Recaps

Shen Yuxi used the system’s revelations to expose palace crimes, help resolve court disputes, and save the Empress Dowager while offering an epidemic prescription. She traveled to Qingzhou with Mo Xuanchen to investigate corruption, and the arc ended as they uncovered Zhao Panggua’s hidden treasure.

• Shen Yuxi attended court after saving the Fourth Prince, where the system exposed Noble Consort Wei’s crimes and Emperor Xuanzhao ordered her and her accomplices punished.
• Shen Yuxi’s court gossip embarrassed officials, helped bring Jia Weihe to justice, and won Emperor Xuanzhao’s support for peace with Ruo Qiang.
• Cui Mingjian reported a deadly epidemic in Qingzhou, so Shen Yuxi provided a prescription that the emperor sent to the Imperial Medical Academy for testing.
• Shen Yuxi diagnosed and treated the Empress Dowager’s poisoning, while Consort Xuan’s reaction prompted the court to investigate who had access to her.
• Shen Yuxi volunteered to go to Qingzhou after the system revealed relief grain theft and the county magistrate’s hidden wealth, and Mo Xuanchen joined her.
• Shen Yuxi and Mo Xuanchen confronted Zhao Panggua over a lavish banquet, then followed the system’s directions to retrieve a key hidden in a wolfdog’s droppings.
• Mo Xuanchen’s men entered Zhao Panggua’s study, where they opened a secret chamber and began removing chests of gold, silver, and jewels.

Shen Yuxi helped end the Qingzhou epidemic, then returned to the capital to oversee the spring examinations and expose plots against Wanxue and Shangguan Qing. The arc ended with Lin Shubai and Yan Qinghe preparing for the palace examination as envoys from Ruo Qiang approached.

• Mo Xuanchen used Zhao Panggua’s confiscated wealth to aid Qingzhou and sent former bandits to help treat the sick, while Shen Yuxi worked to protect patients and uncover nobles’ abuse of epidemic resources.
• After the epidemic subsided, Shen Yuxi returned to the capital, received an award from Emperor Xuanzhao, and became an examiner for the spring examinations.
• Shen Yuxi supervised the examinations, removed candidates caught cheating, and arranged meals for the examinees.
• Shen Yuxi uncovered Chen Shisong’s plot to have Gao Kai drown Wanxue, secured evidence through Lu Song, and had Chen arrested after the examinations.
• At Duke Dingguo’s birthday banquet, Shen Yuxi and the system exposed Shangguan Niao’s role in disfiguring Shangguan Qing and thwarted her attempt to frame Shen Yuxi, leading Duke Dingguo to punish Shangguan Niao.
• Chen Shisong died suddenly, and the system warned Lu Song that a wealthy landowner had arranged to have him killed for a ghost marriage.
• Lin Shubai placed first in the examination results, and he and Yan Qinghe studied for the palace examination as Emperor Xuanzhao prepared to receive envoys from Ruo Qiang.