Episode 2

Xu Changping asked Xiao Dingquan to have a drink with him. Xiao Dingquan knew Xu Changping's intention and took the lead in saying that he had let go of his grudges. He also thanked Xu Changping for choosing him between the emperor and the prince, and tried to retain Xu Changping.Xu Changping still wanted to return home to fulfill his filial piety because his mother's old illness had relapsed. Xiao Dingquan firmly said that he would send someone to pick up Xu Changping's mother to come to Beijing for treatment. He also promoted Xu Changping to the rank of third-rank official to try hard to retain Xu Changping.Xu Changping no longer shied away and continued to serve as the director.Outside Changzhou City, after Gu Fengen heard the emotion of his father Wuhou De Gu Silin, in order to inherit the heroic bloodline of the Gu family and gain experience on the battlefield, he volunteered to go to the front line.

After returning from battlefield experience, Gu Fengen, who was full of great achievements, was crowned the Marquis of Heyang by the emperor, and made the deputy governor of Changzhou, becoming a responsible general.Xiao Dingquan actually guessed that the Gu family was Lu Wenxi, and ordered people to go to Li Mingan Mansion in Changzhou to find out about Lu Wenxi, and try to bring Lu Wenjin back to Beijing.Unexpectedly, people in Li Mingan's house said that Lu Wenxi was still at the house, but they did not let Lu Wenxi go out to meet guests.Although Xiao Dingquan knew that Gu was not Lu Wenxi, he had already decided that Gu was the person he wanted. He guessed that Gu still didn't believe him and was disappointed for this.And all this was Xiao Dingkai's plan. Xiao Dingkai sent someone to the Li Mansion to tell him that Lu Wenxi was in his house, so that the Li Mansion could help conceal his whereabouts.Xiao Dingkai's purpose this time was to drive a wedge between Lu Wenxi and Xiao Dingquan, so that Xiao Dingquan would not trust Lu Wenxi, so that he would not be afraid of being exposed.

Xiao Dingquan's East Palace was about to move back to the imperial city. Before entering the palace, Lu Wenxi took a calligraphy and painting to say goodbye to Xiao Dingkai. Xiao Dingkai was a little disappointed when he saw that the painting was ink and not Lu Wenxi's own handwriting.Xiao Dingkai lamented that Lu Wenxi still did not change his original intention and only wrote for Xiao Dingquan, imitating the handwriting of his third brother Xiao Dingquan, but he did not know that he was imitating her handwriting.Xiao Dingkai confessed his love to Lu Wenxi, but Lu Wenxi refused directly, saying that the bond between her and Xiao Dingquan was too deep and unmatched.After Lu Wenxi left, Xiao Dingkai was full of hatred and burned the documents he copied from Lu Wenxi, hoping to become like a passerby with Xiao Dingquan.

After Xiao Dingquan moved back to the palace, he seemed to have neglected the Gu family and asked Xie Liangdi to help Wang Guanshi manage the harem, while the Gu family was disguised as a servant and placed in the remote and quiet Anyuan Hall.Mrs. Gu had no worries after seeing the many ornaments sent by the prince.Xiao Dingkai's subordinate Chang An sneaked into the palace secretly, took Lu Wenjin's letters, and made Lu Wenxi deliberately think that Lu Wenjin was in the palace. He threatened Lu Wenxi to help them find out about the transaction between the prince and Wu Houde, and asked Lu Wenxi to give him ink.Lu Wenxi didn't want to give it, so Chang'an only suggested that he would pick it up in a few days, and took a hairpin from Lu Wenxi as collateral.Only then did Lu Wenxi realize that he had been taken advantage of.