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[Investiture of the Gods]
[Episode 7]
You may leave now.
- Wait for me outside. - Yes.
Did you make up your mind?
Then tell me.
Hhow do you want to kill him? I will do as you say.
With regards to killing him,
I don't need your help.
You've become so aggressive with just the ring's power.
Daji,
even if you can use the ring's power to mystify him, without my help,
you won't even be able to touch his hair.
If I wanted you to help me seek revenge,
I would have given you my soul long ago and died at the execution grounds.
The only reason I'm still alive right now
is because I want to personally take revenge.
Without my help, can you take revenge yourself?
There is nothing that is impossible.
This revenge... I must take it myself.
Don't worry!
After things are finished,
you can follow the agreement and take away my soul.
It seems that this game is much more fun to play
than I had initially thought.
Beauty.
Darling.
Good wine, huh? Have some more.
Hey, have a swig.
Pretty tasty. Not bad, right?
What are you looking at?
What are you looking at?!
What you said is right.
I'm incompetent. So what if I look?
What can I do anyways?
He's drunk.
To say that I'm drunk,
makes me feel truly pathetic and incompetent.
Then, let me drink until I'm thoroughly drunk!!
Isn't that the noble son, Yang Jian?
Yes, he is.
Young Master, we are all citizens of Jizhou City!
Young Master Yang Jian? He's Young Master Yang Jian?
Jizhou City?
What a relief! Young Master Yang Jian, you're still alive!
Son of nobility, Yang Jian?
Yes, I'm still alive.
Why is he like this?
You guys think I should die, right?
Me being alive is a big disappointment to you guys, right?
Young Master Yang, lower your voice.
Why are you here?
Drinking away my sorrows!
This wine is so good. No matter how drunk I am, it is still not enough.
Young Master!
What time is it now? Look at the state we are in!
That's right!
You guys,
why have you fallen into this world?
What wrongs have you committed
to be reduced to slaves?
Bastard! Bastard!
Did you forget how Jizhou City fell into the enemy's hands?
Did you forget how they stole Miss Daji?
Look at yourself! How are you worthy of being the son of the Marquis of Jizhou?
I think you're better off dead!
- Bastard! - I'll kick you to death!
Did you really forget? Die!
You old thing! Do you know how to live? Why did you throw away perfectly good cabbage?
Pick it up! Hurry!
You've only come now?
Without even knowing, somehow I walked here.
Your heart led you here.
I think...
tomorrow's weather is going to be pretty nice.
What's wrong? Do you think God is really heartless?
This isn't like the God I know.
God shouldn't be like this.
You shouldn't have many thoughts like this.
You should just let it go.
Everything that you have in your hand
will naturally leave you if you let go.
Can you help me?
Aren't I standing by your side?
Hey! Why is there a beggar lying in our yard?
- Wife, he isn't a beggar. - Who's this?
- If he's not a beggar, then who is he? - He's really not a beggar.
Mom! It's the middle of the night. Why are you bullying Dad again?
What nonsense are you spewing so late at night? Saying he's your disciple?
- You⁠— - Mother!
- He's really not a beggar. He's my disciple. - Move away!
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No.
I can't let him die so easily like this. I have to torture him
and make him suffer just as I do, to be in so much pain
and to live a life so horrible that he would rather die than live.
You're as gentle as water in bed, yet you are completely opposite when you have a dagger in your hand.
How dare a woman like you assassinate me?
Since I've ascended the throne, people have attempted to assassinate me thirty-six times.
The result? All of those assassins have died horrifically (literal meaning - torn body and crushed bones) and have had their bones crushed into powder.
Me? I've sat on the throne as steadfast as Mount Tai. Tell me! Who told you to do this?
Your Majesty,
you have wrongly accused me.
How could I dare assassinate Your Majesty?
You'd already unsheathed the dagger, yet you dare to still deny it?
I drew the dagger...
to commit suicide.
