JOURNEY TO THE WEST Episode 30
Your Majesty, there's trouble at the city gate
We'll see the Queen! Hurry and go!
What are you doing?!
Little sister, what happened?
Let go of me!
You are her sister?
Your sister stole a bag of my abortion water
I caught her in the act.
I'm bringing her to see the Queen.
I thought one could only get the water from the Priest?
Where did you get so much?
A couple of monks gave it to me.
Sister, according to the rule
If you want to be a mother and drink from the river
You need to pray to God first
How could you drink it secretly?
I didn't... I fell into the river by accident
That's why I drank a mouthful of water
and was pregnant
I don't want this baby.
I want to abort it.
But you still shouldn't steal my water.
I don't have that much money to pay for it.
Sister, as a constable
You are breaking the law
I fell into the river while chasing after a criminal
This may happen again
With the meager salary of a constable
How could I pay for the water?
The Queen has arrived!
Please be raised
You look to be over 20 years old.
You should have been a mother already.
You should give birth to this baby.
I could even pay for your child's upbringing
I won't give birth to this baby even if I have money.
Why?
The baby will be like us... always doing a rough job
And be a bodyguard
I'm the worse among our 3 sisters
I'm only a constable
I also wanted to learn more
But I'm just stupid
And I can't learn anything well
I could only listen to others
Stop it! Say no more!
No. I want to say it.
3 of us may have different character
but we looked the same
We can't amount to anything great
Why have this baby who will suffer with us?
I can also predict the sickness she will have and die
That's our genes... we can't change
That's not true. It can be change.
How?
Use your mind to change
That's right, everything origins from your heart
You could change if you have a strong will
If you are resigned to your current status
You can't change anything
How do I do that?
Women Country have been the same for thousands of years
We see the same people and things everyday
I don't know how I could change
Trust me, our Country will change
Everything will be changed
10 years ago before I'm Queen
The previous Queen sent an Envoy to Tang
They will bring books from Tang and I will educate everyone
The poor could also study and everyone can change
and everyone could improve
Those who are stupid will always be stupid
Those ugly will always be ugly
Our Country will have hope
Listen to me, don't feel hopeless
Bear the child
That's right.
Little sister, let us listen to the Queen.
Give birth to the baby.
I will help you
Why didn't they return after 10 years?
Maybe the colorful world is too attractive for them
Maybe they married someone there
Our life is stable and everyone has their own duties
Most of the jobs are inherited by their off springs
No one strive for a better life
Everything is so dull and its not interesting
Everyone are not interested to bear children
Our people are getting lesser
If the three sisters were not triplets,
how come they look so much alike?
I... don't know why neither.
Maybe its because of the way we lived
the off springs become more similar to each other
Everyone in the family have the same face and character
That makes life worse
How do you intend to change Women Country?
Maybe we should learn form other countries
and have a mix of the sexes
and accept men
Our genes may also change
Our thoughts will change and affect the Country too
Are you sure that things will change for the better?
Imperial Brother, Buddhist Sutras mention that
the west paradise has no female or male
and everyone have the same face
Do you believe that that's paradise?
I don't believe that
Paradise is beyond human's imagination
Imperial Brother, I will bring you to a place
This is so good.
Women Country is good
In the past, I don't have this pig look
I'm Marshal TianPeng and I'm handsome
You looks good
You look so nice.
Junior Sha...
Junior Sha, return to your guest house
Brother Monkey...
You are a stupid fish...
Do you understand the book?
If Master can, why can't I?
I must figure this out
You are really stupid
Master always says...
Everything in this world knows its place
But you still want to figure things out
The more you tried, the more confused you will become
If I knew, i would be Buddha
What am I doing here with you?
Aren't you curious?
Why should I? I will accept my current status
Right? See
We should be happy now
Junior Sha, listen to me
Both of you should return now and rest
Go back first
Master is alone and I'm worried
Master don't need us, he will be fine
Says who? The Queen is lusting after our Master
I'm worried to leave Master alone
If anything happens, it will be your fault
Do you think Master is like you?
Who's there?
Brother monkey, there's no one
You are too suspicious
Even if there's a demon, it will be after our Master, not us
I'm not afraid of demons but human
I have not deal with many human
I don't know their mind
Brother monkey, look
Its late... do return and rest
Junior Sha, you wanted to study your book?
