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流水迢迢
Xiao Wuxia, the young lord of Yueluo City, has been living in hiding in Liang Kingdom under the alias Wei Zhao, bearing the shame of being labeled a traitor. His mission is to uncover the truth behind his family’s downfall and capture the sole survivor of Prince Qi’s case. However, his plans are derailed by the unexpected arrival of Jiang Ci. Pei Yan takes the injured Jiang Ci into his home, aiming to discover who’s behind the disruption. As they spend time together, Jiang Ci’s innocence and Wei Zhao’s tragic past and sense of national duty spark mutual affection. In the end, Wei Zhao, Jiang Ci, and Pei Yan set aside their personal grievances to unite against the Liang Emperor, achieving their goal of protecting Yueluo City and establishing a just world.
Today, the peace talks between Da Ming Kingdom and Wei State were held at Fanglin Garden in Qingkang, the capital of Da Ming Kingdom. The place was heavily guarded, and guards were constantly patrolling to ensure safety. On the other side, the kitchen was bustling with activity, busy preparing delicacies for the envoys from the Wei Kingdom.
After Cui Liang's day and night treatment, coupled with the magical power of the Millennium Snow Toad Pill, Jiang Ci was finally out of danger, and Pei Yan let Cui Liang go back to rest.
In order to escape, Jiang Ci pretended to be drunk and deliberately threw the vase into the river to make it look like she had jumped into the river. In fact, she quietly slipped under Lan Yue Lou's bed at night. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Wei Zhao as soon as she went out. Wei Zhao threatened Jiang Ci with a dagger and asked Jiang Ci if she had revealed his secret. Jiang Ci repeatedly denied it, but Wei Zhao was dubious and hung her from a tree for rigorous interrogation.
Speaking of which, Wei Zhao actually hurt Jiang Ci with a poisoned dagger and also secretly acted against Mrs. Zhou. In order to save these two lives, Pei Yan and Prince Zhuang were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They ran to Emperor Xie Che to ask for the precious heart-protecting pill. But there is only one pill. What should they do? Prince Xie Chi came up with an idea and asked the two of them to play chess to determine the outcome. Whoever wins will get the elixir. King Zhuang changed his mind and asked Wei Zhao to fight for him in a battle of wits and courage with Pei Yan.
Jiang Ci felt very aggrieved. She neither wanted to be a spy for Wei Zhao nor was she wanted to be used as a bait by Pei Yan. She couldn't afford to offend these two bosses, but she couldn't swallow the anger in her heart. So, she secretly wrote down all of Teng Rui's movements, made a fake record, and placed it in a designated place to fool Wei Zhao. But Wei Zhao was not so easy to deceive. He knew at a glance that Jiang Ci was playing tricks, so he simply tied her up at night and forced her to hand over the real thing. Jiang Ci had no choice but to take out the real surveillance records, asking Wei Zhao to return the little clay cat given by her master. But Wei Zhao didn't take her seriously at all.
It is said that back then, Wei Zhao secretly spread false news, claiming that when King Qi was killed on the night of the moonset, the palace guard Zhao Wu witnessed the whole process with his own eyes. Later, Zhao Wu was also unfortunately killed, leaving an unsolved mystery. Zhao Wu got married before entering the palace. His wife died young, leaving his only son living in Nanling. The news spread like wildfire and reached the ears of Tao Zi Zhu, the general manager of the Imperial Palace, who immediately reported it to the suspicious Emperor Xie Che.
Pei Yan took Jiang Ci on a night out and showed great care to Jiang Ci, which made Jiang Ci feel moved. As soon as Wei Zhao saw Jiang Ci, Jiu spoke harshly to her. Pei Yan was curious about why Wei Zhao was so cruel to Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci tried her best to find excuses to cover up. She found out that Wei Zhao was Xiao Wuxia, the son of Xiao Haitian. General Lei insisted that Pei Yan killed Teng Rui and asked Xie Che to punish Pei Yan. Xie Che put Pei Yan and Jiang Ci in prison.
