Original subtitles

♪The top of the mountains where the snow never melts♪

♪The plains where the wind blows♪

♪What find me in my sleep♪

♪Are the nightmares about you♪

♪In the endless abyss♪

♪Your face gradually emerges♪

♪A love that budded unknowingly to us♪

♪Continues to grow and blossom♪

♪Who risked his life♪

♪For mine?♪

♪I had braced myself for the end♪

♪But my heart frets for you♪

♪It turns out there is an end♪

♪To my waiting for you♪

♪At the hills where the grasslands end♪

♪Where it will always be spring♪

♪I find the boundless river of stars♪

♪In your eyes♪

♪Only with your hand in mine♪

♪Is this life worthwhile♪

[SHINING Just for You]

[Episode 5]

Dayuangu.

This is the medicinal herb I picked from the valley.

Try it. It might help.

Never mind.

Nothing is going to work.

Young Master Yi.

I'd like to ask you for a favor.

Please go to Tianqi after my passing

to look after my daughter.

Ye is still alive?

How do you know that she's in Tianqi?

Of course, I know.

She is favored by the Truth Master.

I know you've been looking for the Starstone.

As long as you stay by her side,

you'll definitely find the Starstone one day.

Don't worry, Dayuangu.

Even if it isn't for the Starstone,

I'll protect Ye too.

Thank you.

You treat my daughter

with so much sincerity.

You genuinely care for her and love her.

Too bad,

the only man who can stand by her side

is

the

Emperor.

Dayuangu.

Dayuangu.

(No matter how much the world has changed,)

(the snow in Yebei)

(is still the same after all these years.)

(I was forced to bid farewell to my past)

(and return to Tianqi)

(to revive the glory of the Winged Clan.)

Hurry up.

No slacking off.

Hurry.

Hurry up!

Hurry up.

Hurry!

Get back to work.

Move these.

Quick.

Talk less.

Cut the crap.

Hurry up!

Grandma!

Are you all right?

Grandma.

Grandma, are you all right?

Yebei no longer has a leader who could save us.

I'm just an old woman and my life doesn't matter anymore.

What are you looking at?

Go back to work.

Now!

Hurry up!

Get back to work!

Quick!

Quick!

Quick!

♪The earth as a plaque♪

♪The sun and the moon as poems♪

♪Turn the skies into the palace under the plaque♪

♪Time as a scroll♪

♪The stars as the inkstone♪

♪Writing with the light of the sea♪

♪Through several lives and reincarnations♪

♪I search the world for wisdom♪

♪To smooth the folds of the years♪

♪There is a hole in my heart♪

♪Void of someone♪

♪Now I know what forever tastes like♪

♪I'll trade my youth for yours♪

♪I'll trade my youth for your kiss♪

♪We enter the battlefield for the peace♪

♪Of the world♪

♪Draw the lines of fate♪

♪Carve destinies♪

♪And our roles in the world♪

♪With me♪

♪All worldly desires♪

♪Fall from your fingertips♪

General.

General.

Why don't we just let it go?

You...

Just forget about it.

No matter how guilty you feel,

she won't accept your apologies.

It's getting late. Where are you going?

I'm going to find the Mirror of Youth.

(According to the secret decree from His Majesty...)

Wait for me.

(The Mirror of Youth is in the Sea of Bitterness.)

Leader Bai.

Leader Bai.

Leader Bai.

I'm talking to you!

Duanmu Yan.

Duanmu Yan.

What's going on?

Leader Bai went out

after she signed her attendance.

How dare she?

Why didn't you stop her?

You never said that we aren't allowed to leave after we sign our attendance.

Where did she go?

I have no idea.

What is so funny?

Get back to work.

Do a good job.

Director Di.

Bai Lu is really daring.

Come and have a look.

Give me one of these.

Sure.

This one.

It's pretty good.

Come to me again if you need anything.

Come and have a look.

Come and have a look.

The Heluo Clan's masks.

What do you think?

