Xiao Wuxia, the young lord of Yueluo City, endured the humiliation and lurked in the Liang Kingdom for many years. He changed his name to Wei Zhao and suffered the infamy of being a sycophant.In order to find out the truth about his family, Wei Zhao tried to kidnap the only survivor in the Qi Wang case. However, his carefully laid plan was ruined by the sudden appearance of the young girl Jiang Ci.Pei Yan took the opportunity to raise the seriously injured Jiang Ci into the mansion in order to find the “saboteur” behind the scenes.Wei Zhao's tragic life experience and national justice also touched the innocent Jiang Ci. The two saw each other's shining points and fell in love with each other as they got along.In the end, Wei Zhao, Jiang Ci, and Pei Yan put aside their personal grudges and jointly fought against Emperor Liang, realizing their wish to protect Yueluo and establish a Qing Dynasty...

The Dacheng Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom held peace talks today, and the ceremony was solemnly held in Fanglin Garden in Qingkang.Fanglin Garden was heavily guarded, with security teams passing through to ensure safety, while the kitchen was busy, carefully preparing delicacies to entertain the envoys from the Kingdom of Wei.

Jiang Ci took the opportunity to steal a pot of wine and wanted to find a quiet place to enjoy it alone, but he ran into the gorgeously dressed Lian Er passing by in a hurry.Lian'er is outstandingly beautiful, but has a stern expression.Jiang Ci had no time to think about it, so she cleverly avoided the patrolling guards and tasted wine under the shade of a tree. However, she couldn't forget to catch a glimpse of Sword and Cauldron Marquis Pei Yan, so she decided to go to Yueluo to collect coffin flowers.

Jiang Ci's actions did not escape the surveillance of the Silver-faced Man.While she was intoxicated with wine, the silver-faced man appeared and threatened her with a sword.In order not to disturb the envoy, the silver-faced man covered Jiang Ci's mouth, but unexpectedly found Yue Luo's waistband in his arms, so he showed mercy.The Wei State delegation arrived as scheduled, led by Teng Rui, the minister of Honglu Temple.Seeing this, the silver-faced man became vigilant and relaxed his control over Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci was waiting for an opportunity to escape.

Pei Yan arrived on horseback, and General Lei greeted him with tea, showing the etiquette of the two countries.Teng Rui wanted to show off his power to Pei Yan, but was easily defused by him. Jiang Ci respected Pei Yan deeply and begged the silver-faced man to let her go, but was rejected.

At the beginning of the peace talks ceremony, Lian'er performed a dance with superb skills, which won Teng Rui's praise.After the dance, Lian'er wanted to propose a toast, but General Lei carefully tested the wine.When Teng Rui was receiving the wine, he took Lian'er into his arms.Seeing this, Jiang Ci became suspicious of Lian'er.Before Jiang Ci could say anything, the silver-faced man stabbed Jiang Ci with a dagger, which convinced Jiang Ci that the two were conspiring together.

The silver-faced man wanted to assassinate Teng Rui, but Pei Yan called Lian'er aside to ask, and Lian'er expressed her admiration for Teng Rui.Teng Rui was fascinated and defended Lian'er, but Pei Yan gave up.Jiang Ci was afraid that the silver-faced man would be disadvantageous to her, so she reluctantly drew her dagger and fought back. She was finally subdued again, and the wine bottle fell to the ground, alerting the guards.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the silver-faced man shot an arrow at Teng Rui, and Lian'er also came to help.General Lei protected Teng Rui Zhou, and the silver-faced man pushed Jiang Ci to step down and covered Lian'er's escape.Pei Yan rescued Jiang Ci, sent Teng Rui and the envoy away, and took her back home to heal.Jiang Ci was seriously injured and fell into coma. Pei Yan urgently summoned the famous doctor Cui Liang for treatment.

The silver-faced man returned to the ship to join Lian'er, but the assassination planned by the two failed.It turned out that the silver-faced man was Wei Zhao, the commander of the Guangming Division of the Great Star State, and his atrocities made the people and officials complain.In order to find out the whereabouts of Wang Shiquan, the bodyguard of the King of Qi, Wei Zhao tortured him to force a confession and escaped from office. He learned that Wang Shiquan might be hiding in Weiguo incognito.

Wei Zhao ordered Shadow Pavilion to search Weiguo based on the characteristics of Wang Shiquan's whip injury, and finally found that Teng Rui's handwriting was similar to Wang Shiquan's.The Wei Kingdom wanted to seize Yueluo, but Emperor Xie Che wanted to negotiate peace to avoid war.Wei Zhao suggested opening a branch of the Tongfeng River to Wei State and building a dam to monitor it.He missed his late wife Wei Yu, so he spread false news to lure Teng Rui to peace talks and plotted to assassinate her.

Teng Rui fell into the trap and went to the peace talks. Wei Zhao planned carefully, but his success failed because of Pei Yan.He closely monitors Pei Yan's house to prevent Jiang Ci from revealing his identity.Jiang Ci fell into a coma, and Cui Liang suggested treating him with Millennium Snow Toad Pills.Pei Yan apologized to Xie Che and vowed to complete the peace talks and fulfill his father's wish to revitalize Changfengwei.An Cheng and Tong Min help Pei Yan track down the assassin, and the situation becomes confusing.

After Cui Liang's tireless treatment for several days, supplemented by the miraculous efficacy of Qianxue Chan Pills, Jiang Ci was finally out of danger, and Pei Yan immediately arranged for Cui Liang to return home to rest.

Jiang Ci was born in Jiangjia Village, Ming'an, Dacheng Kingdom. He has been dependent on his master Yan Qiaoshuang since he was a child.Yan Qiaoshuang once traveled to Yueluo and tasted a bowl of porridge that was not bitter and unforgettable.In order to recreate the taste in his memory, Jiang Ci tried all kinds of vegetation and ingredients in the mountains, but he still failed to do so.Until ten days ago, when Yan Qiaoshuang returned from her travels, Jiang Ci served out the non-bitter porridge he had carefully cooked with great expectation, but it was not approved by the master.Jiang Ci made a vow to let her taste the nostalgic taste again on the occasion of her master's birthday.

One day, Yan Qiaoshuang noticed something strange in the outside world, so she took the opportunity to send Jiang Ci away.By the time Jiang Ci returned, Yan Qiaoshuang had fallen asleep peacefully.Jiang Ci cherishes the dream of traveling around the world and tasting delicious food, but he has been unable to do so because of his master's worries.While his master was sleeping, Jiang Ci couldn't hold back his desire and secretly went down the mountain to watch the grand peace talks between Da Ming and Wei Guo. He planned to collect coffin flowers before returning.

Arriving at Fanglin Garden, Jiang Ci faced a heavy guard and came up with a plan to hide his luggage under a big tree.Inadvertently, she discovered a letter left by Yan Qiaoshuang, which was full of her master's concerns and instructions for her action.Jiang Ci properly collected the letter, jumped into the river resolutely, and sneaked into the heavily guarded Fanglin Garden.

After Jiang Ci regained consciousness, he recalled the shocking scene of being assassinated by the silver-faced man, and was still frightened.Pei Yan was always waiting by her side, giving her medicine with her own hands.Facing Pei Yan's concern, Jiang Ci was wary because she remembered the reminder in the master's letter.It wasn't until Pei Yan personally tasted the medicine and confirmed that it was safe that Jiang Ci took it with confidence.From the mouth of the maid Shuxia, she learned that the medicine was actually Pei Yan's life-saving treasure on the battlefield - Millennium Snow Toad Pill, and she was full of gratitude to Pei Yan.

When Pei Yan asked about the assassin, Jiang Ci remained silent for fear of retaliation.When Pei Yan saw this, he no longer pressed him. He ordered Cui Liang to conduct a follow-up examination for Jiang Ci and told Shuxia to take good care of him.Under Cui Liang's care, Jiang Ci gradually recovered and lived a leisurely and contented life.

At the same time, Wei Zhao was panicked after learning the news that Jiang Ci had been rescued, worried that Jiang Ci would reveal his secret.On the one hand, he secretly disposed of the bodies of his brothers in the slave camp to prevent his accomplices who had been lurking for many years from being implicated; on the other hand, he secretly monitored Jiang Ci's every move, trying to find opportunities to strike.

One day, Jiang Ci took advantage of the opportunity of flying the kite to escape from the Hou Mansion.Unexpectedly, Wei Zhao was discovered lurking in the tree.Frightened, Jiang Ci accidentally fell and was fortunately rescued by Pei Yan in time.Pei Yan wanted to punish Shu Xia, but Jiang Ci interceded for him, which made Pei Yan give up.Jiang Ci inadvertently revealed the whereabouts of the Silver-faced Man, but was vague about Pei Yan's inquiry.She knew very well that as long as the silver-faced man was not eliminated, it would be difficult for her to escape.

Pei Yan proposed to go out with Jiang Ci to relax, but was declined.In the end, Pei Yan arranged for Cui Liang to accompany Jiang Ci to Lanyue Tower for dinner, but in fact he set a trap to lure the silver-faced man to show up.However, Jiang Ci had other plans. She used the pond in Lanyue Tower to try to escape again.In Lanyue Tower, Jiang Ci not only taught the frivolous people a lesson, but also unexpectedly met the prince Xie Zhi.

As night fell, Jiang Ci pretended to be drunk and took advantage of Su Yan's arrangement to hide in the room.After everyone dispersed, she used the kite left during the day as a cover and successfully escaped from Pei Yan's surveillance.However, she didn't actually jump into the river, but hid under the bed and waited for her chance.Just as she was about to leave, the silver-faced man Wei Zhao suddenly appeared, causing Jiang Ci to panic again.

Jiang Ci cleverly pretended to be drunk and threw the vase into the river, creating the illusion that he jumped into the river to escape.Taking advantage of the cover of night, she huddled under the bed, and then looked for an opportunity to escape from Lanyue Tower.However, as soon as he stepped over the threshold, he was intercepted by Wei Zhao.Wei Zhao threatened him with a dagger, but Jiang Ci pleaded hard and vowed not to reveal his assassination of Teng Rui to Pei Yan.Suspicious, Wei Zhao hung Jiang Ci on a tree and tortured him severely.

Pei Yan had already known where Jiang Ci was hiding, but he did not reveal it immediately. Instead, he planned to use her to trap the assassin.Seeing Jiang Ci being kidnapped by the silver-faced men, Pei Yan was unable to hear the conversation clearly due to the distance, so he secretly sent his men to the post house where the Wei State mission was located to ask for help.Faced with Wei Zhao's pressing steps, Jiang Ci was furious and cursed, which angered Wei Zhao so much that the rope was cut off and he was forced to write a suicide note.At the critical moment, Pei Yan stepped forward to protect Jiang Ci.

As General An arrived with reinforcements, Pei Yan and Wei Zhao started a fierce battle, but Wei Zhao finally escaped through tactics.Pei Yan then treated Jiang Ci's wounds, but Jiang Ci, worried about being retaliated against by Wei Zhao again, requested to seek refuge in the Marquis Mansion, and Pei Yan agreed.

Afterwards, Jiang Ci became suspicious of the silver-faced man's behavior and thought his behavior was unreasonable.Pei Yan suddenly realized that the silver-faced man might be using a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, aiming at Tengrui instead of himself.So, he immediately took Jiang Ci to the Yugong Temple to rescue him.Sure enough, Wei Zhao took advantage of the opportunity of kidnapping Jiang Ci to escape successfully and went to Yugong Temple to assassinate Teng Rui.Fortunately, Pei Yan arrived in time and Wei Zhao was forced to retreat. However, Jiang Ci fell from his horse in the chaos and was later rescued by Pei Yan and returned to the Hou Mansion.

Looking back on the past, King Qi of the Great Star Kingdom died mysteriously during the peace talks in Yueluo City, which triggered the Great Star Kingdom's conquest of Yueluo City.Although Yueluo City Lord Xiao Haitian tried his best to defend himself, he still could not escape the fate of being beheaded.His son Xiao Wuxia and his sister witnessed their mother's tragic death, and the seeds of revenge were planted in their hearts.Many years later, Xiao Wuxia changed his name to Wei Zhao, sneaked into the Great Star Kingdom, and formed the Shadow Pavilion, vowing to avenge his family.

Pei Yan took good care of Jiang Ci, but Jiang Ci's description of the assassin was always vague.At the same time, Jiang Ci's injuries worsened due to the poison on Wei Zhao's dagger, and he had to ask Pei Yan for help.On the other side, Wei Zhao discovered Jiang Ci's relics and a letter from the master through searching, revealing the origin of Jiang Ci and Yan Qiaoshuang.

It turns out that Yan Qiaoshuang's sister died while on the run twenty years ago, and Yan Qiaoshuang fled to Jiangjia Village where she met Jiang Ci and settled down.However, the pursuit of the Inner Court Division forced Yan Qiaoshuang to flee again, and entrusted Jiang Ci to Su Yan before leaving.In order to disrupt the situation, Yan Qiaoshuang asked Su Yan to spread false news.

In order to save Jiang Ci, Pei Yan invited Cui Liang for diagnosis and treatment, and found that Jiang Ci had been poisoned by Miao Jiang's highly poisonous poison, which could only be cured by Miao Jiang's agrimony.However, the agrimony has been destroyed by Emperor Xie Che, and Pei Yan had to send people to find the heart-protecting pill left by Xie Che.After Wei Zhao learned about this, he decided to use King Zhuang's needs to seize the Heart-Protecting Pill to prevent Pei Yan from saving Jiang Ci.In the end, in a competition for the Heart-Protecting Pill, the battle of wits and courage between Pei Yan, King Zhuang, and Wei Zhao reached a climax.

Wei Zhao first stabbed Jiang Ci with a poisoned dagger, and then conspired to poison Mrs. Zhou.In order to save these two lives, Pei Yan fought side by side with King Zhuang and went to Emperor Xie Che to pray for the precious heart-protecting pill.Prince Xie Chi proposed to determine the ownership of the elixir based on the outcome of the chess game, and King Zhuang asked Wei Zhao to fight on his behalf against Pei Yan.

On the chessboard, Wei Zhao and Pei Yan each showed their talents, pressing forward step by step, and the situation was stalemate.At the same time, Jiang Ci's injury worsened rapidly, and Cui Liang was helpless and had to send Shuxia to report to Pei Yan urgently.Pei Yan was anxious and wanted to find a breakthrough in the chess game.

King Zhuang was unwilling to give up easily, so A Li came up with a plan, hoping to change the situation during the tea ceremony.In the end, Pei Yan was superior and won the chess game, and he immediately returned with the pill to save Jiang Ci.However, Wei Zhao had already understood A Li's plan and deliberately failed. He secretly arranged for Lao Liu to notify A Li and Lao He to transfer to prevent their identities from being exposed.A Li did not want to drag Wei Zhao down, so he chose to commit suicide to apologize.

It turned out that Pei Yan's mother was weak and had received a heart-protecting pill from Xie Che, but she never used it.Pei Yan's fight was actually a ploy to lure the enemy.He found out that A Li was a slave that he had brought from Yueluo City three years ago, and he was even more shocked to find that there was also a spy hiding around King Zhuang.Wei Zhao carved wooden plaques to commemorate his deceased clan members.

Pei Yan was afraid that the assassin would attack Teng Rui again, so he placed him in a separate garden and strengthened his vigilance.He asked his mother for a backup heart-protecting pill to save Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci gradually became stable after taking the medicine.Pei Yan was waiting beside him, never leaving. Although Cui Liang blamed him for putting Jiang Ci in danger, he had no choice but to capture the murderer.

