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[Ever Night]

[Episode 22]

I thank His Majesty's concern. I am very flattered.

Since you are flattered,

you should realize that it's time to retreat.

Retreat? What do you mean?

I didn't mean anything.

I just want to remind you

that the new emperor has inherited the throne.

His Majesty can just give out one command and you will lose your job.

By then, what would you have left?

What are you waiting for then?

The emperor has just ascended the throne, so if he started to make a move on the empress's people,

it would not look good in court.

Therefore, His Majesty hopes that you would resign by yourself.

Resign?

Do you think I'm that stupid?

It has nothing to do with stupidity,

but has everything to do with the current situation.

You can be sad about the previous emperor's death, so you got sick.

Therefore you resign.

His Majesty and Her Highness the Princess will consider your great merits

and will allow you to live in the capital.

But if you have His Majesty take away your position,

then we don't know what the consequences will be.

You made it sound so subtle, then I will take a wild guess.

If I don't have the support of the Imperial Court, then once I leave the capital,

it would be my death. Am I right?

I just have one thing to say.

A wise man would submit to his fate.

Official Feng, take care and recover from your illness.

Excuse me, but I'll be leaving now.

Oh, yeah.

Grand Secretariat Wang is way wiser than you.

What?

You... You...

If it wasn't because they are so old,

I would not let them off easy.

What are you going to tell the princess?

Tell her? About what?

I'm the emperor. My command is Heaven's decree.

Who dares to disobey?

It's good that you have your own ideas, Your Majesty.

But you shouldn't neglect the princess's opinion.

She is a woman. She can get soft sometimes.

If I do as she says, the court will be even more chaotic.

All those high ministers close to the empress will get on top of me sooner or later.

I have to do this as a warning.

Even if I am disobeying my royal sister, I'm not going to back down.

There should only be one emperor in a country.

You should've been persistent like this.

What... What's happening?

I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I didn't expect Lord Miao to kill himself.

I deserve my punishment!

Miao Kechi chose to kill himself rather than comment on the astronomical phenomenon.

Is he on the side of the empress?

You realized it too late.

If Miao Kechi is not the empress's people,

why would the princess be forced to marry far?

I was negligent.

He was like a rock in the latrine.

Stinky and difficult.

The dark moon attacks the star. The state will soon be in turmoil.

What is he talking about?

If he is talking about the empress,

why did he kill himself?

Stupid bastard!

How dare you accuse me? I'm going to kill his family!

The princess is here!

You leave. Don't let her see us together.

I will take my leave.

You...

Your Majesty, what happened here?

The dark moon attacks the star. The state will soon be in turmoil.

Do you think it's not messy enough?

Zeng Jin and Grand Secretariat Wang's resignation letters were sent here earlier.

Li Hunyuan, you are so capable.

I asked you to comfort them.

What did you do? You forced them to resign.

Were you even listening to me?

The most important thing is to

have total control of the capital.

There is the Palace Guard guarding the capital.

There's also the Brave Knights Camp and Bodyguard Office.

Brave Knights Camp. Bodyguard Office.

They are not our people.

How could that be?

I'm already the emperor of Tang. How dare they disobey me?

They will obey you, of course.

But the problem is who do their hearts belong to.

Xu Chongshen was the right-hand man of Emperor Father.

Even though he is good,

he is not close to us.

There's another crux.

Who?

- Chao Xiaoshu. - Chao Xiaoshu?

What can a wanderer of the pugilistic world do?

The pugilistic world is just the surface.

What we need to see

is what's underneath this peaceful surface.

Do you know who is in charge of the Brave Knights Camp?

Chang Siwei.

That's right.

He used to be called Chang San.

How he became Chang Siwei

is the story after the stormy night of Spring Breeze Pavilion.

The stormy night of Spring Breeze Pavilion.

Chao Xiaoshu and Chang Siwei.

I need to see them immediately.

It doesn't mean that Chao Xiaoshu has misgivings about Your Highness just because he refused to enter the palace.

Back then, he turned down the position the previous emperor offered him and just left the palace.

He clearly expressed his attitude that day. Today is only an extension of it.

He wants Your Highness to know how much he doesn't want to get involved in the state affairs.

