Recaps

Lin Yunwan returned to the Capital with Qi Lingheng and visited her family, where she reunited emotionally with her mother and learned that her brother Lin Yunyi had withheld the reason he skipped an examination. She took Lin Yunyi aside to ask him about it, while Qi Lingheng declined to intervene.

• Lin Yunwan and Qi Lingheng quietly visited the Lin Family, where Lin Yunwan reunited with her mother, Madam Lin.
• Madam Lin told Lin Yunwan that Lin Yunyi had burned her letters after she read them, and reassured her that she and Lin Yunyi would always be her family.
• Lin Yunwan asked about the Lin clan and learned that it was declining, while Madam Lin said Seventh Master Li still visited and Lin Yunyi kept wine for him.
• Lin Yunwan asked why Lin Yunyi had not sat the examination three years earlier, and Madam Lin told her to ask him directly.
• Lin Yunwan summoned Lin Yunyi to speak with her, while Qi Lingheng told him he was on his own.

Lin Yunwan learned that Lin Yunyi had rejected potential brides because he wanted a capable wife, while the Lin family's poverty had led other families to look down on him. She agreed to help with his marriage and returned to the princely residence, where Qi Lingheng recognized how much she had carried for her family.

• Lin Yunyi explained that he wanted a wife able to manage a household and said he had missed the Tongsheng Examination because of diarrhea, while hinting that the Lu family might have been involved.
• Lin Yunwan and Qi Lingheng shared a meal with Madam Lin and Lin Yunyi, and Madam Lin told Lin Yunwan that prospective matches had rejected Yunyi because the Lin family was poor.
• Madam Lin revealed that Lin Yunyi was due to meet the Chang family's Di Daughter at a temple in five days.
• Lin Yunwan told Lin Yunyi that she and Madam Lin should help him choose a wife, and he agreed to listen to their advice.
• After returning to the princely residence, Lin Yunwan told Qi Lingheng that caring for her family, him, and Jun'er had not felt like a hardship.

Lin Yunwan discussed the Lu family’s role in Lin Yunyi’s poisoning and learned that Qi Lingheng would support her in pursuing the truth. At Red Elephant Temple, she recalled Chang Gong’s visit there nearly seven years earlier.

• Lin Yunwan blamed the Lu family for Yun Yi’s poisoning and said the academy’s scholars had still held Lu Changzong responsible despite the family’s intervention.
• Qi Lingheng and Lin Yunwan discussed Ge Bao’er’s recognition by Duke Xingguo and Duchess Xingguo, and Lin Yunwan suspected the duchess and Madam Chang planned to meet at Red Elephant Temple.
• Qi Lingheng told Lin Yunwan that the scholars had shunned Lu Changzong after Yun Yi was poisoned, while the legitimate eldest son was left alone, leading Lin Yunwan to wonder if Chang Gong had helped Yun Yi.
• Qi Lingheng told Lin Yunwan to act on her suspicions and promised to support her as Prince Huan Consort.
• At Red Elephant Temple, Lin Yunwan found the old calligraphy Chang Gong had written there nearly seven years earlier.

Lin Yunwan visited Red Elephant Temple and learned that Lu Chang'gong’s childhood calligraphy had become treasured, while Ge Bao'er tried to persuade Lu Zhengliu to intervene in Lin Yunyi’s proposed marriage. Lu Zhengliu rejected her account of the past but decided to go to the temple himself to help Yun Yi’s marriage.

• Lin Yunwan saw Lu Chang'gong’s old calligraphy at Red Elephant Temple and recalled teaching him to write.
• Ge Bao'er told Lu Zhengliu she had asked her mother to support Lin Yunyi’s match with Lord Chang’s daughter, and urged him to stop the students at Mingshan Academy from bullying Qing'er.
• Lu Zhengliu doubted Ge Bao'er’s innocence and rejected the idea that the Lu and Lin families could mend their old friendship.
• Ge Bao'er admitted privately that she had no intention of helping the Lin Family, then visited Old Madam Lu, who cursed her and called for Yun Wan.
• Lu Zhengliu changed his destination from the dock to Red Elephant Temple, intending to help Yun Yi’s marriage.

Lin Yunwan overheard Madam Chen and her servant misleading Madam Chang into rejecting a match with the Lin family's young master, and she confronted them for slandering the Lin family. The chapter ended as Madam Chen's servants challenged Lin Yunwan's attendants, unaware of whom they were facing.

