Recaps

Xuan Xiaowu pretended to be Dantai Mo and Jian Ruonan’s son, stirring up the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence before Jian Ruonan beat him for his shameless act. Dantai Mo prepared to take him away, but Xuan Xiaowu clung to Min and begged to stay at the residence.

• Xuan Xiaowu hugged Dantai Mo and Jian Ruonan, calling them Daddy and Mommy and claiming to be their child.
• Teng told Min that she was going to be a grandmother, and the family hurried to the main hall to see Xuan Xiaowu.
• Xuan Xiaowu claimed he regarded Dantai Mo as a loving father and Jian Ruonan as a strict mother, while Jian Ruonan and Dantai Mo denied being old enough to have a child.
• Xuan Xiaowu tried to protect Dantai Mo by saying his theft of the Lamp Oil and eavesdropping were his own decisions, but Jian Ruonan ordered Chen Pozi to hold him down and spanked him.
• Dantai Mo said he would take Xuan Xiaowu away, and Xuan Xiaowu clung to Min and begged to stay at the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence.

Jian Ruonan dealt with the arrival of Xuan Xiaowu, who claimed to be her future son, while preparing to report her successes in the Southeast to Emperor Deyuan. The Hou System later revealed that Xiaowu could leave only after Jian Ruonan completed her mission to win over Dantai Mo, which Xiaowu said meant getting married.

• Min took Xuan Xiaowu into her care, and he told the family he had traveled from the future as Jian Ruonan and Dantai Mo's son.
• Xuan Xiaowu explained that his turtle shell was a divine artifact needed for his return, and the family accepted his story.
• After recovering from a day's sleep, Jian Ruonan found Xiaowu living in Min's Green Gauze Alcove and warned him not to cause trouble.
• Jian Ruonan met Dantai Mo at the palace gates and told him she would leave Xiaowu where he was.
• The Hou System reported that putting Xiaowu back into Dantai Mo's head was highly unlikely, but he could leave once Jian Ruonan completed her mission.
• Xuan Xiaowu said Jian Ruonan would complete the mission by marrying Dantai Mo.

Jian Ruonan weighed the Hou System’s options for completing its mission and decided to keep Jian Chuxue and Mechuan Yaokuzi alive while waiting for them to have a son. She arranged for Dantai Mo to take Xuan Xiaowu for the next week, while the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence gossiped about their meeting and watched the Fourth Prince leave with the child.

• The Hou System said Jian Ruonan could complete the mission by marrying Dantai Mo or by ensuring Jian Chuxue and Mechuan Yaokuzi stayed together and had a son.
• Xuan Xiaowu argued that keeping the couple alive was difficult, but Jian Ruonan decided to wait and pursue that plan.
• Dantai Mo offered to share custody of Xuan Xiaowu, and Jian Ruonan agreed that he should take the child for the next seven days.
• The Elder Branch speculated about Jian Ruonan and Dantai Mo, while the Old Madam and others gossiped about Xuan Xiaowu and Jian Chuyun’s imprisoned Heir.
• The Fourth Prince emerged from Deer Song Courtyard with Xuan Xiaowu, and Jian Ruonan found the household gathered outside to watch them leave.

Dantai Mo took Xuan Xiaowu to the palace, where the boy revealed to Emperor Deyuan and Consort Yan that he was Dantai Mo and Jian Ruonan’s future son. He persuaded the emperor to let Dantai Mo discuss sparing Jian Chuxue and Mechuan Yaokuzi with Jian Ruonan, while he stayed in the palace with his grandparents.

• Jian Ruonan tried to stop the Jinyang Marquis’s household from gossiping about her and Xuan Xiaowu, but her explanation only prompted them to exchange knowing looks.
• Dantai Mo took Xuan Xiaowu to the Imperial Palace and introduced him to Emperor Deyuan.
• Xuan Xiaowu called Emperor Deyuan his Imperial Grandfather and explained that he was Dantai Mo and Jian Ruonan’s eight-year-old son from the future.
• Emperor Deyuan welcomed Xuan Xiaowu and summoned Consort Yan, who also warmly accepted him as her grandson.
• Dantai Mo asked Emperor Deyuan to spare Jian Chuxue and Mechuan Yaokuzi, and Xuan Xiaowu urged the emperor to let him and Jian Ruonan discuss the matter first.

