(Eternal Love of Dream)
(Episode 37)
Lord Xi Ze,
how is Junuo doing?
Her wounds have almost healed.
She'll be fully recovered in a few days.
That'd be great.
Your Highness, how are you feeling these days?
I've been staying in my palace,
so I'm a little bored.
Mother, it'll be
your birthday in a few days.
I should try my best
and prepare you a special gift,
but unexpectedly...
You silly girl.
Forget about the gift.
Let's go enjoy blooms in Guan Chen Palace.
It'll do good to your health.
Got it, mother.
Now that there is nothing else, I'm leaving.
Lord Xi Ze.
What's up?
Lord Xi Ze,
I hope you can
come to my mother's birthday banquet.
Shall I also go to the banquet?
Sure.
We've sent an invitation to your palace.
Besides, Junuo is still recovering.
You're worried about her, right?
I'll try my best to cure her.
Aranya will go there too.
Actually,
I'm envious that
she married you.
She is of humble origin
and you're noble.
She doesn't deserve you.
Your Highness,
it's improper for us to have a private talk here.
Please go back.
Chacha.
Your Highness.
Pack this up.
And this.
Oh. Go to the fair later
and get me some foundation makeup.
I prefer a light shade to a dark one.
Oh.
Also get me some cakes.
And...
Get me
some plain clothes.
These are all red.
It's too eye-catching.
But Your Highness,
red is your favorite color.
It used to,
but things have changed.
I liked red,
but I like other colors.
But Your Highness,
we'll have so much luggage.
Prince Qing will also occupy a lot of space.
I wonder if there is enough room for us
on the ship.
What did you say?
Qing will also go there?
Your Highness, don't you know that?
Someone was sent here in the afternoon
and told us His Majesty has showed mercy
and allowed you to take Prince Qing with you
now that the two of you have cared about each other so much
since your childhood,
which is quite moving.
A painted pleasure boat has been prepared for Prince Qing
so that you can eat and sleep with him.
Your Highness, what's up?
Are you too happy to speak?
Your Excellency, please follow me.
Let's drink more.
Okay.
Take a seat please.
What are you doing?
His Majesty just allowed
Prince Qing to come to the banquet.
I didn't have time to tell Her Highness about it.
And I can't find her at the moment,
so I have to take him here.
Aranya sits here?
Yes.
I see.
You can leave.
Got it, Your Excellency.
Xiaobai.
Look.
Those two girls are your sisters.
The first one is Junuo.
The girl in purple beside her is Changdi.
It's the first time I've seen them.
They're fair-skinned and good-looking.
Right ahead
are your father and mother.
Madame Qing Hua is pretty.
She's your natural mother,
but she abandoned you as soon as you were born.
In your mind,
she's the ugliest and scariest person.
Okay.
She's cruel to Aranya. I see.
Don't be angry.
Let's go.
Wait.
Why is he there?
This way please.
I don't know.
No way.
I won't stay wherever he is.
I won't go there. You go on behalf of me.
No way.
You can't be absent
from Aranya's mother's birthday banquet.
But I'll give the game away
if he is there.
Then everyone will know
I'm a fake.
How about me staying at your room?
You go on behalf of me.
Go. Hurry.
Xiaobai.
Your Excellency.
What's up?
Nothing. Go ahead.
Lord Xi Ze,
the banquet is going to start.
Let's go in.
Okay.
Lord Xi Ze.
Do you know where Aranya is?
It's Moye that's sitting there.
Aranya doesn't feel well.
She must be too tired after the long journey by ship.
She'll be back soon.
It's unbelievable that Aranya would be seasick.
Lord Xi Ze,
I know
you came here to treat Junuo,
but as a couple,
you and Aranya should have a talk
now that you haven't seen each other for a long time.
Lord Xi Ze?
I'm Su Moye.
It turns out you're Mr. Su.
How is it going? Anything went wrong?
Did anyone ask about me?
Yeah.
Everyone is asking about you.
Your sisters, your mother
and your husband.
Oh.
There is something I don't understand.
Go ahead.
Aranya's just reached an adult age.
Why does she have a husband?
Do you mean Lord Xi Ze?
He can't be taken lightly.
Really? Give me more details.
In Fanyin Valley, there is Qi Nan Palace,
which is governed by the Archmage.
Anomalies would happen
when an archmage chosen by heaven is born.
Archmages don't intervene in political affairs at ordinary times,
but once the emperor misconducts himself,
they'll go to heaven
and suggest deposing him
to guarantee a long period of stability in Fanyin Valley.
In other words,
the Archmage acts
as a supervisor of the emperor in the valley
and reports to heaven.
All archmages
are the ones an emperor wants to rope in
after he succeeds the throne.
The current archmage is Shen Ye.
His predecessor is Xi Ze.
