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LingYi had an older brother (the 3rd brother) that was born from a concubine. In the novel, this brother's wife was the one who was behind the molded rice fiasco, not Qiao. They changed this part in the drama or else the plot might be too complicated (the novel has 700+ chapters).

Like, she knew that her dad doesn't really like her husband anymore because of the son issue so to avoid all problems from spreading out, she decided to solve the solution by "lifting" the maid as a concubine.

But gosh.. you can just see and feel Danyang's pain right then. The unshed tears... gosh.. Like.. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! I guess Shiyi was right.. "Not everyone is like Houye" ;)

The angst is over by ep30. Now, Shiyi just needs to work on getting Houye's trust back – which we all know she will because Houye still loves her and he can see that Shiyi also loves him and 100% trusts him now. 

The scene in the video is from ep28 (when Houye gives the letter to Shiyi so she can protect herself from MIL's wrath if she ever finds out about the stabbing incident). Ep32 should be much lighter since I think they're sleeping in the same bedroom already?

https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc002000w08m6u/f0036kfga8i.html

the reason why Houye wrote the letter is because he didn't know when he'll be able to come back. that’s why he wrote that letter for Shiyi, because he knows that if his mom finds out about who injured him, Shiyi will be in for a big trouble & he wants her to avoid that (since Houye won’t be there to protect her).

I’m not sure if he’s worried he won’t be able to come back (i forgot this part.. have to rewatch this scene again to remember it), but yea... the main idea is that he doesn’t know when he’ll be back. 

When SML tried to find out what happened to Shiyi's mom, he found the coroner that investigated Shiyi's mom's body. And then, the coroner told her that the cause of the mom's death is because she was shot using an arrow (so basically, the knife was stabbed after the mom was shot by an arrow). 

Then, Shiyi found a witness that lives near Shiyi's mom's death scene (shiyi went with her bodyguard that Lingyi assigned to her and Dongqing) and the witness said that on that day he saw a person with guards and that the person shot the arrow at the lady. Shiyi then saw Lingyi's arrow in the basket and then asked the witness how he got the arrow. The witness told Shiyi that he picked up the arrow on the scene – which then made Shiyi start to doubt Lingyi even though she still doesn't believe that Lingyi was the one who killed her mom.

After some time, Shiyi found Yu Ge's handkerchief has the same embroidery pattern as the pattern found at her mom's death scene. Right after, her bodyguard came to confirm that the witness does live near the scene (I'm not 100% sure about this one because I fast-fowarded it but I pretty sure that's what the bodyguard told Shiyi). So, she made Houye drunk and asked him some questions (I think Shiyi was asking Houye would he do the same thing like shooting an innocent person like he did before to Shiyi if he encountered the situation now) and Houye said yes. Shiyi then asked Houye "what about my mom?" and then Houye answered Shiyi "everything is my fault", which basically confirms (in Shiyi's opinion) that Houye was the one who killed Shiyi's mom. That's why Shiyi had Dongqing bring down the lanterns.

Shiyi then told her findings to the teacher and SML, and I think they were going to keep investigating to be sure cuz it might be wrong. But Shiyi was worried while saying "what if Houye is really the one who killed my mom?". Because Shiyi was feeling unwell (prob due to the shock and disbelief and all) so she was going to go back to rest. But then, Shiyi became wobbly so the SML came to help/steady her.

At this moment, Houye entered the shop and saw the scene. Houye then told Shiyi to go back, but because Shiyi just found out all those things, Shiyi couldn't fully trust him and didn't want to go back (I mean... honestly speaking, in Shiyi's POV, it's a lot to take in, especially after Houye saying that when he was drunk). Houye then found out that the SML is Ou's family 2nd son. And then altercation happened, Shiyi slipped, and then Houye got stabbed. Houye told the concubines that the events on that day (that Shiyi was the one who stabbed Houye) must be kept as a secret.

When Houye was in "coma", Shiyi realized that she might have misunderstood Lingyi because she felt that she got the results/answers all so quickly (like, everything was going on so smoothly). Plus, she also said to Dongqing and Huopo "would a guy that told the concubines not to spill the stabbing event to anyone do something like killing an innocent?" So she basically realized her wrong, but it was just a bit too late because she realized it after hurting Houye (this event happened when Houye was in "coma").

Long story short, when Houye woke up, he immediately prepared to go to another province (according to the assistant general's voice over, Houye volunteered to go to another province to protect Shiyi. I'm not sure what Shiyi did but someone suicided (?) and if this was traced back, Shiyi might have to bear the brunt so to prevent all this and protect her from harm's way, Houye volunteered to go). The "amicable separation letter" was written by Houye in case Houye's mom found out that the person who stabbed Houye was Shiyi. So in case the mother-in-law does something bad to Shiyi, Shiyi should bring out that letter to save herself. Houye also told Shiyi that Shiyi should get married to someone else, but she shouldn't trust Ou's family's 2nd son (which then Shiyi told him that she knew him since 2 years ago and that he is currently helping her investigate her mom's death). Shiyi also told him that the SML introduced her to the coroner, that her mom was killed with an arrow, how the witness said he saw Houye shooting the arrow, and how the arrow looks exactly the same as Houye's arrow. 