Suicide?
I heard that
every woman who has served Your Majesty will
be executed by Your Majesty the next day.
Since that's the case, why bother Your Majesty with it?
I can just take care of it myself.
Your Majesty, please think about it on my behalf.
All of those pure women have died... Moreover,
Daji is the daughter of a criminal.
So, I must die. I should die.
Daji is willing to die.
At this stage, you still have no fear?
This is because I have already received Your Majesty's affection.
I will die without regrets.
If I die like this,
then I can keep Your Majesty's love in my life.
Your Majesty, don't you think
that this would be similar to eternal life?
Eternal life?
I have never had a beauty talk to me like this before.
That is because
before they died, their hearts had already died.
Is it possible
that you're blaming me for being too ruthless?
I know that many people think so.
They just don't dare to say it.
No!
I think that those women who died
were lucky.
Lucky?
Do you really think so?
They've already bathed in Your Majesty's sunshine, rain, and dew (blessed with Your Majesty's presence).
If this isn't good luck, what is?
Your Majesty, not only have you granted them luck,
but you also granted them death. This is Your Majesty's kind grace.
It's Your Majesty being merciful. Just imagine!
If a criminal who is supposed to die does not die, does royal power still exist?
Does heavenly law still exist? As time passes, wouldn't the one who dies
be you, Your Majesty?
Daji, I haven't heard such caring and intimate words in so long.
I definitely won't let you die.
I want to live happily with you for 100 years.
Your Majesty,
I also want to live happily with Your Majesty for 100 years, even 1,000 years.
But...
If I don't die, doesn't it prove that those who died before didn't deserve to die?
Then, doesn't it mean that Your Majesty
killed all of them wrongly?
Your Majesty, please take the dagger and kill me.
Daji, I wrongly blamed you.
I won't let you die.
No! I have to die. If Your Majesty doesn't kill me,
wouldn't Your Majesty's reputation as a mighty king be tainted?
I won't allow anyone to sully Your Majesty's reputation, even Your Majesty yourself.
I command you to forget this idea.
Your Majesty, kill me.
Didn't I tell you? I won't let you die.
If you don't accept my kind intentions, it-it would damage my dignity.
Since Your Majesty won't take the initiative, then I...
can only finish it for Your Majesty.
That woman died, right?
I peered out behind the screen and saw His Majesty draw out the dagger.
Go inside and carry out the corpse.
Yes.
Daji!
- It's His Majesty! - Quickly, go and see what's wrong.
Han Shanggong, His Majesty is crying.
How could this be? D-Did I hear wrong?
His Majesty is crying like a rainstorm, painfully enough to startle Heaven and Earth.
This⁠— My heavens... This⁠...
In all these decades, I have never seen His Majesty cry before, nor have I heard about him crying.
His Majesty is someone without tears.
Then⁠— Where is that woman, Daji?
His Majesty was closely holding her in his arms.
Daji! My Ji'er...
Let's go! Quickly!
Daji! Darling!
I can't bear to have you leave me...
I want you to come back.
I want to live happily with you for a hundred years, one thousand years,
ten thousand years, or even a hundred thousand years!
Daji⁠, this— What is going on?
Thank goodness! Thank goodness, it's not a fatal wound.
Such a relief! Such good fortune!
Servants! Quickly call the imperial doctors!
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty.
Did you cry? You actually cried for the insignificant Daji.
Darling,
I have never shed a single tear in my whole life.
I didn't even cry when I was born. My mother thought I was dead.
I don't know why today I...
I know why. Your Majesty's tears are sweet dew.
They represent great virtue. They are like a miracle medicine.
Once they dropped upon my chest, I regained my vitality.
Even if I kill every woman in the entire world, I could never bear to kill you.
I will send out a decree. From today on, nobody in the world
is allowed to hurt you, including me.
No!
If Your Majesty wants to kill me, you can do so at any time.
