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[Episode 23]
Yue Li?
How should Your Majesty address me?
Empress.
My...
Empress Nanku.
My father has had the royal seal stamped.
Your Majesty takes the throne as stated in
the deceased emperor's secret royal decree.
It is all justified.
Muru Shuo...
cannot object to it.
This should speed up the coronation faster than the Sovereign Seal.
You wrote it personally?
Are you not scared that--
Being scared is the most useless of all.
Anything that's useless...
I never do.
A woman like you...
You were born to enjoy...
the best things in the world.
I know.
Get proper matters done first.
I'll wait here for you.
Have the ceremony prepared and then come for me.
Your Majesty!
His Majesty is still breathing!
Quickly! Cure him!
I don't know how.
You don't know how?
Don't you have magical powers?
Use them to cure him!
Don't be a useless man!
Magical powers will only cause destruction.
Take a good look at him.
Take a good look at His Majesty!
Destruction? Nonsense!
The Great Duan Empire can only be saved if His Majesty recovers!
Quickly! They are inside!
- Catch them! Quickly! - Stop wasting time!
Don't let them get away!
I'm fine.
Don't worry.
Father...
I can soon be free.
I can meet your mother, Yin Rong.
Sheng...
You must stay well.
I can't look after you anymore.
No!
- Don't leave! - Don't come near me.
I won't bear to leave you.
Father...
Father.
If Yu Xin Ji's confidential report is true
Nanku Qi must be prepared.
Our garrison guards in the city can only be deployed with his signature.
Tonight...
these are all the men we can get.
If we could afford to wait for some time
and deploy every Lion Fang Guard in various cities overnight
they could reach Tian Qi City by tomorrow at the soonest.
How absurd.
I'm entering the city with my troop now for a thorough investigation.
If I hold it off until tomorrow
what would it make me when the outcome is settled?
Father...
Why won't you take any advice?
Why do you have to take such a risk personally?
His Majesty is in grave need of Muru Shuo's protection now.
I grew up alongside His Majesty.
We're as close as true siblings.
Forgive me for speaking bluntly.
We should just make sure that the emperor is still from the Muyun family.
Who cares which Muyun he might be?
Father, you regard His Majesty as a brother.
For the sake of His Majesty
you would even abandon your own flesh and blood.
After all these years, Han Jiang has yet to be found.
However, I saw that His Majesty was wary of you in every way!
Father...
Will you even forfeit your life for him?
What do you know about the difficulties of being an emperor?
If there really are only difficulties...
Why does everyone fight to be an emperor if there's nothing to gain?
How impertinent!
Muru Han Shan.
Do not let me hear another word of your nonsense!
Or else, I can't blame you for overlooking our kinship.
I am aware of that.
It's good that you do.
Track down Nanku Qi immediately.
Seize his military power.
Be sure to hold off the handover of the throne before Prince Han returns.
Yes.
Muyun Sheng!
What are you doing in a daze?
His Majesty mustn't pass away now!
Prince Han has yet to return!
There's no one to take the throne in the royal court now!
It's actually because of that?
You--
Hold this.
Take it!
I want you to transform.
Turn into the Whiz Charmer!
Save His Majesty!
His Majesty must stay alive until Prince Han returns!
As long as His Majesty--
You're also after something!
I only wish to dedicate my abilities to a wise ruler!
Am I wrong?
Prince Ning Rui, Muyun Sheng
coerced with the Royal Dragon Guards' General Yu Xin Ji!
They joined hands in assassinating His Majesty to commit treason!
Whoever kills the two of them... shall be handsomely rewarded!
Whoever allows them to go free... shall be regarded as their accomplice!
Your entire family is to be annihilated!
Yes!
Gentlemen.
Master Nanku, you had us brought into the palace by force late at night.
What do you mean by this?
Exactly!
As colleagues, who are you to send troops into my residence?
I didn't expect that at Master Xue's age...
you'd still have two teenage beauties in your room.
Master Nanku.
You're envious of Master Xue's health and wish to compliment him.
But you don't need to use your military power for that.
His Majesty...
