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[Celestial Academy Authority]

[Episode 20]

Look at that guy.
He's so decent-looking.

Yeah.

He's different from the people
of our village.

Yeah.

Kid,

this is not how you pluck tea leaves.

He's well-educated.

Unlike us,

we're boorish.

Don't tease him.

He's helping us because

he's punished by
Celestial Authority Academy.

He's pretty pitiful.

Yeah.

Mr Cui, if you don't know anything,
I can help you out.

You guys can continue with your work.
No need.

I'll do fine on my own.

Let's go.

People who are well-educated
are different indeed.

Yeah.

Mr Cui,

you must've been exhausted.

Your academy
is torturing you for no reason.

You're such a good child,
yet you need to do this.

My heart is in pain
when I see you like this.

Yeah.

All of us feel sorry for you.

Yeah.

I was framed.

Come and have some water.

Okay.

Mister, here's a letter for you.

Who wrote it?

Is it a love letter?

[Young Master,]

[how's it going over there?]

[Did you suffer?]

[It's a pity I wasn't by your side.]

[I can't do anything to help.]

[Honestly speaking,]

[my father did leave you]

[to the hall leader.]

[He knows that]

[the hall leader has
deep grudges against you.]

[That's why he rejected]

[Mr Gong's decision of imprisoning you.]

[I told you before.]

[My father]

[is extremely petty.]

[He dislikes you,]

[yet he can't deal with you in public.]

[That's why he's using this
as an excuse to punish you.]

[But,]

[you mustn't hate him.]

[Lately,]

[the academy is doing fine.]

[You should reflect
on your actions over there.]

[Don't be childish anymore.]

[And,]

[Run and I are investigating the case.]

[Although we couldn't find out
who had hurt Rui Zhi,]

[everyone has forgiven you.]

[Run and I will await for your return.]

Few days ago,

I've asked you guys to study
the mathematical textbook.

Have you guys read it?

I'm untalented.

I only understand some of them.

At noon,

the tree is one meter tall.

Its shadow is one inch long.

And the hill's shadow is ten meter long.

Everyone, please calculate
the height of the hill

within 30 minutes.

You may start now.

This is harder than reciting poems.

Everything is hard for you
except for spending money.

I realized that

your tongue is getting sharper.

-I...
-Brother Yue

is just like Brother Song
who first arrived at our academy.

I don't fear people with power now.

Back then, Lian Yu

hated unreasonable people like them.

But now, Lian Yu

is deeply in love with Cui Chu Yi.

She would rather skip classes

and be punished together with him.

Nonsense.

She went to monitor him

because she's afraid that
he'll cause trouble.

Enough already.

She fell in love

with Yi after some time

even though she hates him at first.

Both of them

are glued together.

As the saying goes,
mandarin ducks and deities

are nothing compared to love.

You should stop your wishful thinking.

You should stop deceiving yourself.

Qian Jia Yu, you...

Focus on your question.

When will my punishment end?

I can't stand it anymore.

There are bugs as well?

Madam, I'm doing my work.
You should stop following me.

-I don't need you to teach...
-Silly!

It's you?

Why are you only here by now?

I want to go home.

What's wrong?
I thought you were doing fine just now?

Which eye of yours saw that I was fine?

This is too tough for me.

I don't want to come here anymore.

Now, I finally know that

each grain in my plate is
a result of hard labour.

I won't waste food again.

Seems like the hall leader's idea

is pretty good.

It helped you to change,
and become a better person.

My foot.

You're so heartless.

Look at my hands and my neck,

they have different colours now.

The hall leader is doing this

on purpose.

Are you here to bring me home?

Did your father change your mind?

No.

I asked Mr Gong

to cover up for me.

I'm here to accompany you.

Really?

The husband sings and the wife follows.

Give me a hug.
I need some consolation.

It's fine now.

Kiss her!

Kiss her!

Madam!

Enough already.

They're so indecent.

Over the past two years,

natural disasters
have strucked us several times.

The South side was flooded,

while the North side
had experienced a drought.

The people are having it rough.

And the court is having its own conflict.

Thus, the border guards
are doing whatever they want.

That's why a huge amount of
refugees had flooded the capital.

So, His Majesty had ordered me

to discuss the solution with you all

as a representative of the court.

His Majesty is kind and caring.