Jiang Ci woke up and saw Pei Yan guarding him, and felt grateful.Pei Yan personally changed his dressing, and the relationship between the two gradually deepened.At this time, the Hou Mansion was suddenly hit by a fire. Pei Yan led the crowd to fight the fire, but he was worried about Jiang Ci's safety.After returning, Pei Yan tested Jiang Ci for clues about the assassin, but Jiang Ci deliberately concealed it.

Pei Yan speculated that the assassin might be an important official in the court, so he secretly ordered to investigate the suspicious official.In order to lure the enemy deeper, he decided to keep Jiang Ci and asked him to cooperate in acting.Jiang Ci reluctantly agreed and transformed into a maid.Shuxia took the opportunity to retaliate, but fortunately Wei Zhao secretly helped to resolve the crisis.Wei Zhao followed Jiang Ci like a shadow, constantly reminding Jiang Ci to pay attention to Teng Rui's movements.

Jiang Ci acted cautiously and used the help of his maid to obtain Bieyuan's waist card and sneak into Teng Rui's residence.Teng Rui indulged in wine and sex and didn't care about worldly affairs, so Jiang Ci recorded them one by one.Teng Rui recognized Jiang Ci as his savior, held a banquet to express his gratitude, and presented him with a jade gourd.Pei Yan was unhappy when he saw this, and practiced swordplay late at night to vent his anger. Jiang Ci accompanied him and was accidentally injured.Pei Yan delivered medicine late at night, and the two of them understood each other tacitly.After Pei Yan left, Wei Zhao appeared again and continued his surveillance duties.

Jiang Ci was unwilling to act as Wei Zhao's eyes and ears, nor was she willing to become a bait in Pei Yan's hands. Faced with a person who was neither easy to deal with, she felt resentful in her heart.So, she carefully recorded Teng Rui's every move, and cleverly arranged a forged record at the agreed place.However, after Wei Zhao read it, he was keenly aware that Jiang Ci had reservations, so he kidnapped him at night and put pressure on him.In the end, Jiang Ci had no choice but to hand over the real surveillance records, and only asked Wei Zhao to return the little clay cat that she regarded as a treasure, which was a relic given to her by her master Yan Qiaoshuang.But Wei Zhao turned a deaf ear to this.

On the other side, Wei Zhao secretly trusted Yin Shilin, the imperial censor, and revealed that Xie Chi lingered in Lan Yue Tower and that King Zhuang and Teng Rui were nearly assassinated.Yin Shilin knew that this matter was related to the peace talks between the two countries, so he did not dare to slack off at all, and immediately reported it to Emperor Xie Che.In anger, Xie Che severely punished King Zhuang and Xie Chi. Although Pei Yan stepped forward to take the blame, he was also punished for favoring his maid.King Zhuang was punished to meditate on his mistakes behind closed doors and copy Buddhist scriptures; Pei Yan had his salary deducted and additional imperial troops were sent to strengthen protection.

Rong Yudie, who was far away in Nanling, heard the news and knew that Emperor Da Ming still had doubts and worries about Pei Yan, so he decided to return to Qingkang with his old nanny Lao Du.At the same time, Wei Zhao also focused on Fan Yi, the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, intending to break through.Rong Yudie, who returned to the Jian Dinghou Mansion, encountered a subtle interaction between Pei Yan and Jiang Ci as soon as she entered the door. Pei Yan exchanged a jade pendant for Jiang Ci's jade gourd, lying about using it to cure diseases, but in fact he had other plans.Jiang Ci resolutely refused the jade pendant. Unexpectedly, Rong Yudie suddenly returned at this time, and Pei Yan was shocked.

Rong Yudie knew Pei Yan well and concluded that he would not offend King Zhuang because of Jiang Ci, so he advised him to act with caution.Pei Yan prepares a birthday party for his mother, hoping to take the opportunity to search for the assassin.Jiang Ci also wanted to take this opportunity to reveal the true face of the silver-masked assassin.Xie Che learned about Rong Yudie's return and Pei Yan's birthday party arrangements, so Tao Zizhu stepped up surveillance.

On the day of the birthday banquet, the Jiandinghou Mansion was bustling with activity. Jiang Ci took the opportunity to inquire about Wei Zhao. Cui Liang warned her to stay away from Wei Zhao and the forces of the Guangming Division.At the birthday party, Pei Yan asked Jiang Ci to accompany him to prevent assassins.King Zhuang took the opportunity to tease Wei Zhao, but Wei Zhao's late arrival attracted everyone's attention.Jiang Ci recognized Wei Zhao as the silver-faced assassin at a glance, and overturned his wine glass in a state of uneasiness.The arrival of the Dong sisters added a lot of color to the birthday banquet, and Rong Yudie was full of praise for Dong Juan.

Jiang Ci adds sugar to Wei Zhao's porridge, which reminds him of his deceased sister.Prince Xie Chi proposed to use flowers and plants to entertain the wine. In the contest between Prince Zhuang and Pei Yan, Jiang Ci became the focus with his familiarity with plants.King Zhuang set up a bet, and Jiang Ci started a fierce contest with Wei Zhao in order to win over the little clay cat.In the end, the two were indistinguishable. Jiang Ci took the opportunity to ask Wei Zhao for the prize, and Pei Yan proposed a chrysanthemum crab feast as a reward.However, Jiang Ci's real purpose is to get the little clay cat back and vows to keep Wei Zhao's secret, but Wei Zhao coldly refuses, making Jiang Ci angry.

Wei Zhao carefully planned and spread a false news: claiming that when King Qi was killed in Yueluo, the palace guard Zhao Wu witnessed the scene, and Zhao Wu also suffered an accident later.It is worth noting that Zhao Wu had married a wife and had children before entering the palace, and his orphan had been living in Nanling for many years.As soon as this incident came out, Tao Zizhu, the general manager of the Imperial Palace, quickly reported it to Emperor Xie Che of the Imperial Palace.

Xie Che has a suspicious character and has a grudge against Rong Yudie's sudden return to Qingkang.He especially suspected that the Pei family was related to Zhao Wu's son, and felt resentful.In the past, Rong Yudie won the favor of Pei Yan's father, Pei Zijing, and Xie Che with her versatile and heroic image.In order to win Rong Yudie's heart, Xie Che once had an archery competition with Pei Zijing, but Pei Zijing deliberately gave up.However, as a prince, Xie Che could not marry Rong Yudie directly. Instead, he was sent to the front line to fight. He could only entrust Rong Yudie to Pei Zijing. In the end, Rong Yudie married Pei Zijing.

With this thought, Xie Che became furious and rushed to Jian Ding Hou's Mansion overnight to ask Rong Yudie for answers.Upon seeing this, Pei Yang, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, hurriedly informed Pei Yan and Rong Yudie.Rong Yudie had a premonition that something was bad and hurriedly left the table to escape.At the same time, Dong Lan was worried that Dong Juan would be bored sitting for a long time, so he suggested that she go for a walk in the garden.When Pei Yan learned that Xie Che was coming in person, he quickly asked the prince Xie Chi to resign and pick him up, and led Xie Che to the quietest room in the mansion to wait for Rong Yudie.

When Jiang Ci was wandering around the mansion, he accidentally came to the quiet room and saw Pei Yan meditating alone, and became suspicious.In the quiet room, Xie Che saw the portrait he had painted for Rong Yudie, and memories of the past came to his mind, with mixed feelings.Later, Rong Yudie appeared and confessed a shocking secret to Xie Che - Pei Yan was actually her and Xie Che's flesh and blood.

Xie Che felt mixed after hearing this. He comforted Pei Yan for a while and left in a hurry.Pei Yan pretended to be drunk and asked Pei Yang to entertain the guests.Xie Che was already wary of the Nanling Pei family, but now he knew the truth and became even more convinced.He ordered Tao Zizhu to thoroughly investigate the source of the rumors about the relationship between Zhao Wu and the Pei family, and removed the surveillance of Jian Dinghou Mansion.

It turns out that in order to protect the Pei family, Rong Yudie had endured humiliation and heavy burdens for many years, and even made up lies about Pei Yan's life experience.Pei Yan has been criticized as a "bastard" since he was a child, and his mother Rong Yudie taught him to be patient and wait for the opportunity.Pei Yan is determined to bring glory to the Pei family, but has been depressed for a long time.Thanks to Jiang Ci's gentle comfort, the two of them opened their hearts and shared their true feelings.

On the other side, Dong Juan ran into Pei Yan and Jiang Ci in the garden, and the three of them chatted happily.After the birthday banquet, when Pei Yan was seeing off his guests, a fire broke out in the garden.Pei Yan was concerned about Teng Ruian's danger and immediately led the rescue team.Jiang Ci noticed that there was something fishy about the situation, but suffered from the lack of evidence.Eventually, the fire was extinguished and Tengrui died.After investigation, it was determined that the fire was caused by a charcoal fire that was not extinguished.In order to calm down the incident, Xie Che placed the blame on Tong Min and Fan Yi, and ordered Pei Yan to think about his mistakes behind closed doors.

Rumors about the marriage between Pei Yan and Dong Juan spread widely, and officials reminded Dong Fang not to form a party with the Pei family.In fact, there was another hidden reason for Teng Rui's death. He was secretly imprisoned in the Shadow Pavilion dungeon by Wei Zhao to force him to question the truth about King Qi's murder.Jiang Ci had doubts about the fire and was worried that Pei Yan would be implicated. Only after Cui Liang confirmed that Pei Yan was fine did he feel relieved.She also took the opportunity to borrow several Weiguo books from Cui Liang.

Soon, General Lei led the Weiguo envoy to surround the Jiandinghou Mansion and demanded that Pei Yan be responsible for Teng Rui's death.Wei Zhao arrived in time, dispersed General Lei and his men with thunder, and privately inquired about Pei Yan's current situation.Pei Yan returned to the light after several days of seclusion. Jiang Ci's careful care made him feel a little relieved.When Wei Zhao saw the two living in harmony, he was secretly sad and left quietly.Based on various clues, Pei Yan speculated that the identity of the silver-masked assassin might be Wei Zhao, but Jiang Ci firmly denied and defended him, so Pei Yan stopped pursuing it.

Wei Zhao carefully planned to secretly transfer Teng Rui on the birthday of Pei Yan's mother Rong Yudie in the name of a fire in Bieyuan, creating the illusion of his death, thereby framing Pei Yan for dereliction of duty and intending to expel him..However, Pei Yan volunteered to join forces with Jiang Ci to investigate the truth of the fire, causing Wei Zhao's plan to fail again.What made Wei Zhao even more frustrated was that he learned that Emperor Xie Che had summoned Rong Yudie privately, and Jiang Ci was also present.

In order to cope with the change, Wei Zhao increased the intensity of training for the Guangming Guard and conducted actual combat drills. His rigor and efficiency unexpectedly won Xie Che's appreciation.Looking back on the past, Wei Zhao was once a slave living in Da Ming. He rose to prominence with his extraordinary martial arts and decisive methods, and was eventually reused by Xie Che.As for Wei Zhao's sister, Concubine Wei, who won the Holy Heart for her virtuous nature, her only concern was for her lost brother, and Xie Che also promised to do his best to help him find him.

Teng Rui was imprisoned in the Shadow Pavilion dungeon. He fully expected General Lei to rescue him, but he waited for a long time and finally despaired.Pei Yan led Jiang Ci and Cui Liang to investigate the ruins of Tengrui Villa. Wei Zhao arrived shortly after, apparently concerned about the case, but in fact he was cold to Jiang Ci.After careful analysis, Pei Yan and Cui Liang identified the time of arson and raised questions about Wei Zhao's whereabouts at that time. Wei Zhao used the excuse of looking for porridge and asked Jiang Ci to testify.

When Jiang Ci was confused about how the murderer sneaked into the other garden, Wei Zhao suddenly appeared. Jiang Ci panicked and called for help, and the two of them accidentally fell into the water.Pei Yan quickly dispatched manpower to rescue him, but Wei Zhao finally fell into a coma due to drowning. He only woke up after all-out treatment.Pei Yan had doubts about the reason why the two fell into the water, but Jiang Ci brushed it off.Wei Zhao privately speculated that Lei Zhen was the culprit of the arson, intending to provoke a dispute between the two countries. Pei Yan used clues to identify Xiao Wuxia, the son of the Lord of Yueluo City, as the suspect. This statement made Wei Zhao's expression slightly change, but Jiang Ci noticed it but did not point it out on the spot.

Jiang Ci carefully cooked Yueluo's special porridge, intending to arouse Wei Zhao's homesickness, and took the opportunity to test it out, but Wei Zhao responded with ease.After the meal, Pei Yan suggested that Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci visit Tong Min in prison in order to obtain clues about the night of the crime. Although Wei Zhao was reluctant, he had no choice but to agree.Pei Yan had doubts about Jiang Ci and was concerned about his safety, but Jiang Ci didn't take it seriously.

In prison, Tong Min described in detail the scene on the night of the incident, mentioning that Feng Da and Fan Yi took him away.Wei Zhao then interrogated Fan Yi alone. Fan Yi tried his best to shirk responsibility due to gambling debts, while Wei Zhao put pressure on him by claiming to have colluded with the murderer. Fan Yi panicked and begged for mercy and revealed more details.

After leaving the prison, Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci for a walk on the street. Jiang Ci deliberately selected Yueluo specialties to test Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao took the opportunity to leave An Cheng and talk to Jiang Ci in private.Jiang Ci bluntly questioned Wei Zhao as the real culprit of the arson and proposed an exchange condition. Wei Zhao denied it, and the two parties reached a certain tacit understanding.

Wei Zhao was worried that An Cheng would reveal his secret to Pei Yan, so he tried to hold An Cheng back while making a private appointment with Jiang Ci.In an alley, the two reached a tacit agreement. Jiang Ci promised to keep the secret that Wei Zhao was a silver-faced assassin, just to get her little clay cat back.Later, they returned to the market together, only to find An Cheng following closely behind them.In order to prevent Pei Yan from misunderstanding about the relationship between the two, Wei Zhao deliberately made Jiang Ci fall down, causing confusion, and he took the opportunity to leave.

Jiang Ci and An Cheng returned to Jian Dinghou Mansion. Pei Yan asked with concern about Jiang Ci's fall, while Jiang Ci was eager to share important clues gained from visiting Tong Min and Fan Yi in prison.She noticed that Fan Yi was extremely sensitive to the word "behind the house" and mentioned the assassin sneaking into the Villa, guessing that Fan Yi had something to hide.

Early the next morning, Pei Yan summoned Wei Zhao to the river to discuss the hypothesis that the murderer might have used a secret passage in the water to enter the Villa.After careful investigation, they found Bie Yunjin's silk thread near the culvert. This kind of silk thread has recently been sold to Weiguo in large quantities.Combined with Cui Liang's investigation, Pei Yan suspected that a master who had a grudge between Wei Guoyou and Teng Rui was involved in the case.An Cheng further speculated that the fire in the Bieyuan was caused by internal strife in the Wei Dynasty, and implored Pei Yan to report it to Emperor Xie Che in order to rescue Tong Min, but Pei Yan was hesitant.

Wei Zhao made a clever plan to lead the suspicion to the Wei people, and persuaded An Cheng and Cui Liang to stay away temporarily and let Pei Yan think alone.Jiang Ci saw through Wei Zhao's plan, accused him of deliberately misleading Pei Yan, and suspected that Wei Zhao was Xiao Wuxia, but suffered from the lack of conclusive evidence.

