Episode 8 recap: Shang Yi Zhi was locked up by Qian Xiaowei.
Shang Yi Zhi asked Mu Bai to bring his knife to him. He wanted to bleed for the two gentlemen. A Mai asked him if he had just said he was going to the city to buy something. Shang Yi Zhi curiously looked at A Mai. A Mai told Xu Xiu Er that Shang Yi Zhi was a spoiled child from the Shengdu City. Shang Yi Zhi told Xu Xiu Er to choose whatever she liked, and he would buy it for her.
When Shang Yi Zhi pushed open the door and came in, he saw several people drinking in the city guard's mansion. Two of them passed out on the table when they saw Shang Yi Zhi. Shang Yi Zhi told them that he knew a method, bloodletting therapy, and he was about to pick up the knife to bleed the two people.
A Mai saw many people hiding in the dark and quickly signaled to Shang Yi Zhi. She asked Shang Yi Zhi if he wasn't supposed to go out and buy things. Shang Yi Zhi understood A Mai's meaning and said he would give them bloodletting treatment next time.
Just as they were about to leave, A Mai and Shang Yi Zhi received news of the city being sealed off. Shang Yi Zhi realized that they were determined to keep him here. A Mai told them not to panic. This place couldn't trap them. A Mai asked Shang Yi Zhi to go and discuss a strategy with Mr. Xu Jing. After listening to their description, Xu Jing thought that Zhao Qian Sun, the three of them, actually had different opinions, and they could start from there. Shang Yi Zhi asked Xu Jing what he should do now, and Xu Jing told him to do what he was best at. Shang Yi Zhi was puzzled about what he was best at, and Xu Jing told him to be a good spoiled child.
Shang Yi Zhi took A Mai and Xu Xiu Er to the street, sweeping away everything. Xu Xiu Er asked A Mai if it was not good to spend money like this. A Mai told her it was okay since Shang Yi Zhi was the Marquis of Dingnan, a spoiled child. Those things were nothing to him. Xu Xiu Er said they were all women's things, and A Mai didn't need them. A Mai told her that Shang Yi Zhi bought them for her, so she should use them. Shang Yi Zhi heard it and walked over to tell Xu Xiu Er that she was A Mai's sister and his sister, so she could spend money without worries.
Xu Xiu Er muttered that she didn't want to be A Mai's sister. A Mai felt that although they had spent money, the momentum was not enough. A Mai saw a nearby place selling alcohol. She walked in and asked the shopkeeper to bring out all the wine. A Mai asked them to display the wine outside and shouted to the people outside that Shang Yi Zhi wanted to treat all the people in the city to a drink.
A Mai looked at the large vat filled with all the wine in front of her. She asked Shang Yi Zhi to give this barrel of wine a name. After thinking for a while, Shang Yi Zhi named it "Drunk Immortal." He took the wine back to Xu Jing. Xu Jing thought they could use a trick and wait until night when Zhao Qian Sun received Shang Yi Zhi's invitation.
They were invited to taste the "Drunk Immortal" that Shang Yi Zhi had bought. Initially, the three of them were hesitant and suspicious if there was something fishy, but when they heard that Shang Yi Zhi had spent nearly ten thousand taels of silver on the "Drunk Immortal," they all decided to attend the feast. Zhao and Sun went together, and they told Shang Yi Zhi that Qian didn't get up this morning.
They apologized to Shang Yi Zhi, who didn't mind, and he asked them to take a seat. After drinking for a while, Shang Yi Zhi told them that he had invited a dance troupe to entertain them as a reward. Shang Yi Zhi told them that fine wine should be accompanied by beautiful women, and they all sang and danced in the house.
A Mai and the others were outside, preparing to take action. She asked the others if Qian Xiaowei was not inside, whether they should take action or not. Xu Jing felt that Shang Yi Zhi had already started inside, and if they didn't take action soon, it would be too late. Shang Yi Zhi found an excuse to go to the bathroom, but in reality, he wanted to use the opportunity to escape.
When the guards of Zhao and Sun discovered something was wrong, Shang Yi Zhi had already escaped. When Shang Yi Zhi, along with A Mai and the others, prepared to escape the city, they were stopped at the gate by Qian Xiaowei and his men. Shang Yi Zhi didn't succeed in his escape; on the contrary, even more people surrounded him in his mansion.
Qian Xiaowei told them that Shang Yi Zhi couldn't be allowed to leave. He told them that Shang Yi Zhi had to die, but not at the hands of the three of them. A Mai and Xu Jing decided to split up. Xu Jing and his group would go to rescue two generals who had a good relationship with the Marquis of Dingnan, while A Mai would be responsible for finding Shang Yi Zhi's whereabouts.
A Mai, after inquiring around, arrived at Qian Xiaowei's military camp, but she was stopped at the gate.
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