Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci secretly out of the palace to relax, and accidentally saw a small clay cat selling at a street stall. Wei Zhao bought it on the spot and gave it to Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci wanted to eat candied haws, and Wei Zhao went to buy it without saying anything. Jiang Ci sneaked away without warning. Dong Juan invited Cui Liang to enjoy the night view by the river. The two hit it off, and the more they chatted, the more they became more and more attracted to each other.
Pei Yan went to a street noodle stall to eat noodles alone, and couldn't help but think of him and Jiang Ci eating noodles here, eating and sitting there in a daze. Cui Liang recognized Pei Yan and hurriedly brought Dong Fang over to say hello and invited Pei Yan to hang out with him. Jiang Ci wanted to find her master Yan Qiaoshuang, but was caught by Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao advised her not to leave the palace rashly, so as not to arouse Xie Che's suspicion. Wei Zhao promised to find out the truth as soon as possible and let Jiang Ci leave the palace.
Pei Yan reluctantly went shopping with Cui Liang and Dong Fang, and met Jiang Ci and Wei Zhao. The six of them sat together drinking. Pei Yan asked Jiang Ci how to get out of the palace, and Wei Zhao took the initiative to admit that he brought Jiang Ci out. , Pei Yan gave Wei Zhao a severe lesson, but Wei Zhao did not show weakness and retorted at him. Jiang Ci picked up a roast chicken and distributed it to everyone, thus interrupting the dispute between Wei Zhao and Pei Yan.
Dong Fang learned Jiang Ci's identity and also knew that Pei Yan broke off the engagement with her because of Jiang Ci. Dong Juan felt a lot of emotion in his heart. She and Jiang Ci toasted and drank. Wei Zhao, Cui Liang and Pei Yan also had to drink and talk. Jiang Ci saw that Cui Liang liked Dong Juan and advised Dong Juan to cherish this relationship. Dong Juan also hoped that Jiang Ci would find the person he likes. The two met each other late and had a lively chat. After drinking and eating, Wei Zhao sent Jiang Ci back to the palace. Jiang Ci took a nap on Wei Zhao's shoulder because he drank too much.
Prince Xie Chi held a banquet in the East Palace to celebrate Jiang Ci. He invited Pei Yan, Wei Zhao, Dong Juan, Xie Yu and others to attend. They all gave Jiang Ci a poem, and Jiang Ci gave each of them a flower, deliberately giving Wei Zhao had a poisonous flower and explained it clearly and logically. Xie Yu couldn't help but make fun of Wei Zhao. Pei Yan felt very unhappy. Dong Juan asked Wei Zhao to return a flower to Jiang Ci, and Wei Zhao had no choice but to do so.
The maids brought the wine, and Wei Zhao noticed something was wrong in Jiang Ci's wine, so he took advantage of Jiang Ci's unpreparedness and replaced Jiang Ci's glass of wine with the pretext of putting the flower on Jiang Ci's hand. Afterwards, Wei Zhao came to Pei Yan to argue, and told Pei Yan that Jiang Ci was almost killed by poisoned wine today, and reminded Pei Yan to protect Jiang Ci in the future. Pei Yan suspected that Rong Yudie instigated Grandma Du to do this.
Jiang Ci was bored having dinner alone, so she invited Liu Cui to eat with her. Jiang Ci learned that Liu Cui entered the palace for her sister, so she gave her hairpin to Liu Cui. Wei Zhao hurriedly came to see Jiang Ci and specially sent her two maids. Wei Zhao quickly discovered that the palace maid Chun'er had poisoned Jiang Ci's wine, and conducted a surprise interrogation of her overnight. Chun'er confessed that Tao Zizhu had sent someone to instruct her to do it. Wei Zhao exposed Chun'er's lies on the spot and suspected that Rong was involved in the matter. What Yudie ordered Nanny Du to do was to frame Xie Che. Wei Zhao asked Yi Fei to let out the lie that Chun'er committed suicide and asked him to keep an eye on Aunt Du.
Pei Yan sent An Cheng to monitor Nanny Du, and accidentally discovered that Yi Fei was also following Nanny Du. He determined that it was his mother Rong Yudie who wanted to poison Jiang Ci. Pei Yan immediately came to Rong Yudie to question her guilt and not allow her to harm Jiang Ci again. Be kind, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences. Rong Yudie originally wanted to poison Jiang Ci to death, and then blame Xie Che, forcing Pei Yan to make up his mind to seize the throne. Unexpectedly, Pei Yan saw her plan, and Rong Yudie became furious.
Pei Yan asked Xie Che to grant him a marriage with Jiang Ci, and vowed to protect Jiang Ci for the rest of his life. Xie Che did not want Jiang Ci to be wronged again and asked Pei Yan to prepare for the marriage.