He has passed away.
What?
What did you say?
His Majesty has passed away?
Your Majesty!
The circumstances of His Majesty's death are very odd.
You are to join me tonight in assisting the new emperor in taking the throne.
Investigate thoroughly!
The new emperor?
Who is it?
Me.
Gentlemen, there's no need to panic.
His Majesty already made a secret royal decree.
He anointed Prince He Ge as the crown prince.
Both of you are important advisers.
You have to sign the national letter of credence along with me.
Announce it to the world.
His Majesty made a secret royal decree?
Master Xue, do you doubt it?
Would you like to inspect it to see if it's forged?
I wouldn't dare do so!
Master Gusong.
What is your opinion?
Where is Muru Shuo?
The national letter of credence...
It's valid with just three signatures.
We won't have to wait for him.
This is strange.
Why do we keep going down the same path?
You're right.
After we pass Central Hall, we should arrive at Qin Feng Hall.
Why aren't we there yet?
Father, I'll scout ahead.
Father!
We've been going around in circles!
I'll try again.
Father, I'll go with Han Shan.
- Be careful. - Yes.
By doing so, you have them trapped before they get to Qin Feng Hall
and they can never make it out of there.
This is called Maze Trapping.
However, you'll need to know in advance that your target is coming.
You'll also have to know the topography of the area.
Moreover, this won't stall them for long.
But this should be good enough.
Nanku Qi really is very daring.
But he's quite efficient.
We'll just stall some time for him.
What we aim to do is to hurl the world into chaos.
You seem to have become more capable upon your return.
What should I do to have you teach me?
That depends on how useful you are to me.
Sadly, my father will soon have you back.
I do find it a bit hard to part with you.
My father made me forge the Sovereign Seal for Muyun He Ge.
I had no choice but to do so.
But he's dragging it on for too long.
He insists on waiting until Muyun He Ge takes the throne
to expose him of forging the Sovereign Seal.
Only then will he deploy his army.
On the one hand, he covets authority.
On the other hand, he wants to uphold a reputation.
He's clearly doing an evil deed, but he wants to be praised for it.
What is the point in it?
If it were you...
what would you do?
Compared to those prim and proper fake heroes
who are always out to save the world
only a fierce and ambitious man would keep people up at night
and affect their appetite out of fear and anxiety.
No one would dare to slack off.
Everyone would be like a dear in the wilderness.
They would keep on running.
Their eyes sparkling and their muscles strong.
They wouldn't dare to stop until they died.
Only a world in which fear is instilled and propelled by anxiety
is one that is truly powerful, vigorous, and capable of creating value!
What are you looking at?
There are also times when I think to myself...
It'd be quite nice to have a son like you.
Does Mister Mo truly mean it, or are you just taking advantage of me?
Do you think that there's any advantage in being a father?
My father is an arch prince.
My godfather is the head of Wan Prefecture's Chamber of Commerce.
I, myself, am a unique and outstanding young man.
Who else in this world is still fit to be my father?
I'm the instructor of the March Moon Sect's Ji Clan.
In the March Moon Sect... apart from our Sect Master
I am also someone all others have to obey.
Ordinary folk don't even have the chance to speak to me.
Not to mention that you can also teach occultism.
I think well of you, but you're haggling terms with me?
In this world, don't you have to fancy something first
before you negotiate a price for it?
The more excuses you come up with, the more I find you a rarity.
Do you really wish to learn occultism from me?
Father!
What should we do?
Gentlemen...
You may sign it now.
Master Gusong.
You're going to defy the decree?
The former emperor just passed away.
His posthumous decree doesn't mean much anymore?
I wouldn't dare think so.
There's just one matter that I don't understand.
Master Nanku.
Why did you know of His Majesty's demise before we did?
You even had the time to arrange everything so well.
Gusong Zhi.
What do you mean by that?
As the royal censor, I'm not used to keeping my words bottled up.
I think this is all very odd tonight.
Before we investigate thoroughly, this national letter of credence...
I definitely refuse to sign it.
Your Highness, you can kill me.
