Massacred

Season 1 - Episode 1

A New Name

Season 1 - Episode 2

Return to the Capital

Season 1 - Episode 3

Becoming an Aide

Season 1 - Episode 4

Breakthrough

Season 1 - Episode 5

The Burial Trap

Season 1 - Episode 6

Narrow Escape

Season 1 - Episode 7

The Chief Aide

Season 1 - Episode 8

Rumors

Season 1 - Episode 9

The Tomb of Liu Xian

Season 1 - Episode 10

Identity Exposed

Season 1 - Episode 11

The Truth about Death

Season 1 - Episode 12

Background Mystery

Season 1 - Episode 13

Posing as Marquis Pingjin

Season 1 - Episode 14

Zang Hai seeks Xiang An Tu's help to get rid of Lu Jin. Xiang An Tu arranges assassins along Lu Jin's route back to the capital.

Hungry Ghost Festival

Season 1 - Episode 15

Zang Hai resolves the crisis successfully and crafts a camellia hairpin to thank Xiang An Tu. Xiang An Tu invites Zang Hai to watch the ligh...

The Other Man

Season 1 - Episode 16

Zhongzhou is flooded. Chu Huai Ming tries to set a fire to murder Zang Hai before trouble arises. Zhuang Zhi Xing, who has received instruct...

Treasure of Dongxia

Season 1 - Episode 17

Zang Hai learns about Zhuang Lu Yin and Shen Wan's past from Gao Ming. He helps Zhuang Lu Yin deal with his guilt and advises him to nurture...

Resolve for Vengeance

Season 1 - Episode 18

After assuming office, Zang Hai finds out that officials of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau have been arranging posthumous marriage, someti...

Mastermind

Season 1 - Episode 19

Zhuang Zhi Xing heeds Zang Hai's suggestion. He joins the military but is put on the spot on multiple occasions. He intends to become a dese...

Approaching Yong Rong

Season 1 - Episode 20

Zang Hai receives an invite to Yong Rong's banquet at Zhen Tower. Someone mentions Kuai Duo at the banquet. Zang Hai quietly probes Yong Ron...

Investigation at the Zhao Residence

Season 1 - Episode 21

At the banquet, several officials talk about Minister of Revenue Zhao Bing Wen. Their words spark Zang Hai's suspicion. He decides to visit ...

Owning up to One's Wrongdoing

Season 1 - Episode 22

Cao Jing Xian forces Zang Hai to complete the general's burial mound before the Double Ninth Festival. Zang Hai has no choice but to use Zhu...

A Trap to Sow Discord

Season 1 - Episode 23

Zang Hai sets up a trap to sow discord between Zhuang Lu Yin and Cao Jing Xian. He follows Cao Jing Xian and finds out that he is secretly m...

Chaos at the Marquis' Residence

Season 1 - Episode 24

Zhuang Lu Yin covertly plans to impeach Cao Jing Xian but ends up being framed instead. Just as he falls into peril, Zhuang Zhi Xing, acting...

Doubts

Season 1 - Episode 25

Zang Hai suspects that Xiang An Tu is his enemy upon finding out that she's the nation's hostage. Xiang An Tu denies his claim, yet she find...

Truth of the Annihilation

Season 1 - Episode 26

Zhuang Luyin tells Zhuang Zhixing the truth of the Kuai family's annihilation. Zhuang Zhixing gives Zang Hai the bronze fish piece he obtain...

Prison Break

Season 1 - Episode 27

Zhuang Luyin attempts to seek a truce with Cao Jingxian, but the blood-written letter he sends is swapped by Zang Hai. Deceived by its conte...

Father and Son Duel

Season 1 - Episode 28

Zhuang Zhixing advises his father to give up on capturing the city and both of them begin a duel.

Empress of Dongxia

Season 1 - Episode 29

The Empress of Dongxia offers a wooden palace to the capital as tribute. Zang Hai thinks the wooden palace is made with his father's techniq...

The Empress and Kuai Duo

Season 1 - Episode 30

Zang Hai lures the Empress into an empty tomb, while Xiang Antu escapes from the Zang Residence, determined to stop him from killing her mot...

Choice

Season 1 - Episode 31

The Empress tells Zang Hai about the history of the Gui Seal. She forces him to make a choice between the Gui Seal and her daughter.

Gui Seal

Season 1 - Episode 32

Zang Hai finally finds the Gui Seal. While he is focusing on carving the patterns on the forged Gui Seal, the Gui Seal is taken away by Cao ...

The Buried Past

Season 1 - Episode 33

Suspecting that Xiang Antu has stolen the Gui Seal, the Emperor orders the Hostage's Mansion to be surrounded.

Mysterious Figure

Season 1 - Episode 34

Zang Hai finds out that the third culprit has resurfaced. The Emperor orders him to investigate the third culprit and the location of the Gu...

The Revenge Plan

Season 1 - Episode 35

Zang Hai obtains a new clue thanks to a mysterious person's help. Zang Hai finds the Gui Seal in the Shi Residence and hands it over to the ...

Intersecting Leads

Season 1 - Episode 36

Zang Hai finds out that Cao Jingxian's original name was Lu Min before he joined the palace. All the leads intersect with each other. Zang H...

The Third Person Appears

Season 1 - Episode 37

Zang Hai is captured by the Imperial Guards. When the Emperor questions him, he reminds the Emperor to be wary of the third person...

Execution

Season 1 - Episode 38

The third perpetrator agrees to grant Zang Hai a dignified death. The executioner layers sheets of wet paper over Zang Hai's face, until his...

Escape from Prison

Season 1 - Episode 39

Xiang Antu asks to meet Zang Hai one last time. Both of them use a code to set up a trap and plan for the escape.

Last Clash

Season 1 - Episode 40

The third perpetrator barges into the sacred ground of Dongxia. He forces Zang Hai to consume the Gui Seal poison, coercing him into teachin...