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♫ You are the one I am thinking of. You are the one that I am missing. The stars and seas are all you. ♫

♫ The first tear that fell down is still you ♫

♫ In this vast sea of people, I only become sad and happy for you ♫

♫ Blocking the sharpness of the human world for you ♫

♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫

♫ How I hope that I can put you down ♫

♫ The one in my dreams and heart are both not you ♫

♫ The moonlight is not embracing you anymore. Time has destroyed you. ♫

♫ But I love you so much ♫

♫ Even if both of my eyes have been extinguished, I still want to look at you ♫

♫ Even if both of my ears have been submerged, I still want to hear you ♫

♫ A broken tail hurts like a broken pair of legs, I still want to swim towards you ♫

♫ Even if both of my hands are tied, I still want to embrace you ♫

♫ Among the stars, inside the ocean, I am a withered fish ♫

♫ The first tear that I cried was separation ♫

♫ In this vast sea of people, I only become sad and happy for you ♫

♫ Blocking the sharpness of the human world for you ♫

♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫

[The Starry Night, The Starry Sea: 2]

- Episode 17 -

Wife, how is our son?

You still know that he is your son?

Who can bear to punish one's son so gravely like that?

Wife, I also had no other way.

Hao'er committed a grave mistake this time.

If I just turned a blind eye, people would criticize me. If there are fawning officials that would report that to the government,

then... even I might be in danger.

How then will I still be able to save Hao'er?

I know all these reasons that you are saying.

But I also know that Hao'er is currently lying down in there unconscious.

Do you know that as his mother, how painful my heart is right now?

Wife, it is our son's body that was hit but it is my heart that felt the pain.

Actually, I also love Hao'er dearly.

I only taught him some lessons today.

He made such a grave mistake.

If we don't let him suffer a little

and just let him continue with his arrogant and willful ways,

I fear that he might cause a bigger problem in the future.

Fine. Fine.

Hao'er earlier won't take his medicine but he eventually did when Lady Lu came.

They say that you can test the sincerity of others during times of misfortunes.

I can see that Lady Lu really treats our Hao'er very well.

How about we just hurry and choose a date to finalize their marriage?

Sure. Then let us just do as you say.

This way, it will make Hao'er happy.

Master, I missed you so much.

Seeing that you are safe and sound, I am at ease now.

General Jin Ling already told me everything.

You must have suffered a lot just to save me, right?

Compared to Master, my sufferings were nothing.

Master, why are you looking at me like that?

I feel that you changed a lot.

I changed?! How have I changed?

The past you...

was a glacier. Now that the glacier has melted,

it turned into spring water and induced ripples.

Our little Yin Hu is finally enlightened.

Master, stop making fun of me already.

Master, did I actually become better

or worse?

It is both good and bad. The more you are blissful,

the more worries you will have.

Worries? How am I supposed to resolve these worries of mine?

High Priest.

I came to ask for some wound medicine from Yin Hu.

Go and get the medicines. Don't let General wait long.

Yes.

General, here is the wound medicine.

If there is nothing else, I will get going now.

Wait.

General, do you still need anything?

You still haven't told me how to use this wound medicine.

Use water to dissolve it into liquid and then just apply it to the painful area twice a day.

What if this medicine doesn't work? What should I do next?

General, you still haven't used it yet so how did you know that it won't work?

- Just casually asking.- If there is nothing else, I won't keep you company anymore.

I still need to help Master cook the medicine for His Majesty.

Then... go back to your work then. I won't disturb you anymore.

Weird.

I heard that a lot of warriors died this time

all because Prince Julan trusted the humans too easily.

That's right. A lot of people are saying that if Prince Julan inherits the throne in the future,

he might cause everyone to get killed.

How dare you, slaves! Shut up!

Is Prince someone that you all can just randomly criticize?

If you all still dare to say nonsense, be careful that I will cut off all your tongues!

General, have mercy! We won't do it again!

Aren't you all still going to hurry and leave?!

Your Majesty.

You love Prince so dearly so why are you still punishing him?

Julan is my only son.

After I die, he will become the king of the merpeople.

He must remember this bloody lesson very well.

The deeper he is hurt, the deeper his hatred will be against the humans.

He then can be invincible once he has ascended to the throne.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty...

