Where are you going?
Lord of Torture Chamber.
Prince had a heart attack.
He ordered us to collect the medicine from Ting Zhu Court.
Is that so?
It's true.
I'll not pursue further on your actual destination.
I came to stop you,
to tell you a news.
What is it?
Miss Yue Ying knows Fang Ying Ying, right?
If you ride on my horse and rush there overnight,
you might still be able to save her life.
Something happened to her?
Miss Wan Xiang has departed hours ago.
Whether or not you can save Fang Ying Ying,
that would depend on both of you.
Miss Ying Ying.
Who are you?
Why have I never seen you before?
I'm new.
This is from the lord.
I knew my brother still remembers my birthday.
It's beautiful.
The lord said there's a surprise for you at the outskirts' dyehouse.
The palanquin has been prepared.
Quickly get changed and go.
All right.
Brother.
Why is it so hot?
Why would she set it here?
Could that procuress be lying to us?
Brother.
She's quite pretty.
Let me go first.
- Little lady. - Little girl.
What are you doing?
Don't run.
Why did you run?
Be good.
Don't move.
You've been sold to me.
Eleven years old? She's a little too young.
Let's extract her blood for two years.
We'll deflower her next time.
I'm not sold to you.
My father went to buy me an abacus.
He'll be back soon.
My brother is brilliant. He has a sword. He'll kill all of you.
- She's crazy. - Let go of me.
Let go of me.
Wan Mei.
Stay there!
Wan Mei!
Where are you? Come out.
Come out. Come out!
Come out!
Come out! Come out!
I don't know anything.
I'm just a boy attendant at school. This has nothing to do with me.
Is it because the women have no strength to resist?
- So, we deserved to be bullied? - I know nothing.
Do our lives not worth more than a bag of millet?
I'm just a boy attendant at school.
- I don't know anything. - Just die!
Wan Mei.
- Quickly leave! - Let go of me!
I want to kill all these monsters!
- Let go of me! - He's innocent!
If you kill him...
what's the difference between you and the brothers?
Ying Ying.
She's still alive. Let's get her to the physician.
Surround Fang Ge and this demoness!
Yes!
Stay there.
Do you know what your sons have done?
Ying Ying is only a child.
She has lost her consciousness too.
They actually...
took away her virginity.
Impossible!
My Zheng Er and Yi Er...
- are not like that. - I saw it with my own eyes.
They're some extremely hateful monsters!
You're slandering them!
I've taught both of them since young...
to cultivate their moral characters.
We don't even have maids in the manor.
How would they do those unspeakable things that you said?
My sons were all about upholding righteousness.
- They ended killed by you! - Two monsters...
How do they uphold righteousness?
- Is the martial world a big brothel? - How impetuous!
Be it right or wrong, let's put that behind first.
Please give way.
My sister is still alive.
I'm taking her to the physician.
No!
Your sister's life is important.
Do my sons deserved to die?
Master Huang.
I know what you think.
We don't wish to see this too.
My sister is still alive after all.
Please show some mercy.
Spare her life.
My sons always abide by the rules.
If they really did anything disgraceful...
it's surely because your sister used aphrodisiac and seduction,
to bewitch and frame him.
How can I let her go?
I beg all of you.
Please spare my sister.
So long as I can save my sister,
I'll surrender myself,
at Zheng Yi Manor and be punished at your discretion!
Don't be tricked by him.
Her sister must be Bloody Lotus Cult's demoness.
Leave first.
Move.
Alliance Chief!
Go after them!
Ying Ying.
Brother.
I'll take you to the physician. Don't be scared.
Put me down.
Brother, let go.
Brother, put me down.
Hurry.
Ying Ying.
Brother.
I recalled it now.
What did you recall?
I recalled that...
father lied to me.
He said he went to buy abacus.
Actually, he sold me away.
Later on...
I ended up in that place.
My blood was extracted for two years.
Immediately after...
they took away my virginity.
Brother.
I'm very filthy, right?