Go back and do it
Brother Monkey
All of you go... don't
All of you, please don't go
We will play again next time
Why did you do that?
Really...
All of you may go
Yes
lmperial Brother
These are the drawing of previous Queens
I'm the 7th generation Queen
My name is ZhiQin
Among these drawings
She lived the longest
She helped 5 generations of Queens
5? Yes
She would be a few hundred years old
The previous Queen mention that
this Queen has a green snake
and because of that she had a long life
Its a miracle
A miracle?
Imperial Brother
What do you feel after seeing these drawings?
Amitabha
Let me tell you the purpose of bring you here
These Queens have never seen any men
And they don't know love
They lived their whole life for the people and country
But they don't know what this country need
What changes is required
lmperial Brother, I know
Our country need a new set of rules
We need to accept men
We need a balance Yin and Yang
Just like other countries
Because I'm the Queen, I'm more restrained
I can't change my fate
But I never expect you to come to me
i know that this is a great opportunity
Because...
because you are the only one who could save me
And save me from fate
lmperial Brother
You are a Living Buddha
Can you bear to watch me die like a wood?
Can you bear to watch the demise of Women Country?
Your Majesty
Its not because I won't help
But I can't
No... lmperial Brother
If you want to help my country and me
You will succeed
Didn't you claim that mind could change things
Why must you obtain the Sutras?
The journey to the west is to save the people
If I stay
That will only resolve your difficulty for now
If I help you this lifetime
I can't help you in the next lifetime too
No, lmperial Brother
i only care about this lifetime
I don't want to be just like any Queen
I want to reform my Country
I want to show my people hope and future
Please, I beg you
Alright, I shall tell you
Yes, if you allow men into this country
it will bring happiness
But it will bring unhappiness too
And that will be many times more than happiness
i shall leave now
Imperial Brother
Imperial Brother, what happened to you?
Imperial Brother
My Queen, the night is precious
Do treasure it
lmperial Brother
Something is wrong
Its so late... Master should be back soon
Wake up
Let's go
Let's go quickly
What? Look here
Second senior, look
Master and Queen is asleep
This Queen is a real lady
She is happy just to cuddle him
this
Why are we going to the west?
Grand Master, please wait
What do you want?
Our Queen did not ask for you, you should not come in
I have to come for her sake
Why?
Step aside
Grand Master in here
This...
Someone... Yes
Catch this man
How dare you!
Your Majesty
If you still remember me as your nanny
Listen to my advise
Don't make the same mistake again
Grand Master
Its because you are my nanny
That's why i did not punish you for barging in
and tried to defy me
I dare not
You dare not?
Why are you here with your bodyguards and sword?
Your Majesty, I'm here for a reason
I'm here to protect you
Protect?
Tell me why?
Don't use empty talks
to slander others
I don't need to say anything
See it for yourself
Tang monk
You too
So that you will be convinced
What is this?
This stone has algae and mud
It doesn't look fake
So what?
Read the words on the stone... Yes
Lust monks will confuse the royals
Women will be sad
Where did you find this stone?
Your Majesty
This morning, we found this stone on the shore of
Child-Mother river
I was worried that you would be bullied by this monk
That's why I barge into the palace this morning
And found both of you in the same room
He's not what you imagined
What should I think of him?
Grand Master, you have misunderstood
If you are really a good monk
You should behave properly
Why did you stay out last night
and slept next to our Queen?
He was not feeling well and fainted last night
Fainted?
Is that for real?
Enough!
Stop talking about this for now
Check the origin of this stone first
I shall leave now
Oh no
Someone is trying to frame Master
Let's leave this place before
we get into bigger trouble
The stone claims that a lust monk is messing with the royals
Among 4 of us, there's one who really
wanted to get married
Big senior
Are you talking about Second senior?
Not really, if he's here
He would be glad to be that lust monk
Big senior, let's don't talk about Second senior
Let's think of a way to leave this place
That's easy
i will use my power to freeze everyone
and we could leave anytime
We can't
Master
You can't bear to leave that Queen?
