Si Jin
Jiang Si, the fourth lady of Dongping Bo Mansion, is reborn after dying at the hands of her lover, Yu Jin. Determined to rewrite her fate, she breaks off her engagement, outsmarts her cruel aunt, opens a perfumery, and investigates a series of mysterious crimes. She reunites with Yu Jin, and despite their unresolved past, they join forces to change tragic destinies—saving her siblings and clearing her father’s name. As they overcome hardships together, Jiang Si’s feelings for Yu Jin rekindle, and they work hand in hand to protect the peace of the Zhou dynasty, embracing a lifetime of prosperity.
Episodes
After being shot and killed Yu Jin, Jiang Si awakens in the past and vows to change the events that not only led to her death but also her family’s. Upon re-awakening, she realizes that Yu Jin has saved her from drowning, which was instigated by her betrothed, Ji Chong Yi. She decides to do her utmost to break her engagement with Ji Chong Yi, while Yu Jin investigates her background.
Worried their reputation is at stake, her aunt and grandmother force her to accept the marriage. Despite Jiang Si refusing her betrothal to Ji Chong Yi, she takes her grievance to the higher courts. However, the witnesses she summons are paid off by Ji Chong Yi’s older brother, and Jiang Si’s case hangs on the edge. She calls her final witness, but it’s not clear what the witness will say.
Fortunately, Jiang Si is able to annul the betrothal with Ji Chong Yi. Yu Jin purchases the house alongside Jiang Si’s, looking for clues on the Saintess of Nanwu tattoo he saw at the back of her neck. Jiang Si’s second sister suddenly shows up, inviting her to visit, but Jiang Si remembers what happened with her second sister’s husband, so she refuses the invitation…until she realizes a young girl who looks like her suddenly disappears.
Jiang Zhan makes a splash after encountering Lu Chu Chu, Yu Jin’s junior sister. Jiang Si decides to visit her second sister, but takes great pains to prepare in advance of her visit. Yu Jin begins investigating the case of the missing girls in the city and chances upon Jiang Si.
Jiang Si and Yu Jin work together to get evidence of the young Marquis of Chang Xing committing crimes against kidnapped women. However, Cao Xing Xing is one step ahead of them and hides all the evidence before Yu Jin and Zhen Heng arrive. Tired of being abused, Jiang Qian decides to go back home but is disheartened when she realizes her father and grandmother intend for her to go back.
After learning from his mole that Yu Jin has secured new evidence, Cao Xing Xing turns the tables on Jiang Qian and accuses her of killing the women. Desperate, upon seeing an escaped captive come forward to be a witness against Cao Xing Xing, he tries to kill Jiang Qian but injures Yu Jin, instead. Cao Xing Xing is sent to prison to await trial.
Master Chang Xing uses his relationship with the Royal Princess to help get his son out of prison. Yu Jin finds evidence of possible collusion between the Chang Xing residence and Nanwu. Caught between justice for the dead women and the Royal Princess, Yu Jin makes a desperate attempt to get the Emperor to preside over the case.
As a child, Yu Jin was sent to the faraway borders as the astronomers predicted he was the harbinger of disaster. At Jiang Si’s urging, he decides to investigate the source of the ill prediction. Jiang Si opens up a fragrance shop. Zhen Heng’s mother looks for a marriage prospect for him and meets Jiang Si. Jiang Si’s older sister arrives for their grandmother’s birthday banquet.
At Madam Jiang’s birthday banquet, Madam Zhen expresses her interest in having her son betrothed to Jiang Si, which upsets Jiang Pei and 2nd madam. To ruin Jiang Si’s reputation, 2nd madam and Jiang Pei drug Jiang Si, who is fortunately rescued by Yu Jin. Their disappearance from the banquet causes much speculation, so Jiang Si retaliates.
Jiang Si becomes the new madam in charge of the household and deftly overcomes obstacles in her path. She helps her 2nd sister, Jiang Qian, find her freedom from the confines of her mother. Madam Zheng begins to have doubts about Jiang Si’s suitability with her son. Yu Jin continues his search for Nanwu spies.
Yu Jin continues his search for clues when Jiang Si meets with a Nightingale contact to inquire about the saintess mark. Jiang Zhan confronts a belligerent princess, causing Jiang Si to worry about his safety. Jiang Si does what she can to protect her brother, while trying to find a suitable husband for her sister, Jiang Pei. Madam Zheng uses this opportunity to further push Zhen Heng and Jiang Si together.
