In a bid to help Yinsi, Ruoxi begs the emperor to consider their paternal ties, but the emperor is unmoved. Yinzhen earns the ire of his mother for failing to help Yinxiang when the emperor ordered the punishment. Her anger leaves him deeply unhappy.
Yinsi, saddened by the loss of his rank, seeks Ruolan to lessen his burden but she still treats him coldly. Therefore, he looks for Ruoxi instead but instead encounters Yinzhen and the two princes’ end up having tea together with Ruoxi.
After a time, the turmoil of the Yinreng's loss of rank passes and his rank is restored, the other princes are also promoted and Yinsi is rehabilitated. Soon it is Ruoxi's birthday and Yin'e, in high spirits, wishes to celebrate her birthday but she only wants to see her sister, Ruolan. On her birthday, Ruoxi is sadly resigning herself to never being able to return to the present when she is summoned by one of the imperial concubines. Her summoning was actually organized by Yinsi so Ruoxi could see Ruolan. Upon seeing her younger sister, Ruolan asks if she has someone, she cares for and advises that she prepare for her own future.
Yinti comes to find Ruoxi to chat and directly asks her if she has any feelings for Yinsi. Her evasion eventually angers Yinti but coincidentally Yinzhen and Yinxiang, who have been looking for Shouxing to have tea, appear. Yinzhen bears a gift from Ruoxi's childhood, nail polish.
With the restoration of his rank, Yinreng resumes his immature behavior leading more officials to side with Yinsi. Fearing his growing influence, the emperor decides to take Yinsi with him to tour the empire while leaving Yinzhen to deal with court affairs. On his previous tour, the emperor remembered that Ruoxi had begun riding lessons and had left orders for her lessons to be continued. Unbelievably, the impulsive Princess Minmin volunteers, but it is not with the best intentions and during one lesson, she slaps rump of Ruoxi's horse startling it. Fortunately, the arri
若曦心中放不下八阿哥,冒死与皇上进谏,想以父子之情来打动皇上,希望他珍惜身边人,皇上略有触动。四阿哥因为没有在朝堂上为十四阿哥说话,遭到生母的责怪,闷闷不乐。