Recap "The Imperial Age" Episode 4

Apr 9, 2022

The prince’s side concubine, Mrs. Lu, was strict with her son. Because he wrote 17 wrong characters, she beat him 15 times. Zhu Biao called Zhu Xian, the deputy commander of the left guard, to prepare him to supervise the transportation and escort the South Korean Gongguifu. Zhu Biao thinks that Lan Yu should not listen to Duke Korea, and should be rewarded and punished clearly.

Xu Da is in charge of the commander-in-chief, and the affairs of Zhongshu Province can be handled by the imperial censor Zhongcheng. Hearing that Xu Zengshou had come to find Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang asked about it. When the princes sent congratulatory gifts, Xu Miaoyun deliberately let people record them one by one, separate them from the things in his father’s mansion, and said to the outside world that they belonged to her and Zhu Di, so as to avoid being entrained.

Xu Miaoyun was so shrewd, and he had to deal with Wei Guogong to separate the family. Zhu Yuanzhang was very funny. He stopped the construction and repair of the front palace and the harem, and first built the warehouse where Xu Miaoyun would put his dowry after he got married. The prince joked that Xu Miaoyun, who was so shrewd and capable, was afraid that the fourth brother Zhu Di would not be able to handle it.

Haibie owed Zhu Di’s kindness, and during this time, he took care of the injured him as repayment. Zhu Di left her angrily, she went out and came back. When Zhu Di heard what she said to Zhang Yu outside, he immediately regretted his actions just now. But now his injury is much better, and he doesn’t bother her anymore to take care of herself.

Zhu Di and Xu Da asked to be on duty in the account. Xu Da asked Zhu Di what he thought to do with Haibie, and Zhu Di suggested that it would be most appropriate to bring them back to Nanjing and hand them over to Princess Qin. After receiving the military report, the King of Qin told Wang Yuemin about the matter.

As soon as King Qin went to court, Wang Yuemin instructed her confidant to send someone to keep an eye on Uncle Cheng’s mansion and Hu Weiyong’s mansion. The new prime minister must be one of the two. Hu Weiyong is a student of Mr. Li. He is very grateful for the help of Mr. Li, the old prime minister. In the past, he was the only one who followed his lead. The old Xiangguo remembered Zhu Yuanzhang’s words and immediately reminded Hu Weiyong that the sky above their heads could only be His Majesty.

Upward, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a decree to appoint Hu Weiyong, a political affairs official, to be the Zuocheng of the Central Book. Zhu Biao was surprised, this was something he didn’t expect at all. After the court, Zhu Biao ran to Uncle Chengyi’s mansion to comfort Liu Bowen (Liu Ji), who was not the prime minister, but Liu Bowen saw clearly that today’s Zhongshu Province is a big coffin. Zhu Biao was summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang as soon as he returned to the palace from Uncle Chengyi. Zhu Yuanzhang’s good intentions made Zhu Biao understand. And Zhu Biao also told Zhu Yuanzhang what Liu Ji said, and Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion, Mr. Liu knows the general.

Nai’er did not take aggression to visit Xu Da in the camp, and conveyed that the King of Qi wanted to exchange three thousand Ming people for Princess Fuli. After careful analysis, Xu Da did not understand why King Qi did this. Since he didn’t understand, he planned to invite the Yuan army camp. At Mao Shi, Li Wenzhong led his troops to attack, and although there were countless casualties, the flag did not fall. Brother Wuqi died for saving Zhu Xi’s life, and Zhu Xi finally saw the cruelty of swords without eyes on the battlefield. This time, the two sides were tied, and Xu Da ordered the collapsed soldiers to be gathered up and withdrawn to the camp.

Sheng Yong told Xu Da that the King of Qi was at odds with King Kaiyuan of Liaodong. At this time, King Kaiyuan’s troops and horses were late, and King Qi was very helpless. Along the way, Yuanren retreated steadily, from Jiangnan to Mobei. If they were still defeated in Mobei this time, they would have nowhere to go. Therefore, this battle must be fought and won, so as to rekindle the confidence of the tribe. The last thing he does now is that he failed to destroy Geng Bingwen’s five thousand elite cavalry.