Legend of Fu Yao (扶摇)

Fei Yan never saves anyone without taking something in return.

If she passed on her medical skills to you

she must have taken much more from you in return.

What did you offer her?

40 years of my lifespan.

Don't bother trying to calculate it.

You can't anyway.

This has nothing to do with you.

There's nothing you can do.

Are you only staying alive...

to seek revenge?

You helped me tackle Qi Zhen to pacify Taiyuan

to prove yourself worthy of being a crown prince

and for the sake of our friendship.

Now that it has come to this...

You don't have to help me anymore.

Leave the rest to me.

Taking Qi Zhen's life and avenging my family

must be done my way.

You're wrong.

I helped you...

partly because I'm Crown Prince of Tianquan.

The other reason...

I did it for your sake.

Three quarters past 1 a.m.

In a few hours, your marriage with Princess Fo Lian will be official.

All these years, you've kept her on your mind publicly and privately.

The relationship finally has a happy ending.

Xuanji Kingdom is the richest of all the kingdoms

and produces all the gold and silver used across the five kingdoms.

Marrying Fo Lian is as good as marrying a mountain of gold.

You're teasing me too?

Do you mean to say...

that marrying Fo Lian is the best choice I could make?

As for her...

Is she the one you're looking for?

When I first met Fo Lian...

we were in Xuanji Palace.

She was so thin and small.

But her eyes were bright and shiny.

As if everything in the world could fit in them.

The beautiful, the ugly...

The good...

The bad...

Everything...

everything was in harmony in her eyes.

But there are some things that must be made clear from the start.

I can't muddle through it.

Whatever you want...

you can always get, by any means.

I've never seen you stumped.

Once you tie the knot tomorrow

you will secure your position as Crown Prince.

You'll win another round.

But what about Fu Yao?

What about that lass?

You've been pushing her into a fire pit.

Then you risk your life to save her.

But now you're marrying the princess of Xuanji Kingdom.

If Fu Yao finds out about this...

would you be helping her or hurting her?

Of course I won't hurt her!

It's just that I--

You're finally willing to see me.

Wu Ji has returned.

The world...

shall soon be mine and my son's.

You should understand what I mean.

Even if Wu Ji succeeds the throne...

I'm afraid we won't be accepted.

Is there really nothing we can do to change that?

It's exactly because Wu Ji has returned...

that I shouldn't see you.

He mustn't see us or hear that we are together.

Zhangsun Jia?

At the moment, Wu Ji has an even more vicious look in his eyes

than Zhangsun Jiong.

I'm being cautious for your sake.

Qing Yi, you mustn't let your son look down on you.

I've never thought of vying against Zhangsun Jiong for anything.

Everything is predestined.

We were in love first.

But then he had to...

The gods pulled a prank on us.

Sadly, we're just a pair of nobodies to the gods.

Go, quickly.

Who told you to be so nosy?

Who told you to wander off?

Now you've seen something you shouldn't have seen.

Empress Yuan and Prince De.

The sister-in-law and her husband's younger brother.

This is too...

Is this what people in Xuanji Kingdom normally wear?

Doesn't it look like I'm about to get married?

Is this real gold?

Of course.

There may not be much in Xuanji Kingdom but we have tons and tons of gold.

All the gold from the other kingdoms wouldn't even be a fraction of ours.

This is how my young mistress should look.

Don't be scared.

Just head in and do it, it will be fine.

I'm just thinking that I'll have to give this outfit back to Fo Lian.

There's so much gold.

Could I not give it back to her?

I'm just joking.

Listen up!

You're not to leave without a word again!

Do you hear me?

I'd like you to marry Xuanji's second princess, Fo Lian.

The Crown Princess Consort of Tianquan has to be Princess Fo Lian.

How long are you going to dawdle here?

You look better with black hair.

At least I didn't waste my efforts in saving you.

Take this back.

Don't thank me.

It's such an important day.

If you keep stalling, it will affect your marriage.

I can't bear the consequences.

Young Master!

Young--

Doctor.

Young Master, you can't keep stalling.

His Majesty and the Empress are looking for you.

You should head back right away.

Wu Ji, actually--

What is it?

Now that Fo Lian and I are really getting engaged

are you not happy about it?

If you aren't pleased, I won't attend.

Are you dissing me?

Fine, I won't say too much.

You'll realize some things sooner or later.

I'll get going.

When you discover that Fu Yao is Fo Lian...

That will be quite interesting.

His Majesty is worried for the people of the five kingdoms.

He's been praying for the people day and night for days

without getting any rest.

Prince Yi has been assisting with state affairs

and I've been managing on the Emperor's behalf.

We're all aware that it's the engagement ceremony

of Crown Prince Wu Ji and Princess Fo Lian.

But more importantly, the five kingdoms are in peril.

Now, we need to gather the forces of the kingdoms

to tide over this crisis.

The power of the Sacred Land of Qiongcang is already infused into the cauldron.

Without further ado

please submit the pieces of your Conferring Map of Domain.

I have the map of Tianquan.

I'll go first.

Tianquan submits its map for the blessings of its people!

The King of Tiansha submits the map of Tiansha.

May the five kingdoms stay peaceful and safe.

The King of Taiyuan submits the map of Taiyuan.

May the people across all the kingdoms be safe.

Qiongcang, Tianquan, Taiyuan, and Tiansha.

The powers of the four kingdoms have already been revealed.

We'll just have to wait for the princess of Xuanji

to submit the map of Xuanji Kingdom.

I heard that the map of Xuanji is like no other.

Could it be different from our Conferring Map of Domain?

Yes.

It is indeed so.

Their map is made of solidified lava from the Purple Phoenix River.

The five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The map of Xuanji not only represents fire

but also the power to combine all the elements together.

So the map of Xuanji is the key to unite the powers of the five kingdoms.

Indeed.

We'll have to rely on the map of Xuanji's force of cohesion

to bring our powers together.

Where is the princess of Xuanji?

Why are we yet to see her at such an important event?

The princess of Xuanji has arrived!

Fu--

Greetings, Prince De.

Princess.

I don't believe you know the others.

This is Taiyuan Kingdom's Consort of Honor.

This is Prince Huan of Tiansha.

I've long heard of the saintess of the five kingdoms.

You have a heart of gold.

Seeing you today, I see you're sophisticated and pretty indeed.

I've long heard of Prince Huan.

I heard that the brothers of the Zhan family are loving

and respectful of one another.

I'm quite envious of you.

Since Princess Fo Lian has arrived

please place the map of Xuanji in its rightful spot quickly.

It will secure the Imperial City

and peace throughout the kingdoms.

There are two matters I must attend to on this trip.

One is submitting the map of Xuanji, of course.

It's just that it's such an important matter that...

I wish to submit the map to His Majesty personally.

What is the other matter?

The King of Tiansha colluded with Taiyuan's Qi Zhen

and sent out troops to force King Xuanyuan off the throne.

He even blamed the matter on Prince Lie, Zhan Bei Ye.

Therefore, the other matter is that...