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ADAPTED FROM ZHU YAN BY CANG YUE

Zhu Yan.

After Ying'er's soul stabilizes in three days,

what are your plans?

Your Supreme Majesty, please rest assured.

I'll leave him.

In this lifetime,

we shall never meet again.

Zhu Yan.

I'm the cursed lady for him.

I have already caused him to die once.

How could I dare to stay by his side,

causing him pain,

injury,

or even death again?

The feeling of watching

the most important person

slowly dying

in my hands…

Experiencing it once

in a lifetime is enough.

Very well.

Once Ying'er's soul returns,

he'll forget everything that happened

within these three days.

At that time,

you should do

what we discussed today

and leave the mountain alone.

All right.

Did you see anything just now?

Your Highness,

I didn't see anything.

Who are you?

What is this place?

You're finally awake.

What time is it now?

Why am I here

when it's Father's birthday celebration?

This letter is for you.

For me?

TO SHI YING

Ying'er.

When you killed the Sea Emperor,

you were accidentally hit by the Merfolk's spell.

Your spiritual power is sealed

and your memories are in a state of confusion.

Stay in the mountains and rest for several days.

You'll naturally recover and be fine.

The Grand Preceptor has gone to Jialan

to report to His Majesty

about the uprising of the marine force

that you've ended.

The…

The Merfolk marine force revolted?

That's right.

The Grand Preceptor asked me to take good care of you.

So nurse yourself back to health in Jiuyi Mountain without worries.

There's no need to be concerned.

Then who are you?

Me?

I'm your maidservant.

You're my maidservant?

How could I have

never seen you before?

I came after His Majesty's birthday.

I guess you have forgotten about me.

Your Highness, you must be thirsty.

I'll go and get you some water.

You just regained consciousness.

Don't exert yourself too much.

Thank you.

That's odd.

What's wrong with me?

I can't tell if it's cold or hot.

You should also guard against

the infiltration of the energy from the realm in-between.

The damage

caused by it is serious.

It can bring you

unforeseen and immeasurable aftereffects.

Sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The five senses.

The first step is losing the sense of touch.

Is this the aftereffect of the energy from the realm in-between?

Your Highness, your water is here.

You scalded your hand.

It's all right.

Wait here.

Let me help you apply this ointment.

That's weird.

How did I know this ointment

was in that box?

You probably have forgotten.

You used to stay at Jiuyi Mountain frequently.

See? This is your residence.

Your wardrobe is over there.

Inside are all the clothes you usually wear.

Follow me.

No wonder the furnishings in this place

match my preferences perfectly.

Your Highness,

do you wish to bathe and change clothes?

Yes. Then you should step aside.

If I leave Master by himself here,

what if he discovers something amiss again?

It could disrupt his memories

and eventually extinguish his soul.

Absolutely not.

I was the one who assisted you

in washing and grooming.

It's my responsibility.

The knot in the front is not loosened.

I…

Let me do it myself.

All right.

Then I'll help you prepare

the washing items.

You're not my maidservant.

Because there would never be

such a clumsy maidservant in the palace.

Who are you really?

Why do you insist

on staying by my side?

I have a feeling

we're more than a simple master-servant relationship.

No.

Master's soul fire is changing.

Could it be that he's remembering the scene at Cangwu Abyss?

I don't know why,

but this scene feels familiar.

Your Highness, you guessed it right.

I'm not your maidservant.

I've done you wrong

in the past.

Since then, I couldn't face you.

When I heard

that you were injured and needed someone to take care of you,

I hurried over

to make amends for my past mistakes.

Who exactly are you

and what have you done to me?

Your Highness, since you have lost your memory,

there's no need to dwell on the past.

Even if I were to tell you,

you wouldn't remember.

The moment

you regain your memory,

you'll surely despise me.

When that time comes,

there will be no need to bring up old matters.

Your Highness.

Thank you.

Master has lost his memory.

I'm afraid he won't like the tastes developed

in Jiuyi Mountain.

I should prepare some food that the Crown Prince likes.

With an increased appetite,

Master can recover faster.

Shi…

Shi…

Your Highness.

