Half a month after the great escape at Nanyang Ferry, catkins were flying in the Forbidden City in late spring, and the royal turmoil paused. Emperor Qianlong went to Nanyang in person, put down his imperial status, resolved all grievances, pardoned everyone's crime of fleeing, and issued a fatwa. Everyone is divided: Yongqi, Xiaoyanzi, and Xiao Jian yearn for the free world of Dali; Erkang misses his parents, Ziwei cares about the emperor's father; Ertai mediates in the middle, Xiao Jian hides a blood feud with Qianlong for killing his father, and Qing'er is torn between court etiquette and Jianghu friendship.
Intention: to continue writing a story of struggle that is satisfactory without losing reality.