Does he really

just not want to be a part of the court?

From my understanding of Chao Xiaoshu,

it's hard to say.

You are Chang San to him.

Do you not understand him enough?

Your Highness, you have no idea. Ever since Chao Xiaoshu

gained a family, he has changed.

How so?

Xiaoshu contracted a weird disease.

It's called hen-pecked husband.

Your Highness, just a joke we say amongst ourselves.

Don't take it seriously.

Then you were just talking nonsense!

Get out.

I will take my leave.

How are you planning on dealing with Chao Xiaoshu?

He is my emperor father's old acquaintance.

No matter if it's me or that woman,

we can't solve it.

You are right.

Brave Knights Camp, Bodyguard Office, and Ichthyosaur Gang,

except for the previous emperor, no one can do anything about them.

So many people died in that stormy night in Spring Breeze Pavilion.

It was a declaration of my emperor father's decision about this matter.

So from my understanding,

the capital will be safe for the time being.

The real problem is in the north.

Shenyuan,

I want to send you to the northern camp.

For that woman?

She is my stepmother after all.

Now that she is the empress dowager.

If we need to do something to her, I need the right time and a perfect reason.

She will come back to the capital eventually.

What I want is for her to delay the trip.

Don't worry. I will go.

If I were the princess, I'd want you to go to hell as well.

You are no longer the young man of the pugilistic world as before. You need to be more low-key.

You need to quiet the gang as well.

Got it, Brother.

But...

Say it.

Since Her Highness called me over,

the palace wouldn't allow me to keep quiet.

I need to take a side.

Many of our buddies are now working for the court.

Since they are officials, they have to unload the court's burden.

Just act according to the old Tang law.

Got it, Second Brother.

I will tell our people to follow the rules.

Brother, did the previous emperor ever mention who was going to inherit the throne?

Have our people to do nothing.

So we just wait?

That's what we should do.

What are we waiting for?

Waiting for the empress and the sixth prince to come back to the capital.

What if they can't?

Something bad then must have happened.

[Kouweiwang]

Brother, it wakes you up. Try it.

There is one more decision to make, Your Majesty.

Spit it out.

The capital is protected by a formation,

do you know that?

The God Startled Formation?

Of course, I do.

The owner of the formation

was once Master Yan Se from our Heavenly Dao.

But after Senior Uncle Yan Se died, the pestle was handed to Ning Que.

And now, everyone is after Ning Que and the pestle is missing.

I am worried that if the capital faces danger in the future,

it would be hard to activate this formation.

♫ This life has seemed like a dream ♫

♫ Seeing the sun rise and set, chasing it as it sinks in the west ♫

♫ In this journey, there shouldn't really be any tears on your face ♫

♫ Running madly into the distance, welcoming the rolling sands ♫

♫ Who has seen that absolutely beautiful dusk? ♫

♫ Consider tomorrow the last part of our journey ♫

♫ Who would understand how cruel separation is? ♫

♫ Alone, just myself ♫

♫ Who has heard the sound of choked back tears? ♫

♫ Why are you hiding regret in your eyes? ♫

♫ Who would understand how moving our past is? ♫

♫ How can we keep this tenderness? ♫

Useless wretch!

Is there any stuff there? Just so little. Go there to look!

Yes.

Hurry!

And over there! Look for it carefully!

Hunyuan, what are you up to now?

Sister, do you know about the pestle of the God Startled Formation?

That is a guarantee of the security of our capital.

Did Emperor Father give it to you before he left?

Since you don't have it, I will look for it elsewhere.

Hunyuan! Hunyuan!

The Formation Eye Pestle?

Is it in the Academy?

Don't worry too much, Empress.

I've sent three teams and they've reached the northern camp.

According to my calculation, in two days,

the supplies will arrive here in Wei.

General Ma, they started to limit the supplies, right?

That's right.

The soldiers must be down, right?

The soldiers need supplies the most.

Give my food to them. Even a little will help.

Mine, too.

No, we can't do that.

Your health matters the most!

His Majesty always loved his soldiers like loving his own children.

If His Majesty were still alive, he would definitely do this.

Please rise, General Ma.

