Original subtitles

♫ Nowhere to escape. ♫

♫ No bough to alight. ♫

♫ Retrograde with smile. ♫

♫ Never give in. ♫

♫ Forget about the youth. ♫

♫ I’ve never been afraid of loneliness. ♫

♫ I also shed the tears of regret. ♫

♫ But my heart is still fiery-hot. ♫

♫ To the distance. ♫

♫ The miserable past is like a dagger. ♫

♫ Though my wings are broken, ♫

♫ I will keep flying. ♫

♫ Following the light, ♫

♫ I’ll forget you. ♫

♫ The memory shaped my stubbornness. ♫

♫ By virtue of the light in the dark night, ♫

♫ I’ll return it with a long ballad. ♫

♫ The river of life is under my feet. ♫

♫ I don’t regret my craziness. ♫

The Long Ballad

Episode 16

From now on,

you’re just a slave of Eagle Division.

What do you want to do to me?

I want you to disappear from Great Tang.

Only I can decide my life or death.

What you say is useless.

It depends on your ability.

Keeping me by your side

is no different from raising a tiger.

Make sure you survive first before you are worried about that.

The law of survival on the grasslands

is only the strongest survives.

Behind me

is Shuozhuo

that has been looted but the people escaped the battle unscathed.

Behind it

is endless mountains.

Beyond that

is my homeland, a million miles away.

Chang’an.

In the end, I couldn’t go back there.

In the past, you achieved glory for the motherland.

but now you’re reduced to be a slave.

Li Changge.

Even I feel sorry for you.

[Fuju Inn]

Upon receiving your order,

I rushed over here.

What can I do for you?

Follow Ashile Tribe right now.

I want to know the end of Li Changge.

Kill her?

If she colludes with Ashile Tribe,

kill her.

What if not?

Then Ashile Tribe won’t allow her to survive.

Yes.

Send me the information with a carrier pigeon.

You can leave now.

Yes.

The people dearest to me were all slaughtered like pigs and dogs.

The place I was born and raised banished me.

I felt like dying every single day.

But I must finish what I should do.

After I settled this, you can kill me.

[Friendship Light Yet Noble]

Li Changge.

Hope you can sacrifice yourself for our country.

In recent days, the county governments all over the country

are secretly looking for the whereabouts of the Princess.

But the portraits sent to the capital

have no semblance of the Princess.

The four northern cities where she once appeared

haven’t sent any information.

Your Highness.

Princess Yongan is always fortunate.

Li Chunfeng has predicted that

she would return safe and sound.

I hope so.

Recently,

I’ve always dreamed of Leyan and Changge in their childhood.

They’re playing in the garden.

I wave to them,

but they can’t see me.

I call them,

but they can’t hear me.

And they run farther and farther.

You’ve been thinking too much

so you have these strange dreams.

Your Highness.

I’ll ask the imperial kitchen

to stew some soothing and healthy soup.

Will they be farther away from me?

No.

They are your most intimate daughter and official respectively.

Perhaps it’s the best news that we have no news.

Yes.

Your Highness!

Emergency!

Ashile Tribe suddenly attacked our northern border.

Sima Tu, the Military Governor,

and Gongsun Heng, the Governor of Shuozhou,

both died.

When did that happen?

Why hasn’t anyone reported this before?

Ashile Tribe encircled the city.

So the frontier had never been able to send out war reports.

Hao Du sent a man to hurry up all the way.

It costs us five horses to send the letter to Chang’an.

Send troops right now to recover the northern border.

Do expel Ashile Tribe from our border!

Then, the troops should be stationed there to comfort local people.

Yes.

Brother Du.

Brother Du.

I have something to discuss with you.

Brother Fang, you’re always thoughtful.

What do you want to discuss?

Brother Du.

Don’t make me embarrassed.

We’re both officials of the court.

We should discuss the matters.

And I really need your help this time.

Just make it clear.

It’s the biggest worry of His Highness

that Princess Yongan is gone.

We’ve sent the portraits of Princess to the local government offices

to let them investigate in secret,

but in vain.

Only the northern border hasn’t sent any information yet.

I’m worried.

What can I do for you?

People on the northern border have never seen the Princess.

It happens that your adopted son is also there.

Although Young Master Wei shoulders the whole responsibility of the missing Princess,

Hao Du was also with the Princess then.

So one more men means more help.