Xuan Xiaowu settled into palace life while Dantai Mo prepared the Imperial Prison for an honored visitor. At Jian Xilu’s trousseau banquet, Jian Ruonan confronted the Younger Branch and recruited the Eldest Princess to help her pursue fresh gossip.

• Xuan Xiaowu agreed to borrow money from Commandery Princess Jiarou after losing games in the Imperial Garden.
• Dantai Mo ordered the Imperial Prison cleaned and aired out before an honored guest arrived the next day.
• Jian Ruonan rebuked Young Shi-shi for blaming her for Jian Chuyun’s canceled wedding and pressured her to give Jian Xilu a proper trousseau gift.
• Jian Ruonan asked the Eldest Princess to help her gain access to the homes of several noble families as a physician so she could hear their gossip.

Jian Ruonan arranged to keep Mechuan Yaokuzi and Jian Chuxue alive long enough to fulfill their mission, then disguised herself as a physician to pursue gossip at the homes of powerful families. She was rushed to Commandery Prince Anping’s residence, where a concubine urgently needed treatment.

• Jian Ruonan learned that Mechuan Yaokuzi and Jian Chuxue faced execution and went with Dantai Mo to the Imperial Prison.
• Jian Ruonan identified and removed prison spies plotting to help Mechuan Yaokuzi escape, then proposed ransoming the Wa Kingdom’s generals instead of executing them.
• Jian Ruonan sent Wang Defa to arrange family-doctor visits at Commandery Prince Anping’s residence and the Right Assistant Censor-in-Chief’s residence.
• Jian Ruonan waited at her rented house for a chance to investigate gossip and was called to treat someone at Commandery Prince Anping’s residence.
• Chen Pozi disguised Jian Ruonan on the carriage ride, and servants urged her to save a concubine before Third Master punished the household.

Jian Ruonan and her companions entered Prince Anping's Residence to treat Lü Xinxiang and Commander Shu, only to find the couple locked in a volatile confrontation. They interrupted the scene to tend to their injuries, and Jian Ruonan tried to recruit Lü Xinxiang to calm Commander Shu.

• Jian Ruonan arrived at Prince Anping's Residence with the disguised Eldest Princess, Dantai Mo, and Wang Defa after being summoned to treat someone.
• The group found Lü Xinxiang holding a porcelain shard to Commander Shu's neck while he dared her to cut him.
• Commander Shu forced Lü Xinxiang's hand against his neck until the shard drew blood, then kissed her as she cried.
• Jian Ruonan entered to treat their wounds, and Dantai Mo stopped the Eldest Princess from revealing herself when Commander Shu shouted at them.
• Dantai Mo brought two maids inside to plead with Commander Shu, and Jian Ruonan urged Lü Xinxiang to persuade him before she cried out.

Jian Ruonan watched the Qianhu torment Lü Xinxiang with relentless kisses until the Commandery Prince interrupted them and ordered his son to win her over within three days. After Lü Xinxiang finally urged the Qianhu to stop his bleeding, Jian Ruonan began treating his wound while encouraging their reconciliation.

• The Qianhu resumed kissing Lü Xinxiang after she bit him, then refused to have his bleeding wound bandaged.
• Jian Ruonan learned that Lü Xinxiang had been engaged to the Qianhu's nephew before the Qianhu forcibly brought her home.
• The Commandery Prince arrived, mocked his son, and gave him three days to handle Lü Xinxiang before intervening himself.
• Jian Ruonan offered to bandage the Qianhu and persuaded Lü Xinxiang to ask him to stop the bleeding.
• The Qianhu accepted treatment after Lü Xinxiang called him Third Master, and Jian Ruonan praised his smile.

Jian Ruonan stopped the Thousand-Household Commander’s bleeding with a sanitary pad, then watched his possessiveness spark a confrontation when the Eldest Princess tried to treat Lü Xinxiang. Back at home, Jian Ruonan and Teng reassured Jian Xilu, who was anxious about her wedding the next day, that her family would support her.

