[Ever Night]
[Episode 34]
[Old Brush Shoppe]
Young Master, let me tell you.
That old man is so stubborn,
wanting me to be his Student.
Isn't that funny?
He said he'll teach me Divine Skill.
Once I learn it, I can help you to fight.
Before, Young Master always protected Sang Sang.
From now on, Sang Sang can protect Young Master.
Amazing, right?
I must seek justice for those dead disciples.
Are you alright?
I'm fine.
But battling bandits depleted my Psychic Power.
Zhi Hua.
- I want to rest. - Okay.
Take a break.
Inspect new people. Punish any spies.
Put more guards on patrol on two-hourly shifts.
By the way, on the rooftop, place guards and archers.
Shoot any odd persons.
Yes, understood.
Empress. 6th Prince is gone.
- What? - What happened?
At lunch, 6th Prince went to play in the Imperial Garden.
And then we lost him.
You searched every room?
We did.
- Keep searching. - Yes.
Alright, off we go.
Go.
Faster, faster!
Mother.
Hu Po.
- Take me to Mom. - Yes, Your Highness.
Off we go.
Come. Alright.
Your son has grown.
He looks like you.
But he's skinny.
Such a big Palace can't fatten him up?
It's not your concern.
- Can I touch your hair? - Eh, alright. Come.
Don't touch him.
You know his blood is special.
Two bloodlines conflict. Care well for him.
When he grows up, he must do great things.
Don't have aims for my child.
Hu Po, let's go.
Let's go, go.
Hu Po. You can't see that man anymore.
- Why, Mother? - No 'why'.
He's nice.
We played and sang-
~Sky and land are cold~
Hu Po, never sing this again.
- Understand? - Mm.
That man also said he won't let anyone bully me.
What? You told him I bully you?
I didn't.
Old Pa wondered why I'm weak.
He felt my pulse.
I told him Third bro once gave me a laxative.
Then?
He asked who's Third bro
and cursed about him.
Empress, Commander Xu is here.
Hu Po, stay here. Don't go anywhere.
Mm.
- Watch Sixth Prince. - Yes.
Lady.
Zhuo Zhi Hua sent this.
You haven't eaten in a day.
Thanks, Bro Zhong.
- Mao Nu. - Lady.
- Share this around. - Thanks, Lady.
You overused Psychic Power
yet do calligraphy?
What kind of man is the author of
Chicken Soup Note?
Well...
You're an Academy Disciple.
You must've met him.
I wonder what he's like as a person.
His writing is so good.
What's he look like?
Handwriting isn't personality.
I heard a Tang saying–
'A scholar looks gentle'.
Same for calligraphers.
But...
this Chicken Soup Note is a rare masterpiece.
Its strokes are quite aggressive.
Good form, lack of spirit.
It looks refined.
Actually, it's just tricks.
Unfeeling ink technique.
Inelegant.
Unworthy of mention.
You...
What? You like this Note?
Not only like it,
I like it a lot.
I also admire its author, Mister 13.
Hey. That 13 isn't admirable.
In our Academy,
he's like a common turnip in a field.
Eh. I shouldn't pretend to be Zhong Dajun.
If she knows I wrote it,
then...
Empress.
All dismissed.
Third Elder is gone.
Go. Comb the capital.
- Yes. - Wait.
Find Li Hunyuan.
He Mingchi.
I needn't go to camp
but he maliciously insists I train.
My sister heeded him.
You're all bullies!
Who is it?
He's a kid.
A wild kid.
What? Want to kill him?
He's cruel this young.
If he gets to rule,
will you two be safe.
That little scum wants to rule.
Why not your son?
Good timing. Kill them all.
They're my family too.
If you want me to persuade Tang Emperor,
don't hurt his people.
Over my dead body.
Protect Princess.
That's the man, Princess.
Princess, 3rd Prince was attacked at training.
What?
Beware of a trap.
I sent back-up. Go now, or 3rd Prince is at risk.
Princess, it's your chance.
Catch him
to reveal Empress' identity.
- Hua Shanyue. - Here.
To the training field.
- Yes. - Princess.
I'm worried about him.
I must see Hunyuan.
If anything happens to him,
if I find out who she is,
what's the use.
- Let's go. - Princess.
Who's the young man?
Tang State Preceptor of Dao South Gate's student.
It will be hard for you two.
Will Huangren truly be wiped out?
Depends on his wanting me here.
Let's go. I must prepare his medicine.
Looks like you're still too soft.
You focus on your husband.
