Recaps

Jiang Yingcheng and her companions reached a hidden mountain passage, where she learned that Chi Jingyang had fled Beiming after its Imperial Family rejected his warnings about a plague. Liaochen caught Chi Jingyang moving his hand inside the cave.

• Chi Jingyang told Jiang Yanchuan that Jiang Yingcheng had somehow dug up a heap of fresh fruit, and Jiang Yanchuan insisted that Chi travel with them again.
• Jiang Yingcheng and the others set out for the mountains and reached a narrow, dark passage that System Bro identified as the right place.
• Jiang Yanchuan offered to send Jiang Yingcheng back to rest, but she cried until he agreed to let her enter the passage with the group.
• Gao Siyuan led Jiang Yanchuan, Jiang Yingcheng, Chi Jingyang, and Liaochen through the cave toward the sound of flowing water.
• Jiang Yingcheng read Chi Jingyang's history and learned that he had sought refuge in General Liang's secluded retreat after Beiming rejected his plague warnings and ordered infected soldiers burned.
• Liaochen shouted at Chi Jingyang when he noticed the man's hand moving.

Chi Jingyang triggered the cavern’s traps and tried to escape through a hidden passage while Jiang Yanchuan and his companions raced for the entrance. Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts led them to the passage, where Liaochen stumbled inside and landed on Chi Jingyang.

• Chi Jingyang activated the cavern mechanism, causing stone gates to descend and hidden weapons to attack the group.
• Jiang Yanchuan ordered everyone to retreat toward the cavern entrance and shielded Jiang Yingcheng as Liaochen and Gao Siyuan protected them from the arrows.
• Jiang Yingcheng realized Chi Jingyang had vanished and thought of the hidden passage behind a boulder.
• Jiang Yanchuan inferred that Chi Jingyang was hiding nearby and signaled Liaochen and Gao Siyuan to search the wall.
• Liaochen lunged toward the hidden passage, tripped, and fell onto Chi Jingyang inside it.

Jiang Yanchuan confronted Chi Jingyang with the truth about Beiming’s massacre of infected soldiers and physicians, then offered him a position in Great Rui. Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts revealed that Chi Jingyang’s relatives were likely dead and that his former teacher had died in the camp, leaving Chi Jingyang demanding to know what she had said.

• Liaochen and his companion brought Chi Jingyang before Jiang Yanchuan, who questioned him about Beiming.
• Jiang Yanchuan told Chi Jingyang that Beiming’s king had secretly worsened the infected soldiers’ conditions and burned the camp, killing over a thousand soldiers and their physicians.
• Jiang Yanchuan appointed Chi Jingyang Medical Superintendent of Great Rui’s Imperial Medical Bureau, and Chi Jingyang reacted with disbelief.
• Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts revealed that letters supposedly sent by Chi Jingyang’s younger relatives were fake, and Chi Jingyang realized the truth.
• Jiang Yingcheng thought that Chi Jingyang’s former medical teacher had died in the camp, making Chi Jingyang demand to know what she had said.
• Jiang Yanchuan calmly said he wanted the people suffering on the land to live their own lives.

Jiang Yanchuan’s group persuaded Chi Jingyang to lead them into Peach Spring, where they hoped to recruit its talented residents. When they arrived, the villagers welcomed Chi Jingyang back and expected him to bring medicine for Liuzi, but he realized he had forgotten it.

• Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts revealed that Princess Le'an had arranged the murder of Chi Jingyang’s childhood sweetheart, and Chi Jingyang reconsidered the past.
• After Jiang Yingcheng’s awkward praise, Chi Jingyang offered to guide the group into the palace, but Jiang Yanchuan said they were seeking the people of Peach Spring instead.
• Jiang Yingcheng claimed Jiang Yanchuan wanted to give impoverished scholars a warm home, making the men laugh and leaving her convinced they were meanies.
• Chi Jingyang provisionally trusted Jiang Yanchuan’s intentions and agreed to take the group into Peach Spring to persuade General Liang to leave seclusion.
• The group emerged into a peaceful village, where residents greeted Chi Jingyang and cheered that Liuzi would recover; Chi Jingyang realized he had forgotten the medicine.

