The Chang'an Youth (Chang An Shao Nian Xing / 长安少年行)

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

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Zi'an,

are you all right?

Brother didn't blame me wrongly.

I caused our father to be put into the prison.

It is I who

caused our father, who is old,

to suffer in Ba Prefecture.

It is not your fault.

Since Lord Yang took that step back then,

he was supposed to see today's consequence.

I could pretend that I don't know,

and my father is still the man I used to know.

Thus,

all this wouldn't happen

But if so, you wouldn't be Yang Zi'an.

You can't see Lord Yang keep going astray.

You can't ignore your conscience

and pretend to know nothing.

Zi'an,

you did nothing wrong.

Though Lord Yang was banished to Ba Prefecture,

his life was saved.

It gave him a chance

to atone for his crime

and to find back his conscience.

So he need not feel alarmed anymore

and can sleep soundly.

I believe that

he is sure not to blame you.

Instead, he is proud to have a son like you.

Well, Zi'an,

my hands are cold.

Then put on my clothes.

My body doesn't feel cold.

Only my hands.

Did you get this injury because of making winter clothes for me?

Yes.

It seems that my hands

are only fit for cooking

and are not cut out for needlework.

I have told you that

I would buy the clothes by myself.

Look!

This is made by you.

You also got yourself hurt here and there.

By the way,

in the imperial court on that day,

I didn't accept the rewards to beg for mercy for my father.

Why did you refuse the rewards, too?

For only one promise.

Because for me,

nothing in this world

is more important than this promise.

On that day, we went to the jade workshop to find the mold.

You didn't find the mold.

But you didn't tell me what you found, either.

I became very worried.

I wondered

whether the thing you found

could convict Lord Yang of the crime.

If not, His Majesty would punish you

for making a false charge against Lord Yang.

By then,

this promise would help you.

Therefore, your request is...

I requested His Majesty to absolve you from your wrongdoing.

If you can't be absolved,

I would beg His Majesty

to put me into the prison together with you.

But I guess His Majesty would be loath to do that for sure.

He couldn't bear to lose two top students of Shangyi School.

Aren't I clever?

Yiyi.

Are you moved?

If you are,

warm me up!

Yiyi,

it is not proper.

Don't move!

If you say "not proper" again,

I will kiss you one more time.

Not proper.

Not proper.

It is surprised that you plant flowers

on the back mountain of Shangyi School.

Yes.

These flowers are carriers of our childhood memories.

It is a pity that I found you so late.

Sorry!

You haven't changed since then.

Before I said anything,

you apologized to me.

You have suffered a lot over all the past years.

But from now on,

I will take care of you.

I used to think that

I will come to this world naked and leave it alone.

But you are always in my heart.

Yiyi and the others are coming back.

I agreed to meet them in Changsheng Restaurant.

It is late.

Let's go.

Today I have business to handle in Ningxiang Pavilion.

Let's have a rain check.

We still have time for that later.

Next time,

I will bring good wine to apologize to them.

Lord Yang has been banished to Ba Prefecture.

The person posing threats to you is gone.

Why do you still have to go back there?

Rou,

you are hiding something from me.

I will just deal with the aftermath of it.

You need not worry.

Dugu,

forgive me for not telling you

the things about Lord Han now.

I don't know what they are aiming to do exactly.

I can't let you take the risk.

= Ningxiang Pavilion =

Lord Han,

you wanted me to force His Majesty to abdicate.

But you would not express support for me in the imperial court.

What's your intention?

Your Highness,

if we took sides with you

in the imperial court,

people across the empire would think

we have plotted for a long time to usurp the throne.

In the imperial court, if we were always

on His Majesty's side,

and after you ascends to the throne,

we would give ourselves to you

as the old courtiers serving the late emperor,

the populace across our empire would say that

the emperor of our Great Yu

has defects in virtue

and is deserted by his followers.

This could also make

the stubborn courtiers to realize that

Your Highness is the ruler the populace aspire for

and the ruler the times call for.

You are my informants in the imperil court.

After I ascend to the throne,

if anyone dares to disobey me,

you can help me

dig them out.

Very good!

Then

what will be the date for the revolt?

The commencement ceremony of the students of Shangyi School

would be held in the imperial palace.

All courtiers and ministers

will witness it in the imperial court.

The remaining forces of General Tuoxi

will lay siege to the imperial city

to draw away the forces of General Li.

Thus, the guard inside the imperial city will be relaxed.

No forces could be moved from outside the imperial city.

It will be

a good chance for us to rise in rebellion.

However,

if we rise in rebellion rashly without a proper excuse,

even if I can ascend to the throne,

people won't be convinced.

Don't worry, Your Highness!

I have got a plan.

Do you still remember

the old case from 20 years ago?

Twenty years ago?

Are you referring to my uncle's case?

But

my father misunderstood my uncle back then

due to the slanderous talk of the base person.

Besides,

my father has redressed the injustice done to my uncle.

Your Highness,

you may remember it incorrectly.