Li Ming proposes to hold a Winter Celebration, hoping to make a final stand at the banquet. During the banquet, everyone has their own schemes. Lin Fei Bai and Su Rong Hua compete in a lion dance fight as a performance. But they are actually fighting against each other as love rivals over Shangguan Ya. The fight is fierce and intense. In the end, both are injured.

冬嬉之日如期而至，皇帝与众臣欢聚一堂，危机四伏。谢春和饮下毒茶吐血昏迷，引起现场一片混乱。李蓉注意到谢春和腰间的香囊，随同人群前往偏殿探究。冬嬉赛事接近尾声，有侍女传话要李蓉去后山与上官雅会面，可当李蓉走至半路，忽觉事态不妙。紧接着，一众杀手从四周涌现，幸得李川及时带人赶来，双方激战正酣，李蓉只得趁乱逃离。