Gu Tingye and Shitou caught Youqing and threatened him. Youqing was frightened and asked to leave the Hou Mansion.Gu Tingyu told Xiao Qin that the people they sent had been discovered by Gu Tingye and might have alerted the snake. It would be even more difficult to find Mannia in the future.
Princess Pingning of the Duke of Qi's mansion dealt with the coquettish maid in the yard who wanted to seduce the young prince.Seeing that Minglan could not come to class, Qi Heng encouraged his mother, Princess Pingning, to visit the Sheng family, but the princess refused.
Princess Pingning called Buwei, the servant next to Qi Heng, and asked him to explain Qi Heng's situation in the Sheng family. Buwei concealed it for Qi Heng, but Princess Pingning had already suspected that Qi Heng had fallen in love with a girl from the Sheng family..