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[Investiture of the Gods]

[Episode 20]

With the strength of the world, thunder will be my power.

Divine Lord, is Junior Brother Ziya okay?

The causes of good and evil

both derive from your spur of the moment decision.

You've increased the killings in the mortal world.

Ziya has to suffer another catastrophe.

I didn't think it through. Please punish me, Master.

Go! Go to the Repenting Cliff where your big senior brother is

and ponder upon your faults.

Royal Uncle, take a look!

Your Majesty, some fur streaked with blood was found here.

From the blood traces, the demon must have suffered from some light injuries

and is still in the Palace.

It must have been injured by Immortal Master Jiang.

If not for the empress who brought Immortal Master Jiang to the palace,

who knows what calamity would have happened.

And almost framed Consort Su as a demon.

Do you still say that Consort Su is a demon?

Do you still insist that Consort Su is a demon?

Answer me!

Why don't you continue with your stubborn thoughts?

Emperor, the empress is just overly concerned for you.

The more concerned, the more disorderly you become. Please understand, Your Majesty.

Not to mention, this matter has to do with Your Majesty's safety.

The empress is being responsible with her duties.

That is a reasonable act.

Also, there really was a demon.

That's right. It even confused the crown prince.

Yes, yes! The demon confused the crown prince.

Isn't that so, Your Highness the Crown Prince?

Your Majesty, about today's family banquet,

it's me who was reckless, I...

will go back to my palace and reflect on my mistake.

The family banquet is over, everyone can go back.

Thank you, Empress.

Empress, you still haven't answered my question.

Is Consort Su a demon or not?

I was mistaken.

Consort Su...

is not a demon.

Until we meet again.

Royal Uncle.

Let me take a look at the demon's fur.

Empress, why would you want to look at it?

It may get someone killed. Not to mention, would it attract the demon?

It has the smell and blood of the demon.

I want to hand it over to Immortal Master Jiang. Who knows, maybe he could make use of it.

Really? It can be useful?

You still haven't given up.

This isn't like you. It's not your style.

Royal Uncle, I understand.

Master!

Master. Master! Quick, get up!

Master. Master, what happened? How did you become like this? Who did this?

Never mind! Where's Yang Jian?

He suddenly disappeared. I don't know where he went and I can't find him.

He went to find Daji.

- Consort Su? - Yes, hurry.

Find him! You must bring him back from Longevity Palace.

- Master, what about you? - Go on!

I just need some time to get myself together. I'll be there soon. Just go!

Okay.

Do you like that girl?

I'm asking you... Do you like the girl whom I gave the jade pendant to?

The girl who dared to confront me but is also clever and quick-witted.

Looks like you really like her.

I will head to the execution grounds right away. I will gladly get beaten 80 times

to atone for my crime of disobedience.

Atone for your crime?

Do you know what you did wrong?

I ask you again! Do you know what you did wrong?

From now on, remember this well. You are the crown prince.

You are the future emperor of the Shang Empire. You must be confident.

The emperor can never do wrong and will never be at fault. It will always be the fault of someone else.

What if I am really wrong?

Even if you know in your heart that you are wrong,

you can never admit it. Remember that.

I didn't do wrong.

- You ignore my command?! - It's the act of a demon.

- I'm not at fault. - You even condemn me?!

That was also the demon's work. I never did that.

Are you still trying to change your tune?

I really am not at fault.

Follow me! I have orders for you.

Does that girl like you?

Why would a girl like that fall for a crown prince?

It's you who won't admit that you like her.

We're just casual acquaintances who've met a few times. We're just friends.

Nonsense! There's no such thing as being a casual acquaintance between men and women.

You either like her or you don't.

Either be like strangers or just be your woman.

If you really like her, then chase after her. If you can't catch up to her, then take her by force.

As soon as an emperor takes a liking to a woman, from that moment forward,

she is your woman unless she dies.

Otherwise, you can never have her in your grasp.

Did you have a nightmare?

What are you doing?

Your face is so pale.

Dreamed of the Shang Emperor?

Then, Yang Jian's the one you dreamed of.

Why are you concerned about this?

Can it be that you saw me in your dream?

