"Ashes of Love"
"Episode 37"
By the Empress Oral Decree
Your royal highness should remain in the your XuanJi palace during the mourning period
Halting the duty of star setting and night sky watching
Then Run Yu will obey the orders
The empress offers her condolences to your highness
And she sent two sets of mourning apparel
for you to choose from
Leave them here
The empress asks your royal highness to make a choice
of a mourning apparel between celestial kingdom and the dragon-aquaria
and we will bring back to her majesty the one you didn't choose
according to the dragon aquaria customs
one should wear raw hemp clothing during mourning
The empress can't bear to see you suffer
your royal highness is too noble and delicate to wear raw hemp
The ramie clothing suits you better
In the future I will count on you to check and balance the force of the empress and the aves family
I need to answer back to the empress
we will leave now
Is the custom of mourning in the celestial kingdom asking you to throwing the mourning apparel away?
Why is big brother so upset?
According to the rules of celestial kingdom,
One should wear Ramie apparel during mourning,
but for a dragon aquaria, one should wear raw hemp
then didn't the big brother make the wrong choice?
I am powerless
Don't blame on yourself, your highness
You mourn with your heart
God-mother knows in the underworld when you insists on mourning for her even against the emperor and empress' wishes
I believe she is resting in peace in the underworld,
It is far from enough
There's no place in the world for us when she is still wronged
Your royal highness,why don't you let everything go
and go somewhere far far away with me and Li Er
It will be a luxury to dream of being a floating cloud away from all the turmoil
What's your plan in the future, your royal highness?
No haste, be patient
This is what god mother asked me to give you when things turn south
what's in the box?
I have never opened it
Please take a look yourself
(token of the aqua family and maps of the aves family residence)
Your majesty
the first prince chose the Ramie mourning apparel of the celestial kingdom
Leave us
Aye
Auntie, this move is really brilliant; judging by the apparel the first prince chose
we can tell whether he has decided to follow the lead of celestial kingdom
or continue his obsession with the aqua family
It looks like he made the smart move. He dare not disobey the emperor. He knows where to stand
Don't underestimate him.
When he was really young, he scraped dragon scales from his own body.
And he was bold enough to take the floating-dream pill I gave him.
When SuLi died, his reactions showed that he will not let his mother's death go easily.
However he is the blood line of the emperor.
I can't go too far with him
This just serves as a warning to him.
Autie, you are so provident. I really need to learn more from your techniques
Today is the birthday banquet of the faerie under the moon.
You shall deliver my present to him.
Aye
Your grace, we are here for your birthday celebration.
We wish your luck flows like the ever-flowing eastern sea,
and your longevity beats the ever-young south mountain pine tree.
The same old wishes every year!
Are you blind?
My youth is abundant and my looks are divine.
How can you compare me to the ragged old pine from the south mountain?
Aye, aye
What are these?
The second prince is still grounded
He is still reflecting his mistakes in the palace
We were sent here to deliver the gift for your birthday.
You are not answering my question. Stop mumbling. Go away now
Aye, your grace. We will leave you then.
How did you come up with this present?
Thanks for your praise, your highness. This caters to the pleasure of the faerie under the moon
These are the most popular sultry picture books from the mortal world.
I am sure the faerie will be ecstatic when he reads these books.
This is not a complement.
It clearly shows that you have been fiddling around in the mortal world
Spending way too much time fooling around with your gang
Without you guys dragging me down,
I would have conquered the entire continent and created a peaceful era in the mortal world
It is indeed my mistake.
But on the other hand after the whole experience in the mortal world,
you did grow just a little bit smarter.
This one IS a complement.
Your grace
Dear Jing Mi, you are here
Your grace, you mistake me for Jing Mi once again
I am not fairy Jing Mi.
Oh, little dew
What do you wish to see me for?
You nose is bleeding?
Oh, my inner heat is burning...
