Jing You and Song Qin create a story about Xi Ruo’s love affairs and distribute the books under the name Happy Fairy. The servants start to gossip about Xi Ruo’s scandal. Xi Rou wants to find out who wrote the books. Together with her maid, Mei Xiang, they go around collecting the books from the servants. She falls and scrapes her knee. Hong Bin fusses over her but she refuses to let him touch her. She insists that she is not a loose woman although she is not a noble. Song Qin and Jing You are happy about their success and plan to write more. Ru’er is also happy to help things along by spreading the rumors. Hong Bin finds out about the books and questions Xi Ruo. She tells him that she has nothing to do with it. A Mao tells Hong Bin that Xi Ruo is affected by the rumors. So, Hong Bin brings her out to the mountains to relax. She is grateful to him. Hong Bin also arranges for the family’s autobiographer to write their story to counter the rumors. But Jing You exposes her lie of being a magistrate’s daughter. Hong Bin pleads with his uncle to stop embarrassing Xi Ruo as he loves her. She assumes that he is lying to his uncle to get him off their backs. He also denies having feelings for her. Madame Li arranges for a tea-brewing event to let other ladies observe Xi Ruo to counter the rumors. Xi Ruo couldn’t stand properly after kneeling for too long. She pretends to faint to save herself from embarrassment. Hong Bin carries her out. Song Qin witnesses the incident. Dr. Ye is summoned. Once everyone has left, Hong Bin tells Xi Ruo to stop pretending. (Source: DramaSlot)