When Sang Que went inside to take a bath and rest, Ruan Shichun awakened Sun Sheng, who had been brought back by Li Ping, and from Sun Sheng, he learned that his son Ruan Xiong and others had all been killed by Sang Que.
Ruan Shichun, in a fit of rage and grief, fainted and was revived by someone pinching his philtrum. Overwhelmed by sorrow and resentment, Ruan Shichun felt an intense surge of bitterness.
That was the last son of the Ruan Family, and this severed his very roots!
Ruan Shichun wailed mournfully, his grief unbearable.
When Li Ping came to convey Sang Que's order to take charge here, Ruan Shichun was filled with deep-seated resentment.
While instructing everyone to go to the council hall to meet Sang Que, he secretly pulled Ruan Xiong's confidant, Du Xiaochuan, aside to give him whispered instructions.
