Recaps

Qiao Shuyi tried to protect Liu Jinyu and draw Zongzheng Heng deeper into their relationship while he secretly sought evidence against Qiao Nanyu. After Song Chengyin’s death, Qiao Shuqin turned her resentment toward taking Zongzheng Heng from Qiao Shuyi.

• Qiao Shuyi recognized Zhigui as the emperor Zongzheng Heng and resolved to make his time in her manor unforgettable, while he endured her humiliating demands to investigate Qiao Nanyu.
• Qiao Shuyi treated Zongzheng Heng’s wounds and used rewards and affection to encourage his obedience, while he concealed his desire to find evidence of the rebellion and kill her.
• Qiao Shuyi discovered that Qiao Nanyu had used Liu Jinyu’s dowry to fund private soldiers and began planning to save her mother from the coming upheaval.
• At the spring banquet, Lu Wenzhou and his companions humiliated Zongzheng Heng, and Qiao Shuyi retaliated by stabbing Lu Wenzhou in both thighs.
• When Qiao Nanyu accused Liu Jinyu of an affair and ordered her drowned, Qiao Shuyi intervened and secured her mother’s removal to an estate outside the city.
• Zongzheng Heng searched the accounting office for evidence and prepared to summon his hidden guard, while Qiao Shuyi embraced him and pleaded with him not to betray her.
• During their stay at the estate, Qiao Shuyi urged Zongzheng Heng to abandon restraint, and they kissed passionately before a sudden rain interrupted them.
• After Song Chengyin died, Qiao Shuyi admitted to Qiao Shuqin that she had killed her, and Qiao Shuqin resolved to take Zongzheng Heng from Qiao Shuyi.

Qiao Shuyi escaped Zongzheng Heng’s purge after discovering she was pregnant, then raised their son under a new identity while building a medical business in Wu Commandery. Two years later, Zongzheng Heng’s southern tour brought him near her again as Su Jingyun and Su Yunyan became entangled in her return.

• Qiao Shuyi and Zongzheng Heng grew closer, but Qiao Shuqin drugged him and tried to use him against Qiao Shuyi before Qiao Shuyi intervened and tattooed her pet name on him.
• Zongzheng Heng secretly gathered evidence against Qiao Nanyu, then had the Qiao household condemned for treason and execution.
• Zongzheng Heng learned Qiao Shuyi was pregnant and rushed to stop her execution, but she staged her death by falling from a cliff and escaped with An Yi’s help.
• Qiao Shuyi took the name Liu Susu, sent Yan Po to Jiangnan, and planned to meet Zongzheng Heng again in two years while he returned to the capital.
• Liu Susu established a pharmacy and the Hall of Saving the World in Wu Commandery, with Su Jingyun’s support, and raised her son Liu Xuan.
• Su Yunyan gained Zongzheng Heng’s favor and arranged for his southern tour to pass through Wu Commandery so she could reunite with Su Jingyun.
• Su Jingyun told Su Yunyan he loved Liu Susu and hoped to marry her, secure her a medical appointment, and claim her child as his own.
• At Su Jingyun’s banquet, Su Yunyan persuaded Zongzheng Heng to let Liu Susu examine his migraines, setting up their reunion.