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♫ Unwilling to take part in something improper, how could I predict things would turn out against my wishes? ♫
♫ The flower in center of my heart has withered, time cannot turn itself back. ♫
♫ My memories are whirling and twirling, the pain is only in the depths of my heart. ♫
♫ My only wish is to live without regrets, and fly far away with the flowers’ fragrance. ♫
♫ A bottle of rice wine, a body covered in dust and ashes. ♫
♫ Memories go back and forth, a life without regrets. ♫
♫ From spring to autumn, life comes and goes. Is it right to be vain? ♫
♫ I’m waiting for the flowers to return and bloom again, intoxicating me. ♫
♫ Sincerely hoping that my lifespan is no longer withering away ♫
♫ I’m waiting for the flowers to return and bloom again, intoxicating me. ♫
♫ Sincerely hoping that my lifespan is no longer withering away ♫
♫ I want to go back to savor the aftertaste of the wine again. ♫
♫ In my memories, life comes and goes. I realize clearly in my heart. ♫
♫ I want to go back to savor the aftertaste of the wine again. ♫
Ashes of Love
Episode 29
I secretly gave birth to Run Yu,
- but paper would never be able to contain fire. - Royal Father. - Dragon.
My Royal Father immediately recognized his birth father.
Only then did I know of the real identity of Lord Beichen.
I guaranteed Father
that I'd surely hide the identity of the child well and will not bring trouble
- to the tribe. - Royal Father! - Sinner!
From now on, you're not the princess of the Arowana Tribe anymore.
So shameless! He only cared about moistening the flower and beckoning the leaves, (T/N womanizing),
having a romantic and happy life,
then passing all the bad consequences for you to bear!
I brought it upon myself.
It's fine if I was the only one who bore those bad consequences.
Other than this matter, my father knew that we were in the wrong.
He took the initiative to cancel the wedding agreement between me and the heir apparent of Qiantang River,
and had to repeatedly apologize and make amends for it.
Who knew that Lord Qiantang would get so mad and unforgiving.
Not long after, he accused my royal father of not obeying the marriage agreement and brought it to the Heavenly Realm.
Not long after, Heavenly Emperor made his verdict to punish us.
He gave the whole thirty-six thousand qing of area including Taihu Lake (T/N 1 qing = 100 mu = 6.7 hectares)
to the Bird Tribe.
Was taking Taihu Lake
mostly to get on the good side of that shrew Heavenly Empress?
Yan You, you're still young.
I was also young then.
I didn't dare to use the meanest possibilities to guess somebody's intentions.
But afterwards, my son and I went through numerous crises
and he never appeared to protect us.
There was never even a shadow or a word.
Only then did I understand that from the start,
I had fallen into a well-devised scheme.
The end-result is the relationship between Taihu and Qiantang getting hostile,
the water tribes of the southeast region collapsing and falling apart.
The Heavenly Emperor got control of the most populous and affluent eight hundred li wide Taihu region through the Bird Tribe.
And the power of the Water Deity, the top meritorious subject of the Heavenly Realm
who supported Heavenly Emperor's ascent to the throne, also got weakened and balanced.
Three birds with one stone.
Such meticulous thoughts, such profound and sinister intentions,
it has never happened before.
The Bird Tribe would circle around the area above Taihu as ordered by Heavenly Empress,
monitoring our activities under the water.
But at that time, Heavenly Empress still didn't know that I'd secretly given birth to Run Yu.
Just to hide my son's identity to avoid him from falling into the evil hands of Heavenly Empress,
and to have our tribes people treat my son equally,
- Quickly leave Li Pond! You're not from our Arowana Tribe! - I gave him the name Li'er. (literally: a young carp)
- I disguised him as an Arowana fish and hid him in the deepest part of the lake. - You mixed breed! Quickly leave Li Pond!
- An orphan and a widow...bearing humiliation to survive. - I'm not a mixed breed! I'm not! - Quickly leave!
Li'er...
But never thought that one day,
Li'er still wasn't able to hide his true self.
[ Li Pond ]
Li'er! Li'er!
- Li... - Mother!
- Li'er!
Mother! Mother!
- Mother! - Li'er!
Mother!
- Move back! - Yes!
- Mother! - Li'er!
- Li'er... - Mother.
Li'er...
Who is he?
He is my son with the Heavenly Emperor.
Withdraw!
Immortal, Elder Yin Que asked us to investigate if there are abnormalities under the lake.
If we just go up like this, I fear that it will be hard to explain it to them.