Your Majesty, let us go back already.

Let's go.

Young Master! You're finally awake.

You're awake.

Do you feel better now, Young Master. Good thing Lady Lu is here.

Ah Li, thank you.

It was me who caused you to be hurt. This is something that I should do.

Young Master, Lady Lu, if you two continue chatting, the medicine will already grow cold.

Qin Hao, don't move.

I'll feed you instead.

- Go...- Here.

Ah Li.

- Lord.- Older brother.

The Qin manor just sent over the marriage papers between you and Young Lord Qin.

[Marriage Papers]

But I haven't gave them a reply yet. I want to ask for your stand first.

Ah Li, once our Lu and Qin families exchange marriage papers,

this marriage between you and Young Lord Qin can be considered to be settled.

It can't be changed anymore.

Brother, I already thought about it very well.

I am willing to marry Qin Hao.

Good. Since that is the case, I will immediately give our reply to the Qin family.

Ah Hen, is it you?

Lady, since you are very unwilling, why don't we go beg Young Lord Qin instead?

Young Lord Qin likes you so much so he would surely not bear to see you sad.

The person who mentioned to use marriage as an exchange was me.

Just to fulfill what he promised, Qin Hao didn't mind enduring punishment.

How can I then go back on my words?

It is better to be a person who broke one's promise than be depressed forever, right?

Don't say it anymore.

Qin Hao is sincere towards me and has exerted so much for me.

How can I still let him down?

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Royal Father...

High Priest, Royal Father, he...

Since he got ambushed by the humans, his wounds have continuously been severe.

We didn't tell you before for we didn't want you to worry so we hid it from you.

Julan...

Royal Father.

Julan...

I am afraid that I can't hold on any longer.

The heavy responsibility to lead the merpeople...

from now on... will fall on you...

No. Royal Father, don't say things like that.

You will surely recover.

Julan,

I remember before when you just had your first birthday.

Your royal mother imitated the tradition of the humans

and let you undergo the '1 year old picking tradition'. You picked a stamp with your left hand

and fresh flower on your right. You didn't want to let go of these two items.

Your royal mother and I even made fun of you.

We said that you are not willing to let go of

either the kingdom or the beauty.

Now, you are about to inherit the throne.

This past instead became my nightmare.

Son... you must not delay the kingdom just for love.

You... as the king of...

the merfolk...

your heart can only have the kingdom and its citizens.

You cannot get immersed in romantic love and be irresolute.

Did you... take note of it?

Royal Father, I promise you. From now on,

I will not have any pity towards the humans anymore.

Julan...

I want you to promise me one thing.

I... want you to make an oath to the heavens.

From now on,

while you're alive, the clan will flourish. If the clan dies, you die.

You must live and die with the merpeople.

Just for the welfare of the merfolk, even if you have to sacrifice your life,

sacrifice the person you love the most, you will not hesitate.

If you go against this oath, then heaven and earth will destroy you

and be in eternal doom.

I, Wu Julan, am making an oath today

that from now on, the clan will flourish while I'm alive and I will die if the clan dies.

I will live and die with the merpeople.

For the welfare of the merpeople, even if I have to die,

even if I have to sacrifice the person I love the most, I will not hesitate.

If I go against this oath, then let the heavens and earth destroy me and send me to eternal doom.

Son, I still remember that you were very naughty and loved to cause trouble when you were little.

But no matter how many times I scolded you, you didn't know to change your ways.

Later on, your royal mother told me that

it was because you want to be with me more

so you deliberately were making me angry.

Son...

I really can't bear to leave you alone.

Royal Father, don't go.

Don't leave me alone.

You must...

Royal Father...

Royal Father!

- Your Majesty!- Your Majesty...

Lord!

Lord.

Why are you panicking?

Informing Lord, there are grieving wails coming from Blue Cave. Based on the explanation by the fishermen, it must be that the king of the merpeople haa died.

You are drunk?

Ming Zhu...

What you said was right.

Revenge really won't make someone happy.

What is really wrong with you?

What is wrong with me?

Do you know that my greatest enemy has died today?

He is dead. But how is it that I can't be happy at all?

Being pleased when you have repaid a debt or have sought revenge is just perfectly justified, right?