Jiang Ci recalled everything that happened on the day of the birthday banquet and realized that Wei Zhao's every step was carefully planned to clear the suspicion of the Yueluo City clan members.Although she felt pity, she was also determined to reveal the truth.With the help of Cui Liang, Jiang Ci learned about the tragic history of Yueluo City and became more sympathetic to Wei Zhao's situation.

In the dead of night, Jiang Ci could not sleep. She discovered that there might be a hidden reason for Teng Rui's death and suspected that Teng Rui was not really dead.In order to prevent Pei Yan from falling into danger, she decided to investigate alone.After some hard work, she found something suspicious about Teng Rui's body and confirmed that the body was not Teng Rui's own.

When Pei Yan entered the palace to resume his life, Jiang Ci caught up with him and presented his findings.Pei Yan and Jiang Ci immediately returned to the Hou Mansion. Wei Zhao saw this scene and was secretly wary.Cui Liang requested an autopsy, and Pei Yan applied to Emperor Da Ming for permission.In order to prevent the truth from being revealed, Wei Zhao acted quickly and instigated Lao He to expose Teng Rui's crimes and lead the finger to the Weiguo assassin.

After receiving Xie Che's authorization, Pei Yan secretly searched for Teng Rui's whereabouts.At the same time, Jiang Ci and Pei Yan encountered a mutton noodle stall owner who was grateful to Pei Yan while investigating in the city. This scene deepened Jiang Ci's respect for Pei Yan.On the other side, An Cheng discovered Teng Rui's trace and tracked it to the Lu family of Zhenyuan General. Pei Yan realized that this might be a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and decided to act cautiously and report to Xie Che.

Emperor Xie Che gave Pei Yan ten days to find out the cause of Tengrui's death. This day is the end of the period.The Wei State delegation, headed by Lei Zhen, was waiting for Pei Yan's conclusion. At the same time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also eagerly awaiting his conclusion.Through unremitting efforts, Pei Yan and Jiang Ci finally discovered that Teng Rui was still alive, but were shocked to find that he had been secretly transferred to the residence of General Lu Yu in Zhenyuan.In view of Lu Yu's prestige and achievements, Pei Yan did not dare to act rashly, so he entered the palace to report this amazing discovery to Xie Che.

Pei Yan was concerned about the safety of the Hou Mansion and urgently ordered An Cheng to return to the house to strengthen vigilance.He immediately entered the palace and first discussed Teng Rui's matter with Tao Zizhu. Zizhu knew that the situation was serious and immediately reported it to Xie Che.Unexpectedly, Lei Zhen led members of the envoy to break into the court, directly accused Pei Yan of plotting to murder Teng Rui, and demanded that Pei Yan pay for his life.

At the same time, the Jian Dinghou Mansion was attacked by officers and soldiers. Rong Yudie took his time and commanded everyone in the manor to return to their posts.At the court, Lei Zhen plausibly accused Pei Yan of sending a masked man in black to steal the jade gourd burial object on the eve of Teng Rui's mourning hall. The meteor dart left by the man in black pointed at Changfeng Guard, and Lei Zhen concluded that Pei YanYan is the mastermind behind the scenes.Prince Xie Chi and Prince Zhuang Xie Yu stepped forward to defend Pei Yan, but Lei Zhen was stubborn and even suspected Pei Yan of arson because he left the party on the night of his birthday party.Pei Yan remained silent because that night he actually accompanied Xie Che on a private visit to the Hou Mansion incognito, arranging a meeting between Xie Che and Rong Yudie. He could not explain the secret behind this.

Although Xie Che knew that Pei Yan was innocent, due to the situation, he had to order his imprisonment and assigned Wei Zhao to take Jiang Ci to jail pending trial.Wei Zhao carried out the order and took Jiang Ci away in front of the Hou Mansion.In the dead of night, Xie Che went to the prison in person and tried to persuade Pei Yan to sacrifice Jiang Ci to protect himself. Pei Yan firmly refused and begged Xie Che to forgive Jiang Ci.Xie Che had no choice but to leave, leaving Pei Yan to face the dilemma alone.

Wei Zhao was dissatisfied with Pei Yan's actions, vented his anger on Jiang Ci, and tortured him.Jiang Ci was loyal and unyielding, and exposed Wei Zhao's frame-up conspiracy.It turns out that Jiang Ci had already laid a secret plan, using the seeds of the Night Orchid to leave marks on the soles of Wei Zhao's shoes, and hiding a letter exposing Wei Zhao as a silver-faced assassin in the Hou Mansion.

After Lei Zhen and the envoy were placed in the post house, Wei Zhao was eager to find out Xie Che's attitude towards Jiang Cizhi.Xie Che really wanted to kill Jiang Ci to silence him, because Jiang Ci not only had a close relationship with Pei Yan, but the jade gourd was actually a gift from Teng Rui to Jiang Ci.Wei Zhao secretly planned to send Teng Rui out of Qingkang City quickly to avoid future troubles.Although it was inconvenient for Prince Xie Chi to go to the Hou Mansion in person, he still sent his maid to deliver a message to Rong Yudie. However, he encountered Yue Jinglong's obstruction on the way. Fortunately, Rong Yudie arrived in time to resolve the crisis.

Jiang Ci thought carefully and became extremely frightened, and concluded that Wei Zhao was responsible for the jade gourd incident, and decided to confront him.Facing Jiang Ci's accusation, Wei Zhao became angry and wanted to kill Jiang Ci.At the critical moment, Xie Chi arrived to stop Wei Zhao's atrocities and paid attention to Pei Yan's entrustment.

It turned out that Teng Rui was not sent to Lu Yu's mansion, but was hidden in Lao He's house by Wei Zhao.After Wei Zhao learned that Xie Chi had visited Rong Yudie, he had a bad premonition and urgently ordered to cancel the plan to escort Teng Rui out of the city.However, Ajun and Azheng were already on the road with Teng Rui. Although Lao He tried hard to intercept them, he failed.The two were eventually intercepted by Xu Jun, the commander of the Changfeng Guard, at the gate of the city and died in the chaos.

Xu Juan exposed Wei Zhao's conspiracy after returning to Pei Yan.Although Wei Zhao was unwilling, he was unable to refute.During the interrogation of Lao He and his wife, he personally directed a tragedy to cover up the truth.However, Jiang Ci saw all this and remembered it in his heart.

In the end, Pei Yan and Jiang Ci were cleared of their grievances and regained their freedom, and were given three days by Xie Che to recover Ten Rui.Pei Yan made a clever plan and used Changfengwei to successfully intercept and rescue Teng Rui.Wei Zhao, on the other hand, gradually came to the edge of collapse amidst repeated failures and pains.

Pei Yan successfully rescued Teng Rui. Xie Che was extremely happy and held a banquet in the main hall to celebrate.However, Wei Zhao was devastated by the deaths of A Jun, A Zheng and Lao He. He was taciturn at the banquet and only drank to drown his sorrows.Teng Rui was deeply grateful to Pei Yan for saving his life, and was eager to reach peace talks with the Great Star Kingdom. Xie Che then entrusted Pei Yan with full authority on the matter.

Wei Zhao drank too much at the banquet and offered to entertain the guests with a sword dance. Jiang Ci was deeply saddened when she realized that Wei Zhao used the sword dance to resolve his sorrow.After the banquet, Wei Zhao sadly left the palace. Jiang Ci wanted to talk to him, but he ignored him.

Returning to his residence, Wei Zhao was immersed in endless grief and placed the nameplate of the deceased in a memorial place.Only then did he recall Jiang Ci's hint in front of the palace gate.Pei Yan brought Jiang Ci and Tong Min back home, and Rong Yudie took great care of them.

Jiang Ci personally cooked porridge to comfort Pei Yan, but Pei Yan was unable to eat because of his heavy heart.He knew that Jiang Ci was also hurt by the death of Lao He and his wife, but he was helpless in finding out the truth.Pei Yan secretly monitored Wei Zhao and discovered that Ajun and Azheng were actually the guards of Lu Yu's mansion. This incident shocked him and he realized that the Yueluo Kingdom had infiltrated into Lu's mansion.

Cui Liang felt deeply aggrieved that Jiang Ci was repeatedly implicated, and Pei Yan vowed to protect him, but Cui Liang still had a grudge in his heart.After Jiang Ci returned home, thinking of Wei Zhao's pain, he burned the letter revealing his identity and sent him porridge overnight to apologize.She encouraged Wei Zhao not to forget his original intention. Although Wei Zhao was moved, he was still immersed in sadness and left in a hurry.

Pei Yan wanted to visit Jiang Ci, who was feeling unwell, but was dissuaded by Rong Yudie and concentrated on preparing for peace talks.When Lu Yu heard about the changes in the palace, he was furious and wanted to kill innocent people to vent his anger. Fortunately, Chun Yuli dissuaded him and suspected that there was a spy in the palace.

After a thorough investigation, Chun Yuli found that Ajun and Azheng had a close relationship with the eldest son. Lu Yu was unwilling to delve deeper because the eldest son was frail and sick.Nanling Foundry Bureau colluded with Lu Yu to secretly forge weapons. Zhang Zhicheng came to report, and Lu Yu urgently ordered the shipment to avoid Xie Che's eyes.Ayuan informed Wei Zhao of this news, and Wei Zhao planned to drive a wedge between Pei Yan and Xie Che.

On the day when the peace treaty between Da Ming and Wei State was signed, Xie Che was in a happy mood. Wei Zhao induced him to go on a trip. When he saw that the people all praised Pei Yan's achievements, Xie Che felt unhappy.In fact, it was Wei Zhao's plan to drive a wedge between Xie Che and Pei Yan.

Pei Yan and Xie Chi came by boat and were warmly welcomed by the people. Xie Che was suspicious, suspecting that Pei Yan's rescue of Teng Rui was fraudulent, and ordered Wei Zhao to investigate in detail.Tao Zizhu sent Jiang Yuan to search for Zhao Wu's son but failed. When Wei Zhao met Jiang Yuan and Tao Zizhu, he felt disdainful and secretly monitored Jiang Yuan.

Rong Yudie heard about Tao Zizhu's investigation and urgently ordered Pei Yan to find the assassins of King Qi, sisters Yan Qiaoshuang, in order to eliminate Xie Che's doubts about the Pei family.At the same time, she asked Pei Yan to erase the whereabouts of Xu Juan and others, and forced him to alienate Jiang Ci to prevent things from happening.Xie Che's doubts deepened and he ordered Tao Zizhu to secretly investigate the Pei family's affairs in Nanling.Su Yan prepares money for Yan Qiao Shuang to help her avoid disaster.

The night is cool, the lights are bright on both sides of the river, the shops are closely connected, and it is a bustling scene. Every family gathers together to enjoy the lanterns.Pei Yan and Jiang Ci took a boat on the river, immersed in the charming night, and refused to leave for a long time.Jiang Ci was grateful to Pei Yan for his many helping hands. Pei Yan also opened her heart to Jiang Ci and confided her long-buried wishes.Jiang Ci made his wish on the lotus lantern, and attached Pei Yan's grand blueprint for the growth of the Pei family. The two of them watched the lantern go away with the water, with mixed feelings in their hearts.

Later, Jiang Ci expressed her wish to leave Pei Yan and wanted to pursue her dream. Although Pei Yan tried her best to stay, she could not change her decision.On the bridge, a girl recognized Pei Yan and excitedly called her companions. Soon a group of girls who admired Pei Yan gathered.They called Pei Yan's name in unison, but he turned a blind eye and kept his eyes locked on Jiang Ci.The boat slowly passed through the bridge hole, and the girls swarmed to the other side of the bridge, looking forward to Pei Yan's appearance.However, Pei Yan made an astonishing move. He took out a dagger, handed it to Jiang Ci, and stabbed it into his chest himself. The blood instantly stained the skirt of his clothes.

The boat sailed out of the bridge hole. The girls witnessed this scene and exclaimed again and again.Pei Yan fainted due to excessive blood loss, and Jiang Ci panicked.The news spread quickly. After Wei Zhao learned that Jiang Ci had stabbed Pei Yan, he put her in jail.Pei Yan was summoned into the palace by Emperor Xie Che.Pei Yan insisted that he had a deep love for Jiang Ci and that Jiang Ci accidentally hurt him when he resisted.Xie Che severely reprimanded Pei Yan, but Pei Yan insisted on staying with Jiang Ci.Xie Che had no choice but to ask Pei Yan to resign from his official position and ordered him to go to Jian Ding Hou Mansion to think about his mistakes behind closed doors.

Wei Zhao went to the prison to visit Jiang Ci and warned her not to be fooled by Pei Yan's appearance and think that Pei Yan was just using her.He tried to persuade Jiang Ci to continue to be his spy, but Jiang Ci firmly refused.In the end, Xie Che released Jiang Ci at Pei Yan's insistence.Pei Yan went to the prison in person to greet Jiang Ci, and the sight of the two leaving side by side made Wei Zhao dissatisfied.

Pei Yan accompanied Jiang Ci on a walk on the street and bought her favorite snacks.However, Jiang Ci once again raised the idea of ​​​​parting.Pei Yan was worried about her safety and dissuaded her from leaving on the grounds that she would be guilty of deceiving the emperor.Jiang Ci had no choice but to follow Pei Yan back to the Hou Mansion.In the Hou Mansion, Jiang Ci received care and help from Cui Liang, for which she was deeply grateful.

In the dead of night, Jiang Ci secretly summoned spies from the Hou Mansion and asked Wei Zhao to return her little clay cat.But Wei Zhao rejected her request.At the same time, Rong Yudie punished Pei Yan for his fault by kneeling in the Pei family's ancestral hall for three days and three nights without eating or drinking.An Cheng and Tong Min sympathized deeply with Pei Yan's situation, and inadvertently revealed the news that Rong Yudie had beaten Jiang Ci because of Pei Yan's incident.After hearing this, Pei Yan was eager to know the details, while Jiang Ci was also listening silently.

On a cold winter day, the temple is cold and damp.Although Rong Yudie forbade Pei Yan to bring clothes to keep out the cold, Jiang Ci still came to visit him secretly and explained Rong Yudie's behavior to him.At this time, Emperor Da Ming received a report that the weapons produced by the Nanling Foundry Department were of low quality, so he sent Dong Fang, the left prime minister, to investigate thoroughly.After learning about this, Pei Yan took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Nanling to investigate the ordnance case and was approved.He planned to take Jiang Ci with him but Rong Yudie did not stop him.Jiang Ci found that Nanling was close to Yuzhou where she wanted to go and readily agreed.

On the other hand, Wei Zhao is also looking for Yan Qiaoshuang to uncover the mystery of King Qi's murder.After he learned that Pei Yan was also looking for Yan Qiaoshuang, he stepped up surveillance of the Hou Mansion.Late at night, Wei Zhao sneaked into the Hou Mansion and found Jiang Ci packing his luggage for a trip and Cui Liang also planned to follow Pei Yan to Nanling.After Cui Liang left Wei Zhao and met Jiang Ci, he wanted to return the little mud cat but in the end he couldn't make up his mind.Jiang Ci noticed the mark of Dark Night Orchid on Wei Zhao's hand and gave him ointment to remove the mark.This move made Wei Zhao decide to go to Nanling as well.The next day Wei Zhao reported the situation to Xie Che and asked for assistance in Pei Yan's investigation of the ordnance case.Although Xie Che was wary of Pei Yan, he still sent Wei Zhao to lead the Bright Guard to Nanling.After Jiang Ci learned that Wei Zhao would also go to Nanling, she was secretly happy and looked forward to the opportunity to find her little clay cat.

