[Ever Night]
[Episode 05]
Citizens praise your intelligence, grace, and concern for the nation.
But as your father, I think
you should live in happiness.
If anyone bullies you, I'll help you overcome them.
I only hope you'll stay by me.
If I can watch you live happily, all will be fine.
You suffered in these 2 years.
It's my fault, marrying you off afar, bullied by barbarians.
Father.
Yu'er.
Don't feel hurt.
Come, let's go.
Father. I have a request.
Speak.
Release Xia Hou to Tuyang City.
You really don't resent him?
He's now in charge of a crucial military force, Wei Bei Army.
If we keep him here,
and Golden Horde and Yan State find out, they'd press our borders.
Instead of letting foes take advantage, I'd rather let him go.
My daughter is all grown up.
This is the cheapest shop in Lin 47 Street.
Such a big shop. Monthly rent is only 52 taels.
This street is so empty, without a single shop open.
Looks like a search and seizure took place.
Did the shopkeeper encounter a mishap?
Actually, this is quite good.
It's big.
The rental agency should let us sell calligraphy works.
Young Master, don't overthink.
You just need to study hard for your test.
Fine. I'll go get ready
to study hard while you clean up.
So you're Xiao Man.
Xiao Man pays respects.
Come. Get up.
Serve us at the table
with delicious food.
When you're free, play with Sixth Prince, okay?
Okay.
Yu'er, Empress kept your things.
This is thanks to Empress.
Your Majesty, today's family gathering
is worth celebrating.
That's right.
Yu'er, I hope you and your two little brothers will be safe.
All of us getting along as a family is best.
- Want this fragrance sachet? - I want it back. Give it to me.
- Here it is. - Give it to me.
Sachet.
Here. Here.
Give it to me.
Give it to me! It's mine! Mine!
Give it to me! It's mine!
Yours? Everything is yours.
The sachet is yours. Is the throne yours too?
This is mine! Mine!
If I say it's mine, it's mine.
Give you the sachet? You dare to take it?
I'm going to tell Father.
That's for telling on me.
Little Six (Sixth Prince).
Father.
Father, Little Six bullied me. He kicked me.
He kicked you?
Little Six. Stand up.
Where'd he kick you?
Right here.
Little Six, come here.
Kick as high as you can; show me.
Higher.
- That high. - Father.
He kicked me down here.
Little Six, I'll give you justice.
You bullied your little brother, not caring for him.
Your Majesty, they're just brothers playing.
Always playing.
Censor Official's son was burned by you. I haven't penalized you.
Today you bullied your little bro.
If you're so brutal, how can I assign you greater duties?
Father, I've never thought of greater duties.
Let's go.
How is it, Young Master?
This shop is ready.
Sang Sang, you're the best!
[Old Brush Shoppe]
These scrolls are so good, how can we sell them?
Then we don't have to sell.
If we don't sell, what will we eat?
So we're selling them?
Good scrolls.
The calligraphy is masterly.
You flatter us. You're our first customer.
Which do you like? I'll make you a gift.
Sang Sang, make tea.
We just got here. We have none.
I'm sorry. I'm not here to buy scrolls, Little Boss.
Please call me Boss, not Little Boss. No need for 'Little.'
Okay, Little...
Boss.
I want to know why you opened a shop that's been empty 3 months.
It's quiet, good environment, front store, rear house.
Not sure if you noticed-
all the street's shops are closed.
Who are you?
Why tell me this?
Because all the shops here belong to me.
You're the landlord?
When a shop first opens, first customer is the landlord.
However you look at it, it's a good sign.
Someone who owns a whole street's shops must be rich or royal.
Or has a powerful backer.
I believe I'll have a stable future.
Now Little Boss dares to be this street's only renter,
I'm not petty.
How about we bet?
I'm in. But never call me 'Little Boss' again.
Second Bro! Judging from his thrift, I don't think he'll last long.
We made a bet. If he makes it, I'll waive 3 months' rent.
Three months?
But all previous renters heard the rumours
and fled without their belongings.
This kid isn't ordinary. Very interesting.
Crown Prince needs good morals
so all accept his rule.
Why are you so cruel?
Sister, I'm at fault,
but he was mocking me for being motherless.
Empress must've instigated it. She wants to hurt me.
Her harming you? Today I heard you call her 'Mother.'
Can you face our mother?
You were gone two years. Father got her to watch me.
If I don't call her 'Mother,' she'd harm me.
What did I tell you before I left?
You asked me to be tolerant.
You learned no tolerance but got crude!
Haven't you let down our mom?
I'm not to blame.
Empress lets Six bully me.
Enough!
Because of your misbehaviour,
Father dotes more on Little Six.
If you or I make one false move, that woman will banish us.
We won't get back in.
Sister, I don't want to leave. Help me.
Then listen to me.
Do nothing to annoy Father. Remember!
I'll remember.
