This country will belongto you sooner or later.
You can eat it...
whenever you want.
You can start with...
whatever you want.
If he eats it,
it means that he's going totake His Majesty's country.
Treason.
If he doesn't eat,
it means he's defyingHis Majesty order, disrespect.
He'll be punished either waywhether he eats it or not.
If it's you, what are you going to do?
If we are at my country...
and our emperor forcesour hands like that,
we can only rebel.
Tang's emperor wantsto depose the crown prince.
Why did he have to do itduring this feast?
What is he trying to show us?
What is he...
Father.
I don't feel well.
I'll have to take my leave.
Move aside!
It's extremely inappropriatefor crown prince...
to leave at this time.
No need to chase a tottering foe.
The crown prince has forgottenabout his etiquette.
If other officials make himan example in the future,
I'll have no idea howto deal with that.
General Guo.
Bring the crown prince back.
If he is set on leaving,
-then...-this country belongs to me too!
You are protectingyour master so loyally.
Such laudable affection.
Having grandchildren and successors...
is the greatest gift from God.
A son can make sure thecontinuation of you lineage.
But you humiliate the crown princeevery day like this.
What good will it doto our Great Tang?
Since he was ten,
he stayed in the Royal Academywith other princes.
Until now, he still doesn't hasa house that he can call his own.
You strictly forbade him from beingassociated with any of the officials.
And you completely barred the princesfrom taking part in the court.
Or else, they might become the anotherLi Ying, the previous crown prince.
Old Man He.
You just focus on guarding against...
crown prince fromtaking over your power.
But you never thought that...
if it wasn't for crown prince whodefends the imperial power for you,
then, the decline of Chang'an,
the separatist regime by Fanzhenand the monopolization of power...
will be over you in a flash.
I was wrong.
Just now, I should have...
given you...
the first taste of this 'Country'.
-During the Old Calendar time...-That time has long past!
Now, it's my Tian Bao.
Your Majesty.
In the early years,
you were so frugal.
You forbade the officialsranking three and below and...
everyone below the titleempress and consort in the palace...
from wearing gold accessoriesand jade ware.
And you dismissed the maidservantsin order to cut down expenses.
You even had a strict rulethat forbade...
the country from mining pearls,gems and from weaving silk brocade...
to curb the extravagant lifein the harem during Wu Zhou dynasty.
Back then,
you even passed downa nation-wide order...
to check the number of fugitivesand unregistered lands.
You found more than 800,000 of them...
and managed to increase the incomeof our tax, the number of soldiers...
and our manpower exponentially.
Great Tang at that time...
was financially well-off,
our food supplies abundant,
the commodity price is low...
and the people are livingin peace and happiness.
Tian Bao...
will definitely do better than thedynasty during the old calendar!
That's right.
That's right!
As long as you are not here!
" The Longest Day in Chang'an "
Episode 41
I went back to theDefence Beacon after that.
The bodies of our brotherswere left in the wild.
I'm the one who brought them back.
Only bits and pieces oftheir bones were left.
I bought a small land...
in Lingwu.
It rests at the foot of a mountainwith water nearby.
There's a small village beside it.
There lives a lot of people...
who ran away from Chang'an.
I made a grave for our brothers.
And I erected a gravestonefor each of them.
Every year, during new year,
I'll go and keep them company.
I'll drink with them.
More than 200 gravestones.
Every year,I'll accompany them from...
the first day of new yearuntil the Lantern Festival.
Why didn't you bring me along?
You and Old Man Wen...
are doing quite well in Chang'an.
Why would I bother you?
-Where is the grave?-Where is Old Man Wen?
I only understand this after...
you and Old Man Wen got into troubles.
The sleuth-hound captain...
in this Chang'an...
is just a nobody.
Every injustice has its perpetrator.
Someone...
has to bear theresponsibility for it, right?
I came here today...
to talk it over with him.
Join me.
You haven't forgotten, right?
You are the soldier ofThe Eight Squad too.
I haven't forgotten about it.
15 minutes to two.
It's lighting up.
Look. I didn't lie to you, right?
It's going to start soon.
-Great!-Great!
Pray for the Holy Trinity andthe Eleven Luminaries.
Play with your Eight Trigrams andnatal chart. Go and travel the world.
Come and meet meat the lowest depths of hell.
But we can't let The Eight Squadbecome the scapegoat.
Our brothers diedprotecting Great Tang.
We can't let their descendantsfeel ashamed to visit their grave.
You have to tell me. Who is the onethat spurs you on to do this?
The people need to knowyour reason for doing this.
No need to worry about that.
Our stories,
the mission that we have to do todayand the stories of The Eight Squad...
will be passed down tothe people through Wen Ran.
Wen Ran.
