Qin Guan and Yan Chi interrogated Wang Han. On the night of his death, the queen sent someone to send Song Xiwen's body out of the palace and asked Wang Han to hide the body in the ravine.Qin Guan and Yan Chi decided to let Wang Han surrender to Cheng Wang, but in front of Cheng Wang Yanqi, Wang Han was questioned how to deal with Song Xiwen's body alone, and he claimed that it was the eunuch Kang Bowen who handed the body to him.Subsequently, someone reported that Kang Bowen's body was found in the Yeting well in Beiyuan.

Yan Chi and Qin Wan investigated Kang Bowen's death on the spot and found that he committed suicide and drowned, and suspected that it was related to Fengyi Palace. Prince Yan Che asked his mother, Empress Zhao Shuhua about this matter, and the queen firmly denied and asked Yan Che to continue to fight for the position of crown prince. In order to make the empress dowager happy, the emperor decided to let Yan Chi inherit the title of King Rui, and Yan Li was also enthroned as King Yi and was preparing to serve in the Ministry of Personnel.
Yan Li confessed to Yue Ning, but Yue Ning refused his proposal and said that he would wait for Yan Ze to recover his vision before making a decision.Emperor Yan Huai put Empress Zhao Shuhua under house arrest in Fengyi Palace due to disorderly behavior, and prohibited Prince Yan Che from participating in government affairs.Yan Chi and Qin Guan held a simple and warm wedding. The two expressed their feelings in the wedding room and were confused about the emperor's actions. Yan Ze looked at the shadows in the ice coffin in the ice cellar, hoping that the truth would be revealed.