Synopsis

Jing Shi achieves the retribution he has so long plotted and anticipated, yet is disheartened to find that Yi Xiao perceives him solely as an adversary. Sui Ge assembles his forces for a decisive confrontation with Jing Shi, who has laid a trap. Reluctant to remain with the deceased Emperor in the mausoleum, Empress Zhuang charts a course for her own destiny. In the wake of these events, Sui Ge entrusts governmental affairs to Xi Yang, while Cheng Yang retreats to seclusion in Youqi temple. Sui