If Your Majesty doesn't dare, then would Your Majesty still be the emperor?
Then, how could I have the dignity to keep living in this world?
Darling, you must promise me one thing.
Your Majesty, as you bid.
In the future, you aren't allowed to think about taking your life again.
What if... I think about it again?
Then, I will kill every last woman in the world to have them accompany you in burial.
Your Majesty, if you put it that way, then I can't bear to leave Your Majesty anymore.
You, clever and mischievous woman! You've turned my spirit and soul upside down (T/N: infatuated, head over heels in love).
Your Majesty, I want to ask you for something,
but I am not sure if you can bear to let it go.
Darling, ask away! Go ahead and ask for it.
You're saying⁠... You're saying that His Majesty cried?
Yes, I heard it very clearly.
His Majesty has never cried before, since birth.
Someone like him
has a heart made of iron and guts made of ice.
How could this be?
It must be the doing of that demonic woman.
I don't know if this is a good fortune or a brewing calamity.
Is this woman, who just entered the palace,
a flower with thorns or a flower with dew drops?
I'm afraid that a great change is about to take place in the palace.
Who allowed you to decide on your own to help me?
I told you, I will take my revenge myself. I don't need you!
If I didn't act, you would have certainly died.
I am a dead person!
This is my own choice.
No matter what the ending is, I will accept it.
Then, why did you hesitate?
Did you think I couldn't tell?
Did you think I was hesitating?
Do you think I would hesitate?
It was the right choice to not kill him.
Actually, he woke up long before. He has been observing you all this time.
No matter how tyrannical this emperor of Shang is,
he is still the sovereign chosen by the heavens. He is special.
When he was young, he could bind a tiger with his bare hands.
When he grew up, he could easily drag nine strong cattle.
So even if you stabbed the dagger into his chest,
he could still rip you into multiple pieces with his bare hands.
So what?
My heart has already died. What else is there to fear?
Then, why are you doing this?
Revenge?! Isn't it the goal to kill him?
No!
Now, I don't want to only take his life.
I want to sever his political power. I want to sever his mind.
I want to sever his family's bloodline and bring forth his doomsday!
I want him to find death more welcoming than life and to be emotionally and physically exhausted.
I want him to slowly, bit by bit,
die with all of this suffering.
I don't want to merely take revenge.
I also want to enjoy the process of taking revenge.
I want my mother, father, brother,
and every citizen of Jizhou who has died
watch me take revenge for them!
I want this tyrant, for everything he has done,
to compensate me a thousand times over!
Underneath your beautiful outward appearance
hides such vicious evil.
My present for you has arrived.
Such a grand plan
should unfold somewhere that is deserving of it.
His Majesty's decree has arrived.
His Majesty's decree is here.
Su Daji, receive the order.
The emperor titles Su Daji as Imperial Consort (usually two ranks below the Empress).
Her treatment will be equal in expense and in style to those of the empress,
and she will be given a higher priority in all things.
I thank His Majesty for his grace.
Furthermore, His Majesty has bestowed the Everlasting Palace as the residence of Imperial Consort Su.
This shows His Majesty's benevolence.
The Everlasting Palace? You really mean the Everlasting Palace?
Yes! It's true, Your Highness.
His Majesty has already sent the decree.
The Everlasting Palace is now open again
and they are currently installing new furniture into the palace.
Your Highness, just what does the Everlasting Palace represent?
It was the palace of the late empress (the current emperor's mother)!
It is the most beautiful court in the entire imperial palace.
How could it be gifted to Su Daji, who has only just entered the palace?
Your Highness, Su Daji is an evildoer.
It is widespread news around the palace.
Send a message!
Get Imperial Officer Du! Tell him that I must see him immediately!
Yes, Your Highness.
Father. Mother. Do you see this?
This is the Everlasting Palace that I'm living in.
This is where I will lean into the embrace of my enemy.
