Episode 21

Today, Lord Deng’s daughter-in-law Zhang Wanjun was awarded the chastity archway personally given by the emperor, which made the Deng family very glorious.Lord Deng held a banquet to entertain the powerful people in Kyoto. Fu Yunxi and Zhuang Hanyan came to Deng's mansion together. Fu Yunxi specifically reminded Zhuang Hanyan to pay close attention to Lord Deng's movements, because they were not sure who would send a secret letter.

Zhuang Hanyan's unexpected arrival did not arouse Lord Deng's alertness.Lord Deng's subordinates once heard that Zhuang Hanyan was good at making friends with powerful people and was rewarded by Concubine Miao, so they had some speculations about her purpose.

After the banquet began, Zhuang Hanyan keenly noticed that Zhang Wanjun and her daughter Deng Chan looked strange, as if they were staring at someone outside.At this time, Lord Deng suddenly left the table, and Zhuang Hanyan hurriedly followed, but accidentally lost it.At the same time, Fu Yunxi sneaked into the Deng family's warehouse to check the gifts, but found no abnormalities.

Just when Zhuang Hanyan and Fu Yunxi thought that this operation would be ineffective, a man broke into the back house, and this person was Cheng Lei from the Inspectorate.Zhuang Hanyan mistakenly thought he was the sender of the letter, so she claimed that he was sent by Lord Deng to pick him up and asked him to hand over the letter.However, Cheng Lei did not submit.Fu Yunxi suddenly appeared and knocked Cheng Lei out of his body, and found a book.The two returned to the carriage to check and found that it was just a - Hua Yue Chuan, but the annotations in the book revealed Cheng Lei's emotional entanglement with someone.Zhuang Hanyan and Fu Yunxi believed that this would be a scandal for the Deng family, so they decided to use it as a bargaining chip to force Lord Deng to reveal the list of the joint letters.

At this time, Lord Deng found that Cheng Lei fainted in the back house and immediately captured him.Deng Chan took the initiative to admit that she was Chan Zhixue, the author of Huayue Chuan, and claimed that she had an affair with Cheng Lei.Lord Deng felt deeply humiliated and asked to withdraw the marriage between Deng Chan and Mr. Zheng and let her marry Cheng Lei.Zhang Wanjun firmly opposed it, but Deng Chan expressed her willingness.

Zhuang Hanyan and Fu Yunxi had doubts about what happened to the evening and sent someone to secretly monitor the Deng family.They found that Zhang Wanjun met Cheng Lei privately, while Deng Chan went to see Mr. Zheng breaking the engagement.Zhuang Hanyan realized that Cheng Lei really loved Zhang Wanjun, and Deng Chan actually only loved Mr. Zheng.

Just when Zhang Wanjun and Cheng Lei met, Lord Deng brought his servants to him and angrily scolded Zhang Wanjun.Zhuang Hanyan stood up to defend Zhang Wanjun and accused society of injustice against women.Lord Deng wanted to teach Zhuang Hanyan a lesson, but Fu Yunxi stopped him.Zhang Wanjun also bravely expressed her feelings, and she decided to pursue her love.Lord Deng ordered Cheng Lei to marry Deng Chan and asked Fu Yunxi and his wife not to interfere.

With the help of Zhuang Hanyan, Zhang Wanjun pretended to set fire and committed suicide, but actually elopement with Cheng Lei.Deng Chan came to marry Mr. Zheng, while Zhuang Hanyan hid in the room for Zhang Wanjun.When Lord Deng discovered it, Zhang Wanjun had already left.Zhuang Hanyan threatened the emperor's imperial edict. For the sake of family reputation, Lord Deng said that the envoy behind the impeachment of Concubine Miao was Yao Zhidong.

Looking at the backs of Zhuang Hanyan and Fu Yunxi leaving, Lord Deng excitedly declared to his ancestors that he had kept the reputation of his family.