• Madam Chen steered Madam Chang's worries about her younger daughter's marriage toward a proposed match with the Lin family's young master.
• Madam Chen and her nanny implied that Lin Yunyi had avoided an examination out of fear and warned Madam Chang away from the match without revealing any evidence.
• Madam Chang believed the insinuations and promised to reject the match discreetly while thanking Madam Chen for the warning.
• Lin Yunwan called out Madam Chen for using despicable means to ruin the Lin family's reputation.
• Madam Chen demanded to know who was listening, and Nanny Lü and Cuiqin rebuked her and her servant.

Lin Yunwan stopped Madam Chen from discrediting Lin Yunyi to Madam Chang, and Lu Zhengliu later revealed why Madam Chen had tried to sabotage the match. Madam Chang rejected the marriage discussion and left, while Lu Zhengliu hurried after the unidentified noblewoman who had defended Lin Yunyi.

• Lin Yunwan urged Madam Chang to wait for Lin Yunyi’s Provincial Examinations before judging his character and talent.
• Madam Chen left Red Elephant Temple furious and told her servant to report to Great-Aunt that her task was done.
• Lu Zhengliu intercepted Madam Chang and confessed that a concubine related to Madam Chen had sent her to ruin Lin Yunyi’s marriage prospects.
• Madam Chang rejected the Lin family match, frustrated that several people had tried to influence her, and described the noblewoman who had defended Lin Yunyi.
• Lu Zhengliu rode away to catch up with the noblewoman and discover who she was.

Lu Zhengliu failed to catch Lin Yunwan’s carriage, and Madam Chang canceled her daughter’s meeting with Lin Yunyi after deciding not to risk an alliance with the Lin family. Back home, Yunwan learned the Chang family had already withdrawn, then heard that Chang Gong’s Clerical Script resembled hers and fell silent thinking of the child she had raised.

• Lu Zhengliu recognized Lin Yunwan in the carriage from Prince Huan’s Residence, fell from his horse while chasing it, and failed to catch up.
• Madam Chang decided to cancel her daughter’s meeting with Lin Yunyi, fearing the Chen family’s influence and doubting the Lin family was a safe match.
• Qi Lingheng caught up with Lin Yunwan, heard about her visit to Red Elephant Temple, and agreed that the Chang family was not a suitable alliance if Yun Yi was dissatisfied.
• Lin Yunwan told Lin Yunyi what had happened, but he said the Chang family had already sent word that they would not meet him.
• After dinner, Lin Yunyi told Lin Yunwan that Chang Gong’s Clerical Script looked just like hers, leaving her silent as she remembered him.

Lu Zhengliu confronted Ge Bao'er over the broken match between Lin Yunyi and the Chang family, then visited Zhu Qing and Mu'er, whose closeness to Lu Chang'gong highlighted their distance from him. Lu Zhengliu told Lu Chang'gong he had seen someone resembling his dead mother at Red Elephant Temple, and Lu Chang'gong secretly realized his mother had returned.

• Ge Bao'er brought soup to Lu Zhengliu and tried to discuss Lin Yunyi's marriage, but Lu Zhengliu accused her of interfering and warned her to stay away from the Lin family's affairs.
• Lu Zhengliu visited Zhu Qing and Mu'er, who was shy around him but affectionate with Lu Chang'gong when he brought her books.
• Zhu Qing told Mu'er that Lu Chang'gong's mother had been the best person in the world and that Mu'er could no longer meet her.
• Lu Zhengliu told Lu Chang'gong he had seen someone who looked like his mother at Red Elephant Temple, though he believed he must have been mistaken.
• After leaving Lu Zhengliu, Lu Chang'gong trembled and realized that his mother had come back, wondering whether she still remembered him.

Lin Yunwan reunited with Lu Chang'gong at Red Elephant Temple, where he tearfully asked if he could still call her Mother. As they climbed the mountain, he told her about the Lu family, and she warned him that Concubine Ge might have poisoned Old Madam Lu.

• Lin Yunwan recognized Lu Chang'gong by the clerical-script couplets he had written at Red Elephant Temple and arranged to speak with him privately.
• Lu Chang'gong asked whether he could still call Lin Yunwan Mother, then wept as he told her how much he had missed her.
• Lin Yunwan and Lu Chang'gong climbed the mountain together, and he told her about the Lu family's decline and how Concubine Zhu Qing had cared for him.
• Lin Yunwan warned Lu Chang'gong that Concubine Ge knew Old Madam Lu had poisoned her, and he realized Concubine Ge might have poisoned Old Madam in return.

