Recaps

The Prince of Jin and Tang Zhuyun prepared to marry while the Tang family weathered Meng Yulan’s childbirth and welcomed a newborn daughter. The Xue family then claimed Tang Zhuyun and Tang Baixin as their kin, leaving the old family wounds unresolved but opening the way to reconciliation.

• The Prince of Jin sought a fresh start with Tang Zhuyun, secured the emperor’s approval for their wedding, and arranged for Tang Mingfan to live nearby.
• Meng Yulan reconciled with Duke Meng’s Residence for her child’s sake, then gave birth to a daughter whom Tang Mingfan named Tang Yuan.
• Tang Zhuyun encountered Xue Lie during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Prince of Jin connected the Xue family’s hostility toward Tang Mingfan to their strange meeting.
• Nanxing told Tang Zhuyun that she had been taken in by the Xiao Family and had become Vermilion Bird, one of the four great deathsworn.
• Xue Shanting arrived with his family and claimed Tang Zhuyun and Tang Baixin as his grandchildren, while Tang Mingfan denied the claim.
• Xue Xian and Xue Zi explained how the Li and Xue families had been implicated in the Prince of Wu’s rebellion and revealed that Huainiang had been betrothed to Tang Mingfan as a baby.
• Xue Shanting blamed Tang Mingfan for Huainiang’s fate, but Tang Zhuyun defended her father and redirected the confrontation by pretending to faint.
• Tang Zhuyun proposed that the families reconcile, and Xue Shanting agreed to visit after Tang Yuan’s third-day washing ceremony before settling accounts with Tang Mingfan.

Tang Zhuyun reconciled with the Xue Family, accepted the Prince of Jin’s marriage, and learned that the Xue Family would give up its military authority. As the Prince of Jin left on a mission to Gannan, Tang Zhuyun revealed Linlin’s parentage to Tang Mingfan, who began explaining the importance of an old imperial letter.

• Tang Zhuyun visited the Xue Family, where Old Madam Xue mourned Susu and embraced her, and Tang Zhuyun offered to treat her failing eyesight.
• The Xue Family joined Tang Zhuyun’s household for Sister Yuan’s third-day bathing ceremony, while the Prince of Jin and the Xue men clashed and Meng Yuqian mocked Tang Zhuyun’s lack of a dowry.
• Tang Zhuyun spent three days at the Xue residence, treated Old Madam Xue, and told Xue Lie she was willing to marry the Prince of Jin.
• The Prince of Jin kept visiting Tang Zhuyun at the Xue residence, and after Xue Shanting reported his trespass to the emperor, the emperor ordered the marriage to proceed as planned.
• Xue Lie told Tang Zhuyun that the Xue Family would surrender its military authority and might move northwest, while Tang Zhuyun chose to marry from the Tang Family home.
• Tang Zhuyun and the Prince of Jin agreed that she would remain his princess consort only if he stayed faithful, then he left for Gannan on an imperial investigation.
• Tang Zhuyun told Tang Mingfan that Linlin was the Prince of Jin’s biological son and asked him not to take sides in a future conflict, but Tang Mingfan promised to stand up for the prince.
• Tang Zhuyun split open Tang Mingfan’s old box and found the emperor’s letter asking him to help raise the Prince of Jin, and Tang Mingfan began explaining why the letter mattered more than a gold medal of immunity from death.

Tang Zhuyun navigated palace schemes, the Prince of Jin’s return, and Zong Heng’s attempt to exploit his identity before marrying the prince. The arc ended with the newlyweds together and the Prince of Jin confronting the empress’s two maids.

• Tang Zhuyun survived an attempted poisoning at the Empress’s birthday gathering, then the emperor left the empress to investigate while she quietly ordered a thorough inquiry.
• The Prince of Jin arrested Governor Sun after recovering evidence of his crimes, then hurried back to the capital for Qixi despite rumors that he had been impeached.
• Tang Zhuyun welcomed the exhausted Prince of Jin, who gave her a glass-bead bracelet and teased her about his lovesickness.
• Tang Zhuyun learned that Zong Heng knew the Prince of Jin’s past identity and had given her three days to consider his proposal, so she climbed into the prince’s residence to tell him what had happened.
• The Prince of Jin explained that his past was already known among those close to the emperor and promised to handle Zong Heng’s scheme himself.
• Qin Sang gave Tang Zhuyun advice before her wedding, and the Prince of Jin helped her complete the bridal procession before they spent their wedding night together.
• The Prince of Jin delayed their palace visit, then confronted the two maids bestowed by the empress after Xiu'er said they had nearly entered the newlyweds’ chambers.

Tang Zhuyun and the Prince of Jin settled into married life while managing palace pressure, family obligations, and Qiao Geng's return. Nanny Rong's unusual behavior raised Tang Zhuyun's suspicions, and Yanran overheard her speaking near the rockery at night.

• The Prince of Jin defended Tang Zhuyun at the palace and told the emperor that he wanted her to be the only woman in his life.
• The Prince of Jin told Tang Zhuyun that childbirth had damaged her body, but she insisted she could still have children and later took contraceptive medicine.
• The Prince of Jin visited Xiao Wu's memorial tablet with Tang Zhuyun and explained Xiao Wu's broken engagement to Qiao Geng.
• The Prince of Jin crippled a servant of the Prince of Yong after the man accosted Tang Zhuyun's party, and Old Madam Xue later told Tang Zhuyun that the family would move to the northwest.
• Tang Zhuyun treated the unconscious emperor after a sudden shock triggered his heart ailment, then learned how the Prince of Jin's fearsome reputation served the emperor.
• Tang Zhuyun refused Qiao Qiao's request for her prayer beads, and the Prince of Jin promised not to take either of Qiao Geng's daughters as a wife or concubine.
• Tang Zhuyun questioned Nanny Rong's intentions after Nanny Rong mentioned a lost handkerchief and proposed inviting the Qiao sisters to the residence.
• Yanran slipped out to find Cui Xiaoqiu and overheard Nanny Rong saying that Tang Zhuyun would save anyone before Nanny Rong emerged from the rockery.