Tian-lan murdered the two Tai-pos after their abortive attempt in assassinating Chu-biu. Her act is uncovered by Chu-bui, who promises to take revenge on Yun-chiang after knowing her life history.

Shou-yin feels disturbed after the fruitless assassination of Chu-biu, and sees it as a punishment by god for Yun-chiang's murderous behavior. Influenced by her, Yun-chiang strengthens the protection of Chu-biu, which in turn has resulted in Chu-qu's fear of taking any action.

Chu-de discovers that Chu-biu's assassination is associated with Tian-lan and so he forces Chu-qui to tell him the whereabouts of the Tai-pos, which is unsuccessful Chu-biu informs Yun-chiang of his discovery of the Tai-pos' corpses. The latter questions Tian-lan about the case and orders her execution after Tian-lan reveals all her plans.