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You are a mark of memory.
Love comes quietly.
I paint you without knowing.
You are a diary in my heart.
Sometimes, it can be casual.
Sometimes, every word is remembered clearly.
I search to meet you by chance.
I'm most willing to lose to you.
Your love is irreplaceable.
Untie all the knots in your mind. Tell me.
This dream finally ends now.
This moment is when
the fragrance of flowers pervades the sky.
The air seems to deliver electric shocks.
The faces look elated.
Waiting as the wind blows over.
Love arrives. The whole season
believes in the fable of happiness.
Until the end.
Tomorrow is going to be wonderful.
The Chang'An Youth
♔ Follow @skysoultan on Instagram ♔ Episode 22
Doctor.
Please be seated.
Today's graduation test
will be monitored by me.
Now I'm going to announce the rules of the test.
First.
You can discuss and communicate with each other.
Second.
You can turn to books for help.
We can turn to books.
Doctor.
If we can discuss and communicate with each other,
the test results might be unfair.
You're stupid
We can sit beside Mr. Shen.
Why haven't I thought of that?
The test is about
what you learned at Shangyi School.
You will know
what to do
if you unfold the paper before you
with your name on it.
After an hour,
I will come and collect the answer sheets.
There's nothing on it.
Let me look at yours.
Boss.
It's just a piece of blank paper.
There's nothing on it.
Where are the questions?
We all have blank paper.
I feel like the Black-faced Master wants to make it hard for us.
What does he want us to answer?
Xinyuan.
What do you think of the blank paper?
This is only a piece of blank paper
with no question on it.
What can I do with it?
Dugu.
Well.
There's no use asking you.
Dieyi.
You are smart.
Could you tell us why?
The Doctor has told us
the question of the test.
This paper is used as an answer sheet.
Did he tell us?
He did tell us the question.
The test is about what you learned at Shangyi School.
We have to write down what we learned at Shangyi School.
This is really
what the Doctor wants us to do.
How easy it is!
= Shangyi School =
Doctor Wu.
The question you ask in the test is not very traditional.
It's new,
but
it seems to have little effect.
As far as I know,
most of the
students' answers
are traditional.
They are either about doctrines of Confucius and Mencius
or about Six Skills.
Let's
find out
whether there are any original answers
among the rest.
Okay.
I'm also looking forward to seeing
what
the real original answer is.
If
what I learned at Shangyi School
is inside the circle,
what I didn't learn
is outside it.
The more you learn,
you'll realize that there's more you don't know.
So
this is the essence of learning.
The same holds true
for handling state affairs.
Oh, it's you.
Pick it up for me.
Your Highness.
The winner of
the mathematics event
is Shangyi School.
Terrific!
It must be
the answer of Second Prince.
Definitely.
The days at Shangyi School
made our Second Prince
grow up.
Tangtang.
You can do it!
The process from infancy to maturity
is like that from a chrysalis to a butterfly.
There is a hard shell around the chrysalis to protect us.
But when we break it and become butterflies,
we must learn
to take on responsibilities.
We don't need to be protected
but protect others instead.
When we're ready to take off in our life,
we'll face bigger
challenges and difficulties.
It seems
Second Prince is not the only one who grew up.
This popular student also grew up.
Other students like to call him Tangtang, right?
It turns out that
you also know the nickname of Mr. Tang.
Shangyi School
enables them
to grow up from boys to responsible men.
I believe
their future
is promising.
Okay.
Let's have a look at the next one.
Okay.
I've always been a loner.
I came to Shangyi School
to fulfill my adoptive father's dream.
At first I was at a loss.
From today on,
We are the Five Scholars of Shangyi School.
Until I meet them.
Go all out to fight against them.
Go all out!
After I found Rou,
my freezing cold heart warmed up again.
My adoptive father's real aim is
to let me
find the meaning of guarding at Shangyi School.
Let me guard the girl I love
and the friends I cherish.
Dugu.
And let me guard my beloved country.
Now,
I'm no longer alone.
Cheers!
Good.
Mr. Dugu has learned
to pursue what he is thinking.
He
has learned a lot.
You also seem to have discovered
the indescribable pain
in his heart.
But I believe
he
will surely make his own choice.
Because friendship
has given him sunshine and warmth.
No wonder
they're dubbed by other students
as the Five Scholars of Shangyi School.
Their understanding of
study and life
is very profound indeed.
Five Scholars of Shangyi School.
Where are the answers of the other two members of them?
I'm looking forward to reading their answers.
Okay.
Likewise.
Come on.
You read this.
Okay.
Well,
what does Mr. Yang mean by doing this?
Shen Dieyi?
