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Repairing the Shanglin Compound is a cover for the training ground

- Training ground? - Yes

His Majesty has decided to gather the orphans and build an army

but without a training ground

where should the army be trained?

And now

the Shanglin Compound

can make the opponent relax and be a secret army training spot

We are getting all the advantages by playing their game

It's great

His Majesty will be so excited after learning about this plan

that kills two birds with one stone

Raise the flags with bright colors high

and set drums made of crocodiles

Perform the dance of Taotang

and hear the song of Getian

A thousand performers sing, and tens of thousands will sing along

The mountains will be shaken

and the rivers will be stirred

Nice!

Sima Xiangru is truly a famous scholar of the Western Shu

The Composition About Shanglin

is an unparalleled construction blueprint

Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kind words

But it is an article after all

We can exaggerate it however we want

but to really build such a…

Lord Sima, I know what you are going to say

Gan Fu!

Yes

You will be the supervisor of the construction of Shanglin Compound

Use Sima Xiangru's article as a blueprint

- Rebuild Shanglin Compound with his article. - Yes

Your Majesty, wait!

Ming Fei!

You are the only man of virtue I recruited who never talked

All right. Speak

Your Majesty, the late Wen and Jing Emperors advocated frugality

They would think over the plan if it took more than a hundred taels of gold

And now Your Majesty is starting a big project for a luxurious garden

I don't think we can build a garden as luxurious as

described in the article even if we empty the state treasury

Repairing the Shanglin Compound

is not just for fun

It's also gaining glory for the Great Han

It will surprise everyone who dares to underestimate us

What's not good about that?

I'm worried that the fortune that our people have saved for over

a hundred years will all be wasted over this

How dare you!

The Grand Empress Dowager

and all the ministers agree with my move

How dare you say that I'm extravagant

You are not gaining glory for the Great Han

You are damaging the country. You will be a public enemy!

Ming Fei, you are so arrogant!

I can't watch Your Majesty start the extravagance even if I die!

You want to trade your life for the reputation of an upright minister

No way!

- Guards! - Yes!

Throw this arrogant man out of the palace!

Your Majesty, you can't do this!

Your Majesty, Xiongnu is still haunting us

You can't bring doom to ourselves now! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Bring doom to ourselves

Bring doom to ourselves

Head, we'll get better. Words, we'll get worse

Pingyang is paying respect to Your Majesty

Rise, sister

Sister

repairing the Shanglin Compound

is settled in the imperial court

Is something haunting Your Majesty?

Sister, I want to hear

your honest opinion on something

Please tell me, Your Majesty

Ever since Dongfang Shuo sold himself to the Grand Empress Dowager

you've been offering ideas

for all the trouble I encounter

I just want to ask you this

Did you come up with all the ideas?

Please tell me the truth, sister

No

So, who gave you the ideas?

- Please let me see him. - I can't

Why?

Because he doesn't want to be caught by the Grand Empress Dowager

and he doesn't want the Dous

to kill him

Then let me meet with him in secret

This master never reveals his schedule

He just calls me in when he wants to meet

Did he say

when he will meet me?

When the Dous are rooted out

Isn't it a pleasure to learn what you reviewed?

Why isn't Master back yet?

Did you hear and see clearly?

Yes. The one in the room was not Dongfang Shuo

Sir, please spare my life

Your life or money, pick one

I'm just a servant. I have no money

- I have no money. - Move!

You must've got the wrong guy

Lord Dongfang, do you think I wouldn't recognize you if you

drew some beard on your face?

You are truly good at playing tricks

Look at what you are wearing

Why is the Grand Empress Dowager's trusted man

staying out at night

and dressed like a servant?

I can't talk about it here

I can only tell you alone

Speak

I like gambling

I wanted to win some allowance

in the casino in the western market

Did you go making bets for His Majesty?

I didn't want to bring embarrassment to my position

That's why I disguised myself

How dare you, Dongfang Shuo! You hid your true intention

and made your way into the Grand Empress Dowager's palace

You must be up to something dirty

You are scaring me

You can't joke about that

I'm not joking

If you're not joking, may I ask

what proof you have

to say that I'm an evil man who made my way

to the Grand Empress Dowager?

You know what you did

No, I don't

All I can remember is that I helped Your Honor

solve a tricky question in front of Her Highness

Wei Qing was demoted to the Imperial Horse Manager

and His Majesty's plan of controlling the army was destroyed

Why are you describing me as a cunning man?

