Recaps

Xia Wanwan and Li Qian exposed Li Kengqiang’s abuse and deaths of children, whose ghosts gathered to confront him. As Attendant Li and Madam Li faced the truth, a vengeful ghost took hold of Li Kengqiang, and Li Qian struck him with a vase.

• Xia Wanwan beat Li Kengqiang until Madam Li begged her to stop, while Li Qian revealed ghosts from her charm pouch.
• Li Qian accused Li Kengqiang’s parents of enabling his cruelty and explained that she had sheltered the souls of his victims.
• Xia Wanwan revealed the ghosts as three girls and two boys, and the children recounted Li Kengqiang’s abuse and Madam Li’s role in silencing one victim’s family.
• Attendant Li confronted Madam Li about her knowledge of the crimes, while she continued to shield their son despite his threats.
• Li Kengqiang seized Madam Li by the throat, and Xia Wanwan revealed that he was a vengeful ghost occupying their son’s body.
• Li Qian smashed a vase against Li Kengqiang’s head.

Xia Wanwan helped resolve the haunting at the Li residence, then went to a restaurant with her Hidden Guards. There, Xie Jinqian learned Xie Jin'an could father a child only once and began suspecting Xia Wanwan’s parentage, deciding to question her when he heard she had arrived.

• The ghosts destroyed Li Kengqiang’s last soul fragment, and Xia Wanwan told Attendant Li that the vengeful ghost had displaced his original son’s soul.
• Attendant Li asked Xia Wanwan how Madam Li could see their original child, and she advised him to ask Yuantong to perform a ritual.
• Xia Wanwan shared winnings from the Hidden Guards’ betting pool and went with them to a restaurant in the Capital.
• Daoist Huiyao told Xie Jinqian that Xie Jin'an could father a child once after taking the finished elixir, and Xie Jinqian ordered Yan to give him that chance.
• Xie Jinqian suspected Xia Wanwan might not be his eldest brother’s daughter and blamed Xia Siheng for supposedly forcing his sister-in-law into marriage.
• When an attendant announced Xia Wanwan’s arrival, Xie Jinqian decided to question her about her parentage.

Pan Chun took Xia Wanwan to a restaurant, where Xie Jinqian paid for her meal and joined her. After sending the others outside, he asked what gift he should give her mother for her wedding, and Xia Wanwan told him not to attend or send anything.

• Pan Chun questioned the restaurant's extra dishes, and the waiter explained that a gentleman had ordered and paid for them.
• After Pan Chun tested the food, Xia Wanwan began eating and agreed to meet the man who had paid for her meal.
• Xie Jinqian entered, and Xia Wanwan invited him to eat with her while suspecting he might be connected to the evil spirits.
• Xie Jinqian asked Xia Wanwan to speak with him alone, and she sent Pan Chun and Qing Sheng to guard the door.
• Xie Jinqian asked what gift to give Xia Wanwan's mother for her wedding, and Xia Wanwan told him not to go; he explained that he had given her mother shoes to repay her for saving his life.

Xie Jinqian took Xia Wanwan to buy her treats and asked who her biological father was. Wanwan pointed to Xia Qianhui, leaving Xie Jinqian stunned while Xia Qianhui hurried to stop her from calling him Father in public.

• Xie Jinqian offered to take Xia Wanwan shopping and asked if she knew her biological father, while Wanwan demanded that he fight her first.
• Xia Wanwan told Xie Jinqian she would point out her father later, then finished eating and agreed to go shopping with him and Pan Chun.
• At the Su Family's pastry shop, Xia Wanwan chose many snacks and Xie Jinqian bought all the plum blossom cakes for her.
• Xia Qianhui arrived and demanded plum blossom cakes, but the shopkeeper said they had just sold out.
• Xia Wanwan ran to Xia Qianhui and called him Father, and Xie Jinqian realized she had identified him as her father.
• Xia Qianhui covered Xia Wanwan's mouth and urged her not to call him Father in public.

