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 48

Really?

It’s really her?

Then I’ve accused her wrongly.

Yicheng’s been threatening Mimi for so long.

Not only didn’t she give in,

but she also kept helping us instead.

Mimi,

whatever happens,

I’d believe in you.

Do you believe me?

Mimi,

tell me what happened.

Changge!

You’re being silly!

Why would you still care about me?

What’s wrong?

She wanted me to...

She wanted me to slander you

and frame you at the meeting.

She even wanted me

to expose to everyone

that you’re Li Jiancheng’s daughter.

What can I do? What should I do?

Then just do what she said.

No doubt I haven’t forgiven the Emperor of Tang,

but I have never doubted his capability.

Even though my real identity would be exposed,

I’m sure he’d smooth things over,

saying that this is only our family affair.

Plus, Zhenzhu will also be there.

She’s the real Princess of Monan.

It’s not going to be a serious problem.

On the contrary,

if you do what she said,

you’ll not only save Buzhen and Mu Jin,

but also earn her trust.

You mean I...

Of course,

if it makes things difficult for you,

you don’t have to force yourself.

No.

I’m willing to get information for you.

She’s so brave.

But can she really get the message out?

I believe in her.

Someone asked me to deliver moon cakes to you.

Before you die,

is there any unfulfilled wish?

After I die, take my body back to the grassland.

I want to see it being a peaceful place with my own eyes.

Alright.

Then I’ll let you be a wandering ghost there.

Kill him now.

Yes.

Execute him!

Right now A’Sun is at the main hall.

Can we believe him?

Do you have any other option

than to believe me?

I’m standing in front of you.

Do you need me to teach you what to do?

Xu Feng,

send message to Master and Wei Shuyu.

Tell them there’s a change of plans.

Yes.

Stop!

Changge.

You shouldn’t be here.

Li Changge.

Release my man.

Release Ashile Sun.

Otherwise,

today will be your son’s deathday.

Even if I do release him,

you think you can walk out alive on your own?

Protect Princess!

Who says I’m here all by myself?

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

If you make a rash act,

we don’t know whose head will be shot next.

Changge told us that

she’d seize She’er at the main hall

and force Yicheng to release Ashile Sun.

All the guards will be drawn there at that time.

We should sneak in,

and split up.

Some of us go find Buzhen and Mimi

while the rest go get Empress Xiao and her grandson out.

We get them out

and Yicheng would lose her leverage.

Then she can’t stir up trouble.

Whether Changge and Ashile Sun can survive or not,

we must make sure the rest live.

Empress Xiao,

we’re here to save you.

Don’t panic, Young Master.

I’m here to save you.

You!

Even if I die here today,

my people would also shoot Young Khan dead.

A life for a life.

Let She’er go.

I’ll release Ashile Sun.

I’m afraid I get the final say now.

Don’t you forget

that your son is on my hands.

Don’t move.

If you dare touch my son,

I’ll kill you!

I’m fine.

Release Ashile Sun.

Release Ashile Sun!

Release him.

Now let She’er go!

Thanks.

Let’s go!

Kill them!

Stop!

She’er!

What are you trying to do?

Mother.

Let them go.

How dare you point your knife at your mother?

Let them go!

Young Khan.

Please don’t hurt Princess.

You’re my son.

You won’t kill me.

Lei Meng,

go get them!

Don’t!

Yes, I won’t kill you.

But you’ll lose me.

Didn’t you say

that you’re doing all this for me?

Now,

you don’t have to.

So you were just playing the martry.

You and Li Changge had it all planned out.

You knew I would never hurt you.

So you took advantage of that.

You are indeed my good son.

You’re affectionate and loyal.

Why don’t you just kill me?

That way you’ll not only save Ashile Sun

but also get revenge for your father.

Kill me.

Kill me!

- Mother. - Come on!

Mother.

If you’re not with me,

you can get the hell out of here anytime.

Lei Meng,

go get them.

They must die!

Yes.

Let’s go.

Changge.

Changge!

Come here.

This place seems to be different from the map.

Listen carefully.

Take a detour from here.

Keep going straight

and you’ll see a door.