And under your wise instruction,

- your adopted son... - Fine.

Just tell me your business.

Don’t flatter me.

Since His Highness entrusts this matter to you,

it’s fine that you arrange everything.

Yes.

Eat more.

Come on.

Why do he keep that guy?

It would be better to kill him.

Here you are.

Put it there.

One more pie, please.

Here you are.

Where are you going?

I didn’t expect to meet you here.

In fact, Eagle Division is not far from Shuozhou.

It is near the river with trees.

You’ll get used to living here.

Have some food.

Let me tell you.

If Tegin Sun doesn’t care about you,

I won’t care about your life.

Stubborn!

Your friend seems to be quite stubborn.

I think you’re wasting your effort on him.

He’s too weak to survive in the grasslands.

No, he’ll survive.

How do you know?

He has the strongest desire for survival.

Such situation can’t beat him down.

It seems that you know him very well.

But I think he just treats you as an enemy.

I don’t care.

You’ve never treated me that kindly these years.

That guy has followed us all the way.

I know.

He’s here to see Young Master Shisi.

Do me a favor.

What do you want to do?

Let me go!

Listen.

You’re our slave.

You must listen to us.

You refuse to work?

I think you ask for death!

Take him away!

Cut him off and feed dogs!

Yes!

What do you want to do?

What do you want to do?

Let me go!

Let me go!

Go!

Let me go!

Hurry up!

Senior Qin.

I feel sorry for Yuan Niang.

She has been homeless and travels with us for so long.

I don’t think so.

She has the best father and mother in the world.

What’s the situation of Shuozhou?

I’ve got the news.

Ashile Tribe has left.

The court will send someone to take over the rest.

And...

And?

Do you want to tell me the news of Young Master?

Her assassination failed.

She was killed.

Got it.

She’s too strong and impulsive.

It’s easy to destroy those who are strong and impulsive.

If...

Don’t be sad.

I think she’s still alive.

Still alive?

Since Ashile Sun has an agreement with the Governor,

he won’t kill her.

Perhaps he’s taken her to the grassland.

So we don’t need to wait for her.

We should find her!

The grassland is full of their spies.

We can’t do anything there.

Let’s arrange for Yuan Niang first.

Try to use the previous intelligence network to get information.

Then make decisions.

[The target has been killed by Ashile Tribe.]

Li Changge.

Perhaps it’s your best end.

Why are you here?

It’s a question that I should ask you.

It’s strange that His Highness doesn’t blame you for losing the Princess.

I’ll find Leyan for sure.

I’ll wait.

You haven’t been back to Chang’an for a long time.

Are you looking for Changge?

What’s wrong with her?

She died.

How did she die?

You killed her?

Tell me!

Wei Shuyu.

Do you plan to sacrifice yourself and your family

just to avenge your lover?

After I kill you,

I’ll kill myself to atone for it.

Do you think His Highness will punish the Wei family just for you?

Why haven’t you taken any action?

When Li Changge was alive, you couldn’t do anything.

But you have the courage to revenge after her death.

I think you know that once Li Changge dies,

your family’s glory won’t be affected.

If you want to revenge,

you got the wrong person.

I didn’t kill Li Changge.

She was killed by Ashile Tribe.

Ashile Tribe?

After Ashile Tribe occupied Shuozhou,

Li Changge was captured.

Considering her stubbornness,

do you think she can survive?

I can’t believe you went after me with him.

From today on,

we have severed our ties and no more than strangers.

From now on,

I will make my own plan from now on.

The amulet given by Leyan is of no use.

In the end,

I fail to protect neither of them.

Come on.

Li Changge has died.

Don’t let the Princess be in trouble.

And I receive a letter from Chang’an.

They ask me to stay in the north to look for the Princess.

Obviously, they don’t trust you.

I’ll find Leyan earlier than you.

I don’t care.

I disdain to compete with you.

But I can give you a hint.

Li Changge is a well-known commandant in Shuozhou.

If Princess Yongan is in Shuozhou,

there must be some traces.

So you shouldn’t come to Shuozhou.

[Fuju Inn]

What happened last night?

Why did you knock me out after covering my head?

Why didn’t you kill me?

Last night,

a slave died for you.

Take him away!

Cut off him and feed dogs!

Yes!

Let me go!

Go!

Let me go!

Go!

Hurry up!

Don’t resist!

