Recaps

Lin Yunwan recovered from illness while caring for Lu Chang'gong, then asked whether he missed his birth father and accepted that he did. A letter from Lady Guo suggested she had taken Lin Yunwan’s adoption plans to heart, and Lin Yunwan replied that she would visit her.

• Lin Yunwan left Old Madam Lu to raise Qing and instructed Ping Ye to keep watch on Wu'er after learning Ge Bao'er had renamed her.
• Ge Bao'er overheard that Zhang Feng'an wanted to teach Lu Chang'gong rather than Qing, while Old Madam Lu gently warned Qing to stop having a page do his assignments.
• While ill during a downpour, Lin Yunwan watched Lu Chang'gong recite lessons outside; he stayed there so she could see him until she sent word that she would worry if he caught cold.
• After Lin Yunwan recovered, she asked Lu Chang'gong if he missed his birth father, and he admitted that he did; she reassured him that this was natural.
• Lin Yunwan received a letter from Lady Guo about her adoption plans and wrote back that she would visit her.

Lin Yunwan returned to her family home with Lu Zhengliu, reunited tearfully with her blind mother and younger brother, and discussed the limits her marriage placed on her choices. She arranged to bring Lu Chang'gong to visit her father's grave, and the family set out for the mountain with Lady Guo.

• Lu Zhengliu took Lin Yunwan's hand at the Lin home to make her family think he treated her well, but she pulled away.
• Lin Yunwan reunited with Madam Lin and Lin Yunyi, who had skipped lessons because he expected her return.
• Lu Zhengliu greeted his in-laws and stayed for the midday meal before leaving for official business.
• Madam Lin asked why children had been adopted under Lin Yunwan's name, and Lin Yunwan said she could not have children of her own and could not leave because of Lin Yunyi's future.
• Lin Yunwan asked to bring Lu Chang'gong to her father's grave, and Madam Lin agreed; Lin Yunyi was delighted to learn he had a nephew.
• Lin Yunwan brought Lu Chang'gong to pay respects to Grand Tutor Lin and met Lady Guo before they went up the mountain together.

Lin Yunwan and her family visited Grand Tutor Lin’s grave, where Lu Chang'gong showed care for Madam Lin and paid his respects to his grandfather. After parting from Lady Guo, Lin Yunwan took her son and brother to Red Elephant Temple, thinking about protecting her dowry and supporting her birth family.

• Lin Yunwan introduced Lin Yunyi to Lu Chang'gong as his uncle, and the family joked together on their way up the mountain.
• Lin Yunwan explained that Lu Qing had stayed home to study with his strict tutor, while Lady Guo asked about Lu Chang'gong’s calligraphy lessons.
• Madam Lin’s eyes became uncomfortable after she cried, so Lu Chang'gong went back for a waterskin and brought it to Lin Yunwan.
• At Grand Tutor Lin’s grave, Madam Lin invited Lu Chang'gong to kowtow to his grandfather, and Lin Yunyi helped him up.
• Lady Guo declined to visit Red Elephant Temple, agreed to teach Lin Yunwan about blending fragrances, and went down the mountain.
• Lin Yunwan decided to care for her dowry and support her birth family before taking Lu Chang'gong and Lin Yunyi into the temple.

Lin Yunwan discussed starting an incense business with Madam Lin, then met Qi Lingheng, who was intrigued by her and by the child she had adopted. After returning to the Wuding Marquis Residence, she was summoned by Old Madam Lu, where Lu Qing was also waiting.

• Lin Yunwan told Madam Lin she planned to sell her distant shops and start an incense business in the capital, and Madam Lin offered her and her brother’s help.
• Lin Yunwan met Qi Lingheng, identified four fragrances around him, and could not recognize the scent coming from his body.
• Lin Yunwan and Madam Lin offered incense and drew fortune sticks at the Main Buddha Hall, while Qi Lingheng left wondering why Lin Yunwan had not recognized him.
• Qi Lingheng learned that Lin Yunwan’s older adopted son was nearly nine years old, and A Fu speculated that she could still have children of her own.
• Old Madam Lu summoned Lin Yunwan after she returned to the residence, and the messenger told her Lu Qing was there too.

Qing asked Lin Yunwan to teach him instead of Mr. Zhang, but Old Madam Lu refused to change his studies and Ge Bao'er persuaded him to continue. The chapter ended with Old Madam Lu forbidding Ge Bao'er from practicing her writing, leaving her resentful.

