Recaps

Xu Xi refused to return to the Marquis of Suiping's Residence without proof of her identity and pursued admission to Beining Women's Academy with Xu Xue. Lady Wei then claimed Xu Xue as her daughter, leaving the old madam demanding evidence and Zhao Ruyu alone with her.

• Xu Xi rejected the marquis household’s unsupported claim, and Madam Xie promised she could remain part of the Xu family.
• Xu Xi chose to seek admission to Beining Women's Academy, and she and Xu Xue paid for the opportunity with Xu Xi’s savings.
• Xu Xi and Xu Xue returned a purse during the academy’s entrance test, completed the examination, and learned Xu Xi had been admitted.
• Lady Wei, Zhao Yuanliang, and Zhao Ruyu arrived to bring Xu Xi back, but Lady Wei insulted Madam Xie and Xu Xi was away from the village.
• When Lady Wei mistook Xu Xue for Xu Xi, she seized her and claimed her as her daughter, prompting Xu Xi to demand proof and threaten to seek justice at the county yamen.
• Xu Xi and Xu Yongyi refused to let either girl leave with the marquis household without conclusive evidence, and Xu Xue refused Lady Wei’s appeal.
• The old madam questioned Lady Wei’s certainty and demanded proof, then dismissed Lady Wei and Zhao Yuanliang and asked Zhao Ruyu to stay.

Xu Xi confirmed her identity, secured the freedom to study at the Women's Academy and remain connected to the Xu Family, then returned to the Marquis of Suiping's Residence. Her homecoming ended with Lady Wei trying to discipline her by force, while Xu Xi's assigned servants stepped in to protect her.

• The old madam investigated Xu Xi's identity, and Matron Ruan confirmed the red mole behind Xu Xi's ear as proof that she was the marquis's daughter.
• Xu Xi agreed to return to the marquis's residence only after securing permission to study at the Women's Academy and keep visiting the Xu Family.
• Xu Xi helped the Xu Family prepare a cold-dish business, encouraged Xu Xue to write storybooks, and left her jewelry designs with Xu Xue.
• Lady Zhu brought Xu Xi to the marquis's residence, where the old madam welcomed her, named her Zhao Ruxi, and presented her to the household.
• Xu Xi met her siblings and the household's principal masters, including Zhao Jing'an, Zhao Yuanliang, Zhao Yuanxun, and Zhao Yuankun.
• Lady Wei ordered Matron Li to discipline Xu Xi, but Xu Xi refused to obey and insisted she would attend the Women's Academy.
• Lady Wei ordered Xu Xi slapped, and Matron Yuan, Qingfeng, Old Woman Yu, and Xu Xi's young maids fought off the servants who tried to restrain her.
• Lady Wei sent Fushu to fetch Old Woman Zhang and the others, while Zhao Ruyu signaled for Fushu to obey.

Xu Xi left Lady Wei’s household and secured a place in the marquis’s residence on the condition that she could choose her own marriage. After entering the academy, she sold her jewelry designs and invested her earnings in a food business with the Xu Family.

• Xu Xi fled Lady Wei’s courtyard and asked the Old Madam to let her return to the Xu Family, prompting the Old Madam to house her apart from Lady Wei.
• The Old Madam arranged for Xu Xi to live at the Tea Tasting Residence, and Xu Xi secured a promise that Lady Wei could not decide her marriage.
• Xu Xi settled into her new residence, practiced calligraphy for Wisdom Points, and began visiting the Old Madam before attending the academy.
• Xu Xi and Xu Xue registered at the academy, where Xu Xi also reserved a dormitory bed for occasional overnight stays.
• Xu Xi sold a jewelry design to Xu Xinda for a hundred taels, then sold nine more designs to Madam Xiao under a contract against copying.
• Xu Xinda sent an attendant to follow Xu Xi, but Xu Yongyi helped the family evade him and return safely home.
• Xu Xi gave Xu Yongyi and Madam Xie money to start a wholesale cold-dishes business, and Xu Yongyi agreed to give her half the profits.

Xu Xi settled into academy life while resisting pressure to compete with Zhao Ruyu or pursue the imperial examinations. As she investigated whether Zhao Jingli had been switched at birth, the first madam became convinced the suspicion might be true and began watching the second branch.

• Xu Xi refused to measure her life against Zhao Ruyu, moved into the Tea Tasting Residence, and secured the old madam’s support after Lady Wei complained about her.
• Xu Xi raised the possibility that the babies born to the first and second madams had been switched, and the old madam admitted that the family had once suspected it.
• Xu Xi negotiated with the system to investigate her origins, then began academy classes with Xu Xue and earned points through exams and calligraphy.
• Madam Cui urged Xu Xi to take the imperial examinations, but Xu Xi remained uncertain and considered whether continuing at the academy suited her.
• Xu Xi advised Madam Xiao on jewelry designs and agreed to earn a share of sales, while helping Xu Xue with school expenses and writing.
• The first madam took Xu Xi and Zhao Ruyu to choose academy supplies, and Xu Xi selected basic materials and an ordinary guzheng.
• When Zhao Jingtai climbed a tree to taunt Zhao Jingli with his storybook, a branch snapped and the first madam and Xu Xi helped break his fall.
• Xu Xi comforted the first madam, who said she increasingly believed Zhao Jingli had been switched at birth, while the system searched for the midwife and the first madam ordered surveillance of the second branch.