Pei Yan, Wei Zhao, Cui Liang and Jiang Ci rode a carriage to Nanling. On the way, Jiang Ci shared carefully prepared cakes, while Yi Fei and Tong Min rode with them on horseback, quickly establishing a deep friendship.After arriving in Nanling, the group changed to a small boat. Although the scenery of Nanling along the way was beautiful, Pei Yan and Wei Zhao had no time to care about it and focused on discussing the ordnance case.Jiang Ci was happy to help the fisherman girl Ayan punt the boat and generously took off her clothes and gave them to her.

After a long journey, everyone finally arrived at Changfengwu, the ancestral home of the Pei family.When Ayan returned the cloak, Jiang Ci gave it to her again to keep out the cold.After Pei Yan returned home, he held a banquet to entertain his clan members. However, Pei Zifang, the leader of the Pei clan, was quite contemptuous of Pei Yan and spoke harshly. He even accused Pei Yan of bringing shame to the Pei family because of his affair.Jiang Ci was worried that Pei Yan's face would be damaged and wanted to avoid the banquet. Fortunately, Wei Zhao stepped forward to defend Pei Yan, which made the tribesmen panic and apologize.Although Pei Zifang knew that Wei Zhao was a prominent figure, he still could not escape severe rebuke.

After the banquet, Jiang Ci quietly acted and mixed the cold Clivia into the porridge, and specifically told Pei Yan not to eat it, in order to teach Pei Zifang and others a lesson.Later, she and Cui Liang went out to relax, while Wei Zhao secretly observed from the side.

The next day, Cui Liang accompanied Jiang Ci on a street tour. Cui Liang recalled an adventure half a month ago due to a purse, when a thousand paper cranes arrived carrying poems.Jiang Ci ran into Wei Zhao at a porridge stall and asked him why he was traveling with him, but to no avail, he found out that Wei Zhao was addicted to sugar.Wei Zhao asked Jiang Ci to help crack the code book of Changfeng Wei's secret letter. After being rejected, he revealed that there were strange flowers in Yueluo City that could make the porridge less bitter, but Jiang Ci accidentally discovered that the porridge and rice were Chen.

Pei Zifang and his tribe suffered from diarrhea due to eating porridge. Pei Yan suspected something fishy and ordered Tong Min to investigate.Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci returned home, and Cui Liang also arrived to show off their new purse.Pei Yan welcomed Jiang Ci and gave him a cloak. Wei Zhao became jealous when he saw this.

Pei Yan realized that Wei Zhao was really here for surveillance, and asked Jiang Ci to help him act, and Jiang Ci agreed.Wei Zhao was furious when he learned that Jiang Ci was staying at Pei Yan's place, and ordered Yifei to continue tracing the whereabouts of sisters Yan Qiaoshuang.At the same time, Pei Zifang colluded with He Zhenwen, the governor of Nanling, to resell ordnance, resulting in a lack of armaments.He Zhenwen had no choice but to cut corners and cut materials for emergency response, but he did not expect that this batch of inferior ordnance would be delivered to Qingkang.Pei Zifang urged He Zhenwen to deal with the aftermath quickly to avoid being investigated.

Pei Yan and Wei Zhao went to the Governor's Office and the Foundry Department to investigate. He Zhenwen used the fire as an excuse to cover up mismanagement, but Wei Zhao saw through his lies at a glance.Although no direct evidence was found, Wei Zhao proposed to conduct an in-depth investigation secretly in the name of fun.

On the other hand, He Zhenwen's son He Yonglin was indignant at what happened to his father. He Zhenwen warned him to avoid conflicts with the Pei family and conspired to hide evidence in response to the upcoming inspection.

Pei Yan and Wei Zhao were both ordered by Emperor Xie Che to go to Nanling to investigate the ordnance case.However, both of them had their own plans: Pei Yan wanted to use this case to establish prestige in the Pei clan and pave the way for the revival of the family. He secretly searched for the sisters Yan Qiaoshuang, the murderers of King Qi, and vowed to uncover the truth about King Qi's murder.Xie Che secretly assigned Wei Zhao to monitor Pei Yan to prevent him from using family power to rebel. Wei Zhao also secretly searched for the whereabouts of sisters Yan Qiaoshuang.

The two of them accompanied He Zhenwen on an inspection tour of the Foundry Department. After seeing nothing unusual, Wei Zhao proposed to use the opportunity of traveling to visit the mountains and rivers to go deep into the private sector to investigate the ordnance case.Therefore, Wei Zhao, Jiang Ci, Cui Liang and others went out early and came back late every day, pretending to play, but in fact they walked through the Nanling market, focusing on rice shops and blacksmith shops, but found no abnormalities. They only felt that the people of Nanling were living peacefully.In good order.However, Jiang Ci found old rice being sold as new at a roadside stall at the same price. Wei Zhao realized that there might be a manipulative hand behind it, intending to cover up the truth about Nanling.

Jiang Ci and the boatman A Yan quickly became close friends. When A Yan took him to relax by the river, Jiang Ci was surprised to find that all the eagle humps around him had been harvested, and he became confused.Nanling is a land of fish and rice, and it is a good year, so people should not eat hummus to satisfy their hunger. She concluded that there might be hungry people in Nanling, and immediately reported it to Pei Yan.Pei Yan decided to split up. He was responsible for checking the rice shop, while Wei Zhao looked for the hungry people.Jiang Ci wanted to follow Pei Yan, but was dissuaded by him on the grounds of protection.

A-Yan witnessed Pei Yan's care for Jiang Ci and was moved by the scene. She recalled her deceased fiancé and was filled with grief.Pei Yan started to investigate the four major granaries in Nanling and found that both the east and west granaries were controlled by the Pei clan, so he sent Tong Min and Yi Fei to conduct an in-depth investigation.When Yi Fei was tracing Zhao Wu, he learned that he once had a wife who was killed for dereliction of duty and his wife and children lived in Nanling. Wei Zhao suspected that Zhao Wu was related to the disappearance of sisters Yan Qiaoshuang and ordered Yi Fei to continue to monitor Pei Yan.Yi Fei wanted to quit, but was scolded by Wei Zhao.

One day, Wei Zhao happened to encounter Jiang Ci in the kitchen making cakes with carved barley. He took the opportunity to provoke Pei Yan, saying that Pei Yan's rice shop was not for hungry people, but actually to protect the interests of the family.Jiang Ci was unmoved and gave him cakes to send him away.When Wei Zhao went out to investigate the case, Jiang Ci sneaked into his room to look for the lost little clay cat, but was unexpectedly bumped into by Wei Zhao.Instead of being annoyed, Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci to the ruined temple in the west of the city and exposed the hungry people hiding there and the inhuman treatment they received, which shocked Jiang Ci.

In order to explore the truth, Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao pretended to be a hungry couple and begged, and were sent to a ruined temple.Jiang Ci made a clever plan and learned from the girl who once worked in Zuihonglou that the hungry people were imprisoned here due to the persecution of Zhao Da under He Zhenwen in order to cope with the upcoming official inspection.Jiang Ci stayed behind to take care of the seriously ill girl, sent Wei Zhao to report the news to Pei Yan, and was given a badge from the Guangming Division to ensure safety.

Pei Yan found substandard rice in the west granary, while Wei Zhao found suspicious footprints near the ruined temple.He Zhenwen learned of Pei and Wei's movements and feared that the matter would be exposed, so he urgently sent He Yonglin to kill the hungry people.Jiang Ci was exposed while protecting the girl and was abducted by a masked man.Pei Yan and Wei Zhao arrived one after another and saw the empty temple and the sachet left by Jiang Ci, which contained the dark night orchid that was difficult to clean, which became the only clue to track Jiang Ci.

After Pei Zifang learned that Wei Zhao and Pei Yan had gone to the west granary and the ruined temple in the west of the city to investigate respectively, he became worried and feared that the matter would be exposed, so he sent Pei Ying to lead people to the ruined temple with the intention of killing the hungry people to silence them.Pei Ying, He Yonglin's thug Zhao Da and others went there wearing masks to avoid being recognized.

Zhao Da and others carried out a brutal massacre on the hungry people. Jiang Ci hid in fear, but unfortunately was captured.At a critical moment, Jiang Ci used Wei Zhao's name to try to scare He Yonglin and others, but Pei Ying remained unmoved.In desperation, Jiang Cili showed off the Bright Commander card given by Wei Zhao and took the opportunity to break free.

The Guangming Division, as a power organization independent of the major yamen of the imperial court, directly obeyed the orders of Emperor Xie Che.Pei Ying knew well that Wei Zhao was ruthless and feared that he would have many nightmares at night, so he ordered Zhao Da to kill Jiang Ci quickly.Jiang Ci reacted quickly and escaped quickly, but was intercepted by Pei Ying again.Fortunately, Wei Zhao and Pei Yan arrived in time, subdued the thugs, and rescued Jiang Ci.In the chaos, Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci accidentally fell into the well. Wei Zhao clung to the rope and called for help, but Yi Fei finally helped him escape.

Pei Ying took off her mask and asked Pei Yan for help, but received a cold reception.Pei Yan turned to ask about Jiang Ci's safety with concern, and Jiang Ci thanked Wei Zhao with the Guangming Commander's plaque, and took it as a victory in the bet, leaving behind the token.Pei Yan was curious about how Wei Zhao found Jiang Ci, but Wei Zhao made excuses.

Pei Yan found out that the Eighth Granary was related to the Pei family and vowed to punish them severely.Wei Zhao was worried that He Zhenwen would take the opportunity to make false accounts, so he decided to go to the Governor's Mansion immediately to verify the accounts of the Foundry Department.Pei Yan couldn't go with him, so he asked Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao to go together, and ordered Yifei to get the account books of the eight granaries.

Under Wei Zhao's strict supervision, the officials discovered that the granary had lent a huge amount of silver, while the Foundry Department, which had suffered heavy losses, suddenly made a surplus.Wei Zhao suspected that the foundry department had borrowed money from the granary to make up for the shortfall, but He Zhenwen tried every means to shirk the responsibility and shift the responsibility to others.

Wei Zhao ordered Jiang Ci to invite the drunk girl from the Red Chamber to testify and expose the crimes committed by He Zhenwen and his son in killing the hungry people.Faced with the accusation, He Zhenwen argued that the people who destroyed the temple were a mob.Jiang Ci cleverly exposed his lies and invited Pei Ying to testify, confirming that He Zhenwen was the instigator of the hungry people's deaths.He Zhenwen shifted the blame to Pei Zifang, claiming that the Pei family's monopoly on Nanling led to financial stress, and Pei Zifang misappropriated the granary funds.

Pei Yan stated on the spot that he would investigate the matter thoroughly and would never tolerate the Pei family.He promised to give Wei Zhao a clear answer within three days.Jiang Ci asked Cui Liang to diagnose and treat the seriously ill girl, and Pei Yan happily agreed.

That night, Pei Yan held a banquet to entertain the tribesmen, but it was actually a test.He pretended to be crazy under the influence of alcohol and hinted that the Pei family might be replaced by someone who would serve as an official in the court, causing panic among the clan members and exposing each other.Pei Yan's move was aimed at eliminating corruption within the family and at the same time maintaining the Pei family's loyalty to Emperor Da Ming.

Pei Zifang realized that he had been tricked and angrily went to Pei Yan to argue with him. However, Pei Yan kicked him out of his house and placed him under house arrest.Pei Yan's decisive action made Wei Zhao look at him with admiration.

Jiang Ci cares about the hungry people, but feels powerless.She recalled the difficult experiences Wei Zhao and her sister had gone through, which made her even more sympathetic.Pei Yan was grateful to Pei Zifang for helping him in the past, but in the face of family corruption, he chose to kill his relatives for justice, pretending to be crazy with wine, but in fact he was wise and courageous.The overt and secret struggles among the Pei family members, as well as Pei Yan's foresight, jointly weave a complex and wonderful picture of family struggle.

With the unremitting pursuit of Pei Yan and Wei Zhao, the truth of the arms case gradually emerged, but the joy of victory did not stay in Wei Zhao's heart.He felt that the whole case was progressing extremely smoothly, as if an invisible hand was guiding them, from the old rice clues in the rice shop to the eight major granaries, and finally revealed the scandal of the Pei clan using granary funds to cover the foundry department's deficit.The truth about Mr. Pei’s corruption was revealed to the world.This success made Wei Zhao suspicious, and he was worried that there was a deeper conspiracy hidden behind it.

Pei Yan has also seemed preoccupied recently, and seems to have lost his former enthusiasm for finding sisters Yan Qiaoshuang, which makes Wei Zhao even more convinced that Pei Yan is also kept in the dark.So, he secretly sent Yi Fei to find out the whereabouts of the two sisters.Pei Yan has long been aware of the cunning of the Pei clan, and coupled with the family's indifference and rejection after the death of his father Pei Zijing, he was afraid of continuing to investigate further, and finally decided to close the case in a hurry.His mother Rong Yudie's teachings are still in his ears, reminding him not to forget his family's grudges and to work hard to become stronger.

Jiang Ci noticed Pei Yan's abnormality and comforted her with her tenderness. Pei Yan promised to take her to visit the southern mountains and rivers after finishing her work.However, when Jiang Ci tried to obtain disaster relief rice from the governor's Yamen, he was met with indifference and stinginess. He only got two bags of rice, which was far from enough to relieve the hungry people in the ruined temple.Jiang Ci turned to Ayan for help, and the two worked together to find food for the hungry people.After He Yonglin learned about it, he brought people to the riverside to provoke him. Fortunately, Wei Zhao appeared in time and rescued Jiang Ci.

Later, Jiang Ci and Ayan cooked porridge in the ruined temple. Wei Zhao could not bear the suffering of the hungry people and decided to risk getting food from the Pei family's granary.After some dealings, they successfully obtained the food, and Jiang Ci amused Wei Zhao by giving him a sugar melon kitten as a thank you gift.When Pei Yan saw Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao returning, he felt mixed emotions in his heart, and his concern for Jiang Ci was also fully revealed.

The culprit of the arms case was paraded through the streets, and Pei Yan's just act won the contempt and contempt of the people.Jiang Ci and Ayan collected these vegetable leaves and made vegetable porridge for the hungry people.Ayan took the opportunity to confide in Jiang Ci, hoping that she could help her fiancé Zheng Sheng redress his injustice.It turns out that Zheng Sheng was a craftsman in the Foundry Department, but he suffered an accident when he discovered a major secret.Wei Zhao's suspicion of Ayan gradually deepened, thinking that she might be related to the secret incidents in the Foundry Department.

Pei Yan was well aware of the undercurrents behind the arms case, but for the sake of the overall situation, he chose to characterize the case as corruption and secretly sent An Cheng to investigate the relationship between Zheng Sheng and Yan Qiaoshuang sisters. At the same time, he strictly ordered Wei Zhao not to know the truth.

Rong Yudie's eyeliner in Changfengwu is like her eyes and ears, conveying the movements of Pei Yan and Jiang Ci at all times.When she learned about Pei Yan's arrangements and the secret of Bihe Villa, her heart filled with desire for the revival of the Pei family.At the same time, the struggle between He Zhenwen and Pei's family intensified. He cleverly shifted the focus of the arms case, but he did not expect that Ayan would become a variable.He hurried to Bihe Villa and asked Nanny Du for advice. Nanny Du sternly warned him about the importance of keeping secrets.

He Zhenwen was furious about He Yonglin's injury. He revealed Ayan's existence to his son and planned a conspiracy to lure Ayan into taking the bait with false news.Pei Yan searched for clues everywhere but failed, and felt heavy. Only Jiang Ci's Dingsheng cake brought a touch of warmth.However, Ayan embarked on the road of searching for the truth alone and unfortunately fell into He Yonglin's trap.

Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao acted quickly and rescued A Yan from the casting shed.Faced with He Yonglin's evil deeds, Ayan decided not to remain silent anymore. She wanted to expose the truth in front of everyone.Wei Zhao arranged a public demonstration to make the crimes of He Yonglin and others public.Pei Yan and He Zhenwen appeared at the same time, Ayan complained in court, and He Zhenwen used the deed of betrayal as a shield.

Pei Yan is in an unprecedented dilemma. He must not only safeguard justice, but also take care of family ties.He proposed adjourning the trial in the hope that a solution could be found.However, Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao were disappointed with Pei Yan's hesitation. They chose to support Ayan and left the governor's Yamen together.This turmoil not only tested Pei Yan's decisiveness, but also made him deeply understand the conflict and choice between justice and family affection.

On her journey to seek justice for her fiancé Zheng Sheng, A-yan encounters He Yongli's vicious plan and is lured to the foundry's workshop where she is brutally assaulted.In order to protect his parents and children from being imprisoned, He Zhenwen led Pei Yan to Bihe Villa, a secret stronghold where Rong Yudie's private wealth and weapons were hidden, and which had been secretly run by He Zhenwen for many years.He begged Pei Yan to show mercy to He Yonglin, and the situation reached a deadlock.

Pei Yan personally tried the case. Faced with the He family's father and son's insistence that A Yan was their slave, and a seemingly conclusive deed of sale thirty years ago, Pei Yan was in a dilemma and decided to postpone the sentencing for three days.Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao understood Pei Yan's subtle favoritism and were indignant.A Yan was so angry that she fell ill in bed. Jiang Ci took care of her. When Wei Zhao saw this, he secretly sent Yi Fei to guard them to ensure their safety.

Wei Zhao blocked the sword with his body during the court trial and returned injured. Jiang Ci carefully bandaged him. This scene made Wei Zhao feel warm in his heart and he vowed to restore Ayan's innocence.Jiang Ci wanted to find other victims to appear in court, but was repeatedly rejected. When he was frustrated, Wei Zhao proposed another plan.

Although Pei Yan realized that the deed of sale was false, he could not prove it.I visited He Zhenwen at night and was threatened by him about letting Yudie go. He was in a dilemma.Cui Liang offered advice and encouraged the search for more victims, and Pei Yan agreed.

Jiang Ci embarked on the road to seek evidence alone, but was rejected repeatedly. She grieved alone in the rainy night. Fortunately, Wei Zhao appeared in time, and the two decided to find another way.Wei Zhao visited the governor's house at night, intending to find out the truth about the prostitution contract. Unexpectedly, Pei Yan was on guard and had to give up.Jiang Ci refused to follow Pei Yan back to Changfengwu and insisted on justice.

During the court hearing the next day, Jiang Ciliang betrayed the evidence that he had forged the deed, and He Zhenwen was speechless.Subsequently, all the victimized women appeared one after another, accusing He Yonglin of his crimes, and Pei Yan finally imprisoned his father and son.He Yonglin was so mad that he tried to kill Jiang Ci but was killed by the guard's sword instead.He Zhenwen was filled with grief and anger and vowed revenge.

Jiang Ci watched the victims regain their freedom, feeling greatly relieved.Feeling grateful, Ayan revealed the mystery of Zheng Sheng's life experience and mentioned the funding from a mysterious lady, which triggered Wei Zhao's speculation about Yan Qiaoshuang.A Yan decided to leave Nanling and bid farewell to Jiang Ci.Wei Zhao ordered Yi Fei to investigate in depth and uncover the mystery of the funding.

After He Yonglin passed away, Pei Yan issued a stern warning to Pei Yan, asking him to exchange Jiang Ci's life for Rong Yudie's secret account books at Bihe Villa. This put Pei Yan into a double dilemma of morality and responsibility.On the other side, Jiang Ci begged Wei Zhao to return the little clay cat as a token of contact with her master in order to go to Yuzhou, but Wei Zhao firmly refused.Yueluo City was changing its owner. Although Wei Zhao was ordered by Emperor Xie Che of the Liang Dynasty to garrison Nanling, he cared about Yueluo and planned to use Lu Yu's private weapons cache as an excuse to request the court to send him to Chuzhou to investigate.Return to Yueluo on the way.

Wei Zhao understood the truth about He Zhenwen being imprisoned in Changfengwu, and speculated that he held the account books of transactions with Lu Yu, so he sent Yi Fei to search secretly.At the same time, Jiang Ci decided to go to Yuzhou alone. Due to the lack of a small clay cat as a certificate, she skillfully made one to meet her urgent needs.Rong Yudie put pressure on Pei Yan through Aunt Du, demanding that the He family's affairs be properly handled and the account books handed over.When Pei Yan visited He Zhenwen, he accidentally discovered the wound on He Yongli's palm. Thinking of the hidden arrows of the silver-faced assassin, Pei Yan had strong doubts about Wei Zhao's identity and decided to transfer him away from Qingkang to avoid the edge.

Aunt Du's assassination plan was stopped in time by Pei Yan. He protected Jiang Ci to Changfengwu, but failed to stop her determination to escape.Wei Zhao arrived and left at night with Jiang Ci, leaving Pei Yan filled with complicated emotions.Jiang Ci learned that Pei Yan was suspicious of Wei Zhao's identity on the way, and decided to return with the intention of protecting Wei Zhao.She designed to lure Pei Yan away, successfully retrieved the hidden arrow and returned it to Wei Zhao, warning him to avoid the coming danger.Pei Yan noticed that the secret arrow had been stolen and went straight to Wei Zhao's residence. After some dealings, although he did not find Jiang Ci directly, he became more suspicious.

Pei Yan was convinced that Jiang Ci was hiding in Wei Zhao's residence. Unexpectedly, after searching to no avail, he was angered by Wei Zhao's indifferent attitude.The confrontation between the two was like hot lava colliding with an iceberg, and it was about to break out.Yi Fei, Tong Min and others were nearby, and their positions were clear, and arguments broke out one after another.At this time, An Cheng took advantage of the opportunity to sneak in, but also found nothing. Wei Zhao became furious and forcibly dispersed Pei Yan and his party.

Wei Zhao knew that if Pei Yan revealed his identity, years of planning would come to nothing, so he was particularly concerned about Jiang Ci's safety.He secretly ordered Yi Fei to find He Zhenwen, intending to use evidence to balance Pei Yan.And Jiang Ci, who witnessed all this from the rafters, couldn't help but show up, but accidentally fell into Wei Zhao's arms. The two looked at each other, both embarrassed.

Pei Yan was unwilling to fail and placed heavy surveillance outside Wei Zhao's residence. At the same time, he secretly sent Cui Liang to escort Jiang Ci out of the city.Cui Liang's actions deepened Pei Yan's doubts, and he banned him from Changfengwu.Pei Yan was well aware of the seriousness of the loss of evidence, so he strengthened monitoring of He Zhenwen to prevent the account books from falling into the hands of Wei Zhao.

Jiang Ci returned the secret arrow to Wei Zhao and expressed his intention to leave.Wei Zhao understood Pei Yan's plan, gave the man clothes and promised to help him get out of trouble.The two of them were in the same room, and the sadness of separation came to their hearts, both of them reluctant to leave.

He Zhenwen was imprisoned and vowed to repay the blood debt of the Pei family.Pei Yan rushed for the account books, but was repeatedly obstructed, and in the end only part of them was recovered.Wei Zhao relied on Yi Fei's power to obtain another key account book and used it as a bargaining chip against the Pei family.He wrote a secret letter to Emperor Xie Che, exposing the scandal in the foundry department, but did not mention the man behind it.

When Xie Che received the report, suspicions arose and the sword was pointed at the Pei family.Pei Yan was forced to return to Beijing to save his mother, while Wei Zhao took the opportunity to send Jiang Ci to Yuzhou Island and prepare for the election for the leader of Yueluo City.Jiang Ci was eagerly looking forward to a reunion arranged by Wei Zhao on Yuzhou Island, and felt mixed emotions in her heart.

After a long wait, Jiang Ci finally got to meet an old woman.The master was worried about the dangers of the rivers and lakes, so he specially gave a small clay cat as a token to prevent unexpected events.However, Jiang Ci's homemade little clay cat accidentally fell into the hands of Wei Zhao. When she arrived at Yuzhou Island, she managed to retrieve the real thing.During the meeting, the old woman saw through the fake at a glance, and Jiang Ci had no choice but to reveal the real cat. However, the old woman lied that the master had gone to Yueluo City to look for her, but Jiang Ci had no doubt that he was there.In fact, it was Wei Zhao's plan. The old woman had already received his guidance, and her skill in identifying objects was superb, and she successfully misled Jiang Ci.

Afterwards, Jiang Ci gave Wei Zhao a homemade clay cat to ask for his help in getting to the moon.As everyone knows, Wei Zhao was under the secret order of Emperor Liang to monitor Lu Yu in Mingzhou, so he secretly tricked the mud cat and destroyed the things given by Jiang Ci.One day, Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci went out and deliberately caused a collision, causing the baggage to fall to the ground and the clay cat to pieces.Wei Zhao comforted her with gentle words, while on the other side, Pei Yan knelt down and begged all night to find out the secret of Rong Yudie.Rong Yudie revealed her family's sacrifice and urged Pei Yan to seize the throne. Pei Yan was loyal and unmoved.

Lu Yu set up defenses on the border and was worried about the safety of his eldest son. He was also restrained by Emperor Liang because of the account book matter.He secretly placed his chess pieces in the moonlight, with far-reaching plans.When Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci arrived at Yue Luo, Uncle Ping greeted them and told them that there was an undercurrent surging in the city.The two disguised themselves and sneaked in, and were entertained by Ah Le. However, Ah Le hated Da Ming and refused to let Jiang Ci out.Fortunately, his grandma dissuaded him and Jiang Ci was able to sit still.After dinner, grandma performed a fortune-telling for Jiang Ci, predicting that a good marriage would come.

In Yueluo City, Lu Yu's forces are ready to move, and A Le accidentally falls into a trap and is beaten by officers and soldiers.Wei Zhao was furious and wanted to save him, but Jiang Ci outsmarted him and used Shuxincao to scare off the officers and soldiers and save A Le.Wei Zhao was deeply impressed by Jiang Ci's intelligence, so he ordered Uncle Ping to step up the investigation of the traitor. At the same time, he ordered Yulian to monitor Jiang Ci to prevent Yan Qiaoshuang's incident from causing further trouble.

Wei Zhao stepped heavily on the stone road of Yueluo City, and the ripples in his heart were like the mottled walls of this ancient city. Every brick and tile carried the laughter and tears of the past.Warm childhood scenes emerged in his mind one by one. The carefree time he spent with his parents and sister had now become an unattainable dream.Years passed ruthlessly, and his relatives passed away one after another, leaving him alone. Even though he was in a high position and had no worries about food and clothing, his heart was desolate and unbearably lonely.Tears fell uncontrollably, silently telling his sorrow, all of which was seen by Jiang Ci beside him.

Pei Yan's comeback was blocked by his mother's selfish desires. He was determined to regain the trust of Emperor Xie Che through military reform.The Zhenyuan Army and the Changfeng Guard were like two sharp knives hanging in Xie Che's heart, especially the Changfeng Guard under Yue Jinglong's charge, which made him even more worried.Pei Yan plans to completely reform the Zhenyuan Army as a stepping stone for his return to the court.However, what worried him most was the account book in Wei Zhao's hand, which recorded the secrets of Rong Yudie's transactions with the Foundry Department.For this reason, he sent Yi Fei to secretly explore Wei Zhao's whereabouts.

At the same time, at the other end of Yueluo City, Wei Zhao and his party were slowly moving forward.Jiang Ci inadvertently noticed Yulian's worries, and it turned out that she was secretly missing her mother who was far away.As night fell, they stayed at an inn. Jiang Ci was determined not to sleep alone in the woodshed and chose to sleep with Yulian.During the night conversation, Yulian confided her heart. She was grateful for Wei Zhao's salvation and vowed to dedicate everything to the people of Yueluo City, but she did not dare to recognize each other because she was afraid of letting her mother suffer the pain of separation again.After hearing this, Jiang Ci admired the Yueluo people's tenacity and sacrifice even more.

Although Pei Yan's military reform plan was approved by Xie Che, the road to meeting him was still bumpy.He waited outside the palace day after day, missing Jiang Ci and worrying about his future.In Yueluo City, Wei Zhao's return caused an uproar. He stepped forward at the city lord selection meeting to rectify Xiao Haitian's name, holding a white jade hairpin, vowing to uncover the truth of the past.

In the hustle and bustle of Yueluo City, an election for the new city owner was still pending. Elder Li relied on the trust of the people to gain the upper hand.However, when Wei Zhao walked into the venue holding a white jade hairpin, a relic of the old city lord, and declared its authority as a token of the city lord, Elder Li's anger was palpable.Seeing this, Elder Hong acted quickly to save the person who caused the sudden disturbance.Wei Zhao and Elder Hong's eyes met, and the past grudges instantly emerged: that year the Xiao family was in trouble, he and his sister were struggling on the edge of life and death, and Elder Hong's appearance was supposed to be the end, but unexpectedly became an opportunity for them to escape.

The four elders gathered together and had a heated discussion about the white jade hairpin and the identity of Xiao Wuxia behind it.In the end, Elder Li came up with a plan to bind the truth about finding the white hosta to the position of city lord. The four elders acted separately, vowing to uncover the mystery of Xiao Wuxia.

The news spread like wildfire, and the people of Yueluo became furious because of the misunderstanding and ransacked the Xiao family's old residence.When Wei Zhao saw this, he was furious and wanted to stop him, but Jiang Ci stopped him rationally.Elder Hong's son appeared in time to calm the restless people and avoid greater conflicts.Returning to his devastated home, Wei Zhao's heart was torn between the warmth of the past and the desolation before him, and tears fell silently.

Jiang Ci restored the peace of the Xiao family with gentle hands, and inadvertently discovered the marks left by the years on the door frame, which were the marks of the growth of Wei Zhao and his sister.She took the initiative to reach new heights and warmed Wei Zhao's heart with her actions.Wei Zhao knew very well that his actions were not only for the election, but also to expose the hidden conspiracy.

In the distance, Lu Yu didn't take Pei Yan's arrival seriously, but after learning that the selection of Yueluo City Lord was blocked, he ordered people to speed up the advancement.Pei Yan secretly planned a chess game, intending to take advantage of the conflict between Wei Zhao and Lu Yu to achieve his own goals.At the same time, Wei Zhao, accompanied by Jiang Ci, worked hard to find the way forward, and the love between the two also quietly grew inadvertently.

The tranquility of Yueluo City was broken by Wei Zhao's sudden intrusion, and the four elders quickly gathered to hunt him down.Wei Zhao deliberately fell into a trap, and there seemed to be a deeper conspiracy hidden behind it.Late at night, Elder Li secretly visited Elder Ping and proposed a cooperation proposal, aiming to seize the white jade hairpin and rule Yueluo together.Recalling the past, Elder Ping's deep friendship with Xiao Haitian and her husband's tragic sacrifice made her resentment against Xiao Haitian deep-rooted.

At the same time, Hong Jie cherishes the dream of becoming the city lord and is eager to change Yue Luo's fate, but his father, Elder Hong, seems extremely indifferent to this.Under severe torture, Wei Zhao still insisted on keeping the secret, while Jiang Ci climbed the Lone Star Peak alone in order to find flower seeds for the coffin.

