"Ashes of Love"
"Episode 5"
Jin Mi.
Sister Xian Er from Nine Luminaries Palace...
told me to hand you this letter.
It's for you.
What?
Why is he so happy while reading love letter this time?
If I had known earlier,
I'd have kept it for Sui He.
See.
How about it?
Smooth.
Sincere.
And beautifully written.
The only thing is it's too long.
It's better to leave out some parts.
Read it out.
Supreme Fairy Jin Mi,
The words are like myself.
The letter is for me.
And she calls me Supreme Fairy.
The fairies nowadays...
are having bad eyesights.
Someone's looking for Jin Mi.
You're even busier...
than me, the Fire Immortal.
Just go.
Here.
Hello, Supreme Fairy Jin Mi.
Hmm...
Do you agree?
Did you read...
the letter I wrote you?
The letter?
Yes, I did.
It was nicely done.
Genuine and sincere.
I'm deeply moved.
Really?
No one has ever...
written such a touching letter to me.
Thank you.
Here. Thanks.
Thank you.
- Thank you. - Everybody gets 1 each.
Get in line.
Thank you.
There are so many rice dumplings.
I'll eat them one by one.
I'll definitely...
get the Dumpling King...
with 500 years of magical prowess.
There's only 1 year of magical prowess?
But...
it tastes good.
It is fragrant and sticky.
Even if there's no magical prowess,
they're worth eating.
One year.
Seriously?
Twenty rice dumplings.
All with only 1 year of magical prowess.
This is unfair.
Extremely unfair!
Jin Mi.
How many have you eaten?
Everyone has gone home.
Why didn't you come and help Liao Ting and I to clean up?
Twenty.
I already ate 20 rice dumplings.
But each of them only contained 1 year of prowess.
I was angry and stuffed.
Then I fell asleep.
I wonder which one of them...
ate the Dumpling King...
with 500 years magical prowess.
Indeed, I haven't heard...
who ate it.
This means...
the Dumpling King with 500 years prowess...
is not yet eaten?
So where are the remaining rice dumplings?
This is the first time the Heaven realm makes such a thing.
There won't be anymore left.
Just give up your hope.
By the way,
the prince wants you at Xi Chen Palace,
to practise transformation trick.
You'd better go there.
Could it be that the immortal who...
got it did not eat it?
Speaking of this,
the prince did tell me to...
bring 1 to Xi Chen Palace for him.
I don't know if he's eaten it or not.
Greetings, Your Highness.
I heard that...
you're moving to house of marriage lately?
Says who?
You must have heard wrong.
You personally teach me...
such a powerful magical prowess.
Why would I be so stupid...
and rely on others?
Your Highness,
I'll get the ink ready for you.
I'm reading today.
There's no need for ink.
Okay.
But it's late now,
I feel hungry.
Why don't you heat up the rice dumpling...
using the spell I taught you...
so that I can eat it?
The mortals' dumplings...
taste really bad.
The wrapper...
smells funny.
And the rice inside...
are not the rice we normally use.
It's very soft.
Even if it's only a rice,
it has to be tough, right?
How can it be...
so soft?
And this is a big rice dumpling.
If you eat it at night,
you might choke.
If that's the case,
I'm more curious about how it tastes.
Why did you say it tastes so bad.
Your Highness,
how about I make you a flower cake?
It tastes a hundred times better than the rice dumpling.
It'll melt in your mouth. You won't choke.
Okay?
- Sure. - Alright.
I'll make it right away.
Wait for me!
Just one moment!
Dumpling King.
Dumpling King with 500 years magical prowess...
is indeed extraordinary.
Flower cake.
This time, I do have to thank the phoenix.
But,
he doesn't seem to like flower cake very much.
Got it.
Your... Your Highness, why are you here?
What are you doing?
Where's my flower cake?
But you don't like to eat flower cake.
Why do you want me to make it?
After a long thought,
I came up with a better gift...
which is 100 times better than flower cake.
What's that?
The flower cake can satisfy my hunger even if it tastes bad.
But what's the use of a tree of flowers?
Leaves like phoenix's feathers.
Flowers like phoenix's crest.
Since you're a phoenix,
I'm giving you a red ebony...
as an appreciation gift.