When was it needed for my Luo River Palace to give justifications to the Bird Tribe?
The areas above Taihu is under the jurisdiction of the Bird Tribe.
For the matters below the water, they still don't have a say, right?
What Immortal said is correct.
I've carefully checked it already.
There is no abnormality within the ripples underneath the lake.
It's just that we're nearing the full moon season, hence, the tides are increasing.
If Heavenly Emperor asks, answer him that way.
Yes.
[ Li Pond ]
Take good care of the child.
If Heavenly Empress learns about this, she surely will stop at nothing.
Nothing bad must happen to Taihu again.
Mother, no! No, Mother!
- I admit my mistake! - Who taught you that Tidal Surging Technique?
Say it! Who taught you!
What Tidal Surging Technique?
I felt so pain when they were beating me up. I just got mad and shouted.
Promise me that you're not going to shout again.
Promise me. Quickly, promise me!
Why do they keep ridiculing me?
Insulting me? Bullying me?
Even if I get beaten to death, I can't resist? I can't shout?
Do you want me to die!
Li'er!
Li'er, sorry.
I must remove your dragon horns and scales,
because I hope that you can become an ordinary fish.
A fancy carp, a red arowana, any kind of fish is okay.
You won't be able to bear the fate of a dragon.
I, your grandfather, your uncle, and everyone here in Li Pond
can't bear it either.
That time, I bore a child out of wedlock. I got treated as a humiliation to the tribe
and got isolated by my tribe and family.
And I still have to constantly defend against Heavenly Empress' scouts from hurting my son,
and she venting her anger on Tai Wei's son because of his infidelity.
Towards Li'er, I have both love and hatred.
Every day, I'm in a state of fear. I so wanted to just end my life.
You surely have endured so much torment and torture. You have suffered.
No! The one who endured so much torment and torture is Li'er...
He has very strong regenerative skills.
New dragon horns and scales would grow back not long after.
He had to repeatedly undergo that cruel torture,
a repeated cycle of hell-like trauma.
Eventually, it was Li'er who will personally...
It was really so hard to endure.
Every day, I so wanted to just die and end everything.
When I was older and able to completely transform into a human form,
I would rarely appear in my true form.
Those scars below my scales...
So ugly. So insulting.
They are really so unbearable.
Thanks.
Afterwards, I learned from an old herring
that if a fish leaves the water, it will surely die.
That night, I made a decision to jump out of the water.
The fishes on land can all fly. There are so many pearls hanging on the sky.
So beautiful. It's also worth it to die this way.
Fairy?
Am I dead? Did you come to pick me up to go to heaven?
Would you like to go up to heaven?
Yes. It's so painful to stay inside the lake.
As long as I don't stay in the lake, I'm willing to go anywhere.
But if you leave, what about your mother?
Pitiful child, go up the sky with me then. Is that okay?
If I leave, will my mother stop being sad?
As long as you listen to me and leave with me,
you then don't need to suffer anymore.
What about my mother?
Your mother will also be released from her pain. Give me your hand.
She wasn't the one who abandoned me.
I did it.
It was I who left her.
What happened next is known by everyone.
Heavenly Emperor didn't stop pestering Flower Deity.
He forcefully abducted her and locked her up in Qiwu Palace.
At that time, in Heavenly Realm,
the news of Heavenly Empress being dethroned and replaced by Flower Deity was rampant.
To stabilize her Empress position, Heavenly Empress went down to Taihu,
burned Li Pond, and took away my Li'er.
Zhen Ze!
Heavenly Empress, I never had any grievances or grudge with you.
Why must you keep pressing hard? You killed my son and massacred my tribe!
It's your fault for not disciplining your daughter well, having such a filthy daughter,
bringing shame to the royal blood line of our Heavenly Realm.
I can't tolerate your tribe to exist.
You scoundrel who's intoxicated by success.
Even if there is only one member left in our tribe,
we will destroy your Bird Tribe!
Royal Father!
Royal Father! Royal Father!
Quickly...
Quickly escape.
Royal Father, I won't leave.
I...
forgive you.
You must...live...
Continue living.
Royal Father!
You killed my father and brother, took away my son.
I'm going to perish with you!
Overconfident, seducing sprite!
Destroy this place. Don't leave anyone alive.
Yes!
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Where am I?
My face...what's wrong with my face?
You're awake.
Immortal, where is this?
This is the Cloud Dream Pond under Dongting Lake.
Why am I here?
Shouldn't I be in Li Pond?
When I got there,
it was already a pile of ruins.
Royal Father!
