Episode 20

Overview

The emperor visits QIN CAO at Su Mansion in the evening. He wants to appoint her as his concubine and he asks her to wait for his good news. People are saying that some peasants have sold their children reluctantly because of Green Shoots Law. The upright government official ZHENG XIA draws people's hardships on "Drifters". He is being captured by the corrupting government officials and they send him to ANSHI. ANSHI discovers that the drawing is a counterfeit and he wants to find the original one. After discussing the political matters, LI TIAN says that his foster daughter wants to marry the emperor. ANSHI says that his foster daughter is QIN CAO and he thinks that her identity is suspicious. DING DONG's daughter DING DING tries to find the whereabouts of her father and the head of prison, HONG SI, discovers her. A masked man tries to break into the prison and DING DONG seizes the chance to run away.… ...