Dongfang Shuo!

You are so ignorant. I work for His Majesty

I stand on His Majesty's side

How can you say that you helped me to stop His Majesty?

Oh, that's not what Your Honor wants

I made the wrong judgment

But

the Grand Empress Dowager did tell me this

It seems that the Grand Empress Dowager also misjudged

Your Honor just like I did

Enough. Let's change the subject

Just serve the Grand Empress Dowager well

since you are staying by her side

Of course

If anything goes wrong, His Majesty won't let you off

I recently heard that

His Majesty once swore holding a sword against the sky

that if he can't use that evil Dongfang Shuo

he will just kill that guy

His Majesty…

You've offended His Majesty

Be careful. Don't lose your head!

Your Honor, please

do something and help me out

Everything is up to your fate

Thank you, Prime Minister

You must be here

to deliver new ideas from that master

You are wise, Your Majesty

What did he say?

The minister you choose to repair the Shanglin Compound

must be someone honest and incorruptible

He's right

No one doesn't like gold in this world

If one gets obsessed

it would be a disaster for the country

Did he give you a name?

Ming Fei

Ming Fei?

But on the court…

By going against Your Majesty

Ming Fei showed his honesty and decency

That proves that he cares about this country deeply

He will be economical if he's the supervisor

All right

Lord Gan

are you here today to get my head for His Majesty?

Mr. Ming, you are a great scholar

I thought you would be a generous person

Never did I expect you to be so spiky

I am mad

I can't sleep or eat well

Which treacherous person

pitched such a vicious idea to His Majesty?

Don't get mad just yet

Take a look at the construction plan first

I refuse

You have to!

Take a look!

Look!

All right, I will

Let me see how you plan to send

this great country to hell

This is not a royal compound

This is clearly a training ground

If His Majesty wants you to be the supervisor

and serve His Majesty in secret

are you going to do it or not?

His Majesty has foresight. I was acting like a fool

Lord Ming, please stop

- Lord Zhang, take care. - See you

Your Majesty

Let's go

Qing, why are you so timid?

His Majesty is disguised as a commoner

We shouldn't let him be seen by irrelevant people

All right. Let's leave the horses here

Supervisor of Shanglin Compound Project, Ming Fei, welcomes Your Majesty

Rise

Ming Fei, who was that official?

Your Majesty, that's the magistrate of Du County

Zhang Tang?

Stop there!

You can't run away, horse thief

- Who are you calling a horse thief? - You!

You don't like a rich man by the way you dress

Where did you get so many horses?

I don't think that's your business

Coincidently, it is. I'm the magistrate of this county

Do you know him?

Yes

That magistrate caught me last time when I bought horses

from Xiongnu and passed by this place

I said that the horses belonged to the Grand Princess Pingyang's Mansion

but Zhang Tang said

that he'd be detaining them even if

I stole them from the palace

Weird, Zhang Tang told me the same thing

What do you mean?

Your Majesty

the workers who are working in the Shanglin Compound

stepped on

a few plants grown by the farmers outside the compound

The villager filed a report to the Du County

and the magistrate asked us to pay for that

I told him that the compound belonged to His Majesty

He said that His Majesty would need to compensate the villagers

if he damaged their benefit

It seems that Zhang Tang is quite bold

Your Majesty, Du County is not far from here. I can go there now

I'll get that guy here and let Your Majesty punish him

No

You don't want to punish him?

I'd like to meet Zhang Tang in person

and see if he's so tough

when he's really facing me

Question. Is Dongfang Shuo still going out at night?

Not anymore

He would go out in the daytime to serve Aunt

His Majesty has been leaving the palace frequently

He didn't just visit Pingyang Mansion

He's been to other places

Where exactly?

Well

Tell me. Where did he go?

All of you, remember what I'm going to say

You have to keep tabs on everything His Majesty does day and night

Otherwise

you might lose your head while you are sleeping without knowing why

Yes

How many orphans have we recruited?

Your Majesty, over 2,500 are living here now

What about the war horses?

The Grand Princess Pingyang's Mansion has sent all the horses

Good. I like where this is going

Your Majesty, as the saying goes, no names, no positions

Your Majesty should think of a name for the army

What name do we need? These are my Palace Guards

Your Majesty

the army that Dou Wei is leading is also called the Palace Guards

I think we should use a different name

- That's Huo Qubing, right? - Yes

Get him over here

Qubing, come over here!

