Till The End of The Moon (2023) s01e07 Episode Script

1
You missed it. It's my turn now.
Look at my card.
Nobody moves.
Check it out.
Cheers.
Cheers, Mr. Qingyu.
What's on your mind?
It's the Lunar New Year
and you seem uneasy.
Dad, cheers.
How is that?
Mrs. Ye, you can't beat this one.
I play this one.
-Come on.
-Come on.
Again.
-Are you playing or not?
-I told you not to play.
Check it out.
Look at mine.
-Mrs. Ye.
-I can't follow.
The red packets are here.
Come here.
Be patient. Everyone will get one.
All right. Here.
No rush.
-Yours.
-Grandmother.
-Do I get one?
-This is yours.
-Thank you, Grandmother.
-Take it.
-Thank you.
-This is yours.
Thank you, Grandmother.
-Thank you.
-This is yours.
Here.
Grandmother.
Do I get a red packet?
Take it.
It's enough for a whole year.
Thank you, Grandmother.
You've been clinging to me
since you were a kid.
Playing and jumping in front of me,
making a lot of noise.
In the blink of an eye,
my granddaughter has grown up.
Grandmother.
Father,
Jiwu,
your spirits in heaven
don't need to worry about me.
Now I have a grandmother,
father,
and siblings.
They are all nice to me.
It seems that I can still save Tantai Jin.
I'm living a good life here.
What?
Someone secretly helped Tantai Jin?
I didn't perform my duties well.
None of the sent assassins returned.
How the heck did this happen?
Those people are very meticulous
and I have no evidence.
-Please punish me, Your Majesty.
-You…
You may rise.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
He has hidden it so well,
to have such a mysterious force
lurking behind him.
For so many years,
I didn't even notice a hint of it.
I surely can't let him live.
Your Majesty, do you mean…
Wait for another chance.
He can't leave the Sheng Kingdom anyway.
Locate the people behind him
and root them out.
I want to get rid of all of them.
Come out.
You can use birds to transmit sounds.
Are you from Yiyue Tribe?
Your Highness,
you must take care of yourself.
Wait for me to come back.
Your Highness.
I'm finally back at your side.
Ms. Lan'an.
I failed the princess's trust.
Your Highness, I failed you.
However, I didn't lie to you.
I promised you
and now I'm back.
Why did you leave back then?
And why are you back today?
Back then,
King of Jing left us
to our own devices in the palace.
Without anyone to rely on
in the dangerous palace,
it was hard to survive.
I had to take a chance
when the maids were let out
to escape from the palace.
I wanted to return to Yiyue Tribe
and get the tribe's help
to rescue you.
However, things had changed in the tribe
and the old chief was dead.
The current chief didn't want
to offend the Jing Kingdom,
so he refused to interfere.
So you stayed there.
Your Highness.
I don't dare to disappoint the princess.
I lived in disgrace,
trying to gain a foothold.
I even had to marry the chief.
It took me 20 years
to become the high priestess.
Now, the whole tribe follows my orders.
Finally, I could bring Moonshadow Guards
across thousands of li
to find you.
I returned to save you, Your Highness.
Stand up to talk.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Your Highness.
You've grown up.
Ms. Lan'an.
I remember
that you don't have Yiyue powers.
So who sent the nightingale?
Nian Baiyu, come out.
Your Highness.
He's the head of Moonshadow Guards.
The former chief once saved his father,
so the Nian clan
will undoubtedly be loyal to you.
Do you have that talent?
Yes.
Not only can the people of the Yiyue Tribe
control birds and beasts,
but they also mentally engage
with their fated animal.
This nightingale is my familiar.
Your Highness,
after the incident
in Prince Xuancheng Mansion,
I'm afraid that the king of Sheng
has placed his suspicions on you.
These days,
Captain Nian and I
have dealt with several waves of assassins
sent from the palace.
I think they won't give up easily.
I've brought a team of Moonshadow Guards
and have a ship ready at the harbor.
They are enough to escort you
back to Yiyue Tribe safely.
I never said that I wanted to go back.
Do you want to stay in the Sheng Kingdom
and be a hostage prince?
I don't understand.
What is here
that makes you reluctant to leave?
Yiyue Tribe is your home.