Father. Mother.
[Everlasting Palace]
Are you watching me?
Is the current me right now a stranger in your eyes?
Are you, perhaps, even disgusted?
That's right!
Even I despise myself right now.
But no matter what, you have to be patient a little more.
You must keep watching until the end.
Look! He gave me this palace.
Now, as long as it is my request, he will fulfill it.
But this is far from enough.
I have to take back everything I've lost, bit by bit.
Some day, eventually,
I will be in control of this imperial palace, and I will dominate the Shang Dynasty.
That moment will be the moment I take my revenge.
I am begging you,
please watch over me at every moment.
Watch over me attentively. Only then,
can I persevere until the end.
Darling, what are you looking at?
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Darling, why are you crying?
Actually, it was because I was emotionally thankful for Your Majesty's grand kindness,
so I cried.
I didn't think Your Majesty would give me such a beautiful palace.
Only you are worthy of such a beautiful palace.
It's okay.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
His Majesty actually bestowed the Everlasting Palace to that witch?
Completely absurd! Is she worthy of it?
The Everlasting Palace was the residence of the late empress.
This gift is comparable to Her Highness's palace.
Sister (as in friend), it's been eight years since I've entered the palace.
I have only entered the Everlasting Palace once, and I only went in to take a look.
I didn't dare to touch a thing in that palace.
She's only been in the palace for a few days, yet she's already moved into that palace.
His Majesty must have been bewitched by that demon, or else how would he be so muddleheaded?
If it continues like this, the harem will certainly be in chaos.
Your Majesty,
you've gifted me such a beautiful palace. I am deeply and eternally grateful.
But I also feel like I'm walking on thin ice. I'm very scared.
What is there to be afraid of?
Other consorts in this palace must hate me to death.
With me here,
there is absolutely nothing to worry about, Darling.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Sister!
Don't go!
Let's first go to the Virtue Palace and look for Her Highness.
Bewitched...
Bewitching!
Your Highness, Consort Huang and Consort Yang have asked for an audience with you.
Let them in.
Your Highness, have you heard the news?
I just knew you would come.
Your Highness, Su Daji was entitled Imperial Consort so soon after entering the harem. Isn't this breaking the imperial rules and etiquette?
Don't panic! Calm down first.
You must know that in this world,
a chaotic heart is far worse and scarier than broken rules.
Do you understand?
Yes, Your Highness is right.
Even if she was bestowed with the title of consort, she shouldn't be allowed to reside in the Everlasting Palace.
That was the sleeping quarters of the previous empress.
Even you, Your Highness, haven't lived there before.
Your Highness,
think about it. She traded her own father's head for her life.
Her mother and father died for her.
But look at her!
In the courtyard earlier, she was pretending to be happy and full of smiles in front of His Majesty.
Displaying her charms to fight for the emperor's affection and favor...
Have you ever seen such a venomous woman before?
I have not yet personally seen Consort Su, so I don't know right now.
You should call for her right now and harshly teach her a lesson.
Then tell me. How should I do so?
You (polite form)—
You could teach her some etiquette to let her know that you are the head of the harem.
Etiquette? If she knew etiquette, Her Highness wouldn't need to call for her.
She should voluntarily come over to greet Her Highness.
This emperor is really something, too. Where did he find such a girl with no respect for rules?
Silence, both of you!
In your hearts, who are you actually hating?
If you're hating Consort Su, I can understand.
But if you're hating His Majesty, then that's wrong.
You must know that in this harem, submitting yourself to His Majesty
is the most important etiquette, as well as your most important duty.
You always say with your mouths
words like "etiquette" and "duty."
But do you truly understand these principles?
Your Highness, thank you for your teachings.
The whole family of Su Hu, the Marquis of Jizhou, was slaughtered.
Only his orphaned daughter remains,
and she was then taken into the palace by His Majesty.
Put yourself in her shoes and think about what it's like for her.