I'm really curious. Was I in your dream?

Absolutely not!

You're here just because you're curious,

so you waited for me to get up.

What if someone came in, then what?

I'm just thinking...

Should I wake you up from your nightmare

or should I enter your dream?

When that time comes, what should I do?

Did you forget we made a deal?

You have no choice. Neither do I.

What happened?

You look different from what you do normally. You're hurt?

The Thunder Spell is indeed powerful. I endured it for a while

and badly injured my vital energy.

You and Jiang Ziya exchanged hands? Why?

Yang Jian is nearby.

Go see him.

If you go any further, your life will be at risk.

What do you take this place for? Do you think you can come and go as you please?

Are you okay? I was really worried.

How have you been? How did you end up here?

Do you hate me? I'm sorry it took me so long to get here.

My brother is dead.

Your little sister also died.

She died once.

Later, she died again.

I don't have a brother.

Thus, you should go back.

I thought of dying...

because I couldn't hold on and bear it anymore.

So I wanted to end it all. Sometimes,

I couldn't find a reason to live.

So whenever I wanted to die,

in those moments, I saw you in my dreams.

And that's when I wanted to live.

Each time I thought about dying,

about how cruel life in this world is,

I couldn't endure it at all.

And just like that,

I suffered between life and death,

one day at a time.

Time after time. Day after day.

I could barely pass each day and struggled on at death's door.

In all those moments,

it was you who saved me.

But in your heart,

I'm just a dead person?

No! But I am the emperor's woman.

You are Daji.

Every day I throw myself into His Majesty's embrace.

I've forgotten about Jizhou City long ago.

Your eyes tell me you're lying.

I adore His Majesty.

The sound of your voice tells me you're lying.

I've already forgotten about my brother, Yang Jian.

Brother... is dead.

This is all fake. You want to enact revenge on the emperor.

The emperor heartlessly killed our father whose whole life

only worried about his safety and sacrificed himself for him. So,

you harbor resentment towards him. Right?

The emperor brutally killed our mother and humiliated her, so

even if he dies, you can't forgive him. Right?

The emperor in a short moment,

massacred the citizens of Jizhou who our father and mother loved their whole life, so you harbor hatred towards him.

You constantly want to murder him, right?

This tyrant massacred numerous people,

but he is still able to enjoy life peacefully.

You frantically want to kill him, right?

Seeing his every breath,

don't you hate him between gritted teeth that your heart is full of rage?

Let me do it!

I will avenge them.

Why do you bother?

You are only father and mother's adopted son.

Merely an outsider.

You have absolutely no blood relation to us.

Revenge? With what ability will you do that?

With your current circumstance, you can't even touch the emperor's fingertips.

But I can lay in his arms,

pierce his heart, pour poison down his throat, I can kill him.

You're not qualified or capable enough.

Now, am I still lying?

Go back!

Also, don't come and find me anymore.

Next time, you'll see the guard's sword

instead of me.

I'm going to murder you! I'm going to murder you!

Brother, don't go! You can't.

No, don't go! If you go, you'll die.

- Don't go. - Let go of me.

No, I won't!

Master.

You knew early on what was happening to my sister.

You knew that I would see her at the banquet.

Early on, you made a deal with the empress to confront Daji together.

You also knew that the demon was behind my sister.

Calm down! First, calm down.

Remember what I said.

Your recklessness could endanger Xiao E.

You must calm down first.

Isn't that you, Immortal Master?

Emperor.

Isn't he the person who dared to touch Consort Su?

There's a reason that he did it.

Please don't get angry, Your Majesty.

Fine, tell me! What's the reason for trespassing here?

I'm asking you!

Let me answer.

Brother Yang Jian was trying to catch the demon and protect Consort Su.

- Demon? - Yes.

Brother Yang Jian can feel the presence of a demon.

Besides, didn't the demon really attack Consort Su?

Is what she's saying true?

It's true.

Definitely true!

Really?

Do you know where the demon comes from?

It appeared in Jizhou City before.

Jizhou City?

Isn't Consort Su from Jizhou?

Emperor, have you ever been to Jizhou City?

- Never. - Do you know what kind of place it is?

I don't know.