Only your tribespeople
will care
if you have enough food,
warm clothes,
or if you're happy.
We can shield you from danger,
guard you, and protect your life.
Don't you want to have a life
in which you're respected
and your commands obeyed?
Ms. Lan'an,
tell me.
Shouldn't everyone have
the feeling of homesickness?
Homesickness?
It's indeed human nature.
Then I shall return to the Jing Kingdom
to relieve
my homesickness.
No matter where you want to go,
I'll follow you, Your Highness.
When can your ship set sail?
It's anchored at the harbor.
We can set off tomorrow morning.
All right.
Wait for me at the harbor tomorrow.
I have one more thing to deal with.
Yes.
Your Highness,
I think they won't give up easily.
I've brought a team of Moonshadow Guards
and have a ship ready at the harbor.
They are enough to escort you
back to Yiyue Tribe safely.
I never said that I wanted to go back.
Now the kings of both kingdoms
want me killed.
In this case,
even if I return to Yiyue Tribe,
I'll only bring disaster to my tribe.
Only by returning to the Jing Kingdom
and reclaiming everything
that should've belonged to me
can I have the strength to protect myself.
He isn't my son.
He's a monster.
Prince Minglang said
that the hostage prince
had best never leave this palace.
This journey is perilous.
I can't leave unarmed with Jing Lan'an.
The female demon
hanging out with Ye Qingyu
is perfect for recharging my power.
This place has been like a cage to me.
I'm really leaving.
However, why do I have the oddest feeling?
I just wanted to check if you were dead.
I would hate to collect your corpse.
Nice weather today, right?
You looked good when you smiled just now.
There are so many people in the mansion.
I'm sure someone will like you
and want to talk to you.
Ye Xiwu.
Ye Xiwu.
-What--
-Be good. Let's resume studying tomorrow.
Ye Xiwu, let go of me.
Be quiet.
Ye Xiwu,
after today,
we won't see each other again.
Are you silly?
It's so cold.
Why are you standing outside?
No reason.
Tantai Jin,
if you're bored,
you can come to chat with me.
Why did you come out here to stand alone?
Don't do this again.
Do you hear me?
Luckily, I brought these.
We've bought them, so let's set them off.
I'm not doing it.
Come on. Try one.
She did say they aren't that pretty.
I think they are all right.
Let me show you a prettier one.
A Sketch Charm?
It's Lunar New Year.
It's worth wasting one.
Go.
It's so pretty.
I'm awesome.
Ye Xiwu.
Do you always have this much fun
on every Lunar New Year's Eve?
This year is not quite the same,
but it's still fun.
Don't worry.
I'll be by your side from now on.
No one will dare to harm you anymore.
We can be this happy every year.
As long as I can watch over you
and you don't turn into a Devil God.
There's no more "from now on."
Tantai Jin, let's have a snowball fight.
Chuntao said
that they do this every winter.
How dare you ambush me?
Ye Xiwu,
I've put up with you for a long time.
Jiang Rao,
where are you?
Who is it?
Ms. Pianran.
Are you drunk?
Jiang Rao.
You're back.
You're back.
Where is Qingyu?
It's the first day of the Lunar New Year.
He missed breakfast
and now lunch.
Don't dally. Go call him now.
Mr. Qingyu went out last night.
What was so urgent?
I think he may have gone to meet a lady.
How pretty must she be
to make Qingyu so infatuated?
She must be an unprecedented beauty.
Even a prude like Qingyu fell for her.
I heard from Mr. Qingyu's servant
that he went somewhere near Orchid Alley.
Should we fetch Mr. Qingyu?
Leave him be.
Qingyu has always been focused
on his studies and martial arts
since he was a child.
He's smart and talented
but never good when it comes to romance.
This time,
he's finally showing some interest.
Regardless of whether she's a pretty lady,
a widow, or a monster,
I would accept her as my daughter-in-law.
Father just said
that Qingyu didn't come home last night.
This demon has some good tricks.
Do you smell something strange?
I can't tell what it is.
I see.
I think Qingyu encountered a demon.
That's why he had a strange smell on him.
When did Ye Xiwu become so smart?
This won't do.
I need to go to Pang Yizhi
and have him check Qingyu out.
