Chapter Summaries

Yan Wanning demanded the return of the belongings her parents had left her, and an inspection revealed that Duke Yan and Chen Shi had taken most of them. Si Yunqi confronted the couple and ordered them to return everything on the inventory within three days as he led Yan Wanning away.

• Yan Wanning insisted that Duke Yan and Chen Shi return her parents' belongings, and Si Yunqi threatened to search their household or involve Yingtian Prefecture.
• Duke Yan pressured Chen Shi to produce the belongings and replace anything missing, and Chen Shi brought out more than a dozen chests.
• Yan Wanning had Xiao He check the chests against the inventory, and Xiao He found that less than half the listed items were there.
• Si Yunqi accused Duke Yan and Chen Shi of embezzlement, struck Duke Yan with a teacup, and rejected their claim that they had been wronged.
• Yan Wanwen defended her parents, but Yan Wanning argued that they had already been compensated for raising her and confronted them over their conduct.
• Si Yunqi protected Yan Wanning as they left and ordered Duke Yan and Chen Shi to produce everything on the inventory within three days.

After reclaiming the chests from Duke Yan’s residence, Yan Wanning shared memories of her late parents with Si Yunqi, who comforted her and reassured her about their child. They planned to tell the Old Princess Dowager about the pregnancy after three months and agreed to visit the palace; the chapter ended on a snowy morning as Yan Wanning prepared to leave.

• Duke Yan and Chen Shi worried that they would have to repay the missing belongings in silver.
• Si Yunqi comforted Yan Wanning when she cried and recalled losing her parents and being neglected by her uncle’s family.
• Si Yunqi reassured Yan Wanning about their unborn child, and they agreed to tell the Old Princess Dowager once she was three months pregnant.
• Si Yunqi suggested that he and Yan Wanning visit the emperor and empress, and she agreed despite feeling nervous about the palace.
• Snow covered the capital the next morning, and Xiao He helped Yan Wanning dress before the palace visit.

Yan Wanning entered the palace with Si Yunqi to pay respects to the empress, while he was summoned by the emperor and left her to meet the imperial women. The empress welcomed Yan Wanning, whose first audience was interrupted by barbed remarks from Consort Qiao and Noble Consort Hu.

• Si Yunqi bundled Yan Wanning against the cold and accompanied her by carriage to the palace.
• After the emperor summoned Si Yunqi, he delayed going and escorted Yan Wanning to Perching Phoenix Palace before leaving her there.
• Yan Wanning formally paid her respects to the empress, while Consort Qiao made a suggestive remark about her marriage to Si Yunqi.
• The empress rebuked Consort Qiao, and Yan Wanning greeted Consort Qiao and Noble Consort Hu before taking a seat.
• The empress praised Yan Wanning's appearance and said she and Si Yunqi made a good match.

Yan Wanning joined the emperor, empress, and crown prince for lunch, where Si Yunqi doted on her in front of the royal family. Later, Duke Yan and Chen Shi brought the remaining valuables and silver to the Prince of Anbei's residence, and Yan Wanning accepted the payment while warning them not to offend her again.

• The emperor arrived with Ye Muchen and Si Yunqi, and the emperor and empress invited everyone to lunch after meeting Yan Wanning.
• Noble Consort Hu left, and Consort Qiao hurried away to prepare tea and refreshments for the emperor.
• Si Yunqi served Yan Wanning fish, pork knuckle, ribs, and soup, astonishing the emperor and empress with his attentiveness.
• The empress pressed Ye Muchen about finding a crown princess, and he promised to marry one by the time Si Yunqi had a child.
• Duke Yan and Chen Shi delivered the valuables they had gathered, and Xiao He reported that more than ten items were missing.
• Duke Yan offered silver to cover the missing items, and Yan Wanning accepted it after warning the couple not to displease her again.

Yan Wanning gave Si Yunqi a moon-white robe she had embroidered herself, and he left for the New Year’s Eve palace banquet delighted with her gift. At the palace, he proudly told Ye Muchen that Yan Wanning had made it for him.

• As New Year’s Eve approached, Yan Wanning approved the residence’s holiday purchases and chose a peach-pink outfit for the palace banquet.
• Yan Wanning gave Si Yunqi a moon-white robe she had spent two or three months making, with gold embroidery and her name stitched over his chest.
• Si Yunqi thanked Yan Wanning, promised to think of her throughout the day, and left for the palace after she saw him off.
• Ye Muchen noticed Si Yunqi repeatedly touching his robe and smiling, then asked whether something happy had happened.
• Si Yunqi proudly told Ye Muchen that Yan Wanning had secretly made the robe for him.