- Your Majesty! - Rise

Answer my question

What's going on over there?

How come half of them are wearing feathers, and the rest are not?

We separated into two groups

Feathers are for marking teams

I have an idea

This young army should be called Feather Army

It can tell them apart from the Palace Guards

You are wise, Your Majesty

Feather Army is such a wonderful name

- Huo Qubing, accept the edict. - Yes

I now appoint you as the leader of the Feather Army

That's great

Thank His Majesty for his grace

Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace

Just rise

- Gan Fu! - Yes

Come with me to a place

Where are we going, Your Majesty?

Du County. I'm going to meet the magistrate, Zhang Tang

At your service

Come on!

Hurry up

Come on, get moving

General

What is it?

His Majesty's loyal dog, Eunuch Yang, went back to the palace by himself

His clothes were messed up, and he didn't answer when we called him

The patrol stopped him when he was running to the Changle Palace

We brought him here for you to dispose of him

Raise your head

Mr. Yang, why are you dressed like that? Where is His Majesty?

His Majesty…

Zhang Tang, the magistrate of Du County, threw him into the prison

He's in prison?

Why is His Majesty at Du County?

How many people were with him?

Just Gan Fu and Yang Deyi

Yang Deyi said that

His Majesty destroyed a stall on his horse on purpose

On purpose?

Yang Deyi can't make himself clear

The owner asked for compensation

and Gan Fu was rude

The owner reported this to the county office

The magistrate Zhang Tang got furious

and detained His Majesty and Gan Fu

How dare he detain His Majesty?

His Majesty was disguised as a commoner

Zhang Tang wouldn't be able to recognize him

Even if Zhang Tang doesn't recognize him, why can't Gan Fu prove it?

Can't His Majesty speak for himself?

Yes, they said it all

They were in disguise

So, Zhang Tang said that they were imposters

and Gan Fu was even beaten by them

This is a rebel! Why did Yang Deyi come back alone?

Zhang Tang was cautious in a way

He sent Yang Deyi back to get proof

and said that if he can't see any proof by 9 tomorrow morning

they will be sentenced to death

Hurry up, send my edict

Ask Dou Wei to go get His Majesty

with the whole set of imperial chariots

Yes

Bring the Palace Guards

Do spend some time on the road

Don't arrive before 9 tomorrow morning

Are you saying that…

All right

Your Highness

Why are you back?

I'm thinking that although we send people to get His Majesty

Zhang Tang will still trust papers over people

He has to see proof sent by the palace

So, Your Highness, you need to give me a handwritten edict

Right. Draft the edict right away

- And it should be stamped. - Yeah. Stamp it with my imperial seal!

Yes

Your Highness

You are out of line

Your Highness

Dongfang Shuo?

Your Highness, take this edict

Decide how many people you are going to bring

It's just that, Your Highness

do get to Du County before 9 tomorrow morning

Don't get there too early, and don't be late

Why is that?

His Majesty is trying to decide if the official is a good man

to be included in his camp

So, we need to give him some time to check Zhang Tang out

We can't be too early

Then why can't we be late?

Zhang Tang said that

if he can't see any proof by 9 tomorrow morning

he will decapitate His Majesty

Oh, no! We can't risk that!

Your Highness, I've asked around

Zhang Tang is a stiff and upright guy who never cheats

As long as you can get there in time

I'm sure His Majesty will be fine

But His Majesty is in prison right now

When has he ever been in prison?

Don't worry, Your Highness

I'll rush to Du County to stay in the prison with His Majesty

Master, we caught another guy

What?

He tried to get into our office himself

He said that he was with the guys we caught at noon

and he can prove

that young man is His Majesty

Start the trial!

It's you

What are you talking about?

I don't even know you

My lord, you must have made a mistake

I can prove one thing

- He is the… - Wait

I remember you even if you turn to ashes

It's enlightening, right?

Stealing horses is nothing

Next time, we'll steal people

We'll cut Chanyu's head off and kick it around like a ball

We also will drink from his skull!

Aren't you one of the two horse thieves?

Horse thief?

I don't even have the nerve to steal a rat

My lord, you must have remembered it wrong

He made a mistake!

