The climax at the end of the volume: The powerful powerful people in the suburbs of Beijing unite with the gentry in the court to falsely accuse Xiao Che of "corruption and perversion of the law" and intend to have him dismissed from office and imprisoned. Xiao Che uses the people's joint letter to secretly support the prince to clear his grievances and punish the powerful people. He becomes famous in one battle and is transferred back to the capital to serve as the supervisory censor.
