The next morning, jing li and general yao xi are still arguing about who switched the intel. General yao blames himself for the loss of the intel, but ming says that he'll get to the root of the matter. . The two argue about who's to blame, and ming blames the princess for playing the blame game. He's going to kill the marshal to avenge his father's death, and he's also going to use the death of the marshal as leverage to get rid of the royal family. The three argue about whether or not the royals were involved in the killing of shaoshi, and then jing xi says that the reason he didn't protect shaoshi was because yun sfeiyang wanted to eliminate all of the threats to his power. He also says that grandpa was killed because he was also a threat, and that's why he was the one who was killed. The great aunt of the yin family volunteered to watch over hongyue, and the two argue over who should be punished for breaking the law.