Who Stole the Emperor's Granary

Emperor Liu Di of Great Qian personally tills the fields and leads officials in a demonstration of hard work. Just as officials present auspicious rice ears to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an assassin suddenly appears before the throne carrying the ashes of one million disaster victims from Fenyang, accusing the court of falsifying灾情 and failing to save lives. A stark contrast between golden rice and pale ashes reveals a shocking injustice involving a million souls, exposing a deadly undercurrent that threatens to swallow the foundations of the dynasty beneath the surface of prosperity.