He has been reducing taxes for the people.

We've benefited from that for many years.

If we can share the court's burden,

it's our honour to do so.

Yeah.

I don't know what ordinary people like us

can do for the people.

The grains within our vault

have been used to compensate
for the South side's flood.

But this year's drought

had reduced our harvest to half.

That's why there are so many
refugees in the capital.

I've contacted Celestial Authority Academy

to open the academy's grain vault.

But the grains within

aren't enough for everyone.

That's why I hope everyone can be generous

and help the people get through this.

In order to repay the court,

of course we will do our best.

But,

Lord Xian, you know this as well.

Everyone is having a tough time

this year.

Yeah.

We wanted to make some
contributions as well.

But my lord, you know that

this year has been tough for us.

There are more than 100 people

to feed in my family.

I'm in a dire situation

as well.

Yeah.

But,

we will do our best

to help the court get through this ordeal.

Why don't we

take out

100 taels each

and contribute to the court?

Yeah.

100 taels.

That's decided then.

I know

everyone is trying to help.

Although that's the case,

the court has reduced
the taxes by a significant amount.

Now that the people are in trouble,

if rich people like us can contribute more

and help them out,
we're doing a kind deed.

I'm willing to contribute my all.

Okay.

Madam Fang is spirited indeed.

Women aren't inferior to men indeed.

I'm impressed.

We are...

We are willing to contribute our all.

I will thank you all

on behalf of the court.

Yes.

Are you willing to leave with me?

The people who are trying to harm them
haven't revealed themselves yet.

I'm afraid

Grand Secretary Cui is the
only one who's trying to harm them.

But looking at them now,

I'm relieved.

I just hope that Yi can
become mature soon.

Both of them

can face future dangers together.

But, you're saying that
the one who's trying to harm Song Lian Yu

and frame Cui Chu Yi
is Grand Secretary Cui?

That doesn't make sense.

I'm not sure yet.

It's just a guess.

Grand Secretary Cui may seem like
he's trying to harm Lian Yu,

in reality, he's trying to ruin
the academy's reputation.

I think

these two matters are connected.

Let's not mention Lian Yu.

But Cui Chu Yi is his own grandson.

Why would he do this to his own grandson?

Let's go.
We'll let them handle the rest.

But, seriously speaking,

are you willing to
go to the border with me?

You're afraid that
I'll go back on my promise?

The border is a complicated place.

It isn't as safe as the capital.

And now, our country is
in a chaotic state.

A war might break out at any time.

We'll have to seek shelter.

It'll be tough.

Can you endure that?

Can I not endure that?

If you continue this,
I'll go back on my words.

-I'll stop now.
-Let's go.

That Madam Fang

is just trying to gain favour.

We tried our best
to not contribute to the court.

But she?

She pretended to be generous
even when she's not that capable.

She's famous for her generosity.

How can merchants like us
compare with her?

With this move,

she has gain the favours of Lord Xian
and the court.

Seems like

our business

won't do as well as her business
from now on.

You got a point.

My brothers, you better stop.

What if other people hear about this?

So,

are you saying that we're framing her?

Speaking of that,

you're an expert in that field.

Since it has come to this,
what else can we do?

I'm just heartbroken.

It's not easy for us
to earn our money, right?

In our current world,

the weak fill the streets.

They don't try hard enough
to change their circumstances.

When they are met with natural disasters,

they hope that people can help them out.

Aren't they a joke?

Yeah.

What a joke.

I'm going to leave soon.

I didn't expect working in the fields
to be that fun.

Let's go.

What's wrong?

You can't bear to leave this place?

Are you returning home?

Yeah.

If I can live with you,

I may be able to accept
living in this place.

Fine.

Find a place with a great scenery
and bring me there.

Okay. That's a deal.

I'm just joking.

-I'm joking as well.
-Cui Chu Yi!

Pull the cart properly.
Don't make me fall.

Why do I think

the capital seems different now?

Why is the capital
in such a poor state now?

Did something happen?

Look at you. You're so exhausted.

You look like a beggar now.

If I were a beggar,
you'll be a beggar's wife.

Who's a beggar's wife? Just you wish.

You two are pretty loving.

We aren't a couple.

Yeah.

She's my wife.

Where did you guys come from?

We came from Gao Village.

Isn't that place close to the capital?