As the day for the election of the city lord approaches, Lu Yu's men infiltrate into the city, looking for traces of Wei Zhao.After Pei Yan learned about it, he arranged for An Cheng to deal with Lu Yu, while he and Tong Min sneaked into Yueluo to look for Jiang Ci.They accidentally discovered Yulian and followed her to find Jiang Ci's hiding place.Although Pei Yan treated each other affectionately, it was difficult to move Jiang Ci's heart. It was not until Yulian was injured and captured while protecting them that Jiang Ci reluctantly agreed to leave.

In the Xiao family's old house, Wei Zhao faced all kinds of questioning from the elders and never let go.Elder Ji's extreme behavior aroused Wei Zhao's counterattack. He proposed to use the election ceremony as a stage and Xiao Haitian's innocence as a bet to compete for the white hosta.Pei Yan and Jiang Ci's escape was blocked by Zhang Zhicheng's unexpected appearance, but Jiang Ci's wit allowed her to use the opportunity of the ceremony to deliver key information to Wei Zhao.At the ceremony, Wei Zhao's revelations and Jiang Ci's testimony complemented each other. The white jade hairpin became the key to revealing the truth, and all the mysteries were finally solved.

After hearing Jiang Ci's words, everyone turned their attention to Elder Li.Elder Li quickly denied it, saying that he did not know Jiang Ci.Jiang Ci lied that her husband Xiao Wuxia was killed, and that Elder Li had promised to help her avenge her and sent General Zhenyuan's Zhang Zhicheng to protect her, so she agreed to hand over the white jade hairpin.As she spoke, she pointed at Zhang Zhicheng, who was standing next to Wei Zhao.Zhang Zhicheng had killed many Yueluo people and was deeply hated by the Yueluo people.Without waiting for Elder Li to explain, Elder Ping concluded that he was colluding with the Zhenyuan Army. In a rage, he took advantage of Elder Li and struck him on the Tianling Cap without warning.Seeing the death of Elder Li, Zhang Zhicheng was about to order the arrest of Elder Ping. When Elder Hong gave the order, the Yueluo people took out their hidden weapons and started a fierce battle with the Zhenyuan army.Pei Yan didn't expect Jiang Ci to lie for Wei Zhao, and rushed forward to take her away. Jiang Ci hurriedly hid behind Wei Zhao.

Wei Zhao fought with Pei Yan. During the fight, Pei Yan accidentally hit Jiang Ci. He hurriedly stopped and apologized, and persuaded Jiang Ci to go back with him.While the two were talking, Zhang Zhicheng and his men were killed by Yueluo people.Pei Yan saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly evacuated with Tong Wei.After returning to the military camp, Pei Yan reported to Lu Yu.Lu Yu was extremely dissatisfied with Pei Yan because of the loss of his general, and even suspected that he was colluding with the Yueluo people.Pei Yan had no choice but to inform Lu Yu of the situation.Lu Yu was trying to find an excuse not to return to the capital, so he angrily told Pei Yan that he vowed to avenge Zhang Zhicheng and would never let his sacrifice be in vain.Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci back to his residence, and Elder Hong came to express his thanks.

The reason why Wei Zhao rushed back to Yueluo was because he received a letter from Elder Hong.The two cooperated internally and externally and successfully discovered the traitor.Wei Zhao is worried that Elder Li still has accomplices. Elder Hong said that he has already considered this point. Once Elder Li dies, his accomplices will be quickly eliminated.Wei Zhao took out the white jade hairpin and bowed down to Elder Hong, thinking that Elder Hong had Yueluo in his heart and was the best choice for the clan leader.Elder Hong knew that the white jade hairpin was left by Wei Zhao's father and refused to accept it at first.Wei Zhao then said that he would remember his father in his heart and that this was a token of the Yueluo clan leader.After Elder Hong received the white jade hairpin, he successfully took over the position of clan leader.After the Yueluo incident was over, Ping Wushang asked Wei Zhao if he would spread the news about Jiang Ci and let the Yan sisters know.But Wei Zhao shook his head and said the matter was not urgent.In order to avoid Lu Yu's suspicion, Wei Zhao wanted to go to Zhenyuan Military Camp as soon as possible.

It was the Moonset Cold Food Festival, and Elder Hong invited him to leave after the festival.The Yueluo people celebrated the festival with singing and dancing. Hong Jie, the son of Elder Hong, proposed to Yu Lian according to local customs, but Yu Lian rejected her on the spot.Jiang Ci placed flowers on Wei Zhao's head, and everyone mistakenly thought she was proposing to Wei Zhao and gathered around to watch.Someone recognized her as Xiao Wuxia's widow and threw rubbish to drive her away.Seeing this, Wei Zhao stood in front of Jiang Ci and told everyone that he was Xiao Wuxia.

Hong Jie fell in love with Yu Lian at first sight and confessed to Yu Lian at the gathering. Yu Lian was not interested in him. Hong Jie pursued Yu Lian, but Yu Lian avoided him. When he met Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci, Yu LianLying that he likes a man like Wei Zhao, Hong Jie vows to surpass Wei Zhao and make Yu Lian look at him with admiration.After Hong Jie left, Yulian explained to Wei Zhao that she was not interested in her children's affair.Jiang Ci wanted to go to Lone Star Peak to find the seeds of the coffin flower. Wei Zhao helped her make a tool. Jiang Ci climbed up the Lone Star Peak alone. After unremitting efforts, she finally found the seeds of the coffin flower and planted them by the river.I hope the coffin flower will bloom soon.

Uncle Ping persuaded Wei Zhao to use Jiang Ci to lure out the Yan Qiaoshuang sisters to clear Xiao Haitian's suspicion. Wei Zhao thought about it again and again before agreeing. He asked Uncle Ping to release the news about Jiang Ci's stay in Yueluo, and also sent Xiao Ni to Xiao Ni.The cat was secretly put into Jiang Ci's room.Lu Yu wrote a memorial to ask Xie Che for military rations. Xie Che was suspicious of him, but in the end he sent them all. Lu Yu decided to send troops to Yueluo, and he made careful arrangements in advance.When Jiang Ci returned to her residence, she accidentally saw that the little clay cat given to her by her master had been lost and found. Jiang Ci saw the little clay cat being crushed with her own eyes. She suspected that Wei Zhao had tricked the little clay cat and she had crushed the one.Wei Zhao kept claiming that he was reluctant to let Jiang Ci leave, so he transferred the two little clay cats to him, but Jiang Ci didn't think much about it.Lu Yu summoned the Zhenyuan Army overnight and gave them a battle plan. Pei Yan tried his best to stop him, but Lu Yu didn't listen at all, and even asked him to conquer Yueluo together. Pei Yan was worried about Jiang Ci and agreed to go with Lu Yu. He askedAn Cheng sneaked into the city to rescue Jiang Ci. Lu Yu sent Wang Xun and his troops to disguise themselves as Yueluo people and sneak into the city from behind, and then cooperated inside and outside to break the city.Jiang Ci left Wei Zhao's home when it was dark. She was going to find her master. Jiang Ci waited until dawn before resting on the roadside. Suddenly she saw a small group of ordinary people passing by. These people walked vigorously and uniformly.Jiang Ci suspected their identities, so he followed them quietly. When he saw the weapons hidden in their backpacks, he realized that they were soldiers from the Zhenyuan Army pretending to be soldiers.

Elder Hong and Hong Jie came to report to Wei Zhao early in the morning. Lu Yu led the Zhenyuan Army to invade Yueluo in a large scale. Wei Zhao immediately summoned the people to fight.Wang Xang and the soldiers disguised themselves as Yueluo people. They ambush at the bridge. Wei Zhao and Hong Jie led the Yueluo people to the bridge. Jiang Ci suddenly appeared on the other side of the bridge. She played Yueluo's ditty.An Cheng hid on the side of the bridge and could see it clearly.Jiang Ci hinted that there was an ambush on the other side of the bridge. Wei Zhao asked Hong Jie to lead the people to evacuate. When Wang Xun saw this, he bent his bow and shot an arrow at Jiang Ci. Wei Zhao rushed forward to protect Jiang Ci regardless of his own safety. He asked Hong Jie to cut the bridge in pieces.If the Zhenyuan Army rushes over, Yueluo City cannot be defended. Wang Xang ordered a volley of arrows to be fired. Wei Zhao used his body to protect Jiang Ci. He was shot in the back, and Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci both fell into the water.Hong Jie cut off the rope and blocked the way of Zhenyuan Army, so they had to leave in anger.Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao swam to a mountain stream, and Jiang Ci helped him treat his wounds. Wei Zhao was dying due to excessive blood loss, so Jiang Ci had to find wild fruits to satisfy his hunger.Lu Yu personally led an army to attack Yueluo. The people fled in all directions and were displaced. Elder Hong and Hong Jie led the people to resist desperately. In the end, they were defeated due to the outnumbered enemy. They fought and retreated to cover the people's refuge in the city.An Cheng did not find the whereabouts of Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci, so he had to come back to report to Pei Yan. Pei Yan was so anxious that he decided to enter the city in person.Wei Zhao finally regained consciousness and insisted on returning to Yueluo to resist the Zhenyuan Army. Jiang Ci accompanied him back.Elder Hong asked Elder Ping and Hong Jie to cover the people entering the city and close the city gate. He stayed and started a desperate battle with the Zhenyuan Army.

Pei Yan rushed to the city gate and saw Elder Hong struggling to support him. He persuaded Elder Hong to surrender and surrender. Elder Hong vowed to die unyielding. He did not want his people to make efforts to expand the country and start a fierce battle with Pei Yan.Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci came galloping on horseback and saw Elder Hong being pierced through the body from a distance.Wei Zhao jumped down and helped Elder Hong onto his horse. Jiang Ci pulled Elder Hong's horse into the city, while Wei Zhao stayed to fight Pei Yan.Lu Yu saw this scene from the top of the mountain and ordered a volley of arrows. Tong Min forcibly stopped Lu Yu, so Lu Yu had to give up.Wei Zhao fought and retreated, and finally entered the city at full speed.Elder Hong was unconscious due to serious injuries. Hong Jie was so sad that he called out to Elder Hong. Elder Hong told Hong Jie with his last breath to become a good man in the future, return the white jade hairpin to Wei Zhao, and then closed his eyes forever.Eyes wide, everyone present knelt down to mourn Elder Hong.Lu Yu personally led the army to fight hard for a whole day. The Zhenyuan army lost 3,000 troops and failed to capture Yueluo City. Pei Yan came back and reported to Lu Yu. Lu Yu put all the blame for the defeat on Pei Yan. Pei YanHis maid Jiang Ci sabotaged his plan, and Pei Yan did not explain. He could see that Lu Yu wanted to delay his return to Qingkang by attacking Yueluo, and deliberately made various excuses.

Elder Ping believed that it was Xiao Wuxia who brought disaster to Yueluo, so he threw Wei Zhao a sword and asked him to commit suicide and apologize.Wei Zhao reminded Elder Ping that even if he died, the current situation would not change. Only by completely defeating Lu Yu could the crisis in Yueluo be relieved. He was willing to advance and retreat with everyone. In order to make Elder Ping and others believe that Wei ZhaoZhao returned the evil blood as an oath, and after defeating Lu Yu, he was willing to let Elder Ping handle him.After Elder Ping and others left, Jiang Ci looked at the wound on Wei Zhao's hand and asked him distressedly if the oath he just made was true. Wei Zhao nodded affirmatively.

Seeing that Hong Jie was still sad about his father's death, Wei Zhao knew that he always wanted to be the master, so he encouraged him to cheer up.But Hong Jie was dissatisfied and said that his father gave Wei Zhao the white jade hairpin, which had ended his desire to be the city lord.Wei Zhao enlightened him and said that the city leader of Yueluo depends on his responsibility and is not determined by this small thing.After Elder Hong's body was cremated, Yulian also came over to comfort Hong Jie.Hong Jie asked Yu Lian to go home if she had a chance, and not to leave regrets for herself after her mother passed away.Dr. Ling, who was in the moonlight, was treating the wounded. Jiang Ci took the initiative to come over to help. Dr. Ling gave her a prescription and asked her to weigh the medicine and boil it according to the weights written on the prescription. After Jiang Ci boiled the medicine, she saw thatOnly after the wounded have died do we realize that time is the meaning of life.Lu Yu was frustrated in his frontal attack on the city, so he adopted the strategy of military advisors and dug tunnels under the city wall. Upon hearing the news, Elder Ping and others were discussing countermeasures. Wei Zhao came over and told them not to worry, because when his father built Yueluo City,, a large number of diamonds were buried under the city.

Lu Yu learned that it would take at least more than a month to dig out those diamonds, so he asked his military adviser to think of a better strategy.The military advisor looked at the wind direction, dipped cotton wool in E. coli, and floated it into Yueluo City with the wind.The number of sick people in the city was increasing day by day. Doctor Ling wanted the sick people to be concentrated in the west of the city for treatment. Seeing that everyone was worried about being abandoned by their clansmen, Jiang Ci took the initiative to stand up and accompany them, which dispelled their concerns.Pei Yan went to see Lu Yu and felt that using infectious diseases might not be able to defeat the Yueluo people.Some time ago, he pulled out several hidden stakes in Yueluo and captured a few people from Shadow Pavilion. He suggested that Lu Yu use these hidden stakes to force the Yueluo people to surrender. Lu Yu felt that this idea was a good one, so he accepted it.suggestions.Lu Yu brought the hidden stakes to the city gate and gave Yueluo people a stick of incense to open the city gate.When Elder Ji saw that his son Alang was among them, he was about to open the city gate. Hong Jie also advised Wei Zhao that it was more important to save people first. Wei Zhao put a knife on Hong Jie's neck and told everyone clearly that if anyone dared to open the city gate,City gates will be dealt with according to military law.

The time for burning incense was up. Seeing Lu Yu killing all the hidden stakes one by one and humiliating the corpses, Elder Ji and others could no longer bear it and decided to open the city gate and fight them to the death.Wei Zhao loudly told them that once the city gate was opened, the old, weak, women and children in the city would become lambs to be slaughtered, and more people would die by then, and promised everyone that he would try to snatch the bodies back.After Lu Yu withdrew his troops, Elder Ji sneaked out of the city to look for his son.

When Wei Zhao learned about this, he hurried out of the city to bring him back. He also transported Alang's body to the city wall, tied it with a rope and had him dragged up the city wall.And use the same method to continue transporting other dead people.After being discovered by the Zhenyuan Army, Lu Yu ordered archery. Pei Yan felt that the corpses were of no use, so he persuaded Lu Yu to find another way.The emperor received Wei Zhao's memorial and saw that Lu Yu actually killed innocent people. The emperor was furious. He felt that Da Ming's Zhenyuan Army could no longer be a tool for Lu Yu's evil deeds, so he gave Pei Yan an order to cooperate with Wei Zhao., and brought Lu Yu back to the capital.When Mrs. Rong Guo learned about this, she decided to give another strong dose of medicine to force Lu Yu to rebel, and asked Aunt Du to remove Lu Yu's worries.After Wei Zhao received the emperor's secret letter, he pretended to persuade Yue Luo to surrender and went to Yue Le City to meet Wei Zhao.