Don't you consider the future?
Let it come.
Does the Emperor agree to Huangren coming south?
This concerns Tang safety.
I can't move hastily.
I see you forgot your home.
Where my husband is, there's my home.
Don't doubt me.
If I don't get an answer,
I'll find him myself.
I came to the capital.
I won't leave fast.
If you do as I say and stay put,
I'll fulfil my promise.
I'm thinking of Huangren's bloodline.
Your son was poisoned.
- I can't let this happen. - I'll care for my son.
Stay out of it.
Go.
Third Prince.
- Third Prince. - Hunyuan.
- Princess is here. – Hunyuan. - Sis.
Sister.
This...
How'd you get hurt?
- What's wrong? - I'm fine.
Don't know who hurt me.
But I'm not a man who dies easily.
Once I find out who he was, I want him dead.
I want him dead. Dead. Dead!
Stop your rot.
Hurry, let's go home.
- What's wrong? - What, Hunyuan?
Ah, d-d-don't touch! My butt.
Get him a doctor.
Yes.
Take him home.
Slowly, slowly...
- Slowly. - It hurts. Slowly.
Lady.
Great news.
Xiling United Forces are strong.
Huangren lost.
They retreated north.
Huangren Elders will parley.
Battle can be avoided.
- Great. - Truly great news.
Lady, let's unload fodder.
Excuse me.
Are you one of three "Chi", Book Addict?
Bold! Who are you?
I'm a guard of Yue Lun's Princess Chenjia.
Princess has awaited Master Qu Ni for two weeks.
Where is she?
Princess is over there. She asks you to meet her.
Please tell her-
Ink Pool Park is under Xiling orders to deliver fodder.
I'm on duty and can't leave.
Princess hasn't met you in years.
She wants to see you.
If she wants, she can find me.
- Respects, Empress. - Where's His Majesty?
Empress, His Majesty is with the army to discuss war
with Huangren.
So then, you've decided?
Regarding the fodder, we need an explanation.
And I'm angry.
Is that why you declined to meet Yue Lun Princess?
I'm starting to like you.
I have someone I like.
Don't misunderstand.
"I like you" in Tang commonly expresses amity.
The world has changed.
Don't fret over bad things.
"Like" and "hate" are emotions.
How to suppress them?
I'm not saying to suppress them.
But punishing yourself for others' mistakes isn't worth it.
You're giving me advice?
I support your seeking justice.
But the thing about justice is that it never existed.
Is that how a Tang see things.
That's only my opinion.
From my own experience, that's what I learned.
By the way, are you close to Princess Chenjia?
She's Revelation Hall's disciple.
Master Qu Ni is her aunt.
People call her 'Hua Chi'.
Flower Addict, Lu Chenjia.
I think her favourite things must be flowers.
She also favours someone.
Who?
Prince Long Qing.
Years back, she visited Ink Pool Park.
I spent ten days with her.
She thinks highly of herself.
I'm not interested in her.
Everyone wants to know everything Long Qing does.
You're an exception.
Prince Long Qing and I met at Second Floor test.
Seems you dislike him.
I'm not Flower Addict. Why will I like him?
Right.
I've been thinking.
Those bandits' target might not be fodder.
It was me.
No matter what, we survived due to you.
Despite your See-through level, in that situation,
you produced a Symbol only a Divine Talisman Master can use.
I really admire that.
My Psychic Power was at its end.
What I wrote was a Half Divine Talisman.
If you hadn't broken the foe's mind control, the outcome was dire.
So, I should be admiring you.
Don't mention it.
By the way, Bro Zhong. I want to ask something.
Please.
I grew up at Mount Shan and learned Talismans with Master for 10 years.
All I know are books and Talismans.
I'd like you to teach me to fight and to win.
Fighting is very easy.
Protect yourself; remove a foe's ability to harm you.
Remove ability to harm me.
Cut off their limbs?
Not only that; take their lives.
Honestly, in battle, dead foes are safest.
But, my Master said a Cultivators' duel
doesn't need death for victory.
You're a white lotus in an ink pool.
So how do you fight foes stronger than you?
Then I insist on trusting one choice only.
What choice?
Run.
Run. And?
Never underestimate foes; have alternative tactics.
If I meet a great expert?
Pretend to be pitiable and say:
'I've loved you 10,000 years'.
Try all ways to outsmart him.
You must've been a naughty kid.
When I was a kid...
Young Master was an imp.
Bro Li in East Street got him to take pigs tails to Madam Cai.
