Episode 9

Li Chongkui had already rushed to stop Jiang Shanggong from committing suicide by taking poison and captured her. During this period, Chen Changshi confessed to the emperor that the reason Jiang Shanggong was using him was because he secretly sent a secret message to the East Palace.Your Majesty, this matter is serious, and you can't believe that your closest ministers are also from the prince's faction.Before the imperial doctor arrived, Chen Changshi died of the poison and fell in front of the emperor. The emperor tried to save him but was unable to save him.The emperor came to the place where Xu Changping was imprisoned and asked Xu Changping's mother's surname.Xu Changping could not speak or write, so he bit his finger and wrote the words “松” with blood.The emperor suddenly realized that Xu Changping was really his brother's posthumous son, and asked Kong Hewei to treat him well.Xu Changping tugged at his dry lips with relief.The emperor ordered people to secretly deal with the rebellious Jiang Shanggong and Wang Shen, the prince who had an affair with the emperor. Li Chongkui brought two pots of poisonous wine, one pot for King Zhao to give to Jiang Shanggong to drink, and the other for Xiao Dingquan.To Wang Weng.When King Zhao gave Jiang Shanggong wine, Jiang Shanggong still wanted to make a last ditch effort. King Zhao asked Jiang Shanggong to do the last thing for him and drink the poisoned wine.On the other side, Xiao Dingquan threatened Li Chongkui with his life to prevent Wang Weng from drinking poisonous wine.

The emperor suddenly realized that he was too harsh on the prince, and ordered people to invite the prince and Wang Weng quickly.The emperor told the prince that Chen Changshi, Chen Jin, committed suicide in order to plead guilty to secretly reporting information to the prince. The prince did not blame Chen Jin for betraying him in the end, he only felt that he was sorry for Chen Jin.Then the emperor thought that because Wang Weng had served the prince for many years, he would not execute Wang Weng and let him retire and return to his hometown.The emperor blamed the prince Xiao Dingquan for causing trouble in the city with a jade belt. Xiao Dingquan wanted to invite all the old people in the palace, including Wu Houde, Song Neiren and others, to restore the truth of twenty years ago. The emperor roared that Xiao Dingquan would make the Xiao family infamy for thousands of years.Xiao Dingquan argued that he wanted to help the emperor clear his name, but the emperor had no choice but to tell Xiao Dingquan that Xu Changping was not like that person.Xiao Dingquan thought in his heart that his father was just as Lu Wenxi said, he would be wary of Xu Changping's life experience and would not dare to uncover the conspiracy case that took place more than 20 years ago.Xiao Dingquan preemptively asked the emperor to release Xu Pingchang, resign his old age and return home, and questioned King Zhao. The emperor agreed after seeing that he was reasonable.

The emperor lamented that the prince had such means but he could not notice that another son had fallen into such a situation. He ordered his secretary Lang to draw up an imperial edict to have the prince imprisoned, demoted the king of Zhao to a commoner, beat him with eighty sticks and exiled him to Lingnan.Only then did the emperor realize that the prince's temperament was not like his, but more like his uncle's.Before Xiao Dingkai was executed, he had a conversation with the prince Xiao Dingquan and guessed that in addition to Xu Changping, Xiao Dingquan’s jade chess was planned by Lu Wenxi.Xiao Dingkai asked if Lu Wenxi was okay, and Prince Xiao Dingquan told him that A Jin had entered the East Palace to reunite with Lu Wenxi.Xiao Dingkai regretted sending Lu Wenxi to the East Palace. Prince Xiao Dingquan said that he had given Xiao Dingkai a chance when he left the capital for his wedding. Xiao Dingkai blamed Xiao Dingquan for not holding the real power before giving him and his eldest brother a chance. He felt that Xiao Dingquan clearly knewThe journey was smooth but he had to chase rabbits and dogs, and he was as lonely as his father.

Xiao Dingquan only wanted Xiao Dingkai to tell about his relationship with Li Mingan, and felt that it would make him shudder that it was a matter of great importance. Xiao Dingkai asked that the emperor should also shudder at the prince Xiao Dingquan, mocking Xiao Dingquan for never getting the country he admired.Xiao Dingquan countered that even if he couldn't get it, he wouldn't hand it over to the matricide.Xiao Dingkai became angry and blamed Xiao Dingquan. He felt that Xiao Dingquan made his mother suffer by watching his sons being deported one by one, and he was trying to help her out.Finally, Xiao Dingkai also revealed the secret of the explosion, saying that the former Crown Princess, Gu Silin, and Gu Fengen all wanted to thank him because the dead soldiers might have arrived in Changzhou City. Those dead soldiers had been loyal to him, but now they were in the hands of the emperor.He also said that Li Ming'an was loyal to him because of the emperor's order, trying to drive a wedge between the emperor and the prince.The prince believed Xiao Dingkai's words and ordered people to beat Xiao Dingkai mercilessly with a cane. He walked out of Prince Zhao's Mansion in tears. The emperor not only issued an imperial edict to Xiao Dingquan to release Xu Changping to return home, but also ordered the rectification of the twelve capital guards.