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=Royal Upstart 2= (Based on "Zhenguan Foolish Son-in-Law")

=Episode 22=

(Exploding the Great Clans!)

What...

What happened to my door?

Wei Hao...

Cui Xiongkai,

I heard you have a problem with my marriage to the Eldest Princess.

What are you trying to do?

How dare you attack my home!

Someone, come here!

- Master. - Master.

Beat him and throw him out!

Get him!

- Yes, Master. - Yes, Master.

What is this?

Come on.

Try me.

I'll toss this into the crowd in a moment.

Let's see how many of you survive.

Wei Hao!

What...

What exactly do you want?

So, you have an issue with me marrying the Eldest Princess,

and you even want to divorce

those women who married out of the Wei clan?

You...

Is that true or not?

It's clearly you who was wrong first.

All the clans had already agreed

that no one would marry into the Imperial Family.

You messed up,

and yet you're blaming us?

How exactly did I mess up?

Your agreement is none of my darn business.

My marriage is none of your concern.

And divorcing our women?

Just try it!

Cui Xiongkai,

listen here.

Within ten days,

have your clan leader

come to the capital to see me.

If he doesn't show up in ten days,

then a month from now,

there will be 100,000

different types of books in the capital.

Let's see,

within ten years,

if I can pull

the great clans up by the roots.

How presumptuous!

Uproot us?

100,000 types of books?

Are you that capable?

Just notify your clan leader.

Whether they come or not is their choice.

Besides,

if you dare to divorce even one Wei clan woman,

there will be nothing to talk about.

Just come and buy books in a month.

I guarantee

that I'll have every book

those scholars need.

Wei Hao.

You just wait.

I don't believe for a second

that no one can keep you in check!

All right.

Step aside.

I'm going to blow up your living room

just to give you a warning.

My living room...

What are you all standing around for?

Stop him.

Come on.

Who dares to step forward?

Run.

Let's go, Master.

Run.

Remember.

Within ten days, have your clan leader come to the capital to see me.

Wei Hao,

I'll fight you to the death!

Come then!

This one is packed with iron filings.

It will blow you to pieces.

You're the ones who forced my hand.

Let's go.

On to the next house.

Wei Hao.

Wei the Fool!

Your Majesty,

this explosion doesn't sound like it came from the Ministry of Works.

It should be coming from outside the palace.

Wei the Fool.

Report!

Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works has not been manufacturing gunpowder.

(The only ones who know how to use gunpowder)

(are Wei Hao and Cheng Sanfu.)

(But Cheng Sanfu would never pull a stunt like this.)

(It has to be Wei Hao.)

Send someone to investigate.

No.

Go there yourself.

Change into your plain clothes.

Go and see

if it really is Wei Hao using gunpowder.

If it is indeed Wei Hao,

pretend you didn't see anything

and report back to me.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Wei the Fool,

are you crazy?

Wang Chen, look at yourself now.

Cowering like a turtle in its shell.

You even pushed your wife in front of you.

You're barely human, aren't you?

It's a fake.

What a humiliation.

In all my decades,

I have never suffered such an insult!

Two things.

First.

If you dare to divorce

the women of the Wei clan,

then soon,

the capital will have

100,000 books for sale every month.

Mark my words.

That's every single month.

Second, have your clan leader come to the capital

to meet me within ten days.

Whether they come is their business.

You just focus on writing the letter.

At worst, we all go down together.

Wei Hao,

you are too arrogant.

Today,

if you don't kneel and apologize to me,

even if I have to take this to His Majesty...

Go ahead and sue me.

However,

I brought so many good things today.

It'd be a waste not to use them.

I'll blow you into a crippled turtle first.

Wait!

I was wrong.

Marquis Wei,

don't light it.

Don't light it.

Marquis,

whatever this is,

we can talk it out.

You and I are both men of status.

This isn't necessary.

Who told you to laugh?

I'm just here to notify you today.

You actually dare to divorce a Wei woman?

Do you think they have no family to back them up?

Also,

who I choose to marry

is none of your business.

Does it bother you?

Well...

Marquis Wei,

there must be a deep misunderstanding between us.

Let wealth

and beautiful women

be my apology to you.

Get out of here.

Well,

Marquis Wei,

look,

so many people are watching me.

Give me some face.

I'm in a hurry to get to the next house.

Did you remember what I just said?

Of course.

Let's go.

Darn it!

This deadlock is impossible to break now.

Good heavens.

How could the Wei clan produce such a creature?

He even blew up their mansions.

How am I supposed to explain this to them?

Clan Leader!

Clan Leader, this is bad.

Wei Hao

has blown up the mansions of many great clans.

His...

His carriage is heading straight for us.

What is Wei the Fool doing here?

Quick.

Open the main gate!

Now!

Open the main gate!

Hurry.

(Wei Ancestral Home)

Wei the Fool,

are you crazy?

