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♫ 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 46

I’m surprised you hit Crown Prince for me.

Thanks.

Why are you here?

Did you ask the Tang Emperor to lock us together?

I’m here to get you out.

You’ll be able to leave soon.

Me?

How about you?

You...

What would it take to free you?

She’er.

Before you leave,

there’s something I’d like to tell you.

I didn’t kill your wolf.

All these years,

that’s the only thing I can’t forgive Father Khan.

He didn’t want us to bond with each other.

Only our rivalry is in the best interest of his reign.

So he had your wolf cub killed,

made a quiver from its skin and gave it to me.

Why wait to tell me now?

I just want you to know it.

What?

Are you afraid this is your only chance?

Or do you think I couldn’t take the truth?

Could you?

Even if you could,

would you dare to stand up to him?

She’er.

for the grassland,

one of us must stand up and do it.

And that is me.

Sun.

What are you going to do?

I believe you all recognize Mu Jin of the Eagle Division.

He’s been lurking in Dingxiang for days,

plotting a rebellion.

The Ashile Tribe has been relocated to Dingxiang.

You should always keep it in mind.

Swear your loyalty here.

This is how traitors will end up.

Don’t worry.

I won’t let you die before your master is here.

I won’t blink an eye if you want to kill me.

[Fine Prospects]

Mother.

I thought you would never come here.

I am and will always be your son.

If we don’t agree with each other,

we will only end drifting away from each other.

Mother.

During these days in the prison,

I kept thinking about the old days.

I slept in your arms every day as a little boy.

You were always there for me.

We didn’t have to fight for anything,

nor did we worry or fear anything.

It was the happiest time.

But this happiest time in your memory

is nothing but fragile.

One word from your Uncle Khan

and it would be destroyed.

I’m doing all these

for the future.

No one will separate us again.

Only when both of us

become truly strong,

we can find peace.

Do you understand?

Let’s go.

Go home with me.

Your Majesty.

A princess of Great Tang

pretended to be the Mobei Princess

I wonder if it is your arrangement?

I really wish it was my arrangement.

It’s a shame that this princess

would rather be the Mobei Princess

than come back to Chang’an.

[Aspire for Virtue and Eliminate Doubts]

Envoys

whatever between me and Great Tang is personal.

It’s complicated,

which I won’t tell to save your time.

Now that I’m here on behalf of Mobei,

it means it is authorized by King of Mobei,

which I believe you all know.

That’s true.

The King of Mobei has reached an agreement with my father

to make an alliance with Great Tang.

Also,

as for how I’m going to deal with the princess,

I don’t think I need to explain it to you.

Is this princess’s identity...

the key to the alliance?

That’s not the case.

It’s indeed the family affair of Great Tang.

It has nothing to do with us.

All I want to ask is...

since Your Majesty has released Young Khan...

and have a deal with Ashile Tribe,

why did you pretend to form an alliance with the desert?

[Aspire for Virtue and Eliminate Doubts]

[Southern Desert]

[Northern Desert]

Could it be...

a list of our people who were abducted by the Ashile Tribe?

There’s a list?

Even before the alliance is formed,

we have been planning to get your captives back for you.

Envoys, this is a list of captives kept by the Ashile Tribe,

without anyone left out.

Your Majesty, is this why you freed Young Khan?

Young Khan attempted to assassinate the Crown Prince.

He sent someone to kill the Crown Prince’s attendant.

If it weren’t for the list,

why would I release

the culprit who committed such a serious crime?

This Treaty of Alliance will be valid forever.

If you don’t want to sign it for now,

I will not force you.

Those who don’t want to join the alliance...

don’t have to worry either.

I will still send your people home safe and sound.

If we don’t sign it,

will we still be able to leave here?

- That’s right. - That’s right.

You can leave as you please.

Instead of stopping you, we’ll send soldiers to escort you.

It’s a long trip.

It will take a long time for you to return to your hometown.

By the time you get home,

you will find your people once imprisoned are already there.

So they’ve already sent them back.

I promise whether you sign the treaty or not,

you’ll have nothing to worry about.

For those who sign the treaty,

shall you need our help in the future,

you will have our full support.

- That’s great. - What a relief to hear that.

Yes, that’d be great.

