After the storm in the Forbidden City cleared up, Yongqi announced his death from illness and took Xiaoyanzi, Xiaojian, and Qing'er to Cangshan and Erhai. From then on, he practiced medicine in civilian clothes and stayed away from the disputes over imperial power.
The years in the mountains and fields are peaceful and warm, but Yongqi has always been burdened with a debt in his heart - in the Yonghe Palace, Zhihua guards the empty palace alone, and Mianyi has lost his father's love since childhood; in the capital thousands of miles away, the aged emperor sits alone in the palace, thinking about his parents and children who have left far away every day.
Ziwei and Erkang stayed at the Bachelor's Mansion, becoming the only link between the palace and Dali. A letter from home caused the sorrow of separation between the two places. Xiao Yanzi lost his youthful recklessness and understood love, hate and perfection; Zhihua put aside his obsession with love and quietly raised his young son; Qianlong put aside his imperial dignity and went south incognito for a belated reunion between father and son.
Old grudges are resolved, regrets are let go, the children of Dali grow up freely, and the young men in the palace finally meet each other.
The palace walls hide the glory, and the mountains and seas store the rest of their lives. This is the second half of life for everyone who returns the pearl, about freedom, debt and reconciliation.
Protagonists: Yongqi, Xiaoyanzi, Xiaojian, Qing'er, Ziwei, Erkang, Zhihua, Mianyi | Group portrait with multiple protagonists, two parallel lines | No black palace fighting, healing and tenderness
Intention: Freedom brings regrets. Between the mountains and the sea, all living beings are reconciled with the past.