Li'er...you all are not around anymore.
Why did you all leave me alone in this world?
Immortal, don't stop me. I've already lost all my loved ones and my every hope has turned into dust.
I just want to reunite with my family in the underworld as soon as possible. Please grant my wish.
Don't you care about your son anymore?
L-Li'er...
Li'er...where is he?
He is still alive. He got taken by Heavenly Empress to the Heavenly Palace.
What are they planning to do with him?
Don't worry. He is, after all, Heavenly Emperor's eldest son. Heavenly Empress also has no child.
No matter what, they will treat him well.
You two are connected by blood and flesh. No one in this world can separate the two of you.
As long as you stay alive, one day,
your child will reunite with you.
Can I still wait for that day?
As long as you live, there is hope.
It's much better than "nothing sadder than a withered heart".
You're not me. You can't understand my grief.
What if I insist in killing myself?
Everyone dies. What's most important is to not bring humiliation to your ancestors, and then secondly, not bringing humiliation to your own body.
This is 'dragon's blood muscle regrowing cream' from the Flower Realm. It can dissolve the rotting flesh and regrow muscles.
Your Arowana Tribe has always been noble and lofty. If you insist on dying, at least look dignified.
I don't need that!
The thing that brought disaster to my family is this face!
I'm the mastermind of it all! It was I!
I'm the one who did all this...
Even if it's not you,
he will come up with an idea to drive your Arowana Tribe out of Taihu.
What do you mean?
The mind of a king, you will understand it eventually.
Heaven cares for all living things. Your death has now
spread all over Heavenly Realm.
Why bother dying again?
Prop yourself up and live well.
One day, your child will reunite with you.
Dongting is under my jurisdiction. The power of Heavenly Empress still can't extend up to here.
Just stay here and recuperate.
Uncle Water Deity was being suspected by Heavenly Emperor that time too. He surely was already busy fending for himself.
Despite being under extreme pressure, he still proceeded without hesitation in hiding you. He surely is admirable.
You get to know who your true friends are during a crisis.
The person I was then was so immersed with my own grudges and hatred.
I totally didn't remember
that Heavenly Emperor then had locked Flower Deity up, and forced her to sever her ties with Water Deity.
The anguish and grief of Water Deity then wasn't inferior to mine.
He is indeed a true gentleman. Since you owed Water Deity a debt of kindness,
why then did you still use Jin Mi?
At the time, I accidentally browsed through your indecent work, "Atlas of Beautiful Women in the Six Realms".
I suddenly realized that Jin Mi looked a bit similar to Flower Deity.
I then guessed that she was the daughter of Heavenly Emperor.
I wanted to expose that in front of everyone during the birthday banquet of Heavenly Empress.
I believe that with Tu Yao's personality, she will stop at nothing.
She surely will develop animosity with Tai Wei. Maybe, by then,
my tribe will be able to make a comeback.
So that's the reason. But Jin Mi is the daughter of Water Deity.
Rat Immortal mentioned that to me after the fact.
Only then did I realize that I almost wronged Water Deity.
Jin Mi and I are very close. I will explain it to her in the future.
She highly values affection and loyalty. She surely will understand you.
Walking to where I'm now, I already have no other choice.
Everyone thought that I'd died in Li Pond,
but I was just hiding here for thousands of years.
All just for the oath that my father made before he died.
Even if my Arowona Tribe has just one person left,
seeking revenge to wash away the humiliation by destroying the Bird Tribe will be one's life duty.
As the last princess of Arowana Tribe, I'm duty-bound to do it.
While I was in Sacred Text Examining Pavilion, I was able to come in contact with a lot of ancient books on mental cultivation techniques.
Just to seek revenge, I started to diligently train.
Regardless if it's a good or evil technique, as long as it's able to increase my cultivation,
I didn't reject anything.
I also gathered our old subordinates and recruited new soldiers.
I built Cloud Dream Pond to exactly look like Li Pond,
so as to have something to place my grief on and be resolved in seeking revenge.
We soldiers of the Arowana Tribe will serve and follow the Princess from now on!
We will serve and follow Princess!
No wonder that even though Eldest Highness has never entered Cloud Dream Pond,
he knew the paths here very well, as if he was just returning to his hometown.
He was able to seek this place on his own.
Oh right, Godmother, you only stayed in Sacred Text Examining Pavilion for a little more than a month.
How come you were able to remember so many secret techniques?
What do you think Rat Immortal was doing in the Heavenly Realm?
Playing chess with other people?