Come and have a look.

The Heluo Clan's masks.

Really?

Let's go and take a look.

Why is this woman wearing an official gown?

Isn't she the female official

that Old Master told you to investigate?

Did you forget about it, Young Master?

Is she the one?

I heard His Majesty

had entrusted her with the task of finding an auspicious site

for the Ceremony of Stars.

If I got assigned

this task,

I would've been able to make a fortune out of it.

Young Master.

How can you make a fortune

by picking the auspicious site?

You would've been my master

if you knew how.

Yes.

No matter how hard I try,

I'm still

no match for you, Young Master.

Let me ask you a question.

Do you know what's the best tool

one can use to earn money?

Information.

Information?

When they finalize the auspicious site,

the Bureau of Astrology will have to spend a huge sum demolishing and rebuilding it.

Then, they will get a good amount

of demolition funds from the royal court.

It won't be that difficult

to get some kickback from that.

But

why is she walking around instead of serving her duty

at the Bureau of Astrology?

Follow her

and find out where she's headed.

Yes.

This land on the other side of the river is sought-after.

But why is it still undeveloped?

That's because it was chosen as the auspicious site.

Yes.

His Majesty nominated it as the auspicious site,

so no one dared build anything on that land.

Precisely.

Look.

It's a very nice place.

It's such a pity.

Yeah, it's such a nice piece of land,

but it's left unused.

Sir.

I heard that most people refuse

to turn their houses into an auspicious site.

Why is that so?

The government will take over our places aggressively.

Besides, they're offering so little. Of course, no one wants to give up their houses.

Young girl.

Do you know any undeveloped land nearby?

I do. Let me take you there.

Sure.

Let's go.

You're due to submit the list of auspicious sites

to His Majesty tomorrow.

Aren't you nervous?

What's the hurry?

Can't you see I'm working on it?

What is this?

Your choices of auspicious sites

are getting increasingly ridiculous.

The auspicious site needs to have the right scent, shape, sound, color,

the four auspicious signs,

and against seven odds.

Look at your calculation.

It doesn't even meet the basic requirements.

These are all undeveloped lands in Tianqi.

I think

Yu Xiuming, as the Emperor,

will not want to spend money unnecessarily or see his people suffer.

As long as he likes my plan,

I will be able to survive.

What if Yu Xiuming cares more

about astrology than people's lives?

You have a point.

I'll send someone to verify it tomorrow.

The auspicious site...

The Bureau of Astrology

is going to deliver the Yin-Yang Calendar today.

I think the Yin-Yang Calendar is completely useless.

Nothing works if His Majesty doesn't show up.

We have nothing to do anyway.

At least we can have an extra person around to entertain us.

There are no fun people in this palace.

No interesting people can stand living here.

Bai Lu is here

to greet Your Highnesses.

Hurry up.

Come on in.

Yes.

I didn't manage to take a good look at her because of the pearl curtain.

It's true, she is a woman.

I heard that His Majesty personally appointed her to her current position.

Greetings, Your Highnesses.

I'm here

to deliver the Yin-Yang Calendar.

Leave it there.

No one cares about it.

Yes.

We're tired of talking with each other.

Do you want to

have a chat with us?

I don't know what Your Highnesses are interested in.

I'm worried

that I might say something inappropriate.

You always have discussions with His Majesty.

Why do you fear talking to us?

That's right.

Let's have a chat.

By the way,

I'm sure Your Highnesses

know His Majesty better than I do.

Can Your Highnesses advise me on something?

How

is His Majesty like?

He doesn't like women at all.

Concubine Tian is the only one who has been following His Majesty for years

and volunteer to move into the palace to take care of His Majesty.

Too bad she's not here.

Concubine Tian

couldn't care less about the Yin-Yang Calendar.

It's no surprise that she's not here.

Your Highness.

Greetings, Concubine Tian.

You're here.

Yes.

Your Highness.

I delivered the Yin-Yang Calendar to the palace today

and thought I should personally greet Your Highness.

