The head of the Ruan family went to the ancestral hall to take his wife back, and the first thing he said was: "Do you know you were wrong?" Song laughed bitterly: "Of course I am wrong. I shouldn't have married you. It was my fault. I was forced to kneel here and figured out many things in my life, such as lanterns, kites, the taboo of the pronunciation of the character "田", sesame dumplings, the handkerchiefs in the study that no one is allowed to touch, and the portrait of your benefactor that you asked someone to draw... Second Master Ruan, let's just treat it as a dream and get a divorce." Second Master Ruan said angrily: "You can divorce me. In my Ruan family, there are only divorced wives and widowed wives, but no divorce." Song said: "Okay, okay" with a miserable laugh, and banged her head against the pillar. Second Master Ruan was stunned. The Song family finally rushed in and were horrified by the scene. Song, held by her brother, had left a final message: "I will not be buried in the Ruan family tomb or in the Ruan family ancestral hall. We cannot live in harmony, and I want to die cleanly and alone." Seeing his sister's death, her face still swollen with finger marks, Song's brother flew into a rage. He slapped Mr. Ruan twice and carried his sister's body away. Mr. Ruan sat alone in the ancestral hall all night. Meanwhile, the Song family announced their break with the Ruan family.

Amidst the chaos among the families, treacherous servants began betraying their masters. Wang Suwen and the minor official Zhang Guanghe teamed up to obtain evidence of collusion between several families and Prince Guanghuai. The two approached the head of the mascot, and Wang Suwen's entourage of "water conservancy experts" collectively transformed into the renowned Yulin Guards, reclaiming the seal of a provincial official. The mascot then wrote a genuine memorial, beheading several families on the official road. The memorial was then handed over to a convoy of officials from the neighboring Jiangzhou, delivering the first official memorial from Yangzhou in years.

Over the past few years, Zhang Guanghe has collected a wealth of information on the misdeeds of several major families. As the saying goes, "There are many birds in the forest, and every major family has its own problems." In the past, he had absolute control over everything, and any trouble caused by the family's incompetent members could be easily dealt with. Now, Wang Suwen and Zhang Guanghe have launched an investigation into these matters under the pretext of a mascot, and they have quickly established witnesses and physical evidence.

The families were still fighting. Wang Suwen secretly used the old channels of the families to pass some information to Prince Guanghuai. After Prince Guanghuai knew that he might be exposed, he sent out an assassination team. Before Emperor Mingzheng sent people, they killed some people from several major families. The families suffered heavy losses and became suspicious of each other. The fighting and assassination, Emperor Mingzheng used a knife to kill people, and the families were mostly eliminated. After Emperor Mingzheng sent a whole team of officials to take over Yangzhou, the remaining ones were eliminated with the evidence and cases prepared by Wang Suwen and Zhang Guanghe. Several families were almost wiped out. The money collected from the confiscation of property was enough for Emperor Mingzheng to expand his territory. The Ministry of Revenue, which complained about poverty every day, was grinning from ear to ear. Water conservancy, military pay, drought, so many holes were filled.