Episode 5

The emperor was furious because of the chaos in Changzhou and kept talking and coughing. He took his father-in-law with him and sent the military report to the prince Xiao Dingquan for reading. The content in it was the confrontation between Gu Fengen and Li Mingan in Changzhou.Xiao Dingquan and Xu Changping discussed countermeasures. Xu Changping analyzed that the emperor would send Gu Fengen to fight to avoid the situation of Changzhou's confrontation. Xiao Dingquan did not want Gu Fengen to fight for personal reasons, but Gu Fengen was helpless for the sake of the country and the people.Xu Changping also saw that even if the battle was won, the emperor would remove Wuhou De, while Xiao Dingquan said that he would have to break up with the emperor to keep his uncle's position as general.The emperor once again summoned Xiao Dingquan and asked Xiao Dingquan to write a family letter and send it to Hebohou along with his imperial edict, which confirmed Gu Fengen's military morale.

Xiao Dingquan felt that this was inappropriate. Supervising grain and fodder was already interfering in political affairs, and having an affair with soldiers was interfering with the army. He only agreed after the emperor promised to protect himself in front of the courtiers.The emperor promised not to seize Xiao Dingquan's position as crown prince, saying that at most he would give Xiao Dingquan a slap in the face.Seeing that Gu Cairen was favored again, Princess Xie also saw that Xiao Dingquan valued Gu Cairen very much. She told Gu Cairen about Xiao Dingquan letting all the sisters drink Bizi Soup, so that Gu Cairen could find a way to keep him because he was worried about the issue of the East Palace heir.The heir of Prince Xiao Dingquan said that he would help Gu Cairen take good care of the heir.On the other hand, Xiao Dingquan had another request from the emperor. He wanted to assign a virtuous and virtuous person to the fifth prince Xiao Dingkai, and asked the emperor to order a marriage so that the fifth brother's vassal and even the Jade Butterfly from the Ministry of Rites were ready.The emperor did not expect that Xiao Dingquan would be so quick to appoint a concubine to the fifth prince, but he agreed.At night, Xiao Dingkai's subordinate Chang An wanted to sneak into Lu Wenxi's side courtyard and use Lu Wenjin's letters to continue to threaten Lu Wenxi, but this time he was caught by Xiao Dingquan.

Xiao Dingquan learned about Lu Wenxi's difficulties from the letter in Chang'an's hand, and the person Xiao Dingquan sent to Changzhou to inquire about Lu Wenxi's news was also Chang'an.Xiao Dingquan wanted to cut Chang'an, who betrayed him, into pieces. When Chang'an's life was threatened, he told what happened to Lu Wenjin at the hands of Xiao Dingkai, and also trapped his family in Prince Zhao's Mansion, asking the prince to spare his life.Xiao Dingquan knew that he had misunderstood Lu Wenxi, and he also knew that Gu Cairen was the Lu Wenxi he longed for. In order to make up for Lu Wenxi, he helped touch up makeup and took Chang'an's hairpin to help Lu Wenxi put it on.Lu Wenxi was not moved to tears. She said that she had shed enough tears in front of Xiao Dingquan and would never shed tears in front of Xiao Dingquan again.Xiao Dingquan wanted to go aside to digest his emotions. Lu Wenxi saw the hairpin that Chang An had taken away in the mirror and knew that Xiao Dingquan did not trust her.

She repeated that she wouldn't shed tears, but she couldn't stop the tears from flowing down. She suddenly picked up the hairpin and stabbed it on her neck.Xiao Dingquan just turned around and warned that Lu Wenxi was about to commit suicide, so he quickly rushed over to stop her. Fortunately, he reacted in time and saved Lu Wenxi. However, Lu Wenxi still suffered a slight injury to his neck.Then Xiao Dingquan didn't go to court early, and wanted to besiege Prince Zhao's Mansion and ask the fifth prince to release him.Xu Changping asked Xiao Dingquan to think twice. He felt that it was not appropriate to have an open conflict during the marriage proposal, and suggested that Jing Wei secretly search for Mr. Lu.Xiao Dingquan hugged Lu Wenxi and asked Lu Wenxi if he still resented him for the death of his father and brother.Lu Wenxi didn't hate Xiao Dingquan, but instead hated himself.

She told Xiao Dingquan that the Mincheng seal was really given to him by his mentor, but she didn't even know Xiao Dingquan's name, so she learned it from Xu Changping.The two let go of each other's past, and Lu Wenxi hoped to tell others that Xiao Dingquan was hers like Xiao Dingquan. Xiao Dingquan promised to be Lu Wenxi's person for the rest of his life, so that Lu Wenxi would stop doing stupid things.Xiao Dingkai learned that Xiao Dingquan had arranged his marriage in a hurry and forced the palace to leave Beijing. He guessed that Xiao Dingquan knew about his plan and was preparing for the next move.