I, Zhixi, almost died.

Speaking of which,

I guess I do owe Great Tang a debt of gratitude.

I believe you.

I, Tiele Tribe,

is willing to sign the Treaty of Alliance.

[Aspire for Virtue and Eliminate Doubts]

Monan will join the alliance too.

Princess, if you’re afraid of pain,

we’ve prepared a red seal.

Everyone, we’re here in Great Tang to form an alliance.

Do you plan to go home empty-handed?

Let’s form an alliance.

Yes.

[Aspire for Virtue and Eliminate Doubts]

[Aspire for Virtue and Eliminate Doubts]

[Aspire for Virtue and Eliminate Doubts]

This...

Great Tang and all the tribes...

made a blood oath today.

From now on, regardless of any disaster or wars,

Great Tang and all the tribes will work together.

I’ll never break the promise.

Mimi.

If you want to leave,

I’ll find a way to transfer you away from Mother.

There’s no need.

Why?

I’m staying with Khatun.

There’s someone I want to see.

Once we arrive at Dingxiang,

I’ll protect you.

Changge.

I know you hate me.

But I’m still your second uncle.

If you want,

I’ll put you down as a daughter of the empress,

Just like Leyan, you’ll be honored as a princess.

You can lead a carefree life in Chang’an.

No one will force you to marry

or do anything you don’t like.

Is this why you let A’Sun go to Dingxiang alone,

facing the unknown?

So that I will lead a carefree life?

That is Tegin Sun’s own decision.

You should know why he did it.

I don’t want a glamorous life in Chang’an

or the title of a princess.

Wherever A’Sun is, I’ll follow him there.

Dingxiang will be a dangerous place soon.

I can’t let you take another risk.

Changge, you’re home now.

I won’t let you leave again.

Home?

As far as your administration is concerned,

I’m a snake in the grass.

Why do you want me to stay?

Or is it

that you’re trying to make up to me

to feel better about yourself?

Make up to you?

I’m doing it because this is your mother’s last wish.

She wanted you to be safe.

This is the only thing she asked of me before she died.

Mother?

I knew this day would come.

I’ll have you and Changge escorted away.

No matter what life you’d like to lead,

I’ll make sure you have it.

Under this circumstance,

you’re still as considerate as in the old days.

However,

I won’t be able to enjoy it anymore.

Madam, please don’t say this.

Politics is by nature very complicated.

Even if you hadn’t done it,

we might be facing the same result.

No.

My conscience won’t leave me alone.

That day,

it was me who wrote you the letter.

I knew

I could never go back then.

Crown Prince didn’t love me,

but he did treat me well.

Yet I betrayed him.

It was not my intention to kill him.

If you hadn’t kill him,

you would have been killed.

It’s about the country and the throne.

I’m just a woman.

What can I say?

Back then,

you saved my life.

You take care of Changge like your own daughter.

You taught her how to survive.

You’re like a father to her.

I saw it all.

Now, with what I’ve done,

I’ve repaid your kindness.

But the Crown Prince...

How will I repay the Crown Prince?

But...

I still need to thank you.

Don’t be impulsive.

Don’t come closer.

Promise me.

You have to protect Changge.

Make sure she’s safe forever.

Let her live happily.

Let her do whatever she wants.

Don’t let her get married if she doesn’t want to get married.

Don’t let her suffer.

Promise me.

I promise. Don’t be impulsive!

Now,

I don’t owe anyone anymore.

A’Jin!

It’s either my father...

or you,

no matter which of you died,

my mother wouldn’t be able to live, right?

Where’s the letter?

Where is it?

I want to see it.

I burned it.

I can’t keep it as an evidence.

That letter...

was your mother’s way of returning my favor.

In that difficult situation,

she chose to kill herself for closure.

In my entire life, I have nothing to be ashamed of.

However, whenever I think of her,

my heart would ache so much.

Changge, believe it or not,

I’ve never ever wanted to kill you.

I’ve always wanted to protect you, but I couldn’t find you.

In that complicated situation, I was snowed under with work.

that I wasn’t able to keep track of a lot of things.

It was only till later I knew about what you’d been through,

and the sacrifices you’d made for Great Tang.

I feel so sorry for you.