That's why father didn't want me.
Ying Ying.
Father never think this way.
Father has been missing you.
Wait for me.
I'll take you to the physician.
Brother.
Brother, it's fine.
If you turn your back on me...
I'll be on my own.
It's fine so long as you still remember...
how I was when I was eleven.
Ying Ying.
Silly girl.
Don't think like that.
No one is turning their back on you.
You're still the joyful and cute Ying Ying.
Father was just ill.
Don't let your imagination run wild.
Brother.
Promise me.
Remember how I was when I was eleven.
Because in that year...
I...
I've already...
died.
Ying Ying.
I promise to stay by your side.
Ying Ying, I promise never to leave your side.
Ying Ying.
Ying Ying!
If it weren't for you...
Ying Ying wouldn't die.
Yes.
If it weren't for me...
Ying Ying wouldn't die.
You want to protect her?
I'm her shadow.
No matter what she did...
be it right...
or wrong...
I'm willing to bear it for her.
This is my fault.
It has nothing to do with him.
Martial world people call Gui Hua City's people as demons.
But demons like you...
are actually loyal.
How ridiculous.
How ridiculous!
Both of you.
Prince is waiting for you.
You left without saying goodbye.
Won't you give an explanation now?
Wan Mei is a kind person.
She doesn't belong in Gui Hua City.
I want to take her away.
Good thinking.
It's a shame that you can't leave.
There's a rumour in the martial world.
Emperor Wu left an imperial order without words for Prince of Peace,
and Prince of Peace has a descendant.
This descendant can use the imperial order,
to convene the former officials and revive Tang dynasty.
It's made of black iron and it's wordless.
Actually, I'm really curious.
What is in there?
Regardless...
it's useless in your hands.
What if it's in your hands?
I'm indeed the real owner of the imperial order without words.
Tell me.
Why should I return it to you?
I've told you before.
We have a common enemy.
But, at that time,
I thought that person was Cha Luo.
- What about now? - I know it now.
Although Cha Luo annihilated Xie family for her personal desire,
she was acting under someone else's order.
The person who ordered it...
is our common enemy.
Well said.
Yue Qing Ya is a man of high authority.
He even has Bloody Lotus Cult to back him up.
We need allies.
I've laid out the plan to uproot Bloody Lotus Cult.
The next step is to have Grand Tutor's number.
- We can talk at length. - All right.
But, I have a request.
Please.
Wan Mei wants to leave Gui Hua City.
She can go anywhere she wants.
You've to promise that you won't bother her anymore.
Wan Mei.
Have you thought about the places that you want to go?
I would like to talk to Chang An.
Any of the places that I want to go...
Will you accompany me?
I will...
keep you safe.
Indeed.
If I can survive to do the things that I need to do...
I will come to you right away.
How long do you need?
I've never asked you for anything.
You can choose to wait for me...
and you can choose not to as well.
So long as you can lead the life that you want...
and do the things that you like...
I'll be contented.
So, you're saying that...
the great bloodshed is something only men can do.
As for me, I could only hide somewhere...
and live in perfect harmony.
Ying Ying can't die in vain.
Rest assured.
I'll make Cha Luo pay the price.
But, in this world...
there's more than one Fang Ying Ying.
There's more than one Su Qi Xue too.
Few days ago...
I was indeed exhausted.
I want to find a place where no one is...
to build a house...
create a small courtyard...
and plant two or three acres of land.
Even if no one is with me...
I could still live well.
But, now...
Ying Ying is dead.
She's dead because of me.
If I could get there earlier...
If I wasn't like a chess piece who's at other's disposal...
If Gui Hua City's master isn't Cha Luo...
Ying Ying wouldn't die!
From Su Qi Xue, I become Wan Mei.
From being at other's disposal...
I become what I am today.
There must be a reason for that.
God puts me through so much pain.
He lets me survive each time...
not so that I can hide somewhere...
and bury my head in the sand.
Chang An.
I've decided.
I'm not leaving.
No.
