They return back to Nanchen Mansion. Cui Feng and Zhou Sheng Chen's disciple comes to welcome them at the river bank. They meet Xing Hua. Xing Hua lies to them saying she is pregnant and she must go to the capital for the well-being of her child. On the other hand, In the capital, Empress Dowager has been spending days with male performers and prostitutes. She then sleeps with General Qin and threatens him to support her. The emperor was soon going to have a child soon so Prince Guan Ling was afraid he will lose his position of "Crown Prince". (Source ZGDX_CHENGYAO at kisskh)