Come, come
The second prince sent me a case of sultry picture books
While it's still hot and fresh, let's study it together
No
I am here for something else
The first prince is still in mourning these days
So he has sent me to deliver happy birthday messages
Wish you stay young forever in both your mind and your looks
You are such a dear
This is a neat gadget.
so bright
With this I can read the picture books so much better during night time
So great
Poor Run Yu haunted by ill fortune...
Pass my thanks and my condolences to him
I will make sure to do that.
Thanks your grace.
And one more thing,
although Run Yu can't make it to my banquet
You should still come, little dew
Let's drink and have a blast with all the guests
I am just a humble servant
It's improper...
well, the God of Water is bringing Jing Mi to the banquet.
You ask your father to bring you along
Otherwise, my birthday banquet will have such a low turnout
It will upset me a great deal
In that case it would be impolite to decline.
Thank you your grace
Darling little dew!
Your grace, I will leave you now.
Go ahead then.
May I present the God of Water, the Goddess of wind and the fairy Jing Mi.
This is brilliant!
Your grace, darling Jing Mi.
Today it's my birthday. Feel free to drink and feast
Don't be shy. Come on.
Drink and feast as much as you like!
Take a guess what present I have brought for you.
It's a little gadget I brought back from the mortal world
have a look
Brightened!
It brightens up the view for me
Do you fancy it?
It's brilliant! With this I can read over 100 picture books a day!
Darling Jing Mi,
you are even more beautiful than I previously imagined.
May I present princess Sui He and the fate fairy
Your grace, I am here on her majesty's behalf...
Yeah...okay...sit
Fate fairy...
Ok sweetie, I can't have more ...
Fate fairy,
How could you be so generous to come to my banquet empty-handed?
I have put in a lot of thoughts recently
After the collapse of the Lei Feng tower ,
How do I continue the story line of the white snake's next life
I originally planned
to turn her into a fruit genie in the flower family
Leave all her subsequent marriage fate in your hands
i realize now that may not be a present to your liking
Oh darling fate fairy, I knew you always keep me in your thoughts
This is an amazing birthday gift, brilliant!
Let's go have some drinks!
Sweetie have a piece of this.
Thanks Daddy!
I still think it's quite extraordinary.
Hey Fairy Jing Mi
Let's discuss this matter further
Daddy, (whispering...)
Off you go...
Besides me
Do you also like Xu Feng?
Yes!
What about Faerie under the moon?
I like him too!
What about Yan You?
I like him as well.
What if Jing Mi is like a barren field
No matter how you sow or fertilize
No matter how much effort you put in
You will never be rewarded with even a single flower.
Loving her will be like casting stones to the deep sea
Never will she be reciprocal
it's such a waste of time and efforts
Is your highness up for the challenge?
Jing Mi was born kind and gentle
yet she is by nature insensitive to human feelings
No one is good enough for her
Much less possible to become her lover
She used to be insensitive by nature
Liked all yet loved none
But now devoted fully to one person
How can one's personality change so dramatically?
When I took the floating-dream pill
it wiped off all the memories of my mother and my childhood
Is it possible that Jing MI also...
suffered from something similar?
Jing Mi
Which personality is your true self?
Yun Dan?
May I present his majesty...
Your majesty ...
Don't be too punctilious.
Today is the banquet for faerie under the moon.
King brother, you are always busy with myriads of state affairs
How did you find time to come to my humble abode?
Little Brother, are you blaming me for coming uninvited or
blaming me for the long overdue visit?
King brother, your arrival lights up my humble abode
Today everyone here is family, it's a low turnout
feels a bit desolate
My birthday falls on an unlucky date.
It's unfortunate that the first prince is in mourning
and the second prince is grounded.
Are you trying to ask for their pardons?
We can't count on these two siblings.
Let's have a nice time among ourselves.
Faerie Tai Si happened to be here as well
You have a knack for novel poetries.
How about entertain us with a few of those?
Certainly your majesty,
I just learnt a few verses from the mortal world
I'd like to entertain the crowd with these.
Let's hear it!
