On the Tonghua stage, Zhen Huan decisively drank the poisoned wine, and Guojun Wang Yunli committed suicide by hitting a pillar, and staged a tragic "death farewell". In fact, Yunli and Wen Shichu conspired to help Zhen Huan Jin Chan escape from her shell with a fake death drug, and used the emperor's personal experience and guilt to temporarily save his own life. Zhen Huan was secretly rescued and hidden by Mo Yan, A Jin and others, while Yun Li pretended to be "sorrowful and ruined" in a cage in the palace.
With the secret help of Concubine Shu, Yunli created an opportunity to move to a separate garden to "recuperate". Wen Shichu used strange medicine to simulate the symptoms of the deadly plague, and Yunli "died" of the disease while the emperor "witnessed" through the window, and his body was burned. The two finally met in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, lived in seclusion under pseudonyms, were clothed in civilian clothes and had hairpins, had children, and enjoyed the joy of ordinary fireworks. Huanbi protects her as her younger sister, while Ah Jin delivers sporadic news from Beijing.
However, Yunli's portrait of Zhen Huan accidentally leaked, exposing her traces. The emperor was furious and ordered Xia Gao to investigate. The peace in the south of the Yangtze River was broken, and Zhen Huan and her party were surrounded by dangers, and they were forced to flee to the northwest border. As time passed, the emperor died, the new emperor Hongli ascended the throne, and the investigation gradually ceased. As an adult, Longyue relied on her intuition and the help of her concubine to miraculously find her way to the border. Mother and daughter recognized each other through tears. Yunli appeared, and Concubine Jing was relieved to keep the secret.
Hongli (Qianlong) weighed the pros and cons and acquiesced. Zhen Huan and Yun Li finally found true peace, took root in the frontier, their children grew up, and Huanbi also found a home. In their old age, their hair turned white, holding hands to watch the sunset. They passed away peacefully one after another and were buried together in the border area. Their stories became legends, witnessing the consummation of an unparalleled love that broke free from the shackles and spanned life and death.
