The liu family is no longer worth saving, the emperor is paralyzed, and the zheng department has been replaced. Minister Liu will be released soon, the city gate says. The third prince is back, and all the workers have been replaced in zheng's department. The emperor will be angry if he learns about the shanghai family's problem. rong shi, the liu son, wishes his uncle a prosperous and healthy new year. ling shi asks if xiaoli has gone to sleep. She says she has something she wants to discuss with him, but he won't ask her to marry him because she is not ready to do so yet.