I'm only worried that the supplies from the northern camp

will not reach Wei.

How many cities has Long Qing conquered?

Three cities were taken over in seven days and they are charging toward the capital.

Inform the Tang Princess about it immediately.

Ask Tang to support us with a cavalry.

Their cavalry is the best army they have to protect their capital.

I don't know if Li Yu will send them out.

Whether or not the princess of Tang is going to support us depends on

how close you two are.

Don't worry, Father.

Li Yu will save us since I am here.

Long Qing is attacking Yan?

Is he mad?

Long Qing is too ambitious.

The Golden Horde is not enough for him at all.

Also, he is the prince of Yan after all.

He does have the credentials to inherit the throne.

But with Yan's power,

I'm afraid they can't defend themselves against the cavalry from the grassland.

Long Qing has lots of supporters in Yan.

He didn't encounter much resistance on the way.

Crown Prince Chong Ming's situation

is not good.

Crown Prince Chong Ming is Tang's ally.

We can't see him replaced by Long Qing.

What would you like to do, Royal Sister?

Among the best four generals of Tang,

Xu Chi and Shu Cheng are not in the capital.

The best out of the four, General Xu Shi,

is resting in his hometown due to his old age.

The only one we have

is Xian Zhilang.

Xian Zhilang?

Is he reliable?

He is the empress's people.

He commands 4,000 soldiers of the Heavy Armored Black Cavalry.

That's good.

Since he's the empress's people, just send him.

The further he is from us, the better.

But...

Pass my order.

Yes.

Immediately send Xian Zhilang to Yan.

Yes.

Hunyuan, the cavalry...

Stop talking.

I've decided. We are sending Xian Zhilang and his Heavy Armored Black Cavalry to Yan's capital, Chengjing.

I heard that you sent Xian Zhilang to Yan.

How is it? Isn't it a good way to distract them?

I think the real threat is not Xian Zhilang.

Who else?

The Great Nation-Stabilizing General, Xu Shi.

I'm not close to Xu Shi.

This has been bothering me.

This old man has been around for years, but he just won't submit to me.

With he's in the court, I don't know who the army belongs to.

You are right, Your Majesty.

Maybe it's because of his power and his age.

Even the Palace Guards must listen to his deployment.

Also, his reputation is very high. No one can touch him.

If he is back to the capital,

I'm afraid that he's going to be a threat.

I can't have him coming back to the capital.

What would you like to do, Your Majesty?

I would like to help.

Is there a way for you to contact the Shrine of Xiling?

Why are you contacting them, Your Majesty?

Isn't Xu Shi an eyesore of the Xiling Shrine, too?

You are trying to use Xiling to kill him?

No matter who, as long as he is a threat to my throne,

has to die.

But Xu Shi is currently the head of the Southern Camp.

Many good soldiers are with him.

I don't think it's easy.

I will pass a secret order to have him come to the capital as soon as he can.

Your Majesty is wise. Under your lead,

Tang is going to last very long.

Well said!

Shrine Leader, we just received a piece of secret information.

Speak up.

Li Hunyuan wants to use Xiling to kill Xu Shi.

What a stupid emperor.

If the Great Nation-Stabilizing General is killed,

I want to see who is going to help him keep Tang.

Li Hunyuan sent Xu Shi a secret order

to come to the capital. Xu Shi is on his way.

He only has less than twenty soldiers with him, including some of He Mingchi's people.

Xu Shi has to pass by Qinghe.

Tell Cui Xuan

it's time for Qinghe County to break away from Tang.

Yes.

Your Majesty, Xu Shi is on his way.

He is on his way to hell.

The way to hell is the same for everyone.

Death and life separated by the bridge to the netherworld.

Your Majesty, is there any information on the Formation Eye Pestle?

Quite strange.

I've searched the whole palace but it's nowhere to be found.

It looks like my royal sister doesn't know about it either.

The Formation Eye Pestle is not in the palace.

Maybe it's in the Academy.

That would be difficult.

Report!

Your Majesty, the princess is here.

Hide quickly. Don't let her see us together.

I will take my leave.

Royal Sister.

Hunyuan, urgent report from the north.

Long Qing's army is close to Chengjing.