• Qing told Lin Yunwan he wanted her to teach him, then cried that Mr. Zhang's lessons were exhausting and he did not want to attend school.
• Lin Yunwan suggested that Qing study basic characters and learn martial arts, but Old Madam Lu insisted he must study for the imperial examinations.
• Ge Bao'er privately comforted Qing, and he emerged agreeing to study hard under Mr. Zhang.
• Old Madam Lu asked Ge Bao'er how she had persuaded Qing, then told her to stop practicing writing.
• Ge Bao'er hid her anger as she wondered why Lin Yunwan could learn while she could not.

Ge Bao'er persuaded Old Madam Lu to let her study, while Lu Zhengliu began treating Lin Yunwan’s family with more respect. After Qing bullied Lu Chang'gong, Lin Yunwan punished him and resolved to stop her eldest son from yielding to him.

• Ge Bao'er asked Old Madam Lu for permission to learn proper books, and Old Madam Lu warned her against forbidden or frivolous reading.
• Lu Zhengliu agreed with Old Madam Lu that Qing needed discipline and said he would keep Lin Yunwan’s family in mind.
• Qing shot Lu Chang'gong with a slingshot and mocked him for being adopted, until Lin Yunwan overheard them.
• Lin Yunwan had Qing beaten and made to stand as punishment while she treated Lu Chang'gong’s injury.
• After Qing went to complain to Old Madam Lu, Lin Yunwan decided that Lu Chang'gong would no longer have to put up with his younger brother’s bullying.

Lin Yunwan told Old Madam Lu that Qing had spoken as though he would rule the household, and Old Madam suspected Ge Bao'er had taught him. Later, Lin Yunwan warned Lu Zhengliu to keep proper distance from Ge Bao'er and rejected his offer to help her family, leaving him regretful and Ge Bao'er pale after overhearing them.

• Ping Ye told Lin Yunwan that Qing had gone to complain to Old Madam, who had invited Lin Yunwan to supper.
• Lin Yunwan had Ping Ye recount Qing's claim that he was the household's master, and Old Madam Lu grew alarmed and suspected Ge Bao'er had taught him.
• Lu Zhengliu met Lin Yunwan outside the Hall of Longevity and told her he agreed Qing deserved punishment.
• Lin Yunwan warned Lu Zhengliu that his closeness to the unmarried Ge Bao'er could invite suspicion, and he promised to be more careful.
• Lu Zhengliu offered to help the Lin Family, but Lin Yunwan refused to use the Lu family's resources for private benefit and left.
• Lu Zhengliu regretted his words, while Ge Bao'er stood beneath a lamp, pale after overhearing their conversation.

Lin Yunwan persuaded Old Madam Lu to let her choose concubines and servants at a Lu family estate, then brought Lu Chang'gong there. At the estate, Zhu Qing begged Lin Yunwan to take her back to the residence.

• Old Madam Lu agreed that Lin Yunwan could choose two concubines for Lu Zhengliu and take Lu Chang'gong to the estate.
• Qing envied Lu Chang'gong when he learned that he was going to the estate, then went to class instead.
• Lin Yunwan and Lu Chang'gong arrived at the estate, where Lin Yunwan asked to see Zhu Qing and choose women to serve at the residence.
• Zhu Qing told Lin Yunwan that life on the estate had been hard and begged to return to the residence as her servant.

Lin Yunwan brought Zhu Qing back from the estate and offered to make her Lu Zhengliu’s concubine, while planning to have her serve in the household first. She also took Lu Chang'gong to visit his former home, where he learned his birth father had remarried, but he told Lin Yunwan he was happy to devote himself to her.

• Zhu Qing admitted that she had repented of her past arrogance, and Lin Yunwan offered to take her back and make her Lu Zhengliu’s concubine.
• Zhu Qing accepted, while Lin Yunwan found no other suitable girl to bring back as a maid.
• After Lu Chang'gong returned from visiting his former home, Tao Ye told Lin Yunwan that women's clothes were in the courtyard, suggesting his birth father had remarried.
• Lu Chang'gong told Lin Yunwan he was no longer sad or guilty and could now devote himself wholeheartedly to being filial to her.
• Zhu Qing began serving tea in Lin Yunwan’s courtyard while Lin Yunwan planned her next steps.

