Ji Gu Pavilion sent over the osmanthus wine that's brewed last year.
Right in the clear and refreshing autumn weather,
the osmanthus's fragrance drifts away.
I invite everyone on a spur of the moment to enjoy the excellent wine.
Take it as a family feast.
Forego the formalities.
Come. Fill up the cups.
City Master.
I've a presumptuous request.
Lord of Torture Chamber.
Wan Mei is indeed behaving like a Tian Sha.
She becomes more cheerful and talkative.
Am I right?
Just as you said.
This time, Gui Hua City...
could only survive because of everyone's contribution.
But, in my opinion...
in these hundred years...
countless sisters have risked their lives for Gui Hua City,
and died in vain.
So, I would like to make use of this,
and offer this wine,
to the souls of the owners of these red umbrellas in Bi An Palace.
I seek for your approval.
- Very well. - Miss Wan Mei...
always care for others.
This makes me feel ashamed like I'm a narrow-minded person.
Since it's an offering to the ancestors,
it's not good for us to drink it.
We'll pour it on the ground...
to express our sincerity.
This reminds me of something.
A while ago...
we've lost quite a number of Di Sha.
It's time for us to recruit new members too.
City Master, you're right.
Liu Guang.
You need to pay more attention this time.
You need to recruit more members,
who are smart and quick-witted like Miss Wan Mei.
Why don't we look for them at Wan Mei's hometown?
That's surely a birth place of creative minds and gifted talents
Wan Mei.
Where's your hometown?
Replying to City Master. It's in Jiangcheng.
In Jiangcheng?
There's no need to go then.
Two days ago, there's a report from the scout.
There's a flood there.
The entire place is flooded with water overnight.
There's nothing left there.
Do you have anyone else in your family?
Do you need a few days off?
You can go back and take a look.
But, there's no point to go back.
It's now a vast water body.
There's really nothing left to see.
Could they...
Could all of them be dead?
That's right.
They're all dead.
But, I heard that they didn't treat you well.
Let them be then.
Or should I say...
it's their retribution.
They deserve it.
You seem to be accepting it with an open heart.
I am relieved.
Xiao Ba, I'll exchange these herbs for money.
I'll buy you some food, all right?
Sister, I'll wait for you to eat porridge together.
I'll wait for you to eat porridge together!
It's now a vast water body.
They're all dead.
Wan Mei.
You're awake.
The flood in Jiangcheng is real.
But, that doesn't mean that there's no hope for your family.
It's not important.
City Master is right.
They didn't treat me well.
You're not her.
Don't think that way.
You can be the City Master.
But, don't be the next Cha Luo.
Wan Mei.
I want to practice my sword skills.
You're not in the condition to do that.
Regardless, I have to practice.
I've delayed it for sometime.
If this goes on,
when can I achieve Tian Guang Jin, the 13th move of Spirit Away?
Tian Guang Jin is of heart and mind.
The crucial point lies not on the moves,
but whether the wielder of the sword is in despair.
You're full of hatred now.
No matter how long you practice, you wouldn't achieve it.
Wan Mei.
Cha Luo told you about it...
just to stir up your emotions...
and take pleasure in it.
Why fall for her trap?
More haste, less speed.
Wan Mei.
Listen to me for once.
Rest well tonight.
All right?
Chang An.
Do you regret coming back and staying in Gui Hua City with me?
Wherever you are...
that's where I'll be.
How long can you stay with me?
I'll protect you...
as long as I can.
It's a deal.
If we can stay like this for a lifetime...
how great would that be?
"Jia Ming Palace"
What's the matter?
He hasn't left yet?
Replying to Your Majesty. He's still there.
That means he hasn't given up.
I suppose so.
- Summon him to come in. - Yes.
I, Yue Qing Ya...
There's no need for that.
Come.
Show Grand Tutor the decree that I've personally written.
Your Majesty.
This is...
The order to cut of Bloody Lotus Cult.
Your Majesty.
Bloody Lotus Cult is the state religion.
This religion assassinated the knight errants.
It led to the upsurge of great bloodshed in the martial world,
and brought disaster to the world. It's unforgivable.
The state religion?
Does it deserve it?
Your Majesty.
It's a set up.
Your Majesty.
I plead with Your Majesty.
Grant me an imperial order.
I'll surely bring order out of chaos...
and prove Bloody Lotus Cult's innocence.
It's a shame.
Such innocence...
is no longer need.
Your Majesty.
I'm showing this decree to you because I believe in you.
Of course.