But how come...

how come I am a bit sad?

Am I being sad for my enemy?

I am being sad for my enemy...

So funny...

Everything will come to past.

As long as you let go of your hatred, everything will come to past.

It's already too late.

Just to seek revenge, I have turned into a monster.

I can't go back anymore.

As long as you pull the horse before it falls off the cliff, nothing is too late.

You really don't despise me?

You put down your hatred just for me.

I am even very happy because of it.

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- Don't drink anymore.- Don't mind me!

Dachun, I know that you miss Miss Yin Hu.

I also can see that Miss Yin Hu likes you.

But isn't it just a few days of not seeing each other?

Let me tell you. As they say, the separation today is for a better reunion in the future.

Just be optimistic.

You're making it sound so easy.

My heart is like being sliced by knives right now and it is so painful yet I am unable to cry.

If I still don't make myself drunk, I will already die from the pain. Do you know that?

I know. I know. I know all of it.

As the old saying goes, "The beauty of a flower easily withers away, just like the love of a man.

The water is flowing endlessly, just like the sorrow in my heart."

- Nothing. Nothing. Just continue with your stuff.- What is he doing?- Probably drunk.

Sit.

Stop being like a lamenting woman.

Just endure it for two more days, okay? Let me make a bet with you.

In a few days, Miss Yin Hu will surely come to look for you.

You don't understand.

Yin Hu will not return anymore.

Why?

Hey.

Move aside! I am going out!

Without the personal seal by Prince, no one is allowed to leave Blue Cave.

- You...- What is wrong?

- General.- Go back to your post.

Yin Hu, what is wrong?

General, I want to go out but they won't let me pass.

They are just following orders.

Prince just made an order earlier that all merpeople are not allowed to leave Blue Cave without permission.

Those that will disobey will be punished as a traitor.

- Why?- Humans now are eyeing us covetously.

Just to ensure the safety of the whole clan, this is also an act that we are forced to do.

General, you must have known that His Majesty would be giving such an order so you deliberately tricked me to come back here. Am I right?

But tricking you to return was the idea of Ma Dachun.

You are lying.

This is a letter that Ma Dachun personally wrote. After reading it, you will understand.

The falling petals have intentions to follow the flowing river.

But the flowing river has no intentions to return the love.

Looking forward that you will take good care of yourself upon leaving.

From now on, let us not meet each other again.

YIn Hu, don't you still understand? Ma Dachun has never loved you.

It has always been just one-sided love and imagination on your part. Just forget him already.

What are you doing?! Don't hit my face!

I'm warning you. Don't dare have any improper thoughts towards Yin Hu. Once this matter ends,

I will take Yin Hu back to Blue Cave.

Whether Yin Hu will go back to Blue Cave or not is her decision.

Humans and merpeople right now are in a very hostile state. Do you plan to watch Yin Hu risk danger and stay with you here on land?

You are a scholar that doesn't even have the strength to truss a chicken and doesn't even have any power or position.

If Yin Hu encounters any danger, do you have the ability to save her?

I am different from you. As long as Yin Hu will go back with me to Blue Cave, I will surely be able to ensure her safety

and let her live without worries.

What you said indeed sounds quite reasonable.

If you are really thinking for Yin Hu's sake, then let her give up on you.

Humans have already bullyied us too much! That's right! We must go to war!

If we still don't fight, we won't have any space to continue living already! That's right! How many of us have they killed?!

- Men!- We must go to war!

Greetings, Prince.

Why is it very loud outside?

This...

Why must we be afraid of inciting any trouble? How many of us have died?!

Everyone! The humans have already bullied us excessively!

And this person inside is still being a coward.

What right does he have to be our king?!

That's right! That's right! He is not qualified!

What is wrong?

Informing Prince, the merchant vessels of Chang Le have recently repeatedly entered the territorial waters of merpeople and are provoking a dispute.

But without your permission, we cannot make any move against the humans which is inciting public unrest.

That's right. Prince, before, when it came to the ocean,

humans would follow the rules and avoid our territories. But now, they are totally not giving us any respect.

Prince, we kept exercising forbearance but those merchant vessels keep being insatiable.

If this continues, what about the honor and dignity of our merfolk clan?!

That's right! Right!