I’ve broken the door lock a little.

As long as you use your strength,

you can break it through.

There might still be some guards in the doorway.

But as long as you can break through,

you’ll get out of here.

We?

How about you?

I can’t leave now.

Buzhen is still here.

Do you really think I’m here all by myself?

They’ve gone to save your brother.

Don’t worry.

My Master Situ Langlang is also here.

Even immortals can’t beat him.

Really?

Of course.

Why would I lie to you?

Come on, let’s get out of here.

Go get them.

Yes!

Mimi.

Changge.

I’m glad you weren’t shot.

You’ll be okay.

I’ll get you out.

You’ll be okay. Trust me.

Buzhen.

Buzhen.

Young Master,

Empress Xiao, her grandson and Buzhen have left here.

Good.

Good.

Take care of Buzhen for me.

We agreed on leaving here together.

I’m going to take you and Buzhen back to Eagle Division.

I promise I’ll get you out of here.

I’ll get you out of here, I promise!

Changge,

I...

I really...

I really want to see him again.

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Why did you come back here?

To save my brother, of course.

Mimi,

I’m here.

Mimi.

Mu Jin,

is it really you?

Yes, it’s me.

Promise me

that you’ll take care of Buzhen for me.

We’re going to take care of Buzhen together.

We’ll take him to the market.

We’ll take him out for moon cakes.

We’ll do so many things together.

I can’t take care of him on my own.

You can do it alone.

I want...

I want candies.

I... I’ll go buy you some.

I’ll buy so many candies for you.

Okay?

So sweet.

I...

I like you.

Mimi,

I like you, too.

I like you so much.

Ever since I first saw you,

I’ve always liked you.

Please don’t throw me out!

Don’t throw me out!

Whom did you call a good-for-nothing?

You, you, you! That was you!

Mimi,

you’ll always be a member of Eagle Division.

My Mimi.

You’re my man.

You have to be responsible for me.

I’ll take you back to the grassland, okay?

Or the desert.

Let’s go home.

Let’s go home.

Help me take care of...

Take care of...

Mimi.

Mimi.

Mimi!

Mimi.

Don’t leave me, Mimi.

Don’t leave me, Mimi.

Mimi.

Mimi.

She’er.

Mimi!

Mimi!

Mimi.

Mimi.

Don’t touch her!

Why has it come to this?

Why?

Why?

Why didn’t you protect her?

And you.

Everything she did was for you.

Why didn’t you protect her?

Why?

Go ask your mother.

She’er,

it was Lei Meng who killed her.

Lei Meng.

She’er.

Calm down.

Let go of me!

Right now Li Jing is marching to Dingxiang with an army.

Yicheng wouldn’t be a threat to us any more.

You should come with us.

Let go of me!

I did help you.

But it doesn’t mean I’d pledge allegiance to Great Tang.

I don’t care what you’re about to do.

You’d better not meddle with my affairs.

She’er!

The Eagle Division were so good at fighting.

Our guards were no match for them.

They’ve made it out of the palace now.

Just a bunch of traitors rose in revolt.

No need to panic.

Report!

It’s an emergency!

Khatun,

Li Jing is approaching Dingxiang.

Cut that nonsense.

He’s leading 100,000 infantry on the way here.

How come he’s approaching Dingxiang overnight?

It wasn’t his 100,000 infantry

that’d launched a surprise attack against us, but...

But the 3,000 well-trained cavalry

Li Jing’s leading himself.

What?

3,000 well-trained cavalry?

How is that possible?

What do we do now?

- What... - Gosh...

He’s a spy!

He’s just trying to mislead us with heresy

so as to damage our morale.

No one is allowed to leave.

Whoever dares step out of this palace gate

will be shot on sight.

Lei Meng, I’ll kill you!

Enough!

Ridiculous.

It’s so ridiculous.

What are you fighting for exactly?

For yourselves?

For Ashile Tribe?

Or for your Princess Yicheng?

She’er!

You’ve killed so many people already.

How many more people do you have to kill

for your so-called “great course”?

Lei Meng,

drag him out.

Guards!

Drag Young Khan out.