I can believe in Bloody Lotus Cult.
But...
gossip is a fearful thing.
If I admit it once more as the state religion,
I would be ignoring the voices of the people.
It's such a huge crime.
Grand Tutor.
I couldn't bear it.
Your Majesty.
Set aside my position in the imperial court.
I'm Bloody Lotus Cult's chief.
Right now, Bloody Lotus Cult exists in name only.
I plead with Your Majesty.
- Please remain its status. - It's enough!
This is not the time for you to be swayed by your emotions.
You should understand.
Bloody Lotus Cult is completely ruined.
It can't help me anymore.
It could only get in my way now. I have to remove it.
Eunuch Yu.
Retrieve the decree.
Draft and enact it.
All right.
This is the path of the king.
The path of the ruler.
Great!
Your Majesty has great insight.
You can extract something of worth from a miscellany,
and distinguish the good from the bad.
But, I...
I can't do it!
How impetuous!
Come!
Yue Qing Ya!
Your Majesty.
Bloody Lotus Cult doesn't have to be the state religion!
But, I had to...
give an explanation to Bloody Lotus Cult's followers who survived!
Are you trying to rebel?
If you're not willing to believe in me,
I'm willing to die to prove my sincerity.
I don't allow Grand Tutor to leave the Capital.
As to the fate of Bloody Lotus Cult's chief...
it's at your discretion.
I, Yue Qing Ya...
thank Your Majesty.
I'll give you six hours' time.
After six hours...
the relation between the ruler and the minister...
will be written off at one stroke.
Grand Tutor.
Take care.
Since you're here, get in and have some tea.
Prince.
I'm here...
just to tell you something.
Speak your mind.
No matter how wrong the City Master is...
I would only stand by her side.
I've something to ask you too.
If I've not mistaken,
when you came to Gui Hua City,
you were doing odd jobs for Cha Ru.
Cha Ru took a fancy to you,
and taught you martial arts.
That's how you get to where you are now.
It's the past.
Why did you bring it up?
If so...
why do you still offer sacrifice to her every year?
Actually, I know it.
You have a strong affection for Cha Ru.
Your mentor...
She is not dead.
She's in the secret room inside the torture chamber.
She's being used as...
the Gu's device for Cha Luo to cultivate the poisonous insect.
No matter how tight you're with Cha Luo,
be careful that your mentor's fate...
would be yours in the future.
Prince Ning calmed the chaos,
brought peace to the country and the people.
Bloody Lotus Cult assassinated the knight errants.
It led to the upsurge of great bloodshed in the martial world.
It brought disaster to the state and the people and failed the king.
This means that...
Yue Qing Ya still managed to escape?
Yes.
My spies reported to me.
They met someone during the chase who wants to see Wan Mei.
Who is it?
Xie family's eldest miss, Xie Ying.
Miss Yue Ying.
The prince orders Wan Mei to go out of town.
He sent me to inform you this.
Master Mei has a new mission again?
He ordered her to meet Ruan Niang.
I suppose you have a lot of things to say.
Have some tea to wet your whistle.
No need. I've only one thing to say.
I hope that you will leave Xie Huan immediately.
It's impossible.
Miss Wan Mei.
I admire you.
I know you had a rough life.
I know the rules of Gui Hua City.
But, the world is in a chaos.
There are plenty who are more miserable than you.
You can't keep holding on to Xie Huan because of this.
I'll never leave him.
It's not because I had a miserable life.
It's because I love him.
Love?
It's just an illusion.
When you were in despair,
he was the only lifesaver who appeared in your life.
That's why you're holding on tight to him.
Things would be the same no matter who appeared then.
What then?
Even if you're right...
anyone would be the same.
But, that person is Xie Huan.
Only when I see him...
I can feel that my heart is beating...
and that I am alive.
I believe in him. I miss him.
I want to always rely on him.
He's the one I love.
He's my forever hope.
I want to hold him tight and not let go.
What can you do then?
Xie Huan and you are destined to be from two different worlds.
He's Prince of Peace's descendant.
Many dangers lie ahead of him.
It'll only put you in danger if he takes you along.
You insisted to follow him.
- You're putting him in danger too. - No.
It doesn't matter if you admit it.
But, that's the truth.
If you don't let go...
Xie Huan would be Gui Hua City's pettiest shadow.
Have you counted the numbers of scars on his body?
You know Shi Xin Gu is planted in him.
Yet, he has to force a smile on his face.
Do you know how much pain is he enduring?
