[Ever Night]
[Episode 04]
Grand Prince. Princess will support her brother, Third Prince, as heir.
But Scholar Officials, headed by Zeng Jing,
prefer Empress's child,
Sixth Prince.
What do you think?
I feel that
those people are short sighted.
They only know male lineage,
but forgot Tang Nation
forwent a firstborn heir tradition.
Scoundrel!
Your words insult Imperial Family!
Prince, spare me.
I, Zhang Yiqi,
am loyal to you.
What are you doing?
I can see you're loyal to His Majesty.
Or how would I commend you to His Majesty?
You're generous to me.
I'll repay you with my life.
Now you've taken control of Military Transport,
it's time for expansion.
How can the government
let a *Jianghu gang one-up us? (*martial arts world)
Yes. Prince, I'll do as you say.
I take my leave.
Thanks, Prince.
Official Zhang, this way.
Official Zhang, this southern style embroidery isn't bad. [Military Transport Division, Officer Chang]
Good luck.
Official Zhang, this way.
Customers, go safely.
How is it, sir? Not bad?
What's 'not bad'? Clear out this street.
Sir, it runs smoothly here.
Why clear out 47 shops?
I want to expand Military Transport courtyards.
Sir. This is the area of Spring Pavilion's Old Chao.
Since when did Court decisions
need the approval of Yulong Gang Leader?
Sir, I'll act tomorrow.
Tomorrow? Act now! At once!
Everyone, listen up!
Clear out by 3 days.
Why? Transport Division will expand here.
Suffer if you disobey.
Officer Chang. Chao Xiaoshu and Yulong Gang are here.
Withdraw! Withdraw...!
2nd Bro, if we accept such audacity,
how do we keep a Jianghu foothold?
Who said we'd accept it?
- Brothers! Go! - Wait.
I wasn't done talking.
Our Brothers will guard the street's two ends in shifts.
Seems the new Transport Division Official isn't simple.
Since they want to play, we'll play with them to the end.
- Second Bro, take care. - Chief, goodbye.
- You guys, take this street end. - Yes.
And you guys, take that end.
Okay.
Lord. Prince ordered Transport Division to act against Chao Xiaoshu.
But our reports show
Chao Xiaoshu isn't just a mere swordsman. [Grand Prince's aide, Cui Delu]
Very well.
So it's complicated. Aid Transport Division.
If needed, we'll send Cultivators.
Killing Chao Xiaoshu
can rid us of problems.
The capital's underworld
has only one king: that's me.
Yes, Master.
Prince of Yan State, Chong Ming, presents himself.
Chong Ming pays respects to Tang Emperor.
Rise.
Thanks, Your Majesty.
Your father, King of Yan, has repeatedly attacked Tang borders.
This time, I led an army to defeat Yan
to let citizens live in peace.
You're my hostage. Do you hate me?
I don't. One wins or loses.
Heaven gave Yan a test, not a penalty.
Later, when Yan becomes strong, it will take revenge.
My revenge
after 15 years isn't too late.
Where are your documents?
Hey, such a young lad is off to the Palace already.
Under Tang rules, commoners can't carry weapons into the city.
These aren't knives.
Family heirlooms, right?
Yes. Great-grandpa said, 'knife goes, person goes'.
This little lady has a big umbrella. Let me see it.
'Umbrella goes, person goes or dies'.
Just what are you two kids trying to do?
Knives, swords, umbrellas, and this bow.
Stop there. Who are you guys? Where are your documents?
You dare hold up Yulong Gang's carriage?
Yulong Gang? Who are you in Yulong Gang?
I'm Fourth Bro.
Fourth Brother Qi...please enter.
You people sure have guts now.
Young Master, they won't chase us, right?
They won't. Vermilion Bird Avenue is ahead.
We have to go somewhere first.
[Vermilion Bird Avenue]
Vermilion Bird Avenue.
Young Master, it's so cold.
What's wrong?
Sang Sang.
Why's it suddenly not cold?
Must be something weird around here.
Let's go.
Go.
Jun Mo.
[Academy Second Disciple, Jun Mo]
First-Senior Bro.
You came too.
Yes.
I've come to see Junior Uncle's dwelling.
Yes. It's been 20 years.
Some people are never forgotten when they leave.
It's as if they never left.
Yes, some people left
but they left us endless memories.
Still, I don't see why those people are unwilling to follow their fate
and insist on battling Heaven?
Everyone has their own path. You think they battle Heaven.
Maybe that is their fate.
People like Master's Junior Bro, with guts to oppose his own fate,
are few in number.
Back then, Master's Junior Bro could walk out of this meditation cave
because he knew his destiny.
I look forward to seeing who enters this meditation cave next.
I also look forward to seeing a person like Master's Junior Bro
daring to oppose their fate.
I already know who it is.
Who is it?
He'll be coming.
Run!
Why's it still here?
Young Master, see that interesting lion; it's not a typical lion.
This was the Zeng household.
How do you know?
"Zeng Residence".
Young Master knows everything.
Hungry?