Stop your nonsense
That floating stone is suspicious
Wukong, that stone has mud and algae
Is that a fake?
Master, that could only bluff those ignorant people
In my opinion, it's a fake by human or demon
And its aiming at us
So... let's take Second senior and
leave this place quickly
if we leave, this country will be saved
This stone seems to have re-surfaced
after lying in the river bed for a long time
Advisor, how do you explain the 20 words on the stone?
Its hard to explain
But its not a good omen
Because its from Child-Mother river which is our life-line
Your Majesty
Before anything bad happens
Chase Tang monk away
No
Someone is trying to defame Imperial Brother
If we did not get to the bottom of this
I can't answer to him
Your Majesty may...
Grand Master is here
Your Majesty... be raised
How's your investigation?
The young lady who found the stone is dead
Master, in my opinion
Just use the freezing trick on them
and we could leave this place quickly
You used those tricks on demons
if you use that on humans to resolve issues
You could easily sent me to the West with your powers too
The journey to the west is a big task
Before we can succeed
we need to undergo tribulations
This is training
We can't take shortcuts in training
and take our chances
We need to take a step at a time and settle all our problems
It's also your duty to protect me
Master, after all these tribulations
You are bolder now
If I can't use my powers, you should tell the Queen
that the stone is a scam to frame you
Ask her to release us
before anything happens to you
If there's no monk in Women Country
Those words will mean nothing
Open the door
Queen wants to see 3 of you to discuss something important
There's a murder
Advisor, you are here
Queen is inside
Master, let's go inside
My precious, you are my only child
Oh god
Grand Master, what happened?
This lady has drank from the river
and was ready to be a mother
She found the stone at the river this morning
After we took the stone away
Her family was preparing for her wedding
Its only for 1/2 day and I wonder what happened
This is not right
After a lady drank from the river
She need to wait for 10 months before she can give birth
Only men will die after drinking from the river
its true
My Master and junior had a bloated belly
after drinking from the river too
The baby inside must be a phantom baby
That's nonsense, how could it be a phantom baby?
If you didn't come here and
mess up the Yin-Yang balance
My daughter would not die
Return my daughter to me
Return my daughter to me... Old granny
Somebody
yes... take her away
My daughter!
In my opinion, the stone is questionable
Others who saw the stone didn't die either
Is it the river water?
Your Majesty, more ladies died after drinking from the river
Oh my god
What should we do?
I think we should split our luggage
and go our separate ways
We shouldn't go to the west anymore
You idiot, this is nothing
You should not be so scared
Will more people die if we stay?
It shouldn't happen
Unless there's other reason that cause the death
No one will drink from the river for now
That's why I'm staying
If Master don't go, you will get into trouble
I dare to say
that they will hold us responsible for the deaths
Especially after Master spent the night in the palace
Even if you didn't do anything
People will still gossip
It fits the words on the stone
Yes
Its getting scary
Since the trouble started because of me
We should return
and find out the truth behind this
If its done by a human, we need to catch the mastermind
If its a demon, we must subdue it so he doesn't cause more damage.
Will you be able to return?
Of course we will return... to deliver your 'babies'
Go
Master, see... He's not being proper
Master, see... so many guards
There's people all over the place, what do they mean?
You there... why are there so many guards around?
From now on, you can't leave this place freely
You need to report your whereabouts to me
You... are trying to imprison us?
Its for your own good
In case you get into trouble
Master, see
Let's go...
hey, don't go yet
This... what is this?
Master, see... they are trying to imprison us
-Wukong -Grand Master is here
My respect to Grand Master
Ever since you came, there's no peace in our country
Now, there's more deaths
You are involved in them
That's strange, what has that got to do with us?
You need a motive for murder too
You are the motive
You poison the river to prevent our women from having babies
And allow men to stay here and bully us
Grand Master, you thought too badly of men
Actually... we aren't bad men
Grand Master, have you seen men before?
Are all men in this world bad?
You ignorant monks
The public is furious now and you are still joking around?
Amitabha
Grand Master, we are upright
Do investigate properly
We shall not leave the country yet
Don't think that the Queen favors you
and you could be so daring
If I got evidence against you, I won't let you off
Grand Master
Even if you send sedan seats, we won't go
You should be careful too
You are also involved in this
Monkey, what nonsense is that?
