After Ye Yun kills Commissioner Wang, she is reunited with Ye Shi An and Yu Ru. Together, they journey back to Youzhou, making it just in time as per her contractual agreement with Commissioner Fan. They hear that Luo Zi Shang is now the commission of Yangzhou and has spread rumors that he was the one who killed Commissioner Wang. Lord Liang and his army march towards Youzhou while the Youzhou army is at the Eastern Capital.