At the end of the Warring States Period, wars raged continuously and conquests never ceased. The suffering of the common people was ignored. When Prin[Expand All]
At the end of the Warring States Period, wars raged continuously and conquests never ceased. The suffering of the common people was ignored. When Prince Ying Zheng of the State of Qin was a child, he was held hostage by the State of Zhao. A kind-hearted woman from Yan raised him together with her son Gao Jianli to adulthood. King Xiang passed away, and Ying Zheng accompanied his envoys back to the State of Qin to ascend the throne. From then on, the two close friends were separated by distance. Ying Zheng (played by Jiang Wen), who had become the King of Qin, ordered the Three Qins' army to capture cities and expand territory, and the feudal lords of various states were terrified at the mere news. After the conquest of Zhao, the great cause of unification is just around the corner. King Qin, thinking of the past, hoped to find Gao Jianli (played by Ge You) to compose "Ode to Qin". Gao refused to comply and eventually became a prisoner. However, it was through this opportunity that he met the beautiful Princess Liyang (played by Xu Qing). Wang Ben (played by Wang Ning), filled with jealousy, left a mark of disgrace on Gao Gao's head. Out of reverence and love, Princess Liyang personally comforted her, while Gao, in order to die, was willing to rape the princess. The two thus forged an unbreakable and entangled karmic bond. After the six states were conquered and unified, under the threat of the lives of tens of thousands of people, Gao Jianli composed the stirring "Ode to Qin"...[Collapse]