I got it.

You can leave now.

Your Highness.

I'm here today,

hoping to get some information from Your Highness.

According to Her Highnesses,

Your Highness has been following His Majesty for years.

I wonder

what you think of His Majesty.

Why are you asking this out of nowhere?

His Majesty ordered me

to find an auspicious site for the Ceremony of Stars.

Therefore,

I'm hoping to find out more

about His Majesty's preference through Your Highness.

Only then can I pick the perfect auspicious site.

You do take your job very seriously.

It's my duty.

It's your duty to learn

how to please His Majesty.

Your Highness.

I'm very curious.

Is it true

that His Majesty always picks an auspicious date

to depart on an expedition?

To be honest,

His Majesty doesn't care much

about astrology.

Really?

You've heard of the Imperial Seal, right?

I have.

It's a seal from the previous dynasty.

It's said

that whoever lays his hand on it

will be an emperor chosen by Heaven.

During the final year of the Xian Dynasty,

His Majesty invaded Tianqi.

Everyone thought

His Majesty would take the seal from the South Palace.

The palace was heavily guarded because of that.

If His Majesty had gone there,

blood would have been shed.

Did His Majesty foresee what was going to happen?

Was that why he didn't go there?

He didn't care

about the Imperial Seal at all.

He sent his men

to cast Yufei Spell in that area.

The heavy infantry

and the Imperial Seal

were set on fire

and turned into ashes.

For His Majesty,

victory

means only one thing.

It gives him enough power.

Make sure

our destiny

is always in our own hands.

Now I know why.

He destroyed the symbol of Heaven's will.

It's true he doesn't believe in astrology.

Is this the result of your calculation?

Yes, sir.

They are all wrong.

Sir,

the deadline is today.

We must submit something.

This is ridiculous.

I need to talk to His Majesty.

All right.

You need more training.

Redo it.

But it makes a lot of sense.

Let me explain it to you.

Let me explain it...

Leader Bai.

You put a lot of effort into this nonetheless.

We need to try submitting it

to find out if it works.

You're right.

If His Majesty

likes your plan a lot,

then

Leader Bai would get some credits for it too.

You're right.

If it works,

His Majesty won't make things difficult for the Bureau of Astrology again.

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

You're here.

Official Jie,

have you decided on the auspicious site for the Ceremony of Stars?

Your Majesty.

I have checked the map repeatedly,

but still failed to find the best-suited location.

Official Jie.

Are you going to give me another lecture now?

I never meant that, Your Majesty.

It's Heaven's will.

I didn't do it on purpose.

Heaven's will?

Are you saying that Heaven is not in favor of Chao?

That's why we can't even find the right place to hold a ceremony.

It's not true, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty brought peace to all the states and unified the five tribes.

Of course,

Heaven is in favor of us.

If we fail to organize the Ceremony of Stars,

it'll give those with ulterior motives

an opportunity to talk behind my back,

slander my reputation,

and watch me make a fool out of me.

Bai Lu.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I assigned the task to you too.

How did it go?

Your Majesty.

She is just an inexperienced leader.

Are you really talking back now?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

I managed to pick four auspicious sites.

Please make your choice, Your Majesty.

Bai Lu.

Official Jie.

You can leave now.

Your Majesty.

I'll take my leave now.

These are just some ordinary locations.

The South Palace is one of them too.

You're not trying to fool me, right?

Your Majesty.

I'm not trying to fool you.

Look at these locations.

They all have their shortcomings,

but an auspicious site

has to be a bustling place

with abundant astrology power.

Only then can it grant Your Majesty's wishes

and bless the people of Chao.

A bustling place?

Do you think this is a bustling place?

Look at this, Your Majesty.

This place will bring wealth to the country.

Look at this.

This place will bring tranquillity to our nation.

Don't forget this.

This will bring love to all things and all people in the country.

What about the South Palace?

What does it do?

