Wumeiniang was moved to tears when she saw the shadow play. The emperor told wumeiniang that after she entered the house, the first emperor would tell him the story of the two of them and let him make it into a shadow play. Remembering the emperor's kindness to herself, wumeiniang ran out excitedly. Princess Gaoyang asked the emperor why he lied. The Emperor just wanted wumeiniang to leave a good memory for her father.
In the middle of the night, Wu Meiniang came to Chengqing palace and looked at Queen Wende's mask. She remembered that when she first entered the palace, she stole the mask to dance for the first emperor. Before that, she used to watch the lights in Chengqing palace every day, expecting the first emperor to see her. Then the emperor came to her and comforted her.
Fang Yiai and Chai Lingwu came to the palace of the king of Wu to get together. The king of Wu urged them to leave because he was afraid that he would be involved with them. Fang Yiai said that they had offended the old officials too. Now they are in no better condition than the king of Wu. When the brothers met, they began to drink and talk.
The emperor wants wumeiniang to stay and help him. Both wumeiniang and the emperor think that the best way to solve the current situation is to use the poor children. The official family has occupied the political arena for a long time, and the poor children are excluded everywhere. As long as they make good use of the poor children, they have a chance to overthrow the eldest son Wuji.
The emperor called Li Yifu into the palace. Li Yifu's reputation was not good. The ministers around him evaluated him as a villain. Li Yifu confessed that he was a villain, but the loyal villain was better than the unmanageable gentleman. He was willing to die and be loyal to the emperor in order to make a great progress. In the period of the first emperor, he had offended Wuji. If he did not stand on the emperor's side, he would never turn over.
The emperor asked Li Yifu to search for the conclusive evidence of the important officials of the brachial stock within half a month. Although the minister was famous for his honesty, Li Yifu thought that he could not be completely clean in the officialdom these years. The emperor sent all the memorials in the imperial study to Wu Meiniang, who had little rest to help him analyze the situation.
The emperor transferred Li Ji back to Chang'an. In the early days of that day, Li Yifu impeached Chu suiliang for abusing his power to buy the land of the common people. Chu suiliang pleaded guilty on the spot. The emperor dismissed him from his official position and demoted him to be an assassin of history, while Li Yifu, who dared to remonstrate, was promoted.
Then there was a small official named Lu shining who wanted to impeach the captain sun Wuji. Before he could speak, the emperor ordered Lu shining to be executed immediately.