• Jian Ruonan used a sanitary pad to stop the Thousand-Household Commander’s neck from bleeding, and he rewarded her with silver after praising the pad as an “Uncle Protector.”
• The Thousand-Household Commander threw the blood-soaked pad at the Eldest Princess when she tried to examine Lü Xinxiang’s injured hand, and Dantai Mo pulled the furious princess out of the room.
• Jian Ruonan let the Thousand-Household Commander treat Lü Xinxiang’s hand himself, then returned home and gave the reward silver to the steward in exchange for being called if he had stomach trouble.
• Jian Ruonan found the family gathered around Jian Xilu’s dowry and learned that the bride-to-be feared being mistreated or missing her family after marriage.
• Jian Ruonan and Teng promised Jian Xilu that she could return home whenever she needed help, while Min warned them not to lead her astray.

Jian Ruonan helped her family prepare for Jian Xilu’s wedding and reflected on how deeply she had come to belong to the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence. Jian Xilu left for her new home in a bridal sedan as Jian Ruonan watched her go with tears in her eyes.

• Min and Jian Xilu cried together, while Jian Huayuan promised to stand up for his eldest sister and the family told him not to cause trouble.
• Jian Ruonan rose early to help Min check Jian Xilu’s dowry and assist with the wedding preparations.
• Jian Ruonan and Min received palace wedding gifts, and Xuan Xiaowu arrived hoping to collect red envelopes.
• The Fourth Prince and Embroidered Uniform Guards brought bridal-preparation gifts, while Dantai Mo took charge of urging the bride to finish getting ready.
• Top Graduate Hou handed out red envelopes, and Jian Xilu bid farewell before riding on Jian Huayuan’s back to the bridal sedan.

Shi Fan brought the Shi clan chief to Jian Ruonan, hoping she would divine whether the family he had chosen was suitable for adoption. Jian Ruonan exposed the family’s tangled parentage and revealed that the clan chief had secretly maneuvered to make Shi Fan adopt his own illegitimate grandson.

• Shi Fan refused the clan chief’s push to adopt Shi Hong’s family and took him to the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence to consult Jian Ruonan.
• While waiting for Jian Ruonan, Shi Fan met Master Zeng and Captain Xue, who had also come seeking help having sons.
• Jian Ruonan said Shi Hong and Shi Jiang were unsuitable because Shi Jiang was Shi Wu'ai’s son and his fiancée, A Yan, was Shi Hong’s daughter.
• Jian Ruonan’s thoughts revealed that Shi Wu'ai was Shi Wushu’s illegitimate son and that Shi Wushu had chosen the family so Shi Fan would adopt his own grandson.
• Jian Ruonan also revealed that Shi Wushu’s legitimate son was not biologically his, leaving Shi Fan furious at the clan chief.

Jian Ruonan became famous as Great Xia’s Child-Seeking Guanyin after several families conceived, then began punishing Xuan Xiaowu for his misdeeds after Commandery Princess Jiarou brought her his debt. The chapter ended with Jian Ruonan beating the frightened turtle while Jiarou held him down.

• Shi Wushu learned that his legitimate son might not be his biological child, but his bedridden wife died before he could question her.
• Jian Ruonan gave Shi Fan a Fertility Pill and agreed to help him secure an heir and advance Jian Zhang’s career.
• Master Zeng’s concubines, Shi Fan’s concubine, and Captain Xue’s wife conceived, prompting people to worship Jian Ruonan as the Child-Seeking Guanyin.
• Jian Ruonan redirected worshippers from the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence to her family’s Taoist Temple.
• Commandery Princess Jiarou brought Jian Ruonan an IOU for the five thousand taels Xuan Xiaowu had borrowed, and Jian Ruonan agreed to repay it with interest.
• Jian Ruonan shut the Flower Hall doors and used a yellow vitex rod to punish Xuan Xiaowu for his accumulated misdeeds while Jiarou held him down.

Jian Ruonan disciplined Xuan Xiaowu for spreading rumors and gambling, then made him take responsibility by correcting the rumors and working to repay his debt. Xuan Xiaowu began his new routine of factory work, study, and earning money as a wish-granting turtle.