It's also called Phoenix Flower.
Phoenix Flower?
It's said that Phoenix Flower...
blooms twice.
For the first time, destiny arrives.
For the second time, destiny ends.
I've made the Phoenix Flowers here...
always bloom...
with my magical prowess.
Do you like...
the flower I give you?
Destiny comes and go. It's doomed to end.
While flowers are doomed to wilt and return to earth.
So there's nothing...
to comment about.
Moon Immortal was right.
Fire Immortal is perfect,
except that he's unromantic.
You are not interested in...
these beautiful flowers...
nor those...
pretty fairies.
So of all the things in the world,
what exactly do you like?
You decided this on your own.
I haven't questioned you, but you're questioning me already.
I got it.
The thing you like most is...
punishing others.
You...
Phoenix Flower?
Your Highness, someone asks to see you.
Who?
A group of people.
Your Highness.
I'm Ji Du from Nine Luminaries Palace.
Greetings, Your Highness.
What's the matter?
I'm a rough fellow.
I came here today...
to ask for a marriage with Fire Immortal.
Don't talk nonsense, Ji Du.
Your Highness, princess, please don't be angry.
That's not what he meant.
He's here on behalf of Yue Bei...
to ask for a marriage with Fire Immortal.
No, that's not the case.
He's here on behalf of Yue Bei...
to ask for the marriage with Jin Mi who's in the prince's palace.
That's right.
A marriage with Jin Mi.
I didn't think that...
Jin Mi is good with girls.
Tell me. What's the matter?
Judging from your appearance, you're Jin Mi, right?
I heard that Yue Bei was...
disrespectful to you yesterday outside Qi Wu Palace.
We from the Nine Luminaries Palace dare to admit our mistakes.
These are the wedding gifts.
I think tthere's no need to choose for an auspicious day.
Come with me...
to marry Yue Bei today.
Treated disrespectfully?
It was just...
a kiss on my cheek.
It's okay.
Doesn't matter.
I'm afraid I have to refuse it.
Jin Mi...
can't marry Yue Bei.
Why so?
Do you dislike Yue Bei?
Why don't you ask...
Jin Mi's opinion first, Your Highness?
Jin Mi,
do you like Yue Bei?
If both of you like each other,
just let us know.
Ji Du and I will help you.
Do you...
Do you like her...
or not?
We're friends.
Of course I like her.
- But... - Your Highness,
since Jin Mi said so,
we can set the marriage now.
Why would we separate the lovebirds?
Relax, Ji Du.
I didn't mean to stop you.
In fact, it's Jin Mi...
who is not capable of doing so.
As the saying goes...
a natural couple...
is formed by a man and a woman.
Jin Mi is also a girl,
of course she can't marry Yue Bei.
How is that possible?
She was supressed by the Prowess Supress Hairpin.
So it's normal for you and Yue Bei...
to mistake her for a man.
How did he know this is a Prowess Supress Hairpin?
Not even I know that.
Jin Mi is my attendant.
Things are easier...
if she dresses as a man.
It is also my fault...
that the misunderstanding occurs.
Please don't be angry at me.
Jin Mi,
I'm sorry.
Your Highness, sorry for disturbing you.
Let's go.
Come on.
Hurry up.
Come here.
See what I've got for you.
What are these?
Xu Feng is so lucky.
He got a...
pretty girl with just a random pick.
It was I who picked him.
That doesn't matter. It's almost the same.
Anyway, both of you are one.
You're a grape elf,
so I purposely...
prepared this for you.
How? Do you like it?
- Get changed and let me see. - No, I don't like it.
Not nice at all.
Are you questioning my sense of beauty?
Not nice?
Impossible.
I mean, no way...
it's not nice.
The Moon Immortal's sense of beauty...
is of course good.
It's good.
A little girl should look like a little girl.
If you don't like the purple one,
here, change into the red one.
Nice?
Yeah.
Nice.
It's her.
She... she's back.
I've always been here.
You look familiar,
but I can't remember...
Forget it.
As expected from Xu Feng's partner.
Red does suit you.
It just matches perfectly.
When Xu Feng sees this,
he'll be happy for sure.
If he's happy,
he'll be more kind to you.
People spare no effort to learn.