That's why Xiangli Que
let Aranya marry Xi Ze when she was very young.
What happened later?
Actually, Xiangli Que tried to use Aranya
as a pawn to control Xi Ze.
Luckily, she was too young at that time.
And they didn't live together although they got married.
Two years later,
Xi Ze quit as the archmage
and began to live in solitude in the Qi Nan Mountain
because of severe illness.
Shen Ye became his successor.
After getting retired,
Xi Ze didn't seem to be interested in Aranya,
and they didn't live together,
so nobody mentioned the marriage anymore
as if it had never happened.
Aranya was his wife,
but he had never come out of the mountain
for her till her death.
That's why
I didn't mention it.
I didn't expect it'd confuse you today.
I should've been more thoughtful.
It's just...
Just what?
Nothing.
But I wonder
why we had a chance to see Xi Ze
come out of the mountain in the dream world.
I've never seen him before.
It's the first time I saw him.
I think he came out of the mountain
to treat Junuo.
Yes.
I've heard
Junuo was injured
when she had a horse race with Aranya.
Alright.
Forget about that.
Go to bed early.
No. No.
I can't go back to that boat.
Qing will swallow me alive.
I...
The moon is bright and the view is great.
Let me stay here
and enjoy it longer.
Alright.
You...
Emperor Dong Hua will protect Fengjiu,
but unexpected changes may happen anytime
now that they're in the Dream of Aranya.
Once you get there, the first thing is to find them.
Is it possible that Xi Ze is actually Emperor Dong Hua?
If Dong Hua aims to use Xi Ze's identity,
he just needs to practice Correction Magic
to change
the inseparable king birds' memories of Xi Ze.
It's just a piece of cake for him.
Correction Magic is a simple trick,
so it does no harm to the dream world.
To finish the play,
he'd rather use Correction Magic
than disguise himself as Xi Ze.
It's Dong Hua's style.
Fengjiu must have been seriously injured,
so he had to get her primordial spirit out of her body to recuperate.
As for the recuperation of primordial spirit,
all deities with excellent magic arts
know that it'd better
put it in a pregnant woman's womb.
Does Dong Hua think
Fengjiu's primordial spirit entered Junuo's womb?
In this case, it explains
why Dong Hua
cared about Junuo so much.
He didn't expect an accident happened to Fengjiu.
Her primordial spirit
entered Aranya's body.
It's much fun.
Now that Fengjiu is the only one
that could help me solve the mystery of Aranya's death,
I have to hide their true identities
from each other for the time being.
Bilianchun Tea
tastes best when it's heated up
till the fragrance of lotuses appears.
Aranya,
have a taste.
Is it familiar to you?
Nuo, you didn't eat much at the banquet
and you threw up.
Lord Xi Ze baked sweet potatoes for you.
Would you like to eat some?
I thought Lord Xi Ze
knew nothing about cooking
just like other noblemen.
I didn't expect he's good at baking sweet potatoes.
Lord Xi Ze has been living in solitude in the Qi Nan Mountain.
He hates to be bothered
and has never hired any servant.
Of course he's skilled at such things.
I'm afraid you're the only one
who knows such details about Lord Xi Ze.
As far as I know,
Lord Xi Ze has been here for ten days,
but he's never gone to see Aranya.
It means what people said is true.
He doesn't care about Aranya at all.
It's improper to say that.
Don't talk nonsense.
You may get into trouble if someone hears it.
Nuo,
Aranya thought
she became somebody
now that father allowed her to come here with us.
But she even didn't dare to come to the banquet.
She's really a dirty thing raised by a snake.
I don't understand
why Lord Xi Ze doesn't divorce her
now that he doesn't care about her.
Isn't he afraid of her demeaning himself?
Why are you here?
You eavesdropped on us.
What's wrong?
It's a nice evening.
I got some air in the stern
and encountered you by accident. Okay?
You...
Aranya,
I haven't seen you for a long time.
Yeah. It's been a long time.
As my sisters,
you thought of some evil plan about my husband,
saying something disgusting
and doing something shameless.
Aren't you afraid of being heard?
Aranya,
don't forget
you didn't deserve Lord Xi Ze in the beginning.
Seeing Lord Xi Ze cares about Junuo,
you're jealous.
But with your status and identity,
you don't have the right to envy her.
If I remember right,
it's the same case for us two.
We have the same father and mother.
There is no difference between us.
How could it be the same?
You're a bastard
raised in a snake pit.
With such words,
you showed no respect to father and mother.
I was brought up by a snake.
How about you?
Are you acting so shamelessly
just because you were raised by our parents?
Aranya, you...
As Lord Xi Ze said,
it's time to feel my pulse.
Let's go back.
There is no need to quarrel with her.
It'd just demean you.
The wind is strong here.
I have a headache.
Let's go.
The two of them are just so so.
