Subtitles by DramaFever
[Episode 37]
Master Gusong.
What makes a good emperor?
His only concern is for his people.
Not his family...
Nor his friends...
Nor himself!
Your Majesty!
Are you a good emperor?
Since you made up your mind to kill Consort Yin Rong...
you are!
You wish to... kill me?
To give the order...
to kill.
I've made a decision.
Your Majesty has made up your mind.
But do you still remember that I'm one of the Charmers?
Whoever kills me...
shall be engulfed.
I had thought...
I thought that the happiness love brings forth
was what humans would pursue.
Who would have known that humans would forsake happiness?
Instead, you actually crave something that carries no warmth.
Humans...
What exactly is it that you want?
Yin Rong...
Your Majesty, please make a decree!
Muyun Sheng, wake up!
Muyun Sheng, wake up quickly...
All of you are to wait here.
Rise.
Yes!
Is he awake?
Your Majesty, he is still unconscious.
What did the royal physician say?
He read his pulse.
His pulse is fine.
For a reason unknown, he is still unconscious.
- You may leave. - Yes.
- Yes.
Father...
Kinsmen become enemies!
Lovers kill each other!
The people involved know that they are putting on an act
but they can't leave the stage.
Onlookers mock them, but wish to get on stage!
This is the royal family!
This is an emperor!
All of you are lunatics!
Everything is kept too simple.
I know that you're like your mother.
You don't like extravagance.
However, in the palace
you can't always have things your way.
At the family banquet, I offended Father.
Father, please punish me.
What for?
I wielded a sword...
at Father.
It's a felony.
You don't remember what happened after that?
My mind is a mess.
General Yu took away your wooden sword.
Then...
Then you passed out in a drunken stupor.
It's just that I hadn't committed a more serious crime.
I'm not totally innocent.
I should be punished for it.
You're pardoned.
Father--
If I say that you're pardoned, then you are.
Don't fuss over it.
We won't talk about the family banquet for now.
I happen to have some time today.
I heard that you were unwell, so I came specially to visit you.
Sit.
Thank you, Father.
Just address me as Papa.
Right now in Wei Ping Residence
there is no ruler and his subject.
There is only a father and his son.
Papa.
[By the emperor's decree, a Charmer has influenced Crown Prince into misconduct.]
[Hence, High Priest Ling He Qing is ordered to annihilate the Charmers]
[as this isn't the first time they have jeopardized our lands.]
Godfather, I've just been informed.
His Majesty has made up his mind to kill Pan Xi.
Arch Prince Ye must be behind it.
Arch Prince Ye is so skilled at influencing others
and stirring up disputes.
What a talent.
It's a pity that he has sabotaged our great plan.
Who knows how much I will be able to remedy?
Sheng.
Do you know why I'm so keen on being a good emperor?
Papa, you came to Wei Ping Residence specifically
to talk to me about this matter?
It's because I had your mother and you.
I had only wanted to be a hero.
I wished to be the best man in the world.
Only then would I be good enough for your mother.
Only then would I be at ease to accept your mother's smiling face.
Father, have you forgotten?
You once had Mother imprisoned in Yong Yin Hall.
You avoided seeing me for over 10 years.
Later on, everyone did say that I was a good emperor.
As time went by...
I grew used to it.
Had any word of criticism been made known to me
I actually couldn't sleep at night.
I would think over and over again about what I might have done wrong.
One criticism...
Would that turn into 10 criticisms?
10...
Would that turn into 100 criticisms?
I worried that the people would see through me
and realize that I'm not naturally gifted at all.
And that I do not work hard enough.
I can never make the right decisions.
Will I fall from a good emperor to a dumb one in the eyes of my people?
A lazy emperor?
An emperor who jeopardizes the nation?
Papa, you have so much on your mind.
Could this also be for Mother's sake?
Since I'm now a hero
I can only continue to be one.
When heroes make mistakes...
isn't that even more disappointing?
I didn't wish to disappoint your mother.
So you stabbed Mother.
My sovereignty is my power.
Only by holding on to my sovereignty can I hold on to your mother.
Should I lose my throne, what will become of me?
How can I protect you and your mother?
Yet now you have your throne...
My mother no longer exists in this world.
But everyone says that I'm a good emperor.
Does that make you happy?
For days, I've been talking to Miss Pan Xi.
Your wisdom and knowledge truly impress me.
