Recaps

Chu Siqing used her Gossip System to expose plots, uncover a spy, and influence royal decisions while becoming the Holy Maiden. The arc ended with Wen Minjing rescuing the missing Chu Yuxi, who discovered she was his rumored fiancée.

• Chu Siqing was born to Han Wanqing, and her thoughts revealed Wet Nurse Zhou’s poor hygiene, leading Chu Hongle and Han Wanqing to choose Nanny Li instead.
• Chu Siqing exposed Han Xiangru’s theft of Han Wanqing’s jade bracelet, and Chu Hongle forced Xiangru to admit her crime.
• Chu Siqing helped Han Nanxing become General Fang’s disciple by obtaining a Recovery Pill that healed Fang Yongshan’s leg.
• At Chu Siqing’s full-month banquet, she exposed Princess Yongfu’s role in frightening Han Wanqing into labor, and Emperor Chu Ming punished Yongfu with demotion and confinement.
• Tu Qingchen identified Chu Siqing as the prophesied Holy Maiden, and Emperor Chu Ming decreed that she visit the Heavenly Derivation Pavilion every three days.
• During Chu Siqing’s investiture, her thoughts exposed Lu Dahai as a Qi spy, and Emperor Chu Ming had him arrested and executed after evidence confirmed his treason.
• Chu Siqing’s gossip influenced Emperor Chu Ming to choose Xiao Wenshu as Crown Prince Chu Yuheng’s principal consort, while Ning Qingyan’s schemes and Chu Yuxi’s broken betrothal led to further turmoil.
• After Chu Yuxi disappeared, Chu Siqing revealed that he had been kidnapped and taken to Green Jade Tower, where Wen Minjing helped him defeat an attacker and revealed she was his rumored fiancée.

Chu Siqing helped the court combat trafficking and folk scams, exposed scandals among the nobility, and introduced agricultural advances. The stretch ended with Han Yucheng placing fourth in the Palace Examination and his family moving to arrange a match with Second Miss Du.

• Wen Minjing rescued Chu Yuxi from the Green Jade Tower, but Wen Yuanyi rejected his proposal after Princess Shun revealed that Wen Minjing was now his adopted elder sister.
• Chu Siqing’s advice led Emperor Chu Ming to use movable-type printing, the People's Gazette, storytellers, and operas to warn people about child-snatchers.
• Commandery Lady Yongfu was stripped of her title and sent to guard Prince Fu's tomb after her assassins confessed, while Han Xiangru later married Qin Sanlang despite warnings about his household.
• Princess Duanmin exposed Zheng Zhiyi and Lady Ye’s baby swap, recovered her daughter, and saw them sentenced to death as Marquis Changning lost his title and office.
• Chu Siqing helped the court expose folk scams and attended court, where she revealed embarrassing secrets that ended Wang Zhengde’s and Duke Wei’s objections to her presence.
• Chu Siqing warned Chu Yuheng about Ning Qingyan’s schemes, and Ning Qingyan was sent to Chu Yutao’s residence after Chu Yuheng caught them together.
• Chu Siqing provided agricultural texts and high-yield crops for the court to test, while Han Yucheng sat the Metropolitan and Palace Examinations.
• Han Yucheng placed fourth in the Palace Examination, met Second Miss Du, and won her family’s support as rival households tried to claim him as a son-in-law.