This is the recap for Story of Kunning Palace: Episode 4. Jiang Xuening leaves Zhou Yinzhi’s house. She realizes why Yan Lin killed Zhou Yinzhi first after he broke into the palace. She’s surprised that she drew the viper to Yan Lin’s side.
Jiang Xuening takes a look at Zhou House. She wonders if she did it wrong to visit Zhou Yinzhi. She remembers Zhang Zhe persuaded her not to work with tiger. She tells Tan Er that she’s thinking of someone. Tan Er mistakes that Jiang Xuening is missing Yan Lin. Jiang Xuening denies it. She reveals he’s the person who hated her.
Zhou Yinzhi takes a look at the horse. Yao Niang tells him that the horse is healthy. But he wonders why Jiang Xuening knew everything about him. He walks to the horse he loves. He kills him with his blade. He asks Yao Niang to tell others that he returned home because his horse was sick.
Shen Zhiyi and Xue Shu walk into Empress Dowager’s palace. Empress Dowager is surprised that Shen Zhiyi showed her scar. Shen Zhiyi reveals she thought the scar is nothing. She asks Empress Dowager about her studying partner. But Empress Dowager lets Shen Zhiyi go to visit Emperor.
Emperor summons Xie Wei to his study. He asks him if he was hurt because he heard the assassination. Xie Wei reveals Chen Ying saved him. But Emperor thinks Chen Ying is a trash like Xingwu Guards. He coughs. Empress Dowager reveals Emperor is sick. She decides to let Shen Jie be the next emperor if Emperor passes away. She asks Xue Shu be the empress.
Xie Wei tells Emperor that he wants to teach Shen Zhiyi. Emperor is very happy. Madam Meng takes a look at the paper. She finds out that Shen Zhiyi became the study partner of Elder Princess. She gets angry. She mentions Jiang Boyou submitted Jiang Xuehui’s name. She thinks he told her a lie. He thinks she talked nonsense.
She takes a look at Jiang Xuening. She thinks she used a dirty method to replace her sister’s name with her name. Jiang Xuening tells Madam Meng that she doesn’t have to worry about Jiang family if she has the talent. She leaves the room.
Jiang Boyou reminds Madam Meng that Jiang Xuehui is sitting there. He comforts Jiang Xuehui that he will help her if she has another chance. But she thinks it’s the glory of Jiang family that Jiang Xuening was chosen. Jiang Xuening returns to her study. She blames the person for hurting her. But Tan Er thinks it’s a good thing. The maid reports to Jiang Xuening that Jiang Xuehui visited her.
Jiang Xuehui brings a present to Jiang Xuening. She persuades her not to fight for the first place. Jiang Xuening reveals she would think she got fooled if her sister was chosen. She knows Jiang Xuehui wants to join palace as well.
Jiang Xuehui admits that she wants to join palace. She thinks it’s not a shame thing. She tells Jiang Xuening that she knows she doesn’t have the talent. Jiang Xuening thinks Jiang Xuehui is like a Buddha. She reveals she doesn’t like her because she never asked her about Wan Niang since she knows Wan Niang is her real mother.
Jiang Xuehui tries to leave. But Jiang Xuening stops her. She reveals Wan Ning asked her to give her bracelet to her. But she didn’t do that. Because she thought Jiang Xuehui doesn’t deserve it. Jiang Xuehui thinks Wan Niang made her and Jiang Xuening be a joke.
She mentions she would let her mother or Wan Niang down no matter what she did. So she chose to protect herself like her mother told her to do. Jiang Xuening thinks Jiang Xuening is cold-blooded. Jiang Xuehui thinks Jiang Xuening should hate her. She leaves her room. Jiang Xuening finds out that Jiang Xuehui is suitable for the empress.
Jiang Xuehui lies on the couch in the yard. She wonders why she didn’t change the fate since she avoided the palace. Yan Lin throws something to Jiang Xuening. She finds out that he’s on the tree. She thinks her father will complain about the wall. He jumps off the tree and he puts the nuts into her hands. He asks her not to report it to Jiang Boyou.
She notes that his hand was hurt. He reveals his hand was hurt by Xingwu Guard. He mentions Xingwu Guard killed his horse. She remembers she told Yao Niang to let Zhou Yinzhi take a look at his horse. She persuades Yan Lin not to trust Zhou Yinzhi. Because Zhou Yinzhi killed the horse he loved.
Yan Lin gives the pine nut he peeled to Jiang Xuening. She mentions his hand was hurt. He thinks it’s nothing and he claims that he can peel it even if his hand is broken. She doesn’t eat it even if she likes the pine nut very much.