Lin Yunwan brought Zhu Qing into the household and prepared to make her Lu Zhengliu’s concubine, while warning her not to give her heart to him. Lu Zhengliu resisted the arrangement, and Zhu Qing’s account of his past left Lin Yunwan wondering whether he would have loved Ge Bao’er so deeply if she had never stood in their way.

• Zhu Qing accompanied Lin Yunwan to visit Old Madam Lu and behaved respectfully, earning her approval.
• Zhu Qing noticed Ge Bao’er watching her and Lin Yunwan warned her that Lu Zhengliu already loved someone else.
• Ping Ye reported that Xiliu had cried after being mistreated by Ge Bao’er, and Lin Yunwan sent comfort and food.
• Lin Yunwan proposed that Lu Zhengliu take Zhu Qing as a concubine, but he angrily questioned her eagerness and left.
• Old Madam Lu told Nanny Yan to let Lin Yunwan and Lu Zhengliu handle their own affairs and to watch Ge Bao’er.
• Lin Yunwan arranged Zhu Qing’s place and allowance, then asked what Lu Zhengliu was like; Zhu Qing described how he lost interest in things once he obtained them.

Lin Yunwan arranged for Zhu Qing to become Lu Zhengliu’s concubine, and Zhu Qing soon showed signs of pregnancy. Ge Bao’er saw the household’s growing acceptance of Zhu Qing and worried that she and Qing no longer had a place in the Wuding Marquis Residence.

• Lin Yunwan coached Zhu Qing to attract Lu Zhengliu, and Zhu Qing dressed elegantly before arranging to encounter him and flee.
• Lu Zhengliu caught Zhu Qing on a later encounter, recognized her, and spent the night at Rain Apricot Pavilion.
• Lin Yunwan welcomed Zhu Qing as a concubine and gave her a hairpin; Zhu Qing declined contraceptive medicine because she wanted a child.
• Lin Yunwan gave Lu Chang'gong summer shoes and took him to pay respects, where they saw Qing behaving more obediently under Zhang Feng'an’s teaching.
• Zhu Qing became nauseous at the Hall of Longevity, prompting Old Madam Lu and Nanny Yan to suspect she was pregnant.
• Ge Bao’er arrived with soup, saw Old Madam Lu’s hopeful reaction to Zhu Qing, and returned to her room anxious that Lu Zhengliu might no longer want her or Qing.

Lin Yunwan gave Qiao Da’s hand-cranked fans to relatives and learned that Lu Jia would return to the capital with her family. After confronting Lu Zhengliu over his accusations, Lin Yunwan brought Lu Chang'gong inside to speak with him.

• Qiao Da sent Lin Yunwan a hand-cranked fan, and she rewarded him with silver and wine while ordering more made for her elders.
• Lin Yunwan sent extra fans to Old Madam Lu and Wei Shi, then heard that Lu Jia and the Xia family were returning to the capital.
• Old Madam Lu told Lin Yunwan to pay special attention to Lu Jia’s son, Zhuo, and grew displeased when she learned Qiao Da had given the first fan to Lin Yunwan.
• Lu Zhengliu accused Lin Yunwan of forcing him into his choices, but she challenged him to take responsibility for spending the night at Rain Apricot Pavilion.
• Lin Yunwan found Lu Chang'gong watering flowers and invited him inside to discuss something with her.

Lin Yunwan watched Lu Chang'gong and Qing take a test of their studies, which showed Chang'gong's strong progress and Qing's modest achievement under Zhang Feng'an. Ge Bao'er then knelt before Old Madam Lu and asked to return to her homeland, just as Lu Zhengliu arrived.

• Lin Yunwan warned Lu Chang'gong not to rely on the Wuding Marquis Residence, and he promised to depend on himself.
• Old Madam Lu arranged for Lu Chang'gong and Qing to copy a fu and compose poems while Lin Yunwan and Wei Shi watched.
• Lu Chang'gong completed the test calmly, while Qing struggled but finished before time ran out.
• Old Madam Lu examined their work, praised Zhang Feng'an's efforts teaching Qing, and arranged to thank him with money.
• Ge Bao'er knelt before Old Madam Lu and said she wanted to return to her homeland, and Lu Zhengliu arrived as she made her request.

Ge Bao'er asked to leave the Lu residence, but the family persuaded her to stay and arranged a three-day trip to offer incense. Lin Yunwan suspected Ge Bao'er and Lu Zhengliu had been meeting secretly and warned her servants to prevent scandal, while Xiliu was punished and nearly took her own life.

