Recaps

Su Qiao built a department store, developed movable-type printing, and formed a protected partnership with Feng Han while preparing her family for a safer, more prosperous future. As her father and brother set out for examinations, Su Qiao confronted Xia Xiaodie over her marriage and her claims of sacrifice.

• Su Qiao assembled a wind-powered water wheel with her relatives, and Feng Han visited to see it before returning to the capital.
• Su Qiao sold goods made by her family, bought a town shop, and opened Su's Department Store while Feng Han arranged protection and support for her.
• Su Qiao bought a book of techniques and explained movable-type printing and plans for a Tianyuan Dictionary to her family.
• Su Qiao invited Feng Han to partner in her printing venture, and he signed the agreement, sent money and workers, and ordered protection for her family and the secret techniques.
• Su Qiao completed the printing factory and moved her family into their new estate, while Zhou Tianyou searched for Xia Xiaodie and learned her family had arranged her marriage to a wealthy widower.
• The Su family prepared Su Yaohui and his father to travel to Shuntian Prefecture for examinations, and Su Qiao demonstrated her martial ability to reassure them.
• Su Qiao encountered Xia Xiaodie beneath the village banyan tree, where Xia bragged about her marriage and Su Qiao accused her of abandoning Zhou Tianyou while pretending to sacrifice herself.

Su Qiao rejected the Zhou family’s marriage proposal, learned Feng Han’s identity and history, and chose to remain with her family while he returned to the capital. When a rebellion erupted there, she defended the Su household, and the arc ended with news that the Emperor was gravely wounded and his five-year-old son had taken the throne.

• Zhou Tianyou rejected Xia Xiaodie after revealing that his family’s apparent misfortune had been a test arranged by his mother, and the Su family celebrated Su Yaohui and Su Yichen’s examination successes.
• Granny Fang proposed Zhou Tianyou as a match for Su Qiao, but Su Qiao warned her family about his relationship with Xia Xiaodie and the danger Madam Zhou posed, so Old Master Xia agreed to delay marriage plans.
• Madam Zhou and County Vice-Magistrate Zhou visited the Su family to press the proposal, but Su Qiao called the match unsuitable and Feng Han arrived to oppose it.
• Feng Han presented Su Qiao with an Imperial Decree naming her a County Princess, and Su Qiao secured the Zhou family’s silence while Zhou Tianyou agreed to leave with Yuan Wu.
• Su Qiao learned that Feng Han was the former Empress’s son, had survived a plot against him, and had built power to take revenge, but she chose to stay with the Su family as he returned to the capital.
• Su Qiao submitted her water-wheel plans and learned that Xia Xiaodie was being abused by her husband, then hurried to warn Old Master Su when 444 reported that the imperial family was under attack.
• Su Qiao hid her family underground and helped Yuan Wu’s men repel intruders at the Su home, then ordered the bodies removed without alarming the villagers.
• News from the capital said the Crown Prince had rebelled, the Emperor was gravely wounded, and the throne had passed to his five-year-old son after the First Prince helped prevent further deaths.

Su Qiao married Feng Han and remained with him until his death, then withdrew her soul and awoke as an Imperial Consort in another palace. She uncovered Jin Moli's plans against the Su family and learned that her wedding-night partner was his hidden twin, Jin Canghan.

• Feng Han arrived with Imperial Decrees that made Su Qiao Princess Anning, promoted Su Yaohui, and betrothed her to Prince Rui.
• Su Qiao moved to the capital with Feng Han, expanded her businesses and agricultural work, and married him as her family rose in wealth and rank.
• Feng Han died of stomach cancer at forty-nine, and Su Qiao left letters requesting burial beside him before withdrawing her soul.
• Su Qiao awoke on her wedding night with Jin Canghan and later recalled how Jin Moli and the Empress Dowager had caused the original host's execution and the Su family's destruction.
• Su Qiao decided to depose Jin Moli, investigated her mysterious wedding-night partner, and feigned serious illness while secretly cultivating Internal Energy.
• Su Qiao acted affectionate toward Jin Moli during his visit while 444 monitored the palace and exposed his confrontation with Jin Canghan.
• Jin Canghan admitted sleeping with Su Qiao, and the Empress Dowager secured his release while insisting that the Su family must be exterminated.
• Su Qiao confirmed that Jin Canghan and Jin Moli were twins, and 444 identified Ren Dong as the person who had drugged the nuptial wine.

Su Qiao used a false pregnancy to protect herself, unsettle Jin Moli, and draw Jin Canghan close, while her family uncovered the Emperor’s plans against them. Jin Canghan learned that the imperial family had stolen his ability to have children and secretly became Su Qiao’s eunuch attendant.

• Su Qiao identified Ren Dong as the one who drugged her bridal wine, then told Madam Su and Chunyu that Consort Wan was her chief suspect.
• Su Qiao gave Jiang Shi the Azure Jade Hairpin containing a hidden note and a Buddhist Sutra carrying a secret message for the Su family.
• The Su family decoded Su Qiao’s letter and learned the Emperor planned to eliminate them, then agreed to protect her and prepare in secret.
• Su Qiao claimed she was pregnant, and Jin Moli reacted with shock as Imperial Physician Liu confirmed the pregnancy.
• Jin Moli and the Empress Dowager discussed Jin Canghan’s supposed infertility, and Jin Canghan overheard that they had poisoned him to prevent him from having heirs.
• Su Qiao learned that the Emperor and Empress Dowager planned to get rid of her child, while Jin Canghan disguised himself as a eunuch called Little Yu and joined her household.
• Su Qiao made Jin Canghan responsible for her kitchen and told him she had given up dancing because she was pregnant, while he grew angry watching Jin Moli visit her.
• Su Qiao acted content to share Jin Moli with other women, privately resolved to kill him if he interfered, and Jin Moli was moved by her apparent devotion.