Xie Jinqian took Xia Wanwan shopping and learned that Xia Qianhui claimed to be her father, then brought her home while plotting to use Xia Qianhui and keep Xie Jin'an away. Liu Wan feared Xie Jinqian was investigating Wanwan's parentage, but Wanwan revealed she had told him Xia Qianhui had once wanted to be her father.

• Xia Qianhui took a box of plum blossom cakes from Xia Wanwan for the Empress Dowager and left, provoking Xie Jinqian's jealousy.
• Xie Jinqian took Xia Wanwan home and promised to fight her another time after she asked when they could spar.
• Xia Wanwan spotted Xie Jin'an outside the Liu Residence and told Xie Jinqian that he was also her father.
• Xie Jinqian ordered his attendant to bring Xie Jin'an back and keep him away, while planning to use Xia Qianhui to stir up trouble.
• Xia Wanwan brought cakes home, and Liu Wan worried that Xie Jinqian was trying to uncover her biological father and sabotage her marriage.
• Xia Wanwan proudly told Liu Wan that she had said Xia Qianhui once wanted to be her father.

Liu Wan learned that the emperor had returned the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup to Nanmei after moving the Grandmaster’s ashes into a statue, and warned Xia Siheng that Xie Jinqian was probing Wanwan’s parentage. Xia Siheng recognized the danger to the First Prince and assured Liu Wan he would protect him, though his jealousy flared over the snacks Xie Jinqian had bought her.

• Xia Siheng told Liu Wan that the emperor had returned the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup after using the Grandmaster’s ashes, with his permission, to make a statue for a new temple.
• Liu Wan warned Xia Siheng that Xie Jinqian had asked Wanwan about her birth father and might be seeking evidence to ruin Liu Wan’s reputation or stop their marriage.
• Liu Wan explained that Wanwan had called Xia Qianhui Daddy, leading Xie Jinqian to believe Xia Qianhui was her birth father.
• Xia Siheng tried to hide his anger, but became jealous when Liu Wan mentioned that Xie Jinqian had bought Wanwan snacks, including plum blossom cakes.
• Liu Wan urged Xia Siheng to focus on the First Prince’s safety, and Xia Siheng said he had considered the danger before kissing her.

Liu Shi met Li Qian at a marriage meeting, but Xia Wanwan’s thoughts revealed that Li Qian liked women and was considering marrying Liu Shi as a shield against society’s judgment. Lady Liu and Liu Wan were shocked as Tian asked whether they approved of Li Qian, leaving Liu Shi unaware of the truth.

• Liu Wan brought Xia Wanwan and Yuanbao, disguised in women’s clothes, to the Minister’s Residence for Liu Shi’s marriage meeting with Li Qian.
• Liu Shi mistook Yuanbao for Li Qian, then learned Yuanbao was a man who had once been his cat.
• Lady Liu welcomed Tian and Li Qian, and Li Qian explained that she had been delayed while helping her sister-in-law.
• Xia Wanwan thought that Li Qian liked women and planned to use Liu Shi as a shield, shocking Lady Liu and Liu Wan.
• Tian asked Lady Liu whether she was satisfied with Li Qian.

Liu Shi tried to meet Li Qian in the rear courtyard, while Xia Wanwan watched his awkward attempts at courtship. Their conversation was interrupted when Yuanbao emerged from hiding and accused Liu Shi of abandoning him for a new sweetheart.

• Lady Liu agreed to let Liu Shi meet Li Qian, and Liu Wan suggested they visit the peonies in the rear courtyard.
• Liu Shi took Li Qian and Xia Wanwan to the courtyard and nervously tried to start a conversation by praising his niece.
• Liu Shi offered Li Qian a peony, then picked her a lily after she said she preferred lilies.
• A song from behind the rockery caught Liu Shi and Li Qian's attention, and Liu Shi dragged Yuanbao out from hiding.
• Yuanbao tearfully accused Liu Shi of taking up with someone else and changing how he addressed him.

Yuanbao staged a dramatic accusation against Liu Shi, turning Li Qian against him during their matchmaking meeting. Liu Shi’s family arrived and tried to smooth things over, while Xia Wanwan revealed that Li Qian only wanted to marry Liu Shi for appearances because she liked women.