I didn't get to protect her.
Where is she?
She went down tolook for you just now.
Where is she?
I saw her.
She is beyond saving.
Sir Long is going to make a move now.
Stay calm, brothers.
The sluice is justhalf-opened right now.
When Sir Long gives the signal,
we will close this completely!
And the water from Dragon Spillway...
will come pouring in from hereand go back out from that sluice!
When the rapid water flowpowers up the wheel,
all twelve light roomswill be completely extended.
When it's two o'clock...
and the light room is extendeduntil where His Majesty stands,
We will reincarnate togetherwith His Majesty.
We'll have a talk with himabout our dissatisfaction!
-Alright!-Alright!
I didn't hear wrongly, right?
Why did Sir Long ask usto stop the wheel?
We just have to follow his order.
That's right. Let's go.
Father, is it broken?
I think it's some sort of a show.
Is it broken?
-Quick.-Who is it?
-What are you doing here?-We have to be quick.
How did you get in? Speak!
Insolent!
Where are you going, crown prince?
Are you going to bully me as well?
This is my man.
Chief of Peacekeeper Corps is underorder to investigate a case today!
You have to report to His Majesty now.
It's not the best timeto meet him now.
We have to be quick.
This is serious.
Let's talk in a secure place.
You are going to stop just like that?
You are going to wastehalf a year of efforts just like that?
What are you trying to do?
Guard this place for me.
Give me 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes,
reignite the Jahannum-dhool.
By that time,
I would be done talkingwith the emperor.
We'll leave together after that.
Will we be able to do that?
Yes.
We can walk together...
on the path to hell.
They have tight security.You won't be able to get in.
Tight security?
In my eyes,
that side is so loose in securitythat anybody can get in.
Tight security.
-I'll stay.-What are you plotting?
The mechanism at the bottom...
is broken when I blew upMao Shun just now.
We need someone to stay here.
You just want to send us away.
Will I be able to trust you?
I didn't get to protect Wen Ran.
I have to meet Lao Wen face-to-face...
in order to apologise to him.
How do I operate it?
Will I be able to trust you?
Are you well, Right Counsellor?
I have to thank you for...
bestowing this light-weight bodyArmour upon me before this.
I never thought thatit'll be of use today.
Old Man He...
is utterly loyal to the crown prince.
He did everything he can to get ridof dissidents against crown prince.
What if the people really look upto them and follow their example?
Old Man He, did you hear that?
Now, what am I...
going to do with the crown prince?
You can just kill us.
Our future generationswill remember that...
you are the one who started thedecline of the glorious Great Tang.
You should carry the name of this sinthat you've committed all by yourself.
Don't leave a legacy of troubleto your son anymore.
I am the emperor of Great Tang.
I made Chang'an flourish.
I increased the population of Tangto around 8 million families...
with more than 40 million people.
Law, economy, astronomy, mathematics,poetry and craftsmanship.
All of them had impressed the worldwith their brilliance.
I gave a woven flag toa foreign country.
And the whole nationhad celebrated for it...
and hung it at the topof their temple.
Which of them show thedeclining of this nation?
That was before!
Back then,
you personally travelledaround your country...
and personally supervised thegoverning of the country.
Back then, you didn't haveLin Jiu Lang beside you!
You don't allow the crown princeto be associated with the officials.
But do you know thathundreds of officials...
gather in Lin Jiu Lang's manor todiscuss among themselves every day?
The counsellor's manorhas become a small court!
Everyone beside you...
is Lin Jiu Lang's informer!
Ever since you have Lin Jiu Lang,
you haven't ventured outfrom Chang'an for 10 years.
You see only the things thatthey want to show you.
But are they showing you the truth?
Lin Jiu Lang has stifled allcriticisms sent to you.
He's a hazard to the countryand its people.
Kill him.
You have to kill him!
Right Counsellor is the personI trusted the most.
Are you trying to kill him...
or are you trying to kill me?
Are you really that blind?
Now,
every Fanzhen's informant...
is trying to gather military secretsabout Chang'an defence system.
You didn't play your roleas the emperor.
Instead, you just focus on guardingyourself against your own son!
What happened to you?
You Majesty.
Have you gotten that old?
We want the emperor thatyou once were at 25 years old!
You are the emperor.
You have to train yourselfto stay in the age of 25.
You have to keep going forward.
You can't be contented.
You can't seek a life of pleasure.
You can't grow tired ofthe government affairs.
You can't make excuses that...
because you had done everythingyou should when you were young,
you can slack off now!
This is your duty!
You are not someone else.
You are the emperor whohad achieved great contributions.
You are the emperor thatI look up for my whole life!
I've gotten old.
Our youth will end eventually.
