Prince of An De is rather surprised Prince of Lan Ling has volunteered to help out in capturing the bandits. An De thinks he can handle this problem by himself. Why would Chang Gong want to leave his new bride so soon? Have they quarreled? Chang Gong sez nunyabizness.
Xue Wu is truly starting to come down with something.
The boys get together to strategize. Chang Gong has heard about Merchant Wang being held hostage because the bandits want his beautiful daughter. The prince thinks this would be a good opportunity to send his own confederate in undercover posing as the daughter. But where can they find a bold, clever and beautiful woman to pull off such a dangerous job?
Chang Gong quickly cuts off An De before Xue Wu's name can be brought up. She's already put her life in danger before when she helped rescue Hulu Xu Da. Besides, she's a princess consort now. Princess consorts don't do these kinds of things except in Disney movies.
Eavesdropping Zheng Er quickly steps up to volunteer.
Crown prince Gao Wei learns about the mission and plans to somehow find a way to use it to avenge his mother.
Chang Gong doesn't bother to tell Xue Wu goodbye or anything as he starts to leave on his mission. Luckily Xiao Cui overhears he's about to leave and goes to report to her mistress. Xue Wu gets up out of her sickbed and runs to the gate to catch her a-hole of a husband. It's an awkward moment between the two as she asks why he didn't even bother to say goodbye.
That viper Zheng Er makes sure Xue Wu knows she gets to go off on this assignment with the prince. Chang Gong dares to shed a tear because he doesn't feel Xue Wu trusts him.
Ah, Xiao Dong reappears! He's been investigating this mysterious "wife" of his and the source of all those rumors about him and Xue Wu. Suddenly his attention is drawn to a couple of guys beating up a scam artist. Xiao Dong recognizes the scammer as the Taoist monk who came to Lan Ling Manor that one time.
After questioning the con artist, Xiao Dong figures it must have been Zheng Er who paid the fake Taoist to make all those doom and gloom predictions. Xiao Dong ties up the con to take back to Lan Ling Manor.
Xiao Dong is quite distressed to return to the manor and find his beloved mistress so down in the mouth. Xue Wu keeps accepting the blame for all the problems in her marriage. (This is kind of getting on my nerves.) My boy tells her to stop being an idiot; this is all Zheng Er's fault and he's brought the proof. He has the con man brought in to make a confession.
Trouble keeps piling up as An De comes by to tell them he's not able to join Chang Gong in the bandit hunt. The crown prince has ordered An De on some other fluff job. This means Chang Gong won't have as many soldiers as he's expecting. Gao Wei is supposed to be heading up the reinforcements now but everyone knows he won't come to his brother's aid.
With her husband in danger, Xue Wu jumps into action despite her ill health. She orders Xiao Dong to gather her fireworks material. He's hoping to expose Zheng Er to the prince. Xue Wu squashes that idea. The mission comes first. They can deal with Zheng Er later.
Gao Wei sends word to Chang Gong that because of their horses being ill, the reinforcements Lan Ling was expecting won't be there. This leaves Chang Gong, Yang Shi Shen and about ten other men to fight the bandits.
Xue Wu and Xiao Dong have caught up to the prince's camp that night. They're just about to make their presence known when they spot Zheng Er. Hiding behind a thin tree that doesn't shield them at all, they watch as Zheng Er seems to be drugging some wine.
Zheng Er serves the wine to Chang Gong. She watches eagerly as he slowly lifts the saucer to his lips. At the last moment Chang Gong stops and decides it wouldn't be right for him to enjoy this fine wine by himself. He should share it with his men. Zheng Er, her original plans foiled, makes the excuse she's just going to warm the wine back up. This is so she can quickly switch the drugged jug with another jug of wine.
Xue Wu and Xiao Dong, still hiding behind that very thin tree, watch as Zheng Er pours the drugged wine out on the ground. After she leaves, our duo scurry forward so they can investigate the remains of the wine. No one notices that they're being watched by a couple of bandits who think this is the camp of a rich merchant. They report back to their hairy bossman. Hairy decides not to bother for now with attacking this merchant as he's still waiting to get Wang's beautiful daughter.
Smelling the dirt where the wine was poured, Xue Wu deduces Zheng Er had been using an ancient Chinese date rape drug. Once again Xiao Dong wants to immediately tell the prince what's going on and once again Xue Wu insists they wait until the mission is over.
The next morning Chang Gong and company visit Wang's household to assure his family that things are being done to rescue the merchant. And the episode just ends there.
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