Episode 9 recap: Duan Yu went to the Divine Palace to seek a win-win solution.
Duan Yu told her that he was drunk and talking nonsense, and he could pretend he had never heard it. Gu Qingqiao said she was not drunk, and Duan Yu was moved and embraced her, telling her not to tell anyone about these things in the future. Duan Yu told Xing Si that Gu Qingqiao was the Inverted Star, and asked him how he saw Gu Qingqiao as a person. Xing Si said that Gu Qingqiao was a good person, and although she seemed a bit scatterbrained, he could also see that Gu Qingqiao's feelings for Duan Yu were genuine. He suggested that they should take the opportunity to marry Gu Qingqiao into the Duan family and use her.
Duan Yu also knew that Gu Qingqiao was not a bad person, and he did not have the heart to kill her or completely break ties with her. But his elder brother was about to come out of seclusion, and if he knew Gu Qingqiao was the Inverted Star, he would definitely kill her immediately. Gu Xingpi, in order to force Duan Yu to hurry up and marry Gu Qingqiao, hired a storyteller at the tavern to publicize the story of Gu Qingqiao gambling and donating grain for Duan Yu, saying that Duan Yu and Gu Qingqiao were in love and about to get married. Suddenly, the entire city was abuzz with the news of the two of them, causing Ruoyun to hear about it and think that Gu Qingqiao was deliberately creating a commotion to force the marriage, so she immediately went to the Gu residence prepared to question her.
Duan Yu knew that Gu Qingqiao loved to drink pearl milk tea, so he researched and made pearl milk tea for her, using real pearls. He had Xing Si send it to the Gu residence for Gu Qingqiao. Gu Qingqiao thought Duan Yu knew she was the Inverted Star and considered her a bad person, so he wanted to break up with her completely. Gu Xingpi thought Duan Yu had sent someone to deliver the betrothal gifts, but Xing Si said he was only there to send the pearl milk tea. When Gu Qingqiao saw the pearl milk tea, she was greatly shocked. Just then, Ruoyun came to the Gu residence and saw Duan Yu coming to deliver the gift, and wanted to take a look at what Duan Yu had sent. Seeing this, Xing Si quickly left the Gu residence.
Ruoyun invited Gu Qingqiao to have tea at the Du residence, where Gu Qingqiao learned that there were rumors all over the city that she and Duan Yu were about to get married. She knew that these were probably all Gu Xingpi's doing. Ruoyun thought these were all Gu Qingqiao's doing, and Gu Qingqiao had no way to explain.
If Yun was constantly showing off her knowledge and taste to Gu Qingqiao, Gu Qingqiao was always trying to please her and not make a big deal of it.
Duan Yu decided to take the opportunity when his elder brother was not around to go to the Divine Palace to seek a solution that would work for both sides. It is said that those who go to the Divine Palace will lose all of their martial arts abilities, but Xing Si tried to dissuade him, but Duan Yu was determined to go. Duan Yu told Gu Qingqiao that he was going on a long journey and asked her to take good care of herself. He knew the Nine Turns Clear Sound Bell was very important to Gu Qingqiao, so he wanted to return it to her. But Gu Qingqiao said that Duan Yu was the most important person to her, so the most important thing should be entrusted to the most important person. Duan Yu said that Gu Qingqiao was also very important to him, and they embraced each other happily.
After Duan Yu left, Gu Qingqiao created a new game called "The Great Wealthy", and went to the Duan Manor to play with Xing Si, Shao Yi, and Yun. She also wanted to get along well with them. But Shao Yi, in order to vent his anger towards Yun, kept making sarcastic remarks, telling her to understand who came first. However, Gu Qingqiao fought back against him. In the end, the two got along quite well, and Gu Qingqiao said she could let Shao Yi intern at the Qingfeng Pavilion to realize his ambition of going into business. But Yun, seeing that he had forgotten his original intention, angrily threw the dice, and Shao Yi remembered his purpose and said they would play another day.
Duan Yu arrived in a dense, misty forest, quickly covering his nose and moving forward, when suddenly he was mysteriously whisked away. Shao Yi came to the Qingfeng Pavilion to find Gu Qingqiao, but the restaurant was cold and deserted. Gu Qingqiao said it was probably not mealtime yet. Gu Qingqiao discovered that Dong Xi's father was demanding money from her and wanted to take her earrings. Dong Xi said the earrings were a gift from the Miss and did not want to give them up, so her father forcibly took them. Gu Qingqiao told Dong Xi's father to leave quickly, and then gave Dong Xi her own earrings.
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