Episode 9

Emperor Xie Che gave Pei Yan ten days to find out the cause of Tengrui's death. This day is the end of the period.The Wei State delegation, headed by Lei Zhen, was waiting for Pei Yan's conclusion. At the same time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also eagerly awaiting his conclusion.Through unremitting efforts, Pei Yan and Jiang Ci finally discovered that Teng Rui was still alive, but were shocked to find that he had been secretly transferred to the residence of General Lu Yu in Zhenyuan.In view of Lu Yu's prestige and achievements, Pei Yan did not dare to act rashly, so he entered the palace to report this amazing discovery to Xie Che.

Pei Yan was concerned about the safety of the Hou Mansion and urgently ordered An Cheng to return to the house to strengthen vigilance.He immediately entered the palace and first discussed Teng Rui's matter with Tao Zizhu. Zizhu knew that the situation was serious and immediately reported it to Xie Che.Unexpectedly, Lei Zhen led members of the envoy to break into the court, directly accused Pei Yan of plotting to murder Teng Rui, and demanded that Pei Yan pay for his life.

At the same time, the Jian Dinghou Mansion was attacked by officers and soldiers. Rong Yudie took his time and commanded everyone in the manor to return to their posts.At the court, Lei Zhen plausibly accused Pei Yan of sending a masked man in black to steal the jade gourd burial object on the eve of Teng Rui's mourning hall. The meteor dart left by the man in black pointed at Changfeng Guard, and Lei Zhen concluded that Pei YanYan is the mastermind behind the scenes.Prince Xie Chi and Prince Zhuang Xie Yu stepped forward to defend Pei Yan, but Lei Zhen was stubborn and even suspected Pei Yan of arson because he left the party on the night of his birthday party.Pei Yan remained silent because that night he actually accompanied Xie Che on a private visit to the Hou Mansion incognito, arranging a meeting between Xie Che and Rong Yudie. He could not explain the secret behind this.

Although Xie Che knew that Pei Yan was innocent, due to the situation, he had to order his imprisonment and assigned Wei Zhao to take Jiang Ci to jail pending trial.Wei Zhao carried out the order and took Jiang Ci away in front of the Hou Mansion.In the dead of night, Xie Che went to the prison in person and tried to persuade Pei Yan to sacrifice Jiang Ci to protect himself. Pei Yan firmly refused and begged Xie Che to forgive Jiang Ci.Xie Che had no choice but to leave, leaving Pei Yan to face the dilemma alone.

Wei Zhao was dissatisfied with Pei Yan's actions, vented his anger on Jiang Ci, and tortured him.Jiang Ci was loyal and unyielding, and exposed Wei Zhao's frame-up conspiracy.It turns out that Jiang Ci had already laid a secret plan, using the seeds of the Night Orchid to leave marks on the soles of Wei Zhao's shoes, and hiding a letter exposing Wei Zhao as a silver-faced assassin in the Hou Mansion.

After Lei Zhen and the envoy were placed in the post house, Wei Zhao was eager to find out Xie Che's attitude towards Jiang Cizhi.Xie Che really wanted to kill Jiang Ci to silence him, because Jiang Ci not only had a close relationship with Pei Yan, but the jade gourd was actually a gift from Teng Rui to Jiang Ci.Wei Zhao secretly planned to send Teng Rui out of Qingkang City quickly to avoid future troubles.Although it was inconvenient for Prince Xie Chi to go to the Hou Mansion in person, he still sent his maid to deliver a message to Rong Yudie. However, he encountered Yue Jinglong's obstruction on the way. Fortunately, Rong Yudie arrived in time to resolve the crisis.

Jiang Ci thought carefully and became extremely frightened, and concluded that Wei Zhao was responsible for the jade gourd incident, and decided to confront him.Facing Jiang Ci's accusation, Wei Zhao became angry and wanted to kill Jiang Ci.At the critical moment, Xie Chi arrived to stop Wei Zhao's atrocities and paid attention to Pei Yan's entrustment.

It turned out that Teng Rui was not sent to Lu Yu's mansion, but was hidden in Lao He's house by Wei Zhao.After Wei Zhao learned that Xie Chi had visited Rong Yudie, he had a bad premonition and urgently ordered to cancel the plan to escort Teng Rui out of the city.However, Ajun and Azheng were already on the road with Teng Rui. Although Lao He tried hard to intercept them, he failed.The two were eventually intercepted by Xu Jun, the commander of the Changfeng Guard, at the gate of the city and died in the chaos.

Xu Juan exposed Wei Zhao's conspiracy after returning to Pei Yan.Although Wei Zhao was unwilling, he was unable to refute.During the interrogation of Lao He and his wife, he personally directed a tragedy to cover up the truth.However, Jiang Ci saw all this and remembered it in his heart.

In the end, Pei Yan and Jiang Ci were cleared of their grievances and regained their freedom, and were given three days by Xie Che to recover Ten Rui.Pei Yan made a clever plan and used Changfengwei to successfully intercept and rescue Teng Rui.Wei Zhao, on the other hand, gradually came to the edge of collapse amidst repeated failures and pains.