Hurry up!

What does Ashile Sun want to do?

I don’t understand it either.

If I were him,

I would have been impatient!

You’ve been challenging the bottom line of Eagle Division.

You’ll never realize our power without any suffering.

How delicate you are!

I don’t know why he brought you back.

[Yunzhou County Government]

Sir, this way.

Sir.

Are you the magistrate?

Where are you from?

You even don’t know our magistrate!

Magistrate.

Please do me a favor.

How dare you!

Don’t you know the rules?

Magistrate is busy with official business.

Go away!

Magistrate!

You’re the local magistrate of Yunzhou.

If I didn’t ask for something urgent,

I wouldn’t have been so presumptuous.

Go away!

If you want to redress the injustice, beat the drum.

What do you want to say?

Listen.

It’s inconvenient to tell you my identity.

But could you send a letter to Chang’an or Luoyang

if it is convenient for you?

What’s your identity?

I’m Princess Yongan.

I lost touch with my valet by accident.

After the city was occupied,

I ran all the away and arrived here.

Magistrate.

If you can help me return to the capital,

His Highness will give you a big reward.

Do you have any keepsake?

Keepsake?

I kept no keepsake when lost.

But I’m really a Princess.

My father gave me the title in person.

Do you have any things made by the palace?

I can recognize it immediately.

All the keepsakes were robbed.

Where did you get the news?

You’re well-informed.

The court gave us a secret order

to find a princess in secret.

But I can’t identify you based on what you say.

I know Father must have sent people to look for me.

Magistrate.

I’m really a princess.

Believe me.

Really.

Magistrate.

I beg you.

Send a letter to Luoyang!

You’re impersonating a princess. Flog to death.

I’m not lying to you!

Come on!

Catch her!

Yes!

Magistrate!

Magistrate...

Why not trust me?

Don’t be stunned!

Catch her!

Come on.

Let her go.

What a poor girl!

Now the situation is very chaotic.

The new governor will arrive in days.

I have no time to deal with the refugee.

Be careful.

Father.

Why haven’t you taken me home?

Have you abandoned me?

If you have too much energy,

run a few laps outside.

I’m really confused.

What do you plan to do with Young Master Shisi?

You tried so hard to save Young Master Shisi.

But now you don’t care about him,

leaving him bullied.

You’re becoming more and more strange.

The more I care about him,

the more he will suffer.

Instead of letting him hate himself,

I’d better let him hate me.

You’re really strange!

Are you bewitched by him?

Shall I ask a witch doctor to diagnose you?

I think you want to clean up horse dung.

Clean horse dung?

I’m the Military Counsellor of Eagle Division.

Don’t make me embarrassed.

He has to get a foothold here on his own.

I can’t be monitoring him all the time.

He’s just a clever man from Central Plains.

Is he even worth the effort?

I don’t think he’s grateful at all.

I don’t need his gratitude.

I just want him to live.

Tegin.

Military Counselor.

The slave you asked me to keep an eye on fainted.

You’re exhausted from protecting Shuozhou.

You didn’t eat or drink throughout the journey.

You don’t want to live anymore.

Do you think I’ll do something to you?

I’m not interested in a woman like you.

When did you...

I knew you’re a girl when I saved you beside the river.

I found that you want to conceal it.

I’m not interested in exposing you.

You’ve been playing me this whole time.

Think of it however you want.

Tegin!

Here’s your medicine you want and...

The doctor said you became ill due to worries and are deficient in energy and blood.

If you don’t want to die,

take the medicine.

Take it!

Li Shisi!

I’m surprised at how weak you are!

People in Shuozhou are safe and sound.

I have kept my promise.

Now it’s your turn.

Don’t forget...

your life belongs to me now.

Ridiculous.

You want a person from Central Plain to work for you?

You’d better kill me

so that you won’t regret later.

I won’t repeat myself.

Take the medicine.

Is that how you solve problems?

It’s better than enduring a life of humiliation.

Since my life is in your hands,

why do you humiliate me?

Humiliate you?

I just don’t want you to die so easily.

Li Shisi.

You’d better try to survive.

Even if you want to kill me

or revenge for Gongsun Heng one day.

Revenge?

Yes.

Revenge!

Have you forgotten the hatred of Gongsun Heng and the people and army of Shuozhou?

It’s ridiculous that Gongsun Heng entrusted everything to you.