• Yuanbao pretended to be Liu Shi’s abandoned lover and threatened to throw himself into the lake, prompting Li Qian to defend him.
• Liu Shi tried to expose Yuanbao as a man by pulling at his clothes, but Li Qian shoved him away and sheltered Yuanbao.
• Liu Shi realized that Li Qian’s tenderness toward Yuanbao made him jealous and believed Yuanbao was stealing his prospective bride.
• Lady Liu and Liu Wan arrived with Tian after hearing someone had threatened suicide, and Liu Shi asked his sister to explain that nothing was happening between him and Yuanbao.
• Li Qian told Tian what had happened, and Lady Liu apologized for failing to discipline her household.
• Xia Wanwan’s babyish thoughts revealed that Li Qian liked women and wanted to marry Liu Shi only to maintain appearances.

After Yuanbao attempted to take his own life, Li Qian comforted him and promised to take him in once he left the Liu Residence. In the reception hall, the families discussed sending Yuanbao away and asked for Liu Shi’s opinion, unaware that Liu Shi was outside Yuanbao’s room with Xia Wanwan, eavesdropping again.

• Li Qian comforted Yuanbao and told him Liu Shi was not worth dying for.
• Li Qian promised Yuanbao a place with her after he left the Liu Residence and gave him a handkerchief to bring to Attendant Li’s Residence.
• Tian suggested Yuanbao could live with Li Qian if Li Qian and Liu Shi married, but Liu Wan objected to making Li Qian suffer.
• Liu Wan suggested giving Yuanbao money and sending him away, and Lady Liu and Tian agreed to ask Liu Shi what he wanted.
• Liu Shi stood outside Yuanbao’s room with Xia Wanwan, listening in again.

Liu Shi overheard Li Qian and Yuanbao discussing their feelings and confronted them, turning their matchmaking meeting into a fight over Yuanbao. After the adults intervened, Li Qian rejected the marriage and accused Tian of forcing her into it, while the chapter revealed how Tian had previously destroyed Li Qian’s relationship with another woman.

• Liu Shi overheard Li Qian and Yuanbao’s conversation, kicked open the door, and declared that he would end the marriage arrangement.
• Li Qian asked to take Yuanbao away, while Liu Shi insisted Yuanbao belonged in his household, and they fought over who Yuanbao would choose.
• Xia Wanwan refused Yuanbao’s plea for help, and Liu Shi and Li Qian began fighting until Liu Wan, Lady Liu, and Tian arrived and had them separated.
• Li Qian told Tian she had never wanted to marry a man and condemned her mother for forcing the matchmaking meeting.
• Li Qian recalled that Tian had broken up her earlier relationship by arranging for the woman she loved to marry Li Qian’s elder brother.

Yuanbao exposed Tian’s attempt to conceal Li Qian’s attraction to women and use the Liu Family matchmaking to secure her marriage, ending the match and forcing Tian to promise not to arrange another. Xia Wanwan then revealed that Li Qian had suffered abuse from her maternal uncle and faced further danger at home, leaving the Liu Family alarmed.

• Lady Liu and Liu Wan rejected the match after Yuanbao condemned Tian for hiding Li Qian’s circumstances and accused her of marriage fraud.
• Tian tried to blame Li Qian, but Yuanbao and Liu Wan called out her plan to punish her daughter and send her to meet another family.
• Tian promised to take Li Qian home, arrange no more matchmaking meetings, and keep the incident secret; Lady Liu accepted the Vice Minister’s Residence’s debt of a favor.
• After Li Qian and Tian left, Liu Shi thanked Yuanbao for exposing the truth, and Lady Liu regretted arranging the meeting.
• Xia Wanwan revealed that Li Qian’s maternal uncle had abused her and that Tian had protected him and forced Li Qian through ordeals, prompting Liu Shi to blame himself for fighting with her.

Li Qian confronted Tian over years of abuse and betrayal, then revealed that Ning'er had gone to the Tian Family and attacked Tian's brother. The Tian Family brought the gravely injured Ning'er to the Li Residence, where the news that Young Master Tian had been unmanned sent Tian fainting; Xia Wanwan, Yuanbao, and Liu Shi watched from the wall, still intending to help Li Qian.