You fit perfectly...
to this saying.
They say you're very talented,
but who knows...
the effort you put in.
The annotations in the book...
are more detailed than the text.
I'm really impressed.
These aren't for me.
I wrote the annotations...
for that lazy Jin Mi.
If only she was thoughtful and studious as you.
Then I don't have to worry so much.
Your Highness. Princess.
Why are you here?
There are a lot to do in Qi Wu Palace.
Instead of helping Liao Ting and Fei Xu with the jobs,
you are attracting attention in these clothes.
How can you do this?
Attract attention?
So, we share the same thought.
I think this is attracting attention too.
It's really like attracting attention.
But I couldn't recall...
what do I look like dressed in this.
Now that I've seen you two,
it suddenly occurs to me that...
I look like...
a kind of bird in your tribe very much, princess.
What is it called again?
It's very ugly,
with white spots spread on its red feathers.
It's called...
crimson-bellied chicken!
That's right! That ugly chicken!
It's so ugly.
But there's nothing I can do.
The Moon Immortal made me wear this.
I've to follow what he says as I'm younger.
Pity me.
I'm a decent grape elf,
but now I have to be a silly...
and strutting chicken for once.
- You... - Sui He,
I'm busy today.
I will talk to you about spells another day.
Why are you standing there?
As an attendant, you're really insensitive to your job.
Let's go.
Why do I feel like the princess is angry?
The crimson-bellied chickens and peacocks...
are of the same ancestry.
Sui He is related to them.
She's one who save face.
Why did you speak so carelessly?
Reflect on your mistakes when we're back.
How many vermilion bird eggs have you eaten?
Your nose bleeds so much.
Jin Mi,
Your appearance surely...
attracts others' attention.
This is what I do.
It's how it should be. It's how it should be.
You're really shameless.
Why should I be embarrassed?
As flowers and fruits,
of course we have to attract bees and butterflies.
If there is no bees or butterflies to help in flowers' pollination,
how do we get fruits?
Without fruits,
there's no grape.
Being stupid is not your fault.
But being stupid while looking so attractive...
is definitely your fault.
Your Highness.
What happened to your face?
Who bullied you?
Your Highness,
I'm not bullied.
Maybe because it's too hot...
that there's too much heat in my body.
Go wash your face.
Then recite the heat-clearing chant.
You'll cool down when you're calm.
Go.
Yes.
Hang on.
It's better if you use the grape vine hairpin.
Why?
You don't want to?
I... I didn't mean to be better looking than you.
It was just a coincidence.
Coincidence.
What did you say?
I understand that.
I dressed like a man,
and Yue Bei...
wanted to marry me...
instead of you.
That's why...
you're unhappy.
But don't worry.
I will be more careful next time. I will.
You heartless girl.
Alright.
I'll just be more careful.
You...
are more obedient to my uncle compared to me, his nephew.
You changed your clothes when the Moon Immortal told you to.
Why aren't you...
so obedient on other days?
Red does suit you.
When Xu Feng sees this,
he'll be happy for sure.
If he's happy,
he'll be more kind to you.
Of course it's not because of the Moon Immortal.
I did this for the spi...
I did this for you.
Look at me,
are you happy?
You're not answering my question.
I'll just ask you.
Do you feel happy...
when you see me...
dressed like this?
I see.
She did this for me.
Is she...
Is she into me?
Moon Immortal is indeed calculating.
Dressing like a chicken actually has its use.
The phoenix's taste is really...
Never mind. I made him happy,
so what if I have to sacrifice a little?
Maybe when he gets happier,
he'll give me some magical prowess.
By the way,
uncle told me to tell you...
Seven days later, in the morning,
there will be a show at house of marriage.
Go take a look if you have time.
Really? That's great!
I love watching opera.
If you have nothing to do,
concentrate in your practice.
Don't do wandering around.
Okay. So are you going to the show by then?
By asking this,
do you want me to go...
or do you not want me to go?
- I don't want you to go. - Why?
If you do,
you'll be surrounded by...
the female fairies.
Then,
I wouldn't be able to get a good seat.
Is she...
being jealous?
He's really afraid that I'll steal the fairies away.
Foolish bird.
What would I want those fairies for?