Chi Jingyang returned to Spring Renewal Valley with Jiang Yanchuan’s group and found Lu Jingchu gravely weakened after a night of illness. Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts suggested Mi Hong had secretly fed him harmful food, and Chi Jingyang confronted Mi Hong before an authoritative elder arrived.

• Jiang Yingcheng charmed the residents of Peach Spring, and they gave her a woven grass dog made by the Mechanism Master.
• Chi Jingyang realized he had left the medicinal herb for Lu Jingchu behind and planned to return for it without telling the others.
• Jiang Yingcheng asked about Sixth Son, and the residents revealed Lu Jingchu had suffered vomiting and diarrhea through the night.
• Chi Jingyang examined Lu Jingchu and heard Jiang Yingcheng think that someone had fed him spicy foods and incompatible ingredients.
• Chi Jingyang seized Mi Hong after another resident said Mi Hong had not brought Lu Jingchu food, and Mi Hong denied wrongdoing.
• An aged, commanding figure appeared and interrupted Chi Jingyang’s confrontation with Mi Hong.

Liang Qilüe arrived after Mi Hong was exposed as being involved in Lu Jingchu’s worsening condition, but Chi Jingyang revealed that he had forgotten the snow-congealing grass needed to treat him. Jiang Yingcheng claimed she had the herb and produced an enormous stalk from her sleeve, leaving everyone stunned.

• Liang Qilüe questioned Mi Hong, whose guilty reactions convinced the crowd he was involved in Lu Jingchu’s condition, and ordered him taken away.
• Liang Qilüe asked Chi Jingyang whether Lu Jingchu could still be cured, and Chi Jingyang admitted he had forgotten the snow-congealing grass outside the valley.
• Jiang Yingcheng overheard their conversation and said she had a stalk of snow-congealing grass to save Lu Jingchu.
• Jiang Yingcheng exchanged for the herb through the System Bro and pulled an impossibly large stalk from her sleeve, astonishing Liang Qilüe and Chi Jingyang.

Jiang Yingcheng helped Chi Jingyang treat Lu Jingchu with a conjured medicinal herb, then met General Liang Qilüe and tried to secure her father’s safety with a gift. Jiang Yanchuan entered Liang’s room to talk, but their meeting ended with Liang shouting for him to get out.

• Jiang Yingcheng panicked when others saw the medicinal herb appear, and Chi Jingyang and Liang Qilüe covered for her by claiming the herb could stretch under special circumstances.
• Chi Jingyang sent everyone out so he could treat Lu Jingchu, while Liang Qilüe led Jiang Yingcheng outside and thanked her on behalf of Spring Renewal Valley.
• Liang Qilüe brought Jiang Yingcheng and her companions to his courtyard, where he let her play on a swing bed and accepted her wooden tiger carving.
• Jiang Yingcheng asked Liang Qilüe not to hit her father, and he reluctantly promised he would not.
• Jiang Yanchuan went inside to speak with Liang Qilüe while Gao Siyuan and Liaochen pushed Jiang Yingcheng on the swing bed; a crash followed by Liang shouting, “Get out of here!”

Jiang Yanchuan tried to persuade Liang Qilüe to leave retirement and help end the war in Beiming, but Liang resisted until he learned the Beiming Imperial House planned to poison Great Rui soldiers with plague-stricken flesh. Jiang Yingcheng repeatedly interrupted the tense meeting with offers of pills, and the chapter left Liang outraged as she hurried back to check on him.

• Gao Siyuan and Liaochen eavesdropped on Jiang Yanchuan and Liang Qilüe while Jiang Yingcheng secretly learned what was happening through System Bro.
• Jiang Yanchuan asked Gao Siyuan to take Jiang Yingcheng away, and Liang assured her he would not hit the emperor.
• Liang Qilüe accused Jiang Yanchuan of targeting Spring Renewal Valley, and Jiang asked him to leave retirement and help bring the war in Beiming to an end.
• Jiang Yingcheng interrupted Liang twice with offers of Golden Marrow Pills and Minor Restoration Pills, stopping him from throwing a teacup at Jiang Yanchuan.
• Jiang Yanchuan warned that Beiming would likely fall within three months and revealed its Imperial House planned to mix flesh from plague-stricken soldiers into Great Rui soldiers' meals.
• Liang Qilüe slammed his hand on the table in outrage, and Jiang Yingcheng rushed back to check whether he was all right.

