In the rumor,
I’m behind
the man who assassinated His Majesty.
Aren’t I?
Yes.
When His Majesty was out of the palace,
that was the queen doing?
I heard
the queen was busy with
the marriage of the crown prince.
What?
What did you say?
I heard the queen was busy
with the marriage of the crown prince.
What do you think?
Is the heaven abandoning me,
or giving me
a helping hand?
You stupid guy!
Do you think you can escape my matrix
on your own?
It’s the anger!
The anger arose his power.
He really is dangerous.
Though he’s still weak,
once he’s awakened,
my matrix cannot hold him.
What are you doing?
Why did you catch me?
Where is my master?
Why so many questions?
Didn’t I tell you
I’ll be your master?
I didn’t take you as my master.
Jiang Ziya is my only master.
Jiang Ziya.
What does Jiang Ziya have?
He has poor abilities or power of understanding.
He doesn’t even stand out in mortals.
What can he teach you?
It’s enough
when he’s true to me.
It doesn’t matter what he can teach me.
He was caught because of me.
Jiang Ziya has really
deceived you a lot.
Yeah.
The greatest deceitful trick
is to arise the compassionate heart of you,
the mortals.
He sacrificed himself,
just to arise your mercy
at the bottom of your heart.
Stop humiliating my master.
Jiang Ziya
hasn’t ever saved you.
He was cheating you, stopping you
and despising you.
You’re despising me!
Isn’t that you
who locked me up?
I’m saving you.
I don’t want Jiang Ziya
and Primeval Lord of Heaven to hurt you.
Master.
Please take care of Yang Jian.
He…
doesn’t know
how to control the Dark Eye of Heaven.
I feel uneasy,
when he isn’t with me.
I’ve always been
worried about him.
Is it how you feel
when you
care for me?
Master,
please take good care of Yang Jian
just like how you do to me.
Yang Jian, let me tell you
what your Dark Eye of Heaven
can do.
You could have saved people in Jizhou.
You could have
saved your sister
before she became a consort.
It would have been as easy as winking
to kill the King of Shang.
Why did he pretend to be unaware
and make you kept in the dark?
He wants to
make you beside him.
Bullshit.
Why are you driving a wedge
between master and me?
Are you wanting something
from me?
What can I get from you?
Yang Jian, you know what?
Jiang Ziya is
extremely selfish.
He will never sacrifice
for anyone.
He did it,
just for one reason.
To kill you!
Shut up!
I’ll insert
some of my energy into you.
It will take root and grown
just like a seed.
It will help you to
absorb the radiance of the world
and the fortune of the universe.
As long as you have a firm belief,
you’ll have
matchless power.
You can kill whoever you want to kill.
Fine.
Your anger is awakened.
Let me see your Dark Eye of Heaven!
Fei Zhong.
Have you got the instigator?
Your Majesty,
I haven’t.
But I got the hiding place of the assassin.
I asked the painter
to draw ten more pieces of his portrait
and divided a hundred soldiers
into ten teams
to search the whole town for the assassin
and if he has a conspirator.
I think we’ll soon
know his background.
And we’ll find out the instigator behind him.
Fei Zhong.
You missed a golden opportunity
to find out the instigator.
If he manages to run out of town,
what punishment do you think you deserve?
My Lord.
I sent men
to keep guard at all gates.
Everyone who wants to leave the town
will be detained
until the middle of the night.
Lords.
I think you must be suspecting.
So I’d like to
invite His Majesty and you
to try the case with me.
Good!
It’s been long since I last tried a case.
Good idea.
I’ll interrogate
that shameless assassin.
This way.
Yes.
That way.
Come with me.
Go.
Kneel.
Fine.
Let him stand.
You fatuous ruler!
I like warriors.
You dared to risk your life
to assassinate me.
I appreciate it.
If you tell us
your confederate and instigator,
I’ll spare you
and make you
the imperial bodyguard.
In the future,
you can fight in the war with me,
get promoted and married.
High position and salary
is possible.
You fatuous ruler!
How much I want to kill you
and skin you!
You want me to take your order?
You dream!
You call me the fatuous ruler!
What have I done
to serve the name
of a fatuous ruler?
You persecuted the royal minister.
You killed Lord Su
and made people in Jizhou homeless
and killed their families.
Aren’t you a fatuous ruler？
Lords are all my subordinates.
They should have paid tribute.
Lord Su of Jizhou refused to pay tribute.
Instead, he carved treasonous poem on the wall
and rebelled against me.
It’s perfectly justifiable to suppress him.
Why am I a fatuous ruler?
People in Jizhou
are my subjects.
They dared to help Su Hu
and fought against my army.
How could I rule the country if I didn’t kill them?
Why am I a fatuous ruler?
You!
You’re addicted in sensual pursuits, instead of political affairs.
