Episode 5
On the day of the duel between Bai Qi and San Zhizi, Prince Jing and Ni Huang came to Wuying Hall in advance.Mei Changsu took the opportunity to tell Nihuang that Princess Liyang reminded her to be careful of the harem's dark tricks and to be cautious about what she imports.
Emperor Liang led everyone to gather in the main hall to watch the battle.Bailiqi lost to Sanzhizi's sword formation and was injured. Emperor Liang was very happy.Bailiqi was forced to withdraw from the competition to find a bride.Nihuang asked Emperor Liang to remove the three children from their status as criminal slaves and take them back to his palace for training, and Emperor Liang agreed.Ting Sheng was finally free.
After the banquet was over, Nihuang questioned Bailiqi's strange loss.Mei Changsu admitted that Bai Qi was a member of the Jiangzuo League, and he made this arrangement in case there were people among the top ten that Nihuang didn't like, so as to gain favor from Yunnan Mu Mansion.When they were about to talk in depth, the Queen summoned Nihuang to Zhengyang Palace to talk. The two looked at each other and both thought that the Queen wanted to harm Nihuang.Nihuang was wary and followed the maid into Zhengyang Palace, but not a drop of water was touched.
On the way out of the palace, Mei Changsu learned from Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin that Liao Yanjie, the man elected by Prince Yu's Palace, invited them to play polo outside the palace. Only then did he learn that it was not Prince Yu and the Queen who attacked Nihuang, but the Prince and Yue.Concubine.He was so angry that his old illness relapsed.Meng Zhi arrived and sent Xiao and Yan away.Mei Changsu asked him to immediately notify King Jing, the Queen, and Mu Qing to rescue Nihuang.At this time, Concubine Yue had brought Nihuang from the Queen's Palace to her Zhaoren Palace.
Concubine Yue talked with Nihuang over wine about the scenery of her hometown.Nihuang thought the poisoner was the queen, so when she saw Concubine Yue drinking the cup in one gulp, she put down her guard and drank.The maid informed the prince and Sima Lei to see him.Nihuang noticed something was wrong and stood up to leave, but she felt dizzy and her steps were wandering.She used her last ray of clarity to knock down Sima Lei. As soon as she rushed out of the palace, she fainted in the arms of Prince Jing who forced his way into the palace.King Jing wanted to save Nihuang from Zhaoren Palace, but Concubine Yue and the prince were so mad that they ordered the guards to shoot King Jing.Prince Jing was so anxious that he took the prince hostage with his sword, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.At the critical moment, the queen and the empress dowager arrived and took them away from Zhaoren Palace.
Nihuang woke up and came to Yangju Hall angrily, asking Emperor Liang to give him justice.The concubine Yue made excuses in every possible way.When Nihuang was helpless, King Jing came to testify, but Concubine Yue refused to go forward in order to retreat.At this time, Meng Zhi entered the palace and reported that he had captured Sima Lei, a foreign minister, outside Zhaoren Palace.Concubine Yue's face turned pale when she heard this. She knew that she could not deny her love, so she had no choice but to throw away her car to protect the prince. She lied that the prince did not know about it, and she took full responsibility for the crime.Emperor Liang demoted her to a concubine and put her in the cold palace, where she lived in seclusion and thought about her mistakes.