Don't you see - Mr. Xu has two noble sons; followed by lucky dreams
The saint Kong and the budda has embraced and blessed them
They are a great pair
The first son is 9 years old
His soul is as pure as the autumn water and his inner core is as virtuous as the jade
The little one is only five and already strong as an ox
Attracts the attention of all the guests
I know that Mr. Xu has no worries
For he is blessed with two noble sons because of his generosity and good acts
who doesn't want to have sons like these
Hear hear
Your majesty
When I first heard of this story in the mortal world
It resembles a lot of your majesty and your two royal princes.
So I offer this as some entertainment for your majesty.
Suck-up!
Quiet!
I have encrypted the message before sending to you
Everyone here knows how to encrypt a message.
What if someone intercepts the message during passing
Dan Zhu
What message are you two plotting on passing?
We are talking about the game of "Passing the parcel".
Passing the parcel... Anyone?
Time flies...
Our generation are aging, giving way to the younger generation
And we become relatives by their joint matrimony
what a happy occasion
It's such a pity that the God of flower did not live to see this
She is still immensely missed although she is gone now
Your majesty has such deep emotions and your religious practice brings good fortune to the celestial kingdom
The two princes were born noble as dragon and Phoenix
It's all attributed to your good virtue. A blessing for the celestial kingdom
You are even a bigger suck-up!
It's my plan to outsmart all the others in the suck-up business.
My sons have grown up
Yet still cause troubles
It's better off for the God of water and faerie Tai Si to have sweet and thoughtful daughters.
Kuang Lu, rise!
Your majesty!
I have only been blessed with one daughter here
Your majesty
Rise
She surely is as precious as the morning dew,
Pure and serene , slim and graceful
is she the same age as Jing Mi and Sui He?
Your majesty
Let me humbly ask you for a blessing
My daughter is too withdrawn and mellow.
I would humbly ask for your blessing on her marriage
I didn't see that coming. Cunning!
He knows the emperor pities the weak and old trying to win his favors using his daughter
I can't compete with that
The first prince has been reserved by Fairy Jing Mi.
Now he has his eyes set on the second prince for his daughter
This is his real purpose
Daddy!
I am not drunk at all
My daddy is drunk. Your majesty, I am asking for your pardon on this.
Tai Si, you old fool, you are drunk
Match making is my business.
Why are you bothering the emperor with this?
You are not in charge of match-making for the celestial kingdom.
There's nothing wrong being a caring father...
Today we drink and celebrate
No need to be punctilious.
Daddy, you are drunk.
I am not
Enough showing off the father-daughter love ...
Daddy, have some food
Daddy is the most handsome man in Huai Wu in your prime years.
You are forever the best dad in the whole world
Imposing and charismatic
You are so smart and darling
in the future who will be blessed to have you as his wife
I surely envy the fellow
However in my heart you are incomparable to XU Feng
You are just a negligible mortal soul
I am not feeling so well. Please allow me to excuse myself
Granted
Sui Er, why are you obsessed with someone who has no feelings for you?
If he truly cares about you
he would have married you long time ago
I killed my father with my own hands
I killed the only person who cared about me in the mortal world
Yet still not enough to win back Xu Feng's heart?
Xu Feng
I hate you
Jing Mi
I hate you
You are back.
Did the faerie under the moon fancy the hazy emerald screen I sent him?
You ought to pay more visits to him
Do you understand?
Leave us
Autie
I can't compete with Jing Mi in heaven or on earth.
Everyone likes Jing Mi
I don't think I can ever surpass her
Is it true that the second prince shall never have a change of heart?
Shut up now!
Look at you, so beat and down how are you going to lead the aves family like this?
What more can I do?
Even if I die the second prince won't care the least
Rise quickly
Listen to me carefully
We came from the noble-blood aves family
How can you be so vulnerable?
You may only win as much as what you are willing to bear
The race is still open
No one knows the outcome yet
Here, here. Don't cry
Your highness, I have recently learnt the bad news of your mother.
It's so upsetting and unfair. I offer my condolences
Now I stand the same ground as Jing Mi against the same enemy
Chief of flower, there's one thing I want your advice on
Your highness, what is it?