You’re a fatuous ruler!
Men in our country enjoy drinking.
I rule the whole country.
What’s the problem of enjoying the wine?
Good point.
I have only one queen and three consorts.
I’m not a patch on
the four lords.
Why am I addicted to sex?
I said this
to the assassin.
And also to you,
my ministers.
To my people, too.
As for the political affairs,
I just don’t feel like sitting here
to see bureaucratic fights.
Uncle, Lord Wucheng.
Tell me.
Not to mention
the memorials of flattering.
Have I ever
delayed or mislead any important affair
on politics or military?
Your Majesty, you’re genius,
but only a little deficient in etiquettes.
Your Majesty, you’re telling the truth.
It’s a shame of us.
What else do you argue?
Sophistry!
I decide
everything in the world.
Why do I need to argue?
Enough, you fatuous ruler!
Cut the crap!
Just tell us if you’ll kill me or torture me.
I won’t be a real man
if I ever frown.
You want a quick execution.
But I won’t
satisfy you.
You Hun.
Where’s You Hun?
Your Majesty.
He knew he failed to protect you
and went to the prison himself.
That was sensible of him.
Give my order
to release him.
Ask him to get the burning torture pillar ready.
I made a new torture device.
If you don’t tell the truth,
I’ll strip you and throw you up.
Just a torture device. Do you think it’ll scare me?
Fei Zhong.
Explain to him
what a burning torture pillar is.
What?
Still hesitating?
Do you really want to try the burning torture pillar?
I come
to revenge Lord Su.
That’s what I’m going to say on the pillar, too.
Do you have a conspirator?
Lord Su is my conspirator.
If you’re capable enough,
go to hell
and get even with him.
Behave yourself.
Your Majesty.
Obviously,
he’s a solider from Jizhou.
I think we can close the case
and punish him.
Wait.
Uncle, what’s your objection?
Tell me.
Do you know Su Hu has a daughter?
Lord Su’s daughter
is as beautiful as a fairy
and kind.
Everyone in Jizhou knows her.
She’s now the consort of His Majesty.
Has she contacted you?
I’m alone in Zhaoge.
I don’t know Consort Su
or anyone else.
If you want a name,
I only know you
and the traitor minister, Fei Zhong.
Your Majesty.
I think
we should bring in Consort Su
to confront the assassin.
Fei Zhong.
You’re the chief judge.
Why don’t you talk?
Your Majesty.
I agree with the prime minister.
The assassin tried hard to whitewash Consort Su.
I’m afraid
they knew
each other.
Really?
You also want Consort Su to confront him?
Please kindly approve,
Your Majesty.
No way.
How can you ask
my beloved consort
to confront a criminal in public?
Your Majesty.
May I interrogate him?
What a surprise!
You’re also interested.
Go ahead.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
You worked for Lord Su?
I followed Lord Su
for sixteen years
at the risk of my life.
Can that be a lie?
Fine.
Tell me.
What bow did Su Hu use?
The third-level or the fifth-level?
When he was young,
he used to use the fifth-level bow.
Later he used the third-level one.
One more question.
Which day is Lord Su’s birthday?
August 15th or May 18th?
August 15th.
Nonsense!
His birthday is July 7th.
Besides, he used the bow
which I gave him.
is sixth-level.
You pretend to be his soldier.
Who sent you here?
What do you want?
Tell me.
Good questions.
He’s deceitful.
Someone must have instigated him to frame Consort Su up.
It’s wise of you, Your Majesty.
Tell the truth.
Who sent you?
Report.
Your Majesty.
The soldier sent for the research
must have got something.
Get him in.
Your Majesty.
Long live your Majesty.
What is it?
We searched the town,
found another hiding place of his
and got something he concealed.
Your Majesty, please kindly review it.
Behave yourself.
These are candidates of princess consort
the queen chose for the crown prince.
Sent them to His Majesty.
Yes.
Consort Su…
What is she up to?
I heard
what happened in Qianming Palace.
Last night, Lord Fei
failed to know
who was behind the assassin.
So His Majesty is interrogating the assassin himself.
Lord Fei?
Do you mean Fei Zhong?
Yes. What’s wrong, Your Grace?
In the accident of Lady Ha,
Fei Zhong
shielded Consort Su.
Later I heard
he visited Shouxian Palace several times.
Your Grace.
Is Lord Fei
colluding with Consort Su?
No way.
I must go to Qianming Palace
and listen to
what the assassin will say.
I must know
who is behind him.
Let’s go to Qianming Palace.
Uncle, Lord Wucheng. Have a look at this.
East Marquis?
Your Majesty.
Someone must have set it
to frame East Marquis up.
Yeah.
Only to frame him up?
Xili, the Lu State. Jiang Huan.
You’re Jiang Huan?