Jiang Yanchuan urged Liang Qilüe to consider making peace with Great Rui and arranged for his group to stay in the valley. Jiang Yingcheng then explored Spring Renewal Valley, discovered several gifted residents, and was overwhelmed when they piled food into her bowl.

• Jiang Yanchuan explained the saying about accepting gifts to Liang Qilüe and asked him to secure a peaceful future for Beiming.
• Liang Qilüe watched Jiang Yanchuan and Jiang Yingcheng leave, then realized Jiang Yingcheng’s gift had been the reason he held back from striking Jiang Yanchuan.
• Jiang Yingcheng persuaded a man who had already eaten to join them for lunch, and the group picked up more valley residents on the way to the dining hall.
• Jiang Yingcheng recognized gifted future architects, a water-management expert, and a farming master among the valley residents.
• The diners filled Jiang Yingcheng’s bowl with food, and she panicked at the huge serving while Jiang Yanchuan laughed.

After dinner, Jiang Yingcheng tried to persuade the people of Spring Renewal Valley to return to Great Rui with her by tearfully revealing that she and Jiang Yanchuan would soon leave with Great Rui’s army. The valley residents began considering the offer, but Chi Jingyang interrupted to say Lu Jingchu had awakened and wanted to see them.

• Jiang Yingcheng finished her meal, and Jiang Yanchuan tried to begin discussing his plan to empty Spring Renewal Valley.
• Jiang Yingcheng told the valley residents that she and Jiang Yanchuan were from Great Rui and would have to leave with its army in a few days.
• Jiang Yingcheng offered the residents the medicinal herbs she had gathered, prompting them to comfort her and insist they would not forget her.
• Jiang Yingcheng hinted that she wished the residents would return to Great Rui with her, and Liaochen encouraged them to consider moving there.
• Chi Jingyang entered and announced that Lu Jingchu had awakened and wanted to see them.

Chi Jingyang struggled with guilt over harming the men in the tunnel, but Jiang Yingcheng comforted him and helped him regain his resolve. As she considered trading for medicine to treat Lu Jingchu, Chi Jingyang became eager to help her take the valley’s treasures and leave with everyone.

• Chi Jingyang felt guilty about triggering the tunnel mechanism, and Jiang Yingcheng soothed him by explaining that he had wanted to protect the people in the valley.
• Jiang Yingcheng reassured Chi Jingyang that the falling gate and hidden arrows had not seriously harmed anyone, and he laughed before taking her to visit Lu Jingchu.
• Lu Jingchu thanked Jiang Yingcheng for bringing snow congealing grass, then lost his strength and fell asleep again.
• Jiang Yingcheng worried that Lu Jingchu was too weak to leave the valley and considered exchanging for more medicine to treat him.
• Chi Jingyang decided he would help take Lu Jingchu away, then eagerly approved Jiang Yingcheng’s plan after hearing her consider exchanging for several rare pills.

Jiang Yingcheng gave Chi Jingyang medicine balls that quickly helped Lu Jingchu recover, then set out to share them with others in Spring Renewal Valley. When she offered Chang Yuan a Ganoderma Pill, her thoughts revealed the deception that had ruined his life, and he realized he had been framed.

• Jiang Yingcheng gave Chi Jingyang several medicine balls and fed one to the unconscious Lu Jingchu.
• Chi Jingyang heard Jiang Yingcheng think she could redeem the pills’ formulas for him, and he eagerly asked when they would return to Great Rui.
• After Chi Jingyang assured her Lu Jingchu would soon wake, Jiang Yingcheng went out to distribute medicine balls and offered Chang Yuan a Ganoderma Pill.
• Chang Yuan realized he could hear Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts and recalled Emperor Mingze’s warning not to expose anything strange about her.
• Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts revealed that a wealthy heir had framed Chang Yuan with fake relatives and a staged accusation, and Chang Yuan clenched his fist in anger.

