Ning Yuanzhou received news that General Pingyuan Zhou Jian, a close confidant of King Danyang, was preparing to intercept the delegation. He arranged for Sun Lang to find an unoccupied inn in advance to prevent the other party from ambushing them at the inn. Ning Yuanzhou knew from past news that Zhou Jian had made great achievements, so he asked Yu Shisan to go and investigate the opponent's troop deployment.
The guards in the mission learned that Ruyi wanted to find a child, and they all showed their personal abilities in front of her. Although Qian Zhao told everyone that Ruyi despised them, and Ruyi's martial arts was very powerful, they could not stop everyone from pursuing love. Ning Yuanzhou apologized to Ruyi for the guards' ignorant behavior and hoped that Ruyi would not blame them. Ning Yuanzhou asked Ruyi and Yang Ying to eat and sleep together to prevent assassination arranged by King Danyang.
Yu Shisan found out that Zhou Jian had arranged an ambush to assassinate them in Tushanguan. Ruyi proposed to capture the thief first and capture the king first. If Zhou Jian was killed first, they would naturally be able to get out of Tushanguan safely. Ruyi has only recovered half of his internal strength, and Ning Yuanzhou doesn't want to suffer too many casualties, so he discusses with everyone and decides to outsmart him.
Ruyi taught Yang Ying how to guard against assassinations and honey traps. Yang Ying saw that Ruyi and Ning Yuanzhou were as cold-hearted as Ning Yuanzhou, but Ruyi told her that she and Ning Yuanzhou were both ruthless people, and reminded Yang Ying not to trust anyone, no matter what the other person said. How good she is.
Ning Yuanzhou came to see Zhou Jian on the order of King Danyang. He said that he served King Danyang and took out the letter from King Danyang as evidence. Ning Yuanzhou proposed a plan to steal the throne and let the fake envoy escort the fake King Li to Anguo and let him die when the time came. In Anguo, when the war was in chaos, no one could remember where King Zhenli was. Zhou Jian recognized Ning Yuanzhou's clever plan and agreed to help. On the other side, Ruyi also learned about Ning Yuanzhou's plan from Yu Shisan, and knew that he forged letters in order to allow the real mission to pass Tushanguan under the escort of Zhou Jian.
Zhou Jian did not raise any suspicion on the members of the mission and personally sent the mission out of the customs. Ning Yuanzhou led everyone to successfully pass the customs without spending a single soldier. Queen Xiao Yan learned that Zhou Jian had intercepted the mission, and was questioned by King Danyang. King Danyang denied that he ordered the interception of the mission, saying that his uncle, Marquis Yongping, ordered Yang Ying to be killed. King Danyang wondered why Xiao Yan was so unwilling to accept the marriage offered by the late emperor, but now she wanted to return to the country. Xiao Yan said that there is no such thing as love in the royal family. It doesn't matter whether she likes the emperor or not. What is important is that only the emperor can make her the most noble woman in Dawu. Although King Danyang expressed his unforgettable feelings for Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan wanted to be the queen mother and take power.
Ning Yuanzhou admits that Ruyi is the biggest temptation he has encountered, but he believes that Ruyi and he are the same kind of people. It is his honor for Ruyi to like him, but the safest way for the two to get along is to part ways after completing their mutual commitments. Ruyi envied Ning Yuanzhou for being able to become brothers with Yu Shisan and others. She didn't want to be separated from her own children in the future, so she asked Ning Yuanzhou for advice. Ning Yuanzhou asked Ruyi and learned that she had obeyed Queen Zhaojie's instructions in order to have a child, which made Ruyi want to understand Queen Zhaojie's intentions.
Yuan Lu saw the details of Ning Yuanzhou and Ruyi's relationship, and asked Ning Yuanzhou why he didn't like Ruyi. Ning Yuanzhou admitted that Ruyi was the most perfect assassin he had ever seen, and that people like her were destined to be surrounded by bloodshed in the future, and after completing the mission, he I just want to get rid of my armor and return home. Ning Yuanzhou felt sorry for Ruyi's experience and knew that she suffered a lot when she was Zhu Yiwei, so he wanted to be nice to her and let her know that there were many interesting things in the world besides assassination.
Zhou Jian found out that he had fallen into the trap and chased him with thousands of people. After Ning Yuanzhou learned the news, he asked Sun Lang to arrange for everyone to go to Shuzhou immediately.