A new concubine’s uncanny resemblance to Tingyun reignites Yu Jingxiu’s obsession, while Fan Yake’s marriage finally shatters for good. Zhao Ling and Tingyun settle into a tender wedded life,

After episodes of scandal, obstruction, and heartbreak, Tingyun and Zhao Ling finally get their wedding, complete with an imperial blessing, a rescued mother, a reconciled Sen

Fresh graduate Shang Zhitao lands a coveted job at a top Beijing advertising agency, only to discover her new boss is the same icy interviewer who rejected her outright.

With Zhao Ling working quietly behind the scenes to bring Fu Tingzhuo onto their side, the family finally faces off in court, and the truth about Old Madam Fu’s death comes out for good.

Tingyun helps free Miss Wu from her cruel fate while quietly outmanoeuvring the Yu family in the fight over the Salt Censor post, only to watch her defiance of Zhao Ling’s wishes drive a real wedge

Zhao Ling and Tingyun finally talk things through, mending the rift left by his fever, while the Anzhou Salt Censor post becomes the season’s real battleground.

A political trap involving Miss Wu threatens to derail the salt reform, but Tingyun’s sharp manoeuvring shuts it down before it can spiral. Zhao Ling’s clumsy handling of the whole affair reignites real

Zhao Ling’s homecoming turns colder than expected, Tingyun still furious over his silence, Sen still distant after years apart. As the salt reform battle kicks off in earnest, the Emperor pulls Zhao Ling

Li Mao poisons himself before he can be tried, leaving Zhao Ling to answer to the court alone, only for the Emperor to reveal he’s been operating under secret orders all along.

Tingyun escapes Yu Jingxiu’s confinement by setting her own room on fire, only to reach the departing army too late for a proper goodbye. Five years pass with her building a life in Ganlin Town