Let's go eat.
You evil beast, causing trouble
and harming citizens. Today,
on behalf of Heaven, I'll chop off your head. Chop, chop, chop...!
Chop, chop, chop....
- Hunyuan! - Chop, chop, chop!
Sister!
Why are you dressed in a maidservant's outfit?
See your hair.
Why's it so dirty? So ugly?
Who did this, tell me.
Stop. Stop, stop. Won't you pay respects to Princess?
Greetings, Princess.
What's all this?
Sister, it's my Shadow Play for you. I didn't expect you early.
Shadow play?
Come, perform for Princess.
Quickly.
'You evil beast, causing trouble'.
- Enough. Enough. - 'Causing trouble'.
Did you study the books I assigned you?
Lack of ambition, trifling with playthings.
Dismiss these people you brought here.
And take this plaything way.
People, carry this plaything away.
And all you, who said to come here? Get out...!
Take the things away, get out! Get out!
Take the things. Get out...!
Why are you still dallying?
Still not going? Get out! Hurry, get out.
Get out.
Who said to come here?
Hunyuan.
Sister, your trip must've been tiring. Rest soon, bye.
Makes me so mad!
How'd Hunyuan get like this in the last two years?
Was I too harsh?
You always did things for him.
In future, he'll understand.
Change my clothes.
Servants!
Change of clothes.
Reporting to Princess, Prince has arrived.
Uncle is here?
Invite him in.
Yes.
Princess, I'll take my leave.
You've worked hard. Go and rest.
Eunuch Lin said Yu'er has returned.
Yu'er is, after all, your only daughter.
In her two years away, you worried and even sent Secret Guards.
She'll come if she wants. She can come herself.
Without your summons, who'd dare enter the Palace?
You clearly want to see her, yet won't admit it.
Perhaps you're afraid...
Afraid of what?
Afraid she's still upset with you so you don't dare see her.
Just now, Official Luqing came to tell me
she brought back a Golden Horde prince.
Yes. That's Great Khan and his previous wife's son, Xiao Man.
He's sturdy, nice, and cute.
I'm sure you'll really like him on seeing him.
Okay, call him over so I can see him.
I already sent Eunuch Lin to Princess with an invitation.
Tomorrow Yu'er will bring Xiao Man to see you.
Uncle.
Yu'er.
Uncle.
Yu'er, rise.
Hurry. Let me take a good look.
You got more beautiful.
But you've lost weight.
You must have suffered.
Uncle, be seated.
We'll sit and chat.
You've been clever since young.
It's a pity your mom left so early.
Your little bro was mothered by you.
I care for you deeply.
Your goodness to me
is always in my heart.
It's good you're back.
Blame my inability to protect you back then.
Or you could've safely stayed as princess.
Unfortunately...
Unfortunately, because of that woman...
I was married off to faraway Golden Horde.
If you name that woman as Empress,
I'll leave and marry into Golden Horde.
You speak like your mother-
intense and unreasonable.
You still think of my mom? She was depressed and ill.
Eventually she died. If you really remember her,
you won't name that woman as Empress.
- You hypocrite. - Shut up.
You've no right to speak that way. Get out.
Father is so heartless.
For that woman.
he sent me faraway to Golden Horde.
That happened in the past.
Today you returned.
You should enter the Palace and see your Imperial Father.
He...
is actually concerned about you.
Inside Father's heart is probably only that woman.
It no longer has room for me.
Young Master, the capital sure is big.
Wow.
What's that?
I'm hungry.
Don't look back.
It's 15 years since we met; this is how you treat me?
Dad! Dad!
Run!
Dad! Dad!...
- Dad. - Dad!
- Take your little sister and run. - Mom. - Mother!
- Mother! - Mother!
- Stop! - Mom...
Little sister! Little sister!
- I'll remember those bad people. - They killed all the villagers.
They killed all my family.
Good people can't die in vain.
They must be avenged in future.
I'm Ning Que. What's your name?
Zhuo'er. Mom called me Little Black.
From now on, we're Brothers.
Little Black.
Little Black!
Hugging me to death.
How come it's you?
Why not let me know you were coming?
Let's go! I'll buy you a meal.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Okay, let's eat. - Noodles are here!
Oh.
Customers, enjoy.
It's that good? Just spicy sour noodles?
This isn't just noodles.
It's our first meal in the capital.
How much is one bowl?
- It's likely 9 times Wei City price. - Sang Sang.
In the capital, heed our house rule.
Don't speak rubbish.
It isn't rubbish talk.
Don't say certain things aloud- or we could die.
Indeed.
It's been 15 years.
Yes, 15 years.
Time flies.
Yes, time sure flies.
She's grown a lot.
There's an umbrella. Come see.
How come, among corpses,
a big umbrella is here.
Come on. Hold it up.
Come here.
Let's go. Let's go.
Listen. What's that noise?
Right there.
It's still alive.
Looks like a birthmark.
It's like a mulberry leaf.
- Let's name her Sang Sang. - Sang Sang (mulberry).