Lord Zhang, you were right

This guy did not only steal horses

He has even stolen chickens and cows before

He's the kind of guy who's rotten to the core

He does evil every day

So, you are together?

No. We are definitely not together

We are together. He's my boss

Since you are testifying against each other, you two are both thieves

Zhang Tang!

A horse thief proved that you are his boss

How can I believe that you are not thieves?

Dongfang Shuo, how dare you set the emperor up?

How dare you say that? You aren't the emperor!

Wait, my lord

This is really His Majesty

Then I must be His Majesty's father

That's some boldness! I'll kill you!

Aren't you excited?

I've seen several liars

pretending to be ministers

but you are the first one to pretend to be His Majesty

I won't allow you to pull something like that

No need to wait for proof

You shall be decapitated at 9 tomorrow morning

Zhang Tang!

I swear with my head that this is His Majesty!

He's not!

Then he's a son of the late emperor. He's a prince

The law is fair to all even if he's a prince

Zhang Tang, if the emperor is standing in front of you

do you dare to say the same thing?

His Majesty needs to rule the country according to the law

Not only can I say this in front of His Majesty

but if his descendants were caught doing illegal deeds

I wouldn't cut them any slack

- Guards! - Yes!

- Get these three liars into the death prison. - Yes!

Your Majesty

Lord Gan, protect His Majesty

Your Majesty

You are blind, you bastards!

Your Majesty, are you all right?

Your Majesty

Dongfang Shuo

You are not only a liar who would put a chamber pot on your head

but you are also a horse thief

I have really underestimated you

If I was a thief, Your Majesty would be a fence

What? How dare you call me a fence?

I'll ask Zhang Tang to kill you!

Your Majesty

Dongfang Shuo is not wrong about that

Last time Wei Qing grabbed several nice horses from the Xiongnu

and Zhang Tang almost detained them

Dongfang Shuo arrived on time

and got the horses from Zhang Tang

Yeah

Your Majesty

I also heard that

the Grand Princess gave the horses to you

Right. That's why His Majesty is a fence

- What? - Shut up!

This is bad. We are done for!

Your Majesty, Zhang Tang is the worst among all this

He's a man who can't be persuaded

You should punish him severely

No

Zhang Tang hates evil people, and he has boundaries

He's the man I'm looking for

And someone who easily betrays people

just for a little benefit

should be severely punished

Your Majesty, you've wronged me. Your Majesty!

General Dou!

Mr. Yang, just sleep tight

General Dou led the guards to get His Majesty

I didn't see it. I don't believe you

Let me out, or this is going to be bad

It will be severe!

Shut up!

Stop yelling

or I'll fill your mouth with dog shit

Come back. Don't go!

Chang'an is so close to Du County

It's so hard to stall this

Dude

people get lost from time to time

Look, we just lost directions

We can't even get out of the woods

- Scram! Turn around! - Yes

- Gan Fu! - Yes

Hurry up

What's going on, Your Majesty?

What is it, Your Majesty?

I feel itchy

- Where? - On my body!

Where?

Here, and here

Your Majesty, according to my experience

this is one of the specialties in prisons, the little fleas

They are paying respect to Your Majesty's body

and looking for a chance to get close to you

Your Majesty, let me get them for you

Wait! Lord Gan, wait

Think about it. Once a little flea gets on His Majesty's body

it would have become an imperial flea

We can't just get it

- Dongfang Shuo! - You need His Majesty's edict to do so

I'm getting bitten by them

and you are in the mood to talk nonsense

This is not nonsense

As critical as the situation is, we can't lose our manners

I need to hear Your Majesty's edict

or I'll be offending you

I'll issue an edict!

You guys, hurry up!

Help me get rid

of the imperial fleas! Hurry up!

At your service, Your Majesty

Lord Gan, let's get started right away!

- Where are they, Your Majesty? - Here, and here

Your Majesty, we can't see. It's too dark in here

Just open your eyes!

Calm down, Your Majesty. I have something to report

Stop being pedantic!

Just say what you want!

Your Majesty

I lived in cowsheds and firewood piles when I was young

I'm experienced in fighting

fleas and bedbugs

Shoot away!

What's the point of following the corny rules at a time like this?

Your Majesty

there are several ways

to deal with fleas

Firstly, get rid of all your clothes

All my clothes?