Changge, please stay.

Let me take care of you.

If I was given a second chance to choose,

I would make the same decision.

I’m willing to sacrifice myself for the Great Tang people,

but I’ll never allow those who love me sacrifice themselves for me.

I must go to Dingxiang.

I’m supposed to be pleased to hear it.

But now,

the war with Ashile Tribe will be triggered at any moment.

If you must go to Dingxiang,

I’m afraid I’ll have to...

disappoint your mother.

After you leave,

perhaps you and I...

Forget it.

You and I are not...

an uncle and a niece in an ordinary family.

We can’t seek...

the simplest form of happiness.

You’re all grown up now.

You need to choose the path for yourself.

There’s no point for me to advise you.

Child, take care.

I’ll be here waiting for you.

This will always be your home.

Second Uncle.

Yes.

It’s true that you killed my father.

It’s also true that you’re my second uncle.

If you’re being cruel to the people one day,

I’ll come back for you.

Sure.

A’Jin.

Your daughter takes after you.

Your Majesty.

Princess Yongning had this brought to you when she left just now.

Mother.

It turns out that you were the one who made that choice.

It hurts me that you went through all this alone.

I’m sorry I only come to know it now.

I’m here today to say goodbye.

I’m going to save the man I love.

You would support me, right?

[Memorial Tablet of Madam Jin]

[Letter of Proposing Marriage]

Madam Jin.

I, Ashile Sun,

would like to marry your daughter, Li Changge,

and spend the rest of our lives together.

I swear with my life.

I’ll protect Changge.

Care for and love her till the end of time.

I’ll defend her freedom,

make her happy,

and never abandon her.

Sincerely, Ashile Sun.

So he has already visited you.

[Memorial Tablet of Madam Jin]

[Memorial Tablet of Madam Jin]

Mother.

This first cup

is for me getting married.

This second cup

I’m proposing a toast on behalf of A’Sun.

[Memorial Tablet of Madam Jin]

[Memorial Tablet of Madam Jin]

The third cup.

Mother.

Ashile Sun...

will be my husband from now on.

I hope you acknowledge the same

and keep A’Sun safe.

[Dingxiang]

- Young Khan. - Young Khan.

[May Blessings Abound]

What do you mean?

Commander Lei said that Great Khan is very sick.

No one is allowed to go in.

Who is Commander Lei?

Who am I?

Young Khan, please.

[May Blessings Abound]

Hurry, go inform Commander Lei.

Yes.

Uncle Khan!

It’s me, She’er.

Uncle Khan.

What’s wrong with you?

Uncle Khan.

I’m She’er.

Don’t you recognize me?

Okay, I’ll leave.

Leave us alone.

Yes.

Compared to before,

you’re much more pleasing to the eyes.

Thank you for training me, Master.

As long as you listen to me,

I’ll let you meet your brother.

Thank you, Master.

But remember,

now we’ve returned to Dingxiang.

You must not make another mistake.

If you don’t listen to me,

don’t even dream of meeting your brother again.

No.

I promise I’ll be good.

Princess, Young Khan went to visit

Great Khan the minute he came back.

Well, I guess no one can stop him.

Let him be.

Do be more careful from now on,

in case of some unnecessary accidents.

Yes.

Your Highness.

Look how freely it flies.

Your Highness!

What are you doing?

Your Highness.

Be a good boy and stay where you are.

Buzhen!

- Your Highness! - Come with me.

Let go of me.

You...

Buzhen!

Sister!

Sister.

[Dazzling Scenery]

Buzhen.

Buzhen, let me see you.

Sister.

Yes.

Your finger.

I don’t know why...

they wanted to chop my finger off.

His Highness Sui saved me

I’m fine.

That’s good.

That’s good.

Commander Lei, news from the western front.

Don’t worry, Sister.

I’m all right.

Don’t cry.

Don’t cry.

Take Buzhen back.

Yes.

Buzhen!

Sister!

Buzhen!

Sister!

- Buzhen! - Sister!

Come with me.

Let go of me.

- Sister. - Buzhen.

Time for you to go back.

Young Khan, why are you here?

Open the door for me.

But...

but...

but Khatun has ordered that...

What?

My words don’t work here in Dingxiang?