What's the difficulty in forging my signature on the letter?
It's just...
on the day His Majesty passes away
his royal supervising censor dies suddenly?
If anyone learns of this, it will be hard for the Nanku family to explain it.
Master Gusong, what do you mean by that?
Greetings, Mother.
When there's a problem with a woman's husband
and she consults her brother first, what's not to understand about that?
He was your emperor and mine as well.
He was also my husband.
After you lose an emperor, you'll still have a new one.
What about me?
Where am I to find another Muyun Qin, whom I loved and admired as a treasure?
I am the empress.
All of His Majesty's women could cry their hearts out for him
but I...
I have to think about arranging his funeral and ritual.
Where will the funeral take place?
When will it begin? When will it end?
The seating plan for all arch princes...
How should I ensure everyone's safety?
The arrangement of transport and meals throughout the day!
And even where everyone... can use the washrooms.
I've lost him.
Yet I need strength to get all of those matters done.
I don't have the time to cry.
Crying won't help.
Only by getting everything done perfectly...
can it do him some good.
Isn't true loyalty having the matters he cared about the most done perfectly?
Am I right, my brother?
Could you also put the deceased emperor's best interests first. just like I do?
Muyun He Ge, he might not be the best candidate for you as an emperor.
However, all the other princes are so far away from here.
Without an emperor, should there arise a rebellion in the palace
and decades of the deceased emperor's reign be ruined
wouldn't you feel guilty about that?
The deceased emperor gave up a lot for this sovereignty.
Do you know that?
If you were to go through such an ordeal, which of you... could bear with it?
The empress is right.
I am speechless!
Your Highness's love and concern for His Majesty are truly deep.
I no longer have any doubt.
Your Highness, how clever.
My brother, you were right.
While alive, you must take actions that you should.
Muyun Sheng.
We either fight!
Or we run!
Don't wait here to die!
I've told you not to come to me again.
You should save him.
He's going to meet my mother.
He's reluctant to wake up.
Is that so?
Is it not?
What I saw... wasn't like that.
You could see it?
He is indeed now with your mother.
But I'm afraid...
it isn't what you hoped it would be.
Take a look for yourself.
Kill me...
and Prince Qin's army will come barging into the palace right away.
You want to kill me?
Yin Rong...
This is what Your Majesty calls love?
You killed your beloved woman for the sake of your throne.
Muyun Qin, you really are impressive.
It isn't so!
If...
If I had to choose again...
If I had another chance...
Certainly.
You can now choose to kill me.
With your beloved woman by your side, you don't need sovereignty.
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry!
What is this you're showing me?
Your father had so deep a remorse.
Although he hasn't passed away, he can't regain consciousness.
His consciousness will always be trapped in that moment when he made his decision.
But he can't make a different choice.
He will just end up killing your mother repeatedly.
Why is this the only outcome?
I can only tell you what I see.
I can't figure out the reason either.
Could it be that this is how humans are?
Once you made a choice...
you will always have to regret not having chosen the other.
Is this what greed is?
If you look at this with my own eyes...
You'll see that contradiction and anxiety loom over the entire Novoland.
People wish for a quiet and orderly life.
Yet they also crave unexpected encounters and adventure.
They are making choices from time to time.
There isn't a moment of peace and quiet.
Humans always spend time on matters that aren't worth it.
Not worth it?
It's because you can't see how powerful such energy is in the air.
It has kept the lands tightly bound within.
Have you thought about...
What is it that gave you such a nature?
Who is it?
Who created the living beings?
Why were we created?
Get back inside!
I don't need you!
Don't ever show up again.
I don't need you.
Stop thinking about it.
Don't think about it.
My father suffers too much...
What should I do to wake him up?
I'll help you.
As long as you let me into your mind...
There's a monster in my mind.
It will hurt you.
- I'm not afraid! - I am.
Here.
- Close your eyes. - No.
There's been a change of events.
Inform Lord of Wan not to take any action yet.
What is it?
Nanku Qi has lost.
Who else knows that we've come into the palace?
Apart from Nanku Qi, only these guards knew.
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