Legend of Fu Yao (扶摇)

What if...

the one standing up there isn't of the royal Xuanyuan lineage?

Those words are enough to get you killed!

I'm utterly devoted and loyal to the royal Xuanyuan family!

Heaven and Earth are my witnesses!

Ever since I became an official

Taiyuan Kingdom has always been my foremost priority!

However, today...

If I know that it's an impostor standing before me

and I still kowtow to him...

it would be an insult to my court uniform!

That would truly get me sentenced to death!

You claim that the king is an impostor.

Can you prove it?

I've never said anything I wasn't sure of.

Are you all right?

Hey!

Save me!

I'm the legal first born of Quan City, Xuanyuan Min.

Save me!

My King!

My King!

Do you all see him?

This is the true descendant of the royal Xuanyuan family!

Xuanyuan Min!

Are we just supposed to take your word for it?

Then I could say that he's the king!

And that he's the king!

How can you prove that he is of the royal Xuanyuan lineage?

Only those of the royal Xuanyuan family can manipulate water.

That's enough to prove that he's the true descendant

of the royal Xuanyuan family!

There's now a real and a fake Xuanyuan Min.

This concerns the pedigree of the royal family.

We mustn't treat it lightly.

Elder Statesman Qi doesn't seem to be joking with us.

This wedding must be suspended!

What a joke!

The king saved us from the waterfall.

If that trivial trick counts as the power to manipulate water

then did the king wield witchcraft that day?

Exactly.

Gentlemen.

Gentlemen!

The power to manipulate water only runs in the royal Xuanyuan family.

You rarely get to see us wield the power.

You haven't seen enough of that power, have you?

This is a joyous occasion.

I'd quite like to show you a real eye-opener.

My Queen.

Can the queen manipulate water as well?

My queen... can also manipulate water.

Could she also be the descendant of the royal Xuanyuan family?

The queen, Yuwen Zi, is from the northern frontier, Changning.

She's also Elder Statesman Qi's goddaughter.

She definitely isn't of the royal Xuanyuan lineage.

How come she can still wield the power to manipulate water?

It's because he faked his power to manipulate water!

I don't know how you did it.

But I know that it's just a trick they use in street performances!

If you don't believe me, you can all give it a try.

Anyone who stands right here can manipulate the water into a ball.

Who would like to try it?

Don't bother!

It has already been proven that our king is the real Xuanyuan Min!

My King is wise!

My King is wise, may Taiyuan prosper!

Audacious villain!

How dare you pretend to be of the royal Xuanyuan lineage!

Elder Statesman!

- You almost had me fooled! - Elder Statesman!

Drag him away!

Elder Statesman!

I really am Xuanyuan Min!

I... I really am Xuanyuan Min!

I really am Xuanyuan Min!

My King, your wedding has been delayed because of me.

I deserve to die tens of thousands of times for it.

It's a joyous day.

I'll pardon you.

Is it past the auspicious hour?

It's half past 9!

My King, the auspicious hour has arrived.

Please continue with the wedding ceremony.

Present the military tally!

Step down.

150,000 soldiers of Taiyuan Kingdom, from this moment forth

they're under the command of the king and queen!

Report!

A message!

The army of Tiansha has charged its way to the city gates!

What?

Report!

The Defense Battalion... has risen in revolt at the gates!

What?

The Defense Battalion has revolted?

Qi Zhen!

You're trying to take over the kingdom and usurp the throne!

General!

Seize them!

Attack!

Attack!

Attack!

Shouldn't you run now?

The place is surrounded.

Even if I were to run, I wouldn't make it out of this hall.

Remember what I told you to do?

Once I call you a wench, you must run right away.

Qi... Qi Zhen!

Are you rebelling against me?

You're wrong!

I'm rectifying what's wrong!

Hand the tally over to me!

Wench!

Wench!

So you were a spy that Qi Zhen planted!

You--

My good daughter.

So I didn't dote on you for nothing.

It's about time we put an end to all of this.

Kill him.

My child, no one else can offer you wealth and fame.

No one else would care for your life.

Only you can help yourself.

This throne... really doesn't suit me at all.

Kill him.

I told you to kill him!

Kill him!

You actually cut through my clothes.

Zi! You--

Listen up!

I'm not your Zi!

I'm Fu Yao of Xuanyou Division, from Mount Xuanyuan!

Mount Xuanyuan?

Xuanyou Division...

Fu Yao?

Royal Guards, listen up!

I have the tally!

Kill the fake king and queen!

What is it?

Are you going to defy a military command?

You'll be rewarded handsomely for killing these two!

Hold on!

Qi Zhen, old chap.

Are your eyes all right?

The real tally is right here.

- Guards! - Yes!

Arrest this traitor who's out to kill his king!

Open the gates!

Who fired the arrows?

I did!

These are reinforcements coming to Elder Statesman's aid!

Upon the orders of Elder Statesman Qi, shut the city gates!

Gather all our armed forces to stop anyone entering the city!

Whoever defies it, dies!

Fire!

Your Grace, at this rate, we can't hold them off for long!

We must, even if we can't!

As long as we stand, the city stands!

If the city falls, we all die!

Attack!

Doctor?

I... What am I doing here?

I locked you up in here.

Why?

Because I want to tell you a story.

I was worried it would be too noisy out there.

You won't be able to hear me clearly.

You know that neighbor you told me about?

What about him?

You said that his entire family suddenly moved away.

But it's different from the ending I know of.

Would you like to hear it?

In the end...

That neighbor's family...

All of them died overnight.

But that young neighbor of yours survived.

He swore that... sooner or later

he would avenge his whole family.

He went around asking for information.

Finally...

He found out where his enemy was.

Make a guess. Do you think this enemy of his has a daughter

who happens to be born on the Double-Third Festival?

She loves the Red Brocade Shrimp from Pleasant Breeze Restaurant.

She loves the camellia blossoms that bloom in the winter.

I knew I wasn't mistaken.

Yue...

You're Yue, aren't you?