
I'll walk myself...
Don't do that... he won't escape
Hurry up!
Grand Master, give this medicine to the Queen
She is closer to you and hates me now
She won't take my medicine
You are wrong.
She's mad at me the most.
This idea about men is from me too
But I change my mind now
It's not your fault.
The stone appeared, it shows that Tripitaka is trouble
As the Advisor, I should perform all rituals
Let me be the bad guy
Grand Master
See, the water started to turn red from here
Let's take a look.
Okay.
Second senior... Junior Sha
Just what Big senior predicted
I found rusty iron stone here
Me too
Why are there so many iron stones here?
How do we get them up
I don't care, just do it
Without these, the river won't be red
That's right, just clear the river of these stones
and the people will know that the river is not bloody
its just a trick
Let's do it
Your Majesty, how could you reject your meals and
medicine?
Poison?
She wants to poison the Queen?
This is interesting
Your Majesty, you are all grown up now
You don't want me to force medicine down your throat anymore
Why? Why are you throwing everything away for a man?
How do I answer to your ancestors after I died?
Its because you don't understand Love
I don't know Love
But I know Kinship
My love for you is no lesser than your love for Tripitaka
I feel as bad as you
If that's true, you should release Tripitaka
Your Majesty, didn't you know?
Its not me but the people of this country who refuse to let him go
You will incur public wrath if you let him off
Your Majesty, you can't do anything about it
Is it...
Is it my fault?
Did I offended Heaven?
But I have good intentions
I wanted this country to flourish
and find a mate for myself
Grand Master, where did I go wrong?
Why?!
Why is Heaven punishing me?
Why are you sending a Living Buddha to his death?
Oh Heaven, if its my fault
Do punish me instead
Don't implicate the innocent
You shouldn't!
Majesty...
It's fine.
Don't blame yourself if its Heaven's fate
Don't harm your heath
The people of this country depends on you
You are their mother.
Its sad if you died
Grand Master... you broke your heart for a man
How about the people?
This Grand Master is taking so long to kill her
if you still don't do it, my Master will be in danger
I'm heartbroken, Grand Master
It's okay...
Come, let's drink the medicine.
Bring over the medicine.
This old woman is showing her true intention
Here, drink the medicine.
Scare of its bitterness?
Then, I'll taste it first for you.
Here...
Grand Master, what happened?
My stomach...
What happened? Get the Imperial physician
Your Majesty... Imperial Physician
...What happened?
Monkey, you... Queen
This is poison
Poison.
My stomach!
I cannot have baby anymore
Why is it bloating?
Grand Master, where did you get this medicine?
Th... this...
This is from the Advisor... I don't know
I should have known...
I almost got the wrong person
Those girls died from these water
You and this water are the evidences
we will go to the river now to tell all the truth
- Okay... - Let's go...
Be careful...
The time has come
Drown Tripitaka now
Yes
Buddha... Bodhisattva
Is my journey...
going to end here?
Drown him
Release him