You're awake.

Who are you?

Why do you look so familiar?

He's Chong Ming, the divine bird.

He has crossed paths with Your Highness before.

Nice to meet you.

Your Highness.

I'm Grand Marshal Feng,

the leader of the Four Grand Marshals.

This morning, the Grand Preceptor sent a message from Jialan.

His Majesty has made arrangements regarding the marine force.

Your Highness is advised to recuperate in the mountain.

No need to return to the city with haste.

I may be physically weak,

but I'm still capable of moving.

I can't stay here for too long.

- No. - No.

You can't leave.

You barely stayed alive…

Chong Ming has always been straightforward.

I hope you don't mind it.

Did it take

a great deal of effort to save me?

All thanks to the Grand Preceptor.

So it's better to wait for the Grand Preceptor's return

and express your gratitude before leaving.

Yes, she's right. That's exactly it.

I have other matters to attend to.

So I shall take my leave.

See you.

I'll go and see them off.

Please take good care of Shi Ying.

Make sure nothing untoward will happen.

Don't worry.

Go now.

You three are behaving strangely.

Especially you.

You seem to be quite familiar with the situation in the mountains.

That's because I stayed in these mountains

for several months before.

Although I can't remember who you are,

since the Grand Preceptor assigned you to stay by my side

and the divine bird and divine official

also trust you,

it shows you're not a bad person.

Maybe you did do something wrong to me.

But that was already in the past.

I won't make a fuss about it anymore.

I forgive you.

But it doesn't mean

I need you to take care of me.

So you can leave with them.

Your Highness.

Are you sure you don't need me?

This mountain is quiet.

The divine officials are carrying out their duties.

Your Highness will be bored alone.

It's just a few days, so it's fine.

The divine officials usually

have light meals.

Are you all right with that too?

It's just a few days, so it's fine.

In that case,

Your Highness will be confined to this Cultivating Hall

for a few days.

Jiuyi Mountain is steep

and overgrown with dense grass.

You have lost your memory

and can't use magic techniques.

If there is no one to accompany you

when you get lost in these mountains,

you won't even have anything to eat.

When that happens,

you might end up absorbing the spiritual energy around you.

Come on.

Your Highness, please let me stay.

I swear

that I won't be a chatterbox in these few days.

Very well.

Since you insist on staying,

then I'll trouble you to take me

to the Emperor Valley first.

It's the burial place of my ancestors.

So I should pay my respects.

- Greetings, Your Highness. - Greetings, Your Highness.

- Watch your steps, Your Highness. - Greetings, Your Highness.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Please follow me.

What's going on?

Are you lost?

Leave.

Go now.

This is bad.

That's the direction to Empress Bai Yan's tomb.

Your Highness, wait for me!

Your Highness, slow down!

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

There are many forks in the forest.

We must not enter rashly.

I don't know why,

but after paying my respects,

I still feel there are some unfinished rituals.

It's in the woods behind you.

Your Highness,

it's already late in the day.

Jiuyi Mountain's rules

prohibit nighttime visits to the Emperor Valley.

We should leave now.

I've heard

that the fireflies in the Emperor Valley

have always accompanied the tombs

of the emperors and empresses of Kongsang.

They are quite spiritual.

But why are they

taking refuge in your sleeve today?

They seem to have lost their way.

They look like newborns.

How about this?

We'll leave after we send them back

to the forest.

Your Highness possesses great kindness.

Look.

That is their mother.

They've found their home.

Why do I

feel so sad?

Master left his mother at a young age.

Even without memories,

after witnessing such a scene,

it's natural to feel an unconscious sadness.

Master can never see

the late Empress again in this lifetime.

In this dream of three days,

I'll let him reunite with his mother once more.

Yesterday's thoughts are realized today.

The previous owner of this object

returns to the world.

Transform!

Ying'er.

Mother?

Why are you here?

Ying'er.

I know everything

that you've done for the world.

You have grown up.

I'm proud of you.

Mother,

it feels like

I haven't seen you for a long time.

Ying'er.

Take good care of your injuries.

I'll be waiting for you in the palace.

Your Highness.