He mentions she’s going to join the palace to be the study partner. He asks her about her feelings. She’s surprised that he knew it. He reveals he told the princess to add her name when she looked for a study partner. He brags that he wouldn’t forget his Ning Ning. He asks Jiang Xuening if she did a great job.
Jiang Xuening finds out that the one who hurt her was Yan Lin. She smiles to tell Yan Lin that he gave her a big surprise. He takes her away. Jiang Xuening and Yan Lin go to Lv Xian’s store when Lv Xian is selling his zither to the scholar.
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Jiang Xuening worries that Lv Xian’s zither will be expensive. Yan Lin persuades her that Xie Wei will be nice to her if she has a good zither. Lv Xian brings four zithers to Yan Lin and Jiang Xuening. He complains to them that Gu Benyuan gave the zither to Xie Wei. He blames Xie Wei for ending his money path.
Yan Lin asks Jiang Xuening which zither she likes. She chooses a zither. Lv Xian thinks she has a good taste. He reveals it’s an ancient called Jiaoan. He tells her that the zither only costs 3,000 silver. Yan Lin tries to pay for it.
But Jiang Xuening stops him. She thinks she cannot repay his grace if she accepts the zither. He reveals he intends to let her owe him. They walk out of the store. Yan Lin goes to look for his carriage. You Fangyin joins Jiang Xuening.
Jiang Xuening is surprised to see the girl. She thinks You Yue bullied her again. You Fangyin denies it. She reveals she wanted to go to see Jiang Xuening. But she ran into the lady in front of the Zither Store. She tries to return the money to Jiang Xuening. She promises to return the rest money to her later.
But Jiang Xuening tells You Fangyin that the money belongs to her because she has given it to her. She sees the injury on her hand. She yells at her after knowing she told her a lie. She persuades her not to stay in You family since her mother passed away.
But You Fangyin thinks she has no choice. Jiang Xuening asks You Fangyin to follow her order if she trusts her. She thinks she can change her fate even if she cannot leave You family. Yan Lin returns. He calls Jiang Xuening. She tells You Fangyin to live for herself.
She joins Yan Lin and she gets in his carriage. Dao Qin sees it. Lv Xian returns to Xie Wei’s room. He grabs the tea from Jian Shu. He reports it to Xie Wei that Jiang Xuening didn’t wish to get into the palace. Lv Xian mentions Xie Wei tried his best to help Jiang Xuening get into the palace. He thinks the guy fell for the lady.
Xie Wei is furious to throw the ledger to the table. He asks Lv Xian about the discrepancy. Lv Xian complains it to Xie Wei that he should leave some money to him since he worked hard on it. He has to place the cash on the table. Xie Wei decides to use Lv Xian’s good zithers as the interest. Lv Xian is furious to leave Xie Wei’s room.
Jiang Xuehui lights the lamp in White Fruit Temple. The maid mentions Jiang Xuehui has lighted the lamp without name for four years. She thinks it’s for Wan Niang. Jiang Xuehui asks the maid to bury the words into her belly. They leave the temple.
Shen Jie sees Jiang Xuehui. But she disappears in the crowd. He takes out her handkerchief. The follower thinks Shen Jie misses the girl they ran into outside the temple.
It flashes back. Shen Jie and his follower ride horse in the woods. But the horse steps on the water and it splashes the water to another horse on the carriage. The horse is scared to throw the driver out of the carriage. Shen Jie jumps on the carriage. He stops the horse.
The follower joins Shen Jie. Jiang Xuehui and the maid are in the carriage. They’re fine. Shen Jie apologizes to Jiang Xuehui for startling her horse. But she thanks him for saving her. She gives her handkerchief to him. He thinks she’s a good girl. He finds out that she’s pretty after the curtains opened.
The follower notes that Shen Jie’s clothes are dirty. He persuades him to go to get changed. But Shen Jie thinks the Buddha won’t blame him. Jiang Xuehui agrees to what Shen Jie said. She leaves. He takes a look at the handkerchief.
We return to the present. Shen Jie complains that he doesn’t see the lady after half a year. He thinks he almost forgets her voice. The follower thinks Shen Jie should ask the lady for her name. Jiang Xuehui walks out of temple. She turns around because she thought she saw the guy. She gives up the mind and she gets in the carriage.
Some carriages arrive at the palace. The first girl Fang Miao gets off the carriage. She takes out a tortoise shell and she shakes it. The second girl Zhou Baoyin shows up behind Fang Miao. She thinks she takes something delicious. Fang Miao reveals it’s the spiritual tortoise her father used.
