Gu Pingyuan was surprised to see Chang Yu'er coming, and wondered if it wasn't Su Zixuan who came to the rescue. Chang Yu'er threatened the Cao Gang boss with a hairpin and wanted to make Su Zixuan jealous.After a confrontation between the two sides, Su Zixuan came in waving a fan. It turned out that Chang Yu'er had been jealous just to buy time for Su Zixuan.Su Zixuan said that Gu Pingyuan was a person wanted by the Governor-General of Liangjiang, and showed Ruilin's official seal to the Caobang boss. The Caobang boss immediately gave up and let him go.
Gu Pingyuan went to return the big seal to Ruilin and discussed that it would be bad to spread the secret of salt. Ruilin said that it was okay. Jiangnan Salt Industry was the one that needed to be preserved. He did not care that illegal salt was illegal, and said that he could borrow an official ship for Gu Pingyuan to use.Gu Pingyuan was worried about his mother's condition and did not want to continue fighting with Li Qin. Ruilin didn't care so much and emphasized that only when the salt farm issue was resolved could Gu Pingyuan withdraw.Invited by Li Qin, Gu Pingyuan took his family to attend the water and land ceremony at Jinshan Temple in Nantong.
After the ceremony, Gu Pingyuan took Gu Mu to the backyard to rest, and Gu Mu heard Li Wantang's voice.Until she saw Li Wantang, Gu's mother was suddenly speechless and froze on the spot.Gu's mother questioned Li Wantang on the spot and finally told the truth. It turned out that Li Wantang was her husband who went to Beijing to take the exam and disappeared since then. He was also the person who caused Gu Pingyuan to be arrested in the exam room.Li Qin was furious.In order to appease his mother's emotions, Gu Pingyuan said that he had long thought his father was dead and persuaded his mother to let go.