Beneath the Dust, the Crown Still Gleams - Episode 3

The king, gravely wounded and with only ten years left to live, orders his royal guards and secret agents to find his missing son immediately. He also commands that the woman who adopted his son be honored as empress dowager and given power. Meanwhile, the boy struggles with bullying at his combat school and promises his mother he will stop training and stay by his guardian’s side. His mother insists he train harder to win the upcoming combat tournament, the key to becoming family heir and ending the bullying. The episode ends with the boy resolving to seriously train and claim victory.