The ending of the second season of the Qing Dynasty novel was that the Qing Emperor died after being defeated by Fan Xian. Fan Xian became an assistant to the Qing Kingdom and lived in seclusion in Jiangnan. In order to investigate the truth behind Ye Qingmei's murder, Chen Pingping confronted the Qing Emperor and was executed after revealing the truth. After Wu Zhu killed the Qing Emperor, he was seriously injured but eventually recovered.