SHAN arrives and stops the execution of FU in time. The emperor insists on giving him a sentence. LAU suddenly appears and says that SHAN was with him on their wedding day, so he cannot be the adulterer. The emperor, however, insists to kill him anyway. MING and the queen both point out the FUNG is not yet a royal mistress, so SHAN having an affair with her is not a very serious crime. Besides, FUNG is not present for investigation. The emperor is upset. LAU realizes that SHAN does not love her at all and decides to leave him forever.

FU finds a dying prostitute and she tells him that FUNG is in the Moon Temple. When he and MING arrive there, they find that FUNG has been dead for a long time. Meanwhile, the emperor arrives and accuses them of killing FUNG out of despair. He sends the three geniuses and their families into prison. TING even gives birth to her son inside the prison.… ...