• Ge Bao'er knelt before Old Madam Lu and asked to return home, but Old Madam Lu, Lu Zhengliu, Nanny Yan, and Lin Yunwan persuaded her to stay.
• Zhu Qing told Lin Yunwan that she suspected Ge Bao'er had been secretly meeting Lu Zhengliu, and Lin Yunwan recalled their affair from her previous life.
• Lin Yunwan warned Zhu Qing and her maids to watch their quarters and prevent anything improper from occurring when the Xia family came to stay.
• Nanny Yan took Ge Bao'er out to offer incense for three days, while Xiliu was beaten as punishment for supposedly failing to serve her well.
• Ping Ye brought medicine and comforted Xiliu, who had nearly killed herself out of despair.

Lin Yunwan learned that Lu Zhengliu had been making Zhu Qing drink contraceptive soup and encouraged her to consider why. After observing Ge Bao'er, Zhu Qing began to suspect the reason, and Lin Yunwan brought her to meet Old Madam Lu about an important matter.

• Ping Ye told Lin Yunwan that Xiliu had been beaten and was back serving Ge Bao'er, and Lin Yunwan urged Ping Ye to prioritize saving her life.
• Zhu Qing told Lin Yunwan that Lu Zhengliu had recently forced her to drink contraceptive soup, and Lin Yunwan asked what Zhu Qing thought was behind it.
• On an auspicious day, Ge Bao'er privately met Lu Zhengliu at a temple, where he recalled their bamboo bracelet and promised marriage while reflecting on Lin Yunwan.
• Ge Bao'er returned from the temple, and Zhu Qing remarked on her flushed appearance and repeated visits to worship Buddha.
• Lin Yunwan arrived while Zhu Qing was visiting Old Madam Lu and invited her inside to discuss an important matter.

Lin Yunwan brought a forbidden obscene object to Old Madam Lu, who suspected Ge Bao'er and ordered the inner courtyard disciplined before relatives arrived. Lin Yunwan then led a broad search of the Hall of Longevity, but Wei Shi said the search concerned a maid stealing something, leaving Old Madam Lu and Nanny Yan confused.

• Lin Yunwan presented an obscene object found by a servant woman, and Old Madam Lu questioned the woman before ordering the matter kept quiet.
• Lin Yunwan urged Old Madam Lu to put the inner courtyard in order before relatives arrived, and Old Madam Lu suspected Ge Bao'er had owned the object.
• Old Madam Lu planned to confront Ge Bao'er after nightfall, but Lin Yunwan and Wei Shi arrived at the Hall of Longevity with prominent servant women to conduct a search.
• Old Madam Lu rebuked Lin Yunwan for making a public show, but Wei Shi said they were searching because a maid had stolen something, confusing Old Madam Lu and Nanny Yan.

Lin Yunwan used a supposed theft from Old Madam Lu’s wedding dowry to search the Lu residence and corner Old Madam Lu over Ge Bao’er’s unchecked room. Old Madam Lu found the suspicious item among Ge Bao’er’s things but, after her room proved clean, forbade her from leaving the rear courtyard; Lin Yunwan later hinted that Zhu Qing knew who had thrown the item away.

• Lin Yunwan explained that she had disguised the serious matter as a stolen dowry item so she could search the household without revealing the truth.
• When Wei Shi pointed out that Ge Bao’er’s room had not been searched, Lin Yunwan pressed Old Madam Lu to authorize a search, but Old Madam Lu stopped her to protect Ge Bao’er’s dignity.
• After everyone left, Old Madam Lu summoned Ge Bao’er and slapped her when Nanny Yan produced the suspicious item.
• Nanny Yan searched Ge Bao’er’s room and found nothing, but Old Madam Lu banned Ge Bao’er from going out to worship Buddha and ordered her to remain in the rear courtyard.
• While sorting account books with Zhu Qing, Lin Yunwan suggested Zhu Qing already knew who had thrown away the item.

Lin Yunwan warned Zhu Qing to take responsibility for her schemes, then arranged to confront Lu Zhengliu about the contraceptive medicine he gave Zhu Qing. The chapter ended with Lin Yunwan implying that Lu Zhengliu might have an ailment, and him angrily reminding her that he was her husband.

