Episode 27 recap: Jiang Ruo Yao was drugged and fell into a coma.
Zhou Yan Bang was injured in the head but woke up, though he could not move. Jiang Yun Xing and his wife came to the Zhou family to take Jiang Yu E back home, but she insisted on staying at the Zhou family to take care of Zhou Yan Bang, hoping to become the family's matriarch in the future. Jiang Yun Xing and his wife left sadly, and Jiang Yu E watched Zhou Yan Bang, remembering his past beatings of her, and smiled, saying she would stay and accompany him to keep him alive.
The Qi family matron and her son came to the Jiang family to propose a marriage, promising to hold a grand wedding ceremony for Jiang Ruo Yao. Jiang Ruo Yao came to see the Qi family after grooming herself, and the Qi son took an immediate liking to her, but Jiang Ruo Yao treated him coldly. Ji Shu Ran enthusiastically made arrangements for the wedding, promising the Qi family to hold the ceremony as soon as possible.
When the Qi family was leaving, Jiang Ruo Yao suddenly stood up and said she did not agree to this marriage arrangement. This incident caused an uproar in front of Jiang Yun Bai, who scolded Jiang Ruo Yao for rudely rejecting the Qi family's offer, embarrassing Ji Shu Ran. Jiang Ruo Yao believed she was not wrong, as she was dissatisfied with Ji Shu Ran's arrangements and wanted to make her own decisions.
Ji Shu Ran was disheartened, feeling that she had worked hard to arrange this marriage with the Qi family, only to have it ruined by Jiang Ruo Yao. Jiang Ruo Yao felt wronged, believing that Ji Shu Ran had never considered her feelings, and that she had been controlled by Ji Shu Ran her entire life, but now she no longer wanted to continue this way.
Jiang Yun Bai was angry at Jiang Ruo Yao for defying Ji Shu Ran, but Mrs. Jiang's persuasion made him let it go. After Jiang Ruo Yao returned to her room, Ji Shu Ran angrily questioned her, believing that she had been instigated by Xue Fang Fei.
Jiang Ruo Yao denied this, believing that Xue Fang Fei was not as bad as Ji Shu Ran claimed, and that she only wanted to live the life she desired, planning to ask Jiang Yun Bai for permission to go on a study abroad trip. Ji Shu Ran disagreed, and the two got into a heated argument, during which Ji Shu Ran slapped Jiang Ruo Yao in a moment of anger. Jiang Ruo Yao brought up the matter of Jiang Yue, accusing Ji Shu Ran of harming others for her own gain.
Seeing the situation deteriorate, Aunt Sun advised Jiang Ruo Yao to apologize, but Jiang Ruo Yao refused, and was then confined to her room by Ji Shu Ran. Xue Fang Fei brought Tong Er to the Jiang family ancestral hall to visit Aunt Hu, where she saw Aunt Hu being mistreated by the maids and living in very simple and desolate conditions.
Xue Fang Fei could not stand it and scolded the maids for their ignorance, telling Tong Er to teach them. After the maids left, Xue Fang Fei hoped Aunt Hu would not pretend to be ignorant, and wanted to hear her story and that of Jiang Yue.
Xue Fang Fei did not believe Hu Yiniang's words, and she began to recount the tragic story of Jiang Li at the Zhennü Hall, stating that she had returned this time to ensure that those who had harmed Jiang Li would be punished.
As soon as Hu Yiniang opened her mouth, she said that Jiang Yue's death was not an accident. According to Hu Yiniang, when Ji Shu Ran married into the Jiang family, she always felt that this woman was not right, but she never imagined that due to a childish prank, Ji Shu Ran would push Jiang Yue to her death against the rockery, and then instruct Grandma Sun to stage an accident. This was witnessed by Hu Yiniang's personal maid, Daiqi.
To save her own life, Hu Yiniang had no choice but to pretend to be mad. When Ji Shu Ran returned home to see Ji Yan Lin, Ji Yan Lin blamed her for not being cruel enough, and also caused tension in his relationship with the Qi family. Ji Shu Ran remembered how she had been forced by Ji Yan Lin to leave Liu Wen Cai, and how Ji Yan Lin had forced her to marry the fool of the Hou family.
To avoid going to the Hou family, under Ji Yan Lin's instigation, she poisoned her good sister Ye Zhen Zhen to death and took her place to marry into the Jiang family as the main wife. Ji Yan Lin begged her bitterly, and Ji Shu Ran softened her heart. She went to the Tabu Bureau and kneeled down to apologize to Liu Wen Cai on behalf of Ji Yan Lin.
Liu Wen Cai was not appreciative. He had actually intended to take this opportunity to seek revenge. He recounted his story of escaping death, how he was rescued by a Taoist priest, and how he experienced various cruel physical and mental ordeals before being recognized by Wan Ning and given the opportunity to enter the Tabu Bureau and reach the inner court.
Xue Fang Fei learned that Seatang's whereabouts had been discovered, and she knew that Seatang's face had been scarred by a knife. She recalled that she had been tied up and locked in a woodshed by the Shen family, and Seatang had wanted to rescue her, but she had asked Seatang to pass a message to Xue Zhao, and then disappeared without a trace.
Ji Shu Ran instructed Grandma Sun to drug Jiang Ruo Yao, and then deliberately acted sorrowful in front of Jiang Yunbai, claiming that Jiang Ruo Yao was possessed, hoping that he would summon the Tabu official to the house to perform an exorcism. Mrs. Jiang, knowing this, did not intervene, as she was curious to see what would happen.
Jiang Jingrui hurriedly came to inform Xue Fang Fei of this matter. Xue Fang Fei knew that Ji Shu Ran's target was herself, and she was prepared to take on the role of this evil spirit.
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