I'll go with you.
I've been learning to draw charms,
so maybe I can help too.
Little Devil God is willing
to open up and return to good.
He's willing to help others.
Li Susu, you're achieving amazing results.
All right. Let's go together.
Ms. Pianran.
Why are you here?
When did you come?
Last night.
Who allowed you to stay over at my home?
Last night,
I wanted to visit you and then leave,
but you were very drunk
and wouldn't let me leave.
So did you sit all night on the floor?
Don't worry. I sat here all night.
I never had any…
Why didn't you come up onto the bed?
Are you that pigheaded?
Since you're here,
have lunch before you leave.
All right.
Look at your reluctant expression.
It's as if I'm going to devour you alive.
You jest.
I'm not jesting.
All right.
Since I owe you my life,
you can do whatever you want to me.
What did you say?
The battle at Jia Pass three months ago.
On Mount Mituo's ravaged battlefield,
we met.
Am I right?
It's so similar.
It's you.
I recognized you immediately
when I saw you yesterday,
but I didn't mention it
as I didn't want to startle you.
Please forgive me.
You didn't want to startle me?
Yes.
Ye Qingyu.
Do you know what I am?
I do.
I was once Xiaoyao Sect's disciple
on Mount Buzhao.
I can sense demonic energy.
That means
you knew I was a demon from the start,
yet you pretended to be a gentleman.
I couldn't help myself.
Sorry.
What if I don't forgive you?
I'm at your mercy.
You said it
and there's no turning back.
Saving you that day
consumed a lot of my cultivation.
I'm going to get back
what I'm owed with interest today.
Ms. Xiwu, let's just forget about it.
It's the first day of the Lunar New Year
and not a good day to catch demons.
It's not a good day.
Then what is today good for?
Weddings, funerals, and family visits.
Even sleeping at home,
sitting by the fireplace,
or petting cats
would be better than catching demons.
How ignorant of me, Mr. Pang.
Is this how Xiaoyao Sect
teaches their disciples?
Do you have to pick a lucky day
and a lucky hour
before saving people from demons?
We should hurry up and go.
If we delay any longer,
Ye Qingyu might end up
with nothing but bones left.
Exactly. Just cut the crap and go.
Wait.
Take this.
Take this.
Ms. Xiwu, you must return unscathed
or General Ye will rip my head off.
All right. Let's go now.
We have to wash our eyes
after watching this.
Is Little Devil God
learning how to…
What's that?
A person's spirit.
Hurry up.
Is Ye Qingyu going to be drained?
It's not to that extent.
He will only lose some energy.
That's easy for you to say. Wait here.
-Ye Xiwu.
-Ms. Xiwu.
She's just teasing Ye Qingyu.
She's not hurting him at all.
Qingyu.
Pretty lady,
please calm down
and listen to me.
Let my brother go.
Are you his sister?
Miss,
I've heard a thing or two
about demons cultivating,
but sucking people's energy
is not the righteous way.
You should cultivate on your own.
That's the right way.
-Shut up.
-I know there's a sect.
They never discriminate,
be it humans or demons.
If you trust me,
I can write you a reference letter.
It's a seven-tailed fox demon!
Little Devil God
is actually saving others.
A gentle approach does work.
Go after her.
Don't let her get away.
Ye Qingyu should be fine.
HANXUAN RESTAURAN
I'll set up an array outside.
Ms. Xiwu, please search inside.
We'll work together.
Ms. Xiwu, I can't move a step.
I have to guard the entrance.
I'll leave it to you to catch her inside.
It's called Thousand Thunder Array.
Once you touch it,
you'll lose 100 years of cultivation.
You can't escape.
-What the heck?
-I'm sorry.
I can tell
that you have a tender heart for women.
You won't do such an unromantic thing.
I can spare your life,
but how are you going to repay me?
Sir, you're asking
while knowing the answer.
Who on earth are you?
Your blood can deter
all demons in this world.
Come on.
Devour them.
Sir, please spare me.
Sir, please spare me.
Tantai Jin!
When did you learn these demonic arts?
Are you truly the one responsible
for Prince Xuancheng Mansion's incident
and Chief Wu's death?
You came at a bad time.
You've been lying to me this whole time.
