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[Ever Night 2]

[Episode 24]

He Mingchi!

You stop right there!

Grand Prince? Can I help you with anything?

What is the matter??

I remember that you personally promised me

that Xiling will never send troops to attack Tang.

- Yes, there was indeed such a promise. - Then, how do you explain the letter from the Shrine?

I am not the shrine leader, how would I know what he is thinking?

Enough. It's easy for you to say it like that.

If there isn't even a Tang Empire anymore,

then how can I become the Emperor of Tang?

Emperor of Tang?

You are already a sinner from the Li family.

You... What do you mean by that?

Grand Prince Li Peiyan

colluded with Xiling Shrine in secret,

trying to commit regicide to seize the throne.

If the ancestors of the Li family knew

that you were so rebellious,

they would have crawled out of their coffins in anger.

You are despicable and shameless!

Grand Prince, please calm down. If you anger me,

I will announce the secret about you and the Xiling Shrine to the world.

Just who are you exactly?

Why do you do this?

What do you get from doing all of this?

Me?

I'm a believer of the Light.

I only follow the shrine leader's orders.

I have no other desires.

So you're from the Xiling Shrine?

I understand now.

Please give me another chance.

I definitely can ascend the throne.

How about this?

As long as you can help me ascend the throne and become the Emperor of Tang,

I...

I am willing...

to render tribute to

the Xiling Shrine.

The Tang Empire is about to perish.

What is the use of having an Emperor of Tang?

He Mingchi!

You have truly sabotaged me.

Let me tell you this.

The throne is mine.

The Tang Empire will, of course, also be mine.

If you can't help me,

then I won't let you off.

I definitely won't let you off!

With just you

and this broken Sword of the Son of Heaven?

Did you forget

Fu Zi already said before,

that this is a useless sword?

But Grand Prince, Your Highness,

you have spent your whole entire life

torturing yourself.

It's not me but you yourself.

I am a sinner.

It's all my fault.

I am a sinner.

I am the sinner of the Li family.

I am the sinner of the Tang Empire.

I, Li Peiyan, am a sinner.

I'm a sinner!

I'm a sinner.

I'm a Tang Empire sinner.

Your Highness.

Xu Chongshan, let me ask you.

Am I a sinner? Am I?

Your Highness, you're exhausted.

Let me tell you this.

I am.

I am the Tang Empire's sinner.

I am. I am a sinner.

I'm a sinner.

I'm a sinner.

I'm a sinner.

The Golden Horde's main force is heading south to launch an attack.

The allied forces of Yan State and the Golden Horde led by Long Qing

have already started an attack on Tang's northeastern border.

The great battle will start soon and the Tang Empire will soon be gone.

Not bad, Long Qing.

With him as the strategist for the Golden Horde's warriors

has made our work very easy.

Your Majesty, this is the latest war report about our Tang Empire.

After the war of Chengjing, the army of Yan State took the opportunity to invade the northeast border of our Tang Empire.

With the void left by the Northern-Defending Army, 7 towns have successively been breached one by one.

Tuyang City is in danger.

The Golden Horde's warriors also took this chance to attack the Tang Empire.

There are successive wars in the northern part of Tang and the people are destitute.

The Golden Horde's cavalry continues to head south.

They are heading directly toward the capital city.

- What should we do? - Yes.

What should we do?

The Northern Garrison will stop moving toward Tuyang City.

They are to withdraw immediately and form a horn formation with the Northern Camp.

They should set up two lines of defense outside Qinghe County.

The Imperial Guards of the capital

should provide 5,000 weapons

and send them to the northern force.

Yes.

I do not think this is a good idea, Your Highness.

What is wrong with it?

Your Highness, your arrangement isn't at all selfish,

but it will deplete the capital's defenses. If the Northern Garrison does not reinforce Tuyang City,

then the cavalry of the Yan Army can march straight in, placing the safety of the capital in danger.

The Yan Army is not scary.

Just with our Tang's vast territory

and the stationed troops in different localities,

will be enough to wear them down.

