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.