Lin Yunwan urged Lu Chang'gong to focus on his studies rather than revenge, then returned to the Wuding Marquis Residence with Qi Zaijun. At the residence, Ge Bao'er secretly added medicine to Old Madam Lu's dose, while Lu Zhengliu and Lu Chang'gong found the old woman accusing them of plotting against her.

• Lin Yunwan learned that Lu Chang'gong had helped Lin Yunyi after he was poisoned and told him to concentrate on the coming examinations instead of seeking revenge.
• Lin Yunwan left Red Elephant Temple with Qi Zaijun, while Lu Chang'gong watched their carriage depart and thought of her son as someone he could never be.
• Lu Chang'gong learned from Qianru that Lu Changzong was avoiding Mingshan Academy and quarreling with Concubine Ge over Xiao Xuan, then went to see Mu'er.
• Ge Bao'er secretly put medicine from a small bottle into Old Madam Lu's bowl and forced her to take it, then blamed the Lin family for Qing'er's troubles.
• Lu Zhengliu visited Old Madam Lu, who accused Ge Bao'er and others of harming her, and he later led Lu Chang'gong away when she claimed Lu Chang'gong meant to harm the family too.

Nanny Yan told Old Madam Lu that Concubine Ge had paid her back for the poisoning plots and left her isolated, prompting the Old Madam to mourn Lin Yunwan. Lu Zhengliu then spoke with Lu Chang'gong about seeing a woman who resembled his dead first wife and urged his son to secure the Lu family's future.

• Nanny Yan confessed that she served Concubine Ge because the Ge family's influence controlled her son and daughter-in-law's prospects, and reminded Old Madam Lu that Concubine Ge's cruelty was retribution for her past schemes.
• Old Madam Lu wept for Yun Wan while Nanny Yan lamented the decline of the Wuding Marquis Residence and left her in bed.
• After leaving the Hall of Longevity, Lu Zhengliu told Lu Chang'gong he had visited Red Elephant Temple hoping to see a woman who resembled his late wife.
• Lu Zhengliu and Lu Chang'gong passed Lu Changzong's courtyard, where Xiao Xuan's laughter could be heard, and Lu Zhengliu warned his son not to follow his brother's example.
• Lu Zhengliu urged Lu Chang'gong to study hard and support the Lu family, while Lu Chang'gong told him not to return to Red Elephant Temple because his mother was dead.
• Lu Chang'gong declined an invitation to the Duke Xingguo's Residence banquet because of his upcoming examination, while Lu Zhengliu planned to attend and seek an introduction to Prince Huan and Prince Huan Consort.

Lin Yunwan attended a banquet at Duke Xingguo's Residence with Qi Zaijun, where Madam Chen mistook her for a low-ranking relative and insulted her before discovering she was the Prince Huan Consort. Meanwhile, Ge Bao'er and Lu Changzong traveled to the banquet, arguing over his wish to bring Xiao Xuan.

• Lin Yunwan and Qi Lingheng prepared for the banquet, but Qi Lingheng went to the palace while Lin Yunwan took Qi Zaijun to Duke Xingguo's Residence.
• Lin Yunwan greeted the Crown Prince Consort at the entrance, and they entered the residence together.
• Madam Chen heard Lin Yunwan's voice and, believing her to be a poor relation of the Crown Prince Consort, vowed to confront her over their earlier encounter at Red Elephant Temple.
• Madam Chen challenged Lin Yunwan at the banquet, then learned from a servant that Lin Yunwan was the Prince Huan Consort and hurriedly welcomed her inside.
• On the road to the banquet, Lu Changzong argued with Ge Bao'er because she would not let him bring Xiao Xuan, and he insulted her by calling her a concubine.

Lin Yunwan brought Qi Zaijun to change after milk spilled on him at the Duke's Residence, while Ge Bao'er pressed Lady Liu's maid for a chance to meet the Prince Huan Consort. Lu Zhengliu saw Lin Yunwan in the inner courtyard and ran to her, but she asked who he was.

• A maid spilled milk on Qi Zaijun, and Lin Yunwan took him to a guest room to change.
• Ge Bao'er asked Lady Liu's maid to arrange for her to meet the Princess Consort, insisting she could rise in status if she tried.
• A manservant told Lu Zhengliu that the Chen Heir Apparent was recovering from a leg injury in the rear courtyard, and Lu Zhengliu recalled the Duke's household treating him as an unwelcome relative.
• Lu Zhengliu spotted Lin Yunwan near the Second Gate and rushed toward her, recognizing her as his first wife.
• Lin Yunwan asked Lu Zhengliu who he was, leaving him unable to explain himself.