Sang Sang, why don't you go ahead.
Tell me what you found out.
Xuanwei General Lin Guangyuan was branded a traitor.
There are witnesses and evidence.
Even the Emperor can't retry him.
That's how I see it. Remember your words?
Sure. Good people can't die in vain.
Good people can't die in vain.
My coming here for the Academy test started with him.
If I can't Cultivate Qi, I can't defeat him.
In this world, many good people die.
I later saw a poster about the village slaughter.
It said, "Yan foes entered Yellow Wind Hill;
north Tang troops retaliated". Yan people are farmers
but were wrongly killed as bad guys.
The same group slaughtered your village and General's household.
Can't I get revenge?
Revenge- revenge must be taken. First take Sang Sang away.
Live a good life. Regarding revenge,
- I'll handle it. - Am I even a Bro to you?
- Of course. - Then stop this rot.
Any other clues? Speak up.
There's another thing.
Xia Hou, that thief- I know when he sleeps, wakes; what he eats, drinks;
when he goes to the toilet.
Good enough, Bro.
To get this info, I had to become an army spy.
I exchanged my life to get this info.
Your life is my life.
Your life is also my life.
I'll tell you a secret.
Other than being a spy,
I infiltrated top gang, Yulong.
You can say, I beat them all!
Brother. Wait till I finish taking the exam.
With me as a Disciple under Fu Zi, we'd be a force to reckon with.
- Ning Que. - Don't worry about me.
As a military spy, be extra careful.
Don't let that Goldfish Gang learn your identity.
It's Yulong Gang. Chief even saved my life.
Sure you want to be in a gang?
Never mind that. Come, drink.
I come from the mountains.
I want to take your life.
I come from the riverside.
I want to take your life.
I come from the plains.
I want to take your life.
I come from a small village in Yan.
I want to take your life.
I come from General's empty Chang'an manor.
I want to take your life.
~I come from the mountains~
~I want to take your life~
~I come from the plains~
~I want to take your life~
~I come from Yan, you come from Chang An~
~I want to take your life~
~I come from General's empty Chang'an manor~
~I want to take your life~
~la la la, I want to take your life~
[3rd Prince's Residence]
You're laughing?
I'm not.
I'll make you laugh.
Your Highness, calm down...
I was wrong, I was wrong...
You laughed too.
I'm not. I'm tired.
Tired?
Sister taught me-
a royal prince must persevere and have a clear mind.
Especially no crying.
But you can cry for me instead.
Your Highness.
Your Highness, calm down.
He's...he's Yu Shitai's young master.
I'm future emperor.
If I want, someone must die.
Even if my sister returned today, who'd I fear?
Go to hell.
Go.
Go quickly.
You all go to hell.
I said to find an inn. How dear can it be?
The Academy test won't end in a few days.
You plan to sleep on the streets?
Young Master, didn't you hear?
A month's stay at the Academy is 300 taels.
We can't even raise 130 taels.
Don't mention an inn.
We mightn't eat.
This won't do.
I have an idea.
Young Master, your writing is good. Why not sell your work?
What are you saying?
How can I?
It's calligraphy. Do you understand it? It won't sell.
Won't sell, won't sell.
No place to stay, no money for food.
Just return to Wei City?
What the heck?
Tell me where to sell.
You want me to spruik "calligraphy for sale". How's that differentiate us?
There should at least be a sign.
Sign! A sign is needed.
Tomorrow at daylight, we'll look for one.
Finding a sign won't be easy.
Your writing looks so nice.
It should hang outside a door to sell.
Go to sleep.
[ Yulong/Fish-Dragon Gang ]
Chief, you're looking for me?
Sit.
Zhuo'er, you're an army man, aren't you?
Since you know my identity...
make your move.
Since I saved you, I trust you.
I invited you today to say,
the military want info about me.
You can tell them everything.
But...
Relax. I never back a loser.
I want you to gain their trust. Be a good army spy.
This is very important to Yulong Gang.
Because...
I want you to help me find a person.
His right hand has a sword cut that won't heal for a while.
Don't worry, Second Bro.
As long as he's in the capital,
I have ways to find him.
You really can?
I can.
Even though the drawing is like this?
Be careful.
Don't worry, Second Bro.
Surround it.
Take a white piece.
Father, this is a statue I made you.
How'd you do a beard?
See. Look like your dad?
It does, it really does.
Good. Give me a kiss.
Let's go.
Father.
Yu'er.
You kept all these items?
These are my treasures.
See. This is an outfit you wore when little.
And this–
When you were small, you made this.
And this letter was from your birthday.
I wrote this myself.
I hope you can live like an ordinary girl,
carefree and always happy.
But I'm not an ordinary girl.
I am Tang Princess, Tang Emperor's daughter.
Citizens praise you
as gracious and intelligent, caring about the nation.
But as a father, I only hope
you needn't worry.
My daughter
should be happy.
If anyone bullies you,
I will help you retaliate.
[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 only a short while~
Don't 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 nears; talismans burn~
~Fight till all is gone in 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~