Why are you asking me that?

Then, you have never

been curious about Jizhou City at all?

Never.

Do you know what you've done to Jizhou City?

How would I remember that?

- Do you remember? - Yes, I remember it.

That day Your Majesty held a party that lasted all throughout the night.

The news that Jizhou City surrendered came really late to the palace.

Whether to slaughter the city or make the city's people

into slaves, Your Majesty couldn't decide.

So, you gambled on drinking wine with a dancer you liked.

Your decision was based on a win or lose. Of course, that dancer couldn't beat Your Majesty in drinking.

You gave an order to enslave the able-bodied men and the others

to have everyone killed.

Good enough?

Emperor, what was just said

is very important in helping us learn more about this demon.

Let's go!

- Master. - I'm fine. Go! Hurry!

Father.

Using a cup of wine,

he determined the life and death of everyone in the city of Jizhou.

How can such a person have the right to rule over the world?

Why?

Why do we have this kind of an emperor?

Just what are you thinking?

When you were expelled out of the palace hall by the emperor you were loyal to,

what were you thinking?

You disregard the ones loyal to you.

What were you feeling in your heart?

Falling out with the emperor whom you willingly devoted your whole life to,

your relationship became like fire and ice.

How miserable and mournful your mind must have been.

Ease your anger.

Such a tyrant can never be spared. Even if I die, he

can never be forgiven.

Did you forget what I said to you when you first entered the palace?

You cannot act rashly without thinking.

You knew it would turn out like this, right?

Aren't you able to see the future? You knew early on, didn't you?

Even if I did, I couldn't decipher if it was real or fake. How could I tell you?

Even if I can see the future, not necessarily will I be able to tell if it's true.

Just now, we were both in a dangerous situation,

but weren't you still filled with questions?

Can you tell me what is real and what is fake?

You can't even tell what's real or not with regards to yourself.

How would I be able to tell you?

Even if that's so, you should give me an answer. I can't face you now. I don't want to see you.

Brother!

Master... Master!

Leave the palace.

If you can find out how to restrain your heart's anger,

you'll know how to face me.

At that time,

I'll be able to give you an answer.

Mother, what's wrong? Are you feeling okay?

In a home,

is it better to have more people or more money?

With more people, it's more lively.

With more money, you'll be happy.

But a person living alone in a house

with all the money can't be happy.

Mother, you're thinking about Father after one night apart?

Nonsense!

I'm afraid without me beating him with a broom and lecturing him,

he will fool around with those girls in the palace and cause some trouble.

It's okay to get us involved in trouble.

It would be so embarrassing if word got out.

Stop blindly guessing around.

My father has only you in his heart.

Girl, your dad is slow and stupid.

Do you think he can handle what happens in the palace?

[Longevity Palace]

Your Highness, the emperor is here.

Is Consort Su still feeling sick?

What did the doctor say?

Your Majesty, don't get angry. The doctor also said he doesn't know the reason.

What? Are we just going to stare at her then?

Emperor, please. I deserve to die.

Emperor,

don't get upset.

I'm up.

My love, are you okay?

Come! Let me have a look.

How come you still don't have energy?

Com and lie down. Sleep a bit.

Right now, your body is weak. Moving a lot will hurt your spirit.

How's this? I won't go anywhere. I'll stay here with you.

Your Majesty, you're busy with affairs every day.

Don't forget state matters all because of me.

The empress would criticize me again.

Don't bring her up.

If anything happens to you, I won't spare her.

Your Majesty's body was also alarmed.

You should rest well.

If you stay here, I will feel very apologetic.

You're not happy if I stay here?

I know.

Lately, I have been staying away from Longevity Palace.

And your heart has become far away, too.

How would that be?

You know that my heart belongs to you.

I heard you and Master entered the palace.

Did you see your sister?

Coming out is good.

You shouldn't stay in that place for long.

I have to go back.

You're still going back?

Then, why did you come out?

To live.

If I stayed in the palace,

I might have ended up dead.

I'm not afraid of dying,

but I can't die right now.

I have to live.

No matter what I do, even if I let myself be humiliated

or live so miserably, I have to live.

Because there is something that I must do.

What's that?