Your Majesty, don't forget about what happened

in the South Palace.

The Imperial Seal was destroyed in the South Palace.

Think about it.

The Imperial Seal must have contained a great deal of good luck.

Therefore, the place is no doubt an auspicious site.

It will bring peace to the world.

Are you sure?

I'm not.

How dare you finalize your work when you're not sure about it too?

Do you have a death wish?

Your Majesty.

I only did that because I know

Your Majesty doesn't believe in astrology.

You don't care

where the Ceremony of Stars will be held.

If that's the case, we should

pick a location that doesn't upset the people, require a huge fund to rebuild,

and is decent enough for the ceremony?

Of course.

The location Your Majesty pick will always be the most auspicious site.

So I will

leave the decision to Your Majesty.

Bring peace to the world.

That's a good choice.

We'll hold the ceremony there.

Your Majesty is so wise.

Supervisor, you're back.

You're back.

Where is Leader Bai?

Is she getting punished?

The decree has arrived!

A decree for all members of the Bureau of Astrology.

Bai Lu, the leader of the Bureau of Astrology, found the auspicious site for the ceremony

and will be promoted to the Director of the Bureau of Astrology.

That is all.

Thanks, Your Majesty.

Long live Your Majesty.

Supervisor Jie. Official Bai.

I'll get going.

All right.

Get back to work.

Guan Yi.

You mentioned the supervision at the construction site.

Do you need more men?

We're going to continue with the construction of the altar.

The Astrology Department has to keep an eye on the farming season too and is quite occupied.

I see.

Bai Lu needs more training

in the Bureau of Astrology too.

Let us leave the supervision to Bai Lu.

Supervisor.

I have always been in charge of supervision.

Bai Lu is too inexperienced for that.

You should guide her if you think she doesn't have enough experience.

We can easily solve this.

It's not too difficult to supervise a construction site.

Director Guan.

I'll apologize in advance if I don't do a good job.

Yes.

I'll do as Supervisor said.

Did something good happen

to Your Majesty today?

Do I look so?

Yes.

Shut up.

Look at

the ministers of the royal court.

The smart ones can't take on huge responsibilities,

while the loyal and brave ones are overscrupulous.

I rarely meet someone

who knows how to read the situation

and is smart at the same time.

It's such a waste.

Really?

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

I wonder which official Your Majesty is talking about.

You should be very familiar with this name too.

I'm talking about Bai Lu.

Bai Lu?

Has she found the auspicious site?

The result is exactly what I was hoping for.

Where is the auspicious site?

The South Palace.

The South Palace?

I never believe

in Heaven's will.

Whether a location is auspicious or inauspicious,

I think it's all nonsense.

However, I must put on an act

to reassure the people.

If we build the altar in the middle of a busy city,

we will have to demolish a few houses and disturb the people.

It requires a lot of unnecessary effort and money.

The ministers will also take this chance to line their pockets.

The South Palace is the perfect location.

She has also done quite some work

to come up with this explanation.

Father.

Did you

want to see me?

Regarding the task I assigned to you,

how did it go?

I have received many assignments from you, Father.

I don't know which one you're referring to.

About Bai Lu, the female official.

About that...

I have done all I could to investigate it.

However, Bai Lu has been idling

the whole time.

I couldn't find anything.

You always blame me for not entrusting more tasks to you.

Now, I've entrusted a major task to you,

but you weren't taking it seriously.

Do you think I will dare give you any assignments in the future?

I consider myself a capable and smart man.

But why is my son so useless?

You didn't tell me what exactly you wanted.

How would I know that it was an urgent task?

Moreover,

the assignment you gave me

didn't look like a major task at all.

You're right.

Sooner or later,

I will have to explain it to my descendants.

Look.

Our family runs a huge business.

Fan Ping might not take it seriously,

but I will definitely protect it as if it's our family's treasure.

I'm not talking about the Fan family.

I'm talking about the country.

What I'm leaving behind for my descendants isn't my official position,

but the entire Chao.

