The Longest Day in Chang'An (Chang An Shi Er Shi Chen / 长安十二时辰)

This country will belong to 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 to take His Majesty's country.

Treason.

If he doesn't eat,

it means he's defying His Majesty order, disrespect.

He'll be punished either way whether he eats it or not.

If it's you, what are you going to do?

If we are at my country...

and our emperor forces our hands like that,

we can only rebel.

Tang's emperor wants to depose the crown prince.

Why did he have to do it during 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 inappropriate for crown prince...

to leave at this time.

No need to chase a tottering foe.

The crown prince has forgotten about his etiquette.

If other officials make him an example in the future,

I'll have no idea how to 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 protecting your master so loyally.

Such laudable affection.

Having grandchildren and successors...

is the greatest gift from God.

A son can make sure the continuation of you lineage.

But you humiliate the crown prince every day like this.

What good will it do to our Great Tang?

Since he was ten,

he stayed in the Royal Academy with other princes.

Until now, he still doesn't has a house that he can call his own.

You strictly forbade him from being associated with any of the officials.

And you completely barred the princes from taking part in the court.

Or else, they might become the another Li Ying, the previous crown prince.

Old Man He.

You just focus on guarding against...

crown prince from taking over your power.

But you never thought that...

if it wasn't for crown prince who defends the imperial power for you,

then, the decline of Chang'an,

the separatist regime by Fanzhen and 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 officials ranking three and below and...

everyone below the title empress and consort in the palace...

from wearing gold accessories and jade ware.

And you dismissed the maidservants in order to cut down expenses.

You even had a strict rule that forbade...

the country from mining pearls, gems and from weaving silk brocade...

to curb the extravagant life in the harem during Wu Zhou dynasty.

Back then,

you even passed down a nation-wide order...

to check the number of fugitives and unregistered lands.

You found more than 800,000 of them...

and managed to increase the income of 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 living in peace and happiness.

Tian Bao...

will definitely do better than the dynasty 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 the Defence Beacon after that.

The bodies of our brothers were left in the wild.

I'm the one who brought them back.

Only bits and pieces of their bones were left.

I bought a small land...

in Lingwu.

It rests at the foot of a mountain with 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 gravestone for 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 year until 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 the responsibility for it, right?

I came here today...

to talk it over with him.

Join me.

You haven't forgotten, right?

You are the soldier of The 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 and the Eleven Luminaries.

Play with your Eight Trigrams and natal chart. Go and travel the world.

Come and meet me at the lowest depths of hell.

But we can't let The Eight Squad become the scapegoat.

Our brothers died protecting Great Tang.

We can't let their descendants feel ashamed to visit their grave.

You have to tell me. Who is the one that spurs you on to do this?

The people need to know your reason for doing this.

No need to worry about that.

Our stories,

the mission that we have to do today and the stories of The Eight Squad...

will be passed down to the people through Wen Ran.

Wen Ran.

I didn't get to protect her.

Where is she?

She went down to look 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 just half-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 here and go back out from that sluice!

When the rapid water flow powers up the wheel,

all twelve light rooms will be completely extended.

When it's two o'clock...

and the light room is extended until where His Majesty stands,

We will reincarnate together with His Majesty.

We'll have a talk with him about our dissatisfaction!

-Alright! -Alright!

I didn't hear wrongly, right?

Why did Sir Long ask us to 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 under order to investigate a case today!

You have to report to His Majesty now.

It's not the best time to 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 waste half 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 talking with 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,