Dieyi.
Do you know
why I want to talk to you?
I've no idea.
Can you tell me
why you crumpled the paper?
I want to know
what did you really mean by presenting an answer sheet
without a single letter on it.
I've learned too many things here.
I cannot write them down
on just a piece of paper.
In my opinion,
one's life should not be limited on a piece of paper.
Nor should it be limited at any place.
A newborn baby
is like a blank sheet of paper.
From the day when he learns to speak and walk,
there is something
being gradually written on this paper.
It's written by his parents and relatives,
by teachers and schoolmates,
by those who he knows
or he doesn't know.
There might be something written even by his enemy.
When his life comes to an end
and he unfolds this paper,
he'd find that
he might either get
a perfectly-painted picture
with free and easy strokes
or a broken scrap of paper.
What I leaned is that
everyone is like a sheet of paper.
What matters is the way we write things on it.
The color and taste of life
will be different according to the way we write things on the paper.
Everyone has his own unlimited potential.
We must learn
to get rid of the paper that limits our thinking
and discover our infinite potential.
Your answer
is always so different.
Well, Mr. Yang,
for the moment,
what's the taste
and color of your life?
It's bitter.
It's dark and grey.
It's also sweet
and colorful.
Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet.
There're more things included
in these five tastes
and seven colors.
You would never know the coolly fresh taste of sweetness
if you don't taste bitterness.
You would never see bright colors
if there is
no darkness around it.
Open it.
What do you think of it?
Everyone has his own value.
Though you cannot write
on a crumpled scrap of paper,
you can still
paint the most beautiful landscape.
The most important thing in one's life
is time.
After you stand the test of time
and benefit again
from sweetness and bright color,
you'll understand that
today's bitterness and darkness
will become
the indelible landscape
on the paper of your life.
I appreciate it very much, Chief.
I've learned a lot from you.
I appreciate it very much, Doctor.
Go ahead!
Go to find
the landscape that belongs to you.
His Majesty has made it clear that
he hopes
the students of Shangyi School
to assume official posts after graduation
and help him at his side
thus
making contributions to Great Yu.
His Majesty especially thinks highly of you and Mr. Shen.
Hopefully, you won't disappoint His Majesty.
Yes. Chief.
Now the swordsmanship test
begins.
♪ The first ray of sunshine falls down, ♪
♪ illuminating the shapes flying against the wind. ♪
♪ The vigorous free spirits. ♪
♪ The courage to tear the sky. ♪
♪ Time goes by, never giving up. ♪
♪ The youthful requests ♪
♪ break free from the shackles of mind. ♪
♪ I won't flinch even if tears run down my cheeks. ♪
♪ There might be ups and downs, but don't lose your spirit. ♪
♪ You and I are young. ♪
♪ We can't stay silent in corners. ♪
♪ Be proud of me. ♪
♪ Fiery faith burns with hot blood. ♪
♪ Get ready to go all out. ♪
♪ Let our dreams shine now. ♪
♪ My dream keeps me young. ♪
♪ Keep running. ♪
♪ It doesn't matter if the road ahead is turbulent. ♪
♪ Rise to the challenge. Don't beg for mercy. ♪
♪ Don't fail the days of youth. ♪
♪ Embrace sunshine. ♪
♪ Have hope. ♪
♪ Set out to realize our dreams side by side. ♪
I win.
= East Wing =
I've lived here for four years.
Now we are about to graduate.
I'm kind of not willing to leave here.
Zi'an.
When will you and Dieyi enter the palace to visit His Majesty?
Tomorrow.
You are so great
that you have the chance to visit His Majesty.
Zi'an.
If you are successful in the future,
don't forget me.
It's too hot.
I want to sleep. See you.
Yang Zi'an and Shen Dieyi, students at Shangyi School,
both rank first.
Yang Zi'an and Shen Dieyi
are both diligent students at Shangyi School
who excel in both morals
and conduct.
They solved the mysterious cases in Chang'An,
and then beat the ambassadors from the East Kingdom.
They also did a good job of defeating the rebel forces on the border.
I'm very pleased with them.
What do you want
as awards?
Your Majesty.
I don't want wealth
or land.
I just want to ask a favor of Your Majesty.
I hope you can agree to my request.
Your Majesty.
I don't want awards, either.
I just want to ask a favor of Your Majesty.
Neither of you
needs the awards.
You just ask a favor of me.
What's that?
Father.
Do you have anything to say to His Majesty?
Don't talk nonsense.
His Majesty asked you what you need.
Why do you ask me?
I ask a favor of His Majesty
just for you.
If you speak first,
there's no need for me to speak.
