Recaps

Yan Wanning settled into married life with Si Yunqi, made friends in Ningguan City, and organized relief for refugees while he fought the Western Rong. The arc left Yan Wanning and Si Yunqi closer, while An Yingying and Gu Qingshi faced a worsening dispute over Bai Lian and the Gu family's debt of gratitude.

• Yan Wanning left the Duke Yan Household under an imperial marriage decree and married Si Yunqi in Ningguan City.
• Si Yunqi and Yan Wanning grew closer through outings, banquets, and time together, while Yan Wanning befriended An Yingying and Liyue.
• After Western Rong attacked Yucheng, Yan Wanning organized a relief effort that provided displaced people with shelter, supplies, meals, and medical care.
• Si Yunqi defeated the Western Rong forces, returned to Ningguan City, and reunited with Yan Wanning before telling her how he had been wounded.
• Yan Wanning learned that Si Yunqi had arranged escorts for the refugees returning home, then met an old woman who thanked her for her help.
• At Fragrant Fullness Tower, An Yingying told Yan Wanning that Gu Qingshi planned to take Bai Lian as a concubine and had struck her for Bai Lian's sake.
• Si Yunqi took Yan Wanning home while Gu Qingshi carried away the drunken An Yingying, who accused him of putting Bai Lian and his family's debt ahead of her.

Yan Wanning and Si Yunqi left Ningguan City for the Capital, where they faced her relatives’ attempt to keep her inheritance and later tried to entrap Si Yunqi. The arc ended with the couple attending Emperor Jingyuan’s birthday banquet while Yan Wanning was pregnant and Si Yunqi stayed close to her.

• An Yingying asked Gu Qingshi to part by mutual agreement, but he apologized and asked her to try again, then refused to take Bai Lian as a concubine when Old Madam Gu demanded it.
• Si Yunqi welcomed Tamu’er and the Western Rong envoys, refused Jiaoniang as a gift, and later reassured Yan Wanning that he wanted no other woman.
• Gu Qingshi’s family discovered An Yingying was pregnant after she fainted and bled, and Gu Qingshi warned Old Madam Gu he would establish a separate household if she mistreated her.
• Yan Wanning and Si Yunqi said farewell to the Old Princess Dowager and left for the Capital, where a physician confirmed Yan Wanning was more than a month pregnant.
• Yan Wanning demanded her parents’ belongings from Duke Yan and Chen Shi, and Si Yunqi ordered them to produce the missing items before she accepted silver for what they could not return.
• On New Year’s Eve, Yan Wanning gave Si Yunqi a robe she had embroidered, and he returned home to celebrate with her before taking her to see the fireworks.
• Duke Yan’s household drugged Si Yunqi and Yan Wanwen tried to seduce him, but Yun Yin stopped her and Yan Wanning ordered the women punished.
• Yan Wanning and Si Yunqi returned to the Prince’s Residence after a physician treated him, and he reassured her of his love before they attended Emperor Jingyuan’s birthday banquet together.