Episode 8

Li Chongkui woke up the lost emperor and asked him to start interrogation.The emperor ordered someone to take out the jade belt as evidence and asked Xiao Dingquan again why he gave this object to Xu Changping, but Xiao Dingquan remained silent.The emperor ordered people to practice the punishment method of breaking off their feet and hearts in order to force Xu Changping to confess, but Xu Changping refused to admit it.Just when the iron rod was about to hit Xu Changping's feet, Xiao Dingquan stood up and stopped him and confessed that Xu Changping was his guest.The emperor used his guests to lure Xiao Dingquan to participate in the rebellion.Xiao Dingquan didn't answer and blamed King Zhao, guessing that King Zhao was the one who sued him for the second time. However, King Zhao defended himself as coming to gain knowledge.Xiao Dingquan allowed Xu Changping to exercise and wanted Xu Changping to tell the truth.At this moment, King Zhao added fuel to the fire and asked the emperor to use torture to force Xu Changping to confess, in order to destroy Xu Changping's hand.

Xiao Dingquan objected and planned to beat Zhao Wang Xiao Dingkai.The emperor felt that Xiao Dingquan was fooling around and asked Xiao Dingquan to kneel outside the door to listen to the trial.The beating on Xu Changping's hands caused Xu Changping unbearable pain. Xiao Dingquan, who heard the miserable screams outside the door, was very worried.In the end, Xu Changping couldn't bear the cruel torture and confessed.King Zhao still refused to let Xu Changping and Xiao Dingquan go, and pressed Xu Changping if he had heard that Xiao Dingquan would confer the title of King of the opposite sex on Xu Changping after the incident was completed.Xu Changping would rather bite his tongue and commit suicide than implicate Xiao Dingquan.Xiao Dingquan excitedly asked the imperial doctor to save Xu Changping, telling the emperor that if Xu Changping died, his suspicion would be cleared for the rest of his life.The emperor has asked the guards to take Xu Changping to see a doctor because of the serious situation.Xiao Dingquan pleaded not guilty and asked the third division to intervene and retry Xu Changping. He wanted to clear Xu Changping's innocence and required the whistleblower to be present.The emperor asked Xiao Dingquan to reveal how many teams of Jingwei had colluded in order to avoid making the matter more personal.Xiao Dingquan still refused to admit it, so the emperor brought the gold seal of the East Palace and asked Xiao Dingquan to write a letter to the commander of the twelve Beijing Guards in gold-staggered knife script.

Xiao Dingquan smiled sarcastically, feeling that the emperor was going to abandon him again and establish a new heir, so he refused to write a letter to let everyone know that he had broken his trust with the emperor.Xiao Dingquan then confessed that King Zhao would also imitate the golden knife and asked King Zhao to write a letter.King Zhao confessed that Gu Cairen wrote more truthfully than he did, and also accused Xiao Dingquan of using his son-in-law to eliminate the emperor's heirs.The emperor stopped the two of them and asked King Zhao to write a letter. King Zhao's request was that the messenger should change into the uniform of the East Palace and check the letters between the prince and Gu Fengen a month ago.When King Zhao wrote the letter, Lu Wenxi also wrote a letter in the East Palace.The results came out quickly. None of the twelve Beijing Guards went to the military camp. Seven of the commanders gathered outside Danfeng Gate overnight to thoroughly investigate the case, and three gathered at the Zhenwu Commander's residence to impeach the East Palace for treason.King Zhao panicked when he heard the result, and scolded Xiao Dingquan for letting Lu Wenxi spread false news.Xiao Dingquan returned all the humiliations he had planned before to King Zhao, and asked King Zhao to experience the taste of his future master in advance for him. King Zhao said that he would definitely go.

As soon as Xiao Dingquan returned to the East Palace, he questioned Wang Weng and asked him why he helped Xu Changping steal the jade belt and forced himself to ascend to power. He said that he did not want to ascend to power at all, nor did he want to deceive the king.Wang Weng had no excuse and did not know that he would end up in such a state.At this moment, Lu Wenxi appeared and said that she was the instigator of this case. Xiao Dingquan did not expect that Lu Wenxi also knew about it.Later, Lu Wenxi and Wang Weng told Xiao Dingquan Xu Changping's true identity, as well as the jade belt's plan to rescue Lu Wenjin.The emperor punished the prince and King Zhao to be grounded, waiting for the trial of the three divisions.Xu Changping also woke up, but he just couldn't speak. Xiao Dingquan guessed that Xu Changping was afraid of being interrogated by the third judge, so he pretended to be mute to reassure Wang Weng.Xiao Dingquan felt sad for Xu Changping when he went to control the crane, and looked at the tree of Prince Uncle Lin to complete the rest of the work for Xu Changping.On the way to escape with Lu Wenjin, Xixi was chased by King Zhao's pursuers.Xi Xi died trying to protect Lu Wenjin from being shot by an arrow. Xiao Dingquan's men, You Ming, arrived a step too late, but still protected Lu Wenjin.

Changhe was very happy to congratulate Wang Zhao for taking another step closer to his success, saying that Xu Changping was the cousin of Xiao Dingquan and Wang Zhao, and the news had been confirmed. From the market to the emperor's ears, he felt that Xu Changping had the same surname as Wang Jue.The prince's charge of colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty was about to be proven.Chang He also wanted to pass the good news to Jiang Shanggong, but King Zhao was shocked and defeated when he heard the news, and asked Chang He not to go, because he knew that he would be doomed if this happened.The emperor lamented that only Yan'an Palace was his territory, and asked Chen Changshi, a close minister, to tell all the secrets he knew.Chen Changshi dropped poison in advance and risked his life to report to the emperor that Jiang Shanggong instigated Queen Xiaoduan to swallow gold.Hearing that Chen Changshi was going to be poisoned, the emperor anxiously called the imperial doctor.