Recaps

Lang Xuan grew closer to Linlin during a seaside trip while helping search for the legendary treasures, and news of Tang Zhuyun’s injury brought their concerns back to the capital. Tang Zhuyun recovered, addressed the academy with an edict opening the imperial examinations to women, and encountered signs of a possible rebellion.

• Lang Xuan feared Linlin would judge her for getting drunk, but he reassured her, and she offered to help him find the treasure sought by the heir’s consort.
• Ren Yingying and the others investigated the late princess’s life, while Lang Xuan suggested the treasures might be buried with her or hidden in her former residence.
• Linlin took Lang Xuan and their companions to the seaside, where he cared for her after she became ill from eating mantis shrimp.
• Lang Xuan worried that Linlin might be endangered on a hunt, and Linlin gave her a large egg that she decided would be their token of love.
• After learning Tang Zhuyun had been injured in an incident at the academy, Lang Xuan wrote her a message, and Linlin explained that the four treasures had to be gathered and buried on Mount Tai.
• Tang Zhuyun investigated the attack, ordered the Lei Family released after a warning, and learned from Meng Yulan about Yingxue’s death, Jiang Shuyue’s fate, and Meng Yulan’s pregnancy.
• Tang Zhuyun suspected something unclean threatened Meng Yulan’s pregnancy and arranged a protective prescription, then announced Emperor Wen’s edict allowing women to take the imperial examinations and serve as officials.
• After Tang Zhuyun left the academy, Lu Zhenyan warned her that rebels might be stirring up trouble, and she saw moving black characters on a coffin shop’s roof reading “Remake heaven and earth.”

Tang Zhuyun learned the White Lotus Sect's plans to discredit her, while its Nanyue gu attacks endangered Yanran and Lang Xuan in Liaodong. Cui Xiaoqiu stayed beside Yanran through her confinement and ultimately told her that the gu worm had been lured out.

• Nanxing revealed that Lei Qun was Prince Taihe's son, and Tang Zhuyun and Xiu'er deduced that Dowager Consort Jingyi led the White Lotus Sect.
• Lei Qun warned Tang Zhuyun about the plot to ruin her reputation with an impostor, and Emperor Wen told her he had already killed the woman.
• Yanran attacked Linlin and Cui Xiaoqiu under the influence of gu, and Jinse disrupted the controlling flute with her pipa.
• Linlin accepted Cui Xiaoqiu's request to marry Yanran, and Cui Xiaoqiu stayed with her during confinement while seeking a way to remove the gu worm.
• Ren Yingying gave birth to Jingjing, and Xiu'er gave birth to Song Rong in the imperial garden.
• Jiang'er reported Cui Xiaoqiu's unexplained nightly absences to Linlin, who said he had sent Cui Xiaoqiu on an errand.
• Lady Lei took Lang Xuan hostage during Jingjing's full-month celebration, but Lang Xuan recognized her pretense of gu control and escaped.
• Yanran had Jiang'er restrain her before another gu attack, and Cui Xiaoqiu countered the flute with chime bells before telling Yanran that the gu worm had been lured out.

Linlin and Lang Xuan faced a disaster, uncovered Emperor Gaozu’s seal, and defended Jinzhou against Goryeo while their relationship grew. Yanran and Cui Xiaoqiu returned from war, married, and joined the family as Tang Zhuyun welcomed a daughter and Linlin established reforms.

• Lang Xuan joined the search for the princess’s tomb, where Xiao Huai emerged from a cracked egg and later discovered Emperor Gaozu’s missing seal.
• After a landslide buried four villages, Tang Zhuyun went to help survivors while Linlin investigated the gunpowder leak and became crown prince, with Lang Xuan named crown princess.
• Emperor Wen gave Tang Zhuyun a seal matching the one from her previous life, and she recognized it as the pendant her grandfather had given her.
• Lang Xuan stood up to insults at Qu Hua’s wedding, while Qu Hua and Mu Ziyu left the Prince of Liaodong’s Residence after Mu Ziyu defended her.
• Linlin pursued the Oirats while Lang Xuan and Yanran defended Jinzhou, then returned safely after Goryeo attacked and Lang Xuan kept the city gates closed.
• Yanran and Cui Xiaoqiu led forces into Goryeo and defeated its army, then returned to the capital, where Yanran met her new sister Xingan'er and agreed to marry Cui Xiaoqiu.
• Linlin appointed young officials as he carried out reforms, and Yanran married Cui Xiaoqiu after Lang Xuan found her practicing swordsmanship on her wedding morning.
• The next morning, Yanran told her family she had mistaken an injured owl for an assassin, while Cui Xiaoqiu asked her to keep their wedding night private.