Recaps

Lin Yunwan escaped the Lu family by faking her death and traveled to Jiangqian under a new identity, where she reentered the Lin household and prepared to meet Prince Huan. At his banquet, gossip about the Wuding Marquis Residence reached her, and she listened for news of what had happened there.

• Qi Lingheng returned the jade pendant to Lin Yunwan and urged her to use it to separate from the Lu family, but she said it was already too late.
• Lin Yunwan exposed the poisoned medicine and left for a Buddhist retreat, where Ge Bao'er tried to set the hall ablaze and Lin Yunwan staged her death with Lu Chang'gong's help.
• Qi Lingheng arranged for Lin Yunwan to travel to Jiangqian as Lin Yun Wan, while the Lu family mourned her apparent death and Lin Yunyi took her coffin and belongings back to the Lin family.
• Lin Yunwan reached the Lin residence and stood up to Zheng Shi and Nanny Fan before Lin Huabin placed her in Bixi Hall and told her Prince Huan had arrived in Jiangqian.
• Lin Yunwan recovered her late mother's belongings after Zheng Shi tried to deny them to her, then went to Prince Huan's banquet in fine clothes with Xiruo.
• At Prince Huan's residence, Lin Yunjiao tried to draw attention to herself as the Lin family greeted other guests and settled near the opera stage.
• Guests began gossiping that a concubine had burned the Di Daughter alive at the Wuding Marquis Residence, and Lin Yunwan listened eagerly for details.

Lin Yunwan investigated the childhood incident that had ruined her reputation and secured Lingxiang’s testimony against Zheng Shi. Old Madam Lin accepted Yunwan’s innocence, but Lin Huabin protested her judgment and faced a rebuke for failing as a father.

• At a Jiangqian gathering, Lin Yunwan heard the women discuss her unmarried status, then met Qi Lingheng and received a letter from Lin Yunyi about their family.
• Lin Yunwan learned more about the rumors surrounding Miss Lin’s childhood accident and sought permission to visit Ci'en Temple, where Dong Shuangshuang urged her to save herself.
• Old Madam Lin took an interest in Lin Yunwan’s lessons, while Zheng Shi and Lin Huabin arranged for Lin Yunjiao to meet Prince Huan at the temple.
• At Ci'en Temple, Lin Yunjiao publicly accused Lin Yunwan, and Qi Lingheng warned Zhao Jingyi about the Lin family’s treatment of her.
• With Qi Lingheng’s help, Lin Yunwan found Lingxiang, who confessed that Zheng Shi had ordered her to kick Miss Lin and frame the child for Zheng Shi’s bleeding.
• Lin Yunwan retrieved the prescription supporting Lingxiang’s account and arranged to bring her before Old Madam Lin, while Lin Huabin ordered guards to find and silence her.
• Lingxiang interrupted the incense ceremony and testified that Zheng Shi had plotted to make her bleed and have Lin Yunwan sent away.
• Old Madam Lin accepted Lin Yunwan’s innocence and ordered Lingxiang released with silver, then rebuked Lin Huabin when he protested her decision.

Lin Yunwan investigated Dong Shuangshuang’s troubles, resisted Zheng Shi’s attempts to arrange her marriage, and assessed scholars from the Ji Mountain Society. She rejected Qi Lingheng’s proposal and sought to learn more about Yan Jingzong, while Zheng Shi’s household matchmaking efforts continued to unravel.

• Old Madam Lin uncovered Zheng Shi’s deception about Lin Yunwan’s fate and ordered the fortune-teller sent to the authorities, while Lin Huabin promised to keep Zheng Shi in check.
• Lin Yunwan tried to help Dong Shuangshuang protect her daughter from Lu Rong’s gambling debts, and Dong later told her that Lu Rong had become paralyzed and her daughter’s engagement had been canceled.
• Lin Yunwan avoided Zheng Shi’s planned banquet by going with Old Madam Lin to Ci'en Temple, where Lin Yunjiao attacked Zheng Shi’s relatives with scissors.
• At Ji Mountain, Lin Yunwan watched the scholars debate and tested their temperaments with an essay, then fled after Qi Lingheng said he wanted to marry her.
• Lin Yunwan declined Lin Huabin’s suggestion that she consider Wenhai and wrote to Zhao Jingyi asking him to discuss a match with Yan Jingzong, prompting Qi Lingheng to burn her letter and resolve to stop it.
• At the Zhao Residence, Lin Yunwan told Qi Lingheng she did not want to marry him, then observed Yan Jingzong interacting properly with a maid and considered the trouble that marrying Qi Lingheng could bring.
• Lin Yunjiao failed to impress Madam Zhao and was left stunned when Wenhai stepped on her foot and ran away, while Lin Yunwan refused Wen Mu’s request and asked Zheng Shi to let her choose someone to assist her.

Lin Yunwan agreed to marry Qi Lingheng while resisting Zheng Shi’s attempts to force her into another match. As the betrothal proceeded, the Lin family learned her true identity, and Master Su arrived to reclaim Su Shi’s dowry for her.

• Lin Yunwan agreed to marry Qi Lingheng, who gave her his personal gold seal and promised to arrange the match naturally.
• Zheng Shi plotted to compromise Lin Yunwan with Wenhai, but Lin Yunjiao fell into the Lotus Pond instead, and Qi Lingheng rescued Lin Yunwan after Yunjiao shoved her in.
• Old Madam Lin uncovered Lin Yunwan’s exceptional calligraphy, and Lin Huabin revealed that she was Zhao Jingyi’s daughter while the real Lin Yunwan had died.
• Nanny Wang praised Lin Yunwan’s education and music, and Qi Lingheng sent word to the emperor and empress about their marriage.
• The Ministry of Rites completed the Nacai ceremony, and Old Madam Lin began preparing Lin Yunwan’s wedding and dowry despite Zheng Shi’s efforts to redirect the betrothal gifts.
• Old Madam Lin ordered Qi Lingheng’s betrothal gifts moved to Bixi Hall, while the Wen family arranged Yun Jiao’s marriage to Wenhai.
• Master Su arrived with his family, gave Lin Yunwan banknotes for her dowry, and brought Su Shi’s original dowry register and people to check the records.