Recaps

Jian Ruonan guarded the Spring Examination papers by exposing the First Imperial Prince’s theft, then confronted household and courtly rivals at a banquet. The arc ended with a talent contest beginning between Jian Ruonan and the Tenth Young Miss.

• Emperor Deyuan appointed Jian Ruonan and Dantai Mo as Deputy Chief Examiners, and Jian Ruonan warned that the examination papers would be in danger.
• Jian Ruonan outfitted Emperor Deyuan and the ministers with Facekinis, led them on a secret tour of the harem, and witnessed the Empress Dowager’s romance with Qin Guangzu.
• Jian Ruonan found the First Imperial Prince copying an examination paper in the Imperial Study, and Emperor Deyuan imprisoned him after Wei Liren confirmed his crimes.
• Jian Ruonan punished Green Cicada for insulting her family, then went to the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest’s banquet with Dantai Mo and the pandas.
• Jian Ruonan confronted the Heir Apparent’s Consort and exposed secrets about several assembled wives, including Madam Wang’s treatment of Jian Xilu.
• The Heir Apparent’s Consort arranged a talent contest between the Tenth Young Miss and Jian Ruonan, and Jian Ruonan claimed skills in medicine, Purple Star Astrology, and celestial divination.

Jian Ruonan won the garrison’s loyalty, secured support for her military plans by launching the Honeycomb Coal Plan, and exposed the Third Prince’s ties to the Wa Kingdom. Daughter Coal spread across Great Xia as she used its profits to build the Maiden Army, while the imprisoned Third Prince began a tunnel escape.

• Jian Ruonan exposed the Heir Apparent’s Consort’s jealousy, then treated Imperial Guard Chen by revealing that he was faking paralysis and making him jump from the bed.
• Tangyuan defeated Wolf Batian and killed the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest, the Heir Apparent’s Consort, and Tenth Young Miss after they threatened Jian Ruonan.
• Jian Ruonan’s forces destroyed Jian Chuxue’s gunpowder encampment, and Emperor Deyuan appointed Jian Ruonan Distant Pacification General.
• Jian Ruonan won the barracks’ loyalty with her weapons and demonstrations of electricity, then organized the Maiden Army and requested military funding.
• Jian Ruonan presented the Honeycomb Coal Plan to Emperor Deyuan and the court, and she exposed Consort Xian’s affair with Mechuan Kuchazi and the Third Prince’s contact with a Wa Kingdom spy.
• Emperor Deyuan imprisoned the Third Prince as Jian Ruonan’s Briquette Coal proved effective, and he appointed her to lead its production and sales.
• Jian Ruonan expanded Daughter Coal across Great Xia and used the profits to build the Maiden Army, while the imprisoned Third Prince discovered a tunnel and saw a flatbread seller emerge to rescue him.

Jian Ruonan led the Maiden Army to suppress the mountain bandits, outmaneuvering Jian Chuxue’s Fire Ox Formation with drugged cattle. The enemy’s attack collapsed, leaving captured warriors and surviving cattle in her hands.

• The Third Prince escaped with help from Yoshikawa Kudan and Yoshikawa Haruyo, while Shang Kedao ordered Gao Shou to investigate his family’s deaths and kill the culprit and Shi Fan.
• Xue Yuanyu sought the Eldest Princess’s help, but she denied knowing him and expelled him after Jian Ruonan’s Light Screen exposed their past, and Dantai Mo earned conquest points when he caught Jian Ruonan during the performance.
• Jian Chuxue’s plans to fund the Third Prince’s camp through coal, flatbread, and inventions failed, while her Wa Kingdom generals stole Jian Ruonan’s pouch and were caught in her traps.
• Jian Ruonan led the Maiden Army out of Capital City with Commandery Princess Jiarou’s gold, then used mahjong, a popcorn cannon, and a flying chicken to disrupt the Great Circle Army and capture Le Yu, Tokugawa Dajiao, and Yoshikawa Kudan.
• Jian Ruonan made Le Yu and the Wa generals perform in the Maiden Army Song and Dance Troupe, while Jian Chuxue planned to attack with a Fire Ox Formation and feigned surrender.
• Jian Ruonan discovered Jian Chuxue’s plan and ordered her officers to mix an aphrodisiac and Multiple-Birth Pills into the cattle’s fodder, despite warnings about the formation.
• Jian Chuxue launched the Fire Ox Formation, but the drugged cattle turned on one another, broke the attack, and left the Maiden Army unharmed.
• Jian Ruonan learned that the attack had ended and proposed paying locals to care for the surviving cattle and use the bulls to plow, and Captain Xue threatened the captives into tasting the beef.

Jian Ruonan defeated Jian Chuxue’s forces, returned to the capital with the treasure, and gained imperial honors. At the Marquis’s Residence, she clashed with Jian Chuyun and Zi Azha while helping Dantai Mo recover his legs, then set out to examine the Heir Apparent.

• Jian Ruonan used the Maiden Army’s tactics and explosive weapons to defeat Jian Chuxue and Mechuan Yaokuzi, capture them, and seize the Previous Dynasty treasure.
• Jian Ruonan helped resolve the tangled courtship among Commandery Princess Jiarou, Wang Defa, Mechuan Yaokuzi, and Jian Chuxue as the Maiden Army headed back to the capital.
• Emperor Deyuan promoted Jian Ruonan after she explained how she had broken the Fire Ox Formation, though she denied taking the treasure.
• Jian Ruonan returned to the Jinyang Marquis's Residence, where she clashed with Young Shi-shi and Jian Chuyun over their wedding plans and Zi Azha’s attention.
• Jian Ruonan mocked Zi Azha’s attempt to charm her, traded Multiple-Birth Pills to Shi Fan for help advancing her father, and publicly turned Jian Chuyun’s false accusations against her.
• Jian Ruonan discovered that the three princes of fiefs had caused Dantai Mo’s horse stampede, treated his legs, and learned that the Black Tortoise System was exchanging his emotional reactions for healing energy.
• Jian Ruonan agreed to examine Zi Azha for a tray of treasures, then confronted Jian Chuyun and the older women, exposing their embarrassing secrets and knocking Granny Wang into the bushes with her Harley Motorcycle.
• Jian Ruonan invited Jian Chuyun to accompany her to examine the Heir Apparent and revealed through the Light Screen that he was dancing Latin.