Mi Er reacts very differently to the feelings of love.
why do you think of this?
As I remember, you told me once that Jing Mi is by nature insensitive to love
without offering more details on this matter
I did a lot of research in the sutra library
I discovered accidentally that it may be related to Yun Dan
It's good for her to lead a genuine and carefree life
but my true wish is to remove the Yun Dan from her
No one should deprive her of the ability to love
If that's really what you wish for
is your highness confident enough to take good care of Jing Mi
The former God of flower has predicted Jing Mi's bad fortune on love affairs
How to shield her away from hurt if we take the Yun Dan out?
Did your highness tell Jing Mi about the truth of Yun Dan?
No I have not
I don't know how she will react if she knows the truth
Rest assured that I will take good care of Jing Mi no matter what happens.
That night... I have offended you
I am your accomplice.
I am also accountable for that night
Now you are my property
Rest assured that I will be responsible for you
you sound like a bandit, where did you get that from?
Didn't you know
In my last life, I was married to a bandit called YaYa
I am the bandit's mistress
And this life you are the mistress of the God of Fire!
I...I have spoken to my dad about this
What did your father say?
He didn't disapprove of it.
But there're certain things that trouble him
He asked me to think it through.
I know what he is concerned about
I will put those problems to rest as soon as possible
Here I made this for you
What is it?
You are surely a dumb bird
This is called Spring flower and Autumn fruit.
If you put this close to your heart and infuse your magic power on it,
it will transcend into spring flower and autumn fruit scenery
Spring in the morning and autumn in the evening, lasting for a whole day
Do you know where the beautiful scenery comes from?
Where?
This is stolen from the flower family.
The chief of flower will be surprised greatly if she knows about this
This is not food, nor a weapon.
It's in fact useless then
Okay then I will take it back and turn it into a weapon
Why only spring and autum?
I want to share summer heat and winter snow with you also.
Why gild the lily?
You are the summer sun and I am the winter snow
Therefore we have the complete four seasons already
When did my darling silly grape become so witty?
Now I have deposited it into my heart and swear to take good care of it
Then it's time for me to go now.
My darling dear are you waiting for me?
Where to?
Slowly
Okay I got it. I will go in
Fish prince
Fish prince, what's troubling you?
When I was in Tai Lake, my weird and pale looks make me feel inferior
In order to become a fancy koi,
I practice rigorously day and night
however only after I arrived in the celestial kingdom
I found out that all my past efforts have been in vain
I become aware of the fact that I am not a fancy koi
but a white dragon who is trying to be a koi
Looking back now, I was short-sighted like a frog at the bottom of a well.
Look at me,
I was a humble fruit genie for four thousand years
I thought I was a fruit genie, but I turned out to be a snow flake
in that sense we are very much alike
It's not bad for the frog to remain in the bottom of the well
Often times
the more he knows, the more he suffers
Fish prince , are you thinking of your birth mother?
Two nights ago, the Epiphyllum was blooming
But you were not here
Bloom with no one watching,
no one there to claim the fragrance,
it's the worst fate for a flower
Epiphyllum was my gift to you, that makes you the rightful owner of her
As long as you were present, the flower didn't bloom for nothing
Am I really her rightful owner
Thousands of years have gone by
I have shown my true dragon form only twice
you were present both times
pardon my disrespect
I am not asking for too much in my life
As long as you love me a little bit more each day
days turn into months, months turn into years
and years turn into a whole life
It's okay to love me just LIGHTLY
as long as it is ever lasting
Can you do that for me?
It's very late now
I have to go back
it is indeed cracked
Mi er
You truly love Xu Feng without any reservation
Do you know When I saw the dream bubble of you the Yan Shou spits out
I saw you and Xu Feng being intimate with each other
How much pain that caused me?
I'd rather you know nothing about love your entire life.
This way you will love no one in your life, incapable of love.
Your fish prince now have nothing left in this world
except you
Please don't leave me all alone
Snowflake, why don't you talk to me?
Don't you want to get out?
Liuying?
Jing Mi, I have an important favor to ask of you.