• Jian Ruonan beat Xuan Xiaowu, then questioned him about stealing his brother's identity, spreading rumors, and gambling up five thousand taels.
• Xuan Xiaowu learned how his rumors could have ruined Jian Ruonan's reputation and admitted that he was wrong.
• Jian Ruonan ordered Xuan Xiaowu to clear up the rumors within seven days and repay Commandery Princess Jiarou by earning the money himself.
• Xuan Xiaowu visited the Jian family, Top Graduate Hou's residence, and the Imperial Palace to correct the rumors.
• Jian Ruonan assigned Xuan Xiaowu factory work, lessons, and a part-time job as a wish-granting turtle so he could repay the debt.

Emperor Deyuan hosted the Wa envoys while Jian Ruonan exposed the poverty behind their claims of wealth. When the envoys praised the beauty they offered as his consort, Jian Ruonan saw her portrait and reacted in horror, leaving the court stunned.

• The Wa envoys demanded that Emperor Deyuan release Mechuan Yaokuzi and other captured warriors in exchange for a beautiful nobleman's daughter.
• Emperor Deyuan and his ministers delayed their answer and arranged a banquet at the Purple Light Pavilion, expecting Jian Ruonan to reveal the Wa Kingdom's true circumstances.
• Jian Ruonan arrived at the banquet and arranged for Indian friends to perform, then took her place beside Emperor Deyuan.
• Jian Ruonan's inner voice and Light Screen exposed the Wa Kingdom's meager food and showed Hōjō Ujimasa's family eating rice with soybean-paste soup.
• The Wa envoys praised their kingdom's greatest beauty, but Jian Ruonan screamed when her portrait appeared on the Light Screen, and the officials cried out in alarm.

At a banquet, Jian Ruonan mocked Wa Kingdom’s beauty, military claims, customs, and revered warriors, while Emperor Deyuan and the court joined in. The Wa envoys’ pride collapsed when their supposed mighty warriors appeared in aprons to perform “I’m a Kid from India,” and Jian Ruonan challenged them to explain the spectacle.

• Wa Kingdom’s painted beauty terrified Emperor Deyuan and the court, who mocked the Wa envoys for presenting her as a great beauty.
• The Wa envoys boasted of Wa Kingdom’s mighty soldiers and warhorses, but Jian Ruonan’s Light Screen showed tiny raiders riding doglike animals.
• Jian Ruonan’s thoughts exposed Wa Kingdom’s “night crawling” custom, enraging the Wa envoys as Emperor Deyuan and the officials ridiculed them.
• The Wa envoys praised famous Wa generals and eagerly welcomed their descendants, who appeared in aprons and performed “I’m a Kid from India.”
• Jian Ruonan asked whether the performers were Indian children or Wa warriors telling the envoys to leave, then laughed at their humiliation.

Jian Ruonan had the Wa envoys arrested, then released them with a demand for reparations in exchange for Mechuan Yaokuzi. Later, she was summoned to the Fang household, where she discovered the three Fang brothers fighting over their drugged stepmother and rushed in to intervene.

• The Wa envoys denied knowing the dancing generals, but Emperor Deyuan ordered the Golden Guards to arrest them as suspected spies at Jian Ruonan’s suggestion.
• The envoys admitted they were Indian friends, performed “doo-doo da-da-da,” and were released with a demand that Great Wa pay five hundred thousand taels and surrender a mine to ransom Mechuan Yaokuzi.
• Jian Ruonan continued working as the Fang family’s physician and was carried off by serving women while washing her feet; Wang Defa, Commandery Princess Jiarou, Dantai Mo, and Xuan Xiaowu joined her disguised as attendants.
• At the Fang Residence, Jian Ruonan found Chen Shi flushed and suffering while her three stepsons accused one another of drugging her and fought over who would serve as her antidote.
• Jian Ruonan entered the room and told Madam Fang to make the brothers stop fighting.

Jian Ruonan tried to help Chen Shi after a drug made her lose control, while the three Fang brothers fought over what to do with her. The brothers carried Chen Shi into the bathing chamber and shut Jian Ruonan out.