- Don't we exist anymore?!- What do they treat us for?- I can't endure it anymore!

Everyone, don't worry.

Although Royal Father has died, the mighy reputation of the merpeople will not be damaged.

The kingdom that Royal Father left will only flourish more.

The merpeople will also not let the humans to continue with their bullying and humiliation!

[Chang Le Town]

Look at how young and talented Sir Qin is and how beautiful Lady Lu is.

The two of them are really perfect for each other.

- Isn't that right? Really making everyone else envious.- That's right.

What talented man and beautiful woman? I think they are a pair of promiscuous people!

Why do you talk like that?!

That's right. Sir Qin and Sir Lu are meritorious officers that drove the merpeople away.

Now that two families are becoming in-laws, it's fine if you don't want to wish them good blessings, why must you still hurl insults at them?

- You two won't understand even if I say it.- Why are you like this?!

Two pairs of wild goose, ten silk screens, ten boxes of fragrances, firecrackers, and bracelets,

eight kinds of seafoods, ten crates of fruits, two barrels of tea leaves, ten jars of Jiannan shaochun wine.

Lord Lu, all the dowry is already here.

May Lord check them.

Thank you.

This is a minor gift from our lord. Please accept it.

Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.

Zixuan, you and your lady will be part of our Qin family already.

What?

Call me Brother Erliang.

I guarantee that I will take care of you from now on.

Ah Li.

Ah Li.

Ah Li, do you know

that I've waited for this day for more than ten years?

You finally are going to become my wife.

Qin Hai, don't be like this. If other people see us...

So what if others see us?

We have already exchanged marriage papers. No matter what we do, it's already right and proper.

Ah Li, believe me. I will surely make you blissful.

Believe me.

Tighten the rope.

The one in front, place the goods well.

Don't let it fall into the water.

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Boss, with us trespassing into the territorial waters of the merpeople, will that be all right?

What are you being afraid of?

Those merfolk are just paper tigers (pretending to be fierce). They have already been taught a lesson by Lord Lu and are already submissive to him.

Look. There king was very strong,

yet wasn't he also killed by Lord Lu?

Yes, what you said is right indeed.

Merpeople! Merpeople!

Merpeople!

What should we do?

So many merfolk...

There are merpeople!

Respectfully welcoming the new king to enter the hall!

The former king has died and returned to the five elements.

I am bearing the mandate of the royal heaven, the blessings of the past kings,

as ordered in the last will of the former king, inheriting the position being passed on in the family in an orderly manner.

Today, I am announcing to the heavens and earth that I am ascending to the royal throne.

I desire progress and a peaceful and stable government; hence, I surely will discard the old and introduce new laws.

I admit that I still lack virtue so I still will rely on able and virtuous subjects

- and we will seek to build a new government together.- Seek to build a new government together!

The passing of the king's jade emblem.

Long live Your Majesty!

My subjects, please rise.

Thank you, Your Majesty!

Your Majesty has orders that starting today, the whole kingdom is being pardoned.

Will be choosing an auspicious day to give tribute to the ancestral temple,

the government, and the citizens.

May the heavens bless the king.

May the heavens bless the king! May the heavens bless the merpeople!

Hope His Majesty can rule for thousands of years.

Have long and lasting happiness!

Lord Lu, I sent someone to look for auspicious dates.

Take a look on what day is the most suitable for you.

Since this is a celebratory event, then it is better to do it sooner than later.

The 8th of next month. What does Lord Qin think about that?

Exactly what I wanted. Then it is the 8th of next month.

Reporting! Lord!

Lord Qin and Lord Lu, something bad has happened.

The merpeople just ambushed a merchant vessel of Chang Le.

The whole ship has been wrecked and the crew suffered great casualties.

Those merfolk are really extremely daring!

Lord Qin, I initially thought that killing the king of the merfolk would make them fear the humans more or less.

I never thought that they will instead intensify.

Now that it has come to this, we must not yield to them anymore.

Hope Lord Qin can make a decision soon.

[Announcement]

"Today, the merpeople caused trouble and brought us disaster.

They burned and sank a merchant vessel, killing innocent people.

Plunging the people into the depths of suffering for extremely no reason at all.

For the clarity of laws and heavenly principles, starting today,

all merpeople that enter our territory will be killed.

