Jing Hong and Princess Rou Jia must deal with feeding the people at Jishan Hall, and Zhuo Hua and Prince Chen must deal with selfish merchants hoarding the rice and grain for themselves. Not finding Xue Xiao Tang in the capital, Lord Ding surmises he must have followed Princess Rou Jia to Jiangnan. The Empress Dowager decides to target Lord Ding before he gets too far into his investigation. (Source: frankly at MyDramaList)