Aranya,
I helped you take revenge.
Your Highness.
Damn. I forgot.
Chacha must want me to stay with Qing.
I have to go to Moye.
Moye.
A...
Aranya.
I'm not Aranya.
It's me, Fengjiu.
Aranya.
Wake up, Moye.
Fengjiu.
Princess Fengjiu.
Why are you here in my room?
What's the matter?
Did you forget?
I told you
I can't stay with Qing
in the same place.
How about me sleeping here?
I can make do with it.
No way.
Stop kidding.
Absolutely no.
I don't care.
I have no choice. How about you going to keep Qing in company?
I'll sleep here.
Princess Fengjiu.
At this moment,
you're Aranya
and I'm your master.
Think about it.
Is it proper for you to do that?
What should I do?
I'm really scared at the mention of snakes.
I can't stay in the same room with him.
Do something about it.
Actually,
Qing is very gentle.
In his eyes,
you're his master
and his family.
He'll never hurt you.
Drop it.
I'm scared anyway.
I see!
Have you got an idea?
Yes.
But
you need to suffer a little.
No problem.
Tell me about your idea.
Okay.
Turn around.
Junuo, look.
Look.
What's wrong, Your Highness?
Did you sleep well last night? Do you have a stiff neck?
Su Moye,
look at what you've done.
Prince Qing slithered around you
till midnight yesterday.
He didn't sleep
until the rooster crowed.
Anyway,
I've got through the first night.
But I can't let Moye do that again tonight.
He's skilled at doing that,
but I still feel dizzy and my neck hurts.
It's not a good idea in the long run.
His Majesty has been in your favor recently.
He even asked Lord Xi Ze
to spend more time with you last night.
All your sufferings will have their reward.
It's just...
Just what?
Lord Xi Ze didn't come over
to stay with you last night.
Your Highness, Her Highness Junuo asked you to go to her palace
for breakfast.
What? She invited Her Highness Aranya?
Is she so nice?
I see. You can leave.
Got it.
Your Highness,
Junuo and Changdi are always in the same camp.
They must be waiting to tease you.
Besides, her wounds haven't healed.
She must still be mad at you.
They just want to bully you.
Don't go there.
Don't worry.
I've been really bored these days.
Now that she invited me,
how could I refuse her?
Oh.
I asked you to get me some clothes the other day.
Take it to me.
I want to dress up.
Lord Xi Ze,
are her wounds healing properly?
Yeah.
She'll be fully recovered in a few days.
Lord Xi Ze,
did you see Aranya yesterday?
No.
She showed no respect to you.
We met her last night.
Really?
Where?
In the stern.
Well.
She's acting more and more boldly.
I...
Alright.
If there is nothing else,
I'm leaving.
Lord Xi Ze,
did you have breakfast?
It doesn't matter.
I'll go back for breakfast.
I've prepared some porridge.
If it's okay,
how about us having breakfast together?
Okay.
Her Highness Aranya arrives.
It turns out he's Lord Xi Ze.
He's really handsome
and dashing.
It's a pity
he didn't love Aranya.
Let me show my respect to you, Junuo.
You're finally here. We've been waiting for you.
Take a seat.
Nuo, it's spacious here.
It's much larger than my palace.
That's for sure.
She's the Elder Princess.
Of course she deserves the best.
See?
She injured her arm.
Even Lord Xi Ze is burning with anxiety.
Changdi is really noisy.
The two of them should be ashamed of themselves
for getting so close
to their sister's husband.
Fine. Whatever.
I'll go to my master after the meal.
I'm hungry. Let's get started.
Aranya,
where did you sleep last night?
Why don't you answer me?
Why do I have to do that?
You...
Aranya,
are you feeling upset
because Lord Xi Ze is here
to treat me?
How could I?
Just do as you like.
But...
But what?
But now that Lord Xi Ze is here
to treat you,
I'm afraid he won't be here again
once you're recovered.
So I wonder if you want to
get better as soon as possible or not.
What are you talking about?
Alright. I'm full.
Thanks for treating me. Bye.
You...
Oh. I almost forgot
my appointment with Moye.
We'll go for a blow and enjoy the view.
I'm leaving.
See you next time.
Lord Xi Ze.
See you.
What's going on?
Aranya looks exactly like Xiaobai.
Is it possible
Xiaobai's primordial spirit is in her body?
But why did she look at me
as if she didn't know me at all?
It's boring to read after a nap in spring.
Why not drink tea by the handrail?
You came here in great haste.
Do you want to share tea with me?
Moye,
luckily I'm strong-willed.
I'm sure any other girl
would think it's hard
to refuse such a handsome gentleman.
It's hot.
Forget about it.
You're a person
of no taste.
Generally, people would just say,
"would you like some tea?"
What you said
is really interesting.
Did you often say that to Aranya?