• Tian slapped Li Qian and berated her for ruining her marriage prospects, but Li Qian accused Tian of protecting her own family after her brother abused Li Qian when she was ten.
• Li Qian recalled how Tian separated her from the older girl she loved and sent men to her when she was fourteen, then defended herself over Kengqiang's death.
• Li Qian told Tian that Ning'er had gone to the Tian Family and implied she had attacked Tian's brother, prompting Tian to send someone to investigate.
• The Tian Family arrived with Ning'er, badly wounded and barely alive, and reported that Young Master Tian had been unmanned and might not survive.
• Tian fainted as the Li Family recoiled from the news, while Xia Wanwan, Yuanbao, and Liu Shi watched from the wall and prepared to help Li Qian.

The Tian Family brought the injured Tian Peng to the Vice Minister's Residence to demand an explanation, where Li Qian admitted ordering his mutilation and revealed that he had abused her when she was ten. The chapter ended with Tian Peng demanding that Li Qian be forced to marry him, as Attendant Li finally believed his sister and attacked Tian Peng.

• The Tian Family carried Tian Peng, whose injury had left him unable to father children, to the Vice Minister's Residence and accused Li Qian of ordering it.
• Tian tried to punish Li Qian, but Tian Peng stopped her from taking the matter to the authorities to conceal his own past actions.
• Li Qian admitted that she had arranged for Ning'er to attack Tian Peng as revenge for his role in abusing her.
• Li Qian accused Tian of covering up Tian Peng's abuse of her when she was ten, and Tian denied the accusation.
• Tian Peng demanded that Li Qian be made his wife, and Attendant Li kicked him in his injured spot after believing Li Qian's account.

Xia Wanwan used an accidental laughter talisman to interrupt Tian as her family pressured her to force Li Qian into marrying Tian Peng. Tian laughed uncontrollably before she could answer, while Liu Shi went to fetch help from the Government Office.

• Tian Peng and the Tian Family Elders pressured Tian to make Li Qian marry him, and Attendant Li protested and threatened to seek justice through the authorities.
• Liu Shi asked Xia Wanwan how to make the Tian Family reveal evidence, and she searched her Cosmic Bag but found no Truth-Telling Talisman.
• Liu Shi left to return to the Government Office, while Xia Wanwan threw a talisman onto Tian to delay her decision.
• The Uncontrollable Laughter and Itching Talisman made Tian laugh and scratch herself as she tried to answer her family.
• Tian rolled on the floor laughing, and the servants and others began losing their composure as Xia Wanwan watched from the wall.

Master Yuantong’s disciple accidentally changed Tian’s forced laughter into uncontrollable sobbing while trying to remove a talisman. As the Tian Family moved to seize Li Qian and force her into marriage, government soldiers arrived, summoned after Princess Ximing drew a crowd with cries about the scandal.

• Young monk Yunda struck Tian’s crying acupoint with eighty percent of his Magic Arts, making her sob uncontrollably instead of suppressing the talisman.
• The Tian Family elders persuaded Tian to agree to sending Li Qian back with them, then ordered their servants to tie Li Qian up.
• Attendant Li opposed the Tian Family, but Tian threatened to die, leaving him unable to decide how to stop them.
• Lord Qin arrived with government soldiers, Liu Shi, Qin Yan, and Yuanbao, and announced that he had received a report of a fatal incident.
• Princess Ximing revealed that she had drawn the soldiers and onlookers to the residence by shouting about the Tian Family’s attempt to force Li Qian to marry her uncle.

Lord Qin heard Li Qian’s accusations against the Tian Family, while Xia Wanwan proposed a way to uncover the truth. The chapter ended with Master Yuantong suggesting that Tian Peng must die so his soul could be questioned.

