Zhou Shiyu was not seriously injured. After returning to the camp, Nie Chen tortured and interrogated the killer who was behind the murder, and the killer revealed Xu Wei, the magistrate of the state.Xingyi was wandering around the North City and was buying a compass at a stall when he heard a commotion around him and gathered around to watch the excitement. He saw a masked female killer committing murder. Her movements and expressions were very similar to the masked killer on the way to get married.When he tried to get closer, the female killer was injured and out of sight.Xingyi still doubted Su Nian, so he ran to Fengyue Pavilion to investigate. There were blood drops along the road outside the door of Fengyue Pavilion, which seemed to further confirm Xingyi's suspicion.Lingxi was applying medicine to Su Nian's wound. She was very alert when she heard someone walking into the room. There were scissors and gauze on the table. Xingyi asked Su Nian why he was injured. Su Nian explained that he was learning a sword dance and accidentally scratched himself.Xingyi didn't ask any more questions and bandaged Su Nian with gauze, saying that he came to visit because of worries.

Yue Ling wrote to Zhou Shiyu to report that he was safe, but never mentioned what happened in the palace.Nie Chen reported that he had found traces of grain press officer Shi Xuan in Xicheng, but there was no trace of the 10,000 shi of grain. Seeing that the number of victims was increasing and the grain was no longer enough, Zhou Shiyu took it upon himself to open a warehouse and release grain to appease the refugees first.Yue Ling finally waited for Zhou Shiyu's reply. The letter explained the murder. Yue Ling became even more worried, so he decided to rush to Liuzhou to find Zhou Shiyu. When he was about to go out, the imperial army surrounded the Northern Palace. Because he secretly opened a warehouse to store grain, the Prime Minister used it as a plan.He accused Zhou Shiyu of slandering him and demanded that Zhou Shiyu be punished more severely. The emperor did not agree and did not dare to refute, so he suppressed the incident first.Seeing that the emperor was undecided, the prime minister ordered Lin Su to make other preparations.Yue Ling was unable to leave the North Palace. Zhou Zhixuan bribed the Imperial Guards and went to the North Palace to announce the news of Zhou Shiyu's execution. He proposed that Yue Ling enter the palace to request an order to terminate the engagement. Seeing that Zhou Zhixuan could escape from the custody of the Imperial Guards, Yue Ling agreed to join them.palace.

In front of the emperor of Jinluan Palace, Yue Ling explained the good things Zhou Shiyu had done silently for the people in Beijing, so he believed that Zhou Shiyu would never conspire against him. The emperor said that he had grown up with Zhou Shiyu since he was a child, and he believed that he was a human being and that any conspiracies would be investigated.Yue Ling also asked for permission to go to Liuzhou to find Zhou Shiyu. The emperor produced a memorial. Yue Ling opened it and found that it was Zhou Shiyu who requested to terminate the engagement. Guessing that Yue Ling was more determined to go to Liuzhou because he was afraid of hurting himself.Zhou Zhixuan waited outside the palace for Yue Ling to break off the engagement and then moved into the South Palace with him. After waiting all night, Yue Ling did not come out of the palace. When Yang Xu got up early the next morning, Yang Xu found out that Yue Ling had already left. Zhou Zhixuan went to the North Palace angrily.Instead, Xingyi insisted that Zhou Zhixuan had hidden his sister, and after a long argument, no one came out on top.

Yue Ling had already secretly left Shangjing on horseback. When he arrived in Quzhou, he heard that Zhou Shiyu had led people to search for Shi Xuan in Xicheng. He immediately went there without having time to rest. Lin Su led people to besiege Zhou Shiyu. When Zhou Shiyu was about to be stabbed, Yue Ling stood by with a knife.The slingshot missed the blade, and then the two of them left together and hid in a cave.There was a faint sound of coughing in the cave. Zhou Shiyu followed the sound and found Shi Xuan who was tied up in the cave. After rescuing him, Shi Xuan told him that he was kidnapped by Xu Wei on the way to press grain. The three of them were preparing toWhen leaving the cave, bursts of poisonous smoke suddenly came from the cave.