If I were you,

I would try every means to get a firm foothold here

and win others’ trust at any cost

so as to find the chance to kill them.

If you want to live up to his expectation,

struggle to survive.

Being able to entrust the lives of the people in Shuozhou to a Tang Princess

I can die without regret.

[Shouzhou]

In this city,

there are thousands of families.

I can’t let them down.

However,

I’ll have to let my wife and daughter down.

A’ Dou!

It’s not just about revenge for Governor Gongsun.

It’s not just about revenge for Shuozhou.

Yes.

I can’t just die.

I can’t die here.

It’s easy to die.

It has always been the hardest to live on.

Go!

Go!

Stop!

Stop!

Go.

Don’t go there.

We just came from there.

Yan’er was not there.

Turn left. To Yunzhou.

Go!

Go!

It’s the magistrate’s office!

You are not allowed to break in!

Magistrate.

I come to look for Princess under His Highness’ order.

We need your people for help.

I am at your service.

Immediately arrange people

to go to all refugee settlements

to find the woman in the picture.

Yes.

Well...

Well...

Did you see her?

Where’s she?

She had no keepsake to prove her identity.

I mistook her as a refugee.

So I drove her away.

Find her at all costs!

Yes.

Madam Chai.

Where are you going?

Just hang around.

Bye.

Your embroidery is terrible.

You should work harder to earn money.

Got it.

Madam Xiang.

How is your incense business?

Good.

You need to burn more incense.

Fragrant and crisp sesame cake!

Open for business today?

Yes.

Give me three.

You have many workers.

Three is not enough.

Nonsense.

It’s already hard for them to have meals,

let alone sesame cakes.

Hurry up.

I’m hungry.

Okay.

Wait a minute.

So many things here!

Look at it!

It’s not a charity.

Beg for food elsewhere.

I have money.

I want to buy cakes.

You frightened her.

Three coppers each.

Don’t consider it expensive.

It’s a time of chaos.

Food is expensive everywhere.

Here you are.

Miss.

In bright daylight,

will you do anything to...

Miss.

I’m already married.

Three coppers each.

No other alternative.

No.

I was afraid of being robbed,

so I put my purse in the innermost layer of my clothes.

Okay.

Obviously you don’t know how to embroider.

What’s this?

An ugly purse!

I think it’s the most beautiful purse in the world.

Okay.

Wait a minute.

Here’s your cake.

Thanks.

Okay.

Sorry.

That’s alright.

I had dirtier food before.

If you don’t mind,

I can share a half.

I can share with you.

I mean no harm.

In recent years,

kind people are bullied by bad ones.

Miss, check your purse right now.

It’s stupid that you want to share your cake with him!

Have a look!

My purse!

My purse!

Stop!

Stop!

My purse!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Return my purse.

You can take away the money.

Oh,

this is for you.

It’s so ugly.

What is it?

I even pierced my hand just so I could make this.

Now you tell me it’s ugly?

Forget about it.

It’s a bit ugly.

But I like it.

Changge.

Where are you?

Have you seen the woman in the portrait?

No.

Have you seen this woman?

No.

Have you seen the woman in the portrait?

No.

Have you seen her?

No.

Have you?

No.

They want to catch me.

You!

Stop!

Go!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Go!

You lost money.

But why do you follow me?

They want to catch me.

What crime have you committed?

I didn’t do anything wrong.

They said I impersonate a princess.

You’d better impersonate anyone else.

Miss.

Are you a fool?

I don’t impersonate a princess. I’m really...

Open the door!

Open the door!

I’m coming!

Will you compensate if the door is broken?

It’s daytime.

Why are you in a hurry?

Do you want to buy cloth?

We’re arresting a girl.

We saw her walking down the street.

Have you seen her?

The girl in the portrait.

Yes.

The girl’s purse was stolen in the street before.

She ran south after the thief.

Sir.

What crime has she committed?

Hope she’s not an infamous robber.

It’s been very restless here.

Search!

Sir!

Sir!

What’s the matter?

No idea.

What is happening?

Not here.

Not here.

Not there.

Sir, I’ve told you that

she’s not here.

My workshop should do business.

You search everywhere, and the impact is bad.

Come on.

Inform us if you see her next time.

Of course.

Go.

You’re so clever that you hid in the tank.

Thank you, Madam.

I thought you don’t want to save me.