Upset at first with Lu Chu Chu’s relationship with Jiang Zhan, Madam Jiang is relieved to hear Chu Chu is the daughter of a famous general. Ji Chong Yi seeks the help of Princess Ming Yue to bring down Jiang Si’s fragrance shop. Yu Jin offers to be a shareholder of Jiang Si’s shop to help offset the losses incurred by Ming Yue’s minions. Jiang Si is struck with fear when Jiang Zhan goes missing.
As Jiang Si’s business continues to decline due to Princess Ming Yue’s schemes, her brother becomes desperate to help her. Jiang Si live her worst nightmare when she realizes her brother has been tricked by Ming Yue and he is beaten, tortured, and then dumped in the water. Out of anger, she does the unthinkable to get revenge.
Feeling pressure from the families whose sons died in the fire, the Royal Princess tries to use Chong Yi as the scapegoat, but he shifts the blame to Jiang Zhan. During the court hearing, Jiang Si puts pressure on Chong Yi so that he’ll tell the truth that Ming Yue is to blame for Jiang Zhan’s death. A ghost appears, scaring Chong Yi into telling the whole truth.
Due to his near-death experience, Jiang Zhan decides to pursue martial arts to become a highly respected guard. He trains hard, but is given a decree to the position by the Emperor, hoping to mollify his pursuit of justice against Ming Yue. Chong Yi and Ming Yue are punished, and Ming Yue is banished to Lingshui to reflect. Jiang Si, Jing Zhan, Chu Chu, and Yu Jin decide to go to Lingshui for other purposes.
During their journey to Lingshui, Jiang Zhan and Chu Chu begin building their affection towards one another. They all stop at an inn where Jiang Si suddenly becomes sick. The mother and daughter at the inn act strangely and suspiciously. They meet Jiang Zhan’s martial arts teacher, Master Qin and learn of his story.
Madam Zhu is fed up with Jiang Yi’s inability to have a son. Jiang Si encounters her sister at the temple praying and notices Jiang Yi is being mistreated by Madam Zhu. One suspicious incident follows another, and Jiang Si is determined to not only stay to protect her sister but also find out who is behind the schemes against her.
The new maid Jiang Yi helped is now working against her. An elaborate trap is set to paint Jiang Yi as indecent, committing an affair. Jiang Si and Yu Jin help her find the actors in the scheme, but they can’t find evidence on who is the mastermind. Despite their suspicions, Jiang Si convinces her sister to stand up for herself.
Jiang Si and Yu Jin expose the true mastermind behind the attempts to hurt Jiang Yi. Fed up, Jiang Yi asks for a divorce and moves back to the family in Ling’an.
Jiang Si decides to move forward with her feelings for Yu Jin after learning from her sister that the journey with someone you love is worthwhile, even if the ending is not a good one. Not wanting to be outdone by Jiang Zhan’s military accomplishments, Madam Xiao proposes a betrothal between Jiang Qiao and the son of Lingbei’s governor, who is a military official with a chronic illness.
Things go awry when Jiang Si’s invitation to meet with Yu Jin is intercepted by the Nightingale sect, and Long Dan mistakes the recipient of the letter to be the Nightingale sect. Jiang Qiao makes a desperate plan to get away from her forced betrothal to the Lingbei governor’s son. Jiang Si and Yu Jin discover the Nightingale’s plan to assassinate the Emperor.
Yu Jin and Zhen Heng interrogate the Minister of Rights for clues as to how the Nightingale sect plans to assassinate the Emperor. Though they were able to get some information, Jiang Si realizes that they may have made a miscalculation and hopes that Yu Jin can ward off any unexpected threats to the Emperor.
After realizing his son saved his life, the Emperor takes great pains to repair their relationship. Though he tries to smooth things over between Yu Jin and his mother, their relationship remains strained. Further investigation of the poisoned Nightingale spy leads Yu Jin to Jiang Si, who reveals the truth about her plans.
Zhen Heng meets Princess Fu Qing, who suffers from an eye disease. Ming Yue continues to pester Yu Jin, who keeps rebuffing her affections. Jiang Si discovers Yu Jin’s true identity and is upset he’s been lying to her all this time. Prince Qi invites Yu Jin for a welcome banquet, and the Crown Prince arrives uninvited to make trouble.
The Emperor punishes the brawling princes and uses that opportunity to confer Yu Jin as the Prince of Yan. Discovering that Yu Jin and Jiang Si have mutual affections, Jiang Si’s father gets to the bottom of Yu Jin’s family background. Jiang Si has reservations about her future with Yu Jin.