- Yes! - Yes!

Mother!

Mother! Stop!

Mother!

Princess,

do you want Young Khan—

Give my order.

I want all the soldiers gathered outside the Chengqi Gate on standby.

Protect all the commanders to leave Dingxiang together.

Lei Meng would take command of Wolf Division.

Await my instructions outside the palace gate.

Yes.

You were right.

For all these years,

there’s not a single day goes by

that I don’t dream of restoring Great Sui.

And I am taking advantage of Ashile Tribe to fight for me.

That’s why I’ve been enduring humiliation.

To keep my place as Khatun,

I married four Khans.

I’m not only going to make my son

the King of the Grassland.

I also want him to overthrow Tang Dynasty

and restore Great Sui.

Except that my son stabbed me in the back.

Tell me.

Do you find it ridiculous?

Am I the worst mother in the whole world?

If I’m the reason

that’s made you who you are today,

then I’d rather you didn’t give birth to me.

I’ve been having such a tough life.

And now you’re telling me

you’d rather not be born.

Good.

Very good.

From now on,

I’m no longer your mother.

And you’ll no longer be my son.

Mother—

Shut up!

Take him away.

Get out of here!

Why are you still here?

Princess, wherever you are, I’ll be there with you.

You idiot!

I want you to lead the best soldiers in Wolf Division

and a group of Dingxiang cavalry

to escort She’er out of here from Wuduo Valley.

I’ll use those commanders and common people

to cover for me.

And eventually I’ll break through in Baidao.

Princess, you want to draw the enemies away yourself

so that Young Khan would get to live.

Go now!

I swear on my life that I’ll follow you

anytime and anywhere.

Win or lose,

live or die.

I need you to take She’er out of here.

Protect him on his way out of the grassland

to a safe place.

I’m afraid I can’t obey this order.

Even you are going to disobey me?

I dare not.

I just want to protect you

until the last minute.

It was me

who escorted you away from Sui Dynasty

all the way here to the grassland.

It’s been 30 years now.

Just let me protect you, Princess,

okay?

Take She’er out of here.

Protect him with your life.

Can you do that?

Promise me.

Okay.

Go now.

As soon as possible.

Commander!

Why haven’t you set off yet?

I’m not going anywhere.

Now is not the time for you to throw a tantrum.

Remember,

you must stay alive.

This is the only way

for you to repay Princess’ love.

Where’s my mother?

Now you know she’s your mother?

It’s too late.

Take him away.

I dare you!

Young Khan. Young...

I’m going to go in there for my mother.

Stop acting like a filial son in front of me.

How can I believe you, Young Khan?

You destroyed Princess’s plan.

If you were not her son,

I would have killed you.

Take him away.

Let go of me.

- Young Khan. - Mother!

Let’s go.

[Dingxiang]

Let me go! [Dingxiang]

[Dingxiang]

Mother! [Dingxiang]

Mother!

Let’s go.

Go!

[Dingxiang]

Stop!

Brother Qin,

It seems that you’ve succeeded

in ambushing Dingxiang Palace.

Brother Li,

where’s my Father Khan?

Follow me.

Father Khan!

Father Khan.

How is it going?

General,

the toxic has spread through his body.

It’s good that Yanli Khan was healthy before being poisoned.

That’s why he’s still alive.

But I’m afraid he can’t lead troops into combat ever again...

Is there any chance to remove the poison from his body?

It’s hard to get rid of it completely.

But after a period of rest and recuperation,

he might recover his speech and even his mobility.

Father Khan.

Father,

I’ll take care of you for the rest of your life.

Father.

My... my son...

Father!

I’ve ordered the Eagle Division to help the Tang Army

to take down Dingxiang.

Yicheng has manipulated Ashile Tribe

to constantly provoke disputes.

Many people on the grasslands sacrificed because of her.

In order to take down Dingxiang,

we have to work with the Tang Army.

For the past few years, battles kept breaking out on the grasslands.

The battlefield flowed with rivers of blood

and our people are having a hard time.

It’s been hard for our people.

Let’s give them some time to build and heal,

and restore peace in this world,

okay?