• Lord Qin arrived to hear the case and had Tian dragged away when she could not stop crying long enough to speak clearly.
• Li Qian recounted Tian Peng’s abuse and the crimes committed against Ning’er, prompting Attendant Li to realize how his family’s actions had estranged his sister.
• The Tian Family denied Li Qian’s accusations and demanded evidence, while Li Qian swore a terrible oath that her account was true.
• Xia Wanwan whispered an idea to Master Yuantong, who proposed summoning Tian Peng’s soul and questioning it.
• Master Yuantong told the frightened Tian Peng that he would have to die first for them to summon his soul.

Master Yuantong used a truth-telling talisman to expose that Tian Peng had molested his niece Li Qian when she was ten. Yuanbao healed Ning'er and helped Li Qian face Tian Peng's confession, which continued as the chapter ended.

• Tian Peng agreed to Master Yuantong's proposed truth-telling talisman after refusing to die to prove his innocence.
• Yuanbao secretly healed Ning'er with spiritual power and helped Li Qian stand.
• Master Yuantong placed two talismans on Tian Peng, and Lord Qin asked whether Tian Peng had molested Li Qian ten years earlier.
• Tian Peng confessed that he had lured ten-year-old Li Qian to his room with sweets and described abusing her.
• Xia Wanwan knocked down the two Tian elders when they tried to silence Tian Peng, and government soldiers restrained them.
• Tian Peng claimed that Li Qian had hurt herself while struggling and pleaded for his sister to keep the abuse secret.

Lord Qin sentenced Tian Peng and his accomplices after Ning'er revealed the Tian Family had drugged her, but Xia Wanwan pushed for swift justice. Tian Peng was beheaded, and the chapter ended with evil spirits devouring his soul.

• Ning'er explained that she had fought back after the Tian Family drugged her, while Lord Qin forced Tian Peng to fingerprint a confession and sentenced him and his accomplices.
• Xia Wanwan objected to waiting a month for Tian Peng's execution, and Lord Qin agreed to carry out the beheading immediately.
• Yuanbao blasted away Tian Peng's newly reattached root, and a soldier beheaded him as Li Qian and Ning'er watched.
• The Tian Family Elders fainted and died, and Xia Wanwan sent their ghosts away before they could curse her.
• Young Master Yunda claimed he had summoned Li Kengqiang's original soul, but the evil spirits that arrived tore apart and devoured Tian Peng's soul.

Xia Wanwan fought the evil spirits attacking Attendant Li's Residence while Master Yuantong called for help from Golden Mountain Temple. The spirits targeted Li Shuqi, and Xia Wanwan caught their final attack just as it was about to kill him.

• Master Yuantong identified the attackers as powerful spirits from the Abandoned Infant Pagoda and sent Young Master Yunda to summon help from Golden Mountain Temple and nearby allies.
• Xia Wanwan gave Liu Shi Peachwood Swords, which let him disperse an evil spirit, while she destroyed others with her Little Pink Hammer.
• Xia Wanwan summoned spiritual power and dispersed spirits throughout the residence, but their leader ordered the remaining black mist to pursue Li Shuqi.
• Master Yuantong said the spirits were targeting Li Shuqi and that they would have to wait for reinforcements, leaving Li Shuqi to run for his life.
• When the spirits combined into an arrow and charged at the exhausted Li Shuqi, Xia Wanwan caught them effortlessly with both hands.

Xia Wanwan destroyed the gathered evil spirits attacking Li Shuqi and learned that supernatural misfortunes had plagued him and harmed anyone who helped him. After sensing a sealed stone in his consciousness, she wondered whether Li Shuqi was Sun Wukong.

• Xia Wanwan crushed the combined evil spirit, and Master Yuantong recognized her as the reincarnated deity from his prophecy.
• Attendant Li thanked Xia Wanwan for saving Li Shuqi, who said he did not know why evil spirits kept targeting him.
• Li Shuqi recounted years of hauntings and misfortunes that had harmed his family and anyone who helped him.
• Attendant Li warned that Li Shuqi's Peace Talisman would expire on his tenth birthday the next day and begged Xia Wanwan and Master Yuantong to save his son.
• Xia Wanwan entered Li Shuqi's sea of consciousness and found a sealed stone that repelled her spiritual power.
• Xia Wanwan opened her eyes and wondered whether Li Shuqi was Sun Wukong.