It's better if you give me some magical prowess.
Follow me.
Open all the cabinets,
and clean them.
Doesn't he have hands?
Your Highness, what treasure is this?
This is the tooth of Tao Wu.
This is my precious collection.
Be careful.
Clean it.
Then put it back.
What about this?
This is the rib of Gu Diao.
The beast resembles a bird.
It fed on mortals,
and looked like a bird with horns.
It had a baby's cry,
and had killed countless people.
But...
it was easily subdued by me.
Did he purposely tell me this?
These are Hun Dun's head and tail.
This is the tail of Chu Huai.
This is...
one of the 9 brains of Jiu Ying.
All of these were...
feracious beasts that harmed the six realms.
But they're now my trophy.
Look around.
If there's anything you like,
I can give it to you...
as a decoration.
But if it's the heads...
of the ancient beasts that you want,
I can think about it depending on...
your performance.
No need.
You're indeed the god of war, Your Highness.
Amazing.
Awesome.
The cabinets are almost full.
I'll need a new one.
This works.
When she's looking at my great achievements,
her eyes are shining...
with admiration.
He is clearly warning me.
Such a narrow-minded bird.
How did I offed him?
Why is he scaring me?
Is it Jin Mi?
The little girl brought up by Xu Feng...
has changed a lot.
You've become prettier as time passes.
He's really narrow-minded.
He is afraid that...
I'll steal his title of "The Most Handsome Guy in Six Realm".
In case there's misunderstanding,
I've kept my grape vine in magic-repressing bag.
Xu Feng is the best in six realms.
And Jin Mi,
you're extraordinarily beautiful.
You and Xu Feng... make the perfect match.
Moon Immortal,
you're getting slimmer.
Seems like your diet works.
Congratulations.
Was I very fat?
Yeah.
It was bird tribe's fault.
Lately, the chickens they provide...
are even smaller than a pigeon.
They were terrifyingly thin...
that I couldn't get enough food everyday.
I even wake up at night due to hunger.
Could it be plague caused by chickens?
No.
This is a long story.
They ought to know who they're bullying.
The Flora realm is biting off more than they can chew.
They even go against the bird tribe now.
Aunt, don't be angry.
And you.
Why are you only telling me now?
You're the mighty princess of bird tribe.
The leader of the tribe.
Chief Zhang is nothing.
She's just temporarily taking charge...
of the Flora realm for Flora Immortal.
Who is she to tell us what to do?
I thought this was a small matter.
Morover, the prince went missing...
and Demon realm was advancing.
I didn't wish to argue with her.
That was why I yielded.
When I returned home,
I interrogated everyone in the tribe.
No one did what she mentioned.
But unexpectedly, Chief Zhang won't let this go.
She insisted that...
a bird took away... an elf from Flora realm.
Why is the elf...
so important?
I find it strange too.
But I couldn't trace the flower elf.
Yet she said I tried to cover up for my subordinate and got mad.
She even gave out Luoying order...
and started to not provide us with food.
She said if the bird tribe doesn't hand over the elf,
Flora realm will never provide us food.
How dare she!
Besides worms,
our main food...
is flora and grains,
and also seeds.
Aren't they...
going against us by doing this?
The newly borns...
are looking very thin.
I do pity them.
That's why I'm here to ask for your help, aunt.
The Flora realm is so arrogant...
because the Heavenly Emperor is being soft with them.
But we...
can't lower ourselves to beg them.
Pass my order.
Open up the 8 granaries of Heaven realm.
Yes.
As for that flower elf,
there must be something mysterious about her.
Tell someone to check it out secretly.
Find out who she is,
and keep me up to date.
Yes.
As fox,
we can't live without chickens.
They were originally provided by bird tribe.
But now,
we're running out of food.
The chickens who are able to grow into the size of a pigeon...
had struggled a lot.
This is tortuous. How tortuous.
I wonder which unlucky flower elf that is.
If I were still in Flora realm,
I'll persuade Chief Zhang...
to never stop...
providing them food,
but substitute all...
with croton.
Hey you, why did you barge in?
I told you, my master is having a guest today.
Lao Hu.
She is...
More?
No.
Hong Hong,
I am terrified.
Do you know what did I run into just now?