Actually,

when you were still recovering,

Chong Ming brought a message from Empress Bai Yan.

So I replayed it.

So

do you think my Transmission Spell is great?

Thank you.

Do you know?

Every year at this time,

Jialan is filled with Snowy Rosa.

Mother would personally make Snowy Cakes for me.

The ones she made

were the most fragrant and delicious.

Throughout Kongsang,

there's no other pastry that tastes better than hers.

The Empress must be very skilled in cooking.

Indeed.

Everything I eat in the palace

is personally prepared by my mother.

She said

she loved watching me eat voraciously.

She said that's how a child should behave,

rather than pretending to be a grown-up prince.

There's a dish

called Cloud Mist Shrimp,

made with river shrimp and tea leaves.

It signifies trying a new tea with new flavors

and enjoying poetry and wine in the prime of life.

It's exceptionally delightful.

Don't just stand there.

Come and have a seat.

If there's a chance,

I'll ask my mother…

to make…

To make Snowy Cakes…

for you.

During these three days,

Shi Ying's soul is in an intermediate state

where it's not complete.

He'll sleep at sunset

and rise at sunrise.

Every year at this time,

Jialan is filled with Snowy Rosa.

Mother would personally make Snowy Cakes for me.

The ones she made

were the most fragrant and delicious.

Throughout Kongsang,

there's no other pastry that tastes better than hers.

I'm gathering these many Snowy Rosa

to make Snowy Cakes for you tomorrow.

Why doesn't this Snowy Rosa smell fragrant?

It's not that the Snowy Rosa isn't fragrant.

It's just that I can't smell it.

I've only spent one day with her.

Why do I feel closer to her?

Your Highness.

You said

you did something wrong to me.

So I despise you.

But it's strange.

I don't feel any of that

toward you in my heart.

Normally,

even if a person loses their memory,

their body

would naturally reflect their attitude toward others.

Right?

Your Highness, you're overthinking it.

Ying'er may have lost his memories.

But during these three days,

his feelings toward you

will become stronger with each passing day.

So you must be careful.

Don't be discovered by him.

That's because

you're a person of great virtue.

Even if I've grown extremely repulsive in your heart,

you'll still treat me

like anyone else.

Your Highness, please stop worrying about me.

Stop bringing up the past again.

Did you make this?

My cooking skills may not be as good as your mother's,

but it's better than nothing.

Have a taste.

Thank you.

It's delicious.

I don't know why

I always feel more at ease

when I'm with you.

It's like…

It's like we used to

sit side by side like this,

eating something.

How could that be possible?

Your Highness, you're noble and esteemed.

How could I behave with such impropriety?

- But I think-- - By the way,

you mentioned so many foods

you wanted to eat the other day.

So I have instructed the divine servants

to go down the mountain and buy them.

If you don't mind my cooking skills,

I can make them for you

and serve them one by one

for you to taste.

Thank you.

Is there a marketplace nearby?

I want to go and wander around by myself.

You can't.

Your injury has not fully healed.

How can you wander around freely?

I want to understand the sentiments of the people.

If you're worried,

you can accompany me.

Why does Xiaoyingzi suddenly want to go to the marketplace?

Could it be that subconsciously

he wants to relive the time you both went to the marketplace in Ye City?

Whatever the reason may be,

I can't stop Master.

Chong Ming.

The people in Jiuyi District all know us.

We should go to a further marketplace.

With me around, it's easy.

CULTIVATING HALL

CULTIVATING HALL

So this is the legendary divine bird, Chong Ming.

Can it fly us there?

Yes.

Later, you can sit behind me.

If you're afraid,

you can hold onto its feathers.

Chong Ming, let's go.

Lotus pods!

Fresh lotus pods!

- Ruyi pastry! - Lotus pods!

Lotus pods!

- Homemade pastries! Have a taste. - Try this lotus pod.

Come and have a taste!

Lotus pods!

Do you like it?

Chong Ming, pay for it.

- Here you go. - Don't drop it.

- Take a look. - Come and take a look at some fresh fruit.

Fresh and sweet figs.

- Would you like some? - Figs?

Chong Ming, buy some.

