Recaps

Huo Qilang guarded Li Yuanying as his health improved, then helped expose Princess Consort Cui’s poisoning plot and learned the truth behind his feud with the emperor. Li Yuanying prepared to confront Liu Kun’s rebellion, but Liu Mian’s Yab soldiers surrounded the villa and attacked.

• Huo Qilang impersonated Li Yuanying and kept watch as he struggled with insomnia, illness, and pain, while he learned of Baozhu’s journey and the princess’s suffering.
• Li Yuanying uncovered signs of a plot against him, manipulated the rivalry between Liu Kun and Ruan Ziming, and discovered that Liu Kun’s troops might be preparing a mutiny.
• Huo Qilang found that Prince Shao’s clothes were poisoned, and Cui Lingrong confessed that she had planned the poisoning to avenge Li Ciyin, whom Li Yuanying had sent to Tubo as Princess Dongyi.
• Li Yuanying kept Cui Lingrong alive as a hostage and ordered the conspirators and their accomplices executed, then fell ill from years of arsenic exposure.
• Li Yuanying left Youzhou in disguise with Huo Qilang and told her how his mother’s death, the doubts about his birth, and the emperor’s suspicions had driven their estrangement.
• Li Yuanying revealed that he had used Zhao Yuanbao’s support to make the emperor treat him as an imperial heir, then gathered generals and foreign envoys to prepare for Liu Kun’s rebellion.
• Liu Mian surrounded Li Yuanying’s villa with Yab soldiers and threw Cailu’s severed head into the courtyard, while Huo Qilang killed seven attackers and Liu Mian ordered archers onto the walls.

Li Yuanying’s illness and Huo Qilang’s loyalty reshaped their plans in Youzhou while Baozhu traveled through Luoyang with Wei Xun. After Baozhu was abducted, Wei Xun searched for her as she was imprisoned in a vast compound and forced to train as a dancer.

• Huo Qilang defended Li Yuanying during the Yab attack, was badly wounded, and survived with him after Yuan Shaobo’s cavalry drove off the attackers, and Li Yuanying kissed her as she recovered.
• Li Yuanying took control of Youzhou, exposed Zhu Minhe’s spying, and learned that arsenic poisoning had severely damaged his health, and he told Huo Qilang to assume his identity and rule in his place.
• In Luoyang, Baozhu and Wei Xun grew closer as he protected her from a humiliating official procession and a gang that tried to abduct her, and Baozhu later became Changqiu Temple’s Guanyin Attendant after her coins formed a sacred sign.
• Baozhu led the City Procession with Wei Xun beside her, but she disappeared the next day while Wei Xun was lured away, and Thirteenth Son was left badly injured and Yang Xingjian was also hurt.
• Wei Xun searched Luoyang with help from the Seven Supremes, while Yang Xingjian pressured the authorities to investigate, and Wei Xun discovered that the Guanyin Attendants had been disappearing and that their figurines were funerary pottery.
• Baozhu was taken to the Rainbow Garment Courtyard, where she met Mi Moyan and learned that former Guanyin Attendants had lived there, after Zhao Shi forced her to train, Baozhu struck her with a pipa and tried to escape.
• The guards captured Baozhu and Mi Moyan and forced them to train in ankle shackles under Jade Ewer, and Baozhu learned the courtyards belonged to a ruler called Sun and wondered who controlled the compound.

Wei Xun searched for the missing Baozhu while she endured captivity in Li Yu’s residence and eventually killed him. After turning Li Yu’s death into a court case that destroyed his household, Baozhu left Luoyang with Wei Xun, grieving Mi Moyan and struggling with what she had done.

• Wei Xun investigated the vanished Guanyin Attendants and discovered that Cao Hong had abducted them, but Cao Hong died before Wei Xun could learn where Baozhu was.
• Baozhu recognized Li Yu as the master of the Rainbow Garment Courtyard and learned from Mi Moyan that Li Yu had exploited and killed previous Guanyin Attendants.
• Wei Xun traced Baozhu’s abduction to Cao Hong and later found a clue linking her to water, while Baozhu endured Li Yu’s abuse and resolved to resist him.
• After surviving days chained in the Auspicious Cloud Hall, Baozhu killed Dong Shiguang, escaped, and fought her way toward Li Yu with the Giant-Que Sky Bow.
• Baozhu killed Li Yu, and Wei Xun carried her from the residence as its imprisoned women and slaves escaped.
• Baozhu devised a plan to have Li Yu condemned for rebellion, forced Dou Jing to submit an impeachment petition, and asked Wei Xun to help ensure her death after her revenge.
• The emperor’s forces punished Li Yu’s household, and Baozhu returned the Fish-Intestine Sword before dancing for Wei Xun and breaking down in his arms.
• Baozhu arranged Mi Moyan’s burial and left Luoyang with Wei Xun, who concealed the worsening illness in his chest and told her she was the only Guanyin in his heart.

Baozhu and Wei Xun traveled toward Youzhou while Zhou Qingyang treated his illness and revealed the cost of prolonging his life. After Wei Xun's apparent death, Baozhu destroyed Wang Chengwu's power, reunited with Li Yuanying, and prepared to challenge the emperor before finding a clue that she had been deceived.

• Zhou Qingyang treated Wei Xun with the Phoenix Embryo and later revealed that prolonging his life required killing an imperial family member each year.
• Baozhu affirmed her love for Wei Xun, obtained a travel permit from Han Yun, and persuaded Zhou Qingyang to stop Zhongqiu's epidemic.
• Chengde soldiers captured Baozhu and mortally wounded Wei Xun, who died in her arms after enduring torture.
• Yuan Shaobo rescued Baozhu, and she vowed to destroy Wang Chengwu within seven days.
• Baozhu stole Chengde's warhorses and defended Jingxing Pass while Liang Shiji killed Wang Chengwu and Han Yun's cavalry routed the leaderless army.
• Baozhu formed the Jade Comb Army, reached Youzhou, and discovered that Wei Xun's coffin was empty.
• Li Yuanying entrusted his forces to Baozhu, revealed the emperor's responsibility for their mother's death, and promised to share the realm with her.
• Baozhu found a red plum blossom after an unknown protector killed five assassins and cursed Xu Two and his accomplice for deceiving her.