The Great Emperor Xie Che claimed that he and Qi King Xie Chun had a deep brotherhood. Unfortunately, Xie Chun died young. Xie Che wanted to keep Jiang Ci in the palace to make up for the debt he had owed her for so many years. Jiang Ci wanted to refuse, but Xie Che Sincerely, she decided to stay. Xie Che also called Jiang Ci's master Yan Qiaoshuang to the palace. Jiang Ci knew that Yan Qiaoshuang always liked to be free and begged Xie Che to let Yan Qiaoshuang live outside the palace. Xie Che sent Wei Zhao takes good care of Yan Qiaoshuang.
Wei Zhao learned from Yan Qiaoshuang that Xie Che had put King Qi Xie Chun under house arrest in the palace. He was worried that Xie Che was keeping Jiang Ci under surveillance as a hostage. He asked Xie Che to check Jiang Ci's life experience and suspected that she was not Xie Chun. daughter. Pei Yan heard that Jiang Ci had entered the palace and couldn't wait to see Jiang Ci. Wei Zhao tried his best to stop him and took Jiang Ci back to the Guangming Department for careful investigation. Xie Che felt that Jiang Ci and Xie Chun looked very similar and was sure that she was Xie Chun's daughter. , and wanted to make her the princess. Naturally, Pei Yan couldn't ask for it, and Wei Zhao couldn't stop him, so he secretly sent someone to protect Jiang Ci.
Xie Che asked Jiang Ci to live in Yuchunxuan. Tao Zizhu, the general manager of the palace, specially selected several smart and obedient maids and eunuchs for her. Liu Cui was Jiang Ci's personal maid. Rong Yudie called the left prime minister Dong Fang to her home to discuss the marriage between Pei Yan and Dong Juan, and exchanged their birth dates. Pei Yan went home and saw Dong Fang going out. He was determined not to marry Dong Juan and wanted to marry Xie Che. He and Jiang Ci, and he would not marry anyone other than Jiang Ci. Rong Yudie was also shocked when she learned that Jiang Ci was the daughter of King Xie Chun of Qi.
Cui Liang opened Jixian Study Studio and painted paintings for sale in his spare time. Dong Juan bought Cui Liang's words at a high price and took the initiative to chat with Cui Liang. The more the two chatted, the more speculative they became. Yan Qiaoshuang learned that Jiang Ci stayed in the palace and Xie Che wanted to make her the princess. Yan Qiaoshuang warned Wei Zhao not to get too close to Jiang Ci. His father Xiao Haitian killed Qi King Xie Chun. They There is revenge for killing his father.
Wei Zhao made it clear that his father, Xiao Haitian, did not kill Qi King Xie Che. Xiao Haitian fought with Lu Yu for Yueluo and later died in the battle. His mother was killed by the Zhenyuan Army. Wei Zhao and his sister Xiao Yujia were hunted down by their clansmen. To this day Keeping his name anonymous, Wei Zhao suspected that Xie Che had an ulterior motive for keeping Jiang Ci in the palace, and wanted to find out the truth about King Qi's murder as soon as possible so that Jiang Ci could come out of the palace as soon as possible.
Wei Zhao didn't understand why his sister Xiao Yujia, who was the concubine of Emperor Xie Che, went to worship Xie Chun and asked Yan Qiaoshuang to tell the truth. Yan Qiaoshuang clearly remembered that Xiao Yujia secretly came to worship Xie Chun. Xie Che then arrived and arrested Yan Qiaoshuang as an assassin. Yan Qiaoshuang held Xiao Yujia hostage and threatened her with the child in Xiao Yujia's belly. Xie Che was willing to let her go. But not long after, Xiao Yujia... She died in childbirth. Xie Che put all the blame on Yan Qiaoshuang and sent people to hunt her for more than 20 years. Wei Zhao also suspected that Yan Qiaoshuang killed his sister Xiao Yujia, but Yan Qiaoshuang denied it. Wei Zhao felt that the death of his sister Xiao Yujia was strange, and suspected that the matter was related to Xie Chun's death, so he decided to investigate the matter secretly.
Xie Che rewarded Pei Yan, Chun Yuli and Wei Zhao for their merits, and entrusted Pei Yan with important responsibilities. Pei Yan came to Xie Che to marry him as soon as he went to court. He wanted to marry Jiang Ci. Xie Che saw that Wei Zhao and Pei Yan both He liked Jiang Ci and wanted to wait until after the canonization ceremony, so Xie Che sent Wei Zhao to preside over the canonization ceremony.
Cui Liang heard that Pei Yan asked Xie Che to grant him a marriage with Jiang Ci, and advised him to listen to Jiang Ci's opinion. Pei Yan felt that Jiang Ci would not object, so he went to Dong Fang to cancel the engagement in person. Dong Fang was very angry, and Pei Yan He kept apologizing to him and promised to help Dong Fang more in the future. Dong Fang learned that Jiang Ci was the daughter of King Xie Chun of Qi, so he had to make concessions. After Pei Yan said goodbye to Dong Fang, she met Dong Juan when she went out. Dong Juan had known about this for a long time and she wished Pei Yan everything he wished.
Liu Cui revealed that Xie Che was about to hold a canonization ceremony for Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci did not want to be trapped in the palace and wanted to find an opportunity to escape from the palace. Pei Yan came to see Jiang Ci and wanted to marry Jiang Ci home as soon as possible. Jiang Ci flatly refused and made it clear that she would not marry Wei Zhao. Pei Yan promised to take Jiang Ci and Yan Qiaoshuang away after the marriage. He said that he could The words were so conclusive that Jiang Ci could not refuse.
Rong Yudie heard that Pei Yan and the Dong family had broken off their engagement and wanted to marry Jiang Ci. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but Pei Yan had already made up her mind. Wei Zhao came to give Jiang Ci a congratulatory gift. Xie Che sent his nanny to teach Jiang Ci the etiquette in the palace. Wei Zhao sent his nanny away. Jiang Ci asked Wei Zhao about the current situation of his master Yan Qiaoshuang and learned that Yan Qiaoshuang was safe and sound. Jiang Cicai felt relieved, she didn't want to be trapped in the palace, and Wei Zhao agreed to take her out of the palace secretly tonight. That night, Wei Zhao secretly hid Jiang Ci in the carriage. The imperial guards at the palace gate did not dare to check, so he let them go out obediently.