I wouldn't dare to think about that.

Are you trying to kill His Majesty?

What nonsense!

What is wrong with you?

Everyone will die.

His Majesty is the only exception as he is blessed with extraordinary power.

That was how he conquered the world.

The power lasts until today.

Only a person with a death wish will try to harm His Majesty.

He was supposed to stay forever young,

but he started growing grey hair recently.

I guess he is running out of power.

Right now, I need to beat Jie Haitian

and instigate others to exhaust his power.

And then...

Young Master.

Did anything unusual happen

when I wasn't at the Moon Tower?

Nothing happened.

However,

Miss Ye was here to look for you.

I didn't tell her your whereabouts,

so it's up to you what to do next.

Young Master.

I'm afraid the rain won't stop so soon.

Let's find shelter.

Let's go take a look.

Yes.

Sorry.

I shouldn't have disturbed you.

Don't worry, miss. We're not bad guys.

We're only here to take shelter from the rain.

Make yourself at home.

My father and brother have just gone out.

I'll go and look for them.

Miss.

You're going out to look for your father and brother,

but what if they come back and don't see you here?

You should stay here.

We'll leave.

Young Master, eat something.

I'm fine.

Offer it to the young lady.

She might need it.

Yes.

Miss, I'm sure you're starving.

My young master told me to give this to you.

You should have it.

Thank you.

I have taken some food.

Thanks, Young Master.

I'm going to the market to look for my father and brother.

Miss, please wait.

It's raining out there.

This is an umbrella for you.

Thanks, Young Master. I'm fine.

Don't you think she shared some resemblance with Aunt Jingyun

when she was playing the guqin?

General, is it true His Majesty won't allow you to return to Tianqi

if we can't find the Divine Mirror?

The Sea of Bitterness is huge.

I don't know if we can ever find the Mirror of Youth.

I can help you find the Mirror of Youth.

Are you willing to help me?

I need something from you in return.

It comes with a condition.

I'll find the Mirror of Youth for you,

and you'll allow us to work in shifts.

How does that sound?

I'm not going to do this.

Look what they did to us.

How can you help them?

Chu Ye.

Let Her Highness finish talking.

Don't you get it yet?

The Emperor of Chao

has never intended to let us go.

He sent his men to supervise us as we restored the canal.

It's clear that he wants to eliminate all the people of Yebei.

As long as the Emperor is still alive,

we'll never make a comeback victory.

I'll confront them, then.

Calm down, Chu Ye.

If it's so easy to kill the Emperor of Chao,

we would've done it much earlier.

We must kill the Emperor

before the members of our tribe die

from exhaustion, starvation, or extreme torture.

Your Highness, are you serious?

In order to leave Yebei,

we need to help Jie Zhuying find the Mirror of Youth.

We will follow him to Tianqi

and find a chance to assassinate the Emperor.

Sure.

We'll kill him.

My biggest regret is

that I didn't kill him when we were in Yebei.

I'm coming too.

I'm coming too.

I'm coming too.

I'm coming too.

Sure. Let's do it together.

Don't let anyone else find out about this,

including your parents and siblings.

If the news leak,

we'll all die.

Can you promise me?

Yes.

We need more men to build the altar.

If the members of our tribe find out

that we're helping the Chao Army find the mirror,

I worry things may go wrong.

Still, you can't let them know about this.

I'll bear all the consequences.

(I'm going to take a different path,)

(but I didn't forget what you told me, Father.)

(I'm doing this so that the people of Yebei)

(can survive.)

[Fan's Residence]

Sir.

Here's a report Yu Shining sent in from the Sky Water Battalion in Yebei.

Commander-in-Chief, General Jie Zhuying

hindered the process of the canal restoration

and deceived the Emperor.

He took sides with the Qihai Tribe of Yebei

and refused to kill the men who couldn't contribute.

Sir.

He is deceiving the Emperor.

According to the military rules, he should be sentenced to death.