Our survival wasn't easy. That sachet...
Sister, Little Six had that sachet.
I know.
It was a gift I gave that woman.
But she likely didn't want it.
Let it go. Remember what I said today.
Go.
Sister, I'm going.
- Waive three months' rent? - Hm.
Didn't you say stuffed buns don't fall from Heaven?
Buns won't rain from Heaven, but money can.
Tomorrow, I'll take you to Orchid Fragrance Shop.
But we didn't earn a cent.
Didn't we just get 3 months' free rent?
Or stay here tomorrow and I'll go by myself.
That won't do.
What won't do?
This won't!
Rebelling? Back at you!
Who said not to take me along?!
[Tang Imperial City]
- Come in and look. - No thanks.
[Orchid Fragrance Shop]
Miss, listen. This one's the best.
Okay, let me see.
Young Master, we can leave.
We're here. Come in and look.
Customers, welcome.
Our little shop is the best cosmetics store in Tang.
Our rosewater is good for skin.
You two, please check it out.
Lady, see this imported
rosewater made from quality roses.
It's our signature product.
- Signature product? - Mm.
It's expensive, right?
What's your cheapest item?
The cheapest one?
This facial moisturizer, 250 taels.
Don't open it yet.
Hey. If you spill it, you can't use it. Open it later.
Young Master, one day I'll have a fair complexion.
Brightening your skin isn't enough. You need to get prettier.
Young Master, you dislike my being plain?
Let me see. You're not all that plain.
Not all that plain? Then somewhat plain?
Use rosewater when you go home so you can be prettier.
Then I'll apply it at home.
Princess, I found that person.
Where is he?
Red Sleeves bordello.
[Red Sleeves Club]
All leave.
Brother Chong Ming.
So Sister Yu'er returned.
Who'd expect Crown Prince of Yan
to fall this low.
One should live to the full.
Spending a life of lust... isn't so bad.
As I'm just Yan's fallen Crown Prince...
what hope is there?
Since you're back, come on.
Reunion after long parting.
Can you drink with me?
The Brother Chong Ming I knew, though a hostage prince,
was intelligent and wise.
His ambition is to be a wise king.
A wise king.
I couldn't stop my beloved
marrying someone far out on the Plains.
A wise king.
You want to protect Yu'er;
you should gain power.
Yan isn't as it was.
Your little brother, Long Qing, is cultivating at Xiling Shrine.
He's praised as Son of Light.
King of Yan favours him. Even Royal Officials
think he's more suited as Heir.
Will you give it all up to him?
You're still naive...adorable.
It's just that Long Qing
isn't all that simple.
Hades King, come to earth, save us.
Hades King, come down, save us.
Light won't be extinguished. God is eternal.
Pray my tribe
safely survives Endless Night.
Your Highness, you finally made your move.
But...all this ends now.
Zi Mo, must you?
My order is to ensure you die in the Wildlands.
You needn't do this.
You have no chance.
Just kill me.
Why won't you kill me?
We're leaders.
I won't kill you.
A righteous path can't be used to kill.
I walk Light's path
so I'll use Light to defeat darkness.
Thanks, Your Highness, for mercy.
Light won't be extinguished.
God exists forever.
The map to Demon Sect Gate.
Your Highness.
You can take that map back.
You failed Luo Kedi's order to kill me.
That map may get you off the hook.
What will Your Highness do?
These are simply things to gain political power.
I've seen this since childhood. Don't worry.
I'll go north, to see real endless night.
Your Highness!
If it's possible, can you not return to Xiling?
Luo Kedi targets you.
It's no longer just him.
Behind him is the High Priest.
See you in Xiling Shrine.
Long Qing is worthy to be Son of Light.
[Tang Imperial City]
[Lottery]
You can walk past, but you don't want to miss this!
Write a word for a prize.
Write to get a prize.
Something so good only happens today!
Come, come, come, little boy.
Write for a prize.
Prizes call you.
- Old Sir, I can't write much, okay? - Can you write 'person'?
Come, come, come.
- Go for it. - Who'd expect a callous oldie.
In broad day, he pretends to be serious to fool kids.
Old Sir, I can grab my prize.
Come here. Wait a bit.
Steamed buns.
Mister, do you want a bun?
[High Priest of Dao South Gate - Grandmaster Yan Se]
Peanuts; congratulations, you're lucky.
Two peanuts.
Sang Sang, want to buy a bun?
I don't want a bun.
What do you want?
I want candied hawthorns.
Win one for me?
He cheats kids.
After all, you writes well. Why not try?
I write for money, Sang Sang.
Young man, why not come and try?
Write a character for a prize.
Old man, don't fool me.
No, no. It's bona fide.
- Fine, I'll draw after you. - You can't. My hand's impaired.
- What do I write? - How about "person".
Sang Sang. Prize.
Our fate is in our own hands. We weren't fooled by that old man.