Lu Zhengliu recognized Lin Yunwan at Duke Xingguo’s Residence and begged her to return to him, but she denied knowing him. He discovered she was Prince Huan’s Consort and had a son, and watched her leave with Qi Zaijun, realizing he could never marry her again.

• Lu Zhengliu rushed toward Lin Yunwan, but Cuiqin and the maids blocked him as he tearfully begged her to come home.
• Lin Yunwan coldly denied knowing Lu Zhengliu while he apologized for his past and promised to make amends.
• Lu Zhengliu learned Lin Yunwan had remarried and insisted he would marry her again, despite Cuiqin’s objections.
• Qi Zaijun ran to Lin Yunwan and called her Mother, and Cuiqin revealed that she was Prince Huan’s Consort.
• Lin Yunwan left with Qi Zaijun, while Lu Zhengliu realized she had married into the imperial family and was beyond his reach.

At Duke Xingguo's Residence, Lin Yunwan confronted Madam Chen after Lu Zhengliu entered the inner courtyard and accosted her. Qi Lingheng arrived and took Lin Yunwan and Qi Zaijun home, leaving Lu Zhengliu kneeling.

• Lin Yunwan held Qi Zaijun and challenged Madam Chen for allowing Lu Zhengliu into the inner courtyard, then prepared to leave the banquet.
• Qi Lingheng grew impatient when servants could not tell him where Lin Yunwan was and went to fetch her with Second Master Chen.
• Madam Chen tried to blame Lu Zhengliu's behavior on his hysteria and persuade Lin Yunwan to discuss the matter privately, but Qi Zaijun scolded her and led Lin Yunwan toward the gate.
• Qi Lingheng arrived, heard Lin Yunwan explain that Madam Chen had tried to keep them from leaving, and confronted Lu Zhengliu.
• Second Master Chen and the servants knelt; Qi Lingheng demanded that Lu Zhengliu kneel too, and Lu Zhengliu complied before Qi Lingheng took Lin Yunwan and Qi Zaijun home.
• Ge Bao'er arrived after they had left, unaware that Lu Changzong had secretly watched the confrontation.

After Lu Zhengliu caused a scandal at the Duke's Residence by harassing the Prince Huan Consort, Ge Bao'er learned he had called the Princess Consort Yun Wan and returned to the Wuding Marquis Residence to confront him. Lu Changzong's confused memories of a woman from his past deepened her suspicion that the woman who had burned to death might have appeared again.

• Ge Bao'er and Lady Liu found Madam Chen shaken after Lu Zhengliu harassed the Prince Huan Consort, while Lu Zhengliu admitted he was wrong and walked away.
• Ge Bao'er learned from the Stewardess that Lu Zhengliu had called the Princess Consort Yun Wan and hurried back to the Wuding Marquis Residence to find him.
• At the Duke's Residence, Chen Heir Apparent argued with Madam Chen about her ties to the Lu family, then decided he and Second Master Chen should apologize at Prince Huan's Residence.
• Madam Chen fainted after her heart ailment flared up, and Chen Heir Apparent sent for a physician.
• Ge Bao'er found Lu Changzong holding bamboo and learned he might have seen the woman he remembered at the Duke's Residence.
• Ge Bao'er went to confront Lu Zhengliu, wondering whether the woman who had burned to death had returned.

Lu Zhengliu became convinced that Prince Huan’s Consort resembled Lin Yunwan and went to dig up the Lin family grave, while Qi Lingheng and Lin Yunwan dealt with Duke Xingguo’s Residence’s apology. The grave had been moved, and the emperor heard the rumors but did not question them.

• Lu Zhengliu left to inspect the Lin family ancestral graves after Ge Bao’er insisted Lin Yunwan had died.
• Zhu Qing discussed the rumors with Lu Chang’gong and told Mu’er that she had her mother, her elder brother, and their Young Madam.
• A Fu told Qi Lingheng that Lu Zhengliu intended to dig up Lin Yunwan’s grave, but Yun Yi had moved it years earlier.
• Lin Yunwan accepted Duke Xingguo’s Residence’s apology, judging that the Lu family’s wrongdoing did not require punishing the entire household.
• Qi Lingheng sent Qi Zaijun to the palace, where Emperor Jingshun welcomed him and declined to ask about the rumors.