Father,

we should stop the war.

You guys take Buzhen back.

I want to spend some time alone with Mimi.

Buzhen,

let’s go.

♪ We drifted apart ♪

♪ The sand between your fingers ♪

You liked candy, right?

I’ve brought you some.

♪ I’ve lost them ♪

♪ Those years are gone ♪

♪ The promise we made together ♪

♪ Forget about it, forget about it ♪

♪ I’m the only one left ♪

Come on, eat it.

♪ For the rest of the road ♪

♪ Continue to walk with a smile ♪

Eat it, Mimi.

♪ You drop down in my eyes ♪

♪ And turned to a grain of sand ♪

♪ Your shadow left here ♪

Eat it, Mimi!

♪ Don’t ask the falling sand ♪

♪ Does it ever miss you? ♪

♪ To settle down ♪

♪ I’m always haunted ♪

It is so sweet.

So sweet.

♪ Traveling together along the way is enough ♪

I promised you

that I’d buy you lots of candies later.

I’ll make sure...

I honor all my promises.

♪ Forget about it, forget about it ♪

When this is all over,

I’ll just stay with you.

♪ I remember your silhouette ♪

♪ Let’s meet in the next life ♪

♪ Even if a handful of sand is all I got ♪

♪ It’s also a great moment ♪

♪ All those years ♪

Turns out you’re all here.

Young Master Wei,

I was looking for you.

General, you wanted to see me?

Empress Xiao have finished packing.

This is an important mission.

You’d better set off as soon as possible.

You’re right, General.

Shiba,

Xu Feng,

now that General Li’s here,

you two should escort Empress Xiao and her grandson

away from here with Wei Shuyu.

This mission is very important.

There must be no mistake.

- Yes. - Yes.

Where should we go after that?

After the escort task?

Don’t ask me.

Where do you want to go?

Loyalty is paramount to 18 Cavalrymen of Yanyun.

Forget about your identity as a Cavalryman of Yanyun.

You need to ask yourself

where you want to go.

I’ll obey your order.

Fine.

Then I’m ordering you

to give me your answer.

I don’t know.

Young Master.

Don’t give Shi Ba a hard time.

I want to give her a hard time.

She can’t follow me everywhere for the rest of her life.

Shiba,

give me your answer now.

I guess I want to try for a free life,

with my friend.

Friend...

Friend?

Alright.

I also have to go.

I came here to save my disciple’s husband.

My work here is done.

So I’m going to go.

I have to teach my second disciple.

Second disciple?

My brain is useless.

We’re in a hurry and I forgot to tell you.

I have a second disciple now.

That means you have a junior sister.

Last time when we went to find the gromwell,

we found him playing with Yuan Niang at home all day long.

Turns out Yuan Niang is born a genius at martial arts

with superior level of physical fitness.

So he tricked Yuan Niang to be his disciple.

I can’t believe you’d even trick a kid.

Wait.

What are you talking about?

How is that deceiving?

Yuan Niang was so happy about it.

She was cheerful, wasn’t she?

Well, you are my first disciple.

Normally,

I should give you this Qinghong Sword.

But years ago, your grandmaster specifically told me

to keep Yue Maiden’s Swordsmanship alive.

I was under a lot of pressure.

I also knew that

you would not have the time

to practice sword later.

So I gave this to Yuan Niang.

I hope you don’t mind.

Actually, I’m the one who should be thanking you

for taking care of Yuan Niang for me.

I hope she can live a safe and happy life.

I guess Governor Gongsun and his wife can rest in peace.

Don’t worry.

Me and Old Sun, we’ll find time

to visit you with Yuan Niang.

Well, then.

Until we meet again.

We have so much ahead of us.

Changge, what about me?

Zhenzhu,

the war is impending.

I’m afraid I can’t watch out for you.

I’ll send someone

to escort you back to Monan.

We should say thank you

to you and your father.

Changge,

you want to get rid of me, don’t you?

Of course not.

You’ve been away from home for such a long time.

Your father must be missing you.

When it ends,

I’ll go visit you

with your brother Sun.

Brother Sun,

you must come visit me.

♫ 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