To have to face your enemy who killed your father, yet still having to pretend to be blissfully happy every day.
You should experience and understand this feeling for yourselves.
We are all women.
We should be more inclusive, not increasing hostility.
Your Highness is indeed generous. No wonder you are the mother of the empire.
Your Highness, please forgive me.
Your Highness, Officer Du of the Imperial Bureau of Astronomy has asked to have an audience with you.
Let him in.
- My sisters, why don't you return to your palaces? - Yes.
- Yes.
Thank you for coming, Imperial Officer.
There is no need to thank me.
Even if Your Highness did not call for me, I would still have come.
Did something happen?
What is this?
This is an omen that a demon has entered the palace.
Nonsense!
This is the Imperial Palace! How could a demon dare sneak into the Imperial Palace?
I hear that the Everlasting Palace now has a new imperial consort.
You suspect Imperial Consort Su?
May Your Highness personally visit the Everlasting Palace once.
With one test, all will be known then.
Test what? Test whether she's a demon?
There's no proof or evidence.
Wouldn't this clearly be framing her? What will others think?
Then, people would say that I am envious of Imperial Consort Su.
How could I not know about Your Highness's concerns?
But this matter concerns His Majesty's safety.
Although Your Highness's dignity is important,
but compared to the well-being of our nation, as for which is more important,
I hope Your Highness will carefully deliberate.
All right, tell me!
What do you want me to do?
Wake up, wake up, wake up!
You flung your disciple here and didn't even look back.
Now that you've called we awake, are you checking to see if I'm still alive?
Our family only has this little bit of wine.
You drank it all. How am I going to make the sauce?
If I can't make the sauce, my wife will hit me! (T/N: making sauce uses the same verb as "hit")
She'll twist my ear, so I have to twist your ears first!
Your wine is disgusting. It's more sour than horse urine. How are you making sauce with it?
Have you drunk horse urine before?
No.
If you've never drunk horse urine before, how do you know it's more sour than horse urine?
You, young fellow, can insult me, but you can never insult my family's wine.
And then what?
What's "then what"?
After you drank the wine.
I-I had a dream.
Oh this, I know!
When the state of society is not good, everyone dreams.
When the state of society is too good, people take their dreams as reality.
When the state of society is neither good nor bad,
people are unable to differentiate between dreams and society. And after that?
What do you mean by "after that"?
After the dream! What did you dream about?
I dreamed that a beggar came in. But upon looking closer,
I realized it wasn't a beggar. It was you, Master!
Okay, good dream!
Might as well have a couple more of these dreams.
Without your master, there wouldn't be you. Right?
Without your master, you would forever be trapped in your dream.
You'd never be able to wake up, right?
And then?
After that, my master kept twisting my ears and berating me,
asking "And then? And then? And then?"
He just wouldn't teach me magical power and martial arts.
Continue speaking! Why didn't he teach you?
Because... Because my master
only knows how to make sauce and sell noodles. He doesn't have any magical skills at all.
Wrong! Big mistake! A giant mistake!
Where did I go wrong again?
Firstly, your master does not teach you... means your master is teaching you.
What is he teaching?
He is teaching you the word "no."
Everyone loves to say "no, no, no."
But they actually have no idea what "no" means.
Master, I think I thoroughly understand now.
Secondly, I didn't teach you because
in your heart, you don't regard me as your master at all.
Back in the day, you adamantly didn't want to teach me,
so I naturally won't regard you as my master.
Today, I will assign you a very important piece of homework.
You have a sworn brother called... What's his name again?
Wu Ji.
Right, he's called Wu Qi (weapon).
It's not Wu Qi. It's Wu Ji!
Right, even weapons can't be compared to him. Let's call him Wu Ji! (T/N: Wu - military, valiant. Ji - good fortune)
Stop joking with me!
Either teach me magic and martial arts or let me drink wine!