You’re with East Marquis Jiang Huanchu?
Traitor!
Tell the truth
and I’ll only kill you.
If you dare to lie, I’ll kill all your families.
Now we have your name and address.
It doesn’t matter if you die alone.
But don’t get your families involved.
Exactly.
I’ll not only exterminate every one of your family
to leave you descendants,
but will also exhume your ancestors
to lash their bodies.
Your Majesty.
I will confess.
Please be generous
to spare my families.
Confess!
It’s…
the queen
who sent me to assassinate you.
You!
Bullshit!
The queen and the king are a sweet couple.
How could she ask you to assassinate His Majesty?
The man told me
the queen would dethrone the queen
and the crown prince might be deposed, too.
Therefore…
he asked me
to assassinate His Majesty.
He also said
if I was caught,
I should insist that
I was the soldier of Su Hu.
If I was tortured,
I would confess Consort Su,
pretending I couldn’t stand the torture.
Didn’t she say
why she wanted you to frame Consort Su up?
I…
I didn’t know.
What a queen!
What a good wife!
Your Majesty, don’t believe him.
Enough. Shut up, all of you!
The assassin confessed.
Are you still absolving the queen?
Do you want to make the decision for me?
I don’t dare.
Your Majesty.
Someone must be framing the queen up.
Okay. Show me the evidence.
Here comes the queen.
Whoever dares to argue
will be executed right away.
Your Majesty.
I heard
you were assassinated out of the palace.
I really worry about you,
and come to have a look.
Am I too rude?
You’re right in time.
Thank you for caring.
I heard the assassin was caught.
I wonder if he has confessed.
He’s a soldier of Su Hu.
A reckless bastard.
Oh, he’s from Consort Su’s family.
Your Majesty.
A desperado like him
talks madness.
Your Majesty, don’t easily
believe him.
Queen, what do you think of
his relationship with Consort Su?
Your Majesty.
Even though the assassin worked for Su Hu.
Consort Su
lives in the palace.
I don’t think they’re related.
Besides,
you love Consort Su so much.
Human has feelings.
How would she do
such merciless things?
Your Majesty.
For my sake,
please kindly spare her.
Well.
What do you think I should do?
It’s capital crime
to assassinate the king.
I know the seriousness.
But Su Hu’s family has been killed.
Consort Su is alive alone.
If we still execute her families,
she doesn’t have any families.
Consort Su is rather poor.
So shall we spare her?
There is a law.
Even if she can be spared from execution, she must be punished.
What should we do then?
I think
we should spare her life,
to show your kindness.
A little punishment will be enough.
What punishment?
It’s too cruel
to scoop out her eyes.
Why don’t we
lash her, expel her
and make her run her own course?
What do you think, Your Majesty?
Your Grace.
How dare you
call me?
Your Grace.
I was so careless
that I left some evidence.
Now the result is beyond dispute.
I’m…
I’m sorry for you, Your Grace.
What the hell are you talking about?
You…
I’m…
I’m sorry for you, Your Grace.
I’d like to repay you with my death.
Wait.
Somebody.
Take off the queen’s crown and uniform.
Take her back for further punishment.
Yes.
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
You get me wrong.
I don’t know him.
You get me wrong, Your Majesty.
Let go of me.
Your Majesty, you get me wrong.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
You really get me wrong.
Your Majesty.
I really don’t know him.
I don’t know him.
You really get me wrong.
I don’t know him.
Take her away.
- Your Majesty. - Yes.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
What else do you want to argue?
Why did you take me here?
I want to help you with your talent.
What?
Start your talent from nothing.
Anomalies flash in your head.
In the storm, all emotions
flood in as if sailing in the sea of anger.
The anger will arise your Dark Eye of Heaven.
Stop.
Where does the smell come from?
It’s the smell of evil.
From the secular world,
why does it have
such horrible smell?
See?
This is your Dark Eye of Heaven.
That’s the reason
why Jiang Ziya taught you.
That’s also the reason
why he will kill you.
Do you want to kill the King of Shang?
Do you still feel angry
even if you skin him
or crash him?
Do you want to
ruin everything he loves?
Do you want to ruin
all his palaces
and his country?
Do you want it?
You know what? You have the Dark Eye of Heaven.
You can do all what you want.
But…
When Jiang Ziya is around, you can’t do that.
You saw it, didn’t you?
He wanted to kill you.
If you tell him
your Dark Eye of Heaven is awakened,
he will stop you.
And he will find a chance
to kill you.
So what he did
just to kill me?
What he told me
was the lie?
Now I’m helping you.
How lucky you are!
Help me?
Yeah.
I can help to awaken your Dark Eye of Heaven.
Your eagerness for revenge
and your anger
are sources
of your Dark Eye of Heaven.
Let me awaken them.
Let me control the Dark Eye of Heaven for you.
