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)

The culprits on the run

are from the Qihai Tribe of Yebei, namely Chu Ye, Qingzhan, and three other men.

We have been looking into them.

As for the rest involved, they have been captured.

And they shall be punished accordingly.

How?

Huo Lu, the Assistant Commander of the imperial army,

colluded with the assassins and attempted an act of assassination.

His body shall be decimated,

and his whole family shall be executed.

Director Bai Lu of the Bureau of Astrology

conspired with the assassins

and kept everyone in the dark.

She shall be beheaded.

Beheaded?

Qihai Lian from the Qihai Tribe of Yebei.

As the mastermind of the assassination,

to be executed with her accomplices.

Qihai Lian is the daughter of Qihai Zhenyu.

I am the Emperor of this nation

and loved by heaven and the people.

How can I leave a weak woman in protest?

Guards!

Bring her in.

I

will give her a chance to explain herself.

You impudent rebel!

Why are you not kneeling before the Emperor?

Why should a dying person

bother to grovel at all?

Remain standing, then.

Let me ask you.

Why did you want to assassinate me?

You killed my father

and harmed my people.

A man like you

deserves to be killed!

You...

How dare you!

She has the intention of treason.

Should be executed immediately.

Your Majesty.

The criminal is obstinate and ineducable.

She should be executed as soon as possible.

Yes.

That's right.

Such rebellious people should be killed.

She should be executed.

I did not expect you

to hate me so much, Grand Princess.

We were sincere to propose a marriage alliance.

You're the problem.

Sincere to propose a marriage alliance?

Qihai Zhenyu was marrying his daughter off

for the sole reason to earn himself

more time to prepare for the war.

So that he and I

could battle it out.

We surrendered to you.

You were the one who did not allow us to live.

You call this

surrendering?

Qihai Zhenyu killed 3,000 of my best men in the Lanyi Army.

I was forced to send troops to conquer.

He wanted to take on Goliath yet was defeated.

You cannot

blame me for all of this.

The seven tribes of Yebei

has had years of civil war.

Taking each other's lives.

Your casualties were greater than the war.

If you care about your people,

you should be here

to beg for pardon,

not for death.

I, Qihai Lian of Yebei,

am aware of my sins and inevitable death.

However, there are many old people and young children in Yebei.

Please spare them from slavery.

Please spare my people.

Heaven is compassionate.

I

can tell that you are sincerely repenting.

You are pardoned.

You do not have to be subject to slavery either.

Also,

those

accomplices of yours will be forgiven as well.

What about Ye?

Pardoning you is already great grace.

The others

should not be of your concern.

I see you are unable to construct the canal any longer.

Then go, bring your people

and migrate to Yuezhou.

Do not leave that land without my orders.

Your Majesty.

I beg of Your Majesty to allow us to remain in our homeland.

I have given you a chance to live.

Between migrating to Yuezhou and guarding a barren land,

choose for yourself.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

You may leave.

I, Jie Zhuying,

have come to meet you, Your majesty.

I appoint you

as the Grand Marshal of Yuezhou

and grant you authority as commander-in-chief.

Gather your troops

and assist me

to escort the survivors of Yebei to Yuezhou.

After arriving at Yuezhou,

you shall supervise them.

Your Majesty.

I wish to remain by your side, Your Majesty.

I dare not accept

such decree.

Why?

Are you afraid of Qihai Lian's bewitchment?

That you'd betray me?

Your Majesty.

The both of us

can no longer be together.

I do not wish to be associated with her anymore.

This is an order.

Your Majesty!

From now on, you will no longer hold the family name of Jie.

You will be named Zhu Ying.

All of your past will be written off.

Your father's achievements and sins

will no longer be your problem as well.

Your Majesty.

Do a good job as a grand marshal in Yuezhou.

Work hard.

Don't give me the chance

to behead you.

I,

Zhu Ying,

shall obey the decree.

He did not wear an armor

yet he was unharmed.

Did he really meet the Truth Master before?

Yun Wen mentioned that the Truth Masters are all-knowing.

If we find them, we will know where Rui is.

Qingzhan, you must get better soon.

The Emperor of Chao has spared us.

Qingzhan.

Your Highness.

The Emperor just let us off like that?

That's right.

When Qingzhan gets better,

we shall return to Yebei.

He can't possibly let us off so easily.

You...

Did you make a deal with him?

I promised to migrate to Yuezhou.

Then, he would let us off.

Yuezhou?

Where is Yuezhou?

It's a place that is

very, very far from Yebei.

Your Highness.

We are all from Yebei.

Why must we leave Yebei

and go to Yuezhou?

In order for us to live!

Let's fight them, then!

If you fight them, you can only kill a few people.

Can you ensure that the people's fathers, mothers,

little sisters, or sister-in-laws will live?

Or are you going to lead them to their death?

The migration is done for the sake of family.

For the clan.

Those who refuse to go

should not follow me any longer.

Turns out there were traitors

who made a scene at the Ceremony of Stars.

Apparently, many people died,

but they were all assassins.

His Majesty is mighty.

Those petty thieves can't possibly hurt him.

The director of the Bureau of Astrology will be beheaded too.

Come in.

Young Master.

How is it?

The Chao Emperor has ordered for Bai Lu, director of the Bureau of Astrology to be executed.

However, her collusion with assassins was not mentioned.

How can that be?

They released the mastermind, Qihai Lian.

Why would they capture Ye?

Perhaps the Emperor of Chao

is suspicious of the Cloud Flame.