How did she respond?
Well.
She usually
played a joke on me
before she hid and saw how I'd respond.
Play a joke? How?
She'd...
Why do I have to tell you?
You don't have to,
but I have to ask you a favor.
It couldn't be anything good.
Tell me about it.
Here is the story.
I heard we'll pull in to shore at Duanchang Mountain tonight.
I want to enjoy
Yueling flowers there,
but Qing keeps bothering me.
He'll be furious
if he fails to see me at night.
So I've figured out a way
to avoid him.
It's about Qing again.
Well.
You slept with him last night.
Why are you still afraid of him?
Speaking of that,
I have to get even with you.
What a bad idea it was!
You're really cold blooded.
My neck still hurts.
Sorry. I'm so sorry.
Well.
To avoid Qing,
you've given much thought to it.
I really can't deal with Qing.
If I can't get this issue solved,
I couldn't keep disguising myself as Aranya.
I'll help you.
Your Excellency.
Did you see Princess Aranya?
I just saw her
go to the stern with Mr. Su.
Mr. Su?
Yes.
Luckily, Qing has poor eyesight.
He sees me through scent.
So on my way here,
I've thought of a good idea.
Give me the details.
We just need to let someone
put on my clothes
so that she smells like me.
Qing couldn't tell it's a fake.
Will you let whom do it?
I didn't have the heart to let anyone do it
now that Qing is really fierce.
But I know who is suitable for it now.
Changdi appeared at the right time.
Changdi?
Right.
Let me tell you something.
As far as I can see,
Changdi has a crush on Xi Ze.
Really?
Sure.
If I write her a letter
in the name of Xi Ze
and ask her to meet me by the riverside tonight,
do you think she'll come?
Fengjiu,
what can I do to help you?
Moye, you look like Xi Ze in body shape.
How about
you disguising yourself as him
by using magic arts?
It must be easy for you.
I knew it.
It couldn't be anything good.
Look.
We can dig a hole by the bank
and get some water in it
before camouflaging it.
You just need to stand by the hole.
When Changdi gets close to you,
you'll be the only thing in her eyes.
She'll fall into the hole
as long as you dodge.
What are you laughing at? I haven't finished.
I'll make the boat lie alongshore nearby
and get everything ready.
Then you get her out of the hole and take her to the boat
so that she can take off wet clothes
and put on mine.
I've heard many times
that you're famous
for being mischievous
and you're good at playing the woman.
So you dare to do anything as a spoiled child.
I had doubts about all this,
but today,
I find you deserve your reputation.
I dare to do anything
because someone is behind me.
I always think it over before I make trouble.
How about this?
If we make it tonight,
I'll consider you my savior
and take you to enjoy Yueling flowers. Okay?
You're resolute.
But
there is one problem.
We shouldn't get Lord Xi Ze involved.
In my humble opinion,
Lord Xi Ze is not someone to be trifled with.
I'm afraid you'll get into trouble
when he knows about it.
Forget about it. No big deal.
I had a crush on you at the first sight.
I want to stay by your side till old age.
Well.
It was a good poem,
but it's not anymore
when you read it.
As for literary grace,
this poem is
unparalleled.
But as for the effect,
I don't think it'll be good enough.
What?
How about this?
I'll say
and you write.
Do as I say.
Write it down the way Xi Ze would do.
Hurry.
Since I got to know you,
I've had a strong admiration for you.
Each time I thought of you,
I was sleepless in bed.
My continuous feelings for you
couldn't be separated
by Duanchang Mountain or Sixing River.
Now that I've been staying with you these days,
I couldn't control myself anymore.
But there are too many people during the day,
so I hope I can see you in the evening
to relieve the pain of missing you.
That's why I'm writing this letter.
Today,
let's meet up
by Sixing River.
...meet up by Sixing River.
Lord Xi Ze.
Your Majesties.
This guy bears a similarity to me.
He must've practiced
the same kind of magic arts as me.
Father. Mother.
Don't stand on ceremony.
I've got everything prepared.
Your Majesties, you must be tired after a long journey.
Please go have a good rest.
Shen Ye, thank you.
Your Majesty, please don't say that.
It's your birthday.
I should've kept you in company.
It's just I had a lot to deal with in Qi Nan Palace,
so I could only wait for you here with His Highness.
Please forgive me.
Alright.
We're tired after the journey.
Let's have a good rest.
Shen Ye,
thanks for what you did.
It's okay.
I'm going in.
Let's go dig a hole.
Go.
How about here?
Okay. You're good at it.
You do it.
Do what?
Dig a hole.
Do you want me to do that?
Okay.
Step aside.
Amazing.
Sure!
When it gets darker,
it'll be more inconspicuous.
That'd be great.
Remember where it is.
I don't want to see you fall into it.
Got it, Your Highness.