Yan State's soldiers will not influence the big situation.

Those strong troops from the grasslands

and their cunning strategist, Long Qing,

are the real threat to the Tang Empire.

We accept Your Highness's command!

Your Highness, Chao Xiaoshu is requesting an audience with you.

Chao Xiaoshu?

What is he doing here?

- Hurry and bring him here. - Yes.

All of you can leave.

- Yes. - Yes.

Greetings, Your Highness.

You've always refused to see me.

Why have you decided to see me willingly?

Back when His Majesty asked me to stay, I decided to leave.

Because you refused to be a chess piece.

Even if it was a powerful chess piece.

What got your attention, Second Uncle Chao?

Because the Tang Empire is in danger,

I am here today to ask for two royal decrees.

Royal decrees?

What are you trying to do?

One royal decree is for the Ichthyosaur Gang.

If Xiling's spies incite chaos in the capital,

it would be convenient for the members of the Ichthyosaur Gang to pacify them in the service of His Majesty.

Luckily, the capital still has the Brave Knights Camp.

At this moment, the Tang Empire's crisis

is not in the capital but on our border.

This is why I want you to grant a second royal decree, Your Highness.

Give me the temporary power to command the Brave Knights Camp.

I want to depart with the Brave Knights Camp.

You want to depart with the Brave Knights Camp?

Both of us know that most of the military power in Tang

must be mobilized to defend against the Golden Horde

and Xiling‘s northern troops.

Since the northeastern troops have been wiped out,

the Imperial Court has no other troops to fight against Yan State's.

Those cavalrymen from the eastern wilderness need not be feared.

Even if they cross Tang's border,

they won't have any big influence.

But the citizens on the Tang's eastern border

will be killed, raped,

and burned to death.

I know what you are thinking.

You want to allow those grassland troops to invade. The more they steal

and kill, their progression will also be more delayed.

They will be like greedy dogs, ending up very exhausted.

This way, they can't threaten the capital

and the most prosperous places of the Tang Empire.

Your idea is not bad.

But Tang State is not just about the capital. Those old and weak, women and children are also people of Tang State.

Those fields, villages, and dilapidated small cities are also territories of Tang State.

So you want to take the Brave Knights Camp on an eastern expedition.

If the late emperor were still here, he would have done that long ago.

Even though you know that the Brave Knights Camp cannot change the situation in the east

and that you may also lose your life?

At the very least, we must let the people in those areas know

that the Tang Empire did not forget about them.

Fine. The royal decrees will be sent to Chao Manor.

Thank you, Your Highness. I will take my leave.

Second Uncle Chao.

The citizens of Tang will remember you.

Yang Erxi, get back here!

- Yang Erxi! Come back! - Why are you following me?

Being crazy again?

You're crazy. I'm just going on a long trip.

Long trip? You think I don't know where you're going, do you?

You know, yet you still ask. Something has happened so I want to go take a look.

Look? Can you understand it? That's a battlefield and people will be killed.

Being killed is nothing. Yan State is attacking the Tang Empire.

Do I just do nothing?

What can you do? You are just a farmer.

Nonsense! I am a soldier!

Daughter-in-Law!

- Daughter-in-Law! - You called Pa here?

You rat.

- What is going on? - Pa.

Stop right there.

You running off?

I am not a filial son, Father.

Just let me go.

Who said you could not go?

I just want you to take

- me with you. - What are you saying?

I do not think there is a need for that, Father.

You are 86.

Rubbish!

Guess again.

Then, ten years old?

- I will-- - Do not get angry with him. It is fine.

What did I not see back on the battlefield before?

Do you still remember? When you were little,

what did I teach you?

Everyone has a share of responsibility for the prosperity and destruction of his country.

Just let me go with you.

Wife, please tell our Pa that's not right.

Father, you are very old.

What will happen if something occurs?

Yes.

How's about... Erxi, you should go in Father's place.

Pa, I think that's for the best. I am leaving.

I am leaving.

Kids, remember what I will say.