It seems like Miss Wan Mei has decided where she wants to be.
I want to return to Gui Hua City.
I'll return to Gui Hua City...
to be the new City Master.
Your Majesty.
This is the chrysanthemum snake chowder made by the imperial chef.
It clears heat and moisturises. Drink more.
It helps to clear heat from the body.
Don't bother about me.
Your Majesty is kidding again.
It has been hard on Grand Tutor recently.
- Get a bowl for Grand Tutor. - Yes.
Grand Tutor, enjoy.
Your Majesty.
Previously, I've made an unauthorized use of,
- the imperial guards... - I...
gave you the command token.
That means that I trust you.
This matter...
shouldn't be brought up again.
I obey your order.
Your Majesty.
There's another bowl on the table.
Your Majesty must have invited someone else.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Prince Ning is here. Take a seat.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Greetings, Grand Tutor.
Prince Ning, this snake chowder is quite tasty. Try it.
This is last year's newly grown white chrysanthemum.
Only by picking the first petal,
can the colour be in pure white with such a wonderful fragrance.
Imperial chef is a good cook.
Your Majesty is blessed.
Grand Tutor doesn't seem to know it.
When you were in Nanjiang,
Prince Ning met a skilled doctor,
and has cured his eye disease.
All thanks to Your Majesty's blessing.
There's one most important medicine inducer,
taken from the Imperial Medical Institution.
I'll never forget Your Majesty's favour.
We're brothers. Don't be a stranger.
It's a good thing.
Let's toast to that.
Grand Tutor.
Prince Ning.
A three-year-old Zhu Ye Qing wine.
It isn't tasteless nor too strong.
Combined it with snake chowder.
The taste is just right.
Prince Ning seems to be in a good mood.
You're kidding.
I've been blind for so many years.
I've finally have the chance to see this world.
I'm beside myself with joy.
I wonder what you think about it.
I wonder if you've overworked recently.
I never thought that,
you would aged this much.
Things aren't going well for Grand Tutor recently.
He has indeed been working really hard.
Prince Ning.
Do you have the intention to share his burden?
I'm ready to serve Your Majesty with my all.
That's good.
Back then, Emperor Wu created Gui Hua City...
to conduct martial world's affairs for government's secret division.
I think...
Prince Ning can do it.
Prince Ning has the ability,
to have Gui Hua City at government's disposal again.
I bestow you with Lotus Token.
Gui Hua City will work for government in the future.
With this token, you can go to the prefecture and county...
to transfer the money or move the troops.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I'll not let you down.
Congratulations, Prince Ning.
Zheng Er. Yi Er.
I've been chosen as the Alliance Chief.
I'll surely avenge both of you.
Grand Tutor.
In my opinion,
His Majesty will not be seeing you tonight.
Please head home.
In 922 A.D,
the martial world's sects formed alliance and went for an expedition.
Under the leadership of the Alliance Chief, Huang Yu,
he wiped out all the Bloody Lotus Cult's factions,
and uprooted the main faction in Nanjiang.
Since then, Bloody Lotus Cult ceased to exist in the martial world.
Yue Qing Ya's half a lifetime's effort obliterated completely.
There's an order from Ting Zhu Court.
Wan Mei repeatedly perform outstanding service with extraordinary ability,
and promoted to Tian Sha effective immediately.
Bestow with 20 poisonous winter cicadas.
Thank you, City Master and Miss Yue Ying.
My permission is no longer required to promote one to Tian Sha?
Also...
as for the embroidery of golden lotus banana,
only the City Master could use the gold thread.
Are you going to break Gui Hua City's century rules?
There used to be only one Jue Sha in Gui Hua City.
Rules can be altered.
Liu Guang and you were promoted as Jue Sha.
That was against the rule.
If the prince thinks that the rules can be ignored,
let him be the City Master then.
All right.
When will you step down?
Today?
The lanterns in Bi An Palace...
belong to Gui Hua City's ancestors.
If it goes as you said,
Gui Hua City doesn't need their protection anymore?
