HOW DARE YOU!?

In an attempt to secure an ally, Yu Wanyin visited Xie Yong'er at Kunyu Palace. However, Xie Yong'er, also a transmigrator, viewed Wanyin through the lens of the original novel, remembering her as a cruel villainess who had previously pushed her into a pond.

Xiahou Dan brought Yu Wanyin to pay respects to the Empress Dowager. To lower her guard, he adopted a submissive stance, even apologizing for his own "terrible temper."

Yu Wanyin narrowly escaped the library fire, but she was left injured and suffering from a high fever after leaping from the third floor into the water.

Just as the assassin's blade was closing in, the proprietress of the tavern intervened with startling speed, saving Xiahou Dan and Yu Wanyin.

Following the successful recovery of Xu Yao's records, Yu Wanyin and Xiahou Dan face a new political storm.

Yu Wanyin woke the next morning with a crushing hangover and a heart full of dread.

On the pleasure boat, Xiahou Dan delivered a stirring address to the scholars, urging them to remain the "backbone of Great Xia" and hold onto their lofty ambitions.

As preparations for the Flower Festival Banquet began, Yu Wanyin felt nothing but contempt for the palace's wastefulness while the common people faced starvation.

Confronted with Yu Wanyin’s relentless questions about his corporate identity, Xiahou Dan initially deflected, claiming a loss of memory to avoid shattering her trust.

Xiahou Dan explodes in rage upon discovering that the national treasury is completely depleted.

Xiao Tiancai arrived at Consort Xie's palace to treat her persistent cough, only for the two to recognize each other from a chance encounter on a rainy night.