Episode 17

It’s time to return to Zhongzhou City

Shi Yi set out to return to Zhongzhou. Feng Qiao came to escort Shi Yi. Zhou Shengchen stood alone on the city wall and watched Shi Yi leave. He escorted Shi Yi back to Beijing with a small group of Nanchen Wang's troops, in order to tell the world that Nanchen Palace will always be Shi Yi.The strongest support is always Shiyi’s home.At a rest stop on the way, Shi Yi looked at the early snow outside and couldn't help but think of Zhou Shengchen. She recalled the first New Year's Eve she spent with Zhou Shengchen. Zhou Shengchen didn't return home for half a year, but he came back on New Year's Eve and had a drink with her.Celebrate New Year’s Eve with pepper wine.The past events were vivid in her mind, and the more Shi Yi thought about it, the more she couldn't sleep. She got up in the middle of the night and came to look for Feng Qiao, but unexpectedly saw Zhou Shengchen in Feng Qiao's room.It turned out that Zhou Shengchen had been secretly escorting her.

Zhou Shengchen and Shi Yi met in the room. There were no lights in the room. Shi Yi also acted wildly. She mentioned that she originally wanted to stay in Xizhou and be with Zhou Shengchen forever, but she was just one step away.The imperial edict of marriage broke all her dreams and ended their future.Looking at the sad Shi Yi in front of him, Zhou Shengchen was heartbroken. He just told her that she would still wait for the good news in the future. He would defend the city and they would have a chance to meet again. Then he let Shi Yi cry and hug him tightly.After a long time, Shi Yi said goodbye to Zhou Shengchen. When she got married, she just hoped that Zhou Shengchen would not come over.

The next day, Shi Yi returned to the Zhongzhou territory. Zhou Shengchen stood in front of the army and watched off Shi Yi. It happened that Zhou Tianxing took Xie Chong's body out of the city. The two met. Shi Yi said goodbye to the military advisor, said goodbye to King Nanchen's army, and said goodbye to Zhou Shengchen., stepped into Zhongzhou City.The news of Shi Yi's coming to Beijing reached Liu Zixing. Liu Zixing was overjoyed and prepared to go to see Shi Yi. However, Jin Bin came with generous gifts. She hoped that Liu Zixing would remember the agreement between the two. Jin was willing to be loyal to Liu Zixing, but the queen must stay.To Kim.Liu Zixing only said that he had not forgotten the agreement. In order to reassure Jin, Liu Zixing also canceled his trip to meet Shiyi.

In the palace, Shi Yi came with her mother to meet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother deliberately sent away Sanniang and Xinghua, leaving Liu Zixing and Shi Yi alone.Liu Zixing and Shi Yi hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Shi Yi didn't want to take another look at Liu Zixing. She was polite to Liu Zixing, but there was a hint of indifference in her tone.On the other side, Xinghua almost fell. Sanniang helped Xinghua and found out that Xinghua was pretending to be pregnant. After she went back, she was very angry. When she learned that Xinghua was pregnant, even Xingfeng didn't know about it, so she immediately asked Shi YiI wrote a letter to urge Jiaofeng to return home.

Xie Chong died of illness, and the power in the capital was out of balance. Zhou Shengchen concluded that something big would happen in the capital within two months. He decided to stay in Shouyang to watch what was going on in the capital at any time.After receiving the letter, Yufeng returned home. Shi Yi told Yufeng about Xinghua. After Yufeng learned about it, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought that he was worthy of Xinghua.Yufeng and Xinghua had long since separated, and Shi Yi couldn't bear to see Yufeng in such pain, so she came to plead with Yusanniang to marry Yufeng, and she alone was enough for the marriage.After listening to Shi Yi's words, Sanniang also responded to Shi Yi's request and was willing to find a comprehensive way to reconcile Nao Feng and Xinghua.

The Queen Mother ordered the imperial doctor to prescribe a dose of inducing labor medicine, hoping that the emperor's grandson would be born as soon as possible so that she could make the child her new puppet emperor.Liu Hui realized that the Queen Mother was cruel and ruthless, and also knew that the Queen Mother would not keep him. He remembered the escape route prepared by Xie Chong for him, and prepared to make a final showdown with the Queen Mother.Liu Hui came to see the Queen Mother. He begged the Queen Mother to let him go and that he was willing to abdicate. The Queen Mother did not believe what Liu Hui said. She only said that she had not eaten with Liu Hui for a long time and they ate together. Liu HuiThe Queen Mother's wine was poisoned, and this poison was Xie Chong's last escape route for him.