• Lin Yunwan warned Zhu Qing that she would have to bear the consequences of her actions, then rewarded the old servant who had helped her.
• Lin Yunwan decided to see Lu Zhengliu when he returned, hoping to satisfy Zhu Qing and make Ge Bao'er anxious.
• Lu Zhengliu visited Old Madam Lu, who planned to keep Ge Bao'er away until the Xia family had left and then force her to become his concubine.
• Lu Zhengliu went to his study without visiting Ge Bao'er and found Lin Yunwan waiting outside.
• Lin Yunwan asked Lu Zhengliu to stop giving Zhu Qing contraceptive medicine and questioned whether rumors about his health were true.
• Lu Zhengliu grew angry and told Lin Yunwan, "I am your husband!"

Lu Zhengliu and Old Madam Lu arranged for Ge Bao'er to be moved out of the Hall of Longevity before relatives arrived, and Ge Bao'er discovered that the side courtyard was under guard. She fell ill after trying to attract help, while Old Madam Lu dismissed the need for a physician, and Nanny Yan then encountered Zhu Qing.

• Lu Zhengliu refused to obtain more contraceptive medicine for Ge Bao'er, while Old Madam Lu told him to meet their arriving relatives at the docks and instructed Lin Yunwan to prepare the house.
• Old Madam Lu arranged for Ge Bao'er to move to a quiet side courtyard, and Nanny Yan helped carry out the move without telling Ge Bao'er beforehand.
• Ge Bao'er learned she was under house arrest, poured cold water over herself to make herself ill, and sent Wu'er to fetch Nanny Yan.
• Nanny Yan rebuked Ge Bao'er for demanding to see Lu Zhengliu and Qing, then warned her to behave until the relatives left.
• Ge Bao'er genuinely fell ill, but Old Madam Lu refused to summon a physician and ordered Nanny Yan to get her medicine; Nanny Yan then ran into Zhu Qing.

Zhu Qing brought medicine to Ge Bao'er and unintentionally revealed that Lin Yunwan had helped her conceive, intensifying Ge Bao'er's fear of losing her place in the household. As Ge Bao'er began plotting to change her status, the Xia family arrived at the Marquis's Residence, and Lin Yunwan went to greet them.

• Zhu Qing brought her leftover medicine to Ge Bao'er and discussed how Lin Yunwan had persuaded Lu Zhengliu to let her try for a child.
• Ge Bao'er drank the medicine after overhearing Zhu Qing's conversation, then demanded that Nanny Yan visit her the next day.
• Nanny Yan refused to come, and Ge Bao'er confided a plan to Wu'er after worrying about her standing and her son Qing's future.
• Zhu Qing told Lin Yunwan what she had said to Ge Bao'er, and Lin Yunwan warned her not to provoke Ge Bao'er again.
• The Heir Apparent returned with the Eldest Young Madam and her husband's family, and Lin Yunwan went to greet the Xia family.

Lin Yunwan received Old Madam Xia and Lu Jia as visitors, while Lu Jia’s visit revealed the Xia family’s political ambitions and the Lu family’s plans for Qing. Old Madam Lu ordered Nanny Yan to keep Ge Bao'er confined until the Xia family left, unaware that Lu Zhengliu had gone to see her.

• Lin Yunwan met Old Madam Xia, who praised her family’s reputation and gave her valuable jadeite bracelets; Lu Jia then presented her own gift and was sharply reprimanded by her mother-in-law.
• Old Madam Lu asked after Third Master Xia and Lu Zhengliu, but neither appeared, and Nanny Yan went searching for the Heir Apparent.
• After the Xia family moved to the guest courtyard, Lu Jia cried to Old Madam Lu and Wei Shi, then described her father-in-law’s prospects for promotion into the Grand Secretariat.
• Old Madam Lu told Lu Jia that Qing was her nephew and urged her to help Zhuo and Qing grow close, while claiming Qing’s birth mother had died.
• Old Madam Lu ordered Nanny Yan to keep Ge Bao'er from going out and to end her matter with Lu Zhengliu after the Xia family departed.
• Nanny Yan could not find Lu Zhengliu, who had gone to see Ge Bao'er.

Lu Zhengliu secretly visited Ge Bao'er, who pleaded to be made his concubine and urged him to act before the Xia family left. The next day, Zhu Qing told Lin Yunwan about his visit, leaving Lin Yunwan aware of Ge Bao'er's scheme as preparations continued for the Xia family banquet.