Your first assignment: find that youngster and beat him until he pees in his pants.
Earlier, he twisted my neck and it hurt so much. If I don't give him a good beating,
I would feel like I let my own neck down.
Master, what are you saying? You've met Wu Ji before?
This is a long story. You just need to beat him up until he pees in his pants.
Why should I beat up my savior?
I should beat up the person who wants me to beat up my savior.
You're really useless! If I tell you to beat him up, just beat him up.
If you beat him up until he pees in his pants, he'll naturally follow you to Zhaoge City.
Master, I understand what you mean now,
but I can't find him.
You really are useless!
You can't even find a person?
My heavens! You really are as smart as bait. (an idiom for being very stupid)
What if my wife asks you to find a needle and thread
or my daughter asks you to find an ant's toe, what are you going to do?
Why would your daughter want to find an ant's toe? Is she stupid?
Why can't my daughter look for an ant's toe?
Go! Find Wu Qi!
Wait! No. Find Wu Ji.
Master, I really can't find him.
He⁠-He just likes to wander the world and disappear without a trace.
How large is the world?
Is it bigger than the Ma family's house?
What do you mean by "he disappears without a trace?"
Besides, why are you so dumb?
If you can't find him, can't you think about having him find you?
Your Highness, you should have that woman visit you at the Virtue Palace.
Why must you lower yourself to visit her?
Your Highness, you personally came to visit her,
which is already a great gift of kindness to her.
Why are you still sending her gifts?
She just moved into a new home,
I have to send her something to congratulate her.
Your Highness, you are too kind!
Is it because you heard that Imperial Officer Du say something?
Do you recognize the box in your hands?
I think I remember a little.
Consort Su brought this when she first entered the palace.
You should understand what's in the box.
I got it, now!
Now, you can open the box and take a look.
Yes.
Once you see Consort Su, give this box to her for me.
Your Highness!
At the same time, I want to ask.
Has she been living well at the Everlasting Palace?
Has she been treated well as an Imperial Consort?
What do you think her response would be?
Her? She would definitely feel so ashamed,
and she probably won't be able to utter a single word in response.
I really hope
she will react as you said.
Yes.
If she behaves like a normal person would
and is frightened out of her wits upon seeing this box,
then that means
all of my worries are unnecessary.
Your Highness, Consort Su is here.
Greetings, Your Highness.
Everyone says that you
have a heart as soft as silk.
After seeing you today, it's clear that the rumors are not false.
Empress, you are an immortal maiden in the human realm.
I don't know much.
I hope that Your Highness can critique and teach me more.
Consort Su,
this is a gift from Her Highness.
I cannot accept it.
This is a piece of Her Highness's goodwill. Just accept it!
Thank you, Your Highness.
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♫ Like water flowing through the years ♫
♫ Bid farewell to life and death ♫
♫ A chaotic world shakes the mist ♫
♫ The divide is love or hate ♫
♫ To fall is foolish ♫
♫ Roaming about and meeting again ♫
♫ Sincerely exiled to a faraway place ♫
♫ What's done is done ♫
♫ You and me have different ways ♫
♫ How do you know Heaven and man are forever separated ♫
♫ But when I come back ♫
♫ Dedicated heart and soul. Exchange jades ♫
♫ A moment in this world. To never forget ♫
♫ Seeing through Heaven. Overgrown and flourishing ♫
♫ Who's following? Who's following ♫
♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫
♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫
♫ Just want to be with you ♫
♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫
♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫
♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫
♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫
♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫
♫ It's hard to let go. Happiness and suffering ♫
♫ Only understanding tears after laughter ♫
♫ Just want to be with you ♫
♫ Struggling with the order of impermanence ♫
♫ Promises don't change. Oaths don't change ♫
♫ Coming together and separating is also fearless ♫
♫ Using a lifetime to go in a circle ♫
♫ Is regretful... is remorseful ♫
♫ Never regret ♫