Young Khan, don’t be angry.

Inform the rest

not to report to Khatun that I came today.

Yes, I understand.

I won’t allow the rest to talk nonsense.

Take me to Ashile Sun.

Yes.

Open the door.

Yes.

Young Khan, please.

[All the tribes in the desert entered a treaty with Great Tang.]

[All parties will work hand in hand when there are battles.]

[Be Kind and Courteous]

To the dungeon.

I’ll go talk to Ashile Sun.

I can go there alone.

Yes.

When did you start

to enjoy drinking at the prison?

I enjoy watching you having a hard time in prison.

No snacks in Dingxiang is on par with you.

I don’t want to talk to you.

Drink up and go.

I don’t want your mother to find out.

So what if I come here?

There’s nothing to hide from her.

Your facial expression says otherwise.

Shut up.

I saw Great Khan.

How is he?

He’s sick.

It’s just as Mother said.

He’s so sick that he can’t even recognize people.

He even chased me out.

Do you really believe that...

Great Khan got sick overnight?

Why don’t you?

Stop alienating me from my mother.

I like to see uncle like this

because my mother doesn’t have to tread on eggshells now.

Isn’t it nice that she can see me whenever she wants?

Don’t lie to yourself, She’er!

If you truly believe it,

why are you here drinking with me?

Young Khan.

Young Khan.

Khatun is here.

You should go.

He’s right, Young Khan.

I’ve let you in against Khatun’s order.

If she finds out about it,

then even if I’ve got ten lives...

Calm down.

I’ll leave through the back door.

All right.

I’ll show you out.

Keep your mouth shut

and you won’t lose your head.

I understand.

Please.

Young Khan, let’s hurry.

Here.

Hurry up.

Young Khan.

I know the way. You can leave now.

Otherwise, Khatun will be suspicious.

Thank you, Young Khan.

Greetings, Khatun.

Why are you here?

I...

I asked him here.

I want wine.

Get me more.

Do you think

we’re at your Eagle Division?

Leave us alone.

Yes.

The used-to-be mighty God of War on the grassland

is now locked in this dark dungeon.

To be honest,

I kind of feel sorry for you.

Just get to the point.

Save the small talk.

Ashile Sun, you’re indeed smart.

No wonder your Father Khan likes you.

Father Khan likes She’er, too.

Without a mother who is a plotter,

She’er will gain recognition on the grasslands sooner or later

with his own capability.

How I help my son establish himself

is none of your business.

Your love for him has led you

on the wrong track after all.

I won’t argue with you today.

I’m here to negotiate with you.

Negotiate?

Tang has allied with the other tribes.

They will attack Dingxiang very soon.

Yicheng.

You’re in no position to negotiate with me.

Since you’ve guessed it,

I’ll be straight with you.

You’re smart.

A wise man submits to the circumstances.

If you lead your Eagle Division to fight for the grassland,

I promise I’ll keep you alive.

I won’t be leading the Eagle Division to fight for the grassland,

We’ll be fighting for you

and the previous dynasty, the Sui Dynasty.

If I’m right,

ever since the Khan’s Tent refused to give us the gromwell...

No.

Probably prior to that.

The master of the Khan’s Tent is no longer my Father Khan

but you, Khatun.

The plague, the attack from the Bear Division in Mobei,

and my Father Khan’s illness,

you’re behind all of these.

You’ve given me no choice.

Have I?

If you are dead,

She’er will no longer be threatened on the grassland.

Ashile Sun.

Aren’t you very nice to your friends?

Now it’s time to be nice to your brother.

I won’t help him,

nor will I ever help you.

Fine.

Bring Mu Jin here.

Mu Jin.

Mu Jin!

Yicheng!

He withheld the intelligence

and sneaked in here without reporting,

which is a capital offense.

The only reason I’ve spared him is because of you.

Take him away.

- Yes. - Yes.

Mu Jin.

Okay, I’ll do it,

on two conditions.

What are they?

First, cure Mu Jin.

Second, cure my Father Khan.

That’s a lot to ask.

I can promise you to cure Mu Jin.

As for your Father Khan,

when the Eagle Division wins the war for me,

Then I will let you reunite with your father.

You finally admit it.

So my Father Khan is sick because of 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