Gu Yanxi was worried about something happening, so she decided to disguise the captured persons as cargo and take them to the imperial capital by boat for further interrogation. Zeng Ming was being hunted and was furious when he learned that his family members had been silenced. He threatened that he had handed over the account books to others for safekeeping. If he was safe, everyone would be safe. If he died, everything would be broken. The assassin was afraid that he would not be able to pay the job, so he pressed for the whereabouts of the account book. During the fight, Zeng Ming was accidentally stabbed and died. The assassin reported the incident to Jiang Zhengzhi. Jiang Zhengzhi learned that Zeng Ming still had a back-up plan, so he asked them to check everyone Zeng Ming came into contact with after Haoyue's accident. Anyone he met would be killed.
After finding out that Huazhi had taken Zeng Ming's wooden box, Jiang Zhengzhi ordered someone to kill Huazhi and create an accident. Jiang's father told Jiang Zhengzhi that once Haoyue came to Beijing to testify against him, the Jiang family would be exterminated. He also showed Jiang Zhengzhi the portrait of the Qisu Secretary, and Jiang Zhengzhi recognized it as the one Hua Rong met on the street. When Jiang's father found out, he wanted to use Hua Rong as a tactic to get rid of Gu Yanxi, but Jiang Zheng refused to die. However, the Jiang family's annihilation was right in front of him, so he could only obey Jiang's father's wishes. Jiang Zhengzhi told Hua Rong that Gu Yanxi was going back to the imperial capital. After hearing this, Hua Rong wanted to see her off. Jiang Zhengzhi told her that the farewell gift had been prepared for her. Because he was worried about Hua Rong, Jiang Zhengzhi finally chose to accompany Hua Rong. go together.
When Shen Qi and the Sixth Prince were walking on the street, they accidentally saw Zeng Ming's body, so they told Hua Zhi who was going back to the inn. After hearing this, Huazhi immediately smashed open the wooden box given by Zeng Ming, looked through the account books inside, and asked Shen Qi to take the account books to the outside of the city, while she jumped off the carriage and ran away in a hurry. On the way, Hua Rong thought about what she would be like after giving birth. Jiang Zhengzhi couldn't bear her taking risks, so he proposed to give gifts to Gu Yanxi on her behalf. Hua Rong had no doubts. Hua Zhi went to Jiang Mansion to find Hua Rong, and hurried there after learning that Hua Rong had gone to the dock.
Jiang Zheng got on the boat and brought the gift box to Gu Yanxi. Gu Yanxi saw that Jiang Zhengzhi looked strange, so he did not accept it immediately. After hesitation, Hua Zhi arrived in time and called Gu Yanxi twice. Gu Yanxi immediately realized the danger, but it was too late. Jiang Zhengzhi After opening the gift box, the bomb exploded immediately, and the air wave knocked Huazhi to the ground. After getting up, Huazhi rushed onto the boat to look for Gu Yanxi, but to no avail jumped directly into the river. When Hua Rong returned home, she learned that the pier exploded. When she was about to turn back to the pier, she was stopped by Jiang's father. Jiang's father cursed Hua Rong and locked her in the room. When Huazhi woke up again, she saw Gu Yanxi standing in front of her, so she excitedly ran to Gu Yanxi and hugged him. Huazhi told Gu Yanxi that she regretted being separated from Gu Yanxi. There was nothing terrible in this world except death.
Gu Yanxi led people back to the prefecture government office and abolished Huang Zhizhou's official position. Then he went to the Jiang Mansion and arrested Jiang Dacao. After questioning, he learned that Hua Rong had been thrown into a mass grave. Hua Rong committed suicide with a hairpin. Hua Zhi cried and washed Hua Rong's face, and unexpectedly found the last letter in her sleeve. In the letter, Hua Rong said that she was very lucky to meet Jiang Zhengzhi who treated her sincerely. She could not put it down. The child was left with Jiang Dacao's bad guys, so she wanted to follow Jiang Zhengzhi. Huang Zhizhou and Jiang Dacao were killed in prison, but Haoyue was unharmed. Gu Yanxi arranged for Li Hou and Qisuwei to escort Hua Zhi by water, while she and Chen Qing escorted Haoyue by land.