Wei Zhao no longer hid anything from him, and the two of them made a deal. Pei Yan helped Yue Luo buy five days without revealing Wei Zhao's identity, and Wei Zhao returned the Pei family's account book to Pei Yan.The two were talking, and Yulian ran over to report to Wei Zhao that Jiang Ci suddenly fainted. Pei Yan wanted to see Jiang Ci, but Lu Yu gave him too little time, so he asked Tong Wei to go to Zhengzhenyuan Army to get medicine.Jiang Ci also dared to contract dysentery and took the disease to study the prescription. After Wei Zhao rushed over, he gave her the medicine without following her prescription. Jiang Ci's condition improved as expected, so he took the medicine according to the prescription and treated the people in the city.After Jiang Ci woke up, he saw the candy falling on the ground and immediately guessed that Wei Zhao had been here.Hong Jie didn't expect that being a city lord would be so difficult. Wei Zhao told him that his father, Elder Hong, had come here step by step, and he took out the white jade hairpin and gave it to him.

Hong Jie cooked some porridge for Yu Lian. Yu Lian recognized her mother and her attitude towards Hong Jie also improved significantly.After Yu Lian left, Hong Jie was looking at her back and smiling stupidly. Jiang Ci came over and asked what he was looking at. Hong Jie said that he was looking at Yu Lian and said that Yu Lian was in his heart. Jiang Ci thought of her and WeiDuring the time Wei Zhao spent together, she and Wei Zhao were convinced that she and Wei Zhao were in love with each other.Wei Zhao was scolded by his tribe for not saving the hidden stake and was kneeling on the ground to punish himself. Jiang Ci ran over to hug him and took the initiative to confess to him.

When Yan Qiaoshuang learned that Jiang Ci had fallen into the trap of Yueluo City, she immediately set out to rescue, but was heavily besieged by Lu Yu's Zhenyuan Army.Being astute as she was, she used a clever trick to stun the patrolling soldiers, put on the enemy's uniform, and quietly sneaked into the military camp.On the other side, Pei Yan bought Wei Zhao five days of breathing space, and Wei Zhao sent Uncle Ping out to ask for help.Time flies, and five days are coming. Lu Yu uses Yueluo's people as hostages to force Wei Zhao to surrender.However, Wei Zhao had already laid a dragnet, waiting for the reinforcements brought by Uncle Ping and Yi Fei to cooperate inside and outside to break the enemy's formation.

After Yi Fei reunited with Uncle Ping, he quickly sent out a signal. Kites were flying in the city, flocks carrying the dysentery virus were scattered in the wind, and the Zhenyuan army was in chaos.The city gate was wide open, Wei Zhao led his troops to charge, while Yulian was responsible for rescuing the captured people. At the same time, Yan Qiaoshuang was surprised to find Jiang Ci, but unfortunately she clashed with Wei Zhao.Wei Zhao mistook Yan Qiaoshuang for his enemy. Jiang Ci tried to stop him but failed, and was kidnapped by his deputy.Pei Yan struggled to rescue him, but ultimately failed, and Jiang Ci fell into the hands of his enemies.

Lu Yu had to temporarily retreat to Mingzhou due to family emergencies, but he imprisoned Jiang Ci in the army.Pei Yan tried to take Jiang Ci away in the name of his maidservant, but failed.Uncle Ping burned the grain and grass, forcing Lu Yu to return to aid.When Lu Yu was interrogating Jiang Ci, she accidentally discovered her identity - the daughter of Qi King Xie Chun, and was ecstatic.At this time, A Liu sneaked into the army and reported that Jiang Ci was being escorted. Wei Zhao and Pei Yan joined forces to pursue him.

Pei Yan blocked the enemy with a hail of arrows, giving Wei Zhao a chance to board the ship and rescue others.However, the chain lock is difficult to unlock without a key.At the critical moment, Mr. Four appeared and presented the tiger charm, and Jiang Ci was saved.Pei Yan decided to release the sluice. Although Lu Yu escaped, the ship was destroyed and the Zhenyuan army collapsed.Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci jumped into the river to escape. When Jiang Ci woke up, she learned about her life experience and had mixed emotions.She questioned Wei Zhaoyan about the whereabouts of Qiao Shuang, and the two broke up unhappy.Wei Zhao then decided to submit to Da Ming and fight for Yue Luo's rights.An Cheng also learned Jiang Ci's identity from the appeal and was shocked.

When Pei Yan learned that Jiang Ci was actually the orphan of King Xie Chun of Qi, he was so anxious that he wanted to take her back to Qingkang, but was turned away by Wei Zhao.Jiang Ci spoke decisively, asserting that her relationship with Pei Yan was over and advised him to let go.Pei Yan had no choice but to leave sadly.Wei Zhao hugged Jiang Ci tightly and apologized repeatedly, but Jiang Ci was deeply troubled and had no intention of forgiving Wei Zhao.Pei Yan was devastated, and An Cheng and Tong Min wanted to persuade Jiang Ci again. Knowing that it was futile, Pei Yan decided to write a letter to Emperor Xie Che of the Liang Dynasty, revealing Jiang Ci's identity, expecting that Xie Che would summon him back to the capital.

On the other side, Wei Zhao couldn't sleep at night and made a lifelike clay cat with his own hands. He then sent Yi Fei to welcome Yan Qiao Shuang and arranged for him to reunite with Jiang Ci.When Yan Qiaoshuang saw that Jiang Ci was injured, she angrily scolded Wei Zhao.Wei Zhao then sent Uncle Ping to escort Yan Qiaoshuang back to Qingkang, with the intention of revealing the truth, clearing the name of his father Xiao Haitian, and relieving the suffering of Yueluo people.

Jiang Ci and Yan Qiaoshuang reunited after a long separation and expressed their sincere feelings to each other.Jiang Ci vowed to keep Yan Qiao Shuang safe and stop running around.The next day, Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci went up the mountain. Jiang Ci recalled the past time with Yan Qiaoshuang in Jiangjia Village, gave Wei Zhao a drug-induced date, and left with Qiao Shuang while he was unconscious.After Wei Zhao woke up, he found that Uncle Ping was also fascinated and couldn't laugh or cry.

Xie Che received Pei Yan's letter and was surprised to learn that the daughter of King Qi was still alive, so he quickly ordered Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci to return to the court.On the way, Jiang Ci learned the mystery of her life experience from Qiao Shuang, and felt complicated.Yan Qiaoshuang exposed the grievances between the Xiao family and Xie Chun, and advised Jiang Ci not to approach Wei Zhao.Pei Yan returned to Beijing to resume his duties, and Xie Che comforted him. Pei Yan had no intention of taking the throne, which disappointed Rong Yudie extremely.She originally wanted to use Chang Fengwei's power to help Pei Yan ascend the throne, but unexpectedly, Pei Yan had no intention of doing so.

Wei Zhao was ordered to take Jiang Ci back to the palace, but was blocked by Yan Qiaoshuang on the way. Jiang Ci insisted on going with Wei Zhao.Although Wei Zhao wanted to avenge his father, he gave up because of Jiang Ci and promised to treat Qiao Shuang well.After entering the palace, Xie Che doted on Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci presented the fragments of his father's letter and Xie Che promised to treat him well.Although Jiang Ci longed for freedom, she couldn't express it.

Under the warm veil of imperial power, Emperor Xie Che expressed to Jiang Ci his deep memory of King Xie Chun of Qi, claiming that they had a deep brotherly love, but he still regretted Xie Chun's early death.In order to make up for his debt to Jiang Ci, he sincerely invited her to live in the palace.Faced with this sudden invitation, Jiang Ci hesitated at first, but was finally moved by Xie Che's sincerity and decided to stay.At the same time, she begged Xie Che to allow her master Yan Qiaoshuang to remain free from the constraints of the palace. Xie Che then ordered Wei Zhao to properly take care of Yan Qiaoshuang outside the palace.

Wei Zhao learned a secret from Yan Qiaoshuang: Xie Che had imprisoned Xie Chun, which made him worried that Jiang Ci would also become a prisoner in the palace, so he proposed to Xie Che to investigate Jiang Ci's life experience in detail and doubt that he was not of Xie Chun's blood.Pei Yan heard the news and Jiang Ci entered the palace, eager to meet her, but Wei Zhao blocked her on the grounds of safety, and even wanted to take her back to the Guangming Department for closer investigation.Xie Che, because Jiang Ci resembles Xie Chun, firmly believes in his identity and intends to make him the princess. Pei Yan is happy to see this happen, while Wei Zhao secretly deploys protection.

Jiang Ci was placed in Yuchunxuan, and Tao Zizhu carefully selected his attendants to serve him.In order to marry Jiang Ci, Pei Yan did not hesitate to break off the engagement with the Dong family, and even wanted to ask Xie Che for a marriage, which shows her determination.After Rong Yudie learned Jiang Ci's true identity, she was shocked and angry at Pei Yan's decision.

As night fell, Jiang Ci wanted to escape, but Pei Yan promised to take her far away with an affectionate vow, which made her shaken.Wei Zhao reached out to help in the dark, using the cover of night to skillfully send Jiang Ci out of the palace and regain his freedom.

In the gentle night, Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci quietly escaped from the shackles of the palace and walked in the market.At the corner of the street, a small and delicate clay cat caught Wei Zhao's attention. He bought it without hesitation and gave it to Jiang Ci, his smile full of doting.Jiang Ci's eyes were drawn to the candied haws again. When Wei Zhao saw this, he immediately went to buy it. Before he could return, Jiang Ci had quietly left, leaving a string of laughter echoing in the air.

On the other side, Dong Juan and Cui Liang enjoyed the night view by the river. The two chatted happily, as if they had been friends for many years.Pei Yan was sitting alone at a noodle stall on the street, recalling the warm time eating noodles with Jiang Ci. Unconsciously, her thoughts drifted away.Cui Liang's appearance interrupted his contemplation. After some pleasantries, Cui Liang enthusiastically invited Pei Yan to join them.Soon, Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao met unexpectedly. The six of them sat around a table, changing cups and changing glasses. Pei Yan kept asking questions about Jiang Ci's trip out of the palace. Wei Zhao frankly admitted that there was a lot of tit-for-tat in their words.Fortunately, Jiang Ci cleverly resolved the tense atmosphere by using roast chicken as a medium.

At the banquet in the East Palace, Jiang Ci became the center of attention. She gifted flowers to each other, but the flower she gave to Wei Zhao contained a hidden mystery, which made everyone snicker.After three rounds of drinking, Wei Zhao keenly noticed something strange in Jiang Ci's wine and quietly replaced it. Later, he revealed the truth to Pei Yan and warned him to strengthen his protection of Jiang Ci.Pei Yan was filled with doubts, and the suspicion pointed at Rong Yudie.

In order to relieve Jiang Ci's loneliness, Wei Zhao specially gave two palace ladies to accompany him.After some investigation, Wei Zhao revealed the conspiracy behind Chun'er's poisoning, pointed directly at Rong Yudie, and cleverly arranged for Yi Fei to monitor Nanny Du in order to reveal more truth.After Pei Yan learned the truth, he was furious. He went straight to Rong Yudie and gave a stern warning. At the same time, he asked Xie Che for a marriage and vowed to protect Jiang Cizhou.Seeing the deep love between the two, Xie Che finally nodded in agreement, and a grand wedding was about to begin.

After Pei Yan said goodbye to his mother, he met Xie Che again and begged His Majesty to grant a marriage to him and Jiang Ci.Xie Che had already heard about the past between Pei Yan and the second young lady of the Dong family. In view of his unwillingness to see the marriage of powerful ministers, he agreed to Pei Yan's request and ordered her to prepare for the marriage.At the same time, Wei Zhao stepped into the Imperial Hospital and found Imperial Physician Sun who used to diagnose his eldest sister. Through Imperial Physician Sun's narration, he realized that Concubine Wei seemed to have no desire to survive when she passed away.The sharp contrast between the children's expectations convinced Wei Zhao that there must be a hidden secret behind his sister's death.

After Mrs. Rong Guo heard that Wei Zhao was investigating the death of the imperial concubine, she summoned her to meet him and directly admitted that the imperial concubine was actually her backbone in the palace.After the imperial concubine passed away, she secretly investigated and found that the imperial concubine's medicine had been adulterated with saffron, and the man behind the scenes was most likely the current emperor. This move may have been an attempt to cover up the affairs of King Qi.Mrs. Rong Guo wanted to use Wei Zhao's affection for Jiang Ci to join forces against Xie Che, but Wei Zhao had a grudge against Mrs. Rong Guo because of Jiang Ci's poisoning and declined her offer.Later, Wei Zhao brought the coffin and flowers to Jiang Ci's place, made porridge together, and revealed the truth that his sister was actually someone else's chess piece, refuting Yan Shuangqiao's remarks that the family's glory came from the sacrifice of King Qi.Jiang Ci looked at the coffin flower, and her heart was filled with doubts. This flower was obtained by her from taking a risk for Wei Zhao, but now it became the key to understanding the happy knot.Just when the two were about to deliver porridge to their master, Yi Fei urgently reported that Yan Shuangqiao had been kidnapped. Wei Zhao suddenly became suspicious and pointed at Xie Che. However, after testing, he discovered that Xie Che did not know about it.Jiang Ci also personally consulted Xie Che and frankly said that he had no romantic feelings for Pei Yan. However, Xie Che insisted on granting the marriage and would not allow any further explanation.After receiving the order and returning to the mansion, the two of them were analyzing the case. Eunuch Tao arrived with an order, but Jiang Ci had no choice but to accept it.Wei Zhao concluded that Yan Shuangqiao was with Mrs. Rong Guo, and decided to visit again. Under questioning, Mrs. Rong Guo admitted frankly and revealed a new plan: to use the wedding day to reveal the truth, overthrow Xie Che, and at the same time abandon Wei Zhao again.The invitation to cooperate was coldly rejected.

Faced with Wei Zhao's doubts about Yan Qiaoshuang's alliance with Mrs. Rong Guo, Yan Qiaoshuang's unexpected appearance directly shattered his doubts, forcing Wei Zhao to retreat temporarily.On the way home, his inner balance wavered between whether he should join hands with Mrs. Rong Guo.Lu Yu's setback did not cause the imperial court to relax its harsh policies towards Yueluo. The people of Yueluo were still burdened with the heavy shackles of sending their young lives to Da Ming.Wei Zhao secretly thought that if he could overturn the existing rule and support the crown prince to ascend the throne, it might bring about a turn for the better for Yueluo.

At the same time, Dong Juan, the second daughter of the Dong family, learned of Jiang Ci's determination to resist Pei Yan's engagement, and decided to lend a helping hand and planned an escape.Jiang Ci was grateful, but she did not forget to pave the way for Dong Juan. If she failed, he would let her pretend to be a hostage to get out of trouble.Later, Jiang Ci cleverly arranged to switch identities with Dong Juan's maid, and quietly left the palace under the cover of the night and the carriage.However, an encounter with the master on the way forced Jiang Ci to give up the idea of ​​elopement and instead face the upcoming wedding.

At the wedding ceremony, Pei Yan looked forward to spending the rest of his life with Jiang Ci with high hopes, but something unexpected happened unexpectedly.Wei Zhao's intrusion, claiming that an assassin had infiltrated the palace, instantly broke the tranquility of the wedding.Emperor Xie Che decided to investigate in person, leaving Wei Zhao on guard outside and walked into the side hall.In the side hall, a coup against him has been quietly planned. Aunt Du's dead men join forces with Yan Qiaoshuang, intending to force the palace to give up his throne.Xie Che responded calmly and gradually revealed Rong Yudie's true intention, until Yan Qiaoshuang discovered at a critical moment that the weapon had been replaced and poisoned, and died tragically in front of Wei Zhao.Jiang Ci, who arrived later, witnessed this scene and was heartbroken and turned his anger on Wei Zhao.

