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.