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Jin Shanyao settled into Wen Jingshu’s old home and protected Meng Anzhi and Meng Anci from the Meng family while learning how to care for them as a human. After earning money and finding a place for Meng Anci at school, she began building a more secure life for the children.
Jin Shanyao solved a series of crimes and supernatural troubles while raising Meng Anzhi and Meng Anci, whose confidence and prospects grew. She bought a shop in Meng Anzhi’s name and recruited servants, as Lu Chi began to recover and the Meng Household schemed to control Meng Anci’s future.
Jin Shanyao helped Meng Anci sever ties with his uncles, supported his studies, and took him with Meng Anzhi to Qingzhou, where she recovered the missing tribute and confronted danger tied to Lu Chi. The arc ended with Jin Shanyao bringing the runaway Lu Chi back and Meng Anci placing second in the county examination as he prepared for the prefectural exam.
Jin Shanyao builds up Lush Mountain while helping Meng Anci prepare for his examination and uncovering a plot involving stolen Divine Souls. After defeating Xuanxin, she turns to teaching her household and neighbors practical farming skills, then learns Shi Chang'an has been missing for three months.
Jin Shanyao expanded Anzhi Hall, helped Meng Anci enter Green Mountain Academy, and bought Hat Mountain despite its reputation. There she subdued the immortal Xie Chao and tried to recruit him, while she and Meng Anzhi rescued a mother and newborn from the Cai household.
Jin Shanyao expanded Anzhi Hall and her work on Hat Mountain while helping the children around her grow more capable and independent. The arc ended with Jin Shanyao and Meng Anzhi treating a starving family whose home and fields officials had taken, as the grandmother began explaining how they had been reduced to begging.
Jin Shanyao helped contain an epidemic, settled trouble with the apothecary shopkeepers, and prepared to travel after Qiao Qingran asked her to examine her father-in-law. The arc left Jin Shanyao, Meng Anzhi, and Meng Anci on their way to the capital, carrying winter clothes for Madam Su’s mother.
Jin Shanyao exposed Master Ji’s life-borrowing array, then helped Shen Yan uncover the truth about the twenty-eight soldiers and send their spirits onward. Back in Qingzhou, she reopened Anzhi Hall and resumed helping locals while planning to leave for the capital someday.
Jin Shanyao helped Meng Anci prepare for and pass the academy examination while navigating strange cases and guiding Meng Anzhi through managing the estate. The arc ended with Miao Dou punished for trying to steal the ointment formula, the herb harvest sold, and Jin Shanyao preparing trustworthy workers for a possible move to the capital.
Jin Shanyao traveled to the capital for Lu Chi’s wedding, helped expose the crimes of Wei Tingwan and Xuanjizi, and returned to Qingzhou to build Anzhi Hall’s work and care for the people around her. Meng Anzhi recovered from Xuanjizi’s attack and found her voice again, while Meng Anci navigated new friendships at school.
Jin Shanyao protects Chen Maimiao and her newborn, then faces Silla envoys at a banquet while Anzhi Hall’s household deals with an abused monkey and betrayal at First Manor. The stretch ends with Zhang Jiuwei securing a medicinal-herb agreement with Meng Anzhi.
Jin Shanyao prepared Qingzhou for drought as Su Wenqian departed and Zhu Huaizhang took office. Zhu Huaizhang's campaign against diviners brought him into conflict with her, but he later apologized and entrusted his mother's treatment to Meng Anzhi.
Jin Shanyao helped Wu Shaoyang recover, then joined Zhu Huaizhang in investigating Bai Yunjin’s murder and the crimes hidden inside the Cloud Brocade Workshop. She uncovered Yao Yuniang’s fate, alerted her parents, and returned to Zhu Huaizhang as Crown Prince Xiao Yuan headed for Jing'an Prefecture.
Jin Shanyao and Zhu Huaizhang exposed the Cloud Brocade Workshop crimes, then Jin returned to Qingzhou and helped Anzhi Hall’s household through new work, weddings, and examinations. Meng Anci became a juren and refused bribes, while Shiyan confessed his feelings to Meng Anzhi and learned she did not love him.
Jin Shanyao helped Meng Anci through the metropolitan and palace examinations, where he became the top scholar, while Meng Anzhi treated patients and stood up to those who threatened Anzhi Hall. The siblings returned to Little River Village, honored their parents, and began planning a new home on Lush Mountain.
Jin Shanyao and the Meng siblings settled into life in the capital, where Meng Anci faced a false accusation and helped expose the people behind it. Meng Anzhi treated a wounded undercover agent, then agreed to travel to the capital with him as Shi Chong recovered.
Jin Shanyao and Meng Anzhi faced Shi Chong’s advances, helped expose Yan Shuan’s crimes, and answered Silla’s provocations at the palace. Jin Shanyao then left the capital with Fu Congzhao for Dengzhou, where the naval camp and local people were struggling after wokou attacks.
Jin Shanyao sent battlefield dead onward, then helped Meng Anci and Zhao Zhiyuan confront corrupt officials and a looming flood in Jianghe County. As the crisis ended and Zhao Zhiyuan and Meng Anzhi grew closer, Taishang Laojun warned Jin Shanyao to return to Heaven after Meng Anci’s fifteenth birthday.
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