Everyone shares the duty for the well-being and ruin of their country.

If the country is in trouble again in the future, you've got to fight for it.

Just like your father, like your grandfather.

Go, go back.

Pa. Wife.

Take care. I'll be leaving now.

The Imperial Court called back the Northern Garrison Army.

The Southern and Western Garrisons have also received their military orders

and will be moving north soon to resist the cavalry of the Golden Horde.

Your Highness, the threat from the south can't be underestimated.

Xiling has been planning this for many years

and they will surely collude with Southern Jin to attack us.

If we want to stop them, we have to rely on our navy in Daze

and the warlords of Qinghe County.

Qinghe County has a hundred thousand state army troops.

And the warlords have thirty thousand troops in total.

As long as they can work closely with the naval forces,

it will not be difficult to stop the enemy from Xiling

and the allied troops from Southern Jin to the south of Daze.

If you have any concerns, just speak out.

Your Highness, what I'm worried about is Qinghe County.

Although the warlords have surrendered for many years, there have been rumors

that Qinghe County has been trying to break away from the empire

and assume their independence.

Rumors are just rumors. You can't put your trust in them.

In addition, the children of the warlords,

including the descendants of Grandfather Cui from Qinghe County,

are still here in the capital.

How dare they have vicious intentions!

Your Highness, don't forget that

Yan State's Prince Chongming was a hostage prince who lived here in the capital, too.

Descendants of the royal and aristocratic families are in Qinghe County.

They should be rewarded and granted dukedoms.

Later, His Majesty will draw up an imperial edict

and I will write a letter home.

Hua Shanyue.

Present.

I want you to go to Qinghe County personally.

There must be no mistakes.

Yes.

General Xu Shi will probably go north with the Southern Garrison Army.

I wonder if he is any better.

According to the report from the Southern Garrison,

Grand General Xu Shi set out first already.

He did not receive any orders yet,

how dare he act without permission?

The Grand General came back out of fear for the safety of the capital.

Please don't blame him, Your Highness.

Of course, I won't blame him.

With a Great Nation-Stabilizing General guarding the capital,

the morale of the army and the people

will be more stable.

Please don't worry, Your Highness. The Grand General will arrive at the capital as scheduled.

I don't think the real threat to Your Majesty

is Xian Zhilang.

Who else is there?

Great Nation-Stabilizing General Xu Shi.

[Heavenly Dao South Faction]

His Majesty arrives!

Your Majesty, why have you come?

You— You're dismissed.

I'm just asking whether you have any way to contact the people of Xiling.

Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late to turn back.

Xiling Shrine has issued a declaration of war.

Both sides have turned hostile with each other.

Then hurry up and think of something.

If you can't contact the Xiling Shrine, you should send someone to inform General Xu Shi.

Tell him Xiling has prepared to ambush him on the road.

Your Majesty, do you want this made public?

Even if the army learns

that I once tried to join hands with the enemy to kill the Grand General,

I must rectify this matter.

I thought it was just Long Qing who was leading a cavalry from the grasslands to harass us on our border.

I never thought it would become the whole world crusading against Tang State.

If I want to keep my throne, I need to keep the Grand General safe. You've got to do it right away.

With all due respect, it may be too late to rectify it.

Your Majesty, don't forget

it was your secret decree that sent Xu Shi on his way.

Your Majesty, take care.

Your Majesty!

Reporting to Your Majesty.

Qinghe County has revolted.

With the help of Qinghe County, Xiling set up an ambush on Xiao Hill.

Grand General Xu Shi fell to that ambush.

Is Grand General Xu Shi all right?

Tang State needs him right now. Have him return!

Grand General Xu Shi already died in their trap.

Qinghe County has also rebelled.

Your Highness.

Is there any news from the front?

Xiling and the allied troops from Southern Jin have reached Qinghe County.

The Western Garrison Army is fighting with the army of Full Moon State at Congling,

but there is no battlefield report yet.

What is the Academy doing?

Our Tang State has supported the Academy for thousands of years. Now the state is in danger

but they haven't done anything yet.