Without clothes, they would bite me harder

Your Majesty, the fleas take your clothes as their camp

Without clothes

the fleas will lose their camp

and they will not be able to hide on your body

Your Majesty, Dongfang Shuo is right

When I fought on the front line

I also got rid of my clothes to shake the fleas off

Yes! Shake them!

- Help me take off the clothes! - Yes!

Hurry!

Greetings, Your Highness

You each gather 50 Palace Guards

and follow me to Du County

Your Highness

we are Palace Guards, not your home guards

Are you saying that I can't use you?

Please don't be mad, Your Highness

There's a process before using the Palace Guards

Does the Grand Empress Dowager's edict count?

Your Highness, we are at your disposal

Brother. Prime Minister

What is it? Why the panic?

The Grand Princess gathered some Palace Guards

What?

She gathered Palace Guards?

It's the Grand Empress Dowager's edict

Fate is not on my side

Your Majesty, time for breakfast

Your Majesty?

Lord Gan

Why let them bother us? Eat

Maybe we will soon

be on our way to death

We can't die hungry. Eat

What is this?

Your Majesty, it's made from fine bran powder and vegetables

It's delicious

Try it

Even my dog won't eat it

Your Majesty's dog won't eat it

but our people do

Some of the poor people

can't even have this

after a year of hard work

Nonsense!

Your Majesty, Dongfang Shuo is right

The people are having a hard life

But since I ascended the throne

there have been no disasters, and we had a good harvest every year

There was no disaster and we did have good harvests

But the food we harvested

did not completely belong to the people

Part of it was delivered to the imperial court as tax

Part of it

is distributed to the feudal lords

Your Majesty, the people of the Great Han are raising a big imperial court

and multiple small courts

The big court needed to deliver

money and food to Xiongnu as tributes

The small courts are saving up

to expand their power

One day, they might want to share power with the big court

Xiongnu. Small courts

The new guy. I mean you!

- What? - Come here. I need to talk with you

What was that? Who are you calling?

- I'm calling you. - What is it?

They are not having their food, right?

I'll eat. Give it to me

Outrageous!

That's His Majesty's royal food. How can you have it?

Give it to him. I'm not eating that

Your Majesty, aren't you hungry?

Just do as I say!

Yes. Take this

- Slow down! - What is it?

You haven't thanked His Majesty for his grace!

Thank His Majesty for his grace?

Say "long may Your Majesty reign"

I need to say "long may Your Majesty reign"

I can tell

that you are a frequent visitor to this place

Those two

must be first-timers, right?

How do you know?

Are you kidding? I have a keen eye

Ever since you got here

you acted like this is nothing

You ate and you drank

You are so much more sophisticated than those two silly brats!

How dare you! Stop that nonsense!

Do you know who they are?

One of them is His Majesty

- Another one is an imperial minister. - Really?

You are calling them first-timers

and even silly brats

Do you want to die?

- The emperor and the minister are just nothing! - You!

Let me be honest with you

One Jade Emperor used to be

in your cell earlier this year!

Yang Deyi, you damned dog!

Where did you go?

Your Majesty, I can't save you

I can't save you!

What time is it now?

A quarter to 8

One hour and 15 minutes till 9

We'll judge the case on the execution ground

Hey there!

- Take it easy! - Wei!

Look, Dou Meng and I are not in a rush

We are taking our time getting lost in the woods

- Stop getting lost. - Why?

The Grand Empress Dowager knew His Majesty was in Du County

She has issued an edict and asked the Grand Princess to come here

What? Get on the horse!

- Bring the prisoners! - Bring the prisoners!

Move

You three thieves! Kneel before me!

Kneel!

Wait. Lord Zhang, you are making a mistake

How can the emperor kneel in front of his official?

Still pretending to be the emperor when you are about to die

Guards!

Tie these three thieves up!

- Who dares to try! - This is truly His Majesty!

Liu acted like a bandit and rode a horse

into a stall to bully the kind people

Moreover, he tried to impersonate His Majesty

His behavior is against the law. It is unforgivable

According to Article 11, Section 3 of the Law of the Han Dynasty

I sentence him to be beheaded right away!

Take the head of the thieves

to the guillotine!

How dare you?

It's time. Kill them!

Lord Zhang! Don't!

Outrageous! All the guards! Take them!

Who has the nerve to do so? Your Majesty!

- Stop! - Your Majesty!