Additionally, the head of the Bureau of Maritime Trade Lu Xiao has achieved merits in helping quell the merfolk uprising,

His Majesty has conferred him the task to eliminate the merpeople to manifest his achievements."

High Priest, I came to get some cuttle bones.

Yin Hu.

Take it.

Cuttle bones must be grounded to powder first before you can make it into a medicine.

Here.

Thank you, High Priest.

Master, sorry. I was careless.

Come.

What's wrong with you today?

Why do you keep making mistakes?

Could it be you are having an unquiet state of mind because of some guy?

What guy? All men are evil.

They will just suddenly turn away from you or change their heart.

Yin Hu, how can there be anyone who would change so easily?

Humans can have disunity between their mouth and heart.

You don't need to mind what he says.

You just need to make sure what your true feelings are.

If a person really loves you, no matter how much he tries to hide it,

you will be able to feel it. Understand?

Ma Dachun surely is saying things that are the opposite of what he feels.

He was surely just like last time worrying that I would be in danger if I were to go up on land,

so he deliberately wrote such a heartless letter.

So, that I will obediently stay here at Blue Cave.

Master, did His Majesty grant you a seal pass

so that you can casually go in and out of Blue Cave?

Yes. Why?

Nothing.

Since we came out to have fun, try to be a bit happier.

Let's go. Let's go.

It's better that I just go back.

Lady, you have already locked yourself at home for so long.

If this continues, you are already going to be ill.

Zixuan, I really am not in the mood. You just go stroll by yourself.

You little thief.

It was also you the last time. Don't think that just because you changed your clothes, I won't recognize you anymore.

See how I beat you to death today.

- Sir, spare me! Sir, have mercy! I won't do it again!- I'm going to beat you until you die!

Stinky rascal! Don't think that just because you changed your clothes, I won't recognize you anymore.

Lady...

Lady, what's wrong?

Nothing.

Lady, look how lively it is over there. Let's go there to have fun.

These merpeople that deserve to die, and I even tried to defend them before.

I was really blind!

Forget it. Anyway, we have Lord Qin and Lord Lu around.

There will come a day that they will be able to kill all those merfolk.

Brothers, you said it right. That is indeed what they should do.

From now on, whoever kills a merperson, I will treat him to a drink.

Good! You said it right!

Thank you, boss.

Are humans and merpeople really irreconcilable from now on?

After everything, it's all that Lu family's fault.

If not because the Lu siblings plotted to sow dissension,

how could our two races end up in a state like this?

And here comes the person you were just talking about.

Lu Li!

You still have the nerve to come out?!

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♫ Previously heard the sadness of the vast seas ♫

♫ Previously saw the fireworks in the desert ♫

♫ Before I understood that all things that glitter will fall down ♫

♫ Or else, on what basis does destiny become magnificent? ♫

♫ Birds would fly by and fishes would swim by the coldest lake ♫

♫ The flowing water is heartless, the flowing years is speckled, leaving a legend behind ♫

♫ Your suddenness, my waning, the lanterns on a long road ♫

♫ You are in the vast seas while I was in the galaxy when we met our karma ♫

♫ Previously saw the vastness of the seas ♫

♫ Previously saw the clouds at Mount Wu ♫

♫ Previously saw the outline of your expression ♫

♫ At the deepest part of the ocean, at the deepest part of the dream, there are sparks ♫

♫ A book having no words, the paper is too short to describe one's feelings, it's hard to narrate one's yearning ♫

♫ Book lamp, teacup, common folk simple happiness, it is so common that is why one is sad ♫

♫ Your suddenness, my waning, the lanterns on a long road ♫

♫ You are in the vast seas while I was in the galaxy when we met our karma ♫

♫ Looking at the moth fly into the fire ♫

♫ Loving in such scorching hot manner ♫

♫ Living in the face of death ♫

♫ The moth flies into the seas, throwing itself into limitless vastness ♫

♫ Love and hate both sink. Love lives in the face of death. ♫

♫ Previously heard the sadness of the vast seas ♫

♫ Previously loved the fireworks in the desert ♫

♫ Before I understood that everyone that loves will suffer ♫

♫ Or else why would tears be so clear? ♫