She tells Zhou Baoyin that the tortoise can tell the fortune. She tries to tell the fortune for her. But Zhou Baoying rejects it when she steps back. She bumps You Yue. You Yue introduces herself to Zhou Baoying. She mentions she was favored by Empress Dowager.
The carriage arrives. Jiang Xuening gets off the carriage. Zhou Baoyin wonders which family the lady comes from. She thinks she’s pretty. You Yue reveals the lady is Jiang Xuening who lost face. She tells Zhou Baoying that Jiang Xuening isn’t a good lady. She asks her to stay away from Jiang Xuening. Jiang Xuening finds out that those people haven’t changed.
The eunuch shows up. He asks the ladies to wait for a while because there’re two ladies not coming. The eunuch is Empress Dowager’s personal eunuch Huang Renli. He sees the carriage and he goes to pick up Xue Shu. Jiang Xuening remembers Xue Shu was Consort when she was Empress in her previous life.
Xue Shu lets Yao Xi get off the carriage. She reveals she went to pick Yao Xi. Eunuch Huang takes the ladies to the palace. He tells them that they need to pass the test for being the study partners. The girls walk in the yard. Jiang Xuening sees Lady Su. She remembers Lady Su was strict to her.
Zhou Baoying notes that Lady Su takes a ruler. Fang Miao mentions Lady Su scolded Empress. She thinks they’re over. Lady Su tells the girls that they need to leave the palace if they cannot master the etiquette. Jiang Xuening realizes that Lady Su will let her fail the election if she makes a mistake. She decides to get beaten for leaving the palace.
Shen Jie and Yan Lin sneak into Xie Wei’s study for stealing something. Shen Jie complains it to Yan Lin that they’re over if Xie Wei comes back. Yan Lin mentions Jiang Xuening isn’t good at studying. He thinks she fails the test if he cannot get the test paper for her.
Shen Jie lets Yan Lin come to him for looking for the test paper. Yan Lin tries to run to Shen Jie. But he trips over the zither shelf. Shen Jie and Yan Lin try to support the shelf. Xie Wei catches them. Lady Su teaches the girls the etiquette.
Jiang Xuening pretends not to do a good job. But Lady Su praises Jiang Xuening. It makes Jiang Xuening believe that she didn’t work hard. The girls study how to make incense in the pavilion. Jiang Xuening sneezes to the incense. It makes Lady Su get angry.
Shen Zhiyi shows up. She lets Jiang Xuening do it again. Jiang Xuening does it again. But she knocks over the stuff. Shen Zhiyi thinks Jiang Xuening is so calm. Lady Su agrees to what Shen Zhiyi said. She believes that Jiang Xuening will have a good future.
You Yue yells at Jiang Xuening. She thinks she bewitched Elder Prince. Shen Zhiyi scolds You Yue. Jiang Xuening agrees to what You Yue said. She asks Shen Zhiyi to drive her out of the palace. But Shen Zhiyi grabs Jiang Xuening’s hand. She thinks she doesn’t have to learn the etiquette.
Lady Su is happy that Shen Zhiyi found a good friend like Jiang Xuening. She reveals Shen Zhiyi worked hard for letting Jiang Xuening get into the palace. Shen Zhiyi leaks that she convinced Emperor to add Jiang Xuening’s name on the list. She asks Jiang Xuening is she’s nice to her. Jiang Xuening smiles awkwardly. She learns that Elder Prince had the credit. Shen Zhiyi leaves. Jiang Xuening and You Yue glare at each other.
Yan Lin confesses it to Xie Wei that he and Shen Jie tried to steal the test paper. He agrees to take the punishment. But he asks him not to punish Shen Jie. Xie Wei doesn’t punish Yan Lin. But he asks him if the girl he loves loves him as well.
But Yan Lin thinks it’s not important. He claims that he just do what he wants to do and he doesn’t want to force the girl. Xie Wei lets Yan Lin and Shen Jie leave. But Yan Lin asks Xie Wei to help Jiang Xuening. The girls return to the room.
Zhou Baoying and Fang Miao complain that it was hard to get into the palace. Xue Shu comforts them that Shen Zhiyi is very nice. Yao Xi wonders why Elder Princess was nice to Jiang Xuening since Jiang Xuening just put makeup on Elder Princess. Xue Shu points out that she and Yao Xi cannot say the words like Jiang Xuening all their lives.
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Jiang Xuening is in her room. She thinks she wouldn’t be liked by Elder Prince if she didn’t say those words in You family. She thinks she’s in another trouble. She decides to change her plan. She thinks Xie Wei will drive her out of the palace if she messes up the test paper. Someone visits her.