The natural disaster

had even caused the emperor to suffer.

How can people like us live then?

What exactly happened?

I've been talking for a long time.

You guys came a long way here.

I suppose you're hungry.
Here, have some.

No need. We're not hungry.

-You guys can have them yourselves.
-Fine then.

Or are you guys enduring your hunger

in order to keep the food for us?

Students,

many refugees had seeked refuge
in the capital lately.

Lord Xian has gone to

help them out under His Majesty's order.

So, the Celestial Authority Academy

must do our best to help them out as well.

The hall leader

had sent someone to unlock the granary
and give away the grains.

After our discussion, Mr Gong and I
had decided to

send all of you

to help out Lord Xian

and the wealthy merchants

to handle the refugees.

Yes, Hill Leader.

Everyone, calm down. Please queue up.

Everyone has a share.

Thank you.

The number of refugees are increasing.

The capital will be filled with them soon.

Yeah.

They're homeless and jobless.

They're really pitiful.

But if this continues on,
the count will keep increasing.

We can't do anything about it.

What's that in your hand?

It's none of your business!

Such a huge piece of gold?

You're so rich,
yet you pretend to be a refugee?

You're a fake!

You must be out of your mind!

This...

I suspect that there are
fake refugees within them.

They actually pretended to be refugees?

What should we do about them?

Let's not mention the fake refugees.

Even if all of them were real refugees,

we will fall

if their numbers keep increasing.

But, we can't just let them die
on the streets, right?

What should we do?

Unruly bumpkins

always try to take advantage
of other people.

We can't just let the fake refugees
take away their food, right?

Damn it!

We need to think of a solution.

Greed is endless.
It is common for human to be greedy.

What can we do about it?

Zhang, you do know your own fault, huh?

You brat.

I just took a small sum from you.

Why are you still holding
a grudge against me?

It's 800 taels.

You say it's a small sum?

Seems like I need to tell Uncle Xian

to cure you of your greediness.

Hey, stop accusing me!

Stop arguing.

This is not the time for this.

Lian Yu, do you have any solution?

The grains from the academy

and the supplies we got
from the wealthy merchants

aren't enough.

And now, we even have fake refugees.

If this continues,
we won't be able to make it.

Why don't we adopt

the academy's school farm system?

Are you saying that
we should assign some farm work

to the refugees,

just like the school farm system?

They can work for their food.

They can receive aid from us,

and they can earn their living as well.

She's right.

We can help them settle down,
and lead a better life.

This is a great idea.

But,

will they be willing to do so?

Why aren't they willing to do so
when it safeguards their lives?

If they can get food
without having to work,

why would they be willing to work?

Do you know why they're poor?

It's because they're lazy.

Zhang, can you stop thinking
of them in that way?

Yeah.

Do you think everyone
is as greedy and devious as you?

You!

That's decided then.

You didn't listen to me.

You'll suffer for it later.

Everyone!

Everyone!

Before we give out food,

we have something to say.

All of you are our benefactors!

We will believe in anything you say!

Benefactors!

We'll believe in you guys!

Everyone, I know you guys
come from every corner of the earth.

You guys had to come because of
the natural disasters.

It is very pitiful of you indeed.

I guess everyone here
wants to have a house

and lead a stable life.

Yes! We want a house to stay in!

We want to be full!

We want a stable life!

Us, wealthy merchants from the capital,

had answered the court's summon.

We're here to help you guys out.

We're glad to help.

Thank you, Madam Fang!

Thank you, Madam Fang!

Everyone, be quiet.

Everyone, let me finish my words.

I've discussed this
with the other merchants.

They're hiring workers for their shops.

They have empty lands as well.

If you guys don't mind,
please sign up at this corner.

You will have a job,

and you won't need to wander anymore.

You can make a living as well.

This is the best plan for you all.

She's right.

That's great.

That way, we can have our own shelter.

Yeah.

Everyone, don't listen to her nonsense!

She just wants us
to be her workers for free!

If we don't work,

will you guys give us food?

Yeah!

I told you already.

If they can obtain profit
without having to work,

they'll never work for you.

It's not that we don't want
to give you food.

We just want everyone
to lead a stable life.

Everyone,

if we continue to give out our food,

the vault will be empty eventually.

If you want to lead a happy life,

you need to work for it
with your own hands.

