Recaps

After being reborn, Lin Yunwan refused to repeat her past devotion to Lu Zhengliu and focused on securing Lu Chang'gong’s place and education. The family agreed that Zhang Feng'an would teach Qing only under Lin Yunwan’s conditions, while plans began for a visit to the Lin family.

• Lin Yunwan chose Lu Chang'gong as her son, exposed Qing’s lie about never studying, and secured his status as her legitimate eldest son during the adoption rites.
• Lin Yunwan sought advice from Lady Guo about divorce, met Prince Huan Qi Lingheng, and later allowed Ge Bao'er into the residence under Old Madam Lu’s supervision.
• Lin Yunwan proposed that the boys study at home and presented renowned teachers, but Lu Zhengliu’s efforts to recruit them failed after the Lu family rejected her offer to seek the Lin clan’s help.
• Lin Yunwan began teaching both boys, gave them writing exercises and gifts, and discovered that Qing had discarded her gift and that a servant had done some of his homework.
• After Qing feigned illness and Ge Bao'er criticized her teaching, Lin Yunwan defended her methods, and Lu Zhengliu secured Zhang Feng'an as a teacher for Qing.
• Qiao Da retaliated against Ge Bao'er after losing his job, but Lin Yunwan persuaded Old Madam Lu to give him repair work instead of punishing him.
• Zhang Feng'an met Lu Chang'gong and preferred him as a student, while Wei Shi assigned Ge Bao'er a poor room and limited support after Lin Yunwan handed her allowance over to Wei Shi.
• When Zhang Feng'an threatened to stop teaching Qing, Lin Yunwan required Qing to match Chang Gong’s diligence and barred the Lu family from publicly claiming him as Zhang’s student, and Old Madam Lu agreed.

Lin Yunwan strengthened her bond with Lu Chang'gong and her birth family while managing the Lu household’s rivalries and arranging Zhu Qing’s place as Lu Zhengliu’s concubine. As the Xia family arrived, Ge Bao'er’s secret relationship with Lu Zhengliu threatened to disrupt the household, and Qing remained caught between his birth mother and legitimate mother.

• Lin Yunwan brought Lu Chang'gong to visit Grand Tutor Lin’s grave and met Lady Guo, then planned to sell distant shops and begin an incense business in the capital.
• Lin Yunwan punished Qing for bullying Lu Chang'gong and secured Old Madam Lu’s agreement to take Lu Chang'gong to the estate, where she brought Zhu Qing back as a servant.
• Lin Yunwan helped Zhu Qing become Lu Zhengliu’s concubine, and Zhu Qing became pregnant, stirring Ge Bao'er’s anxiety about her own future and Qing’s standing.
• Lin Yunwan and Wei Shi searched the household under the pretext of a stolen item, and Old Madam Lu later found the suspicious object in Ge Bao'er's possession and confined her to the rear courtyard.
• Ge Bao'er secretly met Lu Zhengliu, who promised to discuss making her his concubine after the Xia family left, while Lin Yunwan pressed him to stop giving Zhu Qing contraceptive medicine.
• The Xia family arrived, and Lin Yunwan received Old Madam Xia’s praise and gifts while Lu Jia spoke with Old Madam Lu about Qing and her son Zhuo.
• Lu Zhengliu secretly visited Ge Bao'er, and she persuaded Wu'er to help with an undisclosed plan as Lin Yunwan prepared to host the visiting relatives.
• At the family gathering, relatives praised Lin Yunwan and Lu Chang'gong, and Lin Yunwan asked Old Madam Xia to have her physician examine her blind mother-in-law and Chang Gong’s weak eyes.
• Lu Zhengliu found Qing studying with Ge Bao'er, reminded him to respect Lin Yunwan, and took him away before Lu Jia joined them and complained that Lin Yunwan did not dote on Qing.

Lin Yunwan navigated the Lu family’s conflicts while helping her blind mother receive treatment, as Ge Bao’er’s past and Qing’s parentage threatened to overturn the household. The arc ended with Lin Yunwan waiting for her clan elders to decide her future and Lu Chang'gong attacking Qing.

• Lu Zhengliu resolved to make amends to Lin Yunwan, while Old Madam Lu urged him to seek support through the Xia family and keep his plans concerning Ge Bao'er hidden.
• Seventh Master Li examined Lu Chang'gong but left before treating Madam Lin, and the family’s gathering erupted into conflict when Ge Bao'er attempted suicide and Lu Zhengliu rescued her.
• Lin Yunwan refused to let Lu Zhengliu take Ge Bao'er as a concubine at once, but later accepted his decision to keep her for Qing’s sake and arranged for her to receive proper status.
• Prince Huan brought Seventh Master Li to treat Madam Lin, whose eyesight began to improve, while Lin Yunwan and Lin Yunyi arranged support for her care.
• Old Madam Lu discovered Ge Bao'er's past servitude and made her sign a new deed, while Qing began spending time with Lin Yunwan and Lu Chang'gong.
• Xiliu discovered Qing secretly meeting Ge Bao'er, and Lin Yunwan arranged Qing's birthday gathering, allowing Ge Bao'er to bring him embroidered insoles.
• When Ge Bao'er and her maid jumped into the pond during Qing's birthday banquet, Qing revealed that Ge Bao'er was his birth mother, exposing the concealed baby exchange and shocking the gathered families.
• Lin Yunwan stayed in the Lu residence pending a decision from the Lin clan elders, while Lu Chang'gong slipped into Qing's room after dark and beat him.

Lin Yunwan sought to leave the Lu family while its fortunes collapsed, but Ge Bao’er’s jade pendant raised the possibility that she was Duke Xingguo’s missing daughter. As Old Madam Lu plotted against Lin Yunwan and Lin Yunyi, Lin Yunwan brought the pendant to Prince Huan at Red Elephant Temple.

• Lin Yunyi and the Lin clan demanded a mutual divorce, but Old Madam Lu refused, prompting Lin Yunyi to rally officials against Lu Zhengliu.
• Imperial pressure stripped Lu Zhengliu of his heir’s title, and Lin Yunwan sent Ge Bao’er away while focusing on Chang Gong and the Lu family’s businesses.
• Qi Lingheng discovered a pawned pendant linked to Duke Xingguo’s Residence, and Lin Yunwan learned it had belonged to Ge Bao’er.
• Old Madam Lu investigated the missing daughter and brought Ge Bao’er back, hoping her possible noble identity could help the Lu family, but Lu Zhengliu refused to separate from Lin Yunwan.
• Zhu Qing’s warning about Ge Bao’er’s medicine led Lin Yunwan to find suspicious almond-scented dregs and recognize the poison used to kill her in her previous life.
• Old Madam Lu plotted to kill Lin Yunwan and Lin Yunyi, while Qing learned Ge Bao’er might be the missing daughter and told her about her maternal family.
• Ge Bao’er resolved to recover her identifying pendant, while Lin Yunwan traveled with Madam Lin to Red Elephant Temple and encountered Xia Jin and Old Madam Xia.
• At Red Elephant Temple, Lin Yunwan showed Ge Bao’er’s jade pendant to Prince Huan, who invited her inside to talk.