The pain of getting your son taken, the hatred of your tribe getting annihilated,
it's an irreconcilable grudge.
These past years, I kept thinking about it. The best revenge
is to let Run Yu replace Heavenly Emperor, and take command of the Heavenly Realm.
But the path to the throne, whether one will succeed or not,
has so many uncertainties. Just one wrong step, and you can be doomed.
While we are not yet sure of success,
he mustn't get dragged into this.
Parental love is as vast as the heavens.
Eldest Highness is indeed your true born.
Yan You, you are a good child.
You surely will help me, right?
I indeed was just picked up by godmother.
Bottoms up!
Jin Mi.
Qiang Huo, cheers. Bottoms up.
We're still by King Yi's side. It's better to not be so unruly.
No way.
Today is the day when Auntie brought us to Sacred Healer Tribe.
From then on, it became our birthday.
Every year, we will drink until completely drunk.
How come this year, we must break this rule?
Fill that up.
Come, bottoms up.
Qiang Huo, this year, I prepared you a gift.
Wait a minute.
Didn't we agree to not give each other birthday gifts every year?
This year is special.
Here. I'll give you a gift just this once.
Do you like it?
I fear that I won't get the chance again in the future.
It's very adorable.
Don't know why, but I find this very similar to you.
So cute.
Jin Mi, you really care about me a lot.
What a pity I can't get married,
so I can only love you.
Come... Let's continue drinking.
Bottoms up.
How come this place is so familiar?
I seem to have come here before.
Frost flower? I thought that we wouldn't see each other again.
Never thought that you'll appear in my dream again.
This isn't a dream.
Jin Mi, only you can help me get out of here.
I want to tell that person that I love him.
Love?
What is love?
Love...
Love is wanting to be with that person every second, every minute.
When he laughs, you become happy.
When he cries, you become sad.
Even if you get confined,
you will also do everything to break out of the shackles and charge to his side.
Towards His Majesty, I seem to be like that too.
You then have fallen in love with him.
I...love him?
Jin Mi...
Jin Mi, wake up.
Qiang Huo.
Let's end here for today.
You are already drunk.
I'll get you some sobering up soup.
What if King Yi calls for you later
and sees you like this? What will you do then?
I'm not drunk. Not drunk at all.
And it's already this late. King Yi will surely not call for me.
That's im-pos-si-ble.
Come, let's continue drinking.
Saintess. His Majesty calls for you.
It's so late. Why is His Majesty calling for me?
Saintess will know once you go there.
[ The river is clear and the sea is calm ]
A great show will be starting. May the spectators hurry to their seats now.
I am Huaiwu's King Yi.
Today, I have the time to idle around and entered the mountain to hunt.
I was able to hunt two hundred Liangguo soldiers waiting in ambush.
I am the Saintess of the Sacred Healer Tribe.
Today, I had nothing to do and went onto the mountain to gather herbs.
I was able to gather one Huaiwu king.
Good!
How dare you, mad lady! Who sent you to be frivolous with me?
You removed my clothes and sneakily attacked my front and back.
Let me ask you, was it Marquis Nanping?
Wrong! Wrong!
That time, you were deaf and mute.
You were unable to hear anything. How could you have spoken?
This scene is wrong.
King Yi was thinking that.
You bandit! I was kind enough to save you.
I changed your clothes and treated your wounds, yet you repay me like this?
Totally...like a burnt crow!
I'll call you "Crow" then.
Why is doctor wearing a veil?
Your Majesty, I am ugly.
It's fine. I'm blind.
From the looks of it then,
Your Majesty and I are really like centipede paired with a scorpion,
Eucommia bark paired with Achyranthes root,
a pair made in heaven, unrivaled in this world.
A little turtle?
Don't you think he is very like you?
He does.
You won't gift me the dragon scale, yet I gave you a little turtle.
You then should gift me something else, right?
What gift do you want then?
Think about it well.
Asking me to think about it well?
In front of you, I've pretended to be deaf and mute.
Being blind is nothing then.
You said that.
Your Majesty, I hope you don't get scared by it.
You drank wine?
A little.
Are you drunk?
Was I very ugly earlier?
Did I scare you?
It was too fast. I didn't see it clearly.
♫ But so what? ♫
♫ The moonlight connects our yearning. ♫
♫ I am writing a love letter with our first meeting as the opening. ♫
♫ One section every ten thousand years, one line every a thousand years. ♫
♫ A thousand years, ten thousand years. ♫
♫ From then, we will never forget about each other, ♫
Are you not afraid of dying?
Although I yearn to live and afraid of death, I like you more.