Ge Bao'er and Madam Chen suspected that the Prince Huan Consort was Lin Yunwan returned from the dead, while Lin Yunyi and Wenhai entered the Provincial Examinations. At a banquet after the exams, the ailing Crown Prince warmly received Qi Zaijun and gave him his Jade Thumb Ring.

• Lu Zhengliu became convinced that the Prince Huan Consort was Lin Yunwan, while Ge Bao'er insisted on seeing her for herself.
• Ge Bao'er asked Madam Chen to arrange a meeting, and Madam Chen agreed to wait for an opportunity to take her secretly to see the Prince Huan Consort.
• Lin Yunyi, Lu Chang'gong, and Wenhai entered the Provincial Examinations, and Lin Yunjiao argued with Wen Mu over Wenhai's prospects and her own place in the family.
• After the nine-day examinations, Lin Yunjiao wondered whether Lin Yun Wan was truly her sister returned in another body.
• At a Crown Prince's Residence banquet, the Crown Prince warmly received Qi Zaijun and gave him the Jade Thumb Ring Emperor Jingshun had bestowed on him.

At the Crown Prince’s banquet, Ge Bao’er recognized Lin Yunwan and returned with Madam Chen determined that Lin had survived and framed her. Lin later learned why Qi Lingheng had once fought the Crown Prince, and the Provincial Examination results revealed several familiar names among those who passed.

• Qi Zaijun showed Lin Yunwan the jade thumb ring the Crown Prince had given him, while Ge Bao’er disguised as a maid caught sight of Lin and recognized her.
• Madam Chen took Ge Bao’er away, where Ge insisted Lin Yunwan was alive and had conspired with her adopted son to frame her; Madam Chen worried that the adopted son might gain control of the Lu family.
• The Crown Prince Consort told Lin Yunwan that Madam Chen had visited the residence, and Lin guessed that Ge Bao’er had been the maid who broke a cup.
• Lin showed Qi Lingheng the Crown Prince’s ring, and he explained that he had been sent away from the Capital after fighting the Crown Prince over the Crown Prince’s wet nurse and the punishment she received.
• The Provincial Examination results showed that Yun Yi, Chang Gong, Wenhai, and Xia Jin had all passed, and Qi Lingheng predicted that someone would soon seek out Ge Bao’er.

Lin Yunyi and Lu Chang'gong celebrated passing the provincial examinations, while Ge Bao'er pressed Lu Zhengliu about Lin Yunwan and set out to question her relatives. Lu Chang'gong stayed with Mu'er, teaching her and wishing his absent mother could share his success.

• Lin Yunyi placed thirty-second in the provincial examinations, received congratulations from the Lin clan, and remembered that his late sister Yun Wan had taught Lu Chang'gong.
• Lu Zhengliu celebrated Lu Chang'gong passing the examinations at fifteen, but Old Madam Lu became confused and asked whether Yun Wan had returned.
• Lu Zhengliu caught Ge Bao'er's maid revealing that Madam Chen was searching for Lin Yunwan's former servants, and Ge Bao'er challenged him about Yunwan's supposed death and current life as Prince Huan Consort.
• Ge Bao'er told Lu Zhengliu that Lin Yunjiao was related to Prince Huan Consort and decided to visit the Wen family to seek evidence.
• Lu Chang'gong taught Mu'er to write and promised to teach her boxing, swordplay, and riding; Zhu Qing said Yun Wan's spirit had blessed his success.

Ge Bao'er visited Lin Yunjiao and offered her money to identify Lin Yunwan as the Prince Huan Consort, but Lin Yunjiao refused and gave Ge Bao'er information to investigate on her own. Lin Yunjiao then visited Lin Yunwan at Prince Huan's Residence and returned the money, insisting she owed her nothing.

• Ge Bao'er visited Lin Yunjiao and offered five hundred taels for her to identify the Prince Huan Consort.
• Lin Yunjiao refused to identify Lin Yunwan, but gave Ge Bao'er information to investigate and accepted eight hundred taels.
• Lin Yunjiao went to Prince Huan's Residence, and Lin Yunwan welcomed her and prepared refreshments and gifts for the children.
• Lin Yunjiao returned the banknotes to Lin Yunwan and said she had come only because of the money from the Wuding Marquis Residence.

Lin Yunjiao told Lin Yunwan that Ge Bao'er had asked about her origins, but refused to identify her and accepted help for her family. Meanwhile, Lin Yunyi’s examination success drew marriage interest, the Chang family turned against Duke Xingguo’s Residence, and Ge Bao'er claimed she had found evidence that Lin Yunwan was not Prince Huan Consort.

