Liu Fuling hurried back to Chang'an to find Yun Ge, only to discover that he had mistaken her for an assassin and locked her in prison, where she was on the verge of death. At last, the two fulfilled the promise they had made in the desert and reunited after surviving disaster. Yun Ge learned that Liu Fuling had been waiting for her all along. Believing she had broken her promise by falling in love with Meng Jue along the way, she refused to accept Liu Fuling. But the time they spent together gradually healed the wounds in Yun Ge's heart, and at last she accepted his love. The two decided to leave the palace someday. Meng Jue finally learned that the person who had made a promise to Yun Ge was not Liu Bingyi, but the emperor, Liu Fuling. As Liu Ling made arrangements to leave, Liu Fuling discovered that he had an incurable illness. He pretended to be involved with Empress Shangguan Xiaomei to force Yun Ge to leave. Yun Ge mistakenly thought Liu Fuling had changed his mind and no longer wanted to leave with her. Heartbroken, she planned to leave Chang'an...