You're even bombing the Wei ancestral home?

I haven't even provoked you lately.

Marquis Wei,

we are all part of the same clan.

Is there any need for such a bombing?

What do you know?

Clan Leader,

I am actually helping you.

I've already blown up the main gates of all the other clans.

If yours isn't blown up,

won't they come and pester you to death?

But now, your main gate is gone, so you can have some peace.

I don't think they will come looking for you anymore.

Wei Hao,

I will not let you get away with this.

Then, I'll go blow up the living hall.

Don't.

The hall

has antiques preserved for over a century.

If you bomb it,

I'm not finished with you!

Then, you should tell them to come and stop me.

Go stop him.

Stop this unfilial son.

Fine,

I won't bomb it then.

I'll have my aunt send you ten guan later.

Fix the gate yourself.

One hundred guan!

If it's short by one wen,

I'll send men to tear down your own main gate.

Bye-bye.

Dead fool.

He only knows how to bully his own people.

Clan Leader,

what should we do now?

What should we do?

Just go back to whatever you were doing.

Go...

(The brat still has some conscience.)

(He didn't blow up the front hall.)

(Cui Mansion)

This won't do.

We must demand an explanation from Wei Yuanzhao.

This time,

let's see what Wei Yuanzhao has to say.

Wei Hao has trampled the honor

of our great clans into the dirt.

If Wei Yuanzhao doesn't give me a satisfactory answer,

I'm not finished with him.

Let's go.

Master,

Wei Yuanzhao's main gate was also blown up.

What?

He even blew up the gate of his own clan leader?

Yes.

He's nearly fainting from rage himself.

Send someone to repair the living hall.

Yes.

Regarding this matter,

we cannot let Wei Hao off.

Notify the officials from our clan.

Tell them to continue impeaching him.

Wei Hao is a Marquis of the current dynasty

and the Emperor's future son-in-law.

If the Emperor

doesn't give us a satisfactory answer,

we will not let this go.

What?

Is it really Wei the Fool?

Yes, Your Majesty.

He blew up the main gates

of the great clans' representatives in the capital.

He even blew up the main gate of Wei Yuanzhao's mansion.

It has become the laughingstock of the capital.

This brat.

Where did he get gunpowder?

Your Majesty,

I am not sure about that.

I suppose he formulated it himself.

He does have a formula.

Your Majesty,

regarding this matter,

the great clans

will certainly impeach Wei Hao.

How should we handle it?

Handle it?

Why handle it at all?

So what if he blew them up?

(He's fine even after that?)

(How much does His Majesty dote on Wei the Fool?)

Your Majesty,

the censor-in-chief just sent these over.

They are all petitions to impeach Marquis Wei.

Leave them there.

Yes.

(Wei Hao blew up those great clans' main gates.)

(How satisfying.)

(And they want me to punish Wei Hao?)

(This son-in-law of mine)

(did exactly what I've always wanted to do.)

(Do they think I would actually punish him?)

♪Everyone says I'm a big silly fool♪

♪When things happen, I only know how to count on my fingers♪

♪They shake their heads and say I'm pitiful♪

♪Sigh and walk away♪

♪Little do they know, I am sharp and bright♪

♪With a heart like a mirror, I understand the world's♪

♪Colors and darkness♪

♪But I keep my edge hidden♪

♪The day I become famous is just around the corner♪

♪In the hotpot restaurant, skewers boil in the broth♪

♪People come and go, with few worries or troubles♪

♪The clacking of the abacus rings out♪

♪See me differently. Who dares to challenge me?♪

♪The world mistakes me♪

♪For an ignorant and stubborn fool♪

♪As the storm approaches♪

♪I just shrug and watch with a smile♪

♪This foolish image is convenient♪

♪I use it as a protective shield♪

♪Navigating with ease, I attract♪

♪A lucky star to accompany me♪

♪In a peaceful golden age♪

♪I hold my lady's hand to watch the world♪

♪Pouring youth and fireworks♪

♪Into a precious glazed cup♪

♪Having experienced life's changes♪

♪And tasted its highs and lows♪

♪My wish has finally come true♪

♪To stay by your side♪

♪In this fleeting world♪

♪We are free and happy♪

♪From a nobody♪

♪To someone now famous♪

♪Ordinary people laugh at me♪

♪But I laugh at how they cannot see through it all♪

♪Let others plot and scheme♪

♪I will keep my heart unchanged♪

♪In this vast world♪

♪I find my own leisurely freedom♪

♪The world is bustling, and things constantly change♪

♪Everything ends eventually♪

♪All that remains before my eyes♪

♪Is this street wandering, still tinged with pity♪

♪No matter how time flies♪

♪Even if the falling snow♪

♪Dyes the hair at our temples white♪

♪All I want now♪

♪Is to pray for my lady's peace and safety♪

♪Year after year♪