So Chang Gong and Xue Wu get married (for the second time) yet this is their first wedding night. My goodness, I didn't expect such steamy stuff onscreen.
Anyway, we time skip ahead one month. King Yung and his bros are out in the forest hunting for dangerous killer rabbits. Shen Ju rides up to report on the king's plan to get more people to leave Qi state, as well as to confirm the rumors that the prince of Lan Ling has married the divine sorceress. Yung tries not to let it bother him but it does.
Crazy Zheng Er is now working as a maid at Lan Ling Manor. Xiao Cui gets to boss her around.
Chang Gong gets an unexpected visit from a strange Taoist monk. The monk has come to warn the prince that Chang Gong has gone against the gods and now he's in trouble. Xue Wu isn't left out either. The monk says she's not the real Princess Consort Zheng and stole the role from someone else. This of course gets everyone upset.
Xue Wu asks the monk how they can avoid the upcoming calamity. The monk recommends the prince get a concubine to restore balance to Lan Ling Manor. Chang Gong says this is all nonsense. Xue Wu is his one and only woman.
Aha. We see later it was Zheng Er who hired this so-called monk. And now my cat is laying on my mouse again. I'll try and persevere.
The emperor calls on Chang Gong and An De for an emergency meeting. What with locusts and drought, the rice crop this year is pitiful and the people are starving. Because of the recent wars with Zhou, the Qi treasury is about empty. The emperor gives Chang Gong the minor task of somehow finding a butt-load of money to refill the treasury so they can help the people out.
While Chang Gong works on this problem he asks his wife to take over seeing to the Veteran's Village. With access to the household accounts, Xue Wu learns Lan Ling Manor is actually in the red.
At the village, both Xue Wu and Xiao Dong start thinking it's time for the people to stop being so dependent on the prince and start being self-sufficient. While Xue Wu brainstorms, Zheng Er finagles her way into more power at the manor house.
How strange. They're doing that green screen thing again as Chang Gong sits down to dinner. He's not really there with the rest of the cast. Anyway, it has something to do with Chang Gong liking something Zheng Er cooked more than anything Xue Wu cooked. Xue Wu starts to feel less confident.
Xue Wu returns to village to make artificial limbs for the veterans. She's so busy here that she forgets to make Chang Gong some lunch. Not to worry as Zheng Er takes over and brings the prince some food. But wait! Here comes Xiao Dong with Xue Wu's homemade lunch, which Chang Gong gladly takes instead. Zheng Er doesn't like Xiao Dong. Xiao Dong doesn't like Zheng Er.
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