For your father?
Lord Yang.
Yes.
Your son
really loves you.
He gives the only chance to you.
Your Majesty.
I have no other hopes
except that Great Yu
will be prosperous forever and ever.
Zi'an.
Your father didn't appreciate your kindness.
You'd better
tell me
what you need.
I want Your Majesty
to spare my father's life.
Spare your father's life?
What crimes is Lord Yang guilty of?
I want to report to Your Majesty that my father, Yang Wenyuan,
got involved in the bad money case
and the abduction case.
It's strange that he should report his father's crimes.
Are you out of your mind, Yang Zi'an?
An'er.
Don't talk nonsense
at court.
Father.
I've given you a chance.
But you didn't take it.
Yang Zi'an.
Do you know that
it is a serious crime
to slander a minister of the court
as well as your own father?
I know.
The real culprit
of the bad money case and the abduction case
is my father, Yang Wenyuan.
Your Majesty.
I don't know why An'er has been so suspicious of me.
I didn't want him
to investigate the cases
for the sake of
his safety.
Maybe for this reason,
he
misunderstood me.
You mean
what he just said is just nonsense.
Hopefully, Your Majesty will forgive him.
Father.
Even now, are you still not willing to confess to the crimes?
Yang Zi'an.
Do you have any evidence?
When I was collecting the evidence,
I took a bad coin collected by my father.
The pattern of this coin
is different from other coins.
It might be minted according to the new mold
which is not in circulation.
I put it in the closet in my room
at Shangyi School
If Your Majesty don't believe me,
you can send someone to check it out.
Someone.
Yes.
Go to Shangyi School and check it out.
Okay.
Your Majesty.
I hope you will also order them to search the study in Yang's Mansion
and forbid anyone to go inside.
You must search not only Shangyi School
but also the study in Yang's Mansion.
Yes.
Before the result comes out,
no one can leave the hall
without my permission.
Yes.
Check it out.
Hey.
You...
Come on.
Why are there so many soldiers?
Is anything wrong with Lord Yang?
Lord Yang is a good official. Nothing bad will happen to him.
Don't talk nonsense.
Let's check it out.
Father.
You don't have much time.
This is the last chance.
An'er.
It never occurred to me that you would tell on me.
Luckily, I've made preparation for it.
Why haven't they come back?
Tangtang, Dugu.
Xinyuan.
What's going on outside?
The whole city is heavily guarded now.
Even I cannot go into the palace.
What happened?
Right,
Imperial Guards came to search Zi'an's room.
Do you know the reason?
I've no idea.
I'm going to have another try to go into the palace.
If you could go inside, they would have let you in before.
What can we do right now?
Wait.
Your Majesty.
Did you find anything?
Your Majesty.
We have carefully searched
every corner
inside Yang Zi'an's room.
But
we didn't find the so-called bad money.
We have also searched
the hidden closet inside Lord Yang's study.
We just found some ordinary paintings and books.
There is no bad money.
Did you find it?
Yes.
Give it to me.
Were you seen by other people?
No.
When I took it,
it was dinner time at Shangyi School.
So I was not seen by anyone.
You can go.
Okay.
I'm going to leave.
I haven't thought that An'er
should have suspected me for such a long time.
He even took away the bad money.
But he didn't ask me about it.
He didn't report it to His Majesty, either.
What on earth is he up to?
How dare you!
What do you think this place is?
Your Majesty, please stay calm.
After I go back,
I will severely punish him.
Father.
You have lost
your last chance.
Your Majesty.
The reason why Imperial Guards didn't find the bad money
is that
the real bad money is kept on me.
You said your father
is the culprit of the bad money case.
You took the bad money collected by him
and you put it in your closet at Shangyi School.
But I
sent people to look for it and they didn't get it.
Now you are saying that the bad money
is kept on you all the time.
Are you kidding me?
Your Majesty, please stay calm.
Zi'an is by no means kidding you.
He just wants to
give Lord Yang a chance.
What do you mean?
I
have discussed the details of the bad money case and the abduction case
with my father many times.
But he was
always making different excuses
and didn't investigate it.
I thought it was due to the fact that
father had not enough time because he was also investigating
the assassination of Censor Tu.
Until that day,
I felt
my father's behaviors were weird.
And I found the new bad money
in the hidden closet.
I began to suspect him.
I know that
producing bad money
and kidnapping
are serious major crimes.
I'm not willing to believe that
my father should have committed
such vicious crimes.
So I didn't report it to Your Majesty
until I
discovered the evidence
that can prove that my father is guilty.
As a son,
when I found my father was guilty,
I wanted him
to voluntarily confess to the crimes.