Jiang Yanchuan tried to persuade Liang Qilüe and Spring Renewal Valley’s residents to leave for Great Rui, but Chang Yuan and Yu Fan unexpectedly agreed after speaking with him. The chapter left Liang Qilüe suspicious and furious as Jiang rushed to send Yu Fan away before he could discover what the little girl had done.

• Chang Yuan walked deeper into Spring Renewal Valley after receiving a Medicine Ball from the little girl.
• Jiang Yanchuan promised Liang Qilüe that the valley’s residents would lead peaceful lives in Great Rui, but Liang remained unconvinced.
• Chang Yuan arrived to confirm Jiang Yanchuan’s identity and then agreed to leave with him.
• Jiang Yanchuan assured Liang Qilüe that he would protect the valley’s residents, making the general begin to waver.
• Yu Fan agreed to go with Jiang Yanchuan on the condition that he could fight the enemy, and Jiang sent him off to pack.
• Liang Qilüe glared at Jiang Yanchuan, suspecting that something had happened behind his back.

Jiang Yingcheng’s efforts to persuade the valley residents to return to Great Rui baffled Liang Qilüe, who discovered that the emperor’s new appointments let them hear her thoughts. The chapter left Liang Qilüe realizing Chengcheng planned to persuade him by revealing what happened to the Wei Clan.

• Liang Qilüe followed Jiang Yanchuan to the dining hall and found Jiang Yingcheng distributing Medicine Balls to the valley residents.
• Han Jing asked Jiang Yanchuan to appoint Liang Qilüe to a Great Rui post, and Jiang Yanchuan named him General Chong’an.
• Jiang Yingcheng hugged Liang Qilüe and joined the others for dinner, while Liang questioned why the valley residents had suddenly changed their behavior.
• Liang Qilüe heard Jiang Yingcheng think that the Wei Clan’s misfortune might persuade him to return to Great Rui.
• Liang Qilüe realized Jiang Yingcheng had been thinking rather than speaking, then choked when she thought she would explain after swallowing her pastries.

Jiang Yingcheng and Jiang Yanchuan persuaded Liang Qilüe to leave Beiming and join Great Rui, revealing that his old friends from the Wei Clan had escaped there. Liang Qilüe agreed, encouraged by the thought of reuniting with old friends and making a new home near Jiang Yingcheng.

• Liang Qilüe rejected Jiang Yanchuan’s request, and Jiang Yingcheng thought he disliked her until she realized he had been speaking to the Emperor.
• Jiang Yingcheng cried and asked Liang Qilüe to come with her, while Jiang Yanchuan argued that he could help free Beiming’s people from oppressive rule.
• You Xi and several others announced they intended to leave the valley with Jiang Yanchuan, and Jiang Yingcheng urged Liang Qilüe to think of his old friends.
• Jiang Yanchuan told Liang Qilüe that the Beiming Imperial House had framed the Wei Clan and burned their ancestral home, but most of the clan had settled in Great Rui.
• Jiang Yanchuan offered to let Liang Qilüe meet Wei Clan members at the camp, while Jiang Yingcheng imagined a nearby residence for him and the other uncles.
• Liang Qilüe considered Jiang Yingcheng’s hopes and agreed to go.

Jiang Yingcheng worried that she would soon be separated from Jiang Yanchuan, but after hearing something from System Bro, she eagerly took him to visit You Xi. There, Jiang Yanchuan reassured her that he loved her even though she was a fake princess.

• Jiang Yingcheng realized she would soon have to part from Jiang Yanchuan and grew sad.
• Jiang Yanchuan sent Liaochen and Gao Siyuan away and sat down with Jiang Yingcheng to talk.
• Jiang Yingcheng suddenly cheered up and led Jiang Yanchuan to You Xi's courtyard.
• Jiang Yingcheng pretended to browse You Xi's crafts while Jiang Yanchuan recognized a colorful vase as an imitation from the Zhaoming era.
• Jiang Yanchuan told Jiang Yingcheng that he loved her very much even though she was a fake princess.

Jiang Yanchuan comforted Jiang Yingcheng after revealing that he knew she was not his biological daughter, and she feared he would stop loving her. He reassured her that she and Jinshu would both have him as their father, then explained that Chengcheng was the first person to see him as her daddy.

