Episode 3 Episode 3

Prince Shoutoku returns from his trip to China and after the Luoyang incident to check on the construction progress of the Hōryū-ji temple, only to find it to be still on the planning stage. He forces the only worker to finish the building in a day - although in a severely altered form - so he can invite Ono no Imoko over - however, that action would would be the last for both of them.