But as an official,
I was disloyal to
cheat Your Majesty.
When Zi'an was in a dilemma,
I gave him a coin of the former dynasty.
A coin of the former dynasty?
Yes.
It comes from...
It comes from
an antique dealer.
This is a chance he gave to himself
as well as to his father.
Father.
You know what I mean?
It is not late
if you confess the crimes before His Majesty.
When Dieyi brought me the coin from the former dynasty,
I got a plan.
The pattern of the coin of our dynasty
is similar to that of the former one.
But they are different in weight.
If you don't look at it carefully,
you'd easily mistake it for the bad money.
I kept the real bad money on me
and put the coin of the former dynasty
in the closet.
I was waiting for the moment
when my father discovered that the bad money was gone
and then knew that the secret was out.
If he was regretful about it,
he would confess it to His Majesty personally.
And this is the last thing
I can do for my father.
Go on.
After my father discovered the coin was missing,
he was not regretful about it.
He even sent a person to steal the coin in my closet
and destroy it immediately.
Yang Zi'an.
Even though the coin
was really taken by your father,
what if
he wanted to investigate this case privately
and didn't let you
get involved in it?
Lord Han.
If so,
after Lord Yang discovered that
he was set up by Yang Zi'an,
he would ask Zi'an about it
instead of keeping silent.
Without evidence,
how can you prove that Lord Yang is guilty?
Firstly, I kowtow to my father.
I appreciate your bringing me up and instructing me.
I will engrave your teaching
in my memory.
It was immoral of me to
suspect you
and fail to return your love.
Hopefully,
we'd become ordinary father and son in the afterlife
being engaged in farming
and enjoying family happiness together.
We don't have to seek power and wealth
or to navigate our way in the complex political world.
Secondly, I kowtow to Your Majesty.
I should have
shown you the evidence of my father's crimes.
But I had compassion for him.
I gave him
the chance and time to confess himself.
It was disloyal of me
to cheat Your Majesty.
Thirdly, I kowtow to heaven and earth,
to those merchants who have been victimized by bad money
and to the hundreds and thousands of people
who have suffered because of my father's crimes.
If I continue to conceal his crimes from all people,
I'd not only be stung by conscience,
but I wouldn't be forgiven by heaven and earth.
An'er.
Why did you do this?
Your Majesty.
The real evidence is kept on me.
Present it to me.
What's this?
This is the design paper of bad money mold.
Your Majesty.
You can compare the bad money you just got
with this design paper.
Yang Zi'an.
Even if they do match up,
how can you prove that
Lord Yang committed the crimes?
You confirmed Lord Yang's crimes
only by the handwriting.
That's too absurd.
I cannot confirm my father's crimes
only by the handwriting.
As an honest official,
my father tries his best to serve for people.
He lives a simple life.
But he didn't think
that he was betrayed by his only hobby.
Your Majesty.
The paper I presented to you just now
is called gold-dusted paper.
The ink on the paper
is called Li Ting ink, which is so rare
that only the ministers over third-rank are rationed to it.
My father really loves this kind of ink,
so he had already got the ration for the next year.
The ink stone was produced by the ink maker.
Each year there's a slight difference
between every two ink stones.
Your Majesty
can ask an ink maker
about the difference.
It's pitch-black.
Are you writing with Li Ting ink?
Li Ting ink matches perfectly
with gold-dusted paper.
The only minister over third-rank
who loves gold-dusted paper
and who has also got the ration for the next year
is
my father, Yang Wenyuan.
Yang Wenyuan.
Do you have anything to say?
I am guilty.
I don't have anything to say.
Someone.
Your Majesty.
I beg Your Majesty
to spare my father's life.
Your Majesty.
You are ordained Son of Heaven and a man of your word.
Yang Zi'an has given up his awards
as the best student at Shangyi School.
He just wants to ask a favor of you.
You mustn't break your promise.
Yang Wenyuan.
Because of you, I've no idea what to do now.
I
betrayed your trust and people's trust.
I made a huge mistake on the spur of the moment.
I am willing
to be at your disposal.
Yang Wenyuan.
Do you know that
you've committed heinous crimes?
Your Majesty.
Please excuse my begging for Lord Yang.
Lord Yang has been with Your Majesty for many years
and made great contributions.
That Sinan pendant
somehow
got scraped by a sword.
If His Majesty knows
one of his trusted courtiers
got high rank and great wealth by cheating him,
do you know what
His Majesty would do to you,
and to your beloved son?
Your Majesty.
The crimes were committed only by me.
It had nothing to do with others.
I beg Your Majesty to spare my family.
I
will handle it fair and square.