• Jiang Yingcheng burst into tears, fearing that Jiang Yanchuan would no longer love her as his daughter.
• Jiang Yanchuan carried Chengcheng away to the mountain woods, while Liaochen and Gao Siyuan kept You Xi from learning she had cried.
• Jiang Yanchuan told Chengcheng that Consort Wan had revealed the truth to protect her from being accused of deceiving the emperor.
• Chengcheng worried that Consort Wan had suffered and that Jinshu had grown up without a father, then confessed she had known the secret without telling Jiang Yanchuan.
• Jiang Yanchuan assured Chengcheng that he would always be her father and give her love, explaining that she was the first person to approach him as her daddy rather than as a cold emperor.

Jiang Yanchuan reassured Jiang Yingcheng that he would keep loving her and helped her prepare to leave Spring Renewal Valley. After the group arrived at the Military Camp and reunited with old allies, Jiang Yanchuan ordered the camp to seal off all news and prepare to march on Danyang City in three days.

• Jiang Yanchuan comforted Jiang Yingcheng about her identity and promised to treat her as before, while she stayed close by his side.
• Jiang Yanchuan offered to help Jiang Yingcheng pack her many gifts, and Lu Jingchu's health improved after she supplied more Medicine Balls.
• Jiang Yanchuan and the others traveled to the Military Camp, where General Kan welcomed them alongside Lei Zhixin and the army.
• Liang Qilüe reunited with Wei Jiany un and the Wei Clan, while You Xi and the Spring Renewal Valley experts bonded with people at the camp.
• Jiang Yanchuan ordered General Kan to seal off all news and announced that they would march on Danyang City in three days.

Jiang Yanchuan prepared to attack Danyang City while Jiang Yingcheng stayed in camp, missing him and trying to comfort Fang Siwan. When Jiang Yingcheng hoped Yu Xingmian could find news to cheer Fang Siwan, she learned that the Lin Residence had burned down overnight.

• Jiang Yanchuan combined intelligence from Prince Xin’s planted soldier with Jiang Yingcheng’s inner voice, sent Zhong Chengwang to deliver secret orders to Jiang Tinghuai, and planned four routes to attack the capital.
• After three days of preparation, Jiang Yanchuan left for Danyang City and entrusted Liaochen and others with protecting Jiang Yingcheng, Fang Siwan, and Lin Jinshu.
• Jiang Yingcheng grew dispirited while waiting for her Imperial Father, and Fang Siwan made her feel guilty about sneaking away by telling her how much she had worried and missed her.
• Jiang Yingcheng decided Yu Xingmian might have news to cheer Fang Siwan, and she learned that the Lin Residence had burned to the ground overnight.

Jiang Yingcheng learned that the Lin Residence had burned but its occupants survived, then was distracted from telling Fang Siwan about it. After she awoke and rushed out to welcome the returning generals, she discovered that Jiang Yanchuan had gone missing again.

• Prince Xin’s men burned the Lin Residence, but the Lin family escaped through a secret passage, and the fire helped Fang Yiwan uncover more evidence.
• Fang Siwan comforted Jiang Yingcheng through dinner until the girl forgot to tell her about the Lin Residence and fell asleep.
• Jiang Yingcheng fell out of bed during the night, and Liaochen tried to explain Fang Siwan’s absence by saying she had gone out to forage.
• After hearing that the generals had returned, Jiang Yingcheng took Lin Jinshu outside to welcome Jiang Yanchuan.
• Jiang Yingcheng heard that Jiang Yanchuan had gone missing and froze in shock.

Jiang Yingcheng learned that Emperor Mingze had vanished after Beiming's counterattack and decided to find him herself. She tricked the adults guarding her tent, leaving them asleep as she prepared to escape.

• Jiang Yingcheng overheard that Emperor Mingze had disappeared after Beiming trapped the vanguard, and Grandpa Kan's panicked shouts confirmed the danger.
• Jiang Yingcheng ran to Kan Ruifeng and insisted on searching for her Imperial Father, but he persuaded Yu Xingmian to take her back to her tent.
• Jiang Yingcheng pretended to fall asleep while secretly asking System Bro to locate Emperor Mingze and planning to use Potent Knockout Powder on her uncles.
• Liaochen left the tent with Pei Muchen and arranged for Yu Xingmian and Wu to stay behind, then Jiang Yingcheng peeked out and decided it was her chance to escape.