Xia Wanwan learned that Li Shuqi and Crown Prince Xia Qianlin shared a mysterious seal and was urged to protect them, while Master Yuantong revealed the long-lost soul of Madam Li’s true son. As the soul began to fade, Li Shuqi decided to use his peculiar constitution to force Master Yuantong to help.

• Xia Wanwan recognized that Li Shuqi’s sealed stone resembled the seal inside Crown Prince Xia Qianlin, and Master Yuantong begged her to save Li Shuqi.
• Yuanbao reminded Master Yuantong that Xia Wanwan’s Little Pink Hammer could protect Li Shuqi from evil spirits, and Attendant Li and Li Shuqi knelt to thank her.
• Madam Li rejected Li Qian, while Master Yuantong summoned the soul of Madam Li’s original son, who told her he had been displaced by a vengeful ghost and had wandered for nine years.
• Madam Li, Li Qian, Attendant Li, and Li Shuqi begged Master Yuantong to keep the fading soul from dispersing, but he warned that saving it would demand a price.
• Li Shuqi decided that if Master Yuantong would not help willingly, he would make him help.

Master Yuantong protected Li Kengqiang’s original soul and told Madam Li to enter monastic life for three years to atone before her son could reincarnate. Xia Wanwan left to avoid being asked to help, but returned with a Teleportation Talisman when she heard Master Yuantong was being beaten.

• Master Yuantong gathered Li Kengqiang’s original soul into a Charm Pouch and told Madam Li to atone for three years before he could reincarnate.
• Madam Li accepted the Charm Pouch and resolved to seek forgiveness, repay her victims, and accumulate virtue.
• Yunda brought Master Youzheng, Master Shunfeng, Master Zhongtong, Shentong, Abbess Jingdong, and Jitu to Attendant Li’s Residence, where they beat Master Yuantong for summoning them after the evil spirit had already been dealt with.
• Attendant Li returned to his room and wept over the losses his family had suffered.
• Xia Wanwan left Attendant Li’s Residence to avoid being guilt-tripped into helping Li Kengqiang reincarnate before Madam Li had atoned.
• After hearing that Master Yuantong was being beaten, Xia Wanwan used a Teleportation Talisman to return and watch.

Xia Wanwan entered the palace with Liu Wan, hoping to ask the emperor to protect young girls by law, while Xia Siheng went to the Imperial Study. The emperor’s secret plan to keep the Grandmaster in Great Xia remained hidden, but Minister Liu nearly exposed his connection to the bombing when he loudly cursed the culprit.

• Consort Ling sent Xia Siheng to see the emperor and took Liu Wan to discuss the wedding, while teasing Xia Siheng for his reluctance to leave them.
• The emperor told his officials that he would not return the jade mines or cede Qingli City, and he ordered them to stop investigating the bombing if the culprit could not be found.
• The emperor’s officials left the Imperial Study and complained about the bombing and the prospect of losing the Grandmaster to Southern Mei.
• Minister Liu loudly joined Qian Zhibing in cursing the bombing criminal to conceal that his son-in-law and granddaughter, Xia Wanwan, were involved.
• Xia Siheng arrived behind Minister Liu and the other officials while holding Xia Wanwan, and they turned around stiffly at his voice.

Xia Wanwan asked the emperor to create a law protecting young girls, and Xia Siheng explained that he planned to persuade officials to support it. The emperor agreed to back her proposal, while Wanwan declared she would not fail.

• Xia Siheng invited officials to a banquet at the Emerald Mist House to win their support for Xia Wanwan's proposed law.
• Xia Siheng explained to Xia Wanwan that officials would vote twice on a new law and that more than three opposing votes in the second round would defeat it.
• Xia Siheng reassured Xia Wanwan that he would help protect girls, and she warmly called him Daddy.
• Xia Siheng and Xia Wanwan told the emperor about the proposed law, and he agreed to support her while warning that it might not succeed.
• Xia Wanwan declared that she never failed when she took the field.