• Nanny Yan sent the matrons away so Lu Zhengliu could secretly visit Ge Bao'er, but warned him to leave within half an hour.
• Ge Bao'er begged Lu Zhengliu to make her a concubine; he refused at first, then promised to discuss it with Grandmother and Lin Yunwan after the Xia family left.
• Lu Zhengliu told Ge Bao'er not to see Qing again, and she decided she could not wait for the relatives to depart before taking action.
• Ge Bao'er persuaded Wu'er to help her with an undisclosed task, then cleaned up the broken teacup with her.
• Lin Yunwan tended chrysanthemums and spoke with Lu Chang'gong about practicing his writing too late.
• Zhu Qing told Lin Yunwan that Nanny Yan had cleared the side courtyard for Lu Zhengliu's visit and that Qing's throat was hoarse; Lin Yunwan smiled at the report.

Lin Yunwan prepared to receive visiting relatives and brought Lu Chang'gong to meet them, while Zhu Qing warned her that Cousin Miss was trying to become a concubine. At the family gathering, Lu Zhengliu heard relatives praise the possibility of Lin Yunwan bearing him a son and regretted agreeing to take Ge Bao'er as a concubine.

• Nanny Yuan reported that the garden and reception hall were ready for the banquet, and Lin Yunwan asked Lu Chang'gong to join her in meeting the guests.
• Zhu Qing urged Lin Yunwan to drive Cousin Miss out, but Lin Yunwan said she would let her become a concubine because that would ruin her prospects.
• Lu Chang'gong arrived dressed to meet the guests, and Lu Zhengliu joined Lin Yunwan and the others on their way to Wei Shi's courtyard.
• Old Madam Xia and Eldest Aunt Jia discussed Third Master Jin and praised Lu Chang'gong's character and Lin Yunwan's upbringing.
• Wei Shi and Eldest Aunt Jia praised Lin Yunwan and Lu Zhengliu as a well-matched couple and imagined the son they might have.
• Lu Zhengliu imagined having a son with Lin Yunwan and regretted agreeing to take Ge Bao'er as a concubine.

Lin Yunwan visited Old Madam Xia with the Lu family, where Old Madam Xia praised Yunwan’s embroidery and criticized Lu Jia. Old Madam Xia then agreed to send for her physician brother to examine Yunwan’s blind mother-in-law and Chang Gong, though she warned the boy might need to wait for an appointment.

• Old Madam Xia and Lin Yunwan discussed music and needlework, and Yunwan showed that her hands no longer bore calluses from playing the qin.
• Wei Shi revealed that Lin Yunwan had embroidered the screen in her room, and Old Madam Xia praised Yunwan while rebuking Lu Jia’s criticism and comparing the two women unfavorably.
• Lu Zhengliu changed the subject to Old Madam Xia’s family, and she explained that her physician brother was in the capital treating an important person.
• Lu Zhengliu asked whether the physician could examine Lin Yunwan’s blind mother-in-law, and Old Madam Xia agreed to send him a message.
• Lin Yunwan also asked the physician to examine Chang Gong’s weak eyes, and Old Madam Xia said he might have to wait because her brother’s time was limited.

Lu Jia accused Lin Yunwan of favoring Chang Gong over Qing, while Lu Zhengliu discovered Qing visiting Ge Bao'er and ordered him to return. The chapter left Lu Jia questioning Lin Yunwan’s treatment of Qing in front of Old Madam Lu.

• Lu Jia criticized Lin Yunwan for bringing Chang Gong to meet relatives without Qing, and Ping Ye explained that Qing had not visited his legitimate mother that morning.
• Ping Ye learned that Qing had gone to Ge Bao'er’s courtyard, and Lu Zhengliu left Wei Shi’s courtyard to find him.
• Lu Zhengliu found Qing practicing calligraphy with Ge Bao'er and told her Qing should focus on meeting relatives and building connections.
• Ge Bao'er reminded Lu Zhengliu that he had promised to give her a proper status, and he assured her he would not go back on his word.
• Lu Zhengliu took Qing away, told him to respect his legitimate mother, and allowed him to retrieve his brush and ink from Ge Bao'er the next day.
• Lu Jia joined Lu Zhengliu and Qing at Old Madam Lu’s room, gave Qing a gift, and complained that Lin Yunwan did not dote on him enough.