I was worried that I couldn't find his weakness,

and his son came to us.

Then, should we...

I'm going to report this to His Majesty when I attend the morning assembly tomorrow.

Send a few men to come with me tomorrow.

Yes.

Your Majesty.

The covert guards received a secret letter two days ago

from the Sky Water Battalion of Yebei.

Is it from Fan Ruhui's informant?

Yes.

Go on.

According to the secret letter,

Commander-in-Chief, General Jie Zhuying, deceived Your Majesty.

He took sides with the Qihai Tribe of Yebei

and refused to kill the men who couldn't contribute.

General Jie has always been a soft-hearted man,

but he shouldn't have disobeyed Your Majesty

so blatantly.

I never ordered him to kill anyone.

Bring Jie Haitian here.

I have no objection to Your Majesty's will to establish a protectorate.

However, it's really unwise to appoint the Protectorate General

as the leader of the troop.

Official Jie, we'll discuss this some other day.

I received news from Yebei,

saying that I ordered them to kill the old and weak people.

I've never issued a decree like this.

Your Majesty, this...

Your Majesty, I might've made a unilateral decision.

We have a lot of people in Chao to look after.

We won't have enough resources to take care of the people of Yebei.

I beg for Your Majesty's forgiveness.

Do you think we can solve this

just by asking for my forgiveness?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Do you know

that Zhuying didn't obey the military order while he was in Yebei,

and someone has already blown the whistle on him?

Your Majesty.

It's Jie Zhuying's fault

for not obeying the military order and the imperial decree.

However, this only happened because I tampered with the decree.

Zhuying is always loyal to Your Majesty.

I know Zhuying very well.

I know what's on his mind.

If I guess it correctly,

Fan Ruhui will definitely impeach him publicly tomorrow.

If that happens, even I won't be able to help him.

Your Majesty.

I tampered with the imperial decree.

It is unforgivable.

Your Majesty.

I'm willing to sacrifice myself so that Your Majesty can spare my son.

[Jie's Residence]

Old Master, your headwear.

Old Master.

Old Master.

Will you be back for lunch later?

I won't.

(There were many ministers serving the previous dynasty,)

(putting the government in mayhem and causing the monarch to lose its power.)

Conflicts happened between the ministers and brought suffering to the people.

When I established the troop,

I wanted to give people a better life

and bring peace to the country.

Now that our country has achieved peace,

I've decided to separate Chao into nine different states

and establish a protectorate in every state.

The Protectorate General will lead the troop of their respective states.

Regarding the border of the states,

the candidates for the Protectorate General,

and which offices to set up,

Fan Ruhui will send me a proposal later.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I wish to raise an objection!

♪The earth as a plaque♪

♪The sun and the moon as poems♪

♪Turn the skies into the palace under the plaque♪

♪Time as a scroll♪

♪The stars as the inkstone♪

♪Writing with the light of the sea♪

♪Through several lives and reincarnations♪

♪I search the world for wisdom♪

♪To smooth the folds of the years♪

♪There is a hole in my heart♪

♪Void of someone♪

♪Now I know what forever tastes like♪

♪I'll trade my youth for yours♪

♪I'll trade my youth for your kiss♪

♪We enter the battlefield for the peace♪

♪Of the world♪

♪Draw the lines of fate♪

♪Carve destinies♪

♪And our roles in the world♪

♪With me♪

♪All worldly desires♪

♪Fall from your fingertips♪

♪The mountains and rivers between your brows♪

♪Orbit the seas like a song♪

♪I'll trade my youth for yours♪

♪I'll trade my youth for your kiss♪

♪We enter the battlefield for the peace♪

♪Of the world♪

♪Draw the lines of fate♪

♪Carve destinies♪

♪And our roles in the world♪

♪With me♪

♪All worldly desires♪

♪Fall from your fingertips♪

♪The mountains and rivers between your brows♪

♪Orbit the seas like a song♪

♪The stars shine brightly♪

♪For you and me♪