I'm pleading with you.
Make a little concession for Xie Huan.
You're back.
Yue Ying said that prince sent you out of town.
You don't look well.
Did something happen?
Nothing.
I'm probably just tired.
Chang An.
Please make a bowl of noodle for me.
All right. I'm right on it.
If you don't let go...
Xie Huan would be Gui Hua City's pettiest shadow.
Have you counted the numbers of scars on his body?
You know Shi Xin Gu is planted in him.
Yet, he has to force a smile on his face.
Do you know how much pain is he enduring?
Miss Wan Mei.
Xie Huan doesn't live for you alone.
I'm pleading with you.
Make a little concession for Xie Huan.
Prince.
You've met Xie Ying?
Yes.
What's your plan?
I won't let go.
You're not admitting it again.
I don't want to let him go.
But, I don't want him to feel aggrieved too.
He's clearly from a high-born family.
But, I dragged him into the mud.
He has to submit to humiliation every day.
Sometimes, when some things end...
there'll be another beginning.
If I end things with him...
and part ways...
it's hard to say if we'll meet again.
How will there be a beginning?
When you were in Jiangcheng...
and you had no appetite to eat...
have you thought that you'll one day be the City Master of Gui Hua City?
When one has more experiences,
she'll broaden her horizons.
The yesterday's you will never know what today will bring.
Just like the present you.
You'll never know what the future brings.
Thanks for your guidance.
I know what to do now.
If so, quickly get it done.
I need to bring you out urgently.
This can't wait.
Where to?
Nanjiang.
You're back.
The noodles is cold. I'll make a new one.
No need.
I don't want to eat anymore.
- I'll throw it and wash the dishes. - Chang An.
Today, the prince asked me to go out of town.
I went to meet Xie Ying.
She asked me to pass this message to you.
Within three days...
if you don't leave Gui Hua City, she'll break in...
and die before you.
I'll find her tomorrow.
- I can persuade her. - Chang An.
Actually, we both know.
Delaying it day by day...
isn't the way.
I still have a place that I want to go.
Come with me.
When I first came to Gui Hua City...
I didn't know anything.
I repeatedly offended City Master...
and lost my means for living.
You brought me here...
to pick wild berries and hunt wild animals.
That moment...
was the most beautiful memory of my time.
It seems like...
you've forgotten about it.
How would I forget it?
Before I came to the back of the mountain,
I was poisoned with Seven Killing.
I was on the verge of death.
You put yourself through the downpour...
and knelt overnight in Ting Zhu Court.
Only then, the prince agreed to exchange your life for mine.
Back then...
Yue Ying came to my room and saved me.
She told me that...
if you could come back alive...
I'll owe my life to you.
Seven Killing...
You took it to help me accomplish my mission.
I had to do my best to save.
You're my second master.
If you failed...
I would suffer a tragic death.
So, I took the poison...
for my own sake.
It wasn't for yours.
This...
might fool me back then.
But, it won't work now.
You're Prince of Peace's descendant.
You have royal blood flowing through your veins.
You carry with you the imperial sword.
Not to mention this insignificant Gui Hua City.
Even the palace hall...
So long as you want to leave...
you can come and go freely.
As for me...
I'm just a lowly and ordinary Su Qi Xue.
I cracked my brains...
and I could only think of myself being the City Master...
to uphold virtue and condemn evil.
I could only ensure that my sisters will never live in fear anymore.
You're saying this...
to tell me that we aren't well-matched.
It's not that.
But, you have your own vocation.
You can use the imperial order without words...
to convene the former officials...
to raise up the army and repulse Liang Army,
and restore the peace to this chaotic world.
With this, there wouldn't be another Su Qi Xue...
or another Fang Ying Ying...
or all other pitiful people who have to submit to their fates.
Chang An.
I don't want to miss out the best for you,
and for you to miss out your future prospects for me.
Let's...
Let's end it here.
Chang An!
Wan Mei.
I won't be around to protect you next time.
You need to hold your temper.
Take care of yourself.
If Cha Luo finds fault with you again,
don't try to resist on your own.
Find the prince.
He'll help you.
Well...
I'll take my leave.
Won't you bid him farewell before we leave?
No need.
I forgot to tell you earlier.
He said he would put on the fireworks over there for you to see.
- Wan Mei! - Let her go!
You're being irresolute time and time again.
You don't know what you really want.
You would only be wasting other's time!
I should congratulate you.
You can finally apprehend this feeling of despair.
You finally mastered Tian Guang Jin.