Eager to help Prince Heng ascend the throne, General Bo Kai hires two hitmen to eliminate Prince Ying, though Yuan An foils both assassination attempts. Nevertheless, she rubs Prince Ying up the wrong way when she lashes out at him, earning her jail time in the palace’s cellars. After a failed torture interrogation, Prince Ying approaches Yuan An personally and demands answers from her. She then lies about her being Prince Ying’s former sweetheart and how she called him Mu Le as an endearment. (Source: Viu)