Houye then told her that "if he was the one who did it, why would he have left his arrow at the scene?". Shiyi then explained that "at first I didn't believe everything. but when she made him drunk, he confessed that Shiyi's mom's death is his fault." Then, Houye replied that what he meant by that statement was if he got to the scene earlier, her mom's death could have been prevented. He then couldn't believe that Shiyi would trust the SML's words more than him, and that he thought that after being married after quite some time, they trusted each other and understood each other. Houye also asked if he should bring the person who was with him on that day (I didn't understand which person exactly, but from what I understood, it's the person who was with him that day) but Shiyi said "no need" while crying. And then Houye left.

At night, Houye's assistant general said to him "you actually did all that to protect Shiyi right? And that you actually don't want to separate with Shiyi." Houye then replied "if my mom finds out, then she wouldn't let Shiyi off easily. if Shiyi actually uses it, then it means that it's Heaven's will."

(so yea.. basically, the letter was there to protect Shiyi and that both of them still loved each other)

Mother-in-law finds out after "torturing" the concubines that Shiyi was the person who stabbed Houye. Xu family also got the news that Lingyi died in the fire. Shiyi wanted to go find Houye because she didn't believe that Lingyi would die. In her words, "he was even able to come back safely from the battlefield, a place that's very fierce/dangerous. i can't believe that he would die (from a fire)." 

Then, the 3rd sister-in-law came to Shiyi and told her to escape because Houye's mom wanted to punish/kill(?) her for harming her son/causing his death. But Shiyi didn't want to because she doesn't believe that Houye died. Dongqing then remembered that Houye left behind the "amicable separation letter" and that they can use it so the mother-in-law couldn't harm Shiyi. But Shiyi didn't want to use it and instead said "why is it still here? i told you to burn it."

Then, Shiyi was almost going to be punished by the mother-in-law, but then Shiyi asked her if she can have more time to wait for Houye because she doesn't believe that Houye died. the others also asked for the mom's leniency & the 5th bro also said something along the lines of "if Houye didn't die, could you bear let Houye lose another person he cares for/loves (if the mom kills Shiyi now & Houye was found alive)?" that's why as punishment and also to wait for Shiyi, the mom banished Shiyi to the outskirts/farmland(?).

Then, someone tried to kill Shiyi (this part I'm not sure). but yea.. the SML came because of the teacher's persuasion(?) and helped Shiyi and all.

Houye didn't die. Him dying was all a ruse to find out the perpetrator or something. (I'm not 100% sure about this part, but one thing I'm sure of is that all of this was just his plan). Houye also told Shiyi that he found about Shiyi being banished to the outskirts when he met Shiyi's bodyguard on the way. That's why Houye was able to come to Shiyi's place. 

Then, Houye brought Shiyi back to Xu's mansion and then he said to the mom how everything is just a misunderstanding, that the injury is actually a small thing and that he's better now(?). (basically, Houye protected Shiyi. when they went back to Shiyi's place later on, Shiyi asked Houye why he protected Shiyi since everything was her fault and she deserved being punished. Houye said that as long as Shiyi is his wife, he won't let Shiyi suffer)

The mom actually doesn't actually believe what Houye said (since the mom asked the sister-in-law what she thinks about Houye's statement). But yea.. the main idea is that they're letting the issue go and that the mom is glad to see Houye finding someone he loves (because that's what the mom wants to see – that he finally finds someone he loves). The sister-in-law also said something like "Shiyi will be able to gain/regain(?) Lingyi's trust." (so yea.. not big issue on that front anymore)

Houye also told off Concubine Wen (because she was the one who told the mother-in-law that Shiyi was the one who stabbed him). 

Shiyi also told Houye about her newest findings (about Yu Ge's handkerchief) and said something like "maybe in Xu's mansion, there's actually a spy from Ou family?" but after Concubine Wen came, Shiyi said that "the spy is probably not Concubine Wen because Yu Ge is her reason for living. She wouldn't let place such a dangerous thing with Yu Ge."

So yea... seems like everything is good. I mean, there's that trust issue that Shiyi has to regain from Lingyi, but in general, both of them still love each other and all. Lingyi just feels hurt at the moment. But from what I see for ep 31 & 32's previews, they'll make up soon (most likely by ep 31 since when Shiyi wanted to open Lingyi's clothes to put medicine and Lingyi stopped her from opening his clothes, Shiyi said "why? are you shy?" while smirking hahahaha). And in ep 32's preview, it seems like both of them are in Shiyi's room again talking (and Lingyi was wearing his sleeping wear) so I'm sure they'll be fine. 

So all in all, ep 27-30 was angsty, but everything makes sense. If I was in Shiyi's position, I would probably do the same thing. I mean.. Shiyi was just too emotional since she found out so many thing so I'm not shocked that she couldn't think very rationally. No matter how rational and careful of a person she is, she was still in her teens and the evidence she got was quite substantial (the most important evidence was Houye's "confession"). So i understand both of them and why Houye & Shiyi said and did what they did. That's why i said that the conflict in ep 27-30 is so good. like, it's all so logical and I can actually understand their motivation. makes so much sense, doesn't it?

the most important part is that after this event, both Lingyi & Shiyi are on the same page, so both of them can only have a stronger relationship without any misunderstanding (since everything is out of the way). Well.. there's the SML, but Shiyi only has eyes for Houye so it's not like the SML can do anything to their relationship lol.