Recaps

Jiang Nuan used Guagua’s knowledge to expose criminals, shape Rong County’s leadership, and help Jiang Yunsheng recruit powerful figures across Great Xia. The pair continued their journey toward Ran County, where Jing Kingdom agents prepared an assassination attempt.

• Jiang Yunsheng rescued Tuoba Ran from his pursuers and offered to help him claim the Black Moon Kingdom’s throne if he annexed it into Great Xia.
• Jiang Nuan exposed the fortune-teller Si Tian as a fraud, then used Guagua’s information to save children and uncover crimes in Rong City.
• Jiang Nuan helped Magistrate Pan expose Deputy Magistrate Tao Fu as an impostor and Deputy Magistrate Peng as corrupt, then selected new county officials.
• Jiang Nuan and Zhong Xiujie thwarted Yin Ting’s attempt to kill him, and Jiang Nuan later helped capture and recruit Zhang Liang.
• In Pei County, Jiang Yunsheng recruited Liu Ji and his companions for Great Xia, while Jiang Nuan persuaded him to put Lü Zhi’s talents to work.
• Jiang Yunsheng learned that Great Xia’s steamships were ready to carry troops to Japan, but abandoned his plan for a Mount Tai sacrifice after Jiang Nuan warned him about its future disgrace.
• Jiang Nuan exposed a Jing Kingdom honey trap targeting Jiang Yunsheng, and the pair continued to Ran County despite the threat.
• Guagua warned Jiang Nuan that Jing Kingdom agents in Ran County planned to attack the inn disguised as bandits and had poisoned its food.

Jiang Nuan helped Jiang Yunsheng secure the counties and defeat the Jing Kingdom, then returned home and built a life with Chi Hengji. A Heavenly Screen later revealed how her actions shaped Great Xia and showed the future that brought her and Chi Hengji together.

• Jiang Yunsheng exposed Jing Kingdom agents in Ran County, cleared Zhong Feiwen, and promised the county tax relief and a free school.
• Jiang Nuan traveled with her family and friends, celebrated her birthday, and visited Heaven and Earth Mountain, where Qingxu Zi explained her Mysterious Fate and the leak of her thoughts.
• Jiang Nuan confronted her family after learning they could hear her thoughts, but Jiang Yehua and Cen Xue reassured her that they cared for her regardless.
• Jiang Nuan and Jiang Yunsheng traveled to Miao County, where Jiang Nuan helped You Youyou stop the assassination plot and protect Jiang Yunsheng from gu poison.
• Great Xia and the Black Moon Kingdom defeated Jing Kingdom, and Jiang Nuan returned to the Capital City before visiting Chi Hengji’s prosperous fief in Rui'an County.
• Jiang Nuan fell in love with Chi Hengji, became engaged to him on her coming-of-age day, and was proclaimed Princess Royal by Jiang Yunsheng.
• A Heavenly Screen appeared and Xiao Ran recounted Jiang Nuan’s reforms, her role in Great Xia’s prosperity, and the lives she changed, including those of Chi Hengji and Cen Xue.
• The screen revealed how Chi Hengji’s health was restored and how he and Jiang Nuan became lovers, married, and raised Commandery Princess Lingxi.