On New Year’s Eve, Yan Wanning tried to cook soup for Si Yunqi but pricked her hand and had to leave the kitchen. After Si Yunqi returned, the couple shared dinner and spent the night together, with him promising to take her to see the fireworks.

• Si Yunqi teased Ye Muchen about his loving marriage, and the emperor scolded him for showing off.
• Yan Wanning insisted on making chicken-and-mushroom soup for Si Yunqi, but Xiao He kept her away from the cleaver and she pricked her hand while tending the fire.
• Xiao He persuaded Yan Wanning to leave the kitchen, and Yan Wanning decided she would make clothes instead.
• On New Year’s Eve, Yan Wanning waited at home for Si Yunqi and worried about the Old Princess Dowager.
• Si Yunqi returned late, comforted Yan Wanning, and joined her for New Year’s Eve dinner.
• Yan Wanning wanted to stay up for the New Year and watch the fireworks, and Si Yunqi promised to take her to see them before drawing her into an intimate embrace.

On New Year's Eve, Si Yunqi delighted Yan Wanning with fireworks spelling her name and an ice-blue jade hairpin. The next day, they visited the Duke Yan Household, where Yan Wanning noticed signs that Yan Wanwen might be pregnant before marriage and followed Chen Shi to retrieve a wedding dress allegedly made by her late mother.

• Si Yunqi carried Yan Wanning to watch fireworks and gave her an ice-blue jade hairpin, which he placed in her hair.
• Yan Wanning and Si Yunqi visited the Duke Yan Household to exchange New Year's greetings and share a meal with the family.
• Yan Wanwen vomited during the meal, and Yan Wanning saw her shield her belly and suspected she was pregnant.
• Duke Yan invited Yan Wanning to stay, and Chen Shi claimed Yan Wanning's late mother had left something for her.
• Yan Wanning asked Si Yunqi to wait at Clear Autumn Pavilion and followed Chen Shi, who said the item was a wedding dress her mother had made.

Yan Wanning discovered Chen Shi had used her mother's wedding dress as bait while Chen Shi and Yan Wanwen drugged Si Yunqi and tried to seduce him. Yan Wanning ordered Chen Shi and Yan Wanwen punished, then asked Yun Yin where Si Yunqi was.

• Yan Wanning challenged Chen Shi's claim that she had only just remembered her mother's wedding dress, but she did not believe her.
• Si Yunqi realized he had been drugged and ordered Yun Yin to bring water while he suppressed the drug with his internal energy.
• Yan Wanwen entered Si Yunqi's room and tried to seduce him, but Yun Yin kicked her away and threw her unconscious into the courtyard.
• Yan Wanning and Chen Shi arrived, and Yun Yin explained that Yan Wanwen had tried to seduce Si Yunqi and that Duke Yan's wife had drugged him.
• Yan Wanning ordered Chen Shi and Yan Wanwen to each receive fifty strokes of the board, warned others not to intervene, and asked Yun Yin where Si Yunqi was.

Yan Wanning and Si Yunqi left the Duke's Household after his drugging ordeal, then learned Yan Wanwen was two months pregnant and suspected the Duke's family had tried to make Si Yunqi the child's father. Back at the Prince's Residence, Si Yunqi reassured his pregnant wife and gave her two red envelopes, one for their unborn child.

• Yan Wanning found Si Yunqi fighting the effects of a drug in the Bathing Room, but he refused her offer to help and asked her to wait outside.
• A physician treated Si Yunqi, and after he recovered, he and Yan Wanning returned to the Prince's Residence.
• Yun Yin reported that Yan Wanwen was two months pregnant and had begun bleeding when the Duke's Household was about to punish her.
• Yan Wanning concluded that Yan Wanwen's family had tried to drug Si Yunqi so they could claim her child as his and force him to take her as a concubine.
• Si Yunqi reassured Yan Wanning that he only loved her and gave her two red envelopes, saying one was for their unborn child.

Yan Wanning attended the emperor’s birthday celebrations with Si Yunqi, met the empress’s youngest son, Ye Muqi, and joined the palace banquet. The chapter ended with Si Yunqi quietly holding Yan Wanning’s hand beneath the table as Chancellor Lu noticed and toasted him.

• Yan Wanning entered the palace with Si Yunqi and joined the empress at Perching Phoenix Palace.
• Yan Wanning shared rabbit-shaped cakes with the empress’s youngest son, Ye Muqi, and learned he was her brother-in-law.
• Si Yunqi took Yan Wanning to the emperor’s birthday banquet, where the emperor, empress, and crown prince arrived and the festivities began.
• Yan Wanning smiled at Si Yunqi, who wrapped her cloak tighter and held her hand beneath the table.
• Chancellor Lu noticed Si Yunqi holding Yan Wanning’s hand and raised his cup to him.