Jiang Ci found out that Teng Rui was not dead at all, and she immediately reported it to Pei Yan. Wei Zhao threatened Jiang Ci, and Jiang Ci took the opportunity to stab him. Wei Zhao was unwilling and stabbed Jiang Ci with the same dagger.
Wei Zhao has been watching his people die one by one. He puts all the blame on Jiang Ci and regrets not killing Jiang Ci in the first place. Jiang Ci was imprisoned for assassinating Pei Yan, and she and Wei Zhao were in the same cell.
Pei Yan wanted to resign because of Jiang Ci, but the clansmen disagreed and accused him one after another. Wei Zhao stood up to defend Pei Yan and taught those tribesmen a lesson. Jiang Ci cooked a bowl of porridge with her own hands, and Wei Zhao added a lot of sugar. Jiang Ci was curious about why he liked sweets so much, but Wei Zhao avoided answering.
Pei Yan went to Nanling to investigate the murder of hungry people. Jiang Ci wanted to go with him, but Pei Yan politely declined. When Wei Zhao learned about this, he ridiculed Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci took Wei Zhao to Nanling and asked Wei Zhao to pretend to be hungry.
Pei Yan was working hard to investigate the case in Nanling. Some people were worried that he would find out the truth about the murder of the hungry people, so they would kill the hungry people. Wei Zhao pretended to be hungry and secretly investigated the truth. Jiang Ci couldn't help but worry for him when she saw that he was in danger. Wei Zhao was seriously injured, and Jiang Ci cured his wounds with her own hands.
Jiang Ci personally cooked a large pot of porridge and called all the hungry people. Wei Zhao felt that her method was not advisable and that evil should be used to fight evil. Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci to grab grain and distribute it to the hungry people. Jiang Ci expressed her gratitude to him. Pei Yan persuaded Jiang Ci to stay with him and promised to accompany her on a sightseeing trip after finishing the ordnance case.
Jiang Ci learned that A Yan had been raped by He Yonglin, and she desperately came to save A Yan. He Yong Lin was rude to her. Wei Zhao came to Jiang Ci's rescue in time and taught He Yong Lin a lesson. Jiang Ci asked Pei Yan to help seek justice for A Yan, and Pei Yan promised to deal with it impartially. He Zhen Wen begged Pei Yan to bypass He Yong Lin.
Wei Zhao was accidentally injured, and Jiang Ci bandaged him with her own hands. Jiang Ci wanted to open a gap in A Yan's body and continue to investigate He Yonglin. Wei Zhao and Pei Yan both were fond of Jiang Ci, and they were jealous because of Jiang Ci.
Pei Yan has been in love with Jiang Ci for a long time. He can't help but want to kiss Jiang Ci, but Jiang Ci flatly refuses.
Jiang Ci hid on the beam but was caught by Wei Zhao. Jiang Ci jumped down from the beam and hit Wei Zhao. Pei Yan sentenced He Yongli to prison for Jiang Ci. He Zhenwen was disappointed with Pei Yan and did not expect that he would waste his future for a woman. Jiang Ci left with Wei Zhao, and Pei Yan was very sad.
Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci away from Nanling and promised to send her to Yuzhou. Yi Fei found out that Jiang Ci was Yan Qiaoshuang's apprentice, and he wanted to kill the Yan Qiaoshuang sisters to avenge his father, Xiao Hai Tian. As soon as Pei Yan returned to Qingkang, he couldn't wait to go to his mother, Rong Yu Die, to ask about the situation and wanted to know her purpose of hiding gold, silver, treasures and weapons in Bihe Villa.
When Jiang Ci heard that Pei Yan was going to arrest Wei Zhao, she immediately reported the news to Wei Zhao and missed the time to meet her master. Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci to Yueluo. Pei Yan guessed that Wei Zhao was taking Jiang Ci to Yueluo and couldn't wait to go to Wei Zhao to get the account books.
Today is the day of the Yueluo City Lord's election. Pei Yan led people to Yueluo City and sent people to Yueluo to find Jiang Ci's whereabouts. Jiang Ci repaired the swing that Wei Zhao played on when he was a child and encouraged him to do what he wanted to do.