However, today...
I have to bid you farewell.
By the royal decree, I'm ordered to kill you.
Blame me not.
The emperor of the Humans...
Why would he wish to kill me?
The Charmers... have harmed lives.
Have we?
As long as someone believes in that, lies can become the truth.
Do you believe in that?
I'm acting on the orders of the emperor.
I have no choice but to obey.
The Royal Divination Sect...
We can't afford to lose the royal court's trust in us.
For the sake of all the living?
Isn't it all just for your own interests?
It was that shadow who caught me.
You can't kill me.
He's bestowed the Ice Sting to me.
The Ice Sting...
It's made of the black metal
buried under the permafrost of Shang Prefecture's snowland.
It's used specifically to kill the Charmers.
All Charmers in the world are formed by roaming energy.
Once stabbed by the Ice Sting
their roaming energy threads contract because of the cold and can never reform.
They then disperse.
Vanish into thin air.
Who exactly is he?
He said that he doesn't have a name.
Others call him...
"That Man."
Why would he catch me?
His mission is to keep the lands peaceful.
What has that got to do with me?
Back then...
if I hadn't stabbed your mother
Prince Qin's army would've taken on the Muru Cavalry.
So many would've lost their wives and children.
Many would've been rendered homeless.
I can't bear to do so.
Sheng...
If you wish to be a good emperor...
You can only care about the people.
Not your family.
Nor your friends.
Nor yourself.
Father, you said all these just to tell me how to be a good emperor?
I wish to remind you.
In one's lifetime, the day will come...
when you have to lose your loved one.
Then...
what will you depend on to go on living?
Lose my loved one?
That won't happen to me.
She will always stay by my side to keep me company.
Father, I'll ask her out here to meet you.
Pan Xi.
Come and meet my father.
That Man told me that Pan Xi is no ordinary Charmer.
But a slave.
Your master sent you to approach Muyun Sheng.
It wasn't so you could fall in love with him.
It was to turn him into a sort of weapon.
Slaughter all lives in Novoland.
Make mountains crumble and fall.
Sink the lands.
Dry up the seas.
Set the lands aflame!
Until all lives created by the God of Desolation are destroyed by him!
That Man told you that?
How would he know?
You admit to it?
Who exactly is he?
Who is That Man?
He didn't tell me.
Today...
Once I drive the Ice Sting right through your heart
no one will ever be troubled again.
I don't care!
I don't care about anyone's troubles!
I don't care about the lands crumbling!
I made Muyun Sheng a promise!
I promised Muyun Sheng never to leave him!
Miss Pan Xi!
If you escape today...
I will surely tell Prince Sheng about your true motive.
You've actually been lying to him all along.
Please let me off.
I can forget who I am.
I just wish to stay by his side.
But the more you are by his side...
the more people wish to hurt him.
Then I'll kill all those who wish to hurt him.
He'll be safe.
What if those who wish to hurt him...
are his own kinsmen?
Miss Pan Xi, you'll only bring Prince Sheng pain.
If that is so...
you might as well part earlier.
After you're gone, Prince Sheng will only be upset for a few years.
He will slowly recover.
Then he will spend the rest of his life in comfort.
Isn't this even better for him?
You're not a human, so you don't understand.
Humans don't remember so well.
The more upsetting it is...
the faster...
we forget!
I'm begging you!
I beg you to let me see him one last time!
I should get going.
Remember what I told you.
Pan Xi?
Pan Xi.
I thought that you'd disappeared again.
When you think of me, what comes to your mind first?
When I think of you?
I won't think of you.
From now on, you'll have to behave yourself and stay by my side.
You're not to leave me even for a split second.
How could two people not even be apart for a split second?
As long as you're willing to do so...
we can.
Will you?
Yes.
Why are you crying?
Right now...
he won't be able to make it here.
Who is hurting you?
Take me there!
Muyun Sheng!
Hold me.
Pan Xi!
Are you all right?
Call my name again.
The name you gave me.
I like hearing you say my name.
Pan Xi.
This name is actually quite ordinary.
But when it's uttered by you...
it becomes one of a kind.
Pan Xi...
If you like to hear me say your name, I'll say it for you.
I'll say it as many times as you want me to.
All right?
Yes.
Where is Pan Xi?
You're more fortunate than I am.
Pan Xi!
Your Highness.