Why don't you guys settle down here

and get a stable life?

You make it sound good.
You just want us to work for you.

Yeah! Despicable merchants!

Despicable merchants!

Despicable merchants!

Despicable merchants!

How can you guys act like this?

You don't know what's best for you!

We're trying to help you all to survive!

How dare you guys come up with excuses?

Heartless merchants,

no one is willing to be manipulated
by you! You hypocrites!

Hypocrites!

Hypocrites!

Hypocrites!

Hypocrites!

Hypocrites!

Hypocrites!

We'll grab the food ourselves!

Grab the food!

Stop fighting!

It's mine!

This is mine!

Stop fighting!

Stop fighting!

They're greedy indeed.

All our food is gone.

I didn't expect them
to behave in this way.

Madam Fang,

I'm sorry.

It was my fault.

What did I say?

These people

are mean and fierce.

When someone

is spoon-fed.

they won't work for it.

The poorer they are,

the more unreasonable they are.

They bully the weak.

Zhang, you should stop talking.

Brat, how am I wrong?

Now, it seems like

Zhang is right.

I didn't expect them to be so evil.

But something's wrong.

What's wrong?

Foolish people won't listen to reasons.

Yeah.

Why is there someone
who tried to oppose us directly?

Seems like it was planned.

Initially, everyone wanted
to accept our proposal.

But after they came out
and objected our proposal,

everyone else lost their mind.

Why did that happen?

Don't tell me someone is behind this?

But,

what can they gain from this?

Don't tell me

someone wanted to create a mess

on purpose?

Not necessarily.

If that's the case,

why would they object us
with such certainty?

Seems like they're working together.

Bad news!

What happened?

Boss, I have bad news!

Some of the refugees said that

they want to defeat
all despicable merchants.

They started to wreck our shops!

This is bad!

Will they go to Yongfang Clinic?

Yongfang Clinic?

Fang Yi Qing and Lan Zi are still inside!

Why are you going there?

Those refugees are inhumane!

You'll die in vain if you go there!

How about this? Yu and I will save them.

You guys can protect Madam Fang.

-Let's go.
-Let's go.

-Leave it to me.
-Be careful.

[Yongfang Clinic]

You're fine. You just caught a cold.

I'll give you a prescription.

Just take it once per day.

-You'll recover after that.
-Thank you, Physician Fang.

What are you guys doing?

The Fang family are despicable merchants.

I'm sure you guys are
trying to harm the refugees.

-Smash their shop!
-Who dares to do so!

Don't tell me you guys
want to be bandits as well?

You guys are hypocrites.

Who knows how many people you've harmed!

Yeah! Don't touch Miss Fang!

Yeah! Miss Fang is a kind person.

She treats us for free!

You guys mustn't be deceived by her.

Who knows if she had poisoned you or not?

You're speaking nonsense!
You don't have any evidence.

You don't look like a refugee.

Tell me. Who sent you here?

You're trying to mislead them!

Smash the shop!

You guys can't smash the shop!

-What are you doing?
-Go away!

You guys are disregarding the law!

Stop!

Don't smash everything!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Go to hell!

Stop!

Smash them!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop smashing them!

Stop!

Stop!

Scram!

Let's go!

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Father,

it's all my fault.

I got the merchants

and Madam Fang involved in this.

What should we do now?

Seems like

someone is behind this.

The villagers are pure and innocent.

They're easily influenced

by words.

Who's behind this then?

Helping the refugees was supposed to
be a good deed.

The merchants were
trying to help the court.

But now,

aren't they offending the court?

Who would take this risk?
And what will they get from this?

I'm sure it's driven by profit.

You two shouldn't interfere with this.

Father, how could we just ignore them?

The refugees

are trying to harm Madam Fang
and the rest.

Leave it to me.

How about this?

You two should return for now.

Seems like

you know who's the mastermind.

Who else can it be?

You didn't expose him
in front of Cui Chu Yi.

Seems like

you've accepted him.

I'm just afraid that

Lian Yu might hate me for this.

I will never agree

to their wedding.

Your child has grown up.
You should just let them go.

Don't you know how Grand Secretary Cui is?

The two of them

won't end well.

Grand Secretary Cui is
evil and despicable.

You and I know that the best.

But Cui Chu Yi is way different from him.