Imperial order of the three divine gods,
reveal evil spirits. Bind!
Ye Xiwu.
How could you be so ruthless to me?
I merely wanted to enhance my power.
What's wrong with that?
How could you attack me for a demon?
Are you escaping?
What do you want?
My dear husband,
don't leave.
Don't forget that we're a married couple.
If you leave,
I'll feel sad.
It's the fox's demonic hex.
Ye Xiwu,
your life
is now in my hands.
I can't believe things went so smoothly.
His Highness also wants
to return to claim the throne.
Tantai Minglang
has always hated Yiyue Tribe.
If he takes the throne,
Yiyue Tribe will be in danger.
We came all this way to find Tantai Jin.
Luckily, he's willing to join us.
Our hard work has paid off.
However, why didn't you tell His Highness
our actual purpose?
You don't know Tantai Jin well.
He's cold and aloof by nature,
yet he desires care and attention.
The less selfishness we display,
the smoother things will go.
It's good for both him and us.
Wouldn't that be using him?
He's the princess's bloodline,
so I thought we should be loyal to him.
It has always been hard
for Yiyue Tribe to survive.
Now, we're doing our best
to help him return to his home.
How is that using him?
You're still young.
Not everything in this world
is black and white.
Even if you want to be loyal,
you don't always have to be candid.
As long as we do him no harm,
what's wrong with achieving our goal?
-However--
-Enough.
The agreed time has passed.
He's still not here.
Go check it out.
All right.
It's His Highness.
Nian Baiyu, leading Moonshadow Guards.
-Welcome, Your Highness.
-Welcome, Your Highness.
You may rise.
Your Highness, who is this?
Ye Xiwu.
Your Highness.
Are you bringing her with us?
Ms. Lan'an,
do you think I shouldn't bring her?
I don't dare to disobey you.
It's just that
I've heard
that Ms. Ye throws her weight around.
She has been disrespectful to you.
Your Highness,
you're returning
not only to claim the throne,
but it's also to unify the world.
Why don't you kill this woman
to boost our morale?
Ye Xiwu is utterly stupid,
but her father holds
the Sheng Kingdom's military power.
It won't be too late
to kill her after I make use of her.
Very wise, Your Highness.
Xiwu is your dear sister.
She's now missing
because of that demon.
You're killing me.
I'll accept any punishment
for my misdeeds,
but our current priority is Xiwu's safety.
That's right, Grandmother.
Stop scolding Qingyu.
Finding her is more important.
How do you expect me to live
if anything happens to Xiwu?
Mother.
Don't be agitated.
General Ye.
General Ye.
Mr. Pang had seen Ye Xiwu today.
General Ye,
Ms. Xiwu took me to catch a demon today.
I'm to blame
for only standing guard outside.
What did that demon do to Xiwu?
The seven-tailed fox demon escaped.
When I realized this,
I rushed into the building to investigate
and found out
that Tantai Jin took Ms. Xiwu away.
That's strange.
What did Tantai Jin take Xiwu away for?
Zhong Tai.
I'm here.
Go to Chen Xian.
Send Dragon Guards to seal the city gates
and search the whole city.
The eastern harbor
leads directly to the Jing Kingdom.
Take the team there
and stop all the boats.
All right.
Your Highness,
do you mean
that Tantai Jin
may escape the Sheng Kingdom?
The Jing Kingdom has been unstable lately.
Now, the hostage prince
has fled from the Ye family.
My father will be suspicious of you.
Seal the harbor. Search every boat.
-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.
Put more eyes on the river.
All right.
Take a look over there.
All right.
High Priestess.
Everything has been arranged.
Ms. Ye is locked in the cabin.
I tied her up with Ruo River Rope,
so she won't be able to get away.
You've grown up in a flash.
Captain Nian.
Why are you loyal to Yiyue Tribe?
The former chief saved the Nians--
That was in the last generation.
I'm asking you.
I want to know your own thoughts.
If His Highness takes the throne
and protects Yiyue Tribe,
he will be my new lord.
Yiyue Tribe is my home.
I was born there and grew up there.
My family is there.
Family.
High Priestess.
I have done you wrong.
I was absent from my post back then
and lost Ms. Fuya.
I've said that that is in the past.
