Recaps

Jiang Yingcheng exposed the Wei Clan’s betrayal and tried to follow Jiang Yanchuan to Beiming, while court schemes and fabricated rumors drew her into fresh disputes. The stretch ends with Fang Yiwan accusing the palace of switching her child and offering letters as evidence.

• Jiang Yingcheng forced Wei Xing to write a threatening letter, then Jiang Yanchuan found her with the Wei Clan and took her back to the palace.
• Jiang Yingcheng discovered that Wei Yuan had betrayed the Wei Clan by stealing its blueprints and reporting to Beiming, and Wei Jiany un and Wei Xing prepared to help attack Beiming.
• Jiang Yanchuan refused to take Jiang Yingcheng on his expedition, but she gave him lifesaving items and asked him to return safely.
• Jiang Yingcheng was drawn into court disputes over Tan Zhining’s proposed marriage and Tan Wenhan’s reputation, then joined Jiang Tinghuai at the Lantern Festival, where Fang Yiwan sought access to Lin Jinshu.
• Jiang Yingcheng and Jiang Tinghuai met Prince Jingyuan, who explained that Yuexi had arranged a fabricated love story to avoid a marriage alliance with Qiguang.
• Jiang Yingcheng’s rumors about Tan Wenhan spread through the capital, and she exposed Zhao Liang’s extortion scheme and several officials’ crimes in court.
• Fang Yiwan struck the Grievance Drum and claimed that a midwife had told her Jinshu was switched with a girl, offering letters from Consort Wan as evidence.

Jiang Yingcheng escaped with Lin Jinshu and reunited with her allies while the adults uncovered Prince Xin’s schemes and the danger at Beiming. She found the missing Jiang Yanchuan, and the group set out toward Peach Spring, where they approached Chi Jingyang’s hidden refuge.

• Jiang Tinghuai exposed Gao Lan’s letter as a forgery, while Jiang Yingcheng fled with Fang Siwan and Lin Jinshu amid accusations of a baby swap.
• Jiang Yingcheng and Lin Jinshu were captured, escaped from Prince Jing’s residence, and were repeatedly pursued by Jiang Yi'an, who kept them close as he investigated Prince Xin’s involvement.
• Jiang Yingcheng revealed that Tang Chuqing had aided Jiang Silin and that Prince Xin possessed evidence concerning Emperor Mingze’s final edict, prompting Liaochen to carry her and Lin Jinshu away.
• The group reunited with Fang Siwan and fled toward the Beiming Border, where Jiang Yingcheng learned that Jiang Yanchuan was missing and set out alone to find him.
• Jiang Yingcheng found the injured Jiang Yanchuan, cared for him with Chi Jingyang’s help, and reunited with him as the adults reported her warning about Prince Xin and Beiming’s plague trap.
• Jiang Yanchuan led the group toward Peach Spring, where they entered a cave and Jiang Yingcheng learned that Chi Jingyang had sought refuge after Beiming rejected his warnings about the plague.

Jiang Yanchuan persuaded Spring Renewal Valley’s residents and experts to join Great Rui, while Jiang Yingcheng learned the truth about her identity and received her father’s reassurance. As Great Rui advanced into Beiming, Jiang Yanchuan disappeared and was found again, and Jiayu City surrendered under Guan Zhili.

• Chi Jingyang’s cavern trap drove Jiang Yanchuan’s group toward the entrance, but Liaochen found Chi Jingyang hiding in a secret passage.
• Jiang Yanchuan exposed Beiming’s king’s role in the soldiers’ suffering and appointed Chi Jingyang Medical Superintendent of Great Rui’s Imperial Medical Bureau.
• Jiang Yingcheng used snow-congealing grass to save Lu Jingchu, then helped Jiang Yanchuan persuade Liang Qilüe, Chang Yuan, Yu Fan, and other valley residents to leave seclusion.
• Jiang Yanchuan told Jiang Yingcheng that he loved her despite her being a fake princess, and reassured her that he would always be her father.
• Jiang Yanchuan reunited Liang Qilüe with the Wei Clan, gathered the valley’s experts at the military camp, and prepared to march on Danyang City.
• After Jiang Yanchuan disappeared during the fighting, Jiang Yingcheng slipped out to search for him, and he found her before ordering the army to advance toward Beiming’s capital.
• A young prince surrendered Jiayu City to Jiang Yanchuan with the Imperial Jade Seal, while Jiang Yingcheng revealed the King of Beiming’s escape route and hidden treasures.
• Jiang Yanchuan caught Jiang Yingcheng at the city gates and let her spend time with Guan Zhili, whom she introduced to the city’s candy shops.

Jiang Yingcheng helped Emperor Mingze secure Beiming’s hidden wealth, exposed the people who had abused Guan Zhili, and rescued children from a trafficking scheme. As they set out for Great Rui, Jiang Yanchuan remembered that Guan Zhili’s birth mother was held by Prince Xin, while trouble arose ahead on the road.

• Commoners revealed hidden treasure stores, and Jiang Yanchuan sent guards to investigate while Jiang Yingcheng reassured them that Emperor Mingze would treat them well.
• Jiang Yingcheng led Guan Zhili through Beiming Palace, where she punished the servants who had bullied him and exposed Guan Xiqiao’s abuse and bribery.
• Jiang Yingcheng and Guan Zhili dug up hidden boxes of treasure, and Jiang Yanchuan agreed to take Guan Zhili back to Great Rui with them.
• Jiang Yingcheng searched a secret passage with Guan Zhili and their companions, then discovered that traffickers were abusing homeless children under the guise of running an orphanage.
• Jiang Yingcheng and Guan Zhili joined the children’s plan to drug the traffickers, but Jiang San attacked them after the men began collapsing.
• Liaochen intervened when Jiang San threatened Jiang Yingcheng and Guan Zhili, then helped her and the children defeat the traffickers with poisoned needles.
• Jiang Yanchuan found Jiang Yingcheng and the rescued children, took them into his care, and prepared to return to Great Rui.
• On the journey, Jiang Yanchuan recalled that Jiang Yingcheng had revealed Guan Zhili’s birth mother was in Prince Xin’s custody, and the carriage stopped when a new situation arose ahead.