Pei Yan knelt outside the cold palace, begging for forgiveness for his mother, Mrs. Rong Guo, who was about to leave. His figure stretched out in the sunset, looking particularly lonely.Mrs. Rong Guo had a profound conversation with Pei Yan on the way to Jingxin Nunnery.A trace of regret flashed in her eyes, but it was also mixed with expectations for her son's future: “From now on, you are your own master, and no one can restrain your wings anymore.” Pei Yan's tears flashed, and he had mixed feelings in his heart. He asked why his mother was absent when he was the prince's companion when he was a child. Mrs. Rong Guo sighed softly and expressed her difficulties: “ I want to temper your heart with wind and frost, but I never thought that youWhat he learned was the art of strategizing.” Pei Yan smiled bitterly, and that smile contained helplessness about the past and confusion about the future.

At the same time, Jiang Ci's situation also touched Pei Yan's heartstrings.He hesitated again and again, but finally did not dare to set foot in Jiang Ci's place because of self-blame, for fear of facing her reproach and the cold eyes of others.However, Cui Liang's firm support was like a ray of warm light, penetrating the gloom in Pei Yan's heart. He promised to stand side by side with Pei Yan no matter the wind or rain.

On the other side, Jiang Ci's hunger strike caused Wei Zhao deep concern.He brought porridge and tried to untie the knot in Jiang Ci's heart, but Jiang Ci's questions were as sharp as a sword, pointing directly at Wei Zhao's silence and past.Until Wei Zhao showed Yan Qiaoshuang's relics, the piece of clothing embroidered with kittens touched the softest part of Jiang Ci's heart, and tears burst into her eyes.Later, Cui Liang's arrival and Wei Zhao's comfort made Jiang Ci realize that only by living can he live up to his teacher's kindness and take revenge.

Just as Dali Temple officials were troubled by Jiang Ci's stubbornness, Wei Zhao's sudden intrusion was like a breath of fresh air, and he offered to assist in the interrogation.Facing Jiang Ci's silent resistance, Wei Zhao adopted a unique technique - covering his face with a wet cloth, intending to use the illusion of suffocation to force him to speak.However, Jiang Ci still insisted on her innocence and pointed out the characteristics of Jiujie Peach's poison, implying that if she had really done it, the emperor would have died long ago.Wei Zhao keenly caught this, and after recording Jiang Ci's defense, he and Yi Fei quietly left.On the way, Yi Fei revealed the secret of the wet cloth. It turned out that the cloth had been specially treated and would not really cause suffocation.Wei Zhao thought secretly, suspecting that Jiang Cizhi was being framed, and that the man behind the scenes might be directly targeting the emperor.

In order to uncover the truth, Wei Zhao turned his attention to Cui'er. Although she was Tao Eunuch's spy, she was loyal to Jiang Ci.Cui'er not only denied any involvement in Jiang Ci's poison case, but also showed Yan Qiaoshuang's relics rescued from the fire as proof.Wei Zhao felt that his words were true and decided to adopt a strategy to divert attention.On the other side, Pei Yan heard the news that Jiang Ci was arrested, and anxiously asked to see the prince, and was successfully allowed to visit the prison.After Pei Yan heard this, he and Wei Zhao coincided with each other, thinking that the emperor might be the real culprit behind the scenes.Subsequently, Pei Yan planned and used the goose knife in Prince Zhuang's palace and the poisoning of the princess to cleverly plant doubts about Prince Zhuang in the prince's heart.In the end, with Pei Yan's prompting, the prince decided to hear the case publicly. As a key witness, Jiang Ci received the attention of both the prince and Prince Zhuang in prison. She skillfully dealt with it and neither side easily took sides.

Jiang Yuan stepped into Mingzhou with a mission, holding a portrait of Wei Zhao, and visited the streets, but no one could recognize his true face.At the end of the battle, the scene was completely different. As soon as the portrait appeared, everyone's expressions flickered and they avoided talking.Jiang Yuan had an idea and pretended to be an old friend, and finally got a glimpse of the truth: Wei Zhao was actually Xiao Wuxia, Yueluo's military adviser, and Jiang Ci was his wife.Xiao Wuxia had made outstanding achievements in helping Yue Luo break through Lu Yu's siege.During the confrontation between the three halls, Jiang Ci stepped forward and questioned again and again, pointing out that Dali Temple had acted hastily and misplaced him as a suspect.The prince was speechless, so the prince ordered Yin Yushi to present evidence and argue with King Zhuang.King Zhuang was not willing to show weakness and instead used the prince's suspicion as evidence.

While the two sides were arguing, Xie Che stepped in and announced that the real murderer had been captured, and Eunuch Tao was escorted to the front of the hall.Xie Che had planned for a long time to make Tao Gonggong recognized the crime of framing Jiang Ci, so as to calm down the dispute between the princes.Eunuch Tao obeyed the order and confessed. Xie Che immediately showed his kindness to Jiang Ci and everyone dispersed.Wei Zhao wanted to leave, but Xie Che stayed behind. During the game between the two, they talked about Xiao Wuxia, but Wei Zhao took it calmly.Xie Che set up a trap and used three times the slave tribute as bait to test Wei Zhao's sincerity.Seeing the moonlight of his plea, Xie Che confirmed that Jiang Yuan's information was correct, and angrily ordered Jiang Yuan and the Forbidden Army general Wei Zhao to be thrown into the slave fighting field, leaving him to live and die.Xie Che was well aware that Wei Zhao was provoking a dispute between the princes. After handling the matter, he summoned King Zhuang for an interview and listened to his complaints. He couldn't help but recall the past of King Qi and lamented the reincarnation of love and hatred between father and son.On the other side, although Jiang Ci was released, he was hunted by Jiang Yuan before he could escape.Yi Fei tried his best to protect him from escaping, but when Jiang Ci heard that Wei Zhao was in danger, he resolutely turned back and vowed to ask Pei Yan for help to save Xiao Wuxia.

When Pei Yan stepped into the bloody slave fighting field, he saw Wei Zhao sitting alone in the shadows among the corpses strewn everywhere, covered in blood, like a warrior returning from hell.Pei Yan held his hand tightly, called his nickname "Sanlang", and vowed to fight side by side and fight the national crisis together.He mentioned that the captain's country was invading. Although he had been ordered to take command, he strongly recommended Wei Zhao to accompany him to ensure the peace of his family and country.With these words, Pei Yan deliberately concealed Jiang Ci's plea, hoping that Wei Zhao would have no worries.Later, Xie Che gave Wei Zhao a magical healing medicine in the name of pretending to care. Although Wei Zhao knew what it meant, he still took it to maintain his fighting strength.

When Jiang Ci heard that Wei Zhao had escaped danger, he burst into tears and vowed to accompany the army as a military doctor.Before leaving, she learned from Yan'er that it was Sanlang who saw the opportunity, arranged for the reception, and gave flowers to the coffin to express his apology and gratitude.Jiang Ci cooked porridge with flowers and paid homage to his master. He remembered Pei Yan's words that the master's hatred was not done by Sanlang but by his mother. He couldn't help but feel sad and shed tears like rain.

Cui Liang will also accompany the army. Dong Juan comes to see him off, but he learns that the marriage has changed. He is heartbroken and realizes that the person he fell in love with back then was Cui Liang.Cui Liang returns the paper dragonfly, which means that the past is with the wind and the two have a deep relationship.

When the army set off for the expedition, Jiang Ci put on his military uniform and went straight to Wei Zhao, hugging each other tightly and vowing to regain their old relationship.Wei Zhao checked Cui Liang's pulse privately and confirmed that the medicine he had taken was chronic poison, and secretly asked him to keep it secret to avoid Jiang Ci's worry.Cui Liang vowed to find the antidote and protect Zhao Zhouquan.

Arriving at the front line, Zhuzhou had fallen into enemy hands. Wei Zhao asked Ying to be the vanguard and sneak into the enemy city, with Xue Jinglong as backup.However, General Lei laid a dragnet, and Wei Zhao and others fought bloody battles day and night. At dawn, reinforcements had not arrived, and the signal to urge troops fell into silence.Xue Jinglong, thinking of Xie Che's secret order, deliberately delayed. Wei Zhao and others fought alone, with their lives hanging by a thread.

In the desperate situation of being isolated and helpless, Wei Zhao showed extraordinary courage and wisdom.Faced with the enemy's pursuit and the temptation of a huge reward, he resolutely chose to lead the enemy to himself, gaining a precious escape opportunity for the brothers of the Light Guard.In the desperate struggle in the dead end, Wei Zhao almost exhausted his energy. At the critical moment of life and death, those loyal members of the Bright Guard resolutely returned to the rescue regardless of their personal safety, demonstrating their deep brotherhood and fearless spirit of sacrifice.

On the other side, Jiang Ci was so anxious after learning about Wei Zhao's danger that he went to Yueluo in person to request reinforcements.After learning about the situation, Hong Jie and his group of elders made a quick decision and resolutely decided to send troops to help, demonstrating the deep friendship and common determination between Yueluo and Da Ming to fight against the enemy.

Tengrui's cruel methods aroused Wei Zhao's anger and sense of justice. He could not sit back and watch innocent people suffer because of him, so he showed up resolutely.The timely arrival of Yueluo's army was like a divine force descending from heaven. It not only rescued Wei Zhao, but also completely defeated Teng Rui's arrogance.Teng Rui's escape and eventual death not only brought justice to Xiaolan's family, but also demonstrated that justice will eventually defeat evil.

Within the captain's kingdom, Gao Xiu was furious at Teng Rui's death. Lu Yu took the opportunity to offer a trick, trying to use You Ran's eagerness to do meritorious deeds against Wei Zhao.However, Pei Yan's keenness and decisiveness allowed him to understand Lu Yu's conspiracy in advance, and he cleverly planned to give Lu Yu a fatal blow during his escape.However, An Cheng's sacrifice cast a tragic color on this plan, and also highlighted the cruelty and ruthlessness of war.

Xie Che and the prince's decision to fight in person not only boosted morale, but also demonstrated the determination of everyone in Da Ming to work together to defend against foreign enemies.The wit and bravery of A Liu, the Moonfall Man, added a touch of brilliance to this battle.He took advantage of Lu Yu's greed and arrogance, successfully led him into a trap, and eventually died together with Lu Yu, contributing to the defense of his homeland at the cost of his own life.

When General Lei encountered a well-designed ambush by Pei Yan, the vitality of the army was severely damaged. In addition, Lu Yu's recent death left the army without a leader. Pei Yan and Wei Zhao decided to take advantage of this victory and continue to pursue the enemy.While the two were busy trying to appease the soldiers, a dispute and insults between Yue Luo and Da Ming soldiers unexpectedly broke out outside the camp.At this tense moment, a burst of melodious music penetrated the hustle and bustle. It was a homesick song played by Yueluo traditional instruments. The melody contained endless nostalgia and the desire for peace, making everyone stop involuntarily.He stopped arguing and fell into deep thought.

Wei Zhao and Pei Yan keenly seized this opportunity. They walked among the soldiers and used sincere words to persuade both sides to put aside their prejudices and unite to resist foreign enemies.At this time, the news of Xie Che's personal expedition was like a shot in the arm, stimulating the fighting spirit of Da Ming's soldiers. They shouted long live in unison, boosting their morale.

However, there was a trace of worry hidden in Wei Zhao's heart. He was well aware of Xie Che's hostility towards Jiang Ci, and decided to meet Jiang Ci before setting off for the expedition.He took advantage of Jiang Ci's unpreparedness and knocked her out gently, and arranged for Ping Wushang to send her away secretly to ensure her safety.Later, Wei Zhao led the Yueluo army to fight side by side with Changfeng Wei and launched a fierce offensive against the captain's army.

The Phoenix Crossbow commanded by Cui Liang exerted great power. Rockets shot at the enemy like raindrops, explosions occurred one after another, and the enemy's position was in chaos.Seeing that something was not going well, Gao Xiu fled in a hurry under the protection of General Lei and others, but could not escape Wei Zhao's pursuit.Wei Zhao's archery skills were superb, and every arrow was accurate. The highly trained guards fell down one after another.General Lei tried to sneak attack Wei Zhao, but was killed by Pei Yan who arrived in time.In the end, Gao Xiu was shot down by Wei Zhao with an arrow and was forced to sign an armistice treaty, promising never to invade Da Ming.

After the battle, Wei Zhao fell into a coma due to the accelerated spread of toxins in his body.When he woke up, he was surprised to find Jiang Ci standing by his side.Jiang Ci's gentle words and firm eyes moved Wei Zhao deeply, and he knew that he could no longer leave this woman.The emotions between the two were sublimated at this moment. Jiang Ci regarded Wei Zhao's old house as his home and naturally regarded him as her husband.

Facing the upcoming separation, Jiang Ci cherishes every moment with Wei Zhao.She prayed that this night could be extended indefinitely, but the reality was cruel.The next morning, when Wei Zhao woke up, he decided to give Jiang Ci a status.He put a happy word on the house and completed the ceremony of worshiping Jiang Ci alone.Afterwards, he quietly left the room and told Cui Liang and others to take good care of Jiang Ci, while he embarked on the road to find Xie Che and seek justice for his father and Yueluo.

In the intertwining of joy of victory and complicated emotions, Xie Che's mood was indescribable.Although Wei Zhao's survival and heroic performance in the army were a blessing to the country, they also touched the sensitive parts of his heart.The prince cleverly proposed a celebration ceremony to ease the tense atmosphere in the court. Xie Che followed suit and decided to take this opportunity to commend the meritorious officials.

When Wei Zhao met Xie Che, there was an undercurrent between the two.Xie Che's probing and Wei Zhao's pretending to be stupid are just subtle moves in this power game.Pei Yan sensed Wei Zhao's determination and chose to side with him and Yue Luo. This understanding and support sublimated the relationship between rivals for many years into a deep friendship and resonance.

At the celebration ceremony, Xie Che complied with public opinion and reduced or exempted Yueluo's taxes, showing the benevolent government of a generation of kings.However, Wei Zhao's sudden attack suddenly made the atmosphere of the entire celebration tense.Facing the people of Yueluo and the ambushing archers, Wei Zhao had to change his strategy, turn the target of the attack on himself, and bear all the blame for his father's crimes in exchange for Yueluo's peace.Xie Che took advantage of the situation and announced that Yue Luo would be exempted from responsibility, and that Wei Zhao's merits and demerits would be balanced and he would no longer be held accountable.

After the ceremony, Xie Che invited Wei Zhao to Zhaixing Tower, and a secret conversation between the two revealed the truth of the past.Xie Che spoke candidly about the complex considerations behind the death of King Qi, including the helplessness of the struggle for imperial power and the sacrifice for the sake of the overall situation.And all this seems particularly heavy in the face of the coming tragedy.

The fate of Wei Zhao and Xie Che quietly came to an end in the Star Reaching Tower.Jiang Yuan's betrayal and the threat of gunpowder put everything into an irreversible crisis.In despair, Wei Zhao chose to die together with Xie Che, using his life to defend the justice and faith in his heart.

With the death of Xie Che, the prince successfully ascended the throne. As prime minister, Pei Yan actively promoted policy reforms and abolished the unequal treatment of Yue Luo.Yueluo ushered in new hope, and Wei Zhao's sacrifice became a heroic legend among people.

Many years later, Jiang Ci returned to Yueluo with her son Xiao Yao. Her eyes showed both nostalgia for the past and expectations for the future.Xiao Yao, the child who carries the blood of Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci, will continue to write their stories in the new era.