Jiang Yingcheng sneaked out of camp to draw out a hidden pursuer, while Liaochen and the others followed her in secret. Jiang Yanchuan caught her before she could go farther, but her sudden tears stopped him from scolding her.

• Jiang Yingcheng scattered medicinal powder over Yu Xingmian and Wu Leyong, then slipped out of their tent.
• Liaochen and the others secretly followed Jiang Yingcheng as she left camp, while a furtive man pursued her into the forest and Lord Xu's men followed him.
• Jiang Yingcheng hid from the patrols and asked System Bro for help finding her Imperial Father, but System Bro went silent after detecting something wrong.
• Jiang Yanchuan lifted Jiang Yingcheng into his arms and learned from Liaochen that Lord Xu had pursued the man who left camp by another route.
• Jiang Yanchuan began to reprimand Jiang Yingcheng for breaking their agreement, but stopped when she started crying.

Wang Hui informed a masked conspirator that Emperor Mingze had gone missing in Danyang City and that the Eleventh Princess had gone after him. Jiang Yanchuan returned safely with Jiang Yingcheng, reconciled with her, and ordered the army to march on Beiming’s capital after a day’s rest.

• Wang Hui secretly told a masked man that Emperor Mingze had disappeared in Danyang City and that General Kan and the Eleventh Princess had entered the city to search for him.
• The masked man praised Wang Hui and hurried away to report the news, while Wang Hui imagined the rewards and promotion he would receive.
• Jiang Yanchuan soothed the crying Jiang Yingcheng, then suggested she had been distracted during the preparations for the Battle of Danyang City.
• System Bro reminded Jiang Yingcheng that she had spent the preparation days playing and collecting gossip, and she guiltily stopped Jiang Yanchuan from saying more.
• Jiang Yanchuan returned to camp with Jiang Yingcheng, ordered the officers and soldiers to rise, and commanded the army to march on Beiming’s capital after one day of rest.

Jiang Yanchuan marched to Jiayu City while Jiang Yingcheng secretly traveled with Liaochen and the others, hoping to reach Beiming Capital. After Beiming's prince surrendered the city, Jiang Yingcheng exposed the fleeing King of Beiming's real route and treasure stashes, but her group was caught on the gate tower as someone imposing arrived behind them.

• Jiang Yanchuan left Jiang Yingcheng, Fang Siwan, Lin Jinshu, Liaochen, and the other masters in camp before leading the army toward Jiayu City.
• A young Beiming prince surrendered Jiayu City by presenting the Imperial Jade Seal, and Jiang Yanchuan ordered his commanders to pursue the fleeing King of Beiming.
• Jiang Yingcheng secretly joined Liaochen and the others atop the gate tower and revealed through her thoughts that the King of Beiming was escaping south, not east or west.
• Jiang Yingcheng uncovered the King's hidden treasures and eagerly planned how to distribute or sell them, while Liaochen tried to distract her with a staged cry after someone stepped on his foot.
• Jiang Yingcheng urged Yu Xingmian to take her back to camp, but an imposing newcomer arrived behind them and stopped the group in place.

Jiang Yanchuan caught Jiang Yingcheng trying to flee and stopped her from being punished when she showed him a map of Jiayu City. After he took the map into account and entered the city, Jiang Yingcheng asked to play with the surrendered prince, Guan Zhili.

• Jiang Yingcheng urged Yu Xingmian and the others to run, but Jiang Yanchuan caught her and took her into his arms.
• Jiang Yingcheng howled that Jiang Yanchuan had hit her, then fell silent when he reminded her that thousands of soldiers could hear.
• Jiang Yingcheng showed Jiang Yanchuan a map marked with red dots and treasure-like shapes, and he sent Xu Jiu to deliver it to General Kan.
• Jiang Yanchuan left the city gates with Jiang Yingcheng and identified the kneeling prince of Beiming as Guan Zhili.
• Jiang Yingcheng asked to play with Guan Zhili, and Jiang Yanchuan agreed; she introduced herself and gave him a meeting gift.