Come on.

Watch this.

Incredible!

- How did he do that? - How interesting.

- Yes. - Amazing.

Then I'll wait for you up ahead.

Watch.

Amazing.

Nice.

What is this?

- Take a look. - Come.

- Why do I feel - Come.

- you'll definitely like this creature - Take a look.

- when I see it? - Come.

Could it be that Master is remembering something?

Thank you, Preceptor.

Preceptor?

How about this?

I'll buy one and give it to you

as a token of gratitude

- for taking care of me these days. - Come.

- Make way. - It's all right.

I won't be able to take care of it.

Take care.

We're not meant to be.

Miss.

Aren't you…

No!

I don't know you.

This is my first time here.

This…

That's not right.

Back in Jiuyi District, you were…

Make way.

- Come again. - Sure.

Aren't you…

- You're the Jiuyi Mountain's-- - Your white creature has escaped.

Go after it now.

- Let's go. - My little white creature!

We…

NOODLES

Take a look.

Your Highness.

Actually, I have an average appearance since I was young.

I don't stand out among the crowd.

I often get mistaken for someone else.

I've gotten used to it.

Average appearance

and don't stand out?

We should hurry and find Chong Ming.

Ms. Zhu Yan.

This is the seasoning you requested.

But the seasoning in the mountains

is made from heaven and earth's condensed spiritual essence.

It's different from the mortal's.

This is Susha,

derived from rocks in the wind.

It tastes salty.

This is Mishuang, extracted from the fragrant fruits of ancient trees.

It tastes sweet.

This is Huojing,

formed from the residual ashes of ancient wood.

It's spicy.

This is Meihe, refined from green plums used in brewing.

It tastes sour.

Salt,

sugar,

chili,

vinegar.

Correct.

All right.

Because I lost my sense of touch,

I can't feel the weight.

Soon, all your senses

will gradually fade away.

Finally, I've lost my sense of taste.

Never mind. I'll ask the divine servants instead.

His Highness insists on coming to ask…

- You… - Is there anything I can help with?

Haven't you heard the saying

that the kitchen is the battlefield of the Kitchen God?

We can't allow anyone else to interfere.

If you want to help,

just wait to eat.

- Come, let's go. - Off you go now.

It's all right.

We can help you wash the vegetables. Right, Chong Ming?

- You don't have to. - Take these.

Don't drop them.

Just listen to me

and rest here.

Leave the rest to us.

We'll be happy when we work together with you.

Or else,

we won't enjoy this meal either.

Am I right, Chong Ming?

Exactly.

Let's wash the vegetables.

I'm fortunate enough to be able

to spend time with my master during these three days.

Heaven has been kind to me.

This will be the last time

I cook for Master in this lifetime.

I must not disappoint him.

I'll taste each seasoning one by one.

It stimulates my stomach.

This is Meihe.

MEIHE

It's Huojing.

Zhu Yan.

Remember not to add too much of this later.

HUOJING

It's salty.

I've overcome the first obstacle.

Here you go.

Your Highness, please eat more.

So you can recover faster.

Chong Ming, eat with His Highness.

I'll go and clean up the kitchen.

Wait.

Why is your voice hoarse?

What happened to your face?

I didn't think you would notice.

It's just an old condition of mine.

I always have some allergy symptoms

during seasonal changes.

It seems like

it's going to rain.

Is your allergy that serious?

Your Highness.

Sorry for my abruptness.

Let me fetch some tea.

I'm sorry.

I…

I don't know why.

But seeing you like this,

I feel deeply saddened.

I really want to comfort you.

It was just a moment of impulsiveness, so--

I understand.

It's just

that I'm a guilty person.

I'm not worthy of Your Highness's sympathy.

I can feel it.

Our relationship is not as you described.

I may have lost all my memories.

But my heart tells me

that I have never minded or blamed you

for whatever mistakes

you may have made.

On the contrary,

I feel a strong connection with you.

Your Highness, you should eat your meal.

If the food gets cold,

it would truly be a shame

after all my hard work.

If you don't stay,

it will be tasteless for me.

Come.

Have a seat

and eat with me.