Do you want it?
Jiang Ziya
is no longer my master.
Master.
Is Yang Jian still in the Jade Void Palace?
Are you with him?
Master.
The evil smell has nothing to with him,
does it?
Tell me.
Look.
Fei Zhong’s job is done.
It’s my turn now.
Consort Huang is arriving soon.
Are you ready?
Consort Huang
always keeps me worrying.
Will she really betray the queen?
You don’t believe me?
Wait and see.
If someone
stabs the queen on her back,
Consort Huang will be the first
to hold the dagger
and stab further.
Here she comes.
Your Grace.
Are you on your way to visit the queen?
I really worry about you.
In such a critical moment,
instead of visiting the queen,
why don’t you consider for yourself?
What do you mean?
You want me to help you
deal with the queen?
You dream!
Your family is loyal to His Majesty for nine generations.
You’re the daughter of your family.
I feel angry and unfair
for you,
every time I see you.
Compared to you,
what does Queen Jiang count?
Jiang Huanchu was titled as a marquis
for only fifty years.
Why could his daughter
be the queen?
But you…
As the daughter of the Huang family,
you deserve to be the queen.
Don’t you?
I always
plan to help you.
Unexpectedly,
the chance comes so fast.
You want me
to betray the queen?
It’s not hard, isn’t it?
Do I get the wrong idea on you?
Your Grace.
How could the queen do that?
I’ll be still angry
even if I can kill her now.
Your Majesty.
The queen can’t be that cruel.
The assassin must be lying.
Please don’t get angry.
You shouldn’t have
grieved the queen.
East Marquis
is behind her.
What does East Marquis count?
Are you going to ask me to surrender to East Marquis
just as my uncle advised me?
I’m the king!
Do I need to
yield to a marquis?
I have a good idea.
I wonder if I can tell you.
Go ahead.
The queen rules the imperial harem.
We shouldn’t use ministers for her interrogation.
Consort Huang
is the sister of Lord Wucheng
and also close to the queen.
Could she do the interrogation?
They’re women
and close to each other.
The queen should be interrogated,
but she can’t be interrogated in a cruel way,
like others.
Even if East Marquis has rebellious intents,
you have done everything you could, Your Majesty.
Your Grace.
Sister,
I didn’t expect you
to visit me at such a moment.
If I don’t, who else will?
Maids in my palace
have run away,
in case of getting involved.
Only Consort Yang
stays with me as she always did.
Your Grace, you’re flattering me.
We’re families.
Aren’t we?
Consort Huang
Sure, we’re families.
But I don’t come
for this.
What do you mean?
Would you like to guess
why I come today.
You…
Come to ask me questions?
Your Grace.
What are you talking about?
Consort Huang isn’t that person.
I don’t come to ask questions,
but to interrogate you.
Sister, I have to take the order.
What?
Consort Huang.
After all these years,
I’ve been nice to you.
So I come here
to repay.
What? What are you doing?
You didn’t even
mention any about this to me.
Why are you doing this
over the night?
Why?
Maybe…
You ganged up
with Daji?
Try using more pleasant words.
What do you mean ganging up?
I take both of you
like my families.
Just like
what you always said.
We’re families.
Daji?
She’s your family, too?
Daji…
Consort Huang.
Are you interrogating me like this?
Sister,
I don’t think you can still
talk in this way.
Consort Yang.
How dare you slap me?
You betrayed
the queen.
I slapped you,
so that
you would know what you should do.
It seems one’s background
really matters.
You’re from
a humble family.
You still can’t realize
which side you should take.
Let me teach you a lesson.
And see if you still dare to be unbridled.
If you dare to be rude to Her Grace,
I won’t spare you.
Consort Yang.
Forget it.
Your Grace.
It’s my own fault
to mistrust her.
Since you realize it,
let’s get started.
You bitch!
Go ahead.
Miss, please come out.
I bring some food to you.
Please come out.
I’ve answered
what I should
Go back
to tell His Majesty honesty.
Okay.
Since you refuse to answer
any of my questions,
I have to tell His Majesty
the truth.
Oh, Sister.
Don’t forget.
I come under the order of His Majesty.
BTW,
Consort Yang,
when you slapped me,
you were exactly
slapping His Majesty.
Then keep my slapping
tightly in your heart.
Your Grace.
How dare you!
Since I came to the palace,
I’ve been hating you.
You’re as proud
as a peacock.
You know what?
How ugly your butt is!
It’s as flat as a stone.
You control all consorts.
You claim to stop His Majesty
from being addicted to sensual pursuits.
In fact, you want to keep Your Majesty to yourself.
I was blind!
I wasted my life!
Why are you trembling?
Sister.
Are you angry,
or sacred?
I’m going to report to His Majesty right now.
You.
Your Grace.
Are you all right?