SHINING just for you (星河长明 , Novoland: The Princess From Plateau , Xing He Chang Ming , Jiu Zhou Zhu Yan Ji , 九州·朱颜记 , 九州·朱顏記)

It has left, right?

Are you crazy?

Do you know what you were doing?

I was looking for a Truth Master?

Truth Master?

If it promises you a gift,

will you take it?

Risking your own life

for a nonsensical matter like this,

are you an idiot?

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

What are you staring at?

Are you blind?

Summon the imperial physician.

Tell him to give her a diagnosis.

Yes, Your Majesty.

If so, will you still look for the Truth...

Official Bai.

Please.

Why did you only come back now?

You knew that the Truth Master

wasn't under Mianshi Bridge, right?

The python you saw is called Feiguang.

It's not the Truth Master.

However,

it's guarding a magic array that's vital to the Truth Master.

Moreover, you came back alive, didn't you?

He saved me.

I expected that to happen.

Your celestial power was sealed away long ago.

You could never escape from it.

Yu Xiuming

has exposed my lie.

I don't even know what a Truth Master is.

What should I do now?

I think Yu Xiuming won't take your life.

His birthday is on the Emperor's Natal Day.

You should try to coax him.

Maybe he'll let you off.

Wait here.

Yes, sir.

Sir, please take care. Come again.

Sir,

over here, please.

Sir, the Protectorate General of Ningzhou wishes to see you.

Your Highness.

It's been a long time.

You're doing exceptionally well now.

This is an occasion worth celebrating.

My effort wasn't in vain indeed.

Protectorate General, thank you for sparing me back then.

That's how I was able to drag out my ignoble existence.

Your Highness, you must be joking.

When I was young,

the Winged Emperor protected me.

I am forever grateful to him.

Your Highness, you're the only descendant of my benefactor.

When I heard that you are in Tianqi,

I'm truly worried about your safety.

Protectorate General, as you can see,

I'm doing well in Tianqi

and leading a carefree life here.

The Yu family is long gone.

Yu Linkong no longer exists in this world.

I'm Yi Wuyou.

Protectorate General, please stop calling me by my old name.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, you might have misunderstood something.

Back then, your father wasn't willing to form an alliance with Yu Xiuming.

As for me,

I was hesitating about the alliance too.

However, Yu Xiuming was renowned for winning 100 battles.

The Winged Clan wasn't willing to stand against him until the end.

Although your father was revered by his people,

he couldn't convince the people to join him.

In the end, all the city lords

decided to yield to the humans.

But the traitors were the most detestable.

They ratted your father out by reporting him to Yu Xiuming,

saying that he would be a nuisance to him.

I have no intention of clarifying

the rumors back then.

Right now, I'm only a businessman.

Ningzhou has nothing to do with me.

Your Highness is extraordinary indeed.

It's just that...

Protectorate General, don't tell me you came all the way here just to catch up with me?

What exactly is your intention?

Your Highness, to be honest,

I would like to invite you to return to Ningzhou.

I will aid you in rebuilding the Winged Clan

and its prestige.

You might not know, but I get sentimental

whenever I am reminded

of your father.

I was thinking that I should do something for your sake.

Protectorate General, please return.

I won't return to Ningzhou.

Your Highness, you don't need to reject me immediately.

I shall excuse myself now.

Farewell.

Father.

You knew that he wouldn't work together with us.

Why did you make me come here personally?

If he's someone who can be easily manipulated by others,

I will never suggest you recruit him, Father.

What do you mean?

Since he's the homeless fourth prince of the Winged Clan,

he surely has the pride of the nobles.

If he yields to you easily,

that means he'll yield to others easily too.

The homeless fourth prince?

I've spent a lot of effort

in making myself

the Protectorate General of Ningzhou.

However, even so, most of the Winged People

still take the Yu family as their leader.

That's why I came here to verify Yi Wuyou's identity.

I've confirmed that he's the Fourth Prince, Yu Linkong.

Father, in your opinion,

should we recruit him

to convince the Winged People to join us?

Or should we use him as our king to stage a rebellion?

Use him as our king?

He's not influential enough right now.

With his current influence,

even if he does become our king,

he'll only be your puppet.

You do have a point.

However, the Emperor of Chao is powerful.

We shouldn't go against him head-to-head.

We should try to persuade the Fourth Prince to join us first.

Since that's the case,

Father, you may use the engagement

between the Xue family and Yu family as your excuse next time.

As long as I get married to Yu Linkong,

the Winged People will stop putting you on the spot.

If only your brothers

were half as smart as you.

If so, I wouldn't need to endure

that young man's arrogant demeanor at such an old age.

By the way,

how are you doing in Tianqi? Are you doing well?

Father,

only now you're caring about me?

It seems like I'm doing well then.

Father, don't worry.

I will do everything I can to assist you.

I shouldn't stay here for too long.

I'll head back now.

Okay.

Why does the palace look so lifeless during the Emperor's Natal Day?

I heard that His Majesty forbade us from holding a birthday banquet.

Is that so?

Stop right there.

I almost forgot.

You're already here.

Why are you still sneaking around?

Greetings, Your Majesty.

How did you know I was here?

I knew you were here since you entered the palace.

If not,

do you think Ling Yun dares to let you enter the palace?

Speak.

What are you doing here?

I'm here to make a report about my progress.

Since you came to Guangyang Palace,

I thought you had something important to report to me.

In the end,

these are all just trivial matters.

Your Majesty,

it's lively outside the palace.

But why does Guangyang Palace

look so lifeless?

What has that got to do with me?

All these celebrations

belong to other people.

They have nothing to do with me.

These are just temporary moments.

I thought today is your birthday?

I understand now.

No one told you since Jie Haitian is no longer around.

In order not to let people predict my destiny,

Jie Haitian hid my star on purpose.

The people outside don't know

my true birthday.

They can enjoy the occasion.

But