Recaps

Xie Huizhou and Zhang Lanhe joined Fang Yuanke’s revolt, freed Zhang Lanhe from the underground palace, and escaped the capital after Xie Wangqiu’s defeat. They settled in Peach Blossom Village, married with their friends’ blessing, and the story then recalled how Li Xu’s childhood friendship with Xie Huizhou began.

• At the Painting Appreciation Banquet, Xie Huizhou and Zhang Lanhe resisted Xie Wangqiu’s attempts to capture them, and Xie Huizhou set off explosives that ignited the palace as Fang Yuanke’s army attacked the capital.
• Xie Huizhou found Zhang Lanhe’s chained, wounded white-snake form beneath the palace and broke the Dragon-Trapping Formation, freeing him before Xie Wangqiu’s final assault destroyed the palace.
• Fang Yuanke’s forces defeated Xie Wangqiu, who plunged into the flames and triggered further explosions, while Xie Huizhou and Zhang Lanhe escaped.
• Xie Huizhou and Zhang Lanhe decided to fake their deaths and leave the capital, bid farewell to Fang Yuanke and their friends, and rode away together.
• The couple settled in Peach Blossom Village, where they prepared for their wedding and welcomed villagers and friends to celebrate with them.
• Xie Huizhou and Zhang Lanhe married before their friends, and Zhang Lanhe asked Xie Huizhou to call him his Imperial Consort.
• The story shifted to their childhood, when Li Xu found Xie Huizhou, brought him to the Li Residence, and learned that he was the missing Ninth Prince.
• Li Xu kept visiting Xie Huizhou despite the Minister of Rites’ objections, introduced him to his friends, and spent years getting into mischief with him before making a decision against his ancestors’ rules.