Don't bring it up again.
You're not to blame for this.
Luckily, we got His Highness back.
You and Moonshadow Guards
can take a break for now,
but don't let your guard down.
If the Sheng Kingdom's people
find out they've lost the hostage prince,
they will take action.
Yes.
Go.
Fuya,
I promise to bring you home.
It's so cold.
What is this place?
Stop struggling.
We took your charms away.
Also,
this rope is made by Yiyue Tribe
with the water of the Ruo River.
You can't untie it even with spells.
So what are you doing here?
To laugh at my futile attempts to escape?
Or are you here to kill me?
The journey is long and boring,
so I'm here to chat with you.
Didn't you say
that I can come to you
when I want to chat with someone?
I was stupid to trust you.
It doesn't matter.
Whether you want to or not,
willing or not,
all you can do is sit here and listen.
You must be wondering,
weak as I usually am,
why I can devour demonic elixirs,
why there would be a team of guards,
and where and when all this started.
Does it matter?
I should have understood earlier
that you were born this way.
You're an ungrateful man.
Ye Xiwu.
I don't think you're naive.
You're actually stupid.
You don't even know why you married me.
What do you mean?
Have you never wondered why?
You clearly sent people
to drug Ye Bingchang's dessert
with Love Fury,
but why were you the one
who ended up falling victim to it?
On the eve of the Qixi Festival banquet,
I noticed a servant
tampering with the banquet's desserts.
Well done.
After they both take Love Fury,
they will surely have some fun together.
However, she's your sister after all.
Aren't you going too far by doing this?
What's so good about Ye Bingchang?
She's always pretending
to be pitiful and weak.
Who is the act for?
I want her to lose her virginity
and to lose it to that fat
and greasy Prince Wuning.
I want everyone to laugh at her.
I want Xiao Lin to find her sullied
and lose interest in her.
You can go now.
Wait and see tomorrow night's big show.
Yes.
I had a difficult life in the palace,
cornered to a desperate state.
Because of your plot,
I had a great chance
to leave the Sheng Kingdom's palace.
It was you who swapped
Ye Bingchang's and my desserts.
You also set up a scheme
to eat Xiao Liang's dessert.
I was planning on knocking over his snack,
but he took the initiative
to give me a hard time.
It took me no effort to make my plan work.
Why didn't you choose my sister?
The Love Fury was originally for her.
This was your evil plan.
Of course you were more suited to it.
You're also
General Ye's favorite daughter.
If I want to escape from the palace
to save my life,
marrying you is the safest option.
You have schemed so much,
yet you still pretended
to be innocent and victimized,
making me feel pity and guilt toward you.
Ye Xiwu.
As a hostage prince,
I was forced to live
on others' charity in the Sheng Kingdom
and my own fate was out of my hands.
What else could I do
but endure and make concessions?
Let me tell you one more thing.
That night,
we only laid next to each other.
Nothing happened between us.
You're evil and stupid.
I would rather endure
the heart-wrenching pain
from Love Fury
than touch a hair on you.
That's great.
Thank you very much, Tantai Jin.
In the future,
we go our separate ways.
In the future?
Do you still think you have a future?
Dream on.
I never spare anyone
who knows too many of my secrets.
Those who know your secrets?
This is the nanny, Yingxin.
They're after His Highness.
You're after His Highness!
Do you mean Tantai Jin?
Who's after him?
I didn't harm His Highness.
Why did Yingxin go crazy?
You made her go mad.
She colluded with Tantai Minglang
and tried to kill me.
Can't I fight back?
What a feast today.
Your Highness is about to marry Ms. Ye.
The royal kitchen
sent these dishes out of respect.
Prince Minglang said
that the hostage prince
had best never leave this palace.
Does Tantai Minglang
want me to kill him?
As long as you're willing to help us,
we'll think of a way
to help you get out of the palace
and return to your hometown.
Really?
Yingxin.
Do you remember
the bottle of royal wine
buried under the tree outside?
It was bestowed by the king of Sheng
on his birthday one year,
but you wanted to preserve it.
You said that if there was ever a day
when we could leave this damned place,
we would open it to celebrate.
Now, we can finally leave
the Sheng Kingdom's palace.
Why don't you
go and dig it up?