No medicine or cultivationin this world can keep us young.
What do you want me to do?
Goal.
You have to set a goal for yourself.
Do your duty well asthe emperor every day.
Or else, you don't deserveto sit on the throne!
You still want to share your country?
The country can only begoverned by the emperor!
But you are neglecting your duties!
Are all of you havingthe same thought?
Do you know that my fatherwanted to kill me today on purpose?
Somebody is trying to murderthe emperor with the lantern tower.
-Aren't you going to inform him?-I don't want to go back.
I don't want to be humiliatedin public by him again.
Tell me.
This father of mine...
had once brought prosperityto Chang'an.
But now, Great Tang ison the brink of collapse.
Will the future generationssay that he's a good emperor...
or a bad emperor?
We don't have much time.
You just need to decidewhether to save the emperor...
or flee for your life.
I'll get you a physician firstto treat your wounds.
-Zhang Xiao Jing is in the tower.-It doesn't matter of he dies.
Chang Yuan, are yougoing to betray me?
Three, eleven, eight,four, five, eighteen.
It means never retreat. Even adeath row convict doesn't retreat.
-What about you?-Of course I want to save His Majesty!
Let go of me first.His Majesty is my father!
Heed my order, Chief Li Bifrom Peacekeeper Corps.
Li Bi from Peacekeeper Corps.
Inform General Chen Xuan Lifrom Dragon Army at once...
to save His Majesty.
You should go by yourself.If you succeed,
His Majesty will clear his mindof doubt against you.
You had risked your lifeto investigate on this case.
I don't care for the merits.
Besides, everybodyin the court knows that...
we are very close together.
Your action is my action.
General Chen.
Li Jing Zhong.
You are acting so sneakily every day.
You will be of bad influencefor the crown prince.
Someone wants to hurt you.So, I came here to warn you.
Are you going to listen to me?
Li Bi from Peacekeeper Corps hadgone against crown prince just now.
He wanted to talk you into ransackingthe lantern tower with your army.
I don't know what his intention is.
Please be cautious.
Let's go.
We'll go to the Grand Auditorium...
to meet His Majesty.
-Alright!-Alright!
I need one of you...
to stay behind...
to reopen the sluice,make the wheel turns...
and summon Jahannum-dhool.
Water will rush in rapidly thenand this brother...
will have no chance to leavethis lantern tower ever again.
-Sir Long. Let me do it.-Let me do it.
I'll do it!
This brother...
will have no chance to leavethis lantern tower ever again.
You need someone towatch over Zhang Xiao Jing.
It's already enough thatwe can die together.
See you in the next life.
In my next life,
I will wear a red string...
with one qian tied to it...
to come and find you.
None of you understand me.
You thought that I make thingsdifficult for the crown prince...
because I don't like his character.
But that's not it.
The sky and earth linger forever...
because they don't...
live for themselves.
Have you really understood...
this phrase stated by Laozi?
Are the descendants of an emperor...
will necessarily be a great manor a great sage?
They...
live a life of luxury since young.
And they stay in the Royal Academy.
They people they met are eitherother princes or other bigwigs.
They never lived a dayamongst the people.
They don't know thecommon world at all.
They never even left Chang'an before.
How dangerous it is...
to hand over the country to them?
Why did I share this course with you?
Because the state powerI have lies in all of you.
You...
are my soldier.
So are you.
So are all of you.
Your Majesty.
With you standing in front of me,
I can be rest assured.
-Your Majesty!-Your Majesty!
How to make sure that Great Tang...
can last through all ages?
Do all you can to makethe country prosperous.
The continuation of a country...
is not something that canbe carried by an emperor alone.
And it's not something that canbe carried by a single surname.
But it is something thatall of you can carry together!
We can only live forever...
if we don't live only for ourselves.
And by being selfless...
can you be blessed by others.
Old Man He.
I thought that...
you understand.
General Guo.
Take off this nuisance of a cloth...
from me.
-Your Majesty!-Your Majesty.
What is it?
Am I not the emperor anymore...
after I take off this yellow robe?
Take it off.
I feel so much lighter.
All of you, get up.
What is the son of Heaven?
Son of Heaven is the dragon.
A deity.
The duty of a deity...
is to restore faithin the people again.
I don't want to knowtoo much details...
about the dispute in this country.
From tonight onwards, I...
will take care of thegovernment affairs no longer.
After you ate the 'Country' thatI prepared for you today,
you have to the carrythe duties of the country...
for the people to make surethat it goes through all ages!
-Long live the emperor!-Long live the emperor!
Who is it?
You want to betray your brother?
You lied to Xiao Gui.
Stop this right now.
I can save all of us.
I can make sure that he lives.
Stay alive and live by his side.
Trust me.