To kill the emperor of Shang.

What about your sister?

I will get her out of there.

After I bring Daji out, killing the Shang emperor will be a thing in the future.

Yang Jian, it's not as simple as you think.

If I leave my sister behind, she will live a life where she would rather die.

She once was so pure and kind,

but now her living is full of hatred.

I can understand after she entered the palace,

how heartbroken and grief-stricken she must have been.

Living a life of pouring salt onto her wound daily

is painful and miserable.

Can a person live like that?

What if the situation has become one that can't be turned back?

I can't let her sink deeper into it.

By that time, things really can't be turned back.

I have to change things now.

Yang Jian,

do you believe that a father who's always loved you would suddenly drive you out of the house?

Do you believe that a brother who's protected you since you were little would suddenly have a falling out with you?

In this world, nothing is unchangeable.

I was like you, too, sitting by myself by the river.

Carefully thinking, desperately thinking about the reason.

I sat by the Wei River for a whole night.

I've also stayed by the Luo River for half a day.

Watching the log rafts float here and there at the ferry crossings of the rivers.

Watching the sunset and the moonrise on the cliff.

Every time, I spent two days and two nights.

But I didn't find the answer,

because the things that have already happened

and can't ever be changed.

No matter how other people have changed, at least I won't change.

Even if she has changed,

I will get her out of there.

That's good! Having a wish is always good.

It's better than being utterly dejected.

You're saying I'm being silly and

that I should accept my fate. Right?

Accepting fate requires a great deal of courage.

Fighting fate is even more impressive.

No matter if you are being silly,

you are still luckier than me.

At least you know what you should be doing and why you're doing it.

What about me?

I don't even know where I'm supposed to be going.

Master, you should let your body get better.

You don't need to rush to catch the demon.

Today, at the banquet,

His Majesty and I saw with our own eyes that there indeed was a demon in this palace.

No one can deny this fact.

So, for the moment, you should let your body get better.

When your body is better, then you can go hunt the demon.

That demon is quite powerful.

I'm not certain if I can catch him.

Master, aren't you the disciple of the Primeval Lord of Heaven?

Well, even if you can't catch the demon,

you have to at least prove that he and Consort Su are on the same side.

Han Shanggong!

Master, surely you have another great plan.

I do have a solution.

But it needs Your Highness to step in.

Then I will go see His Majesty now, Master.

You just need to quietly wait.

- Xiao E, take good care of Immortal Master. Okay.

Jiao'er, why are you here?

Mother, I came to pass on an order from Father.

Greetings, Empress.

An order for whom?

The emperor has an oral decree for Jiang Ziya.

You don't need to bow.

Immortal Master Jiang Ziya has made a merit.

He has been appointed the supervisor of the Bureau of Astronomy.

Master, you're an official now.

Master's Madam will be so happy.

Official?

Does an official get money?

She will definitely be very happy.

Jiao'er, and what are you here for?

Father has another order.

Miss Xiao E.

Me? What?

Royal Father wants me to ask you: do you want to live here in the palace for a long time?

The palace is fun.

But as for living here for a long time, just how long?

It's up to you.

Okay. Then I will live with Master in the Bureau of Astronomy.

But you have to give me a nice house.

My father means for you to live in Virtue Palace.

That way, you can live together with my mother.

What the emperor means is that if Miss Xiao E wants to stay,

then you'll become an official and live at the Red Jade Palace.

Your Highness, please instruct her.

I'll be an official, too?

I thought only men could become officials.

No, no, no.

If I become an official, then I won't have the freedom of going out to play.

No, I won't agree to it.

Jiao'er, do you have something to say to me?

Father said there is a position that really suits Xiao E.

She can be the palace's priest.

There's nothing much to do on an ordinary day

and she won't be restrained much.

As a father and son, the two of you have thought things through.

Xiao E, are you willing?

I won't have to do anything, and nobody will control me.

And there's money? Of course, I'm good.

Then it's all settled.

I'll let Han Shanggong prepare you a big and comfortable room.

But I have to tell you.

All of the Shang empresses in the past have held the position of the high priestess.

If you become the palace's priestess, you'll be under my command.

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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 ♫