• The three Fang brothers fought clumsily as Chen Shi succumbed to the drug, and Jian Ruonan called for cold water.
• Commandery Princess Jiarou, Wang Defa, and Dantai Mo arrived with basins, while Jiarou teased Wang Defa and Dantai Mo about looking at Chen Shi.
• Jian Ruonan splashed cold water on Chen Shi, who briefly regained clarity and told the Fang brothers to stop fighting.
• Jian Ruonan advised the brothers to use cold water and have Chen Shi drink hot water, but they began fighting again over who would care for her.
• The three Fang brothers carried Chen Shi into the bathing chamber together and shut the door on Jian Ruonan.

Jian Ruonan and her companions eavesdropped on Madam Chen and the three Fang brothers, then left the Fang residence to gossip at Jian Ruonan’s courtyard. Before they could finish dinner, an urgent consultation sent the whole group rushing out with their food.

• Jian Ruonan rented stethoscopes to Commandery Princess Jiarou and Wang Defa while they listened outside the bathroom, and Dantai Mo refused to eavesdrop.
• Jian Ruonan questioned a maid about Madam Chen’s relationship with the three Fang brothers while they waited for the family to emerge.
• Madam Chen recovered enough to leave the bathroom with the three brothers, who treated one another more civilly than before.
• Jian Ruonan returned to her rented courtyard, where her companions joined her to share gossip and eat.
• Two serving women carried Jian Ruonan off to an urgent consultation as Chen Pozi and the others followed with medicine, makeup, and bowls of food.

Jian Ruonan visited Prince Anping's Residence and diagnosed the Thousand-Household Commander with a stomach ailment, which he claimed to cure by making Lü Xinxiang feed him soup mouth-to-mouth. When Jian Ruonan discovered Lü Xinxiang was pregnant, the concubine worried about the consequences because the principal wife was not pregnant.

• Jian Ruonan and her companions arrived at Prince Anping's Residence, where the Thousand-Household Commander was blaming his servants because Lü Xinxiang wanted to leave again.
• Jian Ruonan declared that the Thousand-Household Commander had a stomach ailment and told Lü Xinxiang to feed him the soup she had made.
• The Thousand-Household Commander insisted on being fed mouth-to-mouth, and Jian Ruonan convinced Lü Xinxiang that her saliva would help cure him.
• The Thousand-Household Commander said his stomach ailment was cured and rewarded Lü Xinxiang with silver.
• Jian Ruonan checked Lü Xinxiang's pulse and announced that she was pregnant, leaving Lü Xinxiang distraught because the principal wife was not pregnant yet.

Jian Ruonan learned that Concubine Lu was pregnant with twins, then discovered the commander's wife had secretly paid her to protect the pregnancy because she loved Concubine Lu. On the way home, Jian Ruonan revealed that Concubine Lu was about to run away pregnant, leaving the gossip group lamenting that the commander’s household would provide no gossip for six years.

• The Thousand-Household Commander celebrated Concubine Lu’s pregnancy, and Jian Ruonan announced she was carrying twins, a boy and a girl.
• The commander’s wife summoned Jian Ruonan and offered her gold, prompting Jian Ruonan to fear she was being paid to end the pregnancy.
• Jian Ruonan accepted the gold, then learned the wife wanted her to ensure the babies survived because the wife loved Concubine Lu.
• Jian Ruonan explained to Commandery Princess Jiarou that taking the gold would have prevented the wife from hiring someone else to harm Concubine Lu.
• Jian Ruonan revealed that Concubine Lu was about to flee while pregnant and would return six years later with twins.

Six years later, Jian Ruonan still lived carefree and had made no progress on her mission, while Xuan Xiaowu urged her to remember it. She finally set out to complete the mission by going to see Jian Chuxue give birth, believing the event would conclude the leads’ romance.

• Jian Ruonan woke late in a room packed with ice and welcomed Min, Xuan Xiaowu, and her niece An Jie'er.
• Min told Jian Ruonan that Governor-General Xu's daughter had asked whether Xuan Xiaowu was engaged, and Jian Ruonan offered to make the girl lose interest by having Xiaowu recite poems.
• Min worried about Jian Ruonan's refusal to marry, but changed her mind after considering the troubles marriage would bring.
• Xuan Xiaowu reminded Jian Ruonan that she had promised to complete her mission and send him home, and complained that six years had passed without her trying.
• Jian Ruonan declared that she would complete the mission and revealed that Jian Chuxue was giving birth that day.