• Lin Yunjiao told Lin Yunwan about Ge Bao'er’s questions and refused to help the Lu family’s Concubine identify her, then left with gifts and an eight-hundred-tael banknote.
• Lin Yunjiao bought clothes for Wenhai, their child, herself, and Wen Mu, while Wenhai thanked her and promised not to claim connections to the Prince’s household.
• Lin Yunwan read that Lin Yunyi had passed the Provincial Examinations and discussed his decision to postpone marriage until after the Metropolitan Examination with Qi Lingheng.
• Madam Chang regretted missing the chance to match her daughter with Lin Yunyi, and Prefect Chang agreed to write a memorial against Duke Xingguo’s Residence.
• Ge Bao'er told Madam Chen that she had found evidence that Lin Yunwan was the Lin Family’s Di Daughter and the former mistress of the Marquis of Wuding’s household, not Prince Huan Consort.

Ge Bao'er persuaded Madam Chen and Lu Zhengliu to help expose Lin Yunwan’s identity, hoping to destroy her and secure the Wuding Marquis Residence for Qing'er. Lu Zhengliu agreed to approach Prince Huan privately, while Ge Bao'er secretly resolved that Lin Yunwan could not be allowed to live.

• Ge Bao'er convinced Madam Chen to seek help from the Crown Prince and Crown Prince Consort in exposing Lin Yunwan as an impostor.
• Madam Chen agreed that the Crown Prince’s side might exploit the accusation, though she worried about offending Prince Huan.
• Ge Bao'er told Lu Zhengliu she had met with the Jiangqian Lin family and suggested Lin Yunwan could be exposed and brought back to him.
• Lu Zhengliu agreed to speak with Prince Huan in private but warned Ge Bao'er not to spread the accusation publicly.
• After Lu Zhengliu left, Ge Bao'er decided Lin Yunwan had to die so Qing'er could inherit the Wuding Marquis Residence.

Lin Yunwan and Qi Lingheng agreed to let Yun Yi choose his own marriage after his examinations. Lu Zhengliu tried to expose Lin Yunwan’s past to Qi Lingheng, but learned that Qi Lingheng already knew and had helped her; meanwhile, Ge Bao’er sought the Crown Prince’s support, and Lin Yunwan prepared to face the Crown Prince’s birthday banquet.

• Lin Yunwan told Qi Lingheng that Yun Yi wanted a steady wife and proposed letting him choose after his examinations; Qi Lingheng agreed to support his choice.
• Qi Lingheng met Lu Zhengliu in secret, and Lu Zhengliu claimed Lin Yunwan had once been mistress of the Wuding Marquis Residence and said he had proof she deceived the emperor.
• Qi Lingheng revealed that he knew Lin Yunwan’s past and said he himself had deceived the emperor, leaving Lu Zhengliu stunned.
• Lu Zhengliu left in disarray, realizing Qi Lingheng had secretly helped Lin Yunwan fake her death and leave the Wuding Marquis Residence.
• Ge Bao’er concluded that the Crown Prince might care about Lin Yunwan’s identity and arranged to meet the Crown Prince Consort.
• Lin Yunwan and Qi Lingheng discussed the Crown Prince’s unusual birthday banquet; Lin Yunwan said she was unafraid and looked forward to confronting Lu Zhengliu and Ge Bao’er.

Lin Yunwan attended the Crown Prince’s birthday banquet with Qi Zaijun, where the Crown Prince Consort arranged for her to face Madam Chen and the Old Madam of the Wuding Marquis Residence. Old Madam Lu begged Lin Yunwan to return to the Lu family, and the Crown Prince framed the confrontation as an inquiry into her innocence; Prince Huan arrived as the scene ended.

• Lin Yunwan and Qi Zaijun arrived at the banquet, where the Crown Prince Consort warmly welcomed Lin Yunwan and seated her beside Madam Chen of Duke Xingguo’s Residence.
• The Old Madam of the Wuding Marquis Residence arrived in a wheelchair, recognized Lin Yunwan as Yunwan, and begged her to return to the Lu family.
• Cuiqin tried to have Old Madam Lu removed, while Lin Yunwan denied being the person she had mistaken her for.
• The Crown Prince arrived and told Qi Zaijun that he and the Crown Prince Consort were investigating Lin Yunwan, then assured her she would not be wronged.
• A Fu announced Prince Huan’s arrival, and the Crown Prince ordered that he be admitted.