Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy

Master Gusong.

What makes a good emperor?

His only concern is for his people.

Not his family...

Nor his friends...

Nor himself!

Your Majesty!

Are you a good emperor?

Since you made up your mind to kill Consort Yin Rong...

you are!

You wish to... kill me?

To give the order...

to kill.

I've made a decision.

Your Majesty has made up your mind.

But do you still remember that I'm one of the Charmers?

Whoever kills me...

shall be engulfed.

I had thought...

I thought that the happiness love brings forth

was what humans would pursue.

Who would have known that humans would forsake happiness?

Instead, you actually crave something that carries no warmth.

Humans...

What exactly is it that you want?

Yin Rong...

Your Majesty, please make a decree!

Your Majesty, please make a decree!

Muyun Sheng, wake up!

Muyun Sheng, wake up quickly...

All of you are to wait here.

Rise.

Yes!

Is he awake?

Your Majesty, he is still unconscious.

What did the royal physician say?

He read his pulse.

His pulse is fine.

For a reason unknown, he is still unconscious.

- You may leave. - Yes.

- Yes. - Yes.

Father...

Kinsmen become enemies!

Lovers kill each other!

The people involved know that they are putting on an act

but they can't leave the stage.

Onlookers mock them, but wish to get on stage!

This is the royal family!

This is an emperor!

All of you are lunatics!

Everything is kept too simple.

I know that you're like your mother.

You don't like extravagance.

However, in the palace

you can't always have things your way.

At the family banquet, I offended Father.

Father, please punish me.

What for?

I wielded a sword...

at Father.

It's a felony.

You don't remember what happened after that?

My mind is a mess.

General Yu took away your wooden sword.

Then...

Then you passed out in a drunken stupor.

It's just that I hadn't committed a more serious crime.

I'm not totally innocent.

I should be punished for it.

You're pardoned.

Father--

If I say that you're pardoned, then you are.

Don't fuss over it.

We won't talk about the family banquet for now.

I happen to have some time today.

I heard that you were unwell, so I came specially to visit you.

Sit.

Thank you, Father.

Just address me as Papa.

Right now in Wei Ping Residence

there is no ruler and his subject.

There is only a father and his son.

Papa.

[By the emperor's decree, a Charmer has influenced Crown Prince into misconduct.]

[Hence, High Priest Ling He Qing is ordered to annihilate the Charmers]

[as this isn't the first time they have jeopardized our lands.]

Godfather, I've just been informed.

His Majesty has made up his mind to kill Pan Xi.

Arch Prince Ye must be behind it.

Arch Prince Ye is so skilled at influencing others

and stirring up disputes.

What a talent.

It's a pity that he has sabotaged our great plan.

Who knows how much I will be able to remedy?

Sheng.

Do you know why I'm so keen on being a good emperor?

Papa, you came to Wei Ping Residence specifically

to talk to me about this matter?

It's because I had your mother and you.

I had only wanted to be a hero.

I wished to be the best man in the world.

Only then would I be good enough for your mother.

Only then would I be at ease to accept your mother's smiling face.

Father, have you forgotten?

You once had Mother imprisoned in Yong Yin Hall.

You avoided seeing me for over 10 years.

Later on, everyone did say that I was a good emperor.

As time went by...

I grew used to it.

Had any word of criticism been made known to me

I actually couldn't sleep at night.

I would think over and over again about what I might have done wrong.

One criticism...

Would that turn into 10 criticisms?

10...

Would that turn into 100 criticisms?

I worried that the people would see through me

and realize that I'm not naturally gifted at all.

And that I do not work hard enough.

I can never make the right decisions.

Will I fall from a good emperor to a dumb one in the eyes of my people?

A lazy emperor?

An emperor who jeopardizes the nation?

Papa, you have so much on your mind.

Could this also be for Mother's sake?

Since I'm now a hero

I can only continue to be one.

When heroes make mistakes...

isn't that even more disappointing?

I didn't wish to disappoint your mother.

So you stabbed Mother.

My sovereignty is my power.

Only by holding on to my sovereignty can I hold on to your mother.

Should I lose my throne, what will become of me?

How can I protect you and your mother?

Yet now you have your throne...

My mother no longer exists in this world.

But everyone says that I'm a good emperor.

Does that make you happy?

For days, I've been talking to Miss Pan Xi.

Your wisdom and knowledge truly impress me.

However, today...

I have to bid you farewell.

By the royal decree, I'm ordered to kill you.

Blame me not.

The emperor of the Humans...

Why would he wish to kill me?

The Charmers... have harmed lives.

Have we?

As long as someone believes in that, lies can become the truth.

Do you believe in that?

I'm acting on the orders of the emperor.

I have no choice but to obey.

The Royal Divination Sect...

We can't afford to lose the royal court's trust in us.

For the sake of all the living?

Isn't it all just for your own interests?

It was that shadow who caught me.

You can't kill me.

He's bestowed the Ice Sting to me.

The Ice Sting...

It's made of the black metal

buried under the permafrost of Shang Prefecture's snowland.

It's used specifically to kill the Charmers.

All Charmers in the world are formed by roaming energy.

Once stabbed by the Ice Sting

their roaming energy threads contract because of the cold and can never reform.

They then disperse.

Vanish into thin air.

Who exactly is he?

He said that he doesn't have a name.

Others call him...

"That Man."

Why would he catch me?

His mission is to keep the lands peaceful.

What has that got to do with me?

Back then...

if I hadn't stabbed your mother

Prince Qin's army would've taken on the Muru Cavalry.

So many would've lost their wives and children.

Many would've been rendered homeless.

I can't bear to do so.

Sheng...

If you wish to be a good emperor...

You can only care about the people.

Not your family.

Nor your friends.

Nor yourself.

Father, you said all these just to tell me how to be a good emperor?

I wish to remind you.

In one's lifetime, the day will come...

when you have to lose your loved one.

Then...

what will you depend on to go on living?

Lose my loved one?

That won't happen to me.

She will always stay by my side to keep me company.

Father, I'll ask her out here to meet you.

Pan Xi.

Come and meet my father.