Recaps

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 helped Zhen Shiqing reclaim his own name, and he later passed the examinations, became top scholar, and entered the Hanlin Academy.
• Meng Anci rescued Xiao Huzi from Liu San, and Jin Shanyao praised him while warning him to protect himself.
• Jin Shanyao prepared Meng Anci for the academy examination, and he passed in fifth place as a xiucai.
• Jin Shanyao helped Li Yuan say goodbye to his dead father, and she told Meng Anzhi and Meng Anci that repayment should preserve a person's dignity.
• Meng Anci formally became Su Wenqian's student, while Jin Shanyao's unsuitable gifts and bold behavior prompted Su Wenqian to warn her about harming Meng Anci's future prospects.
• Meng Anzhi ordered Fan Er to take Miao Dou to the authorities after she admitted trying to steal the ointment formula under Yu Manzi's pressure.
• Jin Shanyao revealed that she had arranged the theft incident to test Meng Anzhi's judgment, and Miao Dou received eighty strokes before Yu Manzi abandoned her.
• The estate workers harvested and sold the herbs from Lush Mountain and Hat Mountain, and Jin Shanyao gave Qin Baitang his share while asking him to train reliable 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.

• Meng Anci secretly made lanterns for Jin Shanyao’s birthday, and the siblings lit them in the courtyard on New Year’s Eve.
• Jin Shanyao traveled to the capital with the Su brothers, exposed Fifth Master Dong’s fake vase scam, and visited the Fu family before Lu Chi’s wedding.
• Lu Chi confronted Wei Tingwan at his wedding, where she confessed to murdering his mother and poisoning him, and the empress ordered her arrested.
• Jin Shanyao bought a shop in the capital and discovered that Xuanjizi had possessed Fifth Master Dong, then returned to Qingzhou with the Su brothers.
• Xuanjizi used Fifth Master Dong to manipulate Meng Anzhi, but Anzhi poisoned him in self-defense, and Jin Shanyao destroyed Xuanjizi’s soul and healed Anzhi’s injured throat.
• Meng Anzhi began speaking again after Meng Anci’s clumsy attempt to provoke her, and she and Jin Shanyao continued treating patients at Anzhi Hall.
• Jin Shanyao bought four barren mountains, assigned caretakers to them, and encouraged Qin Baitang to establish Anzhi Hall in the capital.
• Meng Anci clashed with Shao Lishan during a school outing, then discussed their different views of friendship with Jin Shanyao, while Niu Dadan and Wang Xiaohua returned to Anzhi Hall.

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 and Meng Anzhi helped Chen Maimiao deliver a boy, but Boss Zheng claimed the child was his and revealed his assault on her, prompting Zheng Laosi to stab him before Jin Shanyao saved the baby.
• Chen Maimiao demanded a divorce after Zheng Laosi admitted he had concealed his infertility, and Jin Shanyao warned Meng Anzhi not to exploit timid or weak people.
• Jin Shanyao confronted Silla envoys Jin Xiaoji and You Tuo, then attended their welcoming banquet with Meng Anzhi and Meng Anci, where she challenged their boasts and Meng Anci answered their tests.
• Jin Shanyao and Zhang Jiuwei got You Tuo drunk, and Jin Shanyao repeatedly mistook Zhang’s gifts and compliments for romantic advances before agreeing to a business partnership with Jade Flask Spring.
• Monkey Treasure escaped its abusive owner and reached Anzhi Hall, where Jin Shanyao bought it and Meng Anzhi treated its wounds.
• Jin Shanyao exposed Feng Shun’s betrayal at First Manor and arranged for the guilty workers to be sold while offering jobs to the others.
• Qing Yang reported that Feng Shun’s younger brother was selling counterfeit medicine under Anzhi Hall’s name, and Jin Shanyao rewarded her.
• Zhang Jiuwei visited with Baili Ce and a child, and Meng Anzhi agreed to supply a third of her requested medicinal herbs under a signed agreement.

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 predicted a drought and persuaded Su Wenqian to urge drought-resistant planting before he departed amid the commoners' gifts and farewells.
• Zhu Huaizhang investigated Anzhi Hall and accused Jin Shanyao of fraud, but she located Old Man Guo's missing ox and Meng Anzhi revived it.
• Zhu Huaizhang bought grain reserves while Jin Shanyao treated heatstroke and sold Cooling Talisman Paper as the drought worsened.
• Zhu Huaizhang arrested Qingzhou's diviners and jailed Jin Shanyao, but Meng Anci, Meng Anzhi, Zhao Cheng, and grateful residents secured her release.
• Ghost One and Ghost Three frightened Zhu Huaizhang at night, while Ghost Two kept Li Xiao awake during fifteen nights of visits to the yamen.
• Jin Shanyao reinforced Hat Mountain's barrier after finding Xie Chao exhausted from irrigation, while Meng Anzhi developed cooling balm for estate production.
• Zhu Huaizhang released grain to lower prices and refused Zhou Yan's demand to raise Anzhi Hall's taxes, while Anzhi Hall hired workers and sold its herb harvest.
• Zhu Huaizhang reduced taxes and apologized to Jin Shanyao, then Meng Anzhi examined Old Madam Zhu and prescribed treatment for her impaired vision.