New Life Begins

Li Wei of Ji Plains, Hao Jia of Yan Plains and Princess Shangguan Jing of Dan Plains are gathered in Xin Plains for the marriage selection. Meanwhile, the young masters are discussing these ladies except for Yin Zheng, the Sixth Young Master. Yin Zheng goes to the kitchen and finds Li Wei stealing his food. Suddenly, his old illness acts up, and Li Wei carries him out of the kitchen.

Li Wei just wants to fail the selection and go home. But she is chosen by Sixth Young Master. His Majesty doesn't know how to deal with her from her performance. In the end, Yin Zheng offers to marry her instead. His Majesty is thankful and promises to find a good first wife for him later. Shangguan Jing and Hao Jia are facing trouble with their married life too. Li Wei misunderstands that Yin Zheng has only half a month left to live. She does her best to take care of Yin Zheng. Her action confuses him until he sees her letters to her family.

Yin Zheng tops the exam but goes home to see Li Wei mourning in sackcloth. Seeing Yin Zheng in the pink of health, Li Wei realizes that she misunderstood it and is very devastated. Xin Plains Madam arranges a make-up wedding for them after knowing Yin Zheng has recovered. Li Wei tries every possible way to avoid it. Third Young Master is impeached for not attending the court for a long time. Xin Plains Master does not want to make a fuss and asks his brothers to get him back. But no one is willing to do the job, so Yin Zheng takes on the troublesome task and brings Li Wei to visit the Third Young Master.

Li Wei and Yin Zheng persuade the Third Young Master to return to the palace. Yin Zheng finally recognized Li Wei's ability. He requested for Li Wei's cooperation to enter the Imperial Court. Li Wei, Shangguan Jing, and Hao Jia became friends with Yuan Si Si after an event at the Hall of Education. When they heard that Li Wei was forced to eat bland food, they prepared their hometown dishes for her. Li Wei realized that she needed to win over Chef Liu Bao Quan. Finally, after some effort, Li Wei was able to obtain the right to order dishes.

Li Wei and Shangguan Jing are punished because they contradicted Madam Yan, even Yin Zheng is called to witness it. When Yin Zheng finds out about the whole incident, he doesn't blame Li Wei, he brings her back and treats her wound for her. Li Wei is touched and decides to help him with his stomach issue. Dan Plains is suffering from a flash flood. Yin Zheng does his best to come up with a solution. In the end, he's recognized by His Majesty. He is then asked to organize the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Li Wei and Yin Zheng impressed Xin Plains' Master. Xin Plains' Master wanted to reward his son, but Yin Zheng asked that Li Wei be allowed to meet her family. The Mid-Autumn Festival is actually also Yin Zheng's birthday but everybody was busy spending time with their family and forgot about Yin Zheng's birthday.

When they arrived in Dan Plains, Dan Plains' Master, Shangguan Yan, was angry at Yin Qi, so she made things difficult for him and evaluated him for expected husband's behavior. Yin Qi passed the tests and met Shangguan Jing. There, he understood that the lady was supposed to live a free life, but to maintain the hundred-year alliance between Dan and Xin Plains, she gave up that life and chose to live in a palace.

Due to the situation, Yin Zheng, who's best at hiding his feelings, ends up expressing his fondness for Li Wei in public. Dan Plains Master stopped putting them on the spot after that. She says that she'll allow Shangguan Jing, her younger sister, to return to Xin Plains with Qi as long as he can make her happy again.

Yin Zheng wants to gather funds to repay Xin Plains' debt. He realizes there were debts of former officials from the late Master's era. So, he works with Li Wei to acquire the help of Third Young Master who is well-versed in the business world.

Together with Third Young Master, Yin Zheng sends the collected fund to Jin Plains and finally convinces Jin Plains Master to accept the repayment in installments. The mission is successfully completed and Yin Zheng finally gets the opportunity to go to the court, which means he can start his own mansion. Yin Zheng takes this opportunity to ask Xin Plains Master to make Li Wei his legitimate wife, but Xin Plain Master slurs over it.