Comedy version:
"Report! Xiao invaders are attacking!"
"Report! There's a mining disaster in the northwest!"
"Report! A flood has struck the southeast!"
"Report! The Japanese pirates..."
Emperor Xianning begins to question his life.
The emperor guards the nation from its gates, and dies with his kingdom. In short, he absolutely cannot be the ruler who loses his country. If all else fails, isn't there still that crooked-neck tree behind the palace?
"Your Majesty, there's no need to worry. We will brave fire and water for you, and die a thousand deaths without hesitation!"
Emperor Xianning wipes away his sweat. Thank goodness the grand secretaries have everything under control, and the great general is both beautiful and kindhearted. The country can still be saved, it can still be saved!
"Your son/younger brother is also willing to share Your Majesty's burdens!"
Truly, a father is kind to his son, and brothers are close and respectful. Emperor Xianning looks on with satisfaction. "I entrust my kingdom to you!"
Building Great Jin is everyone's responsibility. Let's look to the future and create a glorious new age together.
Serious version:
In the twelfth year of Yong'an, fires along the border summon ten thousand cavalry, while performances in the capital intoxicate a thousand people. Internal strife and outside threats abound, and undercurrents surge. Hidden tigers and crouching dragons gather as the times shift. Civil officials, military officers, princes, and princes of the blood go from being as close as fish and water to strangers, from flourishing together like flowering crabapple branches to turning against one another. Beneath the shadow of power, how will ordinary people seize control of their own fates? And to whom will the nation's future be entrusted?
Amid the world's turmoil, truth and falsehood are hard to tell apart. I wish to bare my heart and speak plainly, but the emperor's gates are ninefold, the road is distant, and the river has no crossing.
Theme: All things are empty, but cause and effect are not
