Episode 14

After the assassination crisis subsided, Zhou Shiyu fell into busyness and became more cautious and conservative about Yue Ling.One day, when Xingyi accidentally revealed that Zhou Shiyu was going to visit someone named Xiaoli, Yue Ling secretly followed him out of curiosity, but was accidentally brought to Zhou Shiyu as a suspicious person.

Facing Zhou Shiyu's scrutiny, Yue Ling directly asked Xiaoli's identity.At this time, Nie Chen appeared with a middle-aged man. It turned out that Xiaoli was a craftsman who was accidentally injured while testing new weapons.Zhou Shiyu took special care of her and even recorded a meritorious deed for her.Only then did Yue Ling realize that Zhou Shiyu had already known about his stalking behavior, but he chose not to hide it at this time.

Zhou Shiyu slowly said that this trip to Liuzhou was ostensibly for disaster relief, but in fact it had a secret mission - to supervise the progress of weapons manufacturing at the Liuzhou military base.He revealed that because the prime minister had controlled the government for a long time, the emperor secretly planned with him and prepared to eliminate the prime minister when the time came.This marriage was also part of their plan, but the prime minister had been secretly obstructing it, and even attempted to kill Yue Ling in order to trigger a war between the two countries and reap the benefits for himself.

Yue Ling finally understood Zhou Shiyu's intention of pretending to be a useless prince before, in order to paralyze the prime minister and hide his true intentions.On the other side, Xingyi has been uneasy since being kissed by Su Nian. She mustered up the courage to ask Su Nian about his feelings for her.Although Su Nian did not refuse directly, he replied that he liked Xingyi, which made Xingyi excited, and the relationship between the two gradually heated up.

In order to raise funds to rebuild Liuzhou, Yue Ling personally visited wealthy businessmen who had previously promised to donate money and successfully persuaded them to contribute.However, just as the reconstruction of Liuzhou was about to be completed, a large-scale disease broke out in Liuzhou City, and even Zhou Zhixuan was unfortunately infected.

Zhou Shiyu decided to vacate his private residence to treat infected people, and invited many doctors to diagnose.After diagnosis, they found that this was not an epidemic, but the specific cause was still unclear.As the number of infections continued to increase, people in Liuzhou City began to panic and planned to flee.Nie Chen persuaded Zhou Shiyu and Yue Ling to leave before the city was closed, but Zhou Shiyu firmly stated that it was his responsibility to govern Liuzhou and he would not flee.However, he was worried that Yue Ling would be implicated, so he ordered Nie Chen to send her back to Beijing.After hearing this, Yue Ling firmly requested to stay. She said that she would only feel safe if she was with Zhou Shiyu.

During the treatment process, Su Nian and Ling Xi were also involved in the turmoil.Su Nian found a red rash on her arm, which seemed to be infected.She asked Lingxi whether he had poisoned the wells in the city, but Lingxi did not deny it.Although Xingyi was weak, he still missed Su Nian. When he went to visit, he was hurt by Su Nian's indifference.It turns out that Su Nian hopes that Xingyi can stay away from right and wrong and not fall in love with herself.

After Nie Chen's investigation, they finally discovered that the well was the source of infection.Zhou Shiyu immediately ordered the development of an antidote.Su Nian took out his only remaining bottle of antidote and prepared to give it to Xingyi, but Lingxi tried his best to stop him.When Zhou Zhixuan was seriously ill, he asked Zhou Shiyu to give him a grand burial.

In order to find a cure, Zhou Shiyu suggested to Yue Ling that they drink poisonous wine together, hoping to be reborn and find a cure.This time, their jade pendants take them to the future.There, when Zhou Shiyu reported to the emperor, he remembered the possible therapeutic medicinal material of Chi Shucao.After returning to Liuzhou, he immediately arranged for people to search for Chishu grass.

At the same time, Su Nian mixed the antidote into the porridge and fed it to Xingyi spoonful by spoonful.Xingyi once again expressed his feelings to Su Nian on the hospital bed, and said that he originally planned to take her back to Dongyu but now it seems impossible.And just as the two were emotionally entwined, Yue Ling suddenly burst into the room and told them that they had found a prescription for the antidote.