Grand Master, it could be your ploy to stop
the Queen from getting married
You could have framed us too
You
Wukong, don't sprout nonsense and smear her reputation
Watch them properly
Yes
They are gone
Queen, please give us an explanation
Don't sit inside the palace and enjoy yourself
Your Majesty, the public is in a fury
I can't do anything to appease them
Everyone wants to know if they could drink from the river again
If they can't, it could led to the downfall of this country
Someone must have poisoned the river
If its poisoning
We must find the mastermind
Of course
If its poisoning
3 days later the river will be cleared
The poison could not linger for long
and affect the future of this country
There's another rumor going around
claiming that the monks-men entered this country
and offended our ancestors
This is punishment from our ancestors
Enough
Prepare an edict to prevent the spread of hearsays
I will give you an answer about the river in 3 days time
Be dismissed
I shall take my leave
Advisor
what do you think of this matter?
We have confined Tang monks and his disciples in the house
The person who wanted to frame them
won't poison the river again
Its difficult to catch this person
How do I pacify the public?
Stop
Master
We can't go out now, they confined us here
How should we resolve this?
Master, relax
We won't wait here like a sitting duck
Master, relax
We are around, you just take care of yourself
You fainted twice already
why did you fainted the other time?
First time: You heard the Advisor's pipa tune and was sad
Second time: I saw the previous Queen's drawing
Master, are you sad from seeing those drawings?
Master, if you really like the Queen
Do feel free
Longing for love will hurt your health
Big senior, stop that nonsense
Master is unhappy
Master, I will go out
Its odorless and colorless
How do we tell if its poisonous?
We have to prove that this water is safe and effective too
I think the river shouldn't have poison
Why did they died after drinking from this river?
Unless
the 4 monks are the murderer
Who will poison this river?
It will affect our whole country
and one can't gain from this either
Grand Master, do you mean that those ladies
were poisoned after they drank from the river?
That's right
So the murderer will look for anyone who drank from the river
and poison her again
So, to catch the murderer
we need to locate a person who drank from the river
To lure that person out
Good plan
let's discuss with the Queen
Grand Master is not pushing all the blame on us
She is quite clever
The Advisor is more suspicious
But I can't see where
Your plan sounds good, Grand Master
We need to get someone to drink from the water again
Who should we send?
I will do it
This is a risky task
As your bodyguard, I should do it
No
You need to help your sister with her baby
You can't back off your promise
Get down
That's right
As a army officer, the public don't trust you
The person who drinks the water
must gain the respect of the public
and must be able to influence the public
let me try it
No, Grand Master
You have no menses and can't be pregnant
You could only prove that its not poisonous
but you can't prove its effectiveness in child giving
Let me drink it
Advisor, you have no off spring and you saved me before
that's the reason why I'm still alive
That's why I won't let you try it
Who should do it?
I will do it
Your Majesty, please don't
You are the Queen
What should we do if anything goes wrong?
Grand Master, it has been 3 days
the poison should have cleared
But anything could happen
We can't do without a Queen
You don't have any sisters and you are the only royal
You shouldn't toy with your life
Grand Master Advisor
If I drank from the river and become pregnant
Women country would have a future Queen
and both of you need not quarrel about the plan to get me a husband
If you are poisoned
what should we do?
Advisor is right
I will prepare my will now
and pass my throne to Grand Master
Your Majesty, I can't accept
Grand Master, you have daughter and granddaughter to carry on the line
You are the best person
Don't worry
Your Majesty
Your Majesty don't understand me
I'm your nanny
I cared too much about you
more than my own daughter
In my eyes
You are closer to me than my daughter
I prefer to die instead
if you want to risk your life
Grand Master is right
I joined the palace since young
and followed your Majesty since
And you graced me with the title Advisor
as your Advisor, I'm like your father
and Grand Master is like your mother
How could we send you to your death?
Its sad if an older person needs to send off her young
Please rescind this order
Please rescind your order
Please raise
We won't if you don't reconsider
I can't take back my words
If you love me
Follow my will
We will not raise
Stay
Prepare my edict, if I died
Grand Master will take over my throne
Your Majesty