But an emperor must not tell a lie.
Since I have promised your son that
I would spare your life.
I mustn't eat my words.
I can spare your life.
But I will still bring you to justice.
Someone!
Throw Yang Wenyuan into prison
and ask Three Departments to handle the case.
I order that Lord Yang's whole property be confiscated
and he be exiled to the border
three days later,
and never allowed to return to Chang 'an.
I appreciate it very much, Your Majesty.
Rise to your feet.
The ground is too cold.
You have been on your knees for so long.
Do you feel that
you did a wrong thing?
I'm not a good son.
You gave birth to me and brought me up.
But I cannot pay you back for your love and hard work.
I dare not ask you to
forgive me for exposing you.
You did a right thing.
Why do you ask me to forgive you?
On the surface, I seemed to live a brilliant life.
I was the Prime Minister under His Majesty,
but over thousands of people.
His Majesty thought highly of me.
But when I thought about
the mistakes I had made at night,
I couldn't fall asleep.
It's good now.
Because of you,
I can have a good sleep.
Are you sure that you don't hate me?
If you didn't beg His Majesty
to spare my life at the court,
I'm afraid I've been already dead.
You hope that we'd become father and son again in the afterlife,
being engaged in farming
and enjoying family happiness together.
Are you serious?
Every word counts.
It's a pity that I've committed such huge crimes.
I'm afraid
I could only be an animal in the afterlife.
I will be exiled to Ba Prefecture soon.
I go there to redeem the crimes I committed in this life.
I hope to be an honest person in the afterlife
and still
live with you as father and son.
I don't regret to be a son of the Yang family.
I'm also willing to serve you by your side
in the afterlife.
Hopefully,
you won't hate me.
Tangtang.
Stop walking back and forth.
You make my head spin.
I'm upset.
I can't stop.
Yiyi.
Dieyi.
How come you come back so late?
Didn't you go to the palace to receive the awards?
Where is Zi'an?
Zi'an.
It's a long story.
Let's talk about it in the room.
This is the first time
in over 20 years
since that bloody awful day
that we have a drink together.
Wenyuan.
It's not appropriate for me to see you off tomorrow.
Today
I bring you some wine
to see you off.
If the other day
at the court,
you said something wrong,
I'm afraid
things are not so easy like this today.
There is one thing
I still don't understand.
You've known there is a cut on Sinan pendant.
That means you must've found the person related to the former crown prince.
Now that I'm a criminal,
why don't you tell me the truth?
Lord Yang.
You're still so sophisticated.
You're trying to sound out my secret
and then tell His Majesty to atone your crimes.
Han Junji.
You still have a suspicious mind.
What are you afraid of?
If I'm not careful,
now it'd be me
who's in your shoes.
I'm the kind of person who remains insatiable even though he's already had lots of wealth.
Only when I know there's no way out
do I want to go back.
This is the difference between you and me.
You feel regretful and ashamed.
But I never.
You're too confident.
It's too early for you to be glad.
My situation today is
your situation tomorrow.
It's a long way to Ba Prefecture.
You should take care of yourself.
Cheers!
Lord Yang, you'd better stop here.
Father.
It's cold in Ba Prefecture.
I get you some clothes.
I hope you can wear them on the way.
Even now
you're pretending to be a good son.
Get out of my way.
Xv'er.
I'm going to Ba Prefecture.
Before I leave,
do you still want me to worry about you?
Father.
You think he is your good son?
I have to pay for
what I have done myself.
You cannot blame it on others.
You've been reduced to being like this because of him.
But you're still defending him.
Xv'er.
If you were him,
what would you do?
I...
Under the circumstance
where you cannot perform both duties of a son and an official,
Zi'an made the decision that he thought was correct.
I believe
you'd also do as he did.
Because both of you
are the good sons of the Yang family.
After I go,
I don't know when to see you again.
I hope you can
help each other
and be kind to each other.
You should
take good care of yourselves.
Father, it's a long way.
You're old.
You should take good care of yourself.
I believe we
will
meet again one day.
Lord Yang,
it's time to go.
Okay.
Father, take care.
Brother.
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Look back at that day.
Memories slip through time.
Caress your face in the air.
For a moment,
it's partly visible.
Thinking about you day and night.
Many scenes
come to mind.
Time stops.
Hard to sleep.
How I wish to tell.
From the day I met you,
my world has been all about you.
Maybe
every time we pass by each other,
we do it because destiny says so.
How to bury the past between me and you?
How I wish to tell.
From the day I met you,
my world has been all about you.
The figure
blurs in the wind.
The smile is flowery.
Right now, all I want to say is
I love you.