Come on.

I think you’re innocent.

The government really makes a fuss of it.

It’s nothing serious to impersonate a princess.

Madam.

I didn’t impersonate a princess.

I’m really the Princess.

Alright.

I don’t care whether you’re a princess or a master.

I’m busy now.

You should leave now.

Madam.

If I go out now,

I’ll be killed.

Please do me a favor.

Allow me to stay here one more day.

I beg you.

Okay.

Go in and change your clothes.

Don’t get ill and stay here for a long time.

Thank you, Madam.

So this is the grassland.

So vast.

Madam Su Yili.

Do you have any cheese?

Leave a bit more for me.

Yes!

Come to my tent later.

You’ll eat as much as you can.

Tegin!

Have you prepared gifts for us?

Yes.

Everyone can get a gift.

Yaro.

Tegin.

The herbs are all dried.

Here you are.

How about them?

Good.

Tegin.

Look.

Help yourselves.

Gift!

I want this!

This one is good.

Look!

Let me see.

Second Uncle!

Where’s my award?

Where’s my award?

Where’s my award?

Stand still!

Stand still!

Stand sill and close your eyes!

Close your eyes!

Where’s mine, Uncle?

Where’s mine?

I have only one little horse.

Try to reach it!

Give me, Father!

Give me!

Father!

Second Uncle!

Father, don’t trick me!

Father!

Second Uncle!

Give me, Second Uncle!

You promised me!

Let me help you.

Good.

Interesting!

Since you’re good at Cuju, (T/N: Cuju is an ancient Chinese football, soccer)

this is for you.

Brother!

Could you lend your ball?

Here you are.

Stop!

Let’s go.

Wait!

Slow down!

Give me!

No!

I’ll bring the gifts to them.

Be careful.

Help him carry the gifts.

The monthly salary this year is too low.

Ms. Zhang, don’t be too greedy.

At least we have a job to keep from starving.

That’s good.

Yes, you’re right.

Are the looms more and more difficult to use?

Yes.

Madam Chai.

You’ve finally hired a new weaver.

I picked her in the street.

She just stay here for a night.

Nice to meet you.

Stop looking around!

Go on with your work!

What a pretty girl!

What etiquette did she show?

I don’t know.

It looks good.

Yes.

Nice to meet you.

No.

Like this.

No.

Just like her!

Just share this room with others.

You have to leave tomorrow.

I don’t raise idlers.

Thanks, Madam.

I’ll repay you one day.

Thank you in advance.

What should I do tomorrow?

[Yunzhou County Government]

Magistrate, what did you say just now?

I’m sorry.

We found her but failed to bring her back.

It’s fine if you can’t find her.

What do you mean you fail to bring her back?

We saw a similar woman in the street.

But...

She ran away.

What similar woman?

Why did she just run away?

Young... Young Master.

We’ll keep looking.

But Princess has feet.

I’m not sure whether she’s still in Yunzhou.

How dare you shirk responsibility!

Yes.

We’ll keep searching her.

I’ll search her tomorrow!

Get lost!

Okay.

Yan’er.

Where are you?

♫ The heart gradually responds, ♫

♫ gradually revives, ♫

♫ gradually swims towards you. ♫

♫ Before bidding farewell, ♫

♫ we expect an encounter. ♫

♫ Entwist your figure, ♫

♫ and lock it into my tender dream. ♫

♫ Before the daybreak, ♫

♫ through the obsession of love, ♫

♫ the longing flows. ♫

♫ There’s always a moment ♫

♫ which burns down the wastelands in my heart. ♫

♫ There’s always solicitude ♫

♫ which freezes everything between you and me. ♫

♫ Meet each other in different time. ♫

♫ Encourage each other in different worlds. ♫

♫ My longings become a cocoon, ♫

♫ layer after layer. ♫

♫ It turns into eternity. ♫

♫ The cocoon in the dark night. ♫

♫ There’s always a moment ♫

♫ which burns down the wastelands in my heart. ♫

♫ There’s always solicitude ♫

♫ which freezes everything between you and me. ♫

♫ Meet each other in different time. ♫

♫ Encourage each other in different worlds. ♫

♫ My longings become a cocoon, ♫

♫ layer after layer. ♫

♫ It turns into eternity. ♫

♫ The cocoon in the dark night. ♫

♫ It is sleepless. ♫

The Long Ballad