The Grand Wei Court.

Summary

Zhao Hong Run reflects on the name "Mi Jiang" and learns about her family's tragic history. Mi Jiang reveals that her father, Lord Xiong Hao, was executed for proposing reforms that threatened the power of the nobility in Da Chu. Despite his noble intentions, he was labeled a traitor. Mi Jiang explains that Xiong Tuo, the current Lord of Yang City, supported her father and inherited his reform ideas. Zhao Hong Run realizes the potential threat Xiong Tuo poses to Wei, as he prepares to challenge the old nobility's hold on power. This revelation makes Zhao Hong Run wary of Xiong Tuo's ambitions and the implications for the balance of power between their states.

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