What did you say?
I like you.
Say it again.
Your Majesty, aren't you acting as a blind man? Why are you pretending to be deaf now?
I want to know if it's because you're drunk
or if I'm just dreaming.
How is it?
Looks like I'm not dreaming. It's Saintess acting wild because of being drunk.
I'm not drunk.
I just want you to remember the words I said.
Listen well.
I like you. I like you.
I like you! I like you!
I'll marry you.
♫ In the love letter, I found the place where we fell in love in each lifetime. ♫
♫ I will be singing there, performing under the moonlight. ♫
♫ In the love letter, I found the place where we met each other in each lifetime. ♫
Your Majesty!
Urgent news from the front lines.
Then...
Then, I will leave now.
[ Yunming Ze (Cloud Dream Pond) ]
Your Highness thinks that Lord Dongting is mad at you
for leaving her,
and that's why she's refusing to acknowledge you?
Even though I don't remember the complicated story,
leaving her with Heavenly Empress and no warnings
must have been a hard and painful blow to Mother.
All mothers in this world want their children to be happy.
Lord Dongting knew exactly what kind of life
Your Highness was living at that time.
I think she would understand the decision you made.
Godmother is stubborn. Please be forgiving, Your Highness.
It's okay.
I only have a few words for her. I will just say it here.
Yesterday, I said a lot of rude words to you, Mother,
and I feel deeply disturbed by them.
After I left, I remembered some of the past.
That's when I found out I had wrongly blamed you, Mother.
Turns out...you did not abandon me.
Instead, I abandoned you, Mother.
At the time, I was young and ignorant. I must have hurt your heart.
I feel horrible about it.
Now that we have reunited,
I see that you are in good health,
and you have found two adopted brothers to accompany you and care for you in my place.
I feel very happy,
but also very guilty.
I don't ask for your forgiveness.
However, in the long future we have together,
there will be a day when we will reunite
and enjoy our reconciliation. I'm sure of it.
Li'er!
Li'er! Li'er!
Li'er...Li'er...
Li'er! Li'er...
I'm not angry at you.
I had already disregarded my own life and death.
I've lived to this day
in order to kill my enemies and get revenge for my tribe!
Please forgive my heartlessness.
I caused you to suffer so much pain and bear so many sins
during your childhood.
Since you had the fortune to soar towards the nine heavens,
I could not bring myself to drag you into this hell.
I wish that you will have lifelong safety
and thrive in the boundless sky.
I was unable to reunite with my mother,
but I have gained two brothers. It is a pleasant surprise.
Our future together is long.
A sincere heart can even touch the hearts of stones and metals.
Yan You, please take good care of Mother.
Don't worry, Your First Highness.
I will do my best.
Mother isn't stubborn. There just are some things that she cannot explain in detail right now.
Your First Highness, don't act with undue haste.
Fortunately, you were able to serve Mother in place of me these years.
I am utterly grateful.
In the future, let's refer to each other as brothers.
Are you really my eldest brother?
[ Beiyuan Villa ]
Immortal Run Yu.
Miss Jin Mi.
I am uninvited today. I hope I'm not being rude.
It's okay. I was planning to invite you over in a few days anyway.
Didn't we promise to view the Queen of the Night together last time?
But that night, for some reason, I fell asleep.
I'm really sorry, Immortal Run Yu.
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♫ My left hand holds the ground, my right hand holds the sky. ♫
♫ Lightning bolts erupt out of my palm print and go in ten directions. ♫
♫ I quickly turn time into years. ♫
♫ In three thousand lifetimes, I’ve seen it all. ♫
♫ My left hand picks flowers, my right hand wields a sword. ♫
♫ Between my brows, an entire ten thousand years’ of snow has fallen. ♫
♫ One teardrop. ♫
♫ That is who I am. ♫
♫ My left-hand’s finger touches the moon, my right hand is selecting Red Threads ♫
♫ to bestow upon you and I our desired and predestined love. ♫
♫ In the moonlight. ♫
♫ You and I. ♫
♫ My left hand transforms into feathers, my right hand becomes scales. ♫
♫ Some of my lives are spent in the clouds, some are in the forests. ♫
♫ I’m willing to follow you and become a speck of dust ♫
♫ in order to emerge in this mortal life. ♫
♫ My left hands picks you up, my right hand lets go of you. ♫
♫ When I clasp my palms together, you are completely drawn back into my heart. ♫
♫ In the time it takes for one incense stick to burn. ♫
♫ You and I, we become inseparable. ♫