Episode 5 recap: Princess Xueqing deliberately made things difficult for Yun Jiao.

Yun Jiao has now become Murong Cang's personal eunuch. Wherever Murong Cang goes, she must follow. When Murong Cang gets into the sedan chair, Yun Jiao supports him. Suddenly, they sense through their jade bracelets that a girl has fallen into the water. Murong Cang jumps into the water and rescues her. After getting out of the water, Murong Cang encounters Xueqing. Xueqing greets him with a flattering expression, but Murong Cang completely ignores her and leaves.

Xueqing looks at Yun Jiao beside her with great jealousy, feeling that it should be her, not anyone else, who accompanies Murong Cang. Yun Jiao immediately recognizes Xueqing and believes that the person Murong Cang saved is her. Xueqing even wants to prevent Yun Jiao from leaving the palace smoothly today. Murong Cang was summoned by the emperor to discuss Xueqing's marriage, but in fact, they want to use the marriage alliance to undermine the emperor's power.

Yun Jiao was originally waiting for Murong Cang at the gate with Fugui, but Fugui suddenly needed to go to the restroom, leaving Yun Jiao alone. Xueqing's nanny, pretending that Xueqing wanted to chat with Yun Jiao, called her over. Yun Jiao felt uneasy when she went over, and they happened to be standing by the river. As soon as Yun Jiao arrived, Xueqing accused her of coming late, knowing full well that Princess Xueqing was intentionally causing trouble for her.

Xueqing even forced Yun Jiao to drink scalding tea, but Yun Jiao refused and spilled the tea on the ground. Then Xueqing claimed that Murong Cang had ordered Yun Jiao to stay in place and not leave. Xueqing deliberately threw her hairpin into the water and made Yun Jiao retrieve it. Yun Jiao initially wanted to resist, but the nanny kicked her into the lake.

Fortunately, Yun Jiao was a good swimmer. Just as Murong Cang came out to meet Fugui and learned that Yun Jiao was missing, they quickly searched for her. At first, Yun Jiao shouted for help, calling Murong Cang's name, but Xueqing, furious, picked up a nearby stone and threw it at Yun Jiao. Yun Jiao quickly lost consciousness. At that moment, Murong Cang arrived, and fearing her plan would be exposed, Xueqing jumped into the water and pretended to be in need of rescue.

Murong Cang saw Yun Jiao sinking into the water and without hesitation, he went to rescue her. He even kissed her, but Yun Jiao's jade bracelet accidentally fell into the lake.