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.