A good word. A good word.
Where's my successor?
Where is he?
Where's my successor?
You must do this task well.
Or we'll all die.
Also...
General's case involves
Zhang Yiqi's name. There must be others.
This way, this way...
For sale...
Hurry, kill him!
After him!
Ning Que. Ning Que.
[Old Brush Shoppe]
Stop!
What'll we eat tonight?
There are yesterday's leftovers.
Someone was here.
Young Master.
Sang Sang.
Go in.
It's Little Black's leather pouch.
Young Master. Little Black left this behind.
Where'd you find it?
In the pile of vegetables.
Bro, why couldn't I have been at your side then?
Who were they? Why did they kill you?
Was it the army or Yulong Gang? Or is the killer in the list of names you left me?
No matter who it is, I'll chop up those losers.
Young Master, what did Little Black write on that sheet of paper?
It's a clue to what Little Black was investigating.
Zhang Yiqi from Military Transport is the Censor who framed General.
What's your name?
Zhou'er. Call me Little Black.
- From now on, we're Brothers. - Mm.
You dope, you're barely home these days.
You just got home. You should die out there.
I'm busy with work. Wife, don't blame me.
Busy?
Busy to death!
Master, please.
Where to?
Same place.
[Red Sleeves Club]
Zhou'er was investigating Zhang Yiqi.
- Sir, please. - Go in or not?
I'll right the wrongs to General and innocent Yan villagers.
Red Sleeves Club isn't virtuous. Look at its regulars.
To find him, I have to enter Red Sleeves Club.
("At Ease")
We both seem to be wandering for fun. Strangers are like old friends.
Looks like your first time here?
I...
I'm Chu Youxian.
I'm Ning Que.
Come on. I'll take you in for fun.
It's lively. That dirty old man is in here.
I've tailed him here 3 times in a week. Dirty old man.
Red Sleeves Club is bustling but easy killing ground.
I can't kill him till he talks.
His words could lead to others.
Brother Chu, do you know what dance that lady is performing?
It's the Dance of the Lake.
Lake Dance. From Golden Horde?
It isn't from them.
- It's from Yue Lun State. - So many rooms.
- How do I find him? - Tales say this is a ritual dance.
[Red Sleeves madam: Jian Dajia]
Who's that woman?
Why's she staring at me?
Who's that young man?
Must be new here. I've never seen him.
Why's he resemble him?
Call him here.
Yes.
Sir. Jian Dajia asked for you.
Jian Dajia.
Master Ning, you're really a first timer.
Jian Dajia is well-known in the Capital.
Even Empress, Prince, and Master Yan Se all treat her with great respect.
What's the delay? Jian Dajia awaits you.
Hurry. Don't make her wait.
I wonder why you called me?
Are you disappointed?
The one asking for you isn't a courtesan but an old madam?
You're not young, but not old.
You look like a scholar, but don't.
I came from Wei City, on army recommendation, to take the Academy test.
Since you're studying, why are you here?
Do you know what kind of place Red Sleeves Club is?
It's top in song and dance.
Queen of Flowers is loveliest lady; our performers are top.
Empress Xia was a Queen of Flowers.
She and Jian Dajia were like sisters.
Jian Dajia runs Red Sleeves Club.
I'm unsure how it relates to me.
What's it to you? You came, not knowing what to do. Loser.
Xiao Cao, don't be rude. You may go.
Have a seat.
Now you'll join academia, your future is predictable.
Why bother with pedantic manners?
As if, without coming here, you won't be a successful scholar.
Do you know who the guy you were with is?
The son of Mr. Chu, one of Seven Elites in East city- Chu Youxian.
He has endless money to spend.
But you don't have much.
How's your preparation of tuition fees?
What about the admission exam?
How many books have you read? How many mock tests have you done?
If you didn't resemble an old friend of mine,
I won't bother to say all this.
I'm sorry. While passing, I saw lovely ladies.
I came in without thinking.
Since you're curious, Xiao Cao can take you around.
Once done, go home.
[Ever Night]
~Hey, I can only say sorry~
~You, who've forgotten time, look a bit lost~
~You seem faraway, in front of me~
~Time blinks by~
~Take it easy~
~Life is still the same~
~Hey, let me change the ending~
~Yet I can cover it up just a short while~
~No need to obsess or say sorry~
~Loser just treats winner~
~Better not meet rather than cry on parting~
~Night is long and dark~
~Don't leave regrets~
~I've seen right, wrong, gratitude, grudges, words, acts~
~I risk danger, desperate for you~
~Umbrella in old Chang'an~
~Night is nearing, talismans burn~
~Fight till all is gone i n chaos and darkness~
~See us blaze through darkness, changing Heaven and Earth~
~Spur the horses forward~
~Geese fly south before snow~
~Get drunk at a warm coast~
~Under slashes of the sword, we love each other still~