And Madam Cai chased Young Master a long time.
But Young Master said Madam Cai was a widow needing exercise.
And a Wei City bar boss hid from Young Master like a mouse near a cat
but Young Master always found him.
He didn't dare water Young Master's liquor.
Isn't Young Master great?
Why only talk about when he was in Wei City?
Why not talk about before Wei City and in the capital?
I tell what I want.
If I don't want, I won't tell you.
You don't tell, I don't drink.
I'll drink.
I'll drink too.
I'll pour more.
Here, Master. See who finishes faster.
You lost. Give me your hand.
Give me your hand.
~traveling the world leisurely and happily~
Don't know how to play? I'll teach you.
Hit my palm.
~Time hasn't left but leans on the door~
~Destiny is hard to tell~
~it can't be pinned down~
~Who knows when you'll fall into dust?~
~people come and go; much happiness and sadness~
~with happiness as company, why worry?~
~lonely spring and autumn; will rain and wind stop?~
~accompany me, see time pass~
Lady, an Allied Force warrior is here.
- Go ahead. - Yes.
Who are you?
Yue Lun Princess Chenjia invites you to meet. You must attend.
Must?
- If I must, then I'll comply. - Thanks, Lady.
This is the Snow Lotus.
To keep it alive,
it needs the best care.
What Ink Pool Park students endured in the Wildland, you'd know.
Are you pointing fingers at me.
In the Wildland, I'm just a Revelation Hall disciple.
How can I command Xiling Calvary?
If you're only a disciple, what's your right to order me around?
You're Flower Addict (hua chi), not an idiot (bai chi).
Sister Mo, you changed.
You're more direct.
Recently I've learned a lot from someone.
I'm adapting to changes.
Since I met you, I admired and liked you.
My junior Sister, Tu'er, was killed by the bandits.
I didn't know her, so her death is unrelated to me.
Even if this isn't your matter, life and death connect.
At least, I don't pose as a white Snow Lotus to others.
Sister Mo, that's not nice to say.
You never show anger.
I don't know anger.
I want to know how you could anger me.
They say I'm not as good as you,
not to mention Dao Addict.
Too bad.
I just like planting and pruning flowers.
Back when you hoed the ground,
you had dirt on your hands and sweat on your face.
I think you were better then, compared to now.
But Prince Long Qing likes me now.
No matter how you behave, if you mention Long Qing,
it means you're angered.
Then you lose.
Why say I mentioned him on purpose?
You think I'm trying to prove something?
The Snow Lotus grows on a cliff naturally.
But when you brought it here to care for it,
it's no longer natural.
You showed off the relationship between you two.
Maybe you're not confident.
Sister Mo changed drastically.
Is it due to the Tang Academy student?
Yes.
He's Zhong Dajun.
General, Huangren retreated. Why are you upset?
Xiling's call to fight Huangren should've been Xia Hou's task.
Yet His Majesty sent me from Northwest to Golden Pavilion.
As we passed Tuyang City, Xia Hou didn't meet us.
General, don't be upset. You obeyed orders.
Master 13 led students yet hid himself.
And why didn't he come to meet you?
Fu Zi's student isn't just anyone.
I may not merit that honour.
I think this is interesting.
Yes.
You dare enter here?
Get up.
Go out.
Seems you didn't persuade him
so I'll await him here.
He has decided. I don't want to sway him.
I trust he'll consider my feelings and not be extreme.
I want Tang's promise to Huangren.
Not your crappy couple trust.
What do you want?
I'll seek him.
Wherever he hides, I'll find him.
I won't allow it.
You choose your husband or your people?
I've chosen. Whatever it costs, I'll...
Kill me?
You can't do it.
I taught you.
You can't beat me.
I can't; but I won't let you touch him.
Fine. Then you die.
It's 15 years since I saw Demon Dance.
Stop it.
I finally meet you.
Uh? This is Tang Emperor!
What did Xia Tian see in you?
Right outside are Tang's best fighters.
Even if you use Demonism, you'll die here today.
Before you kill me,
- I must kill this woman... - Wait!
If you let her go, whatever you ask, I'll promise.
Your Majesty...
Too late.
Now, I want your life for hers.
You can have my life
but you must let her go.
Fine.
Drop your sword. Walk to me.
Do you fear death?
By dying, I keep my word.
Use my life to save hers.
Faithful and righteous.
But I changed my mind.
Watch her die!
Xia Tian!
Princess.
What is it?
A Palace crisis.
[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~