Season 1

E1. Massacred

May 18, 2025 · 45m

E2. A New Name

May 18, 2025 · 45m

E3. Return to the Capital

May 18, 2025 · 45m

E4. Becoming an Aide

May 18, 2025 · 45m

E5. Breakthrough

May 19, 2025 · 45m

E6. The Burial Trap

May 19, 2025 · 45m

E7. Narrow Escape

May 20, 2025 · 45m

E8. The Chief Aide

May 20, 2025 · 45m

E9. Rumors

May 21, 2025 · 45m

E10. The Tomb of Liu Xian

May 21, 2025 · 45m

E11. Identity Exposed

May 22, 2025 · 45m

E12. The Truth about Death

May 22, 2025 · 45m

E13. Background Mystery

May 23, 2025 · 45m

E14. Posing as Marquis Pingjin

May 23, 2025 · 45m

Zang Hai seeks Xiang An Tu's help to get rid of Lu Jin. Xiang An Tu arranges assassins along Lu Jin's route back to the capital.

E15. Hungry Ghost Festival

May 24, 2025 · 45m

Zang Hai resolves the crisis successfully and crafts a camellia hairpin to thank Xiang An Tu. Xiang An Tu invites Zang Hai to watch the lights and have a chat during the Hungry Ghost Festival.

E16. The Other Man

May 24, 2025 · 45m

Zhongzhou is flooded. Chu Huai Ming tries to set a fire to murder Zang Hai before trouble arises. Zhuang Zhi Xing, who has received instructions from Zang Hai beforehand, apprehends him.

E17. Treasure of Dongxia

May 25, 2025 · 45m

Zang Hai learns about Zhuang Lu Yin and Shen Wan's past from Gao Ming. He helps Zhuang Lu Yin deal with his guilt and advises him to nurture Zhuang Zhi Xing while gaining more of his trust at the same time.

E18. Resolve for Vengeance

May 25, 2025 · 45m

After assuming office, Zang Hai finds out that officials of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau have been arranging posthumous marriage, sometimes even at the cost of innocent lives. He drafts a decree overnight and swiftly begins cracking down on corruption to purge the bureau of its rot.

E19. Mastermind

May 26, 2025 · 45m

Zhuang Zhi Xing heeds Zang Hai's suggestion. He joins the military but is put on the spot on multiple occasions. He intends to become a deserter.

E20. Approaching Yong Rong

May 26, 2025 · 45m

Zang Hai receives an invite to Yong Rong's banquet at Zhen Tower. Someone mentions Kuai Duo at the banquet. Zang Hai quietly probes Yong Rong.

E21. Investigation at the Zhao Residence

May 27, 2025 · 45m

At the banquet, several officials talk about Minister of Revenue Zhao Bing Wen. Their words spark Zang Hai's suspicion. He decides to visit the Zhao Residence and search the place in secret.

E22. Owning up to One's Wrongdoing

May 27, 2025 · 45m

Cao Jing Xian forces Zang Hai to complete the general's burial mound before the Double Ninth Festival. Zang Hai has no choice but to use Zhuang Zhi Fu to resolve his issue. When Zhuang Lu Yin finds out, he questions him. Unexpectedly, Zang Hai owns up to his wrongdoings.

E23. A Trap to Sow Discord

May 28, 2025 · 45m

Zang Hai sets up a trap to sow discord between Zhuang Lu Yin and Cao Jing Xian. He follows Cao Jing Xian and finds out that he is secretly meeting the hostage of Dongxia. Zang Hai is sure that the third person will appear soon.

E24. Chaos at the Marquis' Residence

May 28, 2025 · 45m

Zhuang Lu Yin covertly plans to impeach Cao Jing Xian but ends up being framed instead. Just as he falls into peril, Zhuang Zhi Xing, acting on Zang Hai's prior instructions, leads reinforcements and arrives in time to save the day.

E25. Doubts

May 29, 2025 · 45m

Zang Hai suspects that Xiang An Tu is his enemy upon finding out that she's the nation's hostage. Xiang An Tu denies his claim, yet she finds it difficult to explain the relationship between Dongxia and Cao Jing Xian.

E26. Truth of the Annihilation

May 29, 2025 · 45m

Zhuang Luyin tells Zhuang Zhixing the truth of the Kuai family's annihilation. Zhuang Zhixing gives Zang Hai the bronze fish piece he obtained from his father and tells Zang Hai the identity of the third person.

E27. Prison Break

May 30, 2025 · 45m

Zhuang Luyin attempts to seek a truce with Cao Jingxian, but the blood-written letter he sends is swapped by Zang Hai. Deceived by its contents, Cao Jingxian tricks Zhuang Luyin's former subordinates into launching a prison break.

E28. Father and Son Duel

May 30, 2025 · 45m

Zhuang Zhixing advises his father to give up on capturing the city and both of them begin a duel.

E29. Empress of Dongxia

May 31, 2025 · 45m

The Empress of Dongxia offers a wooden palace to the capital as tribute. Zang Hai thinks the wooden palace is made with his father's technique.

E30. The Empress and Kuai Duo

May 31, 2025 · 45m

Zang Hai lures the Empress into an empty tomb, while Xiang Antu escapes from the Zang Residence, determined to stop him from killing her mother.