Although he looks unreasonable
on the surface,

he's just stubborn.

He's actually a kind child.

Even if he's a kind child,
I still won't agree to it.

The incident with me and Le Yan

mustn't happen again.

Moreover,

Grand Secretary Cui
has done too many evil deeds.

One day, I will expose his crimes.

I can't make it difficult
for both of them.

I think my father is acting strange today.

Why do you say so?

Although he doesn't care
for the common people,

I don't think he will

ignore Aunt Fang.

Maybe he's just worried that
you might be in danger.

If the refugees cause a riot,

only the soldiers can stop them.

Maybe that's the case.

What should we do then?

I have an idea.

Let's go to the refugee camp.

Hurry up!

You two,

you only think of me when

it's something dangerous.

Of course we think of you
when it comes to something dangerous.

You're skilled in martial arts.

Why don't you call Yu?

Yu?

What can he do? He's just a burden to us.

It's fine if you guys
call me to be your guard.

But can you guys be more humane?

You should stop being
lovey-dovey in front of me.

You want me to carry the bag,
and you even want to take advantage of me?

Since when did you become so talkative?

My goodness. How about this?

Later, we'll pretend to be your parents.

You'll pretend to be our son.

Why should I pretend to be your son?

How about our grandson?

But you're a bit too old for that.

I quit!

Hurry!

Let's go.

It's you guys again.

Brother, we meet again.

I heard that the capital
is sending out food.

They did.

But now,
they've stopped sending out food.

Why?

Why did they stop?

You guys must be new.

Yeah.

The natural disaster struck
at the start of the year.

We were met with war as well.

The entire village couldn't
survive anymore.

We were lucky that

we have a son to escort us to the capital.

Your son looks strong.

He doesn't look hungry at all.

I...

My son just has a muscular body.

He hunted many animals

before we came here.

It must've been tough.

Everyone!

Everyone!

Come over here!

I need to tell you guys something!

Everyone, listen to me!

We're in the same boat,
living a tough life!

All of us

came from a long way.

It's all because we want to get some food

in this cruel world of ours.

But those despicable merchants,

they tried to extort us!

They make it sound good.

They say they will give us a shelter

and feed us,

but,

aren't they just turning us
into the slaves?

-We mustn't be slaves!
-We mustn't be slaves!

Yes!

We mustn't bow down to them!

We mustn't bow down to them!

This Mr Zhou,

he's actually pretending to be a refugee.

How dare he?

You know that guy?

He's a famous thug in the capital.

He often eats without paying.

Some days ago, Yu and I
taught his men a lesson.

Those despicable merchants!

They're trying to make us their slaves!

Once we believe them,

we will become their slaves!

They may pretend to be kind today,

but after

we become their slaves tomorrow,

they'll extort us until death!

And our future generation
won't be able to survive!

-We won't be slaves!
-We won't be slaves!

This is ridiculous!

Don't listen to him!

Who are you?

I'm just one of the refugees.

I think you're wrong.

Brat,

don't come and make a mess.

You said they were trying to make us
their slaves.

Do you have prove?

Do we need any prove

of their despicable deeds?

They didn't complain
and they forked out their money and food

in order to give them to us.

Everyone here had received their food.

And you're here defaming them.

You have no prove at all!

What did you give them?

Why must they listen to you?

Now, you're trying to instigate them
to smash and steal things.

What if the court send out soldiers

and treat everyone as a mob?
What should we do if they arrest us?

Everyone, don't listen to him!

He was sent by the despicable merchants!

You are sent by the despicable merchants!

Everyone, don't believe him.

He's an infamous thug in the capital.

He's here to drive a wedge
between you guys!

All of them are his men!

Really?

This is too much!

Everyone, don't believe her!

Everyone, don't believe her!

All of us are in the same boat!

Everyone, think about it.

If Madam Fang really wanted to
trick you guys to become her slaves,

you guys need to sign a slave contract.

Just don't sign it!

If you guys frame the wrong person

and miss out the chance
to have a stable life,

isn't that a pity?

Yeah.

She has a point!

How dare you guys ruin my plan!

Kill them!

Go!

Be careful of your back!

Duan, beat him up!

Be careful of your buttock!

Be careful!

Thug, you have no way to escape!

Yi, are you okay?

I'm fine.

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