Concerned that Jiang Si will be embroiled in the dangers of imperial politics, Jiang Si’s father forbids Yu Jin from marrying her. Although she does not like the thought of Yu Jin being a prince, Jiang Si allows herself to continue her affections for him. Yu Jin’s mother holds a floral banquet for him and his 6th brother to search for their princess consorts.
During the floral banquet, the Royal Princess schemes against Jiang Si. Despite his mother’s objections, Yu Jin makes it clear to everyone present at the banquet that his one and only true love is Jiang Si. The Emperor issues a marriage decree for Yu Jin. Madam Xiao begins to fear that the main branch of the family will completely outshine her branch.
Fearing for his daughter’s safety, Jiang Si’s father is adamant about stopping the marriage decree despite Jiang Si’s willingness to marry Yu Jin. Jiang Si suddenly falls ill, and her symptoms match those of her mother’s before she passed away. All summoned physicians could not find anything wrong despite her quick decline in health.
Jiang Si determines that Madam Xiao tried to kill her and her mother. Yu Jin tries to help her find out the real mastermind behind Madam Xiao. Jiang Su’s father knew the mastermind behind Madam Xiao all along, but kept it hidden to protect his children. The truth behind what led to Jiang Si’s mother’s death is revealed.
Fearing for his children’s safety, Jiang An Cheng forces them to promise not to pursue vengeance against the Royal Princess, but Jiang Si won’t agree. Yu Jin discovers the truth about the true astronomical observation on the day of his birth. Jiang Si enters the palace to get more information about the Princess Royal, but is given a hard time by Yu Jin’s mother.
Jiang Si and Yu Jin visit the Empress and meet Princess Fu Qing. Jiang Si realizes the cause of Fu Qing’s eye disease and requests to stay for 3 days. She and Yu Jin try to isolate the Nanwu spy that the Princess Royal planted in the Empress’ palace.
Princess Fu Qing regains her sight and reveals to Jiang Si what she had seen the Princess Royal do, which she has been keeping secret. She meets Zhen Heng on her first foray outside of the palace. Just as Jiang Si and Yu Jin begin focusing on their upcoming wedding, the Princess Royal uses her influence to convince the Emperor to issue another marriage decree.
Yu Jin goes against the Emperor’s marriage decree to have him marry both Jiang Si and Ming Yue. He goes on a hunger strike, but the Emperor is not moved. Jiang Si agrees to the double marriage so that Yu Jin doesn’t die from starvation. Jiang Yi’s husband, Zhu Zi Yu, suddenly appears, but looks to be in a bad state.
Despite her pleas to the Royal Princess to save her from the marriage to Zhu Zi Yu, Ming Yue has no other choice but to comply. Zhu Zi Yu gives Ming Yu the best wedding surprise ever. Yu Jin and Jiang Si prepare for the Princess Royal’s vengeance.
Nightingale summons Jiang Si back to Nanwu. After being a step too late in realizing the Princess Royal’s targets, Jiang Si breaks ties with her family. The Princess Royal finds out about the Nanwu Saintess symbol and sets her sights on Jiang Si, vowing to kill all who hurt Ming Yue.
The princes switch sides as Jiang Si and Yu Jin expose the Royal Princess’s underhanded schemes, while the Royal Princess begins her attack on Jiang Si with full force. As Jiang Si’s Nanwu Saintess status is revealed to the Emperor, Nanwu forces gather at the border to wage war on Great Zhou.
The Royal Princess puts pressure on her minions to find “evidence” of Jiang Si colluding with Nanwu, but the plan backfires. One by one, the people Jiang Si has helped are pleading with the Emperor and exposing the Royal Princess’s dirty deeds over the years. As the Emperor wavers in punishing Jiang Si, the Royal Princess decides to take matters into her own hands.
The Royal Princess shows her true colors to the Emperor, making an unexpected power play in becoming the Regent. The princes choose sides, resulting in dire consequences. Jiang Si heads south to negotiate with Nanwu while Yu Jin returns to the Red Plume Cavalry.
Jiang Si strikes a deal with the Nanwu people by using the memories of her previous life to tell them about the future. Yu Jin and General Cui make plans to infiltrate the palace, but they require the help of the 4th prince, whose alliance to the Emperor or the Princess Royal remains unknown.
To prepare for long-term success in Nanwu, Jiang Si stays there, hoping to teach the Nanwu people other ways to live besides warfare. Yu Jin stays in the capital waiting for her, while Jiang Zhan and Chun Chun figure out their next steps.
