Oracle of the Dragon

From the era of dual sovereigns reigning together.

To the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai.

Empress Wu Zetian.

Etched a woman's name atop the pinnacle of power.

With an iron fist.

Yet.

The winds rage and waves surge.

Encircled by enemies on all sides.

The ancestral worship at Zhaoling is imminent.

A storm of accusation before the ancestral tomb.

Has quietly begun.

Leaving no survivors.

Kill!

What's the commotion?

General.

The mechanism alarmed.

Anomaly in the northwest direction

I'll go check first.

You quickly form a team to search.

Yes.

Intruders into Zhaoling.

Die!

Still not surrendering?

General, don't you remember Wu Zhao?

Empress Wu?

Don't you kneel when you see this palace?

With what you've learned.

Even if it's just one in ten thousand.

It's enough to peek into heaven's secrets.

Go ahead and speak.

What do you see?

Not a word of lies.

Speak!

Since ancient times.

The dragon dwells in the center.

The phoenix guards its side.

Now.

The phoenix seeks to surpass the dragon.

As one fades, the other grows.

Great chaos is inevitable.

A catastrophe cannot be avoided.

Destruction precedes renewal.

Look closely.

What will be the final fate of the phoenix and the dragon?

There is another dragon.

Who will rise at the appointed time.

If you wish to avoid disaster and preserve yourself.

You should avoid its sharp edge.

Wait for the right time to meet again.

That is the best strategy.

Another dragon...

Don't push me!

Line up, line up.

Prince Gan has returned to Chang'an.

He's distributing alms for ten days.

Everyone will get a share!

Don't push.

Thanks to the Zhaoling ancestral worship.

Otherwise, Prince Gan would still be abroad.

As soon as he comes back, he thinks of us commoners.

He truly has us in his heart.

What do you know?

Whether to hold the ancestral worship or not.

It's Empress Wu who makes the decision.

If you want to thank someone, thank Empress Wu.

Are they all grateful to Prince Gan?

Praising and thanking him profusely?

They said, "Thank you for nothing".

Not Prince Gan.

Should we thank her instead?

Over there, over there.

According to reliable sources.

Empress Wu.

Is not in good health.

She's still in Luoyang now.

Hasn't returned to Chang'an.

She doesn't want to come back.

And she dares not come back.

It's better that she doesn't.

If she really comes back.

It will be another bloodbath.

Who else does she want to kill?

She has many people she wants to kill.

But there are also many who want to kill her

I think.

This ancestral worship.

Something big will definitely happen.

Take Prince Gan for example.

He's the one Empress Wu fears the most.

Perhaps...

What nonsense are you talking about?

Be careful you lose your head.

Please speak cautiously.

They should naturally know.

Thank His Majesty.

Enough.

Stop pretending.

You know who I'm talking about.

Eat while it's hot.

It won't taste good when it's cold.

Come, come.

It's all for you.

All for you.

Here.

Old Di, I'll see you off.

Thank you, Prince Gan.

If Empress Wu learns of our association.

What will she think?

It doesn't matter to me.

Shouldn't you be the one worried, Prince Gan?

Dare she do anything to the Li Tang clan?

Then what is Prince Gan worried about?

By the way.

Old Di.

Can you send some men.

To protect me?

Prince Gan has a strong army.

And extraordinary martial arts skills.

Why need the Dali Temple to intervene?

Right.

Words from a beggar.

How can they be taken seriously?

Upper-class people tell lies often.

Beggars speak the truth.

Human words.

The Dali Temple is busy with affairs.

I won't disturb you further.

Surely Your Highness is busier than I am?

Preparing for the ancestral worship ceremony.

Must be extremely tedious.

Do you think I'm willing to do it?

If it weren't for preparing the ceremony

I would have returned to Anzhou long ago.

Didn't Your Highness say you'd see me off?

I'm the one who speaks nonsense.

Upper-class people.

Return to the mansion.

Here, Old Di.

Prince Gan invited you to dinner?

Dinner?

Just speaking nonsense.

Nonsense?

Mostly things that can't be said openly.

Old Di.

You can tell.

Human words from nonsense.

But Prince Gan's actions are clearly self-protection.

You.

Don't put much effort into researching medicine.

But you have quite an insight into this nonsense.

You...

What is this?

A medicine cannon.

A medicine cannon?

A formula from the Medicine King Sun Simiao.

Old Duan.

You scared me suddenly.

My heart can't take it.

It won't explode.

I just want you to see more clearly.

After thinking hard with my brilliant mind.

A little reflection.

A groundbreaking invention.

Is about to be born.

An invention?

Look carefully.

The show is about to begin.

Don't blink, Old Di.

Old Duan, did it work?

Almost there.

Truly a great show.

Lord Di.

General Quan, the guard commander of Zhaoling,

suddenly went mad.

And destroyed the imperial mausoleum.

He's now locked in death row.

What? Destroyed the imperial mausoleum?

Old Duan, let's go.

Let's go!

Lord Di.

Quan is wronged.

Terribly wronged!

When General Quan was brought here.

He was tightly tied up.

He was as crazy as a beast then.

Didn't recognize anyone.

He's only slightly sober now.

General Quan.

What exactly happened?

Destroying the imperial mausoleum is a capital crime.

Lord Di

iLast night, the mausoleum's mechanism suddenly alarmed.

General, do you not remember me?

Empress Wu?

Don't you kneel when you see this palace?

Greetings to Empress Wu.

Good.

Very good.

Empress Wu, why are you here?

I came to admire the moon.