Jian Ruonan visited Jian Chuxue after she gave birth, expecting the mission to be complete, but learned that the baby was a girl and Jian Chuxue still wanted a son. The mission remained unfinished.

• The Wa Kingdom agreed to trade a silver mine for Mechuan Yaokuzi, who would remain a hostage until the mine was exhausted.
• Jian Ruonan took Xuan Xiaowu and Commandery Princess Jiarou with her husband to the Farm Estate, stopping to play mahjong along the way.
• The group saw Dantai Mo drilling cavalry near the estate, and Jian Ruonan remarked on his appearance and the dusty road.
• Jian Ruonan reached the Farm Estate and found that Jian Chuxue had safely given birth to a daughter, though Jian Chuxue had suffered heavy bleeding.
• Jian Chuxue said she wanted to bear Mechuan Yaokuzi a son, so Jian Ruonan's mission did not complete.

Jian Chuxue resolved to keep trying for a son after giving birth to a daughter, while Jian Ruonan’s predictions that her next three children would also be girls made her faint. Jian Chuxue later asked Jian Ruonan for Fertility Pills, and she eagerly accepted the warning that they could produce eight babies at once.

• Jian Chuxue drank chicken soup and vowed to recover so she could try for a son, but Jian Ruonan predicted that her next three children would all be daughters, causing her to faint.
• After waking, Jian Chuxue declared that she would risk her health to bear Mechuan Yaokuzi a son, while Jian Ruonan left the birthing room frustrated.
• Jian Ruonan considered attacking the Wa Kingdom to remove Mechuan Yaokuzi’s need for an heir, then returned to find Jian Chuxue naming the baby Mechuan Zhaodizi.
• Jian Chuxue dismissed the maids and asked Jian Ruonan to sell her a Fertility Pill, believing it might help her have a son.
• Jian Ruonan said the pill could result in eight babies in one pregnancy, and Jian Chuxue happily concluded that at least one would surely be a boy.

Jian Ruonan visited Jian Chuxue, then encountered Dantai Mo on the road and returned toward the residence with Xuan Xiaowu. Xuan Xiaowu proposed that Jian Ruonan and Dantai Mo enter a fake marriage, and Dantai Mo unexpectedly agreed.

• Jian Chuxue told Jian Ruonan she wanted a son so she could feel secure, and Jian Ruonan told her to gather the gold for fertility pills.
• Jian Ruonan met Dantai Mo after leaving the Farm Estate and teased him about his fragrance and his plan to ride in her carriage.
• Xuan Xiaowu and Commandery Princess Jiarou offered to leave the carriage so Dantai Mo could join them, but Jian Ruonan refused and brought Xuan Xiaowu inside.
• Xuan Xiaowu proposed a fake marriage between Jian Ruonan and Dantai Mo to quiet gossip and fulfill the mission.
• Dantai Mo appeared at the carriage window and said he thought the fake-marriage idea was ingenious.

Xuan Xiaowu tried to persuade Jian Ruonan to enter a sham marriage with Dantai Mo, listing its benefits and proposing to be adopted as their eldest son. Jian Ruonan considered the arrangement, then rejected its appeal when she realized Xuan Xiaowu would eventually leave and she would still face pressure to have children.

• After Dantai Mo rode away, Jian Ruonan joked with Commandery Princess Jiarou about the burdens of marriage and childbirth.
• Xuan Xiaowu proposed that Jian Ruonan and Dantai Mo have a sham marriage and adopt him as their eldest son.
• Xuan Xiaowu praised the benefits of marrying Dantai Mo while Dantai Mo secretly listened from beside the carriage.
• Jian Ruonan realized that adoption could make Xuan Xiaowu heir to the throne, and Xuan Xiaowu eagerly imagined becoming the Imperial Grandson.
• Jian Ruonan remembered Xuan Xiaowu would eventually leave, so she decided the marriage would not spare her from pressure to have children.
• Xuan Xiaowu begged to stay long enough to enjoy being the Imperial Grandson for a few years.