Where is Pan Xi?
Your Highness should already know.
There's no need to ask.
I do not know!
Where is Pan Xi?
The Charmer has dispersed.
She won't return ever again.
You're lying to me.
You must have hidden her away.
A soul without a physical form...
She was but formed from threads of roaming energy.
Once the threads of roaming energy disperse
the Charmer is vanquished.
My father gave you orders to do so?
It was His Majesty's decree.
Who did it?
I did.
Just a moment ago.
Right here.
Why? Why?
I've never hurt anyone.
Pan Xi has never hurt anyone either.
Why would you do so?
Your Highness...
Your destiny... and Miss Pan Xi's destiny...
It was all God's will.
God's will is not to be defied!
God's will?
Then God can go to Hell!
Die!
That's impossible...
It can't be...
The astrolabe...
It can't be manipulated by humans.
This is impossible.
You mustn't touch it!
Get lost!
- God's will? - This won't work!
It won't work!
God's will!
The direction in which the astrolabe operates
is the direction of how the stars in the sky are moving!
How can the power of humans go against that of God?
Go away!
Only I am the master of my own destiny!
Your Highness...
You mustn't touch it!
Your Highness!
- What are you doing? - Get lost!
I am going to foretell..
I am going to foretell what I should do to get Pan Xi back!
How I can get her back!
Your Highness, that charmer is already vanquished.
She can never return, Your Highness!
I don't believe you!
Your Highness...
Don't!
To foretell your own destiny...
No one is allowed to do so...
Foretelling your own destiny... will bring forth unpredictable changes.
Everyone's destiny...
The Great Duan Empire's destiny!
No one will ever be able to foretell that again!
Put out the fire! Come put out the fire!
Once... I had cared about everyone's destiny.
But now, I can't even protect my most beloved woman...
From this day forth...
there is no destiny! I will only do whatever I please!
Your Highness!
You destroyed the astrolabe!
God will surely punish you!
If there really is God, punish me right away!
As long as I shall live, I will mock you!
You can't stop me from doing whatever I want!
It's easier to count like this.
Then you can tell who won.
Muru Shuo managed to raise such a good-tempered son?
My temper isn't all that good.
I'm just...
Putting up with you.
Don't bother.
I need to.
It's because...
I have a favor to ask of you.
What is it?
Just because I agreed to be your family
don't assume that you can boss me around as the eldest brother.
Go and visit Mother.
When you see her...
call her Mama.
Just that?
Just that.
Nosy.
Where are you going?
Pee!
Trim off all those that are peeking out.
Yes, Madam.
Trim off all those forking branches.
Han Jiang?
What is the matter?
Nothing much.
I'm just here to talk to you.
What about?
Madam!
How insolent! Shouting and yelling. Where are your manners?
Speak. What is the matter?
Madam, General has rushed to the palace.
Crown Prince burnt down the Astrology Chamber
so he went to defend the palace in case of unforeseen events.
He doesn't know when he can return and left Madam in charge at home
to avoid more trouble.
I heard you. Go now.
Yes.
Han Jiang, you mustn't leave the manor today.
Han Jiang!
Muyun Sheng!
They killed my Pan Xi...
Who has hurt you?
Who killed Pan Xi?
I'll get back at them for you.
Don't bother!
I can do it.
The Astrology Chamber has been destroyed.
They can no longer blame destiny and God's will for their sins.
I want every one of them to know that they have done wrong.
I want them to pay the price for their actions.
Han Jiang...
Take Su Yu Ning with you and leave immediately.
You're the only ones I never wish to hurt.
I'll stay with you.
I'll fight alongside you.
Even if we have to fight against God, I will stand by you!
This is an order!
This is the order of the royal Muyun family!
If the two of you stay here, it will only cause me more trouble!
Leave!
Once I've taken Su Yu Ning home safely, I'll come back for you.
Just as we did when we were children
I'll save you from this cage again!
The world out there is huge.
You can live your life however you want!
It's fine.
I won't run away again.
From now on...
in my life...
all I will do is fight.
If Muyun Sheng even so much as gets a scratch on him
I will have you pay with your lives!
Crown Princess Consort, what are you looking for?
Step aside!
Han Jiang?
Come with me.
Where to?
We'll leave Tian Qi City.
Why?
It's an order.
Who gave you the orders?
The Muyun family.
Subtitles by DramaFever