JIAQING receives a record book containing the list of court officials who received bribes from HESHEN, so he immediately instructs LIU YONG to get ready to publicly prosecute HESHEN. Following his failed assassination attempt on HESHEN, NAYANCHENG has a narrow escape and he makes an audience with JIAQING as soon as he recovers from his injuries. Worrying that HESHEN is going to collude with the White Lotus Sect, JIAQING orders NAYANCHENG to infiltrate the White Lotus Sect for intelligence. Just as the members of the White Lotus Sect are discussing about how to rescue their leader QI LIN, DOUKOU out of the blue shows up. NOBLE CONSORT DOWAGER YING returns to the capital from Mongolia, bringing along her cousin Mongol Prince LAVAN DORJI, who is received by JIAQING, demonstrating the close relationship between Qing and Mongolia. The rescue action launched by the White Lotus Sect causes chaos on the streets.… ...