City Master, don't worry.
I'll do my best to assist you.
Gui Hua City will surely head...
towards a bright future.
"Mei Sha Court"
These are the rewards from Bi An Palace.
Master Mei.
Are you really not moving into Tian Sha Court?
I'm used to staying here.
Besides...
there are only four residences in Tian Sha Court.
If I move in...
who will move away?
Lord of Torture Chamber said that you've been planted with Shi Xin Gu.
Is that true?
Yes,
Having a great numbers of ants devouring your heart.
How does that feel?
It's incomparable to the pain I felt when I saw you in Ling City.
At that time...
I was being harsh.
It was my fault.
Don't blame yourself.
I don't know...
how long more can I be by your side?
Shi Xin Gu...
could at least let me remember...
the feeling when I'm with you.
Prince.
I meant well.
I was afraid that Fang Ge would make a move on the martial world.
So, I put in some effort,
to pull him to your side.
Fang Ge's only sister is dead.
Gui Hua City can't get away from it.
City Master, you've made...
a brilliant move.
Even if you want to help Wan Mei,
I'll not be afraid of her.
If you're not afraid of her...
why do you have to deliberately bring it up?
The bamboo shoots were drenched in rain.
It could grow three feet overnight.
If you can uproot her...
I'll never impose interference.
Don't think I dare not do it.
I've never said that.
I really don't understand it.
Why do you really want?
It's simple.
I want...
the tallest and strongest bamboo...
that can withstand the wind and rain...
in this garden.
City Master.
Cha Luo has just left.
You come instead.
I finally was able to have a rest for two days.
You're after me like the merry-go-round lantern.
I just need five minutes.
Five minutes?
Speak up.
Wan Mei can't stay in Gui Hua City.
I thought you'll support all of Wan Mei's decision.
I won't bother about the others.
It's not safe for her to stay here.
Is it because of me?
That included.
But, not entirely.
Yue Ying just came to Mei Sha Court.
She looked flustered.
I believe it's related to you.
What did she do?
Nothing.
She walked away when she saw me.
Since you're willing to work with me...
and you know me inside out...
I hope that...
you can be honest and open to me.
I'm afraid after I say it...
it would increase your worries.
Speak your mind.
Under serendipitous encounter...
Wan Mei eaten Bloody Lotus Cult's Jiu Ming pill.
This pill...
is the only hope to cure my heart disease.
So...
Yue Ying wants to retrieve it?
That's right.
But, Jiu Ming has absorbed into her body.
The only way to retrieve it...
is to dig out her heart.
Look at you.
You're just like a hen protecting its own.
It's a shame.
Wan Mei isn't your chick.
She has grown a pair of full-fledged wings.
You can't hold her.
She needs me.
I will protect her.
If she wants to fly...
I will help her.
I never wanted to hold her.
She doesn't belong to me.
She belongs to herself.
Is this the reason she's so hell-bent on loving you?
She was lonely since young.
So, once someone truly loves her...
- she couldn't forget it. - Wan Mei is a smart person.
She can tell...
who is real to her...
and who isn't.
You're saying that...
I'm not real to her?
You can't take this medicine.
I've given you half of it.
You'll die if you take it again.
I can at least hang on for one more month.
The Firefox poison would land you in terminal lucidity.
I won't be able to treat it.
Not to mention, with your current situation...
you're estimated to have less than a month's time.
Does that mean Jiu Ming can't treat it too?
Yes.
Prince!
All right.
Now, you have found the closure.
Next...
you can focus on your work.
Why?
Wan Mei has never loved you.
Why are you still doing this?
Stop asking me why.
In this world...
there are simply no reasons...
for a lot of things.
One month is a long time.
Perhaps, things would take a turn for the better.
What if there isn't any?
I've done my best then.
My life...
has been a long...
and a tiring journey.
There's nothing for me to cling on to.
But, at least...
the best part of the show that I've been waiting for...
is about to begin.
"Ting Zhu Court"