This fast?

More than 10 cities north of Chengjing have successively surrendered.

Even the northern camp of Chengjing had a mutiny.

They are now siding with Long Qing.

Yan has no power to fight them now.

What about Xian Zhilang? Are they at Chengjing yet?

General Xian Zhilang led his 4,000 cavalrymen

on an ambush in Chengjing.

This trap has been prepared for Long Qing.

The day he attacks the city

is the day he dies.

Hope Heaven will bless our Tang soldiers a victorious return.

Second Brother, Long Qing led deserters and the Golden Horde cavalry

towards Chengjing.

What are they going to do there?

I'm not sure.

No matter what Long Qing does at this moment is a move against Tang.

Let's go look.

The Formation Eye Pestle is in the Academy.

With General Xian's help, our danger will be gone. [Xian Zhilang, General of the Heavy Armored Black Cavalry]

I thank you on behalf of our people.

If you want to thank anyone, thank the princess.

Long Qing and his Golden Horde army have broken through Chengjing this morning.

Long Qing is an egomaniac. It's easy to deal with.

But he doesn't understand one thing.

If just because of Xiling Shrine's support, one can be invincible,

how else did Tang survive until today?

If the crown prince can feel your confidence,

I'm sure he will be very happy.

Please fire fireworks as the signal.

We will fight them together.

Open the gate!

Father!

- Father. - How is it?

Our spies are currently checking the exact number of Golden Horde that infiltrated the city. It is still unclear at this time.

But the number is very different from when they entered.

Where is Long Qing?

The Golden Horde has reached the Imperial Music Office. They will reach the palace soon.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, I've met with General Xian Zhilang.

- The Tang army is here? - They've reached the predetermined spot.

They are waiting for the signal.

Father.

Fire the fireworks and tell everyone.

Yes.

Remember, brothers being united is strong enough to break gold.

Tonight is the night we make history.

Heaven is blessing Yan.

Go.

Thank you, Father.

My Lord, everything is prepared.

Good.

The curtain is drawn.

This is the first battle against Tang.

Let's kill these proud Tang people.

I didn't expect the cavalry of the grassland

to have become a strong army under Long Qing's training.

But in front of Tang's Heavy Armored Black Cavalry, they will be nothing.

This battle in the night

is designed for this so-called invincible Heavy Armored Black Cavalry.

Tang's Heavy Armored Black Cavalry claims they are the best.

Do they really

never lose?

Charge!

My Lord, their cavalry is well-equipped with protective armor.

Even powerful cultivators can't fight them.

Don't worry.

Something's wrong. Yan seemed to have colluded with the Golden Horde to set a trap here.

Don't tell me this is the first battle to incite the world to go against Tang.

Xiling instructed Yan and Golden Horde to join forces and wage a war with Tang.

To eliminate Tang, the first one they must strike down is the Heavy Armored Black Cavalry.

Stop.

In this battle,

we lost to Xiling.

Now that the world is going against Tang.

Other than trusting our own,

we can't trust anyone.

All of you.

Are you willing to fight with me?

We swear to follow General until death!

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♫ Unable to fly across the vast seas ♫

♫ Afraid that after daybreak, memories are empty ♫

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♫ To leap over mountains and seas ♫

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♫ Who can understand the hardships that are hard to pour out? ♫

♫ Letting time fly hurriedly, using one lifetime to wait ♫

♫ Not fearing the past and the future ♫

♫ Time is like a shuttle; Spring goes, autumn comes ♫

♫ Sighing for the withering and blossoming of flowers ♫

♫ Whose problems have been buried by time ♫

♫ If this dream is like a bird ♫

♫ Unable to fly across the vast seas ♫

♫ Afraid that after daybreak, memories are empty ♫

♫ I bear no grudge for ♫

♫ Slipping into dirt for you ♫

♫ I am not afraid to accompany you ♫

♫ To leap over mountains and seas ♫

♫ Hearing the wind and rain outside the window raise their glasses to drown their sorrows, so satisfying ♫

♫ Who can understand the hardships that are hard to pour out? ♫

♫ Letting time fly hurriedly, using one lifetime to wait ♫

♫ Not fearing the past and the future ♫