Why not?

I think...

♫ I'm not afraid ♫

♫ You said the light will always be here ♫

♫ Look how beautiful I turned out ♫

♫ Hey, the clouds are gone already ♫

♫ Let's pick the fruit of love ♫

♫ And wander to the end of the world ♫

♫ That charming person isn't an object, remnants of a severed scene ♫

♫ Suddenly looking back coldly ♫

♫ Killing off all the sourness and spiciness before ♫

♫ Who knew ♫

♫ You were right next to me ♫

♫ Why didn't I see it? Sigh ♫

♫ Sigh, the disturbed heart ♫

♫ Is swallowing the mortal world ♫

♫ Changes are like ice arrows ♫

♫ Penetrating our peaceful life ♫

Teacher!

Sang Sang!

♫ I dream, I am in pain, I am cold ♫

♫ Killing off all the sourness and spiciness before ♫

♫ Who knew ♫

♫ You were right next to me ♫

♫ Why didn't I see it ♫

♫ Sigh, sigh, warming one's body ♫

♫ Cooking the sea to drought and the rocks eroded ♫

♫ Hoping for simplicity and awakening ♫

♫ Melting a pair of ice-cold gaze ♫

♫ in exchange for a love; Flowers blossom ♫

♫ In the other bank as offering to Heaven ♫

♫ Eating mudane rice ♫

♫ I greed, I get mad, I infatuate ♫

♫ Hoping to accompany Nirvana ♫

♫ Accompany Nirvana ♫

Sang Sang...

We've come back...

During the nine days of the siege, we have made six raids.

But every time, it was stopped by their High Priest with magic.

They haven't taken the initiative to attack.

It looks like they're trying to kill us by trapping us in here.

The food in the city has almost run out.

We need to break out as soon as possible.

Empress, I mean...

we should make up our minds early.

We could go through the mountain valley to the Eastern Wilderness.

Then we could go around Yan State.

That way, we can successfully return to the capital

and not die from being trapped in here.

Since the Golden Horde dares to lay hands on us,

its main cavalry must have gone south to invade Tang State.

Right now, I'm most worried about the safety of the capital.

If my guess is right,

Tang State is facing the situation of the whole world crusading against it.

Then all the more reason we should attack the northern part of Yan State.

The Eastern Wilderness is not peaceful,

It will take too long to make a detour around Northern Yan.

Even if we attack Yan, we cannot stop the pace of the other enemies.

We need to bring back the Northern Garrison to the capital as soon as possible

because Tang State needs this army more than at any other time.

You are right, Empress.

But under the current situation,

the High Priest of the Golden Horde is an insurmountable barrier for us.

Insurmountable?

Little Six.

Mother Empress, any good news from the front?

Lately, you've been practicing the sword.

Do you want to go into battle to kill the enemy?

Yes. I want to fight side by side with the soldiers of our Tang State to drive out the enemy.

Being in the vanguard of officers and men with the courage to be a role model,

you are like your Emperor Father in this.

Empress Mother, I miss Emperor Father.

I miss him every day and night.

Your father is watching you from above.

You must become a good emperor.

That way, you won't disappoint your father's hope in you.

I will obey this instruction and not forget it.

Empress, here is the armor you wanted.

Take it inside.

Yes.

Empress Mother, what do you want the armor for?

A wise emperor should know not only martial arts

but also civil administration.

Little Six, you must remember

to read the books of sages whenever you can.

I understand.

Go on inside and study.

I'll take my leave.

[Memorial]

Your Majesty,

I will guard your kingdom with all my heart.

General Ma, please be sure to guard the gate of the city!

Empress!

It's just her?

Archers!

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♫ 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 ♫

♫ Even if love is the weakest existence ♫

♫ Still willing to disperse all the haze ♫

♫ Who's waiting for who ♫

♫ And who can bear to blame the other ♫

♫ Time is fleeting; Where does it go and where does it come from? ♫

♫ 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 ♫

♫ 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 ♫