After saving Yong Cheng, Yang Shao keeps Shi Yi hostage and takes her to Nan Xiao. Zhou Sheng Chen follows them alone and enters Nan Xiao. When the royals of Nan Xiao hear about this they close all the city gates to capture them in Nan Xiao. They take a rest at the Long Kang Academy. Since the Nanchen Royal Army had many soldiers, Nan Xiao was scared of them. They didn't dare to harm Zhou Sheng Chen but the King of Nan Xiao wanted to meet his son Xiao Yan who was now Prince Feng Yang.

They return back to Nanchen Mansion. Cui Feng and Zhou Sheng Chen's disciple comes to welcome them at the river bank. They meet Xing Hua. Xing Hua lies to them saying she is pregnant and she must go to the capital for the well-being of her child. On the other hand, In the capital, Empress Dowager has been spending days with male performers and prostitutes. She then sleeps with General Qin and threatens him to support her. The emperor was soon going to have a child soon so Prince Guan Ling was afraid he will lose his position of "Crown Prince".