Episode 2 recap: Yan Zhang Yun helped Dawn recover her memories.
Afterwards, Blade Brother instructed Dawn that from now on he would be called Xiaoqiang, and that she should refer to him as Xiangge, since he is now an eunuch and a close confidant of the Emperor. Dawn recalled that when the little eunuch escorted her to the room, he only gave her a cursory glance and said "You're alive." She really couldn't understand why that eunuch had helped her. It turned out that the eunuch had been bribed by a masked woman and received a generous reward that night.
The next morning at the imperial court meeting, when discussing the candidate for the post of the border general Guo Zhen, Xiao Quan (played by Ying Hao Ming) believed that only the valiant and brave Yan Zhang Yun was suitable, but this candidate was firmly opposed by everyone in the court. However, Yan Zhang Yun did not believe Xiao Quan, after all, the Qin family had once been framed and wiped out in the same way.
Currently, Hetian and Sanyan have found a clue that may be found in the late Guo Zhen's hands. Xiaoqiang watched the Emperor's food, his stomach already growling, and the Emperor, eating alone, bored, ordered Xiaoqiang to eat with him. Everyone was terrified, only Xiaoqiang, taking the opportunity of not going against the Emperor's order, ate heartily, and the Emperor's appetite was also stimulated as a result.
In the past, Leibao had fled with the young master from the Dinguo Duke's mansion, thus leaving the Qin family bloodline. Now Leibao's identity has been recognized by Hetian, who immediately realized that Yan Zhang Yun was the young boy Qin Yan back then. Seeing that Hetian would not reveal the behind-the-scenes manipulator, Yan Zhang Yun pinched his ribs one by one, and Hetian, under torture, admitted that there was a secret in the jade ring on Guo Zhen's hand.
Yan Zhang Yun immediately found Dawn and asked her to reveal the whereabouts of the jade ring, seeing that she was about to be killed, Dawn confessed that she had lost her memory. After the imperial doctor's examination, the time required to cure it would vary from person to person. In order to help her recover her memory, Yan Zhang Yun tied her to a rotating platform and even inserted needles into her head. To avoid the long needles penetrating into her brain, she was frightened and lied that she had remembered. Yan Zhang Yun saw that she was truly amnesiac and said that she had passed the test and had not betrayed him even at the point of death.
Xiaoqiang was puzzled, so Yan Zhang Yun fabricated a story that she had once been his secret guard.
From dawn until Yan Zhang Yun was caught lying, there was no dismantling, only a facade pretending to encounter a relative. To avoid going with Yan Zhang Yun, she appealed to the Emperor, saying that Yan Zhang Yun had tortured him in secret, and that if she went with him, she would surely die.
The Emperor, in order to protect the young prince, kept him by his side at all times. When it came time to turn over the tags, they were all the Empress's. To let the young prince appreciate the Empress's grace, he took him to see her true face. The Empress, having carefully dressed up, did not come to meet the Emperor for a long time. She finally went out to greet him herself. The Emperor came to the back garden, unaware that the imperial concubines, seeing the Emperor arrive, fled in panic, as the Empress's father was the greatest support, and no one dared to compete for the Emperor's favor.
The Emperor left with the Empress, while Yan Zhang Yun led him to the forest, simulating the scene of her assassinating Guo Zhen. But when faced with a group of armed guards, she, though it was just a simulation, still fearfully crouched down and hid. Just as they were about to move on to the next scene, she fainted.
When the imperial doctor examined her, he kept a close eye on Yan Zhang Yun, afraid of saying the wrong thing. When leaving at dawn, the doctor said that the red line in the young prince's arm was poison, and if not detoxified, he would die in a hundred days.
The young prince chatted with the Emperor, who said that the land was vast and prosperous, yet he was confined in the vast palace, and even the memorials were reviewed and edited by the Prime Minister, and his every move was monitored by the Empress Dowager. When discussing Yan Zhang Yun, Dawn deliberately pretended to be ill so that the Emperor would take him away.
The Prime Minister harshly criticized his daughter, the Empress, for not having any children in four years of marriage, leading to Wei suggesting deposing her. Xiao Quan persuaded his father not to be angry, saying the lack of children might be the Emperor's problem. The father warned his daughter that if she still had no children, he would select someone from the Xiao family to replace her.
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