Is it the jade rabbit from Guanghan Palace?
It is.
I've never seen that rabbit for thousands of years.
It has become a lot fatter.
How many carrots do you think it ate...
to grow into how it is now?
I wonder what is it that...
brings you here...
to experience such suffering.
Let's not talk about it.
I'm so unlucky today.
Chief Zhang chased me out of Flora realm.
After a long thought,
I think it's better to...
come to your place.
Why did she chase you out?
This is...
It's me.
Little grape.
Little one?
Oh my girl,
I found you at last.
You've troubled me a lot.
Why did you leave without saying anything?
My carrot skin...
was almost peeled by the chiefs...
because of you.
They even accused me of...
failing in protecting you,
and ordered me to look for you immediately.
If I couldn't find you,
they'll throw me into a rabbit's nest.
This is great.
I finally found you.
I didn't think that...
Chief Zhang who was always strict with me...
has left me...
an important place in her heart.
Hurry up, go back with me.
I'm finally safe.
Wait a moment.
Where are you...
taking my nephew's wife to?
Your nephew's wife?
Little one,
are you...
wrongly matched...
by this bad-sighted fox?
His nephew...
looks like he'll have a lot of lovers.
He'd have at least 8 wives if not 10 in the future.
How can you And his nephew...
You... you...
Let's look for Supreme Lord Tao...
and borrow his sword...
to cut off the matching red line.
What're you talking about?
I'm here to learn from the phoenix.
Really?
That's better.
But you should go back now.
Otherwise there'll be a chaos.
Either the bird tribe...
or the Flora realm will extinct.
Let's go back...
and report to Chief Zhang.
Lao Hu,
Xu Feng is still training the soldiers.
Why not wait for him to...
We've no time for that.
Come on, let's go.
Wait for me!
- Lao Hu. - Hurry up.
Slow down. Relax.
- You... - Relax.
- Jin Mi. - Fox fairy.
Hong Hong,
don't cause any more trouble.
We're running out of time. If this is delayed,
Flora realm will be going into
a war with bird tribe.
Wait a second.
Could the lost flower elf be Jin Mi?
That's it.
A... A... Am I not...
a grape elf?
Flower elf or grape elf,
what's the difference?
You're still elf, anyway.
Do you know that...
when Chief Zhang learnt that...
you were taken away by a big bird,
she was extremely furious?
Come on, go home with me.
Hang on.
What's so special about Jin Mi?
Why does Chief Zhang treat her so differently?
I've never heard that...
she has a child.
Is Chief Zhang saving Jin Mi...
for another man?
Hong Hong, don't talk nonsense.
Jin Mi...
was brought up by Chief Zhang.
Of course she cares about her.
Won't you help your neighbour...
to find her lost child?
Somehow, I think that something is fishy here.
That's why, you can't just take Jin Mi away.
I didn't expect I'm still quite important...
in Chief Zhang's heart.
Hong Hong,
don't you old man mind...
the matter of...
Flora realm.
Who's old now?
Look into the mirror.
All these years,
my skin is better taken care of than yours.
Lao Hu.
Let me ask you. If I follow you back now,
will Chief Zhang peel my grape skin off?
She'll punish you for sure.
It suddenly occurs to me that...
there's something I haven't completed...
in Heaven realm.
I'm going back that way.
- Bye, Lao Hu. - Come back here.
Little one,
you'd better think carefully.
Are you going back with me now...
or do you want...
Chief Zhang...
to come find you in her anger?
Be wise.
I'd better leave with you now.
Fox fairy,
I caused this,
so I must go back.
But worry not.
After apologising, I'll be back in no time.
Help me keep an eye on the Golden Daluo Immortal.
But you're Xu Feng's attendant.
No matter what,
you have to wait for Xu Feng to return from the training...
and bid him good bye in a decent way.
There's no time for that.
Lao Hu.
Xu Feng has never...
mistreated Jin Mi.
So the courtesy...
must be followed.
Forget it.
We're running out of time.
Let's go.
Rou Rou!
Why are you standing there? Run!
I'm going to avenge Rou Rou!
Jin Mi.
Little one, you...
- Run. - Fish fairy.
Fish fairy.
I'll help you.
Jin Mi.